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rood, tntn mlna for I know It Is surf :" that
the money wa1
of them, that
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the money wa, to bo divided between eight plead guilty, mivj-a nau no lawyer, m
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"IOMSWUG, PA.
Friday. March. (JO, 1878.
1'i-om Monday'f fatra VJUion.
THE END ftT LAST,
ClosiDG Chapter in the Rea Murder.
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
CONFESSION
OF
When thThiaTfirfifc began I Wild have
THE EXECUTION
deal moro hut I gin., ho didn't mind it at tho
time.
I do say that Tom Donohue is innocent of
thUciiiuo. Ho knew tiTithiug about it. Jiost
of the evidenr-ii for our iicfoino wn, false,
anil many of tho wilncse, Mern paid for their
evidence.
T knew
of a man who would pwcar that I fat up
with him when ho had a broken log, the
liluht Ijcforo lira Was murdered. l!ut when
" . . . . .. . 1 ...I ..1. T 1....1
you asked me uunug mo trni wiiciucr l mm
on wcro to havo no part ; that they were all do, so 1 plead not guilty as tuo outers uiu,
member of tho Ancient Order of Hiber- when I know it was n Ho.
nians, 'Jester being Bodymaster, whoie or- j woui,i i,avo n11j0 atatemcut long ago,
dern, accordlnn to thcpracticei among them, but I was in a celt with the other two and
they were bound to obey, lie says that tho j,aij Imucc, 1 UOvcr had a chanco to talk
party of Ix arrived at tho piaco Known as ,oyou ni0tl0 or j wol,n j,av0 t0ld you tins bo
th "Water barret" In the early morning, ijnt ( QOnA't do it in tho rell with the
and were concealed by tho imooi mo ronu ; 0licr )w,
that Dalton bclnC tho only one of tho party Qa mM o(, lho wi(nMSC3 nRamsl
who knew Mr. Ilea, went upon the road and , , ,f JiBt Kcl fM
was to give a signa by rai.ing his hat auer . , , n x
Alt. i;ca naci paeii mm , m mtv
wagon romlng and went out by tho sldo of
tho road, but as lMlton ma noi raise ins
hat, went back into tho brush! mat wucn
Mr. Ilea did como along they went oui up
on him, robbed him of his money, gold
watch and pocket book ; that then ho and
Tully fired at him about the samo time; that
Kea ran and they all kept tiring at mm,
Mcllugh following nearer than the rest, and
nearer to tho sldo of Mr. Ilea, firing upon
him that deceased fell upon his face, aud
ulty put his pistol behind his ear and fir-
-1 ilml thH n.irlv went unon tno moumain
ami dtvlded tho sixty or scyenly dollars I nnJ. vvitncfrs, I would not tell you of this
found in the pocket book ; that he kept tho matl becaiii-c I knew it was twn nichts before
watch and gave it to Michael Graham on t)10 murder that I fat up with him, anil 1
7 fry nf 1 tho evening 01 1110 am uuj iu .!, i was not Eiiing hhk "M"
JrB tri CK, jL. JU j!iyi telling him It was Ilea's watch. a i;t., even lo mvo my neck.
w w " ' I I 410 HOI lliahU IIUS Mait'iut-in- uuv ui crnw
He further says that ho saw Hester on towards any one, or to injure any one's mem-
lulheyardof the jallofColuuiblacounty, the night of tho murder at Michael Ora- ory, but simply becauo I truly repent of my
was expiated this day on the gallows, lor ham's at a radio J that Hester said tho mon-
the first time sinco Bloomsburg has been the ey was not WOrth dividing. He further tes-
I'o'.mty st, the crime of murder. Nine tlficil that tho day after, as he thinks, Thorn-
years ago on Sunday tho 18th day of October RS Donohue was nrrcstcd for tho murder;
lSiiS tho dead body of Alexander V. Ilea, a that he, Jack Smith, Lafferty, Tully and
citizen of Central! in this county, and McHugh went to seo Hester, and that Smith
agent of the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron informed Hester of Donohue'i arrest when
Company and tho Coalllidge Improvement Hester replied, "It Is near time mat i
Company, was found lying in tho bushes 9i,0uld clear out," and that ho left that
riddled with bullets, near tho water barrej night, and that tho next night or two tho
on the road from C'cntralla to Mount Car- w!lness, Tully and MeUugh lea for fear of
inch Ho Was last seen near that point on being arrested."
Saturday preceding. On the 17th of No- The'trial lasted nearly threo weeks, when
vembcr 1SC8, on the testimony of ono Thorn- the jury after being out but n short time re
us Doorley, John Dully, Michael Trior aud turned a verdict of "guilty." An applica
Thomas Donohue were arrested for tho mur- tion for a new trial failed. The prisoners
der, and lodged in the Pottsvllle jail. After wcre sentenced to be hanged, and Death
n Jlalca Cbrpun hearing the prisoners were warrants were signed by the Governor fixing
scut to this county for trial. About the time ti,B dt0 0f execution on August Uth, lh7 1
of Donohue's arret.t, Patrick Hester went to 1 The case was taken to the Supremo L-ourt,
Tho Efop,jiill8 at 11:1 6. A. M.,
LAST WORDS OP THE LYINH MEN
Bum ay wai a w i day. loivaius cc -- - . . .
Ing It grew odd, and sinrmy, and howled lc h says .that a few day, since a coal mi
Vi -I T. i . t ' i... n ml.l ner In that city, whose name Is mppresscd at
Several da)s before tho execution there
was n rumor abroad that tho Governor's
private secretary would be hero on Monday
with a, conditional reprieve for Hester, on
the ground that tho other two might possi
bly e.tculpalo him at tho last moment. Il
wa, also based on n dispatch reported to
havo como from IVotiu, Illinois, which If
true, nroved Hester s innocence. Thatdis
i ...W t,0.,r. find bv a" "y His wile a copy m n picionaipa
nine o'clock the tMrcf t pre'fiited n lively
scene. A i-nntlnu us ftream poured up the
alley lo tho jail. Tim Commissioners office
I - t'1.-1rt-ll-1.1..... mitt tn ll.A
wnere iciimy oiierui riiitiiunum u ... ,.
vault guafded by an officer, wa, besieged by cognlr.ed the pictures of Hester and Kelly
i i Jli i ' . i.,ot.. to .hi. and tho cut of the tavern. Himself and wife
ner of tho dalo of Tebruary, 1878. Thl
sheet contained a portatt of Hester, Kea and
Kelly and Hester's tavern at Locust Gap
Junction, l'a. The miner immediately re
o'clock a. in. the dread sentence ot the law
was carried out,and as you read this, Patrick
Illinois where he had a brother and sister
living. Suspicion had already fastened upon
him. In tho early part of January 1SC9
Hester returned, went to Illoomsburg and
delivered himself up for trial. At the De
cember sessions 18G8 a bill of Indictment was
found against Donohue, Duffy and Prior,
and at;l'ebruary 1809 a bill was returned
sgalnstJUester, Donohue and Duffy.
The case was called by the District Attor
ney onFebruary 2d, 1809, the prisoners I Carbon county, the samo one on which Fish-
were arraigned and pleaded severally not I cr w;n hang Thursday, and to day at eieveu
guilty. On motion of counsel, separate
trials werergranted, and the Commonwealth
elected to proceed against Thomas Donohue.
On the morning of tho 3d a jury was em
panelled, and tho trial proceeded with. Dis
trict Attorney E. R. Ikcler, Linn Bartholo
mew, Robert P. Clark, Edward II. Baldy
and M. M. L'Velte represented the Common-
wealth.'.while John W. Eyan, John G.
Freeze, Myer Strouse, S. P. Wolverton and
W. A. Marr defended the prisoner.
The theory of the Commonwealth was, as
this Satiirday waa the general pay day in the
coal regions, a party of assassins had con
cealed themselves at this point for the pur
pose of securing the money Mr. Rea was go
ing to pay the hands at the colliery. It was
bis custom to pay the men at the colliery on
Friday, and had been for a long time. This
fact was known to every person in the re
gion. It wa, done for the purpose ot ena
bling the person bringing the money from
Philadelphia to return home on Saturday.
He had been to the colliery and paid the
crimo and will not die with a lie on my lips.
This statement is given by me, of my own
accord, to'.Gco. R'.Elwcll, onof my counsel,
and written down by him at my request this
19th day of March 1 S7S, to bo published after
my death.
PATRICK TULLY.
relcr McHurIi wa, visited tho npxt day.
He was found in his cell with heavy shack'
les on his ankles to which hung a chain at
tached to a ring in the iloor. He is tho on
ly one of tho three subjected to this pun
ishment as he had made several attempts to
escapo."? His visitor was. no sooner seated
than Mcllugh anxiously Inquired whether
Tullv had mado a statement. "He has tol
me some things'
wrong" said Mcll
credit to Kelly,
when he swears
hundreds nnxlous to obtain passes to the
jail yard. A throng vl!trd theCoi.nMniAK
office constantly, In hope that througn some
influence they mUlit bo admitted.
Somo of tho prisoners counsel bade them
good bye at about ten o'clock.
Hester rxprccd bis gratitude fur all that
had been done fir hlni. Iln had no hard
feelings towards anyone. McHugh said but
tilth) though he wa, greatly moved. Tully
hroko down and wept like n child. Three
priosls, Father Schluter, Father Koch and
Father McGovern were In attendance, and
said mass with the condemned men in their
cells.
Before ten o'clock the j ill was surrounded
by an lmpasab!o throng. Tho gates were
nil guarded, and no one but those having
business wcro admitted Inside tho yard. At
the rear of the kitchen was Hester's coffin
in n largo wooden box, and this attracted
the attention of a large number who did not
expect to seo much else.
The scaffold was erected during tho mom
ine in plain sight of the condemned men.
The Sheriff out of the kindness of his heart
Tho town was remarkably quiet up to
Mnnitnv innrnliiir". There w.u'but little ex
citemcnt on tho streets, and itouobut timid
women and sensation mongers expressed
anyfoars of trouble. Tho town authorities
havo had a force of 20 policemen patrolling
it, a cif.rt fur soveral davs previous, tho
county employing ten of them. Kimday night
2S wcre on duty, and Monday a largo num
ber of deputies" "were po9tcd throughout the
town, aud a careful watch wa, kept of all sus
picious characters.
(For tho COLCMSUX.
TUB KXl'EUtKNCY OK CAPITAL rUSISIl
MKNT. Tho nuestion of tho expediency of capital
punishment ha, had a fair chanco in our
midst, of cither a negativo or an affirmative
demonstration, in tho triple execution oi
Monday last. 1 take it, that a largo majority
of the citizens of this, or any other communl
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
PRICE-LIST
OF
. NEW SPRING GOODS.
formerly resided In that ptnee. Ho knew the
if.. 1 .... 1. ..!.. n...tn. Inat Ua
went to the law office of Mr. L. Harmanand ty, would not question the rightfulness of
made the following statement under oath :
'I am thlrly-two years of age and now re.
sldo in Peoria. I have been n coal miner
for fifteen years. In 1871 I wn, working in
Pennsylvania a, a miner in Conner's colliery
rdjaccnt to the town of Glrardville, Schuyl
kill county. In 1870 I was married to my
wife, who was formerly a resident of Locust
Gap, Pa. Ono evening about fivo o'clock
capital punishment as a vindication of the
law and n measure of righteous retribution.
Hut tho sentiment of tho publio may not bo as
unanimous upon tho question of tho fjyic-
diency of it, in view of its attending train of
evils. That thcro nro serious evils connected
with tho execution of tho death pcnaUy.must
ho confessed by any ono who has observed tho
morbid Interest of n largo part ot our com
home nud went across tho street to wash
myself in a little shed that was used a, a
wash house. While I wa, busy tin door
opened and in caiuo Dan Kelly. Before
I went over my wife and a neighboring
woman told mo "Dan" had been inquiring
for mo that afternoon ; that he was a dan-
. .,.1
gerou, man, and t.iat lie nau sworn oy ni,
God If I was not tho right kind of a "Far
down" he (Kelly) would kill or put a head
on me. When Kelly caino into the shed
I was
SILKS.
in rariv uuu onvteiuoj.
STlUl-aHlLK. . .
no ct.s.
COCtS.
COLOItKD RILKH,
In all ttie New Shades.
BLACK D11KS3 SILKS.
A heavy sill: at the latter price,
ts cts. to It
16 cts, to tl,
1TESS FABRICS.
SHEPHERDS PLAHW, 10 els
NEW 8PKINCI l'L.UDS, '-1
SPRING SUITINGS, IJJcls
SPUING CASHMERE, (half wool.) lBctii
PACIFIC ami M A aui l tail'. u i'ahui'
Good styles, "0 els ; usual price so cenn
MATHf.ASSK BEIGE. 20 anil 25 cts
plain- ur.irin MtiHAiR 20ci
25 ct
22 cts
TWILLED BEIGE, (soft wool,)
MAUICILLA CAMEL'S HAIR,
never sold less than 37 j cis
nWAtTTIPIII, NOVELTIES.
EXTRA QUALITIES AND STYLES,37i cts
ONE CASE AUMURE8, 25 cU
30 cts
n.vpr H.1U1 ie.A man cis
PURE MOHAIR BRtLLIANTINES,
ALL WOOL nUNTINO In wonderful variety ot Qualities and colors.
31 cts
PRIHTTS.I
DARK CALICOES
SPUING CALICOES,
'1 cts
5 and ti cts
WIDESPUING CHINTZES,
SPRING GINGHAMS,
7 and 8 cis
8 and 10 cU
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In tho latter part of August, 1871, 1 returned M""V. wcn WRan Mvcra. u . . .
excited crowd of fifteen or twenty hundred
pcoplo outsido tho prison wall, during tho
hours of 9 and 11 on Monday morning. Tho
throng was not within any limits of either
age or or sex. Women and children, men am
half-grown boys, wero on tho tip too of ex
nectation. eaecr to catch tho sound ot some.
thine coins; on within tho walls, and all tho
wiii'.o dUcussing every imaginable detail of
tho revolting spectacle, from which they wero
I ,,ii mi. - .1 .r il.. Anna.,!n
... ... , nrrmnriv nip 1 inn. i uulv u i u vawu,iun
a little Biarueu, remcmoering wnat ' . ' . , r
...0..v.... -- . , j , Kellv salil H1. Will live 111 mo memory oi many "up o. uu.
had proposed to remove them to the guard he omu had Mlyl. Hal (ow Qt a, a j f 0 latioll aud miscry,
Good evening sir. Then he asked if I had ns a .J V "ll',?h, an'ordoJ "noxatnpled op
u r n i.i.. t ..i.i t ..... portunities of smht-secmg and exeiteineut.
UCCU 111 l.uiiuai. waif i..bciy i oam i .-. I o . . ,1 1 -tl
Kelly then asked mo what I thought '10 impression of tho day on their minds will
of him. I said I thoueht he wa, a ono. of absorbing interest, rather than of
r. Ti,.n vii !,! paintui sorrow.
iiosiiciev.
LADIES' PIN STRIPE HOSE,
Full reiriilar tuaile
BEST ENGLISH HALF HuSE,
Double heels and toes.
39 cts
20 cts
MISSES' FULL RDGULAR MADE HOSE,
Ilanilsonw dark ntripe, 25 cts. Sites :
5, 5, 0, OJ, 7, 7J.
i.inruws.1
room out of sight, and hearing of the m
stmment of death, but they objected, Baying
they preferred to remain in their cells.
While the carpenters were engaged in tno
erection of the scaffold the men occasionally
lonked out of their windows, and Tully ex
SERGE CRETONNES, 25cta
NEW BASKET CRETONNES. 45 cts
STAIR LINENS, 14 cts to 30 cts
EXTRA 1IUCK TOWELS, S75perdoz
NAPKINS DOYLIES. 60 o to $3 par doz
FINE LINEN FOR LADIES' WEAK,
'25 ct per van!.
SCOTCH LINEN SHEETING 90 cts to $1.25
iuiusi.iurs.
YARD WIDE RLE C1IED MUSLIN
01 cis. A B'l'iil sliirtinir iiiiidln.
YARD WIDE ItROWN MUSLIN,
0 ct. A good wiqeting niiislin.
2J YARDS WIDE SHEETING MUSLIN,
n.nrin rfiXTON FLANNELS. 01 cis
Wl I)H BED SPREADS, 05 cts to SI
.. I 1 .1. 1. ..... .!,. AttArwllilntr nrntllfl nn I iuo 'w .". , wo .o uwutvu j. . fcvw . .. ..
was the reply, "inai s , . V' ".t. Y"l " deal of thin,, that he is not irulltv of. He "e J"outlllul '?. Rr0 "10 &a" ex'
ugb, "It will only give maue r.gntasne u.a no, . trouble - prosseJ sen, ment9 d ,0 10 prisoners,
, and he will be believed eu. - do Mhlbltlng ,i,em ,n the role ot receiving inju-
nther men's I ves awav." wncnunuiea anu smij- - . , f . . on v suilcnuc a
mil ihavn.ii i wun it at hi . i BSKeniiim o ue p me on - . - ..
which action stayed the execution. In Do- ,, then nsted wiiether ho had issued.and before the men came
ccmoer iuooui..cmC.. .... nnytt,ing to say that bo desired published was crowueu.
,ion sustaining tho court below, i and the 1 hu Jcath tQ wb-ch hp repUed tlinl At a few minutes before
case was then presented to the Hoard oi i.i ,u, ir nroceaslon made its apneara
Pardons which on Tuesday of last week re
fused totlalerfere. The Governor In tho
meantime issued alias death warrants fixing
the 23th'of March as the dale of execution.
The sheriff completed hi., arrangement
last week. A scaffold was obtained from
11 o'clock the
there was nothing. He said that If he was procession mane iw hrw ,
asked on the scaffold whether ho had any- veicr jncuugn, newmpuu. u,
thing to say, he should answer no, and Schluter. Ho held a crucifix in hi, hands,
would make no remarks one way nor the the priest praying as they walked. Hester
other. He would neither assert his inno
cence nor deny his guilt.
that job, and Hester's rply was that he
wantul that thing stn,n-l; that Ilea had
been hi, friend. Kflly, then said I told
him to 'give ino your reviver and will try
to get along without you,' but tho old man
wouldn't even giv me that, but said ho
wanted that' thing stopped right there and
he wouldn't have anything moro to do with
It, that lta had helped to build bim (Hes
DESCRIPTION OP THE MEN".
Hester Peter McHugh and Patrick Tully
lie in their coffins, having paid the penalty
of their awful crime by being hanged by
the neck until they were dead.
DID KELLY TELL THE TRUTH ?
While It was irenerally believed that the
threo men were guilty ot the crime, there
were some who, on account of Kelly's infa
mous character, to which he himself testi
fied on the witness stand, had doubts ot the
justice of taking human life on such evi
dence. . Indeed in all capital cases thero i always
a feeling of uncertainty among those en
gaged in the c3e so long as the accused,
with death staring them in the face, con
tinue to protest their innocence, and it is
always a source of great relief to the Judges,
the jurors, and the counsel on both sides to
know positively that no mistake was made,
and no judicial murder committed.
About two weeks ago Patrick lully sent
El-
men. ao it woum seem preuy certam , Word by officer Rowbottom to Geo. E.
the perpetrators of the crime must have . .... . . .
Tatrick Hester Is the oldest of tho three.
He was born In 1825 In County Roscommon,
Ireland and is therefore 53 years old. He
came to this country in 1810, aud settled in
Schuylkill county where he lived for Borne
time. He afterwards moved to Mount Car
met where he lived uplo tho time of his ar
rest, in the fall of 1870. He held several of
fices. Was school director for a number of
years, and tax collector, for a long time. He
is a large man about 5 leet 10 inches in
height, portly, and weighs over 200 pounds.
His hair is glossy black, and ho wears chin
whistera which are slightly tinged with
grey. His eyes are Bmall, and have a pe
culiar twinkle when he talks. He leaves a
wile and lour aaugnters, wno resiuo ui lo
cust Gap Junction.
Potcr McHugh was bora in 1834, in Ire
land. He lived in England a while, and
came to this country in 18G4. He first spent
about a year in New York State, and then
came to Pennsylvania where he remained
until tho summer of 1872, when he went to
fnllowed.wlth Father McGovern. He was
dressed in n new suit of fine black broad
cloth and held in his hands a small ivory
crucifix. Patrick Tully came last with
With unfaltcrlne step all
rfn,1pd h ..allow,, the Sheriff and his take a dritu- a id he.ir
...:...t..in,u.,n.rn,in thpm. Tho nrlests That man Ilea is my friend.
UHiawuwovttuuin(j ivmm t
recited the offertory rapidly, while from tho
window of the cells that McHugh hadjust
left a party of girls admitted by one of the
Coal and Iron Police gazed upon the sicken
ing scene. We do not know who they were
nor do we wish to. They were probably
among those who are a disgrace to their
Bex.
The Sheriff asked the prisoners whether
iust nunishuient. A disposition to lionize
tho men, positively mado itself felt and was
upheld by scores of people. This wa, but a
natural outcome of tho universal talk about
tho.iui pending execution, which was ever pres
ent to tho nublio mind. The last act in a
tragedy always leaves a moro vivid impress
siou upon the averaeo mind than tho first
It would be hard to say who received tho
.. .. , i. :.i : .i,
.o ,. ....,1 i, 1.1, .i n r. greater snaro oi tenuor cuuaiuciuuuu m .
1...' i.!... ti it..... ..i.i ir.. .ii common talk of tho town tho innocent vic-
MHI11I huh, iiitii nc.ri oniu, ajgi. a . , ti,.!..
more about it. uln or ulu uruu" muruure.. ..... .......
w oii I one of tho greatest ovils attending tho oxo-
i'-- .. , ... . t.i..i
moment and then added. 'Wo did it nil cullon 01 In0 ueawl PeDall' " l"
;. A good wiqeting muslin. i "'
Msffl
requesting mem.
DRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
IS. W. eor. JCilitlt and Market Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
the same,' but avnued that Hester was inno
cent; that the plot wa, carried on and exe
cuted without Hester's knowing anything
about it. This news filled me with horror ;
I took Kelly across the street and treated
him twice to get rid of him ; Kelly was
slightly drunk when he came to see me ; I
was at a loss to know why he confided this
they had anything to say, when each one tome; dui as soon as i rciurneu uome in
said a few words in bo inaudible a tone that the evening my wife told that she had known
it was almost impossible to hear them. Kelly before she was married, while she
Tt.,. th effect that thev forgave every lived in Locust Gap ; that he was a desper-
body that had ever done them an Injury, ate and a bad character; one day she saw
J I i i i : - i ..i .1 1 : t . . l,.
nd houed that they were forgiven. Hester ""' " ujiBm ,
said he did not plot the murder of Rea, but
did not deny that he knew it was going to
be done. When they bad ceased speaking
their'hanJs wero tied behind them,and their
legs strapped. The white caps were drawn
over their heads and they were left alone on
tho gallows.
THE LAST 8CENK.
Sheriff Hoffman pulled tho rope that shot
he
bad been guilty of attacking other people,
and that his real name wn, McEanu, Kull,
and that in consequence of these crimes he
sympathy of a large class of people. It is
this that makes so many advocates of tho ab
olition of capital pnuishmcnt, and in a largo
measure neutralizes the beneficial results that
should follow its execution, viz ., tho dim
inution of murder aud crime. Crime will in
crease in proportion, to tho disposition of the
publio to shrink from tho execution of a swift
and commensurate punishment
If. therefore, capital punishment could bo
administeied without its attending evils, iu
beneficial effects would bo largely increased.
It seems to me this would bo possible, if wo
had in each eeparato stale, a single locality
where all executions should take;placc. The
novelty and excitement in such locality would
soon.wear away on account ot .the .frequency
... ...... .h.I .t...n..l l.la nnma n nil I 01 II1Q pUniSnUJCUl, WIU1U II1U CltUUia uwyu iv
the reason ho called on me now was so that neighborhood.from which ..the ulaoes
my wife would not tell on him, and that if f.r"j. would what, they oughtUoJbsj-a
Coat ridee Colliery. On the 11th of Febru
ary a verdict ot not guilty was rendered in
'the case of Donohue, and the prisoner was
discharged.
At the May Term I8C9 the case of Duffy
was tried and resulted in the acquittal of the
defendant on ttie 11th of May. On the
game day, the evidence against Hester
at that time being insufficient to convict, a
nolle prosequi was entered and he was dis
charged. Prior was tried and acquitted.
Seven years passed by, and no further clue
was discovered as to the murdeieis of Kea.
There was at (his time confined in the
'Schuylkill county jail, on the charge of lar
ceny a msf named Manus Cull, alias Daniel
Kelly, one of the most abandoned criminals.
Learning that there wcre suspicions of his
having somo knowledge of the Rea murder
this man who bad been guilty of almost ev
ery crime on the calendar, concluded to turn
state's evidence and thus save his own neck.
Accoidingly, on his testimony in the fall of
1870, Peter McHugh, aud Patrick Tully
wero arrested as participants in the murder,
and Patrick Hester was rearrested as an ac
cessory before the fact. They were first
lodged in the Pottsvllle jail, and on Janua
ry 31, 1877 brought to this county for trial.
On Wednesday February 7tb the trial be
gan. Messrs. Hughes,Buckalew and District
Attorney Clark were for the Commonwealth
and Messrs Ryon, Wolverton, Freeze,
Brockway, Maban and Elwell for the pris
oners. The prisoners were formally arraign
ed, Tully and McHugh answering "not
guilty" and a special plea was put in for
Hester to the effect that be had once been
arrested and discharged for the same offence,
The court overruled the special plea, and
Hesfer plead "not guilty" and the three de
cided to be tried together,
IDed, and Tully informed Mr. Elwell that
he intended to make a statement. He pre
ferred to wait, however until after the final
action of the Board of Pardons, when he
would tell all, whatever the decision might
be. At that time he acknowledged his guilt,
for the first time to any of his counsel
though he had a short time before giv
en n statement to Captain Alderson,
which n sent to Judge Elwell at Tully's
request. That statement 1, in Bubstance
the same as the one printed below.
While talking he frequently broke down,
and when tho shooting was mentioned he
rested his head on the table and shuddered
with horror at the thought of the terrible
deed. From that time he talked frequently
and freely with Mr. Elwell on tbe subject.
On Tuesday night last, at nine o'clock, al
ter the prisoners had been informed that
there was no hope for them in this world,
Tully wa, called upon. The visitor was ad
mitted by an officer who by the dim light
of a lantern unlocked the iron gate with its
clanklm; chain, and, swinging back the
heavy oaken door on its creaking hinges,
ushered the visitor into the presence of the
doomed man. He was found sitting at tbe
nine table, on which burned a kerosene
lamp casting dim shadows about tbe cell.
After r few remarks in which hs stated that
the decision of the Board of Pardons was as
expected, Tully announced that he was
ready to make his statement, requesting
that it should not be published until he was
eone. He was assured that nothing should
be known of it until after the execution, and
he then proceeded to make bis confession,
Whether Dan Kelly told the truth or not
our readers can judge. Here is the docu'
ment, with several unimportant omissions.
eight months and then came bsck to this the bolts, tho trap fell, and three bodies
state where be has lived up to this date, dangled iu thn air. Hester's chest heaved
He is smaller than either Hester or lully, and his limbs quivertd for a few seconds,
wears a hev black mustache, and has Tully and McHugh never moved,
straigb' Jiack hair and black eyes. Ho After thirty minutes the bodies were taken
was never married and ha, but few relations dewn and placed in coffins, Hester's wife
in this country. His nephew John Mo. taking him to Locust Gap Junction, and the
Hueh of Kincston visited him on Friday other two being sent to Wllkcs-Barre for
last.
Patrick Tully as beforo stated is forty
eight years of age. He weighs about ISO
pounds, has a round smooth face, brown
hair and gray eyes. He was married only
a few years ago to an English woman, a
widow with the cMldrcn, the youngest of
which is six years old. He has no chi'dren
of his own.
Daring their incarceration Father Schluter,
of Dpiii d c. In, been their spiritual adviser,
ltc.-cuily bis visits have been regular and fre
qu jnt,
Closing Scenes.
On .-Vurday afternoon the most affectiug
lint had occurred up to that time in tho
hhlory of tbe gient tragedy took place at tho
jail. Hester's brother, cousin, wife, and
daughter .Mrs. Dooley visited hiui in his cell,
n nd lor nhuo-t tho first time his feelings en-
tiiuly oercame him, Mrs. Dooley said fare
well for tho hint tune, and tho sccno was ot
tliu most heart lending description. "Oh,
an it ho possible," cried she, "that I thall
hevcr seo you ajjain alive ; that you will nev
er speak to me any moro ! It is too much,
burial.
The witnesses required wcro empanelled as
follows :
Jeremiah Longcnber, Maine.
Geo. P. Dreisbach, Beaver.
Joshua Fetterman, Bloom.
Casper llhawn, Catawissa.
tV. G. Quick, Montour.
John Wanich, Mt Pleasant.
Joseph V. MeHonry, Fisbingcrcck.
Lewis Eckrote, Mifflin.
W. II. Ent, Orange.
O. D, L. Kostenbauder, Franklin.
J. M. Dewitt, Fishingcreek.
Win. Ycager, Roaringcreek.
The physicians attendant in an official capac
ity wero Drs. Gardner, T. J. Swisher, T. M.
Krebs, and J. F. Chapin.
rnvsiciAss' nEPonT.
Biiomsburo, Pa.,
March 25, 1878.
, W. HorruAN,
Sheriff Col, Co.:
Sin: We, tho undersigned physicians ap
pointed to attend the execution of Hester, Mc-
she did he would gather somo scoundrels
like himself and beat me to death. I did not
know at tho time that Hester had been ac
cused of this crime, or that such a man as
Rea hfi been muruered, and only learned it
afterward from my wife, I never spoke to
Hester, nor am I in any way interested in
him, nor am I a Mottle Miiguire. I knew
nothing of these subsequent events until my
wife came in with that illustrated paper.
I only do this to save a man, whom I be
lieve to be innocent. A, soon a, Mr. Har
man heard this statement he took tbo.miner's
affidavit and sent a dispatch to Mrs. Hester
and to Ibe Secretary of Pennsylvania. An
answer wa, received at once and the affida
vit was ordered to be forwarded, but did not
reach here in time.
It might look tike undue haste to hang a
man who was stoutly denying his guilt, and
with such an affidavit as the above in his
favor but,
Hester and McIIagb Admitted their Unilt.
wholesome restraint upon theVlawless tho
absencoof any popular demonstration and tho
silent acquiescenM of hundreds of good peo
ple who, in tho excitcmnnt of tho haurywcsld
alwava piijress undue sympathy with the
murderers.
L. 7.
KOr TUK COLUMBIAN.
BV WM. BRINPI.E.
COIN CANNOT HE SUPPLEMENTED BY
BANK CUItUENCY.
The next step, is to show that the deficien
cies of coin, cannot bo supplemented by bant
currency, as it is a contracted and and con
stantly contracting system of currency . At
tention will be called to tho origin ot the
inlamously delusivo system.
Near tho closo of tho seventeenth century,
John Law a celebrated Scotchman, and
natural mathematician, who was well educa
ted, became a desperate gambler, and applied
mathematical calculations to tho gaming ta
Both Hester and McHugh up to Sunday ble, with wonderful success j lie proposed to
Insisted upon their innocence, tho former ciVc to tho promissory notes of bankers, spec-
saying that at the last moment he would ially authorized by law to pass as a circulating
proclaim his innocence before God and man. medium, the valuo of legal tender coin, by
They did not know that Tully hadconfessea. making them redeemable ou demand therein
On Sunday nleht tbev were told that there Law became involved in a quarrel witli a Mr
was no longer any use in denying their guilt, Wilson, whom ho killed in a duel j ho was
that Tully had made a statement and the tried, convicted, imprisoned, and rcicascu py
too much 1" and throwine herself upon tier huch and Tully, tlo hereby certify that at the
father's neck sho moaned in tho most piteous I expiration of four minutes Irom tno time oi
manner,
wbilo all others present, including the guard
wero deeply affected.
WHOLE TRUTH
was known. McHugh received the intelli
gence in his indifferent manner, but the an.
nouncement struck Hester like a thunder
bolt For a few moments be was spcechlessj
but at length they both
Admitted Their Unilt
Hester saying while he did not plot the
murder, ne was wun ine pariy auu imn
the King, whon ho emigrated to tho Contl
uent, Tho BritisV Parliament rejected Law
but in 1690, adopted his proposed system
a Bank of Issue.
Law settled down in Taris, and there put
into full operation his schcrao of attempting
to make "Bills of Credit," equal In valuo to
leeal tender coin. By nn edict ot tho French
Goyernment, they were mado equal legal ten-
posing Iho "gold banks" to havo the amount j
of basis required by law; in their vaults.
To purchasi' a dollar's worth of any commo
dity, with such a currency, makes the 'price
four dollars, or tho teller must suffer a loss,
it is impossible for one dollar to redeem
four ; consequently three dollars o! that cur
rency out of every four, arc a pure fiction or
legal fraud ; and often, a, in Caliiornia re
cently, the entire issue of n so-called gold
bank" is fictitious. This luiiated aud uctitious
currency is tho sole causa of tho cost of living
and of doing business being increased with the
increase of bank currency.
The volume of gold and silver being limi
ted, nndcunency based on it for redemption
purposes, must ba a limited or contracted cur
rency ; entirely inadequate to tho wants of
business, established on u cash basis. This
fettered" currency forces on tho people, tho
credit system of business, and as thtro is a
point beyond which the forced or "inuateu
credit system cannot expand, money panic
and crashes, periodically, aro inevitable
confidence and credit being destroyed at a
time of commercial crashes tho promissry
notes of bankers, not being legal tenders for
private debts, in this country, tho holders of
them demand payment, when lliey aro neces
sarily informed that bankers aro unable to
perform their piomise, to pay, on demand
nor is it surprlsinz that they should not have
any specie or legal tender money in their vaults
at tho very time when it is most needed.
Tho demands of commerce fur coin, to con
vert into bullion, are inexorable, to pay
debts, and settle foreign balances, which the
banks aro compelled to surrender, from timo
to timo ; to maintain commercial credits, in
tho vain hope of preventing n crisis. As coin
disappears from timo to timo from tlioir
aults, bankers begin to curtail their loans,
and thus call in their promissory notes, which
contracts tho currency, iu tho effort to savo
themselves from failuro or suspension, and
thereby aid in creating a panio and crash, in
stead of preventing them as nothing but ex
pansion or moro money or currency, at a pe
riod of f'inflnted" credit, and threatened crash
could possibly prevent a crisis ; consequently
it is apparent that bank currency or "Bills of
Credit of any kind, aro totally inadquato to
supplement the deficicnciei of coin.
Tho subject will be continued and it will
bo shown what will safely supplement the de
ficiencies of coin; forever prevent money
panics and commercial crashes J and be tho
means of reducing taxation, by Congress, at
least one hundred millions of dollars per year,
and make this couutry a market to which
tho commerciatnationsof tho world will como
to buy.
Marcht23, 1878.
S. W. Douglass,
Civil and Mining Engineer,
ASHLAND, PA.
General Surveying and Engineering
Business attended to with Oaro
and Dispatch.
I am prepared to make drawings, Plans ana
MoiJels In Wood, Brass, Iron, or the above materials
combine! as necessary ot
Bridges, Mines, Breakers, Eollihig, Engine!,
PUMPS, and all kinds ot macntnery for u ot case
at court or for applications to secure patents,
l'ateau Hftnrrd. march , 1819-
A DMINISTRATOR'S KOTICE.
1SI1IE OF CHILIS 1. IUKI, DCIAil.
Letters of Administration on the estat of Charles
n. Kllnn. late of Greenwood township. Columbia co
deceased, nave been granted by tbe Ileglaur of sala
county to Jon. C. Eves of same township. AU persons
havtnir claims against the estate are requested to
present tnem lor setUement and those indebted to
make payment without delay.
JOSEPH C. EVES,
mar. , TS-ew' Administrator.
umr. Qreenwoodtownauip.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
istati or mm n. iuni, vxo'd.
Letter of administration on the estate of Annie
It. Kune.iatg or ureenwooa igwnsuiu,uiuuiun
ty, l'a., iiaTO been granted Dy the lleglster of colum
bla county to Joseph C. Eves, Administrator, u
whom all person, Indebted ara requested to mako
maods against tho sdld estate win make tbem
Known io me unaersiKircu. Auiuiuiauaiv.
delay' JOSEPH C. IVES,
Administrator.
march 29,78-sw" Greenwood township.
TIIOVAS 11. lUXTMlN.
Albikt Uakthah.
The Bllverware delivered by the National
Silvr:Plating Co. No.- 70-1 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, is giving entire satisfaction. All
orders ajo promptly filled, and no one need
herniate about sending them money. x,iKAeron
ObMntrK
Mr, Hester wa, deeply overcome, the drop Hester's respiration ceased and in what was going to , be do n. Ths accounU dors .ith coin, (rotable . and
10 UIS BUUUcU CUttUC Ut UllUU uuu iui eo I tilVlujr iw v- ------ .
The principal witness against them wa, TULLY'S CONFESSION.
Manus Cull alias Daniel Kelly who had I
been made a competent witness by a pardon I i wa3 ; Ireland on December 17th,
from the Governor. The substance of his mo. County of Cavan, Parish of Drughn
testimony Is contained in a portion of Judge j I emigrated to Scotland in 1854, and came to wa9 loved in return.
Elwell's charge to thejury which we copy: this country in I8C3. I lived in Heading describe,
"Daniel Kelly, an accomplice In the mur-1 a whilo, aud in Glen Carbon, Schuylkill
der of Alexander V. Rea, has testified to I county. I went to Centralia in this county,
facts, which if believed lo be true, estab-1 w xa fu 0f 1863. I moved about a good
lish the guilt of alt the prisoners. He says I iit, and thcro aro a good many things that I
that tbe robbery and murder of Mr. Rea I do not caro to say anything about Iknow
waa'plannedon tho night of the lbtli.ol ucto
ber 18C8, at the saloon of Thomas
in Ashland, at tbe suggestion
Hester; that there were present at the con- with this world, now, and bavo to answer
splracy ten persons viz: Patrick Hester, only to the Almighty, and I will tell nothing
but ths truth.
Concerning this crime, I can't say I am in-
noccnt. 1 can t say any of tho party lsjnno
1 cent, lou can make Pat. Hester innocent if
you like, but ho was there. Ho was thcro all
On Sunday aftcrnnon Mrs. Hester and tier
three daughters visited their husband and
father ,for tho last time. What happened
thcro is sacred, and over it we draw a veil of
sccrcsy. However wicked he limy have
been, Hester loved his wife and daughters and
Ibis parting wo cannot
On Saturday evening Mrs. Tully and her
youngest child catuo down to see her husband
in his last hours, olio seemed resigned, and
passed most of the evening in conversation
with him. Tully ato a supper ot bread, tea
nine minutes tho pulse no longer was percepti
ble. Tully was pronounced dead legally. In
eleven minutes the pulse stopped and tlo res
piration in five minutes.
Mcllugh's respiration ttopped in five rain
utcs and tho circulation in twelve minutes,
whein we considered them legally dead, but
thev wcre permitted to bang about thirty niln
utes after. Cause of death was strangulation
in eaclu .
B. V. Gabpner.TiI. D.
Thomas J, Swisher, M. D.
D. T. Kbeds, M. D.
The Scaffold.
This unpretending instrument was borow-
fallure to deny his guilt on the scaffold as he on their legal-tender power, but on the prom,
said he would do. " ise to pay them on demand in coin and
whilst tho delusion lasted ns they were
moro convenient than coin and greatly facili
tated ttio operations of trade and industry,
thev commanded a premmm over com. liaw
also adopted the system of stock-gambling,
so extensively carried on in this country, at
tbjof Octo- thero are many jicople who will believo what anj a 1)0ached egg. and tried to appear at liis cd from tho authoritio, of Carbon county. It streets immediately after the drop fell, ,us.
a Donohue I am going to say is true, and there aro oth- ca8C hut really ho nte very little, giving most is Iho same used in the execution of Camp- The demand for it was great. Tho office
of Patrick crs who will tay it is false, but I am dono 0p :,' . .l0 i-ltua i "Patsy," who remained bell, Donahoe, Kclley and Doylo. Their wa8 beselged, and tho services of officer D. '
,. l,n .nn- -.1. .1.! -1 1 1 1 . , 11 ! 1..1 it. LI.Um. l.m T 1. ! t .1... f r1
Incidents.
One heur after tho execution tho CoMiM
lllAN had an extra on tho streets, contain
ing a history of tho case and Tully's confes.
slon. This confession was read over to Fatli,
er Koch in Tully's presence at about .ten L, tQ t,ie Jnjury 0fiU' morals'; which
ociocK.somai me pnesvuouiu e 1 suouu uo prohibited and punished bylaw,
was anything in it that ought not to be pub- Tfao John Uw Qr UritUU .ipcc;0 basis"
llshed. The omissions were mado at his , f b k KDCyh a8 bCCu carried on
suggestion, and the changes thus made neo- . Engtand ejDC0 j696, and in this country
ess&ryin the type caused a delay, other- ... !niiPnpnd,.n( of tho colonics: and
wiso tho paper would have been on the .... minr,.llv!ome. when tlih de.
lusivo and fraudulent system must bo abolish'
under severe penalties. Tho promissory
of-bankers aro merely evidences oi
Peter McHugh, Patrick Tully, Ned Skiv-
ington, Bryan Campbell, James Bradley, I
William Muldowney, Roger Lalferty,
Jack Dalton and himself ; that its object I
was money, Hester informed tho others!
that Rea would go to Bell's Tunnel the next 1
day, and that there wa, money in it fpr I
them 18 or 10 thousand dollars; that the
whole baud had pistols; that it was agreed
to rob, but not to kill Mr. Rea; that they
tho night at Tom. Donohue's saloon, and he
Uu nl.tr.1 In 1a11 nh.l Itn tenant tlin
iu .i,t n.n,n ,. terviuw Willi OUUfcH ..intll ..wu.
I " ft M.V.M.Ufa. 1 . , ,..
n...(; Tim wu iM i1,a imil, nlnt I nuckaiow, anu a rciiori was iui m cnimiuiuu
the circumstances of the Rea murder ? An- that a rcscuo wa, leareu, auu iuai uo ,mu
all aloiu.1 ti riinnli ii 'o aainnn flrinlrf nc nil I Iln curtrf 1 n timf 1 1 pa l,,it mra.t ha nalil como to prevent it. Also that ho bad como to
nioht until nearly davlleht. when all accept wa, true Neither Hester nor McHugh told arrango for a reprieve for Hester. Thcro was
I.afferly started out to meet Mr. Rea on Ibe mo to do tbe deed. What I dono was dono
Mt. Carmel road between Centralia and of my own accord. But Hester was Body
Mi.Cmintl: Ibat Muldcwnfy lefttUmsay- master, and McIIurIi was County Delegate,
Ing be was lame; Ibat above tbe toll gate and if they had said the thing shouldn't bo
Hester and Skivington left, Skivlngton say done, they could havo stopped it. It wasn't
ing that he would go to work in order to so much tho Order (referring to tho Ancient
ward ofl'susplcion, and Hester that he would Older of Hibernians) as it was whisky that
go to Sbamokln to buy hair to put In lime led mo into it. If I had followed niy early
for plastering; that he there handed his teachings I never would havo got into this
j.lstol lo Kelly saying, "your pistol is no trouble.
with him all night, names to still inscribed on the Hickory beam j.aycoclc were required to keep me crowu , , , , , . UIc, on which
Tho final parting took place on Monday above tho drops where they stood, and bear from taking the office by storm. ewsboys tJ Jraw intcrost in adTauco, instead of pay
morning, and was of a character beyond de- tho marks of tho ropes used on tho occasion Were u nable to hand them out fast enough, . . as fceM must j on tlieir n0tC8 anli
oi uieir iaiai iuu. v wus rnxn-u u auu lur mice uuuia mu oaw. . i debtSt who ato not thus specially privileged
webteru comer cl tho jail, ana consutca oi to Uh best to mrni&n me excueu masses wun . . T, nromIworv notes of bankers.
I v irlttiatml tmtta nnil lirnrpfl of naif. Iho I rvmlp nf t hfi rnnfeealon. .Nearly two IDOU-1 . i t i i t' : ,i.,v :.,
Tl.ni.mtn Vrnnllm of Philadelphia. Su- ""' ' "m ' , -J", ... "I""" ,. "..,....,' . .,, not peing ieg.ricrwcra.wr !
. . . . , , . u i ikii. nciu w iw Hlo"l ..." ........ V" - ..v.- i - .
periutenucni ut x niki-nuu b-isuuxuvu .gvui
was in town on Friday, He had a private in
scription.
no truth iu cither of tho reports. Mr. Frank
lin was hero for tho purpose of seeing that all
arrangements lor mo cxccuuon wcrupropcriy gcrunioi,. who arrived on Saturday with ex
made, and to ascertain how many .extra Coal nert Operators to assist our gentlemanly Man
auu iron porno wcru ucvuuu.
The scaffold arrived on Friday and wa,
followed by a largo crowd to the Jail, where
it was stored away In the cellar. The ropes
were received Saturday morning.
Il.la nAiinlnr in nnlpr tn'ftivA fllfwrl credit And
each drop or platform was about 7 feet. The as mauy more could have been disposed of. currcn(.y atou)ad0 by law.payable on demand,
platforms wcre 0 feet from the ground, ine The paper wa, sold at tbo low price oi tnreo Jn .j tonJer money wllicll .bcm
two wero Intended lor two ineu eacn, anu iue cents, ine uoasis oi a neignoonug uuuy u.g of Credit," and therefore clearly un
fall was regulated by a ropo attached to an tbat It would have the first report of the ex-1 constitutional,
iron lover which pulled out iron slots that eculion, fell ruddenly, and when late in me Under the system of Stato Bauks of Issue,
held tho platform. day hundreds of copies of that paper reached tU , ( porlion of bank currency to coin
r, , n I here' U was wlth dlfHcuUy that lts catr!era was threo to ono. Under tho "National"
no n esicru uuiuu eit:j;iii'iivu. na nu, dijpoje.4 oi a lew oi inem.
represented by Superintendent O'Brien of I
While tbo scaffold wae being erecteu an
prisoners confined for petty offences wero re-
ager, Jlr. tlars, aud ma ciucieni arsisiaw i moved irom ine jaii, anu piattu m iuu-
Mr. Lowry in handling Press despatches, up for safe keepiug.
Air. O'Brien at onco cut tho wires hero, put
in new instrument8,and arranged to work both
ways at tho tamo time direct with New York
and Philadelphia.
It is said that Tully and Kelly had re
conciliation last week. They met in the hall
of the Jail and shook hands.
bank system four dollars of paper currency
are allowed for every dollar f gold, owned by
tho bank. This is what is known as tho
British or John Law "epecio basis" system
of bank currency, tour nominal dollars bo-
ing based on ono dollar of epecio forredemp
tion purposes, and not being lcgal'tenders for
privato debts, each dollar ot paper currency
Li worth, at lest, only twculy-iiveceuts j sup-
March 15 iw.
Croaking is 'not confined lo the Frog 'Ponds,
At this Heason almost everyliody 1, hoarse.
The Mealing of distressed lunij, is beard every
where. Why is this, when Ml Honey of
Jhrehouwi and Tar will cure any cough, cold
orhorasenesln4Shoura? Sold by all Drngg.
i'b. , . ...
Pike s Toothache Drops cure in l roinuie.
. March 15.
Tho penetrating winds incident to this season of
Uiq year ore a severe ordeal lor the lungs. The neg
leet ot a hard eough generally leads to a weakness
ol tho lungs, which, cot Infrequently, results In
cousuraptlon.
ticuENcs's riuiomo mur will at occe relieve
and loosen a tight eough and Is such an agreeable
remedy tbat children will take It without being
coaxed. A cold on tho lungs. If consumption ts not
ahead) del elopod, maybe easily mastered by tbe
uso of the 1'ulmoulo Syrup, together with Schenck'a
Mandrake 111U to clear the system ot the accumu
lated mucus.
Ia more serious cases, where tho disease has be
come deeply seated, and the patient auffera tram
loss of appeUte, weakness and vmaetation,
ScUencl'n Sea Weed Tonlo should be used In con
nection with the abovo mentioned remedies, to
stimulate Uio appetite and bring thdlgestlve pow
ers. Into healthy action, thereby sustaining the
strength ot the patient and eaabung him to resist
tho progress of the disease until the rulmonlo 8yr
up may perform Us healing and cleansing work.
Tho use ot these Btandard remedies according to
the directions which accompany them, cannot fall
to I produce tuost satuslactory results. A letter ad
dressed to Dr. fchenck cor, fclxth and Arch bis.,
1'bUadelphla, asking adflce, will promptly receive
the pooler's personal attention, tree or charge.
Khenck'S Modlcuica are lor tela by All UruggbA.
Man.
HARTMAN BROS.,
DEALERS IN
TEAS, CANNED FBUIT,
CIOAKS,
TOBACCO.
szrorr,
CONFECTIONERY.
Spices of all kinds, Glass & Quoensw
FINE GROCERIES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
AND GENERAL LINE OF
Family Provisions
Russell's Old Stand,
nVPF.RT BLOCK,
4th door below Market street, Sloomsburg, Ta.
rr Goods delivered to all paru ot the town
April V7, -ir-tf
The Seaside Library.
Choice books no lonirer for the few onlr. Tbe beBt
standard novels within the reach of every one.
uooks usuauy sold irom ll WA3 given (unchanged
and unabridged) for 10 and 30 cents.
las. The count ot jlonte-c'rlsto, Alex Dumas
16. Tho King's Own, by Capt, Marryat
117. Hand and nioie, by Amelia u. Edwards
168. Treasure Trove, by Hatauel Lover
u. The Pnantom hblp, by captain Man-rat
iw. Tlie mack Tulip, Dy Alexander Dumaa
1. The World Weil Lost. E. Lynn Linton
tel. Shirley. Charlotte Pronto
lea. Frank Mllduiay, by captain Marryat
164. A Young W lie's Story, Harriet llowrn
its. A Modern Minister (Vol. 1.) chevely Novel
im. -rue i ast Aiaini, cv ueorge sand
The quoen'a Necklace, by a lex, Dumaa
its. Con Cretan, by iharlm Lever
lee. St. Patrick's Kve, by Charles Lever
110. Newton Korster, by Captain Marryat
111. Hostage to Fortune, by Mtsa br addon
Hi. Chevalier de Malton llouge, by Dumaa
ITS.Janhet tn Search of a Father.br Cantaln
Marryat ' soo
171. Kale o'Donoghue, by Charles Lever too
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lie. I'ercival Keene by Captain Marryat
in. tieorgs cauterbury.'a will, by Mrs. Henry
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178. Hare Good Luck, by 11. E.FrnclUlon loo
Iti.The Iiuioryof acrlme, by Victor Hugo loo
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181. The Countoaa de Charny, Alex Dumas loo
li. Juliets uuardltn, by Mrs. Cameron loo
lu. Kentlworth, by su- waiter bcott soa
1S4. The Little Savage, by Captain Marryat loo
1st. "uood-Uye Sweetheart' by llhoda brougton loo
1st. David CoppeiUeld, by Cttrles Dickens soo
1S7, Nanon. by Alexander Dumaa
US. The Swiss Family lloblnuon
isti. Henry Uunbsi, by Miss Ilraddon
IW. Memoirs of a Physician, by Alex Dumaa
let. The Threo Cutlers, by Captain Marryat
19i. '1 he Conspirators, by Alexander Dumaa
la. Heart ot Midlothian, Mr Waller Scott
114. No Intentions, by Florence Msrryatt
let. Isabel of Havana, br Alexander iiumaa
!M. Nicholas Mckleby, by Chtrles Dtckeua
ltl. Nancy, by lthoda Uroughlon
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