TKt C&tflBBU FBEUfflL
EDEN32UFJC, PA.,
TiWay Morales, Way 8, 1874.
It has been stated in Rnpub'icau papers
daring the past week that Senator John
r At.:.. C - f WOll Id be appointed
co l, oi...f in rtliinc nf the
plr;7incun.bent, Judge Richardson, ocrary of the State, by the action of their
who by common consent must aud will re- Senators on two former occasions, li.u. just
tire The latest information, however, is grounds to believe they were united, it
that Grant's particular friend, E. B. Wash- j will be remembered that these potent and
burne, of Illinois, and now Minister to grave Senators refused to vote for Har
France. w ill be the comin' man. ! t,:,ft's nominations unless the radical ma-
That able, fearless, and always fore- j
most dcfc'i dcr of Democratic principles,
the Lancr.hlcr Zivdlinccr, daily and week
ly, has passed into tho hinds of Messrs.
Steinman & Ilemel, Hon. ii. O. Smith
having just disposed cf his interest to
those two gentlemen, the former of whom
was his late partner. Wo are sorry to loso
Harry from the ranks cditori.-.l, but hope
Le will ere long again grace, as ho has
ever done tho high profession he has just
abandoned. The l.tw proprietors have
our best wishes for a continued and en
larged success.
Ex-President Andkkw Johnson has
stated hia intention of being a candidate for
United States Senator from Tennessee, to
succeed Parson Brow alow, vhoe term will
expire on the 4th of next March. We have
taken no political stock iu Andy Johnson
Bince he ran as a volunteer candidate for
Congressman at large from his State i:i
November, 1872, thereby defeating Gen.
Cheatham, the Demociatic candidate, and
electing Horace Maynard, a bitter Repub
lican. We predict that Andy will not suc
ceed in his nice political game, however
cuuuingly he may manage it.
Mil. Johs Camtbeix, who was born in
the County Armagh, Ireland, in 181', died
at his residence iu Philadelphia one day
last week. He was well known to many of
tho members of the legal profession iu this
county. He came to this country in 18-13
aud opened a book store in tho city whore
he died. He always made it bis peculiar
study to keep on hand and furnish his cus
tomers with tho rarest and most standard
works in law, literature and science. He
Tas a highly respectable gentleman and a
prominent Democratic jtolitician, but with
inuate modesty always refused to hold any
political office, although often tendered to
him.
m s
TnE Legislature, by a joint resolution
passed some time ago, tiled Friday next
as the day for final adjournment. We
think it will not be done. A re-uniou of
w hat is known as the Army of the Poto
mac will take place at Harrisburg com
menoing on ueit Monday, aud will last
through Tuesday aud Wednesday. Gen.
Giant, Gen. Sheridan, Geu. Hancock, and
other distinguished ruilitsiy men, will be
there, and of cuuus during their prescuce
and the festivities of tho occasion, Uio well
known Latin maxim, "iWcr annua tllcht
leyes," will be the order of the day. Wo
do not look for an earlier adjournment thau
the 2','d, and then will this Republican Leg
islature, with all its sins of omission and
commission, be handed over to the solemn
aud impartial judgment of the people.
A full meeting of the Democratic State
Ceutral Committee was held iu Philadel
phia last Monday, tho chairn.an, Dr. Ne
biDger, presiding. A resolution was unani
mously adopted fixing Wednesday, August
2Cli,as the time and Pittsburgh as the place
for holding the State Convention. This
action of the Committee will meet with the
general approval of the Democracy of tlm
State. This matter having been thus def
initely settled, we arc of the opinion that
our county convention ought not be called
earlier than Monday, tlu ltith cf Au.:juj:.
The committee can then elect nu additional
representative delegate from this county to
the convention and also appoint conferees
to meet those from Rlair county to elect a
Souatorial delegate. We merely throw out
this suggestioc in order that the chaiunan
of the county committee, and the Democ
racy of the county generally, may consider
it. We are entirely opposed to a long cam
paign, but want it short, sharp aud decis
ive. The time suggested by us will give
tbo candidates eleven weeks time within
which to canvass their claims before the
people, and surely that is suSicicnt for any
utau's political afpirauons.
On last Monday wek, when eulogiums
were pronounced ic Coigu,M npon the lifj
and services of ths late Charles am,10,.
Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, de
livered the most notablo speech of the day.
Mr. Lamar was an extreme Southern man,
a violent secessionist and a firm believer in
the institution of slavery. His tribute to
the memory of Mr. Sumner was brief aud
eloquent, and indicates emphatically that
the bitter feelings engendered by tho lato
civil war have given place to kindly and
fraternal sentiments, and that "the ei a ,f
good feeling" between the South and Noith
is ouce more happily restored a consum
mation devoutly to bo wished. Mr.Lamar
caid :
Mr. Speaker: I rise to second the resolu
tions presented by the member from Massa
chusetts. 1 believe that they expresu a sen
timent which pervades the hearts of a',1 peo
plo whose representatives are here assem
bled. To-day Mississippi regrets the death
of Charles Sumner, and sincerely unites in
payiDg honors to his memory, not because
of the splendor of his intellect, not Iwcause
of the high culture, elegant scholarship, and
. arind learning v hich revealed themselves
bo clearly in all his public efforts, or to tha
justice of the application to him of Johnson'
fulicitous eipresbiou, Urt touched nothing
which h did not fdoru;" not this, but be
cause of those peculiar and strongly marked
moral traits of his character which gave col
oring to the whole tenor of his singularly
dramatic public career, making him for a,
long period to a large portion of hiscountry
ineu the object of as deep and passionate "a
hostility an to another h wax one of i,nihn.:.
aatic admiration, and which are uot the Jess
the cause that now- unites all the mn!..
bo widely ditleriug iu a common sorrow to-
day over his lifeleu rt.uiains
Mr. Lamar continued at some length, in
a3 eloquent strain of tribute to Mr. Sum
ner's statesmanship and worth, concliuliii"
viith the significant utterance : '-.My count
liyuicu, know one anotber, aud you will
iyf cut. avlLct."
UartrunfCs Judge Confirmed.
On yesterday week, when the late j.idi-
rial nominations of Got. llartrauft came be-
lore me senate me i.n ic nine iv
ation, the Democratic Senators iciltcd, and '
abaudoning their former publicly declared
portion, voted with the Republicans to
rm U ol mem, a.iu ui ecu.... --
- . i . . it was
ta.-.'.Ij"
t,r-tJ.;r,l Vote. 1 "'S w a"
nt. t Iih pntert ainmeut to whuh the
U-rw - . . .....
Dem-
1 joiity in the Legislature would change and j
modiry the apportionment bill so as to do ,
equal aud even-handed justice to tho Dem
! ocratic party of the State. In taking this
j position they were sustained by the gcuer
al approval of the Democratic press. If!
the believed, as they proclaimed by their .
refusal to vote on
the first and second at-
tempt to confirm the aforesaid Judges, that
they were riht, why did they surrender j
. . ... . . . . ,
their convictions ol duty on uie innu snai. .
Consistency is a jewel and is always to be
commended. It seems to ns that their final
I
action was a most lame and impotent con- j
cliuioi! and cannot be defended, if thoy hon
estly believed in their position on tho first
and second occasions. What did their party
gain or profit by it ? Did tho radicals so
change and modify the legislative appor-
t nut insf-crt to the i
Democrats of the Stale ? We have not been
able to discover the fact. The bill is now : j,er t Mt. more thau if the Forty-second Con
(Tuesd.iv) in the hands of a joint commit- ' J,'ress never existed. If you ant to indorse
, " , ..... ,! Loirau indorse him, but 1 will not. Indorse
lt,Q LVill lt.tl.0 I I V.'l II lilO VU(tVU VA
House, each of which contains a majority
of radical members, whoso report will be
adopted by both Houses, and that will be
tho inrrloiious end of all thii "fuss and
IU-nocratie i
iemociatic
"Oh I what '
feathois' on the part of tho
members of the Slate Soiiate.
a fall was there, my countrymen !" When
we read the bill as it finally passes on tho
report of the committee of conference, per- I
,.- vc., muv l. indued rh:i.. ,
views on this subject, but wo are afraid wo
cannot do so. We venture to say that no
similar action of tho Democratic members
of the Senate of this State has ever hereto
fore occurred. Now let them meet their
constituents aud answer why they consent
ed to this unparalleled infamy.
c
2' he 8ttprcmedCourt Judge.
Wc atsume that tho candidate of the
Democratic party, to be nominated by the
State Convention, forjudge of the Supreme
Court, will, in accordance with "the fitness
of thing!'," bo taken from tho interior of
the State. Tho new constitution provides
for the election of two additional Judges
;f that Court, and, further, that no quali
fied citizen shall voto at the election next
November for. more than one candidate.
It follows, therefore, that the candidates
nominated by both the Republican and
Demociatic Sip win ue elec
ted, and hence tho great importance of
making good selections. We were never
much in favor of demanding, or even ask
ing, that any Democrat ought to be nom
inated for an ofiice simply on the ground
of his peculiar location or residence.
The narrcs of several good and compe
tent Democratic lawyers have been suggest
ed in various counties in the interior for
this important office, and that it is one of
the highest and most responsible positions
in tho State will not be denied by any in
telligent man of either political party.
Without consultation there fore with Rou
ekt L. Johnston, Esq., of this place, we
rccouimeud his nomination by tho conveu-
t"ioi. Mr. Johnston is an able and experi
enced lawyor and lias acquit cl V.y natient
and laborious industry a deservedly high
reputation in his profession. He is a Dem
ocrat from conviction, is an upright and an
honest gentleman in all his business trans
actions, and has heretofore twice been hon
ored by the Democratic vote of this coun
ty as a candidate for Congress. Ho is
well and familiarly known '.o tho Demo
cracy of the State, and is as pure as the
mountain breezes under whose inspiring
and invigorating inlluenccs he hastlourish
cd and prospered. We cordially recom
mend him as a candidate worthy the high
est and most earnest consideration of the
Jtate Convention, knowing from our long
personal knowledge of him that lie is both
honest and capalile and that he would be
"the right mmi in the right place." Wc
have simply expressed our sincere opinion
about Mr. Johnston in this hattilv written
article, without intending iu the moKt re
ote degree to disparage the claims of the
other gen.i.v..n named for the nomination.
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JACOU ZlKGI.KIl, Esq., in Ins JI,rahft
published at Rutlcr, Pa., refers to the fre
quent meution of his name iu connection
with the Democratic nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor iu the following manly and
sensibJo language. Undo Jake" U well
and favorably known to the Democracy of
the State, and from his long experience at
Harrisburg, both as clerk of the Heuso and
afterwards of th0 Senate, would make an
admirable presiding officer over the delib
erations of the latter body. He 8ays :
wiiV,"th.aVrt-Le'!,ri,"enliond iu connection
with the othco ot Lieutenant Governor, but
we have this to say to the Democracy of the
Mate e have never nought the nomina
tion for a btateoihea. although wehavobeen
voted tor 111 Slate Convention, ami We des
pise that trickery which t,M. often is resort
ed to to accomplish particular ends in the
interest of a ring or clique. If -he Democ
racy, iu Slate Convention assembled, chooses
t" nominate us for the office of Lieutenant
Governor, well and good; if not there in no
harm dune to us, and we hope none to the
parly. Certain it is we shall uot crv about
it.
Our thanks shall be always doe to those
who have spoken of us in' commendation
aud kindness, but we would despite ourself
did WO ask them to vaeriHen thrt !iil. inter.
esls of the party to irraiif unum;,,
. ambition on our part. If wears not the per-
sou vino ought to be nominated, either from
personal iuteprity, popularity or stauding
u mo party, men surely some cui els can
bo found who ought; and, if so, the Demo
cracy will nut tiud us go sniffling and whin
lug about Iiko a whipped school bov becatis,
a majority of the delegates to the StaU Con
veut:a came to sa-.L a conLiusiyn.
XTie lircah-Vp of the Ucpablivan
l'arty in Illinois.
At a recent meeting of the Republican
gtato Central Committee of Illinois, Mr.
a r. Ilusisr, one of the editors of the lig
no;s S'att Zeitunu .the most ably couduct-
eu ar.U innueiiLiai uciniaii neimuntiui
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per pilUit?.neu ill iuc nui ui'nuai, wnai;am-u
upon for a speech. A bomb-shell exploded
iu, th a room would not have more aston
ished his auditors thau did Mr. llesig's re
sponse. "We give some of his most telling
points :
Listen, genttlenin, to the thirteenth res
olution of the l'hiladelphia convention, and
see how you like it in connection with re
cent events, aud the course miiued lv your
c tenia, nio v w 1 1 1 ' ' J . . . . -
represntativss Irom Itiinuis in ica Luueu
States Senate. Hero it is
A 1 KISCll'lE BOt-tMlil-V KKLSCUTEU
Jll'a nee repudiation of the publk
debt, in any form o- diK,lis', as a uational
crime. Wo witness with pride the reduc
tion of the principal of the dbt, and of the
rtipn,lv -ilM.t thut an excUent uational
currenc y will be perfected by a speedy re-
-lV : .V"' r "
jreutlemen"! What do you think of that iu '
the face of the fact
statesmen from Hlin
that your illustrious .
statesmen from Illinois, Ilr. Logan and Mr.
0j,,e!l,Ti are .a,cini)ting to rob tho laboring
men, ami are
i.kinumku this covmtky into sobjic-b
iu the eves of all civilized people by their
faltur to secure the issu of S44, 000,000 more
' currency. I heuevo ine peojue necu inuic
! money, "but it should be based on something
more substantial than promises to pay.
Where is all this going to stop? Suppose
next year, they print Sl,o00,oou,J&0 instead
of 14,000,000. They would have precisely
the same right to do it. Tim republican
itntv l.v i rs hint e.uic 11. as they are call
!,
will compel people, w uo
imiiiii ted fro i n Knrol
to pay irom ne 10 len
(.yli-sby, too, if yon like, lio has
AN OUSCE OF LEAD
in his letf, and 1 Kiipnoso lie. onirht to Ie in
iiureU whatever liodoes. 1 will not indorse
hiiu. Your party is lorn asunder, gentle
men Mirro is nothinc left of you. Where
iA '"lu" Philadelphia platform? Where are
yoiu. ......j. you i,:lve none. W hat is
then lei! of the republican party but otlice.
ofiice, otli.-e, ami what mission hs it now
but to Btipbly ofllee-seekers with fat places?
i I will not belonir to any party that has no
higher aim or aspiration than office. When
inefe is Doming lei 1 10 m MM,u..imi
will uot have anything inoro to ao vwtu w. ,
I prefer lo bo independent, w
prefer to bo independent without the .
: : ..f ...it-tw t.. Mint 1 ci u 'T
plat-
form6 j
1'aru much obliged to you for listening to j
me." 1 was tailed upon to speak. 1 have
rivi-n vim mv oniiiioiiti. and having done so. '
shall take my leave.
A Camfokxia Ghost Stoiiy. A rather
..U ... ..... I tatrDil teitll
manv trrainsof allowance, comes from Oak-
land, California. A fow nights ago, the
residence of Mr. Claik, tho paying teller
of the Bank of California was the scene of
an extraordinary ghostly demonstration.
The family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
Clark and three young geutlemen boarders,
retired about 11 o'clock. For a time
everything was quiet about the house, aud
its inmates had all fallen asleep. Sudden
ly from the lower part of the hoase came a
t long, loud wail of auguish, as of some one in
terror or pain. JLouOer ana louuer grew
the noise, until the iuferual clatter had
awakened every one in the house. A de
sire for compauionship seized the boarders,
and they all gathered together in one room,
aud were soon iointd by Mr. mid Hi Clark.
The noie still continued, but changing in
character very frequently. An exploration
was at length itecided on, and leaving
i Mrs. Clark iu chaige of one of the board-
ors, the party carefully descended the
stairs, iiacli hela a revolver m ms liauo,
ai:d with tho other nervously clutched tho
banuister. The hall was dark as Erebus,
though when their eyes became accustom
ed to the dim light, they could perceive
any object that might be in tho rooms be
low. The noise continued, aud now and
then a note would be struck on the piano.
lost as they reached the foot of the
stairs, a chair came gliding out of the
parlor, and took up its position in the door
way, bowing and nodding as if to reassure
their fears. Rushing past the chair, one
of tho party entered the parlor and lit the
gas. Here they saw a strange sight.
Every article of furniture In the room was
iu motion. The chairs aud tables moved
about like animate things, and appeared
to iaii no notice whatever of the intruder.
Gradually tho noises cea.sed, and tbo fut
iiitnre became stationary. After waiting
awhile the party returned to their respec
tive rooms. In a short time the n ises be
gan again, aud again the boarders descend
ed the stairs. To their inexpressible sur
prise, they found the r;iilr door takou
from its hinges and deposited on the floor.
After that there was no sleep iu the house.
In tho morning the furniture was found
to bo disarranged and much strained.
The outside bars and bolts were perfectly
secure, and there was no trace to show
that any oue had entered the bouse. The
explanation of the phenomena is awaited.
A Rack of Pigmiks Discovered. Bay
ard Taylor, ina iatc letter from Egypt, gives
an account of the recent discovery of a race
of pigmies in Central Africa. Speaking
of two in care of the Khedive, he says the
Utile fellows lojkcd at ine with bright,
questioning, steady eyes, while I examined
and measured, them. Tubbell was forty
six inches iu height, bis legs being twenty
two inches, and th body with bead twenty-four
inches, which is somewhat better
proportioned than is usual iu savage tribes.
The head and arms wore quite symmetrical,
but the spine curved in remarkably from
the shoulders to the hip joint, throwing
out tb abdomen, which was already much
distended, probably from their diet of
beans and bananas, yet the head was erect,
the shoulders on the line of gravity, and
there was no stoop in the posture of the
body, as in South Africa. Tubbell meas
ured tweuty-six inches around the breast,
aud twenty-eight inches around the abdo
men. His hands aud feet were coarsely
formed but uot large, only the knee joint
being disproportionably thick and clumsy.
The facial anglo was fully up to the aver
age. There was a good development of
brain, fine, intelligent eyes, aud nose so
flattened, that in looking down the fore
bead from above, one saw only the lips
projecting beyond it. The nostrils were
astouishiugly wide and square. The com
plexion was that of a dark mulatto.
C.ire for Sheep Chasing Dogs. Many
people will assent heartily to the principle
that the best jossiblo cure for a sheep chas
ing dog is to kill him at the earliest mo
ment ; but there may be exceptional cases.
A ooi respondent of the Loudon Field seems
to think so at least, and relates an instance
where atter other attempts had failed, a
fine Newfoundland dog was cured by tying
him to two old rams and being left to such
amusement as he could extract from their
society. The result was an extensive ram
ble over hill and dale, hedges and ditches,
and diversified, of course, by the discord
ant views each ram and the dog entertained
aj to the route for enjoying the best scen
ery. When all three were very tired, they
were loosed, and nothing was so extremely
offensive to thut dog taste us tho society
cf sheep.
The Hork of an Inhuman;: mml
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AN KNTIKE FAMIILT MUKDERED AND THEI
JIE8T ASD COSFESSIOX OK THE ASSASSIS
Pittsbitrgh, 'April 30. On Thursday
n if bt, iu Mifflin township, on the Monon-
t 7 .- r !.:- -.: XT-
i i r ;.. Af
tf-i I n1 1:1 river. uiiigs uviu tttm wlj. .... .
e , ' . 1 :.
John llamuett, a well to do farmer, bis
it...: Ol ..nt. n rlo ,i rrVk t At
and tut adopted son named Robe, t Smith,
were .uurdereJ,. and aaerward tne lioue ,
was rued and completely destroyed.
The tire was discovered about d A. si.
yesterday by a coal miner, who was pass-
ins along the road. Then a few smoulder- I
in" ruins alone remained. A brisk wind
was blowing at the time, and the tire seems
to have made short work of. the building
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'but bttle could be done until daylight,
-wheu the search of the rtiTns bejan.
The search resulted iu the find iug of the
bodies ot JHr. itamneti anu ms wue in wuai,
i-was known ns the sitting room of the house,
i "'l c, ....
.f their clothes still adhered to the I
' chaired remains, and by these their bodies j
' were easily recognized. The remaining j
' members of the family were found in vari- j
! ous parts of tha ruins. The partia'ly con-
sumed clothing on tho bodies gave rise to
the theory that they had not retired at
,i.e ,mie 0f the fire, aud that they had been
......Hered. If they bad not been murdered
, they would have had ample time to escapo
from the burning buildiug.
The next body was fountl in the kitchen,
i It was that of Robert Smith, tho appren
tice. The faco was badly disfigured. The
right hand was whole, but shrunken aud
j shrivelled. The left arm was dislocated at
; the shoulder, the member lying across the
r breast. The feet were entirely burned oif.
j The throat was cut in three places. The
, skull was fraciuicd and jammed to a pulp.
hatchet found in tbo rums was brought
, n,, ,, ,. hf.:ld of it f.Lted natnrall v
t - .- . , .
; luio u canj 01 ut';iciuii in wvj
: skull. The feathers of a pillow found on
i the murdered boy's breast were not con
, turned, but were saturated with blood.
The next body found was believed to
' hare been that of Emma H.inmett, 4 years
of age. The features were totally unrecog
; uizable.
i The body of Mrs. Hamnett was recogniz
i ed by portions of clothing still clinging to
tho remains. The wires of a hoopskirt
' were still about tho body, furnishing proof
i that sho had not retired when she met her
death.
Mr. Hamnett was an Englishman by
birth aud was an old resident of Mitliin
,,iwl,lit. He. owned a splendid farm, and
tn ,,0 , ... , K.sor (lf ,!0.,Kid-
erable money, v Inch it is thought he kept
in his house. He was a man well liked in
the community, and was not knot 11 to have
an cneniv in the township.
Living with the llamuett s was Linest
Love, a Swede, who was employed as a
farm hand. He had been in their employ
since January last. Who he was or where
camo from could not be ascertamed.
Loao had cot 50 cents from Mrs. Hamnett
and was seen drinking about 3 o' clock in
the Shellbark saloou iu the village. After
that be mounted his horse and rode away.
That was the last seen of him. All the
facts iu the caso point strongly to him a
tho murderer, and detectives arc ou bis
trail.
A Kit EST AND CO FKSSIO.V OF THE FIKXD.
Pittsbuko, May 3. The fiend who
killed and burned the Hamuet family, near
Homestead, iu this county, was arrested
iu Allegheny City yesterday morning. Oue
Ernest Love or Ortniier was suspected on
account of his strange conduct. On Fri
day evening, while number of men were
talking about the murder on Tioy Hill,
Ortniier joined in the conversation, and
said that he had worked for Mr. Hamnet.
As soon as he had said this be ran off at
full speed. Officer Quirk, of tho Allegheny
police force, gave chase, and soon captured
him. His carpet bag, containing a lot of
i clothes, was found ia a store on Ohio street
lu a vest was an assessment paper curecteci
to John Hamnet, giving the valuation of
his property at $12,720. Ortmier was
takeu to the ceutral lock-up. When search
ed no weapons were found and but little
money. He seemed to be stupefiod with
drink, and either could or would not talk
in English. Yesterday morning, however,
Mr. Philip Holderman, who speaks Gei
u i mi fluently, visited him in his cell, aud
be all at ouce became communicative.
CONFESSING THE Mt'KDKRS.
He gave bis name as Ernest Ortmier,
and said he was a native of Stuttgart,
Wurtemburg, and came to this couutry
about a year ngo. He confessed that he
murdered the Hamnets. He left their
dwelling junt after supper on the night of
the murder, and went directly to tho vil
lage of Homestead. He drank, two glasses
of beer on the way, and that was all he
took that night. He continued as follows:
Just as I was Insuring ibe saloon it cams
into my head that 1 mutt have llamnet's
money. I thought he had a great deal of
money in the house, aud as I felt so oncer
all at once in my head I though I must get
it. I went directly to the house, hut dou't
know how.l got there. 1 suppose I must
have been out of my mind. After gettiag
into the house 1 found Mr. aud Mrs. Hamnet
had uot come home. It occurred to uie that
to get the money I must kill the children. I
found auaxnin the kitchen, and takiug that
with me I went up into Mie room over tho
kitchen where Ilob't Smith aud myself slept.
KILLING Tllii CII1LDBEX.
Tho bed was in tho corner of the room and
1 saw that Robert vras sleeping soundly
with his face toward me. I took a position
to the front of the bod, and with oue blow
killed the boy; ho never moved. I can't say.
how it was that the boy's throat was cut. 1
may have struck him twice, but he never
groaned. After the boy was dead I went
into the adjoining room, where Ida and lit
tle Emmie were sleeping. There were two
beds in the room, one in a corner and the
other, tlm one occupied by the children, near
the centre, lioth of the little girls were
sleeping. 1 crept over cautiously to where
they slumbered, and 1 dealt Ida a fearful
blow, which silenced her forever. She uever
moved a muscle, she was dead in a minute.
I then raised the axe and struck at Emmie.
She uttered a cry and I hit her the second
time. Shu did ut groau again. After this
I went down stairs and took a position just
inside the door of the room adjoining the
kitchen, aud waited foi Mr. aud Mrs. Haui-
net to come homo. God knows my feelings
wheu concealed there, , J was desixsrato uow
and
THIRSTED FOR MORE BLOOD.
After waiting a longtime I heard the foot
steps of the couple coming up the lawn.
They came nearer and nearer, and 1 clutch
ed my axe handle tight. At last they were
there. Mr. Hamuet came into the room first.
I was standing so that he could not see me,
aud I struck him from behiud, using the
samejaxe, and he fell to the floor. Mrs. Uaua
uet then caine rushing into the room, aud
as she passed through the door I strnck her,
but did not kill her. She shrieked once or
twice, "O God, John!" and then I struck a
second blow, which killed her instantly.
Mrs. Hamnet aud baby were the only ones I
struck twice ; the others were killed with
onebilow. I used the axe all the time. I
committed the deed to get Mr. Hamnet'u
money. I searched Mr. Hamnet's pockets
aud obtained his pocketbook. It contained
only fifteen dollars in paper money. I fouud
Mrs. Hamnet's pocketbook ou the sewing
machine. There was only fifty cents iu it.
1 looked over the house, but ail the money I
got was fifteen dollars. The silver money I
spsnt I brought with mo from Germauy. I
did not get it from the house. My only mo-
t ; .. c .i: i. i . i - . . . ,
. , c tot uoiug win ueeu wat to ges ion money, i -. ..voa, it, ,s nupjioseu Il'Om Dots or
I never had any ill feeling toward any of Pn worms. If tho Doctor had used Sfieri
the Hamnets. I always liked the little chil- dans Cuoalrv Can,1it;n r. ,.
dren, and I alwaysloUghtthe.n candy when
i ut to Homestead. The boy Smith and
S? friends, aud I alwaysHked Mr.
I' did not fire the Louse, and it was not a
my tu ',p lhe murUtr,
HOW TUB HOlSK WAS UVKSFD.
".When searching tho house I put an oil
lamp in the sitting room, and whtu rushing
away trom the bntlrling it was overlurneil.
I thou cr lit it would iro out. I did not think
the bonne woum bum
As soon ua I -left
the building I proceeded at once to the rail-
road and walked direct to I'ittshurfh. I
Y " 'Z
;barii and went to see my fri-ud I5alr
n 1Vnn .ree, i .Link. 1 don't know loca
tions very well.
I was nxrer in l'itthburtrh
more thail three t
er-8 t rrose l ov
times. Atter leaving isa-
er to Allegheny Cilv. I
crossed a covered bridge aud went to several
breweries to get work. I purchased a new
Buit of cloth," yesterday morning, and final
ly' was arrested. ;
Two persons who visited the prisoner
yesterday morning say that they live near
the scene of the teu ible tragedy, and they
identify him as Ernest Love, who was em-
ployed there. The arret caused mtens
-.. . . i i i
exoitenient in the city, and a large crowd
of citi.ons colltcted around the Mayor's
office. Later in the day tha excitement
became so great that the authorities tbo't
best to remove the prisoner to the county
vjail.
Tkassfitsiox of Blood. -1 Succeful
Performance of On of the Mvt Formida
ble Operations in Surgery A Cure for Co n
sumptior. Dr. McMasters, for years a
practising physician 01 note 111 loromo,
i .nti Btaldisbftd an ortioo
in Uiia citv He has successfully peiform-
iu una mj. , ,, ,
ed Him very ddticult operation ot uiooti
transfusion unite a number of limes for the another house. 1 he hi st house was coin
cure of consumption. Yesterday afternoon j plctely destroyed aud the other badly dam-
ha neiformed this operation for the second
timo upon Mrs. Campbell, wifo of Prank
M. Cauiplndl, foreman of Oxley's lion
Works. Not long sinco she was brought
to this city so eak that she was uuable
to walk. She received the first operation
about ten days ago, sinco which time she
has rapidly improved, lias gained two aud
one-half pounds in weight, ami is so far re
covered as to be able to walk out upon the
street for excrcUo. Her improvement is
even remarkable. The principle upou
which this cure is being eilected is readily
understood. It is well knowu that con
sumption is induced wheu tho blood loses
its vitality or power of repioductiou. The
remedy then is to impart to tbo blood of
the patient the power of reproduction.
After a controversy of moit than two cen
turies it has been proven beyond a doubt
that the blood of a healthy human, if trans
planted to the veins of another, while liv
ing and without being allowed to cool, will
go on reproducing itself, just as the ingraft
ed bud does.
One of the principal obstacles in the way
of the general adoption of this euro has
been the inability to consti uct such an in
strument as would transmit the blood with
out allowing it to cool, and the consequent
danger attending it. D. McMasters is the
inventor, however, of an instrument which,
thought uot yet completed to his satisfac
tion, obviates this difficulty. Yesterday
afternoon ho lifted a vein iu the wrist of
the patient, and also one in the wrist of
her husband, who is a very strong, healthy
man, and, lancing them applied the instru
ment. In about thirty minutes two ounces
of blood of tho patient resembled in color
watered port wine, but yesterday it appear
ed much redder, showing that the woik of
ipnroductioii had already commenced. It
is thought about three or four more opera
tions will effect a permanent curt. t.
Louis Democrat, Uay 1.
AnBtin Day ih Nkiirassa. It is a fact
that tree planting on a large scale is needed
on the Nebraska prairie, aud the people of
the State are fully aware of the importance
of tho subjoct. On tho blufis, aud on the
banks of rivers and streams, there is abund
ance of wood, and a largo variety of native
trees ; but, there is not sufficient for tho
country. The manner iu which lumber is
beiug cut, without the forests being replaced
iu the cast, also points to the time when, if
trees are planted, the lumber crop of the
prairie States will be a matter of much mo
ment to the couutry at largo.
In Nebraska timber grows with astonish
ing rapidity ; and, if the farmers of the
country are equal to their opportunities,
not many years will elapse before the tree
less praiiio is adorned with waving woods,
the lumber of which will add largely to the
revenue of tho owners of the soil.
Trees aro now being planted iu Nebraska
by the millions. The Hou. J. Sterling Mor
tou, of Nebraska City, Otoe county, lias
been one of the pioneers in the tieo plant
ing movement. He originated tho idea of
setting apart one day in each Spring to the
special work of tree planting. The first
arbor-day" was iu 1671, and on that day
two million trees was planted. Iu 1S72 ami
1873, '-arbor-day" was HroppoU, but it was
cfcoin mended to the farmers to choose for
themselves a day in April, and set it apart
for tree planting. This year, however, tha
State Board of Agriculture has been de
termined to go back to the origual plan.
It was resolved that '"arbor-day" should
be the second Wednesday iu April ; and
the State Legislature has been asked to
make the day a legal holiday. Each owner
of land was recommended to plant at least
one tree ; aud the State Board will award
a premium to the person who planted the
largest number. It is now the custom of
the Board to give a premium to the land
owner who has planted the most trees on
any given day in April ; and, at a recent
meeting of the Board, the prize was award
ed to a farmer who set out 27,800 trees ou
the 2Sth of April, 1873.
A. Cooi, Ride. On the last day of March
a man named Patrick Ryan, of Maitland,
N. S., was walking along the shores of
Miuas Basin on tho board ice, which ex
tended some yards from the banks, when
suddenly Uie piece upon which he was
walking became detached, and he drifted
out to sea. This occurred some time ia
the foreuoon. After drifting about all
night, exposed to the severity of the weath
er, which it will be remembered was very
severe, be was sighted vff Diligence River
the following moruing. An attempt was
mada to proceed to his rescue, but, as al
ways happens in such cases, not a boat
I CQuld be found in which it was safe to
leave the shore. The wind blowing a caU
at the time, the man drifted out of sight in
a short time. During the night the wind
veered round aud the unfortunate man
was blown back iu the direction from
which he bad coaae. lie describes bis suf
ferings from exposure aud huuger during
this time as beyond description. His frail
bark was slowly but surely growing smaller
before bis eyes, while the waves dashed
over it, deluging him almost every minute
aud thus added to the miseries of bis conl
dition. He dare not sit down lest be might
fall asleep, from which be knew well he
would never awake. It was oaly by the most
superhuman effort that he succeeded in
keeping awake, aud from constantly chang
ing hia position mauaged to keep himself
from perishing with cold. On the morning
of the fourth day be was finally sighted
again and rescued, although nearly in au
insensible condition.. John (JV. .)
lelegraph. '
i Th.? T,imet Dr- Walpole has lost bis
beautiful cheM.ii 111. mirn KIia rlln.l 1.1
IV'lll haiMin.. v : n s.
would, no doubt, have hud bis in w t A .vZ
they arc death oa worms 7
JS'ftvs ami l oliticul Hems
a
just
Our t.ot. ul.it ion w ill undoubtedly nipid- tr.itcd by two .1.1 '1,,. , . . , " 1
y intreaso now paaso from Liverpool j Wotniiey, colored, fif. i-'"' i , I
'only jeounty, on the Vnh ( U-j
Crown county, la., has Riven birth to ; charea that the men se.i el !'e 'I
babv which is sure to have tt-s quarrel ins nmos witn a ml llot ;. "r ,J
Hirit is to sav. it is "thnce-arined." j warus ponied Pi iiits ,f .. ""u
tIiailes
' tally wounded by (1. Adolidi
Iudianapolis, on Saturday. N
ai tested.
1 If there is one time more thau another i more. His back aud ... V''rT- I
' is when a liuo fall of clothes comes down i reported that the pL-.-sou,
in the mud. ! the outra-e had Wtu ,... l J4-t
i Paul Mr.AfeiiT and Thomas Rrobsou 1- A sintruhir coit u:. l ,'
( I j . . ' - " ' 1 -T-
ouAiielled about a voune woman, in Cass , at J.aurviL'c. lSiant r,,,,-,.,. , ,
county, 111., on Friday, and lirobson was j ''-ts was r.ither l..nj;ei ;L ;t"i't
fatillr .hot bv Mc A ferry. , dinary colt, and the hmJ ; 'rV
It is suggested that (. ongress shall give ' nearly two mciies bevj:.
' Viunie Ream $H,UU(J lor a brass stati.e ot gave me uean an odd j ,.va, ;
; Dr." Mary Walker, to be placed somewhere ; cnldest part of the animal was'a' l:
! on the coast to warn otf vessels. - j placed directly in the c. tic , ,
Tho Pfciinsylvania railroad company head, and laiger ti.au ie '' '
will bereauer contact tot no uo.. .o, k """J""- r. ti;e
'-.;, nUj liiih lh ronrlit ion tht it once nad the Uionitri..ir v.
vlKu:o ...... : ; . , . , "!'!
be iii sticksof two leetanuanaii lniengtn. i mo ncau. iiije
I he Decoration Association ot llimois lueui 10 louis a
have resolved that thoy will make no dis- j having them pi.per!y stu:!.,t ' y"
tinetion on Decoration Day, but will dec- eves usually are seen in a Co ., "
orate alike the graves of Union and Con- smooth aud solid, and co.c.,..ti ? "
fedeiateheroes. short hair. ' l l
.in tii' iinre is in juvoi 01 iiinKiuir lerri:,.. r-.i
. i - .. r i - 1 I t . . r. n . , ,
ITCH. ll(l.li;i 3 u:iL "uaj a uauv'iii . .. . i ipih; m
I i - n ... i) :i. ill i lr 1 .' . ; 1 1 . ,1 ti.;. i , ' y
11 liUIieilsm coniiiiuea s.o uuuoiu c . j . ...... v.-., .mil, n.i.b ;r,
1 . ....I -v- - 1 . . - . ,
t have several national last days wituout l ., last Saturday -c!.i:-
! any Congressional inteifercuce. : bamls employed in a lai-e Ta
I At Maiden. Mass.. Ihuisday, a two- i leaving me shop, JUH ; , r
! and-a-half story house was moved by the i tha large rotary u.iler ei, ,i,
..... r.,..t- o .rolncf ' inull.-di'.mr t lie l.ii i 'A .. . . . .1 i
wimi iwcui.y-nc mt-i. nim wv, , . rt.,u (IJ
ageu
A serious riot has occurred in the
French settlement at Shanghai. The Chi
nese attacked the French residents and
bui tied several of their houses. The police
interfered, and seveial of the lioters were
killed.
Castleton, Vt., boats a Caleb Quotcm
of a citizen who is a good boot and shoe
maker, cabinet maker, upholsterer, carpen
ter aud painter, while, if need be. ho can
run a farm, a grist-mill, a saw-mi'.l any-
tiling but a ziL-mill
A storv is told of a boy in Iowa City ! a snort cut across some
who while fishing one day last week caught j tions on tho way down to New p
a muscalonge weighing ovr t wenty-twc i The I'.mmI had swept ovei nii it a f
pounds. Iho boy was pulled into the river, bc-Toie bad been a cUo:i ;i
and a Newfoundland dog brought both J the tops of trees a!,..-,r ;
fisher and fih ashore.
The Legislature of Washington Terri
tory has enacted that physicians, clergy
men and priests shall not be protected by
virtue of their profesion or character from
testifying as to confessions or confidential
information imparted to them.
The following is said to be an excrlent
remedy for corns : One teaspoonful of tar,
one of coarse brown sugar, and one of salt
petre. The whole to be warmed together.
Spread it on kid leather the size of the j
corns, and in two days they will be drawn
out. j
'Two brothers named Walker wero J
shot in (Jweti county, Ivy., on Monday, by j
Wm. Smoat. One of ths brothers died i
instantly, and tho other was dangerously .
wounded. Smoat charged them with hav-
ing secured an indictment against him j
in the Fedtial Court for some misdemeanor. !
A German saloon keeper in Millers-
town says : ''Veil I goes in tnino bet I
sleeps not goot. I dreams in min head J
dat I hear dem vimens biayin" and sing- i
ing iu my ears dot Jesus loves me. Dot 3 SCHOOL TEACH.
uvMjo.ei o:e u x j'i. 1 1.111. alm oin, uo .ujii , in each coant
valk on do lloor aud take auudcr glass of - .
beer." ticu'.ar. ZV.
Tf to'r.,1 lint ttio tiruf ir rsF Tie T ! t.-
iiistone was verv much icvmposol when I j n I
lb 01 1 1 Ttu 111 ijiii.tiiti, t'uw wiu toinutivu w I
liri.iA of tlm li-.fr. arm. if whii'li tliPr I
had been an ununited fracture, the result t t' lJ'Zl '
of a bite or a lion over thirty years ago, was j 0HQ1GE hiSXED GLAOI,
so clear that the identification of tho body j at ...hale for ts per loo. i r 1 ..r
was placed bevond ail rtouot. express on receipt of pric
With romtilete tiower in their hands. Address i. V. a Li K. tie:
... ,.--r . . ... ,
with both houses of the legislature and the
Goernor, tho Democracy of Ohio refused
to make an apportionment of the State
more favorable to themselves than that
which now exists, and which the Republi
cans framed "to suit themselves. This is
an example of honorable moderation which
ought to have some effect upon the Penn
sylvania legislators, but it is not to be ex
pected that it will Le imitated.
A dispatch from Columbia, Tenn.,
says : There is great excitement here over
an outrage committed by a nogro, named
Merrett Voorbis, upon tho person of a
young lady whose name is withheld by re
quest of her friends. The villain met her
ou the outskirts of the city about niue o'
clock at night, and accomplished his pur
pose before tho neighbors, who had been
aroused by her screams, could go to ker
assistance. The police are iu pursuit of
the negro.
One day last week a book-keeper in the
employ of a lumber firm in Detroit, Mieh.,
became suddenly ill, and the Free Prest
says tho several physicians who called de
cided that oue of his lungs was affected
with au abscess, caused by rubbing hi- de
against the edge of the table. He w as told
that the abscess would break within two
days, and that the chances wero that he
would die. He made preparations for his
decease, and his death occurred within a
few minutes after the abscess broke.
Ten years ago Timothy Wheeler, of 1
aterbury Centre, t., adopted a strictly
vegetarian diet, and five years ago becamo
impressed that nature did not require so
much liquid to quench thirst as is common
ly used. The result has been that the first
year thereafter he went thirty-eight days
without taking any liquids into his system,
the second year soventy days, the third
130, the fourth 170, and up to Thursday of
last week he had gone days iu tho fifth
year without drinking anything whatso
ever. Montpeiicr Arut.
Horrors have accumulated rapidly re
cently. One has scarcely been told ere it
is followsd by another. The latest is the
story related of a frightful parricido at a
village iu Maine. James P. Davis, a young
man, brutally murdered his father with au
axe. The mother stepped from the door
of the house iuto the yaid, at eight o'clock
in the morning, discovered the body of her
husband with the top of his skull split off,
while over him stood (ho njuiderer with the
bloody axe. The son had been an inmate
of a luuatic asylum, but was considered
cured.
The Staunton (Va.) Vindicator says :
"Eleven months ago Mr. James MeClung,
of this county, was suddenly, and without
any explicable cause, totally deprived of
his power of speech, and since that time has
been obliged to use a slate in conveying his
thoughts. On Sunday before last be came
into the sitting room and said 'good morn
ng' at the same time nearly fainting. He
has conversed as well as ever since that.
Just as ho spoke Sunday, he experienced a
convulsive movement of the muscles of
the throat and a sense of coucussiou iu the
head."
A singular transition from the saored
desk to the political arena is given in the
case of "Governor" 15 rook a, of Arkansas,
like Rrownlow, wo suppose, a "fighting
parsou." Ho is a native of Butler ountv.
Ohio, and served in the Ohio Conference as
a preacher nine years. Thence be went to
the Iowa Conferonro ami t fi. vr.n .! I X-l tostarontsry "'..., a. r I
eloted editor of the St. Louis (A ntrul ! iVlTc , "t s,.-n'-r
Christian Advocate. He w as then a decid- , t-ountv. the J
ed anti-slavery man. -lie wm Presiding t n ver " -'J. l,,, '
A4rk?nsas nfcren
1 vml'0 V'"
r.liler of the Arkansas Conference a short . f' 1 for m
A statement rjsi ;.; ,
loin rigai d t..4,!lk;.'."J " '
.a
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I". IVlllg W Mil'l IIM - , nn l J wu , ""
AOOll n uipier, at : iwimw'u u escaped :un! uo '"
uigier was ; uii.iimiiii mo names v , u ..
i at the Lombaul ?tu,.t , "
"u.;fu!
vs '' c-,
t u ... " -
i . . ' l ; ... t . . - f.iif.Jit- : v :l!afTf i,f S'i-i wano ii. .1- .... .!.' T
'1
I '
I f ti... i i
urns iu.i,i iu tiie Kin rrr
i were killed outright ai;.',
, ed. Those killed wcie h
j Tho force of tho ex
j The boiler weighing the i
'!i w;n
j six hundred feet. I
o w.i, ..
' citement in tho
vili.l-e. :n..i ,
threatened to lynch Tor.t ,
ent of the mill, who it i,,1,.,,.,
of criminal negligume i;i us '.
condemned boiler. Ti c ,ni:i nS
erected at a co-a of : 1 ,n , .
It wai, indeed, a njela-i.-h.
that was presented to the vic.v.
sengers ol a jltssisMpiii
1 .
''1. ir.lV
aiii.,'.
which con'd be seen the el:
j rising a foot alxcc th- i
top of tho smokeless I'.je ....
rooster. His wings hv.us linn..'
! were half closed and Ins ma'et cj.
I was gone. He had pi .eti it uf. v,
I he was the solo surv ivi.r be (Yd v';
i ir. .,,. . .
i iu tint nut .-vein u c.t:e iu t.e ic.
ho hoisted no signal Cn itV.rf.
steamer, with a patting i! LtI ,
alone in his glory. A tho ,-)., i .
him he raised his otT-w.!. , j,;s f,
waved a sad farewell wr.h his J.
foot.
Chapped hanp are w
tboso w ho have their ha.:
A few drops of .,.', -,
in r at rubbed over iLe 1 a
times a day, will kec;,'!.,
Fishermen, saila:. .
to remember this.
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The subject is nil innmiiivvt. wi-.;;.
It replenil'.ei the fiover'im-v" fr -povensbes
tho people : ma.-: ''.u r .
the poor rich: tiuikrs ! -cdj
the ishm of lesjislni .i n : n..r.: -2
! flltiPwnmen foet sa.l. Th- ,-i :i-.i ' ':
! to victorv. Alu or W'.-ni-. a .'..!.! t".-.-"!
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