He hasn't the faculty of putting
things, yon know. He brought in
a paragraph to-day about a rescue
from drowing and he neglected to
say that the boy was just sinking i
beneath the hungry waves for the
last time. Yesterday he brought!
in a horse accide.it and if you’ll
believe it, he not only didn't say
that the horse had recently made
a mile inside of three minutes and
had been refused $5OOO for him, but
didn't even speak of the horse as a;
valuable animal. No. Charley will I
never do fur newspaper work, j
‘Tisn’t in him.”—Ex.
The Chicago papers announce j
the arrest of one B. S. Burdick, in j
Memphis, Tenn., charged with big
amy, stating that he formerly hailed :
from Boscobel, Wis. Mary of those
who were acquainted with Boscobel
and its people, some years ago, will
remember Burdick. He was married
about four years ago to a beautiful
and accomplished young lady, the
daughter of a clergyman then sta
tioned at Boscobel. The marriage
was celebrated with great eclat and
the newly wedded pair soon after
left for Dakota where, almost before
the honeymoon had waned, Burdick
began to allow the inherent rascality
of his nature*lo crop out. He was
arrested and his young wife, broken
hearted, returned to her parents.
