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ANEW YEAR'S MYSTERY.
Between the years 1840and 1850, the
crime of burglary prevailed to an
alarming extent all over England. In
the suburbs of large towns precau
tions of an almost incredible nature
had to be taken to provide against the
determined and skillful attacks of
midnight depredators. Iron shutters
protected the windows, and to these
were attached bells on springs to an
nounce to the household any attempt
on the part of burglars. The doors
were lined with metal, and strong
bolts ond bars afforded a further safe
guard. It was no uncommon thing
for houses to be entered and robbed in
the twilight, and every door was pro
vided with a catch-chain, which per
mitted it to opon only a few inches,
thus allowing an unknown visitor to
be scanned and spoken to without the
possibility of his forcing his way Into
the dwelling. These difficulties,
however, did not thwart the thief,
but merely aroused his enterprise and
ingenuity.
As already stated, the vicinity of
the large towns afforded to the bur
glar his favorite field of operations,
and the very remarkable case now to
be narrated occurred in Edgbaston,
a fashionable suburb of iiirm lugham.
In 1843, there resided in Edgbaston
a wealthy retired merchant, named
Goodall. He was a childless widow
er, and ills two maiden sisters lived
with him. His dwelling was one
half of what is there known as a
double or semi-detached villa. It was
large and sumptuously furnished, and
Mr. Goodall was famous for the
splendid entertainments he gave.
His plate was superb and his sisters
jewelry unsurpassed.
In November of the year named,
the residence adjoining Mr. Goodall's
wa3 rented by a gentleman named
Mathews. He, also, was a widower,
but twenty years younger than Mr.
Goodall, and he had a daughter aged
about twenty-two, and a son eight or
ten years old. He furnished his
house elegantly, and kept a very
stylish turnout. The neighbors were
soon on intimate terms, and the gen
tlcmeu frequently drove out together.
Mr. Mathews and his family spent
Christmas Eve at the house of Mr.
Goodall, and the latter and his sisters
agreed to eat their New Year's din
ner and spend the evening at Mr.
Mathews'
Mr. Goodall's BeTvmis were invited,
to enjoy the occassion with Mr. Ma
thews' domestics, and he caused the
the laundry and the loft above the
stables to be fitted up tastefully for
their use.
On the morning of New Year's day
Miss Mary Goodall, Mr. Goodall's
elder sister, slipped on the ice and so
seriously sprained herankle as to ren
der it needful for her to remain at
home. She insisted, however, that
no one should stay with her, and af
ter the departure of all the household
for Mr. Mathews' she was able to
lock the front door, and so secure her
self from intrusion, the understand
ing being that her brother and the
domestics were to return not later
than midnight.
At about 12:30 Mr. Goodall and sis
ter bade their entertainers good night,
having been detained longer than
they had anticipated by the absence
of Mr. Mathews, who had been oblig
ed to take one of his visitors home in
his carriage, as Bhe was suddenly tak
en ill.
On reaching the front entrance of
his residence, Mr. Goodall rang the
bell. Several minutes passed, and
there was no response. By this time
the domestics Had gathered at the
doorway, and much surprise was ex
pressed at Miss Goodall's not answer
ing the summons. The bell was rung
several times with increased violence,
but in vain, and the footman, climbing
to the balcony of the parlor, tried the
windows, but found them fast. After
further delay, Mr. Goodall directed
him to break a pane and try to unfast
en the window. This, however, was
fruitless, for, as was to be expected,
the iron shutters inside the blind were
closed. At this juncture, a police
man appeared on the street, and in
quired what was the matter. Mr.
Goodall gave a brief explanation, and
then the officer said :
"Was there nobody but the lady in
the bouse all the evening ?"
"No," was the reply, "not since T
o'clock, when myself and' sister and
all the domestics went to a merry
making next door."
"That's odd," the officer said. "I
came on duty at 10 o'clock, and soon
afterward, as I passed here, I saw the
door open and a gentleman step out.
He stood for a moment as though
glancing at the weather, and then
went back into the house."
This announcement greatly aston
ished Mr. Goodall, and he expressed
to the officer his worst fears thatsome
thing dreadful had happened. The
officer, accompanied by two of the ser
vants and Mr. Mathews, who by this
time had been attracted by the voices
outside, and had joined the group on
Mr. Goodall's entrance, went to the
nearest police station and procured a
ladder. By this means an entrance
was had at one of the upper windows
by the footman, who descended and
unlocked the'front door.
On entering the parlor, the gas was
found turned down to a spark. Mr.
Goodall turned it on, and as he did so
a shriek arose from the domestics,
who had crowded to the door. Miss
Mary Goodall lay across the couch,
with her head beaten in, and the
bloodaud brains'"bespattering the rich
BROWNYILLE, ISTEBEASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1876.
furniture, the carpet and the wall.
Two va!uablediamond rings had been
torn from her fingers, and a splendid
emerald broach was missing from her
bosom. Mr. Mathews, the officer, and
the footman, began a search of the
premises. In the library, adjoining
the parlor, all was confusion. Mr.
Goodall's secretary had been rifled of
a large sum of money, and two ele
gantly chased silver goblets were
gone. The butler's pantry had
been ransacked, and a strong plate
chest had been wrenched open and
the contents removed. From the
chambers up Btairs jewelry of great
value had been taken, and the con
tents of the bureau lay scattered
around. Over the grief of the broth
er and sister so awfully bereaved, a
vail must be drawn.
Information was conveyed at once
to Col. Smell, Chief of Police, and
the premises were subjected to a rigid
scrutiny. Not a door or window was
found unfastened except the window
forced by the footman, and the main
entrance, likewise opened by him
from the inside. Here was a startl
ing mystery. How had the burglars
got in ? How'had they quitted the
house with their booty? There were
no footmarks no fingermarks, no
clew of the slightest description as to
who the burglars were,' their number
or their method of entering or quit
ting the premises. The house, just
as it was found, was left in charge of
the police, and the most expert de
tectives, after examining the dwell
ing from cellar to roof, admitted that
they were beaten.
But the officer had seen a man
about 10 o'clook, or soon after, open
the front door and then close it, so
that there had been one man there, at
all events. The same officer also re
membered that as he approached the
house from the Edgbaston road he
met a carriage which was being driv
en rapidly away. This was ahout two
minutes before he saw the man at the
door. Much importance was not at
tached to the circumstance, however,
as the carriage was in all probability
the one in which Mr Mathews accom
panied his sick visitor to her home.
All Birmingham waa thrown into
consternation at this dreadful and
mysterious occurrence. Lambert the
great London detective, took the mat
ter in hand, but was apparently as
unsuccessful as the local police in dis
covering any clew. The day
after the murder, Mr. Mathews
closed the house and removed tempo
rarily to a hotel. The inquest was
held, an open verdict returned, and
the body of the murdered woman in
terred. On the day of the funeral. Detective
Lambert and an associate paid anoth
er visit to the Goodall residence, and
went over the premises for the hun
dredth time. Then Lambert first
heard that Mr. Mathews and his fam
ily had quitted the adjoining house.
He procured an entrance, and search
ed it as thoroughly as he had Mr.
Goodall's residence. All the furni
ture and many articles of value had
been left behind, but everything that
was easily portable had evidently
been removed. The detectives search
ed the closets, the attics, the roof, the
cellar, in hope of finding some com
munication between the two houses,
but there was none. In the kitchen
grate were the remains of some pa
pers which had been burned. Lam
bert looked around for the poker to
stir them4 with but nosuch article was
near. He used his hands, and then
sought for water to wash them. On
the opposite side of the kitchen was a
party pump that is a pump that had
two handles, one In Goodall's house
and one in Mathews. You could see
from one kitchen into the other, and
when the top of the cylinder was un
screwed and removed, there was a
hole leading from one kitchen into
the other eight or ten inches in diam
eter one way and six the other.
Lambert and his associate gazed at
the hole for fully half a minute with
out saying a word. Then the two of
ficers looked at each other, and sim
ultaneously exclaimed :
'That's it!"
"No man could get through there,"
Lambert's associate said.
"True," was the reply, "but a boy
could, and he had a hoy. Let's go up
stairs and look at something."
In a wardrobe in an up-stairs room
was a quantity of wearing apparel.
It had already been examined, but
Lambert went over it again.
Among the clothes was a boy's blue
cloth blouse. The back of it was
covered with lime-wash, and four of
the buttons were half ripped off.
"Thatsettlesit,"said Lambert, a3
he held it up. "The boy went thro'
that hole, and opened the door to ad
mit the man and his pals, for there
were two or three of them."
In ten minutes the two. detectives
were at Hen-and-Chickens Inn, hut
Mr. Mathews and family had gone.
They were traced, by means of the
boy, to Liverpool, and captured on
board an outward bound vessel, which
was already under weigh. Mathews
had in his possession some Eeven
thousand pounds, the result of the
robbery, and three splendid diamonds,
identified as Mr. Goodall's. Matthews
was identified as one Brice, who had
formerly been a master at Bermond
sey, but had defrauded his creditors
and decamped. The woman who
passed as his daughter was his wife,
and the boy was their child.
When Mathews found that every
thing was dead against him, and his
case utterly hopeless, he made a clean
breast of it. He had been connected
for over two years with a gang of bur
glars who had worked the midland
counties, and had undertaken the
robbery of Goodall's house, satisfied
from the reports of his confederates
that it would repay the risk. In tak
ing the adjoining house, his design
was to work through into the cellar,
which, with the aid of bis coachman
and groom, who were his confeder
ates, he could soon have done. But
accidentally discovering the means of
communication by the pump, he plan
ned the New Year's Day to get the
Goodall's and their domestics out of
the way, so as to ransack the house
without the fear of detection. After
he had made all his preparations, the
detention of Miss Goodall at home
with a sprained ankle seemed to up
set all his plans. He had got every
thing in the house on credit, and it
was a desperate game, so that rather
than lose the last chance he resolved
if needs be to take the unfortunate
woman's life. When he quit
ted his visitors for the purpose of
accompanying his sick guest home,
ho was but performing a part of the
plot, the supposed lady being in with
him. The carriage stood below in
the road without exciting suspicion,
with the female accomplice seated in
side, while Mathews returned to the
rear of the house, aud passed his son
through the pump hole. The lad, act
ing on his father'sjSdirections, easily
opened the back door and admitted
Mathews and his supposed groom.
The door was again closed and fasten
ed, and the boy handed through the
hole again to a confederate. As Ma
thews was about to ascend the stairs,
Miss Goodall, bearing a noise, cried
out in an alarmed voice
"Who's there?"
Mathews darted back to the kitch
en and seized the poker.
"Come on," said he to his confeder
ate, "or we shall be bagged."
The two passed hurriedly toward
the parlor. Mathews entered, and be
fore Miss Goodall could uttera scream
brained her with a poker. Then they
turned down the gas and ransacked
the library, proceeding next upstairs.
The groom moved all the booty to the
carriage, which was driven off. Paus
ing for a moment, lest the carriage
wheels should attract the attention of
any in hia own house, Mathewa at
lemrth opened the front door to de
part. There was a faint light In the
hall, which was shed on the uniform
of a policeman on. the sidewalk, below.
Mathews, with great presence of mind
looked up at the sky as though scan
ning the weather, and then re-entered
the house and closed the door. He
locked it as he found it, and returning
to the kitchen, directed his sou to be
passed through the pump-hole as be
fore. This was done, and after quit
ting the house by the back door, the
boy bolted it and was safely drawn
back into the adjoining kitchen. The
poker with which the fatal blow was
struck was dropped into the well.
Mathews then followed the carriage
into the Edgbaston road, where it
awaited him, and drove off to super
intend the disposal of the stolen prop
erty. This took him longer than he
expected, and, on his return home, af
ter midnight, he excused himself to
hi3 visitors by saying that his com
panion was so ill that he had to re
main with her until the arrival of a
medical man.
Mathews was hanged at Warwick
in the spring of 1S44. His confeder
ates were not captured, and it is sup
posed they fled to this country.
Thunder! Yfliat a Cat!
A few evenings ago Alvy Moody
was paying a visit to his dulcinea.
She smuggled him into the par
lor, ancT the darkness only served to
conceal her blushes while Alvy told
his story of love.
The muttered words reached the
parent's ear and comingsuddenly into
the room, he demanded to know of
Mary who it was she had with her.
"It's the cat, sir," was the' mumb
ling reply.
"Drive her out of here!" thunder
ed paterfamilias.
"'Scat!" screached Mary; and
then, soto voce, "Alvy, meow a lit
tle." Alvy set up a woful yell.
"Confound it! bring a light, nnd
scare the thing out."
This was too much, and poor Alvy
made a leap for the window carrying
glass and sash with him.
"Thunder! what a cat!" exclaim
ed the parent, contemplating the ru
in after the lamp was brought. "I
have never seen anything like it.
And, confound it! its tail is made of
broadcloth !" as he view'e'd afiuttering
remnant hanging from the window.
A story is told of a man who went
for the first time to a bowling-alley
and kept driving away at the pins, to
the imminent peril of the boy, who,
so far from having anything to' do In
"setting up" the pins, was actively at
work in an endeavor to avoid the
balls of the player which rattled on
all sides of the pins without touch
ing them. At length the fellow see
ing the predicament the boy was in,
yelled out, a3 lie let drive another
ball ; "Stand in amongst the pins,
boy, if you don't want to get hurt."
The intoxication of anger, like that
of the grape, shows us to others, but
hides us from ourselves, and we in
jure our own cause in the opinion of
the world, when we too passionately
and eagerly defend it.'
The Use of Pickles.
There Is a class of persons in the
community whose usefulness we have
just found out. We never realized un
til now what they were made for.
They are struck through with acidity.
Their disposition Lj celebrated for its
crabbedneas. You find them in eve
ry circle. They are especially known
in churohes as fault-findere. Their
teeth are always on edge. Thy are
critical of minister, eldership, and
ohoir. Whatever is done, they act as
though they could have done it bet
ter. You sometimes feel like suggest
ing to them the propriety of going to
some other church, or retiring into
less conspicuous positions. You look
upon them as a nuisance and hin
drance. Stop! You are wrong. They
have their practical uses. Church life,
If happily conducted, is a banquet at
which the sweet predominates. There
is the sugar of helpful words, and the
sacharlne of genial association. The
banquet is in danger of becoming fiat
and Insipid. There ought to be at
least one vinegar cruet in the castor.
You need to give variety to the feast.
You do not more need spices than
pickles. Now you know the use to
which some people can be put. Do
not cast them out. Do not let them
be the means of exasperation. Em
ploy them at the church banquet.
Tarts are good In their place. Breth
ren, pass around the pickle3. Chris
tian at TFbrA.
Curing Popcorn.
Popcorn is often spoiled in curing
by being put Into a room where the
temperature runs too high. Some
people are of the opinion that the dry
er the corn, the better it will pop; but
such opinions are erroneous. Popcorn
Is best cured in a dry, cool room not
in a hot, dry room, a3 soon can be
proven by test.
A most appetising lunch can be
made of popcorn, served with rice,
sweet cream and sugar, or popcorn
with melted butter strained over it ;
or popcorn eaten in sweet milk, same
as bread. Popcorn dressed in either
of the above ways would make a deli
cate dessert, to be served after more
hearty food has been removed from
the cloth, at 'meal time.
We are inclined to believe that eat
ing popcorn in either milk or cream is
the most healthy manner of consum
ing the same. If eaten dry, it has a
tendency to create an Inward fever,
especially if consumed in the evening.
It contains the best of fuel to warm
up the system, and is most relished in
cold weather.
Highway robberies in the streets of
of New York are becoming common.
Ex.
That's the ciy that gave Tilden al
most 60,000 majority, and, of course,
is in favor of Jaw and order, and re
form. What better can be expected
of a city in which a majority of the
police are either in league with mur
derers dnd robbers, or are more ignor
ant than beasts? Wo remember when
in New York, we wished to go to the
Merchants' Hotel, but did not know
just where it was. We inquired of a
policeman who was on duty, who re
plied : "Merchants' Hotel. Be Ja
sus, there's no such a house in the
city.' Then, addressing an old man
staudingjn a shop door: "Do yez
know av sich a place as the Merch
ants' Hotel ?" "Why' yes," replied
the man ; "there it is, right in this
block." And sure enough, It was.
Could such an officer be supposed to
know of a murder or robbery commit
ted within ten feet of him? Kansas
Chief.
And could any sane person suppose
for a moment that that man could
possibly be anything but a Democrat,
of the Tilden stripe?
Never whip your horse for becom
ing frightened at any object by the
roadside ; for if he sees a stump, a log
or a heap of tan-bark in the road, and
while he Is eying it carefully, and
about to pass it, you strike him with
the whip, it is the log, or the stump,
that is hurting him in his way of rea
soning, and the t next time he will be
more frightened. Give him time to
examine and smell of all these objects
and use the bridle to assist you in
bringing him carefully to these objects
of fear, Our Dumb Animals.
The styles for the present season in
hats and bonnets are as varied, as
jaunty, as picturesque, as distinctive
as ever; but they all the more require
careful selections to make them suita
ble to different persons and circum
stances. Hats are no larger than last
season, but have much higher crowns.
The brims are sometimes narrow and
sit quite close to the head a favorite
style with young women.
The ship, Three Brothers, formerly
known as theVanderbilt, which was
presented by the Commodore to the
United States Government during the
war, lies in the East River. She is
the largest sailingve3sel in the world,
being 325 feet in length, and having
a spread of canvas equal to 24,000
square yards.
The Atlanta Constitution tells of ne
gro snoring so loud behind a fence
that two other negroes, hearing the
noise, and seeing his massive feet in
distinctly outlined, thought he was a
bear growling. They got a gun and
filled his feet with shot before the
mistake was discovered.
VOL. 2L-N0. 27.
The Proposed Rebellion.
"Mercy but mnrders
those who kill."
pard'ninj
Shakespeare said this a great while
ago, but it is as true to-day as it was
in the period of English revolutions.
Education breeds tenderness ; refine
ment begets charity, sympathy, for
giveness. The North is educated; it
is therefore tender r the Republican
party is largely made up of the refin
ed Christian element of the North ; it
Is therefore sympathetic and forgiv
ing. The men whose hearts were!
stirred to pity at the condition of the
slave could never stand out agaln3t
the pleadings of magnanimity toward
a conquered enemy. The rebels" of
'61, therefore, both those who fought
in the South and those who aided and
abetted treason in the North, easily
escaped punishment, and were restor
ed to full citizenship. It was gener
ous, it was noble, it was in many res
pects commendable; but was It safe?
Was it politic?
To-day we find these pardoned of
fenders again threatening the nation
al authority.
To-day the Knights of the Golden
Circle and the Sons of Liberty of In
diana and Illinois are threatening to
resist by force the inauguration of a
constitutionally elected President.
The party that forgave their treason
incorporated a clause of universal lib
erty in the national Constitution.
These men have broken It repeated
ly, boldly, defiantly.
The party that forgave them placed
In the organic act a declaration that
the right to vote should not be denied
to any man on account of his previous
condition. The pardoned offenders
have accepted the declaration in the
ory only, to break Its every principle
in their practices.
The blood of thousands of innocent
victims reddens the pathway which
they have blazed in their opposition
to this just declaration.
They now come forward again claim
ing the election of a man by the votes
of State? oarried bj fraud, brought in
to their ranks by violence, captured
by murder. They count for Tilden
the States of Mississippi, North Caro
lina, Alabama, and Arkansas, with
their thousands of Republican major
ities; and there is no objection, there
seems to be no remedy. But when an
opportunity is afforded, through the
existence of a fair returning board, to
give a tinge of justice and fairness to
the election in Louisiana, these men
renew their.threats and their appeals
to violence.
They know that Louisiana is hon
estly and fairly Republican. They
have repeatedly admitted' and con
fessed it. Were it otherwise there
would be no necessity for political
murder, for Democrats vote freely and
without interference. But knowing
this they still insist that it shall be
counted against the manifest wishes
of the people, or they will rebel."
They know also that Mississippi is
fairly Republican Republican by 30,
000. The election there was the mer
est farce, an outrage upon democratic
government.
Look at the population of Mississip
pi, and then at the result of the elec
tion :
Whites 884,549
Blacks ---- 445,060
Black majority - - - - 60,511
This was in 1S70, but the black ma
jority is greater now, the Influx from
Georgia during the past few years
having been very large. To say noth
ing of the white Republicans in the
State, one can easily see that Missis
sippi is naturally Republican. Yet
what was the result? The Democracy
carried the State by an overwhelming
majority. Against 47,000 votes in 18
72, and 50,000 in 1S73, they cast last
fall 96,806, or pretended" to, which
amounted to the same thing when
they were counted. .Washington
county, to give au illustration, has a
population of 2,164 whites and 12,405
blacks. In 1S72 the vote in that coun
ty stood 195 Democratic and 2,569 Re
publican. Last fall the vote there
was 1,633 Republican and 2,043 Dem
ocratic almost eleven times as many
Democratic votes as were cast in 1S72.
In Yazoo the comparison is even
more striking. That county has a
population of 4,884 whites and 12,305
blacks. In 1S72, 2,433 votes were cast
there for the Republican and 922 for
the Democratic ticket. Last fail. the
vote stood 7 Republican and 4,044
Democratic!
Whipped, scourged, driven from
their homes, a rod of terrorism held
over them, the Republican voters
stood back and saw the State counted
for Samuel J. Tilden, when everybody
knew the preteii3eof his having a ma
jority was the most unblushing fraud
upon decency. So in some of ths oth
er States, named; and now, when
combined cruelty and assassination
have failed to gain their purpose, the
men who have engineered this busi
ness propose to carry their bulldozing
into the national arena, and forcibly
resist the inauguration of the candid
ate having a majoritj-. It will be the
denrest inh thov orop -,-.ia-fnT- j
j --J -.. UUUCllUUH, aiiUj
if it shall be attempted let the Ameri
can people resolutely and solemnly
swear that this shall be the lastof reb
els and rebellion upon this continent.
"Mercy but murders pard'niug '
tnose wbo kill." Ir.ler-Ocean.
A little boy had been sent oat to
dry a towel before the nursery fire.
'Mamma, Is It done when it's brown ?'
be inquired.
OFFICIAL PAPEK OF TIIECOUXTY
TKEASOX.
Extensive Organization of Democratic'
Rifle Clubs.
Special Telegrams to the Inter Ocean.
-tASSIXG THE KIFI.E C-UBSf
Washington:. Dec. IS. More infor
mation has been obtained regarding
the intention of the Democrats to'
mass companies of rifle clubs'from thd
South in Washington on inauguration'
day. The circular sent out by the
Democrats, which lias been alluded to'
in these dispatches, calling upon the'
captains of rifle clubs to send their list
of men who will attend the inaugur
ation and participate In a grand mili
tary parade, has been found to bd gen
uine, and thousands of copies have
have been sent Into the South. The
circular asked information as to thd"
charactor of guns carrfed by the clubs"
and their caliber, so that ammunition
can be provided, if necessary. This Is
not the only circular looking to the
same object which has been' sent out
from Democratic headquarters here.
It is known that there were a num
ber, and one in particular wassent to alf
Tilden and Hendricks reform clubs, to"
continue their oganization and pre
pare to answer a call to assist in the
inauguration of a President. The Rep
ublicans in different portions of the"
country should be watching these
movements.
THE TIXfirx -EGIONS.
KEBEL GEXERAI. MARirADOKB GIYKS
THE LEADERSHIP IN' THBr WEST.
Washington, Dec. 19. Informa
tion comes from New York to the ef
fect that the rebel General Marma
duke, of Mississippi who Is now in that
city consulting with Tliden, has been
given the leadership of the Tilden le-"
gions in the West, with headquarters
in St.Louis, that city being the bas-"
is of organization.
THE CONFEDERATE'S IX IXDIAJf As
THE WOEEI OF ORGANIZATION IS STILI,'
GOING OST.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 19. A let
ter received here to-night from Bain
bridge, Putnam Conuty says: "The"
Confederate Democracy have organlz-.
ed a company under the leadership of
Colonel John A. Gibbons, wih the
intention of arming with sixteen-'
shooter breech-loaders. Part of the'
arms have arrived.. Their objecfrls'to
help inaugurate the railroad wrecker.
This is no secret here, though intend
ed to be, and I write you this that true"
and loyal men of other part of the
State may be warned and kept awake
and watch the plottings of the trai-"
tors."
The Terre Haute Journal of yester
day and to-day, by its war articles,
has joined itself with the Fort Wayne"
Sentinel and attempts to bulldoze the
people into a suppor. of Mr. Tilden.
It is of the opinion that "the people
all over the State are rising, and that
very soon every town, every village,
AND EVEKY HAMLET WILL BE .ABLAZE'
WITH INDIGNATION."
A meeting is called at Terre Haute"
on the 23d inst., preparatory to the
State Convention on the Sth prox.
The jSfcntnaTat Fort Wayne., and -nal
at Terre Hante are both edited by
young man, and it is related that ho
of the latter sheet expects a postoffice,"
which may account
for the milk in
the coooanut.
oaEoox.
PP.OPOSED ORGANIZATION OP THE DE
MOCRACY ' 'FOR ANY EMERGENCY."
Portland Oregon, Dec. lfi.S. B.
Bellinger. Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, has Is-"
sued a call for a meeting' of the com
mittee at Salem on Thursday, the 2l3t"
inst. The call has been Issued in
obedience to an order received from
the National Democratic Centeral
Committee. The object and purpose
es of suoh meeting have not been
made public. It is surmised that the
movement means thorough organiza
tion to meet whatever emergencies
may arise in the future bearing upon
the question of peaceable or forcible
inauguration of Tilden. BUlinger
has not intimated in his call the ob
ject of the meeting, and the question'
is exciULg much public commeotand'
concern.
i mn am
Tilden, who Is aged 63, was report-"
ed to be about to marry Miss Llli's"
Morse, aged 22 ; and some of them bei
gan to figure to ascertain how many
times 63 would g'o into 22 But she
said it wouldn't go in nary timetj if
she knew herself; and straightway
she sailed for Europe. Kas. Chief.
A Connection t woman claims to b9
I the most economical housekeeper liv
ing, ahe has been at it for forty-eight
years, and has justcommencedon her
second paper of pins. She hasalso
used one needle almost daily for tha
past twenty-two years.
He was a righfc feeling man, and?'
speaking of the Turks, he remarked '
that these blasted infidels had got be
cleared out of Christian Europe. Then'
he sat down in a lager-beer saloon,
and complained that the choir in the
church near by sang so loud that ho
couldn't concentrate his mind on his
Sunday evening gams' of auction'
pitch.
This is the time tois"it tne country
and show your experience" as a farm-'
er boy when you were young," bv .
stripping all the skin back from your
finger nails while attempting to husfc-
ln ear of corn.