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District Clerk.
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SOCIAL DIRECTORY.
Churches.
ilTothodiMf V.. rhnivh. Servicoeach Sabbath
at Ifctfla. in., and 71 p. tn. Ktmlay School at
2'fn. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening.
S.P.WIT.10.V. Pastor.
Prc'ir-nrlnn Olinti-li. Serviced cachSaMmth
at Jfctn n. m.. and ": r.m. Snbbath School aftor
mornlnc services. Prayer "Meet I ng Wednesday
evenings at 7:1ri o'clock. W. J. Wkebku, Pastor.
ClirlHt'ft Ciuir -Ii. Services ovcrv Sunday, a
10:30 a. m. and "roa . m. SiindnrSpnoolat2p.nl
Rev. Matthkw TrvRY, Missionary In charge
Hit. Plnnxnnr rvi-ei.l-tid Prr-Hliiforlan.
Clmrch fourmtli- u.nni-weitorTlrou-nvlllc. Ser
vices flrstSabuatli In each month. B. J. Joiiif-ron-,
Pastor.
Clirlstlnn rli-ircli.-'-.A.TTawlev.KIder. reach
ing every Sunday nt 11 a. m..and7iWp. m. Bible
Readlngand Praver mcctllug every Wedncsdav
evening. Elder riios. Itowc preaches thesecond
Sunday in every month.
Cnthollc Services every 4th Pundnv of each
month, at 10 o'cloch a. m. Father Cuminlsky,
rrlcst.
"Schools.
Broivnvllle Union nrmleilSclinolH. J.M.Wc
Kcnzle. Principal: Jilts Jessie K. Bain. Assist
ant inch School; Miss T.011 Tucker. Ornnimar
Dopirtment: JIIss Alice Ulft. lt Intermediate:
jri-s Kate fVj. 2il TntermiMllate: JIIss r.mma
Stnllh. 1st Primarj" MrsCarrlo Johnson,2a Pri
mary. Tcraplo'of Honor.
nrownUle T.o.lee. No. -- ",!1sr,',,Trrr'iII
day evening In Odd F.'lloxv Unll. VisUlricbroth
rs cordlnllv welcomod. Jnn I. Caron.A.U1 .
Wm. II. Hoover W. Bee,: T.C- Hacker. Ii. I.
JnvrnllpTomnlp. meets evcrv Saturday aflcr
noon. Mis rjrace Stewart. O. T : Miss Mary
Ilackar.Sec: Mrs. T.S.JIInlck.SupU
Rod RiTbon Clxili"
Hfeets the firHtTneadav of ench month.
B.jr.Bai-
Icy.Prcs.; A. ir.tinmoTf.aw.
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ft ,- vtl If. T.CJ.1.TP No. 5, T. O. O. V. BeintHr
mpetln'T'ncsdavorontngol each "venk.
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lnslrotliTJespnctriillylnvltea.
A.ir.UJlinorc,
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Ni-mnlin f'Hv l.odne Nf-,1"' J- -St'tlP'
Jtecls evorv Stiturday. Philip Crother. N. O. T.
C.KiHs'y.B..SeCi
niclit; of Pvihias.
IixncUior l.n.lci. No. IS. K . V--' "Z
WelnesdaV nvoiiiiifr in jrasonlrlTaU. VWltlnc
KnISht"! cordially Invited. E.-Hnddart, C.C.
11 lawman, Iv. of B. S.
Masonic.
Ninnlii Vnlley T,odee No. 4. A. F. iV . IT.
Rl-ml tneetlnjrs "SVurdav on or before the lull
oroaebmoon." Ixvlge room open everv Satur
dav evening for lectures. In'tnietlon and win!
jilcrcoiirse, J.aMcNaughtou.U.M. B.F.bou-
'r.5ec. "
BroivnvlIIe Chnnter No. 4. Tt. A. I,-Sn,,
metln2ssicond Thursday oreachniontli. A.Jt.
l)avlon, 51. E. II. P. Tt-T.Baincy.Sec
flrt.rormrlGomni-tii.VrvNo.ri.K.T.-SlntPd
mcelingeconrtJtondaV In oT-h month. Jt. w.
Furnas. E.C; A. W.TClckell.Bec.
U0..0 nn'd T.Ur Cnncliwo. No. OS. K.TJ. O. R.
,Vr-Jleets RtJtosonlc Hnll on tbenflliMon
dav. B.W. Furnas. M. P. Sov. B. T. Balncy,
Secretary. .
AdniiriIn.pterNn.'.-flrdernttheE.asternStar.
KlntMlincellnc third Monday iu each month.
Mm.- E. a Hundley, W. M.
Sociotios.
Cnnntr Wnlr A-.oclntlon. B. A. ITawlcy,
President: John Bath. Vice Prt.: S. A. OsNrn.
Recretary: J. JT- Trowbridce. Tressnrer. jrana-
cers-UO. Mlrtlck. S. Cochran. F. E. Johnson,
Thonras. Bath. Geo. Crow. J. W.Onvlt.
T.lirnrr AHOclnton -P- Jl- Bailey. Pres.-. A.1I.
Ollmore.Sec W. II. Hoover.
Chnrn.1 TTnioh.-J. C McSaughton. Prcst. J. B.
Docker, Sec
IllnUc Prnmntle AHMOclntlon.-W. T. Bogcrs.
Prcst. J. B. Docker, Sec nnd Treas.
fllctronolltnn Cornet ltnnil.-l.T.Sniltb. JI
s7cXi I IilrectoV. K. Huddar:. Treasurer and Busi
ness Manager.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
AS. HOLIiADAY.
, Physician, Sumeon, Olistctrlclnn.
Oraduated In 1H11. Txcat-d In BrownvlUc 18S5.
omcc.4lralnstreet.Brownvlile,?.eb.
JU. ATTOUXKY AT T,AW
And Justice ortlie Peaco. Olllce in Court House
Building. Brownvlile, Ucb.
STULTi & THOMAS.
ATTORKKVS AT IiAW-
onicc. over Theodore Hill & Co.'s store, Brown
vlile, Iscb.
m L. RCFTTPK.
I,' ATTOUSKY ATIiAAV.
O nice over J. I- McOee & Bro'a store, Brownville.
Nebraska.
SA. OSHOUN.
. ATTOllSKYATLJVW.
Onicc, So. St Main street. Brpwnvile. Neb
T H. RROADY.
J . Attorney ami Counselor at Law,
Omce overstate Bank.nrcwitvlllceb.
itt T. ROGERS.
W Attorney nnd Connsel or nt Law.
Will elve diligent attention to anylesRlbuslncvs
eutrustedYouisc-irc. Office In the Boy building.
Brownville. Neb,
T W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH AND HOUSE SIIOEU
Workdonc to ordor and satisfaction guaranteed
First streot, bctweoM Main and Atlantic, Brown
vitlo.Ncb.
AT. ClilNE,
FASHIONABLE
BOOT ASD SHOE-MAKER
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CTJSTOJr WORK made to order, apd Ms always
guaranteed. Repairing neatly amiproinjui uonc
fehop. No. 27 Jlaln street, Brownvilleeb.
O M. BAILEY,
SUirPEK AKD DEAI.EU IS
LIVE STOCK
MZOWXYILLE, XEDRASKA.
Farmers, please call and get prices ; I want
to handle your stock.
Office 31 Main street, Hoadley building.
pHARLES HELMER,
FASHIONABLE
&m& Boot and Shoe
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Having oougni uie cus
tom shop of A. Roblson,
I tun prepared todo work
of all kinds at
Dnnpnnnhln Traffic
b-wb. ta.TnM..ll..rr nnnftp flTirt
f-- nromntlv done.
Shop No. 62 Main Street,
JSrowiivilie, JVehraslza.
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
end dealer In
FlacEBHsh, Ficnch, Scotch and Fancy Cloths,
Vcitluss, Etc,Ktc.
jlrowuvillc, IVebraska.
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ESTABLISHED 1856. i
Oldest Paper in tiio State J
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THE U. S. GOYEBXMENT.
OF-
BKOWNVILLE,
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AutJiorizcil " 500,000
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Seneral Banking Business
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lowed on time curtlilcatea of deposit.
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Handley. Frank E. JoUnbou, Luther Hoadley
Wm. Fralsher.
JOHX 1. CARSON,
A. B. D AVISOS. Oishler. President.
J. CMcN AUG HTON.Asst. Cashier.
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
O I I E S T
RJEAX,
ESTATE
AGENCY
William H. Hoover.
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Lands on Commission, examines Titlea,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to the traubfer of Real Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all Real Estate In Nemaha County.
J". Xi. ZR0-5T,
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Keeps a full line ol
Ornamented and Plain.
Also Slirouds for men, ladies and Infants.
All orders left with Mike Felthouser will
receive prompt attention.
.05r- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed.
5G Main Street, BROWXVILLE,SEB.
OROGEilY AND PROVISION
Q STORE OIT II
T. 3Lu Jones
Is tho placo to get
Groceries,
Provisions,
Confections,
Fine Cigars,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
JPi 'esU J3 a tier,
JStc., Etc, JEtc
Wo also keep all the best brands of
Hour, and everything Uhually kept In
a llrat class grocery store.
Wo have In con
nection with our
housoa llrstclass
EED STORE
T. .. BATH
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aud Is prepared to accomodate tho
public with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
iMIZE-A-T,
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
will at alt times be in attendance. Your
patronasie solicited. Kemcmber the placo
the old Pascoe thop, llaiu-st.,
Brownville, - Nebraska.
Nervous SnfFerers-The Great European Hem-edy-2)r.J.3.Simpson's
SpeciSc Hedicine.
It is a positive cuJeforSpermatorrhea, Seminal
weakness, Impotency, and all diseases resulting
from self-ahuse.as befoke. aptkh.
I mental anxiety, &e-?2, " 4V
loss ot memory, 7!Tr?SV?ri "
Pains In Back or (ft.tWfl N,jft-1
lCe. and diseases Vf fc?v-gj JJ'g
-"i" icaa 10 con- "BV? i. VS-i ..
sumpxion.tnsani- YbP'AifiA 2
ty and an early iS3J?
grave, ThobpJ. JST
cific Medicine Is i.?Kfc. K
beinK used with e-AaU E"
wJif JSJTJSS8- JPnwpWets sent free to all.
XlL&e0.! m ,m and, Kct ln particulars. Price.
BS 1CJ In IV ''H?. or ii packaees for f5.00
Ad "tIL""?0- P-8"SON MEDICINE
CO..Nos.ItH and 106. Main street ItiifTiln V Y
jKTSoId in Brownville by aav. f ickeli. Cyi-al
- A HXED PACT
That the Chicago Lumber Co.
AT NEMAHA CITY
Will sell you more Lnmber, Lime, nnd Pain
for less money than any firm In tho State,
BY
First National Bank
BIRI1L USES &CiSKETS
I bTTT 111 fin T siBnT
. y Vinoi im
Dpt Leedle Loweeza.
(By the author of Lccdlo Yawcob Strauss.)
How dear to dls heart vas mine grandshlld,
Loweeza !
Dot shvcot lecdlo taughter off Yawcob,
mine son!
I ncfer vas tired to hug and to shquecze her,
Vhen home I gets back und der day's vork
vas done.
Vhen I was avay, oh, I knew dotsho miss me.
For vhen I come homovards she rushes
bell-mell,
Und poots oup dot shveet lccdle mout' for to
kiss me
Her "darldlng olt gampa," dot she lofe bo
veil.
Katarina, mine frau.sho could not do mltout
her.
She vos soocli n gomfort to her day py day;
Dotshlld bho makes efry von happy aboudt
her.
Like sunshine she drlfo all dbelr drpubles
avay ;
She holdt der vool yarn vhilo Katrlno she
vlndlt.
She prlng licr dot camflre bottle to shraell;
Shotfeteh'inejmlneiblrjetoovhen'I'doii'd
can find It.
Dot plue-eyod IJoweezo dot lofe me bo voll.
How shveet, vhen der tolls off der vcek vos
all ofer,
Und Sunday vns como mit Its quiet nnd
rest.
To vnlk in It dot ahild 'mong der daises und
.clofer,
Und look at der leedlo birds building dhelr
nest!
Her prlght leedlo eyes how dhcy shparkle
mlt bloa8nro
Her laugh It rings ondt 6hust so clear as a
bell ; . v
I dink dhere vasnopody hnfsooch a treasure
As dot sohmall Loweeza, dot lofe mqso voll.
Vhen vinter vas come, mlt Its ooldt, ehtormy
veddher.
Katrina und I vo must sit In der house
Und dalkof der bast, by do flresldo togedder
Or piny mlt dot taughter off our Yawcob
Strauss.
Old age mit Its wrinkles peglns to remind us
Vho gannot shtay long mlt our Bhlldrcn to
direll;
But soon vo shall meet mlt der poys left bo
hind us.
Und dot shveet Lowcezn, dot lofo us bo veil.
Charles 2. Adams in Detroit Tree J?rc3S.
THE LEFT HMD.
The murder of Dr. Hunsfon, of
Wlsbeach, England, in 1823, present
ed some very unusual points of clr-
oumstuntial evidence. Dr. Hunston
was a puyeloiati and naturalist, and
waB wealthy. He lived alone, and
was of romewhat miserly habits. He
had an illegitimateson, whom he had
brought up with care, who was appa
rently a worthyyouth. Dr. Hunston's
house stood in tho suburbs of the ru
ral town, with trees around It. Very
near to it was the residence of a law
yer named Terwhlt. Dr. iunston
was originally a very successful sur
geon iu London, but during an au
topsy he cut his right hand with an
operating knife, and to prevent fatal
consequences immediately submitted
to the amputation of the arm. The
dwelling occupied by tho doctor had
been purchased mauy years before the
date of the orimo to be narrated.
From time to timo he added to it, un
til it was a peculiar structure. In a
wing, reaohed by five steps from the
parlor, was tho doctor's bedroom ; be
yond that was his workshop, and be
yond that ngniu, in an odd angle, his
Btudy. Jammed into what appeared
a passage jUBt begun and left unfin
ished, was the desk in which the doc
tor always kept a quantity of loose
cash and Gome old jewels of great val
ue, heirlooms of the Hunston family,
from whloh he was descended. A
coachman, a gardener, and a groom
lived In the yard right below the win
dows of tho doctor's apartments, and
he was in the habit of sayiug that
they gave ample proteotion to tho
dwelling In that direotion. In his
workshop
A LARGE BLOOD MASTIFF
always slept, und tho windows of the
parlor were supplied with strong shut
ters, carefully closed J every night.
When Lawyer Terwhlt joked with
Dr. Hunston about his chances of be
ing robbed, he was wont to laugh and
eay that it would require very expert
thieves to get an entrance, or, having
got an entrance, to get out again safe
and Bound.
It was the 15th of August, 1823.
Young Huti3ton had returned from
college aud gone to Loudon for a visit
to friends. Lawyer Terwhlt had sat
with the dootor until 9 o'olock. Then
the latter saw that his servant closed
up the house, and soon afterward re
tired. Dr. HunBton was an early riser,
and when ho failed to be Btirrlng at 8
o'clock next morning, surprise was
excited among the domeBtics. By 0
o'clock they were alarmed, and by 10
resolved to send for Lawyer Terwhlt
and ask his advice. The lawyer sug
gested the forcing of the door leading
from the parlor to the bedroom of tho
dootor. This was done, and the law
yer and domestics entered.
A DREADFUL SPECTACLE
was dlpolosed. Dr. Hunston lay on
his bed in bis night-clothes. His arm
was thrown out so as to hang outover
the side of tho bed. His head lay over
the bolster, and his throat was cut
from ear to ear. An ordinary kitohen
knife, sharpened like a rnzor, lay on
the loft side of the bed, and in the
bolster on the same side was a gash.
The doors through the workroom Into
tho dootor's room were open. The
dog lay peacefully sleeping. The desk
in the study had been
RANSACKED OF EVERYTHING
of any value. There had been diffi
culty in opening it, and the person
forcing the look had worked to the
right Bide of tho desk as it stood, for
there were marks on the wall show
ing where he had rubbed off the
whitewash. The windows of all the
rooms were examined. All were fast
ened except one in tho workship. Of
this the corda had been broken, for
when the broken sash was raised it
fell with a crash.
Bight below this window waB a
flowerbed. In the soft mold there
were printB of a man's knees and of
his left hand. There were also marks
as though his toes had struck the soil.
The servant men who slept nea the
spot had heard no noise in the night
except what sounded like tho bang
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
ing of a shutter, and as there was
wind they thought nothing of that.
Lawyer Terwhlt was a very shrewdl
man and a clever criminal expert.
The authorities were duly notified
of the dreadful orime which had been
perpetrated, and measures were taken
to find a clew to the guilty person or
persons. The motive was dearly
plunder. The perpetrator or perpetra
tors knew that the dootor kept valu
ables In his apartments. It would al
so seem as though they knew where
there was a defoctivo window. The
points presented in the case were nu
merous and pregnant :
THE POINTS IN THE CASE.
1. There wae no possible meanB of
access to the apartments of the doctor
except by the window already spoken
of. That this had been used was evi
dent. It was twelve feet from the
ground. There were marks of feet on
the coping just below, as though some
one had walked along it from the oor-
ner, olinging to the windows, on pur
nose to avoid leavlncr traceB. Imme
diately below In the soil there were
no marks of feet, and no impression
of any Bort other than those already
mentioned, namely: the marks of the
knees, the toeB, and the left hand.
These, it was very clear, had been
made by a person in falling, and wore
turned away from the window, the
toe-marks being nearest and the hand
marks furthest off". These Impress
ions were ovidently made by the mur
derer in his descent from the win
dow. The bottom of the window
sash showed on It stains of blood,
with pleoeB of skin adhering. How
had the blood and skin como there?
2. The throat of tho dootor had
been out as the murderer stood at hiB
left side. The knife waB clearly 'drawn
from right to left, and hence the gash
in the bolster on the left side. The
position of the knife on the left side
of the bed, where the assassin had
dropped it, alsoproved that ho stood
on that side when he perpetrated the
deed.
3. On tho soil outsido the window
there were Impressions of his knees,
two toes, and tho loft hand only. The
person forcing the look of the desk
had leaned against the right wall,
and evidently worked with his left
hand. The person who wielded the
fatal knife had used tho left hand, tor
the wound slanted upward frcra the
edge, and was made from the left
side. If made from the left side with
the right hand It would either have
been straight down or Inclined from
the entrance of the knife downward.
A moment's thought will show the
justness of this reasoning.
4 Wob tho perpetrator left-handed
? He might have been; but in that
case why did he not fall on the right
hand as well as the left in descend
ing, or rather falling, from the win
dow ?
5. Had the murderer only one
hand, nnd that the left? ThatBeem
ed to be the fact, and then the re
markable coincidence presented Itself
of a man with only tho left arm being
murdered by a man with only the
left arm.
6. Were the dog and the murderer
old friends ? If they were the savage
beast's quietness was accounted for.
THE SUSPECTED SAILOR.
Wlsbeach Is on tho WaBh, a small
arm of the sea, and does a small coast
trade. Seafaring men live thore.
Half a mile from Dr. Iluuston's resi
ded one Joseph Harell, an old man-of-war's
man. Ho bad lost the right
arm by the explosion of a gun when
firing a salute, and had received his
disoharge. He was a man in middle
life, and tho head of a gang of smug
glers who frequented the Norfolk
coast. He was a pretty hard charac
ter. Suspicion of having killed Dr.
Hunston fell on this man from the
fact of his having only the left arm.
He was actually arrested and examin
ed as to his whereabouts on the night
of the murder, It was so clearly prov
ed that be was elsewhere that all sus
picion faded away.
Lawyer Terwhlt found himself exe
cutor of the dead man's will, and
went to work to Bottle the estate. All
the property, with tho exception of a
few trifling legaoles, was bequeathed
to James Hunston,
THE DOCTOR'S ILLEGITIMATE SON.
This young man was notified of hiB
father's sudden end, and he hastened
down to Wlsbeach. He had recently'
had a fall from a horse and epralued
his right hand, whloh he carried in a
sling. He did not stay at his late un
cle's residence, but at a hotel, and as
Eoon as possible settled all the affairs
of the estate which needed his pres
ence, and returned to London. Ho
listened to all the theories as to the
perpetration of the crime with deep
attention, and only made one remark.
When the circumstance of there hav
ing been found the marks of two
knees and ten toes, aud of only one
hand, was mentioned, young Hun
ston said :
"Is it not just possible that those
marks were made by my father him
self? He might have fallen, for you
know be was fond of going among
the flower-beds and examining leaves
aud beetles and worms and such
like." -
This sot Lawyer Terwhlt thinking.
The doctor was a proverbially careless
man in hiB attire, nnd if he had fal
len on the damp soil, aB suggested,
hia clothes would show it. They were
examined, but there was nothing to
Indicate that euch an accident had
happened. But the lawyer had sud
denly acquired a theory of his ownj
and he resolved to see whithor it led.
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THTJRSDAT, AUGUST 28. 1879.
. WATCHED.
When young Hunston quitted Wls
beach he went to Peterboro to await
the London coach, for the time, be it
remembered, was before railroads.
The morning following the coach
started, with HunBton on the box
seat, ncarthe driver. On one of the
rear eeatswaB a well-to-do farmer,
comfortably but plainly dressed.
When thecoaoh reached London the
farmer hurried away, but not very far.
Once outside tho precincts of the old
Bull and Mouth, on Holborn, where
the ooaobu stopped, be turned and
posted himself in a doorway. Soon
young' Hunston came out, and waB
about toonter a cab which bad been
called forbim.-Suddenly a thought
seemed to, stir the farmer, "and "be
moved toward the oab into whloh
Hunston waB In the act of stepping.
In those days the number was
placed conspicuously on the outside
with the license, and the farmer had
no difficulty in ascertaining It. Then
he inquired from the people in the
hotel where the oab was usually
found, and later In the day sought the
stable. The driver's memory being
aided by a donation, he told the farm
er whither he had driven Hunston.
"Drive me there, too," the farmer
said, and in a minute he was on bis
way to the famous hostelry, the Gold
en Cross, at Charing Cross.
A CONVERSATION.
Once lodged there the farmer seem
ed to be comfortable. He made the
acquaintanco of the landlady in her
quiet bar parlor, and In a few days
was a favorite.
"That seems a nice quiet youth,"
the farmer said, as Hunston passed
the bar window.
Yes, very," the landlady repliod.
"Where does ho keep his horses?"
the farmer inquired.
"Horses?" the landlady replied;
"I never knew he had any."
"Oh f I thought you said or It
might be somebody else that he fell
from his horse and sprained or broke
his wrist," the farmer said.
"That Is the first word I have heard
about It,'' the landlady answered.
"Still It may be so, for he was absent
for a day or two, and returned with
his hand in a sling, as you Bee."
"It must be painful and awkward
for a young fellow like that to have to
go around In that way," the farmer
remarked.
"It is bettor than having to lose tho
hand," the landlady replied; "atone
time Dr. Ardoble thought amputation
would bo necessary, as many of the
small bones wero broken."
"Clever man, Dr. Ardoble?" the
farmer asked.
"So they eay," was the reply.
"You see," the farmer said, "I've
got a little trouble I want to consult a
doctor about, and I would as lief go
to him as another."
"Here is his address," the landlady
said, handing the farmer a slip of pa
per. An hour later, the farmer was at
Dr. Ardoble's residence, and
CLOSETED WITH THAT GENTLEMAN.
"I am exeoutor of the will of Hun
ston's father,' the farmer Bald, after
some Introductory matters, "and
wish to know beyond doubt whether
you can save the young man's hand."
"I've little doubt of it now," the
doctor replied ; "though at one time
I was in fear."
"Have you any idea how ho Injured
it?" the farmer inquired.
"None at all," waB the answer; "he
did not say and I did not care to ask.
Evidently some great weight has fal
len on it and crushed it.''
"Suoh as a heavy, old-fashioned
window-sash?" the farmer asked.
"That's the very kind of thing that
would do it," the doctor Bald.
When Lawyer Terwhlt for he
will be recognized as the farmer got
outside, he looked up to the sky and
gave a great sigh and a sob.
"My God !" he exolalraed, half
aloud, "to think that the bastard bo
bad tended bo lovingly should have
done It!"
When the farmer returned to the
Golden Cross ho was accompanied by
two strong men. They Btayed below
and chewed straws while he went up
stairs and spoke to the landlady.
'Madam,'' be said, "my name Is
Terwhlt, and I'm a lawyer. I came
here to find the murderer of my
friend and neighbor, Dr. Hunston,
the father of the young man whom
you know. I have found him."
"Gracious goodness!" the landlady
exolalmed, "you have found him!
and who Is he?"
ARRESTED.
"Send fat Mr. Hunston," tho farm
er said, "and I will announce it in his
presence."
Hunston speedily attended the
summons, and found himself con
fronted with the farmer and two men
chewing straws.
"Mr. Hunston," said the farmer,
"if you look nearer I think you will
know me, though my side-whiskers
have been shaved off."
"Why, I declare," Hunston said,
"it's Mr. Terwhit!"
Hunston held out his left band, but
Lawyer Terwhlt pushed It aside, Bay
ing :
"No, e!r. You are charged with the
murder of your father, and these men
are here to arrest you."
Hunston's face changed to purple,
and be endeavored to draw a pistol
from his breast pocket. Having only
his left hand he was not expert
enough to do what he proposed, and
In an instant he was in tho grasp of
the officers.
The young man's guilt was now all
too apparent. He resolutely denied
everything. In the first place it was
proved that for some timo he had lived
extravagantly at Cambridge and run
into debt. He had kept a mistress,
who had drawn largely on his re
sources, aud his gambling proclivities
had led him Into other difficulties.
IDENTIFIED.
It was shown that on the morning
of Aug. 18, a person answering his de
scription, though evidently disguised,
had come down to Norwich by the
London coaoh. A blacksmith, whose
forge was about half a mile from Dr.
Hunston's residence, saw a young
man pass his place about 9 o'olock in
the evening. On the blacksmith and
the,driver of. the Norwich ooach com
paring notes, no doubVwaa left-that
the man who came down from Lon
don and the man seen by tho black
smith were identical. Then there
was the wounded hand. When It
came to be a question of importance,
Hunston refused to say how he in
jured his band. It was clear, howev
er, that on opening the sash from
whloh be had probably removed the
catch a month before when medita
ting the orime he placed his right
hand on the sill. Tho sash fell, and
hence the injured hand. In spite of
his frightful wound, however, he
went on with his bloody work. No
doubt he tied up the band and then
worked with the left. This
CLEARED UP THE DIFFICULTY,
and accounted for the left band being
uaed to cut the throat and open the
look, and also for the Impression of
tho left hand only in the soil outside
the window. The voice of young
Hunston had probably paolfled the
dog before the window fell. He and
tho dog had been playmates for years,
and the dog was not given to suspect
wrong when his old friend was about.
To oomplete the chain of circumstan
tial evidence, some of the missing
jewelry was found in possession of a
man to whom young Hunston sold it.
Hunston swore positively that his
father gave him tho jewelry on bis
visit home, but Terwhlt swore with
equal clearness that ho saw it in the
doctor's hands tho very day before
the murder, when he was searching
his desk for a fruit-knife.
Hunston was oonvloted of the mur
por, and hanged at Norwloh.
A STARTLING SCENE.
Tho Cnrlons Behavior of a Coffined
Corpse in Eerry Patch.
From the St. Louis Republican.
Colonel Isaac Eaton, of Leaven
worth, the recent convert to8pirItual
istio doctrine, would have had his be
lief greatly strengthened if he could
have been present at a funeral that
took place last Sunday, near the cor
ner of Eighteenth nnd Howard
streets the very heart of Kerry
Patch. It was not a case of "rapping,1'
nor did the hands of spirits appear,
but tho mourners, aud those who were
present to take a last look at the
corpse, thought that the inhabitants
of spirit-land had determined to man
ifest more than usual fearlessness,
and to take such liberties with the
corpse as would startle those who
were to convey it to Its last resting
place. The death had occurred in one
of those humbler abodes where but
littlo of the comforts of life are
known. The house was not built up
on a foundation calculated to last for
all time, but in lieu of stone, wooden
poBts served to elevate the structure a
few feet above the earth. The floor
ing was not of the most substantial
nature, and, indeed, the house and
household efleots throughout indica
ted that the ocoupanta and owners In
tended them only for temporary use.
The last rites over the lifeless form
had been performed, and before lift
ing it into the hearse the friends and
relatives trho desired to take a last
look at the features cold in death
were invited to do so. They gathered
around the coffin, and while giving
vent to their grief and sorrow, strange
noiBes were heard above and below
them. Ab thesorews in the lid of the
casket wero receiving the last turn
the corpse was seen to move slightly,
and a scream rent the air that was
calculated to arouse the dead, though
the breath of life had departed a
month previous. The floor was seen
to move, and the corpse seemed to be
making an effort to free itself from
the fetters of death, and sit upright
in the tenement that was to become
its oharnel house. The screams of
the frightened 'friends and relatives
increased, and people from adjacent
buildings began tohaston to the scene
of excitement. Some of them reach
ed the bouse and forced their way in,
increasing the weight on the already
over-burdened floor. It could stand
no more, and finally the living and
the dead went through together In
one heterogeneous mass. The living
were piled on top of the corpse ; and
on top of all was a covering of house
hold furniture in the most Interesting
confusion. Loud ories were heard
for the police, and nlso for the priest.
The police hearing the excitement
hastened to the rescue, and after a
few moments of active work succeed
ed in extricating tho weeping mass.
None of them received injuries be
yond a few Blight brulBes.but the uni
versal opinion was that it waa the
moat violent spiritualistic manifesta
tion that has yet been witnessed in
Kerry Patch.
The corpse was straightoned out,
and the funeral duly proceeded with.
VOL. 24 NO. 10.
SHERIDAJT AT WINCHESTER.
The 3Icssagcin Tin Foil A Romantic
Incident of the Campaigu.of
1SG4.
Detroit Free Press.
Washington, July 3. The Con
federates bad it all their own way for
a long time in the valley, and Grant
was beginning to fear a mistake had
been made in plaolng Sheridan there.
The Southern army were massing
about Winohester, evidently for an
other invasion of Maryland. Affairs
had a discouraging outlook for the
Federal army's marching and; fight
ing had ended invariably in retreat.
AN EVENINGt CALL.
A round. moon, warm and golden,
sbeneehithe quaint jtowjof.WJs
chester, Va., one evening In' the'Sid
dle of September, 18G4. In the vine
covered porch of a house, whose
broad, brooding roof enveloped it in
sombre Bhadow, sat a brown haired,
hazel eyed girl waiting for a visitor.
A man erect and soldierly, wearing
a gray uniform, came up the walk.
The moonlight reburnished the faded
gold lace on his epaulettes and sword
knots with something of their pris
tine splendor as he- advanced They
talked of the then all-absorbing toplo,
the war that was blazing its way
through the lovely valley at their
feet with the ashes of homesteads, the
oharred skeletons of mills and forges
and foraged lands. The officer was a
member of Gen. Early's staff, a Lou
isianian, fervid with hope and fierce
with desire to drive the Union sol
diers back. The girl was a Virginian
of that simple faith whloh disbelieves
in strife and bloodshed, and her name
waa Rebecca. It waa another 'Rebec
ca at the well,' with this difference
that she drew out of the glibe-ton-gued
officer the number and position
of Gen. Early's army, their Intrenoh
ments and batteries on the Oppequan,
aud what troopa had been withdrawn.
This was done in the most natural
manner possible, for to know these
things was interesting, and she bad
no idea of making history or becom
ing a heroine, for the two had only
met a few evenings previous at a bo
oial gathering, when he had sought
an introduction and the privilege of
calling upon her. This was his first
visit, and it proved hla last. When
the young aide de camp departed that
Wednesday night he had told eo much
that he had placed the fortune of his
oommand in the keeping of Rebecca.
THE BIRD CALL IN THE GRASS.
On tho following Friday, while sit
ting on the same porch, she heard a
bird call low and tremulous, in the
shrubberyof the lawn. She answered
it by olappiug her hands softly, when
a man, as black as the shadows Bhe
satin, came up, and taking something
out of his mouth, handing it to her
and vanished into the night. Speed
ing up to her chamber, she found the
gift to be a small roll of lead foil, such
as Is wrapped about various articles,
among others, chewing tobacco. Care
fully unrolling It, a email bit of pa
per was within, on which was writ
ten: Haveyou any definite Information
of the forces and position of General
Early? If bo transmit by bearer.
Sheridan.
How strange is destiny! She
alone of the few TJnion-Iovlng souls
in Winohester knew what the harass
ed cavalry commander desired. To
put the information down and roll it
into the same receptacle did not re
quire many moments, when she again
appeared upon the porch clapping
her hands. The slave seemed to rise
up out of the earth. He hastily
placed the tiny paoket In his mouth,
and without word or gesture disap
peared. THE BATTLE AT WINCHESTER.
Before daylight on the 19th of Sep
tember, 1864, the Confederate pickets
were charged on the Oppequan, and
Sheridan moved like an avelanohe
upon Winohester. A terrible contest
followed, the two armiea advancing
and retreating like the surging bil
lows of the ocean. The battle never
ceased until sundown.jleavlng Sheri
dan the victor of the battle of the
Oppequan. A series of disasters pur
sued Early, and on the 19th of Octo
bera month later was fought the
memorable battle of Winchester
which broughtpeace to the Valley of
Shenandoah. I talked with the gen
tle Quaker lady yesterday. She said
she was unconscious of doing any
thing of moment at the time. She
had known General Crook, of Gener
al Sheridan's staff, and during the
brief occupancy of Winohester by
the Union troops, had said to him :
If he ever saw a way that Bhe could
serve the Union cause, to command
her ; and he had mentioned her name
to General Sheridan. She showed
me an elegant watch, a souvenir of
the event, a gift from Gen. Sheridan.
On the inside is engraved :
Presented to
BEBECCA L. WRIGHT,
Winchester, Va., by General F. H. Shorldan,
A momento of September 19, IStH.
The charm holder is an Ingenious
arraugement of a horse-shoe, gaunt
let aud spur. The charms area tiny
cavalry Bword, field glas3, orderly
cap, and other military objects in
miniature. The fate of the young
Btaff officer is unknown to her.
E. K.
The same man who finds the wea
ther too warm for church, sits under
the blazing canvas of a circus without
a murmur.
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THE S3RAGVE S0NJfcl-&
Where Lies the Responsibility for
the Exposo J A WomaH,s Yiefr.
To the Editor of the Trlbnne.
Chicago, August 15. Would yoa
please tell us ifv in your judgment
there la any stage in the proceedings,
lof a woman's life at which she may in
form the world that her husband gets
drunk and threatenaher life? Assumo
that suoh are the facts, can she ever
be justified in making them public?
SEVERAL "IFS."
If yon hold that there is no such pe
riod, you are consistent in your con
demnation of Mrs. Sprague; but if
forebearance ever qan ceas. to be a
virtue In tho case of a wife, she must
have reaohed a period when "airings
hrrdeM dtfilAOtgbeniM'aDr, y-
Iraper&ive duty? IfthVfatwflr?
children" is "a drunkard, a spend
thrift, a brute, and a bully," it Is
quite time that for their, aas. the
world were made aware of the faot,
since It la much better for them that
he should be all this, and even worae,
than that their mothorshonld publicly
bear the brand of " wanton' Bet upon
her by the aot and deed of their father..
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, ETC.,
No calamity which could possibly
happen to her children, outside of
crime on tte,elr own soalst would or
could be so utterly calamitous as to.
permit their mother to remain in the.
position she has been publicly placed
by their father. If it be wrong for a
woman to oharge crime upon "the
father of her children' how is it for &
a man to stamp Infamy upon t he
mother of hla children? Do you fox
get the airing which Gov. Sprague
gave to hia "domestic difficulties" la
his ruffianly attack upon a guest of
his own house? Now, when a hus
band hangs the dirty olothea of hla
family on tho front fence for air, is
there any good reason why his wlfe
should not turn them over and let
both sides haveanairing? Remember
that the epithets you apply to Gov.
Sprague are yours, and naturally sug
gest themselves from all the. known
facta of the case ; but his wife does noi
use tbem.
Ab for the part of the "German Pro
fessor' being so exceedingly comical
and vastly amusing, the wit reminds
me of that which is so lavishly expend
ed by the press on executions, suicides,
murders, and other killingly funny
occurrences. Tbera ia
A WOMAN IN THE QUESTION t
She has no vote, but far more than
lifeatstake; go to, boys? Isn'tlt-jol-ly;
Let's pelt her with mud balls I
Almost as good sport as drowning
kittens used to be ; and It's safe! If
she were a man she'd be tried by a
jury of her peers and held innocent
until proved guilty y or we might get,
crudgeled ; but she's a woman, and a
little one at that! Any fellow cotrid
flog her, and she can't help herself!
Hurrah ! there's lots of mud!
HASTY CONCLUSIONS.
Who has said that a drunken hus
band la "an excuse for profligacy ?"
I maintain that it cannot be found in
any statement yet made public, grant
ing they are all true. The whole case
against Mrs. Sprague rests on an as
sumption of evil when an opposite In
terpretation la more probable. If you
live five years you will know that po
litical malignity and rivalry are at the
bottom of the caae.
"A D D LITERARY FELLER."
Thereare republicans stupid enough
to think Conkling would bea danger
ous rival to their pet candidates for the
presidency, and who are making des
perate efforts to get rid of him ; but if
they had a modicum of Benso they
would know that no man who dresses
aa well as be doea can be president of
the United States for one hundred
years from date. No man so scrupu
lously observant of small etiquette
could get a nomination for the office.
He savors too much of eastern "cul
tuah.'' One might as well talk of ex
Secretary Fish. In the days gone by
Conkling got thename of "gentleman
and scholar," and this shelved him
more completely than any scandal
could do; but if it had not, his hair
would have stamped him aa forever
Ineligible. Why, he haa rj little curJ
right up above the middle of bis fore
head ; and from this faot any one
would know that when he la bad he la
very bad and when he ia good he ia
horrid. No 'candidate needatt&o&any friend
or client of Conkliug's in order to gab
rid of him ; for be never waa, or could
be, in tho way of any one of them.
That curl settles him so far as tba
presidential chair is concerned. All
he would have to do would be to- taks
off his hat In a nominatingoonvention.
and off would go his head, as a candi
date. No use black balling. Mrs.
Sprague to get rid of Conkling. Thai
curl does for him.
Jane Grey Swishelm.
When David Davis has a new euit
of olothea made the tailor is compell
ed to call in the services of a civil en
gineer. Wheeling Leader.
Luke P. Blaokburn la Governor of
Kentucky, nnd every city of the
North has quarantined againat rags
ahipped from Louisville.
When a person I3 undergoing a
surgical operation, and is under the
influence of chloroform, there laoften
danger of life. If the patient shows
any symptoms of a dangerous charac
ter, lower the head and raise the feet,
thus sending the blood to the brain,
j resuscitation will at ouco follow.
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