fill
-r CAMBRIA FREEMAN i
lHI,,Hll tftill HUUAt JtOICM
r-bnsburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
r,y.UCl CI rc ut at inn - l,l'2s
N0 ,-ll.L BOOMING. MATCH IT? j
Tli lanre and relialo etrealtir,n of the "
Bia FuncifiW enmmetMl It to the favcninte r.o
l1ertton of advrtiNrs. whoa furor will te m
Mrtedt the fellow lag low rat? :
1 Inch, 3 time
l &n
n)HLm g fro
6 month..... t to
1 year 6 CO
6 motttbi oo
1 yer... , I ..no
0 month! 09
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8
, Hs uipnos nur.
,nr rrsr. rash in advance 114
' if not p'l witb'n 3 mow. 1.75
tr ivit i'1 within S num. 2.00
,f not p'J withiu ycnr..
M reid:r.jr out-ii.lf.- tht county
. i i - i 0 n I per year will be charged to
eol'n 9 momhi in t-o
)2 " 0 month iw.'
Tear ss "n
1 moot hi '
1-1 year 7V'
Administrator" and Executor'! Notice aw)
Auditor' Notice a
Stray ami aim ilar Not tart 1 W
Kanlnew Items. flrnt Insertion 10c. per line : each
mbseqnent insertion be. per line.
Rtolut im or prorrrdinrr of inn rrrporttion
or tociety.mnd commvntccjion img-nra to calf atten
tion fo any mattrr of limited or individual ir.terrtt,
must be paidfnr J idverlitrmrntt.
Job FRisnso of all kind neatlr ami expeditl
ouily.eiecnted at lowest price, lion'l yon forget
It.
r,.-it will the above terms ho 1
V11 i ihn?e who Jon't consult their
l,v pavln lc advance must not
int'' ' f n thesaiii'" foniin aathne
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HK 18 A FBKEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARK SLATES BESIDE.
SI. SO and postage per year, In advance.
,;.t-s"
, l.-ttt
,!- fuet be distinctly uauurstooa
f.TivHrl.
r nap'T wiore you stop it, 11
VOLUME XIV.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, lSSO.
tl . .,,; ..! None but pcnhi wnps Mo oth-
NUMBER 5,
' . ; ' !i, '1 I lit li i'
!awn-lifc's too short.
. t i - ;
ffi MTIT HEWS AID BEST!
FA ax i WINTER GOODS
IN (iKKAT PHOI 1,'SION' AT
FREIDHOFrCHm STOKE t
!.. ".rt :-j firicar'l to the emnhnj Presidential election in hopes of
': ; '-4 VVv M-t.i. the $Jjrrihcr . rondaJfil to remain in the mercantile
., ,. ,"(,.? 'ftr Ai uu'livcl'i! attention b svijbiinij his friend
...f 7i M;''iV '- un-aV.'i with ALL KIXJ) OF GOODS
AT PRICES-SO LOW
l II. IT SOSK CAS Oil DAJli: COML'KTE WITH HIM.
ft .. " f'f'f tn1 rlr-jnvt sl'M-k ff crrrythin'j to he found in a general
ptore. c'nuy rising a comilrte line rf
i GOODS, DBESS GOODS, HOTIOHS, HUTS, CAPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries- Hardware, Tinware,
Glassware, fcieaware, iprs, Totecco, Camigfl Goo'Is, k, k.
. i rOilN' MEAL. Fisn, SAT.T Iv Uio buslu-l and liar.fl, DRUfiS, NAILS,
'.LA' i LTIV, r.!clHF..-;, IiUDOMS. Ac. I l.ave likewise aiaed to my f'toeli
--.i be !.i'ni at tie remarkable loir price of CO cr.ti each. Alio for tale, the
H VXD QITKEST BLTTER-PRODITING CHURN EVER INVENTED
IT IS VII THAT
.500,000 PBRSOITS
Witnessed the Crant Reception In Philadelphia.
WE WOULD LIKE ALL THE
Men cind Boys to Call at Oa,k JEEall
Immediately and Equip Themselves for the
COLD WAVES OF 18SO.
The Slusnlarlj SMALL PRICES we started the Annnal Winter Sales with hare
stirred all the stores to do their best. But we eelipsed them all,
and they know it, and the People see it, too.
These are the Prices for Our Own Carefully Manufartureel Goods, not
bought in the New YorJi Wholesale Stores.
A few left of the $T,0.00 Vine I iveroat', redneed to
Koyal Kr-verible l'l iid I!nck, sold everywhere at $-5.00 (Full
Woven Jlackf ). Our Trice
Nest Or.ide
Fxtra Sires in Klue and Brown Worumbo Beaver Ovcrconts ...
Neit r:idc
A Oond Stro;i Si'iTiceahle 'loth Uuund Overcoat
Everyday "Working Overcoat
Men's Ail-Wuo Suits
The "Aulmrn" D. B. Suits, for IiiiFincf! and Drcfs
Extra Uoality Sawyer" Suitings
The Finest cf C:t??irimre? Suits
lire's Snit of litst Imported t'l itlis reduced to
Men's Kve"vday l'ant?
All-Wo-d Bnincsnn. Drc? P.inM
F.-.tra Fine lref Ta:.tal.;ong formerly 10.0o. now
.fei3"ine I:'.rri ''.iSiinerc l':Mit,j
The Very T,:it?st Styles l:i Children's t )vereo:as
The Julle Shouldered C'.apn Koyal Keversitdn H.ack Overcoats
"nil Iren's Sn.ts as low as.
i."0
IudiEO Colors and
, l.0O
18 50
12.00
10.00
8.M
5.00
10.00
12.00
15.00
ao.oo
25.00
160
S.50
5.O0
5 00
S 00
5.00
(The Nicest little Jl'iys' Overcoats Ctak Hall ever produced.)
ir." fv.se t I nsir.cf V.as nercfsitatc.l the ei.Iarjt incnt ot ray atore-rovtii ar.d the crec
rAl warerooni. and si.111 my esfaLUshment is ltterally crowded with choice jcoods and
. --:l::-t '?-7'-'n. tui neir-K oe; ermine-i co aeeouimooate ail wno come, ana especially
- -u ; :. 1 .-u::'ry. t w i.om the highest rice in Trade wi: ! I) paid lor all kind ot produce,
vt : ti.v 1 irc arvl ecmnijdtou ii le tr the tree use of :i 1 1 who mny wish to put tip
; ::V..'"uf : r j a-t l.ivors rna licpelu msnv luv-.i uncs I remain as ever.
Higher CJrade.i and More F.lahoratelv Trimmed Suits
A Oraat Specialty In Iioys' and Youths' 1'iiots
a so
6.00
2.50
THE DIGXITT OF LABOR.
Those who toil to earn their bread
Need not blush to own their lot ;
They in noble footsteps tread,
And a claim to live have got.
Toil is not the wage of sin,
For in Eden work wa9 given ;
Man was made to work and win
Spoils of earth and bliss of heaven.
lie who at the anvil stands,
IStrikintr while the iron plows,
Though he works with horny hands,
Nobody strikes the rinjjing blows.
At the loom, and in the field,
In the shop, and on the soil,
Where men wisely power wield,
There is dignity in toiL
lie who works with throbbing brain,
Thinks to teach men how to live ;
Writes that others good may gain,
Speaks to truth fresh zest to give,
lie can claim the manly right
With the sons of toil to stand ;
lie asserts his mental might,
Helps to bless his native land.
He who lives a life of ease.
Idly wasting all his days
Aiming only self to please,
Filled with pride and courting praise
Call him not a noble man.
Such existence is a shame ;
And when ends life's black span,
.Soon will die bis empty name.
Labor brines reward and rest,
F.ducates the latent powera ;
And he serves his age the best
Who employs his golden hours ;
Working not "beyond his might,
Toiling not against his will,
Ami beneath his master's sight
Glad his mission to fulfill.
All things labor for our eood ,
He who made us never sleeps :
He who tills the ground for food,
For his pain a harvest reaps.
None who work need feel ashamed,
As they do what good they can ;
'Tis an honor to be named.
As we toil, "A workingman."
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'.IBHOFF.
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mmi mnm house in hmm.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
OAK HALL, S. L COB. SIXTH &HD MARKET, PHI
The Largest Clothing House in America,
y I Hi OTTJR,
THE SECRET CLOSET.
"For murder, though it have no tongue,
will speak with most miraculous organ.
In the year is , .loun hroitn 1 use
ing which could account for this appear
ance ; his bed was in a different part,
and there was neither cupboard nor press :
in the room, which, but for the bed, was
entirely empty, the room in which he
dressed being at a distance beyond. j
lie could say only one fact more said '
the learned counsel and having done
this duty, it would be for the jury, to
perform theirs.
Within a few days there had ben
found in the prisoner's house the stopper
of a small bottle of a very singular ap
pearance. It was apparently of foreign
manufacture, and was described by the
medical men as being used by chemists
to preserve those liquids which are most
likely to lose their virtues by exposure
to the air. To whom it belonged, or to
what nse it had been applied, there was
no evidence to show.
Such was the address of the counsel
for the prosecution, and during its de
livery I had earnestly watched the coun
tenance of the prisoner, who bad listen
ed, too, with deep attention. Twice
only did I perceive that it produced in
him the slightest emotion. When the
disappearance of the housekeeper was
mentioned a smile, as of scorn, passed
over his lips, and the notice of the dis
covery of the stopper obviously excited
an interest, and, I thought, an appre
hension, but it quickly subsided. I need
not detail the evidence that was given
for the prosecution ; it amounted in sub
stance to that which the counsel stated,
nor was it varied in any particular.
The stopper was produced and proved to
have been found in the house ; but no
attempt was made to trace it to the
prisoner's possession or even knowledge.
When the case was closed the learned
judge, addressing the counsel for the
prosecution, said he thought there was
hardly sufficient evidence to call npon
the prisoner for his defense ; and if the
draw forth all she knew. After some
unimportant questions he asked her in a
tone and manner calculated rather to
awaken confidence than to excite dis
trust :
"During the time you were in Mr.
Smith's room you stated that the candle
stood on.the table in the centre of the
room ?"
"Yes."
"Was the closet, or cupboard, or
whatever you call it, opened once or
twice while it stoood there ?"'
A pause ; no answer.
"I will call it to your recollection.
After Mr. Smith had taken the medi
cine out of the closet, did he shut the
door or did it remain open ?"
"He shut it."
"Then it was opened again for the
purpose of replacing the bottle, was it ?"
"It was."
"Do you recollect how long it was
open the last time ?"
"Not above a minute."
"The door when open would be exact
ly between the light and the window,
would it not ?"
"It would."
"I forgot whether you said the closet
was on the right or left hand side of the
window ?"
"The left."
"Would the door of the closet make
any noise in opening it V"
"None."
"Can you sjeak positively to the fact ?
Have you ever opened it yourself, or
seen Smith open it V"
"I never opened it myself."
"Did you ever keep the keys '"'
"Never."
"Who did?"
"Mr. Smith, always."
At this moment the witness chanced
to turn her eyes toward the epot whore
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and entreated their patience for a short
time.
He repeated to them that he never
could feel satisfied to be acquitted
v.-: I'"
-at frotti -) ot: PanM f-.-im 75 ! 1 3 nj ; 1'rcn Shirts Iro.n 7ii r"Ct.t
': s :: : ..!; atj.J f-ir.ii-'M'f.r sronds at price? equally ctn .ip. 1
t . -.. . i ' i nr '. ! r ,-etif ,-lieni ft than other tiealer. be-ansc that wowld
1 eo-. !e r r.ot -o in.ir:int. now-a-d.iy -ja to believe any fc.cIi htimlmi; : hut 1 B'lar-
.:-!. t v a . i.i :i a m the l:icinr.J.
TO BE SOLO AT PIUOES LOWER TITAN EYER,
CZ) IL-i - T MAKE KOK A T'AKGK AND NEW STOCK OF
RAILROAD CLOTHING HOUSE, SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING !
1
11-27 KU venth Avenue, below Bowman & Morrow's, Altoona, fa. j
IT WILL PAY YOU
merely because the evidence was not ! his place, lest during his aljsence it
conclusive, and pledged himself in a very ! should le seized by some one el.se. The
short time, by the few observations he j cross-examining counsel then addressed
should make, to obtain their verdict i the witness :
upon much higher grounds upon the ! ' I have a very few more questions to
impossibility of his being guilty of the ask you. but beware that you answer
awful crime. ' them truly, for your own life depends
Of the stopper which had been found ! upon a thread. Do jou know this Ptop-
he disowned all knowledge ; declared ! per
most solemnly that he had never seen it j "
before It was produced in court ; and he i "
asked, could the fact of its being in his !
to ;ivr. i s rii.i.. as tiik ooon.i ow is stoke win.
UWm Q S8GBST0 BE SACRIFICES). POSITIVELY BE SOLD REGARDLESS Oi" THE ADVANCE IN PRICES,
7i jL-ujui j Which are nnT ct least f " prr crnt. hujftrr than last year.
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, I SO TAKE OUR ADVICE, AND BUY YOUR CLOTHING NOW,
Ladies' Coats, Uenfs Furnish (Joods, &c. i AN, .,;llOM Vl ;ri;K
v-r ani iMi .ow cost. Y nn n cr A m Pin r.fl H I nt h i n or H mi sa.
Corner ELEVENTH AVENUE and ELEVENTH Street,
ALTOONA. VA.
i - - . - .... ,....v :-preains r.ttoinr!" ninnd" a nmeh lanrer st.re rim. I have ma! arranement
::- t . .i iL'jnr t t- "-civ his .p:ici'tss and e!ea.n.t new 1-titdn"? House now remit emiidete. ;
i -. i m"k i'iii ito w tii' ii 1 eTfeet to move on or abunt the 1st of March next, ;
-i- i,..i..!n1i i... i... the ; -. 1 1 1--1 s..,re'rvi: In the Mountain t'itv. rieantime nil per'ns 1 Feb. , IsSO.-tr.
' , . t'f.-r' itn in tnv lino h"ti!d mv tii! an earlv call, as I to m.t intend to tranrier any
- - . f the ti'iv I -.fidtii-i II Klattxhtrrltie price win enable me to dispose ot them.
- . f. re w want!) to .v uoo.;. uiueh rl.eaper than they can te obtained elsewhere
i . , ... i'wc -.n i .-r.t i4 n.i It urn hti 1m t a i;oi f i ve laet. I mm boand
'V! .r rrir. will !o It.' , 1
i-iv :i.ai.ve--f--.in'r f r the kin'! ar.d l'hr.il pitron.te heretofore eonferrc! ttn me. :
: .4 .. .i.t"i:itiar.oe and n.ere:i 'e o the tinw in the future. 1 r-tnnin
Ytir., lie - io-t l"ti 11 y . i
CHARLES SIIVION, !
( ornt r Eleventh Avenue and Thirteenth St.rrt, Alfoona, To.
DON'T YOU FORGET IT !
Ih-'ii't for '-t to boar i:i mind and keep in rerivr.ibrar.re tbat
GODFREY WOLF
H AS I VVl Cil lt ATF.n AT HIS
PALACE OF FASHION,"
NKXT ISOOU TO THE 1'OST-OFFICK, ALTOONA. l'A..
A OUAHD closing-gut sale
OK IHS KNTIUK ST' -"K AI'.OT'T SIO.OOO WOKTH-OF
OVERCOATS i WINTER CLOTHING
C2.ieraJ!y. AT COST AND LESS THAN COST.
cai early and get first choke and best bargains
As the Hoods trill Positively be. Sold at a Sacrifice.
Seo. "W.
f'ASII l)KI.i;il IN AI.I. KIND OK
HEATING and COOKING STOVES
AND M.VM'FACTl'RKn OF
TUN" ami SH EET-IKON WARE,
I lOU i:i;vi;ntli Ave., Altoona, Itv.
v'ni iprsT pun: IX TUT. ITT. Kootlnc, Mpontinsr nnl Ilopnlrlr.R of
s
w.iitul innrtu r oi iienryj Aiiompsou.
The case was one of a most extraordina
ry nature, ai:d the interest excited by it
was almost unparalleled. The accused
was a gentleman of considerable proper
ty, residing .upon his own estate. A
i person, supposemo ue an enure stranger
to him. had late in a summer's day re
! quested and obtained shelter and hospi-
1 trititv f.ir fhp nirrlit. I? had it. wan
i puposed, after taking some light re- j hb'ti gave way,
! f regiments, retired to led in iM?rfcct j H
; iieaitti. renuestin"; to txs awaKeneu at an i
j early hour the following morning.
When tlie servant apjwinted to call him
entered the room lor that purpose he
! was found in his room perfectly dead.
i and from the apiear;uice of the body it t
; was obvious tliat he had been so for i
many hours. There was not the slight- j
i est mai'K or violence upon nis person,
! ami tli countenance retained the same
I expression it had during life.
Days and weeks passed on, and little
further was discovered. In the niean
! time rumor had not been idle. .Suspic
! ions were vague indeed, and undefined,
j and were at lixst whispered and after
I ward boldly expressed. The precise ol
! jt ct of thee suspicions was not clearly
J indicated ; but they all jointed to Smith,
i the master of the house, as Concerned in
I the death of the stranger ; and, in fine,
the magistrates were influenced to com-
i mit Mr. Smith
i for the murder
j it was deemed essential to the attain
! merit of justice to keep secret the exam
j ination of the witness before the magis
trates all the information of which the
public were in possession before the trial
took place was that which I have narra
ted. Such was the state of things upon
the morning of the trial.
The counsel for the prosecution open
ed his case to the jury in a manner that
indicated very little expectation of a
conviction. lie liegan by imploring
them to divest their minds of all they j
had heard Itefore they came into the box;
.n,i in.i fr, .in thut nioni. i led, from which he had risen when he
It would le proved beyond the possi- i was informed of the death of his cuest.
bility of a doubt that the deceased died 1 It had been said that after his cornmit
of poison-poison of a most subtle na- i to Pm his housekeeiH-r had disap
ture, most active in its oration, and ! reared. He avowed that, hnding his
possessing the wonderful and dreadful i enemies determined if possible to ac
qnalitvof leaving no external mark by ! complish his rain, he had thought it
which' its presence could 1 detected, i probable that they might tamper with
The ingredients of which it was com- his servant, and he had therefore kept her
pord were of so sedative a nature that, ! t of the way but for what purpose
instead of Uie body on which it bad been ! to prevent her testimony being
J,,.ivi,;h;t;n.,vennierti,,nnrmQri.I I civen, for she was now under the care
FHiHTlMi OVER A LOVER.
8 A N 11 NARY DrEL BETWEEN' G1ULS
IN VIRGINIA.
A letter to the Xew York .Sioi from
Onancck, Va., dated Feb. 10, says:
A sancuinarydnel was foncht here lnt ween
two women last Saturday, which result! In
the probable fatal woun'line of both. Mu
Louisa Wie and Miss Marjrarft I)owninn
had for some time excited mnrh comment in
the little villaee because of their jealous
quarrels over the attentions of a youne; man
named Benjamin Young. On one or two oc
casions they had conu- to Mows in his pres
ence, and were only restrained from erinu.
lv injurinc each oth-r by the efforts of Young.
This young man soems to have been in doubt
as to which of the maidens powd his
htart, and realizing the force of the axiom :
Hw happy I emild he with either
Were the other fair ehartner way,
temporized with them and had little rtiffleul
ty in convincing each that she was the object
of his admiration. At lenpth, on Friday
evening, he went to a part y with Mis Wise,
and while dancing with her the assemblage
was thrown into intene excitement by the
sudden appearance of Miss Downing, who,
In a tragic manner, stalked up to the couple
and forbid her lover to dance w ith her rival
As she stood facing the couple, with hereyes
aflame with passion, it v.as thought that vio
lence, would he the next ru t iti tho drama.
Suddenly, however, with a pierci;i3 shuck,
she sank to the flour in a swoon, irolhing at
the mouth as though tuii'Ting from an epi
leptic fit. She a removed l y lici fricnii-,
and Youns and Mis N ie withdrew.
The following (iay Miss Wise rt ?eived u
note from Miss Downinc, reiiuest'nc her to
call upon her, as she wished to se her about
an impnitant matter. Miss Wise we:.t to
her rival's house as reiptstcil. She enter; 1
the jard, walked around to the kiichen en
trance, pushed open the door, and, stepping
inside, saw her rival sitting beside tho stove,
with her head restincr moodiiv upon her hand.
When Miss Downinc eauufit siht oi Mi-s
Wise, she sprang to her leet, and seizing a
stout club, rushed at her. shrieking with
T"i ir W m n in t i ia va rt and
the prisouer stood, and the effect was j ingtiieother follow ing, she picked rp a pitch-
fork, and facing iter enraged rival, warned
her to stand off. Mis Downing exclaimed :
"All right; we'll fight tfow. You have a
weapon, so have I."
Both iK'ing strong, healthy cotiiitrj- girls,
they :fonnd no ditnculty in wielding their
weapons. As Miss Downing ru-died at the
other, she was met by the threatened fork,
which was driven into her lreat. The next
instant she struck Miss Wise a stunning blow
on the head which daggered her. and lollow-
j ed it up by a second blow which lelied her
i to the ground. Miss V ise soon regained her
j feet, and, a-uiiiing the defensive, impaled
i Miss Downing's hands on the prongs of the
' fork. Again she received a blow ci the head
! from the club, w hich felled her to the ground.
It was between ! ? '"'f j" ,Viis r:,si:i"n V'Z "'"V" l'il b-
4.,-, Jl IOIK IIIIO 31IS IWIWIlillg S I3IT, IlKlKlilg llirC
and o o clock when the judge resumed t,.rihi i-- ti.u t ., i.,,.,
The prisoner then addressed the jury, j his seat upon the bench, the prisoner his j weakened bv loss of blood and dmnped to
station at the bar, and the hotisekeeper ' the grouml insensible. In this ositiou tliey
her's in the witness box. The court in i weie found bv some neighbors, who gave the
the interval had remained crowded with 1 "'arm. Dr. Drummond was summoned ami
e, .,.t 1 1 oo,. r,( irt i was soon m attendance. Hoth cirls were
'-I'viciiwi .-'v am via si m uviii nai it.u v i ; .
jury were of his opinion, they would at ! almost electrical. A cold, damp sweat
once stop the case. Lpon this observa- j stood upon his brow ; his face had lost
tion from the judge, the jury turned ! all its color. She no sooner saw him
round for a moment, and intimated their t than she shrieked and fainted. The
fictitious names was indicted for tke I acquiescence in his Honor's views of the consequence of her answers flashed
evidence. The counsel folded up their
briefs, and a verdict of acquittal was
about to be taken, when the prisoner
addressed the court. He urged the
court to permit him to state his ease to
the jury and to call his housekeeper,
with so much earnestness and was sec
onded so ably by his cousel that the
learned judge, though verv much against
his inclination, and contrary to his usual
and yielded to the re-
across her mind
She had been so thoroughly deceived
by the manner of the advocate and by ,
the little importance he seemed to at- j
lacn uj tier statements, mat sue nau
teen led on by one question to another,
till she had told him all he wanted to
know.
.During the interval occasioned by
her illness as to the proceeding, th
solicitor left the court
house only a few davs ago, when hun
dreds of people had leen there, produce
upon au impartial mind even a moment
ary prejudice against him? One fact,
aud only one, has been proven to which
i to jail to await his trial j t was possible for hini to give an answer
of Henry Thornton. As the fact of his having gone to the b.-d-
loom oi ins noust. hcci'tri on iiic uiuc 111
question.
He had been subject for many years of
his life to sudden fits of illness ; he had
been seircd with one on that occasion,
and had gone to her to procure her as
sistance in lighting a fire. She had re
j turned with him to his room for that
purpose, he having waited for a minute
; in the passage while she put on her
j clothes, which would account for the
! momentarv disappearance of the light ;
and after she had remained in his room
for a few minutes, finding himself bet
ter, he had dismissed her and retired to
I do. "
"To whom does it belong ?"
"To Mr. Smith."
'When did you see it last ?'
;On the night of Mr. Thompon's
death V"
At this moment the solicitor for the
prosecution entered the court, bringing
with him, upon a tray, a watch, two
money bags, a jewel-case, a pocket
book and a bottle of the same manufac
ture as the stopjer, and having no cork
in it. The tray was placed uion the
table in sight of the prisoner aud w it
ncss, and trom that moment not a doubt
remained in the mind of any man of the
guilt of the prisoner.
A few words will bring niy tale to a
close. The house where the murder
had been
and ten miles distant. The solicitor, as
soon as the cross-examination, had dis
covered the existence of the closet and
its sitnation, had set off on horseback
with two sheriff's officers, and after
pulling down part of the wall of the
house, had detected this place of con
cealment. The search was well rewarded ; the
w Hole ot the property !elonging to Jlr
terribly injured. Miss Downing having been
wounded fourteen times by the pitchfork,
and Miss Wise shockingly braised and tn-at-en
alKiut the head. They are now sutTcring
from a high fever, and the physician has little
hope of their leeovery. In lucid intervals
they gave the particulars of the fight, and at
the'saine time each begged pileoiisly to see
Mr. Young. The latter, evidently not relish
ing the notoriety into which he was brought
by the strange fufat nation of the two girls,
has left the tow n, and no trace of hiuicaii bo
discovered. The affair has caused the mot
intense excitement here, and the usually
quiet little town has been in a turmoii since
tile particulars of the light were made public.
The Famine in Ikei.anp. A cor
respondent of the New York Jhrnld,
writing from Dublin, se.ds the follow
ing points in regard to the distress exist
ing in that )ortion of the country under
bis observation :
"The parish of Camagh ranges for eighteen
miles over the wild, rocky promontory of
Knis-aunagh. With perhaps a couple of
dozen exceptions the whole popnlation, 814
families, numbering some .WW souls, are on
the high road to death by starvation. Hun
ger has overtaken one-third of them or more
, already. Those who have anything to eat
committed was lietwcen nine ! 5re "vmg tipon the sei-d potatoes, tyery
j Uil Willie laniiiy l vmmg us iat Ilicitl UL
; them. Hardly anybody any longer enjo3"s
j three meals a day, even of rotten dwaif pota
i toes. Two meals are now the average al
j lowanee. Numbers that I have met squat in
! their hideous cabins around the morsel of
I live turf all day long in order not to awpken
i the pangs of hunger by active exercises, and
; thinli themselves happy if the mother of the
j family is able to leg or Wirrow a few pounds
j of Indian meal that they may not go supjer
. less to bed. And oh I the paticne,-, the en-
Thomnson was found there, amount intr ! durance, the self-a riiice of those wretched
in value to several thousand nonnds. i peasant mothers, who stumble over miles nf
and to leave no doubt, a bottle was
of suffering, it left upon the features j
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arce of re)ose.
The prisoner's family" consisted only
of himself, a liousxjkeeiH-r, and one man
servant. The man servant slept in an
outhouse adjoining the stable, and did
so on the night of Thompson's death.
The prisoner slept at one end of the
house and the housekeeper at the other,
and the deceased had been put into a
room adjoining the housekeeper's.
It would lie proved by a person who
hapjiened to lie passing by the house on
the night in question, about three hours
aftei midnight, that he had been induced
to remain and watch from having his
attention excited by the circumstance,
then very unusual, of a light moving
about the house at that late hour. The
person would state most positively that
he could distinctly sec a figure, holding i
a light, go irom the room in which uie
prisoner slept to the housekeeper's room.
and the light disappeared tor a minute.
Whether the two persons went into
Thompson's room he could not see, as
the w indow of that room looked another j
way ; but in about a minute they re- j
turned, passing quietly along the house
to Smith's room again, and m about live
of his solicitor, and would instantly ap
pear for the purpose of confirming, so
far as she was concerned, the statement
which he had just marie.
Such was the prisoner's address, which
produced a powerful effect. It was de
livered in a firm and impressive manner,
andjts simplicity and artlessness gave
it an apiearance of truth. The house
keejer was then put in the liox and ex
amined by the counsel of the prisoner.
According to the custom of that time,
almost universal, of excludine witnesses
frAm ennrt tint ;i tlipir test imonv was re- !
quired, she ha
near at hand
word of the trial. There was nothing
discovered, which the medical man in
stantly pronounced to contain the very
identical poison which had caused the
death of the unfortunate Thompson.
The result is too obvious to need ex
planation. The case presents, perhap.-:, the unpar
alleled instance of a man accused of
murder showing such a defence as to in
duce the judge and jury to concur in a
verdict of acquittal, but who, jersisting
in calling a witness to make hi.s inno
cence more emphatic, was. upon the
testimony of that very witness, con
victed and executed.
sharp-pointed rocks with their bare feet b
implore that miserable meal for their whin
ing children, who carry loads of i:rl or
dripping seaweed on their backs for ten or
fifteen mile-, like beasts of b'.;r i :t v. ho
alo:i(? in those Utile doomed ho is !!";d seem
to have heart or hot left in i n : The
lirtt stage of starvation is a'.rvn.iy pu-d for
many ot the men : they iic.ve r" " ;;" l .h it
condition of apathy ami l.i:;gnor hi which
they hardly oare t rai'th -it-he ids. 1 h-.-.ve
come upon them beried in I he g'ootn ot their
cabins, those lrigbttul, silent l.iuiily rir 'les,
the shivering. haii-naU-d children huddling
together for warmth ; the mother rocking a
liltie. box of dirty rags in whieh a b'ue
A Tocon
imi im-.r credited with a large nunibe
had beer, kept at a house . , d , , ,
and had not heard a single U i Ashburton, in H
embiirrassment
he repeated, almost in the prisoner's
own words, the story he had told of his
having called her up, and she having
accompanied him to his room, adding
t hat after leaving him she had retiredto
her own room and had been awakened
by a man servant in the morning with
an account of the traveler's death.
She had now to nndergo a cross-ex-
minntes the- light was extinguished and i animation ; and I may as well state
Ioo. Cats have
ruber of lives,
gentleman
iK-vonshire,
. . r f -l irl n rm Trt" -!t 1 1 int CTicoiniin
remarkablem her manner or appea ranee; ' ' ra'ce panying his
she migh be about th.rty-Uve or a t t e raagter on tin expeditionthe dog
more, with regular though not agreeable f u . mine-shaft, to adeth of some
fea ores, and an air pertect.y free from f A hft tunibIed d thc
pp.-d
little baby is sleeping : the man with h.s hat
over his eve, his head lient to his knees, his
' eyes staring fixedly forward with a dull,
j stupefied stare so slcggaidi'ed by want
j and despair that he hardly turns while he
lieen i tells vou. in his ho?eless w'av. that bis last
j potato was eaten a fortnight ago ar.d tlvrt hn
i has been existing ever s;:cm npon a meal
per day of dogfish, or )H-riwinkles, or Indian
j meal gruel. And fo think that a fortnight
i hence every neighbor who gives him eh vity
j will lie as Iesiernte and forlorn a wretch as
j himself t Iet there be no mistake about it,
there is starvation going on far and wide."'
! row boring, his master distinctly heard
i his body striking against the earth and
I rock. For some time those who took i an,i clearly expresses our view s nirm the
j an interest in the creature listened, to j sui,j,.ct that we cow it w ithout cow
1 hear if any sound of pain came up from j tnent
I uieurpuis ut-iuv,, uui, mi was Bueni, , Yon have an mid ubte1 right t
i iney lost iioje oi ine tiog ueing anve
How toStop A r.vr-EK. The follow
ing from one of our exchanges so fuuv
P a
" r' ti'.r.-adv crd' red out r.o---rs
.! , "''- '"r the tv.i,;i:e i :i, wl.ii.'i
'!tr ','y..;,'tr"'a lt.-i.nmry and .MaTii. and In
: .,.,'" r f'11-i I'tfir nf rrk',n;;l f.li-rtlie
"'ilfii'-'."'11' n'" on ' '"'l (n-ewith.-nndintr
" . i ' "' ''h irwl' ) nt prie ire ,efv .fiy
"ITTF. have ill on hau l a small as-
T c.rtment of t.A ll FA COATS, whi.-h wo
aru ofTerinn t ifreaily re-lneed prirs. In order to
eliue ont our Mock hefore Spring, full early nnd
K"t bar iin. an they will not liwt lung at the pri-'-?
-t ,-re ?kinir for th m.
V. S. li AHK EH h Ki;.
RUPTURE CURED
Hy Tr. 3. K. Sherman' Sni'imrf and Cnrnlhe, itTi'.tit the itiim-r nr-l ftirTerinjr tm"
ftiet or hoKiernnce trom l:tv.r. Hi with l,keTre f h . v.rrtrr arfl'nnr eiire. rert free,
Ofllee 2"J Brelwr. tf Verli. Pitie-iu re. eive rrti!c' fcnl lei' e "f Uime f ro '.-! r.
he saw it no more.
Such was the evidence upon which the
magistrate had committed Smith, and
singularly enough, since his committal
the houseketier had disappeared, nor
could any trace of hei be discovered.
Within the last week the witness who
saw the light had been more particularly
examined,"" and in order to refresh his
memory had been placed at dark in the
very spot w here he had stood that night,
and another person placed with him.
The whole scene, as he had described it,
was acted over again, but it was utterly
impossible, from the cause above men
tioned, to assert when the light disap
peared whether the part iC3 had gone into
Thompson's room. As if, however, to
throw still deeper mystery over this ex
traordinary transaction, the witness per
sisted, in adding a new feature to his
former statement, that after the persons
returned with the light into Smith's
room, and lefore it was extinguished,
he had twice perceived some dark ohject
to intervene! between the light and the
window, almost as large as the surface
of the window itself, and which he de
scrilied by sa yiug it apeared as if a door
had been placed before the light.
Now, in Smith '3 room there wa3 noth-
here, which, though not known'to me till
afterward, what will assist the reader in
understanding the following scene : The
counsel for the prosecution had, in his
own miud, attached considerable im
portance to the circumstance mentioned
by the witness who saw the light, that
while the prisoner and housekeeper
were in the room of thc former, some
thing like a door had intervened between
the window and the candle, which was
totally irreconcilable with the appear
ance of the room when examined ; and
he had half-persuaded himself thatthere
must be a secret closet which had escap
ed the ofliecrs of justice, the opening of
which would account for the appearance
alluded to, and the existence of which
might discover the property which had
so mysteriously vanished.
His object, therefore, was to obtain
from the housekeeper the only person
except the prisoner who could give any
clue to this such information as he
could get, without alarming her by any
direct inquiry on the subject, which as
she should not know how much or little
the inquiry had brought to light, and by
himself treating the matter R3 imma
terial he might lead her -to consider it
in the same liht, and t7 this rrean3
Demg alive, j i,ewnnt.er whenever vou are diMos-d. noon
and, in the course of time, almost for- paving all arrearages." Do not hesitate to do
got him. Considerably more than a soon account of any "tenderness of leeling"
month elapsed, when one day a howl me cuuor. i -on i you up"osu m w
e lit S I SOp UU lilg ui;.u Ml oih. iii inr ii. ."nun-..
.' ' ! dry goods, etc!, etc., if he thought be was
.as sent i i.; m..,...,.' u.T-tii mi w 1 1..
lllb fix-, lll'i; .11.7 ..iiiv,, J "-'.. . ..i.-. .....w-
vou discontinue your paper, do so manfully.
Don't be so pitiful as to throw it back to thu
postmaster with a contempt u us, "I don't
want it any longer:" and have "refused"
written on the margin, and have th pajvr
returned to the editor. No gentleman ever
stopped a paper in tint wav, no matter if his
hpad is covered w ith gray hairs that should
be honorable. If you do" not wish longer to
receive a newspaper, write a nte like a man
sa1ng so and be sure that arrearages arc
paid. This Is the w ay to stop a paper.
was heard to proceed from the pit's
mouth. erv quickly a miner w
for and lowered, when, to the amaze
ment of everybody who watched the
proceedings, the long-lost dog was sent
up, m a sadly emaciatea condition, u is
true, but still alive and able to eat. It
had been incarcerated in its prison for
forty-three days and nights. So far as
can be ascertained it had only had water
to live upon throughout the w hole of that
period. The weight of the dog when
lost was fifty-six pounds. Forty days
after it had been taken out of the shaft
it weighed only thirty pounds. Yet it
is still alive and doing well, rapidly re
covering from the privations which it
has suffered. .London Telegraph.
TnK five-year-old daughter of an
Eighth street family, says the Cincin
nati lirealfntf lablc. Stood watching
her baby li-ethrr, who was making a
great fuss the other day oversaving his
face washed. The little miss at length
lost her patience, and stamping her t iny
foot said : "You think you have l jts of
trouble, but you dou't know aisythirrg
about it. Wait till you're tig enough
to get spauked. and then you'll re
wort h;. rnrrr. V
Why He Wot t.nx'T TrutIIm. -A print
er recently walked into a eeitain business
house on "his rounds lo leain who desired
anything in the way ot advertising, and
noti-ed that a drummer stood bvthe counter
with his sample valises ready toojen. "Any
thing von want to say in the paper this
week?" queried the pointer of the man le
hind the counter. "No," said the b-isi'ics
(!; man, "1 t'rn't believe in advertising; 1
wouldn't give a cent for all the iiTrrfis!n:
ever done." The drummer waited mail the
printer was hah waU thc door, and then
blowiv taking up bis. sum pie valises, re
marked : "Wf II, t!U let me out 1 do not
caretos.'.l jn !;n; t anv mn w ho iu ll.is
aite uoe-. not u-ii, -.- ina.t.rrtirlr.e. I prefer
to deal w ith 1'w mrii. When 1 want to strike
lip a trade v.itii a dead mat., I wii; go to U
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