u aafroifcfc,ytf7wi mi w i Terms of Publication The Somerset Herald Is p.bllsued tr7 Wednesday Morning el fl per annum, paid In advanoe otherwise 1 10 will lnvartably.be chanted. No wbKrtptluo will be dleeontiBned ontU aU arrearasrea a re .paid up. Poitmaatera neglecUn to noUfy when aubecriberi lo; not Ukt oat their paper. wUlbe held liable the mil-ecriptlon. Subecriberi removing from one Fowofnoe to an other thoald glvo u tbe name of the former i weU M th. preecnt ofhoe. Aeddree Soraert Printinfl Company, JUHN L SUCLL, Btulneu Hui(t. vi TTORNEYS-A T-LA W. 1 1 KVF-SCHEIJ. attorney ATLAW II .'. Bounty a. c Pension AeuU Somen, Pe7 Omce in M annuo; h Block. J- "lt- J AT10BM.TATuLApenM r:S!:i'-el,a,' tt,,,"1 d to .. . K,,Ti.E.Alender H. .Oonroth h. turned -ihi . . uw ?hrS3LV7 u'o.utnaicountlee. Om.. Mb.tt.T0. VALENTINE BAWM promptness and ndeUty. " ,ir J. t H. L. BAER, ATTORNEYS AT Y LAW, Somerset, P- rill practice in suut- . - .V..i. inllee. AU uuaiuo.. u Ic Othoe In MammoltBujldiug. House Bow. ..UN O. KIMMKL, ATTCKN EY A L . O Somerset, fa-, ,u'...j; truned k) hi. cur. In f 7, , Mw nuth Ulock. O.OGL.E ATTORNEY ATLAW. W. H. El f rL. r .FFROTH A AJTJ.RN EVS A AT 111 hi,e.lily and i.unftoally nMf" ,.,t, the t)irica n AUin Crow li.ree o-i..k Mamniuth Block. T01IN U. SCOTT, ATTORN EV ATLAW. Somerset Pa. Office op Kairs m Bl.-k. ; , ... - - - fc prompt uess and hdelity. j TAMES L. l'UG II, " ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset. Pa. OtOoe, Mamm.Jth Blo. k,p stalrf. I ETr.nc.U Main Cro-s SU f V Ute. settlod, UUr. examined. d ''"' , iew attended m with prouiptuert and h.le.ky. July 15 grUVEVLN'O. Writing IKedu, &c, I , ii .1 i.' ' riit.i ! t-truis . j u i,i!iii.M entruniea to ui ui' , M-Enuuire at CaI-oer A Co.' Store. C.F.WALKEU. AuilO. I PHYSICIANS.' I R J. K. MILLER hat permanently l.vated I ) In Berlin lorthe praeti. of hi. pr. lesion.-j Oth" opp.wiie v'harlos avriaainger stora. i apr. Xi, '7-u. DK H. BRVBAKEK tenders hlf profM.al ernioe. u. the oiusens ol S..uiert and cm- II IIK Vai.HV . residence, one d. wentol the Bar- Ity. tMhneln net Huumi. OK. E. M. KIMMEL wl.lcommue io rp""V" Ale.ii. ine, and ten.lers his pn.ies-i.a.al prrvl-, ees to the ritlaena of S..meraet an.1 sorroon.lisw , eountrr. i ihc at the old placa, a lew .l. eat ; ot the'lilade Honse. I A, G. M1LLEK, afu?r twelve ... i ... :.n..riot , it the t-rc- t liouae, 'w ore ha can I consulted at all limes unli-sf nnhjwionally enflted. -Mgat call, promptly answered. dec. 1J, fl-ly. Dr. W. F. FUXWESBEKG I.ale Ken denl SHrgeon, New Tort Eye ani Ear Infirmary, Has lecalea perriaiicxt in tie City of CU1CESLAITD, Siryl si fcr the EXCLUSIVE trcatacrt cf aU dissascs f the Eye asd Ear, includ ing these of the le and Threat om--, reailre Klret. Juneau. DENTISTS. IK WM COLLINS, ItENTIST, Somerwt, ) I'a Uttn tn Haseliecr'. Block, op .lairs, w here lie can at all times I fc.und prepai ed to do all kinds ol work, such as fllllnu, rcKulniinif, ex tracting, avo. Artlhcial teeth ol all kinds, aud of the be.i matertal.iuiierted. Uratlon warranted. JOHN BILLS, DENTIST. Offloe In Cvflroth It Nefl's new buil.llnif. Ukla Cruas Street, goinerfct, Pa. njvll -WM. COLLINS, IK.TIST, tiffice alH.ve Caeleer A FreaMi's store. Somrs"t, I'a. In the lat Biin years I have rreailv re drccd the prices ol an.H. Il teeth iu this place. Thec.ufiautiiicrcai.iiiK demand fnrtrrih ha. In dujed me to so enlarge my lacilities that I can make acts ol teeth at lower price, than you can aret them in any other place In this country . I am uow inakiUK a aood set ol teeth lor and II there should I an : person amona: my i housands ol easterners in this or the adjoinina: rountles that I have made teeth lor that Is n.it aivina good aat lMactiou, they can call on me at any time and ret a new act tree ol chance, maris RTIFICTAL TEETH!! J. V. VUTZY. DEI. TIS T DALE C1TT. jomerul Co.. ra.. AitlOlulTeeth, war 4itad loheoftka Teryhast dualliT, Lite like and iauds.iuie, tiiwrted in Uia kact si vie. Partlculal atieuilou paid to the pras- avatiin of tin natural teeth. lnuae wianma: to nonsuit me by letter, eaa du ao by euolosinit stamp Address as !. ieU-Ta HOTELS JJILL HOUSE. IIAL'CITD, SClIipSIT, I-A., j BILL, Pitoi-aiiiok. . . i j ' "i Tlie o4lctor Is prernred to anc.mnio.1atc guc.t. In the tu.fft eomhrtal.ie and sallslaciory manner. The traveling public and permanent boarders lur nlshcd wlih the beet of hotel accomniodailotis. The tables will continue to he furnished with II best the market alturde. Large and eommoili.s stahllnt attached. uuilx D IAM0ND HOTEL. KAAll KI. ClISTKJt, 'roii i-tor. This pcttUr and well known noufe U " time dea.-trabie su,i ).lnr place (.r the tralln public Table and ht.Hni firtt-cUse. Oood sta bllng. Hicks lease daily lor Johnstown and S2500 AttAIla Arent wanted. oai lTtnt. rxrtlr-ni.ra -rrf. WftrtM J. ft UfcTM 4 OO, -U Uu. S3 HATIID WATCH JM.CheapeM KwwD wwTKt. mrntOM aotrarrM j Sr, .'.nd tender, hi. P'' elm to t: dtiiens ol S..ier. t and 1. ii-ity.- VOL. XXYI. NO. 40. BANKS, ETC. J. 0 KIMJIEL & SONS, Suoecsaori to Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Money oaned and Collections made. janU Somerset County Bank CHARLES . HARRISON. (WWiiVr timl Manager. tlk-, ll"ti mJf in all iaii "! tiie Vultenl States. (;UnJ,, mo,kni,e Butler aul othrr clucks eol- kvte-1 iil cafl.e.1 kvte-1 nl caflie.1. Eask-rn 1 cJti'rnexcnange I lway on hand. Kenitttiinf.'f m.Tir with tinmipl ! t!.e. AwUDtB J .tieilo.1. I Fartl.-, deilrlK to iurrhae t". S. 4 PER t'ENT. El'NIM'.n L.. ran be ari-ommo-dated at lhi Bank. Tlif .uiK.n-are j.n'psiid in dontmln:ition if Toliacco aui Cte WHOLESALE AMDBETS.IL, ft I. II. Ziiuiueruuin,! SoirH-rK-, Ioniia.J The lest of elicars ! dilliTfnt bran-Is. maaufao- j tnri-'l I v iiluir. il, ol ll:e i l: .k'-t ol tobairoi'. Thce cu-a!? ruli"! tweii-eUed any in th" mar- keu Oi:e ol Hie lx-l .-as l rtiewina tol-x j ever hrouni to Siui'- wi. l'ri.'i, to snll the ; times. Jxn' j S.R.PILB, fiZf? .V LOUR AXJ FEED ' Groceries, Confections, ! Qucenswarc, Willow ware, j Salt, Fish. ()Ji:H'CI arid 'iar?, ctt'., etc, New Stock.- OXE MICE. Al I Goods Positively SOLID -AT EOTTOM PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Owv Xot(o. 1) ot I ail o Uic NO. 2, BAER'3 BLOCK A CALL, Whvn loin your SUHIOIFIFIIsrG-. Jan. l III hlTCr Farms tofel! and cxchanim. We rr Hit I L.U have Imucin'ii or cu.'i.uiicrs waniina to hu larwia in now. Never knew a U-ilcr nine toscll Acres at lair prii-e. as j-n.le are liilinit m.-nev fn.m hanks and sei-kinir Acres 1.4 kiI.iv. Addrrsi S. M. JAM ES. Pitist.urah Farm A'ncy, 1.4 Smithlicld St. l'iilF'.urali. I'a. Ttu-Hc in ncnrch of farms cnd for printed Farm KeariMcr. Nov.au w. Ktnni.rB, n. n , 0-tilit hikI AnrtMi, tiJ ElCE AN U lNHK.UAhV, N iHI'rnn Ave. Hlttsl.nmh, Ha. All dlKScs of EYE. EAR nl 1 II KOAT, and t alarrb sucKstui- Iv :r.:atc.l. 1 n.rati.rtis lor , afnraicf. 'Falae Punlis. "Cn)ked Eyes, Pupils. Crooked Eyes,' "V, lid Hair..." (anrer an I Tumors of the li.ls, Fjir, Nie 'r Threat, Ptrliriam, 'Weeping Eyes," 1'iosla. Conical Cor nea,! r?i;rn Bvllcs, Extiratl.)n. Ac, skll!lully IKTtorincle Artin.-ial Eves inscrlcl. Send lot des crii.iir and illuslrale.f pamphlet ot cases. JUIli WALL PAPER! Sptin Si.Kk lmmensr! tlicncw.lvlo of ialf. Pair fr-.m 8c nj.! All Paper ol every (trade, styleand quality, at lower prices than ran I found in the city. Sample Screens ncwlv paired with latest jwrl.ir paera. A hue display ol New (i.is lor every r. ui a h-,se ciiail:s. New York Paps: Store. IHir.i'T. ni.. i rimrp. Bet. ih and Tth Ave. ; FmlthfleM Street. Mar.-li'."" 1'irThm'B.iit FITS, EPILEPSY, FALLING SICKNESS, POSITIVELY CURED. ,np w'"'"' casesoi the lonunt Mn.'i" hyufnir DR, HEBBAFip'S CURE. "K0 HUMBUG," IT HS CUKtO IHUUbANDS- Will nc $1,000 for a case It not benetit. A an .le Itotilc Irce to all a.t.lre-sui J. . PIBIU.I I', Chemist, KtHee, l,:ca Broadway, New oik. Feb .'u $45 PKEHir WtTCn 5DfHtI- (cm- lIldt..'re wilhevervorrtcr.ll'.it. ht I roe. J. B. Oa) lord lo CUlumo, ill. FEtFiiCTlflX 4AETH CLOSE ytJe-a 2?t A.B TIEbT, iC::EUl AS3 AUTOMATIC. snt always clean ei.d free from dast, anil no oooa can ot-cafje. i;.ir! !ly adapted f,r b' Ij Hospital,, I'ot. I a a. families. ( aa he ed la Ik, h riMici ailkaat Fi.laa aar aSeaee, -Prices, 10, 14 and 18 Dollar. ' ddns, Willi h.TjTip, foe circular. FEIiFECTIGN EAETH CLCSLT COMPANY, No. MO WaferSt. Hrookln. MISCELLANEOUS, JBO. HICK Li RC .BI(U Apis for Firs and Lils Insnrance, JOHN HICKS & SON, somfj:set.p... .' ! i And Real Estate Brokers. I ... j F-STALJblSHK.D 180. J Persons who deslretn sell, l.uy or exchange prop ! eny. or lor rent will nnl it to their advantage to repi.-tcr the ileivr.pUin thereof, as no charge ttx.leun! sold or rented. Re::l octte bu nut ife.icraliy wlilbe promptly attended ti auxin.- it i with RODSS, HEMPSTOSE & CO, 25 IJiilt. St., Baltimore, M. I). WrtilI respcotfuliy uvlc h nrr)ianti of Snifrr- FANCY GOODS ai"ur'uiif thcia ratixfartiun Null as rrxnrd lirlca and fjualily of koo-Ip. The mi-rchants ii:ius; Baltimore are umcntly rUeted tu enll and see me telv.re luukij.K purcitdfa . . r . The (irsat Msdisine k a U v 9 A Kcaltli-Giving Power lJURrri3 THE BLCOD, l.iV;C0ATE3 THE 11VEFJ, ' PROMOTES OICESTIOW, ana STKENCTKENS THE NERVES, Th tt cJT. r tii.-.lly i -irln ti i:t;-a.cnf v. liar. tifrns:itrirRalmr. It la wai t h of a talul. lti.Li2.F uavwutoeil. ' VlGORHNia ! Ai!tFl-;ALI.I: to the laxlc. .1IA?K Kl Ij tot toiriiir!i, t nt tt r ftirtonl I y VJ IIAH114, A is'i KHA'l 1 V K mttxi 1)11 It KTIC. 1(4 iK-tlou inot otd-nilKl vtlb nay unplt an1 lVt-Iiirtr.nrli her i lnrinnr nor Ilii y r t (:cin iir.U. hat on tht roiitrtt;y, rt'fn'Jimct ami in vlicnralitMi. I In iittiat-f! into c lTct ( I Iui Ipr .tlvc ot ;nni,xTlil lir ImjmtiiO l y ti ,vrn or t-xl.aHa.l4l fiotn ar 4 HK iuciraiw hrir int cr of nninwlaf Ion nuil u utrl lion. tit a p petit ltita iurrrased at out f 'J o i iit.nf atTtM tut itu an rno re Coil roHl'tiin of t1i Ih rr, a t ItlHuHs iias,-liut srirKetl hy ft (Isjkycoinplei inn,a roatnl tcingup. u jihmI y, latl tote In t lit moiit It. a i u itrli'toiifi a fipet If e h nl Hluci;-lk attion cf the tiowvl., with a pn.i' orfi:lIut In tin- hrnil and ol men tal dnlliuKs VJOlHtK.'-fc: iotM mr.l vnlnahli. - I effrrt upon the kldny l no la happy, m 1 ur irritating urine I tiit bly elt urrti up tty if. Inftaramnf nry and lirnnlr TUTEF M ATI S 31 will soon cliHar.pcar by :t i.rr sKtc nt of V!(.(rV.K, For the rnre of Skla IU nml Krnpllf.ns of uil KliitJ-, YlGOUI-:. K is mnat rortnfn. VIGOKK.NK I rc:mpoftil of thr nr tiri jnoprt f IIFI.ltS. H(K'f. (-1319 nntl K A It It !, tltut atnif alftn fur MihliM, pri-nt cai tiding taken by n tli:tt they are gnlhcifit at the right i'aonol thr yv:. r.nuit that f hey posaeKH I li.'ir nafivr iittir. Thai YJOO..FAK hnn the yner to PtlilFl 'Mil-; UI,4Jwi. I Y H-OIt TK the I.1VFU, nntl STI.Ml l.A1K Cli. 1)1-t-KSTIVK tIJAS, 1 IndUpntnMy ptfiren Ity thor wlio hnecfen It a t i'in I anrt have her ti pi manenilyrnrit!. W't do unt a -ill jrini tofty m ilcxen hot ."f to rperieno rel ef, for v. e f I'FK yon will ft i-l I r ttcr l:om the I:r;t frw rlomii, V X CitiK K Is nft.ti i.lns the world . )di .M rurf.inil i i hi o lnr n!l ol her OXH , ALTt JAT!l',i untl jti; :nAT4. lt. the ihn, p,.t up in I i IC- hottle,fIot.t!e.t! h. Ronuircs iu; !1 (inttw, an'l I p' i ;ni to tu Wr. Pi Ire, fit. i O :;: PcittW. 'UFFI & BADGrR MFG. fO.f Prop's, Yii V-.ri. fr.l Jc?25lX.JT. S. i-V. CVMCT i F I-v.t iNO " a new Uok every . ti' I.c.m si r - il ft -r c v-z v.: tj t t f a ciio roi::sAr.v: iy 4 G. W. S r E E U i ( February 0 Cook & Beeiits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. mctiiit Jtoi the puhiic nnvrHllv, In tLc town ami virtiiity ot lSu:;rp't. Litat we"ii;.t ujieoeU oar NewSt'ire on MAIN CROSS S THE El And in addition to o hill line of the Left Coiifpt-floiieric'. .Votloim, TobiutOH, C'iKHrM.dc. We will endeavur, at all times, to ropply anr cus tomers with li e BEST QUALiTY OF FAMILY FL UR, CORN-MEAL, . 01 TS, SHELLED CO UN, oa ts ,t corn cnor, BIl AN, MIDDLINGS And everything uartaiulng to th. Feod Hepurt mentatthe LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOK CASH ONLY. A Iso, a well selected stock of Ol&Kwarc; Stoneware, Woudenware, Brnchaa al kinds. aKl ' Which w win tell as cheap as the cheapen. Please call, examine our good, of all V 'nds, acd be satisfied from yoarown jadKmeat. , Don't fcriret where we st J M A IX CROSS Skreei. S-Huarset, Pa BESTS business you can cnaaare In. A to 3) n;r made br anv worker of either sex. In their owe localities. Particulars and samiil. wtirili 4a tree. Improve your spare time at this business. Addres, S rixsox A Co., Portland, .Maine. March T, WAHDWELL ,t " 'Vt - - "T.-' y - J- onie XOTUlXO IX THE PAPER. A urit Polly heaved, a elKh and 3ald, "There", nothing In the pspr; Land Baker! the deacon's olde! - Ua cut anuther caier : ' And Stuy.do MuyinKiiair, ' , And evime here jiul a tninuts, Acother bank la bu'ted up WlUiOrauny'suioncjr In It. There'p noikiog ia the' paper tho,' . I'm turo I'd raa It Better Why, hete, ainung the aovertiseaienK.' I see Tur me a letter.- , . -Old fncle Peter White Is dead : Taey burr him on Sunday .Vow, Sut, you oaB't tend the liall Thai's coming oh next Monday. "The Russians gained a rietnry, And coal is getting higher. While out In Arkausa,' I aeo Tliny'vo had an awful lire. And now they're frying to put and I en To old LeM cryne's cremation. For lately It has took the lead. Of every toneue and nation." A Ml'atDEBEO PEBntER BT JI"P1E CLARK Aq old-lime PenDsylTAoi GoTern or was once interviewed as to the method be proposed proposing in bin forth comirg message. "Virct and vortniost." he said, "I diaV of recoinmentin' a bill to panish Yankee pettlera vrom de Sbate. You see deal fellers doe noting but go apoot hoorupackin' de beeple roit deir pocus chiaicracks, such as basj voot nutniegBjavereas anypotj, as knows anyding, knows dot de cinny- wine nutmetk is niado out or sasay frack." Had such a law been paesed and strietlv enforced, it would have eaved Jed Siukey a world of trouble. Ii was my first murder. Don't be startled, reader I only mean it was my firet ease of that kind ; the afore said Jed being the accused party, and bio alleged victim a Yankee ped dler. Jed was too paor to employ cousel; so the court mealed my -services in his behalf. In otner words . I was assigned the horrible duty of con ducting his defense yralix. We voung lawyers got most of that sort of businesp, and we willingly accept ed it: it served to bring us out you see. Tbe case was a tough one. In brief, it was thi?: Oa a certain evening a Yankee peddier, who had been making a profitable tour of the r.eigborhood, found himself at Jed a door, ana ap plied for a night's lodging. Jed gave him a bearty welcome. He would have done so at any time; but, on this occasion, this greeting was the more cordial because he was alone, bis wife having gone to at tend a ri.'k neighbor, and Jed was a man fond of company. He and bis gueot, and a neighbor who dropped io, spent a jolly even ing, and when the last mentioned bad gone, Jed at leant that was bis story and the peddler bade each ether good night and good-bye, tbe latter intending to make an early ttart next morning. The son was pome hours bigb, when Jed, who was never an early riser, and whose late hours the right before bad probably deepened bis morning slumbers, was aroused, af ter some elTort, by a crowd of excited neighbors gathered about bis bed. "The peddler! the peddler!" were the words in everybody's mouth. "A plague on the peddler !" growl ed Jed, rubbing bis eye?; "be left afcre daylight leastways he said be would, and 1 suppose he kept his word, tho' I warn't fool enongh to lay awake to see." "Hot bis borne in your "table." "In course he is. Didn't him and roe swap ye?terday evenin' ? Guess the Yankee didn't get much tbe best of it, nutber. Old HocKey's fifteen, ef he's a day, and if his eyes keeps on, he'll hev to take to Fpecs soon ; besides he's bad the tampers these ten year. Hit it wan a fair and square trade. Jem Rurkilt here stood by and seed it." But Jem Burkitt, the neighbor who bad called on tbe previous even iug, failed to confirm this statement "I didn't eee do swap," said Jem: "and wot's more, Old Hockey's out there in tho lot now." "You don't say so, cried Jed, start ing up; I wonder if that tarnal Yankee's coming back to m" ' lue lanEee won t never come back," uttered half a dozen voices in solemn concert. "It's to be hoped he won't," said Jed, "bat if he comes back on such a fool's arrant a trade's a trade tbe t orld over." "He won't never come back not in this world," gravely repeated a gray-baired. earnest man "he's dead ! murdered ! bis bead all split to pieces, and it's only right to say there's a strong suspicion that you done it!" Tbe light of that morning bad, in truth, revealed a horrible deed of crime. 1 be peddlers iileless body, covered with sickening wounds, bad been discovered ia a ravine, not far from Jed's cabin. A bloody hatchet lying near, evidently the instrument employed in the murder, was identi fied as Jed's property, wbile ia his stable was found tbe horte tbe ped dler bad ridden. Jed was more profuse than cohe rent in his explanations. He protest ed that after retiring for tbe night, be bad neither seen nor spoken to the peddler, that the latter, in accordance with his previously expressed pur pose, mufct have left before daylight, and the story of the swap Jed stuck to with dogged pertinacity, in tbe face cf Jem Burkitt's flat cantradic lion. Black as Jel'f case looked at Brut, it was not long uu'.il it boked black er. A search ot tbe premises was in stituted and under a pile of s.lraw in the stable was found tbe dead ped dler's pack. The murdered man was known to lave had considerable sum of money, none of which was found, cither on the body or in Jed's possession a circumstance which weighed but hub in tbe latter fa vor, for money is a thing easily concealed. Everybody believed Jed guilty everybody but bis pocr wife, who reached home just in time to eee her husband led eff to jail. She clung to him to the last, sobbing out, "Indeed, indeed, he never did it." j Tbe day of trial was at hand. 1 1 Ilex .r' K STAHLICHED, SOMERSET, PA . , WEDNESDAY, was sitting in my office at a late hour, giving the finishing touches to a speech I was preparing, more, I confess, for my own sake than the prisoner's when tbe door opened, and the prisoner's wife, with hasty and unsteady steps, advanced and stood before me. Her face looked haggard, but a gleam of eager joy shone from her eyes. . . "I have walked, twenty miles to see you to-night," the said, "I have at last the proofs ,of my husband's innocence." . (, . She spoke in an assured tone, and when I had beard her strange story through, my conviction of its truth amounted lo certainty. "Have you any. evidence cf the facts you have related other than your own word?" I asked. "So," she replid, tremulous and anxious, "is tuat not suuicieot: ' "A wife cannot bd a witness for her husband," I answered, reluctant ly. . . v The strength that had borne her up gave way, and ; reeling back, she fell swooning to the floor. I raised ber gently and placed her in a chair, and when she had sufli- tiently recovered to understand my words, I did my best to sooth and calm ber striving to make her comprehend that,, though her lips were sealed as a witness, now that she bad placed the clew of truth in my band, I might, with heaven's help, be able to hnd for her husband a way out of. the perils with which lying circumstances had surrounded him. Above all things I cautioned ber to keep her secret, and by no means, unless I sent to ber, to be present at tbe trial. Oa tbe morning the ease came on Jed looked despodent; but, on tbe whole, bore np with courage. A jury was soon obtained, and tbe case opened. The prosecution proved sub stantially the facta above narrated by a number of witnesses, all of whom I suffered to go without cross examination, till it came Jem Bur kitt's turn. c. Jem, as tho strongest witness, was reserved to the last. In additi n to what the others had told, he knew the fact of the peddler's presence at the prisoner's house on the fatal night, where be had left them togeth er at a late hour, and besides he was able to expose the falsehood of Jed's story of the horse-swap. The witness gave his evidence with confidence and clearness. It evidently, had the effect of dispelling any lingering doubts of tbe jury, in wh ise faces a stern look cf convic tion was plainly visible. ' For the first time, I rose to cross examine. The Titness confronted me with a a air of csmposeure, - "Please open and examine that," I began, banding him a small par cel. He eyed me f uspiciously, and with nervous fingers began to undo tne wrapping. He gave a sudden start when be bad removed it, and a sil ver-cased hunter's watch fell from his bands to tbe floor. "Did you ever see that before ?" I asked; taking it up and reaching it toward him, but he shrank from touching it. "I I never did," he stammered, his face turning ghastly white. "Let me refresh your memory," I proceeded. "That is the dead man's watch, aud here is the pocket-book containing the money for which you murdered him. loo were followed on your last visit to tbe biding place in which you have kept them, where yon were seen to iese inem irom their concealment, and atier assuring yourself of their safety, to replace them. When you had gone, the per son who watched you, and who is now within call, took possession of these evidences of your guilt, and they are here to confront you." Tbe base wretch shrank upon bis knees in abject terror. "Have mercy!" be exclaimed, turning appealingly irom one won dering face to another. "Have mer . ... i, i cy, and 1 win coniess an, ana ne did 0, rolatinif in broken sentences, tbe story of bis waylaying and mur dering tbe peddler in the darkness of tbe early morning, and tne steps be bad afterwards taken to cast suspi cion on the prisoner. The words, "not oi iltv" had just fallen from tbe lips of tbe foreman, when a cry of joy rang through the court room, and Jed's wife, who, in spite of my injunction, could keep away no longer, fell weeping on her husband's bosom. Convinced from tbe first of his innocence, she bad felt almost an equal conviction of Jem Burkett's guilt, and by stealthily banging on the latter's steps, with tbe vigilance of a woman devoted to a purpose, she was at last enabled to onvail tbe terrible secret, and save her husband's life. A Koey alare. They were in ti e bell tower of the city ball yesterday, and she lean ed ber yellow haired bead on his ag ricultural shoulders and. listened to the mighty "tick I tick ! tick !" of the big clock. "We don't want such a big clock as tha, do we, darling?" she whis pered. "So, my little daisy," be answer ed, as he bugged her a little closer; "I kin buy a clock for two dollars which'U run three days to this clock's two. I've got ber picked out al ready !" "We'll be very, very happy," she sighed. "You bet we will ! I've figured it right fine, and I believe we can live oa twelve egg, one ponnd of sugar, ten pounds of Hour, and one pound of butter." "And you'll have a bank account?" she pleaded. "1 will, even ii I have to buy a second-hand one." "And will you keep a coachman?" "Yes." ; "And have a piano ?" "Yes, darling." "And I can have some square pil lows, with shams on them." j . "Yes, my tulip yes; we'll sham every domed thing, from cellar to garret; have tbe front door painted blue and let's go'n look at some second hand cook stoves!" In China 100 canceled postage stamps will buy a baby. MAY 15, 1S7S. Sb wot lac at si MtafTcd Mais. A corresponient who seems to have nothing to do but to travel, tells 03 that he was on his wy up a short , time since from tho Black Hills country, and as the traij start ed from a station a tall Missourian took a seat beside him, aod begaa to talk: "The hills are full of gold," be said, by way cf introduction. "I reckon you think different." "2s'ot at all, sir," I replied. "Have you been there ? "Yes."" "Tfcen you know all abut it ?" He buried his face in his bands and sighed heavilv. "What troubles you?" I finally atked. "Troubles me," te repeated, start ing up and looking at me with bis large gray eye;; "It's no trouble at all, sir, but disgrace; pard, d'jn't you forget it, di.-grace!" He sighed again, aod pulled his long yeliow whiskers with a nervou3 band. "Well, sir," I said, with more cu riosity thaa is usual with nio, "din grace is bad enough, but when coup led with defeat '' ' Cbetse it, pard," interrupted the stranger; "yea s'rike heavy, and somehow, I .tumble to you at once. "Disgrace coupled with bar!" That's good; I like it. I've been there my self. It's rich. Thttt's whv I left the bill?" "Oh." "It is ftr a fact. I left all of a suddinc. I skipped out." "And yet tho hills ore full of gold ?" "Sartin. Bat I coulJa't stand tbe racket sol left. You live herea- a a j; wot . "So; I'm a traveler. I've lived ia the Black Hills, though, a very short time." "Ia Dead wood !"' "Deadwood." "Then you know Stuaipy Jacobs, I reckon '! "O, yes; I know Stumpy; a fancy beer jerker is be." "True. Wall, you see Stumpy and I war chums, mighty big friends; but it's all-over now." ""Impossible," I cried. "Yes," said the stranger, "we coulda't agree oa the gal ijuestioa." "Hum, any girl tbat I kaow ?" ".Majba. She did the dance biz at the Wariety Theatre. Tby eall- ed her Sprightly Nell. She went brjessary to mskehr-r go quicker. Think me and I tumbled, and then "Stumpy " "Went for her." 'And she " "Tumbled. Ia course that settled it between Stumpy and. I,. So I told him we'd Feparate for a while, and p'rhaps take a little rifle practice to see which could get in bis work. Thar wasn't much preparation nec essary; we just took down our shooting-arms mounted our horses, and struck for tbe bush. Then he hunted for me, acd I hunted br bim. But we were both tolerably shy; jist kept circling 'round sbootin' at one anoth er without doin' any harm. But the third day I fetched him. "What ! Stumpy?" "I should remark. Listen " "It was about noon; I bad bren sneakin' around for an hour or so. and no Stumpy. Then suddenly I came on bim, he wis sittin on bis boss, not more than fifty yards away, sittin straight and kind o thiokinr like, for he didn't see me." "htumpy : htumpy! I yelled, not wishing to shoot bim without bis knowing of it." "He turned bis bead. I tbonjbt, and then I blazed away. Did I bit him? Don't you forget it. I did. He kind o' threw up bis bands, and went off bis borso all of a heap The longest pole knocks tbe per simmons, I 8id, nd rode slowly down to whar the boys were at work; then, after a while I went back to town." "You kept clear of the Dew-drep for a while," I said. "Not mueb, stranger. I rode straight op to tbe door, got off my hosp, went in and called for whiskey straight; and will you believo me ? Thar, just as natural aa ever, in bis red shirt, before the bar. was Stum py Jacobs! And, what is more. Sprightly Nell was with him, and they both larfed when they seed me." "I thought I killed you," I said, lookin' at the little chap with bulg ing eyes. "But it wasn't me," said Stumpy, grinning, "it was a stuffed man on horseback. I got tired of foolin' wid ye, and so maaufactured a man to take my place. I tied a strin? around bis neck, and Nell and I bid in the busLe3 to watch proceeding. So when you shot him, I pulled the string, and off he fumbled, kind o' life-like, and you rode away like a conqneror. it's all up with 70a in this hamlet. Better go and shoot yourself to onct." "They both laugoed again, and Sprightly said: "It s all writ in rhvme now, and I am lamia' to sing it on the stage to-night. It's a rough joke over you, ole man, and I think you'd best seek other pastures." "I was disgraced and beatcD; so I jest shook hands with Stumpy, kiss ed Sprightly Nell in the ear, mount ed my hoss, and rode away." The engine whistled, and the dis consolate stranger rose to bis feet. "I get off here," he said, "but I'll be in Omaha in a day or two and I'd like to meet you there. And, say. if you come across an able-bodied man, who wears No, 12 boot3 en gage him for me, for he'll have more fun and bigger wages in kickin' me around tbe world than in any other employment. A Boston paper says : "A butter fly was caught at the South End, yesterday." It may be safe enough to catch a butterfly at the 8 uth end, but when you go to grab a wasp yon want to catch it at the northeasterly end, shitting westerly toward the head. A lady asked her grocer to give her a trade dollar for a greenback, saying she was collecting coins, and at the same time requesting him to "gave a silver bill for' her as soon as they came out." t'ureU By Cremation. Mrs. Bogs had bocn under the ivpftror f.ir I ari nr th ree dava. At lea-.', she said cbe was but these at- tucks cams rather frequently, Ibggs thought; br when his wife had cue of ber eff spells he had to cook the meals and do all the housework. We don't remember what particular - state the weather was ia the last bibition a magnificent display by the lime, but Mrs. Bjggs was under it, celebrated German gu:n manutactur a.ad she was under it very bad. She'er, Hcrr Krupp, cf Jssei, attracted even told Ibggs that she didn't be-j every one's atteatiou. Tie largest lieve the was ever going to get up j cf the guns had fired a 1,14(1 pound out of it, aod she made him a hys'.er- j shell at a velocity of 1,9.1 bet per ica! request that he bury her in some second, with a striking force of 'Jl, suany spot where the birds might 295 ia foot tons. More powerful come and 6iog to her, acd she made ! cannons than these are now ia Kag biru promise that bo would bring! land's possession. No later than Qjwers once a week and scatter them last nionta she purchased from Sir ovdr the grave. A dozen times that j William Armstrong four 100 ton day was Ibgijs called 'from bis wrk i guas, each one cf which is capable of in the kitchen to bid farewell to his j sending a 2,000 pound projmiie dying wib, but she still lingered, through 27 iacbes of iron plate p!ac- He had cxennenced this a great many times before, so ho was not so much alarmed as be might otherwise have been. That night as be sat watching, liketbe ali'ectioaate husband he was, at the bedside, sbo saw that he was deeply engrossed in a book. "What bork are you reading, dear?" she faintly asked. "A railroad guide, my love." was tie reply. "What do you waat with a rail road guide ?" "I want to see how far it is to Washington, I'a , and how the trains run." She would have aeked him what he had to do with Washington, I'a., but he got up and went out, aud fche fell into a doz?, the inclination to vvhica she dida't care to repress, even though she delayed the Caal departure that she so often prated J mountiag it, and tbea of paying its about. When she awoke she saw j running expenses for powder, balls, B,ggs bending over ber with a cau-j etc., in war time will bo simply cnor dle. Ib evidently had not observed j mous. Oalv tbe wealthiest powers that fd wis awake, so closing ber eyes she feigned sleep and everheard the following soliloquy, which sufli ciently explained to her now awak ened senses his inquiry of the rail road gni:le about the route to Wash ington, I'a , "Splendid subject br cremation a little scraggy (Mrs. Bosrss's finsrers worked nervously ! under the bedclothes and she had jbardworkto keep from flying bim), but tbe scraggy ones incinerate quicker than the fat ones, the doctor savs. Mie could be greased it nec- I'll send her up by 'express, as I'm t -o htMv ia the store to get away. Her a-i.--- can be br A-arded to me in an ecvci i.'o tbrouen tbe mail. I'll know them (audible chuckle. V They"! u.sk me to bur- them in some - 1 . . ' sunny 3pot where the birds can come and sin? to 'em I'll send word to Dr. LeMoyne to make it hot for her she has kept things hot enough for me. And I'll tell him to let all tbe reporters iu, so as to give her a good ser.d off, through the papers, and, wboop'er up L;za Jane. Sorry I can't be tberri to stir her up myself, and ' A ttnlling, ear piercing scream cvue from the woman under the weather, and with a bound suf ficient to land ber on the top of any weather that ever lived, she sprang out of bed ami bad Boggs by the ear in a tlasH, while she fairly screamed: "You'll cremate me, will you, you baldheoded old reprobitej You'll send my serajgy body no to Wash ington by express, (giving bis ear a wring bstween the sentences) and tell that wicked old wretch, Le Moyne, to make it hot for me; and you'll have my ashes sent to you in a letter (t rowi ig more and more wrathy, and thumping him over the bead with a candlestick she had snatched away from his band;) and bury me ia some sweet, sunny spot (whack !) where the birds may come and sing (bang!): and you want the reporters there (bang) to wboop'er upLiz Jane (boom !) Oh, you mean, wretched, wicked old man, you ; I'll live a hundred years to spite you, see if I don't." " Then she pushed Boggs out of the dorr and bolted it, and be had to make up a bunk on tbe kitchen floor that night, next to the stove. But a peculiar smile played about Bogg's face, even when he was rubbing the sore spots upon bis bald bead, and he murmured softfy to himself, guess I've cured her of them spells for a while. Mrs. Boggs hasn't been under the weather since, but mention of the word cremation drives her almost wild. An Irish Munchausen has turned up at humble a Boston restaurant iu the capacity cf a writer. A guest who has been served with small lobster: "Do you call At lira " that a lobster, "Faix, I believe they do be callin' thim lobsters here. sure. We call 'em crabs at home." "Ob !" said tbe diner, "you have lobsters in Ireland ?" "Is it lobsters? Begorra, the creek is full of 'em. Many a time I've seen era when I sthrames." i'llow long do Ireland?" "Well." said laped over the lobsters grow in Mike thought- tuny, "to spbase widin bounds, sur, I'd say a matter of at Iea3t five or six feet" "What! Five or six feet? How do they get around in those small creeks !'' Bedad, sur, the creeks in Ireland are fifty or sixty feet ; j yi : j 1 Mike. "But," asked tbs guest, "you said! you naa seen inem wnen you leaped j over the streams, and lob - j sters here: live in tho sea." "Sure, I did, sur; we're powerful leapers in Ireland. As for the say, sur," I've seen it red with 'em." "But, look here, my fine fellow." said tbe guest, thinking that he bad cornered Mike at last, "lobsters are not red ontil they are boiled." "Don't I know that ?" said Mike. "But there are bilin' springs in the onld counthry, and tbey swim through them, and come oat all ready fur ye to erai open and ate era." He is indeed un aflticted man who can pass a beautiful woman without for an instant forgetting hit sorrows. WHOLE NO. 1 101. Itrnvy Una. The sort of ordance used iu the! ... i , -, , ! - aiencao navy wouiu not avail mucn ia a war with any of the great huro- ' pean power.". The heaviest of our iruns weiirb bat i 'MW mends: their muzzlo velocity is I.5G0 feet per sec- ond with a soliJ rtro'eetile of 1 tt) F I w-. -a I pounds. At our late Centennial ex : ed at a distance of 1,000 yard. At a distance of a mile they would pen etrate the thickest armor afloat. Hng land was not very forward in these impliments of war until she learned that Italy was placing 100-ton guns upon her ships, and that they would break down the armor cf any of Eaglaad's ironclads. TLco, ia order to keep up the reputation of tho Eag lish war fleet as being tbe best ia the world, these pieces were purchased. Exclusive of the gun-carrbge, Ilerr Krupp charges :? 100,000 Lr one cannon of the above description, and he is at work now manufactur ing a steel breech-loader of 121 tons, whose calibre will exceed half a yard, calculated to throw a shot weighing a ton, requiring a charge of oo0 pouads of pjwdor. For this gua he will charge oo.OOO. The cost of purchasing buch a weapon, will be abb to keep up such fleets. Some tioie ago Krupp pro posed to the Engiish Government to lend thein a goa br 7',000, requir ing also tbat ia ciso it w.ts a siicc??-, England should give a ten million dollar order br similar pieces And he gave as a reason br ibis last c in ditioa that ba b3d to carry cut such an immense number of c st! v exper iments, unaided by Gjvernment grants, to perfect his bi- i.-h-i.-suers that Lo was not dif posed to furnish one to tLe English for tbern t" use as a model br future construction. It will be seen by the ti'iovr tbat the navy of the L'nited tat.s is hardly worthy cf the Earn?, as com pared with tbe raagniGcientlv equip- i Pd war fleet of Eugland. It is no i , . . c i longer a personal question oi oravery iu time of war, but that nation wius which possesses the most powerful armament, the best equipped n.v y or army. The Prussian necdle-gbrt assisted largely iu tbe success of tbe Gtrmans in their late war in France. It costs immense sums to make war nowadays. Money has to be sbed as freely as blood used to be in the old times Pil!.lirij Di.-'iafrf,. A h lento liorasurr. A Chicago correspondent states that son. e bur years ago tbera came to that en v from Germany, Baron Yon Daron, a young, handsome roan of goud education aud noble family. At twenty-four be had spent three fortunes and was so heavily ia debt that he was obliged to leave the Yat erland. He could not speak Eng lish. He had been brought up in the lap of luxury, w hich has a disa greeable way of letting its pets down upon the floor. He could not dig, to beg he was ashamed, and it was only when the fox of hunger gnawed under his German surtout tbat he thankfully aict-pted tbe position as coachman ia a well to-uo family on Calumet aveaue, aad there be has remained with Mica w ber expecta tion, the mistiGcation of the male servants and a Teutonic puzzle to the daughter of the family, a pretty blonde with a fouduess br the lan guage. She bad been to school in Germany; she loved tbe stolid, warm hearted people of that land; 'she knew their ways and customs, culd speak ttheir tongue and now she could keep in practice bv talking to Carl. Carl was willing and not averse to display his knowledge. Finally as time went ou, Lis heart already gone, bis confidence followed, and- he revealed his history, but said nothing about his love. But the love of Carl was not unreturned, though with true Yankee sharpness our fair haired heroine worked away until he had proved the truth of his story, and after tbat maay a dangerous con- aiversaliun was carried oa betweeo coacbee aad tbe young lady in siik and seal-skia w bo occupied the carriage. But receotly a letter came from Germany.- Exit a spinster aunt and entree Baron Carl Yon Da ron into a fortune of :00,QOO thalers. And tbe end is to be a pretty quiet wedding, and a tour to the old coun try, to live, as the fairy stories say, "happy ever afterward." Hthm, lrai'uler. Burke, in bis history cf Yirginia, i savs "I Bud that the Governor was ! obliged soon after to issue a prccla-1 mation brbiddiug women to con tract themselves to two several u en at one time. For women being yet scarce and much in request, this of fence was becoming very common, whereby great disquiet arose between parties, and no small trouble to the! wiue, saiu, uovernment. it was therelore or ! derec": That every minister should 1 , m rrive notice to his church that what woman soever should use any word - . 1 or speech tending to a contract of marriage to several persons at one time, although not precise and legal, yet so as might entangle or breed scruple in their consciences, shoulJ, for such offence, either undergo cor poral correction or be punished by! fine or otherwise, according to tbe : quality ot tbe person so cfbnaed. j tbe supply of women is . yy,j . nu.,,u 10 not so limited as it was when the law was ia force, we bave no doutt there e many young folbwa in Farmville who would like to see it re-enacted Iitrmcilln (A a.) Slervttry. i Motto for tramp3 Hunger is the best saw-horse. Irian Hmn. Tbe drawer is indebted to a friend in Colorado for tbe following, which was related to him by a Catholic priest, Father II ", who is his mission work in Southern Colorado and New Mexico met with many ex traordinary people and incidents. On one occasion be happened to hold service in a small oat of-the-way chapel, where the varied duties of janitor were discharged by gentle man of Irish descent. During tbe service a child waa brought forward for baptioim. it may not be gener ally known that in th Roman Cath olic ritual the priest, before touch ing the child with water, puts a lit tle salt into the water in the pres ence of the congregation. Tbe jani tor, however, had prepared the watar beforehand, according to bis own 1 . i..n .a A . I - ... . : . . t . i . i as iu mcuruuuiuuu oi tin, ben ;"e priest, caving omitled t place the "It ia readii.es, wbwpered to , 's auenuani at. will you please to ; salt " get the Bat responded in aa audible whis per from behind bis band: "Sura, aa I put it in already." Fatherll , aot fully under standing, repeated his whispered request. Again I'at replied more audibly thaa before, and with a slight dud geon in bis tone: "Sure an' I put it ia ; I tell ye." "But tbe ritual demands that the priest should perform tbe ceremony bebre tbe congregation," exclaimed Father II , considerably an noyed at tbe janitor's obstinacy. Tbe Irishman procured the (alt, and banding it to the priest, and electrified him, as well as the con gregation, with the remark, deliver ed ia a surly growl : "Here ye are; bedad ye can make a pickle cf it if you want to. Har per's Mc'ja:ine. The Ibree-eewt tiere. "That is the quesiton" s great peo ple aro asking in regard to the litllu silver three-cent piece, which is too little to keep, not big enough, to spend, and so general regarded as not being a legal tender, the law author ized tbe coinage of the silver 3-cent piece, made it a legal tender to the amont of 30 e nts. Tbe law de monetizing silver centained tbe fol lowing section: Tbe silver coins of tbe I'nited States shall bo legal tender at their nominal value for any amounts cot exceeding five dollars ia any one payment." Ths law re cently passed by Cogres9 remooetiz ing "the dollar of our daddies" does not effect tbe above section, and hence silver tl;ree-cent pieces (like silver dimes, quarters and halves) are bgal tenders for all debts in sums cot exceeding five dollars. The most convenient way to get rid of tbe little nuisance is to exchange them br postage stamps. Post masters have been instructed to re reive them for stamps, and wheu redeved they are not re-isued, but bwarded to the government They arc then melted and recoined int larger pieces. The only odd thing about tbe matter 'i that no single payment of five dollars was ever made or ever wiil be. Tbe largest nnmber of three-cent pieces that can be ten dered in any one payment is 10K, aad they only aggregated $4.03. lit The Uardeai ml Vetbaemawe, Mr. John Uussel Young's Herald letter from Jerusalem says: Over tbe flower beds droop a cluster ef olive trees, ancient gnarled and bending. It is not dillicult to believe, knowing what we do know about trees in California, that thenc are twenty cnturies old. Tbe General Grant says be does not doubt it, even from the random evidence of his own eyes. Under this tree Jesus Christ knelt and prayed and made holy forever the Garden of Gethsemane. We locked at 'The Tree of Agony". We pressed its knoted bark with revernce and love, and though we were an idle worldly group, fresh out ot a busy world, there were few words spoken, and all thoughts turned to the sa cred and sorrowful scenes wbiao Christiao men believe here took place. And if one could know the hearts of those who were about th tree, who stood around ia silence, I have no doubt tbat be would know of many a silent prayer breathed to Heaven that in the hour of extremity the grace there implored for sinning souls might be our portion, as it baa been the portion of millions and millions who have gone before. Usrriiiee U.L They bave a funny lawsuit in U'est Stratford. A resident owned a ben cf a fancy breed tbat strayed upon a neighbor's premises aad laid a nest full of eggs. Another ben, be longing to tbe owner of the land, took possession of tbe nest and hatch ed the eggs. Then the two neigh bors grt into a wrangle about the chickens. Tbey were sold by No. S to a third party, whereupon " No. 1 got out a writ of replevin and tbe case was tried a few days ago with able counsel and many witnesses Tbe court decided that the hen tbat hatched the eggs was the legal mother and dismissed tbe replevin suit. allls ia lea a. Texas beef, always inferior to the last degree, is just now worse than ever, because the cattle have been starving through the latter part of tbe winter on dead grass. While tbe country is rapidly settling np and tbe raDges correspondingly decreas ing, the number of cattle to subsist npon them is rapidly increasing. Tbe habit has been never to feed the stock any corn or hay whatever, to ! belp them through the winter be tween the perishing of tbe old grass na tbe comipg of the new. Those lt81 cannoi uue over ice crisis on dea,i "ms are -Mowed to die. fchw Tola Her Lev. A newly married Danbury man went home tbe other aveniag aod found his wife asleep on the Usage. He kneeled beside her aad ifeennra.l ber with bis loving eyes. "John," she murmured in ker sleep. " 1 es, my pet, w hat is it," he ' rhie- picu, hUllllCU u LIS Ut the calling of bis name. pered, thrilled to his heart's depth by "John," she again n "Sparerib is only nine pound," Tbe thrill passed off. marti), cents Silver does well enough until Ke'-3 to a man's hair. Then dyes. , . TV.. ,!. t-L A lost tart Tbe in tbe pantry before a Lnngry school VUIT VOW ICS. boy. KbD5M u mM Ga thco and do likewise. Prize .fighters strike for wages. also occasionally ? r f r
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