laistellancous. THE MYSTERIOUS RANCHE; A Scout With Kit Carson BY LEON LEWIS, AVTHOR Or "THE BROKEN HONE," " RED KNIFE," "THE BOY MAGICIAN," ETC., ETC. INTRODUCTORY NoTE.—In a former narra tive, "Red Knife," or Kit Carson's Last Trail," 1 had the honor of presenting, from strictly authentic sources, a series of Colonel CARSON'S exploits and adventures which occurred in 1807. In the present record, I have gone back to some of the great scout's earlie experien ces, namely, to a series of events 1 which 110 figured prominentl during the ummer of 1.9;1,•and the followi y ng winter. L. L. CHAPTER I THE SCOUT AND TILE SAVAGE The afternoon was fine—the Great Plain in full verdure. And Kit Carson, in the midst of this beauteous solitude, Vas as happy as the birds around him. He was riding eastward, on the Santa Fe route, just east of Fort Lamed, in Kansas. At length he drew reim lie had reached an affluent of the Ar kansas river, and found himself in the edge of a considerable growth of tim ber by which the banks of this affluent were lined. Looking through the open ings in the verdure before him, he saw, half a mile away, to the eastward, a single horseman approaching at an easy pare. " What!" lie ejaculated. " That fel low must he a red-skin—more or less red-skin, any how. And yet he has a white woman on the horse before him. What is still more singular, that white woman SeCTIIS to he sleeping. What can this mean Continuing to advance, the strange horseman was soon near enough to be 14 , •11 with by the Avatelier. "'There's minliery hero," muttered tinder hi, lireath, ht. ryeslighting up sternly. "'Finn \V./III:Ill kll't taking ride into the red-;kin country of her own Free will." 111 :I Illin thc , tranger Tile 1:, in \llll , ll !IV 111 . 1/CCollell lrr NV:LIVE Indian pony. " I kliow him Kit " 1,11,1 'l'he savage thus tie. itznated teas one of the most villainous looking fellow, the ,eont had ever encountered. Ili, long, tangled hair, his hideous features, Ins wtictelied garti, his dirty eomplexion, his bloodshot. .y..:, :ill gat,. him :t most repulsive aspect. hire:,--fur be carried a hunting luiifc, it revolver, and a rifle, in nlain --.gave to his ugly exterior a feroc ity that was actually startling. fl'he recognition of the ,:waste having been thus completed, Kit turned his glance 11p1/11 rho Ithjert the savage Nkilti ii iTt the pony iu front of hint. 'J'liis Ithjet. tic lit loud said, teas it white NVI/111:111, I/1' ruttier a white girl. I ler long, fair, hair was dishevelled, living wildly about her shoulders and ICall hiding her face, but it could be seen that her features recce deathly pale, :01(15er:defied and bleeding in places, as if she had been strugling terribly with her captor. That she ui,fs a cap tive, instantly know by the kiet that her hands ‘vere tied behind her, :mil Ile Ili N tll,ll she was nut Sleep ing, as he had at first supposed—nor dead, as he hail fur an instant i'Llltret hut that she was in a death-like NVI/M1 ! twat':int or the e:azt , heat upon him, the liall-hreetl, CIII•ir -1•11.11: the =light figure, pushed away the tii,ltevelleil hair freiti the features that he leek ittatti them. Fol. he fiwimited with thi•vii•w Of the pate, fair ill its 11,011 -like rigidiy, and 01(.11 ht bent I:i,,•d Iho hall'-partetl lips, lii "HIV nm n•ly, Lai :tgnin again ! lire; we mil," sail lilt 111 him self. - I 11111,1 change lIIP p4,-itimi a lit enough 1.. gut the girl's 111.:111 pit( At 1164 in-tart, anti ju.t ti; the scout Itt-z,ttit movin_ into tin tleitittett range, tint 110.11 . -Itroctl hattpt•nol to look Itoyontl the to tile ,141,/111111, llitlekS It•It hy In ttinttlwr 111 taut ill hall Ilt•tt.ctt.ll ch, Alr , Floct l ' ILI • " ii :1 , 1 , 1,1 S,Plit that with " >I y new W:1 , the :in-Nver. " I telt' :t liiinute, Mr. Fleet Feet wa, I lie re..1.11,t \l'll.ll i 1 1 " I kieev that II .vetitiL, lady 'He le the I . llllloly of Heel cerliiinied the -e,.(1 , „ with ea'', ellerzy. 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Thi• gain- I shall ;ut tort.,l sp. , :tkingiiii.l,s' hi. hrt.:1111. lit/W 1%111 ,IVO iron' his (1,,1 , P1':1- ti,,11..." At thi, inwswill a \yid' (Ty M . dismay burst thi• Ju s t h i diiri• Lilo, Hi.; lilt hr hail di.- ill Hi. Main, Him the hunird Bail hint Lc emild imi till- tilat 11,L1.L.. Witte fiLl . IL•ilii. tit' had :Ilse 1 , 0111:1'011C11 , 1- I'd I tilt ht. L•iilltit till' 1.1113'S ill :,:1,011 It :IViLiti it. ,1•111,11 W Sinned grittily s< ht , ,i,aliz,l that a tIIIIIIiIC IVaS iurriLti It wa, in vain 11,1,1 the re ,lured nil, hand, pull,' npint the reins, ,a \vin. , 2,., and s inrldinz the pnny's annul!. Thnannnal wnulti iwitlicr turn :111 , 1 in :111 ,, 1111ir ill:Milli 1111,1 11111'111 11 . 1111,•11 . 1111 , , 1111' abrupt abyss, zwttially turning a sninnns:lnlt in the air, Fr,“l and the girl fly ing thrl,llgll it, till' , i1 1 1 , 11 , 11.1i `401,e 111.1.110 At that LILL:Loeot, as it seemed, the , eout threw Ili, horse IL:IL•k upon his hattnelles :LI LILL , very edge of the amid , :lipped from Ili, L•aLILIIL., revolver in have you now, Fleet Foot !" he leapiog loNcaitl the prostrate ,avag !hit, a. t, rrildc a , liadlwen the as the scout's 1110VC meills, Intlf-Invcd hail ,e;alliered iip Inuit tht• ‘ll,l. in which lIC had 1,ohlt•,1; cunt lii. uucouiou- captive; Imddr.ttruhi, loge Ininting-Itnik• tind 1 . ..v01v,r; had played himself in a tlntihh• posture of as ,ault and dt.hdice I,c,ide the inotionles;• figure; and thin, at the in,tant Kit's advanye, he found that the desperate nazi!' Was :Ain active, still deadly, still undaunted. "Not a step I;rarer!" was the half ',reed's defiant t.ry, while his Mee glow ed like a fornare. "I and still nukter:of the life of this girl, :mil even of yours At a touch, at a breath even, 1 will lire upon you;with one hand, while I plunge this knife into the. Hrl's heart with the other. I've raid It , :Hill I Swear it!" Riveted 1., the spot he had gained, the scout trout, oot ten feet distant from the revolver lirected at hint—not ten feet from the 'mire uplifted above the bosom of the captive—and there he rent:tined motionless, not daring to sti r, um. ,'von to breathe, less the half-hreed should rum' his terrible menace. • " It was the first and last time," said I( it, in narral ing these things afterward, " tl iat 1 was ever Irce;,/ ox Me ground ."' And there the two men stood thus motionless and silent, thus glaring nt THE LANCASTER WEE_TZT.Y . TNTELLIG - EN CER, WEDNESDAY,• MAY . 4, 1870. each other, with that helpless girl be tween them. CHAPTER II A DAUGHTER OF THE PLAINS The strange scene which had arisen between the scout and the savage had a singular termination. As Kit, revolver in hand, faced Fleet Foot—but without daring to advance a single step, lest the unscrupulous wretch should kill the unfortunate girl—he was suddenly startled to see that the girl's eyes had opened widely, brightly and consciously upon him ! Before he could move, however—be fore lie could even fully realize that the captive was conscious and observant— she had passed from under the uplifted hand and murderous knife - of the half breed, and was descending to the bottom of the creek ! At the same instant a - wild appeal for help burst from her: " save me ! save me !" The swift gleams of lightning do not move quicker than Kit responded to that cry. At a single bound he was upon the half-breed, whom he stretched senseless and bleeding with a furious blow upon the head from his revolver. Thus stricken proAmte and helpless, the miscreant was instantly bound. " Thank heaven !" then murmured a voice that was singularly musical, des pite its intonation of excitement. Kit sprang to the maiden and cut her bonds. Never was seen a fairer, brighter, or sweeter picture of womanhood than that she presented. She was scarcely sixteen, and was even small for her age; but her lithe, lovely figure possessed remarkable strength and agility, and its rare quali ties were further enhanced by a soul of the most glorious type. " You have saved my life, Mr. Car son," she immediately added, grasping his Multi—" saved me from a fate worse than a thousand deaths! I thank you from the depths of my soul, and shall remain your grateful debtor forever!" Thoughts of the dreadful fate which he had saved her—thoughts of the misery that would lie spared to her loved ones by her preservation—caused the slight figure to sway and tremble, for a moment, like a reed in die blast, and Kit felt tears of joyous gratitude falling upon the hand she hail tut feel ingly imprisoned. '• 'll,ll are not seriously injured lie asked. .No, sir. thily a little seared—alittle tumhlyd " You're a brace girl. I see," said the rout,' 4 o With a heartiness which showed Hail her wools and Louring had gone to his heart. " Your Mee seems familiar to me, and t dare I ought to speak your name as mustily as you have ,pokell tniuc , but sotilehOW 1 can't quite place you!" "Oh, everybody knows you, Mr. Carl , oli," was the rejoinder. "But with too the ease is different. lam too small to Ite remembered. I must tell you, therefore, that I anCEllle Lyon !" " Nit Colonel Lyon's daughter? Col onel Lyon of New Mexico'."' " Ye;, sir. I tun Colonel Lyon's daughter !" " What? the very girl who lias been at school for a year pa,t. in Leaven worth*."' The very same, J 1 r. Cars,n?" At this asSurance the countenance of the scout fairly beamed upon Miss Ly on. Hs again took her hand with a fatherly tenderness. " You'll excuse me, Ellie," he said. "I ought to have remembered sit at sight. My excuse is that lam always cui the wing ; and that a succession of new faces is every (lay presented to me. 'fliers is another excuse toti, Effie, in your case ; it has been some time since I saw you." The;dnall face became wreathed Nvith look of contentment. "And nine; to explain matters," con tinued Kit, glancing at the half-breed's prostrate figure, and perceiving that he WaS slid 1111CMISCiOUS. "Tell nu your story lirst." It is not a long one," began Effie "As you seem M be aware, I have been :Mending school in Leavenworth. It agreed that lather should come I'or me nt vaentinn—" • " Let nu , tell you why he didn't," in terrupted the scout. "He was nearly killed, about the twentieth of June, in :in encounter with the red-skins, and for ten days la\ between life ant death." "Father! nearly killed? faltered El lie, more disturbed by this news than clue had been by her late terrible peril "And I knew nothing or it" " But he's out of danger now," re sullied Kit, "and kill !..00n be hirnsel again." " liut why didn't Edgar cont. , for rue father being unable to do z , ltek Eltieilumting her eyes \Vide in \yonder "Edgar:"'rejoined lilt. " NVIto I. Edgar "• I lc's a young . gentleman \%I ha heel) visiting in our family once in while l'or a year or Itch past. 1 inem Coleman." " \Veil as you are an only child, I dart. re) - that you are the partieula inemher ()rpm!' huffily who k rt,pgqki Ide for the of this young gentle man." ' I 'lced 11 , ,t deity it," resitotttlet It:file t :ls a rtety thish swept over her pun cheeks; " Ittlt tts father tlitl 110 t and a- 1 did I . l'olll hint , I he :11!Xit , 11, II I hint. I feZLIVII (ha h.• niiclit 11:1Vt . I . :111011 into 111 V Ever - tiny added to thit fear, tool at Ite-tt I iletcrllli nevi at =et Oll fill' 'Witte hollger ror al explanation of hi, non-arrival. " A lel can did " Yes, sir. I joint , ' a v. - aeon train that \Vas Santa Fe, and \Vc ( . 0111c on safely and pleasantly mrncli until noon rri tii-day, when, during 11 . .i1t Whell L.V,•iyhmly \\ I , u>\, ;L:ill ‘VIIIII2 I \Va.' u;:ll.llcrilig do ers along the Nvooded hanks ~.eek, this fiendish savagi Inv, stilled nip cries, iron mo lir his pony, mounted ‘vitli Inc in hi. arms, itild got unseen by wailing ui the and to the cover the on its hanks." " villain !" ejaculated Kit. "I I( must Luce bcell watching his oppiirtu site '•' " was. It turns out that he salt me in Leavenworth, before the trai stalled, and that he has been hovering about it eversinee, watching for a chance 10, oirc me. llc told me so himself." " - ' 1 1)0 you know who and what he "Only so far as I have seen with my own eyes—that he is a half-bred, and a terrible villain." " I can tell s von something about him. Ile is called Fleet Foot, and Ids reputa tion is well worthy of Iris mune. I do not pretend to keep the run of many of his species; in fact, I have trouble to tell one red-skin from another, so far as the generality of them is concerned ; Intl t. his fellow has chanced to hi , brought to my notice occasionally for several years, and I have never heard of him anything lint evil. As he never follows itity business, it's likely that he gets his living—by taking it wherever he can lied it." • . lie's a thorough demon," affirmed Effie. " Ile talked love to you, I suppose?" " Yes; and at last, to save himself (rouble, lie tried to bind lily hands Le hiud me, and then came such a desper ate struggle that I at length fainted: •I'his must have been an hour since, Or just before you saw Inc." IMM=M=llll= Inee, I see." " \Veil, he got :Omnt as much as he gave me," said the little heroine coolly. " You have torn your sarque awl I ,•e, in ,l`Vi'l'a[ 111:WCS, :111W-idled "And lest any hat altogether. But I can tie a handkerchief over my head, and the rest does limit matter." "Well, I:lHie, you can travel, any how !" "1 an glad to see you take your :Lwk ward ad ventury so coolly. But tell 1115 5 whore it w:15 4 that you began to re cover your .:ehses—to know where you "II was just Refute the red-skin un dertook to run away from you. I hope you didn't think I was unconscious all that time. I knew a thing or two, you nay he sure. I must have groaned some in coming to, but the red-skin was tun busy with you to notice it. At last, when I realized all that WILA going on, and recognized you—that was when you and he were talking so earnestly— ! I; new enough to feign unconseous ne,,s and watch for a chance of deliver :nice. When we t ed into the creek, I fell upon the red-skin, as good Mel: would have it, and did'nt get so much “r a shock as I expected. And this is the whole story." '' I'M glad you fared no worse," com mented Kit. "And now for our priso ner. I never killed a red-skin in that helpless conditiom.unless the guiltiness of blood is fresh upon him. It is our duty, however, to extract the reptile's fangs—in other words, disarm! " He suited the action to the word, telling: I will carry away his weapons, of course, a mile or two, and then hide them in some place where he will not be likely to Lind them." "Then you will give him his liberty? It would not do, I suppose, to leave him where he is I" " No, Effie. Some of his four-legged relatives—the wolves—would come and eat him before morning." " His pony has vanished." " Yes. He is doubtless miles away by this time." "Then the red-skin will have to con tinue his journey on foot?" Kit untied his hands, but tied his feet, and left him, Effie remarking: ' " In that way we shall get a good start of him." - - " That's the idea," rejoined Kit. Then the couple resumed their jour ney. The scout was well acquainted with an honest rancheman named Woodbury, who lived on the Arkansas, about ten miles from the scene of this adventure, and they started for it. Con versing pleasantly by the way, the couple rode forward at a fair pace, Effie knowing no fear by reason of the scout's presence, and Kit knowing none by reason of bas matchless ability and ex perience. The sun was just setting when the couple, after a long and wearying ride, came in sight of the ranche they were seeking. " There it is," said the scout, indicat ing a dark object on the distant horizon. The travellers had now arrived near enough to the ranche to see its outlines distinctly, and accordingly fixed their attention upon it. "The door is closed," observed Kit, as the couple rode nearer, " and so are the windws. But the proprietor is as brave as the bravest, as you may know by the fact of his living here. I dare say he has seen us approaching." As they advanced still nearer to the lonely ranche, they noticed that a strange air of desolation pervaded the premises. Not a sign of life was visible, and the little garden inclosing the house had been given up to weeds. " This is odd!" muttered Kit. " Mr. Woodbury had a very beautiful garden when I was here last summer. But I 110 W see no stock, no signs of Occupancy . whatever." He nay have moved away," Sug gested Dile, "and a different sort of inan may now have possession of the lace." "l'hat's ; or the red-skins may have killed him," returned Kit, over whose face had (.0100 a sudden shadow. . . I'm not pleased with the looks of the thing, any how The house itself has gone to tie dogs since I was here. It's rather late to retreat, however," he ad ded, looking up at the sky, out of which the light of day was lading, with the abruptness peculiar• to the plains. 'Now that we are hen., we may as well make a call. In ten minutes it will lie dark, and we'll (I() well to be prompt in our observations :1.1111 By this time the travellers were with in a few rods of the stone wall project ing the door-way of the ranehe, and here Kit drew rein, looking sharply about him. "The place looks more and more de serted," he said to Ettie, in a low tone. " I do not see so much as a (log. Just sit where you are, Ellie, while I step to the door." cliA,FrEit THE IZANCIIE-A SURPRISI. Dismounting - , the scout made his way cautiously to the entrance of the house, and then, seeing no one, into the dwel ling itself, finding the door unfastened. the course minute he returned to his young companion. "There is no one here," he announced. " Perhaps the late conduct of the red skins, of which we were speaking, has frightened Mr. Woodbury ZlWay ?" Kit shook his head. " Mr. 'Woodbury has not been hero lately," he asserted. "There hasn't been a stroke of work done on the place this summer!" . " He may have gone away last fall, then, and not have returned The scout again shook his head. I fear your homer sugestion is tht true one," he remarked. "Namely, that the Indians have kill ed him " Ye,. The door is full of bullets, and the turf walls are burnt and smoked, in plaees, as lithe red-skins had tired into them at short range. .1 fear Mr. \Vtiod bury has been killed ! " Has the house been ravaged ?'' "No. Everything appears as Mr, Woodbury would have naturally left it, (oily in a disordered state. The furni ture is here, such as it was, the dishes, the household stall'of every description, but everything is dirty, damaged and going to pieces. I'll tell you just what I think, which is, that somebody has killed Mr. - Woodbury and that this somebody has taken possession!" " Is there any sign of this somebody having been here lately?" " Its. I cannot it how lately, but I should say within a day or twit, al though the hearth is perfectly cold.— There is a pale of water in the pantry, Dart of t ham, a hag of corn, a bag of !lour, a dish of salt, and various other articles of food. There is a bed of skins in each room, which look as if lately oc cupied." This is very singular," commented Ellie, " Mr. s it must have a strange successor. Whit can he be '• I think he's a red-slain "And why " Because . the lock and bars, which have been burst from the door, have not been replaced. This shows that the oc cupant is not afraid of the red-skins!" Ellie mused a liniment upon this un expected cenditien of anhirs, and then asked : " Well, what shall we de?" Before replying, the scout rooked at his horse seiirchingly, assuring, himself that the animal was very tired. here a little while," he then said ; "long entomb to take a bile ourselves, and alley: Debby toile justice to part of that cern in the pantry." T shall lw ,tail to rest a while," oh served Ellie, as she alighted. "1 ant very tired " "'Naturally enough, after all these ,ulventures. But a gmid supper, and a , Th l night's rest will bring- you out again. \V all: in, and make yourself at home. I'll just slip Doily in the cor ral, so that he will not stray Mr in the darkness." " They made a tire , and had a coar,e, hut eumfortable "Such a supper, with our hunger, is Letter than a feast without appetite," remarked Ellie. " I don't knowc why we Hhouldn't put up at this hotel until morning," ob served Kit, Rs he also looked contented ly about him. " True, the landlord is absent, but we can get along without Dint." " I think the only iiue,tian 1: as to whether ( . 0.11 gut along him, if he slmultl chance to return during the night." answer for that enntingeney. the whole, 1 think we will do well to slay here until morning. There's room for each of us, and plenty of buffalo robes to make us nom fortztble. As lie spoke he laid some more wood upon the tire, to light tip the interior of the ranelie, and a bright body of flames almost instantly illuminated the scene :wound him as perfectly as it could have Loon illuminated by the sun at mid-day. " Look at that " suddenly cried Effie, in a startled whisper, as she leaped to her feet. " \\AIM is that?" " That ? Where?" demanded the scout. „ That writing, in rc.l letters, upon the wall behind ! exclaimed 11Iiss Lyon, the blood reeedin . „ Lr from her lace, while her form Violl'llliy. She pointed to the wall opposite the fireplace—the call upon which those ruddy flames shown so vividly—and there the scout heheld several lino: of coarse and irregular writing, evidently the work of a human linger, which had again and again been dipped in blood. This terrible revelation wasas follows " I am attacked, this 10th of March, by Fleet Foot and a dozen others. Al ready terribly wounded. Expect to go under, as the door can't hold out much longer. JonN WOODBURY." It was a message from the dead! 'File mystery of poor Woodbury's no, stood terribly revealed. In his last moments, mortally wound ed, he had written with his finger, and with his own blood, that fearful mes sage. Before the scout and his companion could withdraw their gaze from that dreadful revelation, they were further startled by sounds that came to their hearing from without the rancho. Then their eyes met. " I hear foot4cps!" murmured Ellie. " And voices also replied Carson. At the same instant a dog was heard sniffling at the entrance of the ranehe. Then the dog began harking furiously, wh le the sound of hurried footsteps :11.050 in front of the door! The scout and his companion were startled. Their minds were so full of the terri ble fate which had overtaken the for mer occupant of the rancho, poor Mr. Woodbury, as revealed by that strange writing on the wall, that they could think of nothing but red-skins. The approat , hing footsteps became louder. " Who can they be?" whispered Effie. "Indians?" " We shall soon see," was Kit's an swer. The above is all of this story that will be published in our columns. The continuation of it from where it leaves off here can be found only in the New York Ledger, which is for sale at all the bookstores and news depots. Ask for the number dated May 7, 1870, and in it you will find the continuation of this beautiful tale. The Ledger is is mailed to subscribers at three dollars a year. The Ledger has the best stories of any paper in the world; and Henry Ward Beecher, James Parton and Fanny Fern have articles in every number. Virginia. Virginia is among the first of the States to receive the impetus of the wave of immigra tion now rolling southward; and at this time her material prospects are fast bright ening. Travellers through the State describe a large percentage of the passenger travel on her railroad trains as being composed of incoming settlers and those who are pros pecting over the country with a view to purchase. Her large land-holders have reversed the old policy,and are now willing, and even anxious, to sell their estates in small' or large tracts, and are-extending a cordial welcome to the immigrant, whether from the Northern States or from Europe. bThousands of acres of the best agricultural lands on the continent are daily changing hands, and the territory of Virginia is fast filling up with an industri ous and thrifty class of yeoman. The mineral wealth of Virginia, although known as far back as the Revolution, is just being appreciated. The iron-workers of Pennsylvania, whose ore-beds are every year becoming more expensive to work, have been securing large tracts of valuable iron-bearing lands, in the region between the Blue Ridge and the Greenbrier river. There is an area of2oo miles in width by 120 in length, through the middle of which passes the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, which Probably contains iron enough to supply -_ e 'lnked States for the next thous and years. Beyond it, in the Kanawha Valley, are deposits of coal especially adapt ed for iron smelting and steam purposes, upon which a thousand years demand will leave scarcely an impression. The exten sion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Road is now building through this valley. A Distressing . Case of Hydrophobia Our readers will remember the extended notice we gave of the progress of the dis ease of hydrophobia, and the consequent death of Solomon Haley, a citizen ofSpring field, on the Yid of March. The attendant horrors of that ease are about to be repeat ed in another which has come to our no tice. The wife of Mr. Haley is now lying at her residence, on East Columbia street, suffering from the dreadful effects of hy drophobia. Lust Thursday - writing, Dr. S. li. Adams, the physician who had waited upon her husband during the latest and worst stages of his sickness, was called in to prescribe for her. The doctor, examin ing the condition of his patient, was im pressed with thepronunency of the symp , toms of hydrophobia. There was that burning in the throat, a difficulty of swal lowing, a secretion of dark, ropy, vivid phlegm in the throat, which distressed the patient to the utmost degree. 'rho aversion to water was so decided that liv orders there Was 11000 brought into trio room where she hay. On Saturday the progress of the disease had More fully developed the symptunis, and the worst fears of Dr. Adams were confirmed. The patient had the greatest difficulty in swallowing, could not bear the sight of water, a breath of air distressing her,thewavingofthebed clothes, which started it current of air near her was unendurable, and light was very painful. There was the convulsive grasping at the bed and attendants to prevent her, as the patient declared, from sailing through the roof, one of the most common synffitoms of hffirophobia. Thus fur the patient has not Leconte dangerous, but the disease may at any moment break out in its worst form. By order of the physician, she has been kept in a dark room, with no attendants save those of her physician and son, and alt exciting causes, such as light and water, must be removed. Mrs. Haley was never bitten by a rabid animal, but it is well known that the virus can enter the system through a pin scrat•h, and bo thoroughly inoculated by it. She was a careful attendant upon her husband during his illness, and handled constantly the cloths which had been used in wiping the saliva from the frothing mouth of her husband. A. fair supposition is that she became inoculated with the vitas in this way. thi Sunday morning, after the treat ment of Dr, Adams on Ike evening pre vious, the patient appeared much relieve I, and strung hopes are entertained nt the present time, by the Doctor, of her recov ery, but the ease may turn at any moment, and the full effects 'of the disease be devel eped.—spriaillihM (Ohim rider. 111SGELLA2VEO ,„: 2 Trst: V 01.51011 IMPROVED ,t)ty ve Iml lar Sowing Machine. 'File cheapest Firsi Class Machine In the Mnr ket. Aye rat wanted ifl every Town. Liberia commission For terms and circular, addre, I, A. 6. 11A1`1111,TON, General Agent, No. 7th Chestnut :treel, T\ LEIDEN D.----THE DIRECTORS OF J the Lancaster and Lid,. Turnpike Road ,tripany have this day declared a dividend of Ono Dollar a n d Plity Cents per share. payable at the Farmers' N:11101130 blank or on and after 31onclay, May 31. !Slat. . , . M I M. T. IVEIIESEIL, ',II 11. Trealitirer. NOTICE IR HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN y 10,11.11 for Directors of the Penn Town ship 11. •iise Insurance Company will he held at the public house of.litroh flthiser, Jr., In 0.11 township, on Slitunlay. May 7111, IS7O, between 1110 hours of '2 and P. M. J ACt.ll - 3 111.'SSER, an., St•eretar)' =IMO NOTICE.--.tr.l. PERSONS ARE lIERE hy cautimml against negotiating for a certain VOllllkte note drown on the Nth day of Fehruary, 1,70, payable ten months after date at the Banking House of Reed, Henderson .1; hr Knox and .lolin Knox, In favor of Martin V. Greenhaf, for the amount of oar hundred and sisltimi dollars. The property par hard w - :, mammal, arid rettired to Bald ttreeul-o f. Wo t orofore refit, to pay said mite. E.. 1. ENIIX 1)FISIMIC E ORDER FOR 11 the Adjourned Courlsof Quarter Ses,donA, over 10111 TCIIIIIIII,. and Jeneral Jail Dells.- ery,1•10111111•111• 1 / 1 14 M,1111h,y..11/111•6111,1570, have laaat r,‘ "lied hy (Illt ,aid Court, on aveount. of the freNentatuz and repainting of the Court Ity order ofthe OEO. n27-1D5 . 17 Distrlel Attorney. rActist)Litrt()N - OF I'ARTNERMIIIP.--, The part l!ersilip heretofore existing un der the firm of Kerns it: Williams. at lisp, is (hie mutual consent. All persons Itnnwhiu themselves indented in said Orin still malt, immediate settlement, slid those having elOllllO will present tlitini S. Kerns, without debts . . If. S. KEIINS, 027-'2lAi 17 T. ii. Wit:lA.\ MS. CLOTHING. W. 1.. WM. YOUNG. C HILDREN'S BOVS AND TOCTIUM CLOTITING EMPORIUM ! EAST KING STREET, Two lan ill:: EAST OF Till,: COURT HOUSE. SI - ITS Fiat AI.I. AtIES, MADE OF TILE IiEST AATEat.u..B, AND IN THE LATEST STYLES. A variety of beautiful patterns constantly on hand. We intend to tilt he this a specialty. Agency for the Staten Island Dyeing Estab lishment, one of !lie oldest and best in the country. Ladles' Dre,es, Cashmere, firoche, Wool, Crape, and .1 her Shawls; Oentiernen's limits, Pants and Vilds, Kid tiltives, de., dyed, cleaned and yeti ilidied in the best manner. toot Ring repaired and renovatHl with neatness and dispatch. ai r '-Irmid:w MUSICAL INS TR UM EN TS. WO 0 D W A li D ' S WIIOI.ESA LK A RETA 11. MUSIC STORE. NO. Cl WEST KI NU STREE7 Pianos, I Prguns • Al clod caul, Violins, Violin Bows, Pell° 1104'1, Accordeons, Pint i11:11, Concertinos, Titinhori nes, Unita rs, lianj.)s, 13==. ( .In pprn MEd= Triangles, l'unin.,.• Forks, Pitch i'lpes, Music 134,X1,, Muir Ninsle Books, Piano and Melodeon Covers, Plano and Mel,, deon Stools; St rings of all kinds; Sheet. Music Music Books, Music Papers and every descrip t ion or rusi,,u 1, relumdise. ALL I.oaaELei IlllrJ prelaptly at the usual 117 i and Re Prig, • and SA'fISFAC TH IN GUARANTEED. ing and Repairing promptly attend ed to. A. W. WOODWARD, sl , .tlll.un- No. West. King St., Lanea.ster. BOOTS AND SHOES W ILLIAM MILLER'S AND SHOE STORE] WEST KING STREET, LANCASTER, PA. Pr'', D6Ol, WPM' thr (Anther of Water mut Mrs( King hYreet.e, and Nenr Opponsite Me 162M=VM The subscriber hereby notifies the public the he its always nn hand a large assortment of nouTs AND SHOES, Clatters ofall sizes, for Men and Chil dren, which he will sell lit the lowest eash prices. Having a long experience In the busi ness, he hopes to be able to satisfy the wishes of Ills fellow-citizens stun may favor hint trlth a call. After four years services In the army be has returned to civil life and hopes by strict atten tion to baSilleSS to merit a share of public put t onage. Customer work of nil kinds promptlyst ended to. fw HOOFING SLATE R i ff t i t N n t ir ?t• r Pl i• a . P s enlist ft l C E i!l ' i F el hand r n a full supply of Raiding Slate fur sale at Reduced Prices. Also, an extra LIGHT ROOFING SLATE, Intended for slating on shingle roofs. Employing the very hest 'slaters all work Is warranted to be executed In the hest manner. Builders anti others will find it to their inter est to esaml Ile the samples at his Agricultural and deed Wartirooms, o.''`t East King street, Lancaster, lit., 2 doors west of the Court House. We have a so the Asbestos Rooting for flat roofs, or WY ere slate and shingles cannot be tied. It Is far superior to Plastic or Gravel Rooting. rlecl2-tfrinse WATCHES AND JEIVELIIL AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCHES AT THE COMPANY'S PRICES, And warranted by the Company sent with every watch. Price List and descriptive Catalogue sent to any address. Orders filled by express C. O. D. with privi lege of examination before paying the money. Address, ALEXANDER R. HARPER, EH Chestnut street Philadelphia. apM-Imwltl T HOM AS W. BAILY, IMPORTER OF . WATCHES, No. GM Market Street, Philadelphia, Would respectfully call attention to his new and carefully selected stock of WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, &c. Adt-Repairing promptly attended to aand.neat done. LEGAL NOTICES ES TA Mn OFA ~OB—LNBm tare T enE on said tntate having been granted to - the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate settlement, and those having claims or demands against the same, will present them without delay for set tlement to the undersigned, residing In said township. GEO. B. MANN, aB-13tw1l Executor. ESTATE OF NATHANIEL .t STATE late of Fulton twp., decd.—Letters testa mentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make immediate set tlement, and those having claims or demands against the estate of said decedent, to make known the same to him without delay. OEO. JENKINS Executor atl•etwito residing in said townsh ip. ESTATE OF JOHN S. HACKER, LATE of Litiz, Warwick twp., dec'd.—Letters of administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons in debted thereto are requested to make Imme diate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same. will present them for settlement to the unrsigned. CHAR de LOTTE HACKER, Li tit, Lancaster co. JOSEPH S. THOME. s63tw 1 P Mt. Joy twp., Lancaster co. ESTATE OF HENRY FINTDER, LATE of West Coca:Lilco township, deceased.— Letters of Administration on said estate hav ing been granted to the undersigned, all per sons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate settlement, and those having claims or demands against the same will pre sent them without delay for settleutent to the undersigned, residing in said township. JOHN BARFSGER, Administrator. m3O Stw 13 ESTATE OF ELIZABETH MANN, (Widow) late of Manor township, dee'd. Letters of Administration on said estate hav ing been granted to the undersigned, all, per sons Indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the sante will present them for settlement to the undersigned, residing In said township. BARNHERD MANN, Farmer. Administrator. ESTATE OF JOHN BOCGART, LATE of Rapho two., Lancaster Co., de,1441.41. The undersigned Auditor, appointed by tile Orphans' Court of Lancaster county, Pa., to distribute the balance remalnitm in the hands of Martin Beppus. Executor of said decea.sed, to and among those legally entitled to the name will attend for that purpose on Monday, May ath, ISM at 2 o'clock P. M., In I he Library Room of the Court House, In the City of Lancaster, Pa., where all persons Interested in said distri bution may attend. N. E. S LAY MA K apr la-ltw-1;. Auditor. E • - - STATE OF JAMES PURCELL LATE of Manhelin twp., Lancaster Co., deceased. —The undersigned Auditor, appointed to dis tribute the balance remaining in the hands of S. 11. Reynolds and James T. Dunn, Adminis trators alo bunts non., to and among those legally entitled to I.lm same, will sit, tar that purpose on Tuesday, May lOth, I}A, at 2 o'clock, I'. M., In the Library Room of the ( 'curt !louse, in the City of Lancaster, where all persons in terested In said distribution may attend. W. A. WILSON, apr 13-40w-15 Auditor. ESTATE OF MICHAEL DELLET lute of the Borough of Columbia, 'Allem- Co., deceased.—The undersigned Auditor, ap pointed to distribute the baloney remaining in the hands of Javob K. Nissley, Trustee to sell Real Estate to and among those legally entitled to the same, will sit for that purpose on Tues day the 10th day of May, lON, at two o'clock, In the afternoon, in the Library Room of the Court House, iu the City where all persons interested In said distribution may attend. \V. It. WILSON, apr 13-ltw-15 Auditor, •--- - usTATE OF REV. DANIEL REILLZ, EA late of Ephrata twp., de'd.—The under signed Auditors, appointed to pass upon ex ceptions filed to the account of Edwin I:moa m:wk., and Curtis Fry, Executors of the will of said decedent, also to nseertain the debts due by the estate and how far said debts are gond against the claim of the widow and to make distribution of the balance, if any, In the hands of the said Executors, will set for the purpose of their appointment on WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. 1070, at 11 o'clock A. M., in the Library Room of the Court. House, in the City of Lancaster, When nail where all persons interested map attend. AMOS S LA YM AKER, G E 0 It( 1 E. M. KLINE, GEORGE NAUMAN, an1:1-It wl5 Auditors. - ANSI NEE'N NOTICE—NOTICE IN hereby g:ven, that Samuel li, Moore, of Druntore township, Laneast, county, Penna, and Margaret his wlre, by deed of voluntary assignment, have assigned all their estate, real and personal, of the said Samuel A. Moore, to Samuel J. Ankrhn, of Drutnore township, sold county, in trust for the benefit of the cred itors of the said Samuel B. Moore. All per sons, therefore, Indebted to the said Samuel B. Moore, will make payment to the said Ass', Ilee; and those having claims or demands will make known t same without delay. SAMUEL J. ANIZIUM, A,lgnee of Samuel IS. Moore - --- VMTATE CIIISINTLLN :ME TZLER, ,',l late of Manheim twp., Lancaster co u nty, Pn.,dec'il. The undersigned A udltor,appointed by the Orphans' Court of said county lit dis tribute the moneys which were charged on the real estate of said deceased during the life of hls widow, Esther Metzlur, now deceased, (which lielneV with Interest from the death of said widow, January sth, IsTe, hare beep paid Into yowl Ito apd amona those legally entitled to the SHlne, Will attend for that purpose on SATUIiIiAY, JUNE 4th, 15'70, at 10 o'clock, A. M., in the Libyan - ROWm of the Court House, In the City of Lancaster, Pa., where all persons Inter:sted In said distribution etas' attend, N. E, sLavmAk.F,a Jul., np27-itwl7 A ud i tor,. 4 SSIONED ETTATE OF 3A3i'L BINH LEY and wife, of Mailer I rep., Lancaster co. Samuel 'finicky, of Manor t wp.,lmvlng by deed of voluntaryaaskcnment. dated April Hitt, 15 7 0, assigned lint' transferred all their estate and effects to the undersigned, for the benent of the creditors of the said Samuel Binkley, he heretofore gives notice to all per sons Indebted to said assignor, to woke pay ment to the undersigned without delay, and those having chains to present them to GING1111:11, I..mnsviii, P. 0., .PHIN BRENNER, Residing In Lancaster t My, a.27-eawl7. Assignees MSIGNED ESITATE or PETER KM lentierger and wirr% of Upper liliciteock township, Lancaster county.-The undersigned Auditor, appointed to distribute the balance remaining In the hands 14' Robert [torsi: and Joint tiigir, Assignees of said estate, to and among those legally entitled to the 1.1110, Will sit for that pUrllltsle SATI"RDAY, MAY I ith, 15ti, pt 2 o'clock, P. M., in the Library Room of the Court Trotigli, 1,, the mitt or LlM easter, where nl I persons ititervsted dis tribution may at tend. 11. PRICE, Auditor. ap—, 11l c. t, SEIIGNED ESTA'rE OF JOUN LAS „`I din and Wife, of Ephrata township, Lan caster county.—John K. Landis, of Kplirata township, having by deed of voluntary assign ment, dated AP1L11.19.1 , 70. a-signed and I rans (erred all their estate and effects to the under sigl.4l, for the lanieflt of the creditors of the said John K. Landis, he therefore gives notice to all persons indebted to said aasignor, to make payment tothe undersigned wit hunt a...- tile, and those having claims to present them to - ADAM KONIGMAt'II ER, Assign,. Residing In Ephrata twp A CI'OENTS OF"FRIPWI" rsTATEs.