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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),
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. 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
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courted the daughter, and was polite to
the patents; Ihe result was that a wed- t
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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
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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. - '