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Offlco, Kloti'a Untieing Bioilnwav,
MAUUirOIIUNK. TA
Hettlinf Hstntrs Fllliiv Accoanlsntid Orphans
Conri Vr euro Mppcmtry.
ri lal nt rntnes caretal v itteinlcil to. Legi
ratnactions In liiiilish und Urtiiinu. Jail II.
f5Jw (CnrJjon Slttaito
tl. V. HOIITIIIMKK,
I.EIIiailTON, I'A.l
SATUItDAY, APIUL 20, 1S7S.
Tlio new silver certificates of the de
nomination of ten dollars havo mado tlicir
appearance on tlio market. At New York,
on Saturday last, $40,000 werodclivcred, and
their number and amount, it is expected, will
daily increase. They nro exchanged nt tlio
I'. S. Treasury only for gold and the Bland
dollar.
On Tuesday, May Tth, tlio directors of
the common schools of this county will bo
called upon to select ft County Superintend
enU There oro four aspirants in tho field for
tho jmsitiou ; It. F. Holford tho present nblo
uud efficient incumbent, who asks nnnther
term, and three new men S. H. llollinger,
ol'Smnmit llillj II. A. Kline, of Mauch
Chunk, mid J. P. Itowland, of Farryville,
nil good and efficient teachers, but untried
as Superintendents j andais for tts.wo would
not attempt to sjioil a good teacher to make
a poor County Superintendent. Mr. Ilollbrd,
has been tried and found to bo efficient:
under his management our schools havo
multiplied and prospered, and, therefore,
why need wo chingo? It is not a political
office, where each aspirant, in order to save
the party, must havo his term irrespective of
fitness! It is a position of great responsi
bility, and requires for its fulfillment a man
of sterling integrity anil industry a man
fitted by education and experience, to per
form tlio duties, and such n man It. F. Hof
fonl has proved himself in tho past, and wo
trust tho directors will givo him another
term. Under him, there is no doubt but
that our schools will continuo to movo on
in t'leir prosperous career.
Elizabeth It. Tilton has written a brief
letter, dated Brooklyn, April 15th, declaring
that tho charge brought by her husband of
improper intimacy between herself and Itev.
Henry Ward Beechcr was true, and that her
past denials of tho chargo wcro falsehoods.
Simultaneously with this letter appears an
cpistlo from Mr. Beechcr, Wnvcrly, N. Y.
April 15lh, in which belays: "I confront
Mrs. Tilton's confession with an explicit
and absolute, denial. Tho testimony to her
own innoecneo and to mine which for four
years she had mado to hundreds In private
and public, before thoCourt, in writing and
orally, I declare to bo true."
.V.' 1". Sun: "Tho first that F. D. Moul
tmi heard of Jrs. Tilton's confession was
when ho was told of it by a re)ortcr as ho
was leaving Albany lato on -Vonday night.
.Vr. .Voulton said that ho was convinced
that the confession would bo mado sooner or
later, but he was not exjiecting it at this
time, lie added : "I know from my knowl
edge of Afrs. Tilton that it must come. Sho
was so upright and so sincere in her lovo for
truth that it was only a question of timo
when sho would tell it." "So upright and
no .unccrc in her loveor the truth I" This is
decidedly rich as coming from tho "mutual
1 lend." Was it truth when sho first con
fused her guilt with Hoecher j was it truth
when sho sworo on tlio stand that sho had
never had immoral intercourse with tho
rev. gentleman i or is it truth now, when
iftor living four years a wilful lio sho comes
out and confesses herself a falsifier, a per
jurer JirSl an adultress? Which of thu
characters Is it that tho "mutual friend" so
much admires for truthfulness ? This latest
"confession" will iudueo many to believe
.Vr. Becclier innocent of tho charge.
The decline in tho premium on gold to
ono quarter of one per cent., and tho ap
proaching uso of gold as currency which
this decline foreshadows, havo raised tho
question of tho results likely to follow such a
practical resumption of tiecio payments.
A certain class of speculators nro confident
that when gold coin, which has for so many
years been nothing but merchandise, bought
mid sold like iron or lead, shall havo been
restored to its former place as money, tho
consequence will bo an inflation oftho cir
culating medium, which will lead to a rise
in tho jriiTs of labor and of all kinds of
commodities. Tho sincerity of theirconvic
tions is attested by tho course of tlio stock
market. Somebody has evidently been bus
ing inanticijvitiou of selling out again at an
udvuucti, but whether or no this antici
pauon will be realized, yet remains to boseen.
I'ur own opinion has always been that when
rMimptiou finnly came, and gold was res
tored to uso as money, there would bo a
curtain iclief experienced In tho money mar
ket from tho additional supply thus thrown
into it. But wo fear that tho degree of this
lelirt' is overestimated by those who forget
ili.il gold U now, and has for n long timo
been, indirectly employed as money, by
loruiiiig a mil of the hank reserves.' The
National Banking act requiresnatlonal banks
in riiie to keep on hand in lawfiillnonoyof
me l nlUNi htatesan amount equal to twenty
live r cent, of tho oggregato amount of
t.i. ir deposit. All tho rest they may lend
out. and until lately havo douo so. Tho
banks of this city, for example, showed bv
iheir laststateinentlhat they helds-28,66,1011
in legal tender iiotcsand .'ij,180,'j0U inspecie,
or 4.Ij3.IIOO of lawful money altogether,
onanist Ul,tl2tl,C0U of delimits. Since
twenty-five tier 1111. ofthoso dosita
would' be j0,181,l)50, it is evident that tho
iirplus gold is only 1.1,071, SiO, and would
not be sufficient to produce any striking in-
tlaium. Against this, too, must bo reckoned
the necessity which tho banks would feel of
tirengineiiing iiu-uuelVM to meet a siblo
niii. so that we cannot see how resumption
would immediately cfluso any remarkable
ease in the money market or any incuMte
u priiej. .V. 1. tiuii
Local and Personal.
West's liver pills cure Indigestion.
Easter Sunday, to morrow, 21st in?t.
There are sixty-four prisoners In the
Kaston jail at present.
Head Tilghman Arncr's new advertise
ment in another column.
Tlio First National Bank of rittston,
Pa., is laying out gold nt pur.
Head Nusbaum A- Son's popular an
nouncement In another column.
.Willi, ntlil oltl.lli.n ol..!., -f 7t 1
lii ...... -., .,,ii ci;uo HI JL-JILa UI1U
youth's hats, at T. 1). Clans' at low prices.
nam tunes I Vitly 73 applicants Tor
license to sell liquor in Hazleton borough 1
Tho cxtiensos of tho Berks County Poor
House for the hresent vo.ii- nn cstlnifiti.,1 ni
?;o,ooo.
A full lino of hoots and shoes, gents
furnlshiiitr rriMwtw. A-i... nf 'P. n ri..ii.. .......
. f I ....... VIULlSr, ij
cheap.
T, V. T,'ln..nl.,. ! I...IMI 1.11
" ' ' ... l'"I..SVi 1.1 UllllHllll lll 11UUI-
tion to his hotel the Leliighton House, on
Second street.
W.l tinlinml Ilia ,..:.1 ..l.t. nf T-! 1
.. v i.iv iuiui plil,-.,,! Ulll lllClltl,
. Wagner, 10j., tqiou our streets during
the i.ist week.
Chapman's Slalo Quarries, in North
ampton, are in active ojieration again with
a full force of hands.
ltt.v. A. l.v r...,i.i rv.i, 11.. t
I ..it. AUIU, 1 11., lllllll-
erly ot eissjiort, was hero on a visit to his
old friends lat Satuiday.
On llir. inn, le, ,i. ...:r. rcii
... ..... nisi,, n,vj ,no ui fSOlOIllOll
Johnson, of Jiitich Chunk, presented him
i. nil u aun. jiuiv IIIUIIV. DO! f
All cleirjinl. nssiirltiiotit nf....tl ........
... mi., II.IIVI,
stationery, oil cloth.paints.nils and painters'
supplies at Luckcnbach's Mauch Chunk.
Daniel lleberling is fixing up tho Ilast
man Farm, preparatory to putting in crops.
ib tiiii.uij iiii-suiiLa h ymiu appearance.
T!ie lvnveliiii Cn...n..n -t
..I.JII11.U uiillljlliuv, lit
haston, lias re.-eived an order from Kurope
ioi u iiiiuiiiuii ions oiivmericanpigiron.
Till wnnl.'o .1 .!..
. ... .. . kju.vii.ii siw iiiii el ill i u 1 1 in
an article on tho manufacture of Lehigh
x.niLrj i iii-cis, uaniisomciy niustrateil.
I'rnf. S TT Trnllln. ..ro 11. -irnl
- , III luilllllll. jiui,
was visiting tliis section last Saturday, look-
inj no ins uiuuies ior wouniy aupennicnu
cnev. Tlin li'uvclnim 'Wrti-inil fl.1.1 .1 ir..i
.. ..w.w.u.. ..ui.ii.ix u.iiiui lib JkUlA
town has 200 students M tlio present time.
About 100 of tbt m nrn linn! ilml nf flin in
stitution.
Pl.vika niiil U'nlnl.n. .,.,r..ll.. : 1
.... v.lll-lllllj' ll'-MUl-ll,
and work warranted, at lowest cash rates, at
Irn'l-Plllllll'fl i-llP.m nflli cliir.. niii.iln ....I.K..
square, W cissport. 10-1.1.
The Lutheran church nf this place is
tliill-tinilinivimiiUn.1 T, ....'II ...I tt..tl.
...... .......0 ..,.,,1.,. I,., n n ill, i. lien luiisii-
cd, havo ono oi tho handsomest steeples in
mis ai-i noil Ul inu cuue.
" Vll i ullriV Inn llAiinn 1 .
counted for. "J n the 2nd and a boy tool
He calls him Willio B. ".Varcutio," may
your joys continuo to multiply.
sontuieim clothing store, on Susnue
lmiiin, Lt.vt.it ir,,,..i. .i i.
.....inn V.11IU1U, uu, eineicil
during the night of .Vonday hist, and cloth-
tnir. .ti... iil.lr.i.,1,,,1 I., 11, n ....,... ..r-oim
O I ......v.. w .,1 llllltillllb Ul ,701111.
Another batch of .Vollics havo been
hauled in at Shamokin, for the murder of
Coroner Hesser, of Northumberland county,
in 1871, and burning a breaker near .Vount
Carmel in 187j.
Our vniini- fii,.,,.t. A tr C.l.ll,
oiKiieil n flour and feed store, In tho rear of
Lewis Weiss' old stand, in Wcissjiort, and is
preiured to furnish llour nud all kinds of
feed at lowest iiriecs for cash.
J. K. Tlli,l..nt.f lina cIMI n i-.,. nrn.ns.ii
f-illlo lilf 111 llil.'rtlr.,i. I., ,i:a....n ..c rr
you feel liko securing a giniil home call and
seo nun. jioisaiso supplying llour, leeu,
lumber and coal at tho lowest rates.
"Ttlllfurln'j fllll.imn- TTn M 1...1
out, is tho earliest and largi-stitlition'of liat
tems ever !ssniil. T.mlina fit,i,l,l .,,l.,a., .
stamp for the summer illustrated fashion
nntmi. In I II Tl..r.l..ll IIIH nt I 1C1
... 1 n. u, vj. xb.1111s111.-ii, in,, vilCSllllIb Dl.,
Nusbaum & Son arc of
fering extraordinary induce
ments to cash buyers of
Spring: dress jroods, dry roods.
carpets, Sec.
T. D. Claus, the Leliighton merchant
u,ii,'t, id i. iviiniiig mi iiiinsiiiiii large
stock of gents suitings, cloths, cassiiuers and
vi.dtit,ir. tt.l,t,.l, I11 ifill inW .... ..ln. :..
b'l ... Ill.llW lll 11, tlllll. 111
tho latest fashion at extrenielv low nrir.es
for cash.
The 1 nthracito coal trade, though a
l!lll .1..11 ... .1 -1. 1 ' r n.
iiitio null, is inougiib 10 Hi-iir 11 laioruoio
outlook. Tlio coul iiroiluction up to about
tlmftflt Inelnnt rnnnLn.! nl,. 1) Cm llrtn ln,
soino 000,000 tons lessthan to coru'sjxmding
dale last your.
"Oh, Owago don't 1" sho cried, when
that beloved male suddenly stooiied to olli
vato the itching of his ankle. Sho thought
ho was aliout to look at hershoo buckle. Tho
matter was compromised by Gwago hiring
ono of David Kbbert's handsome teams, and
taking her out for an airing.
A bill increasing tho jurisdiction of
Justices of tho Peace is now jionding in the
legisliituie. It allows theso officials" to settle
civil cases, ami gives them concurrent juris
diction with the Courts of Common Pleasto
the amount of$00.
There is much distress in the western
portioiwif tlio Schuylkill mining region,ow
mg to the scarcity of work since February. A
largo meeting of the miners was held in the
woods near Tremont Wednesday, at which
a demand was mado for bread or work.
HAltDEXTOOLS.-J. L. Gnhle hasjust
received a lot of garden tools which ho is
selling very low for rash. Look hero: Mai
lable iron rakes at G5 ceutsi long handle
shovels, 37 and 50 cents; garden hoes, 35
cents j spade folks and spad s, equally low.
Store opjioslte the Public Square.
t 1Vlcr9 nS't. lias just returned
from Philadelphia witli mi entirely new
stuck ofinin-hant tailoring guods,imprisin"
suitings, cloths, oassimercs and vesting, all
of which ho will make up to older, in latest
stylo mid most durable manner, at prices
which will pro.o ieifeet!v astonishing for
the ready cash. He resjH-et fully invites his
friends ami the public to nil! and insjiect his
stock before the purchase elsewhere. Itc
inember, tho prices are lower than ever be
fore uin-rcd in this borough. Store in Post
office building, Leliighton, Pa. Satisfaction
guarantied.
Assistant ficneral Superintendent Good
win, ol tho Lehigh Volley ltuilroml, has
completed his investigation into tho causes
orthe accident at Slatington. Ho has been
convinced thattho target wastuniod against
lie enginecn that tho rear brakeiuan was
back with tho signal light at least a qunrter
of a m ile, and that if u proiior lookout had
been kept the rod lights on tho caboose of
Jso. Vi ireight could havo been seen all tho
way from Slatington. Consequently he
blamos Lngincer Watmoro for tho accident,
and ho isdiehargod. The lireman andooal
crackcrarealso discharged for failing to ken
a good lookout. The crew continuo in eus
petiso temporarily. John Kuehacr uud
Jivin Bv.tr, ure rciortcd diatl,
Barney JcShoa, tho perjurer, was re
leased from jail on Tuesday, having served
ins term ot ten montim iiiitirtannt.,r,.,t ir.
left .Vuuch Chunk on tho evening train of
...u miiiu nay, laKing mo urns train for
Lansford, where he was quito llkelv rieht
1-iivnlK .nl,. 1 I... I.!- V 4. to
--V-..J .itiwiiibn ins incuiis. uarney
looks pale.
Barney Hayes, the perjuior, would havo
becnnllowed to depart from the county jail
on Tuesday if ho liad signed pipers to the
circctthat as soon as he became able to do
so, he would pay the costs in his case. Tlio
costs amount to something like $;t2u. Ber
nard got mi his dignity, refused to sign the
pajiers, and so still remains in jail.
Parties desiring to puredase a renllv
first class Sewing Machine for $25, shoulil
call on or address John II. Faga, at Mauch
Chunk, who is tho agent for Carbon County
for the celebrated and popular "White"
Sewing Machine. Old machines taken in
exchange. 21-1.1.
r .Vouilav nichl Inst. Ilm fnM nf.IM.n
Leuckel, AVilliam Leuckel and W. C. Weiss,
in .Vackreltown. wcro entereil uml I
of harness, and other articles stolen there
from. On Tuesday Constablo .VoDanicls
arrested, -V. Schockney, Jacob W. Grey
and Henry Healer, boatmen, for the theft,
mine on uieir iHi.it lying in ratlisli 1'onil,
where part of the harness wan fitmiil . ntiil
tlio balance at the Long Bun, near Pucker
ton. They were committed in default of
UIlll.
If pestered bv nn eriiiilinn. n.n ntnsi,1.
Sulphur Soap, the ruling specific for diseases,
iiriiiiuou nun norasions oi tno skin, and a
Ino-t salutary beautilier of the itimi.li tvinti.
This admirable article isan incxpensivesub
stitute for sulphur baths, and is ponnlv
eireclivo In banishing cutaneous maladies,
and relieving tho pangs of rheumatism and
and gout. Bodiless and roughness, tan,
freckles, pimples, and indeed cverv im
iierfection of tho cuticlo is entirely removed
by it. It is avoucheil, liy ladies who havo
used it, to be tho most cllectivo means for
clarifying and softening tho skin that they
have ever employed j its health promoting
prniertio3 are widely recogniznd bv medical
men, and cvidenco in its behalf, emanating
from other and equally rcspcctablo sources,
precludes any reasonable doubt as to thee
genuineness of itsrlalms to public confidence.
Clothing and linen from tlio sick room are
disinfected by it, and it prevents contagion
when the danger of obnoxious diseases has
licen incurred by contact. Sores and ulcers,
that resist the operation of salves and lotions,
are healed by it, and it toon relieves the
swelling and pain caused bv bruises and
sprains. Tlio oiening of tlio jmres, resulting
iiom tno wnoicsonie stimulation oi stiier
fieial blood vessels that it produce, is tho
ell'ect best calculated to case the circulation
when overheated, and carry oil" those oll'en
sive granulations which disfigure the cuticle
and render existence a stale of maryrdoin
while they remain. Eruptions, ailments
that ointments will not cure, are entirely
eradicated Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Sold by
Druggists, Price 25c. ier cake. 1 Box (3
cikc3)75c.,sent by mail, pre paid, on receipt of
price. C. N. Crittenton, Proii'r, Sixth
Avenue, Now York. Hill's Hair and
Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, 50c. 21-4
Cnnl Shipment h for May.
Tho Board of Control of the coal combina
tion held its monthly meeting in Philadel
phia, Tuesday and agreed uixm tho follows
ing quotas for May : Philadelphia and
Beading, 500,000 tons j Lehigh Va!!ev,200,
000 tons; Central ltailroad of New Jersey,
175,000 tons; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 150,000 tons,- Delaware and Hud
son Canal Company, 100,0000 tons) Penn
sylvania ltailroad, 105,000; Pennsylvania
Coal Company, 75,000 tons. Total,' l,305j
0110 tons. This will make n reduction of
nbout 2,.)00,()00 tons for the period from
January 1 to May 31, as compared with tho
saino period last year. The touuago for
May as fixed is 1SO,00(I tons less than for
tho present month. Tlio quota nlloted to
the Philadelphia and Heading Bailroad is
1S2,000 tons greater llian tho amount to bo
shlpiied for tlio month of April, tho increase
being attributed to the better demand, for
mill. Tho stock at tlio wharves -at Port
Itiehmoml is now only 00,000 tons; less
than at any time for a long ieriodt
UlgCrcrkluiiii, '
Olalu looks snlciulltl.
I anucis ore bnsv al present
1'iof. llnUlngcr, ot buiiinut IIIll, wnscna
vHt to Vessuiit un balurilay last, loosing up
Ins cl auces im- tlio ,sutn riiiteinleiict.
Mr A. Jl. s.(.i,tie moveil tnini tins placeon
Tue-iltv or Ht went to Wtlsn.ort. wliem ho
litis oni-neil a Hour ami f eeil store, in t he rear of
ciss eltl stiiml, nml Is now leiuiv to meet cus
tiniieis. Wowerosoiry to pari witli Mr. b. ss
tio liusnlwaiB ticen a Kliitt mid obliging neluti
bi r mid lias iimilo u bust ol IrliuJa datius Ins
stay with us.
Clirnp Tickets for the West.
All jiersons goingtoany point in the West
Should buy their tickets of C. K. Stedmnn
agent, L. A- S. Division, Mauch Chunk.
Lower prices by no other routes. Inquiries
by lKistal caid promptly answered. Tickets
will bo sent to any station agent on L. i S.
It. It., upon request. 18-31.
Tim Crisis.
What think you would be tho result if the
earth should stop spinning around the sun?
Were you ever near a largo and intricate
machine when one of its wheels bccaino
clogged or broken near enough to hear tlio
grating, jarring clash, the sudden, deafening
crash? Astronomers tissuro us that precisely
similar elfects, only on an inconceivably
granderseale, woud bo produced if our earth
ono of thewhecls in tho universe machine,
should suddenly cease its revolutions. In
other words, there would be ft genera clash
and crash of satellites, planets, and systems.
What wo term financial crises ate due to
similar causes. One of the wheels in the li-nance-machine
becomes clogged, perhaps
shattered. The terrible Wall-street "crash"
which follows is communicated to every part
of tho financial mechanism of tlio country.
But analogies do not stop here. Thoro'is
that other mechanism, tho most intricate of
all sometimes culled an organism becauso
it generates its own forces tlio human ma
chine. When ono of its members fails to
porlbim its oUicc.tho whole system is thrown
into disorder; Members before considered
unassailable, break down under the unnatu
ral pressure. Thi'6hoek comes, and utter
prostration is tlio result. Iteparatiou can
only bo ollcotod by tho restoration of the im
juird iwirtsjind thero-adjustiuontofltslevers,
the physical forces. There is ono jiart of
the machine more liable to disorder than
any other, tho liver, tlio great ballaucc
whecl of tlio machine.
The liver being tho great depurating or
blood-cleansing organ ot the system, set it at
work and the foul corruptions which gender
in the Mood, and rot out, as it were, the
machinery of life, are gradualy exiwlled
from the system. For this purpose Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, used
daily, and Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Purgative
lVllela taken In very small doses, are pro
emeiilntly the articles needed. They euro
every kind of humor from the worst scrof
ula to the common pimple, blotch, or crruji
tian. Great eating ulcers kindly heal under
their mighty curative influence. Virulent
blood poisons that lurk in the systom aro by
them robbed of their terrors, and by their
liersevoring and somewhat protracted use tho
must tainted systems may by completely
renovated and built up anew, F.iilarged
glands, turners and swellings dwindle away
and disappear under tho jntlueuco ofthew
great rcsolycuts.
The Smith Murder.
TIICKSIIAY AFTinNOON, jirntL 11.
When our reporter left tho court-house
about 4. p. m., Mr. Siewers, the District At
torney, had just closed his opening address.
Wo this week givo the iiiiiwrtant points in
tho evidence taken. Tlio first witness was
Frank Trincc, who said ho 'lived at Au
denried and was a mining engineer. A
map of tho scene of the murder, drawn by
himself, was shown him when ho stated that
Smith's house was 1,111 feet from the com
pany store.
rs. George IC. Smith sworn: said sho
was tho widow of the murdered man) in
1S03, when ho was shot, he was a coal oiic
rator; ho leased the Yorktown collieries in
March, and they were there until July ; the
day of the evening of the murder my hus
band, went to bed sick; I invited Mr. Ul
rich to como to the house, as I had heard of
tho threats that wcro mado; in tho evening
1 heard tho latch of tho gate ojien, and
pretty soon Mr. I'Iricli came back from tho
door; beforo I had time to say "Como in"
tlio tall man said: "I will give it to you;"
and ho pulled a pistol from his pocket, and
I said, "My Ood ;" I ran to tho library, and
my sister said, "Ho groans; ho groans ;" I
heard four shots; there was silence, when
my sister said, "Sarah, thero is a man lying
on the lloor in his night shirt, and I believe
it is Mr. Smith;" I ran toward him and
talked to him, but he was unconscious ; I
went up stairs and I discovered Mr. Ulrich
on the lloor weltering in his blood ; ho said,
".My God, givo mo water;" I said 1 could
not, as tlio water was outside; ho said, "For
God's sako givo boino water." and I then
said, "I can not. I can give you liquor;" I
jicrsuaded my sisters to go out and give the
alarm , they went in their stocking leet, and
In a thoit time I heard footsteps coining up
tho walk, and I said, "My (rod, wo are done
for;" but the men proved to be friends ; one
was my brother and some of tho other clerks
In the store: at tho time there was in the
house my three children, two sisters, a child
of my married sister and Mr. Ulrich.
Q. Can you describe those two men that
canio in the house first? A. Ono was tall,
had on a. big coat, high cheek bones, and
sunken eyes; the other was smaller, and his
face was blackened as if ho had como homo
from the mines and hud not washed his face.
Diagram of tlio inside of the house was
then shown the jury.
(J. When did ho "die? A. He died about
12 o'clock that night. Ho laid in his blood
until the next day when the inquest was
held. He was 41 years old.
Q. When Mr. llrich came to tho library
and said there were two men in disguise at
tho door what did you do? A. I went up
stairs and I eamo down j Mr. Ulrich and I
went in the library; when I saw the man
pull tho pistol I screamed and inn ; tho next
day I observed that the carpet was shriveled
witli bullets; my husband was buried at
Laurel Hill, Philadelphia; ho was vell
known throughout tho region as lie had
been a civil engineer in that part of tho
county for sixteen years.
Q. Did you recognize any of them? A.
No, sir. I only saw two men.
General Albright. Take a look at the
prisoner and tell usifyourecogniroliiin. A.
He was not one of tho two men who came
into tlio house, but I havo seen him some
where. His face is familiar.
. o cross-examination.
Georgo W. Ulrich sworn: I was clerk in
tlio office, and nNo had chargo of tho York
town store ; tho firm's name was George K.
Smith it Co.; thev leased tho mines from
tho New York and Lehigh Coal Company.
(J, What was the condition of society
around Yorktown at that tiliie. A. It was
in such a condition that a man would not
feel safe in going out ot night if ho did not
want his head shot oil'; during tlio day of
tho murder there was an awful confusion ;
jieoplo were running from ono mines to nn
other; I observed that a good deal ofjiowder
and cups were being bought and I gave or
ders to stop the salo ; all the men I saw wcro
strangers; I left tho etoro when Smith and
his wife came homo; when I leaclieil tho
houso Mrs. Smith shook hands witli me;
George Scott, inside boss, and Hipplewhite,
tlio breaker boss, ere tulkiiigabout tho con
fusion; they were standing near Smith's
house; Smith and I went into tlio house;
it was about 0:30 p. m. ; the drafts wcro in
tlio store and I went for them; tho drafts
wcro a list of the men drafted in Caibon
county ; in the meantime a man named Mc
Donnell said ho wanted his draft und I gavo
it to him and gave him $10; Smith was sick
and ho went up stairs and I went for thu
money witli Hurry Troy.Mrs. Smith's broth
er, and another man named Ticken; Mrs.
Smith asked mo to stay at tho house all
night; I consented; about the time I was
going to retire I heard a rap at tho door; I
took the man fur Kvan Jones, and I said,
Evan, wait until I put tho dog away; in
tlio meantime the man camo hi tho houso
followed by a tall man; I went into tho room
where tho men were, witli Mrs, Smith ; ono
man pulled out a Colt's revolver, und Mrs.
Smith ran away ; tlio other man caught mo
around the neck and commenced to beat mo
on the head; tho toll man was going to
shoot me, and I knix-ked his arm up and
tho pistol went oil'; ho attempted to shoot
mo again and I again knocked his arm, and
tlio pistol went oil', tho iiwder Hashing in
my face; by this timo about fifteen men, all
blackened and disguised, came in tho room,
and they all gathered around mo mid com
menced to pull mo and beat me; I remem
bered I hud a pistol in my breast pneketaiiid
I pulled it and tired, and I guess I hit some
ono ; I thought my time had come, and for
tho moment thought of my family; I man
aged to get away, and they lirod n't me ; ono
bull went through my coal, and another took
ell'ect in my leg; about this timo Smith
camo down, and I thought I saw him talking
to tho crowd ; ho was in tho dining room,
and I was standing near the hall stairs; his
back was toward lue, but I saw a man walk
up to him and shoot him through tlio head;
tho room was so full of mwdcr tmoho that I
could hardly see; they mumbled something,
but I could not distinguish what they said ;
tho whole crowd were disguised ; if I ever
saw the two men who came in first I could
recognize them.
Thero was no cross-examination,
Amanda Hess, sister of Mrs. Smith sworn :
I remember tlio night of tho murder, and
after describing tho shooting of Smith, said
several shots were fired in tho direction of
tlio room where she was sitting; ono ball
went over her head j ran oift and got under
tho house; heard the men leaving heard
one them say, " Hush, bo quiet ;" aftor they
had disappeared, went up stairs and found
Ulrich lying in a jwol of blood ; wanted her
to go to tho store for tho clerks, but she re
fused, as she was afraid i and sho and a sis
ter from tho West went in stockiug feet to
No. 2 breaker, and gave tho alarm ; Johnny
Eoott then went for help; the horrible all'uir
commenced about 6 o'clock and continued
for nearly an hour; the crowd was disguis
ed ; one man I think I would know if I saw
him he had high check bones and peculiar
eyes.
FRIDAY SlonNINO.
I Dr. Dlmmlck.of Audenried, testified that
on the day of tho murder, whilo ho was ma
king his professional calls at Yorktown and
that vicinity, he saw a number of jieople
loading fire arms, and had his suspicious
aroused. Ho was called to sen Smith ot
about 9 o'tlock, but found that his wound
was fatal, and It would bo no Uso t prc.
scribe for him. 1
Dr. Longshore sworn i Lived nt Beaver
Justice of tho Peace; held an Inquest on the
body on the night of tho flth ; examined the
wounds, and the causo of death was a bullet
penetrating his brain; in 1803 the state of
society Wfts terrible; it was during tho war
and many manifested a disposition evade
the drarts; tho assistance of tho military
was sought, and that engendered consider
able feeling.
' iJ?' i.lrid' "' Q- Di'l you know
James McDonnell at tho time Smith was
f, . ii cs'I,e,l'l"i; I think ho was
then working at Jeanesvillo.
Cross-exaniiiie(l-Think hellvedat Jeans
v.llc; there were other MeDonuclls around
that locality at that time.
Ti 1,tfd1'r?ct-Q- f j'l you mistake this Mc
Donnell for any other McDonnell? A. No.
lie-cross-exainineil-How often did you
sco tho defendant? A. I don't know.
Q. When was tho last time you saw him ?
A. I could not tell; tho defendant had long
..Tir a:Vl.wllikcre "'"ii he was known at
lfuri0 y '" l,iirtoflli9 lmir 6"y ill
Thomas Horn sworn : Was clerking in the
Yorktown store in lgflj, on tho afternoon
ot ovembcr 5th, n number of men camo in
and wanted to buy jiowder; when Smith
was shot I was at homo; I saw Sn'iith next
day ; found threo bullets in door of house.
l.. Look at McDonnell, andseo if lie aim
pares lth any of the men that bought pow-
. fllc,ro. wore ,l,rco ""-' Oi' in
particular had dark whiskers and McDon
nell is nbout the sizo nf him.
(IcorgoG. Scott sworn : I was an cinplyco
of l.co. W. Smith .t Co.; on tho night of the
murder. Mis- Troy and her sister iiimoto
mo nt .No. 2 breaker, and said Smith and
Uricli were shot and wnnted mo to go for
assistance; 1 was in the engine-house at tlio
tunc; when I reached Smith's house ho was
lying on tho lloor in n comatose state ; tlio
house was in a disordered condition, and I
found it Smith ,t Wesson pistol at the hall
door; at the timo there was a good deal of
leelmg on account or the drafts; any ojio
who supjiorted the Government was beaten.
, .l'r.'-s;''xaiiiined Any ono u ho expressed
his feelings in 'aor of tho north was beaten;
at the time I did not express my opinion in
regard to the war ; Smith is the only man I
know of who was shot.
David Horn sworn : Lived in the neigh
borhood of Audeiirieil in 1M13; was lnmbcr
ing for tho company; was one of tho jury on
the inquest, and was amiointcd to strip anil
wash Smith and lay him out; the coiinlcn
ancoof tho prisoner seems familiar, and if
iiu is mo man wno was around Amtenried
in 1803, his beard and hair wcro not then
so whito as they are now; I have a fniiit
recollection of the man, hut I could not
swear positively to tho man.
Cross-examined Tho first time I saw Sto
Donnell was in 1S03 ; I think ho lived in
Andenried.
Ite-ilircct Thero was n family t Trow
kow named Curron; I don't know whether
the prisoner boarded there or not.
Stephen Slykcr sworn : Used to he ac
quainted with James McDonnell, the pris
oner; knew him 7 or 8 years before Smith's
inuriier, at iiocKport; wncn 1 knew linn at
Itoekport he was working about tho Buck
Mountain Colliery ; I was working for Geo.
K. Smith .1- Co. in 1803; I was a builder; I
think I met tho prisoner at Tresckow a few
weeks beforo tho murder in company with
John Flynn and some others; they were in
tho bar room at Dutchtown ; when I went
in tho liar room one came up tome and said
I must treat; I said I would as it was noth
ing new for mo to treat; Flynn or McDon
nell jumped up and said wo'wereold friends
and I must not treat ; my wile was in a car
riage outside and Flynn went out and treat
ed her to ti glass of wine; McDonnell or
Flynn told mo to wait and they would go
with mo as there was a hard crowd about,
Mrs. Ellen Jones sworn : In Novcmlier,
1803, nt tho timo Georgo K. Smith was shot,
I was living at Audenried, about two hun
dred yards from Smith's houso; on tho eve
ning Smith was shot I was standim? !out-
side and I saw Smith's door was opeiiedauuL.
soon I heard four more shots; my husband1
was two blocks away, and I went and told
nun to come iiomo as something was wrong
in Smith's house ; there was u bad feeling
up there nt that time; people were getting
uincti iiuu enoi.
Cross-exuinlncd : I saw a crowd of men
coming front Smith's house five or six min
utes niter I heard tho shots.
William Canvin sworn : In 1803 I lived
in Audenried, u short distancu from Smith's
house; tlio day after ho was shot I saw him
lying in tlio front room; I observed bullet
marks in tho Hour ; 1 went to Audenried in
1803; in that year meetings were held to
opjioso tho drafts; it was necessary for tho
military to bo there.
Kvan Jones was called, but his testimony
was unimportant.
Mrs. Hess recalled, again said that prison
er's face looked very familiar.
X. I). Fowler and Cornelius McIIugh tes
tified as to tlio bitter feeling existing, Ac.
Chas. Mulherrin sworn : I am acquainted
with tho prisoner, James McDonnell ; know
him nbout live years ; became acquainted
witli him at Tuscarora; ho lived there also;
wo belonged to the society knuwu as tho
" Buckshots ;" the last name was tho Ancient
Order of Hibernians; it was culled " Mollio
Maguires" also; at tho timo I first got ac
quainted with him I knew ho was.ii member
of tlio order; wo worked together; talked
more than onco about tlio Smith murder ;
tho first timo I think was in Juno or July,
1875; wo hapiiened to talk about the murder
because ho told lue " Yellow Jack" told him
nbout the Powell murder; ho asked mo if it
was true, and I said it was; ho then said
"Yellow Jack" was a good soldier, but that
"Long John" Donahue was a better man
than the " Yellow Bird," lieeauso ho acted
better tho night Smith was murdered ; ho
then said John Flynn, " Long John" Dona
hue, himself, ' Yellow Jack," Stinsou and n
man named Durkiu were at the Smith mur
der; " Long John" and Flynn went to tho
door of Smith's house ; the clerk came to tho
door, und tho dog barked ; tho clerk thought
Flynn was a young Welshman named Kvan
Jones; the clerk put the dog away; then both
men went in; tho firing inside commenced
when "Long John" said" Well, if I can't
givo this letter to Smith, I will givo it to
you, Mrs. Smith." The "Hairy Man" said
he had hold of the knob of tho door outside;
ho said those outside pushed inside, and all
commenced to firo ; ho said tho room was
full of smokp, and that some ono fired at
Smith as he was coming down stairs in his
night clothes; ho said thero were 30 or 40 in
tlio crowd, and after tho murder they all
cleared out; ho said they shot him because
ho was after drafted men ; ho said they had
a meeting in tho swamp, and that tho entire
crowd were Mollies and Buckshots; ho said
some of them had their mining clothes on,
and soino hail thoir faces blackened and had
on big soldier overcoats; "Long John" Dona
hue, he said, got a ball in his neck that
night, and the men canio from all iiarts of
n.n ....ii... in.-, ii i ..I. ..
mu i uiu-ji, mm win. iiiey uougni up an mo
lwwder they could around Smith's place ;
lie said that all that time ho was captain of
the " Buckshots," and they wcro protecting
tho men who were drafted; ho said he be
longed to tho Frenchtown divUion of the
Mollies ; a man named lV-ter Burns was a
bodymasterj ho also euid they shot Ulrich in
the leg.
On eross-cxuinlnalloH, witness said hew:us
born In Ireland j didn't know what year f
thought ho was about 10 ; was o Mollie, ami
joined them first in Ireland and afterwards
in Hazleton ; met tho prisoner at Barney
Dolans, in Big Mine Hun, at n county
meeting. I never sent a boy for Mrs. Mc-
...iiiii.-ii, inn one nay i tout ner in tlio pres
ence of Charles Walton that if I was put on
tho stand I would give "Hairy" a good char
nctcr.lhut I never worked witli a nicer man;
I was put up Ui say ,,. bv Cunt. T,.ol
bv Cnnl
Corroborated bv Ciilnl. T...l.,- i if...
above assertion.
James Kerrigan sworn: Am acquainted
witli tbo " hairy man j" ho camo to Tusca
rora in I860, ho then had long hair, but
not so grey as now; at that time I knew
"Long John" Donahue; ho was in my house
the night before he was shot ; the prisoner
at the time was working nt Silver Creek or
the Harbor, and the night after tlio murder
McDonnell and Flynn were talking on tho
green about tho murder; Flynn jumtied
aliout and gave McDonnell lip for not being
around to avenge "Long John" Donahuo's
death ; 1- Ivnii luithersaid that "Long John"
was a good soldiertlieiiip)itGvorgelv.Sniitli
was shot, when McDonnell niid, "I was ns
good as him myself, mid if h. wasn't for mo
you fellows Mould hae had u hind timo of
it insidouf tho hou.-e with the dog; then
l'lynii again said, "Long John" was a good
soldier. Inr after he wits shot ot Smith's ho
wnlked all the way from Audenried to Nes
quehoniiig: then McDonnell suggested that
it was one of their own i-ruwif that she'.
"Long John," when Flynn sai.l no he was
shot inside the house; then 1'lvnii said ho
tmt the boil in Smith, and afterward Mc
Donnell said they would go and get guns
and lay in the woods and shoot every Eng
lishman in Tiisourora that would pass them.
Cross-examined: I think ifnsin 1807
when Donahue was shot; I think the con
vention was held at Dolan'a tvnic time in
1870.
George W. Ulrich recalled : On theSunday
morning after the prisoner arrivwl in Phila
delphia fioiu the West, in company with
one of Pinkcrton's detectives, I tailed to sco
him: 1 asked him if ho ever belonged to tho
"Mollie Xlaguires," mid ho said 1 did;
then asked him if ho ever met witli tho
"Mollies" in Frenchtown, and he equivo
cated; I Um ii asked hiin if ho knew Jusepls
Kehoe.ond he said he slid, but he was not.
liei-Hiiially acquainted with him, and also
said he knsw that tlm "JlollieV met in an
old engine house cast of l'rcnchtuwn, us ho
met with them there, and he 1m said her
met with Idem in Kehec's; I asked him if
ho was Bodymaeter of u division i Trisca
rorn, and 1 think hcsa'id ho had been tho
meetings in the old engine huuso were h
18113.
Cress-examined: Q. Did n McDonnell
tell you in Philadelphia that the meeting m
Frcnelitown was vnmpoMtd i 11 natioiiuli-th-saud
that it had rclerern-c to wages?. A,
No, sir.
William Canvin recalled: The prisoner
nt the bar is tlio same man that lived at
Audenried in 1803; lie had iieculinr hair; it.
was whilo with streaks of other colors in it.
David Hern also sworo to tho jieculiarity
in his hair.
Hern the Commonwealth, rcsttd their case,
the in.nci.sv.
Henry (itiitciman sworn: In 18C3 I was
in the coul business tit filter Creek, Schuyl
kill county; I cumivt swearthat the prisoner
at the bar worked for me i NoTCtiiber,1803r
Ult there were two men by Hint name in
my employ at that lime. Oim f the two
vo.8 a small man and livvd in one of my
liouscs; thu otlicr lived in the patch.
Croat-examined : 1 lived at Port Carlwnr
six miles horn Tucker's patch; I can not
swear inuitively ns to tho juiwunr working,
for me in Xevcmbr r, 18IV3.
The prosecution objected to the defensor
putting Mrs. McDonnell ui the stand. Thu
Court sustained the objection us it was a rplu
of law to exclude the wife of a prisoner iu a
criminal cuso from testifying.
SATLIiDAV 3IUUM.VO.
This morning "Hairy" was brought info
court at tho usual timo and took disaccus
tomed sent witli his usual indifferent nir.
)l'a wlfo immediately mado her arqieaianco
mm seuieu iie-seu ny uissiiie,US also UlU his
brother fiom liockport.
ltichanl Wlnluck sworn : I am unpiafnt
ed with the prisoner, James McDonnell; I
have known him for about fifteen years or
longei; I lived m Silver Creek in U3, and
I think tho prisoner lived there in that vcar;
I think he lived there in Ju!y,803: 1 tliink
ho lived three or four blocks fiom me; ho
lived in what is known as Noil's Patch; I
can not tell when ho left there; my impres
sion is that ho lived in Silver . reek soma
time; havo a faint recollection of his being
there in waim weather, but tho reason I re
collect more jiarticularly of his being there
in tlio summer of 1803, is becauso there was
Eomo trouble witli the tenants in some of tlio
houses and tho soldiers were brought thero
to quell tho disturbance; I think McDonnell
was thero at that time.
Cross-examined: Q. Do you recollect see
ing the prisoner on tho 2d or 3d of Novem
ber, 1803? A. No, sir; hut I think ho was
thero on the 7th of November, ns he signed
a lease.
Itedircct: What wcro you doing at tho
time? A. I was Superintendent of a colliery
nt Windy Harbor. '
Noblo Galbraith sworn: Q. Where did
you live in 1803? A. Part of the timo in
Silver Creek; I lived there until June of
1803.
Q. Did tho prisoner llvo at Silver Creek?
A. Yes, sir; but I cannot tell when he camo
there; I know ho signed n leaso in Novem
ber, 1803, and I know he was there previous,
to his signing the lease.
Cro6-oxamiticd : Q. Who drew up the
lease? Did not Mr. Heilner draw it upn,
few days before McDonnell signed It? A.
No, sir, McDonnell signed t lie lease tho samo
day that Hcilncr.drew it up.
Georgo W. Drown, M. D., of Tort Caibon,
sworn : Q. Where did you live In 1806? A.
I'oit Curtion, Schuylkill county; I attended
tho McDonnell family in 1803; I attended
Mrs. McDonnell in September of that year;
she was confined; also attended her on tho
ltllh of April, 1803.
Q. Where did the prisoner live iu 1S03
when you attended his wife? A. At Silver
Creek; the town iiooniiiosed of several parts;
they lived at Neal's Patch i I I mvn nn in.
distinct recollection of attending Mrs, Mc-
isuuucii nt oilier tunes.
Q. Is tho prisoner James McDonnell the,
SIcDonnell you refer to? A. Yes, sir,
Adrian Daiber sworn: O. Whero did nn
live iu 1806? A. At Jeansville; am tho
cashier and chief book keejier of the Spring
Mountain Coal Comimny; I often saw thu
prisoner aliout ot that time; know that tho
prisoner worked for our company in 1860,
Barber was the last witness of the defense,
and immediately iinon tho convenlm? of
court after dinner District Attorney Siewers
commenced his speech for tho Common-
wcann.
He first complimented tho jury for Iheir
patience ami attention durinc the trial, and
then branched out uud reviewed the cvl
deuco. He spoko for overall hour. and con.
eluded by honing that the jury would not
imitate the historical galley-slave, but ho be
sought them to do their duty, so that when
death called each of them they could wrap
tho drajiery of their individual couches
about them and lio down with the satisfac
tion of having jierformcd their duty.
F. P. Lougtreet then opened for the de.
fense. Ho first tackled Mulherrin and tie-