Irving Blue Valley Gazette from Irving, Kansas • 1

''I VOLUME III. IRVING, MARSHALL -COUNTY, KANSAS, OCTOBER NUMBER IRVING I'ltOTOUBAl'imtU THB IIABY. Ill' ma UK A ft Ot.ll-rAHHlOStCO WAV. irhleeji hundred aud aoveBly-ait, I ivik by four and naught remalna IhlaU) (ho year wlrn Cupid Rlvea i dimpled hand hie golden rbalne! thotijrh Up tent, the tripping Yoet 1 bldf. wiejlu uonic'a aafe retreat Tho Squire announced that ho would How open tho inquest.

A jury consisting of number of officers was impan-clod, Larry llootby, the oolorod marker, was informally examined. Iicing a black man, his testimony, under tho laws of Virginia, was formally inadmissible. Ho stated that just art Capt. Snmmerville had arrived in front of tho targot, a Rhot had been tired at him from behind tho last troo to tho pven when we do not foel It world wore all smoothness, we would ber ready for emigration to a highor and bettor. Blustering March wooping April prepare; us for a shining May.

This world is a poor hitchlnpj Jwst. Instead of tying fast on coTd mountains, w.o had better whip aid jjiosten on toward the warm ihn, our good, friends are looking out the window, watchiiig to see us come "IV- l'KAKB, yoT l'KXl. living God replied the young Lieutenant, solemnly. I am sorry to have to ordor you under arrest, Lievttcnaut," said tho General, gravely. Tho Lieutenaut bowed, and Captain took his sword from him.

Next day, Scorosby reported to Gon Perkins. "General," ho said to him, "I am sorry to inform you that Liout. Horsey had yoRtcrdny morning a quarrel with Capt. Summorvillo in my presence. During this, quarrel Ji repeatedly throato'ued ho would Bhoot tho Captain." Upon this evidence Lieut.

Hersey was sent to tho Winchester jail' on a charge of murder. Ho was a yonng dork. wa WeJt.ln oitvaaartuin, And ten tlroee a day We lee In a window, JiM ovcr the, A fale of rara beauty Wl read like a bonk. Atirtffhe mustn't RfHti((lj wo can't help but lou, Hprfcftir in brown hwme' lllpriBOH)PMl frU-C, Herjrlieehe are Hire toeeK; Hlr form la atl.ftrnccf We now notwe tjare Viiioever he Shell the protUartgjtl, vVj la At wa aver did aee. I'.

KAJtAXTQIKH. T.I Ej'ITAl'ji uppa Kiebard-Uhlteiry-liriiJ! Jib Sun, oon, Ham, and yerMlV4aolH I Are gTav then dwindled Into lluUon-fttHttil Let it bfc recorded for- theredmfortf (Mi (lisoonsolnio. virgins-1 whrrrerer- they A mnidon tlady who married iuj Hay.eriilluMassv litrniig her 8lfTi birthday. The -this Mi bridegfoo was her junior by two yearB. ")M (tc Jack, who b'asjust received (V letter) 'J You look precious-down; old 1 othiii wrohg witlr-thoich Id nnntfjio's beenflo-bad hope.

she' not worse." Jack N-o-o she's betl A FAnx mi the other day wrolo' to a Now Yor merchant askufgiirnf the for- mcr's sor was-getting along, and whore slept.) ights. Tho merchant replied: "He sleeps in, tho store in theflflytimo." ilon't know where he sleeps nights." IS if They came at 10 a.rn.'-tlia his. grandmother, his papa, arid mamma, an- two amines. j.ney, w.anT.00. to drvb iuh picture taken.

HifeTobligirig artist gol everything in readmtws, Vrought but tho' 1:111. Li 1. iiLLiu veivotiiineu 111 wuivo babies ore usually oad then tho trouble began. baby's papa wonted to tnko off its- bo-cause it had, such pretty fatf arlrfsbut its mamma was afraid that it might take cold. Then one auntie thought it would be' 'so sweot to take off his ltttlo stockings aud sit him in a big arm-chair, but his other auntie thought that such a performance would be very, immodost, in-, deed, and a conflict eeermxl imminent.

Finally it was agreed that they should take the artist's advice and strap him up the high ohair. After mttch ringing bolls the baby was induced to look' with favtir on tho new state of affairs. Tho artist prepared to take thejiegative, but Just at tho critical njomept tho infant doubled himself across thq strap and screamed lustily. His papa jingled the bells anew, the artist Bet tho music-box going, whilo the mamma drow lum out of his chair, and one aiintio called him a putzy utzy ittlo sing." Pcaco being restored, another nega tive was taken, this timo With tolerable success. But 0110 auntio did not like the expression of the face, fnu the ftamma thought that it (ltd not'do justice to kin eyes.

Tho next timo ho Ftuirk both rlste into his mouth and shut ono eye; aud tho next time his grandma, who had been watching him intontly, ran iastilyj forwatd and began -shaking him aud slapping him on thg back. It was 12 o'clock, and the thermome-, ber stood at ninety eight degrees in tho and that artist ground his teeth and looked" to see how far it was from tho window to the sidewalk; Three or four moro unsatisfactory attempts were made, and at last the baby, who had been taken out of the chair so many times arid Was not properly secured, lipped down on tho floor with a thump. A grand hubbub followed; everybody screamed; the timid auntio fainted aud the papa sworo; whilo the tremblingartist, fearing for his life, secreted himself behind a Hcrccii in the corner, where ho waited until he was sure that no bones wero broken, and then ho came forth, saying that he had been suddenly called dowu stairs to seo a man. He was so much relicve'd on being told that they would not try again that day, that he forgot to livo up to his rules and demand pay when the negative is taken." As they started down the stairs tho head of the family iuformed him that they would call again in a few days, and ho has hired a small boy to sit at tho foot of tho steps and bring him word ot thoir approach, so that he may havo time to lock the door and hang out a notice Gono to tho Centennial." Umtthn lltHITATIKIl VAVS. aro times whon everything The.

seems to go wrong. From 7 o'clock a. till 10 p. aft'iirs lire in a twist. You rise in the morning and tho room is cold, and a button is olf, and the beef steak is tough, and tho staves smoke, aud the pipes burst, and you start down tho street nettled from head to foot.

AU day long things nro adverse, Inninna lions, petty losses, meanness on the part of enntorrrors, Tho ink -bottle up-Bets aud spoilrj'tho carpet, Somo oikj gives a wrong turn to tho damper ami tho gas escapes. An agent comes in determined ft) insure your life, when it is already insured for more than it worth, and you are afraid some one will knock you on tho head to get tho price of your policy but ho sticks to you, showing you pictures of old me, and tho hour-fclasR, and death's scythe, and a skeleton, making it quite certain that you will die before your time, unless yon tako papers in his company. Besides this, you have cold in your head, and a grain of dirt in your eye, and you are a walking uneasiness. The day is out of joint, and no Burgeon can set it. Tho probability is that if you would look at the weather-vane, you would find that tho wiud is northeast, and you might remember that you havo lost much sloop lately.

It might happen to bo that yon are out of joint instead of the day. careful and not write many letters whilo you are, in that irritated mood. I You will pen somo things that you will be aorry for ititerward Let us roniomber that these spiked nettled of life aro part of our discipline. Life wuuld got uauseatirr; if it all honey. Thu tblo wtmH bo poorly Hct that had ou it iwithiiiK treiiele.

need a little vinegar, mustard, pepper, uud howtt-radjsh tjjgb briuya thy tuurn, this never and the up of mai the Ml or less to tho the are As as of Forn-hat Iikbr wonlfl rtray Fmin the path of ted way 7 When Rramlma yntitiR, b0 quaintly gayn, They t'i'aidoro'l tT jpiu.iliiR-wliBcl, Or eonnt the Hn- Ihm 'we(thoBrt at.yed By (kg r.iwT(f ou BUJ now gry 0l(, lor IieaJ l.fe hia no'er grown cold Amt ah (oya to-day 'rTo talk of tha dear old-fnnhtoned way. Mh 1 the ropy chcrkn and trio laufthlnR eyes 1 llrhlnd (ha window-panea will welt, (living Cupid warning that other haiida Tlian fhelra mnal open the household gate The wheela art gone gtrla do not aptn I But the lover that wooh-4 Kiire to wlu A bride aolnu day. If ha woo In oliMaehlnned way. Urlglit oranRe-hloaaome and a wedfllng uhtnie 1 To each maf len'a heart are aure to bring A hint of tlie'Bweet and Joyoua time, hhe, wear love 'a prectoua ring A hint nftr'a eharm that la ever new, Wheu'fn-A the liuaid fa apread for (wo; T3o aho'll not Hay Nay," lpad In Lovu'B dear old-fa-hloned way. A VI CK VLOTTElt.

Whero cau I find Squire Windom?" a iitiHt-eovereil trvlr, jimt galloiiod into tlio town of Yinclion-hr, at 5 o'clock ou the lOtli of AiiruhI, )81ti, to novnrnl oitizoim lounging in front of tho Cumberland Hotel. You will lhid Itira nt Miko Komly'n lulliitrd mloon, on tho coruor," ivpliod olio of tlio cili.ciiB, What in tho muttart Kan anything My (tod! ytw," lTjilicd tlio liorKo-Iimn. "Oaj't. HummiTvillo, of your citf, wan nliot ilciul, au hour ago, nt tho JPliiHt brigade oncaro))mont." Thd citizen sprung to thoir foot in (flruut exoitomctit, "Shot U'iid I By whom?" thoy in- uirod m-itlj one accord. Ky au unknown aHKassin," replied tho borftemiin.

I have been Rent to piiro Vrindom at once wmo out and Jliolil au iniumt over tlio 'Fit'tftm, mitititeH later tho Squire, 'accompanied by the inovHciigor and a 'number of" uiotintod citizen, were on i their 'way to tho grove, llaroo milea from WiiicheHter, wlu'ro Uio Kirnt biigadu of the Virginia militia wafchohljng itn au-ii mi 1 ncimipnii nt. Vpon reaching the flrny foum) the camp in a perfect uproar. The Commanding (lonoial of the brigade, Klihu I'erkifiH, naid to Squire Windom "Coroner, tho painful event for which 1 have iMiwd you to be Hiunmoued, oo-cuiTcil as followH Shortly after 3 o'clock to day tlio Winehontor Company of Iight Infantry had invited tho brigade hUIT and other ofl'ieera of tlio encampment to witnonH their rillo practice, dipt. Sunimerville, of your town, tired the tlmt allot. Ho thought he had hit the hull'Hovo.

The marker nignalled he had not. dipt. Sunimerville hurried to the target. When he had about reached it a nhot wiih fired by some unknown pnrtj and we were shocked Bee dipt. Summciville fall to tho ground.

Tho llrnt two peraoim that came to hifl aHHi'nt-iineo wore the murker of theVompauy, Larry llootby, an old colored man, and Mr. Hcoronhy, Kirat Ijieutenant of Capt. Siiir.nieivill('H company. Hut tho bullet had entered the brain of tho unfortunate olllcer, an 1 in a minute or two ho had breathed hia laft. Will you accompany me to tho Biugeon'H tout, whero thorn-maitiH of Capt.

Sunimerville. are lying;" TRo Squiro with Oen. I'er-kinn and other to tho Fiirgoon's tent. There they found the brigade and regimental fuirgroiiH ergaged in trying to extract the liulh from tho terriblo wiuuiil wlilrfi The poor Captain had re-foived win', thtv back part of his hoad. Among the byHtauderH who watched tho Kiekening proccemliugH with tho moat marka of grief was t'irat Lieutenant Hcorcaliy.

OU, my poor Captain ho grooncd ugain and again. Several ollltew Htepped up to hhu and t'otiHnlwl Inm. JIu bin si into tears unci aotilied convulHivel(V. My poor Captain he aiglied again and again. At this moment tho surgeons extracted the bullet.

They looked at it and wero evidently gnmtly aurprisi d. "It is a j'ihtotbullet exclaimed tho brigndi a trgeuu. Squire Windotn aud Ounk Perkins examined it. Yen, it a home jiiHtol bullet," said the (ieiieml, Wlio could liavo tired it?" left. Tho negro added that ho had not looked at anybody but tho wounded Captain, whom he had raised up in his arms.

A minuto latr Lieut. Scorosby arrived on the spot. Capt. Bumraorville merely said: "I know who did this," and he then expired. Liout.

Scorosby confirmed this statement, except that he said Capt. Sum- merville's last words had beeri, I don't know who did this." Tho surgeons declared that death had been brought about by a pistol shot, and the jury found thit tho shot had been lirod by some person unknown. Squire Windom had then a long, con fidential conversation with Gen. Perkins, who, at its close, ordered the whole brigade to bo formed in lino. As soon as this was done, tho General said to tho soldiers I order thosoi-of you who have pistols, to deliver them to mo for inspection.

Largo numbers officers and men stopped forward and produced their pistols. AH of thom wero carefully examined, but none of thom wero found to have boon recently fired. Is there any officer or man who has not shown mo his pistol shouted the Ooncral after the examination was over. There was no response Tho soldiers were sent back to their touts. Squire Windom took the remains of tho murdered officer in oharge.

An escort, commanded by Lieut. Sooresby, accompa nied thom to Winchester. The terriblo and mysterious event had thrown a pall over tho entire encampment. In tho evening a largo party of officers was assembled in tho lent of Gnu. Perkins.

As a matter of course, nothing wits spokon of but tho death of Capt. Snmmerville. l)uriug the conversation a messenger arrived from Lieut. Sooresby, bringing the following letter to Gen. Perkins Dkak nre to aak tho ijHontinu whether or not tho Hecourt' Lieutenant of oar company, Andrew Uoraov, ahowed hia pititul to you tliir "afternoon Ho had a largo home piatol, and one ofho men of oar OHcort (Private Haxe) told mo juat now that Hornoy'a pixtot wax not in Jiia belt tiis afternoon, and that during the oia'nilnatloii lie- manifonU'd tlio titmont agitation.

I nhall bo In oarop at naybroak to-morrow with farther information on this tuhject, which 1 daro not to pa-xr Jnat yet. Veiy WHpea-tf ally Eaunkht The Oeneral showed this noto'to Col, Pinkney. The latter, after reading it, whispered to the Oeneral rj Lieut. Horsey is present." The General stood npfnd saitl in a loud voico Will Second Lieut. Hcrsoy atop forward A tall, haiulKomo young officer responded.

Ho looked pale, and there was in his eyes a visible expression of mieasinoss. Lieut. Horsey'," said the General to him, "have you no pistol "I had until thisafternoon, General," ho replied in a tremulous voico "but when tho btrget firing commonood, I took off my uniform coat and beU, in, which I liad the pistol, and aftec Capt. Summerville had been shot I missed tho pisol." Thorowai a hum of excitement among tho assembleil oftlcors. said tho 40'eneral, gravely, did you leave the block-house from which your men were friiiig at tho target before Capt.

Summelvillo was I did, General," replied Lieut. "Liout. Scorosby asked mo, to, go with him aud see whathor Lairv JloW by, the colored marker, was n'ol making wrong signals, Ho said, hqw-spkl go along tho right sido of the shooting ditch, and askod mo to go along tio left Bide. Before wo met ihV fataj ahot was fired. That is all' I havo to say, Genoral." "And you declare, upon your word an an otlloer aud gentleman, Lieutenaut, that you did not havo your pistol with you, and that, it was afterward missing I do, General, as sure as th-jre is a -To t.

Loiis UlblK' MmfTfmt ssya it(o sensitive gentlemen, hiwwii 117 narno of Tigg; a petition the Circuit Coirrt'of that 'city, a day -J two for a change of name to the' porkisli name o( Peako. The lawyer, Mr. Diuiean Cameron, made no re mark, but quietly handed the document Jtutgo Gottsobalk, who read it with a slight grunt CiT satisfaction, and gWited request At The petition is in follpi-thg words: "Ii Circuit Coftrt, St. Lou is In matter of application for change of name. Your petitioners, Marcus S.

Pigg hritPWilliam C. Pigg, who arqjbrothnrs, respectfrillj tate that their rill names "as. follows: Marcus L. Pigg and William' C. that they desire to havo sajd names changcd.iBO that; the same may bo spelled and pronounced Lafayotbs Peako ahd WilliAn C.

Peako, good reason for thesaul desired change of hame, pctitionvrs stato that othor members of the" Jmily have hafn thoir names changed hi mo mode above desiced. That the niimo Pigg is a cor- ruption of the word Pique," tho former family ttiime of your petitioners That thenarnoof Pigg is offensivp in sound, and often excites ridicule; wherefore tlicy desire )x) havo said name changed above indicated, so that if may be spelled and pronounced Poako, instead Pigg. Mauocb Pino, Wiu-iam C. Two. It may well be imagined that a man namod Pigg would meet with constant mortlflcatiorl in society on account of his patronymic.

Hogg is a common namo in Scotland, but Tigg is rare in all countries. Mr. Pigg must havo had rorne) difficulty in obtaining a wife, as few young ladies of taste will consent to become a Tigg. And then, how annoying it must bo to him to. bo a'-ked, How is Mrs.

Tigg and all tho little Pigg?" It is not pleasant for lum to hear the boys on' the street singing, 'Little pig, big pig, root hog or tlio." By changing their name to Peako, tho Pigg brothers oscapo nil these aud a thousand other annoyances. noi.ri: ix jtvsMij. Russia is still a good deal behind the rest of Europe in tho matter of wolves. These whose heads used to be a Bourco of incomo to the borderers of Wales, and of which the last wero slain in by Cameron, of Lochiol, make a considerable figure in the agricultural returns of tho Ilussian empire. According to pamplot which M.

Lnzarevsky has circulated, the wolves in 1H73 did as much damage as a Tartar invasion might havo inflicted. They carried off 179,000 cattlo and smaller domestic animals from the forty-tlvo governments of llussia in Europe. In tho Baltic provinces fell 1,000 head of horned cattlo, and in tho Polish provinces 2,700 oxon, and sheep, pigs, and goats. Tho Jmirnal lit calculates that if a cow bo reckoned es worth thirty onirics, and a sheep at four roubles, tho groRS pura of the tribute levied bv tho wolves in Russia must reach 7,700,000 roubles. This is an amount of money quite well worth looking after, and it represents a number of wolves, which must bo dangerous even to human life.

In the forestsot France, and in the Pvronoes, tho wolves last winter attacked somo shepherds, and they now and then venture within tho walls of lonely chateaus aud farm-houses. But their numbers, of course, cannot be compared with tho enormous hosts of savago boasts in RusHia, which ono may perhaps guess at from tho qnantity of wolves which must band together to kill aud carry off one able-bodied ox. Tho writers of good little books, who invariably illustrate tho virluo' of self-sacritloe bv tho story of Eric, the faith ful serf, who.resoued his master family by throwing himself as food to tho wolves, will be pleased to loam that opportunities of practicing devotion in tho best stylo will long continue to be found in Russia. London Dally News. The sinclo scull raue 1" rxclaimod i'lin old lady, as sho laid down tho morn- .1 ing paper.

juy gracious 1 4. uiun 1 kiiow there was a raeo of men with doubld skulK" they after man ho I without relatives or special friends in Winchester, and owed his appointment as Lieutenant solely to his familiarity with tho manual of arms and tactics. Tho gfand jury met, and indicted hitu for murdor in the first degree. Two days beforo tho prisouor's trial tamo off, Larry JSootby, the colored marker, callod upom young- Horsey. he "you have always been very kind to mo.

Now, I have found something that will startle you. Look at thia pistol Ho pro duced a largo horso-pistol. "Great God cried nersey, "it is my pistol. Larry, where did you find it?" "I found it in a hole under tho troo from behind whioh Capt. Summervillo was shot." "To the right of tho ditch, Larry "Yes." Hersey sent immediately for his counsel, and told him what tho negro had communicated to him.

Bo of good cheer," said tho lawyer, for this confirms certain other things which I havo found out to-day." In my favor?" "Yes, Mr, Hersey. Yon are as good as acquitted." On tho day of tho trial tho court room at Winchester was crowded to its utmost capacity. After several unimportant witnesses had been heard, KarueHt Scorcsby was called to Ihostnnd. In reply to tho questions of tho prose cuting attorney he made statements similar to that in his letter to Gen. Perkins, Tho counsel for tho prisoner cross-exam ined him.

"Scorosby," ho will you swear that you did not shoot Capt. Sunimerville?" There was A great commotion in the court. "1 I stammerod tho witness. "Yes, you, sir! Did you not hide this pistol in a hole under tho tree from which you fired the murderous shot?" The lawyer hold up Horsey's pistol, and Scorosby turned deadly pale. His forehead waseovered with perspiration.

Ho' made no reply.1 Did you not tell Miss Harriet Wheeler, after she had rejected your proposals, that sho should never marry Capt. Summerville thundered tho lawyer. Scorosby buried his face in his hands. Your Honor," said the lawyer to the presiding Judge, wo havo tho most damnatory evidence to the effect that that villain, Scorosby, murdered Capt. Summerville." shall bo taken to jail," said tho Tudge.

1 direct'tho jury to honorably acquit the prisoner." Scoresiiy. made a confession the following day. At his trial was sentenced to bo hung lint the Governor of Viginia commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life. It iS A Til IS IIIHTII. No man who is fit to live need fear to dio.

Poor, timorous, faith lops souls that wo are I How wo shall smilo at our vain alarms when the worst has happened I lo us here death is the most terrible word wo know. But when wo havo tasted its reality, it will mean to us birth, deliverauco, a uow creation of ourselves. It will bo what health is to thosick man. It will bo what home is to the exilo. It will bo what tho loved ono given back is to the bereaved.

As wo draw near to it, a solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is God's great morning lighting up tho sky. Our fears aro tho terio.s of children in tho night. Tho night, with its terrors, ita darkness, its feverish dreams, is passing away; and when v.o awake it will bo into tho sunlight of God, Geo A'' Mi.rriam. A Fhknciiman got excei tlingly tmgry with a waiter at an English Ixitol, You rascall exclaimed be, 'J nose for you in of X.

thinks of going to tho circifs, and horl servant -girl, tries to dissuade her. If I were you, madamo, I would ot go'. Why Oh.Jlie; havo a horse that stops before -the most fooliBh person in tho audience, and suppose ho should stop before yon 1 "TiiKnnis one. good about babies," says a Into traveler; "they never change. We havo girls period, men of flo vorld, but tho baby- -is the samo.

self-possessed, fearless, langhingi voracious little heathen, in all ages and in all countries." 8EFTKMlirn ROlden glory Hew In mellow iplcndor-o'er the land, Triere'a beaaty In the amiling ahtea And all tho autumn aire are The motion of the roundloK year Tread r-rondly over mead and ya'e, With ruddy-fruit and ripened ear For eale at wholesale or retail. -Onk of tho most sensible items in the new postal law, and which everybody will appreciate, is that which allows a person to write his or her name on tho wrapper and also tho word from," to let the party receiving it know who it is from without violating tho law. The Dutch havo built a splendid irou-clad, and can't get it to sea because they have not a. canal big enough to float it there. Let our Dutch friends keep their big ship whero it is; they will be able to see it oscasionnlly, which is more than wo, not being a nation of divers, can say of some of ours.

Punvh. When a man gets both his legs mashed, rendering him unablo work for thrco months, there is notb'ug that choers him up so much, and so effectually keeps the wolf from the door, as for his follow-worknien to pass a series of resolutions praying for his speedy re covery, and ordering an engrossed copy of the same to be presented to his family. Why is a said Blobbs' boy, rushing into Iho Graphic oflico out of breath, why are a why aro tho bedbugs at homo like tho big bugs at Saratoga? Becanso," said ho, not waiting for any waste of ingenuity in response, whilo his faco flushed with Hipprossod emotion, and ho rubbed back gently against a nail in tho partition, bociuso they may nip you Into." The motto for tho woek on a little girl's Sunday school card was, "Get thee behind me, Satan." There wore gooseberries in the garden, but she was forbidden to pluok thom. nucn mom sho did. Why didn't you," asked her mother, when you wero tempted to touch thom say, Got thee behind mo, Satan I did," sho said, earnestly, and ho got bohind me, aud pushed mo into the btiRh." An cxcollent and honored citizen of Louisvillo was going home, one night, tipsy for tho first and last timo in bis life, as he protests, and no doubt truly, when ho met Prentice fooling from 0110 sido of the walk to the other.

Prentice," exclaimed tho elatod novice, "I'm' drunk Staggered anew by this amazing announcement, the veteran slowly drew himself up, with tho air of a neighboring picket, and, surveying hi'i disguised friend, said sevorely Well, ffiiiltv in my time of jumii a. many scandalous things, and somo out-TO(eouH ones, find somo d-d mean ones, but, thank God, I never was drunk Courier-Journal,.