Henry A. rnrsnns, Jr.
Editor
THURSDAY, AUG 4, 1881.
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When the XLVIItli Congress
meets next December there will be 37
Republican, 88 Democrats (Including
David Davis of Illinois) and 1 Read
juster Democrat (General Mahone) in
the Senate. There were elected to the
Housu 148 Republicans, 135 Democrats,
8 Greenbacks men and 2 Readjuster
Democrats.
According to the Cleveland
Jlcruld, "through the cutting of Wes
tern railroad rates, it happens that
travelers by rail from New York to
the West are just now getting much
more than their due, and that they
are riding at the expense of men and
women entirely Innocent of railroad
manipulation, but who own stock in
the companies affected. "
Five hundred pounds of condensed
citizenship have been sold in Boston
as junk. That is the weight of the
ballots cast in that city last Xovember.
The law requires that they shall be
destroyed without having been exam
ined by anybody except properly au
thorized committees or other bodies,
and that Is done by selling them to
paper mills out of the state, where
they are sent in sealed bags, which are
wot opened until their contents are to
be ground up
Mr. John 1. Rownian, of Ctit
tingsville, Vt., is mentioned as having
completed oue of the most magnificent
tombs in the country. It is erected In
memory of his wife and daughter
and cost nearly $75,OUO. It Is in shape
of an Athenian temple, the outside
being granite and the inside marble
At the entrance stands a life-size statue
of Mr. Bowman, in tliemost advanced
style of modern realism, with hat and
gloves iu one hand and a wreath of Im
mortelle in the other.
A Miser's Hoard.
Ezekiel Clmpin, at l'ittsfield, Otsego
county, X. Y., died recently, leaving
it was supposed, no property. .Soon
alter his death, however, the sum of
$ 15,000. was found iu an old iron box
under his bed, and he was discovered
to be the possessor of bonds, securities,
and available assets in addition to the
amount of more than $.50,000. His
habits of life indicated that instead of
being the possessor of so much Wealth
he was extremely poor. His avarice
and economy had led him to eschew
wearing boots or shoes except in the
coldest weather, while his clothing
was little better than that of the most
unfortunate tramp. His whole object
in life seemed to have been to save.
He bore a very fair reputation in the
community in which he lived. Others
will now spend his money who will
doubtless bless Ids memory and his
economy.
A Sad Mistake.
While John Stewart was squirrel
hunting near Bellevernon, Westmore
land county, on Friday morning a
week, he heard and saw something
moving in the leaves on a tree that
had lately blown down. Supposing
this to be a squirrel and fearing it
would get away before he could see it
distinctly he tired at the moving
leaves and immediately heard some
thing fall so heavily that he thought
he had shot a coon, and hurrying
around the tree found that he liad
shot Frank McFall, who was lying
ou his back insensible. McFall was
about 14 years old, and was hunting.
Stewart was not acquainted with the
boy nor did he known he was hunt
ing iu the woods at all. McFall did
not speak after the shooting and died
at 2 P. M. the same day. Several
shots entered the skull near the
temple and passed through the brain
and were lying just inside the skull
on tlie opposite side of the head. An
inquest was held, and the verdict was
that Frank McFall came to his death
in consequence of being shot acci-
deutly by John Stewart. Green4burg
Herald and Tribune.
The Speed of a Trotter.
The exhibition of great speed by
Maud S. at Chicago, on Saturday,
was yet a disappointment to some
people, because tier fast miles were
made in 2:land 2:11 minutes instead
of 2: 10, which latter time she had
previously reached. The difference of
a fourth of a second in a horse's speed
may represent also the difference be
tween the maddest excitement for
thirty thousand spectators aud a well
controlled satisfaction, or even a
tinge of sorrow. The difference in time
Is- practically inappreciable when
thought of as time; till it cau easily
be understood wheu thought of as dis
tance. There are 6,280 feet in a mile;
there are 131 seconds in 2 minutes 11
seconds. Hence each second of the
average speed, of Maud S. iu a 2:11
miles represents 40 feet and about Hjj
inches. A fourth of this space is not
only clearly comprehensible, but in
a. matcii of two horses would be a
decided victory, with plenty to spare.
If eye and hand were only able to
work quickly enough, smaller fractions
of seconds wight obviously be regis
tered in- horse races, because even a
fifteenth of a second with Maud S.
tkinst represent a distance of i'J feel.
From the Man-Inge Altar to a fight
There enme Into Port Allegany one
day last week n young couple for the
purpose of being joined in the holy
bond of matrimony. Stopping at a
hotel, n clergyman was speedily gent
for, and In the twinkling of an eye
the two swains were declared by tiie
man of God, husband and wife.
Hardly had the benediction been pro
nounced when the groom, in the ex
liulierance of his joy, proceeded to
take in copious draughts of poor whis
ky. The spirits soon got the better of
his judgment, and in a maudlin con
dition he sought the streets Intent on
a frolic or a fight. With the hitter he
was soon accommodated. Meeting an
old Ihunc of the girl to whom he had
just plighted Ids troth, ami not sat
isflcil with his miitriniouial victory
over his old rival, he determined oil
still further vengeance, and "squared
oft"' for a fight. It. was of shoit dura
tion. The newly married man came
out of the encounter (which as it hap
pened was witnessed by the very
clergyman who had so recently
placed him under marriage vows,)
wit h a bloody nose, a seriously dam
aged optic and a disfigured 'counte
nance generally , and most essentially
used up In every particular. An olli
cer of the law coining upon the battle
ground hurried the victorious rival be
fore Justice Cole, who bound him
over tocourt in thesum of $200; he was
sent to jail, but subsequently released
on bail. As for tlie discomfited
benedict, deeming his dilapidated
appearance illy suited to grace a bridal
chamber, made hast v tracks for Potter
county, leaving his blushing bride to
a night of anxiety and sorrow, and
not until the following day was she
joined again by her then sheepish
and silly spouse. Hcjiuricr.
A Criminal Family.
l'littadolplilu l'rcss.
In running out various clues In con
nection with tlie Clugstou murder,
Detective Charles F. Miller of Miller
& Sharkey's Agency, came across a
curious family, all of whoso members
are criminals, which gives some truth
to the theory advanced by ex-Mayor
Richard Vaux, tlie eminent penolo
gist of this city, that crime is heredi
tary. When tracing up Edgar A.
Abbott the supposed murderer of
Samuel Clugstou, and John Spellman,
alias "Little Johnny," the alleged
accomplice, who was arrested last
Thursday, the detective learned that
tlie latter paid frequent trips to Balti
more and had been seen in Ansmer
street, that city iu company witli
Xicholas Davidson, who knew the
two men from their having stopped at
tlie lodging-house No. W7 Vine street.
The detective went to the Monumen
tal City in search of Spcilmaun. By
tlie assistance of the Baltimore police
the ollicer located a family by that
name, aud careful inquiry revealed
tlie tact mat one oi the members was
named John and that he answered tlie
description of "Little Johnny" as
furnished tiy Davidson. In order to
successfully work up an intricate case
the detectives usually make a close
investigation as to tlie antecedents of
a criminal, and this is what Detective
Miller did in the case of the Balti
more Speilinanii.
A FAMILY OF CKIMIXAI.S.
It was learned that Daniel Speil-
iii an , one of ins brothers. Ins wife
and their six children two girls and
four boys were all. more or less.
steeped iu crime. The father had re
peatedly been arrested for theft; the
mother, who now goes under the
name of Bond in Baltimore, lias been
in prison for larceny; the son John
has been imprisoned a couple of times;
f rami served two terms in the East
ern l'cuitcntiary tor burglary, and
last .year was hanged in Da v ton.
Ohio, under tlie name of Boh Adams,
tor murdering a man for Si.So;
Charles has heen behind the bars of
the Eastern Penitentiary twice before.
and is now undergoing an imprison
ment of six years and nine mouths in
that institution for horse-stealing and
burglary in Cumberland county ;
Thomas, now dead, also has his name
on the criminal records, while the two
daughters are also said to have been
well known In police courts. Two
years ago Frank and Charley were ar
rested in Carlisle, misstate for robbery,
but they escaped punishment by cut
ting their way out of prison. The
next heard of Frank was wheu he was
arrested in Ohio for murder.
A SINfirJ.AH M1STAK1
After the detective had collected
these facts he began searching for
John Speilman in hope of finding in
mm the accomplice of Abbott. A
copy of the picture of the little girl
left behind by tlie murderer in his
flight was shown to the husband of one
of the Speilmanu girls ami he identi
fied it as thatot Ins brother's child.
and even the latter expressed the
belief that his daughter was the origi
nal of the photograph, but Mrs. Speil-
mann was just as positive that she was
not. Even the detective saw a strong
resemblance when tliegirl was brought
into ills possession, and the next
thing was to find John. Miller paid a
visit to the Eastern Penitentiary and
had a chat with Charley, from whom
he obtained a description of the miss
ing brother. Daiiiei, the lather, was
found on an island in the Susquehanna
river four miles below Harrisburg, liv
ing with a woman, by whom he had
several children. This island is
withing a short distance of the point
where York, Dauphin and Adams
Counties come together, and the old
man's excuse for living there was that
in case of trouble lie could easily run
from one county to another.
ANIlTIf KH VLl'K JJKSTHOYKH.
From the father it was ascertained
that John had lived with Sheritl
Hoffman of Dauphin county, aud
from this place lie was traced to a farm
six miles from Smyrna, Delaware,
where he was round. As soon as
Davidson saw the man he said that he
was not "Little Johnny," which was
very discouraging to the detective, but
he was afserward successful iu captur
ing the right man. In the course of
his investigation Mr. Miller accident
ally came across two husbands of Mrs.
Zei). the alleged Carlisle poisoner.
The first husband, whose name Is
Wiuneinycr, is now serving a term of
imprisonment in tlie Eastern feuiten
tiary with two of his brothers for
highway robbery in the interior of the
State, wliile the second jiusuand, ep,
is confined in the same institution for
tlie larceny of blankets.
From tlie Hub.
There is perhaps no tonic offered to
tlie people that jsissesses as much
real intrinsic value as Hop Bitters.
Just at this season of the year, when
the stomach needs an appetizer, or the
blood needs purifying, the cheapest
and best remedy is Hop Bitters. An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, don't wait until you are pros
hated, by a disease that may take
moDths for you to recover in. Boston
fc'ofce.
Groceries and provisions, hats
caps, aud notions ut the Union Store.
TIio Doctors' Fnst Trip.
The ride of the two consulting phys
icians to the bedside of the wounded
President at Washington must go into
history as one of the most remarkable
on record. Dr. Frank H. Hamilton
received the dispatch summoning him
to Washington at his house, New
York, on Sunday. It took him only
fen minutes to prepare for tlie Journey.
He left the house at about 2 o'clock,
with the remark that he did not
know when the next train would
start, but would get a carriage and go
to the ferry so that lie would be ready
to take it. He crossed the ferry and
entered the Jersey, City passenger
waiting room, where lie was recog
nized. Supt. Jackson, who was iu Ills
ofliee In another part of the depot was
sent for. A very brief time sufficed
to make him aware of the situation.
He hurried away from Dr. Hamilton,
and seven minutes later the latter was
rushing out of the depot on o special
train It was 1:10 P. M. when the
depot master and train dispatchers re
ceived notice to be spry. Engine 915,
one of tlie best of the ordinary
engines, with o five foot driving
wheel, was hitched to a new Eastlake
coach, and at 3:30 it was run out of
the depot.
The freight trains were all got out
of the way one after another on side
tracks in time to allow the special to
roar past them without slacking speed
but two passenger trains delayed the
Doctor fifteen minutes. He arrived at
Philadelphia at 5 o'clock, a distance of
ninety miles, iu 100 minntes. The
engineer was A. Vandergrift and the
conductor H. W. Hcadly. At Phila
delphia a stop of but a few minutes
was made iu which to to allow Dr.
Agnew to get on the cars. From
Philadelphia to Wilmington with a
stop at Chester and other places, the
run was made iu twenty-seven min
utes, the distance being twenty-six
miles. A dispatch had been sent to
Wilmington for a brakenian, and a
man named Humphreys was detailed
to"makc the train. "At 5:27 the special
went dashing through Wilmington at
the rate of at least eighteen miles -an
hour, and the intrepid brakeinau stood
uear the track. He made a desperate
grab for the rear platform, and at the
risk of his life succeeded in gaining a
hand and foothold. The train arrived
at Washington at 7:-"0 I M. an
average run from New York of almost
(iity miles an hour. This is tlie
fastest railroad time for tlie distance
and considering the stops on record.
An Erie Sensation.
A MOTIIKK OF Font CH I l.ll FX D1S
I'OSKS OF 1IF.K IffSltAXII TO MA It KY
A HOY.
A sensation, romantic in its charac
ter, but among the poorer class oi
people, has been developed In Erie,
Pa. it is in brief as follows: A little
over a year ago there came to Erie,
from Loudon, England, a family by
thu name of Colyer. The family con
sisted of Mr. Colyer, aged 44; Mrs.
Colyer, aged 39; four children vary
ing from four to fourteen years of age.
Mr. Colyer obtained work, but owing
to his ill-health his labor was uncer
tain. He was subject to epiletic fits'
His v ife made this a pretense for get
ting him sent to tlie Poor House on
the l'ith iust. Previous to that time
there had been calling at the Colyer
houschoM a young lad named Barthol
omew Towhig, a son of old Mr. Towhig.
a well known resident iu comfortable
circumstances. Bartholomew is only
19. He made the Acquaintance of the
Colyers and there sprang up between
him and Mrs. Colyer a friendship
which finally developed Into passion
ate love. Mrs. Colyer is old enough to
be Bartholomew's mother. Two days
after Mr. Colyer was incarcerated in
the Poor House Mrs. Colyer went to a
Squire with young Towhig, represent
ing that she was Miss Mary Ann Ma
honey ami desired to be married to her
companion, 'the ceremony was at
once performed. The bride and groom
then went to housekeeping iu the
home and with the traps belonging to
Colyer. The four children wen; intro
duced to their juvenile papa, and
things were going on as lovely as
could be expected, when the bride
groom's father appeared upon the
scene and witli an ollicer of the law
armed with a warrant for the arrest of
the bride on a charge of bigamy. Mrs.
Towlug-Coiyer was taken belore
'Squire Ferrier aud iu default of
for her appearance to answer ut the
Quarter Sessions was committed to
til.
Amende Honorable.
Proceedings of the Lime Kiln-Club.
Giveadam Jones here secured the floor
and stated that he desired to render
justice to an innocent man who bad
been dwelling under a cloud of sus
picion for tlie past week. It had been
hinted around that the Hon. Burdock
Cantelope, acting as janitor during
absence of Samuel Shin at Long
Branch, had embezzled a large sum of
money. His account, as handed to
the secretary for approval, read as
follows:
1881.
I gut oil
1 lamp wick
1 cni ...
10
Total
l.KSl 10
that the
It appears from the above
Hon.
Cantelope had used up $l,fc81
for which he could reudor no accout,
and the committee on finance were
ordered to investigate and empowered
to send for persons and papers. After
a long wrestle with the mystery it was
discovered that the janitor had added
the year to his expense account and
thus made himself a seeming enibez
zler. The investigation had cleared
his character as white as bleached
cotton at fifteen cents a yard, and the
finance committee had given him
vote of confidence.
I had Chronic Catarrh for years,
peruna cured it. 1. Strasburger, Pitts
burg, Pa..
State Note.
The sale of smoked fish is forbid
den iu Pittsburg.
The physicians of Wilkesbarre
vaccinate free of cost.
Pennsylvania timber fields yield
600,000 feet annually.
Hydrophobia is verv common in
the western part of the State.
All efforts to discover the Valley
Forge murderer continues unavailing.
Three persons were burned to death
in Pittsburg by kerosene on Tuesday.
Farmers in Chester county are
greatly troubled by dogs killing
chickens.
The Pittsburg poor board gives
notice that it will not take care of
foreigners
The Lehigh county commission
ers have refunded $'20,000 of the
county debt at four per cent.
Hay is so plenty in Centre county
that farmers are offering it as low as
four dollars a ton. ,
The bequests of James E. Brown,
of Kittanning, for various church
pur loses aggregate $1,0.80,000.
An English penny of the coinage
of 17"1 was found by a man plowing
on a farm in Washington county.
MeVeytown Is the most afflicted
borouuh in this State. Diphtheria
has literally depopulated it of chil
dren. Over four hundred saloon keepers
in Allegheny county have been re
turned for violation' of the license
law.
Mrs. Stochpole, of Crawford
county, was poisoned tlie other day
by partaking of what she supposed to
be mushrooms.
Josephine Bet rand, a pretty brun
ette of Mill'ord. Pike county, doped
with George R. Rose, aged 10, on
Wednesday night.
A man seventy-two years of age,
named Treat, committed suicide last
week near Wcllsboro by shooting
himself under tlie chin.
Deaths in Pittsburg and Alle
gheny last week footed up two hun
dred and fifty, nearly all children,
diphtheria being the scourge.
One of the stone cutters at work
on the new county buildings at Wclls
boro was for two years employed on
the Cologne cathedral.
A German signing himself
"Sclireinliardt" on a scrap of paper,
committed suicide near Greeusburg,
Westmoreland county, on Saturday
night.
The plans for the new under
ground telegraph line at Philadelphia
have been finished, aud the work of
laying the wires will be .commenced
ut an early date.
A number of very destructive
11 res have lately taken place in Indi
ana county, involving saw and grist
mills, which were supposed to be tlie
work of iiiceiidaries.
It is cslimafed that the average
annual admissions to tlie bar of Penn
sylvania readies one hundred or a
thousand in a decade, leaving a sur
plue for exportation.
Fresh ilowers have been placed on
the grave of the late Thomas A. Scott
every morning, and will continue to
he laid there until cold weather, by
direction of Mrs. Scott.
The lla.leton Sentinel says the
story going tlie rounds of the papers
about Hungarians being poisoned by
eating sausage is an infernal lie manu
factured by some enterprising repor
ter. Mrs. Joseph Murphy, of Oliver
township, Dauphin county, was bit
ten ou tlie arm by a house snake the
other day. Tlie bile caused the arm
to swell fearfully and was very pain
ful for some hours.
A number of deaths having oc
curred from lockjaw in uie lower part
of York county, on the Maryland
line, there is a feeling among the
people in both Pennsylvania and
Maryland that the disease is conta
gious. Ella Stevenson, an insane girl,
who was kepi, at home, in McCandless
township, near Pittsburg, killed her
father, aged 05 years, by kicking him
In the stomach on Monday, during a
lit of maniacal excitement.
Elizabeth McCabe has 'brought
suit against the Pittsburg owners of
tlie Bengal Tiger, a steamboat which
exploded on tlie iNtli of January la-t,
killing among others the plaintiff s
husband, Milton McCabe. Damages
are laid at 510,000.
Wilkesbarre and Scranton will
soon have u telephone line. The rates
tor messages will tie twenty-live cents
for each three minutes' conversation
to subscribers and thirty-live cents to
non-suijscrtbers.
Tlie strike of the cigar makers at
Allelitown has continued one week,
anil from present appearances It is
difficult to say when it will come to
an end. t he strikers receive money
daily from cigar makers' unions
all over the country.
Residents of Dunbar, Fuvette
county, confidently believe that there
is an organized hand of Mollie Ma
guires, under the name of tlie Ancient
Order of Hibernians, existing at that
place, and it is generally believed and
feared that others will meet the fate
of Healy who was mysteriously mur
dered a short time ago.
-The Pennsylvania State College
has determined to establish fifty-three
scholarships in that insiitutiou, one
for each Senatorial District in the
State. All tuition free. These schol
arships will entitle the holders to
exemption from payment or other
college charges for incidentals, room
rent, fuel, and use of furniture. One
free scholarship Is accorded to each
Senatorial District and is to be
awarded by the Senator under certain
conditions, which include competitive
examinations bv a board selected by
the senator for that purpose.
-in Tioga county objection was
made to the issue of a commission to
Mr. Cass, the Sunt, of schools, upon
the ground that he had bought the
votes of directors. The State Supt
after investigation, has issued the
commission. He savs, in his report
on the subject that no testimony was
offered justifying him in withholding
ft, though lie condemns severely the
practice which was shown to have
grown up of the Supt. elect paying the
expenses or the directors incurred uy
their attendance at the convention
While torpedoing a well Sunday
July 24th. at Clarendon, three broth
ers, Henry, Joe, and Stephen Groner
and Edward Sterner were severely
burned by their clothes taking fire,
caused by the gas raising from the oil
upon them. The clothing on the men
burned olf, leaving their bodies burned
almost to a crisp. All died within a
short time except Joseph Groner,
whose chances for life are good. The
parties reside in Fryburg, Clarion
county, and were all old operators.
Henry Groner and Edward Sterner
were aged 24 and 21 years. Stephen
Groner was 30, and leaves a wife and
one child. They were taken to Fry
burg for burial.
An Overburdened Court
rhllndclptalu Prom.
Judge Clifford's party seal served to
keep his place on the Supreme bench
for several years practically vacant.
A Democratic majority in one or both
Houses of Congress has within the
past six years defeated all attempts to
reorganize!!. Tlie hope of ultimately
having a Democratic President to
make the appointment which would
become necessary was the controlling
motive in either case. Justice Cliff
ord's place Will now be filled by
President Garfield and the next Con
gress will have no motive for postpon
ing the reorganization of the Supreme
Court, the urgent necessity of which
has become glaringly apparent.
With Justice Clifford disappeared
the last of the Judges appointed before
the war. Of Mr. Lincoln's five ap
pointees but two Justices Miller
and Field still remain on the bench
Xo vacancies occurred during Andrew
Johnson's Administration, for though
two Justices died, the Court was by
law correspondingly reduced. Geu.
Grant gave tlie bench Chief Justice
Waite and Justice Bradley, who con
tinue to constitute u large element of
its strength, Justice Strong, who re
cently resigned, and Justice Hunt,
who is incapacitated for work. Mr.
Hayes added Justices Harlan aud
Woods to the bench and left Stanley
Matthews as a legacy to President
Garfield, who succeeded in having
him made a Justice. The Supreme
Court lias therefore, at present, seven
working Judges, one Judge who is
prostrated by paralysis, and one va
cancy, which will doubtless be filled
before the next term of Court.
These eight or, at the best, nine
Judges are totally inadequate to the
disposition of the business naturally
coming before the Supreme Court.
When first organized iu 1790 that
body consisted of one Chief Justice
and five associates. Since then the
country has increased from less than
three millions of population to over
fifty millions, ami its business in
much greater proportion. The Su
preme Court has in this interval
grown from six to nine Justices, and
some of their circuit, duties are dis
charged by regular appointed Circuit
Judges. The Court was none too
large for the business which came be
fore it eighty ami ninety veais m.-h
With the immense Increase in this
business the Court has not kept pace,
and in its present condition fails to a
large extent to meet the ends for
which it was constituted.
A litigant taking his case to the Su
preme Court at its present rate of pro
gress must wait four years for a
decision upon it. This, however, by
no means represents the real arrears
of the Court, for a multitude of cases
which would come up for adjudication
were the Court abreast of its business
are forced to a settlement or a with
drawal or are never taken up, owing
to the inevitable delay that, awaits the
suitor. This works practically a de
nial of justice, and by making appeals
from the Circuit Court so difficult
gives them a degree of authority
which was not intended. Witli tlie
rowth of the country and iu the
increase in weight and importance
of th(! Central Government as com
pared with that of the States the
whole Federal judicial system lias
been outgrown ami needs to be
entirely overhauled. The greatest
iefect is, however, at the top, and
that is so great as to demand prompt
attention.
Witli the places of Justices Swavne
and Clifford filled by men with their
work still in them the Supreme Court
will be able to make belter progress
next year than iu the several years
preceding. With Justice Hunt's place
filled this progress would be still more
marked. The hitler, however, lias
eighteen months more to spend in
office before he is by law entitled to
retire on full pay, and unless Congress,
intervenes lie will doubtless hold on.
Tlie Circuit duties needlessly consume
u considerable portion of the Supreme
Court Justices- time each year. These
might be left entirely in the hands of
I lie Circuit and District Judges, in
creasing their number if necessary.
An intermediate Court between the
Circuit and Supreme Court is a feature
of many reforms suggested, but it has
the disadvantage of making one more
expensive step necessary in every case
before a final decision of the Court of
last resort can be obtained. In lieu of
this tho Circuit Courts might be reor
ganized and their decisions made final
in a much greater number of cases
than at present. If then, the Su
preme Court be increased to twelve
able-bodied Judges, with no ciruuit
duties to divert their attention, it will
doubtless be found equal to its work
lor bringing up the arrears of bjsi-
ness some temporary provision might
be made corresponding to the Com.
mission of Appeals in New York
State, which cleared off the docket of
tho Court of Appeals and then dis
solved, leaving the latter to go on its
way alone.
William McHugh stabbed and
killed his wife because she asked him
for money, at Cincinnati on Saturday
night. He was arrested.
Sew orK, July w. a young
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of tlie Hecond story window of No. 187
Went Thirty-fifth street, at an early
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tured and she was buised about the
body. It seems that Halloran and
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