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Xmmr ir. it. wilsoy, th cosaTitrTioii the csioh d th utroacamisT or th laws. EDITOR AXO Pl'OLISIIER, VOLUME XIX, NO 47. ftllFFLlNlWN, JUNIATA COUNTYiPENN'A. FEBRUARY 28, i860. WHOLE NUMBER 933. ' '1- TERMS OF f UBLrCAim Thb JrSlAT.v Scsrixst, published every Wedr.esday morning, on Main street, by H. H. WILSON. The SUE? CKll'TION PK1CK of the paper will be TWO DOLLARS per year in advance, and $2.50 if not paid within the year. fe. No paper discontinue.! until al! ar rearages are paid except at the option of the Kditor. Apvehtisiso. The rates of ADVERTIS ' NO are for one square, of eight lii.es r less, ne tinu, 75 cents ; three, $ I 60; and 00 cis or esuib. .sJjucnt insertion. Adniiuist ra "rV. Eiecul'j acd Auditor's Notice?, $,oo. lrot.,3Jjral and limine? Card, not exceed ing 23 lines, n t including copy of paper. SH.00 "per ?Cr. Merchants advertising (changeable quarterly) S 15 per year, includ ing paper at their Store Alices in columns, ten cents per .inc. Job Work. The prices of JOB WOHKi J furtlarty Bills, one eight sheet, ,:.; one- fourth. l,on : one-half. f2.no; and addition' al number, half price jn I fjr Clanks. irJ.oo per quire. htve Crm scmcut.s. TO l: CF. fl"TN A I V. X l E X I ! T T It K S L OF THE COUNTY OK JIMAT.4. ?kom the first day of January, I8ii , to the Zxi da of January. IKmi. ISfi-5. JOlIX IS. M. TODD, Treasurer 3 To hn'iance in his hands on Jauu- ' ary 1, 1SU5 $ 8.002 00 To taxes outstandingon Jan. 1, 'Co lii.Sil'.l "Jl To am't tases levied for 1C5 Ji,517 7t" To cash ree'd of Collector of Mil- itiatai CSO 22 To cash ree'd of iSherirt Louden, jury fees 2'J 00 To cash ree'd of suudry persons for old fence 170 oi So cash ree'd J. A. Christy, suf- rage tax " 0 To cash ree'd A. Partner, ditto 3 2'J To " J. Mclvinley, dama ges .'. 10 00 To interest chirked on State tax of Sprure Mil1, township 21 ' To cash ree'd on sales of unsealed lands 5 00 Total. .$t;i,-J71 IS CI1. 1 CONTRA. By commissioners and other orders lifted from the first January to January ;ird, lfii',.- By iate lira;, ruc't uf Ju'.y 2'., '05 l'.y ' ' " " Si, i'.'j By ' ' " Aug. 2. 'o" By cash paid S. I'iuun, pensioner 2.'VHI titi Oti l, j'..) 00 20 00 By Trea-urer s per ceniage on v:;,l,S') 28 3'!S 43 Ly exonerations allowed Collectors 220 8!t By caiii:uiMons allowed Collcctoi s 4,0-7 ti hv Tiea r' per centuge mi ifilbij 22 militia taxes received. Ly am't of outstanding taxes, Jan. 1. lS'M lly c.-iih paid order of Military hoard 34 00 01 S4 C5 00 l'.y balance in Ticasurcr's hands, January :l, lc'Ofl 2.209 !. Total.. ,.Sia,471 lb STATE-VKXTOl'Vl'ISTAypryq TA rrs in the hnnds of the. O.'.'Clvrt, on the first u..y of Jufi'ltif. 18'j'i YI'.AB. I Clll.t.Kl' foils. AMilCST. John W. Jacobs .5 !'. ! I -well J. lines Kidd rX aich I'arker Wm. Itrown Joshiri Ueale David Hi lttoa II F. Smith I. like Marks Sninncl Watts Juliii Anderson J. A. Christy Wm. Christy Peter Hot: ick Geo, W. I.loyd Samuel Markley John MuConnell Jos. Karstctter P Itrannisholtz Fayttte Spruce Hill Tuscaron Patterson I'prrysvilie Tuscuroni l'eale Tuseirora Monroe Fayette l'a'terson Mitilintown $10 no 2' 01 02 10 - lMil 1 1".2 1 f; ism 1804 1 804 1S0 4 1805 lHii5 18'" 1805 1H05 1805 1 05 1805 1-V55 1805 1S05 lt05 3805 1805 1805 . 43 54 12" 5n 123 80 CM 73 li5 01 222 311 184 93 58 69 30 79 515 18 1,459 31 S:f.l 20 150 08 283 3" Fermanagh Walker Delaware Fayette Monroe Sus'iuchanua 132 79 I err sv:ile 111 13 Abraham 1'artut.r Mitford 4 io ;; 747 75 202 27 8 51 541 38 280 03 John Konns John P. Ke!!y D. A. Martin Sam. It. Zeiglcr Joseph Sell Turbett Uealo Spruce Hill Tuscarura Lack. Total 8,291 81 Sincc paid in full. All of which is respectfully submitted. J.MES CAVEXV, 1 THOMAS McCA.MMON, Auditors ALliElir Glial'. ) Commissioners Oefick. 1 Mirt LiNiowx January 4, 1806. cox.uissioxEiisr stateukxts of the, disbursements of the County Treasurer to January lit, 180H,or the year 1S05 : Courts anil Jurors' J'ay. S. B. Louden, Sheriff noti ' fying jurors, &c $88 00 . L, Anderson, et a . Grand and Petit Jurors Feb Term 377 80 I. D. Wallis, etal. Grand and Petit Jurors April Term... 267 53 C. A. Shermer, et aL Grand ft ' Petit Jurors, Sept. Term....3?0 26 Jos. Ard, ct al. Grand and Pe tit Jurors, Dec. Term 501 94 Alex. Speddy, Court Cryer.... 34 Oi .Henry Willi, ct al. Tip-staves 43 90-5I7CS 45 Constables' Reports. John Dearinget al. constable returns 55 C8 1'rothonot.ny, Sheriff, Jc., Fees. Geo. W. Jacobs, Prolb'o fees. 07 46 S. B. Louden, Sheriff fees...178 49 J. A. Milhken, Disirsct Attor- , ney fees 47 00 George Goshen et aL Consta ble fees 49 30 J. Middagh, et al. Justices lees 33 78 400 03 Commtnieealtk Witiiys. Jeffries Ingram et. al. witness es in sundry cases 1 '0 88 Bridyes. Fumroy& Sherlock, rebuild ing llryner's bridge 159- 90 SxloafT N R-viauIds, ls!iu" M::JVn V:-t- . '!'. '" John Landis et al. repairs to " sundry bridges 601 "2-6616 68 l'Tinting $ Stationery. 3. E. M. Todd, Militia Record book 30 CO A. 0. 15nn?all, Tub. rrintinc'U 00. Wm. J. Jackman " " 215 j A. L. tiuss & Co " ISO 83 F. L. Kutter, Hecords, Tran scripts i Duplicates 131 20 722 38 Bounty Dilt d- Interest. T. B. I.andis et al. botiuty claims ft. 2131 00 D. HeflWt al interest .' 147 502278 50 Amanda J. dimmers S others 1595 19 rullic Oifites. R. I. McWUIiams, recording Treasurer's bond 5 10 II. P. Mc'.yilliams, Glass and Stove firajB fur Olnoe' ,. 2, 70 J. A. Clirisiy, Auditirg Tub. . ' ' Account li An . i R. P. ft cWilliaius, Presses and seals 71-60 100 2C General ,j- Spring E'tetivns G. W. Campbell et al. Judges, Inspectors and clerks 589 00 G. W. Jacobs rec'g election. returns Z 00 U. i Warner et al. constables S3 4i James Jai tin, et al. assessors 6 00 722 40 County frhon. Levi Ifecht, blankets 14 00 - S. ). London boarding pria- - " tners, &c 180 25 J. C. Waits et al. repairs 17 50 S. L'asoio, paint'g ,t popering 75 99 Mrs. JJ. A. Louden, makiig bed 'iUthirg 0 00 302 74 Ea.tcrn Penitentiary For maintninance "f convicts.523 81 S. 15. Louden, Shillf coiivey- inj; prisoners. ..271 00 799 81 Sculps. S. Beshoar et al. for nnuk, skunk & wildcat sca'.ps 395 70 Inj-tisitwns John A Rowe et al. Jurors 23 00 E 1 Crawford & Leight, post mortem examination 10 00 33 00 Assessors and Aetessmcnli. David Haslett, Realc, Asses sor, 1!S64 30 00 Triennial assessments, Xov- & Dec. ISO J 578 f3 Kxtra assessment Aug. 05...57 7 d It Louden, notifying Asses sor of Walker twp , lb'i4... 1 50 W Iicechcr et i., room rent for triennial appels 21 25 C89 14 Cvrnnitisioners' Ojice d' Court House. J S Cox Commissioner's pay101 75 J01111 Foil 1 " " K800 John kanawcl " " 191 50 Wm. Logne " " 25 00 John lluzzard. Clerk I'M! 00 x J :.-..-- -K.'.o ih) I K V.'eiser, clean'g court hou. 39 DO Wm II Kase insurance " 01J 25 E Horning et al. wood, &c. .... 3 50 II Heck, el al. clan g gutters. 60 J Mid'iagh, swear'g ceinmis- iouers 2 75 ii!ouu"& Stambaugh coal..- Ji 00 A Sped.ly. freight & crying talc of old fence 10 75 J II lire! Co., Maitiug 115 13 t j ( ;,, papCr forcourt room 84 GO G Goshen, et al. scan'oldiii plastering, &c 31 75 Sandoe & Martin, repairing chairs , ofi 88 G W i e, et al mason work .to 14 60 C IS & C Hartley work to court house 510 50 C W Weitiel, Settees 45 HO A II Martin Fence 2587 59 J Winey repairs to spouting.. 6 45 1 II Paiiuehaker, work to Court, House - 40 00 D Trout work to Couit i'ard Fence 10 00 Purccil j-l'laacby. putting up Court Vard Fence 129 90 I J Caveny paint'g If paperinglOO 001850 86 Miscellaneous. D IIalet et al exonerations... 76 47 R V M WIlliams, coal 8 00 .1 U M Todd etal merchandise 92 80 J Suloud militia funds overp'd-02 00 S 11 Aouden, Mercantile A pp'r 3 01) B F Kepuer postage stamps &o 6 45 D Partner, et al, percentage as Collectors I. ..305 02 J North, keeping prisoner 1 00 J A Christy, procuring records &c 10 00 G W Jacobs, ti al, draft cf fenoe .3 3 00 707 83 Total $21t248 93 L. 9. We the Commissioners of Juniata county,, in compliance with the law, do pub lish the foregoiug as a full statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the County aforesaid, for the year 1805. Given under our hands at the CotnmUsioncrs' Office, in Mifllin towu, this I8ih day of January, 1866. JOHN KASAWEL, ) M ATTHEW CLARK, Commissioners. WILLIAM LOG UK, J Attest: A. G. Gbeer, Clerh- feb7-4w R. R. CORSON. (Late Major in Quarter Mastei Department, Real Estate Broker & Conveyancer If t.tTfr irt Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary laud, Delaware and Virginia. Have Agents in all of the above States. Catalogues now ready for distribut'on by sending a stamp. ErS Officers and Soldier's claims adjusted. Collections raado in all States. R. K. COKSO.V. 112 South, 4th Street, Philadclpuia, rox 518, Philadelphia P. O. Ta Dec. 6, 'fi5.-3m. I EXECUTOR S XOTICB. The undersigned -ihave received from the Register of Juniata County, letters testamentary upon the last will and eumcut of ROBERT THOMPSOA", late of Thotripsontawn, dee'd. All persons indebt ed to said estate, are reqeeMed 1o make pay ment to the undersigned and all persons hav ing demands against the same will present them fur settlement, on or before the loth day Marca, 1800- B. P. THOMPSON, ) W. .V. THOMPSON, l E. T. S. THOMPSON, I tecutcTs. T'HT.ip-'Tl' 1t.Il Nil 1.1. 17 Select jpotfrn. THE YOUNG WIDOW. She is modest, she is bashful, Free and easy, but not bold Like an apple, ripe and mellow, Not too young and not too old. Half inviting; half repulsive; Now advancing, now to sby, There is mischief in her dimple, There is danger in her eye. She bas studied human nature, She is schooled in all her arts, She has taken her diploma, Is the mistress of all hearts, She can tell the very momeut When to sigh and when to smile, Oh ! a paid is sometimes charming, But a wi'doty 11 the while. Are you sad ? How erv serious Will her handsome face becorce. Arc you angry? She is wretched, Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb. Are you mirthful ? How her laughter, Silver-sounding, will ring uut. She can lure, and catch and play yon, As the angler does the trout. All old bachelors of forty, Who have grown so bold and wise, Ye Adonises of twenty, ' With your love-looks in your eyes, You may practice all the lessons Taught by Cupid since the fall ; But I know a little widow Who could win and fool you all ! UELIC3 OF ANDEIiSO.WILLE. BY MRS. FRANCES D. ClACE. In a small room on the third floor of a bulling in Washington, D. C, I ii: me down to write this letter. No :uTrroT3 flash back light or beauty from these wills ; no Vaudykes, Itaph.tls or Ileubens create envy in the bosom of the passer by. Its plain, cheap carpet, its chairs, its taLles for use, not ornament wear no gorgeous coverings, but bear the burdens of days of toil and nights of watching and weariness, in the form of ledgers, and boxes filled with documents, that hare been the coinage, every one cf them, of aching hearts. i'onder, in the corner, is a cabinet. A few plain board shelves are set agaiust the wall, containin; the most unique, priceless treasures in the world. No costly gems glitter there ; no exquisite shells from the depths of the sea entrance with their splen dor of color and form ; nr birds with gaudy plumage rcuiuj uw1 of nature's magiiificen;;e in some far-off L-le of the ocean. Aay, none pi tuat: U. pen ol mine, write quietly ! O, eyes, put back your tears I Lease throbbing heart, your painful pulsatiuus, while I tell the story as best I can. " Come nearer ; let us look at thee things. The bits of tin, perforated with holes, were once bottoms and sides of canteens, or oyster cans, grown old and rusty with use, gathered uf by weary hands, and pierced by nails to make sieves through which to pass the meal made of corn, ground cob and all," which formed the rations of our soldier prisoners at Ander souvitie. These rusty oyster cans, with a bail of old wire rudely adjusted, were the kettks in which they gathered the bones, and re- boilcd them to make soup. These pad dles, soiled and grim at tho handles and scoured nt the base with constant use stirred the coarse meal and water together into mnsh for starving men. Those splits of wood, woven together like . chuir-bot- totus, were the plates they used. See you these little wooden troughs whittled with a jack-knife, rough, tiny, some oot holding a half-pint ? They held the meagre meal when cooked. These are the spoou3 of wood that conveyed the loathsome food to their famished lips. Those cows' horns, wrought into drinking cups; these little tubs of chips of wood, hooped about with towstriugs, served the same purpose. One oyster can, for which no bail could be fouud, has a strip of tin cut from the top with short, narrow bits for hinges, and thus, as a kettle fot cook ing, was made to do its noble service. These bits of board I Some careless, untaught eye might take them for kindling-wood. As I write, I ask myself, is the thoory that spirits of the dead liDger around the scenes of joy or sorrow that tncy anew in mis mc,iivui ... so, how many thousands are looking down this night at tho thoughts I am tracing with my pen ! Thoso ' bits of hcantling, hrtkc't, uur-l-.ned, five inches wide, and two or three feet lone;, are fragments of jlthe "dead-line" at Anderson ville. lie I who, starved, maddened, reckless, prefer- red death to continual torture, had but to pisp this brittle boundary to be ushered itstantlv into the presence of Him who' I las said, "Vengeance is mine, I will re- fay." ; Turn this way. That board, leaning in he corner, with its black figures, "7,G0G" it the top, is the head board which Wirg he has gone to his account, I will use adjectives with his name, suSered to be placed where one dear and nearly akin to her who gathered these relics, was laid away in that vast cemetery of murdered men. 7,000 ! Can you realize it ? Seven thousand six hundied and six prisoners, who, starved, scorched in the burning sun, ajad'lujjfd, hopeless", prayed for death and !ouad in their shallow graves surcease from anguish ! An l 7,01'G is scarse half. Ou, on, on up, up, up go the number? Wo 12,920 that have been found, recogni zed, and marked. O '. God of mercy, is there, can there be produced such another record ot the results of slavery as this ! l'ut let us look further. These bayon ets weTe picked up in that Golgotha, and this letter box, into which thousand., ay, tens ot thou.auds of letters were dropped, hut uever ouc went out to gladden the oppressed hearts of frienrts ! Perhaps no five pieces of timber were ever nailed to gethcr, that have enclosed so many talcs of distress, or' so few of happiness or joy, as thesi. This is the worn-out stump of a hickory brooci, with which the skeleton bauds tried to keep clean ; this is a ball from one of the many guns that were mounted on the seven forts surrounding the prison A paroled prisoner asked Wivz one day : "What will yott do with as if Sherman's army comes to tho rescue V "Uy tarn ! I puts you in the stockade. I turn de guns on you, and blow de brains out of every tarn one." But let me stay this fearful record, and tell how these things came to be here in Washington. Miss Clara Barton, iu whose little parlor I find them, brought them . with her on her return from her ex pedition tj Andersonville, where she wsnt by request of Secretary Stanton, in com pany with Cupt. Jamas M. Moore, A. Q. M., to enclose the grounds of the Ander sonville cemetery, and identify the graves and mark them with headboards, which expedition was inaugurated, at her request, by the heads of the department. "I gathered these things up," said Miss Burton to me, "and was told their uses at the places where I found them. I brought out some from the deep burrows our men had made those caves dug out by their weak hands to shelter them from burning heats and chilling, dews, and into which many crept, never to emerge again, til' their fellows bore them to their last rest-iug-place." Was I wrong in saying her cabinet con tained the most unique and priceless treas ures in the world ? Many a mother, wife, or sister would gladly exchange her gold and jewels for those records of the last lavs of sonift lnviniT hmrt tn friliir..ll,r t 0 uu.., "'j,uu"j j stilled. Oue lady, lookintr at them with tears coursing down her cheeks, exclaimed, 'I would exchange my diamonds for "these." 'Your diamonds could not buy them," was the answer of the heroic woman who has done so much to ease the sorrow of a pation. As I said, these tables bear the burdens of aching hearts. Six thousand letters from bereaved friends, who have asked her to help them find their missing dead ! And still they come ! Still the mother cries out in anguish and suspense, "What has become of my boy J" Still the wife pleads to know of him who was her all, whom the gave to her country to die for ?, if need be ; but net to be lost uncared for, and unsought. One hundred letters a day often lay upon Misa JJarian'b table, every one freighted with sorrow. Do you woader I sit in awe in this al most sublime room ? Do you wonder that 1 ask, "Is the theory true that spirits can linger near mortals upon earth ?" If so, will they not be near breathing over this kind, gentle woman, to help her in her benevolent work ? Do they not long -to have those they loved, and who still wan Jct in life asking them, let into the se crets of their fate ? Six tkooiaud later: ? ja cf tfcesi giving the names of twelve or fifteen mis sing men, and each requiring an answer to the individual who wrote it; and five, ten, twenty, thirty, ven seventy-five let ters of inquiry to gain the information needed to reply to its queries. Some of you who read this have, per haps, seen Miss liarton's "Iloll of Missing Men," and her request appended to that "roll" for information. You may suppose those names are all she has gathered, and wonder that she has no more. You ima gine she has gone to tho quartermaster's department or muster-roll for that num ber. Let it be known that every name on the list has been taken from some let ters ot friends, which is now on file in her possession, asking for the missing. Most of these letters are from women, either in their own handwriting or that of an agent, telliug their own story of loss and sor row. 'Her "roll" was printed in Jnnc or July, and copies scattered over tia conn try. It contains but three thousand names. There arc many more that arc now waiting to be put in shape and that will be printed as soon as possible. This i a great work, requiring many hands, and hard, steady labor. Friends must be patient, thankful for what has been done, and trusting for the future. While Clara Barton lives and can work, she will not forget the widow in her af fliction, or let the fatherless ask in vain, cr disappoint the mother's hope if it is possible to do atherwisc. One thiug more. Let :t be ever un derstood this is 4 private enterprise, be gun and wholly sustained by Miss Barton. She receives no salary from any depart ment of Government, or association of the people, and is responsible to the pco. pie only through her promise to do this work. Independent. . . . Let Iliji DosV.v Easit. The man ner in which our military heroes are let down to tneir original lvel, oa tbeir return home, is something more amvsing to the lookersoa than buttering to the subject. A case in point : Geueral Sam II. went put ia a regiment from the Badger State as Captain. Befote he left tie rendezvous he was promoted to Col. and for gallant conduct in the field was hievetted Brigadier General. On his re t'rouient to civil life he told a fi 'e :d "they t him down easy." At Washington it was Gen. II. at Madison, Col. II. at the towu where he organized his company it was "How are you, Captr.in ?" ap$ when he got up to S. where ho resides, every toy" jrjth freckled nose was shouting, .'Hallo, Sam :" Wabash Herald. tiyli is cot generally known that sol diers who have lost limbs in the service ot the United States, are entitled to ar tificial substitutes, that can be procured upon the presentation of evidence of hon orable discharge, and that the wound causing the loss of limb was received in I the service. They are furnished free of charge, and do not affect any pension or boui.ty claim the soldier may against the Government. 8S Two street sweepers were overheard discussing the merit of a new hand who had joined their gang. "Well, Bill, what think you of the new comer V ' Oh, I dunt reckon much of him, he's all very well for a bit of up and down sweeping ; but," shaking his head, " let him try a bit of fancy work round a post and you'll see 'he'l make a pijor hand of it. " t& Keep out of debt. Pay as you gu. Buy nothing except the money is in your pocket. Have no account curient at the grocer's or butcher's. Go without new clothes until you can pay for them. Give your note of hand to noboddy. Eschew credit. Deal for cash only. eg?" Artcmus Ward has cleared ?50, 000 by his books and lectures. It Li said that his nonsense has availed him more, pecuniarily, than the literary tal cnts of any American except Washing ton living. ggy The following is given as a fire man's toast i "The ladies the only in cendiaries who kindle a flame which wa ter will not extinguish." igr There is an Icdian woman on the St. Croii river, Wisconsin, who is known to be 150 years old, and is believed to be ocarty 00 yean old RE3IAK arble adventure op a corpse. Not long since a native of the Emer ald Isle, one of the viotims of the lata arsenal explosion, diid in this city, and immediately preparations were made to give him a nice, genteel funeral. It was at first arranged that be should be buried here, but some of his kindred be ing buried at Parkersburg, West Vir ginia, it was finally determined that what remaioed cf poor Johnny M should be 6ent to that placo. Accordingly, af ter a "wake," (on? of the good old sort,) the lemaica were accompanied ly his sorrowing friends and relatives to the de pot, to take the cars for the place of bur ial. The funeral procession arrived at the depot some time before the depart ure of the train in which the remains were to go, and the mourners spent the intervening time in assuaging their sor rows at the neighboring bars, bo abuu dant in that vicinity, the corpse mean while remaining oc the platform ready !o bp placed on the 9 P. M. train which would connect ai, tiz Itclay IIouso with the western tram. The i trty meanwhile drant so many libations to the memory of the departed that they returned to the station iu a very mellow condition, and the railroad officers leiag apprehensive that they would be incapable of taking care of tho corpse, telegraphed to the agent at tho Relay to see that the corpse was takeu off' at that point- Shortly before the time of starting the corpse was placed on the train, and an attempt was made to muster the mourners when it was ascer tained that one or two of them had got so obfusticated as to hva taken the New York train. The rest of the party, how ever, pbpage.4 to get aboard, and ere long Johuny 31 's body was agaiu 'marching on." At the Relay the corpse was transferrsd to the western train, but two or three of the aiourners were too far gone to get on in time, and so pro ceeded to Baltimore, while the balance of the party with the. corpse was hurried on with extra speed westward. At the points along the road where the eng:no stopped "to water,'' the mourners as invariably stopped "to wet," and not being up to time, quite as inva riably a brace or more were left behind at each watering and wetting place, and by the time Grafton was reached where the corpse was to change cars for Park ersburg, but few of the mourners re mained with it, and these were so bewil dered that they failed to get in the prop er train, and Johnny's corpse went on to Wheeling without them. From thence by some means, it was sent to Columbus, Ohio, the corpse thus having got into the wrong State, and the mourners being scattered through Maryland and We?t Virginia, and along the line of the Bal timore, Wilmington and Philadelphia and Camden and Amboy Railroads. By this time the telegraph was put into ex- j c',ted operation and various messages were whisked over the wires in various direc- tions in regard to the missing corpse and scattered mourners, making confusion doubly confounded for awhile. From Grafton an anxious mourner in quired " Where in the d 1 is tha corpse?" This cespatch was crossed on the road by a loud inquiry from Columbus as to the ownership of a stray corpse arrived there unconsigned. A Balficiore scat tered mourner telegraphed to "postpone the funeral till I get there ;" and the squad of mourners by the New York train were sending wildly confused mas sages to Parkersburg, Relay Hou?e, Grafton and Washington, all helping to intensify the prevailing muddle. The corpse, meantime, had resumed its travels and, like poor Joe, not being wanted in any locality, had been kept moving on, until it arrived at Little Miami depot, where it created no little excitement being without any mark for identification and foul play beingtt once suspected. Ihrowinjj any lieht upon the mystery, which was however, "cleared up by a tel- egrapie despatch for the mietSing corpse. The railway officials then got the corpse in motion eastward, and the mourners headed westward, and finally, after the most eventful histdry of any corpse or set of mourners on record, Johnny'a ' body was duly committed by them to mother earth, where w trust it may rwt I r