THE TIMES, NEW HL00MF1EL1), PA., DECEMBER 0, 1881.
RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
AKUANS RMENT OF PAS3KNU EH TRAINS
November Gth, 1881.
Trains l.enro Harrlsbiirg as Follows t
For Now York via Allentown, at .05 a. in.,
and 1.45 p. ni. . . .
For New York via Philadelphia and "Bound
Brook lloiite," H.iW .(( a. lit . mid 1.45 p. in.
For Philadelphia, at U.3U, 8.0d, O.fiua. m., L3
and 4.00 p. m. , ..
KorKtudlnn, at b.20, 8.30, 8.05, 0.50 a. m., 1.45,
ami h.uh ii. in. . .
For I'uttsvlile. at.20, 8.0S, 9.Ma. m.,1.4S and
4.H0 p-m., and via Bcliuylklll and Susciitehaniia
Branch at 2.40 p. in. For Auburn, at 8.10 a. m.
For Allontowu.at6.20, 8.06, D.fiua. m., 1.45 aud
1.00 p. hi. , ,
The N.05 a. m. and 1.43 p. m. trains have
through uars for .New York, via Allentown.
SUNDAYS!
For Allentown and Way Rtatloni, at 5.20 a. m.
For Heading, lMitlilfllaph'a, and Way Stations,
at 5.20 a. in., ani 1.45 p. in.
Trains Leave for Harrlsburtj as Follows I
Leave New York via Allentown, at 843
a. Ill . 1.001111(1 5.30 p. in.
Leave New York via "Bound 11 rook Koule."and
Philadelphia at 7.45 a. m., 1.30,4.00, and 5.80 p. in.
arriving at lliirrlsuurg, 1.50, U.2U, 9 2o p. in., and
12.35 a. in.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m., 4.00, 5.50
and i.4"p. in.
Leave Potlsvllle.fl.on, 9,10 a. m. and 4.40 p. ni.
Leave Keading. at 4.50, 7 .30,11.50 a. in., 1.3c, 0.15,
7.50 and ln.35 p. m.
Leave Puttsvilln viaeluiylkllland Susqiieliauua
Branch, 8.15 a. in., aud 4.4o p. m.
Leave Alluiilown.atO.OO, 9.0U a. in., 12.10, 4.S0,
aud 9.05 p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Lave New York, via Allentown at 5.30 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.45 p. in.
Leave Heading, at 7 30 a. in. and 10.35 p. in.
Leave Allentown. at9.05 p. ill.
BALDWIN BKANCH.
Leave ITARIUSB0HG for Paxton, Loclileland
Bteelton dally, except Hnnday, at 5.25. 6.40, 9.35
a. m. , and 2.oo p. m.t dally, except Saturday and
Hnnday. at 6.35 p. m., aud on baturday only, 4.45,
6.10, 9.30 p. Hi.
Returning, leave BTEELTON dally, except
Sunday, at t. 10, 7.00, 10.00 a. in., 2.20 p. in. t dally,
except Saturday and Sunday, 6.10 p. ni., aud on
Saturday only 5.10, 6.30, 9,60 p. ni.
J. K. WOOTTEN, Gen. Manager.
C.G.Hancock, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent.
TCE MANSION HOUSE,
New IJloomfleld, renn'a.,
GEO. F. ENSMINGEK,
Proprietor.
HAVINO leased this property and furnished It
In a comfortable manner, lask a share of the
public patronage, and assure my friends who stop
with me that every exertion will be made to
render their stay pleasant.
44 A careful hostler always In attendance.
Aprli;9. 1878. tf
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V
ALUABLE FARM
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
A GOOD BARM situate In Saville township,
one and a half miles south of Ickesburg,
this county, containing
.A-bout GO -Acres,
Having thereon erected a
Frame House, Bank Barn,
CARPENTER8HOP, AND OTHER OUTBUILD
I ubs. A good portion of the tract i excellent bot
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3u The above property will be sold at a reason,
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AUCTIONEERS.
ItameYclISland
U Auctioneer,
Offers his services to the citizens of Terry and
Cumberland counties. Post otlice address,
Bherniansdale, Perry co., Pa.
KMtY KELL,
AUCTIONEER,
Would respectfully luloim the citizens of Perry
County that lie will cry sales st short notice, and
at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed.
- Address Henuy Kkix, Ickesburg, Fa.
B.HARNISH,
A-TJCTIONliIISIt ,
Dalvllle, Perry Co., Fa. Charges moderate, and
satisfaction guaranteed. 5 tf
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AVID M'COY,
AUCTIONEER ,
ICKESBURG, FERRY COUNTY, FA.
. Charges moderate. Prompt attention paid
to all calls.
JAS. P. LATCHFORD,
A VCTIONEEJt,
Would respectfully Inform the public that he
will cry sales at reasonable prices. All orders
will receive promnt attention.
-DONNALLY'B MILLS, FERRY CO., PA.
Auctioneer. The undersigned given
notleethat he will crysales at any point li Ferrv
or Dauphlu couutles. Orders are solicited aud
prcisiitatteHtlouwIllbeetven-
K.D.WELL8.
New Buffalo
Ferry eo., Pa
A NTIIANUK TALE.
A REMARKABLE story of attempt
ed swindling, involving a cold
blooded murder, Is narrated by tho
World recently i
In December, 1878, John V. lllllman
made applications for insurance on his
life at Lawrence, Kan., in the offices of
tbe Mutual, the New York and the Con
uectlcut Mutual Life Insurance compa
nies. The applications were forwarded
to the home offices and in the same
month he was Insured for f 25,000-$10,-000
In each of the New York companies
and $5,000 in tbe Connecticut Mutual,
lie paid the flrBt quarterly premium to
the three companies and then Btarted for
the far West, ostensibly for the purpose
of establishing a cattle ranch. A com
panion started with him named John II.
Brown.
While crossing the prairies they met a
young man named Frederick A. Wal
ters, whom lllllman hired to accompany
them and tend the cattle on the ranch.
On the evening of March 10, 1309, the
party camped a few miles outside of
Medicine Lodge, Barbour county, Kan,
The following morning Brown came In
to the village and announced that his
friend lllllman had been accidentally
shot while removing some goods from
their wagon. A coroner's Jury was im
paneled and went out to the camping
ground, where Brown narrated the story
of the shooting. He said that lllllman
and himself had been traveling together,
without any companion, in search of a
cattle ranch. A verdict of accidental
death was rendered and the body was
buried in the cemetery of Medicine
Lodges. Walters had disappeared and
nothing was heard of him.
When the news of Hillman's death
was brought to his friends in Lawrence,
they refused to believe the story of acci
dental shooting, and had the body ex
humed aud brought home. Another
inquest was held, and an examination of
the body revealed the fact that it was not
that of Hillman. The Insurance com
panies agreed to act together and sift the
matter to the bottom. They believed
that Hillman was still alive, and that he
and Brown had procured a corpse for the
purpose of securing the insurance. The
dead man was not like Hillman ; his hair
was curly and came down around his
face, while Hillman's was quite straight
and brushed back from his forehead.
The dead man had the usual number of
teeth, while Hillman was known to have
one missing. The dead man had re
cently been vaccinated, and the scar on
his arm was quite fresh and sore. Hill
man had also been vaccinated just before
starting on his trip, but the doctors cer
tified that the scar on Hillman's body
must have become cicatrized by that
time. The dead body was taller than
Hillman's, and it was remembered that
Hillman had tried to get his height falsi
fied while undergoing the medical ex
amination in the insurance companies'
offices. The fatal wound also was one
which could hardly have been inflicted
in the manner described by Brown, and
the latter had become very much con
fused at the inquest in narrating the de
tails of the occurrence. Altogether it
was evident that the dead man was not
Hillman, but who he was remained a
mystery.
A photograph of the corpse was taken
and sent to various places. It was first
recognized at Fort Madison, la., as that
of Frederick A. Walters, the man who
had joined Brown and Hillman on their
supposed search for a cattle ranche.
When the photograph was shown to
Walter's father, he at once recognized
the features as those of his son. He took
it home with him, and, accidentally
dropping it from his pocket, it was seen
by his wife and daughter, who at once
burst into tears. Several letters of Wal
ters were found. One to his sweetheart
in Fort Madison, whom he addressed as
k'Dearest Alvira," stated that he was
going West with a man named Hillman,
who owned a large cattle ranche, and
who had agreed to give him very liberal
wages for his services. He told her to
remain constant to him, and he would
return in a few months with enough
money for their marriage. Walters'
brother, C. R. Walters, described tbe
body before seeing it, and said that there
was a mole about the size of a pea on the
left leg. The body fully answered his
description, even to the small mole.
This left no doubt that the body was
that of Walter, and that he had been
killed by Hillman and Brown as a sub
stitute for the former's body In order to
secure the Insurance money, .
Brown was arrested and made a full
confession in September, 1879, in Platte
county, jmo., saying tnat the proceeding
wag pan of a scheme to defraud the in
surance companies. He said that he
was acquainted with all the parties to
the scheme. They were Hillman, Levi
Baldwin, Hillman's father-in-law ; Mrs.
Baldwin and himself. Baldwin furnish,
ed the moDey for the operations. Hill.
man was to insure his life for fifteen
thousand dollars, and Brown and he
were to find a body to palm off on theln-
surance companies. It was afterward
decided to have lllllman Insured for
$25,000. "We had no definite plans for
the finding of ft body, but supposed we
could easily get one. We made a trip In
the latter part of December, 1878, from
Wichita to the West during a heavy
snow-storm, hoping to find some per
sons frozen to death on the rond, but did
not succeed, llllimau and I were alone
on that trip. OntheCthbf March we
fell in with Walters, whom lllllman
hired to work on a ranch. Hillman
said that Walters would make a good
body for the insurance companies. I
told him the body was not like his, and
that It woyld not do, and I also protest
ed against the taking of Wallers' life, as
murder was not part of our agreement,
lllllman liked the idea, however, and
pains were taken that not more than two
of us should be seen around the wagon.
One of us was always inside. "Hillman
had been vaccinated before we left on
this trip, and one day he advised Wal
ters to get vaccinated, as there would be
danger of small-pox in the reglou where
we were going. Walters consented and
Hillman vaccinated him With a pen
knife, taking the matter from his own
arm. This was relied upon to help es
tablish the identity of Walters, as Hill
man. Hillman also traded otF his
clothes with Walters. He gave Walters
a lot of underclothing and then traded
his outside garments. Walters was an
easy-going stupid sort of a fellow. He
said that his name was Berkley or
Burchell. We always called him Joe.
I never made free with him after Hill
man had made up hiB mind to kill him.
I did not want to become Intimate with
him. On the evening we got to camp,
on the 10th of March, Joe was sitting by
the fire. I was at the wagon, trying to
get out some things, when I heard u
report and saw the man was shot. Hill
man dragged the body to one side and
put one of his own books in the dead
man's pocket. He then took Joe's va
lise and then he went off. He was about
to tell me where he was going, but I
told him I did not want to know, as I
could find out soon enough. I have
never heard of him since."
Subsequently Brown escaped and re
tracted this confession, saying that he
had been induced to make it by the law
yers for the Insurance companies, who,
he said, had told him that if he would
make it and if Mrs. Hillman would de
liver the policies to the companies, he
would be permitted to go free. Mrs.
Hillman did surrender the policies and
confessed that she knew her husband
was alive. The Baldwins, Mrs. Hill
man and tbe Browns have since disap
peared, and no trace of them has been
found. Hillman himself has been fre
quently Been since then, aud he is known
to be in some of the mining camps
around Leadville. The companies have
detectives on his track.
A Pretty Rough Joke.
LAST week Mr. Eppenetus Hoyt, of
of Foil du Lac, went to Chicago on
a visit. He is a pious gentleman, whose
candor would carry conviction to the
mind of the seeker after righteousness,
and his presence in the prayer meeting,
and the sociable, or the horse race is an
evidence that everything will be con
ducted on the square. Mr. Hoyt knew
a young man named Johnnie Darling,
who was attending Bush Medical Col
lege, and through him was permitted to
visit the dissecting room, and gaze upon
the missionary work being done there.
Mr. Hoyt was Introduced to a number
of the wicked young men who were
carving the late lamented, and after he
got aceustomed to the climate he rather
eDjoyed the performance. Whether
young Mr. Darling told tbe boys that
Mr. Hoyt was "fresh"-or not will per
haps never be known, but, as Mr. Hoyt
passed around among the slabs where
they were at work, each made a contri
bution from the corpse he was at work
on to Mr. Hoyt's coat pocket, unbe
known to him. While one was calling
bis attention to a limb he was dissecting,
another would cut off an ear, or a finger,
or a toe, or a nose, or dig out an eye, and
drop the same into the pocket of Mr.
Hoyt's overcoat. Finally he bid the
boys good by, thanked them for their
courtesies in showing around, told them
If they ever came to Fon du Lac his pew
in church was at their disposal, and he
skipped for the train and got on board.
The seats were all occupied, and a middle-aged
lady, with a thin face and spec
tacles, and evidently an old maid, allowed
him to sit beside her. The car was
warm, and it was not long before the
"remains" began to be heard from. He
was talking to the lady about tbe sweet
by and by, and the hope of a glorious
Immortality beyond the grave, and of
the inducements held out by the good
book to those who.try to lead a different
life here on earth, when he smelled
something. The lady had been smelling
it for some miles back, and she had got
her eyes on Mr. Hoyt and put her hand.
kerchief to her nose. He took a long
breath and said to tbe lady:
"The air seems tort of fixed here In
the car, does It not V" and he looked up
nt the transom. .
"Yes," said the lady, as she turned
pale, and asked him to let her out of the
seat, "It ia very much fixed, and I be
lieve you are the man that fixed It 1"
and she took her satchel and went to
the rear of the car, where she glared at
him as though he was a fat-rendering
establishment. Mr. Hoyt devoted a fow
momeuts to silent prayer, and then his
attention was called to a new married
couple in the seat in front of him. They
had been having their heads close to
gether, when suddenly the bride paid :
"Henry, have you been drinking V lie
vowed by all that was great and glorious
that he had not, when she told him that
there was something about his breath
that reminded her of strong drink, or a
packing house. He allowed that It wag
not him, but admitted that he had no
ticed that there was something wrong,
though he didn't know but It was some
of her teeth that needed filling. They
were both mad at the Insinuation of tbe
other, and the bride leaned on the win
dow and cried, while the groom looked
the other way, and acted cross. Mr.
Hoyt was very much annoyed at the
smell, and made up his mind it was his
duty to speak to the groom about It. So
he introduced himself and told the groom
he ought to do something to cure those
feet of his. The groom looked at hlin
Indignantly, but Mr. Hoyt continued :
"You may think It will wear off, but
It won't. I knew a man In Fon du Lao
whose feet perspired as bad as yours,
and it was almost impossible to stay in
a room with him. He had to sleep with
his feet out tbe window, and the neigh
bors oomplained to the health officers,
One day he"
At this point the bridegroom called bis
wife, and they indignantly left the car.
Mr. Hoyt was annoyed. The smell re
mained, and people all around him got
up and went to the forward end of the
car, or to the rear, and there were a
dozen empty seats when the conductor
came In, and lots of people standing up.
The conductor got one sniff and said :
"Whoever has got that piece of Lim
berger cheese in his pocket will have to
go in the emigrant car." They all
looked at Hoyt, and the conductor went
up to him and asked him if he didn't
know any better than to be carrying
around such cheese as that. Hoyt said
he hadn't got no cheese. The conductor
insisted that he had, and told him to
turn his pockets wrong side out. Hoyt
jabbed his hands Into his pockets and
felt something cold and clammy. He
drew his hands out empty, turned pale,
and said he didn't have any cheese. The
conductor insisted on his feeling again,
and he brought to the surface a couple
of human ears, a finger and a thumb.
"What in the name of the apostles
have you got there t" says the conduc
tor. "Do you belong to any establish
ment that sends canned missionary to
the heathen cannibals V" Hoyt told the
conductor to come in the baggage car
and he would explain all, and as he
passed by the passengers, with both
hands full of the remains, they were
ready to lynch him. He told the con
ductor where he had been been, and the
boys had played it on him, and the
fingers and things were thrown beside
the track where some one will find them
and think a murder has been committed.
Afterwards Hoyt went in the car and
tried to apologize to the old maid, but
she said if he didn't go away she would
scream. Hoyt would always rather go
away than have a woman scream. He
is trying to think of some way to get
even with the boys at Rush Medical
College.
The Italian Bandit.
ADVICES from Palermo state that
when the Italian arrested in New
Orleans and afterwards extradited from
New York as Exposito, tbe bandit, was
brought face to face with his accusers In
his own county seeing that any further
attempt to deny his identity would be
futile, he boldly threw off the mask and
boldly proclaimed that he was the bri
gand. Esposito formerly belonged to a
noted band under the leadership of " Le
one," who terrorized the Inhabitants of
Sicily. After many engagements with
tbe government troops, Leone was final
ly surrounded and killed, with most of
his men. Esposito escaped death and
surrendered, but on the day fixed for his
trial, leaped from the van on which he
was being carried to court, and aided by
his friends, fled to the mountains. There
he gathered the remnants of the band,
and inaugurated a carnival blood. Near
ly fifty murderers are ascribed to this
baud, some of their victims being prom
inent officials of the prbvluce. As long
as the culprits contented themselves with
kidnapping and mutilating Italians, the
government proved rather lukewarm in
its dealings with these men, but when
tbe Rev. John Forrester Roze, an En
glish minister of the Gospel was mutila
ted, having his ears cut off because the
$2,500 which they demanded as a ransom
wns not promptly paid then the English
government inlerferred and demanded
the annihilation of this band. Ou hear
ing this Esposito Ilandazzo, with the aid
of friends, mannged (o reach the sea and
embarking for the United Slates, arrived
In New Orleans in lflPO. When he was '
extradited, a loud outcry wns made both
In New York and New Orleans, by the
lawyers who had defended Mm, alleging
that the wrong man had been torn from
lils home, his family and friends, and
taken to a foreign land to suffer for the
crimes of another. The question was
brought up in the Senate, and an inves
tigation was demanded. It was claimed
that he came to New Orleans a poor man
aud by attention to business and frugali
ty had saved a competence. Recent
developments show that he was a rloh
man when he reached this country. His
wealth was undoubtedly derived from
the plunder of the unhappy travelers
murdered by his band or held captives
till their lives were ransomed by their
friends.
An interesting sequel to this case is a
suit brought In New Orleans by the law
yers of Esposito against Angelo Cusima
no, of that city, to recover $10,000 en
trusted to him for the benefit of Serafina
Ola Merducca-Mlcell, the mother of
Esposito's child. Another suit is to re
cover possession of a lugger purchased by
Esposito for use as a fruit trader, which
the captain, a man named Uuiseppe
Grande, has converted to his own use.
Both the defendants are charged with
profiting by the misfortune of Esposito,
and retaining possession of both money
and vessel.
A Practical Chap.
A Somerville young lady who was the
recipient of attentions from two young
men equally elllglble, in poiDt of good
looks, social position, and financial
solidity aud entertaining similar feelings
of friendship for both, was In a quanda
ry as to which one to choose should they
propose. A friend to whom she confid
ed her difficulty snggested that she put
both to some test to prove the strength
of their affection. She took tbe advice,
and to tbe first who avowed his affection
said:
" You tell me that you love me. How
do I know that you are sincere V What
would you do to show your love.
"Anything," replied the ardent lover,
who had a spice of romance in his dis
position, "anything. , I go to the world's
end for you ; I would die for you if nec
essary." Such ardent protestations
brought the blushes to her cheeks and a
thrill of happiness to her heart, and she
thought that no one could love her more
fondly than he did. She asked, however
for a little delay before giving him an
answer to his suit.
Meanwhile the other proposed and she
questioned him in a like manner.
" Well," said he, " I'll tell you what I
would do to show my love foryou: If you
marry me you shall have good clothes to
wear. I will see that you are always the
owner of a handsome sealskin sacque,
and that your hats or bonnets are always
in fashion and I will be a faithful hus
dandtoyou." " But wouldn't you go to the word's
end for me or die for me, any of that sort
of thing, you know?" she asked, as she
toyed with his coat buttons.
"I don't want to go to the world's
end," he replied ; I've got a nice, good
paying business here In Boston ; and
as for dying for you, I'd rather live with
you."
"Well," said she, as visions of the seal
skin sacque, fashionable bonnets, etc.,
flashed before her mind, " I guess you
can speak to pa.
The practical wooer is the man for the
times.
Christianity's Trait.
Humbleness is peculiar to Christianity.
Goodness is admired and taught in all
religions. But to be good, and feel that
your good is nothing; to advance and
become more conscious of pollution ; to
ripen all excellence, and like corn to
bend the bead when full of ripe and
bursting grain that is Christianity.
Geographical Enigma. -
lam composed of 19 letters.
My 4, 2, 9, 10, S, and 12, is a river la
England.
My 11, 3, 15 and 14 Is a kingdom In South
America.
My 13, 3, 15, 8, 17 and 7 is a city in Europe.
My 5, 18, 1, 9, 15, 17 and 5 ia a lake ia
North America.
My 6, 17, 16, 17, 11, 3 and 19 ii a lake ia
British America.
My whole Is what the people of Bloomfield
would like to see.
The place of great safety is the
place where duty calls you.
Man's Ingratitude.
This is an ungrateful world to say the
least. A man will act like a lunatic
when he has the Itching Piles, and de
clare that he knows becan't liveanother
day. yet he applies Swayne's Ointment,
the intense itching is allayed at once, he
gets cured, and goes down to the lodge
without one whit of gratitude. When
asked why he looks so cheerful, he
dodges the question Ivan iudifferentan.
twer. Its just like a man though, isn't
it ? 464t