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W . H. THOMAS. Editor. D E V O T E D T O H O M E INTERESTS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. •I.BO a Year, in Advance. VOL. I. WOLCOTT, WAYNE CO., N. Y., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1875. KO. 20. HWilllam llrown of Oregon. called him Dill, tho hired man, A a d e h o , thoy called hor Mary Jane, -■* And lovers ofton drow & roiu T o ’eh a t and nigh as lover« can • Aeroea tho gato in »natch and catch ; >' A n d .wom en winked acroay thoir tea, f And M id, aud truly thought so he, ’ T h a i aho would mako & flplcndid match, H « dro«Hod tho groat backbouo of oarth, v ;,B i'M W tho fitiOwy mountain« rolled Like mighty billow*, saw tho gold O f awful mnisef-tf, saw tho birth ...Of*«addon dawn upon tho plain, ^’Alld-«vory ovo would William llrowu jiork aud heanH, aud thou lio down ▲ad dream uweot droHinn o f Mary Jano. »; ♦ * * * * * ' *'\Tbe iM t o r board o f lifo go o » up, T b s t e e t e r hoard o f lifo g o o » down, Tb«.a«rcctc;j£ faco ninat Jonni to frown ; ' The biggest dog ImH l o o n a pup. Her loToni panaed. Welves hunt iu pucka. u They. •ought for bigger garao ; somehow .T h e y •eomod to uco about hor brow The lork y aign o f tut h oy tracks. A t Umt sho nurficJ a now deairo : 81 m sighed, «he wept fo r W illiam Brown. 8he watclied tho Hplcudid suu go down I i k * •omo great «jailing thip a-liro ; b T b t u fOHO and ehcckcd hor tunikg right oil, --And in tho cara aho lunched and lunched, A n d had her ticket punched and punchod, Until »ho came to Oregon. Mheaaked a miner gazing down, Blow utirring Boiucthiug with a upoon, To tell her truo and toll hor noon W hat had become o f W illiam Brown, H e looked askance beneath hor bpeca, .H »en fctirrcd his cocktail round and round, Then rained hi« head aud bighed profound, 1 1 A n d m id, *• lie*» handed in h i» check/».*' * Than caro fed ou her dam aged chook, ' ‘ Aud ttho grow faint, did M a ry Jano, Aud amcit her «niching unit« in vaiu, Y e t wandered ou wayworn aud weak, Until at last oho «at hor down Upon a sloping hill ulono , And there, good g raclon» I »tood a atono, Aud lo ! that stone read W illiam Grown. “ Ot W illiam llrown 1 0 T W illiam Ikown ’ Aud lioro you rout at lawt,1’ who tnid, 44 W ith this lono Htono abovo your hoad, >• A n d forty miles from any town. 1 will plant cvprcdii trecy, 1 will, c A jk I I will build a fcnco «round. And I will fettilizo the ground, With to arri enough to turn a mill.*’ ,HUe went and got a hirod man , ’ Bbe^brought him forty milcn from town ; Th e n iu tho tall grans she » a t down, Aniibado him build os aho ehould plan. B u t D i g g c r hordoiv* with tiioir band», T h e y saw, and hurriodly they ran A n d j o l d a bcardod catflo-nmn H i At eomo ono buildod on hia land». H e took a rillo from tho rack : H o g irt him in hits battlo pelt, H e tliruHt two pmtolu in h i» belt. -Th e n mounted on Inn charger*« back .And plunged ahead. But when they aliowt-d A woman there, about his oven H e pulled hi» h a t : and ho likowtao Pulled at liin beard, aud chowcd and chowcd. A t laet ho got him down and « p a k o : “ Oh, lady dear, what do you hero?” \ I b u i l d n tomb unto m y dour, 1 plant Homo floword fo r bin Mako.\ I V e boarded man throw hit* two hands A b o v e hia head, then brought them down, * And cricd, “ Oh, I am W illiam JJrown, And thin the corner o f m y lands.” HWapec.s fell oil, her head foil back, ' Som e liko a lifted teapot lid ; • Abe «cream ed— thi« ancient maiden did— .Then, fainting, wpilthom c lf, alack! Right iu tho board o f W illiam lirowu. T h e n all tlio D iggers w ero amazed ; They thought tho lonely maidon crazed, And, circling thoro, tboy squatted down. L* * * * • * T ^ e proaclior rodo a Hpottcd mar«, H e galloped forty miles or moro. .-.He sworo ho novor had boforo Been brido or brldogroom h a lf ho fair. And K!i tlio mincrH. thci' camo down And foaatcd ruj tbo itight ndvuncctl; _ A » d all tho Diggera drunk and dpneeri, ' A n d cricd, i- H i\ In jiii. W illiam lirowu.*’ ’ JoAyuix 3III.LKH. m u n n er possible, “ I am exceedin g ly sor ry th:it 1 should lmvo u n w ittin g ly olTencl- ed j'o u , ns it appears I liavo done, but I cnunot iuil to seo tliat yo u r obsorvntious iiro v e r y evidently intended f o r m o .” “ I f tlie cap lits yon m n y wear it , ” g r in u o d tlio brnte. “• I sliau’t m eutiou m im es, to givo nuy oue the op p o r tu n ity o f g c t t iu g the law on m o ; I uiu’t so g r e e n .” “ T h o cup doesn’t f it,” I replied, “ fo r I b e g to say tliat m y bu tter is exeelleut, m y scales just, and that a ll you r accusa tion s are ontiroly false.” W i t h a howl o f rage the b n ito sprang fro m his seat and dashed his p ip e in m y face. L u c k ily two o f his companions s e ize d him, so that I was ablo to make m y escape from tho ro o m ; bu t as I iled I cou ld hear him vociferatin g , ‘ ‘ Com o on, you coward— let 1110 g o — yah ! you c u r ! ” aud so on, until I had le f t tho house. F r o m tlmt m om ent m y lifo was fu ll o f m isery. That horrid w ratcli, G rote, w o u ld not let mo alone; ho teased mo m o r n ing, uoon and night, u n til I bccamo tho laugliiug-stock o f tho neighborhood, aud consequently m y trade fell o f f u n til ru in seem ed to stare m o in tho face. M y n e igh b o r s avoidod mo as i f X lrnd the p lagu e , and some even w e n t so far os to jo iu tho butcher in annoying mo, so th a t nt last I became frigh t e n e d to g o out, and passed m y even in g s in the lit- 110 p a r lor behind m y shop, m a k ing up m y books. O 110 night when I was so engaged, a r i n g camo to tho bell. I opeued tho d o o r , aud a man clad in n lo n g cloak, tho co lla r o f which was t iirm x l u p so as to conceal his faco, rushed in t o the passage, a proceeding 1 110 soouer rem a rked than I im m e d iately prepared to rush out into tlio street, for I caim o t bear burglars; b u t before I could execute m y purpose th e fe llo w caught mo b y tho shoulder, and in tones that frozo m y ve r y blood, w h isp e r e d 111 m y ear: “ D o n 't bo a l'ool, D ic k ; eom o in and sh u t tho door, or I shall be seized ” “ J i m ! ” Istam m c rod. “ W h y , what's tlio m atter ?” “ Shut tlio door aud com e into the p a r lor, then I ’l l tell y o n . ” I d id as lie com m a n d e d , and thou w a ited im p a tiently fo r tho explanation o f th e suddon and m y s teriou s visit. “ l ’ h e w ! ” said .Tim, as lio throw o f f h is cloak. “ I ’ve lnul a narrow cscapo.\ “ B u t how have you had nil escapo? and from what have y o n escaped?\ “ D ick , I am ruined ! ” cried m y b r o ther, throwing him s e lf in t o a chair. “ I backed tho wrong liorso f o r tho St. L e g e r , and liavo lost all m y m o n o y . ” “ I knew you w o u ld, J u n ,” I said; “ I know you would, lin t it's no uso c r y in g over spilt m ilk, as tho proverb ■says; you must com e and sln r o w ith me, th o u g h Heaven knows th a t I lmvo not m uclitooiVer you, fo r that h o r r id butcher lias nearly ruined m e .” “ y o u ’re a good fellow , D ick , but I lia v o worse nows still. Y o u must know th a t I had X I , 000 placed ill m y hands to b u y horses for a gentlem a n . So co n vin c e d was I tlm t Vaudoi'decken w o u ld w in this race, tlmt t n o t on ly put m y m o n e y ou him, but also that which I had 111 trust. I have lost all, aud have had to l ly tho police.” 'l'lie frigh tfu l news so overcam e mo th a t I could only w r in g m y hands aud exclaim , “ Oh, what is to be done? wlm t is t o be done?” “ T h is is what m u st bo done,” said J im , in a hurried w h isper; “ you must tako m y clothes and m y nam e, and I w i ll tako yours in exchange; you must g o d o w n to Acton to m y room s, and I w ill ca r r y 011 your business here. D o you s c e i ” “ Yes, I see; but the police m ay ar rest mo by m istake.” “ O f course they w i l l ; that's the beauty o f tho thing. I expect to m a k e a hatful o f m o n e y over tho noxt race, aud when I lia v o dono that I ■»'ill show up, declare th a t tho wholo affair has been a m istake, eith e r pay tho X I , 000, o r b u y tho horses, y o u w ill I)e released, and can bring an action fo r damages fo r false im p rison m e n t .” “ Yes, tlmt’s all v e r y w e ll, J im ; bu t snpposo you should n o t w in this m o n e y ?” “ Nonsenso, m y d e a r fo llo w ; I m u st w in it. It's as aafo as the bank. ” “ Yes, but so was Vandordecken. ” “ Oh, bother Vandordecken I I tell y o u I must w in : besides, should I fa il, A SLIG H T .MISTAKE. ' brother and I are twins. There 110 m istake abou b o u t tlmt, for our u k a n c s s o f cach o t h e r is so great that it m p o s itive e ly unpleasant to our friends ourselves. T l i o celebrated Corsi- 1 brothers w e r e n o t m o ro alike than w e a r c ; that is, as fa r us personal ap- P® * * * n c e goes, b e y o n d that Jim and I u tterly dissim ilar. F o r instance : l am fo n d o f tnido, J im hates it; I have g r e a t dislike fo r horso-racing, Jim d o tes upon what I 10 pleases to call “ the ton.**’ I avoid da n g e r to such an ex te n t th a t I lm vo heard som e unclmrita- p e o p le cull m y caution cow a r d ice; n o w , nothing pleases m y brother better runuiug ris k s ; i am quiet and eablo to a fau lt, w h ile Jim is con- n tly in hot w a t e r ; in a word, two ■»■iu r c s m o re a lik e in features and ■ B k p iu character n e v e r existed. , B o w I did it T cannot tell, bnt, b y »m e a n s , I m a n a g e d to offend a big, b u g fellow , w h o m I recognizcd as ' .ow n e r o f a b u t c h e r ’s shop exactly m y establishm ent. I tried all I cou ld to soothe th>j monster, bnt ho g t a w d lit me lik e an ogre, and made ve r y strong rem a rks that I thought * \ f j t e r to keep silen t , hoping thereby tlio storm b lo w o v e r . Vain hope ! * * * . , . ^°ker b e in g uruible to speak to j— »; in consequence o f m y silence, J J M e d his m a lice b y speaking o f me. com p lained uboufc tradesmen open- I b o lt over to Franco, thon you p r o v o . y o u r identity, th e y m u s t rcleaso t o u , M y brothe r a n d I are twms. T h e r e and there you arc.” n b e 110 m istake a t tlmt. fo r on r ' ’ Y e s ; but in the m eantim e I shall bo ^n p r ison .” • • p o s i t i v l y unpleasan t t o our friend s “ N o t necessarily; y o u m u st keep * D® ourselves . T l i o celebrate d Corsi- close, and then perhaps they m ay n o t fin d you. I w ill g i v o you a letter to m y friend B o b K i r b y — y o n are Bure ' to fin d him r.t tho ‘ B i t and B r idlo ’— and he w ill tell you w h a t to do. Y o u m ust not write to mo here. B o b »\ill do a ll the writing, and le t you kn o w h o w th in g s are going. N o w com e aud le t us cliau g e clothes; (hero is not a m o m ent to lose, or you w i ll bo late fo r the tra in .” 1 “ B u t m y business?” I gasped, f o r 1 : d id n o t lik e tho job at all. “ O h ! I can take care o f that; you kn o w I understand tho trade.” “ B u t the butcher ?” “ I must put up w ith him , I suppose,” said Jim , looking rather blue. “ O f course it is not pleasant, bu t nothing is 111 this world, and as y o n have stood his insults for so long a tim e , I suppose I sh a ll bo able to bear i t f o r a little while. T h e r e is the letter; n o w o f f w ith yo u r clothes and put on m in e .” H o w Jim did it I can’t say, bn t in less than a quarter o f an h o u r I was dressed in liis clothes and turned out o f m y ow n house. I crept along the rond t r e m b ling at the sig h t o f a policem an, and w o n d e ring at . - ------------ — theittle l notice th e y took o f me. I allops in o p p o s ition to th e ^ i h l reiM J iedtlio train in tuifetv. and arrived \ * * * > declared tlm t h e had been made fo r tho trains may bo w a tched. I f he cau g e t down w ithout b e in g scon all will bo w e ll; but i f not, I fear tlio y w ill try to mako a case o f conspiracy.” O h , how bitterly 1 repentcU having consented to leave m y butter-shop; for, nil t liiu g s considered, the p o lice w ere to m o w o rse than the butcher. B y keeping m y s e lf a strict prisoner in m y own house, I could avoid tho bu tch e r; but th e r e was no safety from tho police. W i t h a beating heart I crep t up to my ow n shop, and knocked g e n t ly at the door, w h ich was opened b y him , to w h o m I delivered m y dread fu l message. “ I m u st bo o f f at once, D i c k , ’.’, he said, “ wo must change elotl>03 directly ! Y o u w ill b e all right, fo r I h a v e made e v e r y one belicvo tlmt I was you. I m a k e a cnpital tradesman a fter all. I'v o sent you r business up w o n d e r fu lly.” “ I ’m very glad to hear it, J im ; I ’m siu'o it needed it. B u t lio w about tho bu tch e r “ O h , lie’s been a great nuisance, cer ta in ly : but look here, D ick , don ’t you b o h a lf so easy w ith him . I don ’t be lie v e ho 1ms half tho plu c k I 10 pretends to h a v e .” “ I d o — I know i t ! ” wa .3 m y rueful an s w e r ; “ but i f the business is im p rov in g I shall try to put up w ith the an n o y a n c e .” “ T h a t ’s r ight, D ick ! A n d now , good b y e ' I ’ m much o b ligod to y o u fo r wlmt y o u liavo done. I f any o f tho g irls say y o u m ade lovo to them , y o u w ill know tlm t I am tho culprit— o n ly, d o n ’t you say so bu t keep the fun up. I t ’s not dis agreeable w o rk, I can assure you . H a ! h a ! lm 1 nobody w o u ld b e liev e you if y o u w e ro to swear i t was m e ! So, good bye, and take care o f you r s e lf ! ” W i t h a Ucarty laugh J im w o n t on his road , and T, w ith a sad heart, sought m y bed. I arose ve r y early the n e x t m orning and took down tho shutters, so as to a v o id m e e ting that h o r r id butcher. A few m inutes afterward a v e r y p r e tty girl cam e fluttering into tho shop, and with m a n y a p r e tty sm ile and sim p e r, pur chased h a lf a pound o f m y best fresh bu tter “ W h y , how dull you are this m orn in g , M r . Perk in s ,” she exclaim e d , with a p r e tty , sly glance. “ D u l l ! ” I replied, in a dream y man ner. “ O h , nonsense!” she c r i c d ; “ it is 110 g o o d p u t tin g ou that m o d e s t air, after tho w iiy you belm vcd yesterday. D o you know , w lion you first cam e here, we all th o u g h t you such a sneak— at least, most a ll o f us did ; but I said y o u w o re not po dem ure as you wished to m ako out— and the w a y you snatched th a t kiss from 1110 yesterd a y proves i t ! ” “ S o ,” thought I , “ this is the way M a s ter J im has bean im p r o v in g • my business, is i t i \ I look e d at tho little rosy m o u tli and | c o u ld not blam e him — nay, I ventured to fo llo w his exam ple, and d id so w ith tlio greatest success. “ D o you know ,” said th e y o u n g lady, p u t t in g her arms 011 tho counter, “ do y o u k u o iv that I havolikod you over since y o u thrashed tlmt b ig b u lly, G r o te, the bu tcher ?” “ W h a t ,” I exclaim ed iu amazement, “ thrashed G r o t e ? ” “ O f course you did, w h e n I 10 came o v e r h e re sw earing I 10 w o u ld jjuII your nose. O h , I did like tho cool way in ivhieh you w ent to m eet him ,and knocked h im down. I t was splendid ! ” C o u ld i t bo possible ? H a d m y twin b r o t h e r tlm ishcd tho butcher, aud loft 1110 to reap tho g lory ? A s i f to confirm m y niispicious, at that v e r y instant G r o to appeared in his sh o p — a n d 0 I 1 , his face ! I t was ono inasa o f bruises 1 I stopped out on the pavem e n t to h a v e a lo o k at him closer. O n seeing m e I 10 bow e d politely, b u t I m erely shook m y list at him , and ho retreated rap idly. I cannot describe how m y bnsincss in creased from tlmt day, and all through J im ’s boldness and liglit-heartodness. D u r in g the day I received a letter from dear brother, in which he in form e d mo that ho had not lost his m o n e y ; but, h a v in g heard o f m y m isery, ho invented this littlo p lo t to save mo. I have now sovcrid la r g e shops. Jim has n e v e r joined mo, ho h a v in g retired from the t u r f and becom e a gentleman fanner. I am married, and h a v e a largo fam ily. M y eldest b o y is abou t to marry M iss G r o te, G roto h a v in g becom e very g o o d friends w ith me. B u t, g o o d friends as wo .are, I have never thou g h t it worth m y w h ile to inform him o f h i « slight m istake. Rick b y som e lm d butter ho had that day, and h o p e d , when the in- J * » t o r o f w e igh ts and measures visited neigh b o r h o o d , that he would look some shopkeepers in particular, I found tho “ B i t and B r id le,” and B o b K irb y , to w h om I d e livered the le t ter. H e read it, and at onco took m o to J im ’s rooms, advisin g m e not to stir therefrom if I valued m y liberty. N e e d ¡9»*Jio, M r. G r o t e , had watchcd one 1 I say that I felt ve r y uncom fortable, and 'W tam p e ring w ith h is weights and , ob e y e d his orders to the letter ? 1 On the second n ig h t a fter m y arrival in A c ton M r. K i r b y camo to m y room s and told me I must prepare to start fo r L o n d o n at once. | “ Y o u must take caro you aro not seen ,” ho continued, “ fo r if you arc canght now things w o u ld be ve r y aw k ward. Tell Jim he must, come down kar« at 0119 a; b* had b«tt*r walk down. , _es idl (jfty. ” ” I I’j g g fa Q w I 10 m e a n t m e , fo r I certainly M M ftmuspd m y s e lf in tho intervals o f '_ir>g m y custom ers b y polishing up and w e igh ts, and as I saw b y looks that tho company knew that .^ rrrotch intended me, I had no help V t.it but to reply. \ 7Sir,’’ Mid I,“in th* moat coooiUatoty T lic Itcsnlt o f n Runaway, A R ichm o n d ( V a . ) paper says: A well dressed lady, apparently abou t twenty- th r e e o r twenty-four years old , mado her appearance at tho police station and po lite l y inquired for tho officer in charge. Cajitnin D isn e y camo fo r w a r d , aud, at h e r request, granted her an interview in h is private oflice. A f t e r some hesitation she stated tlmt «h o lo f t W a shington c ity that morning w ith one W illiam C. P a r k e r , w h om she had known fo r about eigh teen months, and w h o had persuaded her to run away w ith him and be join e d in w e d lock at the house o f his “ u n d o John F e r g u s o n ,\ as soon as they should reach Kichm ond. B e f o r e they got as fa r as Quantico, he persuaded her to placo in hisenre a valu a b le g o ld watch and chain and $14 in m o n e y , “ fo r fear som e rascal m ight steal them from ono so unaccustom ed to th e w a y s o f tho w o r ld.” T h o u g h at first she hesitated, lie cause it w a s a present fro m her now deceased father, sho did (fiv e them to him f o r safe keeping. On th e ir arrival in the c i t y P a r k e r said: “ W a it a moment, please, w h ile I get a ca r r iage.” Sho did w a it w ith increasing anxiety fo r fou r hours, w h e n sick with fe a r and hunger she b o u g h t a snack with t h ^ M ^ ^ n y i u i i o p o s s c s s e d (tw e n ty-five I B i f t s j ^ n a inquired f o r a p o lico station. F o r tu n a tely she was directed aright, and m e t w ith Captain D isn e y , as above stated, and begged his assistance in re tu r n in g to her m o ther, w h ereupon tlio captain gave up his oflice to her and caused a pallet to bo spread and a good s u p p e r provided fo r h e r. H e procured a tick e t to Quantico and presented it to her; h a v in g mado her sto r y known to tho butchers o f the Second M a r k e t, they g e n e r o u s ly contributed en o u g h to pay her faro to W a s h ington and to supply h e r w ith m eals on the trip . She return ed to her hom e in W a s h in g ton. D i l i g e n t bn t unsuccessful search was made i s all p a r t i o f the aity lo t th e raaoai Parker. A W E S T E R N .A R O .U U .l. Thi* Si 11 ry or Kll.bu ( i l M i i f ( ! . l . r m l . t rm4 a I’h’tHre o f I.lfe Ib'IW Var Went* Tlioro is som o tliing atmngo in tho re cital o f tho adventure* which lutterly be fell M r . E lisha Gibba, of Colorodo. T h e y aro as rom autib as anything of which wo read iu fiction; and tlio ph ilo sophical manner iu w h ich Gibbs under went them can bu t olicit adm iring com ment. T h e y g i v e us a glimpse into tho poetry o f a rough, free,.aud independent lifo, w h ich w e o f tho crowded E a s t aro scarcely capablo o f fn lly appreciating. T h e y arc told b y the'', Kocky mountain papers in tho m ost matter-of-fact w a y , as if they w e r e b y n o / lM a iu capecually startling occurreuooo. ^v V^ej *>BW ^ tiiM sinco referred to tho war betw e e n tho sliecp farm ers and stock raisers in C o lo rado, and the enso with which bolli auinmls and m en wero slaughtered in these pastoral hostilities; nud M r . Gibbs' story w ill servo to illustrate tlio small estimate placed upon human life, and tho insecurity thereof, on tho vast and sparsely-settled plains. M r . G ibbs had tlio misfortune, during a triflin g “ iinpleasantnoss,” engendered by somo littlo dillicultics concerning boundaries and pasturage, to slay an in dividual nam ed Harrington last October. H o went into tho rustic court near tho locality whero the affair occurred, and was trium p h a n tly acquitted. H o there after tranquilly pursued liis peaceful avocations on h i » ranch until one nigh t early in tlio present year, wliou an ominous knocking at tho door o f his log cabin announced the arrival o f tho “ V igilan tes.” Theso persons, not having boon satis fied w ith tho decision o f tho court which hold G ibbs guiltless o f H a rrington’s mur der, had lon g awaited a favorable oppor tunity to g e t satisfaction out o f Gibbs’ body, ami therefore, 011 arrivin g at his door, bado him straightway forth to suffer death. B u t after G ibbs lmd iu- quired satirically from within “ i f morn in g w o u ld not do as w e ll,” and had otherwise indicated his Bupremo con tem p t fo r any such small affair as an on- counter w ith lifteen Vigilantes, tho atr tacking party proceeded to oxfrenio measures, and began heaping brushwood bofore tho cabin wall, with tho intention o f roasting G ibbs and his fam ily. Upon this tho Arcadian placidness o f the C o lo rado shepherd vanished, aud I 10 oponed his battery o f small arms on tho be siegers. In his narrative o f tho battle, which ho gave to tlio D e n v e r reporters, ho says I 10 thinks I 10 could have killed two men w h o w o re spying tho cabin on tho south sido, but that ho preferred to sparo them and got a shot at a man who seem ed tlio leader. This latter person got out o f tho way, howover, and pres ently tho majia o f Yigilau tes camo with now pilos o f hay ami v o p j , when Gibbs carefully and w ith much' precision, con sidering that there was 110 moon, killed tlirco o f tlioin. Th o livin g Vigilantes then rail away, and M r . Gibbs, m ounting his horse, rodo to tho nearcstHettlemoiit and gave tho alarm. T h irty o f his friends respoudod, w e ll arm ed and ready fo r any fray. T o g e th e r tho party rodo to the nearest eourt-houso, whero tho shepherd Gibbs once m oro mado confession of a few triflin g coses o f homicide in self- defense, and was, o f course, acquitted. U p o n this tho so-called Vigilantes re appeared, and advertised their design to liuug not on ly Gibb3 but tho ollicors of tho court w h ich had exonerated him. Tho local narrative informs ns that “ it was not pleasant fo r oitlior G ibbs’ near relatives o r intim a te friends to bo around aljout this t i m o s o that tho adventurous Gibbs, tho local justice o f tho court, and two friends w h o prom ised to help iu any figh t w h ich m igh t occur, departed hastily 011 lmtlcback, and cach armed with revol vers and a shot-gnn. W hile plodding toward D e n v e r across tho great 11 South P a r k ,” they w e r o almost overtaken by the evcr-vin d ictire Vigilantes, whose vigilance appears to have respected tho law quite as little a» tho person o f the hated G ibbs. A running battlo ensued, and lastod u n til m any pounds o f buck shot lmd boon exchanged, many miles had been traversed, and the pursuers wero at last inclined to withdraw Tho justice, tho friends, and Mr. G ibbs then canter«d 011 to D e n v e r , whero G ibbs cn- scouccd him s e lf in jail, being fearful tlmt some stray pfftty of-Yigilautes from his township m igh t overi make a ..dash into tho Ito c k y mountain m etropolis' in search o f lum. H o appears to regard the wholo affair a « a m atter o f course, and assures the adm iring reporters who in terview e d him in D e n v e r that I 10 shall £0 back to his ranch ns soon as tho feel in g against him has subsided a littlo. I t requires som e thing more than a few V igilan tes and somo small and unimpor tant k illin g to permanently ruffle tho serene tem p e r o f such an artless Arcadian as the gentlc-m indud Gibbs. A s to tho justice o f the local court, )to. w ill hardly return to liis native heath until tho V ig i lantes have assured him that -they no longer harbor any anim osities against him. B u t tho chances aro that they will finally bo magnanimous, and that Arca dia w ill have its court again. A d r o it Thieves. A correspondent, writing from tho Straits of Malacca, gives us tho follow - iug information about Chinoso thieves: (Jhiueso thieves aro thorough experts at their profession, adopting the m ost ingenious devices to uttaiu their in famous cuds. I recollect a burglary which onco took placo at a friend’s house, when tho t h ief found liis way into tho principal bedroom , and dcliltemtely used up half a box o f mutches before ho could get tho candle to light. H is patiencc being rewarded nt last, ho proceedod with equal coolness in tho plunder o f tho apurtmont, not forgetting to search bonoath <tho pillow , whero he Becured a revolver and watch. These Chinese ro b ber* are reported to bo ablo to stupofy tlieir victim s by using somo narcotic known only to tliomsolves. I liavo no doubt this was dono in tho case r e ferred to, by tho agency o f tho Chinese house servants who, perhaps, introduced tho drug to m y frion d ’s bed. Chinese, when it suits their purpose, do not stick nt trifles, as m a y bo gathered from tho fact tlmt a Chinaman, esteemed a respectable member o f society, attempted, 011 ono occasion, to poison the wholo foreign community o f H o n g Kong with tread lio supplied. T h o Malays lmvo told 1110 o f cases where, as they averred, tho cun ning Chinese thief pusses the door o f tho house to bo pillaged, and tosses in a handful o f riec impregnated with. Romo drug. This ,>*g-Kuon se.ids tho imnntos otT into a deep repose, from which they w ill seldom awaken till lon g affor tho robber has finished his under taking, aud tlmt is tlio completo and dolihemto stylo which suits tho taste o f the Chinese. F o r T must toll you that they at all tim e s object to vulgar haste, whatever bo tho business they are pu r suing, and (h e y prefer if possible to uvoid sudden surprises and unexpected attacks— tho .slightest sound w ill mako them tako to cowardly flight, dropping their booty and nether garments, i f any, in order to facilitate escapo. B u t when they lmvo 11 daring burglary on hand, they go quite naked, with tho body oilod all over, mid tho queue coiled up into a hob at tho back of tho head, aud stuck full of needles on every side. Tho fo l lowing adventure with 11 Chinese burglar b e fell a friend of 1111110 • Alvout midnight as I 10 lay uwako in his bed, with tlio lump extinguished, und tho windows open to admit tho air, he saw 11 dark figure dum ber over his window sill and enter his apartment. H o kept himself motionless till the thief, believin g all to bo safe, had stolen into tlio center of tho room, and then sprang out o f bod and seized tho intruder. Both w ero powerful 111011 , and a furious struggle consequently ensued; but tho robb e r bad the advuutago, for his only covering was a coal o f oil; so tlmt at last, slipping liko an oel from tho grasp of bis uulugu- nisf, I 10 m ade a plunge at tlio window , aud was about to drop into tho garden beneath, when liis pursuer, with a filial effort, managed to catch him by tho tail. The tail, stuck full of needles, nud alas ! a fulso 0110 , too, came away b y tho weight o f tho fall, and was left a worth- leal trophy in tho hands o f tho Kurojiioaii, whom its proprietor lmd vainly tried to rob. _________________________ Th e ltlght to Vote. Tlio U n ited States Supremo C o u rt at Washington heard tho case o f V irg in ia L . Minor, w ith whom her husband is joined, against Jlapperrett, a registering oflicer o f tlio State of Missouri, who lmd refused to register Mrs. Minor us a law ful voter. P la in t iff claims tlmt as a c iti zen of tho United States sho is en titled to the p r ivilege common to all citizons of voting, and particularly at F e d e r a l elections. Th o State Court docidcd against tlio rig h t under the constitution and laws o f Missouri, and the argum ent is tlmt tho p r iv ilcg o o f voting for F e d e ral officers does not dcpond upon State authority, except as to tho right o f regu lating its exorcise, and as to that rig h t tho Htato cannot, under the pretence o f regulating it, actually prohibit its onjoy- mout by im p o s ing impossiblo conditions. Tlio constitution of tho State, and tlio registration a c t ‘ bused thereon, aro r e pugnant to and in violation o f the Federal Constitution in many o f its p r o visions, but clearly so in respect o f sec tion ono o f tho Fourteenth Am endm ent, which especially gives tho elective franchise to all citizen s .ofjh e U n ited States, and' pfoteets them in that righ t' as against Stato laws and State authority, anil there being 110 limitation o f the right to mulo citizens by its provisions, or authorized by it, 110 inferior ju risdic tion can im p a rt ono; and tlio courts m u st therefore decide in favor of the rig h t 111 all citizens, including tho female citizen. I t is also urged tlmt by ratifying this amendment tho several Staten are estop ped from longer claiming the rig h t to limit tho franchise to males as a Stato prerogative, and that all legislation b y the States tending to that end is void. PILO T W Y L I E . Injurious to ffce Fish . A t tho m o o ting o f tho Am e rican Fish Culturists’ Association, M r. Seth Green spoke o f tho deleterious effect o f tlio drugs used in dyeing and the chemicals used in gas m a k ing upon fish, and illus trated b y a case tlmt camo u n d c rliis own notice. T h e Rochester gas w o rks rofitso fo r several years has killed all tho iish within fou r m iles o f their p o in t o f con tact w ith tho Genoseo V a lley canal. This again im p regnates tlio E r ie, canal. I 11 a few holes along tho inju r e d water courses fisli are still to bo caught. Those taken this year have reeked so with kerosene oil that they have been worth less as food. A Jslfijtdar \Well. W h ile som e men were sinking a well at Portlandville, Dakota, when the drill had been sunk about thirty fe e t an open space l>clow w m discovered, and by sounding th e y could not fin d bottom. W h e n the d r ill was withdrawn a volume of hot steam rushed out, and has con tinued to escape.- Th o snow m elted for about half a m ilo around tho w ell, the air and earth being ve r y warm, and w o lves and other w ild animals congre gate there at n igb t to escape (he cold. The well i t regarded a* a great eurioaty by the people of that oountrjr. The Price of Oil. Oildom is, wo confoss, says an ex change, nnder a »ad depression, embar-' rnssed w ith abundance. O il that onco would have brought $G per barrel now goes at sixty cents; a w ell that onco would liavo brought 8250,000 lately sold for $15,000— a ll from tho “ exccssivo su perabundance ” of oil. I f ono rem em bers how this business began— at tho top —I 10 can im agino how completo is its prostration. All Titusville, tho m e tropo lis of oildom , is under the hammer. Ono man (on ly a specimen) who had bn t lately an incomo of $100,000, is now hardly worth his hat. A ll is dreary ns wintry m idnight. OU is here btowed away in huge tanks, enough to lig h t tho world a w h ile, and still it comes. T o strike oil, which once mado ono’s fo r tune, is now a very moderate blossing. Living on I’oison. Seeing tho paragraph about tho f i f t y morphia bottles found in tlio trunk o f a Vicksburg woman, a writer in the P e t e r s burg (V a . ) Index remarks: Th a t looks liko a p r e tty free uso of the narcotic, but we know even a more exccssivo use o f tho I deadly drug. A lady of tliis State w h o died eomo yearsago left behind tw o flou r ! barrels filled with morphia bottles. I t , was calculated by her husband that h e r ; indulgence hod cost him $10,000 tbrongh 1 the Mveral year* during which her vital ity rMisted and rarrired ill effect«. I An lurttfeNt «I*Lifo mn the **OW Mftwailpp»* T*I4 fcy !> «•. l>r QhIIIc. A s you all know, it was in ISflO that I mado m y furnous ‘ • triumphal\ «tart from tho good old c ity o f St. Louis, Mo., 011 tho steamer B u lly Arabia, for New Orleans, and now I propose to briefly iu- forni you why I n e v e r planted foot any w h ere within five hundred miles of New OrlennB. Tho story is o f s t il l another case of coolness in tho m idst o f wreck and dis aster, and principally relates to “ Pilot W y l i e . ” Tho B u lly Arabia, Capt. Sam, Itowen (w e ll known at St. L o u i s and all up and down the r iver), l o f t S t . Louia with “ all I hj I o w ” fu ll o f hay in bales. W o got off about tlio middlo of tho afternoon all right, m id went bowling along down tho rive r at a slushing rate. A s long us wo lmd daylight we did well — daylight uud tho p i l o t who was then at the wheel. Some time along 111 the night Pilot W y lio was called u p to take hia watch, H o camo up as fu ll o f Bourbon ns the low er deck was fu ll o f liuy, but kept his mouth shut mid look e d wise. Cupt. Sum B o w e n was, as all know who liavo ever tra v e led much on tho low er Mississippi, 0110 o f tho inililostand most oven-tomporod m e n in Hi« world. H e was also very p o lito and gentlemanly ,inJ>is i.ntereourN!).. w ith all of his ofllccrs and men. Jt apponrod to bo positively painful for him to nweur. Capt. Bowen d id n o t discover that thoro was anything wrong with Pilot W y lio when tlmt gontloiuun camo up to tako tho whcol. W o wont iKxnning along down tho river at a grout rato, currying a full head o f stenm, und with W y l i o at tho wlicol, turning it back and fo r t h in the most bo - duto und exem p lary inaiiner. Presently wo sloshed into tliolcftbunk o f tho river, against som o treos, Mid toro out the barber-shop. U p rushed Capt. Bowen, crying : “ M r . W y lie, how is this? You lmvo been into tho bank, and lmvo raked out tho barber-shop!” “ Y e s ,” said W y l i e , “ I heard a sort o f 11 rip as [ lioro o f f from shore.\ O 11 wo wont again for eight nr tou miles, when wo shipped intfl tho right- hand shore aud toro ou t tho pantry. Cupt. Bowen ran u p to the pilot-liouso in hot haute. “ W e l l , M r. Wylio,” imid ho, “ you aro p la y in g tho doiico to night l’ ’ “ Y e s ,” said P i l o t W y lie, 11 diil yon ever hear such a rattlin g of dislicH in all your lifo ?” W ithou t d e i g n i n g n rr p ly Cupt. Bowen tu r n e d and w e n t liolow , winlo Wylio w e n t 011 w ith h is “ B c row in’ oil her up,” as a Y a n k e e p u s s e n g e r term ed llio busi- noMH i.C utoarinij tlm vOKsnl Awuy wo wont, h o w lin g nndscrcccliiug down tlio river, w ith tho hlnck smoko stream ing bnok from tho chimneys. W y lie was industriously engaged in “ screwin' 011 her u p , ” nud in ringing tho engineer’s bolls— \ t u p , tap, lap I” now this way ami n o w tlmt—only stop pin g occasionally to slip a smiill Husk out o f his pockct and taken \n ip.\ Presently tho en g in e e r sung out from bolow, through tho spoaking-tuho : “ M r. W y lio, 110 man in the world couhl make out tliOHo bolls I\ “ Thu bells aro nil rightl Miml tho bells ! \ senteuiously answered hack Pilot W y lie. A few minutes a fter, as wo wont zig zagging down tho river, wo \ picked up ” a snag that rip|«:d nearly the wholo Isittom out o f tho boat. Th e r e wo stuck, rapidly settling iu about eight feet o f water. Cupt. Bowen bounded up to tlio pilot- liouso aud m i d : “ W e ll, Mr. Wylie, sir, you ’vo mado a killing of it this tliuo ! ’ ’ “ W e ll,” said W y li o , “ 1 think so. D o you soo thorn bnles o’ hay a-tloating out o f her?” “ Sho down in eig h t fn cl ot water, M r . W y lio ,” said tlio captain, 1 ‘ About that, I should think, sir,\ said W y lio. A fter making t h is last remark, Pilot W y lio \ l i t out o v e r the front,” and going down into tho “ te x a « ” got liis old llddle, wlion he sat down nud went to playing the “ Arkansaw T r a v e ler.” liis business was finished, and I 10 was indulging iu his favorite recreation. ' A nico mess w o w ero in I Ilowwor, nbOnt'iurhoiir'uftcr th e snnggingof tho lioat, we hoard s o m o distance down the rivor a fearful h o w l from, a steam whistle. “ Tho G lancns! tho Glauciw?\ cricd several of the passengers in s breath. “ N o other lx>nt lins such a whistle. I t is tho Glaucus co m in g up.” This was riot tho old Glaucus, as sho was burned at St. L o u i s in 1852 or 18511, bnt was a new Glnucus, built by tho samo owners and provided with a second edition o f the sam e unearthly whistle which rendered the old Glnucus famous all along tho M ississippi. W e ll, wo mado signals of distress, and tho Glnucus camo alongside, when we wero soon transferred to her decks. “ M r, Clem ons,” said Capt. lio wen, addressing tho p i l o t o f tho Glaucus— Samuel L . Clem ons, now bettor known ns Mark Tw a in— “ M r . Clemens, I can hardly understand h o w you could recom mend Mr. W y lie to m o us being a good p ilo t? ” “ I recom m ended Mr. Wylio sotier, not W y lio drunk,” dryly answered Mr. dem o n s . “ W e ll, you seo w h a t I 10 has done with tho B u lly Arabia. IIo has killed her, t-ir.” “ I see,\ said M r . Clemens, \ but ho i docs not appear to 1)0 utterly broken hearted, as I hear h im playing tho same old tuno that ho u s e d to play wlion I was ‘ cnb ’ undci h im .” Tho Glaucus sa fe ly landed usat St. Lou is, and I never again attempt«! the trip to X c w O rleans, nor ever again met P i l o t W y lie, w h o , fo r aught I know to tho contrary, m a y still lio seated in tho ( “ toxas” o f tho w rcckcd Bully Arabia, 1 sawing away nt tho “ Arkansaw Traveler.\ j 1 Persons w h o desire to eat waffles | baked at street corners, but aro deterred from tho fear tlm t th e y are not propared in a cleanly m a n n er, may dismiss such fears nnd partake w ith impunity, as the m en carefully w i p e their knives upon ' pan t*!»— W o n thqr ta n the their oak«*, liens ef Interest. T b o y say that D a n iel D row has miwlo a m i l l i o n this winter in stock speculations, anil J a y Gould tw o millions. T b o hardest thing to hold iu thisw o r ld is a il unruly tongue. I t beats n l i t l s m o o t h in g iron and a kicking horse con- s id e m b ly . T h e Nebraska relief society aro now r e p o r t e d to l>o feed in g and clothing 13,- GOO m e n , women, nud children in tho gniH s liopper districts. I t is a mistaken idea to think the closo c r o p p i n g o f hair w ill prevent baldness. T h o lo n g e r a limn wears his buir, tlio lo n g e r w ill the tim o bo boforo lie has non e . T h o Eureka ( N o v . ) Sentinel Eays that th o r o (ire moro than ono thousand tons o f b u llio n , in bias, now corded up ul tho K ic h m o n d sm elting workR, nwaitiug sliip m o u t . A p e t senl at W o o d w a r d ’s Gardens, San Francisco, known as tho “ Commo- ilo r o , ” died there tho other day. lie w a s a. grout favorite with the lato P r o fe s s o r Agassiz at ono time. M r s . Mury Clem m or Am es w ritos that a f t e r m ooting numerous m inisters re tu r n e d from foreign courts, hor conclu sio n is that tho court o f B e r lin is tho m o s t difllcult to recover from. A m o n g tlio financial corporations o f M ilw a u k e e is the M u tual H a il Itiuumnco C o m p a n y , which paid to farmers last year ¡£2,-100 in oomponsutioiis fo r damages by hnif sustained f>y~tTieir''e 11 T h o last rejiort puts tho area o f India, u u ilo r British administration, at 043,810 squ n r o miles, und tho populutiou ut 1!)!},- 111,017. O f inhabited houses it is esti m a t e d tlmt there are ¡(7,118,(>93. “ W e l l , how do you get nlong?” in q u i r e d a eountiy landlord, one rainy m o r n in g , o f a guest whom ho had pu l iu a to p - flo o r room, im d o r 11 leaky roof. “ O h , Hwimmiugly,” was tho reply. A woman, livin g near tho iiielm rd m in o , in Morris com ity, N . ,T., lost, by th o bu r n ing o f tlio im m igrant ship Cos- p u t r ick , eight brothers, two sisters, and h e r m other, and besides several other n e a r relations. .Tonli Billings says: If yu aro goin g to g i v a man nniiy tiling, g i v it to him c h e e r f u lly aud quick, don’t inuko him g o t d o w n 011 his knoezo in front ov yu, a n il listen to tho ten coinniuiidmoiils, nud then givo him flvo cents, A g o o d many peojilo wero recently de lu d e d into going into an apothecary’» sh o p in u village 011 tho Hudson to see a r o d b a t which hail been captured and w a s 011 exhibition. T h e y saw it, and it w a s ro d — us brick bnt usually is. T l i o Empress o f China, who comm itted s n i e id o recently 011 account o f her hus b a n d 's death, had been mnrried only two y e a r s , tho imperial wedding having taken p la c o October 10, 1872, nnd nt tho timo o f h o r death was about tw e n ty years of a g e . A t an unti-monopoly convention in Io w a , recently, somo fellow bawled nl th o d o o r - “ Candidates aro requested to stop down stair« a few m inutes.” T h e n ovorylmdy w ent down stairs excopt a ile a f old fellow who wanted to run for ja i l o r . T h e three-card m onte moil 111 Novaila h a v e invented a now gaino sim ilar to tho o l d on e , except that it is played with four in s t e a d o f throo cards. 'J h oy liopo by th is means to ovudo tho law recently in t r o d u c e d in the Legislatu r o jiroh ibitiiig three-card monte. D r . W . J. P . K in g s ley, o f Rorno. N . Y ., l i » « in his possession a cancer w eighing tw e n ty-on e pounds, which I 10 removod fro m tho arm o f aCnnndiun lady not long a g o . N o t finding a glass bottle o f suf fic i e n t size, ho now has it in n largo pnil su r r o u n d e d by alcohol. T h o r o was a noticeablo sbsenco o f rod- ta p o about tho telegram sent b y l ’ ost- m aster-Gonernl Jew e ll to tho Nowport postm nstor the other day, after tho burn in g o f tho jwst-oflioo in that city. I t was an fo llo w s : “ A l l right. D o tho best you ca n , nnd try not to »pond too much m o n o y ; lint do not lot tho m ails bo de la y e d anywhere.” J ’ u n c h ’s ridicule o f English sonants lia a lm d n qucor effect. T b o y lmvo ac c e p t e d his attention as complim entary a n d lm vo taken his sarcasms in earnest. T h e y seek to ¡mjtftto t l w tono' ihftiiilcir t o b o ridiculed. Th o result is to mako th e m ten times worso than they were, a n d th o British publiccom p lnius. Fancy J 'u n c h ’» pictures as fashion plates. A n Irishman, to whom somo wonderful s t o r y was told on tho authority o f a cheap i >aper, declined to bcliovo it, saying that 10 distrusted all I 10 saw in tho “ clinpo p r i n t s . ” “ W h y shouldn’t you licliove t l i o cheap pnpers, ” ho wa‘i naked, “ as so o n as any o t h e r ? \ “ Because,” was h ia ready answer, “ I don't think they ca n afford to speak the truth fo r tho m o n e y . \ • I f , as seems now so high ly probable, tlie r o is in tho exact latitude o f this city a n d nt five hundred and fifty m iles to tho e a s t o f us in tlio Atlantic, n reef, tho p o i n t o f which is eighteen feet out o f the w a t e r nt ecrtnin states o f tho tide, it w o u l d lio a good placo for tho construc tio n o f an artificial island and tho estab lish m e n t of n station o f tho m eteorologi c a l service. A fastidious boarder at a “ cheap” establishm ent in N e w Y o r k lately ap p e a r e d nt tho tablo when a rntlier un s a v o r y linm presented itself fo r discus s io n . I t looked well, but, said tlio b o n r d e r to his host, “ how horriblo it s m e l l s ! ” “ W e l l , ” replied his keeper, “ w h a t o' that? Tuke hold, man; you c o m e to the table to cat you r victuals, n o t to smell ’em .” A m an named Cadwoll, who mnrdercd a m a n who lmd kin d ly given him a ride, n e a r Minneapolis, last summer, and was aentenced to tho M innesota State prison fo r life for tho crim e, is ve r g in g upon in s a n ity, being torm ented b y tho sup p o s e d continual presenco nt his side of th o m an ho lind murdered. H q says tlio b l o o d y corpse o f tho victim is in his c e l l with him every night, so that night a n d day I 10 is plagued with tho drendfnl com p a n ionship, and he asks to bo hanged r a t h e r than bo kep t confined w ith the h o r r o r from w h ich he cannot escape. The C o s t .— United States naval ex pense* amount to $3,600 for each en listed man per annum. It costs *1,000,- 000 a year to taka oat* ot a r * « Ù M a t ot P h t t a d S t a t «
