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A Hermann DVERTI SER C. GRAF Publishers. VOLUME III. HERMANN, MO.y FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1876. NUMBER 45.

THE DEADWOOD TRAGEDY. in Larry Brannigan as Larry Brannigan, Horrors of the Turkish War The Bashl-Bazoaks. PJTH AND FOIST. A shower of grarnrd stones, some ef wbich are saito nave- been as large ae robin's egg, fell i Council Bluflsy-Icwa, one evening in July last. The horrors ft the Custer massacre are- somewhat alleviated by the announcement that one of the men who in the Western country, and who always got away" with his antagonist.

The defense called several others, the tenor of whose evidence was but a repetition of the foregoing. No attempt was made to show that Wild Bill had ever seen the prisoner. the prisoner's statement. The prisoner was called upon to make a statement. He came down from the stage into the auditorium of the theater, and, with his right hand in the bosom of his shirt, his head thrown back, in a harsh, loud, and repulsive voice, with a HOME AXD FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Stanley says that the Nile is the longest river in the world. An Ohio girl married a Chinaman the ether day at Helena, Arkansas. At Wolverhampton, England, Law-son, the bicyclist, has completed his ieat of riding 60O miles on a bicycle in six consecutive days. The last fifteen miles took one hour and one minute. The usual number of matrimonial engagements between cadets and very young ladies are reported from West Point.

These engagements usually last six weeks, and end in what children call a "big crying spell." In the presence of Col. Benton, U. Gen. Franklin, Dr. Gatling and others, one of the improved rapid-firing Gatling guns was recently fired at the rate of 40 shots a second, or 2,400 per fell in that terrible fight was a book agenG of 22 years standing, who had gone to the frontier to sell "Blatherlck's Life cf Erysipelas," in thirty monthly parts, fifty cents a number.

Burling ton Ilatskeyc One of the pleasantest persons to meet in conversation just now is a Pres ton mam He covered' his potato patch with Paris green to drive away the bugs, and now thinks the potatoes are pois oned, and! expects that he will have to contribute them to the Home Missionary cause, as he doesn't dare to- eat them himself. Norwich BUlUMn. An enthusiastic but rather tiresome member of a anbury church started into a prayer at a recent meeting. He prayed with-great fervor for the brethren. Finally he paused, and the congregation, thinking he had done, indiscreetly started a hymn.

"Hold on there, for heaven's sake! screamed the excited brother, I ain prayed for the sistern The hymn gve place to handkerchiefs immediately. uantury The three reasons which a oertaia good old woman presented for objecting to her new pastor, were certainly striking ones. She said in the first place that he read his sermon in the second, that he did not know how to read it well and in the third place, that it was not worth reading. These three con siderations moved this most ex cellent woman to stay away from the ministrations of this clergyman, and to become an habitual attendant on those of a clergyman whose style of eloquence was more according to her mind. A little 4-year-ola boy, Willie by name, enjoyed the luxury of sleeping with his mother daring a short illness-.

After his entire recovery his mother told him one night that he was to go again to his own little room. He made no objections, but, after being undressed- said to his mother, Mother, I want tossy my prayers alone, to-night- But by do you want to, iliie!" Be cause 1 want to, mamma." Mother humored him, and, standing outside the door, heard Willie pray as follows God, make Willie sick make him real sick; make him wommit; but don't dead him. How much that boy wanted to sle. with his mother! A prominent citizen rushed into one of our large dry-goods stores, and stop ped at the button counter he had a small sample of brown silk in his hand, and he asked the smiling clerk if he had any buttons to match that. "Plen ty, sir," was the answer, will you have them by the gross?" No, sir, roared the citizen, I want them by the bushel cart-load ton! I want them, sent up in wagons, and backed into my cellar, till it is full and running over.

in sick of hearing j-o-h-n, did you match them buttons I am not going to spend the rest of my days running round trying to match impossible col ors! lbere my check, but 1 tell you won't feel like myself till I've laid in my winter's supply of Chicago Journal. Marriage in the Surf. The Providence (U. Journal says: ast winter an elderly Baltimore gen tleman, proud of his wealth, discovered that his daughter had dared to love young man far below her in the estimation of society. A week later the Baltimore mansion was closed for the season, and the names of father and daughter soon after appeared on the register of one of the hotels at Narra-gansctt Pier.

There was with them a companion, outwardly treated as an equal, but in reality a paid spy over the young lady's actions and correspond ence. But before a fortnight had elapsed the young lover at Baltimore received one morning a big envelope containing a dainty little note which filled him with joy unspeakable. He had a friend who was a clergyman, and before the sun had set that night the two had a long, earnest conference. which resulted next morning in the de- or in Jack O'Brien as Jack O'Brien. I Both gentlemen, but Mr.

Brannigan in particular, take every opportunity to declare themselves in their true Hiber nian character on all private occasions. Mr. Brannigan was once as fine, dirty a lad as ever worked in a rmntiner Cj office, and afterward lugged messages and whisky around hotels in the capacity of bell-boy, until his talent began to sprout. He "desires that these things may be known in order that other boys may take courage at his rise. Chicago Times.

Parson Murray's Account of a Dog-and-Cat Fight. In the middle of the doorway stood a miiuu cau wxiu imuapitsuiuj. elbow watching me eat, and expectantly awaiting her turn, with no murder ous design on cat or kittens at all. But the feline temperament i3 suspicious and wrathful and this cat was a termagant anyhow, born under some evil star, and bent on having a row. Now, my mind there is always a terrible fascination in the process of preparation which a cat goes through preliminary to a combat.

There is such, a deliberate spitefulness about it: such a murderous malignity of design as it passes from one phase of expression to another, that it is impossible to withdraw your eyes from the creature as she passes through her spasms. Now, this cat was no exception to her tribe. Her mannerism was perfect after its kind. When I first looked up she stood in the doorway with a suggestive curve her back, and with a slightly swollen appearance about her tail. She stood and swelled.

The curve in her back grew and grew. Her tail bulged until was enormous. Her eyes blazed hot ter and hotter. Her mouth opened wider, and out of it came a succession of noises that were simply frightful. How that cat could keep any thing in side of her and spit in that way was a marvel.

Of course, Jet had not been an un mindful spectator of the scene. She had been interviewed before in this style, and knew what was coming. Her hair ridged up on her back, her tail stin ened straight as an iron ramrod, and her lips tightened over her white teeth. Any cat that was at all sensible would have left such a dog alone, liut this feline had no caution at all. And when she left the doorway and began to sidle across the floor toward Jet, I knew if things kept on much longer the "peace of Europe would be disturbed." I was lust lilting mysell lrom my chair, or getting my legs out from under the ta ble so I could lift myself from the chair, when that cat went into the air like a flash, and exploded in a series of the most unearthly noise3 over Jet's back.

Of course, no decent dog would stand anv such conduct as that, and Jet didn't. Now, you understand this was a suddenly improvised affair I had no programme to go by, anddidn un derstand at all where the different parts came in and besides the actors did not seem to require any special prompting, and evidently needed all the room to themselves. So, feeling that I wasn't needed, and might actually be in the way it I remained, I retired out through the window to the piazza, where I could contemplate the development of the ac tion from a back seat, as it were. Of am certain. I have never, in city or country, seen a more intense performance, it was the very climax of high tragedy.

The actors were up to their best key, and going it strong saw that the thing was drawing to a line point. Either I shouldn't have any dog in a lew minutes, or the man wouldn't have any cat to speak of. One of the two things was certain. At that instant the door burst open, and the man himself, with a broom in his hand, burst into the room, and began to lay about him rig4gfcnd left. liut this only stirred up tremend ously.

The cat and the broom together brought out her best points. The way she went alter that cat, under the table, between the man's legs, back of the stove, was indescribable. But the actors were not all on the stage yet. Again the door burst open, and a woman, without hoops on, and with a wash board in her hand, shot into the apart- ment with a look ot interrogation on her countenance frightful to see. She didn't stand still more than a second, for Jet came against her in a way that sent her spinning, lhis was too much.

I dropped on the piazza, rolled oil upon the ground, dug my fingers into the turf, and laughed. In less than four seconds I saw a cat come out through the front way, about half-way up from the door-sill to the ceiling, followed by the dog in full bolt, with a big broom and a washboard close behind. The cat lit on her feet, of course, and went up a tree in the ooor-yara iaster tnan any cat nas ever uuuc nits wunu. j. wucmu uu oet, aim iuycu around the corner of the house, and streaked it through the garden down bafck of the barn, where 1 laid myself down on the grass again and rolled over ana over, wiping the tears from my eyes.

lhis is all, this time. My pencil is worn down to the last inch, and I must stop. If I ever get to "Martin's" I will tell you what I see. But I think I shall spend this vacation traveling round with Jet and stopping at country hotels, where there are plenty of cats. I have an idea that such a course would yield me a great deal of innocent fun, such as even a deacon couldn't object to.

Uolden liule. A spoiled child the one that got hold of the kerosene-can. Particulars of the Killing Wild Bill" The Murderer Tried and Acquitted A. Novel Verdict and a Flrat-Clasa Funeral. Special Correspondence of the Chicago Inter- ucean.j Deadwood, D.

T.t Aug. 3, 1876. Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock the people of this city were startled by the report of a pistol-shot in the saloon kept by Messrs. Lewis Mann, our correspondent at once hastened to the spot and found J. B.

Hickok, commonly known as Wild Bill," lying sense less upon the floor. He had been shot by a man known as ack McUall. An examination showed that a pistol had been fired close to the back of the head, the bullet entering the base of the brai little to the right of the center, passing through in a straight line, mak nassino thrnno-h in ing its exit through the right cheek be tween the upper and lower jaw-bones, loosening several of the molar teeth in its passage, and carrying a portion of the cerebellum through the wound. From the nature of the wound death must necessarily have been instantaneous. A jury was convened which decided that J.

B. Hickok came to his death from a wound resulting from a shot fired from a pistol in the nands of Jack McCall. TRIAL OF THE MURDERER. A meeting was called during the evening at McDaniels's Theater, which was given up by Mr. Languishe for that purpose.

Officers' were elected to conduct the trial, which was set for 9 o'clock this morning. Three men were also selected, one to go up Whitewood, another up Deadwood, and the third down Whitewood early this morning, for the purpose of informing the miners of the trial. At the time appointed, the prisoner was led into the theater by the guard, ana in charge of Joseph Brown, who had been elected Sheriff, and placed upon the stage beside the table at which was seated Judge Kuy-kendall and other officers of the court. The Judge called the meeting to order, and, in a neat address, asked the peo ple to sustain him in the discharge of duties which devolved upon him in the unenviable position which they had forced him to accept. THE PRISONER.

Never did a more forbidding counte nance face a court than that of Jack McCall. His head, which is covered by a thick crop of chestnut hair, is very narrow as to the parts occupied by the intellectual portion of the brain, while the animal development is exceedingly large. A small, sandy mustache covers a sensual mouth. The nose is what is commonly called "snub," cross eyes, and a florid complexion, and the picture i3 finished. lie was clad in a blue flannel shirt, brown overalls, heavy shoes, and, as he sat in a stooping position, with his arms folded across his breast.

He evidently assumed a noncha lance and bravado which was foreign to his feelings, and betrayed oy the spas modic heavings of his heart. SELECTING A JURY. A hundred names were selected, each written upon a slip of paper, and placed in a hat, lrom which they were taken by one of the committee, who had been se lected to draw the jurors. Nearly all the list was exhausted before the jury was declared full. The names of those who had "formed or expressed an opinion for or against the defendant'" are J.

J. Bumfs, L. D. Brokaw, J. II.

Thomp son, C. Whitehead, George S. Hopkins, J. I. Cooper, Alexander Travis, K.

F. Towle, John E. Thompson, L. A. Judd, Ed.

Burke, John Mann. THE TESTIMONY. The first witness called was Charles Rich, who said he was in the saloon kept by Lewis Mann on the after noon of the 2d, and wa3 seated at a table playing a game of poker with Wild Bill and several others, when the prisoner, whom he identified, came into the room, walked deliberately up to Wild Bill, placed a pistol to the back of the deceased, and fired, saying "Take that!" Bill fell from the stool upon which he had been seated without uttering a word bamuel loung testihed that he was engaged in the saloon that he had just delivered $15 worth of pocket checks to the deceased, and was returmug to his place behind the bar when he heard the report of a pistol-shot; turning around he saw the prisoner at the back of Wild Bill with a pistol in his hand which he had discharged; heard him say "Take that." Carl Mann as one of the proprie tors of the saloon In which lid Bil was killed was in the poker game noticed a commotion saw the prisoner (whom he identified) shoot wild Bill. THE DEFENSE. The defense called for the first wit ness, P.

H. Smith, who said he had been in hi3 employ four months that he was not a man of quarrelsome disposition tnat be nad always considered him man of good character that he (the had been introduced to Wild Bill in Cheyenne, and drank with him that the deceased had a bad reputation and had been the terror of every place which he had resided. II. II. Pickens said that he had known defendant four years, and believed him to De a quiet and peaceable man Wild Bill's reputation as a "shootisf was very hard he was quick in using the pistol, and never missed his man and had killed quite a number of per sons in different parts of the country Ira Ford had known defendant about one year; "like a great many others he would go upon a spree like the rest of the boys." Wild BUI had the repu tation of being a brave man, who could and would shoot quicker than any man The correspondent of tie Paris Fiqa- to writes This, in effect, was the way the Bashi-Bazouks opened1: They presented themselves before a Christian village, and, according to- the order of authority," required complete disarmament.

After this order was obeyed a massacre of the men so dis armed was begun. In case the villa gers refused to hand over their guns, their village was immediately set on fire. Several villages which had never been armed, and which, consequently, had no arms to deliver a fact well known to the murderers were treated in just the manner indicated. he people of Feroutchitza answered that they would deliver their arms to soldiers of the regular army, but not to the Bashi-Bazouks. Then the attack commenced by firing the village at the four corners.

The fight lasted four hours, and the inhabitants, surrounded by fire, took refuge in one of the two hurches. The authority then sent cannon, but the unfortunate people held together, though at this point they were willing to parley. At engtn, completely outnumbered, they consented to surrender. The first to eave the church were shot down in cold blood the instant they showed themselves; they then comprehended that the attack was made with but one ob ject, namely a general extermination, and they resolved to stand out to the ast. Thus, in a word, there now re mains of this village absolutely nothing of the three hundred and fifty houses nothing, nothing, nothing.

I defy any one to find any other trace than a portion of the church, whose walls are riddled with bullets, and a piece of another wall a few feet in height. The only object remaining inside the church was the half of a painting representing bt. 1'aui. 1 have sent it to you, and you will be in possession of all that re mains of a township which paid 500,000 francs a year for duties. And as to the populat ion of over 2,000 persons, they are now reduced to 150 old people and children, who mourn among the ruins which cover all that was dear to them.

Not a strong man is eft, not a woman. All these have been slain, and all those who escaped the massacre have been carried away into slavery to the other side of the Salkaus, where they will be subjected to the Po-macs, renegade Christians, still more ferocious than the Mussulmans themselves, and who are always on the raid. the abandoned children who strayed into the country have been caught and sold at an average rate of fifty piasters each a little less than 3 the little girls, at least those who were pretty, sent to Constantinople and placed upon those secret markets for such bargains which always exist. They will be scat tered among the harems, where the ladies always have little girls, which they raise to sell when they become of age. lhese are their little perquisites, xou ill understand that the slave-dealers are expected from Mecca, a rumor now being in circulation that the sale of women is about to be recommenced.

will be seen that the old Turk is just as low as he was the moment after the conquest; indeed, these people haTenot advanced one step morally, and some of the recent events have destroyed all that European civilization has been able to achieve in 50 years upon this essen tially brutal population. One hundred and twenty-one villages burned, women olated and children hacked to pieces. The Bashi-Bazuuks take the latter by an arm or a leg, give them one terrible cut with their knives and then pass on to the next. Those considered most adroit in this bloody work cut the little ones in two across the waist at a blow. A priest told me that some few days previous, while he was crossing a ford, one of these half bodies injured the legs of his horse.

One priest was crucified, anoth er was roasted alive. Further on he saw women impaled on stakes drawn from ricks of hay. My mind shrinks from the remembrance of these horrors. and I will conclude in the words of some of the countrymen to me, Whatsoever you may say to your readers, you will always be within the truth." The Language of The other day a young man called in at a fashionable florist's and spent the substance of a week's wages in a riot ous bouquet, which he desired should be forwarded to a certain handsome young lady. The bouquet was to be composed oi such nowers as in me floral language would signify rnena ship.

Esteem, Respect, Admiration, Passionate Love, Adoration, several other assorted passions. It is believed that the tribute reached its des tination, because next day a younj woman called at the florist and said "Do yon understand the language of flowers?" He bowed, and said he did, as he would have said if he didn't know his C. And yoo can," she said. ith some hesitation and a hne color. say with flowers any thing you want to?" "Madam," he answered, with a low bow, I can express in the arrange ment, color, and fragrance of flowers the whole gamut of passion, from tim id love to jealousy, hatred, and re venue." Then." she said.

give me a bouquet to mean You are a chuckle- headed, swallow-tailed, eiim-waistea clam I don't care how much it costs. Chili Sauce (Catsup). Take good-sized ripe tomatoes, 3 red peppers, 1 onion, 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon. cloves, allspice, ginger, sugar, 1 cup of vinegar; let it. dou until quite uuok, when it wul be Chui sauce.

bull-dog sort of bravado, said men, I have but few words to say. Wild Bill killed my brother, and I killed lm. lid Bill threatened to kill me if I crossed his path. I am not sorry for what I have done. I would do the same thing over again." The prisoner then returned to his place on the stage.

WILD BILL'S CHARACTER. The prosecution then adduced testi mony to prove that lid Bui was a much abused man that he never im posed on any one, and that in every instance where he had slain men he had done so either in the discharge of his duty as an officer of the law or in self- defense. Bill's reputation as a gambler was bad. THE VERDICT NOT GUILTY. The case having been placed in the hands of the jury, the theater was cleared, with the understanding that the ver dict should be made known in the saloon where the murder was committed.

The prisoner was remanded to the house where he had been imprisoned during the night. At 9 o'clock the following verdict was read to the prisoner: Deadwood City, Au. 3, 1876. We the urors find the prisoner, Mr. John McCall, not guilty.

Charles whitehead, Foreman, The prisoner was at oace liberated. and several of the model jurymen who had played their parts in this burlesque upon justice, and who had turned their ooodthirsty tiger loose upon the com munity, indulged in a sickening cheer which grated harshly upon the ears of those who heard it. All law-abiding citizens feel that a terrible injustice has been done, and realize the fact that their only protection now is in forming 4 lgilantes." The first vote taken by the jury resulted in eleven for acquittal and one for conviction, and the single man who desired justice was so intimidated by his fellow-jurors that he was induced to sanction the iniquitous verdict. It was even proposed by one of the jurymen that the prisoner be fined fifteen or twenty dollars and set free. THE FUNERAL OBSEQUIES.

After the inquest the body of the de ceased was placed upon a litter made of two poles and some boards then a procession was formed, and the remains were carried to Charley Utter's camp, across the creek. Charley Ltter, better known as Colerado Charley, had been the intimate friend of the deceased for 15 years, and with that liberality which is a feature among mountaineers, had always shared his purse with him. Charley was much affected by the death of his friend, and incensed atthe villain who had murdered him. A tepee was pitched at the foot of one of the giant trees which rise so majestically above Charley's camp. Preparations were at once made for the funeral.

The follow- ng notice was printed and sent out Funeral Notice. Pied in Deadwood, Black Hills, Aug. 2. 1S76, from the efforts of a pistol hnt, J. B.

iiivkok (Wild Hill), formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming, funeral services will be held at Charley Utter's amp, on Thursdav afternoon, Ausr. 3, 1870, at 3 o'clrck. All are respectfully invited to attend. SOMETHING FOR BRET ARTE. At the time appointed a number of people gathered at the camp Charley Utter had gone to a great deal of ex pense to make the funeral as fine as could be had in this country.

Under the tepe, in a handsome coffin covered with black cloth and richly mounted with silver ornaments, lay Wild Bill, a picture of perfect repose. His long chestnut hair, evenly parted over his marble brow, hung in waving ringlets over the broad shoulders; his face was mustache, which shaded a mouth whicE in death almost seemed to smile, but which in life was unusually grave the arms were folded over the stilled breast. which inclosed a heart which had beat with regular pulsation amid the most startling scenes of blood and violence, The corpse was clad in a complete dress-suit of black broadcloth, new under clothing, and white linen shirt; beside him in the coffin lay his trusty rifle. which the deceased prized above all other things, and which was to be buried with him in compliance with an often expressed desire. A clergyman read an impressive funeral service, which was attentively listened to bv the audience, after which the coffin-lid hid the well known face of Wild Bill from the prying gaze of the world forever.

SCENES AT THE GRAVE. A grave had been prepared on the mountain side toward the east, and to that place irr the bright sunlight, the air redolent with the perfume of sweet flowers, the birds sweetly singing, and all nature smiling, the so emn cortege wended its way, and deposited the mor tal remains of Wild Bill. Upon a large stump at the head of the grave the lot lowing inscription is deeply cut A brave man: the victim of an assassin J. B. Hickok (Wild Bill), aged 48 years murdered by Jack McCall, Aug.

2, 13. o. The cky is now exceedingly quiet, although the people are determined to have no more jury trials. Ltoc A good citizen is a peace-maker. But, says a surly friend, so is a bull in a chi na hop it makes pieces too minute.

The gun is 10 barrel, 4o calibre. The Chinese students in Hartford have formed a bae ball club, which they have named the Oriental B. B. C. It is pleasant for the scorer to call such names as these to bat: Sy Chung, Kwai Pau, Kee Jung, Shen Chi and Tun Yen.

There is a man in Denver who can't go swimming on account of a big Newfoundland dog which he owns. The dog keeps a close watch on him, and every time the gentleman take3 a plunge in the lake the dog drags him out. The Court Journal (London) says of Custer: "He was well known to many in this country, by whom he was greatly liked a nd respected on account of the total absence from his temperament and speech of that irrestrainable brag which characterizes so many of his countrymen." Senator Sharon, in applying for the reduction in the valuation of his Palace Hotel, San Francisco, which was put at $2,000,000, said that it was not paying, nor soon likely to. It cost, he said, $5,000,000, but labor and material were then high, and it could not be sold for half that sum. Edwin Booth has received his discharge in bankruptcy, after having yielded up every thing he possessed.

He announced his determination to devote himself more earnestly than ever to his profession, and to pay off every dollar of his obligations. Some of the business firms in certain towns in Pennsylvania have adopted a credit check, like street-railway tickets. The checks for 5 are sold for $4.75 cash, or 5 per cent off, and are so arranged with figures that upon purchasing an article the amount is punched out, requiring no book-keeping or store-book. Professor Marsh, of Yale College, is paving Dr. Field, of Franklin Coun ty, $100 a year for the right of quarrying slabs of stone showing footprints of birds.

A basket full of specimens, worth $200, was recently taken out. The specimens are well washed, and then coated with shellac. Sultan Mckau's condition is pitiable indeed, if accounts from Constanti nople are true. A correspondent of the Messaccr du Midi sends to that paper a letter purporting to have been written by the Sultan's physician, which says mat "juurad is dying from delirium tremens, brought on by hard drinking, principally absinthe, reckless debauch ery, remorse for his uncle's death, and dread of a Russian invasion, or attacks on his palace by Mussulman fanatics." a singular panic has beeu pro duced in some parts of China by the rating oil of the "pigtails" of a large number of the populace. It was evi dently the work of an organized band.

and as easily accomplished at night by mixing in the crowds. The real purpo.se of it is unknown. Some be lieve it to have some political bearing: others think it merely a device of in genious speculators in human hair lhe lower classes are sorely troubled, ana attribute the mutilation to super natural agency. Weorge Frcits. aged 114vears.

died i nis nonie near Crawfordsville, on the 6th instant. He fought in the evolutionary war, emigrated to Jven JucKy 1(87 and carved it out with Boone, fought under St. Clair, hunted Jhere Cincinnati now stands, and voted ior George Washington for President lie sowed his wild oats previously to WO, when he settled down to farming "an nis wite, who survives him. llav been bald, sightless and toothless lor about half a centurv. a new orowth i teetn, eyes and hair was just coming uen ne expired In lftto ATi-a IVllliflTO dafvrY t1ia lost her life in the yacht Mohawk, was wrn and reared in lexas.

Mrs. Mar me Gainer was the only daughter of vuionei Irost Thorn, of Nacogdoches. nd a granddaughter of Had en Ed- rds, first empressario of the colony of "aujgaoenes. bhewas 62 years of age. lofal she went abroad with her mother and brother, where she had the vantage of the finest schools of the PAn "'uunent, acquiring, in addition to a splendid musical education, the Italian languages to perfection out 1864 she married Mr.

William "arner. Mrs Garner anA har VirthoT probably the largest landholders ju. state of Texas, Colonel Frost norn, in his life, purchasing enormous JWits all over the State. Frank Les- oome of the San Francisco papers are "orrified at learni ncr tint IjivTini0 Rr. JWs name is Lawrence Brannigan, and th "re 3 LawreucB urannigan, der unn x.

iv.aymona is the alias un- i wnicti John O'Brien has become A ue9e stage names were adopt- I and only because the pubic i uld not consent to recognize genius 1 to in it artre of the twain for Narragansett ier. The old gentleman was forbidden by his physician to bathe in the surf, and the spy hated the sea as the 4fil is said to hate holy water. The Jst lady enjoyed her bath exceedingly, Tbad, as me most, lmatuatea lover is apt 10 oe temporarily disenchanted the ap pearance oi his ideal in a bathing dress, the father and the spy concluded that no possible harm could come to the dear child" in the water. and so the spy only sat upon the bank iter tte rokr and watched. The lover and the minister reached Providence in due time and speedily won a young lawyer over to their cause.

The lover then went to the pier, and, keeping out of the way of the spy, suddenly appeared before the happy girl in the water. A few minutes sufficed for him to propose that they be married the next day in the water, and the lady promptly consented. Back flew the enraptured lover to Providence, legal formalities were quietly arranged, the lawyer invited a confidential fnemd as a witness, and the next day, when the water was full of people, a party of five might have been seen a little apart from the other bathers. The marriage ceremony had to be suspended every few seconds on accountof the breakers. Then the foam leaped to claim the first kiss from the lips of the bride, but the rest of the little company relinquished their privilege on account of the attention such a proceeding might attract.

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