TWENTY-TWO YEARS AT HARD LABOR IN SOLITARY CON- FINEMENT. THE DOOM OF SHELLENBERGER, DoyresTOWN, Pa., May 22.—J, M, Shellenberger the forger and embezzler, was placed on trial before Judge Yerkes to-day. Shortly after 11 o’clock Sheriff Comly brought the prisoner from the jail in a back and took him into the court house by the rear en- trance. He was at once placed in the prisener’s dock, and was the cynosvre of all eyes. He appeared hag- gard and care-worn, and during the continuance of his trial wept almost constantly, As soon as he Look nis seat in the dock he bowed his head and held & handkercnief to his face until called upon by the Judge to stand up and receive his sentence. He recognized none of his old-time asso- ciales among the members of the bar, and tried to keep his face concealed as much as possible, The prisoner’s groans could be distinctly heard in every part of the court room, and unfortunate man’s condition was pitiable to behold, Among the audience were many ladies and many of his former neighbors, friends and clients. District Attorney Stout read the bills of indictment to Shellenberger, and he pleaded guilty to the 13 bills, charging him with forgery, embezzlement and false pretence, After hearing the testimony of about 18 wit. nessess, and an eloquent plea by Shel- lenberger’s counsel for alight sentence, the prisoner was then sentenced to un. dergo an Imprisonment of 22 years at bard labor and solitary confinement in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadel phia, This is longest senteuce ever en- forced upon a criminal in the Bucks County Courts, A TORNADO IN OHIO. May 10.—A Ohlo, says: A and CLEVELAND, Ohio, special from Wooster, terrific cyclonic ain passed over parts of tween 3 and 4 o'clock noon, dolpg a tremendous amount of damage. The storm swepl a section three miles In width and eighteen in length, The most serious in and near the willages of Congress and Rowesburg. In Congress every pane of glass facing north and west, unprot ed by blinds, was broken by the ones, ranged in size froma peato a gg, and fell to the depth of eight 1 the level, Entire orchards and i of oak timber were blown down or twisted to the ground, Many houses, barns and outbuildings were unr or blown down, The hallstores were so large and fell Sunday after- damage was done wifed roofs covered with oak shingle At Howesburg | from 8to 12 luches on the level and drifted to the depth of 32 inches. Huu dreds of sheep wera kil by the hail a——————— NEWS OF THE WEEK. ———— 34. all fell to the 1 18 into the i Shamokin, Pa., was continu 19th, Six men, who went shaft to ascertain the condil 750 foot level, were vy gas, and it was wit! were resuscitated. he viewnity of the have vacated their an explosion, the bodi Of WOK vurning nearly s A despatch, from Cas that Captain Melvern Grindle an brother, Frederick, were drowned the 128: by the capsizing of their | off Rkndy Point, while golog from Petiobscot to thelr vessel, aries Eberhard, John Carr, | Ham Davis, Mrs. Eberhard an Carr were golng home from Jbicago on evening and as they walked Pete Devitt, a notorious ** gh,” on the mon the ¢ L Was opposite » of the street, and suiting remark ’ [es made som al singers, whi words across finally dared 3 dis of ti The thelr ladies and accepted t Devitt at drew a jon be gan gl; them ones thrust ti and til inches, side an wis arrested, erhard’s breast 8 groin for Lbed Carr in tl neck, Devitt » i rit ob and killed salelgh, North arolina, ig of the lieth. Ti -— Lamuel Bry Dear even vi Yee on ie 8 OF ¥ 1Terso with him was a man Bob Pul- ley, who fled when was fired, and says he does not know who did the shooting. Bryan was found dead the next morning with a bullet through his heart. - Harmon J, Kneeland, a well Known attorney iu Binghamton, New York,cut bis throat with a razor on the 20th. On 8 pane of glass in one of the windows in his room be had written the words, “1 am ionocent,” in blood. A few months ugo Dudky T. Finch was thrown from au Erle train pear this piace and killed. Kueeland, who was on the train at the time, wus deeply af fected, and never fully recovered from the shock. His conduct on the 19th was somewhat strange, and it is believ- ed that he wasslightly deranged, Knee- land will probably recover, ~ Mr, Collin, of the firm of Collin & Kilpatrick, contractors, wis shot anc killed near Ploche, Nevada, recently employed by Collin quit their money, Col i i i nated the shot —Charles Meredith, aged 13 years, el- evator boy at the Leland Hotel, in Har- risburg, was crushed to death on the evening of the 19th by being caught be- tween the elevator and the doorway on the fifth floor. -W. H. Shaw, a contractor In Wentworth, New Hampshire, got drunk on the evening of the 19th, and attacked Mell J. Emory, 22 years of age. He knocked him down and then kicked him twice in the head, Emory did not live over 10 minutes, Edward Fladung shot and killed his wife in San Francisco on the evening of the 10th, and then shot himself. The wound is fatal, His wife had left him on account of a domestic quarrel, Miss Florence MeKeogh, while out horse- back riding near Hot Springs, Arkan- sas, on the 19th, was fired upon from ambush, one of the shots passing through the back part of her body be- bind the shoulders, Her right arm is paralyzed and she can hardly speak. The would-be assassin is still at large. ~Two policemen In Boston went to a& bouse on the 20ib, to search for stolen property. Their ring at the door was responded to by a man sup- posed to be William Grossman, who, upon learning the errand of the officers, placed a revolver to his head and blew out his brains. In his pockets were found 24 bank books. not one repre- senting less than $800, On the 17th, a plumber cleaning the drain pipe in the bath room found 42 gold and silver watches, which he turned over to Me- Donald, the lodging house keeper, who said ous of his lodgers dealt in jewelry, On the morning of the 20th, the plumber told the police, with the above result, Grossman left his room only at night, and the officers say he was a burglar, -In & runaway accident at Plain fleld, New Jersey, on the 20th, Miss | Marion Dumont and Miss Mollie Law- | rence were thrown out and badly in- | jured, the latter, it is feared, fatally. -A despatch from Kirkwood, Dela. | ware, says that a freight trsun on the | Delaware Rallroad plunged through a | drawbridge over th Delaware and Chesapeake Cangl on the evening of the 10th. The engine and seven cars went over, The engine fell fully sixty | feet on top of several canal boats, two of which were sunk. No one was hurt, tha ~ By the breaking of an emery wheel at McCormick's reaper works, in Chi- | cago, on the morning of the 20th, one | man was Killed and three others were | badly ivjured. | Minglewood mine st North | Lawrence, seven miles west lon, Ohio, 18 on fire. | wee § 11S FA of Massi. branch of ~~ A landslide of the Bi on the east iitimore aud Ohlo Raliroad, Confluence, Pa., on the evening of ly, CiuTied away a portion of kK and delayed trains for some time. Near the +3 ie -A despateh from BSlockton t : says that the warm ater in the Sac tony aril #1) rivers, and th alsed the w Sin Joaquin great danger, have occurred, of grain The gher than ever eral breaks occurred on the Union levees, acres, half of which is in Moxie dam, at the Pond, near ti river, lu The the breaking CRUSH A T1086 { ‘ nehos tefore, fot island Wilkes Watley 2ist, and | . lowlands on the river were inundated. river at t above low of the 21st usquehanna 1 {ea p vening The the tL wreck occurred at Eliza- 'a., or resulting | A oona, the 20th, nt of |} 4 Hn 7 cars and an en Engineer Boyd was killed, Hauser and Olmine and Baker were injured. The | was caased by the east -bound | train crashing Into the west-bound | freight as the latter was crossing awiteh from one track to ane! other, Travel was delayed nearly! nine hours by the disaster. Six, washouts were reported on the | Upper Coos Rallroad, New Hamp- | shire on the 20th, A wiecking run that started out to make repairs went | through an undermined bridge near Stratford and two wen were killed, A construction train on the Lake Erie ratiroad ran into a freight train at Ale. quippa, Pa., on the 2ist. Thomas Rogers, an engineer, was killed, and a conductor and brakeman were badly hurt. A landslide occurred on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad at Douglass, New York,on the evening of the 20th, and & freight train ran into it, The engine and eight cars were wrecked. ~ David Ransey shot his wife in the neck in New York on the morning of the 226. The doctors say she will re- cover. They were not living together, and Ransey went to the house where fils wife was boarding and admis sion by telling the that the - ax. ee, ¥ 4 Zi Hrakenen i - "Ireman welden! thie RE SE a wah $hot and Kind on the 294, at od iyniby Priva J 8, trom u —Five men, Austrians and Italians were killed by a fall of rock in one of the shafts of the Calumet and Hecla mine, at Calumet, Michigan, on the 21st. Two trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad col- lided near Deadham, Iowa, on the evening of the 21st. Fireman H. C, Duvis was kided, A hmited train from Chicago, on the Chicago and Alton road, near Kansas City, on the Chicago and Alton road, was run Into by a freight train, near Kansas City, on the morning of the 22d. A sleeper and a dining car were demolished, but only three of the occupants were ipjured, and these not severely. ~The water in the Susquehanna river at Wilkesbarre, Pa., is rising. On the evening of the 22d it was 10 feet above low-water mark, Great damage has been done to crops on the west s.de of the river, which in many places for three miles square is under water, --A panic was caused in a public school in Burlington, Iowa, on the 21st, by & mad dog, which ran up the steps and Into the hall of the building where the children were congregated, The scholars fled to their rooms and the doors were shut by the teachers. The dog roamed up and down the hall utter- ing horrible yelps, and holding the frightened inmates of the bullding at bay for half an hour, when their cries attracted the attention of a butcher in the neighborhood, who came and killed the animal, ~A despateh from Boston says that Clarence F. Jewett, President of the C. F. Jewett Publishing Company, has disappeared, and that crooked transactions in the matter of an over- issue of stock, in the neighborhood of blst CONGRESS,~~rirst Feseion SENATE. In the United States Senate on the | 19th, the Naval Appropriation bill was | reported, The Silver bill was cussed by Messrs, Dolph, Teller Mitchell, After an executive the Senate adjourned, United States Senate on the 20th Mr, Ingalls, by request Wage Workers’ Polit Alliance of Washington, intr H a mon all responsibility introduce dis. | Ahn i i session | In the of the | ieal winced a bill *“to ¥." He dis for it. Mr. ad & bill ORNS Of The bill itp the laws of the several Mr. Cameron's resolu | tions of respect to the memory of Kelley were After sul by several S the were adopted and the journed, in the ie ice-2 lalmed Stanford or ble | ’ . fas : ? * vy bid . IALLE, WwW Buljed t ilquors to glales | Judge Judge | taken up. senators, Senate U. 8B Senate or pi Sergeant 3 ‘real fent signution of day, to take effect on the 3 Silver ull and L were tt wad bills od 1s Lak On the 91 wilted from pres r wnmitiee i pie, the was ordered, after a few amend. ments bad been adopted, the bili was passed by astrict party vole, only one Republican, Mr, Coleman, of Louis. ans, voliug against 5. The Speaker appointed a conference committee on the Anti-Trust bill, and the House ad- journed, in the House, on the 224. a bill was passed amendatory of the Census act, which punishes any supervisor orennm- erator who shall receive any compensa. tion in addition to that provided Ly the Conferences were ordared on the Army and Military Aeademy Appropri- ation bills, A bill was passed appro- priating $90,000 to supply a deficiency iu the appropriation for public print ing. Mr. Qulun, of New York, intro- reducing to one cent an question and, les of 100,000 population or over. journed, Aq- I 5105. A AA A Handsome Clook. Hn One of the most beautiful and costly clocks ever made was sent many years ago by the East India Company as a gift to the Emperor of China, The case was made in the form of a chariot, in which was seated the figure of a woman, with her nght hand resting on thetop of a tiny clock, which wus in the side of the carriage. Some of the wheels that ved A MUBICIAN'S ROMANCE, How a Diplomatic Young Man Se- ured a Start in Life ss a Teacher Diplomacy is a great quality,’ sald a friend who formerly lived in a very smell Ohlo town. “A man can do nearly everything by the proper use of diplomacy except to roba bank. I was just reading something about a volun teer organist that eet me thinking about a neat little bit of diplomacy that lifted a good man from misfortune’s ditch and pus him in the way of doing something for himself, He was a mu- siclan with a small traveling show which came along and went to pleces in our town. The other people of the company got out of town by hook or crook, but this poor fellow couldn't make it. He got acquainted with sey. eral young fellows of the town, however, and to one of these he confided that he would make a living by teaching music if he could only get a start, “The young fellow asked him what he could play, and he sald he could play all the kinds of horns in a band, the banjo, guitar, zither, violin, flute, plano and organ—in fact he could play any kind of musicai instrument ever made, “Then an idea struck him, and he asked what kind of organists they had in the two churches. Ths young fel- low said they were pretty good; his Bister was one of them, scheme formed its:lf in mind, He told his friend that could get a chance to next Sunday he thought he could sur. Thereupon a t) He fal suggested that the young fell 1 £ hie case to his sister and have her “de 3 stidday y ¥ Bick the next Sunday and send wy, and suggesting **This was all carried out form, and when the t at $1 feet as the jittle { started off witt id ing phases, 59 congregation were so Know rau sand was caught, whose name was Gray, He Ww @ of them me of the men, took the fawn bome and kept him, #000 got quite tame, and would go Lis master when called, As soon as was fully grown, a harness was made for him, and he was taught to draw a buggy like a horse, It was a curious might to see Mr. Gray riding through the streets of the vil lage in & carriage drawn by sucha queer-looking horse, It not only at- tracted the attention of the people, but the horses, as they passed, would look very shyly at the deer’s long horns Some of them were frightened, Mr, Gray had two children, a boy anda girl, who learned to drive the deer, and who grew to be very fond of him. One night the people were awakenad from their sleep by the cry of “Fire! fire!" and the nnging of bells all over the village, The fire proved to be in Mr. Gray’s stable, and had burned so much before it was seen that it could tot be put out. The poor deer was tied in the stable; he could pot get away, and was burn- ed fo ashes in the flames, The child- ren mourned over their loss for » long time. Every one felt sorry, for the tame deer was well known ail over the Yiliage, and had become a great favor e he ————— : Stingy When Writing. It is a strange fact that most women are niggardly with their stationery. They may entertain their friends sump. tuously, and wear the costliest raiment. Browning. The clears t eyes in all the world hey read With sense more keen and spirit of sight more true mah burns and thrills in sunrise, when the aw Flames, and absorbs the glory round it shed, As they tha light of ages quirk and desd, Clossd now; forsake us: yet the shaft that Blew Can slay not one of all the works we knew, Hor death discrown that many-laurelled head, The works of words whose life seems lightning wrought, And mouided of unconquerable thought, And quickened with imperishable flame, Bland fast and shine and smile, assured that nought May fade of all their myriad moulded fame, Nor England's memory ciasp not Browning's name, — Algernon Charles Bwinburne, I A> SEACLIFFE COTTAGE. THE The owner of a cottage at Seacliffe, on the lake shore, being called to Europe by business, would leave his premises in charge of a reliable party, who, by caring for the property, can obtain it, rent free until the owner's return in three months, Dest of reference given and required. Address for one week, A. 'W,, Beaciiffe P+ O. “Just the thing! Oh, Winnie, Irene! Just the thing! The fates are propi- tious! Dolisten!” And Bertha Langdon rushed into the room where her two elder sisters sat work, paper in her hand with all a child; then threwing herself upon an aioud the attracted lanced up, quite ottoman, began to read vertisement whicl attention. Her sisters interested, ETT here may be something doubtful an the family lawyer rvamt 3 Pas, i hen Lhey als ¢ & ¥» » ntial; and since he had main- a A vw » yy : BRAVISEL ana sisters, Orphan TPaAn va ¥ . was twenty-fi arthaof the herself family by ti Was a born aural YOWERIQ 3 sale of her ier share +} rears cli & RoOd- d BH med of, 3 HeeonCamp dpporiant T% 1.4 tar Tao . ibe oid gentleman read “My dear Miss Winnie,” he said, In his slow, decisl no sible objection to your taking the place provided yi already too late, 1 bappen to know the owner of t cottage there on the beach, and those are his intitials *A4, W.? my child, Of course I'll drop hum a line to introduce you and smooth out all *" ve way, “1 see pos ® 4 Ae Nos possible difficulties, So he procesded to write the letter, while Winnie hurried home, The reply to said quite letter (adl- stating that all was satisfactory, gave The trunks were soon packed, and the too happy and care-free for anything. they were almost sorry when the train halted at Seacliffe; they had never been there before; but “there wasn't but one cottage on the beech,” Mr. Jones had assured them, and leaving their trunksat the station, they took their small hand- bag and prepared to walk. In a short time they encountered an old negro who pleaded for the privilege of carrying the valises, They were glad to relinquish them, and the party trudged onward, All at once it occurred to Winnie that they had not ascertained the name of dicament, surely. She stated the case to the old negro, who stared at her blankly. “Don’t know nuffin’ "bout no cottage, missy’ he answered ‘“‘less its Abner Weeks place; dat are’s on de beach for a fac’? _ “Abner Weeks," cried Winnle, “0 yes, that must be the place, for the ini- tals are A, W, Is it far?” The negro grinned. “No. missy, "taint so far,” he Bne ewered, ‘but "pears to me you ain't a Juot with her colored The negro halted, at last, ruinous old red house, with a broken porch and a straggling China tres in front, A group of hens were scratech~ ing industrion='" ina heap of refuse near by; two ean craggy porkers were breaking the ¢.euing silence with their horrible squealings, and a fat negress sat in the open door, leisurely smoking a cob pipe, “*Dat are’s de place,” chuckled the negro, triumphantly, “Great heavens!” ejaculated Winnie, aghast, “Surely their is some mis take!” **Dis yere am de place, suah, missy,” repeated the man, I take dese yere tings inside? Dere's Aunt Deb in de door.” The sisters stood staring blankly st each other, “We've got to sleep tiere to-night panted Winnle, angrily, “and if I get back to New Orleans alive I'll tell Mr Jones what I think of him. The ides of sending us tosuch a place.” They passed through the broken gateway, the fat negress arose and exe. cuted a profound salaam, while the negro explained the situation. It seemed to pleass Ler wonderfully, “Shall “Done rent dis yere place, eh?" she cried, with an unctuous “yah! yah!” her mouth distended to its full extent, her teeth gleaming & like ivory. “Abner Weeks is smarter an’ dan ebber I seed him, to | off’n his hands, He is | "long 0’ Massa Waldron, g pearter dis place for suah be a law suit ober de water, git BOs ns to witness in a big But come Jadles, walk right in: | Deb will do Aunt another 5 } ; " de best of my de bonors'’{with profound salaam) * debility.” Bertha burst int # was always discovering funny | the darkest landscape. will be no end ried. “Let us stay a day o rill ty of x7 1 0U mis Sif tiela Cxiris, it pie nd negress turned int? Lawd! ‘shamed? Does vou sane Laine r Does You spec » Lo paintin’ in her ole day -10 paint nor powder goes or s Lawd He made li 8tay. prepare, » sisters ¢ 2] ke, The and early, they beach, and soon came upon ghifal piace, A large ralsed surrounded ¥ parler like a marble structure, a green lawn dotled with ga a cottage with bay windows i improvements,” place!” cried “How I should lik the mo “What a thusiastic Bertha, to live there.” A footfall made her start. She turned | to see a gentleman standing vear; a tall, handsome man, with a pair of saucy, dark eyes fixed upon her. He removed his hat with a courtly bow. 5 vy ern lovely “*The Misses Langdon, I am sure!” ‘he sald, *‘I am Arthur Waldron, and this is my cottage. I suppose you have just arrived, and wish possession at I leave here in a few hours; you can make yourself at home immediately, Truth to tell, I expected you yesterday. Mr, Jones’ letter mentioned that you { would probably arrive on the evening train, and I sent the carriage to the | station for you.” The whole situation was at ex~ | plained, Abner Weeks, the proprietor of the old house below, was to accom- pany Mr, Waldron to Europe as wit. ness in a certain lawsuit, and his inl tinls being the same as Mr, Waldron's the Jadies had made a slight mistake, In a short time they were snugly domiciled at the Waldron place, and the long summer days passed like a dream, bringing the vacation to a close. Mr, Waldron came home on the same day, and when they parted he promised to call upon Bertha at their eity lodg- ings, When I was “over the lake” last summer I visited my old friend Bertha once, last
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