Itatcs of AdvertL One Square (1 inch,) one Insertion One Square " ono month Ono Square " three months One Square " one year -Two Squares, ono year - - $ 00 6 00 10 00 15 Co no on Ml CO 100 to Ml rl (luartnrCoi. - f f W PUBUaUF.n EVKUY.WICDXFnAY, BY W. R. T)tTN"N. OTHCB IH ROBINOON & WWNElt'8 BUILD ELM BTRECT, TIONESTA, IA. TKKMN, $2.(X A Y HA U. jf o Subscriptions received for a shorter (-tied tlian throe months. Oorrospoiulenco solicited from nil pints of the country. No noilcn will bo taken of anon vinous communication.' BUSINESS DIRECTORY. O. of O. TJ rifKTS r-verv Friday rvonini' nt 1YL o'clock, In On Hall formerly occupied Vy tfie Hood Templars. T. J. VAN HITMEN. N. H. 1). W. f'LAltIC, Noc-y. ar-tf. TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342. O. TJ. -A.- MEETS nt Odd Fallows' Ixxliro I'oom evrv Tuesday evening, ntj.7 -nfc-lock V. M. CLAriK. C. H. A. V A UN KR, P. H. J "" .T. 11. O TN i : AV , ATTOJINllY AT LAW, TIONESTA, PA. VOL.X 0.1. MEW. . 31. IIZ2ATII, DRESSMAKER, Tioncsta, Pa. TIONESTA, PA., APRIL 4, 1877. $2 PER ANNUM. Half " " One ' Lo;ral notices at established rates. Marrin-io anil death notices, gratis. All bills for yearly advertisement col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid lor in adranco. Job work, Uasii on Delivery. IxTUS. ITEATTI hai recently moved to VI i.i i.. r.. u ,.f io..Hm r AT. bill? imtill 11 'Ml crnu ' " " - 1 , l . - wantw ih-li the ladies of the town and lUlscomns age, ib ia table A miser, sir: inker! "It is bad enough ti nee n old man avaricious and saving, but in a man ot Stephen Simply contemp- ATTB.NTION WOI.IHWCS! T have been admitted to practice rn an Attorney In tho Tension oilUe nt Wash ington, ' D. C. All iMiecrs, soldiers, or milors who wore Injured in tlio late war, win oUnin peiiKioiw to w bu ll they may bo entitled, bv cullinj; on or mldiesninsj mo nt Honesta, t'a. Al-, claims for ancai Rft'S of pay and bounty win rccuia rnmi' in tention. ' , , HaviiiK been over four veurs a soldier In the luto war, and bavin for a number or vest s riiKSRed in the prosecution ot Hfl Siers' elaims, mv experience will asuro the collection of elaiun in tlio Hbortet pos . table time. J. AU. 41tf. W. K. Lathy, A TTOUNEY AT LAW, Tionostn, coimtyMvo for a lon-r time known, tlwt of havinn a .dressmaker of cxper'fnce anion- tlivm. I am prepared to in ' i "M kinds of dresses in tlio latest sty' ....d truarantec sutisfnetion. Stamping I -raid-inu' iiinl einbroiderv done in tholiest man ner, with tho nowewt patterns. All I u'sk is a (air trial. Itesidenco on Klin Street, in the Aeotnb $uildin. tf. Frnuk IlobbliiM, PHOTOGRAPHER. (rt'(;i-:sou to ukmixo.) Pictures in every styled" the art. of thu oil regions for salo or taken dcr. C12NTIU3 STUKlfiT, near It, It. crsinfC. iJYf! Hnitl'. STREKT. near Union Po- p it, Oil City, Vtu . , Views to or-. 20-lf PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. The old lawyer who ppoke wns one who lnul knowu Stephen jsuscomo from a boy, and ho looked his int'ig- nation as plainly r.9 be ppnke n. companion, an old friend ha had met at Long lirutich, nnu coiuuu.-i.tu ur- on the very cheap appitrei . 1 young gentleman so Myerely cruicie ed. Now ho spoke again. 'lint is he wealthy, n tiity fay l 'lie inherits half million under the will of his unc.e Uiuries liiuxo.uu. I drew up the will myel, anil more than that, I manage the c-biaic. r un mch a fortune at Ins commanu, ctp- phen Ibi-comb lives in a halt room in a email boarding -house, wears tho ,.i, ,..1 iinnsirol to be tound in iSew K I. 31 M T It E K T , south of noniN'Hox.A noNNnirs! M, yroitii, Tionosta, CARPENTER, A. omee next door to Lawrence Pa. House. E. L. Davis, TTORXKY AT LAW, Tionesta, ' 1 XV Collections niado In lag oouutifvt r. this and adjoln- 40-ly MIL1C W. rV Jk. T JZ , ATTORNEY AT LAW, nrt TIOXKSTA , PA . NoTAtlY A C'o.'s 3D-1V PW.Hayt, TTOKNKT AT LAW, and A reat-io. Remolds Huktll JJU.k. Sneca St., Oil City, Pa. r. unZ. ' ' v. u.Mir.KT KIKXEJL Jl C SM IL IS 1', &k L-w. . - Franklin, Pa MAveral C and AtrTIf?E in the several Courts oi e JL au, 'rawiora, i oreb, but comnlioti. Lwrr.o a Uoin 8-ly. Pa., - Proprietor r'C r il'lm There w.s earnestness that wns al most solemnity in the young inans r.ion au lie innie forward, and his words were -scarcely lover like, though thy .made Edna's heart throb with agitation. Will von trrant me an interview in your private parlor, Mr. Unwell ho said, 'and will you, Miss Edna, join us? I wi.sh to speak to you -before I leave for SaraUyju.' Wondering, Edna obeyed, loaning upon her unelo'i ami, but upon Mr. Russell's face there was a strange, ten der smile, as if he Was scarcely sur prised at the summons. Once seated in the small, private parlor, Stephen Uascomb in mainly, straightforward vurds told his love story, but kept his eyes resolutely from Edna's face, asking no answer to his confession. 'I should do wrong to ask fur a re turn of love,' he said steadily, 'unless I told you exactly how 1 am situated. The world believes me a rich man. I know mvself a rmupcr. 1 he tortuno a .1. me 1 ho d Kl trust lor True. I never heard of his marriage until I read tho letter he left for me us will. When he was a very . ... L.. --I...! n young man, not twenty, '"f'otu West India heiress, a gin oi bil5.., elnninr w th hffr. At Key west, . i u'hora ihn ninawiiv COUIUO weio 'Then it is to Edna I am to trans fer the property I hold in trust?' said Stephen eagerly. 'No. You aro to bold it. Destroy that letter, or give it to nic Custer's Mark. It w.-.s a horrible scar. Comraeco ing at thy ruoti of the hair, just over the left temple, it ran tlown across ttio Stepheu silently handed the letter fUCe to the right-hand corner ot the to tho old gentleman. Very careful- mouth. The flesh had closed together ly he readlt through, then struck a in a great ridge, and the nose seemed match, and burned nnn rrntP. 'So ends that chapter,' he said, The nrnpcrtr in JL V --'-' -- votir hands becomes hers in a mea sure, as your widow, and no questions it in the erupty to have been khorteued halt an inch by tho process of healing, lhe man with the scar sang two or mree songs, and then passed his hat around lor Pen",c?" ...... "Did a blow ot an jnjun s lomanaw sure, it yuui niwwn, i . j will be asked. T.ut if you transfer it do that ?"' he fepcated. "No, sir ; 1 pot mm Pictures Uken in all tho latest stylos tho art. Kurnitur o Booms! ftw. . York, and hoards bis money. I V,Ut my uncle left me I it in the banks whtn I collect the J dal!Z,lter; rents and interests, antl there it neb. x hate such a niggardly spirit.' 'But he comes to Eong lirancii , 'That is the odd part ot it. He haunts the best society, and the best society curts him, knowing his real wealth, nnd attributing nis mauuu . w eccentricity. JLicceninciiy i ruuu.... 1 like him, for all,' said iur. i-us-sell, tho companion of the old lawyer, T..d..o Viler ton. 'I like him.' 'Of courso you do,- snapped tho Judge, 'everybody docs, lie is the verv soul of honor, a man of undoubt ful fnlnnt hri lliant in conversation, liftman. Before his uncle died, he wa one of the most ins lidiona and tlezant men I ever .saw of IlOUBP, rKIONBSTA, PF.NN'A, C. M L CRAY. Pkopkiktok. 1 lit" nous 1m wmtrallr located. Kverytblnx new and well furnished Superior accoinnioda Mnns and strict a'tenUfii 'ivc; to piK-M. v....i.iMaml KruiuH of all Muds sbvod ... J, -i K..ttirU room for Com , n in.it ...... . MietMial Agents CKNTPVAL HOUSE, BMMHKK A AHNKW RT.OOIC. 1.. Ahkw. Propriutor. This is a now an"l has JuVt been Altod up he aocmmidation of the pubi c. A oi U on If tk patronao of the pubho is uolicitod. 44r FOREST HOUSE, A. VAUN1EU PnopnivTon. Court Houso, , Opposite Pa. J uft i . l TloneHta, i run oev "'l-'" """',,. .",, .- had. A portion of the public Ifon i is respectfully solicited. -i-h-iy W. C. COBURN, M. D., IAN A SUWiEO.N oners Tim nnderslned brfrs loare to Inform tho citizens of Tionesta, and the puWiBlii mineral, that ho hss opened a FIR CLANS KUH XI 1 ' UI! K STOKE, m his now building at tho junction of fclui M. and tiio Dutoh Hill road, where ho keep on hand a largo assortment of F U R ft3 I T U R E , Consi-ti-ijC in part Walnut Parlor Sets, Cuambnr hots, Cuno Seat Chairs, Wood Seat Chairs, Pocking CWwi Pininjr Tables, ' xtonnion Tables, Msrhio .opTablen, Kitchen Furniture, lUirt-aiis, l'.odsteads, . Washstr.nds, Lounifs, Mattress (Mpbeards, B-iok Co, Fnncv BrackoU, Looking (ilasses, Picturo Frames, and ,. t picSttjkes framed his sprvn-i-n n i 1 n-.,.i. : nn.iint nvai-tice. Ir. I (lourii itr uit 1m action. lr. i o iHianwM " (re.-itineilt burn inaKes a l.pec..l . . ; ,, -,,,. Throat, ijiin mi llroror llIT lllSeaSeK. Iin'"n t Naxal, I'bronio or hid- !n(T fur threo uionlhs. they were found ; ...Bt. bv the bride's father, who took ..... j . -, . . , , - . her home and ootameu a iegai vViu. tion upon the grounds that both bride and groom were under age. - 'Still mv uncle noverea anoui ior house, and saw his wife, as ho sun considered her often, but secretly, un til after hi? child, a girl was born. ti.o.i tho father earned both motner her. do von not see that this whole miserable story will be public talk, will bo twisted and distorted, and JJ r,'a iinmo bandied about UP011 tllO tnne-iie of every eossip?' 1 sec, and appreciate the generosity of vaur dccinioii. lou shall never re n-ret. vnur trust io me 'I have no fear. Here conies Edna, nrtl hero i.4 N:it,:llia's Tin?. lilt It U tIM -w i-i ' tJ , v,.nr hnrrpr. l-.ilna. ami wear 11 . J "(5--F ns vour mother woro it, as a token undying love. Stephen has the com 1 Stenben. taking the silitterinw iewel fiom his pocket-book, sharp sabro to spoil a man's face on, b liinniof it oiv ner nuser. Mv vnnr love have uo cloud no . .... ti ii i . : separation,' said wr. liussen, juavn.g the room a3 he spoke, while Edna crept into her lover a extended arms. Judge Ellerton never exactly un derstood the sudden change in his wealthy ycung client, but he will'iDgly obeyed his letter, bidding him arrango to re-open Charles Basconib's splen did house, and fit it up fr the return of the bridal couple after their ex- onrto.l u-nrhliniT tour in the fall. But Iia shakea his head eravely when his i. 11 K,.ient tic methods ot cur- r. .. .i: 0...1 ..lcetnd the siood lrom all .vstems, he will Kuarantep relief .r aciro U all enses whore a euro is Iliaj ro for Consultation. All fees w ill bo reasonable. Professional visits made at hll houra. Parties aL a distanco can ton ult him by letter. .,,.,, m.. n,l HeHidence second nuildini? below the Court House, TionoMa, Pa. t oe days Wednesdays and Saturdays !'-i'ltf AUSO, SJLSil &.DOOBS always on hand. His rooms boinR laruo, and well nitnat od he is prepared to odor superior Induce ments to purchasers. ( - Call and exsmino hl-i stock and prioe, and bo convinced UNDERTAKING; A full Rssortment of Coffins and Casket! -mstantly in More. .T,, A. 1. I AIU 1UUV1 li. ly k. a. hit. JN. r. !.. jr a r, va UK e BANKERS- Corner of Elm A Walnut St. Tionesta. Bank of Discount nnd Deposit. Interost allowed on Timo Deposit, t'olleotlorwmadeon all tho Principal point Of the U. S. Collections solicited. 18-1 V A. B. KtLLT. CO., WILLIA5IS Ai. CO., iw TWIT t.k - - PENN'A., TAX1DEHMI8T8 T)IRnS and Aninials stunVd and ino.int- rtofk. 2-iy THE LARGEST FURNITURE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE Oil lllv.iiuio; MILES smith:, Dealer In CABINET AND UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE! FRANKLIN, - - - PENN' A. Connistins ot Parlor. Oftico and Common Furniture, Mattresses, Pillows, Window bhades, Fixtures, Look ing !lassot Ac, Also, nnont for Venanjro county lor tho Celebrated Manhattan Spring Ped alu! Combination Mattresses, manutui-tured and for sale at my Furniture areroonis, i:Uh street, near Liberty, Call and nee sample Bed. Jy NEBRASKA GRIST MILL. g'overdand'rcimedin hrst- c2m , orHer.altd in now running and doing all kinds of CUSTOM ttltIXlI- FUV' AND OATS. fvnstntlvonliand, and sold at tho vcu.v lowest figures. T.KDEUU R Tfir nvurvT Malo and female, sahi- I- ...... w.. nav a-cnt as . I : r v .f f U) Dr. J. L. Acomb, t 1 1 vstft a N AND SURO EON. who has I had ti fteen years' experience in a larjse nd Kiiccesslul practice, will Biiena ij Professional Calls. Ofhce in his Drug and Urocerv Store, locateil in 'lidioute, nei Tidioute House. IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND A (nil assortment of Medicines, Liquors Tobacco, Ciuars, Stationery, Olass 1 amis. Oils, Cutler v, all ot me nei 'iu'"Ji " . i i.i. .f .-... .11 --I .I , riites. Will lU mu a i i id.ii'ui-'.v - . - DR. CIIAS. O. DAY, an experienced Ti.vi,.;:in and Hruir .Ut IVoiu New ork, iias cbarsc of tho Store. All prescriptions put up accurately. . ii'ri!TTtl'l!i M'liil ceiiin i V"-". A i i!,..i.'ii ,V ('.. 41 Park Row, N. Y f,.r tbrir r.ihty-pnge Pamphlet, l,()wi"K saw, lean- iug up agaiust the pillar of a porch, a tail, handsome man of tweuty-five in an ill fitting suit ot coarse - material irhireless. with clean but t! ap linen . - I. A ni.it " ... ...... man win carried his head erejt i.nt i.uh .1 ihn wor d lrom a pair oi lar.e. browu eves, that were tha fear O 1 . less, houest eyesol a man wno cauie nn Miv conscience. : - ' " ii-i i. . - As these same eyes iookcu out uu the groups upon the beach, they tun ,l.nlv lighted with a flash of radian . pleasure, then siianea graveiy un expressed oniv a proun buuntta. x-.i. Hussell, follwing their glance, found it rested upon his own nioce, his pridu rr.d dariing, Edna. She was cuniitig toward the poroh, but was sun aisoiue distance. , Ellerton, he said, suddenly, 'have vou uo other reason to ascribe to Ste phen liascomb's eccentricity, as you call it, to any other cause than a mean, ataricious spirit ?' ! . ' The lawyer looked keenly into ine face of his friend. An odd question.' he said gravely. 4But one I hope 'you "will answer. You know how dear Edna is to me, and you may have seen that Bhe ac cents Stephen Bascomb's attentions with pleasure, lie nas t.pun.cu words yet to bind bar to him, and yet he loves her. Would you givn a uauu ter of your own into his keeping?'. W I 111 ! .1 'A vear ago l snouui nave buiu yes, with all my heart. But niw, since hia uncle died, he has changed so and yet ' . 'There, there, tell what 1 know is .,.. vnnr tins. Is it meauness, r nuv thero baiisne otlicl- iiiolivc? 'In Charts -scomb's will there was a sealed Tewfbr his nephew, to h delivered after the will was rend. I delivered it what it contaiued never knew.' 'H'tn 1 . It's a queer world ! Steuben Bascomb thought it was a ..o.r wnrld. too. as he sauntered into the hotel just as Edua Russell reach ed the porch steps. He saw the. look of painful surprise in her eyes, and Vet he went from her though his heart went out to her with all his burden oi ove. In huown room he took lrom his bosom a sealed letter, broke con fining wax, and read it slowly. 'Only this to burn,' lie uiougnt, auu ove, wealth and happiness are mine. have searched faithfully! But my time cf probation has only commenc ed : If Edna knew she shall kuow. She, shall, at least, kuow hcw 1 love ler !' Vull of this new resolution Stephen Bascomb once more sought the porch, where Edna still lingered by her un cle's side. She was a' lovely girl of ahout nineteen, with soft, violet eyss, aud auburn hair that clustered iu stiu- n ringlets above a low. broad brow. ' o . . . - . i f Without startling heauty, her iace wa winsome, ami it had charmed Stephen Bascomb from the first hour when hia eyes rested upon it. The afteruoou suu was creeping to the wi,T north, and most of the guests of the hotel were enjoying a m p be fore the evening should call them out from the rooms iu all the glories of a full dress. Edna herself wa thiuking of going up stairs, wluu Stephen join ed Lwr uncle. in ignorance of their departure, tor vrara ha vainlv tried to fiud some clue to his wifc'n whereabouts, and his own conviction of her hiithlui love, his own adherence to the perfect le gality of his marriage kept him from ...... toL-inrr niinthpr Womatl iutO hl8 heart or his home. And he loved me dearly, and trusted mo iuplicitly. So by his will ho has left me his heir, while by a letter of trust ho charges ' - . n J 1-11 1 i r , oucir tna wii.4 iiinl eniid. Hiia ii avarice and miserly habits ot ins nonhew. and savs savacelv: 'He fell in love, . Russell ! His af fections for his uucles money gave away before hii love for his pretty d her iruiles worked a cure But it is uone tho less true that for more than a year after he became sole tn imif a million of monev. Ste- llCIt JfcV tJ , pher. Basoomb was a perfect miser a perfect miser.' And John liussen snaK.es ma aco.i, ma io k rmint9 tn K(na. in her Bpleudid home, IJind them, trac er too H rv luxury as her command, u-i.v,.ii I r.pv urn eiiLiuca m nmm. i ----- . r. 'Only a letter of trust 1' said Mr. Russell, slowly, 'then you are not bound in anv way.' ' Tif Hw. oi l r-ftntleman understood UV b". f , . in tho .dance and tone h:w Imnly this bond held Stephen Bascomb. 'And what clues have you by which to trace this visionary couple? Is your whole life to be spout 'in tin quest?' 'No. If i ten years they aro not found I am to consider myself my tin ,.lu'i heir. In the meantime I spend l 1 V w l l from the income ot his estate only wnai is absolutely necessary to my searcti. Judeinc that the widow ami daugtucr nr noon e 01 Iasinou aim eiauuiug, r , aud refuses to believe any such scan dalous accusations asainst that prince of liberality, his nephew, StephenBa a comb. o The Danbury Reus givts this pic ture! I have an active fancy, and I see pictures in wood fires. Shall I tell you of that picture, the wonderfully life-like picture, which always comes to mo out of the glowing coals 7 It is the picture of a sawbuck with a crock ed stick ou tho buck, aud a contrary saw in the stick, with n very much outraged boy attached to the eaw And I see the boy try to pull and the rrw. which will neither .be a siai.oi.ife x ---- t ,,. him have commenced my eearcu at me r-- m , . flnJ j " . . , . r.,t erv am wuieriuB F..v-, ... flI1(1 i10Wi au,i l 8ee hun iunii Indians are toutm every summer - , . . . d yes, How w.U you know - - - hrt Il'm. ves. llow will them if vou find them?' . Tho "mother's maiden name ivns Rionda ' . Edna started, wbilo her face grew deadly pale, but Stephen did' not see her agitation as he continued. I do not think my undo knew bow his child was named, but Miss Rion da's name was Natalia. Iu the letter was enclosed a ring, set with dia monds and rubies, two hearts held by a circle of diamonds. If I find my uncle's wife sho will have the compan ion rin?' ' Edna, said Mr. Rus-sel), very qui etly, 'will you get me your mother's rmgr The young g'ul, pule to her lips, glided away to .tlio next room, aud Mr. Russell said gravely : Stephen Bascomb, you did well to give me your confidence, to prove to mo what a honorable uao loves my n'.ece. Were you a pauper, I bbould be glad to call you my son. I am Vaulia Illrmdii's sten brother, liei mother w,as my mothor, thougu my father died when 1 was uui a cnuu. My mother married Hernandez Hion da, a wealthy West Indii sugar pian- iini u-hen Natalia was UUb icu mir rontbr died. 1 was vcaii w " n . '. . ii l fi.,11,. Q.i.l T never then at uarvaru vunc, "v- - returned to Cuba after my nioiuer s death. It was not until my sister al so died iu Taris some six years igo, that I heard from her the ttory of her marriage. Hernandez Rionda died a and Natalia sent for ine, begging my love aud protection for her child. I need not tell you how very dear Edua soou- became to me; and mv own weal'h was sutficient to make me independent of her father s assistance. ..Natalia never uiaiueu uoi lm-bdiiil. and. like himself, considered O.o m,irrilra a Sacred tie. b'lud'llg Ufa. She sutl'cred perecu t at lien fithei-'a liaud because she refilled til AC cant offers from others who believed her a widow. aches aud my eyes grow dim A French humorist writes: A doc tor at a sick man's bedside says to the wife of the mvalid: "It is eiy pain ful duty to inform you that your hus band has but a short tine to live." "What!" exclaims the surprised wife. "Do you not see," says the doctor, hnt alreadv his hands are purple?" r lrnw it " rpsnouded tho wife, "but he i a dver." "When that's so,' c.oollv continues the doctor, "I must . p coutess Uiat you aro very lonuumc, for if he had not been a dyer he would be a dead mau." A writer in the Univcrsctlist says Holland windmills have arms of enor mous length, and carry three thous and yards of canvass. American wind mills have arms of ouly ordinary size, but when they are seife to Congress they can stand up and lire out any wiudmill that ever spread its sails to the vising gale in Ilolluud. Two French ladies aro conversing on the qualitie and demeiiU of their own fa r eex. fcaiU one wun a 1U her beautiful eyes :. "1 bate never hut two women who were really nflifect." "Who was the other?" asked .. her fomnanion with a smile on her nue - - i thiu lip. A boy. five years of age, having to- leu a can ol milk, nis motner iuu i fofct- with moral suasion, ana wounu up her discourse by exclaiming "What in theWrld were you going to do with - -MTU- .-. . w . . tha niTlk. anvhow?" "1 was going to steal a little dog to driuk it, crushing reply. A young lady named Viola, whose father didn't like young men, remars i i,n ,.lior pveninc: 1 uun t see en lliu w."v- - a mv fither pave ine such a name if ho didu t want-me to have a beau.' SpriDgficKl, 111., bus a female dent ist. She is said to be a lady of gentle .extraction. cut down in Old Virginia during the war, 'bout the time it looked as if Jen Davis was the biggest patriot in the . country." "lou were in the cavalry l "Yon bet I was! I smashed up so many horses that I was owing the Con federate government $400,000 when it collapsed. If she hadn't collapsed, I'd been forced into bankruptcy." He chuckled, and raised his hat so as to reveal the scar in all its hideous ncss, and continued : . "I don't believe a tomahawk couh! leave a scar like this. It takes a good that he daren't look in the glass or have his photograph taken. A Yank j slashed me, of course but who do you suppose it was ? You couldn't goes " i i I i.l to save your neck, anu so x n ten you it was Liuster.ttiationg-naircii.uare- devil Yankee general, who used to ride 1 around with blood in his eyes and an extra sabre between his teeth. He. thought he'd done for me when be gave"me this lick, but he didn't kufrw our family." "How was it? "It was dowu at Travillian Station. . He wns riding around with a lot of , cavalry, and our folks got him in a box. Somehow we got around him em all sides, and we had cavalry, infantry aud artillery. We wero two to eue, had him fairly coopered, and by all decent rules of warfare he ought to have hung out the white flag, handod over his sabre and politely said : 'Boys, you've got the grape-vino twist on me, and I cave.' We expected it ; but, blast hira! he didn't do any such thing. , No, sir. He massed his troopers, gavo 'em touuderstaudit was 'hell or home,' and tho whole caboodle of 'em como from a dozen hills; our infantry fusi laded 'em irood and strong, and our troopers got the word to charge. "Durn my buttons, but wasn't it a hot fight? We were all mixed, bullets flying, sabres hacking, men yelljog horses neighing, everybody shautiug, and it was the devil's dauco all around! I beard a Yank shouting orders as if he was sonio big gun or other, and I worked up to him through the smoke. It was Custer. I had seen him before, and I knew what a fighter he was. I -pushed right up to him, gave my old. sabro a twi3t and a cut, aud ou v.fcJi his head 1" ..... He looked up with a wicket' twinkl in his eyes, aud added : , "In a horn 1 I roso in my stirrups, and struck at him with force euough to cut cleau down to the saddle, but he parried tho blow, leaned over, I sawa flash, and the next thing I knew I bad been in the hospital for two weeks, and the surgeons we.'o trying to look into my boots through the sabre cut across my face. I was a whole year "etting over it, and then I looked bo handsome that I was turaed over to the home'guards for the rest of the war. Sometimes I feel like suicide, and ag'in I don't care. I didn't bear no grudge ag'in CusUr for the tlash, but he might justas well put his cheese knifj through mo as to give inethis'X hia mark' to lug around. Aud that' what ails this old reb, and tliats how feel." N. Y. Sun. . At. a Southern hotel bar fiu eager was the controversy was pending 'twixt various general iajors, &c, whon a quiet fellow yveu, -x uappcucu there, wrtiemu, aud possibly may be ablu to refresh youi memories." There upon he proceeded to give a euccinci account of a smart action. "What might have been your rank, sir I ask ed the hotel keeper. "I was a private." About to start uext day, be demanue lis bill. "Not a cent, sir; not a cent You're the very first private 1 Ve met." Oil" tho coast of Virginia about fiv miles from the mainland, is an islat upon which roam uumbers of ponies t wild us the mustang. How cr wh they eetlled there is not known. The times are hard for prize fighter Joe Coburn .is in Auburn p;:son, Jo r..- :.. . l'nh,nli, nrinu. .T ft 111 MdC a fugitive in. Canada, and Clark nvft Weedcn are in jail in rew jersey. FVonih lnnrdl!lr SCllOOl tor rl id mentioned, where a prize is ot: to tho best mender of old clotbiu. ...i i,. i ii.isu for f euoral excel nviviiiiui. v" - - - n iii studies. 1 his is the urst cat e . kind chrouicled. Acndimv of desisrn h v 0 w - w- cj - hoarding school. J , kMWO. Ui iku U .'.' t a ....
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