Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1875 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, AUGUST 191875

a rr.EAM or fair t.ve vthfu. .V .IAMK1 MACRH'E TIMHININ. From Harper s Magazine for Sartember A strange wild being, half goat, half manWhile past him the plover and dunlin rlew, Ana over his h ofa tha tiver waves ranBlew oa a reed, and blew and blew The one Monotonous tune tha he knsw. And a wind came out of the dnskT South, rallinsr the roses with a mellow s I 'lb a .itle-call from a lover's mouin. And the rose, the red rose, sweetly enough, Bowed tn acknowledgment thereor. And out of tbe South with the wind there new Mot Kin horrtn that drifted low, AmiVmnixKl by ihe river where tall tree grew. And wl.Vr- blight willow wvd to ana iro O'er the liest of a teal In the nags below. Mno8t a smile on the river's face In the kiss of ripples the lily slept ; And here and i here In the liquid Bpace, Where great brown turtles lazily crept, In shoais tue glittering sun-perch leapt. Its hmMfni nest. "ön the-wave, of the south wuid rocked and Ii-.. jft.i..ni flttod ht close to its breast. T,.t , innirp,! likA room BDlendid molten A UAH ROld . Poured from a crucible Into a mould. Ina hovering crowd of butterflies. Lulled by a murmur ot drowsy bees, a rwi Hnrrttni with sweet and tender dies Of a bed of blcom in the stream of the breeze, A. maiden sir pt in tle ausKOi me irees. A hamming bird daintily touched her mouth, Finding it sweet as rose-bud is nrf cvMt the rose of the soot n And she smiled In her sleep, saying: "It Is his kiss I knew my lovervrou'd come for this!" Hor lute lay beside her, and, lo! the wind btirred re music its tuned strings; In a quiver of rar tnre the on grass leaned, And swarms or beautiful gilded things Uuag tranced in the air on filmy wings. And out of the forest a youth .he-e came, Tall and strong and liibe of limb, WHa ADiwd and called a musical name Till the maiden sprung up and answered him Freai the pool of blooms in the shadows dim. But sleep was loth to let go her eyes. Though her lover's kisses again and again Thrilled them through with a sweft surprise. And opened them lite blue illy-bads twain Blown into blossom after a rain. Her long hair fell down and down, Till like a tobe it enveloped her With a mist of splendor from loot to crown; And the breaih ot her lips was sweeter far To her lover than all the bloom scents were. he leabed on his breast, and he pressed her close. And kissed her again 'mid the singlngof birds; .nci the souzh ot the bouth winu calling the tose. And the south wind touching the lute's sweet chord, JDrowned to a murmur his lo tug words. Trn butterfiSes rose from the flowers and fled With the cold shaded beetles and brown honey- bee?, Ard away like a bolt the humming bird sped. While suddenly utterly up in the trees, Their singing the emnlous choirs did cease. "I.etusgVfcald her lover, "while yet we are young, And life is like wine in the cup of the heart, "While love is a song that la yet unsung Come l"t us go from all others apart ; Go with me, drift with me, just as thou art!" tSosbe took tip her lute, and together they went, Slow, side uysiae in me sunimer-ianu, 'Where the erass flawed free (like a sea star KDrenO. With bubbles and blossoms and fragrancefanned. Till tnev reached and stood on the river's sand. He draw from Its hiding a light canoe. Launched It and both stepped in with smiles; He dipped ths oars, the south wind blew. And away they went through the stubbie wiles Of the sheeny stream, by its drowsy lies. Her hair on the wind, like a sun-snilt ten cloud, Floated in long, bright brushes ot gold ; SSbe touched her lute and sang out so loud That the river fringes, through every fo!d Of willows anl rushes aad plane-trees old, Trembled with pleasure, and leaned far down Where the water-rails in their sleek, tight coats, ft - .1 (ha rrrt 1 1 hliiA orAn o nH il.in!ln Krnnr n Tlptoeufon the sand with outstretched throats Caught in the wonaerrui snare or ner notes Oh, ever and ever the weather was fair. And ever and ever the view was fine; They laughed and sung, nor dreamed of a care, Kut floated r'znton in tue sweet sunshine Till they drank life up like drinking good wine. Now.when they were gone, the goat-footed man. With the furry ears, nuarlous grew, And up and down by the river rail. And blew on a reed, and blew and blew The one delightful tune that he knew. WISE AND OTHERWISE. Old Probabilities has been happily rechristened Old P'raps. Two young ladiea who don't agree to gether Em-Bezzlement and Belle-Punch. .N. 1. Com. Ad. " That 'a a horse of another culler' as the huckleberry picker said when be walked oft with a companion's quadruped. rs . 1 . com Ad. The cotton mills at Lowell shut down for just six months when an operator gets killed, bat the stoppage is to oil up the nia cbmery. Free Press. "There is an easier feeling Id shoes," said tbe market reporter, as he wrenched off pair of narrow eight boots, and stuck his feet into his old ten brogans. Mr. Patrick Vesey, just committed to tie New Ycrk alms-boose as a vagrant, ba S4.600 and a gold watch. Now let Cornele Vanderbilt and Alec Stewart look to them selves. Courier Journal. The ucalyptus tree is objected to in Mis souri as not suitable for lynching: purpose It grows so high teat derrick would have to be used to put the company through suecesstully. (Jourier-journai. Tbe Detroit Post is alarmed at the report

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that tbe Long Branch Sartoris baby has -very little balr on its head. The Poet say: -"This is ominous. Bald-beaded, and i:ot yet a month old! Caesar was bald-headed!" Twas tbe -voice of the Sunshade, I heard her complain, , "I'm of no use at all, for we've nothing but rain I üright Sol is deposed by the Demon of Damp, And I'm put in the shade toy that odious liamp!" Punch. When the late Dr. Scudder, of India, was Arousing the children of America to care for tbe heathen, be received a note from a little girl, raying: " My dear Dr. Scudder, I seud you 10 cents. When you want any more money, write to me." George Flsiback, a St. Louis editor, is a hero. He brought her to shore and placed her in tbe arms of her distracted parents. Who couldn't swim around and save people with such a name. It would be scaly it ne.dWn't. Otio State Journal. Sc rrebody profanely challenged tbe godless ccf-ple- of Cincinnati to repeat the Lord' Praver, verbatim et literatim, for $100. One J. Smith writts to the Commercial that te is "about the 8iz9 of man who can get away with that snoozer's money." Beautiful story. Burning building; feuule Btmlnary; crashing limbers; one child missing; a yellow-haired girl rushes from the crowd; rescues child; excites the admiration of a captain In the Free cn army; marries Captain; yellow-haired srlrl Madame MacMabon; Captain now Marshal of France narrwidcntofthePepuWic, Loyeijl ,

A REIGX OF TfcUKOK.

THE ILLINOIS OUTRAGES. HISTORY OH' TUR WILLIAMSON COUNTY FEUD. THE BCLLINFRS AND THK HEaut.mui-J- ... . tu p rn-ndl X pkkkjs I'-' " ... Ton t-ni- a wnrvritn and thrkb shot . k niT-NfiTA MUL punished ! FOR ALL THESB CRIME THE PEOPLE OK THK KaiaeBORHOOD COMPLETELY COWED. A special correspondent of tbe Chicago Tribune writes a lenztby account 01 mo feud which has caused so much bloodshed in Williamson and Jackson counties". III. From it the following extract is gleaned TheBulllner family settled In Williamson mnniTtn 1ST.4. The family then consisted of "Old George" (the lather), and "Dave," John, Monroe and Emanuel (sons), the Ut ter of whom were young men. la the tribe was added, by marriage, Wesley Coun cil, a brother-in-law. The Bulliners were, or gave out that they were, "CnJoa refugees" from McNair county, Tenn. They brought with them capital and live stock to tbe amount of about $25,000, bought land and engaged in cotton growing, 'Old ueorge- aiso ouyin up nearly the entire cotton crop of the county, wüiCB-, at mat unit, was cuusucijiu. j.hot were a big-DoncJ, Droa -snouiuerwu wonderfully developed in muscle, and bully good fellows," except to psopie wno didn't Lappen to agree with them, i roin their history, as recounted to me by a nam- . . -m, . .L . tl .11! ber of old settlors, l snouia eiy tne uuinDers wore most agreeable to an tucse wno agreed In all things with them, and remarkably disagreeable to those who in very stmll things disagreed with tbe Bulliners. li e surrounding roughs soon learned that the Bulliners bad "sand in tnesr craws." wouldn't be "put upon" by anybody and licked unncercirully whoever interfered with them. This, and the fact that they had money, at once gave the Bulliners a commaudlng inlluence in tneir neignoornoco, anu tbey speedily bad their clan of retainers, ready to fight lor the Bulliners whenever there weren't enouzh Bulliners to do the fighting, and more ready to drink at the Bulliners' expense wherever invuea. in 1SG5 the Ilendersons Came from Tennessee, and settled in Williamson county, near ihe Bulliners, about a mile and a quarter irom what is now Cartersvilla Station, on the ratlroad between Carbondale and Mmiod. Of tbe Hendersons, there were "Old Jim," rM Rill" onfi ()li Jo." and Jim and viva a-'ii! . i Fielding, vouug mer., sons of "Old Bill," and "Sauu" and 'Pad," sons ot "Old Jo," both young rrr n. "Old Jim" was a tellow of immense stature and herculean e-rengtb, and, besides having most money, wa nUurally leader. 1- or the re?t THE KF.NDKRS.ON, though possessed of a little less money, wro of precisely the same type as the Bnllinera, and, in their turn, soon became quite aa important people in their neighborhood, and had quite as many recruits resdy to fight t.t their bidding and to drink at their expense Of course, the neighborhood was tto smatl to hold two such families. Nt a great while elapsed be'ore some of the Bulliners met Field Iloooerson at h ririnkiu shop (grocery," in the lingo Of Williamson), and btiog two or three to one, duly threshed him. About a week atterward, tne Henderson who had been beaten 'weu over into a field where David Bulliner, sr. a brother of 4,0id Ueorge" (David, sr., shortly alter returned to Tennessee, and was therelore omitted from the enumeration of the trlba) was at work. Henderson bore with him a brace of loaded pistol?, and demanded 4'aiti&fction" wanted to fight it out then acd there. David, sr., had small appetite for that sort of fighting, and respectfully declined the shooting match; wbereou Henderson warned him that be would have to "get out of this couutv." A tew months after, David, sr., "Old Dave," as he was called did get went back to Tennesste. His return weakened the Bulliner forces by so much as bis fighting abilities counted for, and hostilities were not Immediately renewed. Bat the bad blood ot the Bulliners and the Hendersons was roused ; and with these semi-savages in this semi-savage locality, blood letting was sure to comeof it whica was onlv a question of time, for the Bulliners and the Hendersons never cetse reveogiDg tiomselves. In lSo'9, Sisney who owned a farm in tbe neighborhood, had "a difficulty" with "Dave" Bulliner relative to 25 bushels ot oats which each claimed to have bought oi Burton, which was settled by a lawsuit. In the ensuing year, 1S70, they quarre led about an account, and in the altercation that ensued, Dave Bulliner charged Sisney with swearing to a lie in tbe suit, w hereon .Sisi ey struck him on the arm with a spade, CCTTrSa A DEEP GASH. Bulliner ran home, and soon reappeared a' Slsney's bouse with bis father, "Old George," and his two brothers all armed. Sisney saw them when about thirty yards distant, and appeared at the door armed with a Spen car rifle. "Old George" shouted, "Here we 00019 G d d n yon! to kill you," and.witb the "boys," advanced at a run. Sisney fled to a cornfield back of his bouse, where he was shot in the leg by one of the Bulliners. "Old George" then ordered bis boys to stop fighting, and, it is said, helped Sisney to his house, and assisted Slsney's wife to dress the wound. For this the Bulliners were prosecuted and fined $100 each, and 8nney was fined a like amount for hitting Dave Bulliner with tbe spade. Sisney then brought suit for damages lor the sbootlnr, which was compromised on payment of fiOU by the Bulliners. This was the opening of hostilities between the Bulliners and Sisney. Soon after, S.snev was whipped, in a tii .Hebt at Carterville. between himself and some of bis friends, and Wesley Council (the Bulliners brother-in-law), and divers male members ot tbe 'Cralu family," which tribs appears to have been not unlike that of the Bulliners and Heudersons. The result wh-röcf was, that from thence the Bulliners and the Cralns were fast allies; and the Crains, having been reinforced by brother-in-law Council against Sisney, in tbeir. turn were ready to re.nforce the Bulliners against tbe Hendersons which tb-v proceeded to do in various instances. About this time, John Bulliner 8d need the pretty gUl of the settlement, who happened to be a cousin of Tom Russell, which led to a quarrel, and thereafter Russell was to b reckoned among the adherents of the Hendersons. The hostile tactions ware then arrayed. On the one side tke Balliners and Crains; on the other side tbe Heudereons, Tom Kussell, and the Sis n3 s, and one William Black, who had aho got mixed ur: and from thence fights and broken heads were the order. Omitting tbe long details of those which has been furnished bv everybody here I have talked with, and tLe which tills an impor.ant place In the history of Williamson county, let me leave this branch of tbe subject. Tbe rumpus continued during the fall and winter ot 187J, leadlnz to a number of prosecutions, which res j 1 ted in acquittal or the imposition of paltry fines, until THE BUSINESS GRXW MOKE SERIOUS. On the 23d of December, 1873, "Old George" Bulliner started from his farm to Carbondale. On the road he waaflredon irom a thicket, receiving; a load of buckshot in bis Mo aad pack, That night te died, without

making any btaement to I But. wnen he felt that ths

the authority, hour Lad r jm I he summoned hi sons to his b iM ' q n r (so it is currently teiievea nere,j Cjm.niuuirated to them the names of Lis n jr,l i and exacted from tbeui au cattv to avenue bis death. No warrant w?s issued for Lis murderer, whoever they uu'ht tave been; nobody was airetedj no effort was made - to brio;; taa assassins to justice. The Bulliners waited. DnCnlai, mVSt P V. 1 .Vl r- I ,uuvj jtaicu irti, a David and Mod ro ltul'jner, together with their cousin, Mls3 Si'nxil, were, in company with several of tbir acquaintances, returning from church near their farm, the two Bulliners, who vere riding a little in the rear oi the partt were fired upon from behind i fence, t Wt shot guns and some small arms being discharged at tbem. The two young men turned towards tbeir oncealed assailant and returned the fire, Monroe emptying bis revolver, six snots, acd "Dave" dring five times, when he was mortally wounded, two buckshot penetrating hi heart, col withstanding which be survived two days. Then bis remains were sent to Tennessee, as had been those of "Old George," to be there laid among the bones of bisLancestore. For the murder of "Dave" the Bulliners had Tom Russell and a fellow named Pleasants, who was a comrade of RV, arrested. Though suspicion pointed toward Pleasants, there was no direct testimony against him, and the prosecution as to him was abandoned. At the preliminary examination, Dave Bulliner's dying declaration that Russell waa the man who shot him was admitted ; Russell was proved to have been seen lurking in tbe vicinity wilb his shot-gun, un old white hat, identified as RussellV, and picked np near the lence-cor-ner from which Bulliner had been fired at, was produced in court; a portion of tbe gncwadding was discovered to be a piece of the St. Louis Globe newspaper, and corresponded with a fragment lounJ in one of the barrels ot Russell's (shot gun. By THE EVIDENCE of Dr. Vincent Hinchcliffe, the postmaster, it was proved that the only copy of tbe Globe taken at that effice was taken by Russell's father. But, in the teeth of all this evidence, Russell was let go ; but was indicted at the April term of the Williamson County Cir cuit Court, and, on trial, acquitted by the Williamson county Jury, While the jury was out a special deputy sheriff from Jack son county was waiting with a warrant lor Russell's arrest on an indictment for the murder of " Old George Bulliner, found by tbe grand jury of Jackson county, and tbe deputy, who, singularly enough, chanced to be a friend of Russell's, permitted that worthy to walk off. Russell has not vet been arrested. Nobody in Williamson county tries to arrest him; evidently nobody dares attempt it. This failure ot j justico in tbe case of tbe murderer ot o:d i George" an I "Dave" Bulliner teitue currentof public sympathy in tneir lavnr.aod to-day the ts.-it nnatiuiei.t o- hült Williamson county seems to be th-it it tae Buliiners are guilty of tba ruurdsr of wh en they are suspected, they ate fully jusiiliad in so avengiog the a.ssas-ir.atioii of their f:.her and brother. About the timeof RuseeH's escape, word somehow came from Tennessee that tbo Bulliners tnero bad determined that no more of their family ehould be sent horns from Williamson county in wooden ovorciti and soon atter ther apparrnl in Williamson County4-Old Dave" Bulliner and lour or fiveyouugm?n, relatives, who announced that they had come to help the boys out with the cr-p, but each ot whom, it was noticed, bore a double-barreled shot gun, " Old Dave " soon returned to Tennevssf-e. Ot the other, nothiug la known. Now the bloody work began. In May, 1874, " Old Jim" Henderson, leader of the Henderson faction, was shot down in one of his fields, and died about ten days afterward. In his dying declaration, he charged John and and Monrco Bulliner, and Jim Norrie, a desperado chum of theirs, with his murder. John Bulliner and Norris wer indicted. John Bulliner stood trial. His animus towards THK MURDERED MAN was shown, also threats; beside?, was the djing declaration ot Henderson, who had every opportunity, in daylight, in an open field, to recognize his assailants, that John Bulliner was one of them; and, underlie circumstances, it was evident that each of the assailants was guilty of murder in tbe first degre. But Bulliner setup an alibi, brought friends from Tennessee lo prove i', and was triumphantly acquired. The sheriff's cousin, Jim" üorris, was not arrested. He is the man that nobody but fcheriff Norris could arrest, and Sheriff Norris takes care not to arrest "Jim," and, when lately informed whre "Jim" was in hiding, near Marion, ob-dinately refused todeputiz9 men, who know bis bie ing-place, to arrest him. "Jim" doosa't seem to Iwl the necessity ot hiding ; however, since.on Ust election-day, he appeared at his precinct, with a coo pie of revolvers in bis belt, and wanted to know whs was going to arrest him. Almost immediately following tbe murder of "Old Jim" Henderson was the shooting of Ditmore, who closely resemb ed one of tbe Hendersons, and the shooting at other of their orkmen, noted above. These persons htndho at, without doubt saw their tssilt. t , oi cinlf il-Mity ttera. But tney ttii.ia iu le general panic by which all Williamson si-d .Ickon counies seem parahz d, aud aciualy pre tend tb-v don't ' Know who Üfd at tbem, and itt tny touldu't id-n ify and can't desert ili-ir assailants. Next, the other side tiai i'aturn; vengeance was executed on oueotliH Bulliner' adherents, Dr. V ocHtit U i clclitfd, a worthy -i iz9o, andot thigM r rpectaole Sannly. UinchclißV titno mt Kufsdl has already been mi ed. B .t. b-id, .he amsted, or aid i ro. i rtt-l, of "Tex Jack," a.ias Gordi'ti O'iflir,!. o.i- i f b ui.t notorious ruffian. !- WMnui-osi cunty, whn was suspected ! xri'g an a-comp'i'; cf Norris in n miuMt t toe Bulliners. The btor. ii rum re 'h, that "Texas Jack" obseiv d, in tie nn4 of tiim-bciiO, tnat th -It .mh.i hri n t iwwi arrested for the Bu!luir n.urdMrs. nni hdied Jo!U-thing in dicaiiox mat, !, "Tvxas Jctt," knew ho THKOUIl.TY PAKTIES wer, n!c. Tueieon Uiuchclifle produced his rv-dver, and told "Jck" he ("Jsck") should b4v nppuitut.i'y to tell on trial somtvhli g to th'. rr-r?'. "'lVxa Jack" was iudic'ed a an m-ce-t.rv, gave bull and rsu away; aid it Ol ui-4-ki Hum ih-! fl as the victim ! tue ti B nlmrr taction. After several uniueces-s u! a.t6upts bad boeo ma-le ou is lite, on the 11th of October, 1871, sb'iut nft'i'iav, wiiil returning from a visit to h patieu, D. Hlnchclitf was shot within 130 yards of hi door lth bimslt and his horse being instantly killed. On tbo preliminary examination witnesses sworo they were cke enough to near the report of the firearms vd tbe exultant yells of tbe assassins. But tLe:e witnesses discreetly avoided iden tiying tbe murderers looked the other way, perhaps and no pursuit was made, ('iicuuifetances poioted strongly to Sam and FU ld Henderson. Tbey were indicted, and admitted to bail in $2,003 each bail for murder in the first degree, let it be remembered, and the case is pending, without the sligtt est prospect of a conviction, since such is tbe terror that nobody dare bunt up evidence, and no witness dare tell what he knows. Then followed the murder of Capt. George W. Sisney, whose "troubles" with tbe Bulliners have been briefly sketched. Sisney was shot at through the window of his house, about the 24th of December 1874, aome of the shot (buckahofcj at r Iking bin) Ul the arm, and inflicting a slight

in the fall of tha: fence corner, as he year, tired upon irom a vent to tbe barn in tbe moroioc to feed his horses; or, to be more accurate, he was not fired upon, but only attemp'e.1 to be, for the caps snapped. 1 he would be murdervia. took to their heels, but Sisney identified them both, and, on bis testimonv, tbey wre indicted, namely: our sheriff's cousin, Jim" Norris, aud "Tim" Cagle, one of Nor ris' rufiianly associates. Of course Norris wasn't caueht, and won't be; but Cale is in jail awaiting hs trial. Sisney was a man o courage; had served with honor as a cap tain in an Illinois regiment, and, from ISub to 1 WS, ws sheriff of Williamson couuty. But, in consequence of these repeated ATTEMPTS UPON HIS LIFE and cf "warnings" which be had leeeived to quit tbe country, he moved to Carbondale expressly, as he stated to numerous of his Iriends, to get where he could feel assured of protection. At Carbondale be opened a store, and, with bis family, lived in the same house, which stood at one of tbe most prominent street corners in Carbondale. Oa tbe night ot tbe 28th ult., between 9 and 10 o'clock, while a number of tbe neighboring stores were yet open, the repott of a gun was beard in the vicinity. As by common instinct, everybody started for Sidney's. " As soon as we beard tbe shot," said one of my informants, " we knew that George Sisney was killed ; everybody knew it would be Slsney's turn next." Within ten or fifteen mlnntes, a crowd had gathered at Sisnej'd. The house is a plain, two story frame", with a two story L reaching back along tbe cross street. Tbe ground floor room of this L was the family sitting room, the windows of which open upon a long porch fronting the sidewalk. All was iu darkness. Hearing cries and shrieks of the women inside, the crowd entered. A light was procured, and tbey beheld Sisney seated in an armed chair, as be sat when shot, with a terrible wound, 4 incheain diameter, in bis body. Life was extinct ere help arrived. An examination ot the window showed " that the shot evidently from a shot gun loaded with sings and bu:kabot had been fired through the porch window. The wire gauze pcreeu was torn, as was the curtain inside. They also found inside the room Qverton Stanley, a farmer pretty well known in these parts, and who lives in the northern part of Union county, adjoining Jackson and Williamson counties. Stanley's story. as told at the inquest, was that, getting into town at uart, and having to leave early next morning, be called to ak Sisney to indorse a note for him (Stanley.) Sisney was abod when Stanley knocked, and S. 's daughter, who came to the door, asked wbowas there. Stanley gave bid name, and SiEney came down stairs with a light, and let him in. A few minutes efter, Stanley states, the shot was tired from lht outside. Stanley's story as to calliDg was eounrmtd by Sisnev's daughter, who, lefore the 6booting,-bad sr.ain retire! and fallen asleep. It is report ed in the community generally that STANLEY AND SISNEY were iriena?; ana Mr. r;. uindratn, a merchant here, stated that, in a settlement with Stanley, he had offered to take tbe latttr's nolo with Sianey's endcrsnfent. Further, Sisney was surety lor Stanley ai adminls tratcr of an estate. On the other hand. Stanley is well known as a rough character. Six years ago his brother was killed at au election by a man named Cash. Shortly aiter, Cash waa waylaid on the road and shot dead. Nobody wa ever prosecuted for it; no arrests wero mudo, but suspicion pointed to Stanley. Next, Sisnev's life having already been attempted, be would have only come down stairs, and so exposed himself to be shot, at can ot a mend or supposed lriend. Stanley was such, which would have rendered him efficient as a confederate In the murder. Then Stanley i reported to have been harboring "Jim" Norris, jointly indicted with Cgl for the attempt on the lifo of Sisney. If Cagle were convicted, it is believed, with spparent poo.1 reason, tbat he would tell what he kuows about Nonin and tbe rest implicated in the murders and series of murderous assaults lately committed, and in the latter of which h'-, Cagla, participated. It is surmised that Cagle had iatima:ed that be would "talk" if convicted, and it is a matter of surmise whether Norris knew euouzh about the Cash murder to threaten Stanley. At all events, none of these matters were proved by the coroner's jury; no lawyer was present to conduct the' examination; and, on bis own statement, Stanley was let go, and, it is reported, has let t tbe state. No pursuit of Sisnty's assassins was made, though, that night, one of them, if there were more than one, as tracked to a mill near the edge of the town, where evidently he had mounted a horse. SisDey's family have moved out of town. The eldest son, in consequence of "arnIors" by him received, bas gone to Missouri to settle sending word to the state's attorney that, in consequence of the warnings, he does not feel safe, and can net stay to prosecute anybody. And now no efforts are being made to bring tbe assassins to justice. Sisney 'a remains were sent to Crainsville for interment on the 30th. William S pence, a middle aged Scotchman, nd a rich man and of influence for this region, kept the chief store there. At it Sidney's friends gathered AFTER THK FCNEKAL, while waiting for the train. Conversation naturally turned on Slsney's death. Spence incautiously remarked to the effect that if what be (Spence) knew were told, somebody would have to sutler for these things (tbe assassinations), and added that it was time tbey were stopped. The next - morning Spence was found dead in tbe store, with a frightful shotgun wonnd in his body, and a pistol-bole in his brain and another in his heart. Nobody can be found who will admit that he knows anything about it, more than bgviDg heard the report of firearms. Yet there were people living within one hundred feet of the store. Witnesses here, too, were terror-stricken. But, from what little bas developed, the theory is, tbat Spence, who was known to have retired early, was called, by some "lriend," from his sleeping-room above the store. lie came down and unlocked tbe door it was found unlocked, with the key on tbe inside, and, before be could open it, was shot through the window; that, not immediatelv killing tbe assassins entered, and with tbeir pistols finished tbe work, tbe pistols being held close to the head and the heart, as evidence by the powder-burns. Trunks in tbe store were broken open, and an empty pocket-book was dropped near the door; but nothing appears to have been sotlen, and the whole was evidently arouse, as thieves who go to plunder never basin by waking up a man to be first murdered. Nobody has been arrested for the Spence murder. Nobody dares utter a suspicion, for fear of meetiDg his fate. Of all tbe men to whom I applied for information at Carbondale and at Marion, not one would talk about tbe matter without first insisting that in no event would his name be made public. Then each wanted to go where he wouldn't be watchsd, and when we got there would solemnly assure me nobody was suspected. Nobody wanted to " mis up" in the matter ; he, my informant, would be spotted for talking to me, etc. In fact, the whole community is demoralized with affright; and every man seems afraid it will be his turn next. "Man," says Victor Hugo, "was tbe conundrum ofjthe eighteenth century; woman ia the conundrum of the nineteenth century." Wo cant guess her; but we will never glye her up, No, never.

wound. Ue was also,

UMr.it ELLA WANTED.

!Y I.. JOT. Siiid Mar'get' me on versgo Hv the rea. "Const -i Jacfc, Co you kuiw, vviv it i tlm a-ffllah' Wi'h a uie-j lari'n uinVell i Ispre.rerrd by tiie g!i! as a beau?" I KturMly prinned f .- a while, Watching r-er bf'gut wiicaing smile liut I eouidn't raae ont Why it wai tbat a stout Big umbrella should add to one's style. I gave np tbe thing In despair, SShe, wlta rwnyntei iou al-, Marched m down to the baach Not a sound nor a speech Was heard, till she whispered, "Look there! Good gracious! for a roTe I could see. And coun'ed at lea&t thirty-three Very singular plants CiiDgliam mushroons, perchance y And all opened out towards the sea. I turned to sweet Made. standing near 'I'm one in your debt, my dear, I'll bet a cravat 'Gainst a four-cent chip bat That I'll cat ray eye teeth by next year. This Miiuruer I sit near the tide. And somebody' close by ray side I tell you a ellah IVies need an umbrella The wedding? Madge says, Christmas-tide. THE SKELETON BUSINESS. A TALK WITH. AN ANATOMIST. everything: is an article op commerce the market for skeletons imported lies of goods. The Philadelphia Times furnishes the fol lowing amusing dialogue between an anatomist and a reporter; "Everything now-a-day,' said Mr. Nash, as he ceased blowing through a fl?xibio pipeot gutta percha into what looked to a newspaper man, who yesterday interrewed nioi, like a barrel that had been twisted out ot shape, "everything now-a-daya is an article of commerce. Sir. Nash is the anttomist ot the medical department ot the University of Pennsylvania Yes, sir," be cooticued, "everything in this world seems to be i-uslness. Buying a coffin is busioe?e; chartering a s earn boat for 9 pleasure excursion is business, and buying a dead elephant is also business. This (pointing to tbo twisted, barrel shaped affair tbat he was iollatiug so that it could be dried) is the stomach of tbe Fainry.unt Park Menagerie elephant K'npross. It is the first one that wis ever dissected. Professor Chapman set bis hesr: on having it, and here it is. Everybody supposed that all ruminative animals h-id iour stomach?, like tho cow, the camel and the llama. Oar friend, tbe elephant, for Vc& first time in the history ot the science of comparative anatomy, Ac, we rind hfs but one. L ;ok here," Slid Mr. Nash, exhibiting to us tbe dried stomach of a llama tbat a.so had died at the Zo; se, here are four ttjiuacös in one, and water calls in which the gyctle little cier.tur's ould carry a supply cf water . suflieient to last ttibiD two weeks." The pr oarations anatomically considered are very bosutilul, the skin is rlmost transparent entirelj translucent. To tbe cam a of tcieoce tbe possession of the defunct body o the elephant In question by tho University is ol great value. The membrane enveloping the viscera is as large as an old-fashioned counterpane, n still preserved, unbroken, and is almost as dainty acd delicate ss Mechliu lca. "Yoa had a dead zebra also for dissection, Mr. Nash?" interrogated the writer. "I had to send him back to the Zoo," was the reply. "There is no place here in which to deposit the refuse alter dissection, and at this season ot tbe year I do as little in that way as I can. Here's a peccary (south Aine.ican wiia pit?) that I am mounting, and beie," turning to a recess iu the corner, ' is a skeleton of one of the biggest bats that tho world produces. Oddly enough, iu no exhibition of comparative anatomy were the skeletons of either of these species exhibited before." 'You remarked, Mr. Nash," observed the Times ibquirer-after-knowiedge, '"that everything was A 5 ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. Will you kindly iudicato the force of thai remark?" 4Mojt certainly. Tne dead body of tbe elephant Uuapress had a money value, and so also (pointing to a hum tri skeleton elaborately saad-papeml, varnished and wired with brass) has t at. Tbe difference between men and Miopias H that the former carry their skeletons insidd of tbem, while the terrapin carries his skeleton ou his outside. This is true of all tbe genus testudo, and of many of tbe Crustacea also. The crab sheds his skeleton. I've seen days here witbiu two weeks," said Mr. Nash, as he wiped bis face with a spotty silk handkerchief, "when I'd have been right glad to shed my flesh and to do my work sitting in my skeleton alone. Things are a little dull now, Mr. Times, bot two years ngo I had more orders for skeletons than I could fill. You seo there are numerous secret societies tbat require a skeleton as a part of tbeir paraphernalia. I don't propose to name tbem as I belong to nearly all of them; but they could no more initiate a novics into tbeir organizations without these emblems of human mortality than Cardinal McCloskey could marry a couple without a ring. Just now times are rather dull; very few new lodges are being formed. Working people in tbe country ha v n't means to form new lodges; and that gentleman (pointing to a skeleton hanging very comfortably by bis left ear in a ceat closet, otherwise full of gla-sjars) won't go to Carbon County as soon as I expected. I fixed and wired him beautifully, as you see. Iiis price was but tbirty-five dollars, though, in a general retall way, he is worth tiny dollars; the consequence is that for the present, he will hang just where he is." "Outside of the purposes of the secret societies, sir, who wants these emblems to remind men tbat this sublunary world is but a fleeting show, of what value are these osseous remains?" "Why, country doctor generally like to keep a skeleton somewhere in a dariLcloset," was tho reply, "where they keep their demijohn ol applejack or old rye. Their wives, daughters or servants are sure never visit it. If they take students they must have a skull, anyhow. No drawing or picture can teach or give an adequate idea of the anatomy of the head, and a back-country doctor pretty generally will strain a point to procure a skeleton entire. To patients upou whom he withes to make an'impression that he is particuarly erudite and a dead shot at MUMPS OR WORMS, he will sometimes exhibit this skeleton. Besides this, no doctor's house in which a skeleton was known to be k6pt, was evor broken into. It comes cheaper than keeping bull-dogs, and makes a man a reputation, besides." "And the cost cf a skeleton is how much, Mr. Nash?" "To lodges I furnish them lor $35 each. They are not handled there, and are almost imperishable. For doctors tbe articulations rrquit'o to be strongly wired, and ?30 is what I get lor one. Skulls are of more comparative value In proportion than the rest ot the anatomy," said Mr. Nash. I've often had bodies with no skulls to match them. I have tarnished skulls and crossed bones to religious recluses, male and female.who wanted nothing else. There are societies, too, who buy skull?, and I've sent them to such far and near I had the body of the murderer Teufel, who was banged at No rristown some years ago. A physician got his head. 1 mounted the frame, screwed tbe head ot a negro upon it, and sold it to a back-country lodge of

Kn'ghts cf Pythias." "Wht fcecsms of the neero' body?" Oh, uoboiy ores; tbat kind ol in-rial Im iiüri.iu. Iv the 1 of li' jCo;ti.iiou'AH-itn tbn r.a'iu- of all who iie ia it. uiK-Uiii ;nd. are bunded over to the colleges to promote the interests oi science." "How about tue skeleton ol iufsnts, Mr. Na.-L?" asked the reporter. "You have them in tne museum of your University, flow is it t at pri-para ionsso delicitecan be directed?" "They all com from Frauce."' said Mi. Nash. "Ail that sort o! tüings are produced abroad. They ar uececaarv lor us to have, but no; au an-ttomist w..uld be encoursged by any college in th's country to prepare the ji. Skieu,ns of birds and small animals are prepared in the same way. No human bat.d, eveu if working under a microecobe, could do it half so well. The bird, or wnaevcr i may be, is sprinkled with sugar and placed ne-r bv aa ant hill. In a few dajs io'.hlr.g but the bone contained lu it i it.it." "Are ihest preparations expBnsivd?" you would ask. "Very much so. A skull containing sound :ettb, so dissected and sawtd out as to exhibit the actual nerves and circulation ,is worth two

uuDürea aoiurs. All tbe.-e thicjrs are as much articles of trade as boots and bonnets. They always will be so. Dull a3 the tima now are, I rn not keep up.' said Mr. Nash, "with THE DEMAND FOR FKCLL. The skulls of murderers, somehow or other, very often very singularly vanish. Tie skull of Probst is in the museum of Jefferson College. Nobody there had anv use lor his bones. Anyhow, they wouldn't have kept. They were so!t, almost calcareous, and the carcass went the way ot a!l such flesh. Bone," continued Mr. Nash, "Is curious a queer thiDg, indeed, I may say, is bone, 'v hen I begtn this business tbey used to say that the skeleton of a dropsical person was the best for preservation, because the bones macerated in the water. But that isn't so. I had a lower jaw-bone from which the teeth ha ' been removed, and it made tbe neatest inkstand you ever saw. J got tbe dental process I'.n6d with metal, set it on brass feet, and the upper part of tbe jaw made just as pretty a-place to rest a pen-holder iu as ever you saw. A hall dozen of doctors wanted it, but before I could decide as to which to corsign it somebody stole it." "Here's something interesting," said Mr. Nasb, as he pointed to tbe skeleton ol a big dog-faced baboon. "This fellow," taid he, "was brought to me by Major Ingall-s vtry ill with pulmonary consumption. He took his cod-liver oil from me, and bis orange afterward with all the submission of a child. I didn't expect to cure him, for his left lung was gone. Why, sir, theso monkeys have cciumptloa just as we do, only what I worse iu them, it is contagiosa." The sKeleton of this monkey was tuouu'ed in an erect r: tura. A pair of epeetaeloa were up;n h: nose, and he was leaning on a sjythe tna Ji to su'.t Li9 size. A miniature hour-Ii&s U ins hand mad8 Lim a fair representative ol Father Time. "A man who kept a Lnr-rncia near the college," then at Niutu 3 Chestnut streets said Mr. Nash, "dkoi; to lend him tbät skeif ton as a curi -:t v. and I did so. Ho was puzzled when IL.-.t ;Iav. in con stant succession, people who :st called for hard drink kamedh ely cbanjd tbeir order to cider or porter sangtrc It was well on to the middle of the dav when, what to him bad b?en au enigma, was solved. 4Wby, Mister.' said a man wi:o had crdered a drink ol applejack .'just aiv ma a i.,.ai-s ol ale.

That "ere ekt-leton there kind o' makes mo feel aa though if I bad drank jour Jersey lightning 'twouldn:t bs long t-.fcre J got to b jist where he is.' Ten miuuces a:terward tba skeleton ol thadelunctapg wa again in my custody." FLdMSOLL'S TRIUMPH. THE EXCITEMENT ALL OVER ENGLAND PRECARIOUS CON'D.TION OP THE MINISTRY. Moncure D. Conway writes to the Cincinnati Commercial : Between July 1, V3, and July 1, '74, 0,900 Englishmen were "lost at sea," ne rly all through the criminal selfishness ot ship-owners. The government having shoved atide the man who Lad set himself to redress that wrong, tbe said man cries "Murder!" The nation is startled. The "M&riners-of-Englaad" chord still rung in every British breast it touched as even old Dipdin never touched it. The prime miuisier demands tbat the man who cried murder amid a omloitably dozing and decorous assembly ot politicians shall be reprimanded ; but the people gather in tbeir market places by thousand?, gather iu tbeir towu halls tories, liberals, neutrals and the lion-roar echoes throi'jih the land. No Knglisb laureate ever before bad such a national poem placed ia the rough before him as this. 1- remember fo have heard Bronson Alcott say once that although certain electors had somehow counted their votes so as to make it out that Frank Pierce was presideut, Almighty Uod bad elected William Lloyd Garrison to that office, and would see that his vetoes were respected and his mandates obeyed. Similarly it appears in England to-day that when perl unctio nary first lords fail, there are first lords of the treasury of a nation's beart, who step forward and issue tbe commands which must and will be obeyed. Mr. Plimsoll bas taken the reins from Disraeli's band, and directs public business. The Premier baB bad no choice but to submit meekly. The feeling in the country he can not attempt to withstand. His ministry is humiliated, and can barely save itself from downfall by yielding. Tbe London Times has to plead to-day for tne Premier that a man should not be struck when he is down. It ia the one theme on every tongue. I a railway cars, in omnibuses, in drawingrooms, this one subject occupies all. Women weep, men's eyes flash. PLIMSOLL'S TABLE IS LOADED with telegrams bearing him sympathy from every part of tbe kingdom. The shipowner now appears in the role of the dragon, pierced by his St. George. In withdrawing their own bill, which somewhat blunted the eigeof PlimsoU's spear, tbe government has really taken away the only fragment of a shield which at all defended the "shipknacker;" now straight aurts forth Pllmsoll'a own . bill, . which he bad been . induced to set" aside temporarily in favor or the other; this is to be brought forward on Thursday evening. The government is bewildered, the shipknackers more so. They Intend to trv and appease tbe giant they have raisei by bringing forward to-morrow (Wednesday) a temporizing measure. They will be more fortunate than I anticipate if they can by this means escape tbe threatened humiliation of haviDg the proposed reprimand of Piimsjll turned into a fremenicus national reprimand ol themselves. The "shipknackers" do not trust that they can survive the etorm, and for the past lew days have been trying to transler their rotten ships to Belgian colors, but tne Belgian Government has been admonished ot these efforts, and has issued strict directions that its colore shall protect only roistered, and, therefore, carefully examined ships. The fact is, the venomous scorpion which Plimsoll has pursued, is now visibly girt round with fire and in stavii.g oü tbe Government bill has stung itself to death. Above all this towers up the fact that must cow stand as a landmark in Epglish history, namely, that In one week the popular will in this country has been able to bear upon the legislature, with suflieient force to enact aa Important law over the head of a reluctant dominant party, backed by a powerful interest. This great democratic fact which has been made manifest under supremscT of the toiy party, will be surely established. In its historical humiliation, if not, as i9 even yet possible, in its sudden and utter downfall,

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