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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JUNE 16, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 31.
k /-Important Intelligence from All Parts.
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Doniestic.
The Armvpf the Potomac lield their annual reunion,at Hartford, Conn., on the
8th.   The affair was largely attended, and
was, in all respects, successful.    General
"*^ Devens was elected President and Detroit
'    was selected as the place of meeting next
year.   Daniel Dougherty delivered the ora-
,    tion, and at the banquet in the evening Gen-
* eral Sherman and Secretary Lincoln made
;, brief speeches.-. *      ;v
I       A few days  ago a solitary highwayman
I    stopped the Fredericksburg (Texas) stage,
on which-.were five passengers, rifled the
v ■ mail and robbed the passengers.
\       0"S the 6fch the ranchmen of the Uneom-
pahgre Valley, to the numher of 100, fought
\fea battle with" the Utes and defeated them.
S,*FA general outbreak  of the Indians at an
«-early*date was feared.
*j.'   "Baltimore was visited by the severest
thunder-storm of the season on the* afternoon, of the Sth.   Lightning struct va. sev-
-eral places, and the streets  were strewn
with' tops of the trees  blown  off by the
..    storm.   On the same day a terrible storm
r    passed over "Wheeling, TV". Ta., causing the
mountain streams  in that vicinity to rise
with unprecedented rapidity. ,  Six persons
in the family of Frederick Straub   were
swept away and drowned.
THREE^steamship Captains have been arrested in "Sfew Tork and held in bail of
from$^000 to $25,000, for carrying an excessivejiumber of immigrant passengers.
It was.stated on the St a. that the Star Service Investigating Committee had discovered
another* instance of what they regarded a
gross extravagance in expenditures for mail
servieeMnthe Southwest, and had submitted
a recommendation which, if carried into
effect, Jvill result in an additional saving to
'    the Government of $100,000 per annum.
A'pjFRTi' of nearly two hundred negroes
.; from "Virginia have recently arrived at Corning, Ohio, to work in the coal-mines.
It isjstated that ZSTew Tork bankers have
discovered a systematic plan for defrauding
distanf banks by means, of forged  drafts on
• the Leirther ilanufacturers' Bank of that
city. , The scheme has been in operation for
■overa^-ear.
■ByIjOoexplosion of theMississippisteam-
.  boat Hanna, near ]STew Orleans on the 9th,
2,-iive men_\yere killed and several others se-
rioi'ilj^'wounded and not expected to live,
is'jhelieved that the Hanna was racing
a tJiBEiteamer St. John at the time of the
^plosion.
The first car-load of new wheat reached
St. Louis from Fort Worth, Tex., on the
9th. It graded 2"To. 3 Red Winter, and
brought $1.50 per bushel at auction..
The American Bankers' Association has
called a Convention on August 10 at Niagara Falls, at which leading European and
Canadian financiers are expected.
AT^ew nights ago Kev. D. F. Hayes, a
Catholic priest, and his brother Jerry were
suffocated at Corcoran, Minn., "by the explosion of an oil lamp in their bed-room.
A forged check for $3,456, purporting to
have been drawn by the cashier of the
Springfield (III.) National Bank, was presented a few days ago, by a man calling himself A. G. Fischer, at the Hartford (Conn.)
Trust Company's Bank and honored. Two
days after the operator had left town the
forgerj' was discovered.
A storm, accompanied by rain and hail,
struck the Solomon Valley, in Kansas, on
the; evening of the 9fch. At Beloit a great
deal of glass was broken out of the windows,
but the fury of the cyclone was greatest at
Solomon City, where nearly all the glass was
broken from the north windows, and
number of houses destroyed. Four
miles northwest Dennis Morgan and
sister were instantly killed, and their house
totally^ destroyed. A6 Bennington, on the
ValleyIload, twelve miles northwest of Solomon City, a farmer named Frothingham,
his; wife and hired hand were killed, and the
house completely demolished. In the same
vicinity three stone farm-houses were blown
down, but the inmates were in the cellars
and escaped fatal injuries. A large number
of houses andbarns along the valle3rbetween
Solomon City and Minneapolis, a distance of
twenty miles or more., were blown down.
Tse village of Seven Star Springs, in
Berry County, Mo., was nearly annihilated
on;the>evening.of the 9th by the bursting of
a %at4r?spout. "So lives were lost, but
there were several narrow escapes.
Ox the 9th in Anne Arundel County, Md.,
aparty of berry pickers took refuge in an
abandoned building. A bolt of lightning
struck the shanty and J.Otis, his daughter
andF. Byraskiwere instantly killed. Four
or five others were injured, some of them
fatally.^v.^'-. ." ■„:.'■
A Bcfealo rag-picker who was ejected
from his filthy room was found to have had
concealed upon his person $4,000 in gold and
silver.
The Illinois Board of Agriculture states
that fifty per cent, of the fall wheat in the
Northern Grand Division of the State has
been plowed up, forty-four per cent, in the
Central Division and sixteen in the South-
.eEn,d:afidi the portion remaining gives indications of only about half an average yield.
Three hundred saloon-keepers of "New
York have Joined hands with the striking
brewers by refusing to purchase scab beer.
Twelve men were more or less injured
by the explosuo i of a boiler in theiron-works
at Pottsville, i'a., on the 10th. Four of the
number were fatally injured.
The Ute Commissioners left Los Pinos
Agency on the 9th, with a strong escort of
cavalry and infantry, for Grand Biver to select lands for a new Ute reservation.
William Ryan, who was recently arresfc-
ed^t^aghviile for robbing the Government
J^pajter. at iriissel Shoals, on the Ten^
nessee River, jias been fully identified as
one of the party who took $30,000 in gold
from a train at Glendale, Mo., two years
ago.
A New York dispatch of the 10th says
that O'Donovan Rossa had boasted that the
plot to destroy the town hall at Liverpool
was part of the skirmishing plan. He
claimed that last December he received information that explosive materials had been
placed in the hold of the British war-ship
Dolero.
The St. Paul Railway elevator at Faribault, Minn., wag destroyed by fire on the
IQtb, with fifty thousand bushels of wheat.
. F|>p-»jnjembj}rs of a; Boyd County (Ky,).
band-' ©is regulators have been sent to the
Penitentiary for whipping a country grocer
because he charged too much for his goods.
The steamer Missouri, which recently arrived at Boston: from Liverpool, hud three
'Cases of small-pox among her immigrant;
passengers, and &U on board were forced to
submit to vaccination.
Wilxiam L, Haw-,, then a prosperous
landlord in "New York, was swindled to the
amount of $50,000 thirty years ago, by a
confidence operator named. John Parker,
who escaped. Hall never again saw the
fellow until a few days ago, when he
called to state that he had made a large
fortune in California, and would soon make
restitution. The end of the interview was
an advance of $2,500 to the swindler on a
deposit of "bogus bonds. Parker was arrested.
The roof of the old court-house at Lafayette, Ind., caved in on the llth, while
workmen were tearing it down. Three laborers were taken out in a dying condition.
John Schoralm, a prominent business
man of Canton, Ohio, died a iew days ago
of paralysis of the stomach, caused by drinking iced seltzer-water.
The attention of the Treasury officials in
New York has been recently called to the
large amount of punched and mutilated
coin in circulation, and an investigation has
been resolved upon. One broker was receiving each week from country customers
from $150 to $300 worth of clipped silver,
which he sold at two per cent, discount.
The total amount of National Bank notes
outstanding at the close of business on the
10th was $354,676,997.
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Personal and Political.
The Ohio Republican State Convention
was held at Cleveland on the Sth. Senator
John Sherman was elected permanent President. Charles Foster was renominated for
Governor by acclamation. State Treasurer
Turney and Attorney-General Nash were
also renominated in the same manner. J. G.
Richards, of Jefferson County/was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor, and Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, for Judge
of the Supreme Court. The resolutions
adopted declare that the Republicans of
Ohio "heartily approve and indorse the Administration of James A. Garfield,5' and
pledge to him cordial support in all the
duties devolving upon him as the Chief
Magistrate of the Nation; and a|so " heartily
indorse the wise policy of the Republican
party in giving full protection to American
labor and in discriminating in favor of home
protection."
Secretary Hunt has accepted the resignation of Commodore Jeffers as Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance of the United States
Navy Department, to take effect June 30.
In the New York Assembly on the 9th
Mr. Bradley stated that he had received $ 2,000 to pay him if he would vote
for Mr. Depew for United States Senator,
instead of Mr. Platt, which sum he had
handed to the Speaker. He asked for a
Committee of Investigation. The Speaker
stated that he had the money in his pocket.
A resolution for a Committee of Investigation was unanimously adopted, and the
committee were instructed to extend the
inquiry to all other cases of alleged bribery.
The committee held a meeting in the evening, and Bradley stated before them that he
had been paid the money by "Senator Sessions, and detailed the . circumstances of
the alleged bribe-giving. Mr. Sessions,
who followed him, denied Bradley's
story emphatically in every essential particular, claiming that no money or other consideration had been given by him to influence Mr. B.'s Vote, but that the latter had
announced his intention of voting for Mr.
Depew because his constituents were generally in favor of his so doing.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania adjourned sms dte on the 9th, after a session
lasting 187 days. The State Treasurer refused to pay anything above $1,000, mileage
and stationery, and the members are reported to have resolved to institute legal
proceedings to recover $125j 500 more than
was offered them.
The Republican State Executive Committee of Virginia met at Richmond on the 9th
and adopted a resolution recommending the
calling of a Convention of representatives of
the Republicans' of the State to consult as to
the proper course to be pursued by the
party in the coming campaign, and for such
other action as may be conducive to the future welfare of the party in the State. A
resolution was also adopted requesting that
the Republican State Central Committee
meet on the 29th to decide on the matter of
calling a State Convention.
The Michigan Legislature adjourned sine
die on the 8th.
At the special election held in the Second
(Charleston) Congressional District of South
Carolina on the 9th,' to fill tbe vacancy
caused by the death of Congressman M. P.
O'Connor, Daniel Dilable, Democrat, was
elected without opposition. The Republicans did not piifc forward any candidate^ as
they held that Mackey, their candidate of
last fall, was elected over O'Connor, and
that no vacancy exists.
The new Grand Jury, to which the testimony against the Star-route ring will be
submitted, was drawn in Washington on the
9th. Itis pronounced an excellent Jury
that will do its duty.
Governor Cornell has vetoed the bill
recently passed by the New York Legislature to regulate the manufacture of oleomargarine and provide for the better protection of the public health.
At the meeting of the International Typographical Union, at Toronto, Can., on the
lOtb, George C'arke, of St. Louis, was elected President; Thomas Wilson, of Toronto,
Vice President; W. H. Hovey, of Norwich,
Second Vice President; W. H. Trayes, of
Boston, re-elected Secretary and Treasurer,
and Schley, of Indianapolis, Corresponding
Secretary. The next meeting of the Union
will be held in St*. Louis.
Alexander Swift has purchased Clover-
nook, the former home of Alice and Phoebe
Cary near Cincinnati, and Avill preserve the
homestead and dedicate it as a memorial to
the dead poets.
An opinion of the New Hampshire Su-
prdjbe Court was sent to the State Senate on
the 10th to the effect that it is the duty of
the present Legislature to elect a United
States Senator to sueced Mr. Rollins, whose
term will expire in 1883.
John G. Saxe, whose home in Brooklyn
was broken up by the death of his wife and
daughter, has gone to Albany to pass the
remainder of his days with his two sons.
JEx-President Grant reached Chicago
on the 12tb,
Andrew D. Robeson, nephew of ex-Secretary Robeson, was instantly killed by
lightning at Hunnewell, Kan., on the 12th.
JUDGE ROBERTSON expects to enter upon
his duties as Collector of the Port of New
York about July 1.
A Washington dispatch of the llth says
the suit of Walsh againstBrown, Just entered in the Circuit Court of the District,
was regarded by those familiar with the.
Star-route frauds as the beginning of the
end* Ifc was said Walsh had already supplied the Government with much damaging
evidence against the ring.
Foreign.
A disastrous fire visited the city of Quebec late on the evening of the Sth, and inthe
course of eight hours burned over what is
known as the suburb of St. John. Owing
to the fact that most of the houses were of
wood, to the utter lack of water and the inefficiency of the Fire Department, the
conflagration had full headway, and
ceased mainly for Avant of material.
Five lives are known to have been lost. Besides St. John's Church, 657 houses and
stores were burned and 1,500 persons rendered homeless, the loss amounting to
about $1,500,000, insured to the extent of
$650,000. The Provincial Legislature, being
in session, voted the sufferers $10,000. Other
subscriptions included $1,000from the Archbishop, $500 from the Marquis of Lome, and
$100 from the Mayor.
At Cork, Ireland, on the 9fch a riot occurred on the race-track which required the
calling out of the military for its suppression. Twenty rioters were arrested, as was
also a prominent Land-Leaguer named To-
bin.
During the year 1880 106,190 emigrants
left Germany for the United States. The
number will be greater this year than last.
AnthOnt W. Gardner has been elected
President of Liberia, and Rev. A. F, Russell Vice President. They are pledged to
education of the masses, incorporation of
native tribes into a body politic, expulsion
of Turn and alcohol, honest settlement of
foreign indebtedness, and frugal administration of the Government.
Twenty-three of the Cork rioters have
been sentenced to terms of imprisnoment
of from two to four months each.
An English corporation has made an offer
to the Government of Nova Scotia forthe
entire railway system of the Province, and
the Provincial Legislature has been ordered
to convene to consider the proposition.
The Cuban sugar crop for the present
year is estimated at 464,000 tons. In 1880 ifc
was 529,500 tons.
Prince Alexander has established in
Bulgaria courts-martial for the trial of administrative officials.
Late on the evening of the 9fch an attempt
was made by two Irishmen from the United
States, named McKevett and Roberts, to
blowup the town hall in Liverpool, but
slight damage" was inflicted. They were
subsequently arrested and it is alleged that*
Fenian documents, plenty of money, loaded
revolvers and a quantity of dynamite were
found  on their persons.
On the 10th the French Senate defeated
the Scrutin de Liste bill. This was considered as a decided victory of the President
over Gambetta.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 9th
states that the persons accused of the murder of Abdul Aziz had been handed over to
the Ministry of Justice.
President Grevy, of France, has selected General Lichtenstein, of his staff, to
represent France at the Yorktown Centennial.
The centennial anniversary of the birth of
George Stephenson, the originator of steam
railways, was celebrated at Newcastle, England, on the 9th by one hundred thousand
persons. An interesting feature was a procession of locomotives, one each for nearly
every railroad company in the United Kingdom. .
News was received from Aden on the 12th
that an Italian exploring party which .star ted
from Assab Bay, Abyssinia, consisting of a
subaltern officer, ten sailors, and four
soldiers, had been massacred in the interior.
The particulars were not known.
Keene's Foxhall, an American horse,
was the winner of the Grand Prix race at
Longchamps, near Paris, on the 12th. The
prize was 1,000,000 francs. About 300,000
persons witnessed the race.
Terrible storms have destroyed the harvest in the southern part of Hungary.
The number of cases of small-pox in the
London hospitals increased by 122 during
the tyro weeks ended on the llth.
liATER  "NEWS.
At the close of the inquest into the Victoria disaster at London, Ont., on the 13th
Captain Rankin and Manager Parish were
arrested, on complaint of Postmaster Jones,
who lost a daughter by the calamity.
Late advices from Pekin report the.
youthful Emperor of China as suffering
from the ravages of small-pox.
Ben Butler, Wendell Phillips and others have secured from Mexico a concession
for a railroad from Piedras Negras to Topo-
lovampo, with a subsidy of $5,000 perkilom-
eter. >.
The balloting for United States Senators
in the New York Legislature on the 13th resulted as folloAvs: For successor to Mr.
Conkling: Jacobs, 26; Conkling, 24; Wheeler, 16; Rogers, 12; Laphamj 6; scattering, 7. For successor to Mr. Platt: Depew»
36; Kernan, 27; Platt, 21; Cornell, 6; scattering, 8. No choice in either case. The
investigation into the alleged bribery case
continued, Assemblyman Bradley testifying,
and giving his account of the manner in
which the alleged attempt to bribe him to
vote for Depew was made by Mr. Sessions.
The business portion of the town of Ludington, Western Michigan, was nearly all
'destroyed by fire on the night of the llth.
Loss about $200,000.
It was rumored among army officers in
Washington on the 13th that the President
had received a private telegram from General Miles saying that the court-martial recently held in New York had sustained the
charges against Whittaker, the colored cadet.
Central Iowa, parts of Missouri and
Minnesota were visited by terrible wind
storms on the afternoon of the 12th, which
wrecked houses and barns and did immense
damage to crops and fruit trees. A tornado
passed over Colfax, Iowa, on tlie night of
the llth, injuring five persons and destroying several buildings. Much damage was
also done in the vicinity of Milvane, Kansas.
At King City, Mo., six persons were killed
and a loss of $200,0G0 incurred. *
Captain Paul Boyton, who had started
from St. Paul on a swim down the Mississippi, arrived at Burlington, Iai, on the
afternoon of the 13th, and was greeted by
an immense crowd of people who had congregated on the river bank. He was in
good health and spirits.
The Bishop of Ross, County Cork,.Ireland, has written to the papers that the accounts in the English newspapers, of the
riots in his county were exaggerated, but
that while evictions continued there could
be no quietude.
In the British House of Commons on the
13th Mr. Forster stated that most of the
evictions in Ireland were of tenants who
were able to pay rent but would not.
A Berlin dispatch of the 13th says France
lind the United States contemplated formiug
a bimetallic union,
THE WEDDING  CAKE  AND THE
WILL.
"Will Tester's father made a will;
To Will, the younger, thereby willing:
His lands and tenements; and nil
To Tom, his first-born, save a shilling*.
Will was a wily, cunning lad;
And Tom a true outspoken Briton;
The younger always pleased the dad,
And bent to those he couldn't sit oa.
Will wedded one his father chose;
Tom wouldn't wed tor love or money;
He painted life couleur-de-rose;
Good temper spread his path with honey.
Will sent his sire a piece—how sweet!—
Of wedding cake, "from Will and Phemie,"
With loving lines that filled a sheet *
Of post octavo, gilt-edged, creamy.
"Dear father" put the eake away,
Stowed safe among some other treasures,
And there it lay for many a day,
Forgotten quite "mid passing pleasures.
Bemorseless Death, with ruthless hand,
Took father from his home forever;
The "parting" Will could hardly stand;
'Twas feared his grief his heart would sever.
Still, duty must be done at last,
In spite of death, In spite of sorrow;
To father's drawer Will hurried fast,
To find the will to prove to-morrow.
He f ound it'neath a lump of eake-^
His wedding cake; O Pate, thoublindling!
The will-was there—for Will's dear sake—
But, gone the signature past_finding.
The cake, which as a rule we eat,
Had eaten what lay underneath It;
The ink absorbed and left a sweet
Sad trace upon the words "bequeath it."
Where loving dad had boldly signed
Was but a hole, just tinged with yellow;
Will did not think Fate had been kind.  -
Tom quietly smiled, the lucky fellow!
—CliamJiers' Journal.
A RUSSIAN PETRUCHIO.
I, Stanislas Vanofski, Colonel of Cuirassiers
in the service of his Most Saeredlmper.al Majesty the Czar Alexander, have experienced all
the vicissitudes of a military life; but for ennui
and tormenting dullness nothing is to be mentioned in comparison with the first six months
of my stay at the post of "Vladi Kavkoss.
This is a small town in the government of
Kiev. Half a battalion was the utmost force
ever stationed there, but, by a most singular
m sfortune, we, the pets of .St. Petersburg so-
(fietj-, were ordered away from our comfo t-
able quarters in the PetropaulovitCh bai-racks
to this wilderness, merely because we were
anxious to improve ourselves by travel. It
came to the ears of the Emperor that the officers of th Cuirassiers were always to be
seen at Paris, Vienna, London, and at Baden
and Homburg; it was iu the days of the green
table. His Majesty desired the Minister of
War to bring him a tabulated statement of
the officers on leave and those who had applied
for it, and, after inspecting this, he said, iu a
moment of pique, that since we found it so
difficult to remain in St. Petersburg, we should
go, not to Paris, Vienna, London, Baden or
-Hombunj, but to" Vladi Kavkoss. Fancy our
despair! Lieutenant Kadetsky was so despondent that we feared suicide. Lieutenant Du-
bassoff was torn away from his fiancee one
week before the marriage was to take p'ace.
No mitigation was to be had. To Vladi Kavkoss we were ordered, and to Vladi Kavkoss
we had to go. The town consisted of the
Government buildings, few and wretched, half
a dozen shabby houses, one tea-house, and a
tumble-down post-house. There was literally
nothing: to do and nothing to see even; cards
aud cigars had to be ordered weeks beforehand, and the railway-station was thirty
versts away. If we had ben—as we were
not—a regiment of philosophers, we might
have done very well, but as it was, reading the
Oolos six weeks old, quar eling among ourselves, and cards day ami night, were our only
occupations outside of the short time neces-
saiy for our regimental duties:   i
But one of our number professed to spend
the term of our banishment contentedly. This
was Lieutenant Victor Kharvieff, the regimental pet. A propensity t'omakelove and an
inability to live within his means made St.
Petersburg rather uncomfortable for our dashing Lieutenant; but so far removed was V'adi
Kavkoss from civilization that the duns and
love-letters that had covered h.s plate every
morning at Petropaulovitch tot-illy disappeared, and he recovered his spirits, which had
been somewhat drooping before our banishment.
His popularity was not confined to women
aud tradesmen; we all loved him, we knew not
why. We called him usually Mademoiselle
Victorine, on account of his laziness and
womanish ways, but he was a great fellow, six
feet high, and as brave as a lion.
The people around us were as common-place
as the town itself; but one man ever interested
us enough to make a second inquiry about him.
This was a tall, ugly, wild-looking man, about
fifty. His name was Loris Bolarofl", and he
might be seen any hour of the day rid ng
about the neighborhood 00 a miserable horse,
with three or four dogs barking around him,
which he controlled by the most frightful
oaths and the liberal use of a knotted stick.
The Russian horses have usually but two .gaits
—a walk and a run; and to see Loris Bolaroir
on his skeleton of a horse, rushing along the
high-road, the curs yelping at his heels and he
yelling first to them and then to his horse, was
ludicrous to the last degree.
We Judged him at first to belong to that
class of small proprietors who, ruined by emancipation, are on their way downward to extreme poverty; but our surprise may be imagined when we found him to be a man of im-
meiise fortune, which he managed with the
utmost shrewdness. Still more astonishing,
he was of high birth, and had been oue of the
most brilliant lights at the court of the Czar
Nicholas; but from some nnexpl lined motive
he suddenly withdrew from court, came to this
remote place, changed himself in a year from
a polished jnan of the world into a boor, and
became the uncouth creature in speech, hab'ts
and attire that we now found him to be. Common rumor said he shunned and hated people
in his own class of life, and certain it is that he
resisted all our efforts at an acquaintance with
him and apswerSd our attempts at conversation with monosyllables and a shout to his
horse or his dogs when we met him on the
road. We were piqued at his obstinacy, and
agieed among ourselves, .for want of something better to do, to force him to notice us.
It perhaps added zest to our pu-suit when we
found out that he had in his tumble-down old
house a piano and a billiard-table; and the
climax was reached by the discovery that he
had also a lovely young daughter!
This startling information was brought us
by Victor Kharvieff. As usual, he was in luck..
Wandering around the • high fence that enclosed the grounds of Loris Bolaroff's house
one day, trying to invent a plausible excuse
for knocking at the strongty-barred door, he
heard a loud and sudden shriek. He climb*.'d
the wall aud saw a young woman stauding
paralyzed with horror, while a lizard Writh-'d
itself almost upon her. To whip out his sword
and kill the creature was but the work Of a moment. He then turned h s attention to the
terrified girl. He did not tell us precisely his
method of composing her, but she soon informed him that she was Varva Bolaroff.
" I was charmed," said Victor, teilingit to
us as we sat smoking around the stove, "and
nearly overwhelmed with thanks by the young
lady.'Here,' saidl to myself, 'VictorKharvieir,
you are the luckiest dog alive! After all our
scheming to get inside that enclosure, you are
so fortunate as to appear Just at the right moment and do Mademoiselle Bolarofl* a great
service—pe-haps to save her life. Now, Just
imagine the gratitude of the affectionate father ! You will have the entree to his Mouse, drink
his wine* ride his horses,' "—we all laughed at
the idea of Loris Bolaroif's cellar and stable—
4'' and perhaps marry his dau ht-r!' Just then
the affectionate father comes along, leading
his spavine l, ring-boned horse, with his stick
in his hand, and his dogs barking as if they
would eat me up. 'Well,' shouted he harshly,
'"what are you doing here, Mr. Officer?' 'Sir,'
I "replied, drawing myseif up, 'I am Victor
Kharvieff, Lieutenant of Cuirassiers, at your
service.' ' Well, Victor Kharvieff, Lieutenant
of Cuirassiers, at my service, answer my question : What are you doing here's' I scorned to
answer such an inquiry put in such a tone.
The young lady, blushing and stammering,
andapparently trembling withfear, murmured,
' A lizard was almost upon me. Lieutenant
Kh&rvicff beard me shriek——' 'If Lieutenant
of Cuirassiers Kharvieff had not been trespassing on my property, he would not have heard*
you shriek, he would not have Jumped the wall
and thereby found h mself where he is not
wanted.' At that I turned to Varva. ' Retire,'
said I. 'What I havoto sayto this gentleman
is not for your ears.' I kissed her'hands respectfully. ' I will make him repent, but I will
not hurt him.' Varva "burst iuto tears and
sobs and rushed toward the house. Monsieur
the gentleman Count burst into ahyenalaugh:
'Do you say you will not hurt me? Thanks,
my gay young cock.' I unbuckled my sword
andhaudeditto him. 'Sir,'said I, 'give me
your stick and let me see whether 3rou can
fence or not.' He,exchanged at once and we
took position. ' Don't be~afraid because the
blade is sharp,' I said. He made several
passes at me with no inconsiderable skill; I
almost repented of my rashness—when I
made one of my lucky hits. The sword
flew out of his hand, and the next minute I had him on the ground, my knee
on his breast, and my hand twisted in his collar. 'Apologize,' said I. "I apologize,' he
managed to gurgle. ' Thank me for saving
your daughter's life.' 'You did not save my
daughter's life. The lizard was not pois—' "I
gave his neck a wrench. 'I thank you,'he
said, with difficulty. ' Now invite me and my
friends to come to your house as often as. we
like.' He looked rebellious. I gave him a
look, and my hand an additional twist, and he
yielded. I then let him up. In a few minutes
he recovered his breath, and then, unexpectedly, shook my hand warmly. 'You have
conquered,'said he. 'You may come to my
house, but you will be the first gentleman who
has Bet foot within it for twenty years.' "
The fever of excitement into which this adventure threw us is not to be described. We
felt as if the regiment had gained a victory.
Victor Kliarvieff was determined to push his
advantage, and by way of a beginning invited
six of ns to go to Bolaroif's house that very
evening, and" sent a messenger to announce
our intended visit. We were, all full of curiosity about the young girl, whom Victor described as charming, and we,who had formerly
boasted ourselves more than a match for the
most brilliant women in St. Petersburg, were
actually nervous at the prospect of meeting
this provincial girl.
We were in great; doubt-as to what kind of
a reception Ave should meet with from Bolaroff,
but were agreeably surprised. The shabby
old house had an air of hospitality when it was
well lighted, tlie stoves were glowing "brightly,
and Bolaroff himself, though no better dressed
than usual, and still holding on to his knott'd
stick, was transformed into a gentleman. His
manner was extremely polished, and, like all
Russian gentlemen, he made an admirable
host. ' ■...-■
We were invited, upon our entrance, into a
large room on the ground-floor, in which was
what had once been a magnificent billiard-
table, still in tolerable order. Cards
were, of course, produced, and,
to our astonishment and delight,
some long-necked bottles filled with Tokay fit
for the Em pero r himself.
Kharvieff, after presenting us to our host
and paying the compliments of the evening,
said, " Count Bolaroff, may I have the honor
of seeing the Countess Bolaroff this evening?"
Now, it was well known that any allusion to
his title was sure to make Bolaroff curse and
swear most frightfully. He scowled at Kharvieff, but said in a tolerably courteous tone
that Mademoiselle Bolaroff—emphasizing the
Mademoiselle—was entirely alone this evening, her governess being ill. The governess
was a purely mythical personage, invented for
the occasion.
"That makes no difference, my dear Count,"
said Kharvieff, with the gracious air of one
wiliing to overlook everything. '' We are not
now in tlie Nevskoi Prospekt; we are in Kiev.
Yonder, I believe, is madem dselle's sitting-
room.   With your permission "
To say that we expected, to see Bolaroff's
stick descend upon his head is no exaggeration; but we saw our friend walk out in the
hall, try several doors, and at last open one
and d sappear, Bolaroff watching him silently
all the time with a look of htdyless rage that
was utterly ludicrous. We became very joyi-il.
In about, half an hour Kharviefi* reap .eared.
This time we had a glimpse of a pretty girlish
figure thx-ough the half-open door.
He declined to Join us at cards, and stood
with his back to the stove, English fashion,
conversing with Bolaroff in an off-hand manner that was simply startling. While the rest
of us treated .him with studied deference,
Kharvieff assumed the airs of a privileged person, and, strange to say, instead of drawing
down upon himself an ebullition, of f my from
Bolaroff, he rather seemed to advance in his
good opinion. Bolaroff laughed at Kiiarvieff's
flat contradictions, took all his badinage with
perfect good humor and received all his suggestions" with the utmost amiabiluvy. Victor
told him that he ought to have a fine house;
also, that he ought to cultivate the societ}-of
the officers who were from time to time stationed at Vladi Kavkoss. Bolaroff agreed to
everything, and promised to take his propositions into consideration.
The evening appeared delightful to us, and
it was past midnight before we reached our
own quarters. As soon as we were assembled
inthe mess-room smoking arouud the stove
before separating, we began to question Kharvieff about the young Varva; but he remained
obstinately mute. "She is"charming," was
all that he would say of her, and not another
word could be got from him.
This was oaiy the beginning of many evenings at Bolaroff's. Whetherit was Kiiarvieff's
ascendancy over him, orthat he realy enjoyed
the society of educated men, certain it is that
we had no" reason to complain of our treatment. Not only did a supply of wine come
from some unknown quarteiybut sterlets from
the Volga and sturgeon from the Dnieper,
besides other mysterious luxuries, appeared
from time to time.
But, whatever advances Ave made in the re-
fard of Loris Bolaroff, we made none Avith
■"arva, for, Avith the exception of Kharvieff,
she AA-as as Jealously secluded from us as ever.
By a tacit agreement it Avas understood among
us that, as Kharvieff had made us a sharer in
all his other privileges in Bolaroff' house, her
acquaintance was reserved for himself. As for
aslangBola-offhimself; to present ns .to Irs
daughter, AA'e should Just as soon have asked
the Emperor for a similar honor: *
One day, chatting Avith Kharvieff, I alluded
in a laughingmahner to this selfishness of his.
"Seriously," said he, "do you suppose I
would make all the coxcombs in the regiment
acquainted with a girl like Var\'a Bolaroff—so
innocent, sO ignorant, and the only Heiress of
a Arery rich man? They Avould be making love
to her in a Aveek."
It occurred to me that there was more danger to this young girl's peace from the society
of this one fascinating man than there AA'OUld
have been from all the young rattle-brains in
the regiment.
"Ifirmly believe," he continued, "that
she never saAV a man of refinement in her life
until she saw me. But she has Avonderful
quickness. She knoAvs she Avill some day?be
rich, noble and friendless, aud she will be prepared for the change Avhen it comes. She is
clever enough to learn something from everybody."
"But Avhat jould have made even the half-
mad Loris Bola* off raise so tender a creature in
the manner he has raise 1 her?"
"The devil himself, I suppose," said Kharvieff, knocking the aslies off his cigar. '-'He
hates what he calls the world, and loves his
horse better than he does his daughter. He
has used threats, and bloAvs, too, to make her
go into a coirvent; bus he is dealing Avith a
will like his own. She knows that she will
ultimately be her own mistress, and she absolutely refuses to go into a religious house or
make any promise lor the future. She leads a
frightful life Avith him. T belieA'e he is capab e
of murdering her in his frenzies."
I sat silent. Victor was in a communicative
mood, and I would not stop him.
"My Colonel," he said, " I have sometimes
thought— Hoav Avould you like to pay a visit
to little Vat-A'a?"
"I should like nothing better," I replied.
We Avent on that vey evening. When we
knocked at the door ifc was opened by an unkempt boy, half valet and half hostler, Avhom
■Victor desired to announce us to Mademoiselle Bolaroff. We were ushered into the little
sitting-room Avhich Va*va used. There shu sat
reading.
I had expected to see a dazzling beauty; instead of that, she Avas only a slender and rather
pretty girl, and, so far from the startling originality I Avas prepared for, she appeared to be
very much likeo her young ladies of her rank.
But before I had been five minutes in her company I succumbed to the nameless charm
which she possessed.  Sbe had the poAver of
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awakening sympathy in all Avho knew her except her brutal and half crazy father. She was
perfectly naive, but free from the least aAvk-
AA-ardness. Kharvieff, I found, had taken her
education in hand, and she was reading a novel
of Pushkin's, Avith which he had supplied her.
She talked in a pretty girlish manner, a little
franker and, at the same time, a little more
timid than is usual. And she kneAV how to
smile andlower her long lashes at the same time
in a coquettish manner, but Avhether Nature
or Victor Kharvieff had taught her that, I
know not.
But the result that I had foreseen in regard
to these tAvo young people Avas only partly
fulfilled. Varva, as I had expected, Avas evidently infatuated with Kharvieff, Avhile, to my
surprise, he treated her Av.th a brotherly
friendlineES that was devoid of a particle of
sentiment. Bis feeling for her was the careless kindness of a man for a friendless girl;
hers Avas the desperate affection for which
the world holds but one object.
After that evening I occasionally went to
see her, but she was so utterly absorbed in
Kharvieff that she was indifferent to all else. I
felt my pity so awakened for her that it became painful to me. I often sat and watched
her and speculated on what would become of
her when separated from Kharvieff. She Avas
quite listless to everything but him. " Do not
speak of going," she saidwhen I alluded to
our approaching-separation—the term of our
punishment was almost over. " I do not even
think Of it, I do not know, nor shall you tell
me, Avhen it is to be."
Four days before our actual departure Victor
Kharvieff and I were idly sauntering past Loris
Bolaroff's fence, Avhen aa-c saw Varva leaning
over the gate. The change in her a pearance
since I had 'first seen her Avas startling. Her
ej-es, from being the softest and most placid
ey»js I had ever "seen in a woman, had become
restless and brilliant. Her color came and
Avent rapidly. The agitation of her mind and
heart had transformed her feminine prettiness
into a sad and womanly beauty.
She still laughed and Jested, but her eyes involuntarily fixed themselves on Kharvieff with
an appealing express,on piteous to behold.
" Madamoiselle Varva, have you finished
your lesson?" he called out as soon as we saluted her.
" What lesson?" said Varva.
"The novel I commanded you to read. If
you remember, it gives you all the details of
an elopement."
"Yes," said Varva, innocently; ■*' and when
I read it I 6aid, 'How easy it must be to
elope!'"
"Nothing is easier, dear mademoiselle. Suppose four nights from now Ave—that is, Colonel
Vanofski, I and the village priest—should be
AA-aiting here for you-—"
She stood gazing at him Avith wide and staring eyes.
"Come, madamoiselle," saidl, "believenot
what he says."
"I am in earnest," cried Kharvieff,laughing.
I was vexed with him to that degree that
I coolly bade Varva good-moming and walked
off.
KharA-ieff remained behind, still talking. I
could hear his laughter as I went aAvay, disturbed arid indignant at him. Presently I
heard him coming after me at a run, while
calling back to Varva, "Remember, four
nights from noAv; and pray for a rainy night.",
When he reached me I stopped short."
"Lieutenant Kharvieff," saic I,* "you consider
a proposition to elope with Mademoiselle Bolaroff a very excellent joke; so do not I."
"But it is only a joke."
"That I know. But I will not suffer that
she shall be made a jest of."
"The jest seemed to amuseher."
"Did it?" saidl, turning around short, and
taking him by the shoulders. "Do you think
she AA-as amused?"
He colored violently. "I thinkl know AA-hat
youAA-ouldsay."
"I say this," I replied. "If you realty Avish
to make her your aa-uc, I see no" obstacle. The
Emperor encourages his young officers to make
suitable alliances. You are of equalrank, and
any undue haste could be explained by the risk
she runs in being left a'one with Loris Bolaroff, half a lunatic and'-wholly diabolical. But
if j'ou do not intend to marry her, keep aAvay
from her."
"But'I do not, nor have I ever wished to
marry her. I felt sympathy for her. I taught
her AA'hat I could. If—if—she is too conscious
of the attractions of Victor Kharvieff—well,
she is not the first."
I could not resist a smile at the vanity of
this spoiled darling of women. ''Very well,1'
said I. " Go no more to Loris Bolaroff's.
She Avill be broken-hearted for a week, and
will forget you In a month, as some of your
other conquests have done."
Four days only remained to us at Vladi Kavkoss. We had been in readiness to leave for a
Aveek, so anxious were avc to be gone. The
night before our final start fre sat for the last
time around the stove in our wretchedbarrack-
roon, and AA-ere so merry at the prospect of
returning to ciA-ilization that we agreed it. was
the most delightful eA'eniug we had spent
since leaving St. Petersburg. Victor Kliarvieff was the gayest of all. He had not once
been near Varva Bolaroff since our conversation, but I detected neath his careless enjoyment something- like melancholy. He perhaps
felt more for Varva than he acknoAvledged.
We had saved up a feAvixottles of champagne
to celebrate this last eArening, and Ave were
still in the midst of our mirt'n and hilarity at
midnight- It AA-as a frightful night of rain
and storm. We were discussing the chances
of an early start on the morroAV, when I
thought I heard a timid knock at the door. I
hesitated, and heard it repeated. I rose and
opened the door, and Vanra Bolaroff walked
in!
We gazed at her iu dumb amazement. She
must have AA-alked the AVhole distance from her
father's house in the rain. Her clothes were
dripping, her furred cloak torn, her countenance as pale as death, and she AA-as evidently
wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement.
She AA-alked straight up to Victor Kharvieff,
and, fixing her large and pathetic eyes on him
as if Its AA-ere the only object she beheld, she
exclaimed in a voice of piercing anguish, "I
AArent to the spot you appointed, and you were
not there!"
At this Victor also became deadly pale, and
looked as guilty as a murderer. He made an
effort to speak, but he could not articulate a
word.-
Varva continued in the same heart-breaking
tone: " My father suspected that I was about
to escape; he threatened to killrae- Look!"
She turned back her sleeve and on her delicate
white arm AA-ere some hideous purple marks of
a man's hand. The remembrance of her father's Drut.ali.ty seemed to excite her still more.
She began to weep violently. " Ah," she
cried, "I have suffered sueh pain here," she
touched her shoulder,." where he struck me!
I could bear it then!' I thought he Avould be
Avaiting for me. I stood In the darkness of the
woods until I knew he Avas not coming; then
I ran I kneAv not in AV-hat direction, except that
it AA-as aAvay from my father, until IsaAv this
light." V
Except for the convulsive sobbing of the
unhappy girl the silence was appalling, and
every t-j'e Avas fixed on Victor Kharvieff. Van-a
appeared to be unconscious or careless of any
pieseneeexcept his.
" iMademoisellc Bolaroff," said he, stammering with confusion, ''has perhaps misunderstood some light words—a jesting appointment."
At this Varva suddenly ceased weeping. She
appeared to groAy tall in her anger and her
ey s shone like fire through her tears. "Traitor!" she cried. ~,
I went up to her aud took her hands. " Varva," said I, " Ave are all your friends, You
are in a difficult position. We must arrange
immediately f or you to goto some place where
you c in haA-e the protection of your own sex.
The priest's house is not far from here; his
Avi e is a good soul."
Her bauds Avere like ice, and she Avas trembling with cold and excitement, and literally
drenched with rain. I saAV her distress AAras
partly physical. I forced her to sAvallow some
wine, au 1, placing her on a 'bench in-.a warm
corner near the stove, endeaA'ored to soothe
her as Avell as I could. She still wept and
sobbed, but the warmth, of the fire and the
wines em/id strangely to oA'ercome her. Her
eyes closed, her head drooped, and almost before I kueAv it she Avas fast asleep, her pretty
h"ad re ting on her arm.
I thought I had neArer seen so sad a sight as
A\-hen she lay there sleep ng. Her bared arm
still showed the cruel marks, her eyelashes
were wet with tears, and a long and troubled
sigh came Occasionally from Tier half-parted
lips. She AA-as so helpless and go utterly ignorant of the Avorld that I felt a kind of despair for her.
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While the employes of the Morris Exchange Hotel, at Morrisville, Madison
County, were one day last week en-,
gaged in cleaning house it became necessary to overhaul an old garret which
had long   been unopened except  to
throw some article in to get rid of it. -
Among the things taken out were some
volumes of the Government Agricultural Report of 1861.   In loosely handling
one of these books was discovered scattered among the leaves a quantity of
greenbacks   and fractional  currency,
amimntihg. to $2,700-   How they came
to be secreted in such a place ;ao,on,e
knows.' They bore evidence of having
been where they were found a long
time.—Binghanitoni(N, Y.) Leader,-
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"You Ra-ietskA', go to the priest's house
and rouse them up. Explain that Mademoiselle Bolaroff lost her Avay—was driven out by
her father—anything you choose," said I.
Kharvieff sat silently gazing at her.
A tremendous uproar atthe door now began, .
and before we had time to open it Bolaroff
dashed into the room, looking like a madman.
"Where is that Avretched girl, no longer
daughter of mine?" he yelled. His eyes fell
upon her, and he rushed at her, but Kharvieff,
suddenly rousing himself, caught himandheld
him firmly.
"That "daughter of yours is now under my
protection, and Avill soon be my wife. Now, if
you dare, lay hands on her." As he spoke he
flung Bolaroff clear across the room.
His ascendancy over Bolaroff was nevermore
apparent. The "latter, burning "with fury,
seemed to be uncertain Avhat to say or do next.
"And," saidl, "remember that the Countess Varva Bolaroff is of a rank that entit'es .
her to the Emperor's protection. She is a Avard
of the Emperor; and he will make you feel the
weight of his displeasure if the neAA's of your
treatment of her comes to his knoAvledge, Did
you ever hear of Michael Narishkin, Avho was ,
sent to Siberia for his treatment of his chil- "
dren?"
Varva in the meantime slept on, undisturbed by the clamor.
Bolaroff began to perceive that we were too
many for him. "May I be permitted to ask
who assumes the responsibility of mademoi-
■ selie's actions, since she has seen fit to-rebel
against me?" said he.
" I do, "ansAvered Kharvieff. "She shall be
mywife before we leave this place."
Kharvieff's decision gave all of ns a sensation of relief. It cut the knot io'f' our difficulties ; for Bolaroff's conduct convinced us more
and more that hissdaugbter's life would not
be safe with him.
" But where is your permission to marry?"
said Bolaroff, as if an idea hadsuddenly struck
him."
"I have, it is true, no formal permission to
marry, but I shall have no fear when the cir-
cumstances are brought before the Emperor.'
And it must take place immediately " contin-'
uedKharvieff, turning to me. "Go,Dubassof,
and Avake up the Mayor. Come, let us go Inta
the next room to makewhat arrangements art
necessary."
All Avas now excitement. One went for some
kind.of a carnage for the bride; all found
something to do to aid in this unexpected
Avedding, Kharvieff seemed to be as eagerly-
bent on it as any bridegroom could be. He
Avas as cool and self-possessed as possible, and
directed everybody. Bolaroff, upon finding
Avhat a turn affairs were taking, rose and anj
nounced his purpose to return home,
"No,youAvill not," said Kharvieff. "The
presence of the parents of the bride Is forbid*
den, it is true, at a marriage, but none the less
shall you accompany us as far as the church
door,"
At a look from Kharvieff, tAvo young officers,
Avho Avere ready for anything, took their
seats one on each side of Bolaroff, to prevent
his escape. We had gone into the outer room,
leaving Varya sleeping profoundly in the inner one. In about two hours Dubassof returned with the Mayor and Kadetsky with the
priest's wife. Everything was ready. Bvthe
liberal use of threats, promises and money,
the affair had been arranged In two hours, instead of the two weeks that the village officials
usually require. * •
It was noAV almost daylight. The only thing
to be had for the bride "in the shape of a carriage Avas a tarantass, which had arrived, and
the priest Avas Avaiting in the church.  Khar-,
vieff noAV Avent into the next room for Varva.
In a few moments Ave heard her voice Iu
angry protest. Then the door fieAV open, and
she AA-alked in among us.
She, went up to her father. "jBesays"—
pointing over her shoulder to Kharvieff—
" that I am to marry him. Noav, I will -not
marry him," she said, stamping her foot. "I
will go back Avith you. You may beat me, you
may kill me, you may do what youAvill, but I
will never marry Vicror Kharvieff."
This unexpected condition of things disconcerted every one except Kharvieff. " Varva,"
said he, "Ihyveyou. I will never marry any
Avoman but you."
" Butyou will never marry me," said Varva.
".T dec.ived myself once into believing that
you loved me; but you, Victor Kh-iryieff, can
deceive me no more." She looked around triumphantly. "O, see hoAV"absurd he looks!
He Avas going to marry me.   Well, he is n^t."
Kharvieff put a stop to all further arguments by seizing her firmly in his arms and
carrying her out to the tarantass andp.acing
her in ifc.
The ludicrous now fully predominated. We
all had a desire to see Kharvieff succeed in his
bold enterprise and felt that it A\-as the best
■ thi n g that could befall Varva.
The procession to the church was as follows:
Van-a and Kharvieff in the tarantass, he holding her so that she was utterly poAverless, and
replying to her angry tears and declarations
that she Avould die rather than marry him by
the most endearing expressions; Loris Bolaroff, ou h s oaa'u old horse, Avith two of the
scapegraces of the regiment on either side of
him, one holding his bridle, Avhile theo her took
possession of his stick—he Avas by that time
too subdued to do anything but SAvear beloAv
his breath; the Mayor, half tipsy, escorted be-
tAveen two other officers, Avho stopped occasionally to refresh him from a flask of vodki
Avhiehthey carried; myself Avi'h the priest's
AA'ife, who Avas supposed to give dignity to the
affair; and a miscelaneous croAvd at our heels
—for the regiment, as well as the AVhole village, Avas aAA-akened by this time.
IJpon reaching the church some of our comrades Avere found waiting with the priest, and
according to the Russian custom, thatthepar- "
ents of the bride shall not be present at the ;
church, in order that she may be free" and untrammelled in her choice, Loris Bolaroff remained outside under a strong guard of vil-
lagers. By the aid of a few roubles the priest
Avas induced to overlook any informalities in
this hasty transaction. ' , ■   ,
The ceremony began. When the consent of ,
the bride Avas asked, Varva stood up
stiffly and absolutely refused to speak,
Avhen Kharvieff, taking her by the
top of her head- and her chin, inclined
her head for her. The priest proceeded, and
in a feAV moments they were man and wife.
The marriage was scarcely over before I was . ,
beckoned out of the church by a courier. I
was ordered to transfer the regiment to the
next in command, and to lose not an.instant;-
In presenting myself at St. Petersburg to be
sent to France on a mission of importance
from the Ministry of War.
The last I saAV of Varva, she was receiving
the kiss from the bridegroom usual at Russian marriages, Avhile it required all of Kharvieff's strength to keep her from rushing
away from him.
I reached St. Petersburg several days before
the regiment, and AA-as sent to Paris, immedi-    . *
ately.   I remained there for nearly three years,
by order Of  the Go\-crnment.    During that
time I received the follOAving letter from Khar-      *
vieff:
" You are, perhaps, commiserating my do-,
mestic difficultk's.   My friend, I have none.
MyAvife is most beautifully affectionate and
submissiA'e to me.   She is perfect.   But for a
ytar after nry marriage she never gave me a
civil A\rord.   She told me she Avould kill herself
rather than remain with me.    At last I made   "
her fear me; then I maie her love me; then I .
made her jealous.   My dear friend, if youAvish
a real excitement and a glorious triumph,
marry a-woman aa-Iio professes to hate you."-? >;
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