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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY,1 AUGUST 2 ; 1887.
. ' . - JUDGE MASON SAYS " DST >
Nebraska has Endured ftobblng Eailroad
I " Bates Long Enough.
AN ULTIMATUM TO MR. CLARK.
fcho Cases Against the V. P. and n.
ft M. Cannot bo Taken to the
United Htatoi Court Other
Iilncoln News.
[ rrtOM THE JIEK'S LINCOLN nOIIEAD. ]
Kucretnry Muson lias completed the
work of Bcoiting compiled tables , to the
Missouri I'ncilic management and the
managers of tliu St. Joe & Grand
Island , showing the comparative tariff
rates in Nebraska , Iowa and Minnesota.
The rates on these two roads arc almost
Identical with Union Pacific rntea , nnd ,
therefore It is not necessary to reproduce
tliu comparison. Sufficient it is to say
that the rates lire enough to show that
highwaymen ought to leave this country
in disgust alter reading them. Judge
Mason's letter to S. II. 11. Clark and the
Missouri Pacific is as follows :
UO A HI ) OK TltANSPOUTATION , LINCOLN ,
July i ! . -S. II. II. Clark , Vice President
Missouri Pacllic , St Louis : I have not
deemed It necessary to transmit to you a
tabulated statuiiiout and comparison of your
local rates on freight shipped over your road ,
as > our rates aru identical with those of the
Union I'acilic ruilnmd , a printed compura-
11 YD statement ofvhlcli Is herewith trans
mitted lor your Information. Tneso local
rates arouxtortlonatuly hluli when compared
with Iowa and Minnesota. They are too
Iiltfh and must bo reduced. They are not
reasonable. Your road runs through the
nettled portion of the state , where the vol
ume of tratllc Is InrKi when compared with
thu avurauu tarllT lit Iowa or Minnesota and
nearly as larto as the tralllc on the li. & M.
, railroad for IHX ) miles west of Lincoln. You
TC will observe that you charge 81.24 per 100
1 pounds foi KOO miles ou lirst class freight
when the II. & M. railroad charges seventy-
live cents , and you charge seventy-live cents
on fourth class when the B. & M. railroad
charge sixty-two cents on the same class.
These rates must be reduced to the Iowa and
Minnesota standard. The Illinois rate Is
still lower tluin any of the states named for
the same distance. They charge for 800
miles lifty-nlne cents and on fourtli class
thirty cents. The lumber rates are too liUh.
and also the grain rales and you are requested
to give this matter Immediate attention and
adjust your tariffs on a basis more equitable
and just
Yours truly.O. .
O. P. MASON , secretary.
AN IMPORTANT CON FKltKNCE.
There are in the city of Lincoln a good
many lots that have been ia litigation for
years , the remnants of an old deal in the
days of the Midland Pacific. Tho.ro are
some vuluablo lands also in the pot and
nil have greatly iucroascd in value during
the past two years. Yesterday lion.
George L. Converse , of Ohio , ono of the
most prominent politicians and lawyers
in that state , and who owns a tlireo-
scvcnths interest in the property , was in
Lincoln attempting with others to effect
a settlement that the property may betaken
taken out of litigation and utilized. The
papers in the raso in court ask that the
property bo divided in proportion to the
ownership and removed from litigation.
Air. Converse , who has asked for the
division , makes the other interested
parties in the property defendants , who
include II. K. Smith , of Denver , the heirs
of General Dennison nnd others , includ-
ins some twenty-live squatters , who
have lived for years on the lots and will
have to bo ousted. Them is anotlior case
in court over the same property asking
an injunction against the division and
sale and the ell'ort is now made to com
promise all differences. The property is
worth f 150,000.
A MIXTUHK OK GOOD.
"I think , " said iv well known rosidqnt
of the state who has been at David City
Binco its visitation by the wind storm ,
"that a good deal of good will coino to
the town that will largely otl'set the ills
the people now suller in property de
stroyed. People who do not know the
place , read th.it both the Union Pacific
nnd It. & M. dnpota were destroyed by
the wind and think that alone a calamity
where to the contrary it was a gunuine
blessing. The wonder is that the two
old shells have not fallen years atro and
if the town is ever alUicted by two such
buildings again , the people ought to
assemble and pray for another cyclone. "
"The damage done to the city. " con
tinued the gentleman , "is greatly over
estimated also , and in almost every in
stance more creditable buildings wll
take the place ot the few destroyed. As
usual in such cases some things the people
ple would enjoy seeing destroyed were
perfectly safts , the antiquated court house
in the place being such a structure and a
common eye sere , but this was as safe
and unharmed as though the winds had
never blown. "
LADY KKAI. KST.YTi ; AGENTS.
When the boom awoke last spring and
swept over the capitol city , beside gath
ering in half the male able-bodied citi
zens as real estate agents , it captured a
number of ladies who embarked with all
their sunguliio natures into the boom and ,
bo it said , with no inconsiderable success.
One of those firm ? has progressed in busi
ness far enough to have a real genuine
suit in court to recover a commission and
papers in the suit were filed yesterday.
The complainants are Mrs. Viola
lavi nnd Miss Josephine Uowden , who
allege that some time since they took for
sale 100 acres of land near the city from
G. M. Morrcll. who acted as agent for his
wife , Anna Morrcll. Subsequently the
agents sold tills property to Mrs. Carrie
Johnson for the hum of 1150 per acreand ,
now they find that no commission has
V * bcon reaped by thorn and that their only
recourse is at law. They claim as com
mission on the sale the sum of ? 025 , and
sue for this amount with interest at 10
per cent.
ASKING niVOHCE.
Carolina Kmmoll has filed nor petition
in district court asking that she bo sev
ered in her relations as wife from her
husband , Tobias Kmmoll. The plaintiff
recites i that she was married Peru ,
111. , in the year 1877 ; that they have ono
child nnd no property ; that for the last
two years she has boon subjected to cruel
and inhuman treatment ; that further , on
the 1st of Juno , 1837 , her husband cruelly
and unmercifully boat and bruised her
so much as to cause slcKiiess and suffer
ing ou her part : that ho has by assertions
robbed her of her good name and inher
itance. The case will bo heard during
the coming term.
Y1CTOUY IN TUB K1IIST HOUND.
Yostcrdav morning Judge Pond ren
dered a decision in the railroad case that
the companies , as is their usual custom ,
attempted to have removed to the United
States court. Nine of the cases were for
damages agaiant the li. & M. , and wore
brought by victims la the wreck at the
now town of Dewecso nearly a year ago.
The parties were in the greater part poor
laboring men , who were killed and
maimed , not by their own carelessness ,
and if the cases were removed to the
United States court it would
have been harder for thorn to contest -
test for their rights , but the
decision as rendered by Judge Pound
gives these facts a boarmg in the dis
trict court which will be a direct saving
of time and jxpenso.
The cases of Uaymond Ilros. & Co. and
II. P. Law it also decided yesterday , are
to bo tried in the courts hero notwith
standing the vigorous efforts of the
Union Pacitio attoiuey. A. J. Pouiil eton ,
to got the cases transferred to the United
States couil. These cases , it will be re
membered , arose over high freight tar-
ills. The firms tendered to the railroad
the Omaha rate of freight on California
flhipments which was refused and the
property then taken by the wholesalers
replevin. Judgd Pound , in deciding that
these cases should not bo transferred to
the United Slates court , hold that tno
amount involved in the cause of actibn
was limited to the amount of freight
charges involved , and that those were
not sufficient In amount to cause n trans
fer , The parties bringing the suite prefer -
for their cases tried hero and are in a
pleasant Iramo of mind over the decis
ion.
DISTRICT COt'UT OASES.
There was only a short session of the
district court yesterday , Judge Chapman
not coming from Plattsmouth , and after
rendering decisions noted elsewhere ,
Judge Pond adjourned the session over
until Monday next. The following new
cases wore hied with the clerk of the
court yesterday : Joseph llorton
vs. Richard 'Martin nnd others , suit to
foreclose or gain possession of land mort
gaged in 1837 to secure a note of same
dale for f-'OO. P. 0. llowoll , assignee ,
sues the Lincoln Insurance company for
$1,000 insurance on a mill burned in
Dakota. F. L. Rose suns Charles Zander
for commission on sale of real estate in
amount f 75.AT
AT THE STATE IIOUSK.
The deputy commissioner of land nnd
buildings , ( ] . M. Curler , returned yester
day from conducting a school land sale
in Logan county ; about two sections
were sold at $7 per acre and some 10,000
acres were leased at prices ranging from
05 cents to f 1.75 per aero.
Tliu board of public lands and build
ings was in session yesterday , setting up
nnd passing upon vouchers from the dif
ferent state institutions for the month
past. The work in this department is
notably on the increase.
The state officers who cotnprisn the
state railroad commission were holding
u business meeting ycstcrdav.
CANNING PAOTOItr ATVOIIK.
The new caning factory at West Lin
coln commenced active operations in the
canning line yesterday , opening with
sweet corn , and employing some lifly
hands in the commencement. The com
pany have been pushing hard to get the
building and machinery in readiness to
handle the present crop , and holder.- ) are
rejoicing that the work has commenced.
A car load of cans was received yester
day , and cans ready in ado will be used the
present summer , although it is the inten
tion of the .stockholders to manufacture
the cans at homo after this season.
AT THE HOTELS.
Among the Nebraskans in Lincoln yes
terday wcro noted the following : Watson
Pickerell , Beatrice ; J. F. Allen , Fremont ;
H. . Palmer , PlsUtsmouth ; B. F. Hcgnn ,
Raymond ; F. L. Chase , Dorchester ; John
O'Toolo , Omaha ; F. La Sallo , Courtlnnd ;
T. H. BowmanValparaiso ; A. E. Sprague ,
Nebraska City ; A. A. Parks , Fremont ; E.
' . Cornish , Omaha ; O. S. Mahan , Ncligh.
A LAHGE'METEOR.
t Falls into n Slouch The Water
Itnlla nnd Fish Are Cooked.
Gait Gazette : Dr. T. V. Goodspeed , a
resident practioner of this place , reports
that ono morning recently about 3 o'clock
an ho was returning homo from a sick
tall in the country , ho witnessed ono of
ho strangest phenomenal sights ever re
corded hero. About a mile and a half
outu of Gait lie witnessed the fall of a
: iugo meteor. The transient luminous
body dropped from above like a streak
- > f lightningSo rapid was the fall that
he doctor wa.s unable to locate the direc-
ion or course of the meteor. He says
ho very earth trembled when the strange
body lighted on terra lirma. The meteor
hot into a largo slough on the ranch of
F. B. Furnish. 1'ho doctor was scarcely a
juartcr of a mile distant. Jlo was driving
town the hill directly south of the
dough. "It was a grand sight , " the
doctor says , "although almost instanta
neous. " The water splashed a hundred
feet high , and when the spmy had cleared
nwoy the slough see mod to bubble and
siz/.lo as if a quantity of molten metal
had been poured into it. A quantity of
steam or vapor was produced that bo-
"oggod the slough. The morning was
rery bright , however , and the doctor
lays : "After the slough cleared oil'a
ittlo I could perceive a yellowish vapor
omitting from the water whore the me
teor fell. The wind was blowing toward
jio , and smelled as if impregnated with
some foreign substance , not unlike the
smell of sulphur , and was very disagree
able. " Many people , curious to see
the aerolite , have visited the slough
The meteoric stone lies about in the center -
tor of the pond and from its position wo
should think that it was sh < 5t in from a
northeasterly direction. About six feet
of the stone is visible above the water.
It is impossible to estimate the size of it
on account of the marshy nature of the
slough. It looks as if it were wedge
shape , about 100 feet wide , and there is
no telling its length. The part of the
lurolito visible above water is of a dark
grayish color with a scaly , unovou sur
face. In the water in the slough near
the stone is to bo so.nn a hrowuish-bluo
; oiim , often noticed in certain mineral
springs. The slough was literally alive
with cnt-iish. but they wore all killed and
arc now to bo scon by the thousands
floating m the water , and upon examina
tion they are found to bo parboiled.
The water in the slough must have at
tained a boiling temperature judging
from the condition of the dead fish.
Hanger Ahead !
There is danger ahead for you if you
neglect the warnings which nature IN
giving you of the approach of the fell-
destroyer consumption. Night sweats ,
spitting of blood , loss of appetite these
symptoms have a terrible meaning. You
can bo cured if you do not wait until it is
too lato. Dr. Pierco's "Golden Medical
Discovery , " the greatest blood purifier
known , will restore your lost health. As
H nutritive , it is far superior to cod liver
oil. All druggists.
George and McGlynn.
Cleveland Leader : Henry George and
the ox-priest McGlynn , arc to bo seen
every day in the umghborhood of Print
ing House Square , the little reformer
being apt to bo scon loitering in a Nassau
street cigar store over the choice of a
weed or to bo found at a table near the
doorway of a French restaurant in Ann
struct , wlulo McGlynn , over in a hurry ,
is usually wagging between the Astor
house nnd George's oflico. Few persons
recognize thorn and certainly neither of
them tries to court attention. George is
a very ordinary looking-man , not scru
pulous in dress or showy in manner ;
McGlynn is a man of fine figure
and striking countenance , the student-
Irishman and wit and amiable philan
thropist blended and pcrsonilied. f'oor
Goorgol Poor McGlynn I The signs
seem to road that the wavothoy mounted
and rode so iinoly is about to break on
tno beach that is sounding close at hand.
The reports of the anti-poverty meetings
have not boon exaggerated. They were
tremendous , But what composed thorn
no one , not oven their loaders , scorn to
have analyzed. At these meetings and
often prominent in thorn have been a
leavening of prominent agitators , dema
gogues , otV-cust politicians and posers
before the public generally , each anxious
to catch hold of the new movement and
ride it as they have ridden so many
others of their own and others' devising ,
Oy popsla
Makes the live * of many paoplc misera
ble , and often leads to self-destruction.
Wo know of no remedy for dyspepsia
more successful than Hood's Sarsaparilla ,
It acts gently , yet surely and cfliciontly ,
tones the stomach and other organs , re
moves the faint fueling , creates a good
appetite , cures headache and refreshes
the burdened mind. Give Hood's Sir-
sapirllla a fair trial. It will do you
good.
John Banner and wife returned from a
pleasure trip to Lincoln yesterday mom-
ing.
TEE GREAT TOFORD RIOT ,
The Singular Escape of a Young Irish
Patriot.
ROBERT HOWLEY'S GHOST.
A Bister's IjUe-Ijoni ; Sacrifice A
Story ot the ' 08-nimlo of
the Iloync An Ex-
Talc.
Now York Mercury : A reporter for
the Mercury sat beside an elderly Irish
man in the shade over on Long Island
on Tuesday last , and listened to some in
teresting reminiscences. "I urn a Proles-
that and a Parnollito , " said the speaker ,
and I expect to live long enough to see
the establishment of a genuine Irish par
liament in Dublin. When that much-to-
bo-de.slrcd day arrives , the ghosts of the
ghosts of the old soldiers who fought on
the Boyne will go quietly back to their
graves. I am \Ve\ford man , " contin
ued the speaker , "and I have seen my
self , and my father and grandfather be
fore mo have told mo of the terrible
doings that have characterized Orange
man's day since the dreadful days of
'ninety-eight. There was ono story my
grandfather used to tell to mo when 1
was a bit of a boy , and I used to tease
the old man on the long winter nights ,
when I got to bo a lump of a lad , to got
him to repeat it and then 1 would creep
into bed and shut my eyes and cover mv
head over with the bed clothes for fear I
should see the spectre of young llowley's
ghost , as the old man described it. " I
know the place Klllowcn as well as I
know any of the places of my boyhood.
IT IS A STOIIY OI' THE'1)3 )
and the next score of years or so that I
am asking you to listen to. In the early
part of that momentous year a respect
able family named llowloy resided at
Killowon.noar Wuxford. They consisted
ot the father , two sous , Mark and Robert ,
and a daughter named Ellen , the pride
of the district. When civil war's stand
ard was unfurled , the father assumed the
title of colonel , placed himself at the
head of a band of James IPs adher
ents , and fell lighting at the famous bat
tle of Vinegar Hill. Shortly alter both
the sous were taken prisoners during the
fight in the Htruots of Hoss. and Mark.tho
elder , was shot on the spot where ho was
captured without trial. Robert was then
a slender youth of fifteen , and looked
younger. His life was spared , but he
was sent to Dublin for trial. Ellun How-
ley , who was then seventeen , followed
her brother to Dublin , traversing with
undaunted courage a country still
SWAltMINO WITHTU001VS AND INSl KOENTs.
She had a little money , which had formed
her father's hoard for a rainy day , with
her , and with it she resolved if possible
to save her brother's life. Long and anx
iously did she ponder over the question
of consul. Frequently the courts day
after day , she listened to the various ad
vocates and judged for imr.self. Her
choice fell upon a young man but little
known in his profession. His nanio was
Rocha and his origin was of ( ho humblest ;
but ho hud great talunt , a warm
heart and confidence in nis
case. Meantime the nature of
the outrages at Woxford , and
the terrible- story of the bam at Seulla-
boguu , had produced a strong feeling
against all the prisoners from the south.
The morning for Robert llowloy's trial
at last came. It was a showery day , and
thu young girl had been impatiently
walking the streets in the vicinity of the
court since soon after daybreak. And
when finally she stood in the presence ot
the judge and hoard her brother's
name called for trial many
KYKS OK COMPASSION WIMIE TUHNhl )
upon her , though the evidence against
the youthful prisoner was too strong to
bo overcome. Hqclie dwelt strongly upon
his youth , the mUiortuncs of his family ,
the heroic devotion of his youthful sister.
It was a pathetic ami impassioned ap
peal , and it molted the hearts of the
twelve mon who had entered the jury box
with other purposes in their thoughts.
Young Howloy was acquitted , with a sol
emn warning from the judge of the dan
ger of over again being accused.
"Threo years passed , during which
Roche , the advocate and a rising man in
his profession , had visited the brother
and sister at their family mansion and
had been their guest for several weeks. Ho
had bocomn inspired with a deep affec
tion for Ellen Howloy , and had ollerod
her his hand. But sin : had remiiidu'l iiim
that her brother was still rash and hotheaded -
headed , and that their troubles might
not yet bo over. On this ground she
lirmly insisted that at least twelve
months must pass hotoro they could be
come man and wife. ' 1 ho twelve months
had nearly expired , which left thu trial
three years in the past , when the anni
versary of the
ItATTLi : OF THU 1IOYXK
came around. The Orangemen ofVe \ -
ford assembled in the town nnd marched
across the bndgo and through tin ; princi
pal streets in procession , carrying banners
ners- with mottoes offensive to the other
party , and preceded by musicians play
"Croppies Lie Down " "
ing , "Thu
Boyne Water , " and other airs
known to bo excessively irritating
to them. The "ribbonnuin" remained
indoors , but it was whispered about that
it was intended to light bonfires in the
streets at night , and to burn in effigy
Robert Knimet-and other favorite loaders
of thu United Irishmenwho had sufl'ured
for their so-called treason. IJuriug the
afternoon therefore tlioro begun to de
velop that mysterious calmness in the air
whioli foretold that a riot storm was
going to burst. In tlioso days the orange
inuu were openly encouraged by the an
thoritics and no stcns were taken to curb
the excesses of their demonstrations.
Several frays ensueil and several lives
were lost on both sides. Olio of the fierc
est conllicts occurred in the market place
where a largo bonliro had been built and
lighted.
T1IB CONTEST HAD ItAOKI )
so long with varying results around the
lire that when the attacking party was
finally driven back the lire was nearly
extinguished. An orangeman named
Michael Foster therefore began to rake
and rekindle the fire , ami while thus en
gaged lie : recciveil a fatal shot in the back ,
falling forward ou his face among the
glowing charcoal embers. Such was the
consternation that followed that nobody
had presence of mind to drag the unfor
tunate man from his position , and his
head and part of his body were almost
consumed when friendly hands won ; outstretched -
stretched to rescue him.
"Suspiclon.casting about for some per
son with a plausablo motive to commit
the act , soon found a victim. It was well
remembered that Michael Foster had
been a witness afl'uinst Bob Howloy at
Dublin. Moreover it was averred by some
that the murdered man had openly
boasted of having cut down the elder
Howloy with his own hand at Vinegar
Hill. This clue was seized with avidity ,
and in a few hours Robert llowloy was m
Woxford Jail.
EVIDENCE , feUCH AS IT WAS ,
true or falsa , was quickly forthcoming
against the gay and reckless young man.
\oung Howloy , with characteristic in-
geniousncss , admitted that ho was at
Wcxford on the night of July 13 , and
that he carried his gun with him ; but
solemnly denied that ho was the mur
derer of Fost ror.tliiU ho had ever heard
the deceased's alleged boast of having
xlain his father until that moment. It
didn't matter what ho said or what ho do'
, niod , the magistrates committed him.andt
l for thu second time he was put on trial
for his lifo. On the day of tier-brother's '
arrest Ellen wrote toIjcr advocato-Iovcr ,
respecting the hew trouble , and again
Implored his assistance m the terrible
emergency. Roche quickly realized that
almost insuperable dillleiilties now ob
tained to making u suuvessful dcfon o for
the unfortunate young man. Besides , it
would not be prudent for him to pleatl
for the prisoner's llfo a second timo. Ho
therefore sncrotly instructed a barrister
who was a strong government man and
u Protestant to prococd quietly to Wox
ford nnd conduct the defonso.1
"Tho day of trial arrived , " naul a
chronicler of the time , whoso brief narra
tive the reporter was permitted to cony ,
"and llowloy's counsel would probably
have succeeded in neutralizing the fcoblo
testimony against his client but for a cir
cumstance which , though probably in
tended to save him , was undoubtedly the
cause of his destruction. Ou his way to
the court house to givti evidence on the
trial , the piiucipal witness against How-
ley was fired at from a plantation beside
the roadway and wounded in the arm.
The ball passed through the llosh with
out breaking the bones , and the man ,
after having the wound dressodpersisted
in presenting himself at , court to give his
evidence. The appearance of this fanatic ,
who , whether speaking truth or false
hood , had wrought himself into a belief
in his own statement , created a deep im
pression on the audience and thu jury.
The eloquent appeal of his counsel wont
for naught. The young man was found
guilty , and with almmost
INDECENT I'ltOMITlTUDE SENrKNCKK
to death. With five ethers
found guilty of participating in
thu riot , young llowley was
.sentenced to bo executed the second day
after the trial. When thu fatal hour came
a largo crowd had assembled , but the
yeomanry were in great force and well
armed , and thu disapprobation ot ! the
populaiico was confined to yells and
groans. Thu proceedings were hurried
lest a disturbance might , ensue. Young
Howley was executed , rupoatiug : his do-
duration of innocence. The live men
also sufl'orcd their sentence , the mob dis
persed , and within one hour no trace re
mained of the judicial murders. "
MEANTIME MISS EI.U2N IIOWI.UY
claimed the ono favor that her poor
brother's counsel had bcon ablu to pro-
euro her : She was permitted to have thu
body of her brother contrary to custom
in such cases brought to thu family vault
for decent interment beside his ancestors ,
and accordingly about dusk in thu even
ing of the execution the corpse was
brought to Killowen. To avoid a dis
turbance the shcrill' stipulated that the
burial take place at dark the following
night.
It was the day after the funeral that
Advocate Hoclie , of Dublin , arrived at
Killowen. Ho was admitted by the old
female retainer , who fastened the door
behind him with a chain. In a fuw mo
ments time ho was in the presence of the
Mul-iivcd mistress of the mansion. "I
am glad you have como to night , " she
6iiid , when they were alonu ; "for this
very hour I have formed a resolution that
must part you and mo.forever. . . " Rooho
eloquently pleaded for.a reconsideration
of her decision. "Lot 'me cheer your
solitary lifo , " said ho in'V.ubstaiico , "and
lighter thu burden of 13our sorrow by
sharing it. " She was .inexorable , how
ever , and withheld what appeared to him
to bu a full and satisfactory explanation.
Many years passed and Ellen How-
ley "continued to live shut up in
thu house at Killowen.nNo visitors ever
entered tlioro and she rarely went abroad.
When shu was scun it .was noticed that
she looked more and more careworn.
Though still a young Sroman her hair
was turning gray and her line figure vas
shriveled and shrunken. Liku herself
thu hou u becamoycarlyiUiorodilauidatcd
and dreary. Curious .stories about thu
place began to be circulated in the neigh
borhood. Oncu a woman servant who
had occasionally done ' 'odd ' jobs thuro
smcu the wreck of thu family , declared
that she had scun thu wraith of young
Robert Howloy , and booamu ill and hys
terical in consequence.
SIVIXTIIN : : : VKAHS PA&SKI )
in this way. Rocho was r. thriving bar
rister and had married thu daughter of a
wealthy Dublin merchant. Thu name of
Ellen Howloy had long been absent from
liis thoughts , when ho received a letter
hogging nim to come to her. It was dark
when ho readied Killowon. Nobody
answered his noisy summons at thu heavy
door. But he seemed to hoar a plain
tive sobbing us if a child were weeping
ami refusing to bo comforted. Ho liiiajly
succeeded in entering a basement win
dow and proceeded up stairs , guided by
a faint light that came through a door
aim * . "Miss llowloy ! " he cried , as ho
reached the door and pushed it gently
open. Judge of his surprise and horror
to meet the ga/.o of a man in whose wild ,
distorted visage ho rceociife/.c-l the
API'SItHNT" ( ! II' ' > 3T OP UOIIKUT HOWI.BV
"llowloy , " ho cried , grasping his pistol
tel ; "speak , 1 adjure you by the living
God ; suak | ) if this bu YOU' ' " The liguro
moved its eyes and hands and limbs like
a skeleton" automaton ! , but madu no
sound.
"Speak ! " cried Roche , greatly excited ;
"soeak or I will lire ! " Thu figure moved
toward him and said in a wnispur : "You
may como in ; keep the crowd away ; they
must not KUO her ; look ! como hero ! "
Roche looked. Bu'sido the ancient bedstead -
stead , stretched prone upon the lloor ,
was the figure of a woman drcsied. Ho
stooped bcsidu her , but death had been
already there. 1'ho sharp wasted fea
tures , the gray hair and slender frame
were all that remained of the
ONt'i : IIKAUTUTL KI.I.KN HOWI.KV.
"Great God. she is dead ! " cried the
lawyer , whereupon the poor idiot began
to titter the whining , sobbing sound he
had heard as ho entered thu house. Ellun
Howloy loft the lawyer a luttor in which
all was explained. In the hurry and
confusion of the execution , and under
four ot an attack from the mob , her
brother had been cut down before life
was extinct. Within a fuw minutes of
the body being brought to Killowun it
exhibited signs ot life. Aided by the old
nurse she succeeded in slowly resusci
tating him , ouly to ( ind that ho was
totally deprived of reason. Then it was
that she resolved to keep hur dreadful
sucrct and to devote her lifo wholly to
him. How wull she kept the pledge the
reader needs not to bo told , Robert
llowloy died within a fuw months of his
sister , and his ashes mingled with hers
in the Parish church 10 ! Killowen the
last of his unfortunate family.
An Dncnny Jlclt.
The Cleveland Leader tplls the follow
ing able , but as it asserfs , truthful snake
story : Miss Emma Sail , a well known
young lady of Wooster , On after having
madu her evening toilet , recently , was
requested bv her muthu'rito milk a cow
which stood in the ya'rd close to the
house. She consented' ' , and after don
ning an apron and takfn * a bucket , pro
ceeded to hq'r task. Atttir milking , the
young lady in companywith a compan
ion , walked through ttio > streets of the
city to the house of a lady
friend , about a milo distant ,
A couple of times during her walk
she thought she felt her underclothing
giving way , and attempted to remedy
the matter by shifting her clothing from
sulo to side. On arriving at the resi
dence of her friend she concluded to try
and ascertain the cause of the strange
feeling her cloth produced , when to her
horror a hugo snake began to unwrai
itself from her thigh. Ttio poor girl was
completely overcome with fright , and i
was not until a couple of hours ha <
elapsed that she could relate her horrible
experience. The scrpont measured con
siderably over three feet , and was of the
black-suako species.
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TWO IOWA - COMMUNITIES ,
carians , a French Socletjr'i and Gorman
Inspirationistsi
PROGRESSIVE ' YOUNG MEN.
The Trouble they Cnuio Xliclr Uldors
Vaulablo 1'osst'Rtlonn of the
liisplrfttlonlsts A. Woman
nt the Wheel.
COKNINO , la. , July 20. [ Correspond
ence of the Chicago Tribuuo.-Tho ]
carlan community near this place has
radically dissolved. The trouble was
hat the younger members would not
irook the restraints imposed by the laws
nnd rules of the society. Ttio old men
were sticklers and too rigid in their in-
crprctation of the constitution and the
oung mon rebelled. The society had its
origin in Franco and settled in a body at
Nauvoo , 111. , but moved to the present
ocatlon in 1851 , before the organization
> f this section into counties. The founder
vas Etienne Cabot. The society , unlike
uost other communistic bodies , has no
cligious forms , believing that the
essence of religion exists rather in prac-
ice than in creed , thu members rcgard-
ng Sunday us a day of amusement.
Uthough atheists , the principal feature
) f the Icaiian scheme is the 0110 text of
lieNiw Testament , which underlies all
communistic experience , to be found in
ols ii , . .1115 : "And all that believed
vero together , and had all tilings in
common ; and sold their possessions and
goods and parted them to all men as
ivory man had need.Vliicli in sub-
tanco is repeated m Acts iv. , UJ. Thcso
vords have over since had a singular
> ewer over mon. They form the char-
'
ictur of uvory commuu'islio society that
ias at any time arisen in Christendom.
For nearly a generation as time is
nuasurcd in the life of man the Icarians
Iwult happily and contented. Their
property.a farm of it.OOOaurus was owned
n common. A council of the oldest men
controlled affairs and designated the
vork each purson was to perform. There
vas little association for many years
villi the outside world. The language
spoken was French , and the old men
veru slow in getting a knowledge of
English. As already intimated , the
oung people who had grown up since
souring horc wuro anxious for more pro-
rrussivo methods and ideas. Of course
he elders opposed any innovation or
changes in plans or policy , and thu differ-
nice of opinion culminated several years
ago in a division of property , the old
iiembcrs leaving the homestead to the
children , while the elders betook them
selves to a now location a half-mile dis-
ant from the original nest. The young
icople in the old home kept the old
miiio , "Thu Icarian Community , " and
ho old people called their split-oil "Tho
ow Icarians. " The latter in their now
oculiou built after the old plan of group-
ng their cottages around a square , in
the centre of which was u largo building
iscd for lecture , amusement , dining and
looking purposes. They buliovo in thu
sucri'dnuss of the marriage relation , and
each family has its own home , but
all eat together in the central
dining room. The ciders took with
hem to thuir new homo a largo library
uul a line collection of instruments for
scientific experiments. Among the oldur
numbers wen ; men of profound learning ,
ind in the earlier days of thutr lifu huro
he lecture hall was the scuiio of many a
ino exposition ot sciuntilie subjects.
Many of them , too , possessed histrionic
; alcut , and Sunday oveuiug was usually
: iven up to the performance of somu
: hcatrical play. For several years they
) riiited : i little weekly paper upon typo
jrought from Franco. Icaria stands upon
a pretty eminence three miluseastof this
ilace , south of thu railroad track , and in
; ) lain view from the car windows. This
s in Adams county , in the. southwestern
l > arl of thu state. The chief occupation
) ( the Icarians is agriculture , in which
Ihuy have been moderately successful.
While thrifty , careful , economical , and
industrious , they do not think that the
solo aim of lifo is to wovk hard and hoard
up money. They have some highly ethe
real ideas , which , indeed , if they could
bo made to work would bring a millen
nial period to mankind. They believe
that thu man who lives quietly and calmly ,
developing his mental and moral facul
ties and emancipating himself from thn
baser cares and demands of "the world ,
the tlosh , and the Devil , " lives wisely and
well , howovcr poor ho may bo. When
thu long time qmut and peaceful commu
nity hocamp twain more was
a membership ot 150 or more.
Young and ambitions members
withdrew every ouoo. in a while , the com
munity paying thorn a stipend from thu
common treasury , and oil' thuy wont to
try lifu on the American plan of "uvury
man tor himsult and the devil takes the
hindmost. " When the split took place
ami older heads took away forty or fifty
poreons , most of them white-haired , von-
urabln old people , whoso very appear
ance seems to prove that the claim
they maku of living a hotter and more
advanced life than those of the world
around thnm is not altogether ground
less. They aru proverbial for thuir po-
lituness and demeanor to each other
and to tlioso with whom they comu in
contact. The young colony is anxious to
sell its land and go to California , where
a good many of its members nro already
living. Within a few years at the most
this remarkable experiment in commun
istic lifo will live only in history.
Iowa has ono other communal society ,
the iu&pirationi.sts , at Amunii. in Iowa
county. This society , however , is rich ,
its possessions covering some 25,000 acres
of land , with a population exceeding
1,500. divided into sovun villages. The
people engage variously in manutactur-
Ing and farming. They have several
woolen , saw and grist mills and tanuur-
ies , and their coons aru staple articles in
thu market. Each family lias its house ,
like the Icarians , and all cook
and eat together in central
halls. At the table , however , the
men and women are Honaralud "to pre
vent conversation and trilling conduct. "
At the bond oi thu organization is a
woman who is supposed by the members
to speak by the direct "inspiration of
God " Hence their nnmo. They came
from Germany to Now York state in IBl'J
and to Iowa in 1850. The society owes
its foundation to an ignorant servant-
maid , who for many years was the "in
spired oraclo" of Annum , i'ho nnmo
Aniann is taken from the song of Solomon
omen , iv. , 8. Though n woman founded
the society and is considered the "oraclu"
through whom come the commands of
God , yut the women of the community
arc required to work hard , dress plainly ,
and avoid association with mankind ;
notwithstanding which there are mar
riages and much domestic comfort and
happiness. One of their leading writers
advises mon to "lly from intercourse
with women as a very dangerous , mag
netic and magical lire. " Amusements
generally are forbidden ; even photo
graphs and pictures are not allowed
Thuir rules of daily lifo are very strict
ami severe , enjoining abstinence , pom-
tcnco , and deep devotion. This society
is successful financially , to Fay the least.
The members are goodcitizons , pay their
taxes , avoid litigation , and , if they find
happiness in complying with their rigid
rules of governmont.who can say nay
It is singular how fascinating the
socialistic dootrino has bcon to not a few
mon whom the world reveres as leaders
in action as well as thought. Horuco
Greelcy , Nathaniel Hawthorne. W. II
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Jhanning , Theodora I'arkcr , Ralph
iValdo Emurson , Charles A. lanaGeorgo
lipluy , 1'arko Godwin.Guorgo W. Curtis ,
luurylames , Robert lalo Owen , ami a
lost of other literary lights in the liury
imbition of youth sought to promulgate
ho commuiio theory. From 1812 to 1848
strong , wise men by the thousand , vast
tracts of land , and abundance of money
nnd goods were brought to support all
ForU of fantastic attempts having for a
purpose the remodeling of society. There
seemed an uprising of the populace in
'ayor ot these schemes , because , as ono
writer said , "tho people are desirous of
scaping from thu present hollow-hearted
state of civilized society , in which fraud
and heartless competition grind the more
loblu-inindud of our citi/.ens to thu
lust. " ( irccluy spout much time ami
nonuy in the various efforts to organ i/.o
ndustry and sucioty on a scicntitio basis ,
but this country was not ready for the
millennium. At last the philosopher of
.ho Tribune , wearied and disgusted with
the repoatud failure of the Founor move
ment , sums up thu long chapter in these
words :
A serious obstacle to the success of any
socialistic experiments must always bo
confronted. I allude to the kind of per
sons who arc naturally attracted to it.
Along with many noble and lofty souls
whose impulses are purly philanthropic ,
and who are willing to labor and suffer
reproach for anv cause that promises to
beiiclit mankind , there throng scores o (
whom the world is quite worthy the con
ceited , the crotchety , the selfishtho head
strong , the pugnacious , the unappre
ciated , the played-out , the idle , and the
good-for-nothing generally , who , finding
themselves utterly out of place and at a
tiscotmt in the world as it is , conclude
that they are exactly lilted for the world
as it ought to bu. These may have failed
again and again , and been protected nt
every bank to which they have been pro-
suntcd , and yet they aru stiru to jump at
\ny now movement af if they had bcon
jorn expressly to superintend and direct
t , though they are morally certain to
uin whatever thuy lay their hands on.
Destitute of means and practical ability ,
> f prudence , tact , nnd commonsense ,
thuy have such a wealth of assurance and
sclf-conlidunco that they clutch the re
sponsible positions which the capable
and worthy modestly shrink from ; so re
sponsibilities that would tax the ablest
nro mistakably devolved on the blindest
uul least tit.
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Tlie writer 1 < a prominent cltlion of JllsdlMlppl. The
gentleman to horn Mr. Martin rofera , and to whom
ho la IntlobUil for the ailvlco to which ho owca hli
final relief from years of nulTerlug. Is Mr. King , for
many years tlio i > oi > ular night clerk of the Lawrcnoa
House , at Jackson.
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THE Knivr Sricmc CoKi-iHT , Atlanta , Ua.i . '
Utntltmen-1 have been an Invalid pensioner for
forty years , having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases In the Mexican War. but not till the 1st ot
March , 1875 , did I feel any symptom * of rheumatism.
On that day I was tud Jenly stricken with that dls-
CMB In both hlp and nnklos. For twenty dayi I
walked on crutcheti. Then the pain was lets violent ,
! mt.u. "S" 1 fJV" ! J ° lnt * ° J ° lntf"r w * I would
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thi ) other. The pain never loft mo a moment for
eleven roars and seven month * that Is from March t ,
187S. when I was first attacked , to October I , IBM.
n hen 1 was cured. Durlnn tliesn elovux years of tn.
tense suffering I tried Innumerable prescriptions ]
from various physicians , ami tried everything sue-
Rested ly friends , but It 1 ever received h least
Iwneflt from any medlclno taken Internally or ex
ternally. I am not aw are of It. Finally , about the
first of September , I made tirranneramu to go to the 1
Hot Springs of Arkansas , havln ( despaired uf every I
other remedy , when I accidentally met an old ac
quaintance , Mr. KInfr , now of the Lawrence nousa
of this city. Mo hud once been a Croat sufferer front
rheumatism , and , as I supposed , had been cured
by a visit to Hot Bnrluirs. Tut when I met him he
Mil me tlmt his visit to the Hot Springs was In vain
he found no relief. On his return from Hot Springs
ho heard , fur the flrftt time , of the S. a. S. a < a remedy
forrhnuinatlsm. Hotrlvd llandslx bottles mode
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well as far an the rheumatism w as concerned. All
pain had disappeared , and I UiVE NOT rctr A TWIKOE
or IT SI.XCK.
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