The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 December 1874 — Page 1

The ational e gratnonal Hanuey : .| Published by Ve JOHN B, STOLL,, [.IGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY,IND. . ‘ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ¢ strictlyin dvance. . e..ovveviiininin,. 152.00 W Thispaperispublished onthecashprinciple, its proprietor believingthatitis justasright for fmt to demand advance pay, as it is for City publishers, &% Anyperson aendinF-'a. club oflo, accompasied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopyof *hepaper.foroneyear free ofcharge. : CI:;EIZENS? BANK, IGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ) ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned ou long or short time. NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. : ORDERS for first-class securities executed on ¢ommission. i AGENTS for the yurcihase and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES writteninfirst-claggcom-panies. ; - EXCHANGE bought and sold, and drafts drawn ow all the principarcities of Europe. AGEXNTS for the Inman line, 1 Hamburg Line. PASSAGE TICKETS soldon all the principal seaportsof Europe.. | MERCHANTS, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts salicited, and all buriness trangacted on liberal terms, : STRAUS BROTHERS. . ' Ligonier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 : o 3 > 3 Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. Ou and after Nov. 15th, 1874, trains will leave Sta.ions asfollows: 5 GOING EAST: . 1 g SPp.NY.Ex. Atlc Ez.. Accom. Uhtfcago. ;. ......850 am.... 585 pm.., . ' Echart .........1250 pm.... 950 .... 505 am G0ghen,......... 108 +.-.1010 i 028 Millersburg.... 1123 | . 1028 .... 546 1ig0m1er........ 135 541042 ves 603 Wawaka . ....t145 ..tlO6O ...l 615 Brisnlleld . ... fl5B . . TllOB. ... 69 Kéndallville.... 205 118 Ve B4D ArriveatToledo 525 . 240'8m. 1020 ‘ G GOING WEST : T01ed0.......... 1210 pm.. .. 1165 pra.... 500 pm Kendallville.... 324 pm.... 318 am.... 849 Brizatield ...... 1340 e TR v IO Wawaka.. . :.. 1350 S sT3 42 aly Ligonier ........ 400 e L 939 Millersburg.... 1415 oT4 10 ey 900 Goslisn ... ... 9483 0. 49 a 1 Bikhart. ..c..... 450 To) v dIUBY ArriveatChicago9 20 t. 840 sa 650 am +Trains do not stop. Expressleavesdaily both ways. a CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland, J. M. KNEPPER, Agent, Ligonier. |

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. ; Trains run daily except Sunday. ti . Condensed time card, taking efect Nov. 3d, '73. GOING NORTH, T Q GOING BOUTIIL, Expr. . Majl. STATIONS. merr = Mail, jsvpm 8 Hmm..Kaﬂxmumm..il 20 am 645 pm §33 %' 855 % Monteith....lo 27 ** 556 * L HAS " SaF ML RNeean . .o, 950 591 ¢ LGNS R 1088 0t L Bamtlton... 910 ¢t 1 438 ¢ 637 % 1104 * _Holland..... 840 408" 748 * 1210 pm Grand Haven, 741 ¢ 306 38 * 1855 '* .. Mnskegon.. 700 ' 295 ¢ t:r. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. ‘ & Ft. Wayne R. R. . Coadensed Time Card, November 22,1874, \ GOING NORTH. Express, Express. Accom. ! i No: b. - No. 3. No. 1. Richmond -7, 4.........1020 pm 1030 am 400 pm Newp0rt..............1001 . 18 856« 431 ¢ Winchester ... . ... 1138 ¢ 1187 ' 517 Ridgeville, ... ... . ..120%am 1158 *° . 542 * Portiand .. .. ... ... .. 12381 % 1224 pm 610 ** DecatME. .oo ioh i 1148 1385 ; FPort Wayne, D......... 320 am 255 pm Keadallvtlhie ... ... . 447 *' 412 °° Shergßs. . Lillio . 556 % 5004 No. 7y Vick5barg.............. 659 ** 634 ‘* Express Ka1amaz00............. 743 ¢ 720 ' 215 pm Mombeith . couo i, 899 % 80502 201" (Grand Rapid5........2.1000 *¢* 935* 430 % Grand Rapid5........d. 1015 ¢ 700 am 440 * HowardGity.......-21221pm_ 905 * 645 # 'Up. Big Rapid 5........ 128pm1010am 750 * feed City. .. .../ ... 200" 1048 ' 823 ¢ lam Lake.. e 830 ¢+ 1210 pm .9 50 ** Welten .. 12 430 ek Tiaverse City .. ... ... 655" Petoskey . oo liio.i. 7O Y GOING SOUTH! Express Express Express ~ ! No.-6. No. 8. No. 2. Petoskey .. ..i.-.ivh-40 600 am i Traperse Oty o olicas 810 % ; Walton, .....0. Jiiei DR " Alam Lake...........:.1100 ¢ 500 am 150 pm Reed City. .= . 0.0 2199 pm 626 ' 316° Up. Big Rapips.... .1Y 700 '~ 350" HowardClity ... ... 211 811 * 50l % Grand Rapide.......a.. 415 1015 ** 705 $¢ Grand Rapids.:.....d.. 480 * 1110 * 725 am, Monteith VO. ;. ... 559 1280 pm 855 i Kalamienoo, . . -..c..... 705 125 % 950 2 Vicksharg. ........... 138" 10 21 ¢ Stavele ... .. ... BN 1126 ** Kenda11vi11e.....:......1006 " 1243 pm Fort Wayne............1215am N 0.4. 225" Decatar ... . t. 0........ 113 * Accom. SlB Portland. ... .. ... 231 700Aam 428 ¢ Rideeville . ... 306" 798% 455 1 Winchester, .| .. 3133 162" oITY Newpoet .| ... .. 427 Y 83884 508 Richmond.. ............500% .9 l()_“' g 20" 3# Train No. 5 leaves Richmond daily, excpet Satarday. VAll other trains run daily, Sundays excepted. F. R MYERS. Gen. Passenger and Ticket Ag't. Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after-July 26, 1874. : . GOING WEST. e L Nol, No 5, No 7, N 0.3. . | FastEx\ Mail. {’ac Ex. Night Ex. Pittsbure... < 2:ooam | 6 00am °9:4oam 2 00pm Rochester. .| ....... 7 25am 10:50am 8 llpm A11iance....... 5:32am 11 00am. I:3opm 5 57pm Orrville. .....%,7:l2am 12 52pm* 3:lspm 7 40pm Mansfield.. .., 9:2oam 3 15pm 5:26pm 9 40pm Crestlize...Ar 9:soam 3 50pm 6:00pm+10 10pm Crestline...Lv.lo 10am 5 00am' 6 25pm 10 20pm F0re5t........}}1 33am 6 32am 8 15pm 11 52pm Lim5..........12 30pm 8&:00am 9 30pm 12'59am {Ft Wayne..... 2 50pm 10 40am 12 !sam 3 [oam ;'Pivmomh.....l 5 00pm 1 25pm 3 obam 5 40am Chicago ....... 8 20pm 5:25pm 6:soam 9 20am : ;| GOING EAST. . No 4, No 2, No 6, NoS. NightEz. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Mail. Chicago. .(....10:20pm 9 20am 5 35pm 5 15am l’lymn’m_h?.... 9 95am 12 15pm 9 10pm 9 Ram Ft Wayne.... 550 am 2 45pm 11 45pm 12 30pm Lima..........800am 4 35pm 1 52am 2 55pm F0re5t........ 917 am 5 34pm 3 otam 4 10pm Urestliné . .Ar.ll 10am 7 00pm 4 40am 5 50pm Crestline . Lv.ll 20am 7 20pm 4 50am 6 05am Mansfield .....11 slam 7 50pm 5 20am 6 40am 0rrvi11e....... 1 46pm 9 42pm 7 12am 9 05am A11iance....... 3 40pm 11 20pm 9 00am 11 20am Rochester..... 5 H%pm ........ 11 12ami 2 10pm Pittsharg. ... . 7 05pm £ 20am 12 15pm 3 30pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4,5,7 and 8, daily, except Sunday: Nos. 3 and 6 daily. - “) F.R. MYERS, : GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R. {ime Table No. 10, taking effcct Sunday, Nov. ' .. 22d, IRT4: } GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH, N 0.2 N 0.4 s No.l WNo,3 { 15pmi200m a.....Waba5h....1710am 120 pm ;2w ** 1 39am .Nor. Manchester 760 ‘'t 214 305 * 1010 * ....SilverLake....B2s % 305 * gy = g g e G WHArSAW, ... .. 912 10400 8 207 & Ry w 0 s Deorburg, . .0908% *0 b4O LE3 % 750 o L aierd oL 947 Y 510 ¢ 199 ¢ 910 ¢ ... New Paria. 1018 ** 538 ! 125 % 630 ¢ ..dp.Goshen,ar..lo3o 0605 ¢ (99 < ° ..ar Goshen,dp..lo3s ¢ 1255 o JERat, L. 1005 Y Tiaipsrun by Columbus time. . A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. . Ir. &R MOYER, ; . (Sutcessor to W.. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ]IQUID Nitrous Oxide ~(‘¥an administered for the - 44 nginless extraction of leeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. ;g@"Office; Second Story, Mitchell Block. - s 8-14-Iy.* o el S e e .;. ;.,;__'._..__.__ Voo Gl W, CARRS: T Physician ~and' Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - - -2 . IND., Willpromptlyattend all calls intruftedfo him. Office and residence on 4th Street. : C. PALMITER, ' 2 = °* o Surgeon and Physician, - 7 Office at Residence. : . Ligomier, = - = = Indiana. I S — e e : Po Wo CR‘JM, . Vl 0 Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. . . $o C Office, first -door north of Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Siore, on Cavin4gtreet, where I may be found at 211 hours, except when absent on professional business. ! Mayil2th, 1874, Gl s LR . .M. TEAL, | DENTIsT, Corner of Mitchel) and State Sts., 4 one block east of Post Office, room - _ over the Kendallville Frait House, ‘K endeilville, Indiana. §39~ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 1, 1874. | el i . 1 .‘ E. KNISE‘JY, : ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - -‘' INDIANA. £~ Office on second floor of Landon’s Block: 7-2 L. COVELL, J Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, .~ HKendallvilled, Iniana. flice in the Seeley Block, west side Main Street. ALBERT BANTA, : - & 4 - U Justice of 1.;'23 P:ace- & Conveyancer. ; IGONIER, INDIANA. o Special attention given to conveyancin .f andcolW Bonde and Mortgages drawn up and all bukiness attended to promptly and aec-u_tpl’. Office over Straus a-_uu_fh,,o. store, PHILIP A. CARR, : AUCTIONEER, mwmw thapnbgc ingeneral. Terms ' moderate. ‘may be le ctﬁ:e shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. . : 2 Ligonier, Jannary 8, '73-37

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JAMES M. DENNY, ! Attorney and Counsellor at Law. i Office in the Court Houge, | ALBION. & . - 4 . "IND ais T 1. W.GREEN, | @ . . o 9 Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Ag't ; Oﬂice;—Seoolld Story, Lansdon’s Bric'l:k Block, LIGONIER, - INDI‘_ANA. 9

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. ": , V.W.AXTELL, : : : Prwprietor Laporte, April 5, 1871. il ;

};’OCKET MATCH SAFE. fl‘l E most desirable and unique artangement ever devised. A neat little springissoarranged on the inside as to eject and ignite onematchata time. Silver Plated and lﬁgh]y Ornamented. Price, 50 cents. To agents, $3 per doz., 9-18-1 y Address, C. VERNON, Pilning, Pa.

CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Winds. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of ; -the Grape. . |- . SACK BROTHERS. - Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf - e

l SN TNKS, - - DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES: il LIGONIER, IND - April 12, 1871.-50 il YR e | SR AP PETE A KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 3, & M. S: R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, Rx R. R.— Only five minufes walk to any of the pl;inci(fml business houses of the city. Traveling menandstrangers will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per day. : J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 i ' A CARD. | : A Clergyman. while residing in- South America, as missignary, discovered a safe and simple remedy for the Cure of Nerveus. Weaknesg,| Early Déay, Disease of the Urinary and Seminal Organg, and the whole train ‘or, disorders bronght on by baneful and vicious habits. Great nu k)ers have been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire to.benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will send the receipt for preparing and using this medicine, in a-sealed enyclo{)e, to any one wkL. needs it;, Free of Charge. Address, ; JOSEPH T. INMAN, ¢ © Station D, Bible House, 8-50-Iy. . New York €ity. . SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. . CavinStreet, Ligdnler.[ndiax;m“ Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., : ! : ChoiceGroceries,Provisiong,YankeeNotions,&c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Country Produce Mayl3,’6B-tf. SACK BRO’S.

Winebrenner & Hoxworth, L "lipus}:, BIGN AND UliNAA\iEN’l'A}L PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Puper-llangors_. Whitewashing, Calsomining and Decorating done to order. We bave purchased the right to . use Cross & Bastin’es i : 0 s_ = . Patent Transfer Graining Machine By which we are enabled to do far superior work. than can be done by hand, it being a perfect imitation of the natural wood: Samples of the work’ can be seen at this office.. Shop.at the south end of the Cavin Street Bridge, 8-1 Ligoniery, = - = - Indisna, Banking House

. e : SOIL.. MIER, (."9nrml’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Mmicy loaned on long and short time. ' Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Moniesireceived on deposit and intereet allowed on specified time, ; Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe, 8-2 TO THE FARMERS : XYOU will please take noiice that I am still engaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. ; [f you do not find me on the street, call before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block: SOL, MIER. - Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th, 1874. —t W. A. BROWN, i Muﬁuf:wturér of and Dc;ﬂerin all kinds of ° it AN . FEFURNITURE, /-J.SPRING BED BOTTOMS, . WILLOW-WARE, ‘ ! BRACKETS, &c COFFINS&CASKETS Always on hand, aund will be furnished to order, Funerals attended with hearse when desired. Store Room : 3 1431 ‘ Cer. Cavin and 2nd Stl'.} I‘lgonlel7 Ind" August 7th, 1873.-8-15. " | : ¥ . s

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LIGONIER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1874.

| NEW YEAR'S EVE. BY OHARLES N. GREGORY. - i The years go b({ with silent tread ; I And some are distant, some are dead. That once were dear; And, as I sat alone to-night, : And ud]f watched the fading light, . The dying year, : Full many a mem’ry of the tomb, ] Of many a sad and mel;.r! time, S Of funeral-knell and wedding-chime N Came gath’ring with the early gloom. § And faces long forgot were there,: = " And voices hushed forever spoke, . And recollections-hard to bear . That twilight revery awoke. i Three marks along the stream of rears, : These strokes upon the fatal bell, They are &pt monuments of Tef and tears, The chime is but a funeral-knell ; For griefs recalled are griefs rene,we;!d:iguin; And joys remembered—they are sadder yet. ¢+ Oblivion brings alone her joys to men, - | And happiness is only to forget. The Story of His Abduection. The story of the abduction of Char- 1 ‘ley Ross may be briefly told. Toward { the end of June last, two men were ’ lurking about Germantown, a quiet | suburb of Philadelphia. These per- | sons met there two boys, Walter and Charles Ross, of the age of eight: and four respectively, whose parents reside in the neighborhood. They pro- | fessed to-be friendly to the boys, and | gave them toys and candies. On Wed- ! nesday, July 1, between 4 and 5 o’clock, | the men in. question drove up'in a } buggy, and meeting the boys, asked | them to ride. The confiding children | did so, and after riding some distance, ! one of the men asked Walter to get | out and buy some fire-crackers. He l complied, but as soon as he had entered t’he%ore, the buggy drove off rapidly with Charley Ross, who was seen no more. ;

Mr. Ross, who was a member of a Philadelphia firm, returned at 9, and was greatly distressed at not finding his son at home. He searched everywhere for him, and then sought the aid of the police, who also sought for several days to find the missing child. Finding his efforts fruitless, Mr. Ross advertised as follows: 5

$3OO reward will be paid to the person returning to No. 5, North Sixth Street, a small boy, four years old, having long, curly, flaxen hair, hazel eyes, clear, light skin, and round face; dressed in a brown linen suit, with short skirt, broad-brimmed straw hat, and laced shoes. The child was lost from Germantown on Wednesday afternoon, Ist inst., between 4 and 5 o’clock. : o

This advertisement brought no fesponse until Tuesday, July 6, when the personal column of 7he Philadelphia Ledger contained the following: Ross—We be ready to negotiate. -

On the same day Mr. Ross received an anonymous letter through the postoffice, in which it was stated that Charley would be returned: for $20,000. It also said that the child was in good hands; and that it had cost the parties a good deal of money to get him, and that they could not think of returning him for less than $20,000.— “We know,” the letter said, “you are not worth much money, but we are aware that you have rich friends, of whom you can borrow. If you love money better than you do your own child, the blood be on your own head.” The fatheranswered this cruel demand as foliots in the Ledger : ’

- “Ross will come to terms to the extent of his ability.” G Another _anonymous letter was promptly received by Mr. Ross, stating that the parties who had the child would not part with it for a smaller sum than the one already. named. “Any attempt” they wrote, “to ascertain the child’s hiding place will result in its entire annihilation.” The distressed father had not the ransom demanded, but he was willing to make any sacrifice to regain his lost child. He answered in the'same paper as follows: I

“Ross 1s willing! Have not got it! Am doing my best to raise it.”

. Several other letters were received during the succeeding week, defying the police to discover the child, and declaring that it “would be put away” if the terms named were not accepted. Meantime the public excitement was very great, the police were spurred into activity, and the Mayor of Philadelphia offered a reward of $20,000, giving, at the same time, the circumstances under which Charley Ross had disappeared. The Philadelphia police subsequently searcned 140,000 houses in that city without finding any clew to the fate of the missing boy. Stimulated by the reward, as well as by humane motives, efforts have been made throughout the country to find some tidings of the child, but nothing has been accomplished except the circulation of several false reports.

THE SHOOTING OF THE 'ABDUCTORS.

The usually tranquil village of Bay Ridge was set agog on Sunday morning, Dec. 13, by a tragic occurrence, which took place at. the beautiful country seat of Judge Van Brunt, of the supreme court of New York. Two desperate burglars were shot dead in their tracks by Mr. Ruliff Van Brunt, a brother of the judge, his son William, and a workman on the premises. The dying confession of these implicates them both as principals in the abduction of Charlie Ross from his parents in Philadelphi, the facts of which are of country-wide notoriety. - Judge Ruliff Van Brunt’s house stands about twenty-five feet back from the Shore road, abouta mile from Fort Hamilton. It is a square, white building, with a porch in the front, and one in the rear. It is unoccupied: during the winter, being used only as a, summer residence, for which it is most admirably adapted, fronting as it does directly on the pleasant waters of the upper bay, and surrounded with pleasant grounds, tastefully laid out in gardens and lawns. During the winter season. it is left unoccupied, the servants’ rooms being over tha. stable, which stands a couple of hundred yards to the rear. The whole protection of the house is, however, amply provided for by . A THE BURGLAR ALARM, J extending to the nexf house. Judge Van Brunt spends his winters in the

city. His household goods are stowed away in his country villa, which, during the judge’s absence, is under the protection of his brother’s family, who lives in an adjoining lot. Additional protection is had in an eccentric burglar alarm connecting the two residences. -

Rl AT TWO O'CLOCK, | the burglar alarm sounded in the | house of Mr. Ruliff Van Brunt. It | startled all the family from their sleep. ’ Mr. Van Brunt, who has been failing for some weeks, was loth torise uif less the occasion really required it.— He called for his son William, and told him first to search their own house and then step over to the judge’s house and find out the cause of the ’ alarm. . ~ William hastily dressed himself -and, taking a lantern, aroused Scott, a wagrkman on the place. They ARMED THEMSELVES : with shotguns. William had a double barrel and Scott a single barrel. The former also carried a seven shooter in his pocket. Their own house, they soon ascertained, had not been invaded. They crept cautiously over tothe houseé of the Judge, shading the lantern as they went. They approached the house from the rear. They reconnoitered a few moments, and suddenly they saw a faint light glimmering through the dining-room windows.— A couple of dark objects were moving about in the room. They could not see their features, but their general .appearance was rough and heavy. The son returned to the house for his father, and told him he had better arm himself and ste;),,ovel". as they might have s j - TOUGH WORK. -Mr. Van Brunt, though feeble, reached for a gun and started out with his son and the two men. He placed his: son at the gate in front, with instruections to shoot anyone who attempted to pass. He and Scott, the workman, stood guardin the rear. They reclined on the dark lawn in darkness and in silence for over an hour. They could see the ;

BURGLAR’S LIGHT

flitting from room to room 'at intervals. They seemed to feel secure, and did not hasten their movements. Mr. Van Brunt became cold, chilly, and impatient. He said to his fellow watchers that it was time to break in on the burglars. He told his son, who had the keys! to the house, to open the door, and they would rush in and take the marauders by surprise. The son turned the key in the lock. The rust in the lock caused a grating sound.— The burglars evidently had caught it, and their foot-falls were heard coming down stairs. They plunged into the cellar, and lit a match, the flickering of which could be seen through the crevices in the shutter.. Mr. Van Brunt and his companions stood with

: WEAPONS LEVELED at the cellar-trap as soon as it was opened. They did not have to wait long. Soon the trap was pushed noiselessly open, and two dark heads were dimly discernable. = “Stand,” shouted Mr. Van Brunt. Two pistol shots instantly answered the snmmons. The burglars had prepared themselves for attack. Fortunately neither shot took effect. Mr. Van Brunt’s weapon spoke and one of the men received the charge of shot in his body. He gave a cry of pain and grasped the cellar door for support. His companion started on a run toward the gate. Ie was called upon to stand. llis reply was another pistol shot. Mr. Van Brunt and Scott sent the contents of their weapons in his retreating direction. Meanwhile the man who had been shot first managed to get away from the cellar andrun. Thesecond man had reached the gate when he encountered William.

“STAND, OR U'LL KILL YOu,” William shouted. The burglar fired once at His interceptor. For the third time his ball missed. He was about to fire 'again, when the young man raised his gun and brought the stock of it down on his leveled arm. The force of the blow broke the stock from the barrel. “You —-———" the burglar

howled in pain, and was about to advance to a physical contest, when William drew his revolver and shot him twice, in the breast and in the left shoulder. The desperado fell heavily on the sward. “I give it up,” he cried, and in a few minutes was dead. Hedropped near the gate of the house.— The surviving burglar had succeeded in getting about fifty feet from the scene of the attempted burglary, and right in front of the house of Mr. Van Brunt, when he dropped. Ie was in mortal agony. He held to life until half-past 5 o’clock, when he died on | the spot where he fell. s AS THE TWO LAY, one dead and the other slowly dying, the rough ministrations which were ! possible under the circumstances were treely given, and every possible effort made to induce Joseph Douglass to tell the entire story of the Ross abduction after he had said that he was concerned in it. These efforts were useless, however, and no further particulars were obtainéd: than his bare statement, that he :and Mosher were ‘the two men who stole Charlie Ross, and ' that Mosher knew all about it.— Being told that Mosher was dead, he said that Inspector Walling knew about it, and that

THE BOY WOULD GO HOME ALL RIGHT. He said that he (Douglas) had a broth‘er and sister whom he had not seen for twelve years or more, and that 'Mosher had‘a wife and five children who lived in New York. At about half-past 5 o’clock Monday morning he died, and the two bodieds were drawn under the back porch of the house, and laid as deeently as possible out of ‘the pitiless igin which was falling, to await the arrival of the.coroner.

The facts stated by Douglas were telegraphed to New York police headquarters early in the day, and Detective Silleck, who had been working on the Charley Ross case for some time, came down immediately. 'The two bodies were shown to him, and he recognized them at once. Walter Ross, Charley’s brother, also subsequently recognized Douglas and Mosher,

7', TuE Cincinnati Enqguirer expresses tlie opinion that, it is 10 use for the republican. majority in the present Congress to attempt any more foolishness with the South with the hope that tl/ey ean carry any portion of it at tl)/ Presidential election. The next “fiouse of Representatives will be democratic, and it will only count the votes of those Southern States. which ‘have been cast by the people without any bayonet influence or restraint. Any more fraudulent reconstruction work tor carpet-bag. thieves will not be recognized by Congress.

A TOUCHING STORY.

At a recent political gathering in ’ Tuscumbia, Ala., Gen. Cullen A. Battle related the following touching story in the course of his speech: During the winter of 1863-4 it was my fortune to be president of one of the court martials of the army of northern Virginia. One bleak December morning, while the snow covered the ground, and the winds howled around our camp, I left my bivouac firé to attend the session of the court. Winding for miles along uncertain paths, I at length arrived at the court ground at Round Oak Church. Day after day it had been our duty to try the gallant soldiers of that! army charged with violations of military law, but never had I on any previous occasion been greeted by such anxious spectators as on'that morning awaited the opening of the court. Case after case was disposed of, and at length the . case of “The Confederate States ys. Edward-Cooper” was called — charge, | desertion. A low murmur rose spontaneously from the prisoner’s’ bench, and in response to the question, “guilty or not guilty?” answered, “not guilty.” : :

- The judge advocate was proceeding to open the prosecution, when the ccourt, observing that the prisoner was unattended by counsel, interposed and inquired of the accused, “Who is vour counsel?” He replied, “I hz_meT no counsel.” . Supposing that it was his purpose to represent himself before the court, the judge advocate was instructed to proceed. Every charge and specification against the prisoner was'sustained. The prisoner was then told to introduce his witnesses. 'He replied, “I have no-witnesses.” Astonished at the calmness with which he seemed to besubmittingto what he regarded as inevitable fate, I said to. him, “Have you no defense? Is it possible that you abandoned your comrades and deserted your colors in the presence of the enemy without any reason ?” ° Hereplied, “There was a reason, but it will not avail me be-. fore a military court.” I said, “Perhaps you are mistaken ; you are charged with the highest crime known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the causes that influenced your actions.” TFor the first time his manly form trembled, and Lis blue eyes swam in tears. Approaching the president of the court he presented a letter, saying as he did so, “There, General, is what did it.”> I opened the letter, and in a moment my eyes filled with tears. It was passed from one to another of the court, until all had seen it, and those stern warriors who had passed with Stonewall Jackson through a hundred battles, wept like little children. Soon as I.sufficiently. recovered my self-possession, I read the letter as the defense of the prisoner. The letter read in these words: >

My DEAR EDWARD; I have always been proud of you, and since your connection with the Confederate army, I have been prouder of you than ever before. 1 would not ‘have you do wrong for the world, but before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die. = Last night T was roused by little Eddie’s crying. 1 called .and said: “What's the matter, Eddie?” and he sald: “Oh mamma, I’'m so hungry!” And Lucy, Edward, your darling Luey, she never complains, but she is growing thinner and thinner every day. And before God, Edward, unless you ecome home we must die. i - Yours, MARyY.

Turning to the prisoner, I asked: “What did you do when you received this letter?” He replied, “I made application for a furlough, and it was rejected ; again T made application and it was rejected; a third time I made application and it was rejected, and that night as I wandered backward and forward in the camp, thinking of my home, with the mild eyes of Lucy looking up to me, and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was no longer the Confederate’s soldier, but I was the father of Lucy, and the husband of Mary, and I" would have passed those lines if every gun in the battery had fired upon me. I went to my home. Mary ran out to meet me, her angel arms around me, she whispered, “Oh! Edward, I am so happy! lam so glad you have got your furlough!” * She must have felt me shudder, for she turned pale as death, and catching her-breath at eve-. ry word, she said, “Have you come home without your furlough? 0! Edward, go back! go back! I.et me and my children go.down to the grave, but O! for heaven’s sake save the honor of our name!” "And here I am, gentlemen, not brought here by military power, but in obedieiice to the command of Mary, to abide the sentence of the court.”

Every officer of the court martial felt the force of the prisoner’s words. Befaore them stood. in beatic vision, the eloquent pleader for a husband’s and a father’s wrongs; but they had been trained by their great ieader, Robert E. Lee, to tread the path of duty though the lightning’s flash scorched the ground beneath their feet, and each in his turn pronounced the verdict—guilty. Fortunately for humanity, for the Confederacy, the proceedings of the court were reviewed by the commanding General, and upon the record was written: ; HEADQUARTERS, A. N. V. The finding of the courtis approved. Thez prisoner is pardoned, and will report to his company. R. E. LEE, * 4 1 QGeneral. During the second battle of Cold Harbor, when shot and shells were falling “like torrents from the moun-tain-cloud,” my attention was directed to the fact that one of onr batteries was Leing silenced by the concentrated fire of the enemy. When I reached the battery every gun but one had been dismantled, and by it stoed a solitary Confederate soldier, with the blood streaming from his side. As he recognized me he elevated his voice above the roar of the battle and said, “General, I have one shell left. Tell ine, have I saved the honor of Mary and Luey ?” I raised mny hat. Once more a Confederate shell went crashing through the ranks of the enemy, and the hero sank by his gun to rise no more, Sl

"Oußr present State-house was built about fifty years ago, and “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” have brought it to a state of utter dilapidation. It has been patched, altered, torn away, added to, painted, stuccoed and whitewashed tiil it is far from being a thing of beauty, though some people evidently think it will last as a joy forever. Every citizen of Indiana who has seen the miserable, tumble-dowii old pile is ashamed of it, and we believe the people, without respect of party, would heartily indorse the action of the Legislature in authorizing the érection of a new one, —lndianapolis Jowrnal.

MAN’'S INHUMANITY TO MAN. A Lunatic Confined Twelve Years in . a Living Tomb. o » (From the Allentown (Pa.) Herald.] A gentleman, who is a resident of Allentown, and is well known to the people of this city as a hunter, met with an adventure the other = day, while in the pursuit of game on the Blue mountain, which resulted in a discovery of the most extraordinary nature. = Having tramped a long distance in pursuit of game, and' with good success, on Thursday, he was getting toward the foot of the mountain among the timber, when his attention was attracted by a queer looking brick structure among the trees. It was, and is calculated to attract the attention of any one who comes .across it there in the solitude of the mountain. .It is ‘simply Your brick walls about seven or eight feet, high, evidently bricked over-at the top (though of that we are not certainy, and enclosing a space of abdut six feet square. - Mr, Powell approached the building and forgot all ‘about the game, as he examined it c‘los§:l_y and attentively. He walked round it and could find neither door nor window. He could think of no use that it was possible for such a building, so situated, to be put to. There was a stench arising from it that made his examination anything but pleasant. He was about to leave the place, with the mysteryof the brick buildin g unsolved; when suddenly his steps were arrested by a sound as of a human voice, which “appeared to come from the interior of the structure.. He listened. intently, but all was silent again. Yet he was sure be heard it. .Again he walked round the building, and this time he discerned a place in one of the walls where a brick had been left out, affording an opening into this dungeon | —for it was a dungeon, .and it held and yet holds a prisoner, shut out from the light of day, from all human fellowship, and from all> opportunity of enjoyment of the eommon blessings of life, which belong to the most’ unfortunate of God’s creatures. =~ As the discoverer of this strange edifice discovered the only .opening in the walls, again he heard a noise from the interior of it. This time there could be no doubt of it. Strange, incoherent mutterings, and then a cry of pain or rage fell upon the ear of the startled listener. He calleéd out and knocked upon the wall, and the voice of a'man responded to him, but he could make no sense of ‘the response. = After a time he left the place and made inquiries in the neighborhood, and then he heard a very strange story. - v The man bricked up in that monu--mental coffin, and who vsugers death in life, is named Levi Handwerk, and ‘the- neighbors assure our informant that he has been imprisoned there for twelve years. The strangestory given to us by, Mr. Powell is that the father of Handwerk died and left him, quite a young man, with $4,000. -He was a lunatice, subject to fits of ungovernable rage, and when these fits were on him the lives of those around him were in danger. After the death of the father the mother of Handwerk married again, and the young man became | altogether -uncontrollable—a violent, raving madman. Then it was that | he was consigned to this dungeon, which, it is said, is simply a bare spot’ of ground, enclosed by four walls. The motive given for his confinement thus is, that the lives of those about him are not safe if he was at-large, and “if he had been sent to a Tunatic asylum, the money he is possessed of would have been appropriated by the State to keep. him.” .= : e The revelation of this abominable | horror at once aroused the. good people of Allentown, and on Monday last, a party consisting of Coroner Moser, | Messrs. George Hersh, Edward Powell,| and D. H. Northstein proceeded to the place, under the. leadership of Mr. Powell. Thebuilding issitnated about - one hundred yards from where his | parents reside, and when the Allentown party arrived there tlie constable of Slatington and another gentleman, who had preceded them, were already making’ arrangements for the deranged man’s removal. - The strong | iron bars guarding the entrance were | taken down by the constable, when | the party entered. The sightthatmet | their eyes is simply indeseribable, Ly- | ing on a patch of fine straw in a nude state, covered with a thick crust of dirt from head to feet, was & human being the stench arising from the bed of filth, being almost intolerable. -The pen in which he is<confined is four- feet; | square, of brick, lined with rough pine. boards. When the gentlemen entered they found him lying in a crouched | position, and it was only by assistance . that he could stand 'on his feet, his limbs being paralyzed and unable to bear the emaciated form. Together they carried him to his mother’s house and applied soap and water, after which he was clothed, and, in charge of the officer, taken to Slatington. This morning a permit will be. procured for his admittance into the | county almshouse, in which exeellent institution he will receive better and more humane treatment than was his lot heretofore. e ;

' When brought to the light of day he looked wistfully around and occasionally muttered incoherently. =le rubbed his eyes vigorously, which were almost concealed by dirt, and, although his sayings were unintelligible, it was noticed that his countenance beamed with joy at having secured liberty after so long confinement. It is alleged that years-ago he was in his vight mind, as records kept where he sold game to other parties testify of business transactions whicl were by no means conducted Dby an insane per= son. : s sk

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No. 36

| A Few Words to Teachers. - | (From the Rochester Sentinel.) - We have again come upon that season of the year when township institutes are all the rage. We are remind- ! ed of the fact by receiving the proceedings of one already held, a report - of which is elsewhere given. - We do, not publish it for what merit it con-! tains, but as a foundation for a few remarks. Last winter, ‘during the school season, we were beset with “proceedings” of this same character nearly every week, which we published, feeling at the time that we were occupying our space at no advantage to ourself andto no interest to our readers. This winter we do not propose to byrden our columns to our ~ disadvantage nor inflict upon opr read--‘ers the report of institutes that contain nothing that is of any interest fo them. Having said this much it now devolves upon us to show why the ‘reports furnishéd us are not acceptable. TFirst, they usually commence with a list of names of those who were in attendarice, which is, perhaps, ptoper. Second, a certain number of teachers engage in the discussion of the question: how to conduct a model school, and without giving any of.. their ideas or modes, so that others may be benefited, they close that por- - tion of the report by saying that “their methods were approved by all pres- — ent.” 'Lhis is followed by others who give their method of teachihg “History,” and still others, “How to prevent - whisperiug,” but so carefully are the reports made up that no one is benefit- - ed by the logical reasoning of those modern Websters and Clays. The reports then go on to say that Miss A., or Mr. B, read an “ably written” essay, but how do we or our readers know ‘_ anything about it, when there is not a - line given, not even the subjeéct ?— -- Those are some of the objections we have to publishing reports of township - institutes. They contain so little of interest that we shall refuse to publish . them until they are made more attractive by what general information they contain. . 7

LTI - —— Hogz-Packing Statistics.

The Cincinnati Price Current, a leading authority upon hog-packing statistics, recently published a very full preliminary report of the pork packing in the West. Returns have been received from points which packéed last season nine-tenths of all packed at interior.points, which give the aggregate packing to dates, ranging rom . 9th to 16th December, at 279 points as 1,190,000 head, against :1,097,000, an incréase of 93,000. These points last season packed a total of 1,887,000, out of 2,084,000, the whole number packed at interior points during the season of 1873 and 1874. The average of weights indicates a falling off of about twenty-one 'pounds per head, or 10 per cent. from last season, with fully a corresponding decrease in the yield, of lard. No estimates are given for theseason, as it is designed to give such - information two weeks later, when such estimates can be more satisfaetorily and reliably calculated. The packing at the six principal cities is given, at 2,010,000 head to date, against 2,070,000 last year. The interior points net heard from - packed 196,954 head last season, and should these points show a corresponding increase this season, the total packing at the inée-' rior points, in round numbers, is 1,400,000, and including the six lead-: ing cities, aggregates 3,400,000 head, against 3,280,000 last year. - -

' Horse Disease in Ohio. A disease far more fatal than the epizootic, which raged so fearfully and with such disastrous results among horses, has broken out in portions of Ohio. At Akron over seventy honses are affected and about twenty-five or thirty have died from it. 'The Beacon, of the above named _place, says that among the symptoms of the disease a staggering gait and loss of appetite seem to be the most prominent and prevalent, accompanied with a violent cough and fever. Post mortem examinations have shown that the lungs are “partially affected—these being black and rotten. A great deal of inflammation was known about the case of the heart, and the condition of the liver eviderfced w great deal of bile in the blood. The mueus mgn%ibmne was also highly inflamed ; in faet a shattered state of thie systém was manifested. The loss of appetite, a leading veterinary surgeon contends, is the first dreaded note ot the disease, for as the animal refuses to take nourishment and -drink it is almest impossible, in many cases, to effect a cure. The fatal cases in Akron thus far have had a run of eight days, and as the weather grows colder, the fatality inereases. b e

How a Wedding Came to Naught. That was a brutal trick played by the envious young men of Olean, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., upon a bridegroom elect. He came from Cortland county to marry the belle of Olean.--The youth of the latter town, not li'l{ing the preference shown by the ludy for a stranger, conspired to prevent -the hnarriage. The train by which he expected to arrive was threc hours behind time, and he telegraphed to the parents of the bride to postpone: the ceremony for three hours. The young men of Olean waited for him with a pretended guuxrd of honor, gave him drugged liquor, and, when he was sufliciently besotted to suit them, handed him over to his expectant bride.—— He was, of course, Kicked out of the house. The Oleanders thereupon. tarred and feathered him, and rode him upon the traditional rail, When he recovered from the effeets of the drug and explained matters satistactorily, the marriage took place. The? citizens. of the place Were hiighly incensed at the conspivaey, hut the action of the eligible Youns men of Olean furnishes an excellent explanation why the belles of the town prefer to select husbands from uther places. RD> Lptin e - - Compulsory Edueation. The compulsory edueation aet gues into effect in New. York on the first of Janwary next. This bl requires that every person having control or charge of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen yeais shall see that such child has fourteen weeksschooling eagh year; ¢lght weeks of which must, be c~_nx§g3j(;;§t‘iye,,, The penalty, for net dof?e]e thig is one ‘dollat #rdthe first offense and five dollars for each week of negleet altervward, anaking « sotal of sixty-six dollars, Ak n ehild does not attend school, it my he tiken charge of by ‘the ‘schogl muthorities and sent to a truant sclicol. 148 also. provided that moe person o company gfv &m&g\wma e aﬁm«ml&?@d e ween the age§ of gight and fourteels years in qi %w}‘ 58 w%_ﬂ%eﬁfm @?ﬁ, g‘a,g SChoo) how s unless the el has i, ,&ufh; emplovment, fourtesn avecksy jchooling. = - e