THE DAILY BEE-FRIDAY , JANUARY 9 , 1885.
COUHCILJLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS ,
THAT SMELL !
TheFerliliziDgBuiDtssattlicPacWDE
Honsc Prtiyts Dnsayoi-y.
An Attempt. To Ho Mntlo to Iicsson It.
The board of health held a mooting
yesterday afternoon. The committee
who visited Stewart's packing house , in
regard to the stanch arising , reported
that they found the stench strong , but
that Mr. Stewart explained that it was
unusually strong , because of a break in *
the fertilizing machinery. The committee
had n very unsavory visit. Their cloth
ing waa saturated with the unsavory
amoll. Aid. Mynslor , In his report tried
to rrmko himself a little moro agreeable
to his companions by using a > bottle of
carbolic ncid. Aid. Keating had , hung
his overcoat out on the fence to nlr out
and put n boy out to watch It , while bo
laved himself with ammonia. The com
mittee reported the stench a nuisance ,
and that it ought to bo remedied _ or
done away. The trouble acomod to ntiso
from the fertilizing apparatus , but Aid ,
.Keating thought tno whole thing
smelted , nnd that It was the satno old
emoll which had bocn noticed for years ,
wheravor the killing and packing process
was going on. Aid. Slcdontopf euggestod
that the fertilizing apparatus was com
paratively now , having boon in operation
only liireo or four yoara. Aid. Keating
thought it wni no Improvement to the
amoll , oven If now. Aid. McMahon was
unable to join in the report , as ho had
boon takoa ill on reaching the door of
the establishment , and could not person
ally Inspect it. Aid. Mynstor thought
that the only thing to do wns to pass a
resolution calling upon Mr. Stewart not
to fortiliza matter afto'r it wns over forty-
eight hourj old , or clap declura the whole
thing a nnilanco , which will bo grave
responsibility. The nnyor suggested
that the city might buy the baildinga and
ground , nnd give him some other
location in its stead. The city could then
use the ground for a union depot.
It was suggested that the business was
now just in its rushing period , and the
Bottson would bo ever soon , and the matter -
tor could bo adjusted some way. The
packing house was a worthy enterprise ,
nnd gives much employment to the
working classes. The city attorney sug
gested that the council hnd no right to
declare it a nuisance. The city could
prosecute , and tlio citizens who complain
could start proaocutlona. 1'hou there
would bo a beginning and if the com
plaint did uot stick the citizens would
boar the reoponsibllity with the city.
A resolution was propnrad and passed
forbidding Mr. Stewart from making into
fertilizers any meat or substances forty-
eight hours after the death of the ani
mal , nnd that all such nged material bo
burled na required by ordinance.
AT THE FAIB ,
Ilio Prizes Drawn Thus Far and the
Theatrical Entertainment
To.Nlgut.
The Catholic Fair cloeod las' ; ovonlng.
Among the articles awarded are the fol
lowing : Fruit diah , Mary Lcnnau- ;
hanging lamp , C. A. Fox ; vases , Pat Mc-
Atco ; slippers , Miss K. Rsllly ; pillow
ahams , Mamlo Athorn : laprobo , Mra. M.
G. O'Conner : ebony stand , Mra. Ed.
Pierce ; teapot , Josie Durgan ; boating
stove , Mrs. Jaruoa Wiokhatn ; napkin
rings , Goo. Blaxslm ; castor , Mra. Cuaio ;
iablo cover , Mrs. Gunoudo ; motto , Mrs.
Buckhofl' ; slippers Mrs. P. J. E wing ; plush
toilet ease , Jonnlo Sullivau ; picture , D.
A. Sweeney ; pincushionMamioMithen ;
pillow flhatns , J. O'Donr.oil ; handsome
clock , Mra. M. Koatnoy ,
The saddle to bo voted upon , for the
mojt popular yount ; Jiidy , was awarded to
Mias Annlo Murpby.
To-night the play "Eileen Oge"will bo
reproduced at the opera house for the *
bonoht of the fair fund. It will also bo
presented ai a matinee performance this
afternoon at 3:30 : o'clock. The admission
at either performance will bo fifty cents ,
and for children twenty-livo cents.
The Council Blulla Ledge No. 49 ,
I. O. 0. FM trill moot this afternoon at
onu o'clock to attend the funeral of their
Into brothbr Dougherty. Members ol
other lodgoo and visiting members o
'Omaha and elsownoro are invited to meoi
with them.
POVERTY.
\ :
Few of Our Executives "Who Have
Loft Fortunes Behind Thorn.
Washington Letter to Cleveland Leader.
John Adams , at the ago of GG , after
twenty-six years of continuous public
norvico , retired toihia little estate near
putney , Maes. , with barely enough prop
erty to give him the needs of life on a
farm and the only thing bo got out of
the United States during his latter years
wan the privilege of receiving and send
ing his letters without postage.
Thomas Jefferson had to borrow some
thing less than $10,000 dollars of a Richmond
mend bank to pay his debts before ho
loft thu white house , and the history ol
the last saventoen years of his life is one
of continuous financial embarrassment.
Dnrmg the forty-four yoara which he devoted -
voted to the service of his country his
property dwindled away and his estates
became involved , In asking for the above
loan ho says : "My nights will ba almosl
aloepleer-m nothing oould bo more dls
treseing to mo than to have debts hero
< ( iu Wellington ) unpaid , if , indeed ,
bhould be permuted to depart with them
unpaid , of which I am by no means cor
tain. "
IIo obtained the loan , but lie wen
from Washington still owing 520,000 , ant
n few yearn Intur ho was forced to sell his
library , which ho had been sixty years ii
gathering , to relieve his necessities. Congress
gross , parsimonious then as now , vnlucc
it at half its cost , and gave him $23,000
for what was woith $50,000. In 1811
and 1820 there Vvurc hard times in tin's
country , and Jefferson , now an old inai
of 77 , lost $20,000 by indorsing for a
fr end , and ho tried to relieve himself bj
soiling some of hia lands. But times wuri
bad , and thoio ucru no purchasers. Lam
would nut bring moro tlum uno-thinl o
its value , and at the request of the olt
tix jiresideiit , the Virg'nia legislattiro
passed an act permitting him to
dispose of Monticullo by a lottery
JET ; "
Phis facl WAS noised about over
ho country , ami so many sub-
scrlptiona came to his relief that the idea
was given up. Now York raited $8,500 ,
Philadelphia cnt § 5,000 , Baltimore ? 3 ,
)00 ) and JofTerson , it is snld , received
hose moneys proudly , saying : "JSo cent
of this is wrung from the tax-payer. It
s the pure , unsolicited offering of love. "
IIo died at 83 , believing that his estate
Trould supporthla children , IIo waa mis *
; akon. Continued hard times caused in
creased depression , and the mansion and
estate merely paid the dobta which hang
iver them. Martha Jefferson , his
laughter , lost her home , nnd prepared
o teach school , but the legislatures of
South Carolina and Louisiana each voted
icr $10,000 nnd this enabled her to die
n comfort. Jefferson's only surviving
; randdaughtor , Mrc. Mlokloham , lives in
lovorty in Georgetown , and congress has
otuscd to aid her.
I have before mo an old newspaper of
820 , published just ono month after Jof-
orson s death. It contains an advertise-
nbnt of the sale of Montlcello by lottery
n 1820 , nnd represents It ns valued nt
571,000. Shadwlll mill ? , another estate
if Jefferson , is valued at $30,000 , and the
Ubomarlo estate at $11,500 , miking a
otal of three prlzosworth § 112,500 The
Ickots are $10 each , nnd there 11,477
) lanks.
President Madison loft eomo property
at the time of hia death , but his widow ,
ho peerless Dolly , was dependent for n
Imo on the broad and moat famished
lor by nn old negro servant , nnd her last
days were made easy only by congress
> uying from her for $30,000 the manu-
cript notes of the debates on the constl-
utlonal convention which Madison had
; kon.
President Montoo , though ho declined ,
t is said , $358,000 from the government
or his public service ? , died very poor in
! ? ow York , and it was twonty-aovon yenrs
loforo hia body wna removed to Richmond
mend , Ya.
John Qulncy Adams must have received
> ver $50U,000 in govermout salaries , and
10 is ono of the few presidents who again
ook up public lifo after ho loft the Whlto
louse. Ho remained In retirement only
ibouf n year , nnd then entered the lower
IOUBO of congress. After about sixteen
roars of service there ho died in the cap-
tnl in 1848 , exclaiming : "This ia the
nd of earth ; I am content. " John
Qulncy Adams accumulated proj/orty , nd
ho homo in which ho lived In Washing-
on is now worth at least § 30,000. and
was until a few yearn ago in the hands of
ila descendants. His family is wealthy ,
nnd Charles Francis Adams is a railroad
nabob.
Andrew Jackson gained nothing in
wealth from his white house salary. It
cost him , ho says , every cent of It to pay
its expenses , and the moat of the pro
ceeds of hia cotton crop in addition. Ho
returned from Washington at the close
of his second term with just $00 in his
racket , to find hia farm going to ruin , and
limself BO deeply in debt that ho had to
sell part of hia lands to got out. The
ionic of 1837 did not affect him , but in
L842 ho became Involved through the
dobta of hia adopted son , and ho had to
borrow $10,000 from Frank Blair. Con-
press relieved him somewhat during his
attor years by refunding the fine of
$1,000 , which he had paid in Now
Drleans in 1815 , and this , with the In-
interest amounted in 1843 , ! . think , to
$2,700. Still , at the time of Jackson's
death ho owed moro tha § 10,000 , and
now his heirs hold only a lifo estate in
the Hermitage by an act of the Tenn
essee legislature.
Martin Van Baron retired from the
white house wealthy and ambitious. He
ran for a second form and was defeated.
HP was n candidate for nomination when
Polk was nominated at Baltimore four
years later , and in 1858 ho accepted n
nomination as the "Free Soil" candidate
for the presidency , and received 300,000
votes. Van Baron was a close , cautious ,
money-making follow. Ho got good law
fees , and began to learn economy while
saving enough as a young man to get
married. At his estate at Lindenwtld ,
where ho lived during his last years , he
WKS surrounded with books and comforts ,
and ho loft a manuscript on political par
ties in the United States , which his son
published In 1807 , five yeara after his
father's doath.
President Harrison owned a farm in
Ohio when ho was inaugurated president.
It is snfo to say ho was poor , for ho had
licen lately doing the drudgery of n clerk
of thu courts at Cincinnati President
Tyler supplied much of the money which
ran the white house iRit of his own pocket ,
and congress would not pay the salary of
liis private secreta'y. flo , like Van
Bitrcn , was not satisfied to leave politics
at the close of hia term , and ho diqd in
1802 , while serving as a member of the
Confederate congress. Moderately wealthy
while hero in Washington , ho left little to
his children , nnd ono of his sons is now a
clerk in the treasury department in Wash
ington.
/ ioh Taylor was by no moans wealthy
when ho died in the white house. James
K. Polk loft a big house and enough to
keep'his widow , and Millard Fillmore ,
who started lifo as a wool carder , died
ton pears ago , with enough of an estate
in BofUlo to create a lawsuit over the
sanity of hia second wife. He took , like
Grant a foreign tour nt the end of his
term nnd was n presidential candidate
in 185G as a loader of the know nothings.
James Buchanan did not leave such an
estate ns enabled Harriet Lane to keep
\ \ hoatlands , and within the past year it
has been advertised for sale. Buchanan
spent all his salary as president while at
Washington , and what ho had loft after
paying his white house expenses ho gave
in charity. He did not attempt to enter
politics ogaln , nnd wo died an unappre
ciated and disappointed man.
Abraham Lincoln died poor , nnd it was
duo to congress that his family waa pro
vided for. Andrew Jackson went back
to his house at Greenville , Tenn. , where
ho had started life as a tailor , but ho con
tinued to take part in politics until his
death in 1875. Just before his death ho
had been elected again aa United States
senator , and ho took his seat on the 5th
of March , 1875 , at the special sotslon
convened by Gen. Grant. Ho died by a
stroke of paralysis , nnd left no fortune
behind.
Of the other presidents Grant's nee
osalties are agitating the country to-day ,
nnd Garfield'a finally la wealthy only
through the voluntary subscriptions of
tho. people. Truly , as Sidney Smith
use'd to say , "There is nothing so oxpen
nlve as glory. "
The Treaty Needed.
Chicago News.
"I don * 'zio'ly understan' this Spanish
treaty. Wat does It do ? "
"Why it gives us cheaper sugar. "
"Wat do wo want o' cheaper sugar
Wat we want is a treaty with Kentucky
that'll giro us cheaper liquor "
The I ml I mm licglalnturo ,
INDIASATOLIB , January 8 , The legislature
convened lu bltmn * ! thii morning. The house
organized by trio election , as speaker , of Cbu
L. Jewell , of Floyd county ,
lloulo Itubed ,
Acr.usT.A Mev January 8 , GovernorFrcd
erick Huble was inaugurated to-day ,
FllIDAY.
V Itcmlniflccnco or 187 by Ono Who
Not Get Caught.
New YotkTeljgram.
"Do yon rornombor Black Friday ? "
aid a Telegram reporter to a prominent
iroker , ns the two srtt together nftor oflico
lours , hoping the Spanish treaty would
> o nccoptablo to congress , nnd the reduc-
ion in the price of cigars would enable
.hem to smoke something more fragrant
ban Connecticut tobacco.
"Do I remember Black Friday ? " mnaed
ho broker , as ho leisurely puffed n cloud
, o the celling. "Well , my impression Is
hat I have pretty fair reasons for not
orgottlng it. I came near losing every
penny 1 had in the world on that occasion
and n man is not likely to lot such an
event slip hia memory , is ho ? "
Then rose n few moro clouds , nnd the
man of stocks lapsed Into a brown study ,
at the end of which ho half muttered ,
lalf growled , "H'ml Yes , I was on
innd , and had n very narrow escape. I
lover worked so hard In my lifo aa I did
or the twenty-four hours from 10 o'clock
in Sunday morning to 10 o'clock on
ilonday. ' '
"In saving the pieces ? " suggested the
reporter.
"No , but in keeping myself from going
, o pieces. "
"And BO you think yon won't forgot it
n a hurry , do you ? "
"Just suppose , " said the broker , as ho
ell to musing again , "just suppcsa you
mot with nn uccldcut. W.ell , n railroad
iollision will servo my purpose as nn il-
ustratlon. Now then , if you had nt nny
imo of your lifo happened to bo on
> oard of a train going nt the rate of forty
nllea an hour nnd you had hit another
rain coming nt the same rate , you prob
ably would not forgot all about It in a
couple of days , would you ? "
"I rather guess not , " admitted the ro-
lortor.
"Well , then , suppose yourself picked
up out ot the pllo of the burning rubbish ,
with your four ribs broken , a compound
racturo of the log , your arms bent double
and your head so bruised that it had
swollen to the slzo of a half-bushel
measure , andjit took you six monthswith
a brain fever thrown in by way of variety
o got on your pegs again , don't you
that you wemldkeop the incident in
nind for a while ? I tell you , ronny nn
lonost follow lost every penny ho had
hat day , and it is not an easy thing to
eo the result of twenty years swept nway
not lost , mind you , by "nny mlsjndi-
mont , but stolen outright , juat na much
as though a highwayman was to put a
> istol to your head and cry out , 'stand
md deliver. ' The brokers were like
lies and this big spider , Gould , sucked
ho lifo out of thorn. "
"And , so you were among the number
then ? "
"I got badly scorched , so to speak , bat
a good many were buint badly , burnt to
; ho bono. "
"Tell mo the story , if you have a mind
to. "
"Well , it runs somehow in this wise :
Dn that Friday morning my balance was
590,000. The directors sent mo word
: hey had no legal tenders , but that they
liad plenty of gold certificates , and told
mo that.if I would send over a certified
check for $200,000 , in greenbacks of
coiyrso , they would yivo mo gold certifi
cates for § UlO,000 , the premium on which
would innko the sum just $200,000 in
currency , and so clear up my account
Do you understand ? "
"Perfectly. "
"Of course there was hut ono tiling for
1110 to do , and I did it. I know the bank
ivas hard pressed , but I supposed the di
rectors would bo as honest as most men
could afford to bo' in an emergency. I
rushed up to my own bank , got a certified
check for the amount stipulated , gave it
, o my clerk , who took it over to the bank ,
[ sitting in my oflico and smoking like a
steam engine in my anxiety. In a few
minutes my clerk came back , "
"With the gold certificates ? "
"Not much , my innocent friend. "
"And why not , pray ? "
"Ho was as white as n sheet and trem
bled like a leaf. 'Well' , I howled , for I
mow something had gone wrong.
"They won't give mo money , ' he
'airly moaned , 'and they won't give mo
, ho chock , either. '
" 'What P I yelled , 'do you mean to
say they have taken the certified check
and given you nothing ? '
" 'Just that , ' and the follow sat dovm
and almost cried.
"It was n terrible moment. Every
dollar I bad In the world was in danger ,
and danger of no ordinary kind either.
They had deliberately taken that check ,
and refused to give mo adimo. I crowd
ed my hat over my eyes , and , wild Trith
[ ronzy , rushed over to the bank. The
room nui full of men just as nnxions nsl
was , who had been swindled as I had
been. I hardly know at the time what I
did , but they say 1 cried out , 'Boys , the
directors have cheated us like highway
men. They have every penny I possess
in the world. Behind thntr counter is
money enough to pay all they owe us.
It belongs to us , and hes been stolen. If
any man will follow , we'll ' tear down the
bar and help ourselves to what belongs
to us , and eeo how they like their own
; arno. '
"Well , either fear or common sonao or
prudence prevailed , nnd no ono stirred.
t saw that nothing was to ba done , and I
wont back to my office nnd sent uost-haste
'or a prominent lawyer , now a judge. I
stated the case and ho shook his head.
That was not encouraging. Simply say-
ng ho would see what he could do , ho
went away and left me in a pnrfect fog.
On Monday morning at 12:15 : o'clock It
was raining as I novur know it to rain be
fore , bat I was down on the steps of the
bank , with a young sprig of the law nnd
with injunction papers to servo. If I
could once get hold of the President , or
even of a director , and put the papers into
nls hands the bank would be only too
glad to pay me in full rather than submit
to any sort of investigation. My plan
was to knock and when the janitor opened
the door to have the lawyer put his 'out
in the crack of the door and then the rest
of us , there were four altogether , would
give a shove and get inside the building. "
"Well , you knocked ? "
"Yes "
"And the janitor came ? "
"Yes. "
"And you "
"No , wo didj't either , " ho broke In
quickly. "That's just where wo were
tripped up , I told the young lawyer to
put his foot inside the door when It was
opened , and so keep the janitor from
shutting It. But ho didn't do it , and the
janitor slammed tha door in our faces.
Well , no matter what I said , but I was
eloquent for about two minutes , nnd used
the 'English undeuled * In a very vehe
ment fashion ; "
"So you wore defeated , nfter all1' ?
"No , we weren't , either. This is a
story where gueieing does no good , ant
you must listen till I got through. "
"I nm all ears. "
"Wellwo stood under cover of a porch
until 3 o'clock. We choie a porch for
two reason * , viz : to got out of the rain ai
much as possible , nnd nlso to got away
! rom the telescopes of the directors , who
were peering everywhere to too If anyone
ono was-noar to disturb them. At last ,
oh , wo were all drenched by that time ,
seine ono whispered , 'I hoar footstep !
nnd n noise. ' Sure enough. In a minute
: heard the bolt of the door slip back.
Now , boyp , keep still , ' I snid , nnd wo
were ns quiet ns death. Then n manwho
afterwards proved to bo n director , stop-
icd out , looked up the street and down
.ho Atreot. but ct course didn't see us ,
and then , thinking the way clear , ho
tnrtcd across the street. "
"Andjpou wont for him ? " nskod the
opoaterT
"Somewhat , " wns the reply. "Almost
jcforo ho got to the curbstone my man
vaa at Lh side. "
" Good morning , sir , ' ho said.
"Tho director turned hia head in n
tartlod wny , but before ho could do nny-
hint ; my man put the injunction papers
nto hia hand , and told him what they
were and what wa proposed to do
"After that I wont to my ofh'co to
await developments. It was no longer
iccossary to search for the bank officers ,
jecauao the turn of affairs had made It
necessary for them to search for mo. "
"But why should they search for you ? "
nquirod the reporter.
"Why ? Well , suppose for a moment
hat those injunction papers had boon in
orco nt 10 o'clock in the morning , when
ho bank ought to open. "
"True , that would have been Incon
venient. "
"Yes , and moro tban that. "
"What moro ? "
"Well , suppose that bank had not only
topped payment , but had fallen into the
muds of the law , nnd its books had boon
ipcned to public inspection ? "
"That would have been very "
"Yes , Indeed. It wna not to bo
bought of. Well , to finish , I was sitting
with my fott upon the doak , cheorfolly
and hopefully smoking , when there came
a gentle tapping on my chamber door. '
A mild-mannered gentleman , no matter
who ho was , entered and expressed such
regret that I had suffered inconvenience
and wanted to know if the little difficulty
could not bo adjusted to the satisfaction
of both parties. 1 answered that I
bought it could bo adjusted to my satin-
action , but as for the other party I was
not so certain. In short "
"You got your money ? "
"Every cent , nnd lawyor'd foon not'
mall , but large. "
"But why did they pay you ? "
"Hod to. They didn't wnut the pubic -
ic to know what I new , and so my little
> ill was paid and the matter ended. "
Kcmarkuulo Old ARC.
letter to the London Morning Post.
I have sometimes soon in the daily pa-
> ors some remarbablo agea culled from
ho obituaries , and I have also seen pub-
ishod some very remarkable ages of ono
'amlly , such as that given by a Mr.
Stockdnlo , dated "The Grove , Bolton ,
December 15 , 1883 , " whore the aver&go
of five sons then living was 84 ; but I
do not think that any of these cornea up
.0 the extraordinary fact cf 12 children
of the same father and mother living so
eng that their average should bo 81.
Che details of the fact are subjoined.
John Boys , formotly of Betshanger , in
loot , married Mary Harvey in the year
1774 ; their issue Mary , died at
the .ago of 88 ; John , born and
died ID 1777 ; William , 70 ; Frances , 80 ;
John ( second , ) 73 ; Richard , 83 ; Edward ,
; Henry , from an accident , 57 ; Cath
erine , 78 ; Anna Maude , 85 ; Robert , 81 ;
James , 89 ; Emily , 81 ; total , 072 ; making
an average of 81 years. Their father
died at the ago of 75 , nnd the mother nt
.he ago of 04. A somewhat remarkable
solncldence ia this , that the husbands of
.ho above mentioned ladies nnd wives of
; he gentlemen lived to great ages ; for
natanco , Mary's husband lived to the
igo of 70 , ( Florence unmarried , ) the
iosbandof Catherine 70 , of Ann Maude
JO , of Emily 55 , nothing very romarka-
Die , It will be said , in these ages ; but the
wife of William lived to bo 79 , of John
84 , of Richard 81 , of Edward 80 , of
Henry 84 , of Robert 78 , of James 89
The twelve children were all alive In 1857
when their average age was 09. The in-
; erval between the decease of the first
John and of the last James was 104 years.
Surely the above ia worthy of bo included
n the category of remarkable longevities.
Spinners' Signature was Good.
Assistant United States Treasurer H.
D. Groves tolls a funny story In connoc-
.Ion with the recent request of a gentle
man who addressed a letter to the depart
ment inclosing a $100 confedcrat bill
which he desired to exchange for cur-
ency. "A way back in Mr. Spinner's
.ime . , " siys Graves , "a letter was received
rom a man in Virginia inclosing a $50
confederate note and saying that as the
United States bad had captured all the
aescsts of the south It ought to bo ro-
eponsiblo for its indebtedness I showed
the letter to Mr. Spinner and asked him
what reply I should make. The old
entleman who was in a grouty mood , re-
iliod : Oh , tell him to go to h 1. "
[ concluded that would bo a little too
larsh , so I replied with a great show of
joHtoneea that ns the power which had
eaued the npto had returned to the place
) f its Inception , viz : the infernal regions ,
tie had butter present It there for pay
ment. Wo thought this rather a smart
thing , and congratulated ourselves that
the follow was pretty effectually sat down
upon for hia impudence. Several weeks
passed and the matter was almost for
gotten , when ono day a letter came from
the same Individual. Ho apologised for
his delay in writing , , and satd that ho had
just returned from a trip to the infernal
regions. Ho was fortunate enough to
find his sataulo majesty eeatnd at his desk
at work. His majesty read the letter
and immediately exclaimed , "Old Spin
ner's Indorsement la good hero for any
amount. " nnd straightway caahed the
note. I showed this to Spinner , but he
( landed It back , saying that he couldn't
see any joke almt It , and that the mat
ter had bettor drcp then nnd there ,
The JCarlliqunko at Men.
Sr , JOHN'S , N. F , , January 8. The Dritlsh
bark Isabel , from Cadiz , reports paasiug a
large Norwegian bark on the 20th , the name
of the bark was tlio Alabama , ol Arendnle
No vestals of the crew waa tound. Two days
previous the Itabol experienced a terrific earth
quake eKock , lasting fifteen minutes The
ship wa haken In every fibra , Tne crew was
paraltzbU with fear. It was calm and fine ai
tha time of the shock.
Dentil ot Jftinoa Of , KlnRham.
CIIUTIWA FAILS , January 8. Jnrm1" M
IHiigham died at his home this morning after
au illness of ten day * , aged 58 , IIo was lieu
tenant governor of state under Governo
Smith , and repeatedly member of lx > tli the
senate or assembly ,
Fireman Maimed.
CIOAR RAPIDS , Iowa , January 8 , L. Dav
Idson , a fireman on B , C. II. & N. raihvayb.u
hl arrns cut off while c'.uanintc the ash pan o
his engine nt Tra r , last night.
Were
Muimn , January 8. Fresh aarthnualc
( hockt were felt yeaterdayatNar'a nd Yelei
Malaga. Several houses were damaged ,
\V1UT13 DEKH.
IlcmiU of nn Oltl Hunter's Clinso In
the 'VcltowHtono Itftiigc
Story IIo Told ,
St. Paul D v ,
"See that ! " observed William Jump ,
ho veteran hunter of the park , na ho nd-
roasod a group of pilgrims nnd laid nfiuo
pocimon of white deer ns a trophy of
ia prowess at their feet , nnd stretched
imsolf at full length on a silver-tipped
uj ? before his campfire , in hia hen-house
hack near the bntto. "That is the first
nlmal of the kind I have over soon in
hirty years of active lifo as a hunter
n the mountains. You want to
now how I bagged him ? Well , I
bought you wouldk I nm weary nnd
, ungry from thin long chaso. Lot's '
.avo a slice from thoao haunches before 1
oil you nil about it. " So saying the old
nntor desirously carved some steaks
rom the hams of the juicy venison and
rococded to toast them before the fire
n the alkali hearth before him. The
roup gathered about in anxious oxpoo-
ancy awaiting the fcnat that they felt
mist surely follow. Well developed ap
atites paid proper tribute to the doll-
ate morsola with a tow toothsome flap-
< tcka added , nnd then came well-fllled
ipos and the story cf the capture of the
rbito door.
"Sir John , that's my thoroughbred
og , and I were having n hunt nil to our-
elves away up in the Yellowstone range
uat east of the lake. Wo had just arisen
rom our camp In n little coulee and
nton our breakfast of bacou and corn-
edger , and I wns In the act of pulling
lie picket pin of my horse aiiu pack when
' observed fresh sign of door. There
.ad been n slight fall of auow and I
ould very easily trace the course of the
amo. There was nothing in the trail to
ndicato that it was anything moro than n
and of black-tail that had boon feeding
n the young shoots nnd leaves in
tie clump of nspons near where my
amp had bean pitched. 1 wna looking
or meat , so I repickotod my pack animal
nd mounting my hunting inaro , calling
ir John , and swinging my old sharps
crosa the pommel of my saddle I started
ut in search of the gome. The trail led
p through a series of little parks ,
trough which broke many brooks from
prlng sources along the mountain side ,
' 'or the many years I have boon in the
mountains there nro ninny charms for mo
i these little parks. I never tire of
heir natural beauties. Nature in her
plitudo hni many graces for a recluse
ike mo. In the rovorles that the boaut-
ous scenery lent , I forgot I was out of
moat or that I hod any practical mission
.ban to study the solitudes and enjoy the
music of the twittering birds In the wealth
) f E > yinmotrical pines which towered aloft
n tno line of my pathway and sighed in
ho early morning breeze. But just as 1
ounded n point of u stoop declivity on
ho rugged mountain side , nnd looked far
n advance through the clear atmosphere ,
saw a band of black tail quietly feeding
n a dense copse. I silently slid out of
ho saddle , and picketing my borso in a
ouleo.I carefully examined my cariridgca
.nd seeing that Becky Sharp \ras ready
or action I buckled Sir John to my hunt-
ng bolt and started out along the con-
ines of the wooded park to make a
noak for moat on the band. We made
long detour , keeping to the wind
ward of the unsuspecting baud. When
TTO had got within some eighty yards of
ho band and I had taken time to size
hem up , I was surprised and delighted
o BOO the prettiest deer I had overgazad
upon , as symmetrical ns n gazelle and as
potlosa a while ns the vision of an idonl
ngel. I was stupefied with surprise , fern
n all of my experience of moro than a
narter of a century in the mountains I
iad never soon anything so singular , al-
.hough . I had heard of such things from
luntors. I was so struck with
ho beauty of the animal that I
ould hardly bring my rifle to boar. Even
Sir John's bristles Indicated that ho was
urprlaod and stricken dumb with ad
miration. ' Finally I regained my nerves
and after taking a steady aim , with a rest
.gainst . a decayed fir trunk , I fired. The
ilack tails scrambled in every direction ,
> ut my beautifol 'white trophy dropped
nnd spread his limbs in convulsions , and
s I reached him his pink eyes itero
glazed in death. Sir John , for the first
Ime in his eventful experience , exhib-
ted signs of emotion. A ? ho lay there I
ooked upon that animal as if I had boon
ullly of profanation. I felt conscious-
trickon. It seemed to mo as if it had
icon sout down from above to admonish
mo that my mission of killing auch a
noble game was wrong and that I had
mistaken my calling. You wouldn't be-
love it , but my hardened heart weak-
nod , and then and there resolved never
o ehoot another white doer. But I throw
im across my saddle , jukt the same , and
tarted out to cunp , and here I am with
ho precious trbphy of my chaeo. "
Grant's Declination of Aid.
NKwYonic , January 8. Cyrus W , Fiuld
aid this jDoruing in legard to Grant's refusal
o receive thu funi being raised for his bsnolit ,
hat ho had no knowledge of Grant's rentuns.
t ia supposed that uome friend lind taken up
Vandcrbilt's c'aim. Field said he hid 10-
umed every cent subscribed , but refused to
tate the amount rained. IIo said that there
t ould have been no dilliculty m raising the
luni mid Vonderbilt told himlho prnunty oi
, ho General was intrinsically worth § 170,000
Tlio Oiulyko Failure.
NEW Yo UK , January 8. Opdyko & Compa
ny , bankers , lately failed , announced this
morning they had completed arrangements to
> ny in full. The asaignoo will pay a dividend
of 70 per cent almost immediately , the 10-
rnaiiidcr shortly. _ _ _ _ _
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