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The Victims ofCircumstances. told. The evidence of the doctor and small to be worth the risk of com- The Cranky German hing. TBivonm ©culEerok. the defence of Thomas Harris produced Fr. Aufderkeide,, mitting theft. Biding their time, he „, ., Vmm a strong impression on him. He and his accomplice privately watched Laadtm Derived from the Records of old Triali asked a question which ought to have As the King of Wurtemburg has a the addition made to their master's! C.H.OHADBOURJ'r, CH.&OSS, BY WILKIE COLLINS. V& been put at the triald&W jgSgjf p* store. On the day when James Gray wife, I don't suppose that he will be President* Manufacturer ol "Was my brother James ricBTenough Oaa&ljft slept at the inn, they found gold Parson Tibbald, a Magistrate living "suicided." But you may look for. Ik Mini and Cabs Sirs. to have a handful of gold pieces about enough to'tempt them at last. frith in a day's ride of the ancient city ward to his —-beins: obliged either to him when he slept at the inn?" Fire, "Well Building a Steep&a- How to try the experiment of theft Of York, surprised the members of his without risk of discovery, was the one' abdicate or retire to a madhouse. he old an knew littfe or nothing NEWULM,tI- ^IINN. family, one morning, by presenting of James and his affairs. The good difficulty that presented itself. In He is imbued with the idea that himself at breakfast without an appetite. wife, who was better informed, answered: this emergency,Ehas Morgan conceived +i1„„„„„ „, A Collectionsand all 1B»»PC«« rwrtirmxg to banking "He never, to my knowledge promptly atU&ded te. Upon his wife asking him if the the diabolical scnemeof charging Har- W re a or ***&> a Fine Pressed Bric or *i kings for thrones. Being fond of his had as much as a spare pound in his ris with the murder of the "traveller dishes on the table were not to his Individual Rsssonsihilly, pocket at any time in his life." ornamental fronts. who died in a fit. The failure of the case, of retirement, and of the society taste, he answered, "My day's work Antony, remembering the landlord's false evidence, and the prospect of the of a few American mediums— MkfBavft is not tc my taste. For the first time explanation of his brother's death, prisoner's discharge, terrified Maria "smart" fellows all—he is satisfied tht hesfc of shipping facilities ma& since I have been one of hid majesty's asked next if she ever heard that Mackling. will pay prompt attention to mail grtJaja^ with drawing his salary and helping James was liable to fits. She confessed Elias had placed hinvelf in a position justices, a charge of murder is coming them to make fortunes. AH that is to a suspicion that James had suffered which threatened him with indictment before me, and the man accused is one *i'M NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. in that way. "He and his mother," saved by cutting down expenses goes for perjury. The women claimed of our neighbors." Manufacturers of l*i^^ she explained, "kept this infirmity to be heard as a witness, and deliberately to the Americans, one of whom has EudolpM,] of my nephew's (if he had it) a SOLLEB O H. sacrificed her master on the The person in this miserable plight got hold of the old Chelsea and secret. When they were both staying seaiTold to secure the safety of her accomplice. Wedsrwood ware—to say nothing of was Thomas Harris, an inn-keeper, With us on a visit, he was found lying V« BY THE the pictures by famous English artists, charged with murdering James Gray, for dead on the road. His mother The two wretches werS^commitlfed ', C~SM Eeduotias Mtii which one of the princesses royal X' MASrUFACTTBEB OF 4k DEAiB I a traveller sleeping in his house. said, and he said, it was an accident to prison. It is not often that poetical Boris and Shoes! caused by a faj* All I can tell you is, of England brought with her into justice punishes crime, out of the The witnesses aaainst him were his C^*. ^System.- .,., that the doctof- who brought him to imaginary court of appeal which claims Wurtemburg. own servants: Elias Morgan, variously his senses called it a fit." our sympathies on the stage. But, in The Bismarckian journals are beginning employed as waiter, hostler and NEW XJLM, i:« MINN. After considering a little with himself, Minn, 3d N. strs., New Ulm, Mi&&» this case, retribution did really overtake to proclaim King Charles' unworthinessto gardener and Maria Madding. amber-maid. Antony begged leave to put one atrocious guilt. Elias Morgan head a state. They question more. He asked for theand Maria Mackling both died in A largo assortment of men's talked exactly as they did when it name of the village in which the inn, prison ot the disease then known as gold In his evidence agains4 his master, boys' boots and shoes, and ladies' was resolved to place the late King of once kept by Thomas Harris, was fever.—Youth's Companion. children's shoes constantly kepft ofe Morgan declared that he had seen Bavaria under the care of mad-doctors situated. Having received this infoimation, hand. Custom work and repairing Thomas Harris on the traveller's bed and keepers. Some of the attacks he got up to say good-bye. promptly attended to. C'auffht in a Tight Place. are wholly based upon "the killing the man by strangling. In fear His uncle and aunt wanted to know virtual abdication of King Charles, why he was leaving them in that sudden There recently happened in Boston, of what might happen if he remained who "each year retires more and John HaneMtein. way. says the Transcript, a very distress in the room, Morgan feignei to go more into solitude, lives away from To this he returned rather a strange ing incident, in which a professional downstairs. Returnins secretly, he Obtained, and ml rATkHT JBIA/AASS* attended his capital and hides himself from his answer- "I have a fancy for making gentleman, who had occasion to visit to for X01*PR4TR ffES Our office IS looked thronsh the keyhole of a door oppowte the 8 Patent OSiCo. an« tv* ton obtain acquaintance with two of the witnesses a lady who was subject to aberration subjects." FatpttU in less time than those remote from in an abjoining bed-chamber, and saw at the trial, and I mean to try if I of mind, narrowly escaped participating The kings of Worternburg were, WASHISGION. Send UOUkL. DRA HVAO or can hear of them in the village." in a tragedy of the most shocking 3*11010 of invention. Wo advise as to patentability the landlord rifling James Gray's from the first of the line who owed and free of charse and we ina*a AO VUAJitiS The man-servant and the womanservant kind. The lady had, in what was evidently pockets. his royal title to Bonaparte, poor CW/.LS6 1'ATKAT IS SFCURKU V^-i« who had been in theemployment one of her aberrations, requested For circular, advice, term* and references to creatures. Prince Napoleon's grandfather It Harris answered to this, that all actual clients in your own state. Count), City oi of Thomas Harris, had good him to accompany her to another was a stingy boor, unamiable Iowa, write to his neighbors knew him to be an honest wmm$mmmm characters, and were allowed to keep part of the house, and he deemed it in all his private relations and gross inan. He had found Grey in a fit, their plases by the person who succeeded altogether best to follow. Suddenly Gppotiu Patent 0£ict, Waahetgion, O. in his pleasures, which he managed Our brewery is fully equipped and able to and nad endeavored to restore him to possession of the inn. Under he found that she had led him out upon ill orders. to take without spending money. He to his senses without success. The Bingham Bros. the new proprietor the business the roof of the house. Once there, Mr F. Grebe has charge ot the bottling esta! became, as he advanced in life, a doctor who had examined the body I* had fallen off. The place was associated she calmly insisted upon leaping to the iistixoeat. gat supported this assertion by declaring •'Falstaff" in corpulency, and was with a murdpr. and a prejudice ground, and taking him with her. He few UJm Mmi. that he had found no marks of violence nicknamed the"Two-legged Spider," against it existed in the minds of struggled to save himself and hei', and on the dead traveller. In the because the limbs remained thin and travellers. The bed-rooms were all as her frenzy gave her unusual strength, DEALERS IN opinion of the magistrate, the case long. When his daughter Catharine empty, one evening, when a stranger the gentleman found his task a very R. FfefTerI$ a againts Harris had now broken down, arrived, who described himself as an hard one. When at last he succeeded was betrothed to Jerome Bonaparte and the prisoner would have been angler desirous of exercising his skill in getting her off the roof and into a her royal father ga"\e her a homemade discharged, but for the appearance of in the trout-&team which ran near the place of safety, he was rather more trousseau, the materials lor the maid-servant asking to be sworn. Dealer ia village. dead than alive, so great was his exhaustion which cost $110, and $500 her LATH, SIOTGLES, D00ES, and excitement. Perhaps pocket when she was setting out for Maria Mackling then made the He was a handsome man, still youner, Groceries, he might have saved himself the strain statement that follows"On with pleasant manners, and. with something Paris. She gave the latter to the SASH AND BLINB. if he had exhibited the presence ol the morning when my fellowservant in his fine upright figure which Charity Board soon after she got CANNED, DRIED & GREE2T mind that was once shown by a friend Linie, Cement and CoaJL found Mr. Harris throttling suggested to the new landlord that there, Napoleon having decided to of the mad English poet, Nathaniel James Gray, I was in the back washhouse, he might have been at one time in the give her $2,000 worth of clothes and FBUITSj^p? Lee, who was confined in Bedlam. The which looks out on the garden, army. Everybody in the village liked jewels. As she was very sensitive, friend visited him there, and found and wondered what he wanted there him he spent his money freely and Flour and. Fte Napoleon told her that French ladies Lowest prices always. him apparently restored to reason. at that early hour. I watched him. he was especially kind and considerate were so bigoted to their own fashion Lee showed him the "institution," He was within afew yards of the window, towards the servants. as to expect all foreign princesses STOHB,WOODEN AND ~WII.TJ&W. and finally led him out on the roof. when I saw him take a handful of Opposite Railroad Depot, Elias Morgan frequently accompanied who married Fiench princes to wear Then the poet seized nim by the arm, WAKE gold pieces out of his pocket, and wrap KEWULM, him on his fishing excursions. MINH nothing they brought with them. and quietly but firmly "remarked! them up in something that looked 3IEW ULM, MINJTi Maria Mackling looked after his linen "Come, let us immortalize ourselves Her son, the present Prince Napoleon, like a bit of canvas. After that, he with extraordinary care contrived to by leaping off this roof." He meant inherits the pounding, awkward gait went on to a tree a cornier of the meet him constantly on the stairs it, and was strong enough to carry which won for him the nickname of garden, and dug a hole under the tree and greatly enjoyed the compliments the other with him. By all means let "Plon-Plon" from his Wurtemburg and hid the money in it. Send the which the handsome gentleman paid us immortalize ourselves," said the grandsire. The second King of V\ urtemburg constab'e with me to the garden, and to her on these occasions. friend "but any fool could jump down was the father of the late let him see if I have not spoken the In the exchange of confidences that that would n't help us any. Let's go truth." Queen of Holland, the first wife of followed, he told Maria that he was a Manufacturer of and Dealer in down to the ground and .jump up. But good Parson Tibbald waiced the now dying Dutch King William. single man, and he was thereupon informed That would make us famous!" The awhile to give his neighbor an opportunity She was half-sister to King Charles, that the chambermaid and the CIGARS, maniac was taken with the idea, and of answering the maid-servant. the third and reigning monarch of waiter were engaged to be married. they went down but Lee never got up OF PURE COD LIVER OIL Thomas Harris startled everybody the dynasty who is now the cause of They were only waiting to find better to the roof again. TOBACCOS,1 present by turning pale, situations, and to earn money enough all the trouble in his kingdom. The MS HYPOPHOSPHITES and failing to defend himself intelligibly to start in business for them&elves. Queen of Wurtemburg is the Russian PIPES against the sprious statement 4 Almost as Palatable as Milk. In the third week of the stranger's Grand Duchess Olga, a daughter of made by the girl. The constable Origin of Osculation. residence at the inn, there occurred a the Emperor Nicholas of Bussia, Cor. Minnesota and Centra So disguised that it an be taken, wa« accordingly sent to the earden ie "British Apollo," when grandfather of the present Czar. She change for the worse in his relations digested, a assimilated by the most .i£ed with Maria Mackling—and there, '-:4f*i streets* with one of the two servants. He excited sensitive gtomacb, the plain oil has no children and a nephew is the why kissing was so popular, what its under the tree, the gold pieces were cannot be tolerated and by the com the jealousy of Elias Morgan, heir to the throne. KEWOLffl, ''Wnttf+y benefit, and who its inventor, replied: in a on of the oil it the hypophos* found. After this the magistrate had This man set himself to watch phites is a more efficacious. "Ah, madame, had you a lover you but one alternative left. He committed enman,* Maria, and made discoveries which so Remarkable as a flesh producer* would not come to Apollo tor a solution the prisoner lor tnal at the next enraged him, that he not only behaved Ho a Hunter Killed a Deadly Reptile Persons gain rapidly while taking it. since there is no dispute but the assi/es. brutally to his alfianced, but forgot While Facing a Furious Tiger. kisses of mutual lovers give infinite SCOTT'S EMULSION is acknowledged b^ The witnesses having repeated their the respect due to his master's guest. The beaters had been at work half Dealer in satisfaction. As to its invention it is Physicians to be the Finest and Best prepa evidence beiore the judge and thejury, The amiable gentleman, who had r-BLT?r 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 an hour, says the Tines of India certain that nature was its author, ration in the world for the relief and cure Thomas Harris was asked what he shown such condescending kindness when we heard a cry announcing and it began with the first courtship." had to say in his own defence. CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, Rats, Caps, Notions, $ toward his inferiors, suddenly exhibited that the man-eater was making Ins It seems difficult to conceive of a time In those days the merciless law did GENERAL DEBILITY, WASTIMC a truculent temper. He knocked Groceries, Provisions* way toward the plain, hustled some- when kissing was unknown m.this isl DISEASES, EMACIATION, not allow prisoners to have the assistance the waiter down. Elias got up again Scandinavian tradi- a h? th° yo]le?s of stones but and, and yet a COLDS and CHRONIC COUGHS. CroeJsery und Glassware, I of counsel. Karris was left to with an evil light in his eyes. He said, kissing was first, in-! sharpening his claws and growling The great remedy for Consumption, am do his best for himself During his "The man who once kept this house Green, Dried and Canned I tion states that kissing was first in Wasting in Children. Sold by all Druggists defiance. In taking up our positions confinement in prison, he found time knocked me down, and he lived, sir, troduced into England by Rowenathe Fruits, etc, etc, it so happened that Lieut. Farrington to compose his mind, and to consider to be sorry for it." H. HANSCHEir, beautiful daughter of Hengist. In Edward beforehand how he might most fitly was on my right, in line with the Self-betrayed by those threatening the IV.'s reign it was usual for a I will always take farm produce In exen&vgt-' plead his own cause. After a solemn mouth of the gully and not more words, Elias went out of the room. guest, both on his arrival and at his Contractor and Builder, for goods, and pay thelugbtat market prjewfor al) assertion of his innocence, he proceeded than twenty feet from my elbow. He Having discovered in this way that kinds of paper rags. departure, to kiss bis hostess and all in these words had a double barreled rifle of heavy his suspicions of one ot the witnesses the ladies of her family. Again, in "At my examination before the caliber, while I had a repeater. In against t^e unfortunate Harris had In connection with my store I hn%* a flr»t-c4a» Henry's time, when Cavendish visited magistrate, my maid-servanfs evidence Special attention giyen to mason been well founded, Antony Gray set three or four minutes after the cry of lalooa urnlsbed with a splendid bi»liar-J i»fej« aaelf 4, I a French nobleman at his own chateau, took me by surprise. I was ray customers will always and good liqaotra «*$, $ y. his trap next to catch the woman, warning the tiger appeared in the work in the city and country. the mistress of the house at the ashamed to acknowledge what I am and achieved a result which he had cigars, and every forenoon a splendid Jaaelu mouth of the gully, head on to Farrington, head ot her maidens thus greeted him: now resolved to confess. My lord, I New Ulm, Minn. not ventured to coutemplate. V£\*s and looking him straight in "For as much as ye be an Englishman, am by nature a covetous man, fond *& Having obtained a private interview the face. The North Star Lung and Throat Bal whoss custom it is in your country to of money, afraid of thieves, and suspicious All goods purchased of me will bo dellTarasl »». f-p with Maria Macklmg, he presented sam is a sure cure for coughs and co)cK of people about me wno know kiss all ladies and gentlewomen without any part of the city Ires of cost. I himself in the character of a penitent "Hold on! He's my meat!" shouted offense, and although it be not so that I am well-to-do in the world. I Minnesota 3trest, rjia. MtaafT* man. "I am afraid," he said, the officer, as he brought his gun up, admit that 1 did what other miserly hei in this realm, yet will I be soand "that I have innocently lowered you it became a point of honor with THE AK® CHICAGO men have done before me- I hid the bold as to kiss you, and so shall all in the estimation of your jealous the rest of us to hold our fire. Ho gold as the girl has said. But I my maidens." Erasmus, grave and M. EPPLE, Prop'r. sweetheart, I shall never forgive myself, took cool and careful aim, but the buried it in secret for my own better staid scholar as he was, writps enthusiastically i! I had been so unfortunate as bullet simply touched the skin between NEW ULM,fllINN)f security. Every farthing of that money of the practice: "If you MDOTESOTA ST. to raise an obstacle to your marriage." the tiger's ears. He dropped is my property, and has been honestly go to any place you are received with like a stone, but was up in an instant, come by." a kiss by all if you depart on a journey Maria rewarded the handsome, 2 and with a roar to shake any S *3«*".«Bnea desires toln'orm the people* Such was the defence in substance. you are dismissed with a tciss vou single gentleman with a look which expressed I New Ulm and vicinity that he lia»re-e*ta&(*£ man's nerves he sprang forward at Having heard it, the judge summed up return—kisses are exchanged they ed his meat mnrkot and is now prenpared to we* modest anxiety to obtain & on Ms «ld customers and friends witl* only cfcs the lieutenant. In the tenth of a the case. come to visit you—a kiss" the first position in his estimation. RAILWAY. best fresh and eared meats, »n»«a~»«. Urd »vd «w second I turned my eyes from the His lordship dwelt particularly on thing they leave you—you kiss them erytliine usually kept a first-cl-ws market TM« '•I must forgive you, if you can't highest mirket price will be paid for PAT CAlt beast to the officer, and what was the circumstances of the hiding of the all round. Do they meet you anywhere—kisses Penetrates the Centres of Populatio: forgiveyourself," she answered, softly. TLS,H1LES, WOOL, ETC. W A I money pointing out the weakness of in abundance. Lastly, my horror to see a serpent twining in "Indeed. I owe you a debt of gratitude. M. E the reasons assigned by the wherever you move, there is nothing itself about his legs and rearing its ILLINOIS, IOWA, You have released me from an prisoner for his conduct, and leaving bui kisses—and if you had but once head to a level with his shoulder. engagement to a brute. And, what is WISCONSIN, it to the jury to decide which forgot all about the oncoming tigei. more," she added, beginning to lose a them 'how soft they are! they believed—the statement given in fragrant! on my honor you would not and for the first time in my life nr' MICHIC*Air, her temepr, "an ungrateful brute. evidence by the witnesses, orthestatement wish to reside here for 10 vears onlv But for me, Elias Morgan might have blood seemed to ice. Farringtoii MINNESOTA. AND made by Harris. The jury appeared but for life."—All the Year Round. ceen put in prison, and have richly stood with his left foot ahead and bi«* DAKOTA, BREWERY? to think consultation among deserved it!"* 4 right foot braced, and as the tiger NEEItASKA and themselves, in this case, a mere waste Antony did his best to persuade her Men W Saved the Union. touched the ground for his last of time. In two minutes they found to speak more plainly. But Maria WYOMING spring the rifle spoke again, and tlie Colonel Donn Piatt's new book, the prisoner guilty of the murder of was on her guard, and plausibly deferred JOS. SCHMUCKER, beast rolled over with a ball through "Memories of Men Who Saved the Union," James Gray. explanation to a futureoppor his brain. Then, while we all kept Its TRAIir SJSR VICE Isca rctu excites lively attention. His NEW ULM, MINNESOTA In these days. a man had been tunity. She had, nevertheless, said our places like so many blocks of aminmed to mvei x-f-qulri'm-ms five heroes are Lincoln, Stanton.Chase, judicially condemned to death on enough already to lead to serious Pure beer sold in quantities to suit th# stone, he dropped bis rifle, seized the local tvu ye!, sua well as to furw Seward and General George H. Thomas. doubtful evidence, after two minutes purchaser. Special attention paid to th* consequences. hissnake just below the head with his the most attractive liontt'S bottling oi beer. *~T-iW* of consideration, our parliament and He makes it very clear to The jealous waiter, stilf a self-appointed addtohisright hand, and came walking tous. through tra vel between imports. our press would have saved his life. readers why he does not spy on Maria's movements, hisward The serpent writhed and In the bad old times Thomas Harris military list. The reasons for had heard in hiding all that passed at THABB CE2STRES. TIE HE W DIM was hanged meetinghis fate with firmness, twisted about in his rage, and as it the interview. Partly in revenge.partly omission of various well known names and declanngbis innocence with uncoiled itself from the man's leg he in his own interests, he decided on are likely to receive a general bomfrom Its EQUIPMENT of Day a* .his last breath. anticipating any confession on thebardment flung it thirty feet away. I was hero-worshipers. CITY PLANING MILL Parlor' Cars, Dining und Between live and &fe months after chambermaid's part. The same day rushing back at him, when one of the Whatever view may be taken of his bleep.n% Car* is without rnL \, the date/®f the execution, an Englishman he presented himself before Parson party with a shotgun at his shoulder failure to bestow praises where he I Its B.OAD-JlKB ia perfection, who had been employed in foreign Tibbald as a repentant criminal, resigned blew its head off. does not think them due, there will be MANTJFACTURM I 8tone-b'iUa,*ied fiteel. military service leGurned to his to enlighten justice in the character "Good shot," remarked Farrington, a general agreement among the friends The NOJit 11 WESTERN is tl pOORS, WINDOW SASH,. own country, after an absence oi of King's Evidence. and admirers of General Thomas that as he walked back and picked twelve years., and set himself to discover favorite route tor the Commerci The intamous conspiracy to which quite aside from any comparisons up his rifle. |f VENETIAN BLINDS, the members of his i&mily who Tr*t relerf the Tourist aid the »S'eW Thomas Harris had tallen a victim which Colonel Piatt institutes, he has We ran after him and shook his misfit yet be id the land of the living. ers utter New H»mes Ut the Gold had been first suggested by his own produced the most worthy tribute to hand and showered unstinted praise This man was Anthony Gray, a MOULDINGS AND FRAMED Northwest, nai&erly habits. that great soldier which has yet appeared. on him for his nerve, but he would younger bi other of the (deceased Detn Ie tfrornmiion chrertn Purely by aeeident,, in the first instance, While he presents new and James. IfPfoniwfif, turning and ail not be a hero. It was the presence taridihest by* the woman servant had seen most interesting pictures of each of of the serpent, which was of a highly 1 C. W. H. HEIDESIAN, A??3nt. work with rib-saw promptly He succeeded tracing his mother's him secretly burying money under his characters, his chapter on Thomas poisonous species, which had disturbed sister and her husband, two childless the tr«e, and had informed the manservant is the masterpiece of the book. Every II and neatly executed. his first aim. He felt it under old people in feeble health. From the oi her discovery. ^u%"'^° friend of Thomas will cordially fcbank his foot, and realized that its bite husband, who had been present at the J. M. WHITMAN, &i H. C. WICKEiX j£ He had examined the b'dinfpTacf,* the author. All who watch the course meant death, but a maddened tiger All worai guaranteed, RatM~r»a*«a» trial, but _who had not been included with a view to robbery which might of pending controversies over our war I S General Manager, Traffle Man abiti* among "he witnesses, Antony heard benefit his sweetheart and himself, history will await with interest the was before him, and he did not giv& C. ZELLHL Pna^ •A fJ the terrible story which '*^sbeen had just and had found the sum fleereted too stir which the volume is sure to make. E. P, WILSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent. 4 the snake a.second thought.,