IllflJlflttSf fe ; O "jj.j.jKi:, Editor and Publi&Iier HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terisis, er year li Rdranro OLUME 5. jEE! FIRE!! FIREIl! 3 vGfj HEAR THAT, FIREMEN? iS0iBS TOV FRRPAKED TO 5cy THE SUMMONS! .jrostfs not, unless jou have been to jiff's Clothing' Store, :j hue bought ine of those superb 8E?I.4.'S COATS, u-'i warm ami dry. Woift makes i ; ff,;!n $1." to J'.'O, and any other gar ur.t uu can Lave made to order at vo nr. -vo CHARGE T,"i'FF ha inst returned from the East "sid his READY MADE UTHIXG DEMRTJIEXT rjiri 'be largest assortment, the most -rtT:t, and altogether the most p!easitt assortment of iiei.! 1 FOR MUX ASH 11(1S, Mr PL AY ED IX ALTOOXA. yr tKCOA i from the lowest pi iced :: t. Hie nv-i nearer all size. : ? : :.' f C'.nthtnsr at from ?'H to $30. , r, J I .''' t ?ih Vests from To cents A i",:t gei.'!i!il variety of ;:0ES k FURBISHING GOODS, II.tI. Cap, IJools, Slioeu, .AS, SA T CHKLS.T ft L'.N'KS, &c. r:-:': . i.a ni es j ' f. i' a rt m en Twin : i i hi! !.' of FU ItS. from the low :K Cttiffv to the fit est Mii k and Sable.. GODFREY WOLFF. r.ho: to :Lt Pest Office, Altcona, P 10 yi a s c A II L a s 1), -. ; L. V I II I L L l I V M f r, I J I . ii'i i :mii i . i r m v n i UllLO yULLMO Vl MIL' v. inn AwnwinnwwARF - v v f i i i w I f I 1 tU W V IIMIIUj anoNi:uY and notions, DACO., FLOl'R, 13i3 Eleventh Avetmc, :een13th and 14th Sts., Altocna. ' 2th roods as Spires, r.ruO.,03. "Wood " Ware. Shoe H!;ickiriL' m,d Sintinn ! be sold from manufacturer'? primed at: d all other pood in mv line at ! ;:;ia. Baltimore. Cii cinnati and Fitt s r'.rtPiit prices. To dealerj ) present the . "-'""'"prui sav ui mem hii nif:tit jye, t they are mt nqi.ircd tupiv :-!ri,m t!.e principal cities and 1.0 dray ''"fi md. Dealers may rest a 'vit try p.ods are of the best qimlitr and : rc-j r..."ierate as city rate. By doing W.iht h-i.ev. an.l !t r.mmr.iir .M.m.V.1. .:. . - ... u.ig.i.i orders, 1 hope to merit ,l mai dealers and others ia c"!:."tv SJ el.ehere. Orders re- 1 '"iiaiaciion euaranteeu 4..00C4, JB 23, lM..ff. 1 EORGE W. YEAGEIl, 'ITiiih . . . a 1 iNb ANU UODK STOVES EVERY DECP.I!TIOM. I -n;:s o;vx manufacture, GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING &'d other work in his line. V- a Street, near Caroline Street ALTOO.YA, I-A, i,:;,; 'e cuy navinp tne ririt to LJ0K hl'OVE. the roost perfect turnptete nrnj sminfactory -tove erer 'ntroduced. to the public. NSE. rnicES Low. FACTION- GUARANTFF.D !tM,JVAL and ENLAKGEJIENT. POKING STOVES. I m "t-ATING STOVES. v, "l'v-ril.r , , nyl"K Iric-fs. " Parlor and Heating Stoves r,f ll'e most 1 Ps --i-riuimm-siifiis, I Ot"TV-, Srr""-I ". .loriXO made to order "': ''Al tl '" Ula""f'"'tureaiil 111a '": ;,r"l'me i,v ', l,r""'ll.v uttend.vl to. rU!i,.' V ' 1 "P'-n as to ouulitv .,! "fTon I ri,ffC 19 refpeetriuly solici 'ttlon to all wantntr to render cn- BW VALLTE l.T'Tnivr. ft r-r 13 is7o.-tf. 'Nt!leetnm'l,n.8b'lr'. ftpbrla Co., "'tluo .7m "eana Dills, whethei in receive prompt atentien. LfmBliARMEivrS tm & sp-11 WARE. -: 1'l m.?i,.ly ,nk( n r'os?ep..,n of thenow .' ''"""""'"'is ttiiililinK on Hitrh t' '' ti. m,',?,'" Vf the ,,alllf nl "fafly . r ;,r"iin ' i"" ,If,'". le suhscribor is . r 'l th,.n IV1,'!' V''r iimniifiictnre nil '.N"'t1P .!!''! ,w'eh will be furnUhwl to f rnnf OWN and COUNTRY PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE. I. A LOT OF GTtorXD in Mwrctown, with good I'lank House end Outbuildings. Cellar nnd-r the'iitire house. Will be sold cheap and ji eav term. - ONE LOT OF GROUND in Moon town, 63 feet front cm Main street unci feot deep. A. choice eeleetion of 1'rnit Trees on this Lot. it Is .1 most dcsiruMe location lor buililinir. 3. A LAKGK TWO STIIIIV FRAME IIOT'SG on Lot adjoining thcubnve; flnolv finisiied and with all coavenioner-s. Good f lutbuildinjs and an abundance of fruit trees. 4. A TWO STOUY FRAME HOUSE in East v jird of EbcnsburiT. Cellar kitchen, well and cistern water. Good outbuilding's and olri-e on same Lot. All in pood repair. Located on Muin street. Rents for !.-. 5. A LARGE TWO STORY FRAME IlOl'SB In the Wc.-l Wiinl, suitable for two I'ninilie. Lot $i feet front, on Main street and ;.'U4 feet deep. ( 'on Id be divi. V-d. Rc-iit for f loO. 6. A TW !-TOKY FRAME IIOl'SE in West Ward, suitable for two famiiies. Eot C6 feet front on Main t-lieet uud 1HJ feet deep. A desi rable propertv. 7. HL'11niS'G T.OTS in Westward, EbenVr 8. 1'ASTCRE LOTt. of about 0 acres each, one mile from town. 9. TIM HER. suitable for cord wood, on LOTS of C or 8 acres each, one mile from town. bi. SIXTY ACRES Hemlock Tim v.v.h LAXI. Will c ut 1.0(tl,lKNl feet lumber. One and a half miles from Fbcnsbtira-. II. A FARM OF K.O ACRES, convenient to r.bcnsburtr ; lnostlv cleared and in rood order. W ill I n sold setarafelv or with Xo. lb. ( "A 11 the above described property will T o sold cheap and on easy terms. Thoee" desiring to purchase will call on or address the nnd"r-fcig-ned ou or before the 1st dav of .lanu irv ncit. J. AEEX. MOORE, or F. A. SUUJCMAKE.R. Ebensbnrff, Dec. J, 1370 . rTYO GOOD FARMS FOR SALE! The snliscribcr is -lesirous of selling two valuable Farms owned by him and located in Can-oil township, fainbria county, distanced respectively one iniie :nd four miles from Car rolltown. The first of these Farms contains 3 Acres, all but about live aeres of which are cleared, well fenced and in excellent condition. There is on the premises a two story Loir House, neaiiy new. a lirst rare Hank f'.ar'n. '.iixtJl feet, rec-enrly built, a food new (iranarv ami a new Sprinsr House, besides lMt choice j'ruit Trees, nearly all bearing, the best of water near the lw.ue. and all other needed conveniences. Tin? other farm contains ."? Acres and h; Fprrh. p. about eiu-bt acres of which are eleai eil and have thereon ere cted a pood Lop House. The balanee. 01' the bind is well timbered. These Farmswill besobl either separately or topether and at a fair price and on liberal terms. Title indisputable. For furl her pnrtict.lars apply on the first dc-sci ibi.-d premises or address Juii.x vKin:n, March 18. liTl.-St. Crrolitovrn. Pa. r A LIT. -MILE HEAL ESTATE FOR ' SA I.E.- -The undersipned Executors of M. LFtvv. l.so... late of Loretto ISorouph. dc-e'd, offer ut private sale, on accommodating- terms, A FINE TRACT OF LAND in Allegheny township. Cambria county, situa ted on -.he road li ;;diiip to St. Aupu-tine en.i w'cu i i .ie miie from l.oretto. containii'p 7 1 Acre, ioliy 4 Acres bcinir cleared, well fenced, well watered and in a pood state of cul tivation, and havinir a first rate Loo Hank I'.ahn tlx reon 1 reeled. The balance of the la rut is covered with chestnut, oak, snirar, and other valuable timber. For terms pml other infor mation apply to cither of the und.'rsitrned. MAPGAKET LEA V Y, Loretto. AUG. WALTERS, Carrolltown, Feb. IS.-t f. i..-c i.f"-r 0 jtf. Mn-i, dec' J. VALUABLE FARM NEAR LORETTO FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale on fair terms find easy payments, that most desirable and ex cellent h'AHM recently occupied by him, adjoining- the Morouph of Loretto, eontaininp 146 A c rm-lH) A etc of which are inn pood sfato of cultivation and the balance well timbered. There is a comfortable mw. a pood Hani, and an excellent )rcliari on the premises; also, an abundance of pure irnfer. it is a desirable pro perly, beautifully located. and is convenient to churches, schools, market, etc;. Title indispu table. For terms and other information apply to or address A. M A fl :iiS, Feb. ld.-tf. Carrolltuvii. I'umhvia Co., J'a. I" ICENSE NOTICE The following ' persc?ns haxe filed their Petitions for Tav ern License in t lie Mliee of t lie Clerk of Quar ter Sessions of Cambria county, and the same witl be presented to Argument Court on Thurs day. March :th. 1S71 : Ttivti 11 Jsii c nsr Henry G iek. 3d Ward. Johns town ; Henry Frazer, Yoder townsiiip: Henry Fritz, Yoder township ; David I'aloon. East 'ui emaiiph : Lut her Ma rtin. .'Jd Ward. Johnstown ; GeorpeConrad. I;i hland township ; J. D. Ham ilton, d Ward, .lob 11-town ; Andrew Ha up. ar rolltown; John A. P.lair, West Ward, Ebens burp; M. I.uttctiei. Camliria townsiiip : James Con very, Loretto borouph ; Conrad Itabb. il ward. and Fred'k Krebs, 5th ward, Jobntow n; Ann Daley, Millviilc borouph. J. K. TI1TF., Ch-rk. Clerk's OfTiee, F"en?burp. March 18, 171.-3t. TX THE ORPHANS' COURT OF -L CAM lilt I A COUNTY. In the. rnatt:r of the A ccui'iit ut Ai'GfSTUS Chaver, Administrator of llKNRY l.IXJYO. tlrc,-asft. And now, Maiich l:th, 1ST1. on motion of Johnston A: Scanlan, the Court appoint R. I,, ticorpe'. Esip. Auditor to report distribution of the funds in the hands of the; Administrator to the creditors entitlcel thereto. lu the Court . tract from the Kecord. J. I. Hitk. rroth'y. I hereby pive notie-e that 1 will sit at my of fice in Eliensburp, e.ti 1Y'!iicxls.v, Iieilli or April next, at 2 o'clock, p. M.. to attend to the duties ff said appointment, at which time? and place all pe-rsons interested mav attenel if they see proper. It. L. G i:oiIG L, Auditor. Ebensburp, March IS, lS71.-3t. A UDI IOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Joseph IIose, dee'd. The undTsipned, Auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court to distribute money in the hands of Jacob It. Stull. one ef the Executors of Jos. Rose, elec'el. hereby pives notice to all parties interested in said estate, that ho will sit t hi: eill'ice; in Johnstown, on Wcdiimila)-, April At li, 187 1, at 'X o'clock, v. M., for the purpose of attendinp to the eiuties of said appointment, when and where! all- persons interested must present their claims, or be debarred from coiu mp in on snid fund. C. W. EASLY. Johnstown, March 13, 137L-.1t. Auditor. A UDITORS NOTICE. The .ineler- sipned, havinp been apiointed Auditor to hear the exceptions to tht Account of Mary Shoemaker, Executrix of the estate of Edward SnotMnake-r, elee-'d, hereby pives nedice that ho will attend to the duties of ssiid uppeiintment, at the Court House in Klionsliurg-, on TuoMlny, the 1 Itti Aixy ol' April next, at one o'clock, v. m. a. l.. rEimmxtj. March 18, lS71.-3t. AND FOR SALE. 68 Acres and 105 Iere!ioi of excellent Land in Allo pheny township, about 15 Acre's cleared, the balance well timbered, will be sold on accom modating terms. Title indisputable. FRANCIS O KRI EL. CATHARINE .1. t 1 1 RISTY, Ariminixtrattrnt uf I. Christy, (tec'il. Loretto, Marc h IS, ls71.-:it. CAUTION. YYhereus my wife Ass has left my bed and board witlmut any just cause e-r provocation, this is to warn all persons npainst haiboritip or trustinp her on my ac count, ns I am determined to pay no debts phe may contract, unless compelled to do so by law. J f illS KIMUALL. Ebensburp, March 18, Is 1.-3 1. TVTOTICE The snntial eleclion of the i-' r.onnl of Trustees of the Kbensbnrp A eademv, will be held at the Court House, Ebe nfiburp, on Monday, the 3d day of Apkil next, between the hours of 2 and 4 p. M. JOHN E. SCAN LAN, Secretary. Ebensburp, March 13, l71.-ot. "I S OGDEN, JCaTICE OF THE Feace, Jobnstowu, Pa. Office on Tron street, bo tween the Conemauph Dridpe and I'a. 11. K. Uo pon Co.leetions and all business intrusted to blm will b" promptly attended to. , t-ll.J EBENSBURG, SDJjc poet's Jltparfmtnf. A Cllll.ltlSH FAXtT. I suppose if all the children Who have lived through aces long, "Were collected and inspected, They would make a wondrona throng. Oh. the babb'e of the Babel ! Oh, the flutter of the fuss! To begin wuh Cain and Abel, And to finish up with us ! Think of all the men and women Who are now and who hav been, Ererv nation firce cteniion That this world of ours has seen; And of all of them, not any Put was once a babj small, While of children, oh, how many Xever have grown up at all! Some have never laujrh'd of spoken, Xerer used their rosr feet; Some haTe even flown to heaven Kie they knew that earth was street; Ai.d indeed I wonder whether, If we reckon ev'ry birth, And bring such a fl ck together, There is room for thoat on earth? Who will wash their smiling faces? Who their saucy ears will box? Who will dress ihem and carets thoni? Who will darn their little socks? Where are arms euough to hold theia? Hand to pat each shining head? Who will praise them? who will aeold them? Who will pack tl :etn off t bed? Little, happy Christian children. Little savage children too. In all jtagrs, of all uges, Th it our planet ever knew f Little princes and princesses. Little beggars wan and faint, Some in very handsome dresses. .Naked some, bedaubed with paint. Only think of iho confusion Such a motley crowd would rauko! And the clatter of their chatter. And the things that they would Lreik ! Oh, the babbie of the B cbel ! Oh, the fl itter of the luss ! To bein with Cain and Abel, And to finish off with us ! Salts, jsfttftjjts, nrrbotfs, fa. j now to rnovE ax aiaui. A HKTKC'IIA K S STOUY. Ori9 Sunday, about ten years ago, I foLitid niyncll ui Carlisle. I was consid erably acquainted there, and been there pretly often on busincfs ; but my being there at this time was ihe. result of an ac cident merely. I had been three hundred miles west of thi, trying in vain to find a clue to the whereabouts of an absconding defaulter; and coiuin? hack lo lake a fresh start, I found that a flood hail submerged the track for several miles east of Carlisle, and (hat there would bo no getting away until Monday, at the lcr.st. So I made a virtue of necessity and telegraphed my detention and its cause to my family. I went up town. After dinner at the hotel, I dropped in at the office of the district attorney, will, whom I was well acquainted. I found him arranging the details of a number of criminal cases which were to be tried at the court which began on the following Monday. "Anything of irppoi tancc ?"' I asked rather carelessly. "One, at least," he replied, "Joe S!i fer, a notorious scoundrel, is to bo tried for highway robbery. The victim was dragged out of his buggy on a lonely road, beaten insensible und robbed of a thou sand dollars. lie identifi'el Siifer posi tively as one of the ruffians." "What's the defense?" "I can't imagine. I don't think, there is any in reality." "Maybe he'll prove an alibi," I jocose ly suggested. lie shook his head. "They'll hardly try that," he said. "The facts are too clear." After some more unimportant convert sation with him, I returned to ihe hotel, where I spent the remainder of the day. The next day was Sunday. I awoke quite early, and found the promise of a beautiful summer day so good that I dressed myself and sallied out for a walk. Nobody wa? sirring yet about the hotel, and tho streets were perfectly still. I walked nrout.d several squares, and re turned to ihe hotel, meeting only one person on Ihe way. That person was standing in the door-, way of a basement saloon as I passed. I looked around casually, and saw him standing there in his shirt sleeves. His hair was tumbled and he was gaping, as if just awakened. I did not discover that he was doing anything particular there ; I thought alteiwatd that it was quite likely he had been left in a drunken fit on ihe floor cr on the bench in the bar ihe night before, and that waking up ut this eatly hour he had taken the wrong door in seeking for Lis lodgings, and gone out ofdoota instead of going to bed. My look at him was merely a aide glance, but that was enough fo photograph his face in my mind. It was a thin, bilious face, perfectly smooth, with long nose, much twisted to one side, and a red scar over the left eye, I marked it in stantly as the face of a rascal. How I could do that I cannot explain; our business learns to read faces as most other men read books, and the glance I had at that face told me that the man was a lawless fellow. His actions confirmed the opinion. Sleepy as he looked and acted, no sooner had he seen me passing than he drove back through the door and slammed it to. I instantly understood hira. "A scamp, on some May' or other, ami don't want to be seen," was my thought. And I walked on with his photograph in toy PA., - SA.TURDA Y, mind", but ceased to think anything of hirn or the circumstances before I reached I lie hotel. The day passed, and bright and early Monday morning I took my satchel and went down to the depot. Hat it was to no purpose ; the ofiice was tlosc-d ::nd a placard on the wall informed the public that the road would not ba opened before Tuesday. I wentUjk to tho hotel, too much out of sorts to enjoy my breakfast. I did not understand, till the day was some hours older, that I was needed more here at Carlisle than anywhere else, just then. I went from the breakfast table into the reading room, and after I had read an hour I heard one man nay to another : ''Let's go over to the court house; they are trying Joe Sl'fer." They went out ; and remembering my little talk with the district attorney, my curiosity was exci ted, and I followed them. When I entered the court room the victim of the rubbery was on the stand. He was a plain, simple old man, and gave hi evidence with apparent truthful ness, lie testified that hi was stopped about sunset, some months before, while passing from Cai lisle to his home with 1,000 that ho. had drawn that afternoon from the bank. It was a lonely spot, and there was not a houe within half a mile of it. He was jogging leisurely nlong, when a liht wagon drawn dy two horses dashed up beside his buggy, fcnd three of the four men in it jumped out, while the fourth held ihe reins. They were all masked. One of them seized his Lorse by the bit and slopped him, the second snatched the lines from his hand., and the thiid climbing half into ihe buggy, and taking Lim by the arms, demanded his money. lie said that he instantly shout ed as loud as he could ; when the ruffian dealt him a savage blow witli a sling shot, which knocked him senseless ; and when fie came to himself again both robbers and money were gone. He recognized only one of the four ; the man that struck him. As he drew back to give the blow his mask dropped, and revealed tho face of Joe Siifer, the pi itfoticr at the bar. He knew it, he was positive of it, and all tho ingenuity of the cross examination could not weaken or shake his evidence on this important point. No oiher witnes3 was culled for the prosecution ; none seemed necessary. Tho prisoner's lawyer got up and made a plau-ible statement to the jury that the complainant was mistaken about recog nizing Joe Siifer on the occasion referred to ; that Siifer was not there at all, but that he was at Norcott, fifty miles north of Carlisle, at ihe very hour of that rob bery, and that he should prove it by at least two witnesses. lie sat down and called out "Caleb Wye," and everybody leaned forward expectantly. The witness came forward with a slow, limping gate, leaning on a cane. lie was apparently a man of middle age, and du ssed in a suit of sober black, with a white choker about his neck. His hair was silver grey, and he mounted the stand, and leaning on his cane, turned placidly to the prisoner's counsel, he prc- sented an appearance which would com mand attention and respect anywhere. I saw him and thought 1 did not betray any surprise. I know that my heart gave a tremendous thump. For I saw the bilious, ihin face, the crooked nose, and ihe scarred forehead of ihe dodger whom 1 had seen twenty-four Louts be fore in the doorway of the suloon. With this difference, however, the hair of that man was almost black while Ihia man's was silver grey. I edged my chair quietly up besiJethat of the district attorney,, and while the man wa3 testifying I managed to whisper in the other's ear, without attracting the attention of the witness The latter testified that he was a dealer in ready-made clothing at Norcott, and one of the iitni of Wye c Fleasants. That on the day testified to as the robbery, boili he and his partner were at their store at Norcott, and Ihere was an unusu al call for goods. Joe Siifer was then in town ; they knew him well, and had olten employed him to help them in the store. On this particular day they sent for him ; he came immediately ; and he remained at ihe store, waititgVn custom ers, from two o'clock till eight without once leaving it. Mr. Fleasants was in court, and he could testify to the same facts. The first question of the district attor ney made the leliow start and shiver. "Are you in disguise, sir?" "Wli what," stammered the man. "Have you a silver grey wig over your dark hair t" The man looked amazed and then fright ened, but said nothing ; and before he could recover his self-possession, the dis trict attorney had etepped forward and removed the wig revealing a smoothly brushed head of dark brown hair. "What does this meant" h asked sternly. "Only a fancy I" was the surly answer. "I've worn that wig for years." "Have you indeed! Did you wear it all day yesterday "Yes, sir," was the confident response. "Where?" "At Norcott, to be eura." "All day ?" "Certainly. I was there the whole dv." APRIL 1, 1871. "When did you arrive here at Carlisle?" "At 7:20 this morning." The district attorney gave me a trium phant wink ; and then he stated to the court that he desired thi witness to be detained till the close of the trial. Tho sherifT was directed lo take charge ofhhn. ilr. Caleb Wye came down from the stand with his wig in his hand, and took a seat by the sheriff, looking decidedly more bilious than I had yet seen him ap pear. Mr. Pleasants was loudly called for by the defense ; but no one came forward The unexpected reception which the last witness had met probably chilled the ar dor of his confederate, and he wisely choose to keep himself in the background. This then was all of the defense ; and my evidence at once blow it to the wind. I looked dircclly at Mr. 'Wye (so called;, while 1 was telling the jury when, wheie and under what circumstances I had seen him the previous day, and I saw him tremble like an aspen leaf. The jury con victed the prisoner without leaving their seats, and the witness was locked up for further consideration. I left Carlisle the next morning and heard nothing more of this affair for sev eral weeks. Then a letter from the dis trict attorney, thanking me for the assist ance 1 had rendered hira, conyeyed more details. "The witness Wye," he wrote, "whose real name is Nicholas Uray, was indicted for perjury. '- . A very slight investigation showed me .that we cou!d prove that he hnd no right to the name of Wye; that neiiher he nor any man by the name of Pleasants ever kept store in Norcott, and that neither of them were known there at all. This, with jour evidence, would have been sufficient to convict hirn ; and understanding it us well as anybody, ha concluded to save trouble and plead guil ty. So he and Siifer are both in the pen itentiary, and will stay there for a term of years." A Veritable Ggiot Stcrj. Many of our readers, says the Louis ville Journal, remember the daring ex ploits ot Jerome Clarke, cA'.s Sue Mun day, the notorious guerrilla and robber during the war and his subsequent execu tion in this city by the military authori ties. The story of his life and crimes have been revived in a veiy singular manner. For some weeks past the peo ple living near Eighteenth Street and liroadvvay, ihe place of his execution, have been startled by strange sights and sounds. The ghost of Sue Munday has often been seen flitting across the com mons, in the vicinity of tho fatal tree, at all hours of the night. Sometimes alone, with his hands pinioned behind him, and the fatal cap drawn over his eyes: again, dangling in the air, with a rope around his neck, strugah'g as if in the agonies of death. At other timeslte was accom panied by the girl who so fondly and truly j loved him, and to whom he wrote so af fectionately a few hours before his death. Many of the people were skeptical on the subject, and attempted to solve the mys tery. The strange couple were seen by hundreds of people, but always, when closely approached, mysteriously disap peared vanished into thin air. Every rdternpt to solve the mystery only tended to deepen it, and many peo ple of the vicinity finally bplieved that the objects that they saw were Sue Munday and his phantom bride. The ghosts got to be a terror, and the nervous maidens and children were afraid to go out alter dark. The ghost finally got to be such an annoyance that ihe police were appeal ed to, and on Sunday night last Lieuten ant John Shelly was informed that the n onnrit ion's cr olmslq werp. in loll viw -if - 1 ... . He repaired to the spot, and sure enough I saw the tall form of a man, with a female j all dressed in white, hanging on his arm, ! walking slowly in the direction of the fatal tree, and finally take a seat. He went up to them rapidly, when the female in white suddenly disappeared, or at least seemed to dt so. The lieutenant hastened on and seized hold of the man, and the ghost story was at an end. The man was real flesh and blood, and the lady in white had not disappeared She had only thrown a long black cloak over her dress, thus concealing her from view, ex cept on a very close inspection. They were a couplo of lovers, who, for lack of a better place, had chosen the fatal tree as a trysting-place, not knowing ils his tory. As there is no law prohibiting courting the lieutenant released them, nnd explained the matter to the terrified people. A romantic inciuknt, showing the power of an earnest love to overcome the the most formidable difficulties, is report ed in the Colorado papers. A Chicago youth fell in love with a Colorado maid, whose father was so opposed to the pro ceedings that he drove the young man from his house with wrath and a revolver. Upon thia the youth had Ihe stern parent arrested for threatening his life ; and when the old gentleman was safely locked up, by the judicious upo of a ten dollar bill he induced the same justice of the peace who had imprisoned the father to marry him to the (laughter. This done, the old man was brought up for trial, when he con cluded to swap forgiveness with his enter prising son-iu-law, who thcre'jpon mag nanimously withdrew his complaint. From American I'uolishcr for April J lalrlcioiiy Ctider imcultl-s. HY TIICJIIAS YV. KNOX, Author (f-ULrlnnd Through Asia." A friend of mine, who once lived in Iowa, used to tell a story of a wedding that Le witnessed, where the ceremony was performed on tho same couple three ! tunes in one night. He was wandering through northern Iowa, and southern Minnesota, on a search for timber lauds, and was accompanied by a backwoods adventurer named Preston. Near the lino between Iowa and Minnesota, they Mop- ' ped a few weeks at the hous3 of a settler named Jenkins. The latter had a buxom ' daughter, and was well oil' for a back- i woodsman, and the situation appeared il.i.i.lo.ll V C-,,,..).1.. 1 II . 1 I '"wriuii. 10 1 IC6IOII. DO 110 courted the daughter, and was polite to the patents; Ihe result was that a wed- t ,- . , ,, , finr W:U iirrtiiurii.l w..l .til 1... :..t I. . . ! ding was arranged and all the neighbors lor ten miles around were invited. Jenkins was a liberal provider, and weddings were not frequent in his family. He laid in half si bane! of whiskey, and iia wile and dauhtr cooked enough for j a small army, feo tnat nobody should go i away hungry. Ihere was a preacher in I J the neighborhood, who had arrived there j receufly, and he was invited to unite the pair. He tied the knot, and was reward ed by Piestoii, who made a mess of the affair by dropping a couple of silver dol lars into the punch bowl while trying to hand .them to the parson. Tne bride's arm was Called into requisition to lift out the cash, which she did with all the skill of a native of Long Island fishing for "Dlae Points" with a pair of ovster ton". For the invited guesti, the business of the evening began with the supper that followed the wedding ceremony. Pres ton took his fell share of punch and whis key before retiring to the bridal chamber, which was reached by a ladder through the floor of the ganet. Mrs. Weston had been taken there by the bridesmaids half an hour earlier, and when the couple had disappeared there was a fresh assault ; f, ienJ was in a distant town and hardly upon the whiskey. j able to SUnport herself, and this fact It leaked out in the courso of the even- ' prPj.,l on 'the girl's heait that she deter ing, that the parson was not an ordained mui to go to her, and she did at last, preacher, but only one of those ministeri- though her parents discarded her fur it. al fledglings who have been "licensed to j-The two worked together in poverty, and exhort." When old Jenkins heard the ; whon at iast fne elder died, she said to her rumor he went for the exhorter anJ ex- j weeping friend: "Oh! daihng, turn tract ed from him the horrible fact that he I avvaj yo;ir f.ue and !rt me die!" Enjht was not really authorized to unite couples ! vf.arj, nave pnscd since that time, but her ia holy matrimony, but he had offi. iated j re( yet tinients her; she sits alone and on this occasion because he thought it was j m0pe all day h-ng in her father' house, all right, and nobody would know the to xbich she has been welcomed She difference. Jenkins flew around like a j jocS lu,t serin to be insane, and physi boy with a bumble bee in his coat sleeve; I L.:ans ,juit ,jliit a ,uue 5,ie riuty leeovcr he kicked the unhappy cxhorter out of! frmn her stratsge and melancholy plight ; uoors, ana went up tue boi ler like n moti- kty climbing a window-blind "Here you, git up, git if!" he shouted; "you ain't mairied at all. Git up this j minute. tjit up and comedown, quick" The voice of Preston wa3 heard to drawl out that h wouldn't get up, and that if his respected father-in law did not clear out and mind his Luiiuess he would get his nose busted. Jenkins explained the situation, and the couple arose. In a few minutes they came down the ladder, looking very sheep is-h, and the bride blushing like a red wagon. There was a justice of the peace in the parly, and he performed the cere mony, which, unfortunately for Preston, took his only remaining silver dollar. There were more diinks, and then tha couple again ascended the ladder to their bridal apartments. Preston muttered, as he climbed the ladder, that if he ever found th-U parson he would hurt his face j so that his friends could not identify liiiu j without a magnifying glass. I Of course the party down stairs, who ! were making a night of if, talked over the I peculiarities of Ihe wedding, and their talk developed the fact that the j jslice i 01 me peace nvesi in iuva, wnue me hous8 of Jenkins was-in Minnesota. Jen kins was informed of tho situation, and away he went once more fjr the ladder. He was louder in his tones than before, and his first words met a prompt answer from Preston. "Now, look here, old man," said Prcs lon, as he bounded out of bed, "ihere has been fooling enough around this yere lad der to night, and if you don't git, I'll bust yer head." lie picked up a cow-hide boot, as he spoke, and advanced menacingly. A shrill voice from tho bed, urged hira not to hurt "pa." "Don't shoot, don't," said Jenkin, as he retreated down the ladder, till his head was level with the garret floor. There he paused and explained the new state of affairs to the enraged brideoroom, who stood over him with the boot uplift ed, anil ready for a blow. Preston accepted the explanation, and the result was that the couple rose and dressed and descended the ladder. Then, with Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, and all of the guesta who were sober enough to stand, they walked half a mile clown the road to the Iowa line, and entered the liadger State. There the justice again united them. "And this time, said he, as he concluded the ceremony, "you are married, eartin, sure." A TR.WKi.KR, we are told, being in a wild country where he could find no pro visions for himself or his dog, cut otl the dog's tail and boiled it for his own supper, and gate the dog the bjno. NUMBER JO A .singular S aoclnat luu. The Philadelphia Suudny DirjMtch cur tains an account of a woman that wi fascinated by a woman. hich is remurkable as a oru holeejcnl study. A lady was one of the teachem at a school in a little vountry town, and among her pupils wan a young girl who became fo attached to her as to be resdess vlun not near her, anel so rnaiked did this iove become that her parents withdrew her from the school, and soon afterwards the teacher left the place. The g irl wate tent to another school, in a dsitant town, but proved so refrac tory that at one lime tha principal thought it advisable to send her home ; she would not study nor associate with ihe other girls, oritil at last a lady her old teacher CKme to the town und applied for a situation as teacher, which was denied her. Then she established a school of her own, and hur occasional 1 1 1 1 x c 1 visits to he old pupil were so beneficial . i that the e'nl became sociable And Attract able. The pareuis discovering Ihnt ll.tir daughter was again under the influence cf the woman whom by this time they cor dially hated, w'nhdiew her from t-thoid 1 i t .1 ,he woman came to t!i0 T :, u.j,-u.h ,he parenU res;,K.j Hni, .pt to be ,hti ciliVt Roverne!, but was ref. 8?d, and another was taken la her place, where upon the eiil became so obstreperous that she tore up l.er books nnd threw them at the head of the governess, who, not liking such treatment, went her ways. . As no plausible reason could be urged against allowing the two to see each other oc casionally, the strange woman wsa per mitted to visit at the house, until the girl's parents became so jealous of her that they actually drove her from the town, although her conduct had been unexceptionable Letters were exchanged, and s time pass ed the strHnge love seemed to increase snd gam entire control of the girl's mind. Al though 'she had grown into womanhood she loathed the company of men, having numerous lovers nevertheless, she would have nothing, to do wich them. Her ; i,at ber parents knowing her thoroughly. do not believe that she will ever escape ' tjje strange fascination of the dead Thkke is a story told of a young man in Baltimore who got into trouble through li's persistent folly in reading ihe rewspa pcrs. It seems he saw an account of how lovers in Seville, when they are for bidden to visit their heart's i?c!igl.t, t-tand under the young ladie's window at night, and converse with them through-a hollow tin tube made in sections, so that it can be shut together like a spyglss, and used as a rane. This youth in liahimore loved a damsel whose father regarded thi love's young dream as an inferior kind of nightmare which had to be shaken of at all hazards So he refused to permit ihe dreamer to ceirne to his house el', this infatuated one went right down to tinker and prororeil about forty feet of tubing, which closed up into the smallest possible space. Then he used to go round in the evenings, unreef his speaking trumpet, and run it up into the second story back window, where his angel was. and roost out on the fence, whispering all sorts of sweet things all along through that forty feet of pipe. This was all very nice as far as it went.- Put one evening the eagle-eyed old man came to the room door with a pitcher full of hot wafer ia h'13 hand and sent his daughter off sud denly on an errand. Then ihe despica lle old scoundrel called down the pipe in a falsetto voice until the youth placed hia ear against it and then but it was suffi-. cient to make one side of the young lov er's face resemble ao underdone tender loin steak. When his friends ask him i what is the matter he savs lie ha been downin the country'and has been sun burned ; but he is convinced that Spanish customs, taking them as a whole are abominable ! He thinks, however, that forcible application to the old gentleman of the methiul of walking popularly sup posed to Jbe in use among the Spanish people, will be healthful and invigorating if the said lover ever comes in contact with the said hardened old villain. Sun dot Difpatcht A Southern editor says of a ed itor "that he is inclined todp,,lv the ctirne of being rcd'headed, Well,' yon my call it auburn, or blondo, or anything clseu, but our impression i tbat; he would. entitled lo the first. pWcj n anj toTC&lih procession," 9 An exchange s-n-jihly remarks that man Who will take- n i-ewapaper for any length of time, and lhen have it sent back refused and unpiiid for. would swallow a I L'ind dog's dinner and then stone the do; ; f r being blind. - '
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