Show mime M incline 1 Moi derer is olf anil sang into et STANDARD special service S oct 22 some very curious facts in connection with the recent li of young aobert derner lor alie c his mother inlaw in law near NC have just come to light the party wl 0 the lunching lynching lyn ching bays that berner was taken from jail and carried to the of the town under a large oak arfe hero the mob stopped and asked lie prisoner if he wa ready to dip berner wd he would tie if he knew lie would meet liia w ife and balai in heaven the mob then informed him hat he would ba allowed time to prepare tor death about tins time a who was in town came apon the scene and asked to be allow ed to pray with lie condemned man his request wis granted and he knelt down by the side of berner and prayed v ery fervently that god would save bis durica the prater many hearty amens and auch responses as lord grant it jesus receive his spirit went up from the for more than three hours pra era and regular religious exercises were a few minutes before midnight berrier expressed his willingness to die lie was then placed upon a horse with rope about liis neck and then as an appropriate hymn waa raised alie horse was led from under him and his body left dangling ic the air still on tanner special f sen ice oft 22 naturally was a god g od deal of talk around the city today to day and in etli cial circles about the controversy between secretary noble and assistant secretary bussey on the one bide and corporal tanner on alie other over alie batters lat management of alie pen gion office it is understood tint more letters and further correspondence will be published and eliat the subject is likely to occupy considerable public attention during the week more feeling is evidently entertained by the parties directly interested alian on the part of alie public for eo far as ohp body of alie body of alie is concerned ery little feeling is expressed there is regret among his friends that ex commissioner tanner ha ead so much on the subject and liis admirers have very materially decreased 10 number the only result eo tar as public opinion is concerned is a belief entertained by a good many people that assistant secretary bussey has shown moie personal pe interest than he have exercise and some people go so fir as to say that his personal interest was based at the outset upon a desire to become commissioner of pensions the most in part of ahe correspondence lias already been published and very few persons if ia fact any cerious ly believe that the tanner incident w ill cut the leapt figure in any of the approaching elections general bauni was occupied today to day in acquainting himself with those who hive business at the pension office and its employed emp loyes he will adapt himself to alie and the being familiar the routine work of the government bervice and with the pension laws As suoi as he gats the hang of the biro the work of the pension office wll go ahead the same as though no change had taken place he intends 0 o the laws upon business principles and will be quite as liberal and fair with the soldiers and their widows and orphans as was commissioner tanner let at the feame time he will not exceed the laws miss tanner the daughter of the late commissioner who holds the position ot confidential alt rk to the commissioner of pensions is at his desk yet although sir W II 11 scudder who has long teea a private secretary to the commissioner is now a principal examiner there will be some new immediately about the commissioner and a general readjustment of the affairs ia the bureau fatch inz etla at washington STAMPED special ST service oct 22 western who delight to handle the rod and reel and search for the finny tribe should come to washington tue water maids Lerea bouta are filling op with eels in some along lie chesapeake and ohio canal in the district there are BO many eels that they interfere with the workings of the locks and the wheels in some of alie old fashioned water mills in arbams hereabout a ae reported to be cogged up now and then by this long slippery and alim specie of fish at the last sion of the maryland legislature a bill w a paused providing tor the extermination of eels in lie W colico river and the sum of was appropriated for ilie purpose the atae fish commission were instructed ted to expend this sum and report alie result of their labors their work lias been well done but they bay the nuisance has not been abated the money was expended in different counties two cents being paid for each eel delivered to any of the six inspectors d buted along the river the enormous gumbei of beis were captured and paid for and sir toadvine one of the commissioners baye there aro more eela in tha Wyco mico river today to day than alien he began hie extermination they were any where Sn length from two feet to an inch in loonman sw STANDARD F benice ben ice oct 22 peter mueller an old miser worth nearly was arrested and locked up today to day for cruelty to animals he was driving th auh the city an old horse which could harlly the rickety w agon in which Muel lr gat on a heap ot garbage alie humane society will prosecute him mueller owns acres of land and all of it was within the city limits previous ions to the annexation of towns he has owned land for many years and with in that time it hai increased enor in value A great deal of it is wor h 1000 and an acre the old man lives in a cottage near the cabal he lives a miserable life gathering up scraps of around and baina houdei ur ha own fool aud allow int his librae to upon aliat grans it can find on the prairie braig Tolli ur hidur 9 P ario 0 oct 22 A peculiarly culi arly ead caw w that of sirs craig Tull lver wife of the notorious kentucky desperado des ferado and leader in itoman county feudi frince tte tt e killing of her at moorehead die haa re aided w it h a sister here she haa now become ileane this is almost wholly liue to the conductor conduct of her two sons joe aged 14 and bertie aeed 11 biah are wild vicious boya A few days ago they attacked their mother b cause she attempted to correct them knocking her down and beating her almost to death the boys will be bent to a reform while samuel a rich relative will provide the mother a good home here pro ariman oct 22 lieutenant of calain Ca pain winns expedition haa camp and put his forces to flight Graven reuth is continuing the pursuit |