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aad 50 coat for eaoh subeeqnont insert) eev.
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Notice, $2,00. Professional aad Busiaees
Card, not exceeding en square, aad iaeh.
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EDITOR AND PBOPRIETOB.
VOLUME XIV, NO. 2$
M1FFLLNT0WN, JUNIATA COUNTf, PENN'A., JUNE 28, 1871.
WHOLE NUMBER 1267
; -fe rJ j
justness Carbs.
JOUIS B. ATKINSON.
.Attorney at jLa.w,
Mirri.DfT0W5. PA.
'lflrCoPttlaf sad Convaysaslag promptly
Mm, second story f Court Hoom, sbov
Prethoaotary' eSee.
JOBEET McMEEN.
MIPPLINTOWN, PA.
OCe m Bridge afreet, ia tk room formerly
spied by Sir D. Perrer, aq.
jLIZ. K. McCLCRI,
ATTOENEY AT LAW,
141 SOUTH SIXTH 8IRIBT,
PBILAUSLPKIA.' '
Mtt7-tf
g A. L00CKN,
MIFFLINTOWN, pa..
Offers hi service to tk oititen f Jnnl
ata soaaty as Auctioneer ud Vendue Crir.
Charge, from tire te ta dollar. Setisfae
ilm wrratd. nov3-Sm.
DR. P. a BUNDIO,
PATTERSON, PENN' A.
Aagsct 18. 1889-tf.
THUMAS A.U)KR,M. D.,
MIPPLIXTOWS, PA.
Office koart 8 A. If. to S P. X. OSe la
Bel'ord's building, two door above th Sen
fanrf eSoe, Bridge street, aug 18-tf
D c cnam d.
HOIUSOPHATIC PHYSICIAN I SURGEON
Having permanently looated ia the bcroagb
of MiSialowB, offer bil professional services
to tie oltiiea of this plaoo and (urrouodiog
country.
Ofioo B Main ilreet, Tr Beidler'e Drag
Store. aug 18 1869-tf
Dr. B. A. Simpson
Treat all form of disease, and may be con
slted a follow: At bil office in Liverpool
Pa., every SATURDAY and MONDAf ap
pointments can b -.ad for other day.
At John U. Lipp'a residence. Mittliouwn,
Juniata Co., Pa.. June 29Ui, 1871, till even
ing Be punotual
jflTCall ea or addrei
IE. R. A. SIMPSON,
dee 7 Liverpool, Perry Co., Pa.
6. W. KcPHE&KAN,
glitomej at Jfow,
601 8ANSOM STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
aug 18 1989-1 y '
QElfTRAL CLAIM AGENCY,
JAMES M. SELLERS,
144 SOOTH SIXTH 8TRXST,
PHILADELPHIA. 1 "
. Bounties, Pensions. Baok Pay, Hon
Claim, 6tte Claim. A., promptly oollected.
We charge for information, nor when money
S not oollected. octa7-tf
LEBANON MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Jonestown, Pa-
POLICIES Prpetoal, at low rate. No
tea- rilk taken. Tbi i one of the
beet cooduotod.and moat reliable Companies
ia tk Stat.
J. WILSON ALLEN,
Walnut P. O., Juniata Co.. Pa..
Agent for Juniata, Huntingdon, Franklin.
Fulton and Bedford onuntica. auylT-ly
T IN PERRYSVILLE.
n
DR. J. J. APPLEBAUOII ha established
B Drag and Preeoription Eter in the
above-named place, and keep a general as
sortment of
DRUGS ASD MEDICINES,
All all other articles neually kept in estab
Uskments of this kind.
Pare Wine and Liquor for medioinal pur
poeea, Cigar. Tobacco, Stationery, Confec
tloa (Srt-elae), Notions, etc., o.
J0rrhe Uootor gives advice free
NEW DRUG STORE.
BANKS & HAMLIN,
Main Street. Mffimtown, Pa.
DB4.LERS IN
Rtct m Kiewti,
Ckemioala, Stuff,
. oila,
i Tamishe.
poMy, Coal Oil,
v Lamp, Burner.
Chimney, Brashes,
t lnfanu Bruehe. fioaps,
Hair Brush, Tootk Brak
Prfumry, Comb.
Hair Oil, Tobaoco,
Cigar. Ktin,
and Stationary.
LARGE VARIETY OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
elected with great care, and warranted from
kick authority. . ....
Pare.t of WISES ASD LIQUORS forMedi-
eel Purposes. , . ...
tr PRESCRIPTIONS eompounded with
grSfoare. jmO-
Key Tia ud Store Establishment,
PerryniUe, Juniata County, Pa-
THS nndereigned ha opened out a bow
Tin aad Stove EtblirhmBtiB the. room
on Railroad Street, next door to the Tuca
rora Hotel, where be would be pleased to see
all who are ia want of Tinware, 8tovo. .
Ut will also give prompt attention to all or
dor for Roofing. Spouting and Jobbing, au
f which he guarantee to put up wiiB
kMt of maUrlal aad ia a workmaB-liko maa
Br. Haviag kad over lea year. PI
ia tke butiness he flatter himself that a
aa crv eatire aufaetioa to th
Bekoepeoakaad tk celebrated Kimrod
tek Btewa, whioh i th bet bakr, Btoat
aomieal and fcavit plated tovoBOW ia
aa: Ha will kep ob hand tke Onontal
Heatn. aad a geaaral aMortBMBt af tka boat
atmukJawWrwd. JOHN DUNBAR.
Tht Grut Medical Dlsctury!
Sr. WAXXZB'S OLI0fIA.
YINEGA.R BITTERS,
1i Hundreds of Tltonundt T.
v l 1ITIT TT 114 '
. tlfl ayl ) E-
I" MM nnt intYYi
f
TSITaUVOTATU
FANCY DRINK, M
Had of Fear lea, TTkleker. Prewf
Brlrlts aad Kefoee Llqaer ctr. spiced
aednreeuaedu leue tbe teste, cll4 " Torn.
Ice,'"' Appetisers,' Bsstorere," , that lead
tka tippler oa to arenren end rata, kctar
atne lledldae. made from tke Ksuvs Roots eat
lerbsor Cellfttrnia, Ire trmm all Alcohell
Stlaalaaio. Taeyare tneUREAT BL0O0
rORiriXKaai LIFKOlTINU PB.IN
CIPLSa perfect BeaoTstor end Ilfortor of
tae Iretea, carrrlac off all polsoaoes matter ea
reetoilnc the bloodtoaaealtty eoadltloa, X
enoa caa take thee Bitters eccordlaf to dlrao
tlo. aad reaiala loaf na well.
Pur laf aaaautorr aad Chroale Rhea
aeailaaa aad Seat, Drtpoaeia er ladl
aeetloa. Blllaas, KemltteaC and later
salttoat Fever. Dleoaee of the Blood,
Liver, Kldaere, and Bladeer. taeee Bit
ter bare seea moet nccsuAtl. Bach Blt
ease are earned br THIatod Blood, watch
h geaarallr produced bj deraac eat of tbe
Tlaativ Orsaaa.
OYaPEPellA OB lHDIOCSTION.
Beedacbe. rata la tbe Shoulders, Coo he, Tlfbt
aen of tbe Cbett, Dimness. Boar Ersetatioaa of
he Stomach. Bad taste la tbe Month. Billon. At
tacks, Palpitation of tbe Been, laflammatloa of
tke Leap. Psla la tbe rations of tbe aUdssrs, and
ahaadred other pelafal ejaiptoms, are the os
aprlafs( Drspepala.
TbT Invigorate tbe Bteoacb and stiraalate the
torpid liver aad bowels, which render them of aa
oonalled efflcacv la cleanelnf tbe blood of all
Imparities, and imparting aewllib aad vigor to
the whole iritem.
rOBSKlS DI8BA8ES,Krsptloae,Tetter,
BaltBbenia.Blotchee, Spots. Punplee. PastalaS.
BolU. Csrboaclee, Blag-Worms. Bcald-Bead, Sore
Xres.Xrrslpelas,ltch, Scnrfh, Discoloration, of
the Slcia. Humors and Diseases of the 8k!a, ef
whatever nam. or natare, are Uterallr dng ap
aad carried oat of the erstem In a Short time bf
tbe nse of these Bitters. Ose bottle In enea
caaat wl'.l coavlsce the most Incredaloss of tbelz
eartUT. effect..
Cleanse Ue Vitiated Blood whenever too tad
Its lmparltiee bursting through tbsskln In Pim
ples, Brnptlons or 6oree j eleanet It wha yoa
Cad It otxtrncted and .lugfUh la tbe veins t
claaase It when It Is fool, aad roar feelings will
tell yon when. Keep the blood pare aad the
health of the aretem will follow.
PI. TAPE and other WORMS, lurking la
tbe system of eo many thousands, are effectually
daitroy.d end removed. Tor fall directions, read
carefully the circular around each bottle.
J.WALKER, Proprietor. It H. IScDOSALD a
CO, Drnmrlete and Oea. Agente. Ban Francises.
Cal and S3 ssd M Commerce Street, Saw York.
BOLD BT All. DBCOOISTB ASD DEALERS.
J-JEST CIGARS IN TOWN
nollobaugh's Saloon.
Two for 6 oenu. Also, the Fre-be.t Lager,
the Largest Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the
Finest Domestie Wine, and, ia snort, any.
thing yoa msy wish in tbe
EATING OR DRISKISO LINE.
at the most reasonable price. He ha also
refitted hi
BILLIARD HALL,
so that it will now compare favorably with
anv Hall in the interior of the State.
June 1, 1870-ly
WALL PAPER.
RaUj to the Place where yon can luy
your v? au raper uaeap.
THE undersigned tnkes this method of in
forming the public that he has just re
eeived at his residence on Third Street, klif
flintowa, a Urge assortment of
WALL PAPER,
of variona styles,, which he offer for sale
CHEAPER than can be purchased elsewhere
in the eonnty. All pernons in need of the
above article, and wishing .o save money, are
invited to call and examine hi stock and
hear his prices before going elsewhere.
gmLarge supply constantly on hand.
SIMON BASOM.
Miffliotown, April 6, 1871-tf
The Place for Good Grape-Tines
IS AT THB
aniafa alltg Hiiuprta,
AND GRAPE-TINE NURSERY.
THB undersigned would respectfully in
form the publio that be has started a
Orape-vin Nursery about one mile northeast
of Mifflin town, where he baa been testing a
large number of the different varietiee of
Grapes ; and having been ia th business for
seven year, he i bow prepared to furnish
VINES OP ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF TUB
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW RATES,
by th single vine, doten, hnndrel or thou
sand. All person wiabing good and thrifty
vine will do well to call and tee for them -elve.
ggf Oood and responsible Agent wanted.
Address,
JON A 8 OBERHOLTZER,
MifSiatown, Juniata Co., Pa.
EMPLOYMENT BL'BEAU
or TBB
Young Ken's Christian Association,
OSce. 123 South 7th St.. Philadelphia,
Between Cheetnut ft Walnut.
If yon wish to hir labor of any kind,
write and tell n just th help yon want.
The wage yoa will pay. The beat, and
... w.w tn math vonr el ace. and if far
from Philadelphia, you had better eaeloee
Railroad fare. W will do our best to serT
you and give you all th information wa eea
.i ...n. w a.nri. Onr deair i to
U'iu. " . -. "
assist th worthy, aad bo eharges to either
party. Auare
p 7 ALEX. 6 LOAN,
8np't Employmaat Bnraan,
ISS Booth 7ih Street. Fbilada.
1F.T0U WANT NEAT
gALE BILLS, POSTERS & BLANKS.
CALL AT TBI E3KTINIL Of FIG3
IB"
w -" w
Bl V f!l
bTSh OH
Jcct'i Corner.
DARBY AND JOAlf.
Wbea Darby saw th tetting ma,
He wnng bis scythe and bom h run,
8at down, drank off hi quart, and said,
'My work ia don, I'll go to bed.'
'My work i done 1' ' retorted Joan,
'My work ia don 1. your eonitaat to a ;
Bat kelpie woman ne'er can say
Her work to done, till Jadgmeat Day.
Ton bbcb ean sleep all sight, but we
MruU toil. 'Whose fault is that ?' quoth h.
I know your meaning,' Joaa replied,
But, air, my tonga shall aot b tied,
I will g oa, and let yoa know
What work poor women have to do :
Pint, ia th morning, thongh we feel
A sick as drunkard wken they reel,-
Tea, feel sock pais ia back or head
As weald confine yoa men to bed,
We ply tbe brash, we wield th broom,
W air th bed and right th room ;
Tbe cows must next be milk'd and then
We get the breakfast for th men. ,
Kre this is done, with whimpering cries
And bristly hair th children rise ;
These must be dreaxd aad doa'd with rue.
And fed and all because of yoa.
We next' here Darby acratchad hi head
And stol off grumbling to his bd:
And only said, a on the run,
Zounds I woman's claok i never don.'
At early dawn, ere Phcsbus rose,
Old Joaa resumed her tale of woes ;
Whea Darby thus 'I'll and the strife,
Be yon th man and I th wif ;
Take yoa the scythe and mow, while I
Will all yonr boasted cares supply.'
Content,' quoth Joan, 'give me my atint.'
Tbi Darby did, and out she went.
Old Darby rose and siexed the broom, -And
whirl'd the dirt about the room ;
Which having done, he scarce knew bow,
H hied to ai ilk tbe brindled oow.
The brindled eow whisk'd round ber tail
In Darby's eyes, and kicked the pail;
Tbe clown, perplexed with grief and pain,
8wore he'd ne'er tiy to milk again ;
When turning round, in ad amate.
He saw hi cottage in a blaze
Por as he chanced to brush the room
In careless baste, ke fired the broom.
The fire at last subdu'd, he swore
Tke broom and be should meet no more.
Press' J by misfortune and perplexed,
Darby prepared tor breakfatt next ;
But what to get be scarcely know
Tbe bread was spent, the butter, too.
His hands bedaub'd with paste and flour.
Old Darby labored full an bour ;
Bnt, luckless wightl thou couldst not make
The bread take form of loaf or oake.
As every door wide open stood,
In pushed tbe sow in quest of food ;
And, stumbling onwards, with her snout
O'erset the churn the cream ran out.
As Darby turn'd, the sow to beat.
The slippery cream betray'd his feet ;
He caught the bread trough in hi fall.
And down came Darby, trough and all.
The children wakened by the clatter,
Start up and cry. Oh I what's the matter!'
Old Jowler barked, and Tabby mew'd,
And hapless Darby bawl'd aloud,
Ueturn, my Joan, as heretofore,
I'll play the housewife's part no more ;
Since now, by sad experience taught,
Ccmpared to thine, my work is naught.
Henceforth, as business call, I'll take,
Content, tke plongb, the scythe, the rake,
And never more transgress the line
Onr fates have marked, while thou art mine
Then, Joan, return, as heretofore,
I'll vex your honest soul no more ;
Let each our proper task attend
Forgive the past, and strive to mend
Stint j&orj.
The Volunteer Counsel.
A THRILLING STORY.
John Taylor wa licensed when a youth
of twenty-one, to practice at tbe bar
He was poor, but well educated, and
possessed extraordinary genius. lie
married a beauty who afterward desert
ed him for another.
On tbe 9th of April, 1840, the court
house in CI ksville, Texas, was crowd
ed to overflowing. An exciting case
was to be tried- George Hopkins, a
wealthy planter, had offered a gross in
sult to Mary Ellison, the youug and
beautiful wife of his overseer. 'Ihe hus
band threatened to chastise him for the
outrage, when Hopkins went to Ellison's
house and shot him in his own door.
The murderer wag bailed to answer the
charge. This occurrence produced great
excitement, and Hopkins, in order to
tarn the tide of popular indignation, had
circulated reports agaiust her character,
and aba had sued him for slander. Both
suits were pending for murder and
slander.
The interest became deeper, when it
was known that Ashley and Pike, of
Arkansas, and S. S. Prentiss, of Miss.,
by enormous fees, had been retained to
defetid Hopkins.
Hopkins was acquitted. The Texas
lawyers were overwhelmed by their op
ponents, it was a fight of a dwarf
agaiust giants.
Ihe slander suit was for tbe 9tn, and
the throng of spectators grew in num
bers, as in excitement. Public opinion
setting in for Hopkins ; his money had
procured witnesses who served his pow
erful advocates. When the slander ease
was called. Mary Ellison was left with
out aa attorney all had withdrawn.
Have you a counsel V inquired Jndge
Mills, looking kindly en the plaintiff.
. "No, sir ; they have all deserted ma.
and I am too poor to employ any man,"
replied the heaatlfnl Mary, bursting into
tears.
"In Me. 4 eanw. W feet SOM eUfal
rous member of the profession volun
teer I" said the jndge glancing around
the bar. , . .
The thirty lawyers were silent
"I will your honor.'' said a voice from
the thickest part of the crowd behind
tbe bar.
At the sound of the voice many atari
ed it was so nnearthly, sweet and
mournful. '
The first sensation was changed into
laughter when a tall, gaunt, spectral fig
ure elbowed his way through the crowd,
and placed himself within tbe bar. His
clothes looked so shabby that the court
hesitated to let the case proceed under
his management.
"Has your name been entered on the
rolls of tbe State 1" demanded the jndge.
"It is immaterial," answered the stran
ger, hi thin bloodless lips calling up
with a sneer. ''Here is my license from
the highest tribunal in America 1" and
he handed the judge a broad parchment.
Tbe trial went on.
He suffered the witnesses to tell their
own story, and he allowed the defense to
lead off. Ashley spoke first, followed
by Pike and Prentiss The latter brought
the Louse down in cheers, in which the
jury joined.
It was now the stranger's turn. He
rose before the bar, not behind it, and o
near the wondering jury that he might
touch the foreman with his long bony
finger. He proceeded to tear to pieces
tbe arguments of Asbley, which melted
away at bis touch like frost before a sun
beam. Every one looked surprised.
Auon he came to the dazzling wit of the
poet-lawyer. Pike. Then the curl on
his lip grew sharper, his smooth face be
gan to kindle np, and his eyes to open
dim and dreary no longer, but vivid as
lightning, red as fire globes, and glaring
as twin meteors. The whole soul was
in his eye ; thn full heart streamed out
of his face. Then, without bestowing
an allusion to Prentiss, be turned short
around on the perjured witnesses of
Hopkiop, and torn their testimony into
threads, and hurled in tlieir faces such
terrible invectives that all trembled like
anpens, and two of them fled from the
court house. The excitement of the
crowd was becoming tremendous. Their
united life and soul seemed to hang upon
the burning tongue, of a stranger, and he
inspired them with the power of his pas
sions. He teemed to have stolen nature's
long hidden secret of attraction. But his
greatest triumph was to come.
His eye began to glance at the assassin
Hopkins, as his lean taper fingers as
sumed the same direction. He hemmed
the wretch within a wall of strong evi
dence and impregnable argument, cutting
off all bope of escape- He dng beneath
the murder's feet ditches of dilemmas,
and held up the slanderer to the scorn
and contempt of the populace. Having
thus girt him about with a circle of fire.
he stripped himself to the work of
massacre.
Oh ! then it was a vision both glori
ous and dreadful to behold tbe orator.
His actions became as impetuous as the
motion of an oak in a hurricane. His
voice became a trumpet filled with wild
whirlpools, deafening the ears with
crashes of power, and yet intermi ngled
all the while with a sweet undersong of
the softest cadence. His forehead glowed
like a heated furnace, his countenance
was haggard, like that of a maniac, and
ever and anon he flung his long bony
arm on high, as if grasping after thun
derbolts. He drew a picture of murder in such
appalling colors that, in comparison, hell
itself might seem beautiful ; he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun
seemed dark at noonday, when shining on
such a monster. And then fixing both
portraits on the shrinking Hopkins, fast
ened them there forever. The agitation
of the audience amounted almost to mad-
as.
All at once the speaker descended
from the perilous height. His voice
wailed out for the murdered dead, and
living the beautiful Mary, every mo
ment as her tears flowed faster aad faster,
till men sobbed like children.
He closed by a strong exhortation to
tbe jury, and through them to the by
standers; the panel, after they should
bring in a verdict for the plaintiff, not to
offer violence In the defendant, however
richly he might deserved it in other
words, "not to lynch the villain, but
leave his punishment to God." This
was the most artful trick of all, and cal
culated to insure vengeance.
The jury rendered a verdict of fifty
thousand dollars and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out of his bed
by the lynchers, and beaten almost to
death. As tbe court adjourned, the stran
ger said t .
"John Taylor will preach this evening
at early candle-light."
He did preach, and the house was
crowded. I have listened to Clay, Web
ster aad Oalboun to Dwight. Baaeom,
and Beecher but never heard anything
in the form of sublime words even ap
prox! mating to the eloquence of John
Taylor massive aa a mountain, and
wiamUa as a eetaeiot Ira.
A HORRIBLE MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Story ef the Stolen flarriat aad
learn er ana tae aauiatea
Body ia tke Birer.
A Priace Street Harder Confessed la
Australia.
In October, 186 1, five different pack
ages, containing ihe mutilated remains of
a human body were found floating in the
East rivt-r and tbe bay at different times.
and in different places, the first having
been found on the 3d of October, and the
last on the 13th. AU these fragments
were wrapped in heavy brown Manilla
paper, enclosed if enamled cloth used in
the constructiou of furniture and car
riages, the whole having been tied to
gether with a strong cord, technically
known as a "cod-line."
These discoveries created a great deal
of excitement at the time, not only be
cause of the horrible nature of the mur
der, but also ou account of the story of
the carriage stolen on Mercer street, on
the night of the murder, and of lha cer
taiuty in the public mind that the
thieves were the murderers, and the mys
tery which subsequently surrounded the
case, defying the utmost exertions of the
police to unravel it.
Tbe dismembered limbs were carefully
put together- by surgeons, and- were
found to correspond in every particular,
nothing being wantiug save the arms,
which were never found. The murdered
man bad evidently been healthy and vig
orous, and abont thirty-five years old,
but no clew whatever could be discover
ed as to the idenity. That a horrible
murder had been committed was certain,
first because the body had been cut up
by inexperienced hands, thus proving
that a dismemberment was not a freak
on the part of medical students, and sec
ondly because two bullet wounds, evi
dently inflicted by a Smith & Wesson
revolver, were found in the skull. The
police, both of this city and Brooklyn
left no plau untried by which the perpe
trators of this terrible crime might be
detected ; but their labors were in vain.
The head was photographed, and copies
weie sent to all police stations, through
out the country.
On the night preceeding the finding of
tbe first package Patrick Flood, a Brook
lyn hackman, drove three soldiers to No.
97 Mercer Btreet. in this city, and entered
with them to drink. Uhile he was in
the house two men came up, leaped en
the box of his carriage and drove away
Several hours later, as a severe storm
was abating, the carriage was diiven in
to a livery stable on Fulton avenne, near
Nary Btreet, in Brooklyn, by a man who
was closely wrapped in a thick gray
shawl, under which he wore a velvet
coat, broadcloth pantaloons, patent lea
ther boots, white linen, all new, and a
large diamond pin. The horses were
reeking with perspiration, and had evi
dently been driven furiously, one of them
having been lamed. The stranger left
the carriage at the stable and went away,
saying he would return. From that day
he was not seen.
After seven years this horrible mys
tery has been apparently solved thus :
According to a letter recently rec ived
by a friend of the murdered man, in
March last three men quarrelled at Syd
ney, in Australia. A figlit ensued, in
which one man was fatally (tabbed, the
second shot and dangerously wounded,
and the third terrible beaten. The ruf
fians were arrested, and the third man in
prison made a confession, implicating
himself and his companions in many
crimes, and among others in the murder
of one Joseph Smith, a deserter from the
twentieth Connecticut regiment, in this
city, in October, 1864.
From his story it appears that he, with
his two companions and Smith, on tbe
night of the 2d of October, were en
gaged in a debauch, they having made a
large sum of money by "bounty-jumping."
Smith had BJ00 in his possession
and his villainous companions, resolving
to get this at all hazards, induced him to
leave the saloon where they were drink
ing, in Prince street, and enter a large
carpenter's shop or carriage factory in
Prince street, where Smith lay down on a
bench and soon fell into a drunken sleep
One of the men then shot him through
the head, after which they eut tip the
body with the tools in the place, and tied
up the fragments in tbe manner described
above. Two of the men then went out
to look for a wsgon, leaving, it is sup
posed, the third to clear away the traces
of their crime Then followed the theft
of Flood's carriage, in whieb the ghastly
parcels were driven to a lonely wharf in
Williamsburg, and then thrown into the
river. The murderers immediately ship
ped for Australia, and have since re
mained in that country leading riotous
and vicious lives, until their arrest in
March.
The photograph of the murdered man
has been shown to the widow of Joeeph
Smith, who is still living at Danbury,
Ct., and hag been partly identified by
her, although the features were terribly
distorted. Other persons, however, who
knew Smith intimately, are convinced of
bis Idenity with the murdered man, and
that this dark riddla has at last keen
eelws . -. T. Smunf Jfcsf.
Pleasant IaformaUoa far Tlpjlcn.
Aa exchange says : The black ants ef
Sweden are a formidable race of workers,
much larger than any we have here. They
make sad havoe with tbe grains, and a
they travel in processions, each with a
wheat grain or some other dainty for
winter store, they present a formidable
array a curious spectacle for the phil
osopher. The sting of these animala is
very sharp and somewhat poisonous
The best policy to observe is, when
meeting a procession of these workers, to
turn aside and give theia the right of
way, for they will grip their grain tight
ly, and give sting after sting, losing very
little time for revenge, and then on to
their well-ordered, well-stored homes
The Swedes have learned a way of utili
zing these little animals, sting and all.
They waylay them on these journeys,
catch them by hand, in nets and sieve,
any way to get ihttn, aid J It Bp
they go into the seething bisndy
distillery, and on them depend the pecu
liar flavor of Swedish brandy. It is so
smooth, so oily, so pungent ; has such a
delicious flavor ; in short, is everything
enchanting ; and then they have the
loveliest little glasses, that hold a thim
bleful, so thin, so fragile, and beauti
fully artistic, that they would almost
tempt an ascetio to drink end catch the
divine afflatus, but it only takes one
drink to intoxicate, aud then delirium
tremeni soon follows We have seen a
lady jump from the table and scream be
cause a red ant ran across her piste, and
she would sip this brandy from the little
glass, and extol its flavor.
In Newark, cockroaches are used very
extensively in the manufacture of deli
cious wines which are made there from
cider, poor whisky, logwood and other
abominations. Ex.
THE MILK CCBB.
Some years ago physicians had a habit
of recommending every consumptive pa
tient to take cod-liver oil. Tbe incredi
ble nastincss of the dose must have con
stituted its peculiar merit ; for, as a mat
ter of fact, any result accomplished by
cod-liver oil would have been attained by
the patient, bad cream instea i of oil been
prescribed. Suddenly this idea seems to
have dawned upon the medical faculty.
As a consequence we now have the
-milk cure" annonnced as a specific for
consumption. Patients who formerly put
their trust in cod livers are now told that
the cow is their only hpe. They are
made to drink vast quantities of pnre
milk instead of freqnent doses of tbe un
speakable vile cod-liver oil. Tbe effect
i all that can be desired. The patient
who tries the milk cure finds himself rap-
dly growing fat, and it is also said that
he becomes gentle and child-like and
bland in his demeanor. The advantages
of the milk cure will doubtless make it
extremely popular among those who have
tried in vain to swallow cod-liver oil.
Famine in Persia.
People Dying of Hunger in the Streets.
A correspondent writing to a Turkish
journal from Tabreea says : "The details
which reach as here of the destitution
and misery which the drougth of last
year has caused In the central and south
ern Provinces of Persia is fearfully heart
rending. That the people are dying of
hunger, even in the streets of the capital,
is a minor phase of the terrible calamity
In Kboiassan the parents are selling their
children in order to keep them alive. In
Ispahan it is said men have been seized
in the act of digging up corpses to serve
j -a a .1 T
as food lor tneir starving iaroiues in
Shierox, Kermun and Yezd, the wretched
sufferers endeavor to support life on the
grass and roots which they may find in
the neighborhood, and as might be ex
pected, pestilence follows hard on tbe
footsteps of famine, and the half of the
Kingdom of Persia is becoming rapidly
depopulated."
To add to the mixed charaeter of the
Ohio Democratic canvass, it is asserted
that Jndge Geddes, who is the Demo
cratic candidate for Supreme Judge, ia a
protectionist. Everybody can be snited
now between the platform and the candi
dates. Tbe platform is a mixture ef
new departure," repudiation, free trade
and civil service reform. The candi
dates are a mixture of the old guard who
accept nothing, those who believe that to
the victors belong the spoils, aad protec
tionists. Jamib Be R as, of Moore county, N.
C, hsd a tenant, Sack Peoples, who
would not work. Mr. B took steps for
his ejectment, and the sheriff, aecompa
nied by Mr. Burras, went the other day
to serve a process on the negro. During
the progress of the affair, the negro rais
ed a shot gun to shoot Mr. Burras. who
also raised his gun, when both fired sim
ultaneously, and botli feU dead la their
track.
M Grammar class, stand np and recite.
Timms, parse 'girls.'" f 'Girls' is a pe
culiar noun, of tbe lovely gender, lively
person, and donble number, kissing mood,
ia the Immediate tease, and in tbe ex
pectation case to matrimony, according
te general role.' t . ,
SHORT
A gentleman caught cold by kissing a
lady's snowy brow.
There are 800 pictures in the regttee'
gallery of the Chicago police bead quar
ter, s '
The whole number of raffs run eut of
Red Bank. Clarion eoanty, this year,
reached 1,000
An Illinois man ia arranging a big
hen farm near Genava, in that 8tare. oa
which he etpects t9 keep eighteen tkoa
and hens of the choicest breeds.
"I hope this hand is not counterfeik,'
said a lover, as he Was toying whh his
sweetheart's finger. "The best wy to
find oat is to riog it," was the neat ta
ply.
The Intermarriage of two famUiee ia
Maine ia remarkable. One consists of
four sons and one daughter, haa married
all of a neighbor'a Children, four dangh'
ten and a son I
Archbishop Darboy's last wcrfos to hid
executioners are said to have beeni
"Do not profane the word liberty t it is to
us it belongs, for we shall die for lib Ij
and faith "
A citizen of Connecticut recently in'
troduced to a newly married man con
gratulated him warmly, and said : "Ah.
these Litchfield county girls make clever
wives ; I've hsd three of 'em."
Ool. Wm. Shirk, the oldest fireman ia
Lebanon, was presented tbe other day
with a handsome gold headed rosewood
cane by the Hook and Ladder company
of that place.
A shopkeeper having advertised bit
stock to be sold under prime cost, a
neighbor observed that it was impossible
for him to do so, as he had never paid
anything fir it himself!
A block of marble tbe largest ever
quarried in this Country has just arrived
in New York from San Francisco. It
weighs seventy tone, and if to form the
basin of a new fountain at Central Park.
It cost SI 0,000.
The mother of President Lincoln is
buried near Gentry ville, Ind , and a new
railroad is projected near the spot, the
surveyors and engineers clubbed to-
gather, recently, to erect a suitable mon
ument over the remains.
A German farmer attempted to stop
some runaway horses attached to a mow
ing machine on his farm in Palestine, 111..
on Friday afternoon, stumbled and foil,
and the machine completely severed his
head and right arm from his body.
Advices of the 7th from Australia,
via (lonnolulu, reports s terrific hurricane
in the vicinity of the Fiji blands ia
which the brig "Kentucky' from San
Francisco wentdown with all cn board
The captain of the Kentucky married
just before he sailed and had his wife
with him.
A colored man who fonnd a pocket-
hook in PeterBbnrg, Vs., a few days sgo,
containing something over Sli0, returned
it to its owner, the same afternoon. And
a Richmond negro, who bought a pair of
old trrrwsert of a lady for a dollar, found
on taking them home, a S5 greenback in
one of the pockets and took it to the lad
at once.
A Constantinople despatch dated Jane
7, says that a fire broke "ont that morn
ing simultaneously at four places, and at
one time two hundred houses were ia
fUmes. Fortunately the wind was light.
and there was prospect of getting the
conflagration nnder control. The dam
age done already was very heavy. The
fires are supposed to be tbe work of in
cendiaries. A divorce fraad Is before the Boston
courts, in which it is alleged that Samuel
C. Jaques, who recently obtained a di
vorce from bis wife on the charge of
adultery, achieved his object by inducing
a woman to personate Mrs. Jaqnes, and
allow herself to he served with the legal
papers, while Mrs. Jaques was kept in
ignorance of the whole matter. George
H. Hoi den is nnder arrest as a party to
the fraud, bnt Mr. Jaquea hss absconded.
Brigbam Young celebrated bis seven
tieth birthday on the S3 inst. by a royal
repast, at which were eighty-seven men.
women and children, all near relations or
connections of his family. II is private sec
retary read an address, which closed wiik
the wish : "May yon live till the rulers
of every nation on earth shall acknowl
edge the wisdom of God in your admin
istration, seek unto yoa for counsel, and
recognize yoa, as you truly are. the
fiend of God and man !'
A shock of earthquake was felt short
ly before ten o'clock on Tuesday mora,
ing last, Jone 6, ia Quebec, and through
out the neighboring country. The "Mer
cury ,' of that city, says that it wm fclt
much more severely in Stooeham and
thereabouts, and the farmers of that
plaee were considerably akrmed. Ia
the city the vibration was slight, although
the rambling, noise attracted the atten
tion of many persona In the Upper
Town the sound wss supposed to pro
ceed from heavy carriages running down
the street. Tae coarse sectasd from?
east ta west