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THE TIMES.
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other day, left $1 ,000 to the editor of the
OlnsROW (Ky.) Times, an an expression
of the comfort she had found In reading
his paper.
We don't desire to lose any of our
subscribers by death, but if in dying
they should follow the example of Mrs.
Willis we will promise to pray for
more like her.
John P. Phair, the Vermont mur
derer, was hanged at Windsor on the
10th Inst. The crime for which he suf
fered the extreme penalty of the law
was committed nearly five years ago,
and he was under sentence of death for
more than four years before his execu
tion. The circumstantial proof of his
guilt was so Btrong that no ground for a
reasonable doubt could be , found, al
though Phair himself stoutly asserted
his own inncence.
Fun in the Senate.
That was a funny slip of the tongue
which befell Senator Hill, of Georgia,
recently. 41 If," said he, "the Governor
of New Hampshire has the power to fill
a vacancy In the Confederate Senate,"
etc.
He was at a loss to account for the out
burst of laughter on all sides, and had to
ask an explanation of his associates.
The Senator himself joined heartily in
the laugh when he learned the reasons
for it, and he begged to assure his friends
on the other side that he had no revolu
tionary designs.
The issue of government bonds in de
nominations of ten dollars affords a fa
vorable opportunity for economical peo
ple to invest small earnings. It Is true
that the interest is only four per cent,
but the security is much stronger than
most investments that bear higher rates.
Those who have hid their money away
in stockings in distrust of savings banks
can buy these ten dollar certificates
'which can be kept as security as well as
greenbacks or gold, besides bearing in
terest. When it may become neces
sary to spend them the interest that has
accrued will be paid. There is reason to
believe that those who desire to invest
small savings from time to time will
avail themselves of these bonds. The
investment in them will tend to encour
age habits of economy ,besides diminish
ing the prejudice against the bloated
bondholders when all have an opportu
nity to invest in bonds of the govern
ment. Horace Greeley's Investment.
The unsavory and long-drawn-out
contest over the Vanderbilt will has at
last been compromised, and apparently
to the satisfaction of all concerned. Why
such a sensible result was not arrived at
before the hideous details of the scandal
were spread broadcast over the land, is
a mystery. All the suits in esse and
posse are now " off." It Is stated that
the compromise was strongly urged by
Judge Rapallo, to whom was submitted
some of the evidence which Mrs. La
Bau, the Commodore's daughter, and
Cornelius J., his son, were prepared to
submit in the event of a further contest
of their claims. Be this as it may, the
chief feature of the arrangement is that
Cornelius J., is to receive $1,000,000 and
his expenses in the suit in the Supreme
Court, and Mrs. La Bau, now Mrs. Ber
ger, a like amount and costs ; and the
will of the late Commodore Vanderbilt
is to remain ' uncontested. Out of- the
round million accredited to Cornelius,
his debts, to an amount not exceeding
$300,000, were to be paid, and the Gree
ley estate first of all ; also, there was to
be deducted the $200,000 left him by his
father, or rather, the income of that
sum. To this $.500,000 Wm. H. pays his
brother another $-500,000, and guarantees
on it 4 per cent interest until it shall be
Invested for him. It is insisted as a
preliminary to any settlement that his
brother's debt should first be paid, and
this was done. TA Tribune gives a de
tailed account of the various lendlngs of
Horace Greeley to Cornelius, which com.
inenced when he was a very young
man, and were made out of sympathy
for him. Down to 18G4 he had loaned
him various amounts, aggregating about
$47,000. Then Cornelius was adjudged
a bankrupt, which legally, wiped out
the debt. In 1808, however, Cornelius
sent Mr. Greeley two notes, at 7 per
cent, interest, to secure him for moneys
advanced. Cornelius claims to have re
ceived from Mr. Greeley in reply a letter
saying that he (C. J. V.) did not owe
him (Mr. G.) anything, but adding that
he would retain the notes for his chil
dren. Subsequently Cornelius drew on
Mr. Greeley for sums amounting to
near $.1,000, which was outlawed long
ago. The whole amount owed Greeley,
with Interest, and minus some offsets,
was found to reach $01,187, all of which
has been paid to Mr. Greeley's two
daughters, and their receipt therefor
published as follows, Blgned by Ida and
Gabrlelle : " The money loaned by our
father, Horace Greeley, to Mr. 0. J.
Vanderbilt, amounting In all, principal
and Interest, to over $01,000, much of
which has been outlawed, has been paid
In full by Mr. C. J. Vanderbilt, thereby
fully Justifying the faith our father
placed In him." Thus ends a case which
deserves to rank among the causes cele
brcs of the times. We doubt whether
Horace Greeley ever made a better In
vestment, and his daughters, after the
lapse of so long a time, have great rea
sons to congratulate themselves on the
turn matters have taken.
A Caution to Farmers.
An agent left a plough at a farmer's
in an adjoining county, with a verbal
consent to use it. He also left a printed
advertisement of its merits. The farmer
looking over it, found a notice in due
form, stating that where trial Is made
of the plough, the agent must be notified
within two days and given a chance to
regulate the workings of it. Many
farmers will never see this notice, but
will take the advertisement heedlessly
and then, through failure to notify In
two days, will be compelled to keep the
plough inasmuch as the agent can be
qualified the farmer was duly notified
and the farmer cannot deny receiving
it. Farmers, don't have anything to do
with these "Moonshiners," whose
only object is to make dupes of unwary
farmers, and above all things don't sign
your name to any paper. If you need
any kind of an agricultural Implement,
patronize dealers at home whom you
are thoroughly acquainted with.
A Tornado In Missouri.
St. Louis, April 0. Information was
received late to-night that a tornado
passed over a portion of St. Louis county
this afternoon. It first appeared at
Howell's Ferry, on the Missouri river,
and traveled due east to Hermansburg,
about ten miles from here, where its
force seemed to have been nearly ex
pended. Some half a dozen houses were
damaged. Out houses were blown
down, chimneys carried away, and
fences,trees and other property scattered
about, but so far as known no lives were
lost and nobody was injured. The track
of the Btorm wbb eighteen miles long
and half a mile wide. Not much rain
fell, but a good deal of very large hail.
A very heavy rain fell here this after
noon, accompanied by a high wind.
Mysteriously Missing.
On Tuesday of last week, John Wag
ner, a well-to-do farmer, residing in
West Manheim township, York county,
left home for York to attend to some
business. He arrived there safely, at
tended to his business,. and repaired to
the railroad depot and purchased a
ticket for Hanover Junction ; but has
not been heard from nor seen since.
There are strong surmises that he has
been put out of the way by some one, as
he had some money with him. Suspi
cion rests strongly against a party,
whose name we omit at present. Quite
a search is being made for the missing
man and no doubt in a ' few days the
facts will be made public Glen Hook
Item.
A Jailor MurdereOy Outlaws.
Jefferson, Texas, April 8. Last
Saturday evening at Mount Vernon,
Robert Morgan, whom the sheriff left
in charge of the Jail, was assassinated
by six men, who, after murdering Mor
gan, attempted the rescue of the pris
oners, but the door resisted their efforts,
and being fired on by the citizens, they
were compelled to take to their horses
and escaped. The citizens threatened to
burn the jail with the prisoners in re
taliation, but were prevailed upon to
desist.
A Young Lady's Suicide.
Detroit, April 10. The suicide of
Mrs. Frank Henry, of Gratolt county,
by poison, causes great excitement. It
is said her lover, ParkB, got the poison
for her unknowingly. He is the man
who, recently, it is supposed, shot him
self to cause the arrest of a neighbor on
the charge of assault with intent to kill.
Caught In Machinery and Crushed to Death.
Wilkekbahkk, April 10. This morn
ing Warren Johnson, aged eighteen
years, became flanged in the gearing of
the fly-wheel at the entrance of Moffat's
shaft, in this city, and before the
machinery could be stopped was crushed
to death. His body was horribly
mangled.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Lebanon, Pa., April 8. This after
noon a passenger train on the Lebanon
and Tremont railroad near Swatara
Station, ran into a wagon containing an
old man and two boys, killing one of
the latter instantly and Injuring the
other so severely that his recovery is
doubtful. The old man escaped unin
jured.
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A good looking German girl at
Spring Wells, Michigan, refused to
marry Frederick Puehrlng till he gave
her a mortgage of $500 on his property.
He signed, sealed and delivered the
mortgage, but Immediately demanded a
discharge of It. In her Ignorance she
gave this, and the pair went to the
Justice to be married. His Honor,
however, Informed her that her mort
gage was good for nothing. A dispute
ensued, and Duehrlng actually went out
found another girl and married her.
Miscellnneous News Items.
f5J"The post-offices at Lancaster and Ann
ville, Pa., have been designated as depos
itories to receive the subscriptions to the
four-per-cent. certificates.
13J Miss Lucy Osborne, who lost ber
scalp in Scboverling's button shop at New
Canaan, Conn., a couple of years ago, has
finally bad it all replaced by graftiog.
HTKtieeland Coy, living near Bradford,
McKean county, a few days ago got drunk
and kicked bis wife so severely that she
bos since died. An unborn infant was
killed by the kicks.
U3TA colored man named Holmes struck
a white man named Stark on the head
with a stave, on Monday last, on board a
steamer near Pittsburg. Tbe man cannot
live, and the negro is in custody.
t3T All kinds of game are dying off in
Forest county from tbe effects of the
severe winter. Several foxes have been
found in astarvlug oondition, and so weak
that they could be easily captured.
3T Tbe farmers in the eastern part of
Lebanon cou nty are preparing to raise
tobacco more extensively than ever, since
they find it to pay better than any other
crop. Borne farmers will put from five to
ten actes under cultivation.
tW Tbe confederate monument in
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, was
decorated Tuesday afternoon. Ten thou
sand parsons witnessed tbe ceremonles,and
local military organizations and associa
tions participated.
' t2P A horse owned by Mr. J. Rhodes,
near Bloomington, III., bad its tongue cut
completely off tbe other day, by pulling on
a rope which had been noosed about its
lower jaw. In pulling tbe rope slipped,
catching tbe horse's tongue in the bight.
tW Bradford, McKean county, effects a
city organization. The growth of the
town has been almost magical, being
wholly tbe result of the discovery of oil.
It has a population of 12,000, and a is well
built, wide-awako and thriving town.
t3TA colored man named Peter Demby,
about sixty-five years of age, was murdered
in Wilmington, Del., on Saturday night
a week. His body was found near the
scene of the Temple murder, which occur
red two years ago, which he was the first
to discover.
13?" John Henry Peyton and Gideon
Williams, both colored, had an argument
on Saturday evening in Ilarrisburg which
developed into a fight. Williams seized a
hatchet and dealt Peyton several blows on
tbe bead, cutting him badly. Peyton's
wounds were dressed at the hospital.
Of A party of about fifty Yankees in
Maine, it is said, have purchased two old
freight oars, fitted them up with windows,
bunks and cooking apparatus, and are now
slowly making their way Westward at tbe
rear of freight trains, having contracted
with the railroads to haul them at about
the rate for cattle by the carload.
t& Tbe Altoona "Tribune" relates that
on Thursday Mr. Wm. Thomas, aged 68
years was carried a distance of ten feet
into the air by a whirlwind, and in falling
bad tbe fourth finger on his right hand
broken. Tbe boardwalk on whioh he was
standing was blown a distance of fifty or
sixty feet by the wind.
tW A Bridgeport woman declared that
she would whip the girl with whom she
caught her husband walking in tbe street,
aud did it. She also said she would scratoh
he? husband's eyes out and tried to do li.
Then she started for the water, deolaring
she would drown herself, but didn't do it.
tST" Acting upon tbe advice of a learned
Voodoo doctor Samuel Broolins, a darkey
employee of tbe Cincinnati Southern Rail
road, bathed his body iu boiled poke root
for the purpose of curing a bad cold.
Sum's fellow workmen at Burgin, Ky.,
turned him over last Tuesday morning to
see why in the world he should sleep so
long. They found a dead darkey.
f& Tbe eight-year-old daughter of a
Mr. Michael Lynob, Cambria county, on
Monday, tied one end of a rope to a porch
post and tbe other end to the railing. She
then seated herself on tbe rope and com
menced to rock, but falling backward, got
her bead entangled in it, a loop forming
around her neck, when she was ohoked to
death.
tW The last rait of the branch track of
the Philadelphia and Reading Road, be
tween Ilarrisburg and Baldwin, was laid
last Saturday, and this new and Important
artery of trade Is now ready for business.
A locomotive and train of ears has run over
tbe road, and everything found to work
smooth and In perfeot order. Tbe length
of the extension is two miles and a quarter,
one mile of which is trestlework.
New York, April 0. Mrs. Rose McCus-
ker, an aged widow occupying with her
son No. 225 West Sixteenth street, was
found this morning suspended on the iron
railing In front of the house. The sharp
spikes had entered her abdomen and she
died as officers were moving her from her
terrible position. She suffered greatly from
cramps in ber legs, and it is supposed that
while walking around the floor during tbe
night to gaiu relief she was attracted to
the window and fell out.
tW Thomas Konlgmaoher, who hung
himself lu Upper Makefleld.Buoks county,
tbe other day, was very ecoentriu. lie
used to drive to market bareheaded iu
midwinter, called his three horses after
the members of the Trinity, and once tried
to teach the people of Trenton how to
liquidate the public debt by burning sever
al government bonds in the street. He
was fond of giving wagon loads of bread
to tbe poor.
tW John Martin, a well-known aud
highly respeotabie farmer of Lancaster
county, tried to commit suicide at ' his
home near Rawlingsville, last week. The
Instrument used was a small pocket knife,
with whiob he made a frightful gash in
his throat, extending almost from ear to
ear, exposing the windpipe and narrowly
escaping the jugular veiu. Ilia designs
were frustrated by tbe timely arrival of
some of the family. lie is in a dangerous
condition and may not recover. He is
about 45 years of age, and lives with his
father, who owns several farms in that
neighborhood.
tW A Mr. Jaucke, of Iowa City, had a
narrow escape from a horrible death the
other day. He was on horseback when tbe
animal suddenly plunged into a ditoh at
one side of the road, turning the saddle
and throwing tbe rider to the ground, his
foot, however, catching in the stirrup.
With a desperate effort he clung to the
bridle reins with one hand, tbe horse all
the time plunging wildly around, and with
tbe other took out his knife, opened it
with his teeth and out the stirrup strap,
whioh released him from bis perilous posi
tion. C3T" A church steeple at Richmond, Ind.,
on whioh lights appeared at night, was be
lieved by superstitious people to be haunted
until tbe other day, when somebody sug
gested that a broken lightning-rod might
cause the illusion, and the sexton climbed
up above tbe bells, and found the two sec
tions of tbe rod apart and a gap of an inoh
or more between them. The passage of
silent elootrloity over the gap caused a
spark, which, seen snapping and jumping
in the moist air, assumed phantom forms,
and played the deuce with tbe imagina
tions of all who saw it.
Davenport, Iowa, April 7. Shortly
after twelve o'clook on Friday night Harry
Watt, a cigar maker of this oity, and
Louise Filter, his wife's sister, took prus
slo acid, and died within a few moments
of each other. Watt was a young man,
comparatively, but he had boon married
several years and bad children, and his do
mestic life had always seemed perf eotly
happy. Miss Filter was 21 years old and
had lived with the family for several years
past. Tbe ooroner's investigation revealed
the faot that improper relations probably
existed between tbem.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washixuton.D., 0., April 9,1 879.
What the Bonse has done since re-assembling
on March 18lh is to pass the Army appropria
tion bill in substantially the same shape It
went through the previous House. What tbe
Senate has done Is to pass a bill authorizing a
contract with some one to disinfect ships coming
into our ports from places where the yellow
fever or other infectious diseases prevail. The
House has now commenced consideration of the
Legislative appropriation bill, and will doubt
less pass it in about the same form as before.
There will be long discussion, however, on the
clauses abridging the powor of Federal super
visors, and perhaps on that which repeals tbe
test oath law. The Senate, also, will debate
these things at greator length after passing
the Army bill. In short, even If we do not
have " general legislation" there is every rea
son to believe the session will last till June.
Mr. Randall will appoint his Committees this
week, and that, with other Indications, points
to the transaction of other business than that
embraced in and attached to the two appropri
ation bills.
There was a vory Interesting debate In the
8enate yesterday over the Benatorship from
New Hampshire. The time of Senator Wad
lelgh expired on March 4th last, and toe Gov
ernor appointed Mr. Bell Senator from tbe
State. Tbe lawyers of the Senate are divided,
without regard to party lines, or the question
whethor or not there Is such a "vacaucy" as is
contemplated by the Constitution In giving to
the Governor of a State the power to appoint
Senators. Mr. Carpenter, Republican, holds
that no such vacancy exists, and Mr. Bayard
and Mr. Groome, the Utter the very clear
headed new Democratic Senator from Mary
land, to the opposite side. Curiously enough
the question hfts never been before the Senate.
Speaker Randall Is said to have fonnd more
difficulty in filling the District of Columbia
Committee than any other. The truth Is that
every citizen of Washington thinks it bis.
duty to visit and advise ' the members of tbe
Committee, and the persecuted Committeemen -find
time to do nothing else but listen. This Is
partly, no doubt, because this community, un
like any other In the country, has no local gov
ernment of its own selection no Legislature
or Board of Aldermen or Conncllmen. There -Is
nothing to stand between the Houso Com
mittee and tbe 170,000 citizens.
Tbe President continues to receive deserved
commendation for bis selection' of President
White, of Cornell, as Minister to Germany.
The fact Is just made known that In Decem
ber last the place was offered to Mf. Whitslaw
Reld, of the New York Tribunt.
There Is to be a Senate Investigation of the
affairs of the Freed men's Savings Bank, which '
collapsed In 1878, causing a loss of millions to
colored people In the South. Senator Bruce
will be Chairman of tbe Committee, with '
Messrs. Cameron, of Wisconsin, Gordon, .
Withers and Garland. I find that there is a
general belief throughout the country that Gen
eral O. O. Howard and Frederick Douglass
were In a large degree responsible for the ruin
of the bank. It is not true. Gen. Howard
had no active connection with the Institution,
and Mr. Douglass accepted the Presidency of
11 only after its ruin was accomplished His
course was In tbe highest degree creditable to
him. Olivb.
A New Song.
We have just received from the Publishers, .
Love's Lamentation. Just published. Words -and
melody by lone Adelle V. Carr, arranged
by R. B. MabafTey. Price 80 cents. This is a
peculiarly beautiful song, simple and easy. A'
sweet, pleasing melody, wedded to charmingly
pathetic words, so touching and sweet In sen
timent. As this song has just been issued, the
Publishers propose to send It to anyone at.
half-price, (15 cents) for Introduction.
Address, Leslie Mabaffey, Pubs.,
Altoona, Pa.
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An old physician, retired from practice, hav
Ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary tbe formula of a simple vegetable
remedy, for tbe speedy and permanent cure for -consumption,
bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and -all
throat and lung affections, also a positive
and radical enre for nervous debility and all
nervous complaints, after having tested: its '
wonderful curative powers In thousands-of
cases, has felt It bis duty to make it known to
bis suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge, to all who may desire It,,
this recipe, with full directions for nslng and
preparing, in German, French, or English.
Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, nam
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Camphor Milk cures Rheumatism and lame back.
Camphor Milk will cure Cuts, Brulfes and Burns
Camphor Milk costs 25 cents pr bot., 5 bottles 11.-
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Eby's New Building,
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FITS I FITS I The undersigned having;
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a convenient shop, he is prepared to do
Tailoring In all its branches, in the
best of style, and guarantee a Good Fit
every time. 8. Bentzel.
P. S. A stock of choice Tobbacco and
Segars constantly on hand.
April 9, 1878.
The Wamsutta Shirt still holds the lead.
We make a specialty in White and
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