The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, April 14, 1876, Image 2

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Apn ll,.ia0.;JT92 rke't'ic lc-sons f.f history,
-f P1..;?.S U oV the subject oMuvest,-
rhda.. limes 1 f-
Jllscantl rail.
Friday MorninK,
itii 1113 .1- yv"" .. i . . . .. , - - . ..... . . ,
V K a,-!' in-w-k is ft most) . The Bcstojfent from Patrick Dounhoe for Congress again
o lni'.L 1vii. . I . .. - . f ,.
ffuen itsjj' v" Cive him time ; a brief tarscarcer, iiio womtei tuiucccss
unfortunate man. ttUd, with fregaulW and his recent fai5.uo. In
f r relu of Urnnt, 1.CJ, f'"",! was employed in the office of ll.o
the neiu micrht wnggle out l,vtv the,j CliitC( by the j;ire Ibshop Fen-
nnu Hit it-- ,.toh UD sonVvrick and Rev- Dr. O Flaherty. From
ny i..r.,..c 5n each that originated the Vt of which I have
to tho present time.
successful Catholic
lint his numt - r.e paper published in the United States,
t( 1 , I rom S
- JVfir. Other yotings.
General Harry White is a candidate
in Totter
his vrifs '''
plausible 6ortot at "01,.i ,,,vM are ' been the proprietor up
He has pluck, r.t'.tl:M-ty am , u L.(S )Cf M miRt
,..,.... But u,neI;,'i,.r I pair published in t
There was fhio sleighing
connty on the 1st of April.
A resident of Kile city has a coin sup
posed to be 4,000 years old. -
. Wayne Salttuuan, of Clinton county,
lias killed twelve catamounts this rear.
, The site on which Cincinnati is built
was sold for less than fifty silver dollars in
1787.
Astraddle a gravestone was the posi-
ra ii-
THE returns r,;tv -v I.nsL Ufiuii-s- ... .,f t.ooy . -IVtim Sininir lane the office was removed tion choseil by Wr. IiichJI. of sin r
. . t .. ici ui uiiii"- -.' ...:.,,, . r iinri suoiu- - . ?k.iijhjt linn rn.ncurv inr : . . . . . .
delDhia. taKtu i '"- r--. - . in ,7-.rrtle liual pas-- t- t,.thi-' - "V to trunklin street, where, alter twenty ; Cisco, in w nun 10 comnnr suickh-.
J' Wl4 stww ulH'Uonurb ' ilav wefk, the da :UT ' lloUWt n sooner docsbe'tn,, t,,all jt y,lju.s ((f ,iai(1 ,alolf l u80nallled to erect Andrews Fuchs, tried in Urooklyn for
' .,4-.-o " - . ' sac ,,f the booiB bin '0 L :,lorc lyed COntpir;ng toir stole govern incut I one of the handsomest blocks of buildings , the minder of Win. Simmons. h;is been
Tl'E PitUblUgh Pott notes hf l . t.,,n11T1;ttoe of five, tiftiTWanW . of tj, w Jlousc in i in that great street. Hefo.-e the fire I was convicted of murder in the first riegiee.
ll'Et , , rvvn Tribune t3 VCi ' f,iMtiuU-tl, umlci n It&o- ,.v . , , worth at least half a million ot dollars ; in Bristow says the county is getting
that the Johnbton J;' Lave Si : to i.iue, is V repult comes down-t lip case of :tlie 1 fcw 1onr M wj8 (jst lin-lMiwss etcJcot abort of currency, which is a ,oint inwhicl.
:u xious that JalH.-oCK- lutuni, to ,,ul , t means haJ been doc unit torney ns.tinst him. While types, plates, books, book'st..ck, etc., we resemble the country near enough to be
ve.-it 1- i suiil that laoc j what, if any, coitui ,ure the ord-txpluininjr tUU oll'ense a man 7ere gone. My r-icome from my block, t twins. ' -
.-..."bletl with the same aiixu-i. , ,,,,vc,i, not oi y l , b. i.itr JruUv lu'rcd to steal evidence direct aj.-r, b.H.ks, drafts, etc., was at least 40,- During the year :87.1 nr. less Uian three
' v . f ' " ..f Iiio 111 L lilv v. ... ... I lilril tiAr immm i- ivorl 1 It c-I 1 n nI i-trl and I liiit Urt iiipi tr:in IiftW I
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A MATTER OF POPULAR ITij
. , ., iK.tli paHsuu ttu-,i thai yroin the Uistnct iiitorney s ouice in
Tint Democratic r.usi. k . Ut;Kl about its dekut. J ' ; ' USt. Louis, U captured by a committee
brauwUesot the . iho.-oat Klnfum of ijiqvnt ) J ft nml cx fully Babcock's crooked
caucus on 1 e--aj tn,i a it.g;ll.llsnlf innh bv v -i f(;M ! operations in that direction. Again,
they uinui!inc.u.r a member o. U"- 11C'" ' Jits' Huh ! while he is squirming and twisting to
mlopteJ rcoiuuon jum oU U is likely, v;uy j escape from the ellett oft .his test! monv,
Senate and II ouco huui, - j Pt.riou matter V(,f tie Senate ' nil the time getting more iiK-xtricably
FridaV. May
if..,. T . . . ,i ... ; pathy and aid extended to me, Idot!ini:n-
.St. Louis, w captured bj, a committee ! J.d cu.cf a I)CW b;lildi ' t!ie OIlC ;
- TuEhead'pu
mv ret no vet
bsve nee 1 1
Piiu ' iudiupC oiu Uf.. ,..! Thornton Untaneled. his councctton with anotlier
. ,..,ir w hich far bclote thif I r fmin nii( nf ' .niii ci-MtiT ininni'.v is exposed, and
. w f i diirinir labt i i. J. x .listriets. are' badlv ! the whilom Secretary and chief fiiiile-
U'-l'Slni'llft"11 k" ,,V,"1T Hie c 1 1 . 1 1 li et; I ll l llll 111-3. fcii.iii I iin; J itiiuviifj .iiivi uiiiM vi'iiiu
a ,.
were burned, and not a hotel clerk so much
as scorched.
A hen belonging to Mr. En glebeit
Hanley of i'otlstown, has a young brood of
a,""'j; reason for the cuange to Raine nian wlio as a member or
lout. I he ' -ul tQ bc t'ltMlirigurtr Jlouse in . ws.s stispected of
Lotus i: . theaSf,UmplirIiHving taken a bribe of $10,000, or
f
, ' '. .1 ciw.niian at the
th Democrats and Boyer j of tlie District ring is charged Uiider
oath with having organized t:ie bold
safe burglary scheme, by w hich it was
autumn, n- : r the Pren
Wawhmst"!! . , ..'..onire tOjtsni.ni mnn who as a member of : oath with hatinsr criranizetl the bold
luni
.. ... i.i- v- over
. .. 111 11 HI. ""
i?eeiei..ti..
to the army
1,,,;,, ittst now
inn"" - - w
departi
nr
which the '7 is now published. I could
have survived tho lire were it not for my ,
unfortunate endorsements, w hich aniounted ; chickens, among which is one that has four
to over two hundred thousand dollars. I legs and ixfceii toes.
was assured hy the person I endorsed for A loeomotivc boiler, while being tested
that he had airple aeenrity in land, life j in Binghstmtou, N. Y., on Hatuiriay, ex
policies, etc. liut.lhe depreciation in real j plodcd, killing instantly live persons and
estate 1ms left pothicg over and above j seriously injuring two others,
the mortgages, and the life insurance is I Levi Jones, a litigious individual in
worthless, as I ca-ntiot pay the piemium, so
that, little or nothing is left.. At tin: time
of the great fire 1 was President of the
Emigrant Saving Dank. Fearing that my '
financial difficulties might injure the bank, J
rho
Mercer, Fa., has just emerged fioai a law
suit which he started about a dog. and
came out second best after paying $470.
An explosion of fire damp in the Nes
nnehoning mines, at Allentowii, Pa., on
attempted bv one brilliant stroke to'1 resigned my position. Shortly after I j Wednesday morning, 12th inst., killed
destroy important evidence against ! bPan to Uke CV, hich amounted three n.en and se. iou.ly injured hvc others.
money was used to pay former business i counties' under the provisions of t lie coiisti
engagemcnts. ' I struggled on until the lSih ; tntion was defeated in the House on Tues
of January, and feeling I cnl! nt meet j day afiei iukjii hy a vote of 74 yea to S7 nays,
mj' obligations, I was obliged to suspend j Among the treasuies recently brought
na vmeiils. and throw tnvsclf on the lueicv I to liuht in Pomneii is a silver Altar, on
. jperaniein. v. 111 iul . imc senaie last .kmc hdit ana once irsiioi u i iv 101 a nihv crime i nc i P- j., ,r . . r , , ,
tVi ' ) I . ir I nl HIV rl'rf II !! irlif.t-a III HHP iirI. if IIIV : wlin.li n-nt-a i.lon.iil ,r r. el..,.,. ,,a
poMu. q notoriously was. by ; mure appears before an investigating conspiracy failed and the humble tools ; iif .i.-t.-i ..,, ti,n oi,nr. it L ! !V. .-,5.t i;i i, '
i ibuiienspi' oJ r?osL-tra- inm:iu (' in n imosl kusi ni uiiis mid who were hired to no the ion were I tl. t rL-ii...f 1 1. .U,wwii I iii.vr..i. ,..,i
unenviable attitu-le. Andre and Con-j tried, but the jiower of the ring was mg to bridge over my linancial difficulties, I A movement is on fot among rejmt-
perhaps n larger sum, to bolt thenom-
in a ' in.it ion of Cliaries II. JJockalew tor liiosc . who had iieen pitiunering the
.. . , . .TTi. r .
lif lkn1 annoy ; L intetl Males Senator ami vote lor ; j msu ict aim couiouint ineir enemies
to u a:i-: Simon Cameron, hy sonic slranga j tne lX'iormers ot meinonaiisis iy
Iim licnwl Ids' i,..l;ti,.ol fut.iHfv tk iiw I'li-.'tcil tfk fho ! I'llliliimrlv- f:is;fpninT noon them th
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rbtueuk ls.r ,., , .mi ..... . ... n.-,.. 1,.. , I ,,,.,,;i ;i;t,, .,
rad, t;vt Horks cytintj- members, both
testified Leforo the committee that
Uover had m ule corrupt propositions
to them, oil'ei ing each $200 to dodge
K late Ueucrnl rratiK i". liiair,
was nn oflicer of the army, a
Senator of the United States, beside
having ti ilea oilier important jmiouc i tj c vote, or -100 each il l hey would vote
p.-.h ions, was a most remarkable man j rnjn-t the bill. Hover was after
in one particular. The recent pro- j Wrt,-,js examined and swore t!iat at .no
i -ceding in the probate court of St. t t;me j,.vl he ollercd anv money to anv
LoMis show th:it his entire estate does , nurnj,cr cither frr withholding o"r
not exceed in value .00. Amidst the j giving his vote. Hover's sorn dental
gmcral corruption and love of money, nM1t( from i,;s COrruVt dickering with
no matter by what dishonorable means Cameron in 180:), bc iTCtivtd with a
procured, which mark the career of so vcrv large of salt, llisco laborer
many ot our public men, this unusual ! .ig;stlhe boom bill, Thornton, is in
instance or a man who, during a some- nn f.,p,.dlv pligltt. lie had the
what lengthy public service, ponied to ; unMushf n' e.Tronterv to attempt his
improve his opportunities for dishon- ; cr.n upt game on John Ibick, a inemlier
estly enriching himself, is inot re- r,.orn tIl;s county. Mr. Utiek. Iiowevfr,
frediing and highly creditable toGen. j wn9 irol, afrr.if!St Thornton's
Blairs probity and honor. green b:u-ks and didn't bribe woith a
.a e ss- : cent. The following is the report of
TnE bill appropriating $55 000 for ; Mr. Duck's testimony :
the transport.'dion of the Nation.nl Mr. TMuk, of Cambria, tpsiifiru that hav
Ouarl (Pennsylvania's gran 1 crniT) ' big fallen asi-ep in his .-at ar. itm r..,;iou
, r, , , i" r.... i, 1 hotel h vcnn awakcne.l l.y l:.pn-si niatire
to and fio.ii the Leiueniii.nl, and the . T4lon,( wl: ,,,.- jf ,,., ,,,.
purcuaso of canvass or tents, having j -wri!" i,v any r:'ty opposed to tin: bill.
passed both houses of the Legislature, i v ituess rep!i..,i in iiio i.wative, am! riiri-u-
.n(, i,r.Pn Ri.riuMl bv the Governor ,,,n !f:,! if ,1--':'1 " was
lias u.en sinei o urn j ei noi . ) ..111()11,,v j,, ., ,, ,,.,n. ,,,,,,, K, ., S4(H1 if
Thirty-five thousand dollars of tt. voted to kil! tiu bill or S-w If he dotlgl
We eon ny'rr-ia t'.io Hylfrr the
TiosLan:-e of a. Vynvc realign ntx.ut Ofek Hull, in
t.lotliin.'f ScCso In AiaTica," A visitor aad
ftttnlnSrre the ppe'tftrj :
Vititor. ' V?iat cone r Is the Bn!l"lTir on T'
A"rn latil. "SouCi-la't corner of iLri aitI
T'arket. Pieise nota tie HIXTH. f it H'-utio
strang-en Eoi.in tta' Hull, have Lttn mii.ltd
by dcoiuiiJK pe-'sons."
V. "ll ia itri-.-etIy coIosm.1 ! Io you kr.c-r
lis di;ne,nsi'n? '
A. "12K0 ;un.re feit f. 1 Vorkct. f.nj
150 od.l oa f-:ttii. Fix fi-.ris liiph. has ever
three acres Qyjryt$. arid cr-xoin tf-Kce or.ee
crcupied Lyraaan tei.ty uiJereiit bui
ness jiinv."
V. yuii une f'cam pjrrr?"
A. " A tn.-.nl youiar ti-.(f.ne furtit'hr p-.Trnr
for the freight ne'l i--4-g.Trlbl, T!. ai.d ti:e
loiiers .steam f r lieaung, and the oiior cpra
ti.ms of tl-.o hoiike."
- V. " Wht er-ier fii rnn tVo rrfth pT'OinT'
A. "They am l.r .t iV-Adind arrjir,.-ei tn
ie t ascniLiit.on loi;pii cooiitoir snu til.en
tuenee on th f o-:.ieieviUr to iiit iL.F7'jc
tor8 r Km on th-j5;-1 t!oor."
V. " In inspect aLe first rperHon ?"
A. "No, Fir, measuring. Hio r-jols rrs f rt
IP.ea.urcd In the pierv, then iit;peci-l. 'JI.e
cloth pis.es over n-llcrt in tho face cf a strn
lieht. tr.,1 two men e:t, oi.o lefore anil or
l-ehir.d tlie gd, v.athin) -with the cyo ct a
hawk f ir tha 1 -art r-.:-'irle iinpt-rrectJ- n. and
ori.i"r!g every i',t.vr, to that tho cutter rrstr k
and avoid it wutu b cornea to cut tiic'cc--tie:ita."
V. " Vou rnrrt f mpTov an arrv rf ctitU-rs""
A. "foci- is our fifth iii rf ar 1 sco ! Vj
keep 70 handa all the lij euair p r.n tho rl tn
Jntj rarraents. beiid'.v45 ma, hihes ilitt Co
a uoicn men's work rai-iM a stroke."
V. " Dj you maiiuftctuic ail your ow n
A. "We dn, rn4 mict ear.'i:l"T. Our ri
airinera lnnp. ct e.eiy titch Mti'ttsm tn.l
crt:ly t every ginae! t us et:a-o.l iu. 'o
tt'fore re put iw ticket cn it, an J L--wj
respoiiii'ii'; for it."
Your tysteia must Te you a grrrt
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sullicient to baveth.cm from conviction, i a,ut ,M ,line l):ii' evey dollar. 1 know 1 able army officers in Washington to have
The leaders thought tkey had succeed- I fA.y, V m , T laK,nf' tlelM,.Ml,"' ,C.IK ri.alcl, thee harges
, . , , . , 1 but I shail devote the balance of my life to being bated upon the facts now coming to
ed in hus.nnsr up the, matter, and ! i. i;... i i.., ., .;n u.i.r 1
. r'.lll.ls..ll...J,IITl... "Ill i lilll.
Kate ITeath, a noted member of the
nothing more would have been heard I devote every dollar I earn tint. I all is paid
of it "out for the investigations of the j "P- This m;iy take some time, bur, with
tion purports
invested inj'janvass.
blunder will Iig devoted to tra:np-rta- , thi vote. If he was wii'.ieg to f.i-o tlie
alone, and tlie balance ' , - '", 'J, "' .
' (Miiil.t r , ."i 'it I rrili il.,i an.l Vor ofio.
ib-feat was i-misnxir.ateJ. Thornton had
the bill providing for a bounty f.-f 00 hi:" T,at th'; ppositc shie (ihat is tlie
to U- surviving soMiers from this fll::'"' b,, ?"T" rml-ii.B Ssoo.bnt
i "-ll ill ii.ii r ii-, , f .-l .i i Kli llt
(Thornton ) i-uuiil t; ii:i-. an!-e t lie mom-;.-. J In
vanteil to put ihe iin;rn of witiifss iluvr cn
a list of iip.incs. hn? witness had obji-eteuV
This happened about two weeks ago.
Mr. Wise, of (Jreene county, gave
shr.ilar tc-Mimonv totoatof Mr. IJuck.
State in the Mexican War sli?p in
Ihs drawer of the Finance Committee
iu the Senate, find that it will be con
signed to a legislative tomb by that
patriotic committee, unwept, unhonor--d
and unsung, while the National
Guard will travel and live in tents on
the misapplied bounty of a Pennsyl
vania Legislature, does not from pres
ent indications admit of a d xibt.
the hlessing of God, I h.pj to be able to
accomplish what I say. I have given up
everything I xtssessed to my creditors,
not rescuing one dollar for myself and
family. .
DiiATH OF AtKXANDKR T. TEWATtT.
Mr. A. Ti Stcwait, who had leeu ill for a
week or more at his residence at o-lth street.
and oth avenue, New York, died on Mon-
oi ihe
democratic House this winter. The
evidence of Colonel Whitely and others,
supported by documents, .dearly con
nects IJabcock with this fdiameful con
spiracy as one of the leading spirits,
and the Litter's reply before the com-
: mittee on Saturday -was exceedingly
unsaii-i:.ciory. iaiK-ocK urgently de
manded a Court of inqniry when thai day afternoon fiom iullammation
dcMre promtscd to save him from an j. bowels.
indictment at. St.' Louis. "Why doesn't I VIr- Stewart, the great dry goods kin,
he demand one m.ur ? Tint t I was born in Tyrone, Ireland, in ITU., and
whole, we wou'.d advise him not to.
(Jrant couldn't find even three promi
nent olbcers who would whitewash
IJabcock now, anl thr; lest tiling he
can do for hiwiwfclf and Grant nml the
ps.rty is to resign, and, if he can escape
another indictment, hie -him with all ,
jxSiible haste to his original obscurity
in the mountains of Vermont.
Shout and Sweet. - A Louisville man
knows all about it ar.d insisis that this is
tho way to do it : Redeem the 5 20 bonds
with greenbacks redeemable in gold at the
same lime that the bonds are redeemable
in gold ; repeal the national banking-net
ami establish free banking on this redeem
able currency ; make this new issue re
ceivable for customs. This would be viitn
ally lesnming specie payment and settle
the linanciai cpmstion :n one act. It would
received in his youth a good education.
w hich, backed by his indomitable strcngt li
of will, laid Ihe foundation of his future
wonderful success. .'Ie left the I-jiiierald
Isle in; lSl'J, landing in New York, lie
had been educated for the ministry and his
first CiTorls to make a living ia the new
world were by teaching school, but he soon
found this would not suit him. Aielalive
in Enrolls left him a small legicj- in 13 12.
and he opened a small dry goods store just
opposite where his mercantile house now
stands. About, this time hem.uiieo Miss
Cornelia ('1'iich, who has proved to be an
cstiin:iblc wife and worthy helpmeet.
In his early mercantile careei he gave
from fuiiileeii to eighteen hours per day to
his business, and was his own book -keeper,
salesman and porter. lis pt:ch-ied auc
tion goods, and by thrift and enterprise
was cn.ibled to enlaigo in 1S28, and uiiike
New York d-mi moiule, died the. other
day and left $150,000 to her favorite, a
Wall street broker. Her w ill is to be con
tested. -Henry Lewis, an old German, who
eluinis to lmve been born iu Uien.en in
176o, and fought 'mit Hhieher"' at Water
loo, is an inmate of the Allegheny County
Poor House.
A little gill four feet high and fourteen
years old, living in Cass comity, 111., wa
recently married to a farmer who measures
six feet and two ir.cbes and is twenty six
years of age. . ,
There are G2.552 churches :i: the United
States, with sittings f.-r ll,:y",542 people,
the Methodists being tho strongest denomi
nation. Thetot al vitlne of church property
is placed at 31!.fil0.TS0.
Tho fiistvote ever cast, in Cincinnati
by an American citizen of Chinese birlh
was polled at the rec-nt municipd election
by a Chinaman named Joseph Sing. lie
voted the Pemocratic ticket.
Hon. Lewis 1). Campl-ll, of Ohio, has
$20.00.) topaj- the government as bondsman
for bis brother, now dead, but who, while
in the lb-sh, removed whiskey from his (lis
tilleiy without paying ttie tax.
The silver bill passed the. U. S. Senate
on Monday with a few immaterial amend
ments. It will now- go to tho Houte for
concurrence. If that bo y concurs, silver
chancre will soon be all the go.
The Democratic officials of the Ohio
and economy we prv tic--Ri
mui tiiiirucs ui w put cur
l."jple a,; v. e do."
cf,i''A"er""'iirti"s U e wo:'k. wliat becomej
A. " Before Jt ren !rto Ftotk !t Is fishi-
T.vctj Miipric parrcnt hes tu ruir.tor a:-j
"-"- '-mi n.i-a tti h. to mat Jta eJiure h:
I i- fr "era -iiuici-.l laa.
V. " Ycu mu.'t Y.e-rc CO cr 40 r.,rr.e-,-'
A. " V hy wr, o:i d -yd ycu u.avco 3C3
In the yanou-f rocmii find suites oy t,im
eellinsr to the throi r of custo-nv-Ti -
V. "io you Co tn order bctk ly nA
ami eir.rcfs .- 6
A. ery greet All crer Ti e.TT:nt
s-
A. Our fyrt-m rff-rtm . ..
price, no dt vianon : i ( vu t ,
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Good rrr:i.:
dispose of nil rag-nicnev find
aoonr. lireileeir.able
The com m it tee subseiuentlv examined
Thornton and we give him the benefit j nation. It would save tho Government,
of his .Icnial bv publishing his testi ! about ?30, 000,000 annually in interest. It
-i - c 1
monv in full :
i Mr. Thornton, who was accused by ts
I tiniotiT -f Mr. Wisf as having rdTered him
TlIE late Ilepublicali State COIlVCn- ! money, denied absolutely thai s-!o!i was the
i! r ui i i jio , i-r fail, lie had joked upon the sitbieet and
Hon of Umo ueclarod in its platform r,.,M.a,tl, , Mr.JWiH a rm,r whiei. h had
iii favor ot "a tariiT for revenue, with : h.-.nd that there was Sioo in the bill, to
incidental protection to American in- J "hieh Mr. Wise had retorted that '-it would
.l.itttrv " This is and ilwivs !,, ; hat amormt to buy hiia." Wit-
flllStr. IIU IS, aiVl aittftJS j1'19 ; cess had replied, alill jr.kbiclv, that if sneh
hcen. ine wemwrauc uoctuue on mat was the ease lie had better k nd sen Mr.
Vexed oiicstion. It maintains that . ii-r.lie. .It was ipuie true that the witness
iii, i. ii. l i while l mis eon ei sing with Mr. Wise had
revenue OUght to be the 0f cl 'V marlo d Ihe tiures lo7) upo,, a pampldet lv
protection t!l0 incile)t 111 all t'llld ; ing upon the desk in front of him, but I fie
la-
c
ds
revenua tanlTas an insult to the nilcJ- having iti.red mm money JU ono (- tj1(,
l-.,,.w... ..r tl.. mwitdi. .ml .l..,.b.ro.l ' )'"els, he . xptained that no ane'.i offer had
jtni-v, v. . , i", . . I Mell
irolection UlO mri'iit in ail t'liui ; n. upon the desk in front or him, but Ihe
aw. The Pennsvlvat.i.i Republican figures had no i?nincaiice except as an ae
onvention, whi:h met on the me -j;
lav as the one in Ohio, renounced a 1 Mr. lim-k. who had accused the witeesi of
: t. i i !..
loniioin iraoc. iu i ne money crisis oi ji
V.c howl j he made a gr'at deal of money, and from
turiency. It would ; that dav his business and wealth have
give us a bcttc;- currency than America h:s ! steadily 'increased until to day he had the
ever had ; because it would bo equal o largest retail and wholesale dry goods
gold in every State and Territory in the ! tmdo in the wo: Id. beinir teru-esented in
ail the leading cities ot this counjiy and
luiving his agents w atching the markets ami
making put chases ia every quarter of the
globe.
lie was worth many millions oT dollars
and besides being foremost iu business cir
cles was ti liberal patron of tlie humanities.
He had a magimieent. Art collection, the
latest addition to it being Meis mict's
would turn a large portion of the capital of
the country which is now dormant into ae
live use, which would greatly increase to;?
agricultural and manufacturing interests
of the country, develop tho icsources and
add millions of wealth to tho nation. It
would give remunerative emy.lovment to
loiiy per cent, ot the people who are now : famous ,'1307,' for which he paid ?fi0.000,
idle, and enable all industrious people to j the largest price ever paid for a living art
obtain a comfortable livelihood by the j ist's work.
sweat of the brow, which they can by no i In personal appearance he was of medi
means do at present. In shoit, it would nm height, thin of iers.m, with sandy
restore confidence to the people and change j hair, sharp, well cut features, a clear,
the country from depression, idleness and blight eye ami a calm, thoughtful face,
bankruptcy to hopefulness,' activity and . His manner was reserved and cold,
universal prosperity. Nine tenths of the He was at the outset of Grant's adminis-
per.ple of the nation would be benefitted by ; tration nominated for Secretary of the
1.:...- .1.:.. il.- l . ... . r . i , i ... - . J
that "the reniody for our sufferings is
in a higher, not a lower, tariff." A fter
these feats of ground and lof:y tumb
ling by two radical conventions in
adjoining States, a Kepnblican mem
made and manv of the statements of
Mr. Uuek wire iiiiiepri-teiil.-uit.ii.. Mr.
Thornton had never been authorized tootb r
money to anybody In connection with ttiu
boom bill and had never done so. H voted
in favor of the passage of the bill and cer
tainly would not tberelore have endeavored
I.... ..r i',...a r,..i, lilnii iini.1ii-iiil secure votes tor iTs tleieat.
that it would le impossible for him to I maa Thornton, who wears
tell to which partv lie belonged after! 1etc Hcrilic's collar around his neck,
Ie liad crossed the dividing line be- ' rav swear to the bitter cm! that he is
tween the two States on his return , innocent, but we will ofiset all his as
l10me. j evcrations with the oath of John
-.aw Huok alone, who is the very last man
in the world to swear to a deliberate
falsehood. Jt is simply incredible that
both Buck and Wise could be mistaken
about Thornton's con upt solicitations
and thattheirevidencewasa set-up job.
More than that, it is precisely the way
Wf. stated last week that when tlie
Vote was taken in the. l!oue on the j
final ptssage of the boom bill, on
Tuesday, the 4th instant, that Mr. j
llannan was at his home in Johnstown
no! ootilil tint of eovir.se record his vote. I
We since learn fiom Mr. Haiman, as ; lhal ""' like Thornton net when they
making this the lav of the land
Woiik fou Five TnocsAND Mk-. The
jUa Calif or nia n- says : "There is a good
prospect that 5,000 whito men more than
those now in the State could find employ
ment in harvesting the hay and grain of
California from May 13 to August 15 four
months at the rale of two doll ars rwp alnv
--. r ...
A LiriEimxi&'s Awfui "Wouk. About
C o'clock on Sunday morning a shooting
atTray occurred at 2922 Pine street, St.
bonis, between a voinic in.ni nimeil S.iimiol
ii . . i ... . 7 -. ' ------ rf r -
iiuo uoaiuuig, anu many pnoucations will Shaw, aged 18 yeats, and W. W. Jilz.
Penitent iarv have all been removed loive
other iocteascs in his store and business j place to Ue'p.iblic.ins. The change of po
until in 107 he had acquired a very fash- lilies will doubtless make the boys in the
building feel a little more at home.
At Minneapolis. Minn., on Sunday, a
Fienchman named Dos'.iilo, at work break
ing up the ice on the Mississippi, was blown
to atoms by a prcmatnit? explosion of dy
namite. Only small pieces if tlie man
could be foniid.
The city of Chicago falls heir to a
property worth over two million dollars,
the estate of the late W. I,. Newberry,
wh'ch he has deviled for the purpose of
founding a free public library. This is a
windfall, indeed.
Tho ibn lington JInick K$r gives not ice
that it will be several days befoio enough
of last year's slock can be sandpapered free
of Hy sjtecks, and melted down, to jns'ify
the grocers in hanging out tho signs "New
Maple Sugar."
The New York Trihune makes lite fol
lowing estimate of fie first ballot, at Cin
emnati : IJlame 25(5; Morton lSsi- pjs
tow 75 ; Conkling 03 ; Hartranft 55;
Haves -44. The "Great Unknown"' will
probably receive the rest.
At a meeting on Wednesday of the
creditors of Patrick Donahue, of "the Ros
ton Pilot, his ofb-r to pay twenty cents on
the dolla: was withdrawn. It was stated
as probable that the niot won'd be trans-
lerred to othei hands yesterday.
Treasury, but was found to be ineligible
on account of his business, and Congress
would uot repeal Ihe law which bailed
him. Lancaster Intelligencer.
vcll ns from Mr. Hack, !that the for- ; erag m sucn neiartwiis business.
?aveof absence until " e ln,st. luas this investigation wi
merhal obtainel leavi
ill
Wednesday, the 5th, in order that he 1 1,0 P"shcil forward without fear, favor
mioht le enabled to attend to sonic I or all'cction, let the blow fall where it
uroeiit business at home, the general ,n:,v- 11 it strikes a Democrat let bun
lK-riefaiiiongtheineinl'ersof the House : S ,,own forever lisfij)pear from
beino- that the Win bill could not le ; the public eye, ami let the fate of the
leached sooner than Wednesday. It g"'lty republican l,c thesame. If this
was reached, however, by a species of republic is to l? maintained in its ori
legislative strategy, on Tuesdav, and purdy, corruption in all itsnuil-
that Cij not bv the" friend, but by tho lir,,,1i" uisgmses must be throttled, and
wm:c, of tiic bill. Mi. Kmbick, a Vlin' l';btuis (unsigned to a politi
Democrntic member from Franklin cal f?rave fl'm K-h there will be uo
county, had promised Mr. llannan that resurrection.
if the bill was likely to come tip on ,
Tuesdav, he would telegraph to him j Tiis following section of the Act of
on the dav previous (Monday). Mr. Assembly of Apiil 29ih, 1 s74, sets
IJmbickdid not, how
natch until Tuesday
JL started for Ilarrisburg
train, but did not
no made lo invite laborers from the Atlan- Shaw was shot in four places, and he died
siojh.-, uhl ii Mijiuu oe understood that I from his wounds several hours after Ihe
as our seasons are capricious, the largo i affray. .Jilz was shot twice and his wounds
yield is not yet a certainty, nor can any j are. believed to be mortal. The cause of
promise be given of steady employment the shooting was the alleged seduction of
after harvest. Those who have relatives Shaw'ssistei Iit Jilz w ho. it am.. ! rm,e.t
i . . : - , . : . " : ' . . - '
ni-iti io iiviM nicm. vno nave money wit It
which they can go into business on their
I own Account, who have lived on tho fron
tier ana Know now to start a farm in a
place never before cultivated or improved,
and who are skillful lumbermen, are best,
lilted to succeed here. We speak only of
laboring men. Those who want to Rnp
porl themselves w ithout hard physical labor
will find much more competition here than
in the Eastern States. There is little en
couragement here for idle gentility, and
abundant as are gold and silver mines,
they are not to lie picked up by every
stranger at his own option."
an abortion to be procured mon his victim.
Mis. Shaw, the mother of tho young lady,
has a civil suit now pending iu tho Circuit
Court against Jilz for seducing her daugh
ter, ami a few days ago she instituted
criminal proceedings Against him.
Jilz ia a wealthy man, but he bears a
very bad reputation, having been divorced
in an irregular way from oi:e wife, it is al
leged, and is now living apart from bis
second w ife. '
The circumstances of the fatal affray
were detailed the same afternoon, at the
Coroner's inquest, by Nora Jilz, a niece of
the seducer. Miss Shaw, it appears, was
confined the night previous, and after giv
ing birth to the child, she bet raved tho
identity of the author of her niisfortuno.
When her brot her taxed Jilz w-Hh his crime,
the latter denounced him as a liar, and the
young man immediately fired tiisiti him
on the 4th of May. Kerrigan, the remain- ' "Moating tlie snot iwtore Jilz could draw
iiitf one of the three indicted for the cow- ' . 8 weaiHn- . 1 l,en the men grappled, and
.TrsTtcE tallies one again against the
Mollie Maguites: Kelly has been convicred
at Maitch Chunk of murder in tho first de
gree, and will most likely have to swim' at
il.i B.vn... ..III. I : i n "
in; .oiii-' nm" ,11111 in-, accomplice joyie,
aidly minder of a mine boss at Summit
Hill, has mane a full confession. Having
fired none of the shots, lint only pointed
out the victim and helped the assassins to
escape, bo may-get off with imprisonment
for life, iu view of the fact that throuirh his
J evidence the murderers cf various other
in the ensuing struggle Jilz discharged
iour muieus mio ii;e ootly oi rliavv.
Public sentiment is strongly adverse to
Jilz.
George W. Jones, of Brandon, Yt.,
wrt.s arrested and lodger, in jil at Rutlnnd,
on Saturday last, on a charge of killing the
illegitimate child of his unmarried daugh
ter, a girl of fifteen. There is much feel
ing against Jones, who has a bad reputa
tion and i. believed to bo tho father of tho
child.
The West Chester Hford says : One
of tha strangest freaks of online that we
have heard of is tin: which Daniel Timple,
of Went ii rad ford, has discovered n h:a
wvm!?. How in the world it ever did it
ono can't imagine, but a gra(e vine, of the
"chickcu grape"' species, lias grown direct
ly through the trunk of a chestnut tree one
foot iu tliamei cr.
According to tho Ridgway 'drocM,
Ihe largest piece of bituminous coal ever
shipped by rail, was put on the cars at that
place, on Tuesday, March CSlli. The piece
veiubed 7,700 pounds, or nearly half a ear
load, and was destined for ti e Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia. The coal was
mined on the farm of John Keys, about a
mile from llrock way vil'e, Jifierscm comity.
S.tllie .1. Conner, a young lady of Col
umbia, died in Lancaster lat week fiom
the cfii-c' of an abortion. The ciimu is al
leged to have been committed at the re si
dence of Mrs. Maiy Sj eese, who has been
arrested. John li. Develin, who forme, ly
paid attention to tho victim, has also been
arrested for complicity in the nllair. Tlie
infant has been found in a horribly ruuti
latcd condil ion.
Mr. Avery, under conviction f;,r cer
tain ii -repul.trii ies onm cted w ith the whisi
ky trade in St. Louis was sunning himself
in Washington City on Saturday, when an
officer indely diUuhcd Ids serene pcaco by
taking him into custody, ami furnishing
him with a sequestered retreat behind the
bars of the county j.iil. In explanation nf
this sudden cm tailment f his liberty Ihey
broke the news gently to .Mr. Aveiy, that
his bail had been fotfeited, and that as
soon as the necessary preliminaries could
be arranged, they would give him a j.iuat.
over the hills to St L nii.s, as his presence
there was a matter of some intett to the
Court.
The Desmoines (Iowa) 7?crisicr says :
Yesterday morning. Dth in.-t., two womoi
in the west part of town gave birth tochil-
Fivn HrMrj-..-. : .:
Louis fkrpuMrr.il 1-av:
three lines, but tl.ey are
Letters of ad-wi;.:..'.-;
to James L. Yn',r
n to-:.. .. , ,
i . y.., :eeens?u. V
To lire fifty yet, R. -
hundred d-ill.i:-. i-. n..: -.,
one's opp. n t nnii !- as t :.
P. liratr was c ii!en!'- u !
tinier, as limes ; t;,-. ;t
be measured by tlie ni":if
out of the li:nt-s. i io "
a i ie'i man. a vctv hp,
would have brn i; l n ;: ,
Willi maey other .r-.io m
porttmi'ies, Ui '-i-m: i ,.f
seeing to l::ive i:
t!im by f-'i- he
t'l I and died we:
He was the b:
and life of a gi
State for ye irs,.
prer.ie power
1 es not ap
mail- nnv nio::.-- I
i ;:-
: i-
.-s'-ii
!: tivr It
i-i; I,' : I
i;i tiiis c:l h .
mo::ev i v r. i
times a n.emb-.-r of t
Leginni'ig of th? -.v -tr i
as t!i:i;nin;i oi ;.-.c- tn
the. House .-is to 1 .; e -.
:i:t f "
I'd h
l". :1 V- . .
7 V idr :f
e !'..
1.-; t
' a J- ::
-l.lli t- f '
emit i acts
slash. Hi? wiii si
in making bay !i
he w.is made a get
much money in 1.
was. for ha v. a al
Ihe fiont, geitiiu; ni
l'crce." He did n-; r
being a g'-ni'ia!. .i;i:e J-:-;
s-oaiehow he had n-.t
ho went to tlie I'-iited S
was another epport-.n;;:y. .
been btvTti to iiiiUIm ..' -goi-jr
I,, j;:f. Senate; t ; is
and come out ':!ii. I.
w av.
Win!
e other p ii
iag fortunes in theii w.iy.
the way of the times, lie i "
rate for monev. A -id sLr-.
living fifty-f.nr years t -toiling
as fv-w nir--. li.i.e .- c
having five liiiiuhtd u-'!!.t?-
A Mini !;;!
a s
.!.!
M
RrtVATtKABI.K COIXCIDKXCF.S. A f.nv
years ago there resided at tho Mission San
A girl employed in a oat.er.mill nf
Westfiejd, Massachusetts, sn.Tered a severe
attack of lock-jaw last week, in which the
jaws were set. for neatly two hours. The
doctor said the trouble was the result of an
inveterate habit of chewing gum.
William Graham, aged nearly 100 years
and the father of seventeen children, died
in Reaver county a few days ago. He
voted for Thomas Jefferson twice and at
every presidential election since. He also
served in Ihe war of 1315.
A Hock of pheasants passed over Jones
town. Lebanon county, on Sunday, flying
just above the house tops. One of them
plunged into a large glass, killing itself and
incurring a loss to the owner of the glass
which was broken, of $50.
A little brush with Mexico does not
seem to be altogether impiobable. Grant
and the radical '.eaders would no doubt
hail sueh an event as a grateful relief from
the present maceration M,ey are receiving
at the hand-t of the House committees.
The wife of Jeremiah Jackson, the
well known proprietor of a bnwlimr saloon
in Ilanisburg. surprised her husband
between 10 and 11 o'clock on Monday even
ing by presenting him with three bounc
ing little daughters, as a Centennial gift.
A young man and a young woman
members of "families socially high" in
Troy, names suppressed, rinie to the near
by village of Cohoes, drank inordinately of
wine, started for home intoxicated, fell out
of their carriage, and were found by the
police lying insensible in tho road.
The new county bill has been amend
ed to that no count v shall l,a ,.t a
j below forty-seven thousand population and'
dren in the same room and at the same vember, 1-31
time. The woman whor- iro.l r.n- o.n i:oi i r,.,,.. i
v . .... .11 llllill
strangers, bathed and clothed them, and
started to present them to their waiting
mammas. Then she made the startling
discovery that she had inextricably mixed
the infants so that she was uoabfo to de
cide w hich was the mother of either. The
two mothers cast lots for choice, a-'rceiti"
that if the children should, when toon.
devclop family t.aits sufficiently to identify i senrer was aiic-t'e.l l v a
was found mindeteil n v r
and the murder a t: ifr! i
Cleaver and a man noii'ii "
boarded in the s.mie liiio '
New- York. The rcttidr.x'--
appealed. 'd tl.r. c-rvvft ;
Cn i the anivr.1 ia I.:v6i;s'
Star steain'-hin I :lt i . !'"' '
York on Febiu:i:v ft! l--
the
Liveilxtol t 'liee on tl
committed au at iff:
son of his ow n J.uij'.i'p- "
years of age. on f!" p1-'
Vo:k. On l-eii't: taVeii ft-
i isoner(who hnl not bef
rliiri f,:inst loin '. fv:d'
that he h;id been an?
j Clime, eonfcs-k-J t!it
over eleven years i
fni. I'
confession of I lie niioii':.
and SchwaitzetitietiiM "'-
of Freehold. N. J-. 't ''
him with an Axe. rebbea 1
sifid liai?i ns vel iiv ll "
eer is lo be disp.-itehed t-'"Jl
the self-acciisec nun
L'ttl'
r1
Weuncsda' mornin
of tliat day he ftatet
reasons for being ab
rlimlly Dassed. a id having obtained
' J T '
r v iiiriii.ii till. in in net i:i m i-i i irinw iiriinr i t ? a a
...I II TI ...(. tT.,. .-. I . . . . . ...... - T a I I al intl. Ill 1 llllll'll.l I I II I I I I V I UI w 1- a-. . -v. .
ever, scnti liieilis- . i'mn me itnauu-s luciuieii ov I'tTCT -aid. rs in the coal Tree on bavn hmn fJ.W ! , ,. ' . . . ". J"""g j county lormea stiall have not. !..
...-.. .... . t . I - - - a - . j, .g iioiween wluiin allium. ,1 , ..r .. i tl... . . -
torenoon, ami Mr. lleniic ami ins s.'.aiiKless crew in their . irttd on tlie road to the gallows, and the ! ki., k -, , i f , i V " i , monsana. me bill, if it
by thefirat playful efforts corruptly to influence whole order. d bandcdThugs 8o thorougldy Were m.r,ierat tho samS time new
reach thereuntil legislation on the boom bill : I c'7' 1 l,'r,c ro nopes ot com- Mme RcrviCe. They then took up their -Mr Iner oH m, n i 'n
, At the session ; r.OT,o I. ie U That any 1 & '! LZnetU I l oneat Hey wards andth? other cratio candidate fo'r Goer'n ofcontt I
i to tha House im ; v:::: r. ".r ;:i r,:r:"r vn-: ieiy, has bee., refused bmiai i., c.m.w. zzizxr ' l . : . . r" ..Ij:,ie lvr-v it1 ca.rn??! every ? Fah-new count
aont whon the ,i . ' ,Pd soil because of l,i ..n.i.ti.v, ith ii,. 1 ? .7 ""1 w" . , . ulv' "e , "j majoiiues ranging from three in i.k
, i , - k 1 1 1 1 1 nienr. eniii oi tnenr. lesi Moon -a l nr. - i on I n oi ono eiiiui ineeeiimrr I i.if ,.f o.. ,.r n..n. i i .
... -' . I ,, ...I., Vfr:il. II. t . ITI ! . "1 I '1 IIIO ; II 'll llflliri III
other thingof value, or who shall, by threats
,, recorded his VOte ill favor Of the or ""imi.h.Mon, endvr to li.tlueneo any
. .. - -r i uieiiioer oi me ceuera assemti v. st:ite
, ... I ,.iiu tiiii'l l'iCI.';illll' lllill, OI 1I1A
murdercus gang. i h tho law-officers , oliier by two hours. Three weeks later
tighli.igthe.n .gorcus yon one side and , both children died on the same dav. lh
i ineiio't-r oi ui general assem-oiv, srat, i'mch b-i.uh iu iiirni ou me oiner,
bill. ,'lhlS explanation OI Jir. nan- j (.ol,nty, eh-eiion, nnmleipal, or other public these cowardly banditti canuot long bold
inn i
absence oi'ght to be entirely j ofn -er, in thedlsi -harg, performaueeornon- out. I'hila. i'iinas.
the priests assaubing them on the other, ; 0ide8t dvinir inst two hom- l.efo. , i.' .
er. Ihreo weeks after' the death of tho
.r.L i I i j .r.tiofitnonta an.i perioi in;tiu- m any iwi.uiiii- or OWlMlion i - .
K.'ll Biaciorv iu "' c.i-j ' ..i...ii t., .l. .,m .... o,.n t .
t!o-.,bl rmt. an end to the silly ami l,,,...... (,1rnm.'i..t.i.t,.,. ,7,.i nli.t. 1 The Brooklyn Argun says
contemptible falsehoods which have : to indi, tment for a misdemeanor, ami on "1.V,Vf bnmoaul young souls are
j onitmp Indulo-pd in bv that conviction thereof .hall ha sentenced to pay M through the j.inghs of Africa,
ami iv-ltlioiit a. fli-t i,i.t .1.
that thous-
children both mothers died on the same day.
The wife of Benjamin F. Rutler died
five hundred
in the city of Ri idgepo. t. His majo, itv in
twoCUnty tW Uluusand and twenty-
t1'V t-tbonsand barrel oil tank at
I arker, Pa wras Blruck by lihtninir and
f.et on fire, last V.i.,.iv , J 1 'n?R,,!
i . ., tiiuniiiiir. anu ii
1 two other tanlta .o. - nn,.
running Saturday morning of cancer in the throat, i 11011 lit !T. I t containing 45.000
without! at the Massachusetts gcweral host.ital i., fi?.. - c!- nisPe fally destroyed. Iyss
t he,e'8 IJoston. where she had been take., to have r'LTar.m .as e fl,e
was still
prince ot prevaricators, tlie immac. 1 aiul fo nmicrjo inipiiMtimi'iit not pxcmlinr; Zacli ChaudW giving a thouuaud dolUrs lo an oieratioi, performed. She was about ,u i Recounts, the probabilities
. ,. ni . t. . , M . . . 1 .j . .. . m , rv.i 1. j . v, . . WUJU" wei e mat other linti min..! -1
tilale editor of the Johnstown Iribune. two year, at the discretion of tne court. white wash Bibcock.
fifty -five years old.
ii , . a, cuiJiWOi
would aloo bo consumed.
mem thev sliuld be pvi-Iuh ir.,,i ;r
selection should prove to be ineTn-rect.
T!io IndiattaH.lis Sentinel at Tuesday
inorniiig last asserts that J. Si Harrison, a
prominent banker of that city and for a
number of years a f Government director in
the Union Pacific Railroad, is in possession
of facts inculpating ex-Speaker Blaine in
tlie reception of (54.000 previous to 1872
from the Union Pacific Railroad, foi whieh t Cleaver, aleis Me vms. "t'f ef
Wfitliliua Irl-iii.-i. Iv. ... .1 . .. . ! , , 1 , Y .. vTm.iL. P-
- '- ""mis were iieposuet, 1 w no mtirtereu 'iui
as security, nml that Mr. lUrrison bad en
deavored to procure an investigation bv a
Committeeof Directors, but was prevented
on the ground that such action would be
detrimental to Mr. Blaine's political pros
pects. Since tho publication of the above,
Mr. Harrison has been asked for a statel
ment of the facts but declines to say mmo
f hat, that if brought before a Congressional
Committee he will tell all be knows about
it without concealment.
Moody, Sankey and Hammond are not
as successful in their Evangelical labors as
Father B. J. McGnire. The good father
has been making a revival tour through
New England, and attracting thousands
w herever be went. Last week, it is said,
be preached three times each day at tho
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, S uth
Boston, and the building . was unable to
contain the crowds that gathered to bear
him. During his progress through New
England, no less than ten piiests were al
most constantly engaged in heaiing con
fessions of those who piofcsscd repentance.
In addition to preaching, he delivers lec
tures on temperance which aro producing
a good effect upon tho people, if wo aro
not a Christian eople the fault is not with
lather McGuire or Messrs. Moody, Sankey
and Hanimond.-Yf?sl,orff;i DtSp-itch.
Lancaster has. lost one of its most
mysterious characters in tho person of a
woman, aged sixty-three, named Manny
Henderson, supposed to bo a witch. She
was conscious to ihe last, and in anticipa
tion of her death expressed a wish to have
no clergyman or religious services at. her
burial. Hid in different parts or the room
was found $5'2 in money, $29 of it in green
backs, some pennies, and the remainder in
notes of old State banks, some good, some
worthless. In another mom were about
two barrels of stones, bricks, Jfcc, which
had been thrown into Ihe bouse by bad
boys ; iu another room were knives, a gun,
powder, idiot and caps, and in another
about four barrels of cakes, which had
been given to her by different parties and
were dried up, besides pies, Ac., tied up
carefully, all of which she refused to cat
because f her apprehension that some one
was tryiug to poison her.
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the book is shortlyto '' 4,
translation, we may ' y
readers some kn-'w.t.
tents of the Fati:e.
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true that the Moii.e ' - ,
Ancient Order of
not follow -that all tl 1 'riit
lie Maguircs. 1 "n 'f
knot of ab.nulouoJ
the anthiaeite rec .'"- -;,f
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is a numerous ami k-",' f
and d'H-s not nvd ' h:
with law breakers t,i
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