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VOLUME IX.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1874.
NUMBER 45.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CosJecseJ from Te'ejrjmj of Accompanying Dates.
Monday, January 2J The. Carlists re
port that StiDtatidvr aud Portugalete surren
dered unconditionally to their forces ou the
Kd, and that the entire S govla batallion, a
number of artillerymen aud engineers, 1,200
Kcoiiigton aud 400 Minnie rifle, and two can
nons fell into their bmds.... From a state
ment just published it appears that
since Murt.li, 1ST.7, r3,GIS petitions in
bankruptcy have been filed in the
United Stales Courts. The nutulier of dis
charges grauted are 3,747. The total expense
of the proceedings h:. been J4,S-l,7S4....An
Associated frees dispatch cf ihe 25th says
l'iiiehbaek's friei.ds hud deiied that he
made any confession to Sen.it or Morton of
fiaudultut practices with reference to his
el. cti.m by the Kellogg Legi-lature. lie
stated that he had been tendered the unani
mous support of the true Republicans o
Louiinti:i, and thu, thus furtirhd. he was de
termined to aM-le tlie issue before the Senate
....The Postmaster at Austin, Texas, has re
ccived a dispatch from the Postmaster-General
directing that all mail matter addressed to the
"Governor of Texas" should bo delivered to
Richard Coke, and ull mail matter addressed
to "Governor E. J. Davis," or "E. J. D.ivis
Govt rnor of Texas," should be delivered to E
J. Iais. Similar action should Iks taken aa to
ot her Mate . Ulcers. These instructions were
given after con-ula'lon with the President.
Ti e ona-crs elected by the Iowa House of
R pre.-entutives on the 2Sd are: John II
Gear, of Btirling'ou, Speaker; Jutnes M
curl. Chief Clers; L. Irwin, First Assistant
Clerk; Mr. Pally A. Van Pelt, of Dubuque
Enrolling Clerk; Mrs. E. M. Ives, Engrossing
Ch-ik; W. A. F'llmer, Seeond Asi-tant
Clerk. The fikial count of the vote for Gov
ernor foot up as follows: Carpeuter, 10G,12:J
aie, IUo.Ojj.
iit.-u.ir, jsniiarri'i. a. London uis
p itch says intelligence hits just been received
ofthe leu'h of Dr. Livingstone in tbeinte-
nor .f Africa. He died of dysentery, in June
1 i-t, wh-Ie traveling fr -ax Lake Beuibe. to L'u
yanyeiube. He had been traveling
over a partially submerged coim
try, and after wading four days
throu.i water was seized by the illness
of wMch he died. His tody has been em
banned, atid is l.-iug conveyed to Engld'.d by
w ty.f Zmr.ib.tr The III. Hon. Beuj iniiu
Di-rutl: has isu dan address to his constit
uents in Bu kiuglmm-hire, condemning the
conr-e i f the U"Veri ment, ai d asking for re
dec' i-n ti Parliament. Mr Xi-1 m, Secretary of
the Irish A nines y As.ciatiou, annouices his
in cntin of eonteting the elec'io i of (jlad
e'ou- in Green vtk-h Vice-President Wilson
has left Washington for Rston, where he
w i l rrniaiu' hree or four we(?ks....A letter
fr-n Jiff. Davis was published in Wa.-h-
lnmnn ai iiie ..: ii, m wutcti ce pro-
uouncc-i ex-Senator II. Foo'e, of Tennessee,
a "liir." Mr Foote the next morning pub-
lished a card, in w hieb he challenges Davis,
atid insists that "the hahitu il calumniator of
h i.iest and pa'rioticiui-u has no tiuht totkulk
bel.iud the L iocriiicaI pretenses of extreme
piety."
w Ens esday, January 2"? While the
express pa-.-crger train from Edinliurg for
(ilas'w was runniiig at great speed on the
morning of the 07th, it came in collision with
Hiiottier express train. Sixteen jersons were
kdredgtd a nuoibrr were severely iujun-d.
Si-vera I
Wyman
f-iz's di-ath was
the arteries of
weight of the
c laches
r. pur's
were demolished .Dr.
that the cause of Agas-di-ense
and oistructiin of
the l-rain. The greatest
brain is estimated at DC 5
avoiid.ipois ounces. .. .The Boston School
Comniifee have declared, liy a vote of 46 to
4"), that the seats of the women who bad
been elected meml-ers were vacant. The
women whose sea's were "in question
staged in their places and v.ted for their side.
... .The lower portion of Fulton, N. Y., has
leen inundated. On the evening of the 2o:h
aSjiut thirty families were obliged to leave
their homes, and many more were the next
morning carried from the second stories of
their h'-nje by boats. Men were seen wading
in watir to their waists, carrying the women
of their households on their baeks to places
of safety. Tle damage to business interests
was great. ... Mr. Waite, the new Chief -Jus-tiee,
his ies:gned the Presidency of
the O'.iio Constitutional Convention....
The Lower House of the Missouri Legisla
ture has defeated the bill to allow women to
be eleeted ts office under the school law s, by
a vite of 3t yeas to 77 nays. ... At Des Moines,
on the 27th, Governor Cariwnter took the oath
of otlice and was inaugurated Governor of the
State of Iowa fur a second term.
Thursday, January 29. A Bayonne
te'egram says the report that the Carlists hid
captuied Sautardtr was denied, but another re
port was current that the corporation was ne
gotiating to raise 2,00O,OtO piasters, which the
Carlists demanded as the. price for abstaining
fri.rr bombarding the city.... A memorial
cf (i:izens cf Philde'phia was pre
sented to the President and Congress,
representing that the near approach of the
one hur.dndth anniversary of the nation's
b'rth renders it befitting that the
survivors of those who freely offered
Orj-ccters H ill to the Continental Con
gress, when even the time-honored State
II. use w as closed sgiinst them, should com
memnra'e the nation's advent at that place;
then fore Cot gress is invited to assemble in
Carpenters' HjII on the 5 h day of the ninth
month, 174. the one hundred h anniversary
cf the meet! eg i f the first American Cirgress,
and or-Jer ucti ceremonies as ihey in ttielr
wisdoua sha'l deera lest. The President
aid Cabinet have also been invited....
Ex Chief Justice Janus Thompson, of the
Su; ren.e Court of Pennsylvania, feil t'ead in
the Supreme Court room, iu Philadelphia on
the mo:nit:g of the 2Sih. while engaged in ar
guing a tax-title case before the c urt....The
Hon. Kuf-is Kii g. of Cincinnati, has been
cho-en suecesor to Mr. Waite as President of
the Oiiio Constitutional Convention .Gen.
S. B. Maxey hss be- n elected L'uited States
Senator by the Tea L-g:sl.iture, Ke.goa
having witLdriwn from the coutest.
Fr.iDAT, January SO. Ilerr Brenner, tbe
German explorer of Afric i, in a l.tter to Dr.
Pe'ermaitu, of Gotha, dated Zanzibar, says
Livii gstoue ii d on the 15th i f Augu.-t. This
date i!iff rs from that of the previous report,
but all dout has b en set at rest by an fH
cia! dispatch rectived in London on the 27th
from Zotiri'-kr. Tbs dispatch states circum
s autially that Livingstone died iu Lobisa, after
cro?siug the marsLef, for hours wad'iig in
deep water. The suffetii g cf his w hole party
-were teirible, ai d ten of them died iu conee
qneuce... .Spanish reports from f rcLm pa
pers sate that at Soria twenty-seven
volunteers t ok refuge In a tower
whieh the Carlists burned, causing the
death of the whole number. ...The new
Olympic Thea'cr at Philadelphia has been
to-a.'Iy destroyed by fire. By the falling of
the wal' two nremea were killed and several
injured The next Nebraska Stata Fair is
to he held at OmahJ, commencing September
29 The OMo Constitutional Convention
has unanimously ad-ped a resolution that '"in
accepting the resignation of the Hon. M. R.
Waite, we bear testimony to his character as a
ci' ien, his diatirsu'ehed quaLties aa a Jurist,
and h; ability and Impartiality as a presiding
cfUcerof thtsbody. In retiring from this Con
TeutJot to accept tie txaltcd position to wblc:b
he his been called, La carries with him the
ffacti'jate regard cf thos with wheo. hehaa
tteen ofilcially associated, and we feel confi
dent that iu the exercise of the duties of the
highest judicial ofUce of the Government he
w ill manifest the same devotion to duty and
the same faithfulness to public trust.".... The
Executive Committee of the State Grange of
Illinois have chosen Mr. J. S. Frew, of Aledo,
as Stale Purchasing Agent.
Satckcat, January 31. The Parlia
mentary elections have begun in Engl md,
So far as beard from up to this morning seven
Liberals and ten Conservatives have been re
turned, the Conservatives gaining one mem
ber at Frowe... .A Hamilton (Out.) says that
of 206 members in the Commons, 133 have
been returned so far as heard f-om. Of
there, the Administiation has 10S, a major
ity of the w hole llou.se. It is thought proba
ble that tre Government will be sustained on
tbe test vote by at least eighty or ninety in
the full House. ...The National Educational
Association was recently in session in Wash
ington. A series of resolutions report
ed by the tentcuuml Committee were
adopted: that each State send a rep
resentation of Its educational condition
to the Centennial; also the bi-toricul record
of its educational progress; that cities act
with States, mid that an International Educa
tional Congress be 1 eld in connection
with the Centeuuial. The Committee on
National Aid reported resolutions favor
ing the establishment of a National Educa
tional Bureau, aud iud-irsiug the proposition
of setting apart public lauds for free ed
ucation iu the &taes. President Grant visited
the A-soclation, but made no speech. Ad
journed to meet at Detroit in August next....
Private di patches have been received in St,
Paul from Deputy United States Marshal
Jack man, of Dakota Territory, stating that on
the 2o!h ult. a squad of twenty wood-choppers
at Fort Rice were beset by a party of Teton
Sioux, and muidered in cold blood .. . . A spe
cialfiom N-wr Orleans gives a report that
Governor Kel'ogg had issued a requisition
upon the Governor of the District of Columbia
for the person of ex-Governor Warmoth. It
is said that Ibe case grows out of some trans
ac ion w ith the Treasury when Warmoth was
Governor of Louisiana.
FORTY-THIRI COMJRESS.
Monday, January 20. SewiU. House
hills were passed to confirm certain land tides In
Missouri: granting aathority for coinage to be exe
cuted at the mints of the Uuited Stale for foreign
coumne; to abolish the oflieu of First Deploy
C ui mi sioner of I uU-rual Kevei ne . Ineresolu
nous ii regard to I tie seating or Mr. tlncooaca rs
Senator from Louisiana were lakeu tip; an amend
ment was offered that P. B. Piuchback
ha allowed to take l is seat in tbe Senate upon
taking the nec ssarr oath, and that the Committee
ou Privtlet'es aud Elections subsequently consider
'be grounds up d whi- h his seat i- Co- tested, and
report to the Senate; and Mr. Morion then an
n -n nee I ti.at. rince hm argument of a few days
bf re aa to the vali- i t of ihe Kellogg govern
ment, and ihe legality of the Legislature in elect
lug Pinchback. aad the (ieneral G ivernmeut being
bound by ibe deci-ion of tbe Mate ribu
nal on a quesriot of State law, or of Ihe
ta'e Con-cltu ion. be had received information
charging Piii'-hback with pr a uring hi- election
by bribery and of cot-duct in connection wi'h his
eiVt-iioii which, if true, r-nder it improper for him
( Pinehhack tohtve a seal ou this floor lie 'here-f-ire
moved lhat the credctniaU of Mr. Pinchback
he recommit ted to the Cotnniittee on Privileges
and El'-ction. and that the said committee have
poer 10 send for persons and paoer-. and he lu-
ructea nnnvestiiraie tne conduct nl sata ftnctl
buck iu connet-itou woh the said election Mr.
Me 'retrv spoke at greit engih on the suh'-ect of
L nisi ti-a affair, con. ending that the Kellogg
government was a-i nsurpstion. and
denying that Lonisiam hid a republican fom of
government, and ar.'ned that steps should te
inkrn to protect her against rraua ana asnrpation.
The f uriher consid-ra:i.n of ibe motion 10 recom
mit tm laid over till tne sia. ...Execulive session
and adjoummen..
n-ve. Bills were lntrortuceo iO re
peal o much of the act of March 3. 1S73, as pro
vides that the Representauves elect to Congress
may receive their compensation monthly,
fr In the beginning of the term" until tbe begin
ning of the first se-sion of Congress; to
provide for a national enrrency. for the
redemption thereof in coin, and for the redemp
tion .f the circulating notes Issned by, or nnder
the authority of the Cniied States: providing for
the survev. "br arm v and navy engineers, of the
-hip canal from Lake Michigan to t ie Mississippi
River bear Cairo; for the removal of all troopw in
Southern Stsre to the Western country as protec
tion asainat the Indians; to incorporate the Eastern
and We-tern Tranportaiio-i Compsny. with a cap
ital of $'50.o0n,i'0: to maintain and manage a rail
way f-om Port Koyal Uarbor, . C to Leaven
worth. Kansas, via Mscon, Georgta. and Memphis,
Tennessee Resolutions of instruction were
dopted. tmoii2 them one ins'rncting the Judici
ary 'ommittee to lmiaire into the relations erist-
tiif between tue reaerai oorernraeni ana me
lineal government of the Di'lrict of Colombia....
i ne w est lr-nnta t;ecii"n case was iar:ner con
sidered, hut wiihoul coming to a vote the House
adjourned.
Tcxsdat. Jsnuarr 27. Fmnfe. The
credentials of "YU'iam L. McM Uan as Senator from
Louisiana were recommitted to tbe Committee on
Privileges and Election. ...A bill was reported
from coinmioee. without amendmem. providing
nat everv volunteer accented br the War Depart
ment under the proclamation of May 3, l81. shall
ne paid the mil honntv or one nnnar-a
dollars promised thereby.... Mr. Morion spoke in
favor -f the resolution providing f ir a Commission
of five p roTis to examim- aud report to Cons-re
what legislanon la req'tired in regard to Interstate
railroa is, and to provide for cheaper transporta
tion, eic ...The bill supplementary to the act to
protect all citizens of the United States in their
civil riehia. and to furnish tbe means of their
viudicai-in. was taken np and a debate
euaed on a motion to refer to the Judiciary
l"ommiree....Tbe joint resolution ptpn.tng an
amendment ro the Constitntton. providing for ibe
eiecaon f P'esldent by a rllrect vo'e of 'he pco
p'e, and aboli-hing tbe office of Vice Pneident,
came up and wa referred to the Commitu-e on
Priviletes and Elections. ...The h:ll to au borize
he organization of National Banks without cir-
ulauoa was taken up aud debated ..Adjourned.
IT"ut The Senate amendments to the
Post-Ronfe bill were concurred in Btlla were
reported and recommitted reviving tbe grant of
ands to aid in the construction of a rai'road from
Vickshnrg to the Ttxiis stale line ; to Incorporate
he Southern Tracs-coniinen-al Railroad
Compsny, and to erint the right of way
nrougn pubic lands: to amend the act to
ncourase i n- g-nvr ; h or timber on tbe Western
praines ...iTieVest irpit.ia con'es'ed elec ion
a-e was rarhercon-ldered. and at the close of the
deba-e a vo'e wa had on the resolnnons, ihi- re
ported by ibe n;nn'TOf ihe Comminife on Elee-
ion Mug tnat J J. Davis and J. 5L ilosran. rKoarn
at lh- Auga-t el cion. were no?, and thai Benja
min WU-on and B. F. Martin, cho-in at tbe Octo
ber e'ec ion. wer dnlr etcceo the resolutions
reported by the minority of ihe Commi tee taking
opposite g-oa'd; the malori'T n port was sup
ported by the Democratic and the minority report
by the Repnb'ican sie of the honse. and the vote
re-n! ted In declaring Dvis and Uoan entitled to
s-a's. and tLey were accoriiugly sworn ln....Ad-
iourn a.
"XVedneedat. Jai.uary 3. Srnat.
Among t"e pe-ivons pre, n'ed was one from sol
diers in the lsre war. stairg their belief that tbey
are en itled to 14 acres of Und. and a-ki- g f.r the
ppolntmen' of a .peci.il commitee to inv-s-iAe
asto the wor'.ing.,f the xis in; laws touching the
suhj- ct A bill a in roduced and refem d to
ameftd the dip' --ma i- av.d c insular systems act of
Auen-t 18. iSTio T- flnince resotntKin was
farther delisted. Mr. Bavard advoca ine the re
sumption of specie payment at the earliest possi
ble day; h thonl? the Lejal Tender act was a
war measure, ano -honld not be onrinned now iti
ttrae of pece. Mr. Morrl! (Vt.) replied tn M
Bom I well! citicg hi- (B-.nrweH's) former rotes and
report to show that hispo!icy of standing still
waa impossible.'' ...Executive session and ad
jjuri.nitnt. How. A hill was parsed establ5.hin
hfe-savicg stations, and appropriating $lt.'(0
therefor, and $1,600 for medals ordered previously
to be presented to persons who had disiiu-pni-hed
themselyu !n sarin g lives from the
wreck of ihe steamer Meri ... memorial
was presen'e-1 n-i " ferret of New York rutokrrs
against any farther iiS ion of the carrency ..A.
snbeiitate was ctTered and referred for tbe bill in
mwtneed in the Hoae by the Committee of Wt
and Means, fixing the stares of the orer-i-sae of
legal tenders, snch suhotitaie declaring that
Cnited Spates no'es i--ued In excesa of
f j6.-1 0.CO) were i-sned without authority
of law. aal are n-it leral tender-, and
Conurea cannot give them the attribute of money
nnder the recent drcis on of the Supreme Conn,
but. ha4ng been issned. a-e- a jusl debt against
the United states, redeemabl- In legal money. ...
i he Army Appsor risti--n hi-L appropriating f 3.
443.91 , was con-i-iened In Com i iitee of tie
Whole An erenic? session wa provided for. to
be far ih considerauoa cf the bill revising the
e;atoies.t
TirmsBAT.'Jancary 29. Stna'e. Peti
tion were presented ani referred from claxecsof
liiinoi. ask ng that le?al teniera be soherfmted
for national banknotes: fr-Tn ci-'zens of Montana,
aski g for a dir-ion of tht Territory.... After tha
expiration of ihe cioru'.ag bonr. Mr Ferry, of
Micclgaa, wa called to tae chair, and Mr. Carpen
ter addressed the Snat or. Louisiana a2!r. Ha
reviewed a; lesaj-h the condition of a2air in that
f:at ; h ref srrvd to lor gthy report of tie Con-
ffres. tonal Committee on Louisiana affairs, and
said it is too la e now to talk about sea i..g P.ucb
back on orxtnn fade cause, as ibis committee bad
a "Teed there was no ietral government in Louis
iana, nor a legal Legislature, on ihe 15tn of
Jan tary last. Before the conclusion of Mr. Car
penter's speech the Senate went luto executive
session and so- n after adjourned.
Hvue Kills were reported and referred
to Coramitiea of the Whole to amend the several
acts relating to the' National currency, and
to establish free banking; limiting the amount
of Tuned States notes in circulation to
$400,i00.00". and allowing their exchange
luto convertible S.ttt bonds Tbe bill to establi-h
and maintain National Savings Depositories as
branches of ihe Poatofflca Department was re
ported adversely from the Committee on Banking
ana currency.... me Army appropriation uniwas
further considered in C'omininee of the Whole....
An evening session was held for consideration of
tbe bill codifying and revising Ibe statutes.
Fkidat, January 30. St-nnte. A large
number of bills were introduced, among them one
authorizing the President to appoint a board
five officers to investiga e tbe charges against
Ueneral O. O. Howard, which was laid over iu
formally. ...A memorial was presented and read
of the Governor of the District of Columbia, in
response to certain statement made tn a memo
rial presented a few days before. The Crover-
nor says the District oflicial have not
sought aud do not now seek to evade tba fullest
investigations iuio tbe affairs of the Di-trict.
Mr. dtrnetifer rniirlafit'd hia remark, on
Louisiana affair a. lie claimed that ibe Pre i Jen la
proclamation waa issued without authority, but
ibat It bad a salutary effect at the lime, lie ar
gued lhar Kellogg was not legally elected; t bat his
associates in Ibe .Mate offices were never elected,
and tbe Lech-la ure sending Piuchoack to the
Senate waa never elected. lie thought a ne
election should bare been ordered in Louisiana at
the last session of Congress..... Mr. Morion began
a reply. to tbe speech of Mr. Carpenter, in which
be said the new election waa not demanded by
the Republican party of the 8' ate, nor by the
business men of New Orleans. The men who were
in'erested in the preservation of order and protec
tion of honest labor opposed a new elecuon
for the reason that iner were opposed to anarchy
and knew full well thtt the overturning of this
State Government would be toe signal ror cis
order and tbe sbeddiue of blood, tie contended
that the Kellogg Government was in sympathy
1 h. aud sustained by. a larire majority of the
People of Louisiana.... Before tbe conclusion of
Mr. Moriuu's speech the Senate adjourned to
the id.
Uuute. Various reports of a private
character were made from comadttees and re
ferred.... A joint resolution waa reported from the
Committee on Military Atfairs requesting the Pres
ident lo convene a Court or luuuiry, oi not uss
than five officers of the army, to injii-
ram nil v all cnarce BirauiSl Dnnauier-cteuciai
O. U. Howard contained in a couimuiiicatiou of
the SiCreLarv of War of ihe 5th of December,
1873. aud to renort their opinion aa weil on the
moral as legal res pousi bill t for such offenses, if
any may bu discovered. An amendment 10 ibia
resoluiiou was offered, giving ibe accused tbe
right of challenge allowed oy law iu trial by court
uuir.iaL aud an exciting debate eusUtd, af-ei
w-nich ihe amendment was agreed to 17 to tA
au.i the resotuuou as auieuaeu was passeu. ..sev
eral joint bills wre cousideted aud disposed of.
.Adjourned, the session ou the Slat lo uc lor de
bate only.
THE CnUROU SPIDER.
Two spiders, so the story goes.
Upon a living beut.
Entered the rare ing-honse one day.
And hopefully were beard IO say,
U. re we shall have at least fair play.
With nothing to prevent."
Each chose his place and went to work;
The light wiebs grew apace ;
One on the altar spun bis thread.
Bat shortly came the sexton dread.
And swept him off, ana so, half dead.
He sought another place.
" Til try the pnlpit next." said he,
" There surely is a prise;
The desk appears so neat and clean,
I'm snre n spl ier there has been;
B ides, how often have I seen
The pastor brushing flies."
He tried the pnlpit. hnt alss1
His hopes proved visionary;
With dusting brush the sexton came,
And spoiled his geometric game.
Nor vave him time or space to claim
The right of sanctuary.
At length, hslf-starved and weak and lean
He aonirht bis fo'mer neighbor.
TV bo now had et iwn so sleek and round.
He weighed a fracnon of a p tind.
And looking as If the art be'd found.
Of Living wi.hout labor.
" How 1s It. friend." be asked, "that I
Kndure anch thump aud knocks
While you have grown so very gross?"
" 'Tis plain." he answered, "not a loss
I've tret, since first I spun across
The contribution box."
THE K03IANCE OF A TIN BOX.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
9 J as cast 81. 1874.
Cotton. Middling upland, 15&lhXc
Ltva Stock. Beef Cattle 9.60Sli50. Hog-
Uve, 6.'!6 33; Dressed, $. 00a-".o. Sstieep
Live, i5.W)i..5J.
BaaaosTLrrs. Flour Good to choice, f 3.73 1
.10; w hite wheat extra, 17.11X27.9 Wheat No.
4 Chicago, $1.5a&i-56; Iowa spring. 1.5831 .16;
No. a Milwaukee spring, S1.MG&1.5& Kye esl-
ern and State, $t.083l.lU. Barley 1 1.753.00. Corn
Mixed Western adoat, 8 61c. Oal ew
Western, 60361c.
Paovistoss. Pork New Mess, 116.2310.40.
Lard aiS,Sc
Woou Common to extra. 403 iUc
CHICAGO.
Lira Stock. Beeves- -Choice. $5.2035.JO; good.
$4.j&5.10: medium, $4.riO3-70; butchers'
stock. f3.gj3C00: stock cattle, f j.i)J4.i o.
Hogs Live, ti.:51Vi."r5; Dressed, $0.406.50.
Sheep Good to choice. fCTSSA-bo.
Provisions. Batter Choice, SS&sTC Eggs
Fresh, lo317c. Pork New Mess, fl4-3
14.35. Lard Sl
BaaaDsTurrs. Flour White Winter extra.
f7.0C3a.5; spring extra, -i. J03'.5U. heai
Spring, No. 4, (l.wVtLi. Corn o. a. S3
ioc. Oats No. 4. 4-2&tc Rye No. i, 6X3
81c Barley No. S. J1.70a-"5.
Wooi Tub-washed. 4i3.'dc; Ceece, wahed,
d6,34ic.; fleece, unwashed. 2j-c.; pulled.
3j340c
CINCINNATI.
BaBADSTrrrs. Flour t7.S5t37.60. Wheat
11.50. Corn 60561c Rye 93s. Oats 44355c
Barley tl 6031 "0.
Paovtsiosa. Pork fl5.0031i.i5. Lard 93
9!iC ST. LOUIS.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, ft-E03
5.75. Hogs Live, f5.003i.75.
BRKADSTCrra. Flour, XX Fall, f6.5037.00.
Wheat No. t Red Fall, f 1.6531.6". Corn No. 2.
bl.362c Oats No. . 45346c Rye No. i, 653
66c Barley fl.4031.7a
PaovTstosa. Pork Mess, f 13.00313.25. Lard
8V2.9C
MILWAUKEE.
BRSADSTrrra. Flour Spring XX. f6.0K3b.'0.
Wheat Spring No. 1. f 1 X41.UH ; No. A $Li3
l.SS. Corn No. 2. 67!4i8c. Oats-No. 2.40
4oVic Rye No. 1, 7r371ic Barley No. A, fl-00
31.65.
TOLEDO.
BRAD"Turr. Wheat Amber Mich., fl.473
1.43; No. Red. fLi53l-4i. Corn Mixed, U
i36c Oats No. 1, 4CV434"c
DETROIT.
BaxaDSTrrra. Wheat Extra, fl.lS31.59.
Corn 64365c. Oata 45346HC
CLEVEL AND.
BEiiDtrrrm-Wheat No. 1 Red, fl.573L?8:
No. Red. fL4731-ttl. Corn 6&371c Oale 483
50c
BUFFALO.
Lira Stock. Beeves J4.r01S.10. Hogs
Live, f5.5036.. Sheep Live. $5.0036.75.
A Mercenary Corpse.
Ilere is a beart-rendirg story from Louisi
ana, a portion of the country that in these
lat er days is somewhat prolific in sensational
deve'opments. Not many days ago a most
abject and poverty-stricken woman called
upon one of the mt prominent merchants
of New Orleans, well known fivr his lirwralitv
and kIr.dn- of heart, and after unfoldine
a tal of misfortune and wretchedness, sjiid
that her husband had died forty-eight hours
bef e. Of course the merchant w pro
foundly moved bv this rerelation of distress,
and, wV.en his Ti-ibw graphi-.-all v said tht she
wa tinable to derraw the expenses or tre
burial, and disliked the id, of a buri il at
pnidic expen-e, and that the twly waa al
ready beginning to decompose in the room in
habited by herself atid her orphaned children,
he hastily put on bis hat and led the wom iti
into the street, saying be would accompany
her to the place. -d not only see to tb fune
ral, but make some arrangements for the
comfort of ihe sfflxted ones thus left desolate
in a cold and heartless world.
Arriving at tr-e bouse, which, by the war,
w as an especially f.wl,rn and uncle in establish
ment on the liver front, the woman's action
wa confused, not, to aay peculiar She
seemed overcome, era red with grief, first
knocking violently on the dr. then Jerking
an old mildewed bell-handle, and finally enter
ing without waiting for an answer to the sum
mons. Thev went up a ricke'y, rotten stair
case, and. on the fourth flor, en'ered a room
who-e door consisted of a blanket hnog on
nails. Two dirty cadtvtrous children crouch
ed near the fire-place, and in a tongh-bewn
box of a coffin lay a swollen and d "colored
corpse. It face was unclean, and blue and
red spots about the eyes and mouth seemed
to indicate that decotnposl'ioo bad already set
In. The gentleman waa horrified. This waa
more thn he could stand. A sodden odor
p- rvaded the room; a frigbtfol atmosphere
of Jevb and abj.-ct pover'y siekened
him He thought he would go. He felt
sorry be bad ever come. It "would haTe
been so much better to give the woman money
without bringine himself io contact with all
this h'rrible misery. He t4ok out his pocket
tvwk, and. banding the woman its contents,
which hapren-d to he only fourteen dollars,
to'd her to call again and he would do more
for her. Then he fled.
Bnt at the foot of the sta'rs be found be bad
left his umbrella a handsome twenty dol ar
affair, presented on Christmas by bia most in
timate friend. He hated to do It he positive
ly recoiled from enteriagthat room sgtin but
it seemed unfeeling to call the woman down,
and be mn-t re 'urn. He did so. He hurried
quickly but softly upstairs, tip-toed to the
door, and aaw tie corps", slttine up in the
coffin, counting his fourteen dollars very
deliberately.
He clutched the umbrella without a word
and rMurse3 to hia p'aca of baaineaa, a spec
ially diseoutcatad a&d aheepua-lookisg man.
BY LOCI3 A. ROBERTS.
This afFiir occurred in 1835, some time
in September. We fellows in the "Pay
Office" had growled all Bummer because
we could get no vacation. The war waa
just over, you remember, and we were
doing an uncommonly lively business in
settling up with the paymasters of volun
teers, who were being mustered out every
dav.
Bat by September the worst of the rush
was over, ana two or three or tne D-vs,
who had go in their applications first,
were ranted a month's vacation. Among
theso was Frank Wills, who lived up at
Cumberland, and who had been in h stew
for the last three mnnth9 to get off; and
no wonder. lie had confided in the strict
est confidence, to nearly every man in the
ffflce, the secret that he was going up
home to marrv just the gayest little girl
you ever saw."
1 here was a detachment or regulars up
at Cumberland and Piedmont that sum
mer, guarding a lot of Government stores
in those towns, and through somebody's
negligence they had received no pay lor
six months. At the end of that time the
Lieutenant in command took the liberty
to send in a respectful reminder to the
Department, and the Pav master-General
Immediately gave the rolls over to Major
uramley, and directed him to go up and
pay off the men without delay.
.Now, .Major liramlev, as well a t ills.
belonged in Cumberland, and he was glad
enough of this opportunity to run up
there and spend a day or two at home.
He lost no time in getting ready to start,
and in the course of the afternoon looked
in to see Wills and asked him if he had
any word to 6end to hi- mother. He was
surprised to find that Frank was going up
too, and wanted him to go along thai
night. ThU was Thursday night, and
Bramley's idea was to get up to Cumber
land so" as to have a full day at home Fri
day, pay off the troops on Saturday, and
then have another av at home cunuay.
Frank, however, didn t want to go till
morning. He had written to tne gayest
little girl you ever saw that he would be
there Friday even ins, and he didn't care
about putting ia &u appearance before he
wa au.
Well, then, Frank," said the Major, "I
want tou to do me a little favor. I don't
quite like to carry this box along with tue
at night. sNow ou II go tnrougn oy day
light, when there won't be the? slightest
chance of any mishap. So, what 1 want
you to do is to bring it along t -morrow.
I'll call up at the house in the course of
the evening and get it."
"All right !" said Frank. "But come up
before eight o'clock, will yeu? I may be
out af er that time."
"Sure enough!" said the Major, lower
in? his voice to the confidential kej.
When is it coming off?"
"Monday morning. You must wait and
see me through. Won't you?"
"Of course"! will, old fellow." said the
Major, "with all my heart! Well, then,
I'll see you to-morrow evening. Don't
forget this box, whatever you do. New
I must be off."
"Hold on. Major,' said Frank ; "what's
in this box?"
"Nothing but the pay-roll and the cash
about fortv-eight hundred dollars."
"All right!" said Frank.
Frank carried that box home to his
room at Mrs. Port man's as unconcerned
aa if it had been a box of figs. This was
not the first thing he had undertaken to
carry with him the next day to oblige a
friend, by the way.
So when be was finally ready to start
he found that there was a good deal more
of his baggage than there whs of him
twice as much, at least; for besides sev
eral little favors of his iriends he had a
big trunk aad a valise of his own. By
means of a wagon he got everything safe
ly conveyed to the station, and it was not
till he had reached it that he realized
fully how heavily weighted he was. A
bright thought struck him, however, al
most immediately. There was room in
his trunk for something. Why not put
ia Bramley's box? Nobody knew what
was in the old thing. There couldn't
possibly be any risk. A,nd so in it went.
Then he got his check, and rushed off to
get his seat; but another bright idea
struck him, and he rushed back and
checked his valise. So now he had noth
ing left to cf rry but a cage of birds and a
flower plant. By the time he had got
fiirly seated he c fcovered that he
had no pocket handkerchief; and
he rushed out to get one from his trunk,
if possible. He found his trunk on a
track, with twenty or thirty others on top
of it, but the baggage-men, with ucparal-
led kindness, snaked it out for htm. Jut
as Frank had got its contents prettv much
all spread oat upon the floor, the men told
hiru t i hurrj' or they would all be too
late He threw things in rather pro
miscuously, and rushed fr the train
again, keeping an eye on his trunk, how
ever, which he saw sail into the baggage
car just as the train !egan to move.
He had not more than got himself com
fortably settled in his seat again, when he
began to have misgivings as to his entire
prudence, after al', in trusting tnat cash
box out of his hands; and after assuring
himself that he had his two checks safely
lodged in his pocket book, he resolved to
avoid any possible risk of mischance by
looking out f r his trunk and making
sure that t was not put off by mistake at
a wron? station. Ail went smoothly
enough till B iltimore was reached, but
there he got into a peck of trouble. In
the first place, when he l.niked in at the
baggage-car door for his trunk it was no
longer visible. In the next place, about
forty trunks were tumbled ont on the plat
form all at once, and among them he pre
ently discovered his own, as he would
to lose one now. Nevertheless, he did not
relax his vigilance, but waa out at every
station to observe the exchange of bag
gage, as before,
When at last the train reached Cumber-
land, and he caught sight from his car-
window of just the gavest. etc. on the
lookout for him, his soul instantly soared
above baggage, as you might suppose. He
made shift to remember his birds and his
flower, it is true, and approached his lady
love appropriately flanked bv those
romantic emblems. The first greeting
over, he descended from the clouds loug
enough to give his checks to the driver of
the ' baggage-express," ana then went
cooing home with his sweetheart. Ar
rived at that enchanted abode, he was be
guiled into taking tea there before going
to bis own home, which was halt a mile
fart her on
When he did get home at last, it was
dark; and there was so much talking to do
that he never thought of his trunk till
Bra m ley came in to get his box.
"My baggage came up. did't it?" said
Frank to Lis mother, just a little anx-
ouslv.
"Yes, dear, and I had the man carry it
up tn your room."
"All right ! I'll give you your box in
about a minute, Major," said Frank, start-
in sr ud stairs,
' Do you mean to sav you left that box
to be carried up by a truckman r ' asked
the Major, astonished
'Oh. it's in my trunk," replied Frank,
as if nothing could be more satistactory
"In your trunk! Well, by George,
Frank! money weighs lightly on your
mind. I must say!"
"Frank is to be married Monday morn
ing, you know," said Mrs. mils with a
smile.
But Frank had gone on up stairs, and
escaDed both these shots.
In about a minute he came down again.
a good deal faster than he had gone up.
His face was as while as this paper just
about.
"Mother, that infernal fool has left the
wronjr trunk here!" he cried. "Didn't
vou know that wasn't my trunk?"
"No, ray boy, I did not; but I wouldn't
get into a passion about it, l ou can Una
the man, can't you, and have him cortect
his mistake?
Frank and the Major started off on the
quest without delav, you may be sure
The man was found in less than fifteen
minutes. All hrt knew about the matter
was that he passed Frank's checks to the
baggage master, and took the baggage
that the latter gave him; and that was
ihe only baggage he carried from the
train.
"Must be some mistake about the
checks," said he. "Belter go to the baggage-master.
I've known such things to
happen before now."
Frank was beginning to feel hot and
cold bv this time. But neither he nor the
Major ventured to say a word till ihev hail
found the station -baggage master. That
funcionary went over his check straps
carefully, and found that his checks ail
matched.
"Must have got the wrong check at
Washington to start with," said he. "Bet
ter go back to Baltimore and get Kepi inger
he a the General liicgage Agent to
telegraph over the line for our trunk."
The Major and Frank stepped aside and
considered the matter. They agreed that
it was best not to intima'e tliat the trut.k
contained anything particularly valuable,
and that on the whole they had better go
back on the nine o'clock train to Ualti
more, and see the baggage agent as early
as possible on the next mormn
It was a glum ride tuat, as you may
guess, for both of them
Fortunately, the baggage agent proved
to be uncommonly poiite for a railroad
man. "In less than half an hour," he
said to Frank with a most reassuring
8ini!e, "I'll have every baggage-master be
tween here and Chicago in full chase after
your trunk, and 1 11 venture to st.y j ou 11
get it in a couple ot days."
He turned to his desk and began writ,
ins a dispatch.
"How shall I describe your trunk?" he
aiked. turning tor rank.
"Well, it's a pretty large trunk and con
tains a lot ot shirts and handkerchiefs
marked with my initials, F. W.' and "
"Oh, no matter what it contains. I
can't order all the pretty large trunks on
the line to be opened to 6ee what they
contain, you know. Just describe the out
side. Was it marked with your name or
Initials?"
"No. sir."
"Well was there anything abut it to
distinguish it from other trunks? '
"I can't think of anything at this mo
ment."
"It is astonishing," said the agent, "how
negligent passengers are, as a rule,- about
marking their baggage. And their negli
gence doen't end there, either. No w, I
venture to say that you never thought to
take the precaution, when you got your
check, to compare it with tile one on your
trunk. Did you?'
"No. You're right."
"I thought so. 'Not one man in a hnn
dred takes that simple precaution. Yet
the men w ho check your baggage are only
human like the rest of us, and it isn't
strange that tney make a mistake now
and then. Now, can't you think of some
sort of peculiarity about your trunk?"
"It had a spring lock. I have the key
here."
"If I could only telegraph that key,
now!" said the agent, with a smile lust a
triile sarcastic.
Frank was nonplussed. I wonder how
many of us, if we were suddenly called
upon to render a description ot our sev.
eral travelm? trunks, could do it satis
factorily? Frank wa obliged to admit
that he could not de-cribe his.
"Well, then," said the agent, "we shall
be spared the trouble and expense of
hunting it up for vou. I wonder if vou
could identify it if you should see it?" he
asked rank.
"Ye, I cohU," said Frank. "And
now I'll fell you just what I beliere: I
believe that truak has been stolen, and
I'll tell you why. I saw a trunk put ofl
at Baltimore that I would have taken my
oatn was my own; but just as I was go
ing to speak about it, I saw some let'ers
on one end of it that were nt on mine.
and that staggered me. and I said noth
ing, ine more I think or it the more
thoroughly I'm convinced that that was
my trunk. Yes. sir: that trunk was
stolen, and I'll tell you how. The thief.
whoever he wa. checked a trunk of his
it. It's contents may show to whom it
belongs. In that case it will be safe to
conclude that there has been only a mis
take in checking, as I have all along sup
posed; and He shall then know who has
got your trunk, and can easily hunt him
down and make things straight. Come
round to night, when the last train comes
in, and we'll see what we'll see."
Frank having telegraphed for the trunk,
he and the Major began to consider what
they should do to kill the afternoon. Just
then the 11-30 express arrived, and Cram
ley decided to rua down" to Washington
and return in the evening.
It was well he acted as promptly as he
did, for about five o'clock there came a
dispatch to the Paymaster-General's office
from the Lieutenant up at Cumberlaud,
saying that Major Bramley had called on
him the day before and told him he
should pay off his men that day, but that,
instead of doing so he had mysteriously
disappeared. The officer, therefore,
thought it his duty to report the circum
stance wi-hout delay to headquarters.
Now, in the Major's absence this would
had an Ugly look. But he had already
seen the General and explained the matter
to him, frankly admitting his fault in
trusting the money out of his own hands.
lhat was all he could do.
The General was a man of few words,
but liraiiley could se that be waa sen
ously annoyed. "You may remain here
tor ihe present," he said.
I bad expected. General, to go back
to Baltimore this evening to look alter
the matter, but "
1 ou may remain here for :he present.
This Wills what kind of a young man
is he?"
The Major informed the General of
Frank's intended marriage, and that he
could not make good the loss of the con
tents of the cash box; he assured the Gen
eral, hew ever, that Frank was perfectly
honest, so far as he knew.
VV ill you do me the favor to carry this
to the Assistant Secretary ?" said the Gen
eral presently, handing Bramley a note.
vv itn pleasure, Ueneral."
This'closed the interview. The Major
was under a cloud, you perceive.
And Frank? Well, his first thought
after being left alone was to write a hur
ried letter to that gayest little girl of his,
explaining his absence and promising to
return by the aunday evening express.
This done, he wandered about the Btreets, !
a prey lo unpleasant reflections. It was j
internally awkward to lose that dress-suit
particularly, and be obliged to be married
in the toggery he had on. If it were only
to be a quiet wedding at home, it would
not matter so much. As for Brain's
money, that was simply awful! Awful!
1 1 ue c mid only get his nugers on that.
the rest of the traps might go and no
questions asked.
lie was obliged at last to go back to
the hotel, still a prey to unpleasant re
flections.
He was sitting in the reading-room
about eight o'clock in the evening, pre
tending to read, and already exciting
himselt in anticipation of seeing that
trunk opened, when a gentleman evident
ly from the country, who had been quietly
reading for the past half hour, laid down
his paper, took off his spectacles, rose
and looked casually about the room.
There wa nobody in it except Frank and
himself.' After looking at Frank sharply
two or three times, he approached him
and extended his hand. "1 don't think I
can be mistaken," said he: "y ou're fiom
Cumberland, aren't ynu?"
My home is there."
I thought so. Your face looked natu
ral the minute I set eyes on it."
Vou are acquainted in Cumberland,
then ? said Frank.
"I should think so! I live about two
miles north. My name's Maltby ."
"I don't seem to recall it."
"Well, like enough. Fact is, I'm not
an old settler; only been there about
three years."
And I've been in Washington nearly
as long as that.'-
"Oh, well, then, of course you wouldn't
remember me. But I've seen you about
there, certain. I reckon you know the
Markelvs and V illses and Braraleys, and
such? They're old families in that region."
I know them all I'm a Wills my
self."
'Indeed! By the wav, if you know
the Markelys, 1 11 lay a levy now you've
gotoureye on that girl of theirs eh.
old fellow?"
Frank was obliged to blush."
"I thought so!" continued Neighbor
Maltby. "All right! I wish you luck! I
tell you what, that girl I wouldn't say
this before my old woman, you know,
but bet ween me and you and the gatepost,
that cirl Well, if I was a vouner fel
low I'd showyou whatl think of that girl."
Ibis last remark ot the old man ap
pealed irresistibly to Frank's slr-ngeai
weakness, and he proceeded to unbosom
himself without reserve on the subject of
his relations with that girl. His new
found friend congratulated him in the
heartiest manner upon his good luck in
winning such a prize, and Frank returned
the compliment by inviting him to the
wedding on the spot.
"If I could only be there!" said the old
man dejectedly. "But I can't get round
home beiore luesday. An, tlial s a rare
girl! But look'ee here, my boy," said
he in an oracilar tone, have you
counted the cost? It's a tremendous ex
pensive luxury, that sort of a creatur!'
I've got a daughter of my own about the
age of that Markely girl, and as sure as
you're born it takes the heft of the profits
off about two hindred acres to keep her
afloat, year in and year out,"
I don i trouble nivseir about tnat sort
of thing," said Frank, loftily. The old
man had hit him in another tender spot.
I'm glad to hear you say so," waa the
response. "I'd be sorry to see a girl like
that hitched on to a poor man. It would
be the worse for both of 'em."
Frank had nothiug ti say to this, so he
onlv shrugged his shoulders.
" You're rn the way ud there now, I
reckon," said the old man.
r rank proceeded to explain his situa
tion at length.
"Singularest thing I ever heard in mv
life!" exclaimed Mr. Maltby, as Frank
concluded his 6tory. "Do you miud if I
go along and see that trunk opened.
"1 wish you would," said rrank.
passed the following two or three days in
strict seclusion. It appeared that some
bodyI think myself it was the General-
had undertaken to account for the loss of
the money on the supposition that Frank
had stolen it. This theory didn't hold
water very long, though, and he was soon
released. When he went to his room he
found there had been a search-warrant
there in hia absence, and he had the
pleasure of tacking down his carpet and
putting things to rights generally. When
he went up home the next day he found
his mother's house had been favored with
a similar visitation.
I should have said that Frank had pres
ence of mind enough, alter he was ar
retted, to send a line by the up train that
morning to the gayest little girl, explain
ing his lamentable situation, and exhort
ing her to bear up for his sake, and so
forth. Of course she could see that the
serviceable, as furnishing a clue to hit
identity." And he handed Frank the dis
patch from Chicago.
"Do you mean to tell me," said Frank,
growing red in the face, "that you are not
going to help me any further?"
"Can't, possibly," said the agent. "I
have found your trunk: there my duty
ends. But stay I I don't inind aiding
you with a suggestion. It strikes me thut
a man who describes Congressional docu
ments as 'valuable wouldn't be likely to
hanker much after mere greenbacks "
"And it strikes ww," said the Major,
"that the best thing you can do is to go
back with me and make a clean breast of
it to tbe General."
Frank, failing to perceive any roure
more feasible, acquiesced in the Major's
suggestion.
But mind you, Malor," said he, "I'm
not coine to crawl. "I'll lust tell himex-
weddlng, appointed for the next morning, j actly how the thing stand-', and then lie
was "oti." as the horse men say, till mav do his worst. I know one person
things should clear up. who'll stand by me, and " Here his
The next morning after his arrival emotion got the upper hand of his vocal
home Frank was summoued ba k to Bal- oigans. He said no more,
ttmore to Identify his trunk. When he When they reached the Washington
reached there. Mr. Keplinger read to him denotthev were obliged to wait a few
a dispatch received two days liefore from minutes tor the arrival of the horse-car,
St. Louis. It said: "Trunk marked 'H. and as thev were standing on the plat-
L. B.' forwarded to yonr address last form a railroad man itteppcd up and
own, filled with sawdust or something of j documents.
And 6o he d id.
And what do you thiak the trunk con
tained? It was crt mmel full ot public
that sort, to Biltirnore. Then, before the
baggage was put on the train, he managed
to transfer the check on his trunk to mine.
md tne one on mine to his own. Don t
you see? Then when the train stopped
at Bal li more ail he had to do was to claim
my trunk on his check and make off with
it. Bat he had to provide against another
contingency: the owner or the stolen
trunk might happen to catch him at his
little game; and so he stencils those
letters, 'II. L. B., on it in order that he
might point ' Vt them to prove that the
trunk was tis own. Those letters would
fl'r any man, as they did me, at first
sight. Now, I don't know how this mav
have sworn. He was just on the point of j strike you, Mr. Keplinger, but I know
making a disturbance about if. when he j that trunk was mine."
observed on one enl of the trunk the let- j .Mr. Keplinger said nothing for a minute
ters "n. Li. B." very black and distinct, ; or so, and then asked, suddenly. "Where
and instantly drew in his horn. Bv this ! is the trunk you received on your check?"
time the baggage had been whirled on to j It's al home in Cumberland."
the trucks and was rolling away" in! "Bad! I wish it was here. Your sup
various directions, so that he could pur-j position may be right, and it mav be
sue bis critical observations no fur- j wrong. I'm inclined to think myself it's
ther. But Frank was not accustomed to I all mor.nshin. But I'll tell you -what I'll
borrow trouble, and ha went back t do. Too telegraph home and hav -that
to his seat, reflecting that, as he had trar- trcak sent on here to-night- I'll open it,
tied the same road twenty times and i and if it Droves to be a bogus affair, evi-
lf that isn't a put-up job," exclaimed
Frank, triumphantly, "then I'd like to
know what it is!"
The agent was not quite so sure about
it, but he owned there was ground for
suspicion, especially as the trunk itself
was both new and cheap. LpoD reflec
tion he resolved to give Fran the bene
fit of the doubt.
"I'll telegraph Monday morning," said
he, and find the trunk you claim, if possi
ble. What was the mark
"U. L. B."
Do you want to take the responsibility
of havioe the party in possession of it ar
rested if he can be'found?"
night. Party claiming it In custody,
awaiting requisition from your Gover
nor."
"The trunk arrived this morning," said
the agent. "Here it is. Do y ou recog
nize it. Is it your trunk?"
"It certainly is," said Frank. "But I
never put that strap on it And the lock
has been changed, too," he added, as he
tried to unlock it.
" You're getting nervous," said the
acent. "Let me try." But he had no
better success than Frank. "Are you
sure this is the right key?" he asked
"Yes."
"Very well, then, this U not the right
trunk
"I tell you it la my trunk," said Frank
doccedlv. "Open it and I'll convince
vou." But no matter what he said, he
was bv no means a confident as he had
been before the trunk was sho-n him.
"There you are!" said the agent,
throwing up the lid
It needed but a glance to show what
the trunk contained a lady'a and baby's
wardrobes nicely packed, r ranks con
dition at this discovery was deplorable to
behold.
Do vou know what you've done,
young man?" said the agent, looking
through and through the poor fellow with
his sharn eves. "You've Involved this
company in a suit for damages that may
cost them thousands of dollars."
"I confess that I'm down," said Frank;
"I haven't a word to Bay for myself.
You've been very obliging, and I thank
you with all my heart. You can do what
you like with Die "
"Then I'll give you a piece of advice:
The next tim you start on a journey
compare ymir checks. Good-day, 6irl"
Frank backed out and took the next
train for home.
The agent started the trunk back to St.
Louis at tbe earliest moment possible,
telegraphed an order for the release of
the party in arrest, and tendered to that
party, on behalf of the company, the
amplest apology for the blunder that had
be-n committed.
The very next morning Mr. Keplinger
received a dispatch from Chicago inquir
ing for a missing trunk, "checked from
Washington for Pittsburgh. September,
contents valuable. Party received wrong
check at Washington. Trunk his check
calls for is here. Identify our trunk by
'D. II., Jeffersonville, III,' written with
pencil on right-hand end near top."
Having read this dispatch, he drew out
the humble receptacle of our national
literature from hiscloFet, turned the right
hand end to the light, and there, in dim
and crabbled characters, beheld the le
gend "D. IL, JerTersonville, 111." How
his heart warmed to "D. H." for even
that unsatisfactory token of a passenger
not wholly depraved !
He started the trunk with its "valuable
contents" on its way to Chicago without
delay, telegraphed his action to the baggage-agent
there, and requested that gen
tleman to forward the other trunk to him
at once.
It arrived In due time, and Mr. Kep
linger had tbe pleasure of telegraphing
to Frank a second time to come and
identify his trunk.
Frank went this time prepared, natural
ly, to be cautious about committing him
self. Trving his key, however, and find
ing that "it fitted the lock perfectly, his
misgivings vanished, and he expressed
his emotions in a series of exclamations
that must be omitted here. He withdrew
the key without so much as raising the
lid. sat himself down upon the trunk, and
declared his intention lo maintain that
position till Major Bramley could be
brought from Washington. The agent
kindly telegraphed th Mjor, who was
graciously granted a halt day's leave of
absence, and in three Hours ne stooa De
side the momentous trunk.
"I was determined that I wouldn't touch
your internal old cash-box again if I had
to sit here for a month," said Fcank. "I'll
open the trunk now, and I want you to
get that box out of my sight ju3t as quick
aa vou can "
"Don't disturb yourself on that score,"
said the Major.
"Now, Jlr. Keplinger," said Frank to
the agen', "there is a cash-box ia this
trunk which belongs to Major Bramley,
and which contains how much does it
con ain, 3Iajor?"
"Forty-eight hundred and twenty nine
dollars and'seventeen cents."
"Great Heaven:" exclaimed the agent,
"and you packed that box in a trunk!
and that trunk without a scratch on it to
show who owned it!"
"And want you. Mr. Keplinger," con
tinned Frank, unruffled by that gentle
man's apos rophe, to witr ess that Mjor
Bramley takes potse-sion of that box here
in broad daylight, and that I refuse to
touch it."
Go on!" said the a?enL
Frank lifted the lid and fell back. Rram
ley dived into the trunk up to hi shoul
ders, and came up empty -handed! He
glared at Frank, speechless.
Frank, also speechless, also dived, and
also came up empty-handed !
The agent took his turn, fished coolly
and carefully, and came op empty-handed
t
The major was as pale as a specter.
Frank had quietly settled himself down
on the carpet, with a view to dying com
fortably if he must die.
" Wrong trunk oaain., thV shouted
Kepling-r, jerkin? him up on his feet,
as they do the dead man in the panto
mime. "It is my trunk oh, ye9," said Frank,
settling down again, exactly like the dead
man in the pantomime.
Tbe agent, having reached the fruition
of all his 'abors in this case in the find
ing of the missing piece of bazgage,
could well be pardoned for a rather cool
contemplation of the consternation of his
companions at the loss of the money, with
which he had eo concern. The Major's i
"By all means!" exclaimed Mr. Maltby, ' rigid face relaxed at last, and Frank came
eing Frank hesitate. to life
never lost a truiii yet, there was no sort ;
or reason to appresend that h was going
i-!&nft
tiy put up for the purpose you sug-
e, A u acceot your theory aca act nnon.
-
see
"Yes," said Frank, thus encouraged.
"arrest him. I know it's my trunk."
"Well," 6aid the agent, "look in to-mor
row evening or the next morning. Good-
niznti"
"All right!" said Frank. "Good
night!" And he and Mr. Maltby started
back to the hotel.
The next morning Neighbor Maltby, j
wuu waa aa tvi-icer in me tjoverBtaeiis sv
suddenly as the dead man dot3 in
the pantomime.
"Major," said he; "somebody has stolen
that box; I told you so."
"I begin to 6Uspect as much," 6aid the
Jlalor, cuttingly.
Bat his arrow missed irg mark, for
Frank had turned his eye upon the serene
Mr. Keplinger, and the next moment, ad
dressing that gentleman, exclaimed, "The
man who has had posesiou of this trunk
cret service, as you may have gussscd, t must toe arrested lxantly."
quiatly invited Frank to rotarn to Wasiu j "In that ca.e." said tie agent, still s
Lantern with Lira, aad th young man I rcae, "yea will Had a copy of thi dispatch
touched Frank's elbow.
"See here, young man," said he: "didn't
you go Liast about ten aaya ago, ami
wanted to do something with your trunk
after thev'd got it on the truck, and they
pulled it' off for y ou?"
l did," said rranK, pricaing up
his ears.
"Just come along with me," said tho
railroadman.
"What do vou want with me?" said
Frank, crown a trifle weary since his ex
perience with Neighbor Maltby.
"Just com! along with me," said tho
railroad man.
The Maior expressing his willingness to
go along with Frank, Frank went along
with the railroad-man without further
ado. The railroad man led the way to
the desk in the baggage-room.
"Do vou know anything about this?"
asked the railroad man, setting down a
dusty cash-bx under Frank's nose.
"I rather think do," said Bramley,
seizing it with & grip of steel.
Frank stood transfixed.
The MnJor whipped out his key, un
locked the box, ran over its contents, and
locked it again in about one minute and
a quarter. "It's all right, Frank," ssid
he to the life like staPie of that young
man standing besidj him.
I reckoned you u be atw?r it neiore
this time," said the railroad-man, ad
dressing the same inanimate object.
"You recollect you opened your trunk
for something? v ell, y ou lorgoi to put
lhat box in when y ou shut it up again,
and I didn't notice it till the train was
off. (If I'd only a-snowed what was in
it. naw'l So I inst set it up here on the
shelf, thinkln when y ou missed It. y ou'd
be a send in' for it. And I never thought
of the old thing again till I saw you out
side there Jest now." Lippiitcott'i Magazine.
BRIGANDAGE.
An Armed Company or Uandlt Hnr-
roand m. gts- A'tar Hot Mprlg, Ar.
ksniai, and Rob lh I'autogn s, am
Commit Other Oalrsgti.
A band of brigands, perhaps the same that
rode lntosv'ape Girardeau last spring and de
liberately walked Into a bank, pointed pislol
at the cashier, and robbed the Institution Of
several tbousind dollars, and then dcliteraU-ly
rode out of town again before the people
knew what was g 'ing on, have been making
things lively recently near Hot Hprlngs, Ar
kansas. There were one stage and two light
road-wagons, or ambulances, ei gaged Ii con
veying passengers to tbe hprings. At the
Gaines l'lace, five miles this side or Hot
Springs, the stages were stopped to water the
stock. While watering, five men rode up,
coming from toward Hot Springs, and passed
on by. Each rain wore a heavy blue army
overcoat, but none of them were masked. Af
ter going about half a mile, the men who bad
passed them at the Gaines Place rode up from
behind and ordered the driver to stop or bis
head would be blown off. The stage waa
stopped, a pistol was pointed at those la
tbe stage, and they wre tola to
get out quick, accompanied by an oath.
They g jt out, and, as tbey did so, were ordered
to throw up their bands. Three men were in
front of them with cocked pistols and another
with a shot-gun, while on th other side of
the stage was still another all pointing their
weapons toward the pa-sengergand the driver.
After getting tbe passengers out they made
them form In a kind of circle, so that alt t f
them could be covered by the pistols and gun.
The lesder then "went through" each psn
ger, taking all the watches, jewelry and money
ibat Couid conveniently be f ound lhat were of
special value. After getting through wiibthe
paSsengrs, they tore open several mll sacks
In search of registered letters, tut did not get
any. While the maiu party taa engaged ia
this work, another took out tbe t-et horse in
the coach, saddled bim, rode up and down the
road about Bf ty yards two or three tiucs, and
remarked that "be would do."
After all this the "Captaiu" wtr.t to each
passenger in turn and questioned him as to
where be was from, and inquired if there
were any Southern men along. To one man
ho said be waa an ex-ConfedVrate soldier he
banded back a watch and the money tiken
from bim, saying tbey did no' wai.t to rob
Confederate soldiers, that the Northern men
bad driven them Into outlawry, and they In
tended to make them pay for it,'
Governor Burbank, of Nevada, bo was
one of the parse ngers, asked them to return
bis papers, saying they could be of no benefit
to them. The -Captain" squatted down on
In knees and cominei.ced examiuing them.
Turning around to Lis fo loers be said,
"Boys, I believe be is a detective ahoot
Lim!" and forthwith te wss covered with
three plat .1. "atop," said ttech:tf, looking
further, "I guess it's all right," and Landed
the Goverw r bis papers. They were all he v
ily arme, and aa one of the passengers ex
pressed it were literally "walking armorka."
The other day, at a concert, a gentle
man having put his hat up'n a chair to
keep a place, returned to c:aim it after a
short absence. The hat he found, sure,
enough, where It had been left, only.there
was a stout lady sitting on it. "Madam,"
aid he, "you are sitting on my hat,"
The lady blushed a little, turned round,
and said in the blandest manner: "Oh, I
beg pardon! I'm sure I thought It waa
my husband's."
A farmer named Steinberg, who re
sided in Edtn, Wis., s'.arf d for Fond da
Lac with a load of wrval. While corning
down a hill his team became alarmed and
ran away. Mr. Steinberg had the lines
over his Leal. Steinberg was thrown
from the load. He struck some hard sub
stance, fracturing his skull badly, and in
a short time died.
Upward of eighty millions of ponnd,
or forty thousand tons of grain, were de
livered, by the Erie R ill road at Jersey
City during the month of December, 1973,
being 113 per cent, more than in the cor
responding month of 1872.
Mrs. LrcT G. Thvkstos, cow in her
seventy-seventh year. Is the only survivor
of the pioneer missi'-rary band that land
ed ii tie Sandwich Island in 1S20.
IT cobti $2,000 to bury a Cr n pressman
who dies at Wat!rjsrtoa. It cotil-ils?'.'?
much cheaper at hots-