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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1903)
FtyJI I lai a rural justice court in Georgia , roconlly , un old negro , whose testi mony had been questioned by a law yer , said in his own defense : "Jedge , Pm a good man. 1 been a-livin' 'roun' heah ten years. I ain't never been lynched ; n de only hoss I ever stolcd tbrowed me en broke my two legs ! " Congressman Charles N. Fowler , of New Jersey , recently visited one of his constituents hi Union County , and found him trying to give some medi cine to his little son , who had eaten too many green apples , while a Chris tian Science neighbor was assuring the boy that there was nothing at all the 1 matter with him. "I think I ought to * know , " groaned the boy ; "I guess I've / got Inside information. " I When Major General Sainuul B. M. Young was presented to the Kaiser during his recent visit to Germany , Bzuperor William asked him if he had ever visited that country before. "Not this part , " General Young Is said to have replied. The Emperor then In quired what parts he had visited , whereupon General Young said : "I have visited St. Louis , Cincinnati and Milwaukee. " The Emperor roared with laughter , and took General Young to the Empress , to whom he repeated the witticism. M. Grevy , when President of France , on one occasion extricated himself from a predicament with wonderful presence of mind. lie was being con ducted around the Salon by an eminent artist , when he saw a painting which displeased him. "What a daub ! " he exclaimed ; "whose is it ? " "That pic ture , M. le President , " said his cicer one , "it is my own work. " "Ah ! " said the President , without any sign of em barrassment at his awkward mistake , "in our country , when we particularly wish to purchase a thing , we always begin by running it down ; " and , true to his part , he i rchased the offending .painting there and then. Major Shattuck. of the signal corps , tplls an amusing story of an old-tiine "religious revival" meeting at a negro church near Savannah. In order that the revival spirit might be quickened , Jt was arranged that the preacher should give a signal when he thought the excitement was highest , and from the attic through a hole cut in the ceil ing directly over the pulpit , the sexton was to shove down a pure white dove , whose flight around the church and over the heads of the audience was ex pected to have an inspiring effect , and , as far as emotional excitement was concerned , to cap the climax. All went well at the start ; the church was packed ; the preacher's text was "In the form of a dove , " and as he piled up his eloquent periods tbe excitement was strong. Then the opportune mo ment arrived the signal was given and the packed audience was scared out of its wits on looking up to the ceiling and beholding a eat , with a clothesline around its middle , 3rowling and spitting , being slowly lowered over .tlie preacher's head. The preacher called out to the sexton in the attic : "Whar's de dove ? " And the sexton's roice came down through the opening so you could hear it a block : "Inside the cat ! " IS A NATURAL BAROMETER. Skin of the Rattler Sweats Vhen a Storm IB A prnachintr. "It is going to rain within six hours , " said the man , with provoking delibera tion. The sun was shining brightly and only a few floating clouds broke the clear blue of the broad sky. "Uaiii , " said the other , derisively , "and out of that sky ? You're a pessimist. You al ways carry an umbrella. " "I'll bet you a good diiner that it will rain within six hours , " the first speaker replied with imperturbable good nature and gravity. The bet was made , and the dinner was paid for by the man who doubted. It rained in less than four hours. "Now , if you will come around to my rooms I will show 3-011 how I knew it was goiug to rain , " said the prophet , who was with honor in his own coun try. So there they went. Now , the prophet was an original sort of chap , and had fastened upon the walls of his room uiau > strange things of the sea and forest and tield. Ou the floor was Hung skins of bear and deer and mount ain lion , and on the wall near a window , stretched from the top of the high wainscoting to within half a foot of the floor , was the grewsome skin of a giant diamond back rattlesnake. The prophet pointed to it and said : "There's iny secret. " The skin was dripping wet. The sweat , so to speak , stood out upon its scaly back in huge drops , which Avould swell and swell and silently run to gether In little streamlets , which in turn would rush down iu an avalanche of other drops and reach the floor with k splash like a great tear. Everything else in the room was dry as the humid atmosphere of a city after a thunder storm would allow. "That's my barometer , " said the prophet. "I killed that snake myself in Florida and had it stripped. The skin Is not tanned , but just preserved like rawhide. I had noticed iu some of the coasting boats al ng the gulf shore ttrlps of snake skin hung up in the tabin. The captains had told me that ' .hey could always tell when a squall rras coming by watching this skin. I kave had that for three years now , and It has been far more accurate than the iveather observer. No matter when the .irst indications of a storm make them selves felt iu the atmosphere , whether it be night or day , summer or winter , the faithful skin shows it by beginning to sweat. If the storm passes off the drops dry up and the skin crisps and shrivels until it Is more like sandpaper than anything else , in the winter , of course , the sweat is not so profuse , be cause the air is drier than in summer. "Why the snake skin should be so sensitive to changes in atmospheric con ditions I do not know. I have asked ex pert snake handlers and students of rep tile life , but they were as much at : i loss as I was. I do not know , either , whether any skin but that of the rattler will yield to humidity or not I know that the Florida boatmen use the rat tler's skin exclusively for their cabin barometers. There's something grew- soinc and mysterious about it , I'll admit , but it tolls the truth as accurately as the most expensive glass that was ever constructed , and all it cost me was a bullet from a rifle. " New York Trib une. COSTLY JOKE ON A BOOMER. IIo\v a New Yrk Financier Got "fooled"byIJuyingAntini niyMin . One promoter down on lower Broad way in New York has had a career like the tides of the sea in its varying ebbs and flows of fortune. lie has handled some big deals in his time , and on the other hand he has received sonic "facers" which would thoroughly dis concert the average business man of the "cvmmon or garden kind. " One of the most characteristic of the experiences which he relates is that of the time when he attempted to exploit an antimony property out iu California. He investigated the proposition thor-1 ! ( oughly , found that the supply of aiiti-1 mony was practically inexhaustible and then spent $200,000 in erecting a plant to refine his product. Then he loaded J55 tons of the metal on b-ard cars , and , attaching a Pullman car to the train for the accommodation of himself aud friends , started , with banners waving and bauds playing , for New York. j He figured that with such a show ing as he was making that investors would simply tumble over each other in their efforts to get iu on the project and that his stock would sell like the ' proverbial hot cakes. It happened , however , that iu his cal culations he had neglected to in quire iuto the action of the laws of supply aud demand iu reference to an- tiiuyny , and hence was profoundly ig- noraut of the fact that he had enough of it in that one train load to furnish the entire world for years to come. J Arriving at New York , he crassly hurled his train load at the dealers. Be fore the terrific impact of that 155 tons the market collapsed like a wooden shanty before a thirteen-inch dynamite shell. The price of antimony fell in one flay from IS to G cents a pound , and from that day to this it has never re covered. Inasmuch as it was impossible for him to refine at less than 11 cents , he then and there "threw up the sponge. " Out in California is an inexhaustible mine of antimony aud a 9200,000 refin ery ; but there Is "nothing doing. " WHY INDIANS PAINT. A Iesrend of the Ked Men Explains , the Strance Custom. Once an old Apache Indian , when asked the question why his people painted their faces , told this little leg end : "Loug ago , when men were weak and animals were big and strong , a' chief of the red men who lived in these mountains Aveut out to get deer , for. his people were hungry. | "After walking all day he saw a deer and shot at it ; but the arrow was turned aside aud wounded a mountain lion , which was also after the deer. When the lion felt the sting of the ar row he jumped up and bouuded after the man , who ran for his life. i "He was almost exhausted , and , when he felt his strength giving way he fell to the grouud , calliug on th 2 big bear who , you know , is the grand father of men to save him. "The big bear heard the call and saw that to save the man he had to act quickly ; so he scratched his foot and sprinkled his blood over the man. | "Now , you must know that no ani mal will eat of the bear or taste of his blood. So wheu the lion reached the man he siuelled the blood aud turned away ; but as he did so his foot scraped the face of the man , leav- ' ing the marks of his claws on the blood-smeared. * face. "When the nmu found that was un injured be was so thankful that lie left the blood to dry ou his face , ami never washed it at all , but left it until it peeled off. "Where the claws of the liou scraped It off there were marks that turned brown in the sun , and where the blood stayed on it was lighter. Now all men paint their faces that way with blood , and scrape it off In streaks wheu they huut or go to war. " Relief Under Any Circumstances. Mrs. Touser And after the way you have treated me I suppose when you iie you expect to go to heaven. Mr. Touser I don't kuow , dear , where I shall bring up , but I have no floubt it will scorn like heaven to me by way of contrast , you known. Bos- tou Transcript . Revolvers Replace R , zora. One of the Memphis newspapers de clares its belief that onein six ot the male adults of that city carries a icvol- ver. The habit has grown , especially among the negroes , who are said to have abandoned the razor and taken to the pistol. In the higher social circles only ineu with an Income can coui ? in. TELL OF THE CRIME WITNESSES TESTIFY IN LILLIE MURDEF HEARING. THE ACCUSED HAS FRIENDS MANY ON HANDrWHO BELIEVE IN HEB INNOCENCE , DR. STEWART TESTIFIES District Court Room at David City Crowded Throughout the Day-Dr. Stewart the Principal Witness David City , Neb. , Dec. 30. Th preliminary hearing of Mrs. Lena M. Lillie , charged with the crime of murdering her husband , Harvey Lillie , on the"mornirig of October 24 of this year , was commenced before County Judge 0. M. Skiles Moudaj morning. The county court room was too small to accommodate the large crowd in attendance , and the case was heard in the district court room which was crowded to Its utmost capacity. The attorneys for the state were. County Attorney Walling and County Attorney-elect Evans , and for the defendant , Judge Matt Miller. Mrs. Lillie is a woman of medium height , rather slender , small black eyes , dark hair and has the appear auce of a lady of reiinement and one would not think she would even be chargec with a crime so serious as that of murder in the first drgree. She retuiued from Bellwood Monday morning , accompanied by her father arid mother , Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hill , who occupy a seat with her in the court room. Dr. A. J. Stewart was the first witness called. He testified that he was called to the Lillie home on the morning of October 24 about 5 o'clock. "To fix the cime , " said he "I exam ined a time piece after I arrived at the Lillie resilience : ind it was jost twenty minutes after 5 o'clock When. I went into the house I found Mrs. Lillie standing at the telephone. 1 asked her what had happened and she said that some one had shot Mr. Lillie and I took her by the arm and she led me through the sewing nom and upstairs. I said "we have for gotten to got a lamp" and she. snirl 'there is a light upstairs. ' When wt- arrived at the bed room I found Mr. Lillie with the right side of nis head all covered with bloon. He was lying on the west side of the bed with his head to the south. Upon examina tion I found a wound in front of and above the right ear penetrating the frontal bone. The wound was a small round hole. I also examined to find the place of exit of the bullet but could not find it. I then asked some one to call Dr. Beede to assist me. "In preparing the wound for an operation I noticed that about one- half inch around the wound was blackened. Soon after I went Into the bed room Mr. Burt Hall arid Night Policeman Taddiken came in Mr Lillie was not conscious at any time after I siw him that morning. The bod in which Mr. Lillie Jay vas in the southeast corner of the room. The head of the bed was about ten inches from the wall and the foot was pulled out some two nr three feet from the wall. The lamp was on the dresser. The top drawer was open Just a little bit. Mr. Lillie's body was entirely covered with the bed clothing. "The body was moved to the hns- ' pital about 7 o'clock. I found Mr. Lillie's body Iving on the back the head lyin > _ ' slightly 'n the left side " Counsel for the state attempted to have the witness demonstrate to the court bv using a "human sKi'll and pillow thp exact position of the head of Mr. Lillie , but was not permitted to do so. * The doctor continued : "After arriving nt the hnspical we took him to the oppratinir room whon we marie a further examination f i the bullet but did not find it. 1 e- mained with him until about rwent ? minutes before his deith , and heva not conscious at any time. " Witness was also present anri as Bister ! in che autopsy. II ' said. "Whnn T was at the Lillie home that morning I overheard Mrs. Lillie telllnu some one the details nf the shooting. I now remember she sa'd the burglar shot Mr. LJIlie an-1 tried to shoot her. She said the man w-i near thp bed ; that she awoke when Mr Lillie was shot , and the mar crouched down aod tried to pusn the revolver against her ; that Mie mar stood OD the west side of the berl anc Immediately after the shnnting tin man very quickly and quietlv weni down stairs. She said when she s. x tl.e man pointing the revolver sit hei she oroppeti down behind the bed. ' Lost Their Letter of Credit. London , Dec. 30. Two Russians PInkevitz and Green , claiming to h . naturalized Americans , have been a rested in London , charged with be ing In illegal possession of a letter credit for S2o,000. lost on the c uiM nent by M. Greenbaum. Some of M Greenhaum's cards wer . also fouo on the men. " Thev r > ea the address. "Iliiistclun , Ban Frarfcisco. " Ah-u $17,875 of the sum represented by th- letter of credit remains undrawn STORY OF THE CORONER. Evidence of Dr. Sample Does Not Help Mrs. Lillie Bure.ars Did Not Kill Him. David City , Meb. , Dec. 31. Two days of testimony-taking in the Lillie murder case leaves people divided in ' pinion as to whether the evidence will be regarded sufficient to bind Mrs. Lillie over on the charge of murdering her husband. Public sen timent ; in a measure , it must be ad mitted , has swerved toward the wornau since the day of her arrest , but at the same time the testimony Tuesday was more direct and posi tive against her. Dr. Sample , the foroner , made a clear recital of value tn the prosecution. The crowd in tiecouit room was hardly as large as Monday , but the interest is not diminished. Mrs. Lillie says that the reports published in Tuesday's papers that fie Lillips and Hills had intermar ried several times is not true and asks that a correct-ion be made. Sarn Lillie , brother of Harveymarried her sister and thisas the only two mar riages between the Bill and Lillie families. She * ays she has only the relatives living in David City. ; This trial is the fourth murder case in the history of Butler county. The first was that of James Kastner , who was charged with killing a man by the name of Zirna , at a Bohemian wedding on the Platte valley in 1884 or 1885. At this time the late Wil liam Marshall of Fremont was dis trict attorney , and he was assisted in the prosecution of the case by Matt Miller of this city. Kastner was found guilty of murder in the third degree , and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. ' 1 he next wns that of D--in Casey , cha'ged with shooting a Mrs. Raori- dan ne.-r B-iinard , in 1888. Casey admitted that he shot the woman , hut the defense proved by expert tes timony that Casey was temporarily insane at the time , and he was ac quitted. ' 1 he third was the case against Mary Anna Armangst , charged with poisoning her first husband , whose name was Roberts , in 1S92. This case is still fresii in ( he minds of the the people of this county. It occu pied twu weeks in the district court , an'l the jury , returned a verdict of not guilty. In the last two cases and the case of Mrs. Lillie , Matt Miller has ap peared as counsel tor the defense. ( Jountv Coroner M. V. Sample take * exceptions to some of the reports pub lished in an Omaha paper , and says that a great injustice has been done him. In an interview last night Dr. Sample stated to Mie reporters that no sweating process of any kind what- e\i r was indulged in with ary wit ness at the coroner's inque-t on the death of Harvey Lillie , and that tl e reports published in an Omaha paper are nut true ; that Mrs. Lillie ws treated like a lady and she was not ou the witness stand four hours as reported , but sue was on the witness stand about two hours , and this in- c ds two different times ; also that Mr. Lillie was not even asked to go to th3 cf'urt house , as all other wit nesses were required to do , hut the coroner and the jury went to her res- itl rice and she was treated with al due courtesy. 'It is my desire to make a thor ough and complete investigation of the matter and if possible locate the party who committed the crime , " said Dr. Sample. "Wheu it began to look like Mis. Lillie A-as probably guilty , I tried hard to locate it some where else. I wanted to shield her all I possibly could. " Some of the members of the coro ner's jury were also interviewed and they confirm the statement made by Dt. Sample. The active part that some of the m < tubers of the Woman's Christ ! n Te uplarue u lion are taking in the Lit ie casp is disrupting that oruani- Zitio . Se Til i't the rncmbeis have already withdrawn troru the t rgani- zalinn and otners are threatening to a so fur the re-son - , a they say , they are going beynnd their limits , and the pur pi SPS of the organization. Several IK a ted discussions were heard in and alioul the c .urr house yistcr- dav a'ternnon. and some epithets ex changed that would not look well iu print. Dr. M. V. R. Sample , county coio- ner. was the first witness called. Ho 1 was at the hostpial soon after Mr. 1 Lillievas taken there , and also after i the pat ient died. He made a ciose examination o" the wound and found tin1 Hesli around the wound w.is blackened from powder. About thir ty minutes alter Mr. Lillie died wit ness and Drs. Beede and Stewart held a post-mortem examination and found giains of pimder inside of the skull. Witnessi hy tl.e use of the skull of an adult person , demonstrated the course of the bullet. He said th" bullet struck about two Inches < D front of. and slightly above the ugh * , ear , and xvas found just behind the loft ear , and that a bullet passing through the brain as this one din , wuuld produce paralysis immediately. A Home For Consumptives. Springfield , 111. , Dec. 31. Dr. J. A. Egan , secretary of the state board of heallu , in his annual report whi h will be given to Governor Yates to rnonow. suggests that the state leg islature be asked tor an appropriation to eiecc a state home for consump tives. Dr. Egan s-iys that the dis ease is fust gaining a foothold , and that should a state home be l-uilt. where the poor could be taken of , it would be a great benefit. FLEEING FROMCITY GENUINE ASIATIC PLAGUE AT MAZALTAN MEXICO. PLACE IS DEPOPULATED EXODUS AT RATE OF THREE HUNDRED A DAY. MEN GUARD THE CITY Pest Grows Virulent and Interior In Towns in State of Panic-Casrro Accepts the Hague as Arbitrator Mazatlan , Mex. , Jan. 2. There is no lunger the slightest doubt that the disease now alllicting this cit > is geuine Asiatic plague , for microsco pic investigation proves tnat bubonic pest bactilli are in the blood oi those affected with the disease. The pljgue has grown virulent within the last forty-eight hours and ihe alarm which had begun in some measure to abate , has returned with increased strength. The people are fleeine from the city at the rate of 300 per day , and some 5.000 have already gone. The news of the recrudeseuce of the plague at this port has reached the interior towns of the state and is Causing a panic. Cordons of armed men have been placed around the towns to prevent the entrance of any one from this place. Aged Couple Were Poisoned. Wilcox , Neb. , Jan. 2. Mr. ana Mrs. John E. Johnson , an aged couple living north of Ragan , Neb. , were found dead. Johnson was found Iving on the bed , while iMrs. John son was in a kneeling position with her head on a trunk. TUe condition in which they were found seems to indicate that thty were poisoned. A coroner's inquest and post mor tem by local physicians failed to dis cover the cause of the deaths. The stomachs of the two bodies have been cut out and sent to Omaha for further examination. They had been seized , with violent stomach trouble just previous to their death , and one sup position is that they were puisoue.d from eating canned food. The old piople were found by their snn-in-law , who lives in the same house with them. His name is John Horn , and he came down slairs last Friday morning , according to his shory , and found them in the posi- . tions described , still in their night" " clothes. Though no suspicion of crime is at tached to anyone , the case loo..s seri ous , and is alleged by some to ha\e been a murder. The motive is not offered. Wireless System in Canada. Winnipeg , Man. , Jan. 2. Marconi is preparing to install a wireless trans-continental service through Canada. Two of his experts passed through nere yesterday on their way west to arrange for a series of tests in the Rockies It is expected by the inventor that the diverse elertrical currents in the rariried atmosphere of the high alti tudes may interfere with the success ful sending of nis messages , and it is to satisfy himself that the tests arc rna e in the winter when the condi tions would be more unfavorable. Winnipeg is to be the half way house of the system. It is under stood the station will be located at Stony mountain , an eu.inence twelve miles frominnipeg. \ . It wiil re ceive messages from Mount Ro al at Montreal and it is the work of these experts to locate the next western station in the Rockies. Likes Lincoln Farm Best. Mexico City , Jan. 2 William J. Bryan with his f irnily has returned irom the "hot country" and will re turn north tomorrow , lie is much , interested in the fai-t that many ! young Americans with small capital have started in li-e in Mexicj as l-lanters. Thouuh greatly pleased with .he brilliant prospects of the. tropical agriculture , Mr. Bryan says ; he is still very well satisfied with his little farm on the outskirts of Lin coln , Nebraska. bhot by New Year Reveler. Los Angeles , Cai. , Jan. 2. John F. Jones of Greenville , Tex , was shut and almost instantly killed at the Lincoln hotel by a ] $ "ew Year's level- . Brand : ell from a second storv to the * sidewalk. He had gone from his room to the balcony to look outn the , treet an ] was leaning over the rail ing when he suddenly sank forward- arid fell over the guard rail. His body dropped into the midst of the ! crowd of people who were merry mak ing , and the sickening thump on the sidewalk stopped all revelry on that corner. The Police Arrest Record. Lincoln , Neb. , Jan 2 Captain Ireland figured out last night that 1,619 arrests were made daring the past year , compared with 1,670 ar-ests the year before ; 7,744 meals were served in Mie city j lil during the past twelve months against 7.373 the year before. The m als cost ten cents each , making the city's prison board bill for 1902 $774 40. Nebraska Notes The Talmnce hotel was destroyed at Auburn with a loss of 34,000 an * 82,000 insurance. J. D. Robinson , 83 , fell from a wasun at Fremont and sprained bis neck joint. Chemical vinegar , catsup and table sauces contains no vegetable matter whatever. Alex Hagblad was crossing the M. & O. track at Norfolk when run down by an eniii'je. lie was badly mangled bub may recover. A new Methodist church costing 310,000 on the plan of the St. Paul's church of Lincoln , was dedicated at Geneva August EJerbek , a Bohemian resid ing near Sterling , drew his gun through a wire fence , when it was discharged , Instantly killing him. Charles Wood was found at Bridge port. Neb. , with his throat cut. He says a man stabbed him but icfusea to reveal his name. Charles Wood , a horse buyer for Owen Bn.s. . , of Waco , was found with his throat cut He says a man stabbed him but the conditions point to attempted suicide. Mrs. Martha Davis , an old settlor of Butler county , died at the litime of her son there.tShe was 89 years old and survived her husband twen ty-live ye trs. She leaves three sons , Frank , one time county treasurer ; C. G. and Elijah. Govenor Mickey has announced th.it he will retain J. T. Morey at the head of the institution for the blind at Nebraska City. Mr. Morey was selected because of his faithfu conduct of affairs as former head o the institution over many applicants for the place. Joseph Martin , sent to the peni tentiary from Lancaster county for one year for getting too familiar with \\acon and team around some brass and other stull belonging to someone else , was released from the state prison by Governor SavageJan uary 1st. During each of the first eleven months of HiJ2 ) , except M-ireh. the D.iuglas county hospital had a greac- er number 01 inmates than during the corresponding months of the year 19il ) , according to the reports of Superintendent J. Ileiiiy ( Jest and Dr. Lee. A sub-committee of the State Ba association met in Lincoln to discuss needed legislation and made some recommendations to the coming leg islature. Among the questions dis- cu-sed were changes in the divorce law , a return to the district attorney system and an amendment to the re form school law. The pMlice officers have succeeded in rinding the overcoat which was stolen from the Plattsraouth hotel. One of the suspects who was released sold it at a livtry stable for S2. It is thought that other p tty thefts have been committed but the fellows were smooth enough to conceal their guilt until they left town. D. E Thompson expects to leave for his post in Brazil January 24 , so Mr. Thomson has informed the com mittee that waited upon him in re gard to the reception and banquet that the Commercial cluvi intends to give in honor of the new consul. The banqet will be given on the evening : of January 22 and will probably be followed by a ball In the capitol building. The farm House of Lewis Dierkingr nearDakota City , was robbed some time after the retirement of its in mates.and the two hired menGeorge Ilirschbach and Lowry Asher , were losers to the extent of S505 in cash , the former losing S30 and the latter 875. Ilirschbach also lost his gold watch. None of the inmates of the house were aroused , and knew noth ing of the robbery until morning. 'J he hired men's room was the only one entered. The contents of Hirsch- bach's trunkjn which was his money and watfh , were scattered over tha iloor. Asher's money was taken from his trousers' pockets. The police cleared up the mystery of the 'woman in blank , " which has been quite a sensation at Nebras ka City for a week. The police re ceived a call from the west end stating that the won an was creating a disturbance. Chief McCallum ar rived at the home of Mrs. H. J. Pad gett , where the woman was making a visit. The woman gave her name as Mrs. Nolan and said that she had ; lately came to the city and was bunt ing work. Investigation seems to show thai most of the sensational stories were untrue and that the woman was simply attending to her own business. Henry Guntrum , for many years considered the strongest man in 'Lin coln has been admitted to the asylum for the insane His case is one of acute paresis. For the last year he has been acting strangely and his family , fearing that be would become violent at any time , had him taken before the county commissioners , who adjudged him insane. Physical ly he is a giant and formerly ran a transfer wagon.