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assortment of pure
DRUGS & MEDICINES
IN CAMBRIA COUNTY.
'JUNTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
Alcohol, Turpentine,
are Wines and Liquors, best brands,
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pfVt HOLES OR RETAIL
TO TI1E TRADE AND PUBLIC
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Franklin Street,
(OPPOSITE MARKET HOUSE,)
PHNSTOWN, PENN'A.
. QUICi SAL.CS,
CVICXL SALli,
AND SMALL PROFITS.
AND SMALL PROFITS,
AND SMALL PROFITS,
GURLTSY'S NEW CHEAP STORE,
GUKLEY'S NEW CHEAP STORE,
GURLEY'S NEW CHEAP STORE,
KDENSBURG, PA.
E3EN3BURG, PA.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Th Lartiest Stock of Goods. TLe Beat
ton
flectd And tha Greatebt Variety ever
wgbt to Town.
largest, cheapest and best,
largest, cheapest and best,
largest, cheapest and best,
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go and see.
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C(i oreac.i vS. ia his New Store, a laro
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gooiis, conbistiDgof
OUR. CORN MEAL, CHOP FEED,
li. Bacon and Cheese ; Sugar, Cof-
".T f 1 O - rf -:
n r wi.-e, ojjitca, xuuawu, viftis,
MOTIONS, DRUGS, PERFUMERY,
QChtc aud Eartlienware. ALSO, a fina
yortment of the best and latest style of
.lira 1 T
S-i f2,0naSaages, Sardines, Fresh and
id Oysters in can. or half cans, and al-
r VJ"u'":g m the eating or drinking
of which will be sold at small
GEO. GURLEY,
, .Jais Stbbet, Ebsbubo, Pa.
nnary 31. 1867.
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njt vices to the citizeus of Ebensburg
Il Ttth Oracled without pain
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I5b7. wade. 1867.
I am now prepared to offer ;
SUPEROR INDUCEMENTS
TO CASH PUBCHASER8 OF
TIN & SHEET-IRON WARE !
EITnCRAT,
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
MyAtock consists in part of every viriety of
Tin, Sheet-Iron.
COPPER AND BRASS "WARES,
BNAMELLED AND PLAIN
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h SAUCE-PAWS. BOILERS. &c,
UA1 8UUVELS. MINE LAMPS, OIL
CANS, HOUSEFURNISHING HARD
WARE OF EVERY KIND.
Spcat'a AntiOut
HEATING and COOKING STOVES,
EXCELSIOR COOKING STOVES,
NOBLE, TRIUMPH and PARLOR COOK
ING STOVES,
Aud any Cooking Stove desirfcd.I will get
when ordered at manufacturer's prices.
OJd Stove Plates aud Grates, &.c, for re
pairs, on band for the Stoves 1 sell ; others
will be ordered when wanted, particular
' attention given to
Spouting, Valleys and Conductors,
all of which will be made out of beat raato
riala and put up by competent workmen.
Lamp Burners, Wick and Chimneys
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
I would call particular attention to the Light
House Burner, with Glass Cone, for giving
more liht than any other in use. Also, the
Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil.
gPEACEirs sirxcni
It recommebdii itself.
SUGAR KETTLESAND CAULDRONS
of all sizes cocstan'.ly on baud.
Special attention given to
Jobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowest possible rates.
Wholesale MmiCHANrs Lists '
now ready, and will be sent on application
by mail or in person.
Hoping to set all my old customers tnd
many new ones this Spring, I return my
most sincere .thanks for the very liberal pa
troiai;e I Eikva already received, andTwill
endeavor to pleasa all who may call, wheth
er ticy buy or uot.
FRANCIS W. HAY.
Johnstown, March 7, 1867.-6m.
G
REAT Reduction in Prices J
TO CASH BLYEES!
AT TDC EHEXSBURG
HOUSE-FliRNISMNG STORE.
The undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Ebcnsburg and the public ge-ner
ally tnat ne nax maaa a great reduction in
prices to CASH BUYERS. . My stock will
consist, in part, of Cooking, Parlor and HeaU
ing Sioccs, of the most popular kinds j Tin
ware of every description, of my own man
ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, such aa
Licks, Sciews; Butt ninges, Table Hinges,
Shutter Hinges; Belts, Iron and Nails, Wiu
dow Gla&nt Putty, Table Kuivcs and Forks,
Carving Knives and ForkB, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parens, Pen and Pocket Knives in
great variety, Scissors. Shears, Razors and
Strops. Axes,' Hfttcheta, Hummers, Boriug
Machinca, Augers. Chissels, Planes, Com
passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises,
Wrenches, Rip, Panel and Croa-Cut Saws,
Chains of all kinds. Shovels, Spaoes, Scythes
snd Snaths, Rikes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,
Shoe Lasts, Pegs, Wax Bristles, Clothes
Wringers, Grind Stones, Patent Molasses
Gates and Measures. Lumber Sticks, Horse
Nails, Horse Shoes, Cast Steel. Rifle?. Shot
Guns, Revolvers, Pistcls, Cartridges, Pow
der. Caps. Lead, &c. Odd Stove Plates,
Grates and Fire Bricks. Well and Cistern
Pumt'S and Tubinc ; Harness and Saddlery
Ware of all kind ; Wooden and Willoio Ware
in great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
Fish Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glassware, Paints, Varnish
ts, Turpentine, Alcohol, &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Syr
up, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
tish. Hominy, Crackers, Rice and I'earl
Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and
CIGARS; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
Shoe, Dusting, Varnish, Stove. Clothes and
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and ' sizes j Bed
Cords and Manilla Ropca, and many other
articles at the lowest rates for CASH
$y House Spouting made, painted and put
up at low rates for cash. A liberal discount
made to country dealers buying Tinware
wholesale. GEO. HUNTLEY
' Ebensburg, Feb, 28. 1867.-tf.
A DMINISTRATOKSV NOTICE.
-.JL Letters of Administration ou tha estate
of Michael Maxwell, late of Washington tp.,
rWM havine been sranted to the cndrsien-
ed by the Register of Cambria county, all
persons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present them properly
ntViAnt.ca.fl( for settlement, and thote in
debted to the same are requested, to make
payment withont aeiay.
ELIZABETH MAXWELL, XdmT.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, Aam"-
Washington Tp.. Oct. 24, I857.-6.,-
TThlSSOLUTION Tie partner-
ship heretofore existing between the
undersigned in the manufacture of lumber,
under the firm name of Bebe & Luther, has
thi day been dissolved by mutual consent.
The books and accounts have been left in
t.h Viands of JoseDh Behe for settlement, on
whom all persons interested are requested to
call. JUMru o&riEu,
JACOB a LUTHER.
Susqnehanna Tp., Oct. 7, 18676t
F you want to buy goods on long credit
and pay biz prices; don't iro to
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Susqnehanna Tp., Oct. 7, 18676t.
EBENSBURG, PA.,
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IXDUX SIM3IER.
Just after the death of the flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
a here comes a festival season,
When nature h all aglow
Aglow with a mystical splendor
That rivals tha brightness of Spring "
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than aught which fair Summer could
bring. -
Some spirit akin to the rainbow
Then borrows its magical dys.
And mantles far-spreading landscape
In hues that bewilder the eyes.
The Sun from his cloud-pillowed chamber
Smiles oft on a vision so gay.
And dreams that his favorite children,
The Flowers, have not yet passed away.
There's a luminous mist on the mountains,
A light, azure haze in the air.
As if angels, while heavenward soaring.
Had left their bright robes floating thsre;
The breeze is bo soft, so caressing,
It stems a mute token of love.
And floats to the heart like a blesoing
From some happy spirit above. "
These days, so serene and so charming,
Awaken a dreamy deligbt
A tremulous, tearful enjoyment.
Like soft strains of nU3ic at night ;
We know they are fading and fleeting.
That quickly, too quickly, they'll end,
And we wstch them with yearning affection,
As at parting we watch a dear friend.
Ch ! beautiful Indian Summer f
Thou favorite child of the year
Thou darling whom Nature enriches
With gifts and adornments so dear !
How fain would we woo thee to linger
On mountain and meadow awhile.
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of
Nature,
Rejoice and grow young in thy smile.
Not alone to the sad fields of Autumn .
Doet thou a lost brightness restore.' ,
But thou briugest a world-weary spirit
Sweet dreams of childhood once more.
Thy loveliness fills us with memories ;
Of all that was brightest and best
Thy peace and serenity offer
A foreta.te of heavenly rest.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
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A STRANGE INSTANCE OF ITS CNCKBTAINTT.
A letter from Plattsburg te the Albany
E'xning Journal gives particulars of a sup
posed murder which are very remarkable.
They relate to the case of a man supposed
to have been murdered in 1856, a dead
body found and identified as bis, and the
arrest and virtual conviction of his sup
posed murderer. We extract the follow
ing particulars :
In the latter part of June, 1856, Cap
tain John G. Weatherwax, attended by
bis cousin, Andrew Weatherwax,. sailed
in a lake bout from I'lattsburg for a Ca
nadian port. Having discharged his car
go he came with his boat to Pike river, a
stream or estuary, that empties into or
connects with Lako Champlain, just be
yond the Canada line, and upon the east
side of the lake. At Pike river there was
u tcttiemeut of considerable extent, and a
wharf at which the boat conveniently
moored. Here Captain Weatberwax was
to obtain a lading of wood, with which to
freight his boat and return to Plattsburg.
During the day the two bad a violent
quarrel, which was witnessed by a man
employed on the boat. It was at its
height about 8 o'clock, both persons threat
ening each other. At length "there came
through the darkness to the ear of the
listener the sound of a dull, heavy thud,
as of a powerful blow with some heavy
weapon crushing through the skull, and
all was still. Soon' after this the captain
came aft, but without bis cousin." Next
morning tha hat of Andrew, and blood
near it, was found on the forward deck of
tho vessel. The captain was moody and
taciturn, and did not speak of his cousin.
The captain of another boat, a little dis
tance off, also beard the altercation and
the blows. " . -
After bis return to Plattsburg, Captain
Weatherwax gave no satisfactory answer
to the inquiries for the missing man. On
the very spot at Pike river where his boat
bad been moored, the dead body of a man,
recently killed, was taken from the water.
The man had evidently come to his death
by violence, for bis skull was crushed as
if by a fearful blow from a murderous wea
pon in the hands of a vigorous assailant.
Tbe body was identified. The man rec
ognized it as being beyond a question or
a doubt the man who had been missing
from the boat, a3 Andrew, tbe cousin of
of Captain Weatherwax.
The Captain was arrested, Mr. S. D.
M. Beckwith issuing the warrant on the
8th of July. The preliminary examina
tion brought out the most conclusive evi
dence of his guilt. There was no doubt
of his conviction. His ingenious counsel
bethought themselves of tbe resources of
international law and treaties. They sue
ceeded in establishing themselves in the
position, that Inasmuch as this aflair had
taken place in Canada, neither tbe author
ities of Plattsburg nor of Clinton county,
nor yet of the State of New . York, had
anything to do with the matter.
One of them, Mr. McMasters, then rec
ommended his client to flee from his native
country, to change his name and appear
ance, to go to tbe end of some onfhequent
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1867.
identity concealed, .o lead a new and dif
terent life. But the captain would not
accept this advice. In the' face of bis ao
eusefs and of all the World, he steadilyand
persistently declared his entire innocence,
and refused to budge' a' single inch from
his accustomed round of business.
The matter acq&Usd a wide notoriety,
and tbe British a irtliorities made a requi
sition upon the-gcfvivtftint of the United
States for his surrender. William L.
Marcy was then Secretary of State, and
upon his warrant,1 dated December 9,
1856, Captain Weatherwax was again
arrested. He was taken at erice to Mon
treal, and there closely confined in jail.
His counsel, Mr. McMasters, adhered
to him with rare fidelity. He could not
be permitted to conduct the case, in a for
eign dominion, bat be gave tho best ad
vice in-hie power. -The effort a put forth
were desperate. Testimony seems to have
been procured and-used which was not
deserving credence.' It is probable that
some one tampered with the jury. Cap
tain Weatherwax remained in prison at
Montreal about a 'year. He was tried
twice. The jury failed to agree the fir.t
time, and the next one acquitted him un
der direction of the judge, who ruled the
evidence insufficient. The. Captain re
turned Lome to Plattsburg, branded with
the implication of murder. His relatives
shunned him, and repeatedly accused him
of the cm4.w Se.r!,'ss be continued
for ten- long years to assert his innocence.'
Early in tbe present month intelligence
was brought to his counsel, Mr. McMas
ters, that Andrew Weatherwax, the man
supposed to have bcn murdered, bad re
turned to; Plattsburg. He refused to
credit the story till, on tke 7th inst., the
man came into tbe village, and Bhowed
himself alive. . ,
He gave the following account of him
self: He left the boat that night in a state
of partial intoxication, and in a very irri
table mood. - Going to a rum skop he
soon became embroiled in a quarrel, was
arrested, brought before a magistrate and
fined. Not having the money to pay the
fine, he was about beiag placed in close
confinement, when a man stepped forward
and offered to take him as a seaman, giv
ing an advance of wages to pay the. fine.
Andrew accepted, and was speedily ship
ped on an English vessel. Ha went as a
ccumoa sailor f o Cpaa. taAuitridlar&nd
to various parts of the world in . different
vessels. He returns now and learns, for
the first time, of his supposed death by
violence.
Many years ago an event of similar
character took place in Vermont Two
brothers were convicted of murdering a
man, andtprcparations had been made for
their execution, when the individual, who
appears to have been half-witted, return
ed to the town. They were," accordingly,
released.
A iro.DEnrtL clock.
We clip the following paragraph from
a very interesting foreign correspondence
to the Boston Journal, headed "From
Germany to Italy :"
Zurich, Swxtz., Sep. 1, 1867.
Our next stopping place ws Strasbourg,
on the French side of the Rhine. Tbe
cathedral here is of red saadstone and is
very large.- The spire is very elaborate
and runs up to the enormous height of
474 feet, said to be the highest in tbe
world. The interior of tbe cathedral is
quite plain, and contains the wonderful
clock that has made Strasbourg celebrated
the world over. It is in one corner of the
cathedral and is certainly a curiosity. A
crowd collects in front of it every day at
twelve o'clock to nee it go through its per
formances. The clock indicates eclipses
of the sun and moon, days of the week
and month, rise and setting of the sun and
mottii each day, and various ether astron
omical calculations. It keeps a figure of
the sun and moon in motion, and each
day of the week is represented by a char
lot with horse?, which comes out of one
side of the gallery, and, during the day,
passes around to tbtf other side and dis
appears. Two little angels sit in front of
the clock; one strikes a bell every quar
ter of an hour, and the other at noon re
verses the hour-glass which he holds in
his hands. In the gallery above, a skele
ton, with scythe in one band and bell in
tbe other, stands in the centre. From a
little door at the side four figures, boy
hood, youth, manhood and old age, issue ;
one each quarter of the hour march across
the gallery, strike the bell and walk very
naturally to the door on tbe other side and
disappear. " At twelve at noon the skele
ton strikes the hour upon his bell, and old
age comes out and strikes tho four quar
ters and retires. Below the angel reverses
his hour glass. And above, in tb upper
gallery of all, the twelve apostles march
out in succession and bow to the Saviour
as they pass Him, who raises his hand to
each ia the act of blessing them. They
pass on and disappear on tbe other side.
On a pillar at the side a cock flaps hit
wings and crows loudly and very natural
ly three times. Tbe clock was four years
building and is decidedly unique. The
figures are about a foot in height.
. "I sat," said a wag to a tall youth,
4 'wasn't there a tall tree in front of your
father's house!" . "Why so!" inquired
the young fellow. . "Because you look so
thundering green I reckoned yo mytt bars
A ROMANTIC LIFE.
A woman died recently in the Nashvilla
almshouse, who was at one time the wife
of the famous Ned. Buntline, and at an
other the mistress of Ben. McCullocb, the
Texan Ranger. The date of her registry
was "J uly the 26th." The name entered
was "Martha Leguire." But she went
by various pseudonyms, aad was ori
ginally a Cuban, born at Havana, and
raised in New Orleans. Her true name
was Mary Cordova.
The story of her life ia rather romantic.
Her father was a tobacconist, and the first
mention made of her was when she was a
girl fourteen or fifteen years of age, when
she was known in the Crescent City as
"the pretty cigar girl of Canal streeV
She attended at the patriarchal shop, both
wrapped and sold the choicest principes,
and added to her charms and her reputa
tion by an exceedingly coy modesty that
defied assault.
Buntline, before he came to Nashville
and was involved in the fearful tragedy
that is associated with his name, lived a
thriftless, dare-devil life in Texas, on the
prairies, upon the gulf coast, and about
New Orleans. ' He was a handsome young
fellow of obscure origin, ready talent, neat
address and varied acc.mplishmen s
His meeting with the pretty cigar girl
was an accident, and bis suit was long und
difficult. At last he Lad to marry her,
ana ?&!.' .tveeks after the marriage the
couple suddenly disappeared. "There arc
various accounts of their absence. It was
said that the "Captain," as Ned. was
tbea called, (he is a General now,) com
manded a brig in the Caribean seas, and
did business aa an active and fearless pi
rate. It was reported that he bad gone
to Texas to see Judge Wartrous, and
claim the fortune left by Lafitte. It was
sworn to in court that he hid retired on
the proceeds cf a faro bank, in which he
was interested, and fitted him up a rancbe
at Corpus Christi. Most liksly the latter
is the correct version.
In 1847, when McCullocb appeared at
the head of the scouts or rangers, by which
Old Zack set such store, he had with him
an orderly, remarkable for his retiring,
modest disposition j , his intelligence, and
his handsome girlish face. This orderly,
it will be remembered, accompanied him
through the eastpaign, being warsde4 -mi-front
of Perfcp, and left with trier msakc
of Santa Cruz at tbe old convent near Pa
rede's hacienda. McCullocb was always
careful of the secret, but somehow it leak
ed out. The orderly was a person of tbe
tender sex ; was, in fact, the pretiy cigar
girl of Cantl street.
When the ranger had found her, how
tbe pirate had become separated from her,
are points on which we are unable to en
lighten tbe reader. McCullocb never saw
her again. He left her at Perot e, was
wounded-himself at Cherubusco, conveyed
to Vera Cruz, and thence ordered to Wash
ington. : Whether he ever made an effort
to regain his lost orderly is unknown. She
remained at the monastery for nearly ten
years-, . .
Not yet shorn of , her beauty, ska ap
peared in tbe city of Managua, Central
America, at the time of tbe entrance of
Ganeral Henningsen, and there made the
acquaintance of a gambling filibuster, well
known in New Orleans and Nashville,
whom she accompanied to the States.
Her descent from a monastery to a monte
table, and from a gambling bell to a Com
mon brotbel, and from infamy to pauper
ism, was very gradual, but also very sure.
She found herself, during tbe winter of
1865, at tbe close of the war, in Nash
ville. She had been sent North from At
lanta by Sherman, when be depopulated
that city, first to Ciucinnati and then to
Louisville. The last act of an eventful
career opened in a little out-house uf
Nashville. For a few weeks she employ
ed herself as a sewing woman, but give
way to drink, and, after the customary
seasons of arrest and punishment, relapsed
into hopeless mendicancy, and finally into
tbe poorhouse.
Here she died and hence she was car
ried to an unmarked grave. One who
saw her after tbe body was decently clad
for interment represents that she presented
a most beautiful but saddening spectacle.
The traces of the original charm that had
singled her out of a city full of Creole
girls still remained, though dim and mar
red by the signs of want and sorrow and
dissipation that overspread them.
-We give tbe story, such as it is, as one
of the illustrations that now and then oc
cur in common life, representing tbe more
romantic aide of familiar things. It is
more suggestive than complete or satis
factory, and will recall a train of events
to the minds of some readers. Two cf
the parties, at least, mentioned in it Are
well known to tbe general public. 1 ne
principal is, indeed, known only to a few,
and they, the vicious, who knew her for
no good, and tbe charitable, who knew
her only to minister to her the last offices
of nature and of nature's God.
A good stout is told of a fellow at a
cattle show who was making himself ridi
culously conspicuous by an evident inten
tion of finding fault with everything. At.
last he burst forth with :
"Call tbeteprizar cattle J - Why, they
ain't nothing to what , our folks raised 1
My father raised the biggest calf of any
maa round our parts Vw
"Don't doabt it," was the timely rtms
NOTED IMPOSTORS.
.Men have always been fond of power
and influence ; and when they could not
be obtained by legitimate means, have re
sorted to tricks and impostures. A few of
the more celebrated of these impositions
may not prove uninteresting to our read rs.
Albert, in the eighth century, pretended
that he bad a letter from the Redeemer,
which fell from Heaven at Jerusalem, and
thus induced multitudes to follow him..
Gonsalvo Michael pretended to be the
angel Michael, aud was burnt for his here
sy by the Sparrish Inquisition, in 1680. -
-George David,' the sen of a waterman
at Ghent, styled himself the nephew of
God, sent into the world to adopt children
worthy of Heaven. He denied the res
urrection, preached against marriage, in
favor - of a community of women, and
taught that the body could only be defiled
by sin. m
Sabbata Levi, a Jew of Smyrna, pre
tended to be the Saviour, in 1666.
Elizabeth Barton, known as tho Holy
Maid of Kent, pretended to be inppired,
and foretold that Henry VIII. would have
an early and violent death if he divorced
Catherine of Arragon and married Anne
Boleyn. She and her accomplice wero
hanged in 1534.
In tbe first year of Queen Mary's reign
in England, Elizabeth Croft, a girl of 18
years of age, was secreted in a wall, and
there uttered many seditious speeches
against the queen, and tbe mass and the
confession,
the Wall.
She was called thfi-iSpitit-pf
William Hacket, a fanatic, personated
our Saviour, and was executed for blas
phemy, in England, in 1591.
James Nay lor also represented himself
to be the Saviour. He was convicted of
blai phemy, whipped and had his tongue
bored through with a hot iron, br order
of the House of Commons during Crom
well's administration.
The Cock lane ghost is often alluded to
by, writers of the last centary. William
Parsons and his wife were the authors of
this imposture, in 1762. They bad a fe
male ventriloquist, by whose aid they
made a credulous multitude believe in the
existence of a gbott, at the house No. S8
Cock lane, London. The parties were
punished by imprisonnent and fc the pil-
"In the United States, Matthias is the
most celebrated impostor on record. He
professed 9 be the Messiah, obtained
many followers, and was , tried for blas
phemy, in New York, in the year 1830.
A Mysterious Haxb Cutter. The
Evansville (Ind.) Courier tells the follow
ing marvellous story l
One of the most mysterious circumstan
ces we have ever seen recorded occurred
in Goedsellville yesterday morning a wo
man's hair being cut from her head by an
unknown hand. We learn the following
particulars of this strange affair from a
gentleman who saw tbe hair which was
cut from the lndys bead : "As Miss
Meyer, a daughter cf J. Meyer, residing
ia Goodsellville, was going up in a stable
loft for some purpose or other, and when
half way up the ladder, she felt something
touch her on the back of the head. She
paid no attention to this, but continued
her way op. Again she felt it, and mors
sensibly this time feeling a keen cut
through her hair. She fell to the floor of
tbe 8 table with a sharp scream, which
brought the family to her rescue. On an
examination it was discovered that tha
braids of her hair had been cut off her
hair being done up in two braids. Tbe
hair was cut about four inches from the
skin, and could not have been done with a
scissor, as she would have felt that instru
ment. Tho family, on corning to the
girl's assistance, '. searched ibe premises,
but could find nobody or nothing to indi
cate that any person had been in the left,
though there is an opening on tho inside,
through which a person could jump out.
The young tady herself neither vsaW nJr
heard anything. The braid of her hair
was found afterwards in tho stable. It
had the appearance of being cut even, Und
with a sharp instrument. This is indeed
a strange case."
The First Mass ix America. Where
ever Columbus went he bad Mass per
formed. It must nave been a strange
sight to the rude and trerftbling natives to
witueps this imposing Ceremonial of the
church of Rome. At Havana a cbapel
still exists tn the spot where the natives
first witnessed this grand and novel sight
-where for the first time that name
which is above evety name, and to which
every knee shall bow, was first heafd in
America. At Isabella, in Hayti, the
pillars of the first church still remain.
At the present day it is quite overgrown
with forest, and in the midst of this forest
are still to be seen, partly standing, tbe
pillars of the church, some remains of the
king's storehouses, and part of the resi
dence of Columbus all built of stons.
The mouutaing of Segar, in Arabia,
produce frank-incense ; and those of Safra,
the balm of Mecca from the amyris opo
basanum, which in the early ages cold foj
its weight in gold. .
Eabth is Ten as bread In several
P&rtl or the world. Near Moscow, a hill
furnishes -earth of this description, which
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NUMBER 4b
A Legemd of the Greut Eastern.
There is a wild legend in connection
with the Great Eastern 6teamship, tbe ori
gin of which I . do uot know, but the ship
wrights firmly believe in it. So much haA
been written about tbo construction of thia
ftmoos yes.!, that the slightest allusiaa
to it here will suifice. She is a ship wit'i
two cases, or skin.,, as they are. called';
that is, she is almost liko one ship fitted
in.nde another. Between the inner and
outer skins the workmen can crawl for r&
pairs. Dreadfully dark and sepulchral;,
of course, it is in there, for from the na
ture cf the space, tha workman must be
completely closed in, excepting - at the
spot at which be enters. ; Very few
smiths or shipwrights would care to work
in tbre alono, for iwo terrible spectres are
suppc s d to haunt the place. Almost a 1
the' men who were engaged in tbe con
struction of the vessel believe that", coi
wherc there iu tho darkness and thick air,
lie two skeletons which never can be found
till the vessel is broken up. These ara
the remains of a smith and his riveter,
the latter being a lad. During the cori
struction of tbe vessel these two worked
ail through tbe week, keeping full time,
and their work lay in between tbe skins.
The smith was an elderly man, of a
moody temper, who made no frienjj 4,3fifd
was not popular with hsjgAty ona
had seen him leavit,g-Work ; nobody was
interested abmif ix'im. But one pay-day
both he arul lU lad failed to a
Jj9ytabbT to draw their money. They
necr were beard ot any snore by any one
who worked on the Great Eastern. Cf
course thrir absence was noticed by th
time keeper and other officials; but the
missing men being as I have said, unpop
ular with their comrades, there had bcgrt
very little inquiry about them until it was
found that their money was not claimed.
It was then soon noted that the last tima
they had been seen they were at work iu .
the "case" of the ship, and before long it
became a fixed notion that by a fall, or by
tbe effect of some vapor, the two znen had
been killed, or stunned until closed in,. nd
all tho host of men who worked at , tho
great ship believed that somewhere in tbs
vast hulk there lay two skeletons which
for seme reason could never be found ;
the prosaic idea that the bid fellow and Lis
inlner had ef wi tW - tg for n bT-
ter job, finding, of
couts?. no fiver.-
A SecoxoEvaxoelwk. Oa the steam
er which Recently passed up to Montan
was a young girl of scarce eighteen, who
goes to the distant land of gold to meet her
affianced. Four years ago she met and
loved a young student io a German uni
versity. Their trysting place might not
have been at "Bicgen on the Rhine," but
twas just such a romantic spot not many
leagues distant. Her attachment was
reciprocated, and troth was plighted.
Three years since the bridegroom came to
America, and sought his fortune amid the
placers of Montana, shortly securing a
lucrotve position as superintendent of k
successful mining company. A few week
ago a brief message darted across tho
continents and three thousand mile of
ocean in a single day, and found this beau
tiful, unsopbisticatedpirl surrounded by
all the endearments of a home cf wealth
and refinement. It told hr that near thn
far-off shores of the Pacific some one
waited her coming, A few ay8ravJCr
and she was rocking upon the bosom rt
the broad Atlantic, and later still Ehe dis
embarked in a strange land, the langnage
and customs of whose people were new t
hr. She ia now slowly and happily as
cending the Missouri, confident that her
bridegroom is expecting her, having trav
eled alone from the banks cf the Baltiu
to meet bitn. Suppose ho should hate
died during her journey ! What then T
St. Joseph tJtifon.
Astonished Red Men. A band of
Indians mads a sudden attark on- a de
tachment of our soldiers in the mountain.
Tbe soldiers had a mountain howitzer
mounted on a mule. Not having titjie tn
take it off and put in position, tbey back
ed up the mule and let drive at the Indian.
The load was so heavy that the mule ao'i
all went down the hill towards the savage.",
who, not understanding that kind of war
fare, fled like deers. Afterward one of
them was captured, and when asked why-
he ran so, replied : "Me big Injin, not
afraid of little guns nor big guns, but when
white man load up and fire a whole jack
ass at Injin, me don't know what to do."
Nashville Press.
Chinese Pkoverbs. What is told
i.i
the ear is often heard a hundred miles.
Riches come better after poverty than
poverty after riches.
Who aims at excellence will be above
mediocrity ; who aims at mediocrity will
fall short of it.
Old age and faded flowers no remedies
will revive
One lash to a good horse j one word
to a wise man.
A truly wise roan never puts away tbe
sun plicity of a child.
He who toils, with pain will . eat with
pteaiure.
A win an' forgets old grudges.
Tjie narrowest part f the At'antio is
more than two miles deep. In ether' psrta
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