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AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON
[TORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
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W. EILEY
A! JUSTICE,
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i*? ?idence in Fork of Edlsto,
33F5ukif? be
rowptly and carofuily attended to.
N?ulv23 r -
Hanging a Maniac.
Pitiful Scenes or the Execution.
Joseph Waltz, who was hung at Cats
kill, N. Y., 00 Friday, for the murder
or Joseph Holsher, a scissors-grinder,
and who, on.y on the day proceeding
his execution, mashed in tho skull of
the keeper placed in tho call to w?t#h
him, was undoubtedly a maniac, a
a maniao, however, whom it woul hare
been dangerous to allow at large, and
who would bavo been an unnafo inmate
even for an insane asylum. In his eon
fess'ton of the murder of Holoher ho
states that his victim came to the house
of his (Waltz's) father to past the
uight. The evening was spent in pica
sant conversation, and after all bad g >no
to bed, young Waltz, as his confession
states, was seized with an uncoutroll
able impulse, which ho took for the
prompting of an evil spirit to kill ths
German. He opened his Testament to
read, but soon laid it down and "resisted
the spirit until it overcame kirn." He
then weot out of doors and got a hatchet
and crept softly Into tho guest's room.
Another struggle ef conscience against
the murderous impulse took place, but
it was too feeb'o and he killed the old
man in his sleep. Ho says in a subso
quant confession, '*I struck very hard,
but I scorned to have no strength.0 He
then buried the corpse, and broke the
scissors-grinder's poor apparatus to
pieces and buried and hid the fragments.
Ho committed so ennay follios as to I
attract suapicion to himself, and after
he was arrested he took the officers to
tho place where the body was buried,
and made a voluntary confession of the
crime. He felt no remorse for what he
bad dons and no fear ns to his own fate.
Iiis famiiy were too poor to employ able
counsel to defend hits, And ho wasf?o*
victed. Ills execution was delayed'for
some time, and Geti'l Dix made some
efloit to gain information as to his
mental condition. 11 o was satisfied that
Waltz was not ao insane ar to he moral
iy irresponsible, aud therefore refused
to interfere with the axeoution of his
sentence On Thursday Waltz pave j
another terrible proof of his homicidal
madness. Ho bad been violent all day.
and some time before had threatened
the life of his keepor, Charles l?rntst. '
But tho latter did not believe in his
insanity nod did net fear his violence .
His confidence proved bis rain, for
about two o'clock, as he was lying on a
louago in the sell, Waltz attacked him
with an iron bar ha had torn from the
floor and crushed his skull in several
places. Ha possessed himself of tha
victim's revolver and keys, but made no
effort to escape. Having gratified his
murderous impulse, he sat down on the
floor in tho corner, growling and muttsr
ing like a wild beast. He made no
resistance to the jailers who cama in and
chained him, with tardy decision and
sagacity. Ernest was a general favorite
L the village, and there was a mom en
tary attempt to lynch his slayer, bat the
Sheriff succeeded in preventing it.
Up to the moment of the execution,
tho conduct of the doomed man did not
differ from what it had been since be
was first arrested. He muttered, or
rather growled, and most of the time he
was crouched silently in a corner. He
stated vacantly at his keepers, and
would answer no qucstiens. At 9
o'clock his mother was led into his cell
It was thought that she might bring
hhn to a consciousness of his position,
but those who held this bolief were dis
appointed. For a few minutes after sho
entered be continued gazing at the wall.
His expression was then that of an utter
idiot, and lacked even the slightest gleam
of intelligence. Suddenly, and without
relaxing his gaze at the wall, he gave a
fierce, hoarse howl, pprang to his feet
and seized bis mother by the hand in a
threatening aistunor. Tho officers bad
anticipated mischief, and Constable
Whitcotnb, who was watching the pri
soncr's movements, forced him. tobies i
bio hold on his rnothor, and the lady at
once retired, grief-stricken at bor son's
sad condition.
The most pit\fv\l socne of the day,
however, was th,e visit of Waltz's slate*
to his cell. She pleaded wH^ bina, long
and with deep religious fervor, bescach
ing hun to acknowledge his orime and
in prayer sdek the forgiveness af the Al
mighty; hut it was of no avail. Ho
either could net or v?9u,ld, n.ojt, bear her,
and ln0 SV*!? seeping bitterly and, with
neryeu so itustrung^ that she could hardly
walk, was compelled to go array without
haying accomplished her minion. At
tea o'clock Father Driioell, a Roman
Catholic priest, entered the prisonor's
cell, followed by the latter's friond*.
Tho priest read the burial aervioo of the
Church, but did not administer saora
mcnt, as be did not believe Walts was
in a fit state ef mind to receive it.
When the funeral service was over, the
prisoner's arms were stoutly pinioned,
and the procession was formed for tho
march to the scaffold, which w as erected
in the northeast cornor of the upper
floor ef tho jail. Father Driscoll led the
way : then came Sheriff Coonley with
Waltz, and Constable Witoomb and the
jury who had pronounced the verdict on
the doomed man brought up the rear.
The noose wan at once adjusted on tho
prisoner's neck. After the usual pre
lirainary ceremonies of reading the death
warrant, and prayer by Father Dridcoll,
the prisoner was asked if he had any
thing to say. There was no response.
A ;diudder of horror at this instant
seemed to pass through the frames of
all present, for,as some said, they felt
that they were about to see a lunatic
banged, But at tho thought of the
keeper, Charles Ernest, who lay un
conscious in an adjoining room from
injuries received at -'? altz's hands, the
feeling of sympathy which had been
momentarily excited spont itself. The
black cap was then pulled over the face
of the doomed man, who gave cot the
slightest indication of consciousness of
the proceedings, and then, at 10:16 the
fatal cord was pulled. At tho recoil of
the body, the noose slippe 1 round to the
back of the head. Apparently, there
was little suffering, for after two or three
convulsive contractions of the fingers,
the whole frame hung motionless.
In fourteen minutes the body was cat
down. Justj before this was done
Anselm Wiitz, tho father 0*1 Joseph,
who was present, and, with deep omo
tion, pointiug at the dangling remains
of bis son, "Can anybody who looked
upon that body say he was not insane ?
Shortly after the body of Waltz had
been cat down, six physicians entered
his cell and proceeded to hold u post
mortem examination. They found the
neck broken. They then trepanned his
skull, and on oxatnining the brain found
it to weigh fifty-four euacos, a half
ounce heavier' thau that of Daniel
Webster, and fo-irteon ounces heavier
than the average brain of a human
Lri-jg. All the organs were in a healthy
condition, and the intellectual faoulties
were largely developed. The physician
could discover nothing to indioato
insanity. After the examination had
been completed the brain was plaoed iu
liquor and will be taken to Alhany to
undergo examination by experts ofthat
city.
his la8t victim still alive?burial
op the criminal's ropy.
Hudson, N. Y., May 2?Charles
Ernest, the officer who was assaulted by
Waltz, was alive at one o'clock this after
noon, and was removed to bis residence.
The body of Waltz was buri?d on the
farm last night, tho only persons in
attendance being tho lather, mother,
sister and a laborer.'
The brain of Waltz was scot Albany
to-day for scientific examination.
A ft.nny incident happened at the
Brstoo Theatre a few nights since.
Maggio Mitchell was playing "Fan
chon.' In the third act a scoue was sat
in which a bridge began on the right of
the stage down noar the auditorium, ran
directly to the rear, aud thonoo along
tho whole width of tho stage, which U
perhaps the largest in tho country. At
tho ond of tho act, after ?'La.ndry's"
dialogue with "Fanohqn.," ho runs off
up the bridgo, ;',iu\ when about to do
this, and just us he took the first step,
on the bridge, tho hero's trousers, which
wero of the baggy kind generally worn,
by stugc peasants, fell dowu in. the roar,
and immediately a square yard of linou
began, tq fluUer in sight of the audienco.
"Landry" foU what hud b.efalleu. hini,
chipped his hands to tho exposed, plaoo,
and, rau. tip and, along tho bridgo as fast
as his. lega could qarry him. Fo? tho
first couple of seconds the audience haul
ly could believe, its oye6, but when the
nituation was fully appreciated there
was a, pevjectj howl.
-. ' iiwjub -
An old woman, in, Durban England ,
claims Brigham Young as her long lost
j husband. 1Ji';. deserted hor and Came to
1 ^merjea, forty years ago.
Tlie Hospital Trunk. j
'What! packing op? "are you goijag
a journey? I thought you ooo of the
moat persistent ot all stayers at homo,
exclaimed Nellie Johnson when making
a neighborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wil?en, bnaily engaged in arruog
ing the eeotcnts of a small trunk.
'I. am not preparing for a journey.
This is only my hospital trank, i'-mt I
Kare been given its semi annual lootTug
over.'
'And, pray, what may a hospital
trunk be V
'Just look at its contents a moucnt
and you will readily see why I gn*a it
this name In this corner, as you see,
is a box of well prepared lint, and ijbtere
close besides it, this other containing
small bandages, varying in ?129 from
those suitable for a child's fiogar. to
those lurgo enough for a man's hand or
arm. Next comes this roll of> larger
bandages, some of which are ^.lorgs
enough to pass around the body* j This
bundle is made up of fa tnol pic for
hot baths, and these are flannel baga for
herb batha when required, andj'these
small pieces are designed for Jhutard
draughts. Here are half a doacju quilt
ed bags wi th a bit of tape retired on, like
a string to a farmers meal bag, -for wrap
ping hot rocks, aud these two largo rolls
contain miscellaneous pieces Of ?(l sizes,
the one of cotton and the other Jr wool,
en. Now you will soo why I ce|l it my
hospital trunk.' j
'Certainly; but whatever piiti it into
your head to have such an arrangement?
was it the outgrowth ef your o*rn expo
rienee as a housekeeper 7' (
'It could not be that, for I a$ ifc 00
fore I had been a housekeeper]* ""?tft'
Yrtt. remember aunt MaryPr- -: w^at
a large family she brought up??^ w^at
an excellent bouaokeeDcr sheJSfcjLl'_/Pn
her fmt visit to me she brddgfit this
trunk, filled as you sto. Some of these
very pieces were in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most of them
however havo been removed, as occasion
quited. On prwentiugit, sdle express
id a wish that I might never havo to
u*e it, 'thoGgh if you do not" said bhe,
you may thank the Lord for better
health than falls to the -lot of most
families.' For two year.41 never opened
it, except to take out and scald the
flannels, as I do ever spring and fall,
and if I thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsical to have all this
nick room paraphernalia when nobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful ae
oident when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brought home with
a leg broken and a hand and arm bo
crushed and bruised. The doctor was
here almost as soon as he, and then
I learned the value of Aunt diary's
gift.
Since then there have been very few
years that I have not boon obliged to
mnke use of some of its contents, till
now I should hardly dare, to go to sleep
at night, if this truuk were not in order
as well as a medicine closet in which I
keep nil sorts of simple remedies oare
fully labeled.
'Thereseems to bo nothing iu it,' said
Nellie, 'so expensive but that any one
might have a like arrangement.'
'Certainly not; tho valuo for any
other uso of anything here would not
probably oxoeod fifty cents, but I can
nssuro you that in case of aocidcut or
sudden illnoss it is invaluable.'
When Nollio Johnson bade hor friend
good day, and rcturnod home, it was
with the determination that whon sho
had a house of her own as sho expected
to in a few months, ono of the articles
which should go to its furuisliing should
be a HOSPITAL TUUNK.
Josh Dill Inga* SnicoUox,
Most every ono luvea to listen to a
slander, but thare aint hut phew but
what despise tho author uv it.
What a heartless world (hit would bo
if thare was no tears in it.
Wire men are novcr surprised, while
pliDols aro ajwuss woudering at every
thing that happens.
I meet a great vnat^y men whozo
talk is like a bunch ov fire kruokcr*
whon they are fust tutched oph, full
ov pop. for. a fow minutes, and then all
is over.
Without mutiny, without friends,
and without impudence, i& about az
low down, in this world az ei oy man kan
get and keep, virtcwous.
Beware of the man who v? alwuss
toddy to swop old fro in is for now
onas.
The dog that will phollow everybody,
nint worth a kuss.
When I play whist I alwuss liko a
pbool for a partner, for they do hold
sutch good hands.
There is nothing that a man is so oer
toin ov as he iz ov what he sees, and
yet there is nothing after all that de
ccaves him so often.
I havo had people set down hi mi
side, and konfidcoshally undertake to
explain sum thing to me ov grate im
portance, and taking 48 minutes bi the
wntob, I not only didn't know what they
had been triiog to tell, but had forgot a
good deal that I know boforo,
Thare iz but little that iz uew un
der the sun, and what iz aint good for
mutch.
One of the most, perfect viktorys yu
kan achieve over ouny man iz to beat
him iu politeness.
Tho rarest article quoted iu market
just now is good common sonsc.
Yung man jou had better be hono.it
than kunnin, and it iz hard work to be
both.
After a man has pnsscd tho age of
57, about all he kan Gnd to talk about
and to brag on, iz that he has got more
pains and akes than enny of his na
bors.
I kant tell exactly what's the maftnr
ov me, but i am tdwut-s just a lcctle shy
of the woman who wears her hair kut
short.
Tho world at large judge ov ub bi our
success.
It ort to kurc the pride of enny man
when be refleekts that thare aint no ono
?.<ufc uui .k oweg more tQ thQ world
than the world owes him.
To be familiar with every one am*
preserve your reapect, and their esteem
iz an evidence of the most rcuurkublc
tallents.
The great mistake that menny peo
pie iz to think that they was made
bclore the world waz iustead ov siucj.
Tom Marshall.
A case in which a duel was prevent
cd by one of the seconds, much to the
disgust of the other, who happened to
be a military innn, may be related here
It occurred during the extra session el
Congress iu 1841. Thomas KS. Marshall
iuvited three gentlenion to dine with
him one stormy, dismal Suuday. One
of the guestB was an officer of the army,
from the South, whe afterwards made
something ef a name during the rcbell
ion . The other two were connected
with the press. Aq entertainmout given
by Tom Marshall before he joined the
cold-wator association was sure to bo
abundantly furnished with wine. Mar
shall and one of the newspaper men,
who was from Mew Orleans, drank dcop
ly. They had been olass-mates iu col
logo, aud were on terms of familiar
intimacy. A slight misunderstanding
arose bot wood tliem, and both beiug con
siderably elevated, a harsh remark was
made by the editor. Marshall inquired
if he was responsible fur what he had
said. The reply was.
'Tom Marshall, you ought to know
mo too well to ask such a question.'
Tho party broko up rather suddenly
and a short tiino afterward the oditor
brought to his friend of the press who
was presont at the dinner a challenge
which he had just received from .Mar
shall, with au unconditional acceptance,
asking him to deliver the reply, sec the
army officer, who was to act as Mar
shall's second, and make arrangements
for aa immediate meeting. The ft tend
of the oditor wub inexperienced in such
matters, but he was impr<nst*d with the
folly of u duel bctwoeu two gentlemen
oa a misunderstanding at the dinner
table, und dctermiued to prevent a tight
at all hazards. \\o held the acceptance
until near the clone ef the following day,
when be waited npou Marshall.
'You came, 1 presume, on behalf of
Mr.-V
'Ycb Sir.'
'You have been a dovclisb long time
in gotiing hero
'That is tny fault inliroly. Your
challenge wits accepted at ouce.'
'Lot mo havo the acceptance, then,
without further delay.'
'Hero it is,' the geutleman replied.
'But 1 do not propose to delivor it at
all. I will not bo accessory to a duol
botwoen two meu who havo no roal
cause ef quarrel!,' and thereupon tore
the paper in pieces and threw the frag
tnonts into the fire. Marshall wad much
astonished, and inquired of the gentle
man if he knew tho responsibility ho
had assumed in so doing. The reply
was that ho neither knew nor cared.
'You have put yoursolf in your
principal's place, and I presume you aro
prepared to take tho consequence,' said
Marshall.
'Nonsccnso/ was tho reply. 'I will
neither let-meet you, nor will I
fight you myself on any such rediculous
quarrel. Now, what do you intend to
do about it V
Marshall finally hurst iuto a laugh,
and iu less than an hour's time all the
parties were takiug a friendly drink at
tiodsby's. The army ofheer was iuolined
to make a scene, protesting against tho
irregularity oi' tho whole proceeding,
but there the difficulty coded.? An Old
Stager, in Harper's Magazine for April.
A tiootl Canvasser.
A Central Michigan editor, whose
denth the Free Press chronicled only a
few months ago, was probably as pcrsia
tent a man as ever started out on a
'dun' or looked for new subscribers. lie
was once out on a jaunt iu the township
of White Oak, Ingharu County, sticking
to every farmer until he got his nams
and money, and it so happened that ho
came to a house where death called a
few hours before. The farmer's wife
was laid out aud tho husband and
his ehildrou were grieving over her lots
when the editor knocked at the door.
'What's up!' inquired the editor as
he saw the farmer's solid countenance
before him.
'My wife is dead,' replied tho farmer.
'Is that so ?' mused the editor a little
d:- "p?iiiteu. 'Did she die easy V
'Dropi , ... ... ,
'Did she say anything?
'Not a word?just went right to sleep
like.'
'I didn't know,' continued the editor,
a K:>d look on his face, 'but what she
might have requested you td subscribe
lor the Cascade^ which you know is tho
be8t paper in tho country. If you
want it I'll take yuur namei r'ght iu, and
tinder the circumstances I won't charge
a cent for the obituary uotioc!'
The farmer hung off Tora whiln, but
before the editor went away he had two
addit ional dollars in his pocket, and had
written out au obituary notice for publi
cation iu the next issue which the
bereaved husband pronouueed 'a mighty
smart piece.'?Detroit Free Press.
Very Much Frightened.
A church in Prussia was UBed as a
magazine for proviuious for soldiers,
but great care was taken of the high
altar on account or tho beauty of its
construction. A rumor spread abroad
that the altar was mysteriously illumin
ated every nights, and throngs of peo
ple gathered about the cliurclij The
commandment ordered the key and with
a lanteru explored the church, but noth
mg was found to clear up the" mystery,
but as soon us the church was empty
the altar aud whole church were again
illuminated The commandant Usued
a proclamation 0Hering a reward to auy
eno who could unravel tho mystery.
For two days no ono claimed tho re
ward, but oil tho third a common sol
dier belengi ng to the fortress requested
a private audience with the commandant,
and explained to the him that ho wat'
occasionally employed to put frames to
mirrors and burning glasses, and one
evening when at work at a large con
cave glass it happened to bo so placed
as to throw a light iuto the church,
alien finding public curiosity excited he
often threw the light from tho attic to
the altar. The commandant explained
to the oublio ami gave (ho pvomiicdj
reward to the joker \
A Clerical Joke.
An anecdote is told of parson Shutc,
the fust minister .settled at South lliug
ham, which fo* ready wit ought not to
pass uurccordeo. It appears that tho
reverend genllemau was very fond of
pudding, so at a ministerial meeting
Oiio day, the hostess, in order to gratify
the taste of hor guest had puddiug for
dinner. Unfortunately it came very
near the fire whilo it was cooking, so
that when it was served it was oxxrotno
ly hut. The par?ou, without u)lowing
it time to cool, placed a pioco at onco iu
hi* mouth, and then folio.?/I thu ^usual
contortions incident to suoh an occasion
but all to no purpose. The pudding
would not go, so the parson, who was a
polite gentleman, quietly slipped it out
of his mouth aud into his coat pockot,.
all of which was observed by his broth
er ministers, who, for the purpose ofr>
joke said,? , \ r.
'So you,are putting tho pudding in
your pocket, are you?'
'Oh, yes,' said the parson unmoved,
'I put a jittle piece iu there merely to
light my pipo with aftor dinner.
Tho explanation it is needless to add,
was saffioient.
The Rich Man Leaviug's.
A friend said to me that a good mid
he named had left SI50,00,
I held up my hands, and said, 'What !
a pity !'
lie looked surprised, and said 'What
do you moan ?'
'I mean j ust what I say,' I replied,
'for surely it is a pity, when the znaa
might have .sent it on before him, that
he should havo loft his$150,000 behind
him for ho will very likely, never hear
rd it again.'
'I remember,' I said, by way of ex
plan aIion, 'that some years ago, as I 'was
traveling, I loft my umbrella in the.
train; aud when I found myself in the
rain, minus my uubrella, I said instino
t;vely, aud felt it to. 'What a pity
thnt 1 should \ve been so stupid as
to have left my {umbrella iu the traih.r"
And it is surely a groat pity that it
should be said of Christian people, he
or eha has died Jaud loft an trormoof
amount of substance iu the train of thtf
world, after allowing for the most ?be?
al interpretation of 1 Tim., vs: 8.
Increase of Crimo.
\ correspondents,.Berlin draws at
tantio. ? y y-II?* * 2 .
iu that city. A^Tist"^!
many of them being mttrdor, committed
during the months of November and
ijctember, has been published. None
of the victims are rich, and most or
hem belong to the poorest class. Thus,
a workman was murdered for twenty
ibalers, a widow for a ?mall sum of
money which she had about her; a cigar
merchant was stabbed Jot 800 thaler*.
und so on. Somo of these crimes, tee,
wcro committed in broad daylight.
They are not the work of praotioed
hands, but of an ignorant, brutal class,
demoralized by war and military life,
aiid.drivcn by misery to adopt murder ?
as a profession. The police, meanwhile,
appear to do nothing to protect the
public. Some half donn of these mur
dcis have been (oommittrd during the
last two months, but only in one case
has tho murderer been discovered.
How to Hai"e CiircKENs.?My
p ructice in raising chickens is, to take
them from the hen, then dig up the soil
aud place the coop on the fresh dirt,
then put the chickens back, and the hen
will roll in the dust and get the lice off
much hotter than on grass land. I hare
tried both ways, and lind the fresh dirt
much the best for the health of the hen
and chickens. In some instances I have
used hog's lard for greasing tho hen's
wings and the head of the chick, think
ing it a good way to kill Hoe. That
and the ircsh dirt and tho right kind of
food have raised my chickens. Tho food
1 givo, till they are three or four wecke
old, is Indian meal mixed with sour
milk. I let it stand oue day after being
mixed, then it will be tit for use, itbeinj,
swelled in the dish iustcad of the crop,
otherwise it might result iu death to the
chick, for I havo lost many by giving
raw meal before it was soaked and
swelled properly. After they have been
cooped up u few days, I let thorn out to
take tho air, but shut thorn up nights and
rainy days, for chickens canuot endure
very wet weathor.? Cor. X. E. Farmer.
.' - ;
If twenty seven inohesofanow giroa
three inches of water, how much milk
will a cow give fod^upon turnips ? Mul
tiqly the Hakes by tho h tir ou tho cow's
tail, then divido the product by a turnip
add a pound of chalk, multiply tho whole
by the pumpj aud the total will, be the
answer.
A young lidy in Gloucester is charge
ed with kcepiu- her light burning in
tho parlor until very late on Sunday
night, in order to harrow Jtho aensitivo
feelings of an ouviofts netghbor Sqt? thu
belief that she had really got i beau.' '
