UL iV'VWf ' WcPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HE IS A TRESMAH WHOM THB TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALIj ABB 8LATE8 BESIDE. Terms, S2 per year. In advance EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1875 NUMBER 41. Sheriff's Sales, j I r .mi.lrv wiiM or Veil. F.rpon., I n '"-r-..m f Common Pleas of . I '"" 01 . - rnc directe.l. there will E ;V.:i"T.!'uc:",at the Court. House j I Pftiir. '"' .l . v nf TVcpmlirr next. U I If UUI ua - f t P 'I'" following Real Es "fl" tute.to wit: ii-leand Interest or Michael JJO ' 'v r . . Li "v -r parcel if lan.l situate f ,n i" " ; K1 twns,,)1 an.1 partly in Wil i7n1'; "i.r."-.n?.iy. l'a . adjoining 1 .Ti iin'". thi- ':1.,.IL- church proper F V h , r..i.l c..n'ainin seres, more r-" ' . ,..(-i,,,re.l ai.; a" the riht, i i1""!, ! l,.-iia-l Ihi.in. or. In ami to 1 lir. 'n ... ,... in Wiluiore bor- r "' 1 ' - . l'a.. frontlnir on laln "V w" th.7h an.l A.J. Hartsoek, '' ...,...1 none .try frame house, "'rrn, . all tl.'- ril.t. lltl- ami Inter! !'"r. '.i imu-in. ef. In an.l to a pleee or lot 1.1 ! :. :n t, iipl' h. ('ainbria li-m.r. liune thereon erecte.l a i... an-l ir.ime stable, in the oe i 1,-hi-l Unitan. nii-1 a two story Trame "' r.i.-en in exeeution and -" !"'..'.. l I IVuleslnirle fc. Snn. .,, rli. title iin.l interest of Samuel r,. t" a piece it iiire..-i 01 i.tiei snu- t,,wnliip. I amnrm conniy, ,1 l.ihn Jones. John Eakins. and .. ,-..t!-n '" acres, more or less, r.'.i ,.i inch arc cleared, huvinir there- ' ' . i I .....I . 1.... K..-.. Uli t.' 'ry i.'s n...- P ..... ..I .imiiil lk(i. riknn . n in i to t.'.- sold at Ihesuit f William ,i-n ii vrtt T .t K.li.abcth barer, dec',1 me riKhl.titie.ind interest of John S in :in I to piece or parcel of land tit-iti'n- 'n!it. ratnhrta eounty, l'a.. nd .'ir j'i'cph ll.iuck. Francis Luther, .s.ntainiiin acres, tni.re or less, j,-'fH cl-ared. hav.nn thereon erected a i '.iif si. rv plank lions, in the occupan- j i ravi-'r. and a two story plank house. ,r, m I wt. r aw null, in the occupancy r Lutd'T. Taken in execution and to be .p !! ' ef L!"Vd .V ' '". i l :h" r ulit! title and Interest of Peter ut ;n an I t" a piece or pan-el of land sit li inn i t..wii-h!p. 'amhria county, :i ut lands .f Aild'w Kckenrode. Joseph s .i Kitiii.st.in. and tliers. Containing t, t l i", iiN.iif 'M acres of which are ho in therein erected a one and a half .x hoard stable, and water saw i upaney "t t'harles MetVmhie. and n i iink li"ife, in the occupancy of Hi i i .ii. T.iKen in fi"'uii.in and to he sold ..: j. pli 1 r;ay. now lor use of Thomas i : r'ittit . title and intercut of IS leho- in and a piece or lot of ground - .Vaii!:,"n twiihit. i amhria county. U M..r ..n tli.' ulil I'nrliirn 1 i I r,.., . I ! i l.. di li fe.-t to land o( heirs of M. e,-.n-r:hatit lot of M. H. Mtuirh. u'h. tisvna t liereon erected a t wosiory i uf Hii I a p! oik sialile. now in t he oeru- N h .,.! Il.ider. and a two siorv td.ink r u; iriey i f Samuel Hill. " i';iken ti .in lel'e fold at t lie suit ot Mii.-hael .in-: ..tlier-,. . i.; 'h- nuht. title an " Interest of John '!. in :ii,d to tlie tolt..winif pieces or '.. t-. w t : A piece or parcel of land i ;: :n.- rh il t.,wntiip. 'aiuiiria rountv. : t.rf lv.i 't .lr.::i" ..ii'imuKh. renn a . i rr-. k Kelly, an I others, cuntaininir I is -r r le. nnimpraved .!'. all the I p ir. l in-en-st et John V. Irillespie. of. rpare. d of land situate in Wash . I 'j'p:t::i enmity, pa., ndi tinlnir I M- K-.-i I'-i ro'izli. con'ainin 1 aeres I le.ir.'l and under fence. .d.. Iilanl int. r st of John W. fliiles. in 1 1. 1 p r or let of arotind situate in 't I'..r!.iiie. Va-hini!tiin ownshii, i'J. Pa . irontiiiit ..n the Penn"a Kail t 1 ft S.oiir.ir 1..TS of .l"Se Mrliuierh .iii. liuv.t.ir thereon erected a two M--.ind Ir-nn-' Tai.! now in tlm,.e. A .! di'i W. I r llepie. Taken In HTecn. e-ldi: ti,e suit ol Schmidt Ji Kri- h ' iht. titl- arid interest of Jacob l. .n aiid to a piece or parcel oT land ! ' . I cnh f. t'ii:i:l.r:ii p.iuiilv t'n . : l.loln Ueer-. Sam'l 1 lean". t."ha. . ..'fe-r-. e.,nr;i;n.nz tit acres, more or d. havinir tiiere.,11 erected a two v,"a frime turn, and coal bank in T. in Hie ,N-e,:ev ,,r .l:.e,,t Kims. ft t.. ,.rv !.l!lie li.,n... in ll,niiia K.i!i i:::n Taken in execution and ' "Jit o: .T'l-nes l.n ir 'rifit. tiMeund interest or P. F. n in t ton Ur parcel or land Id t. n-h p t'mn'iria countr. "( I ' i si i.-l Ielanv. John lc i'y. an I vli ts. containing WO 4 i o r -s eteared. havmir .ry ue anil frame ' ' -Hi an.-v ot Joiin (iiblMins. n and t t e f..M at the suit of Mi.. 1 .1 j" r ith'. title and interest nf P IV :" ' I'-'- r parcel of land mt- T t- tl-hi:. i '.I Til l.ri:i f(iiiT.lv n.m I- l- a h .u I,-:, : :i i... tr.., ,.; V,,'! "rt""j w,t ' per. hes. to a Mt: ' ' ' 1 i'.n Hui.l-y. north degrees, ! a p .r on line f tract ol Johu ;" ey iid ..! t survey, north 33 de ''"'' oa I ost thi nee hv land r'll Hsdewrees eiar 14(1 I' l'" of 1 . nil HIT eontuinimr . he, i, tf ,art ( a larger i. Kui.o l.i.r..,., Ih...... a-'-orv i,:nk i...:.i. "T ' . , . ' u". "Jii:r!ainiiii ".. f ..w in the occupancy of Philin P i ii" r'"'""''"" and to'be sold at tel.- and interest or Robert ' !'l'-c' or parcel of land sit- -'ip. t'aiuhrta county. la., ''1:1. liw.n lli'Miamln II 1'" '' '" more or 'less' it, 'J."""'- '.ai it.a tlierei,ii erected a ' ' !r '-arn. now in the . er i,.j,.n I aki n in execution 1 i ,i.t ,,r u I.. i... "r:.f. title an I ini.-ri.ji ..r i,itin p ce ..r par-el or land sit- i " ' '' . nr"1"'" county. Pa., ad rh Hn'7 "'m Vahner, contain, n-jr PW acres, w - acre, cleared. liivinif there- orj p.nr.K house and log stat!e. Vjney , ltl,na, Taken r-ef. sad' I.. Bennet Sawyer, containing loo aero, more or less, about 14 acres, of which are cleared having thereon erected a two story plank house and log stable, now in the occupancy of John II. Noel. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of James Douglass, A !.,, ali the right, title and Interest of David K. Wllhelm, of, in and to a piece or lot of ground situate in the village of Lilly's, Washington town ship, Cambria countv. Pa., fronting on a street and adjoining lot or William McUloskey and oth ers, having thereon erected a one-and-a-half story plank House and plank stable, now in the occu pancy ol Alice Hagan. Taken lb executibn and to be sold at the suit of Philip Priti. Also, all the right, title and interest of John W. Urifflth, of, in and to a piece or parcel ol land situate In Cambria township, Cambria eounty. Pa., adjoining lands or John W. Jones. John E. Jones, Henry Jones, and others, containing 167 acres and 149 perches, about 7(1 acre cleared, hav ing thereon erected a two story frame house ami frame barn, now In the occupancy of John W. ttrirfith. Taken in execution and to he so d at the suit of Win. J. Edwards, Ex'r of Kichard Ed wards, dee'd. Also, all the right, title and Interest of Dom Inick Eger. of, in and to a piece or lot of ground situate in Carrolltown borough. Cambria coun ty, l'a., fronting on Main street ami extcndinir back to a private alley, having Scanlnn ! y on I l in-norm ami n.i) mojiz on ttie South, having thereon erected a two story frame house, frame stable, and ot her outbuildings, now in the occu pancy of Dominick I- ger. Also, all the right, title and interest of Dom inick Kger. ol. In ami to a lot or ground situate in Carrolltown borough, Cambria county, Pa. fronting on St. Mary's alley and extending back to St. Joseph's allev. a.l iolninir nn nllev on th north and land of heirs of f .utxiAn Itin.ter n tlm south, having thereon erected a two story plank house and plank stable, now In the occupancy of James Walters. Taken In execution and to be sold at the suit ol A. JJaum. A t.8o, all the right, title and Interest of Joseph Refner, or, in and to a piece or parcel of land sit uate in Harr township. Cambria county, l'a., con taining 35 acres, more or less, about 10 acres clear, ed. adjoining land of John Anderson, Win. Mc Donald, and others, having thereon erected a dwelling house, part log and part plank, and log stable, now in the occupancy of Joseph Hef ner. Taken In executl n and to be sold at the suit of Peter (Jarman. Tkr or SAf.r One third of the'purchnso money to be paid when the property la knocked down, and the remaining two-thirds on confir mation of the defd. HERMAN BATTMER, Phr-riff. Sheriff' OlTlee, Kben-iurg. Nov. 13, 18T5. B SHERIFF'S SALES. i virtue ot sundry writs ot I end. Krpon., Alitt Vriirl. Krintu. and f'l. h'n.. issued mil or tup I list net court or Common Pleas of Cum lria county and to me directed, there will le exposed to Public Sale, at the Opera House in Johnstown, on Saturday, the 4th day of Deeentber next, at I o'cr.ocK, p.-n., the following Ileal Estate, to wit : At.t. tho right, title and Interest of Bartley Hy, of. !n n nd to n lot of ground situate in the borough of East Coneinaugh. Cumbria county. Pa., fronting on the Pt-tin'a Kail Itond and ad joining lot of John Hoy, and extending buck to thf'C'onrinaiiKk river, Imving the reott .-rect-'d a two story dwelling houv and a frame ota hie, now in the occupancy of Hartley Hoy. Ta kn in execution und Vo be sold at thermit of Akersi llrtumer, now for use of I). McLaugh lin. Ai.so. nil the right, title and Interest of Adam Pf irr, of. in nod to a lot of ground situate in Oiimhrhi horotigh, Cambria county. Pa., fr.int-iti-T on f'hestnnt street and adjoining lot of Conrad Myeronthe one side and lot of John Stenger on t hp ot her hide, and extending back to an alley, having thereon erected a two story house and plank stable, now in the occupancy of the Widow Pfarr and Adam Pfarr. Taken in execution and to be sold at (be suit of tho German Workman Society. A i--o, all the right, title and Interest of Clias. Ahrns, of. In and to a lot of ground situute in t'onemauxh borough, Cambria county, Penn'a, fronting on Portage street and adjoining lot of John Venalt on the one sKe and lot of Martin Pot on the ot her side, and extending back to a lot of the Cambria Iron Company, having there on erected a two story frame hotisis now in the occupancy of Charles Ahrns. Tnk-n In execu tion and to be sold at the suit of J. Zimmerman, now for ueof Edward Zimmerman. A !-. all the right, title and interest of Hen ry W. Itcikieg. of, in and to a lot ofgroiind sit uate In the Fourth Ward, .lohnstmvn, Cambria county. Pn., fronting on Main street, having Adam street on oif si.li and lot of John Lud wig on the other side, and extending back to no alley, having tlu-rcori erected a two story frame Hoimc, now In the occupancy of Henry W. Keiking. Taken In exeeuti.in and to bes.bi nf the suit of the Kickenapawling Tribe I. O of K. M. Ai.n), all the right, title and interest of Wm. P. Patton, of. in and toa piceeor lot of ground situate In the Finn In Ward, Johnstown bor ough, Cumbria county. Pa., fron'ing on lied ford street and having Stony creek on the one side and an alley on the other ide. and extand ing back to lot ot Hon. Joiin F. It irncs. having thereon erected a two story plank furniture shop and a one story furniture warerootn, now in i oss.os.-d. n and occupancy of Wm. P. Patton. Taken in execution and to be sold at t he suit Of Ilurkey and (Jay Furniture Company. Tkkm or Sai.k. One-third of the purchase money to be puid when the property is knocked dou ti," mid the remaining two-thirds on contlr matioii of the d"d. . HEKMAN It A IT ME It. Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Johnstown, Nov. :U 18J5. t if Ml tt ft! 11 1 ie suit A. A. liar- pli iJantner. mid interest of John io: pj,.. ,. r ,,;lrrf.i r iani, I I I, I ''I I.ll.plu al-ni ine Krise. Joseiih ''n'a 11,1,1, pj,. in,,re uf Il are eleiireil luvinir 'l-a-hall story log house ol John W. c sold at the "eupiiney V,'nI,''I"cuu"n 1U"1 10 . ''" ' '''le and interest ,.fTI,m,. n ImoJ "' I'teeeor parrel of r, i b-wn.ui,. Cambria conn, n i! V; ' 'f W,u- ITjceoii the 'HIS on thewn.r v.. s -if -i7y """ '-' enhurg to eh't .'.,"., Iu".' "r lrM Taken in -.' if ! t. llle suil of John Wll- ,( II. J);ivi. nnvi' n'1 interest of Hnrry "5-' I , ,',"'ri',':r I''feel of land s,f J r. v "1'.'' ;l"'bria county. Pa,, ' -'.T . '. ? n' James .Mel iuiro, .fii, I '' a,'re. more , r less, n , 'i' 1 :lr" ''l-are.l, having there- II I. I nit ...... . I i . a w Hi tl,.. , . - House ana Hvil-l.n ... V V "r.r' "r- . r-.,. 1,, " w Bom at tue i . f VS': !lr1,1 'merest of Robert ' ,. "d to all that crrtsii ")". ;,'"', '" ",e Horoughof l.'ar 1 1 4. !.,',, ' ' "'"'Tia. and State of QIIKKIFF'S SALILS By virtue of stinilry writs of leif. Erpon., issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambrl county and to tne directed, there will be ex posed to public sale, at the t")cra House in Johnstown, on Nnliirtltiy( tlie 4ll lsjr of lc-o:ii?er next, at .o'clock, P. M., the fol lowing real estate, to wit: A i.i. the right, title and interest of Henry Mentzell. of. In and to a lot or piece of ground situate in Voder township, Cmnbria counts-. Pa., containing ubout 3 acres, more or less, and bounded ps follows, to wit: Fronting tin the Coticmaugh river nnd adjoining binds of Ilistiop and Emanuel James, having thereon erected a two storv dwelling house and a plank stable, now fn the occupancy of Ooo. Walters. Taken In execution and to bo sold at thceuit of John Seifertu & Co. Au. all the right, title and Interest of John Now, of. in and to a lot of ground situate ih Cambria borough, Cambria eounty. Pa., front ing on Chestnut f treef. ha ving Second direct on the one Rid and lot of Adam Uoppon the other side, and extending back to an alley, having thereon erected a two story dwelling house, a plank stable, and a two story bull iinu. now in the occupancy of John B. Myers. Taken in ecueion and to be sold at the suit of the fler mania liuilding and Loan Association, No. 1, of Johnstown. Tkkmd or SAt.B. One-third ot the purchase money to be paid when the property Is knocked down, and the remaining tw-t;iird on confir mation of the ded. . HEKMAN BAITMER. Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, tbensburjr, Nov. W, 1S75. N OTICE. In tiik Court or Com- MS PLEAS Or CAMBRIA I-OUSTT JjtE SMITH," No. as, September Term, 157a. C. U. Sarah br her next, friend. Mo no A Hcohes, Thom as P. Sunn. J A ff.i..?nr)io'nl fn Pfroir To THU RKSI'OnitSIT ABOVK StAMKD. I OU Bra heretiy required to appear at a Court of Common Pleas, to be held at Ebensburg, lor the f ,'ounty of Cambria, on the riasT Mowdav or Dkci-mhbr hkxt to answer the complaint of the libellaat in the above stated case. HERMAN BAl'MRR, Sheriff. Sheriff's OIBce, Ebensburg, Nov. 8, 1875.-4t. ' a ,.. . ' . ' " '"ruie.i as follows I'll Street thence w t ie.1.1 " ' ' rner oi it of ? ielioliis : th. a Im.ii; nml enrner I, it ..f "ii -v lot a,J '' et to a !. t .. , -v : ' "ee by sai l alley, i...Tl: 'hen-t. west with lot of "r .i ' 11 P'aee ot no- i ' tJ. J " "", hereditament and ao- i 'sU'.r," i ,.X','u,l,,n nJ tu,' oll i B ' "id t. ! I , '"terest or Joseph un i l'T '""""big described bulfd-"-i.r . "t ,..th Fork, Croy le V n.l?.,","""1'- "ounded as fol i "."tfeet or road ; on the fi' I '"? "'e west t.y lot of John !'"' wm, f",m dwelling '"i Id K,t(:"en adjoining U feet v.ii.' '' ,on and tu be ""old at the in'r':!'t- Slll and Interest of John :"L.iiit. . .o:en.i laqu sn- r jCsjVa"'''r?.coui'iy' p-a,J; STKAY CATTLE. Came into the enclosure of the snlmcrilier, In Chest township, one black Heir, r. supjiosed to tie one year and a half old, and one red Steer, supoed to tie about the same age. There are no marks or sjiots on the heifer, but the steer has white on its legs, a white stripe over the rump and warts on its right eye. The orner is notified to come for- u-.i t,rtertv. iav charges and take them ay ; failing In which within the time xpectned, y will be ilisiosed of as the law directs. oy. 12, 175.-at. ADAM LEIDEN. ADM IS ISTR ATION NOTI C K Estate of Johh C. IViLA-tn, ilecM. letters of Administration on the estate of John C llloUnd, late of Summit ville borough, deceased. having been granted to the undersignud, all per- sons indebted to said estate are requested to make I payment without delay, and those having claims against the same will present them properly au- tuenMcated for settlement. JAMES lb 'LAND, Administrator. SuiBiuitvilU, NoV. 6, 1.-H. BY REQUEST. EPITAPH O.f A HEAD DOG. BY THE EDITOm OF THE MOUNTAINEER. Hie jacetcasis! Now, that Is to say. Here lies a DOCi! adog that Aarfhisday; And tuch a dog t it would be worse than vain To hope to ever see his like, again. Hail muse of dogyeren! afford thy help, Whilst I immortalize this marine whelp; A roaring whelp he was. But ah ! his roar Will now confuse the elements no more ; Down to the dust he's gone from whence he sprung, And tho' "unwept, unhonored," not nnsung! This dog was everything a dog could be, With one exception, doff fidelity Thin trait he wanted, gratitude in him, If it existed," was "tnost precious slim," Tho' every dogged vice he tried in turn, His virtue was a very "lean concern:" Yet he was not a spaniel, tho he licked The hand that spuru'd him, and the foot that kick'd ; And he was not a bull-Dog, tho' a douht Of this might linger tound his curly snout; A pointer he was not, although he SET The game some sportsmen vaiuly tried to get; Ami he was not a terrier, because He had a strange deformity of pates: A hound he was not, tho be was among Xlie highest grade of Hounds in "giving tongue " And he was not a orey-hound, for altho Loud as a beagle, he was rather slow Then what he was you truly may infer, A whelp, betweeu a beagle and a CUR! This dog, inconstant as the changing gale, Would howl, ami run, and bark, atid wag bis tail, For Charley, Tom and Peter, Dick or John, Or any otie, that chose to hiss him on; And hark and roar as loud as loud could be, On all occasions, and up every tree : And, tho he never overtook his game, He bow I'd liis own auccess, thro want of shame : Shame 1 That be never had, for he would lead Or drive, (still roaring?!) at his utmost : el, Bark at a friend and shake himself and yawn, Wheel to an enemy, and liek and fawn, Then turu perhaps on both, and growl for spite. And show his teeth, but never dare to bite! His last exploit just when "his time Lad come," He tried to chase a "POSSUM UP A GUM !" Aud plunging forward, (oh but he was mad ! He knock'd out all the little brains be bad ! So here his death the noiay Beagle found. And died, as he had lived, still turning round! Then sunk, with none t pity or deplore, Where Curs can never bark, nor Beagles roar, He fell a victim, (so the story end,) To his own folly ami drceitfttl friends ; So take him all in all, I must aver. He was a strange and good-for-nuthing Cur, Aud died, as ever other dog should die, That changes masters, without knotting why; Here let him rot beneath this rugged stoue, The basest whelp that ever gnaw'd a bone ! July 2Ath, 1837. TIIK BLACK TA11X. Five or six miles to the north of the small town of liiomptou, iu Cumber land, England, there is a mountain lake known as Bkick Tarn. Iu the neighbor hood are sheep farms, and a few magnifi cent hamlets lie here aud there around. In one of these, known as I lay ton, a mur der was recently perpetrated, accompanied by cruel outiage. At the east end of the village there resided one John Coulter, who kept a beer saloon, and cultivated a email farm. He was a rough, uncouth man, addicted to drink, and when he was incapable of attending to his customers who came of a night for beer, his daughter, a comely girl of seventeen, waited upon thetn. He had a son, also, but lie was in Carlisle, learning a trade, and seldom visited his native village. Coulter was reported to be worth a few hundred pound, and consequently, passed in the neighborhood for a man of means. A young man named Armstrong had been courting his daughter, but. he had been driven off by Coulter, for assaulting a farm er, who was the tatter's friend. Armstrong had quitted the neighborhood, having, as was supjiosed, enlisted. At the time now refeired to, Kate, Coulter's daughter, was receiving attentions from one Geoige Iiout ledge, tho son of a grocer in Iironipton. On tho morning of the teulh of last February, Coulter arose late, having been drunk as usual the night before. Hearing no sounds that would indicate his daugh ter being around, he went to the top of the staiis and called her by name. No answer came, and he hastily donned his clothes and descended. The stairs led down into the back kitchen, and when he reached the bottom he saw the door lead ing into the yard open. Thinking that his daughter might be in the byer, he again called her name, but to no purpose. Then he passed into the bar, which was a small room with a window opening into the main room. The glasses stood around unwashed, theie was no tire in the grate, and the dis order showed plainly that Kate had not been at work that morning. Coulter searched around, but could see nothing of his daughter. The bed in ber chamber had not been slept in, and her cloak and bonnet were missing. He sum moned one uf the neighbors, and when the news got around that Kate Coulter had suddenly disappeared from home, a crowd of sympathizers gathered round the father and'oft'eiod assistance and counsel. David Hedd, a blacksmith, testified that he was the last to quit the inn the u!ght before, and that Kate bade him good night, and drew the bolt in the door. It was then ten o'clock. Peter Steele, the village constable, confirmed Kedd's state ment, as they were iu company, Steele leav ing the bouse only a few minutes before Itedd, who remained to get a light for his pile. Beyond this there was absolutely no testimony. Coulter, accompanied by his friends, searched the neighborhood for the missing girl, but with no success. George Rout ledge, her lover, who had been notified, reached tho village in the afternoon, and joined in the search. Mounted police from Iironipton, and the officers from Carlisle, were speedily on the spot, and the whole country-side was sooured. No traces, how ever, of the ltt one were met with. Days and weeks went by and the mystery remaiued unsolved. One day, about a week after the girl's disappearance, Arm strong's old mother put her head in at "Coulter's door, and said, in a bitter tone : "Ah, Mr. Coulter, so you've lost your pretty miss. Now we're even. You drove away my boy, and now the devil has drove away your daughter. Then she gave a malignant laugh) and departed." Toward theniiddleof March two country lads, amusing themselves around Black Tarn, saw something white among the rushes. On closely examining the object they discovered it to be a human arm. With a branch of a tree they pushed aside the rushes and watei plants, and the body I of a female was disclosed. I hey were at , first disposed to run away, but finally re solved to haul out the body, litis tney did with some difficulty, and laid it on the grass. It was in an excellent state of pres ervation, owing to the ice, which had Just broken up, aud the features were peiTect. Both the lads identified the corpse as that of the missing girl, Kate Coulter. Cover ing it with rushes and leaves, they started for the village and informed the grief stricken father of their discovery. The body was carefully removed to Coulter's house, and a coroner's inquest was held. A surgical examination showed that th girl had been outraged, af.d matks trf stt angulation were distinctly visible on her throat: The body, when found, was en tirely naked, aud search was made for the unfortunate girl's clothing. They were found under a pile of stone about two hundred yards from where the corpse was discovered. They were torn and mud stained, and traces of blood were observ able on them. What the object, of the ninrderer was in removing the clothing wis beyond comprehension ; but that he had an object was .evident. A verdict of wilful murder against some person or per son,unknown was returned by the coroner's jury, and the corpse was interred with be coming solemnity. A large reward was offered for anjr in formation which might lead to the appre hension of tho guilty person, and the Lord Lieutenant of the comity specially interest ed himself in the matter, and caused ex pert detectives to be sent from Loudon to investigate the affair thoroughly. It will be remembered that Kate 'Coulter disap peared on the night of February nimh. The detectives accidentally came across one Robert Johnstone, a shoemaker, who said on the night mentioned, about seven o'clock, he was at work in his shop in Iironipton, which was on the direct road to Coulter's, when a young man, a stranger, put his bead in at the doer and asked for a light. It was a very cold night, and the shoemaker asked the man to come in and shut the door. He did so and stood with his back to the shoemaker while he got a light. Johnstone asked him whether he had come by train from Carlisle, and tie said he had. Johnstone leinai ked that it was goin,g to be a sharp night, and the young man replied that he judged so, and abruptly quitted the shop. "What did he light his pipe with?" the officer asked, after a pause. "That's more than 1 can say," Johnstone replied, "though it may be he took a bit of paper from his pocket." "How often do you sweep your shop? the detective asked. The shoemaker laughed and said : j it V CB J Vlil ts J w. ! Then the detective, very much to the surprise of the shoemnki r, went to woik examining the floor curefully all over. ' Then he began iu one vomer and lifted everything from the flo .r, replacing it where he found it. After he had beeu at work over ten minutes he came across a fragment of an euvt-"ope, Wurnt at one end. Vlns he carefully scrutinized, aud putting it in his hk ket departed. The same night a consultation was heid, and the detective exhibited his scrap of paper. As before said, it was "pat t of an envelope, and on it was writing. The writing was blurred and almost illegible, but the words "private John" couid be deciphered. Whether the writing was a man's or woman's it was hard to say, but the gener al impressiou was that it was a woman's. "Coulter instinctively associated the latter with young Armstrong, Kate's former lover, who, as b,-foe stated, had been driven from the houe by her father, aud had, as 'vas supposed, enlisted. The jeer ing words of Armstrong's mother came up fresh in Coulter's memory: ! "Ah, Mr. Coulter, so you've lost your pretty miss ! Now we're even. You drove away my boy, and the 4swit bs driven away your j;trt." i The officers resolved " t search Mrs. Armstong's cottage, as there might be some indications of her son having been recently there. They weni dwwu at once, ' and aroused the old woman, , who was doz ing by the fire. j "What d'ye want with me and mi' ?" : she asked, querulously, "this is no time o' ; night to diMurb a body." ! On being informed that officers of the ' law demanded admission she opened the ; door, aud boldly confronted them. "lake what you can nnd," she said, "that belongs to other than roe.' The officers began a careful search of the place, and were rewarded by finding a pair of boots stowed away under the floor, bear ing on them the traces of the peculiar black mud found on the borders of tho Black Tarn, from which, aad the singular ly dark hue of its waters, it derived its name. "Whose boots are these?" the officer asked. "They are my sou's," replied the old woman, "before they drove him away from borne." "When did be leave home?' the detec tive inquired. In November, '74," the old woman an swered, quickly. "Did he put the boots tinder the floor?" the officer asked. "'Deed did he, the very day be left home," Mrs. Armstrong replied. "You saw him do it?" the detective in quired. "Saw;liim with my own eyes," was the reply. "And that was when ?" the officer asked. "The very day he left home, November 5, '74," Mrs. Armstrong replied. "And he wrapped up the boots then as they were when I found them, and put them under the floor?" the officer said. "So help me God, that's what he did Sir,"the old woman answered. "This is a Carlisle paper, in which the boots were wrapped, and it bears date February 9, 1875 the very day on the night of which Kate Coulter was mur I' Before the officer had finished the sen tence, Mrs. Armstrong dropped to the ground in a swoon. A neighbor was called to attend her and the officers left. There was no doubt on their minds that Arm strong was the man who visited the shoe maker's in Iironipton, that he was the "Private John" whose name had been on the half-burnt envelope, and that he was the outrager and murderer of Kate Coulter But how had he communicated with his victim, as he must have done? And how had she been enticed to the Black Taru ? These were questions to which the offi ceis sought an answer in vain. They went to work, however, immediately to hunt down the perpetrator of this aboraiuable crime. Mrs. Armstrong refused stubbornly to answer any questiotM, although it was judged proper to arrest ber as accessory after the crime. All that could be got out of ber were those bitter words : "He drove away my son, and the devil drove away his daughter !"' It was easily ascertained that one Pri vate Johu Armstonghad deserted from the 45th Regiment of iafimtry, stationed at HjkMoiwtax!, fn February, and that noth ing had been beard of him since. His de scription answered to the person of young Armstrong, Kate's former lover, in every particular. Wrbat pnzzled the detectives most was that nobody had seen Armstrong on the road or in the village before the murder, and that, although he had evident ly been at home to his toother's after the crime was perpetrated, be had been seen by no one. Descriptions of the man bad been sent by telegraph all over England, aud the oQiicers awaited in Carlisle some information that would give them a clew to his whereabouts. That information came in an unexpected manner. ! Mrs. Armstrong, who was confined iu j Carlisle jail, aked that her brother, who was a shipwright at Cockermouth, a sea- : port toot far distant, might be informed of hei condition. This was done, and a let- ter was sent by the jailors to his address. The same day the officers were informed of the fact, and they resolved bo go down to Cockermouth, entertaining a faint hope that the man for whom they were looking might be there. They found Mrs. Arm stiong's brother, whose name was Reuben, at his work, and represented themselves as two lawyers who had undertaken his sis ter's case without mentioning what the trouble was. j "I expected it would get her into trou ble," was Reuben's remark, which showed .that he knew something about the crime. This information he might have got from the newspapers, but still it struck the de tectives as indicative of a knowledge ac quired from another source. As they were conversing with Ken ben, they observed a man watching them from an adjoiuing smithy. j "You had better come with us and see your sister," one of the officers said. "Go I and ask the foreman's leave, and refer him to us, if necessary, for an explana tion." I Reuben said he would do so and turned toward tho office near the gate. ! "Now let us see what is in that smithy," one of the detectives said, and grasping their revolvers in the pocketsof their over coats, they moved in the direction indica ted. As they reached the door they heard a crash, and saw the figure of a man pass ing through the roof near the chimney. "Round there and watch the outside," said one of the officers as ho sprang into the smithy. But the man had disappeared, and rushing forth the officer was just in time to see the fugitive spring from the roof. As he reached the ground he fell, and before be could rise the grip of both detectives was up -n him. He was secured in a moment, and proved to lie the man they wanted. He was tried at the Carlisle Assizes in April last, and convicted by overwhelming evidence. Before the time for his execu tion arrived, he wrenched apart one of the bars of tiis cell door,"and with the jagged edge inflicted a terrible wonnd on his throat, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. By what'means be induced Kate Coul ter to quit the house with him on the fatal night and accompany him to the Black Tarn remains a mystery. It is probable, however, that the girl had some lingering regard for her former lover, and was led out of pure goodness of heart to grant him an interview. Why tie removed her cloth ing can only be guessed. The Tain was frozen over, and here aud there hules had been made for the fih. Through one of these holes the murderer must have forced the body, and finding that the clothes, which were woolen, stuck to the ice and prevented the body from going under, the supposition is that he Stripped the corpse and concealed the apparel where it was subsequently found. A BEirirCiriZJb H i)3tAy. i A Strange Semi-MtinanlCrexfure. Talking about witch stories, we have seen nothing to equal the following, con densed from the Mecbanicsbnrg Journal : Several weeks ago, a Mrs. Nesbitt,living with her husband, in Warrington town ship, York county, on the farm of Win. Ross, esq., disooveid in an old hut adjoin ing the hottse; and also iu their house, tho face of a human being, with large eyes like balls of fire, moving around from room to room. Shortly after, she was stricken with rheumatism so badly that she could not rest in any position. Suddently the rheumatism left, and nightly the strange image visited her in bed, and she could then discover in it a naked human being with the same eyes. The form would snatch her with the bed clothes and throw her on the floor, causing her to faint or go into convulsions. These strange actions ofii became uoised abroad, and one night last week almost the entire neighborhood gathered to witness the apparition. The house was crowded, many persons being unable to get in. The lights were all put out and the woman retired to rest with her child in the cradle beside her. About ten o'clock the ghost made its appearance. Although the lady said she could sec a hu man form, those in the room could only see two large balls of fire approaching the bed where the iady was. The lady fainted, and several gentlemen going to her assist ance, the balls of fire moved away from her and grasped the child in the cradle, but it was also released by tho persons standing by, aud the balls disappeared, leaving all very much frightened. There is living in the neighborhood an old gentle man named Dr. Genslcr, who is famous in bis neighborhood for his many c'.lrcs in witchcraft. He pronounced the lady be witched and gave her the following direc tions to bo implicitly followed : That the next night at a certain hour she was to take a sickle, heat it red hot and pass it several times down over her arm as close as possible without burning herself while he was going over a formula. The directions were followed to the letter and the cure ef fected. She was also instructed, should any person ask for anything, nothing of any description should be given. The day following, as expected by the doctor, a woman appeared with bef arm burned the entire length and asked fo lard to grease her burn, but it was refused. A pin was then asked for, but she was ordered away and told that nothing would be given her, which had the effect of starting her off. The lady was then interrogated and said that se vet al weeks ago th:s same woman came to her house in the evening and re quested a night's lodging, but it was re fused her. She then remarked to Mrs. Neshitt, "How would you like it if you would not be allowed to rest?" Mrs. N, replied she did not know and shortly, after she was afflicted as above stated. Sand Showers tN China. Every -year witnesses curious sand showers in China, when there is neither cloud nor fog in the sky, but the sun is scarcely visible, looking very much as when seen through smoked glass. The air Is rilled with a fine dust, entering eyes, nostrils and mouth, and often causing serious diseases of the eye. This dust, or sand, as the people call it, penetrates houses, reaching even apart ments which seem securely closed. It is supposed to come from the Desert of Gold, as the sand of Sahara is taken, up by whirl winds and carried hundreds of miles away. The Chinese, while sensitive to the personal discomfoit arising from these showers, are resigned to them from a con viction that they are a great help to agri culture. They say that a year of numer ous sand showers is always a year of large fertility. The sand probably imparts some enriching elements to the soil, and it also tends to loosen the compact alluvial mat ter of the Chinese valleys. It is possible that these showers may be composed of microscopic insects like similar showers which have been noticed in the Atlantic ocean. This would explain their fertil izing power. A writer from Beltsville, Md.. to tbe Baltimore American, says he saved his ' horse from the epizootic when it prevailed around him, as so also did a friend of his j in another part of tho country, by this . treatment, viz : Dissolve one teasn, sinful . of crystal chlorate potash in a bucket of water, and give it to four horses in the morning and the same quantity in theeven-i ing. The same, with another de at noon, is also recommended as a cure, if a horse should get the disease. A Petrified Forest in the Desert. Front David Rideont, who has been en gaged in preparing a section of a petrified tree for the Ceutennial Exhibition we learn the following relative to the petrified forest in the desert of northwestern Humboldt : On the plain about thirty miles west of the Blackrock range of mountains, stands one of the greatest natural curiosities ever dis covered in Nevada. It is a petrified forest in which the stumps of many of the trees, now changed into solid rock, are still standing. There are no living trees or vegetation of any kind other than stunted sage-brush in the vicinity. Some of these ancient giants of a forest, which flourished, perhaps, a thousand yours ago, when the climate of Nevada was undoubtedly more favorable for the growth of luxuraiut vege tation than at present, rival in size the big trees of California. Stumps, transformed into solid rock, stand in an upright position, with their roots imbedded in the soil as when growing, that measure from fifteen to twenty-six feet in circumference, and the ground in the vicinity is strewn with tho trunks and limbs, which retain their natu ral shape and size. Mr. Rideout, deter mined to secure a section of ono of these trees for the Centennial Exhibition, with two other men, spent twelve days in cut ting it from the stump. This was accom plished by drilling all around the tree and separating it with wedges. The specimen is three feet high and cightoen feet in cir cumference, and its estimated weight is three tons. It stands on the stump from which it was severed, ready to beloa led on a wagon. Mr. Rideout does not feel able to incur the expense of bringing it by team to the railroad, though he had once made arraii.Ttnents to do so, but tho other party to the agreement failed to perform his part. He is anxious to call the attention of the Centennial Commissioners to the matter, and see if they will not furnish the means to get it to the railroad. The country in which it is situated is .an inviting fa-Id fur geologists, Winnimucca Star. Forty-Nine Years in Bed. An artist fond of subjects for still-life pictures could find all be wanted in the case of William Sharpe, who, according to the Doncaster GazetU, Went to bed in 1807, and never got up till he died there in 1850 a still life of foity-nine years passed iu a chamber nine feet square, the windows of which had uot been raised for thirty-eight years. When he was thirty he went one fine morning to church to be married, but his affinucrd came not, her father having an invincible repugnance to Mr. William Sharpe as a son-in-law. The mortified bridegi-oom went home, undressed, got into bed, pulled the blankets over his head, and for forty nine years obstinately refused to get up and clothe himself, or to do any work, pass ing the time uninterruptedly in bed. He was never seriously ill during this time. His body was perfectly sound in spite of its great age and great abuse, and he was only sick one week before his death. Just after the trial of Ir petty case in a Nevada court, in which one Hank Fisher was a witness, thiee or four of the lawyers were discussing among themselves the Variety of testimony deduced, when Gener al B , with his usual vehemence, said : "There never was such a liar on the witness stand as Hank Fisher ; he is un doubtedly the biggest liar I ever knew;" when the whole party were somewhat abashed at seeing Hank, who heard the General's remaik, step up to hiii : "Did yon any 1 was the biggest liar you eer saw ?" "That's about what I said," slam meringly ctme from the General, who ex pected a fight. Hank eyed him a "ton:"' t and then s;i,i : " guev ; ou-U'du" t !.. "V my brothei Johu." In the Genessoe County Poor-House is a wretched creature vhnse appearance is that of a beardless youth, with the crania formation of an incurable idiot, whose habit plnce him on an equality with the lowostoi' tho brute creation. His age is alxui' twenty years, born in Genessoe county. His mother, previous to his birth, while present at a nienageiie, was frightened ut a polar bear, the result of which left its mark upon this poor unfortunate. No Iower of speech was given the infant, and not even the sense of the most ignorant of the brute species; hence it is of no use to any one; but was placed here and allowed to eke out a miserable existence iu this world. The creature's habits are Etmrge, It is possessed of a voracious appe tite, and has not the instinct of knowing when its appetite is appeased, but will, if fo'd be furnished it, eagerly thrust it into its mouth and swallow until it is utterly im possible that its stomach could bold more. A curious feature of the creature's eating is that it was never known to chew its food, and no matter in what condition it is when placed iu the mouth, .it is crowded and choked into the stomach without the least particle of mastication. Anothrr singularily is its constant uneasiness ; for no matter iu what position the bodv may be, it is continually swaying to and fro, re minding one at once of the peculiar na ture of the savage lear as it rocks from one side of the cage to the other. It al ways eats its food with its haht's, and some time since it 6uccccdod in eTectirg its escape, and soon reached some wood land nearby, where it was found t-hoitly afterward iu the tree tops. Seeming to possess the agility to climb, it was coiitent. to remain in the woods. The creature is generally kept chained to the floor, and not allowed to go about the premises. It will cat anything giveu it, and has a pecu liar relish for tobacco (not for smnkin?!, but will seemingly make a meal of tlie strongest kind if the weed, which it wi'l swallow down without chewing, and never seems to feel any disagreeable effects from the same. The peculiar swaying motion nf the head has caused the sinews ou the back of the neck to stand almost like ropes of flesh. This creature, which less re e b b t human being than a monkey, is indeed a remarkable bight, Grand liaj ids Eagle. a An AATicbE Da Turtles. The Wat-ki-is (JC. .) Efpre prints the following as an "Original" composition, the produc tion of a pupil in one of the primary de partments of tho Watkins Union School : A turtle is a reptile. It has a herd like a snake and a litlle sharp tail and foi;r claws like an alligator. The rest of h"m lives inside tho bones su I don't know what, he looks like. The bones are outside aud are called tho shell. They live a great many years. They are very ugly and stupid and I don't think yoit Could tame them if you tried all sum mer. I suppose they arc good for something but I don't know what it is. It is fun to catch them. In somo countries but not in this they keep them round the hnhses to kill bugs. A turtle has no teeth but it don't make any difference, for there are bones in their mouths and can hold on to a stick all day if you stay and pull. I don't believe t hey ever die hardly, t don't know how I should go to work to kill a turtle unless I smashed hitn with a big hammer. The shells are leal pretty when yon have boiled the turtle partly out-.. They live all winter like bears without nothing to cat. I don't see how they do it. I think they are awful homely. Their eyes look as if they were set in upside down. They mostly stay in '.he same place. It takes them a long w hile to get any where. There are a great many kinds of turtles and some are good to eat. This is all t can thiuk of about turtles. Nothing Mean About Him. A West ern paper tells the following : A man went itito a toiifectioticry store a few days ago, in au excited maimer, and rushing up to th? proprietor said t "Do you make wedding cake6?" "Yes, sir." " Wtll, I'm goiif ter git married ter-day, an' I want a cake. I'm no slouch, an' I'm goin' ter dew things right up to the han dle. I don't intend ter git married but once, and yew bet I'll make things howl." Thepropi ietor smiled blandly, and com menced liftiug out ten and twenty dollar wedding cakes, gorgeous iu beautiful fiosting and artificial flowers. Awontlie rest was a small plain cake. "How much is that?" asked the excited purchaser. "Four bits." "That's the one for me ; here's yonr money, old paid ; wrap her up. Thar' not bin m:an about me; I wouldn't care if it was six bits." The proprietor gazed after the purchaser as he went out about five minutes, the picture of amazement, and then he sat dow n and fanned himself for half an hour, and then g t up and consumed half an hour more in stowing away the piles of fancy cakes and talking to himself softly, but his bland smile had passed away for the time being. New Inventions Wasted. Tlie Cin cinnati Commercial thinks the world would be h-tppier and hotter if the genius of man would l.aden to bring forth -these inven tions : "A machine for straightening pins, a "clf-acting chimney cleaner, an anti-seasick ship, a utilization of dgs and cats potato sjicer, a cat px t stretcher, a post-hole digger, a fruit picker, a hoop lo run with j the wiud, a fly trap, a lamp to be iVled I without extinguishing, a way to walk on water, a canal tow-boat that wc n't wash the bank, a ba'lot-l-ox to prevent, repeat ing." To which might bo added : An ' indistinctive ba.o for the b.!y part, of . pantaloons a slice of bread that would not fall w ith the buttered side down, a patent . bootjack that would chase a eat around chimney, tack-nails that would lie horizon : tally on the carpet, protnding keyholes for : the benefit of belated C'tizfiis, boot heels that would not attempt to crawl nn on tbe outsi.'leof bnot-legs,barrvl hoops that won Id itt fly up and l.iei-raie tlie t!.i:i of tl: - who miht tread on them. ;.-! f .f lii. who keep hie'-r ! thrt is it. -t -i t; Cl'l't Hii V. 1 1 i - -1 V" i.-4 t,'.3 ljl.it. it (' ' I- .1 I-' i - -..re i. -,; it v.! ,
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