Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 17, 1886, Page 11, Image 12
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE * . SUNDAY * , . OCTOBER 17'1880.TWELVE PAGES. 11 ADVENTURES OF MAJORNORTH "Wilt * Chief of The Pawnee ScxratsEia Frontier Experience. SIOUXRA1DS UPON THEPAWNEES The Great Sioux War Abandonment of Frontier Settlements Organ ization or the Pawn co Scouts , corriuonTED. lirrttienfor tfif Sunday lift byAl/ml S . . or CnAiTtn 111 HMd nf the Pkmi t pen the I' wneeLittle Tanriacr'MlnM-Niirtow I'.Minprot thrl'awnee A rent an ! C lry ' ' "I- lm-llorriblTTtneTit of > ! * qon . Who bar- Titpd th Oiwntlnn of tv-nlpint KIsMPen I'aw. HM > Kll ed lit tlio noun-Til s ) rp t SlontV r- trTiifitlcr fctttltmnt Atmndoixsl An l ; t' ll' II n Drsunlted AB lnftlh"ioox North OrK nltp a Comf ny of I'nwnee tcouu Kullnre of an At tempt to Tench Th n tin MH m l of Arm - ultt- Infill * mm * > tunn Th < Valley of lf lti Tbc AtucM < > f tlie sloux Li nn Julesbnrg. III. The Hloux Upon The War-Path-The 1'Awnco Sooutg. In the sprinp of 1801 Frank North , who during his residence amonp the Pawnees had learned lo converse fluently in their language , was employed as Pawnee in terpreter and also as clerk at the trading post.The The Sioux were then everywhere friend ly to the whites , but they still nourished their deadly hatred acainst their old enemies , the Pawnees , whom they fre quently attacked on their reservation or wherever else they found them. About the 1st of June , a party of Sioux , 150 strong , in.id u A K\II > UI'ON" TI1K rAAVNUi : SQUAWS who were out planting corn , and killed ten or twelve of them. As soon as the alarm was given the Pawnee warriors sprang on their horses and gave pursuit. A running light ensued , in which the Pawnees killed quite a number of the Sioux. Another raid was made in the fall by the Sioux , and the Pawnees got after them and killed eleven warriors , dropping them one after another , in a row. These attacks at last became so frequent nnd annoying , that the agent , in tlio spring of 1800 , asked for govern ment protection , and a company of the Seoond Nebraska cavalry was sent to the reservation. This had the efl'cct of keep ing the Sioux away till autumn , when a party of 300 , tinder I.1TTU5 TlIfNUEK , made an attack on the tribe. When they appeared near the agency buildings , the alarm was given , and all rushed out to definJ themselves. A squaw came run ning toward the asrency with a mounted Sioux in pursuit. He fired a pistol at her , and she dropped upon the ground. He dismounted , scalped her in a twinkling , jumped on his horse again , and was oft. The captain of the cavalry company ordered North to ride to the camp , three quarters of a mile distant , and order the men out at onco. The captain and the agent then immediately armed themselves and mounting their horses started in pur suit of the Sioux who had scalped the squaw. In following him they became soclted and intent upon thn pursuit that they paid no attention to anything except the lleeing warrior , nnd wher they had ridden about a mile and a hall they discovered that they were being surrounded by Indians. They could nol tell whether they were Sioux or Pawnees , but supposed that they were the latter One of the Indians finally rode tip to the ngent , and tapping him on the shoulder , said in English , "Uo back , go home. " "No , I want to kill that Indian , " re plied the agent , who thought it was a Pawnee talking to him. The Sioux there upon drew his bow and strung an arrow , us if to shoot him , and not until then die the agent discover that the Indians stir rounding himself and the captain were not Pawnees. Ho instantly called to the captain to come back , and just as the captain turned his horse , the Sioux le ilv the arrow at the captain. It struck linn over the right eye , cutting the skin bo that the upp r lid dropped down over the eyn. The wounded captain and the auent then rode their horses at full spoec back to the agency. The captain , who remained at the agency to have his wound dressed , sent Frank North with a message to the first lieutenant to take charge of the troops. The Pawnees am the employes of tlie agency had follovvet the Sioux , nnd A KUNNl.SG FIGHT for five miles ensued , in which several o the Sioux were killed. The Sioux finallj made a stand and a skirmish lasting hal" an hour took place. The lieutenant ant the cavalry company now came up am charged upon the Sioux , who werodniwn up in a beautiful line of battle on the side of a hill. In the charge one cavalryman vvai killed " jmd one. was wounded. A long ami iTes"peraTc"tigirt followed the charge nnd finally night coming on the soldiers and the Pawnees withdrew and returnee to the agency , carrying with them the dead and wounded. There were seven or eight Pawnees killed , and quite a num ber wounded. The squaw , whom the Sioux had t-hot nt and sculped near the agency early in the day , had not been wounded at all by the bullet , as was afterwards learned , but had dropped to the ground through fright upon hearing the pistol shut. The Paw lines had a great IIOU1IOU Or A SPALI'Kn I'KltSON' , and superstitiotisly believed that a person burvlving the scalping process would be transformed into some unnatural being a witch , a ghost , or an evil spirit nnd live forever. A warrior who lived after being scalped would kill himself rather than present himself again to his people. This scaliiedftmavv upon being discovered alivu by her friends was UiKen by them to nn old cellar , when * they buried her with dirt up to her neck , and placed & etraw matting over her head and face , ami thus left her to die. Some three or four days after tna light , Mrs. PJatt , the school teacher , was pass ing by the cellar on her evening walk , he heard a groan proceeding from the place , and upon investigation she discov ered tlie poor squaw , hlie at once sum moned assistance and had her dug out. The squavy was found to bo terribly emaciated , her head particularly being in a very bad condition. JIn > . Plait had prov ibions brought to her , and then had her head dressed , after which she had her eonyeyt * ! to the saw and grist mill- there being no hospital and there a com fortable place was prepared for her in the boiler room. For ihree weeks Mrs. Platt kindly attended lo her wants , visit ing her three times a day. The squaw finally improved so much that she was considered in a Jair way of recovery , and Mrs. Platt appealed to the agent to com- pull bur people to take care of her. The ngcnt thereupon sent sent for the chiefs and told them of the condition of the b'liww and informed them that her people ple must now care for tier. The chiefs , not daring to disobey the agent's orders , consented to take charge ol Itcr , anil that night they carried her away from the null. The agent never * aw her again and never knew what became of her. her.The The null was located about one hun dred yards from the trading VOSL Two Indians went to the mill aud took' away the squaw , but instead of cpudtictmB her to her family , they TOMAHAWKED HER at the bank of the creek Rtid sunk her ( 'cad body in it deep -ddy , placing some large flat stones on top to keep it down. The agent sometime afk-rwards inquired oi the Indian ? bow tbecnuaw was getting along , and ho wa * tolo that she wa doing very well The Indians , however , told North , in whom they had the great est confidence , what had been done with her North never revealed the secret , except to a few intimate associates , well knowing that its divulgence would do no good , THE NKXT ATTACK of the Sioux , which was of any consequence quence , occurred on the loth of October , while the Pawnees were out athenng corn. The Sioux dashed oown from the bhitTs upon thp defenseless women and killed eighteen of them The Pawnee warriors turned out , and ioucht them on the run for eight or ten mile . killing seven or eight of them The wnrrior . who returned tirerl d worn out , paid no attention to their dead squaws , who were left on tlie ground unbaricd. The next morning North got a team and wagon and went with a chief into the cornfield to bring in one of his squaws who was among the killed. North supjwsed of course that the chief would also bring in all the others nnd have thrtn buried. All the squaws were found lying with their faces downward , as In dians invariably turn thcnr-elves wh n dying. Some fourteen or fifteen squaws were turned over before the chief found his. Ho loaded the dead body on the wagon , and then directed North , much to his surprise , to return to the agency without the rest. Tlie seventeen other dead squaws were left where they had fallen. Some were afterwards buried , and some never were. THE CHEAT SlOfX WAR broke out in the spring of 1804. The Sioux claimed that they had'been badly treated by their agent and that their treaty stipulations hnd not been lived up to. They asserted that the agent had , instead of delivering thuir goods to them , turned the property over to the trader who had sold it , and this really proved to be the case. The bioux were a power ful and a numerous people , inhabiting the northern country. At this time they had a temporary agencj on the north Mdo of thu North Piatte river , opposite Scott's Bluft's. and it was at this place that they first became disatislieii and declared war against tinwhites. . There were a great manjdifiercut band * of Sioux some twenty-live or thirtv prin cipal among which were the Brulennd OgallaLts. When the news spread that thu Sioux had nr.ci-Aitr.n AVAIL the alarm became general and the re sults were greatly feared. The settlers everywhere on the frontier bec.inio frightened , and deserting their farms and ranches , Hocked for safety into the small towns , where they built stockades. ( iUNKUAL otirris , acting under instructions , at once organ- zed an e\peditiou at Fort Kearney against the iio tilcs. He had brought with him from Kansas the Sixteenth Kan- sat , cavalry and part of the Twelfth Kan sas cavalry , which regiments had been engageu in lighting the confederates , thu war of the rebellion then being in pro gress. General Robert Mitchell , who was in command of the District of the. Plains , was to accompany the expedition. YOUXtt XOKTH proceeded with the Second Nebraska cavalry company from the Pawnee reser vation to Fort Kearney , and General Cur tis , upon meeting him. formed a great liklnir for him. Learning that he had lived among the Pawnees for some time , and had acquired a know ledge of their language and habits , and was held in high esteem by them , tlie general sugges ted that he organize a company of Paw nee scouts for the campaign. Thu sug gestion struck North favorably , and knowing the Pawnees to , be excellent warriors ana possessed with an intense hatred of the Sioux , he believed that a company could be easily raised and that the organization would not only prove a useful auxiliary to General Curtis' com mand , but would do splendid lighting. Ho therefore immediately concluded to act upon the suggestion , and taking with him n man named McFadden , who had been in the United States service and also an interpreter at one time , he went back to the Pawnee reservation with authority to raise a company of scouts. Seventy- seven young and active Pawnee warriors were quickly enlisted , and McFadden , who had a military record , he having been in the Ash Hollow fight with General Harncy in 185G , wis selected as captain and North was made firet lieutenant. TJIK PAW-SEES furnished their own horses and in their native costumes rode to Fort Kearney under the leadership of McFadden and North. The enlisting of Indians in the army service was a new idea , and every body in the command became more or less interested in the Pawnee company , and seemed anxious to see how they would act. It was the first time that In dians had ever Deen employed as enlisted men. They were promised the Same pay as the cavalrymen , and a certain amount for furnishing their own horses , but they never received a cent for their services during this campaign , as there vyas no appropriation to cover the services of such troops. OE.VEIIA1. CU1ET1S1 COMMAND , consisting of 1,600 men , marched to Plum Creek , and leaving this Piatte river went south , crossing the Republican river at the mouth of Turkey creek , and then moving south to the Solomon river in Kansas , along which stream frequent raids were being made by the Sioux upon Uio white settlement's. The command was finally divided , General Mitchel striking out to the west , and General Curtis moving down the Solomon river. The country everywhere was deserted and death and ruin prevailed , the Sioux having thoroughly raided the region , and then departed for a new lield of opera tion. The campaign was concluded without a single light. General Curtis , who was greatlv pleased with the con duct of Lieutenant North and his Paw nees , gave instructions to North to enlist a regular company of Pawnees , one hun dred strong , as soon as the temporary or ganisation was disbanded , anil to have them equipped and uniformed like other cavalry soldiers. He accordingly gave North a captain's recruiting order , and he returned with his Pawnees to the res ervation about the middle of October , ' ISftl' In less than an hour after his return to the reservation he enrolled ono hundred line looking , splendidly built warriors , all of whom were anxious to go out upon thu war-path against their old enemies , the Sioux. Captain North , as we shall now call him , then proceeded to Columbus to obtain telegraphic instructions from General Mitchell. Owing to provoking delays ha was detained two weeks , and when he returned to the reservation ho found that all the Pawnees had gone off on n buffalo hunt. After a fruitless search for them , he waited until their return , and catching them near Fort Kearney he secured his hundred men and taking them to Columbue bad them mustered into the United States service as COMI'AXV A , J'AM'XEE SCOUTS , with himself as captain , Charles A. Small as firut lieutenant , and James Murey , a Pawnee interpreter , as second lieutenant. Itemaining in camp at Columbus but a short time , they marched to Fort Kearney and there went into winter quaiters. About the 1st of February they were supplied with arms old style muzzle- loading infantrv guns. Captain Gillette , of the First Nebraska cavalry , commanding the post , cave orders that the Pawnees should be drilled thoroughly in the manual of arms , and Captain North accordingly put them through the manual for two boura every day After U-u days trial the experiment of U'flihing tlipfe $ cuuts the manual of arnrs wa given up as a failure They could not underhand Kngllsli , and llieru wore no words in thtir language that YTouid express the orders of Cintain North. Thej had either to learn the Knclish lan guage , or words hud to be invented in their tongue for the various commands n cd in'tlu' drill. Captain North informed CnpUtin Gillette of the predicament , ami ' in reply the latter snid.'in a very abrupt manner , thot the original order must be obeyed. Captain J\orth replied that it was an impossibility , and lurthermore that the Pawnees had not enlisted for the pnriK > es of drill but as scout * , spies and trailer * , and that he would not attempt any longer to tench them tlie drill. In retaliation for this , Captain Gillette ordered Captain North to delail a mounted otlicer and forty men , with ton days rations , to at once proceed north to the Niolirftrn river to look for hostile In dians The I'awm r * hcd not received their liorM ? * , and were compelled to go on the scout on foot although tin1 snow was ten or fifteen inrhr deep At day light the next morning , Lieutenant Smill left thu post with the detachment of forty men , aud crossed the half fro/.i-n Piatte river , which had ten channels nt this point. In some places the Indians wadeit wain-deep in the water , vet they oiri not utter a word of complaint , notwithstand ing the vrealhor was very eold. Upon reaching the Letup Fork thi-yencountoied one of the "everest snow storms t-\cr known on tlie plain * , compelling them to remain in camp at one place for seven days , the storm lasting all that time with unabated fury. They ran out of provis ions , and were forced to return to the post , the march being a very perilous one as the evtrcinu cold caused intense suffering , many ot the men having their "ei-t , hand * and oars severely frozen. The Pawnee scouts were now furnished ivith horses , and were ordered to march ; o Julcsburg , which was then quite a noted station on the overland stage road. Afewdajs were spent in getting the wagon tram realty , and thi-n they started on the march. Along the road they "bund DKATH , nnSOJATlOX AND HflX on every hand the work ot the Siou\ . At Plum Creek thev came upon one grave containing fourteen bodies of men , bound for Pike's Peak , who had been killed by the blood-thirMy redskin * . Diverted emigrant wagons , robbed of everything valuable , and dead oxen were strewn along the hro-iil pathway. Whole wagon trains bad been captured , the men and cattle killed , the property stolen , and in many in t.tnce tlie wagons had been col- Voted and burned , nothing being left of hem except the tires of the wheels and other iron-work. The command , attor a inarch of several ilavs tnrough this VAI.LVY OF HEATH , reached the po-t of Julo > btirg , afterwards Fort Sedgvvick. Old Jiile-burg , the ta- tion on tlie overland sta e road , located about one mile from the post , had been attacked and burned , and several persons had been killed , by the Sioux just before tlie arrival of the Pawnees. Die po t was garrisoned hj Captain Nick U IJrien'i. company of the Seventeenth regular cavalry. The bioux , some four or live hundred strong , had surprised the stationer or ranch early in the day O'Brien with his company sallied out to drive them oil" , but the Sioux not only maintained thrir ground , but drove the "soldiers back and X'eiy neailj surrounded them. H was onl.by A HOLD AMI IIEM'KKATE DASH through the small gap , that was rapidly lessening , that Captain O'llrien suvcd his company from capture : md annihila tion The Sioux drove them b.ick to the po t and very nearly captured the strong hold Failing in this , however , they re turned to the station to gather up the plunder flour , coffee , sugar and other provisions a large quantity of which they secured , and then they burned the buildings to the ground. Captain OVBrieu tried to shell them out , but they paid 11J attention to the shells which did not drop nmoiig them with any v ery great accu racy. Late in the afternoon the Sioux retired with their bootv to the blufiV on the south side ot the Pfatte. [ TO 1JE CONTINUED NEXT -SUNDAY. ] EDUCAT1OXA fj. There are 2,030 Chautaun.uacircles in Mich igan. Massachusetts boasts of having sixty ait schools anil 11,000 ait students. Thomas F. Bajani , jr. , son of his father , is a \ ale fit > htiiAU this tall. There are seventy-three students now in Ilaivardannex , lor women , with more to come. P. T. Uarnuni is to give a new seliooihotise , built on new plans , to the town of IJiidsre- l > ort , Conn. It is exi cted that Mrs. Garlleld will at tend the opening of the tiarheld University at Wichita , Kan. , which takes place this tall. The classesof Vale college this year will number nearly as follows : Seniors , 155 ; juniors , 140 ; sophomores , 1J5 ; fivnljnien , 1" . The new freshman class at Va sar college js not only the largest that has entered the institution , but Us standard of scholarship is pronounced very high. James Kussell Lowell will deliver the oration tion at the 350th annlversarv , of llarvaid , which will oe observed with un ussal honors early In November. Tlte colored citizens of MoDilc , Ala. , held a meeting Monday night and voted to build an orphan a ylum tor colored children , ami also a house of collection in connection there with. About S-MOOJD will be required for the purpose. It is reported that a university for women , foundeu on private capital , which proposes to have three faculties a mathematical , a natural history , ( with medical studies ) and a philolosIcaUs contemplated in Moscow.if the KOVeminent will sanction the scheme. The chief rablnical school in Italy is now at Mantua. Padua held this position lormerly , and still has for the head of its Jewish com munity the greatest Hebrew scholar Iu Italy , Kabbi EnUe Loin , who is professor ot lie- brew at the University of Padua , and was a pupil of the celebrated Luzzatto. Schools of technology aie iudispeiisable ad juncts of industrial process , and it is u hap py sien that is furuished ot the manufactur ing tever in Ceort'ia by the strong efforts of the citizens of Atlanta to secure tun location there of a technological institute built apart from an independent or any other college or uiilv entity. SINGULiAIUTIKH. Bears are numerous in Giadvvin county , Michigan. A Cedar Ilapids , la. , cat has adopted a joung mouse and is tenderly rearing it , A hog ou exhibition in Wlrt county. W. Va. , is over eight feet lone , three ftet high , and weighs 7ls pounds. Amoug the treasures of Orange county , N. Y. . exhibited at Its recent fair , wa * a par rot which is known to be ut least eight-six j ears old , A deer described as a beautiful specimen of his kind , joined a herd of cow g that w ere bulni ; driven home by a Mrs. Moore , of Asli land , N. H. , and permitted her to secure him after he had walked Into the barn. A Wisconsin hunter named \Vextnnl shoat at what he took for an extra large squirrel on a limb , and a wild cat came down and cl vve < him In fort > 'two places to convince him tha his eyesight was a good way off. One of the peculiarities of a 250-pound pumpkin crown at New burs , N. Y. , Is tha it was fed ou milk. A root was sent out from the vine to a basin of milk" , and it con sumed a pint of the fluid each day. The rat her doubtful story is told that a new finder has grown on the hand of Josepl Mat tiers , of Xorwalk , w ho lost the member ( index hncer , left hand ) six months < uo , while chopping wood. The narrative is a complete one of its kiud , making the new hucer grow with bones , joint aud tiuger nal all pel feet a A tea ship that recently arrived at Port land , Ore , had on board a very peculiar bird , called the Japanese tumtls ? > r. It has a habit of jumping from its perch , turning & somersault , and coining down on the oercl all standing , and this trick it will perform dozen of times iu succession , till beholders deem the bird demented. It is considerably larger than a canary , ana of .ratlier cpett ; plumage , l ut not faueh in the musical line. HO.NKV i-on Tun Pompons of cnt feathers lire a favorite trimming. Fine ineli ; h * trlj > ed coeds have a line of color at Intervals. Hats of ott beaver have brim anil crown ot dltlerent colors. Ser.re's have brml fringed sa < hes , with borders In Konifin effects. Ensh h cheviots have broken plaid stripes alternating with plain stripe * . Grenadine covered with heavy cut jet beads Is UM * ( | for bodices and mantles Jewelry of etched , oxidized sliver and in Indian desutn Is very fashionable. i > erce. with chevron cmund , have palmlcaf patterns In nin work In self-color * . Blue felt tints , trimmed with red ilk cord , an ; worn w itli red mid blue costumes. White cloves with oiuliroidcry simulating bracelets are worn In second mourning. Stri'cd mnU-rmls in fris jiiid coil ] * plush lme metal beads woven In Uie frue stri ] * ' Butterflies , wlnit * . lenves , coronets ntid bat-stuped bnm are mafle Of cut Jet btsuK Galleons have pendants of overvdescnjc lion ovolds , cubes , seqiiius .iud s' e r luaiK ltc ses. with plii'h sttiws. dots or chains tor the border , have overdresses of plain seige. Beaded camel's hair , in. all colors nd white , is used lor mantles and dress trim- B toti girls wear b.uigle bracelets witli silver bells , and the chesUim coug has been retlied. Woolen goods show ' stripes , plaids and small designs , riori.ited'and ' large patterns are uot seeii. ' Co < iuilles of jet nre employed for crowns and trimming , -some of these are made of graduated cut beads. P.iuline Nelson , a German servant ciil lu lmlinn.ip.ilis tins been left S"-50OJO ! by her uncle In the fatherland. Hats are not as high as formerly ; the straight nrranneiiieut ot trimming , however , sreniingl } Increases their altitude. Woolen materials. In green or blue , have crossbars of brown wool , with the horizon tal lurs embroldeied with cniss-stitch of silk. silk."Sniderweb" "Sniderweb" jot trimming Is made of fine net strung with tlnv jet biud-s veined \vitli Hue bugles. Ills shown inn vaiicty i l de- Llving Brazilian beetles attached to a pin ana chain , so that they cau wanner about at will OUT corsage or hair , are lavorcd orna ments. ll.indkrrchicfs invc dellcatelv tinted bor ders witn while ouibioiik'O llemstitchfd hiiiulliCichicfs ha\e the embroideiy m the middle. Plush broc.ides , showing evjuisite tints in various lights , have IVisiali desUns. They .tie emploitM for panels , and are in all the lieu eolois. A fashion item s.ivs "tlie bustle Is rapidly coming to the trout'1 \ \ ell , all we have to say about It is that it will look uiulity queei when it "gets there , " The newest buttons aie lar e balls of wood nghlv polislifd andsliowin'th" gram. Henns vnd sei-d.s are cinplujeit as buttons. Etched voij buttonsHluivv line designs. Mis. FoKom i coing to make her home at "Pietty Prospect , ' ' Piesident Cievel-ind's country place * . , winch some ill-natured people w ill not consider a pretty prospect lor Orov er. Leonaul U . Jerome of New Yoik. allows Siis Uniuliter. the wile ot Lord liamloJiiii pliinrhill , chancellor of the Biitish exchange ? 1. > .CO ) i ei annum. Lord Cliiuchill's salary is S-i.COJ a j ear. Mis Maud Howe wivs "the fashionable Ameiican family consists ot one child " Ffiis js a big boost for tlie lonely ntphan cinld : lie can now start unt "s.dltarv nn < t alonn" and become a "fashionable American family. ' ' The ordinnry American woman cm form some idea of tlie social standing ot liei new laeiclibors when the furuituie wagons unload "f coulee : but she is never it-ally certain about them until the hiiedgiri h.is hung out the hrst wasn. Wliv did she do it ? " asks an exchange. Because , fir < t , her feet weie a\vfullj odd ; second end , he had been in bed an hour , therel'ire VA as w aim and comfortable , thitd , what is a hiisb.iiul kOixl for if not to warm his wife's feet , anj wny. Xosweetclrl ever desires to make a man her enemy. If she refuses to marry him she pu > | Kise to be. his veiy good friend foievei , nnd nnjuung man ciin sicuic lasting friends bj-projxising inAiTiace to girls who would otherwise cut him. The autumn dlsplaj s ur iMillinery have not borne out the prom is * that flowers weie lo be used in profusion. Theie aie verj hcantlfnl velvet flowers r.nd leaves , but these ate in the minoritv , while feathei-vand bmls mon-'s thu pity , are placed lavishly upon hats and bonnet- . Allied Smith , neat-looking and quiet , liiieil out as n waiter'at a hotel at Jvaku J Iino , near St , Paul , Minn , boon he was made second steward , anrt was doinic well , when his. room mate lepurtcd.that he was a woman. It proved to be Mattie Carjienter , a Kliode Island girl. She dlpappearcd at once. The Xew Vorl : Mail and Rxtire s mentions a pan ol ladies' shoes , ou exhibition in a Broaanay window that , are worth 5Ida , Thev were made for a .Murray Hill belle who has a pretty foot ana an e < iuall.v attract ive pwketbook. The > aie made , save the solos , of plain black satin. lUimestones set in solid silver form tlie buttons. A Kentucky planter was so well pi eased with the aetm : of a little girl in a pla > at Louisville that the next day he sent her a tine large doll "to amuse her when not at the theater. " This is the reply he received : "Kind friend , have just received jour note and package containing the doll : flunks very much , the doll \eryhandsome. . 1 showed it to my hutb nd. and we think it w ill be ereat amusement for me. " The PimcebsVHhelmineher ! tothcthrone of Holland , has lately celebrated her sixth birthday anniversary. On that occasion the queen invited to the royal palace all children born on the same day us the princess and treated them to a banquet ot presents aud toys , A siirpiisin number icsponded to the call and though the queen welcomed them all she wa- , heard to remaik that thelilst of Au gust must have been the greatest day tor births on recoid. CO.NNUBIALilTlES. Henry Abbey still denies his marriage to MUs'Jeirard. Said a youne doctor to a lady patient ; "You must take exercise lor j our health , uiy der. " "All risht , " she said , "I'll jump at the first otfer. " They weie married in about six months. They call it a romantic marriage in Mlntie sola when a couple of the neighbors cet the bride's father into a back room and sit on him to prevent his Interrupting aud breaking up the wedding. Walker Blaine Is on his way to Chleaco , where he expects to make Inshome in the lu- tuie , having nceived a very good offer from a leading Chicago railroad. It U also sail ! that he is soon to be married to a daughter & 1 Joseph MediH , editor of the Chicago Tribune. Nicholas Smith. Horace Greeley'sjK > eticailj beauteous son-in-law , is soon to marry auain. The object of the handsome colonel s atlec- tions is sain to be a lovely aud wealthy heir ess of the blue grass region of Keutuckv and a relative of General Cerro Gordo Wil liams. A young woman at New lilchland , Minn , agreed to marry a jonng man of that town , and all arrangements for the sacrlhre were made , including clothes and cake. On the evening of the wedding , however , after the expectant bridegroom , the guests and tha parson had arrived , she decided to reinaii single. On the bank * of tha Murray. X S. W. which separates Victoria fruni A'evv South Wales , a Presbjterlan minister has his charire. Ills church and residence being on the Victoria side , and a portion of tils con gregation residing on that of New Soutl Wales. In the course of events a younf , lady of his people was to be married ; but with the fancies that young ladies so often indulge In , she would be married in her fathers home , which was on the Jfew South Wales shore , and by her pastor , who , as it appeared at the last moment , was registered oulv to tie a nuptial knot In Victoria. Here was a pietty hx ; the hour had come and the man , Moved by tears of the lovely sup pliant , the minister was equal to the occa aion. It appears that the w hole of the waters of the Murray pertain to Victoria , so. obtain ing a boat , and puttinc therein all his para phernalia and books and other instruments requisite for the performance of the cere mony , lie put off from thosiore. Trie young lady and her friends came to the foot of her father's grounds , and the narty standing on the shore in battle array , thn mamafe ser vice was duly jrforinediy the minister in Uio boat. Tlie marriage was enrolled in the recoids at Melbourne ; but the ( iutvtiou arises or way arise , or Iu the eviiit oi certain COD tlngencies very certain will ane. is tee mar n&se legal ? OP And General Household Goods. t This elegant stock will be sold at % tlie cost , and II 1317 and 1319 D ouglas Street. > 1 USlCALi / A l > DHAMATIC. General Biickner's- daughter is the latest accession to the Mace. The projected theater for amateurs in New YorK is tn cost S' J.COJ. Joseph 1C. nmuiet says that this is to be his last season upon the stage. Joachim was at onetime the leading violin In Lizst' & Weimar orchestra. Miss Emma Thin shy will shortly leave for a lengthened tour in Australia. T.io 1'atti concert nt Swansea , Wales , en- liched tlie local liospit.nl 510.000. linbinstein , it is said , will not undertake any tours as a pianist this season. The Tc'ropleton opera company will remain in Canada almost tlie entire season. Brrtlia Iticci is on the road with "The Black Hussar. " Luckless Bertha ! Murray's opera house , Albany. Wis. , was lately destroyed by fire. Loss , $00,000. Mine. Janish arrived from Havre last Mon day to begin her traveling tour at Albany. Uncle Tom's Cabin has been turned Into an opera. John Oilbert's company is to sing it. Miss Emma Thursny , the soprana , is soon to make an extended concert tour In Aus tralia. Jane Coombs' new company is once more enjoying the calm delights of home , sweet home. Fanny Davenport and her company ap pear at the Chestnut , Philadelphia , Novem ber & . Frank Daniels continues his success as Old Snort , tlie pugilistic aspirant , In tlie "Uae Baby. " St Paul and Minneapolis paid Edwin Booth Slti,00d for the seven performances of tie past week. Mme. Janish's tour opens in Albany , N.Y. , the vi orst "show town" in the country on Nov e-nber L Georce S. Knight is troubled with defect ive eyesight , ana there Is denser that he nia'y become blind , Miss Fortescuo flatters herself that she can look the part of the heroine of "Frou- Fiou" to perfection. . Professor Hubert Hies , of the Berlin Iloyal orchestra , died recently , aged M. He was a celebrated violinist. Patrie , the new opera oy MM , Paladllhe and Snid'iu , is announced in Paris , for the middle of December. Fraulein Eroddy. a fine German comedi enne , lately shot lierselt in Berlin through disappointment in love. Miss IJose Coghlan opened her season at Montreal last week , and was given a recep tion which amounted to an ovation. Ada Monk , the lively Countess in "Fedora , " Is suflering from chronic rheuma tism , and is coutioed to her tied nearly all the time. time.Dlxey Dlxey , than whom no freshman was ever less salted , announces on his "AdonU" i > ost- t'rstliat he has been patronized by the Prince ot Wales. Nat Goodwin has Introduced "the vanish- Ine lady" illusion in "Littler .lad Shepjrard. " Mrs. bheppard is made to disappear In the second act. About 54MO was cleared at the Uayreuth Festival , if the principal artists had not vol unteered their services the result would hate been a loss. "Theodora" is still runninc at Niblo's.New York. Miss Olcott , It is said , has inproved in her impersonation of the character made famous fay BernhardC Mile. Douadlo , who sang iioslnrv many jenrs ago at the Academy of Music , is officially advertised in Berlin as the "Im perial chancellor's favorite. " The literature of Wilson Barrett's life and achievement- like unto the amplitude of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Never was actor so bevvritten in advance. If Edwin Booth continues to draw as ho has doue so far this season there w 111 be SrJ-JO.OOJ to divide between himself , Barrett and Mr. Chase at the end of his tour. Miss Louise Montague , the 10,000 beauty , was asked to leave the ' 'Evangeline" com pany. She showed too much inclination to kick her little boy who waited on her. "A Hun of Luck" is proving worthy of its title at the Drury Lane , London. The weekly receipts , it is stated , are from b 10,000 to Sl-.Oja The American richthas uot becu sold yet Katharine Holers has joineil Wallark'R New York Mock company , and will subside gracefully into old woman parts. Her eldest daughter is well known on the stage as Ele anor Moretti. Edmund Uerson , the London manager , promisee to urine to America late next > ear Kliiabeth Gonx ; > a , the Itu&sian actress. Out- son savs he 1ms been after her for three years. He will also take her to Havana , Mexico and South America. Karl Kausche , a Baltimore tenor , is the latest addition to the American oix'ra com pany. He is a member of the Harmonic. Llederiafel and Liederkranz societies ot that city , and s.inc btcond tenor carts in light opera last summer. Wagner's createst music-drama. "Tristan and isoldo , " will be produced during the first week of next December at the Metropoli tan opera house in New York. The princi pals will be Neimann , Fischer , Robinson , Lilli Lehmniin and Marianne Brandt. Mine. Serabrich's first accouchement cost 5-9,00'J , paid as forfeit to a Madrid manager. Gerster's last baby cost the loss of her smi- inr voice. Mine. Nevada-Palmer 1ms not been heard from \tl.tintslio . is not singing. Maternity is an expensive luxury to a canta- trice. X.elie de Lussan will head the Boston Ideal Opera company again this season. The new members are Jllie. Louise Lablanche , con tralto ; William 11. Law ton. the tenor brought out by Mile. Henrietta Cnrradi : Clement Baiubridge , baritone , and Ivan Morawskl , basso. NewToik was overrun with female Mars last week , including Jananscheck at the Windsor , Mrs. Lanetry at the Fifth avenue , Clara Morris at the Union sxuare , Mrs , Bow ers at the Fourteenth street , Lilian Alcott at NlbloV. Yiolet Cauieion at the Casino and Lillian Con way at the Third Avenue theater. Clara Morris' mauacer has arranged for a three weeks season at the Baldwin theatre , San Francisco , in January. Miss MorrU has never visited California , her health not hitherto permitting a trip that necessitates lone travel and consequent fatigue. But she now feels confadcnt in her strength , and will essay thecngaeement. Joe Jefferson is not likely to remain much longer ou the stage. He has been playing forever over forty years , though latterly only al > out three months in the yeaY. lie has suffered a slight stroke ot paralysis this fall , which warns him that if he subjects himself to ex ertion or strain he is liable to be taken tiff at any thlme. He is worth at leant &XW.OOO , so he his not dependent on his prof > & > ion. Mile Hhea has hit upon a novel plan of exhibiting her in He 11 Hi cent wardrobe. In a new piece , In which she will probably appear nest mouth , there Is a sceue. In a dres.smak- ing establishment , and Mile. Ithua , who en acts the role of the proprietor of tlie place , will array over twenty dummies in hand some , elaborate and costly dresses , all made abroad and many of them after her own de- Signft. What the other ladies who advertise extensive wardrobes w ill do to surpass this will be waited with interest. IMPIETIES. Savannah News : A negro woman stole some dresses in Columbus and used one of them as her baptismal robe , An Iniiejiondcnt old lady , speaking of Adam naming all tlie animals , said she didn't think he de erved any credit for naming the pig any oue would know what to call him. There Is a good deal of practical common sens * ; In the answer of the old cook in New Orleans when her young mistress told her of Wiggins' coming c-arthrjtmke , "Go long. chile " she said , "go 'long wid God n-mity don' go an1 tell an ) body what he's gwlneterdo ; lie jes' go long aud do It , " There was a meeting of the preachers nf Lyncliburg , Va , , and when It was bteaklnf uu Dr. JoliD Haimon could not nnd II'IK liau Turniui : to Kev. It. 1L Acree he said : "Oue of your Baptists lias my hat. " "Then , " said Brother Acree. "your hat lias moie brains in it than ever before. " A few davu after that Dr. liannon was passing by Brother's Acree's yard-gate , and wnen urged to come In taid : "I am on my way to preach. " "You can't preach , " replied Brother Acre * . "So i felt lor a long time , ' ' replied Dr. Haimon ; "but since hearing you , the other day , 1 nave changed my wind. " At a house In Ohio where a minister wai > boaiding the ervant-girl was anxious to an- tlci-jateeu-rjlhiuK in hei work that an.i one vvibiieil her t < > ilo. She had always "just donu it , ' or was ' -just ilulnu it , " w hen any order wasuiveu. Ihls amused the joung divine greatly . and on one cxvnMcin lie thou lit to nonplus the rirl bj a rn e. " 1 don't thinl , Eliza liar washwl in ) blhta mee 1 have been lieuhe aid to the minister in a lojvtone , but designed to IMS overtic-anl by Hie gul. A few minutes later the nueirem said In lutr , in the presence of the clergyman : -Lliu , hiuc you washoJ Mr. Blank's blblei" " .No , ma.am , but I've got it iu as > aL , " llot.to for a chicken Ui ef ' ncvtr co-jnt yourcbickuu bt'toro the ; urc snatchui. REUG1OUS. South Dakota already has over 100 Congre gational churches. There are elev en churches and thirty Sab bath schools in. Utnlu The Episcopal church will celebrate the centennial anniversary of its formal organ ization in 1SS9. There are 1,470 churches in New England with a membership of 2H.4VJ members con tributing SVUO.tOl. In Greenland there are 7,000 Esquimaux converts under the fostering care of the Dan ish Missionary society. One person In twenty in Colorado is a church member , one in 057 in > evv Mexico and one iu ess in Arizona The Christian community In India Is In creasing at the rateef bj-j per cent a year , and therefore doubles every twelve > ears. The number of students in Union Theo logical Seminary , for the current j ear , will be ten or twelve iu excess of last 3ear , which was 121. Despite the weakness attendant upon his eighty-live jears. Cardinal .Newman still rises nt half past four every inorninir and makes up his bed. The first Younc Men's Christian associa tion was organized last December In Fee Choo. Another organization was effected March 11 , at Shanghai. A lady hns placed the sum of 5200.000 In the hands of Itev. 11. S. Hoffman and Mr. C. at. Morton for the purpose ot establishing In West PhiladHlphia a divinity school for the Reformed Episcopal church. On Uio first w cek In July the mission-snip , Harmony , set out from London on Hi twenty-sixth annual vovago to Labrador , laden with gifts for tlie Moravian missiona ries and the native Christians. Hy the death of Mr. Samuel Mnrley many a philanthropic institutions In London nnd Bristol lose a great supporter. It Is said no gave a war between 30.000 nnd i2MXiO ) , ( yearly. The CongrcgatlonnlUts will also miss him. as twenty-four nf tticir chapels In the metropolis were indebted to him as their founder. The lower of a new church , at Wllkns- barre. Pa. , which was dedicated onlj a few months ngo. is said to have H-ltled , owing to the remit eaithqunko shocks , which were perceptibly felt in that local it \ , and the doors of the church have been closed until a careful Investigation of the masonry of the tower has been made The Kvaneolfral Alliance ot Japan haslCS churches organized , VT of thu number being wholly self .supporting. Tlmnntive ordained ministers number 00 : unorilained , 113. The total church membership IB 10.775 , besides 103 bapttml children. Tint total number of for eign missionaries It. iiVi.of whom 110are men and 74 unmarried women . The adult con verts baptized In lfeJ-5 number 3,115 , The Young Men's Chrlbtion Association at Osaka , Japan. hai > secured eiioiign money toromplete thnlr association building. The association nt Beirut , Syria. Is making nil effort to secure nn association building to cost SNri,000. The meni ! > er8 have already sub scribed Sl.WX ) . The New Britain , Conn. , as sociation will put up a building at ouce , to cost w Ilh lot S40C/ > . The Pinte.st.iul churches of llillain. Amer ica and therontliientnf Knnipe nave aMi , ) or- dnlncd mlRsionniies ; 740 laymen ; 2.00 women lalKirlng In all parts of the heathen and Mohammedan world These me now preaching the gospel in twenty times as many languages as were siwkeu on the day of Pentecost. If thcMi C/JIO ntrcnt * tvnedis- tiihuted among the P70 millions of heathen and 170 millions nf Mohammedan * , it would tire 107.000 to each missionary. Twenty-six thousand native converts are emplojed as evangeliM * among their own cmiiitr > UH'ii nnd.r 0 as ordained pastors of native churches. The "Minutes of Conference. " jut issued , show * tliPKtiength of Methodism at Nmio and abroad. Great Britain Meinlx"rs,4l'J,3-4 ; on trial , 2 < 5il ; minister * . 1,4 7 ; on trial , si ; sujrf'rnumerarU's S. i2. IrelandMi'int erx , a4,044on : tri.-il , 7r > ; uiliiituii173 : on trial , 21 ; Mipernuiw'rarli * , 4'j 1'nrri-nMisiioiiB AimiilH-r.MU.W4 ; on Hla' 471 , nilnmleis , ' tl : on tr al. 11 ; suipcimi' u r".e ,7. I'reiuh " 'iinferi'iiec Mcuibris , 1. i1on tr at. 7 ; mlnUti'ix 9K ; < iii trial 1 nitH'tiniineiflt t-s. 4 South Afiu-Hii CVmfcrui" MeiiibWs , 'JS' > 47 ; on trial , s.i'41 : ninisf4-r * . Jl'"s " r.n . tr l , .11 , suiK-niiiHiiT.irii'v IU. ' .Vf-.t Indian CoJif . i- Mi IB > MT > > . 4-J.317 : on tiial , JWU ; IIJIM | - , i'ii pnilmtiiiii Ib. 'IVaU Mwnbein , 5Gl < f..p liial 44Cr4 ; u.uiW r , , " \r \ nil t -tf-.i-nii ! ii-nm-rirw 345. The num. lruf jn i i-tfi * n''t mfi ilx rs in tiu ! An tr jla j- ini > < huif h and In fie MHhodlst church of < iada int not Inr ndcd in the above.