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YOLUMK 51-NO. 13.
WARREN. OHIO, NOVEMBER 10, 1869.
WHOLE N0.2771.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TTT ESTEEM RESERVE CHH05ICLE
1 Pnlilislied every Wednesday morning.
In Kinpire Block, Market st Warren, Wa.
KiTEztL, Editor and Iroprietor.
" N. CO WDERT, Attorney at I,aw,
.Hubbard, Ohio.. .ifeb. 21,iaoS-t.
I J H. ETSIO' has removed his Law
!j. office over Kings Jewelry Store Main
Street, Warren, Ohio. Un !S, 18o-ly
If O. MESSEB, Wholesale and
111 rrtoii H,.ul,Tln Fashionable Millin
ery, first door esst of lddlngs Jc Morgan's
store. Warren. Ohio. IJlarcn m. uahvmo.
TTARRIS, BLACKFORD & CO.,
I I Manufacturers of Sheet. Hood. Band
Birlron, Xiles Iron Works, N" iles, Trumbull
County, Ohio. .ov. 11. leoa-u
SW. RATLIFF, Attorney at Law,
, Office over Freeman A Hant s Bank,
net street. Warren, Ohio, Nov. llth-tf.
CC. McXCTT, House, Sign, and
, Ornamental Painter,Grainer.&c-,King's
liiock. Mum street. Warren, Ohio.
Aug. Id, lstiS-lyr.
T SPEAR. M. D.. Eclectic Phvsi
and surgeon, office over FreerASmith's
nriM-ei-v. Market Street. Warren. Ohio. Iar-
ticular attention given to Chronic diseases.
AY
T It. PORTER. Attorney at Law,
a otlice over I"ark A ratcn a riaruware
Market St., Warren, Ohio, Jan. 8, IStiS-tf
fciore
DR. D. (UBBOXS, Dentists, teeth
extracted without pain; upper or low
er sets of teethfor SliuO. lillice ovr T. J. Me-
Lain A son's Bank. Main SU, Warren, Ohio.
Feb. 17. lMii.-tf.
J. H AKMtlX. C. T. J1KTCAI.F.
HAE.HOX & 3IETCALF. Physicians,
and Surgeons; Office on High Street at
lue stand formerly occupied by Or. Harmon.
April 21, iss..
K. B. TATLOR.
I C JOKES.
rpAYLOR A
JOXES, Attorneys, at
I li i itMee over Ktilea A Son's store.
cor. iiarkel and Liberty St, Warren. Ohio.
J II. BRISCOE, Physician and Sur
econ. oihee at residence, north side of
Market street, two doors east of Elm. Par-
icular attention paid to Chronic diseases.
Oct. 2, IsoT-lyr.
DR. F. A. BIERCE, Homoepathic
1'hvsician and Surgeon, Office and Resi
lience til sutlitt s Block, morth of tha Pub
lic Hqita re. Office up stairs, residence east
end of the Block.
1. VAUTROT.
THAD. ACM.ET.
"irAUTROT & ACELET, Successors to
f J. Vautrot A Co Dealers in Watches,
Jewelrv and Diamonds. Market Street, W ar
xen, oliio. - March Si IS,
GEORGE P. IIUXTEK, Attorney at
Law, Special attention paid to proceed
.iuijs under liankrupt Acts.
Warren, 0.,Sept., -J, ls-tf.
- r r t- n wnnnwriRTH. Phv-
f I sicians and nreeons. odice over E. H.
Allison's Drug store. Main Street, Warren,
Oluo. ouice hours iruin b to v a. m ana irom
1!U) 3 p. in.
i Feb. 1SB7.
. ,
JOIIX HCTCHIXS. W. T. SPFR. J. C HCTCHINS
HtTCHISS' & SPEAR, Attorneys
at Law. Office on Market St, over Id
uoiiii A Morgan's store. Warren, Ohio,
April 1-tf.
F. E. HCTCHIXS, C. E. GLinDKX, J. X. STTI.I.
TTUTCHIXS, GLIDDES & STILL,
JLLAttorueys ut Ijuvc, office over Smith A
Turner's tore, corner of Main and Market
Streets. WaiTen, Ohio. April 16. lxat-tt.
"VT B. TIXER, Manufacturer and
IN Dealer in Guns, Iti tics. Pistols. Cutlery
Tisaing Tscklo Gun Materials, Sporting
Apparatus, sewing Machines, Ac, No. s. Mar
ket su, arren, Ohio. sepu
Zalmos Fitch. C V. Tyler.
ITCH i TYLER, Successors to Ja
meson A Wheeler, Dealers in Stoves,
et Iron and Tinware, and Agricultural
implements. No. o Market SU, Warren, O.
Feb. 10, 169-tf
AE. LTXAX, Dentist. Office over
. thenew Millinery Store of M. O. Mes
sei, between Iddimrs A Morgan's and Freer
A Smith's Store, Market St, Warren, Ohio.
Entrance at the Chhoxicli Office, np stairs.
May 8. loUS-tf
W. K. PORTER. W. F. PORTER.
WX. & W. F. POKTER, Dealers
.In School and Miscellaneous Books,
Stationary. Wail Papers, Periodicals, Pam
phletsaud Magazines, at the New York Book
Store, Main Street, Warren, Ohio.
4LX0S I. WEDB Xotary Public,
Fire and Life Insurance Acent; and
iion and Bounty Agenu Passage Tick
ets sold to and from, and money remit
ted to the old countrv. at the lowest current
rates. Office in Webb's Block, Main street.
Warren. Ohio. Jan. 9. 130.
XT. B. HALL. F. J. XACKKY.
BALL & MACKET, Manufacturers
of Harness and dealers in Saddlery
Iware, Trunks, Valises, Traveling Bags,
Whips, Horse Blnnkeu, Saddles and Fancy
.6i.ddlerv, No. 8, Market Street, Warren, O.
Alay ', 1.S67.
BR. VTX. L. HOSIER, Surpeon Den
tist, Newton Falls, Ohio. Patronage so
fd, satislaclion guaranteed. He also
keeps a first class Jewelry Store, for the sale
a ud repair of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Ac.
The lowest prices in the county in eth de
partment. Nov. lij, lK6S-tf
DB.F. 3IYERS, tenders his profes
sional service lo the people of Warren
and vicinity, office front room, over Park A
Chew's Store Stiles block. Hours, from 10
to 12, a. m and 1 to S p. is. Residence, cor
ner af High and Chestnut Si.
Nov. 2T. lhoT-lj-
"TTT'HnTL'ESET ADAMS, Fire and
IT Life Insurance Agent, Warren, Ohio.
Merchandi7and other property insured in
the best Companies, on favorable terms;
Farm property. Isolated Dwellings, and their
furniture insur.-d for one, three and five
years, office in McCombs and smith's block.
T 5. DA1TS0X, Mavor of the Incor
I . po rated Village of Warren, O., and also
Justice of 'the Pea3 in and for said Village,
attends to all business usually transacted by
Justices of the Peace. Mayor s regular court
every Monday morning from to 12 o'clock
Nov. llth-tf.
TDDI5GS & MORGAN, Dealers in fita
1 pie and Fancy Dry Goods, Carpets Mat
fings and Floor Oil Cloths, window Shades
and fixture. Tea. Coffee, Ac They keep con
stantly on hand, a large and full assort
ment of goods in their line, of good quality
and fashionable styles, and oner them for
sale at the lowest prices in the market.
Jan. 9. la.".
ADOLPHTS GR.ETER, Dealer in
Musical Merchandhreof all descriptions,
viz: Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, iolins,
Guitars,Accordeons,Claronetts, Flutes, Fies,
Drums, Piano-spreads. Piano-stools, Sheet
music, Music-books, Violin Strings. Guitar
Btrines. Ac, Ac. Store hear Mahoning I)e
ot. Warren. Ohio. Feb, 17-tf.
UNION HOUSE,
STJ33BXIZ), OniO.
S- SHERMAN, Proprietor.
MAVIXG recently leased the well
known Union House, at the center of
aard. lately kept by Wm. Adams. I pro
pose to keep a hotel that shall prove satis
factory to guests and the traveling public
generally. The hotel has Just been put in
thorough repair and refurnished. GootrTtv
ery in connection with the Hotel. Terms
reasonable.
Sept. 22. lWS-lyr
EXCHANGE BANK'
OF
FREEMAN & HUNT.
Warren, Ohiov
DEALERS IN
i ttli, Mirer, Castera xekaaKt, raearreat Bsak
' Hates, aa all klads ef '
Goverriment Bonds.
Money received on Deposit. Collections
and all business connected with Banking
promptly attended to.
RETEXEE STAMPS FOR SALE.
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
SIEADVILLE, PA,
CALENDAR FOR 1SG9. Fall Term
commences September 15, closes Decem
ber 16. Winter Term of U70 commences
Jan. 4.
This Institution is situated In the beauti
ful City or MKDviLLE, healthful, easy of
access, anu iurnisuea wim an tne appliance
to be desired by the stndents pursuing a full
classical or scientific course of study. Libra
ries, Cabinets and apparatus are unnsnallv
valuable and extensive.
A New Boarding Hall,
with completely furnished rooms for the ac
commodation of one hundred students has
been recently opened and board is furnished
at reasonable rates.
Classes commencing Latin and Alge
bra wlllbe formed hereafteratthebeginning
of the Fall Term and Greek at the beginning
of the Winter Term, bend for Catalocnea.
- JAS. MARVIN,
An. 25, l-lyr. sec'y of Faculty.
A
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1 viiw in iiowiauu iuwusuip. ui
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j SS2 ACKE:SS
1 four miles east of Warren . All of the above
farms is well sitnated, well watered with
II. K. FIXNEV'JS
PIANO FORTE WARER00M!
ASD
MUSIO STORE,
Howr Sew BlOfk, Federal St.,
YOVX G STOW1V, O II I O.
Manufacturer's Agent for the Sale of
Chickering & Son's, Boston,
AND
STEIN WAY t SON, NEW YORK,
PARIS EXPOSITION PIAXOS.
THE followingcertiflcatesbave oeen
reeived from Messrs Chickering A Sons,
Boston, and steinway A Son, Sew York.
"This is to certify that we nave appointed
Mr. H. E. Finney, onr only authorized agent
for the sale oil'iano Fortes manufactured by
us. in the Counties of Mahoning. Trumbull.
Stark and Portage, in the State of Ohio, and
Mercer County, Fa., and no oilier person has
anv authority to advertise himself as our
Agent in those counties. Mr. Finney Is our
only Agent who personally selects all the
Tianos which he purchases.
oigneu, ctllCKfc.Kl.u rUJs."
Bostok, Sept. 21, lena.
"This Is to certify, that Mr. H. F Finnev.
of Youngstown, has been appointed agent
for the sale of our Pianos, in Mahoning and
Trumbull Counties, Ohio,and no other par
ties are authorized to advertise themselves
as our agents in the ahove named Counties.
. Signed, STEIXWAY A 6oX.
New Y'okk, Feb. 12, lmi.
Mr. Finney is also dealer In Piano of oth
er reliable makes. Cabinet Organs, Melode
ons, uuitars. Violins, and Guitar and Violin
Strings Sheet Music Instruction Bonks and
Musical Merchandise of every description.
The largest stock of the above Pianos to be
found in Northern Ohio, constantly on hand
and will be sold at the lowest market prices.
Call or send for catalogue and price lists.
Agents for this establishment carry AAcef
Music, strings, etc.
Rkfkbescks. Wick Bros, Bankers, and
Thomas Brown A Co., Yonngstown, Ohio ;
John (trove. Esq., Austontown, Ohio; Rev.
P. L. Hickok. North Bloomfleld, Ohio; A. B.
Kihbee. O. L. 'Wolcott. Farminrton. Ohio:
C. T. Metcalf, M. D., Warren, Ohio; Rev. H.
W. stratum. Huntsbure. Ohio, orat the Ma-
uoning itegister umce.
iiarcn n, ij-iy
$35,000 Worth of Property
FOR SjOlIIU.
I WILL OFFER for Sale the large
Hotel at Baconsburg, knows as the
MGAIt GROVe nOTEL,
now doing a thriving business ; my STORE,
veil Mocked with Hardware and Groceries,
and doinga business of $15,000 a year; one
Dwelling House and Seven Lots, all in B
cnDKburg, and are the best locations in the
village. Also one arm In B race v ill e, of
20 AonBs.
One in the best part of Warren Township,
comprising
S3 -A. o n. ZJ JS .
plenty or good timber land. The above prop-
erty will be sold to a good advantage to the
purchaser. I will also sell or trade
S00 Acres of Choice Farming Land,
with good Mill Seats, situated In Minnesota
and Michigan; this Western land is all in
good settlements and rising fast in value,
and no better investment can be made by
any person who desires to speculate or move
west, man ov tne purchase of these tarms.
Call on or address, O.C.BROOKS.
Baconsburg. Trumbull Co., Ohio.
Sept. 1, 1W 3mo
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
rpo WHOM IT MAY COXCERN :
I This is to certify that at the time of the
nn? on the 2Si& of June, IstS, by which I lost
my Foundry and Machine Shop, I had the
following Insurance, to-wit;
LItmm's Iararaae Ce. ef Calraa; $5,000
Vnteni Insmnmcm Ce. ef Baflale M 100
Which policies were written by their
A sent, Albert Watson, and through whom
the loaves under both policies have just been
paldtniulU I take great pleaaure in testi
fying to the promptness o these companies,
and recommend them to all persons in want
of reliable Insurance, as perfectly safe, hon
orably managed and soond invitations.
HOMER C. RK1D.
Warren, Ohio, July 12, 1So9.
7b peraoru wanting Reliable Insurance At
the time of the nre on the 21st of July last,
when my Spoke and Fail factory was burned.
I had a policy of liOUO in the Lumberman's
Insurance Company of Chicago, and I take
this method of publicly acknowledging the
fairailjusttneotof my loss, and prompt pay
ment of the saiue by ald Company, through
their Agent, Albert Watson.
C. A. HARMON.
Warren, (X, Sept. 15, im2L
For a policy In either of the above named
sterling Companies, apply to their Agnt,
ai !Mri waison, over rreeman .
Hunt s
Exchange Bank, Warren, Ohio. .
July 14, twiw-tfm
CL0031 FIELD STORE!
SAMUEL TICEHURST, has just
returned from the Eastern Cities with a
mammoth and complete stock of
MERCHANDISE !
lor FALL AXD WINTER. These goods
were purchased under very advantageous
circumstances, A will be sold extremely low
FOR CASH AND PRODUCE.
Our stock consists of every variety of goods,
sash as
Dress Goods, Shawls & Silks.
Also, good stork of
COTTCXS,
DEMI.M&,
TICKIXOS
A XOTIOXS,
and an unusually heavy stock of
Cloths, Ready Made Clothing,
HATS AND CAPS.
Also one of the largest stocks of
BOOTS & SHOES
often found in a conn try store, A complete
stock of
TEA,
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
TOBACCO.
& SPICES,
and a heavy stock of
OHO OKBRTI
which we can and will sell atless prices than
any store In the county, no mistake. Call
and examine goods and prices for yourselves.
Highest Market Price PaU for
FROSUOS.
' SAMUEL TICEHURST.
North Bloomfield, Sep. 8, 169.
WESTEEN EESEEVE
CARRIAGE FACTORY
THE proprietor desires to say to the
public, that there can be seen at his Re
pository on Liberty Street, a few rods south
of rirst National Bank, the largest assort
ment of
CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES,
That he has ever exhibited and offered for
ieinr,,lI.mirSebPu tock consists of
FA MIL YCAJiJilA GES and 6UDJS SEA TS.
of various patterns. One horse Buggies of
nearly every description, and all of which
are of the very latest and most approved
Eastern styles, which for quality of miaeriaL
substantial workmanship and elegance of
' BuisaBci i' any
tablishment in the State, Havin
cessful operation a STEAM KN'u
es-
In sue-
all the necessary machinerv for manufactu
ring his Spokes, Hubs, Feloes, and every
thing that can be done advantageously by
machinery.
Being a practical mechanic, superintend
ing and overseeing all the various branches,
he is prepared to furnish a vehicle in first
rate style, for less money than any other
manufacturer in the west.
Backs, Puller's Wagoas, Caacbct aa Barsarkes.
If not on hand, will be made to order, on
short notice.
Repairing, Trimming and Painting done
with neatness and dispatch.
9-All work done si my factory warranted
In addition to the above, I am prepared to
nrnisb Carriage makers and others with the
best quality of Turned Spokes, Bent Rims.
Bows, Shafts, Poles, Seat-arms, Hubs. 4c, at
as low prices as at any other establishment.
Carriage-makers desiring to furnish their
own timber, can get their Spokes and Hobs
turned on short notice, and at fair prices.
Sept. a, IMS. E.K.WI8ELL.
"VTOTICP: IX PARTITION.
1 David hl, John H.Ohl.Samuel OhLF.ll
old. Lydia Ohl, guardian of said Eli Ohl.
Heinuelman, Catharine Pepper, William
Pepper. Abraham Helntzelman, George
Heiutzelman. William Helntzelman, guar
dian of said Abraham Helntzelman
tieorge Helntzelman, Mary A. St roup,
Emanuel stroup and Lydia Ohl, will
notice, that petition was Died against them
on the 14th day of September. A. D. 19.
theCourt of Common Pleas, within and
thecountyof Mahoning. In the State of Ohio,
by Lucy Fry and Charles Fry, her husband,
and is now pending, wherein said Lucy
nu manes fry. demand partition oi I
following real estate, to-wit: situate in
townsnipof Jackson, County of Mahoning,
and State of Ohio, bounded as follows:
the north bv lands of D. Johnston. James
imoorn, anu J as. rcaenroau ; on tne east
lands of K. Moherman and John Folk;
the sooth by lands of D. Foulk. K. Moher
man, H. Flaugher and J. P. Baldwin ; and
on the west by the township line between
Milton and Jackson townships, containing
Mirevnuuumi ana eigni acres oi tana.
Also one other tract of land situate in the
of Mecca, County of Trumbull and State
unio, ana Known as neiiig all that part
ixTis .-os.ai ana in me ivirtiana tract
canenjin said townslilp or .Mecca ; bonndeU
and described as follows : On the north
lands deeded to Wm. Irvin bv the Hlnman
Oil and Mining Company, on the 9th day
.j, aw,,nuu 1 IIIB UUrLU IJUCfn Will hOTU
ixts os. 31 and 32 ; on the east bv the cen
temf the hi.hv.1- . lonHu f i'm Inrin
on the south by the south line of said Loi
No. 82, and by lands deeded bv D. C Logan
to David Ohl, and lands of Geo. Slough ;
the west by lands deeded by D. C. Logan
David OhL and bv lands eonveved bv Derr
s nwi to it. j. iroxeii. tsaia tract oi land
being the same tract deeded by the Hinman
Oil and Mining Co., to said Abraham Ohl,
deed of date May 9, A. D. ls7, and recorded
in Trumbull County record book. 99. oaves
62 and St said tract containing one hundred
and eighteen and one-half (Il&U) acres
lana; and mat at the next term of said Court,
auer tony aays irom date nereoi, the said
Lucy Fry and Charles Fry will apply for an
order that partition may be made of said
premises and assignment of dower to Lydia
vui. micu iuu in aay oi dept. liys.
W. H. BCRKEY,
Att'y for Petitioners.
Oct. s. l-6t.
LEGAL NOTICE,
state of Ohio, Trumbull County. s.
Julius N. fowrlerv lilm'r rxf U'dll.m
Phelps, vs. Sarah Pbelpa, David Phelps,
1 " . rfuuers, iiju juua j. y imams.
In Common Pleas. Civil jletitn. The de
fendant, David Phelps, is hereby notified
iuai me piaintin on tuestn day or Septem
ber, lNi. filed his petition in said case, mat
ing mat ne is tne Administrator of said Wil
liam Phelps, that It is necessary to ih
real estate of said intestate for payment of
meueuiH inn saia v m. in nis me time was
seized of the following parcel of land : Part
oi uoi , in tne township or Hubbard, In
said County, bounded as follows: Com
mencing at 8. W. corner of said Lot No. i,
at center of highway, and running thence
eastWi rods; thence north 13V, rods; thence
west 4 rods to the west line of said Lot 4;
thence south rods to the place of begin-
mug, auu inn wuiie so seizea, ana alter nav
ing contracted debts, without other means
to pay, he without any legal consideration,
in fraud of his creditors, the said William
conveyed said lands to his wife, the said
Sarah, and died insolvent, that said David
Phelps is sole heir of said intestate; that
said Asahel W. claims same interest in
land. Also that Intestate held with said
John O. certain lease hold estates and inter
est in lands. The plaintiffs praysjudgrnent
for sale of said lands and estate as assets for
for the payment of the debts of the intes
tate. The said David must annear and
answer said petition on or before the 27th
day of Nov. next, or the same will be taken
astrueand judgment rendered accordingly.
ny mi.uo p?l iLirf,
Att'y for Petitioner.
Oct. 6, lRGMw.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
The State of Ohio, Trumbull County, ss.
in Trumbull Common Fleas.
Ha rah Bnrnett.by her next friend B. F.
Hoffman, vs. H. IL Barnum, Warren Pack
ard, James B. Dunlap, Mary P. Barnum,
Lucy M. Adams and William Stiles, her
Guardian; Clement B. Gilbert, Henry Htilea.
his Guardian: Aneeline K. MeFarlan. Henrv
L. Burnett and James Havroland, (known as
I j miter Jim.)
By virtue of an order of sale Issued out of
me court or Common Fleas or Trumbull
County, Ohio, In the above entitled cause, to
me directed and delivered, 1 have levied
upon and shall expose to public sale at the
door of the Court House in the city of War
ren, Trumbull County, Ohio, on Katsrdar, the
i; da; of Narrsikrr, A. D. 1M08, between the
hours of one and three o'clock, p. m. of said
day, the following real estate situate in
Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio,
and known as first: one muf 7-100 acres of
land on thenorth sideof High Street, In the
vilir.eeof Warren, O .belne the present home
stead of said grantors, (Barnum and wife.)
and the same land deeded August La, JK61. by
Ellen Gilbert, to said R. H. Barnum. Bound
ed and described as follows : Being in War
ren, Trumbull County, Ohio; part of original
Lot No. 51, In the village plat, bounded, be
ginning at 4. E. cornar of land of John Bri
dle; thence east along the north line of High
Street2 chains 40 links to lands formerly of
Henry L. Burnett; thence northerly along
the west line of said Burnett land, 4 chains
4.t links; thence westerly along the south line
of lands of the heirs of James Scott (in IStil)
2 chains 37 links; thence soutberlv to the
place of beginning, containing 1 7-100 acres,
more or less. Appraised at S7UO0.00.
Second piece part of Lot 25 In town plat of
Warren, as laid ont by K Quinby. and
bounded on the north by land formerly of
Howard; on the east by Pine Street; on the
south by South Street, and on the west by
land of . supposed to contain fcfc5 square
feet of land, excepting theroont a portion of
said Ixt, 2s feet wide fay 78 feet long, taken
from the western part of said Lot. sold by
Henry Ernst to John Barrett and wife, l'v
insftcU feet, (121 perhaps.) Appraised at
$900.00.
Third pierr of land Part of original Lot 28,
in Warren Township, bounded, beginning at
the X. E. corner of a tract of 414 acres set off
to Margaret Scott, in the will of ber father,
James Scott; then.ee west on the north lineof
said Lot No. 2K, five chains to a post; thence
sontb 8 chains 19 links, at or near to the N.
W. corner of Lot No. 51 In the original plat
of Warren; thence east on the north line of
Lot 51. five chains to a post; thence north a
chains links to the place of beginning, and
containing by survey 4 7-100 acres of land,
being the same apartednd set off to Ange
lina 8. McKarland, in the partition of the
estate of Angeline McFarland, dee'd. Ap
praised at $1400,00. S. M. LAIRD, Sheriff.
Terms Cash.
Sheriff's Office, Warren, O., Oct. 27, l-5t.
EOAL NOTICE.
To Nelson M. Hall
M. Hall w
rho resides In Shar-
oa.vt arren l o., lows, ana rnuena v eicn.wno
res'ides In Franklin,VenangoCo.,Pa,ielrs at
law oi Jos. . tiau dec ana setsey
Hall, widow of said Hall. Yon are hereby
notified that Norman E. Anstin. Adminis
trator of the estate of Joseph S. Hall, dee'd.,
on the th day of Octolier, A. D. 1MC9. filed bis
petition in the Proliate Court, within and
for lite Coi; oty of Trumbull and State of O.,
alleging that tbe personal estate nt said dece
dent Is insufficient to payU) debts and the
charges of administering bis estate, U,a! he
died seized In fee simple of the following
described real estate, situate in said county,
to-wlt : In the township of Hartford, and
bounded as follows: North by landsof Betsey
Hall and N. E. Austin; south by lands of R.
G. Wellman, Wm. Beeman and Samuel Ful
ler ; west by lands of E. B. Jones and J. B.
Hewitt, and east by lands of Betsey E. Hall.
That Betsey Hall, as widow of said dece
dent. Is entitled to dower in said premises,
and tliat Nelson M. Hall. Philena Welch.
Louis Garvey, Clarence G. DeWltt Mary
DeWItt, Alvin Hall and Truman Hall, as
his heirs ai law, bold the next estate of In
heritance. The prayer of eaid petition Is
for an assignment of dower to said Betsey
Hall, and for sale or said premise, subject
to such dower estate, for the payment of the
debts and charges as aforesaid. Said peti
tion will be for hearing on tbe 13th day of
November, A. D. InW.
NORMAN E, AUSTIN, AdtuT.
Bv Taylor A Jones, Atty'a.
Oct 13, lk-6t.
T)ARTITIOX.
X lD theCourt of Commou Pleas, of Trum
bull Cc
County, Ohio.
A. H. Smith, et. al.
vs. V Partition.
Mary Holcomb, et, a), )
Wells Andrews and Helen H. Audr-.s, of
New London, Henry County, Iowa, will take
notice that a petition was Hied against them
on the 8th day of October. A. D. 18ti9, In said
court, within and for said county of Trum
bull, by A. H. Smith, Hester Ann Smith. J.
T. McLean, and Adallne McLean, and is now
pendlng,w herein said plaintiffs demand par
tition of the following real estate, to-wlt :
Parts of Lou No. 8 and 16, In tbe township of
Hartford. State and Couuty aforesaid, and
bounded south by highway ; west and north
bv lands of Timothy Brockway, and Seth
Brockway; east by lands of Washington
Brockway, and known as the Milton Hol
comb, and containing about one hundred
and fifteen (116) acres of land, and that at
the next term of said Court, thesaid petition
ers will apply for an order that partition may
be made of said premises. By
TAYLOR JONE3,
Ally's for Petitioners.
Warren, O, Oct. 13, l-6t
SHERIFF'S BALE.
The State of Ohio, TrumbnU County, sa.
Uwillin Davis, 1
vs. I
Morgan Davis, V In Trnmball Com
GwiTlln Davis, Jr., I mon Pleas.
James KeaU. J
By virtue of an order of sale lssned out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Trumbull
County, Ohio. In the above named case, to
me directed and delivered, I have levied on
and shall expose to public sale at the door of
the Court House. In the city of Warren, O.,
on Katanisr, tke 13ta 4st sf !it A. D 189,
between the hours or (one) and(three)o'clock
p. m. of said day, the undivided one-half
of the following described premises, to-wib
situate In tbe townnhip of Weathersfleld,
Trumbull county, Ohio, and bounded as
follows, to-wlt: Beginning on the west
margin of the plank road leading from
Austlntown to N ilea, at or near the south
east corner of land now owned by John
White; thence running south along the
west margin of said road sixteen 1 rods;
thence running west ten (10) rods; thence
runnine north sixteen (16) rods to the north
line of Thomas Erwli.'s land; thence run
ning east along tbe north line of tbe said
Thomas Erwln's lands ten (10) rods, to the
place of beginning; containing acre
of land. Terms cash. Appraised at t
B. M. LAIRD, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Offlee, Warren, O. Oct. U,lbt M
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LEGAL, NOTICE.
The State of Ohio. Trumbull Connty.
in the Court of Common Pleas ef said Co.
Joseph G. Butler, Jr.) Civil Action.
vs. Attachment.
E.C.GarUck. J
The said defendant, E. C. Garllrk, who Is
snpposed to be a resident of Indianapolis,
Indiana, is hereby notified that on the 9th
day or March, A. D. IM9, the aaid Joseph G.
Butler. Jr., plaintiff, filed In the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Trumbull Co., O his petition
against defendant, alleging that defendant
Is indebted to him in the sum of one thous
and seven hundred dollars, with Interest
from May 6, 1$. upon tbe promissory note
of defendant, for that amount, dated Jan. 6,
HA8, payable four months after date, to the
order of The Lake Superior Nut A Washer
Company, at 3d National Bank, New York
City, and endorsed to plaintiiT. And In tbe
further sum of one thousand seven hundred
dollars, with interest thereon, from May 10,
lMtiS, upon another promissory note of de
fendant, for that amount, dated Jan. 10. 1S&,
payable four months after date, to the order
of The Lake Superior Nut A Washer Com
pany, at id National Bank, New York City,
and endorsed to plaintiff, and defendant is
further notified that at instance of plaintiff,
an order of Attachment has been issued from
said Court, in said action, against the prop
erty of defendant. In said county, which has
been levied upon tbe undivided one-fourth
of the coal In certain lands situate In east
Hubbard, in said county, and bounded on
the north by lands of Thomas Matthews;
east by lands of tbe heirs of Amos Snyder,
deceased, south by lands of Thomas Snyder,
dee'd., and west by the public highway, con
taining eighty-one acres of land. Said un
divided one-fourth, being the interest of de
fendant In said coal. Defendant is further
notified that unless he answer or demur
herein, on or before the 18th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 18ti0, judgment will be taken
against him for said sum of $3400, and inter
est as aforesaid, and an order be issued to
sell said property to pay said judgment and
the costs herein, SANDERSON A JONES,
Oct, 20, lS09-6t Att'y for Plaintiff.
OHERIFF'8 SALE.
O The State of Ohio, Trumbull Connty, ss.
Iu District Court.
Milton Sutliff, vs. Alexander McConnell,
James McConnell, Sajiiiuel Vjuinby and L.
C. Jones. Assignee of said Alexander
McConnell.
Bv virtue cf an order of sale issued ont of
the District Court to redirected and deliv
ered. I have levied on and shall expose to
f uliltc sale at the door of tbe Court House in
be City or Warren, Ohlo.onSstardsr the 4tk
sr f Deersikrr, A. D. 1M19, between the hours
of one and three o'clock, p. m., of said day,
so much of said land and tenements des
cribed in said order of sale as will satisfy the
plaintiffs said claln, to-wit: the third des
cribed Lot of land In said order of sale.
One Lot in said village of Warren, situate
on South Street, being part of Lot No. 6. and
bounded east by Franklin alley; sooth by
Sooth Street; west by part of said Lot No. e.
and Is W feet front on said South Street, and
extending north to the north line of said
Lot No. 6. containing standing thereon, one
double dwelling house and a single dwelling
house. Appraised at SISOO.UO. Terms Cash.
S. M. LAIRD, Sherl IT,
Sheriffs office. Warren, 0 Nov. 3, lt-4t.
PUBLIC SALE. .
On Saturday, the 4th day of December,
latiO. between the hours of one and four
o'clock. In the afternoon of said day, by or
der of the Court of Common Pleas of Trum
bull County, Ohio. I will offer for sale at pub
lic auction, upon the premises. In the City of
Warren. In said county, the following de
scribed lands, to-wit: Situate In Warren
Township, Trumbull County. Ohio, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at an Elm
tree atandlng in the south-west corner of
land conveyed by John Crowell to James
Crawford, thence southerly along tbe east
line of lands now owned by Charles Howard,
five chains twenty-two links, to the center
of Washington Avenue; thence east on the
center of said Avenue, one chain and twenty-live
links to a post : thence northerly five
cnains and twenty links toa post in the south
line of said Crawford's land: thence west on
said line one chain and twenty-five links to
tbe place of beginning, containing sixty-flve
one hundredths of an acre of land. Terms
made known on day of sale.
MARY HARMON.
Trustee of William E. Mary 1L Harmon.
Oct. 27, 1869-ow.
T EGA Li NOTICE.
llThe State of Ohio, Trumbull County, sa.
in the Court of Common Pleas.
William Pickering, Plaintiff, vs. Ablgal
Tyson Pickering, Del L Petition for Divorce,
The defendant, Ablgal, now living at
Hemingrield. near Barnsley. county of 1 ork
shlre, England, Is hereby notified that Wm.
Pickering. Pit fr, her husband, now living at
Brook Held, said Trumbull Co.. has filed in
said Court, t 22, l6!l, his petition, alleging
marriage with defendant In January. 1m4
her refusal l live with him in the United
ttrnt-- her wilful absence from him for more
than three years, and her gross neglect of,
doty towards him all that time; and praying
a decree oi uivorce irom ner, anus uisnuiu-t
auecresui uiiura irom .I"""'"
tlon ortbe marriageeeiitract. .Defendant is
notlfled 10 appear and answer the petition
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uy uwiui uj 01 imiin, Jw". -"Y'
11.. uma will h nurl, for hearlne in said
; rr i. jnwi'Mm
Co?1?- ?.F. HOFFMAN.
Wl. , IIW-OV- AIIUIUC IV. M 1 . U.
THE CHRONICLE.
LOVE'S RELIEF.
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I believe, if I should die.
A ml yon should kla my eyeudt when I lie
Cohl, dead, and dumb to all the world con
tains. The folded orbs would open at thy breath
skuu iiuiu it" "iic hi iiir mie 01 imilll
Life would come gladly back along my veins.
I believe If I were dead.
And you upon my lifeless heart should
tread.
Not knowing what the poor clod chanced
to be.
It would find sudden pulse beneath the
'- touch . -.
Of l1m Hever loved In UH-so much.
And throb again, warm, tender, true to thee.
I believe If on my grave.
Hidden in woody deeps, or by the wave
Your eyes should drop some warm tears' of
regret
From everv salty see of vonr dear vrlef
Some fair sweet blussom would leap Into
To prove death, eould not make my love
I believe if I should fade
Into those mystic realms where H"ht Is
made.
And you should long once more my face to
I would come forth upon the hills of night.
And gather stars like fagots, till thy sight!
Led by the beacon hlaze.fell full on uie'
I believe who has not loved
Hath half the treasure of his life unproved;
LlkeonewhowlththegrapewithinhiHcrasp.
Drops it, with all its crimson Juice un
p reused, ...
And all iulucionsswedtnesslrftanguessed
Out from his careless and unheeding elap.
I believe love, pure and true.
Is to the soul a sweet, immortul dew
That gem's, life's petals in its hours of dusk;
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown Jewel, love of Paradise-
W hen life falls from us likes withered husk.
NOTES FROM A DIARY.
Carrcut River.—Thunder Bay.—Lake
Superior.
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Esitor Chkoxicle:-AI the request of
some of my friends, and In the belief that
It will be Interesting to many of your
readers, I write you a few extracts from my
diary, about my trip, and from a region but
little known. I will begin with my Orst
Journey in a sail-boat.
It wasabrlght and sunny morning; heaven
above was blue.and earth beneath was green.
! The J" glistened like gems In the sunlight;
. the early birds poured forth their songs from
i tlle woods all was brightness and sun-
I Slllne.
Alter a hearty breakfast, the Rev.
clergyman from Chicago, and myself, started
out to visit the islands west of the Kamlnis
tlqna river. In company with a French Indi
an and an old trapper by name of John
Carey, both old explorers and good sailors.
A slashing breeze made our boat leap
through the water, the spray flying ont from
her bow In showers of flaky foam. Like a
thing of life she answered every motion of
the helm, tossing the white, crested waves
like a bird, gilding swiftly down the hollows.
and shipping now and then a little foam
over her sides, and cleaving through the
billows, scattering the froth like pearls and
crystals around her.
We soon passed the mouth of the Kamln
Istlqua and Sheep Island, and soon neared
Pie Island, named from Its fancied resem
blance to a French pie. This Island rises
from thewatcr to the height of 870 feet, with
regular and slightly sloping sides like a hat.
We cast out our trolling line to fish, bnt
were obliged to take it in again, our speed
being too great. On our right the shore
presented bold, rocky bluffs, rising out of
the water, bare of vegetation, except on the
very top. The view was continually chang
ing, islands surrounding as on all sides
and away in the distance. In the dim outlet,
we see Isle Royale, a faint blue streak in the
horizon. Passing swiftly along, we see far
over sunny hills, deep mossy glens; we pass
swift rivers, and where the lake breaks out
Its thunderous pulses on the rocks. We pass
Flenn Island, with all Its beauties of hill
and valley, gorge and sloping lawn and
orchard-like forest. With the field-glass we
could distinguish the picturesque outlines
of rocky blurts and hills of the different
Islands that we were nearlng.
In this region, every change of at mosphere
or season of sunlight or cloud, produces a
different effect. It Is the same picture al
ways, but It is re-produced to ns In other
colors; sometimes It la all black and white
like an engraving, again It stands ont glori
ous In color, richly golden with sunshine,
showing the sharp outlines of rock and tree;
the atmosphere Is so very clear, and we see
to a great distance. But the day wore on
and all these colors subsided and assumed a
quieter tint. Towards noon we arrived at
Prince Bay, and landed on a tine gravelly
beach. In a sheltered cove. The luxury of
an afternoon rest In our comfortable teat,
after partaking of a good dinner, helped us
to forget the outside world, and left ns to en
joy thesolitndeof the grove, Afteronr rest.
John and Ambrose, visited tbe Prince Mine,
now exhausted; my partner went fishing,
and I gave myself up to the dreamy delight
of the scene. A little tree-sparrow yFrin
giila canadenxit) was pouring out its song,
setting on the arching tree that stretched
out over me Its rough arms; ha was pouring
forth
"His liquid language
Twltt'ring o'er his plaints and pleasures."
In view of onr camp there rises from the
bosom of the lake a group of islands whose
beauty Is scarcely surpassed by the most
romantic scenery of the Hudson. Emerald
Isles, verdant as they are with the rich varie
gated green of the vegetation, the odorifer
ous pine and the rich birch, their rough,
rugged cliff's, mossaic wrought with mosses.
Upon the left of the little bay, where our
boat laid at anchor In the calm water, a
narrow strip of land, bright green, with its
long waving grass, pushing. It seemed. Itself
out Into the loving embrace of the clear,
wonderfully transparent water, and the
water in return lapping, kissing the shiny
pebbles of Its shore, I love to meditate in
these quiet, calm shades. I love the pleas
ure of solitude; give me bnt tbe woods and
Held, for I find no sweeter or more genuine
happiness than in the contemplation of na
ture. In the afternoon, after the return of our
explorer and our fisher, we rolled upoifrtent
and again took to our boat. The wind had
mostly died away, leaving ns only a breeze
sufficient to propel our craft along. We
passed several rocks and islands on our way,
and towards evening, when near Long
Island, the little breeze left us to take onr
oars. The appearance of the heavens had
changed in the meantime, and lead-colored
clouds began to loom up In the east, we
rowed till we came to a rocky, shelving place,
where we camped. We ran our boat upon
the rocks, out of the reach of the water, and
stirred ourselves to make camp and fire.
The air was changing fast, and there was a
sullen darkness In the sky, the sun going
angerlydown, tinting tbe oiouds with the
last traces of his color. The horizon wore
that murky, hazy appearance which always
betokens a change of weather. Our tent was
placed against the slanting ledge, and the
glow or tbe fire filled it with light. We
sipped onr coffee that night with a relish,
and listened to the freshening breeze that
began to blow over our heads. A light misty
rain began to fall, and a dense fogen veloped
ns, and night threw ber gloomy shade over
all. We replenished our Are by the addition
of big logs, and then retired; before I went
to sleep it had set in a regular rain. We
slept soundly, and thus the night wore on.
At five o'clock John began to stir himself
then he woke us np. It was blowing hard,
and raining heavily, even nnder the shel
tered ledge of our camp. Getting np so ear
ly on a "nasty morning" was such an una
tractive proceeding that the Rev. and I yet
desired "a little more folding of the bands to
sleep." John made the fire and cooked the
breakfast, and while we two yet dosed, we
overheard this colloquy: "Well John, what
do you think of tbe weather?" 'It is bad,
there'll be a heavy gale in two hours from
the east." We'll have to get out of this !"
Hear now, there r" and the loud, hoarse gust
showed that the wind was on the Increase,
and the fog that had enveloped us all night.
was driving away to the south-west. We
the !
. of
got up, and by this time could see across
foaming waters. Thesky waaone mass of !
heavy, dense clouds. The water had
very high, endangering the safety of onr
boat, and we thought
better harbor. So we
best to remove to a 1
put our things snugly I
dock In the lxw. and i
. nni.,h. Mm. I- n. i .n.l
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on the top of a reeeed ing wave, shored out,
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men putting up tne ioresau, isiuour course 1
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I lor ne island, our nearest ana nest place 01
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safety. For a few miles, the little yacht flew
1
f through, the water, her gunwale almost out
. or sight, and the spray uasning over m r aau.
Hut before long we came Into a heavy sea,
into which she plunged so vindictively as
hury the jib-boom, and sent the foaming
water clear over all of us. We were rolling.
pitching and lurching In this ugly sea, and
It became apparent that if the sail should
give way, our chances would lie poor. Sink'
lng Into the hollow of the hilly swells, we
saw nothing but the sky, and hills ol lead'
colored water. The sky was Inky, especi
ally In the east- Pic Island was black and
dreary, a mass of fog enveloping tlfe top.
and innumerable sea gulls were wheeling In
circles, uttering strange cries. Under all the
sail the boat wonld possibly carry, we swept
with prodigious speed towards the shore,
and under such a breeze, that, as we held on
to the windward side, we felt as if onr heads
would be blown off, and all this time under
such a pelting rain, so abundant as to wet us
through and through. Gallently we flew.
dashing in foam round a sharp, rocky point.
through a narrow channel, and darted Into
a deep bay, so strange in its stern loneliness,
as to suggest the Idea that we were the first
who ever bad been there..
The headland that formed this little bay,
was a mass of gray, barren rocks, standing
like a sentinel on guard, but these rather In
creased than diminished the aspect of deso
lation. Hut we found a place to erect onr
tent, and then we built a fire, such a fire as
never burnt before on this inland, and by
Its heat we dried ourselves. Ambrose was'
doing his best to get us up a good dinner,
and we sat down to dishes that might well
have tempted an epienre, Wehad corn soup,
well served, then a trout sixteen inches long
and this big fish was flanked by nicely
browned brook trout of small sizes, these
with delicious bam and bread, butter and
tea, enabled ns to spend a most pleasant
hour.
It had stopped raining, and the clouds be
gan todisperse, and we went tosee a vein ofi
silver lead, situated near one end of the
i-i.i. r.i H ..,,1 ..h ..i..
Next day the sun was shining brightly, and
. li-i,. rk k , ,. , ' ,. .
alight, fresh breeze was blowing from the
south, so we struck our tent, and again sailed
off. The western part of the Wand is bold
and rocky. The Rev. got quite enthusiastic
over the magnificent appearance of the bold
and well he might, for a finer, grander
view Is seldom seen, even here, where every-
thing is grand. The Pie proper is a perpen-1
dicular mass of rocks, rising away np from
the lake to a height of 870 feet. The rock
itself Is a gray ish blue trnp, colored hire and
there by bright tints, and again retreating
into dark fissures and shades, and the rich
green of the foliage on top, presented In this
magnificent sunlight, innumerable combl -
nationsof color, most harmoniously blended
and sharply and richly reflected in the trans
parent water, to the delight of the artist's
eye. The lake Is very deep close to shore,
the water wonderfully clear and tmnspa-
rent to a great depth. We cast out two
trolling hooks, and soon caught several
flsh, but our nice breeze blew away, and left
John and I to the oars. Ambrose hauled
In the fUh.nice salmon trout, averaging ten
pounds. In an hour we had fifteen, and then
deeming it useless to hook any more, all
took to the oars and soon landed on Sheep
Island, a little, rocky isle covered wit ha tew
shrubs and some dwarf pines.
Here I shot a beautiful summer duck,
(A naupomn) which I stuffed and presented
toa gentlemanat Fort Wm. I also remarked
the common klllleer(cftmxfr?siTOci7'ivw) and
a little sparrow, with a white throat, which
I think is the Fringella alhieollit. We were
often startled by the cry of the loon, and I
have seen as many aa a dozen together, but
so shy are they, that you can scarcely -get
within gun shot, and then at the flash, they
will dive, only to come up again some dis
tance away, and the gunner will hear their
mocking laugh, "Ha I ha!" Tills is the great
northern diver, and breeds in this region
and to the north. In winter they are
occasionally seen so for south as Ohio. It
seems strange that a bird of snch large size,
and disproportionately small wiugs should
travel so far, but they are fast flyers, and
will equal in speed any of our species of
ducks. Itsscientificname Is colymbut ylaeia
Iti. Wherever we camped at night, we in
variably found the whippoowiU (antrotonvet
roeiarerut) and heard its voice all through
the night.
From Sheep Island we sailed undera com
ing breeze gaily toward Currend River, our
home camp, where all were glad to see us;
there we sought our several tents, and
changed our things for something more
presentable, for in our absence we had an
addition of strangers to our ramp, namely
the Hudson Bay Co s. Governor, Mr. Hop
kins and Lady, who came in a long birch
canoe, accompanied by their servants, ten
Iroquol Indians, who paddled the boat.
That night we sat round the big fire, that
we always burnt In front of the tent, and by
its cheerful blaze, told stories after storl of
adventures on the deep and In the woods,
and sang the songs of "Auld Lang Syne," 'till
long after midnight, when we all sought our
respective tents, there was not a cloud In
in the heavens to intercept the clear light of
the silvery moon and the shining stars, and
soon all was at rest anUsilence reigned.
Warren, Not. 1WI."."" CriAS. II.
[From the Chicago Tribune.]
[From the Chicago Tribune.] Seen in of the Postal Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.
About the time of Mr. Lincoln's mur
der I wrote some letters on the plans to
track, discover, and punish his murder
ers, in tnosc aays i Knew iniiiiinieiy
well the huge John Y mini;, hief of the
New York "Shadows," "Hob" Murray,
Uie Marshal of New Y'ork, who had a pet
gallows, and the pride of whose life was
that he had hanged Gordon, the slaver.
Ren Franklin. .Superintendent of Phila
delphia detectives, and the o'ervaunted
Lal'avette C. Baker, besides plenty of
small fry. Since that period I have had
no business with polii-e authorities, but
probably with those old letters in mind,
every now and then I am called upon by
some retired or retiring detecti ve and re
quested to edit his memoirs.
"I can give you extraordinary facts,"
he savs, "all I want you to do is "to light
en 'em up, expand m, and make 'em
taking."
Notwithstanding which. I was always
used to find that the most literal recital
of these criminal stories was the
most "takinir." Their narrator uncon
sciously mentions a number of trivial
matters which he thinks of r.o nou, but
when ho sees them in print they allect
even himself as being clever interpola
tions or elaliorations. c onger, tne omcer
who set the barn on lire to burn out
Booth, came to me alter I had published
his narrative, and said :
"How did vou know that I saw farm
gear, plows, and all kinds of utensils in
that liarnT 1 mil see tiiein particular,
but I had forgot it myself."
Perhaps he did, but lie nan nevenno-
less related this, although considering it
irrelevant, and I used it as a part ne.-es-
sarv to a true depiution, because he had
been unable to tell his story witiioui re
ferring to it.
A few nights ago I was told that a
fierce-looking man had called upon me,
had refused to leave his name, and ex-
nectod to come attain, after having
minutely found out my hours at homo.
The next night ne came anu minsiucni
himself as Mr. Frederick Depro, long
special detective agent of the Post Ollice
General, who had resigned within a few
weeks of this period, and was lieing ne
gotiated with by Isxik publishers for his
reminiscences. He said, as usual, that
his patterns were ingenious and remark- i
allle, DUl UO wanwni some neatuiK nun
Hveine down. I talked to him an hour
or more, and, while compelled to decline
tho task, was well convinced that his ad-
ventures had been of an unusually vivid ;
sort, and subjoin a few of them as indica-1
tions of what is going on round us while j
we sleep.
i
ANONYMOUS LETTERS.
Mr. Gath, said Depro, you have no
notion of the numlier of cases which are
ev nosed bv- the Post Office Agents, and
which are compromised or excused. The
. 1 i l.:..l .-..
Post Office is an immense veuicm
anonvmous slander, and for wreaking
private suite, upon virtuous families.-
lt often happens that some young lady, :
1 J ?; 7 d' i,,. .v.,, m u
n...'th.rinient for rears of tbe vilest'
propositions ami oi iiuiiiiious poci. y ou j
r l:i .l..nnn w-l.rt x-lxit hop'
pictures, while gentlemen w ho visit her j
are apprised of family secrets by the
' apprweu . . - , nf
;tt lies, wiiil-h put a stigma'
. . 1 .. a-.n mnnA wnn
int we are often detailed to hunt out
rneKe persecutors, and it is astonishing
; l ,lio i.la.-es and oositioiis some of
: . ., , :.-.! cAnum'
to Know me h""""' --
them C1L I might narrate how vile old 1
;n !.;. -nl :
men annoy young urn " . 1 " ,
" 1 . i.,.. nnua ml mil
now legitimate inm - ,
ii,iine.l with slander and vulgarity,
to
1 to the confusion of writer and recipient
The nullities of Postmasters, who have
th banillinc of mails, are often the
oilonilers in these cases, anil they keep
apprised of the tiniler-life of the" whole
community in which they reside, per
nnps to circulate scamuii at some subse
quent time. Ity onr shiftinir civil ser
vice, the otlice of .Postmaster is nrtarv,
and, every four years, out goes a set of
Postmasters, who are "chock full" of
news, the debts of ions, the ttisgrnu of
daughters, the pecoaaiiioes oi nustianns
and fathers, "i on have, absolutely, sir.
no idea of the extent and curionsness of
this tampering with the Post Otlice and
making it otlensive.
HOW TO BECOME A SPECIAL DETECTIVE.
I nd wiry, and after lookins at hi m a Bood
j while vou are unablo to tell whether he
a t.-utherner or , Northerner. His
of desoription are hne care-
jIe tpl(l me that Holbrook, the
j author of "Life Among the Mail-Bairs,"
, hail trone eraxy through the over-excite-Ple.
' tnent of his pursuit, anil died some time
!
'
j
!
How did vou go into the business, Mr.
Pepro?
Well, by accident. Just after the close
of the war. I was walking out in the
suburbs of Columbia College, when I
saw a pair of horses and a tine buggy
come dashing down the hill at a full gal
lop. 1 laid for them. Hung myself on
their bridles, and hung on. though they
dragged me and cut me considerably.
Soou after them a liveried driver came
along, and he said:
"This is the Provost Marshal team.
If I were you I would call on him to
morrow, ile won't forget vou."
So I called at his otlice and mentioned
who I was, and he said right otl : "I
want a special agent bad and I believe
you're just the man. If you can stop two
runaway horses you can catch a thief."
1 can it 1 ever get hoiaonnim.'
So I was head over heels in investiga
tions within twenty-four hours. Then I
was put under a new art of Congress in
a special postal agency, ana reniainea
there till, by the expiration of the period
of the act I was left out.
This man is just the picture of an
American detective. His eyes and hair
are very black; his voice is deep; and
there is tremendous magnetism in his
address. He has operated so suceessful-
iy less by the arts of his business than
by his courage and quick introspection
of character. He is six feet hitru slim
The fact is, said Depro, the worst part
of th.it kind of life is the intense anxiety
into which one works himself as be ap
proaches the crisis of a case ; the fear of
tailing "at tho death;" the narrow thread
or evidence or suspicion on which he
works, and the minuteness of his artifices
, anu niitriiitiii avr a. v.viii i .--u w as ius visa
1 desperate offenders. I will relate to vou
a case of a man made
A THIEF BY BAPTISM.
,
I
i
I was ordered up to Newcastle, Penu.,
; B yCar or two ag0j to examine into the
j caso of a man whose letters had lieen
! taken out of the Post Otlice by some one
else, checks and money abstracted from
them, and who was still subject to depre-
dations bv this invisible unknown. The
man's name was Levi Miller. A person
: had called at the Post Ollice for letters for
Levi Miller, ami had received one in
which was a check for payment on some
lands which the writer had sold for this
j Miller. Not onlv had the strange man
j accented the money, but he had replied
to the letter, continued the correspond
ence, and intercepted more payments
It was a case which puzzled the Post
master and M iller also, to know how the
interloper had got the checks cashed. I
found that the latest letter received from
the rascal had been dated Williamsport,
Penn., and he had ordered remittances
sent there. x 1 hurried to tlliams
p,, two hundrei) miIes eastward, and
called at the banking house which had
cashed one of the checks.
"How did you happen to give a stran
ger the money on this?"
"We did not. He left it for collection,
and we forwarded it to the drawer, who
duly cashed it. The man then came in
and' obtained the moiiey."
"Would you recognize him again?"
"I don't think we would. e took no
notice of him particularly, and it has
been some time ago."
I then went to the Post Office, and
asked the Postmaster'9 clerk if he re
membered anybody stopping for letters
for I.evi Miller.
"Whv, ves ! he was here a few davs
ago."
I took up a printed notice and filled it
in with the announcement that there
was a registered letter in the Postmas
ter's hands for Levi Miller, and this I
dropped in the mail. Scarcely had I done
so when the clerk said :
"Hint! Mr. Depro, here Ls the man out
side now, inquiring for a letter."
I slipped out the side way anil came to
the man from behind.
"Is your name Levi Miller?"
"Yes."
"Come in here. There is a registered
letter for yon." He stepped inside and
I gave him the registered blank book,
telling him that he must sign his name.
As he did so I looked over his shoulder
anil saw that the handwriting was the
same as that upon the intercepted
checks.
"Vou are just my man, sir! I want
you to come with me over to this bank."
"What do you mean?"
"That you've been robbing the Post
Office!"' As ho went along with we, I
felt his arm tremble.
"See here," he said ; "I have property
enough to pay for that check I took. I
don't want to go to jail."
"How did you happen to get Levi Mil
ler's letters V'
"BecaiiMC m;t name. i Levi 3filltr. I
was traveling through Western Pennsyl
vania, and expected a letter. I opened,
unsuspecting, the letteraildressed to me,
and found a cheek in it. It came over
me in a moment to appropriate that
money, although I knew it was
meant for another person bearing the
same name."
He was recognized at the bank, paid
up the sums he had abstracted, and was
not prosecuted,
ROBBED BY HIS SON.
mr,..-..-..
I searched him and .found nothing!
"There!" said the father, "you never
A very large percentage of depreda
tions on letters is made by the families
of men who suffer," continued Mr.
Depro, as an example of which I recall,
just now, the name of a celebrated claim
agent of Washington City. He was in
the habit of receiving every day large
fees from his clients in all parts of the
country, and he came to the Post Otlice
to complain thnt quantities of his letters
were dailv robbed of their remittances
and returned to the writers with taunt
ing remarks apiiendctl, as; "Didn't you
think this money was going straight?
You're a fool to think that your cash ran
reach the agent ! Robbed" by the Post
Otlice man; try again!"' Theagent canie
to the Post Otlii-e with loud complaints of
di-honestv there, and the Postmaster
asked mo to investimte the case. I saw
speedily that tho emptied anil returned
letters were superscribed with "the left
hand. It bothered me to know what
object there could be in thus returning
the covers of robliery, and I was sure
that no Post Office clerk would lie so ab
surd. I dropped a couple of letters to the
claim agent, and in a day or two called
upon hiin.
"Who gets vour mail from the Post
Office?"'
"Mv son brings it every morning."
"Well, it is your son that is robbing
vou !"
The old man flushed up, indignantly:
"Mv son, sir! That is a slander ! it is im
possible ! he is the soul of honor, and my
chief assistant,"
"Well, do toii want ine to examine
him?"'
"Yes, air ; but you will find it vain.
He is my only son,"
llirectly the Doy came in, aim i au-
drPwd him
..jjj,! vou receive, yesterday, two letters
fronl yZ and J ?"' "
..y0 8rr
A h'e a red Hue started from
his law and ran up to his temples.
"I.ook there!" said I to the lather, "I
don't aiwavs believe in marks of guilt,
but how is'it that your boy's face flushes
like that when I merely mention two
names? Thomas, it is necessary that I
uian.h VAII "
were more on the track in your uie. ,
"Thomas" aaid I. "where do vou i
sleep? I should like lo go to your
AmVPll t hlS TOftlll
Arrive.
chamber
x up.-iieu 1113 j
secretary, and there I saw one
of the envelooes I had mvsclfdirected.
"Thomas what are you doing with
flint onvnlnnA ?"
He threw up his hands. 'I 0
he cried ; "I am the depredator,
"What did you return thos'
"I own up,"
r.
ose letters
.,' " v; . ,.. iB hand-
w ith remarks for, In your leu nana
writ, no-?"
- - ... ,!,., to
"Recanse I did notTwant my father IO
- - T '-,j thAnvnnleto
lose that money. I w anted the people to
I
know that it had not come to hand,
that they might re-enclose it."
1 took the bov again to his lather, who
said, in a tone of triu.npli :
"Well, sir! I suppose vou are satis
fied P
"Yes!" said I, "I atu satisfied that
your son is a thief.'
"Father," said the boy, "he's right,
am guilty P
The old man burst into tears.
"I leave your boy with you," I con
cluded, "there is no charge against him
unions you make iu '
The son was soon afler sent to visit the
est.
LETTER CARRIER GETTING THE MAIL.
Another case that 1 figured in, contin
ued Depro, after I had questioned him
some time, was that of a great nuantitv
of rifled letters and envelojies which had
been found in the harbor or Baltimore
floating against the base of Federal rJilL
There were several hundred of them,
coming from all parts of the world, and
though no complaint hwl been made,
was probable that there had been an ex
tensive robbery of the mail. I took all
the envelopes and natched them toireth-
er, and I found that tbev were directed
to certain quarters of Baltimore exclu
sively. Some parts of the town were not
represented at all amongst those address
es, and observing this, I inquired of the
Postmaster how the carriers received
their mail, lie told me that they sorted
it over upon a great table separately.
Number One, who served Number One
route, selecting his letters; then Xum-
lier I wo picking out his. and so forth.
By consulting iny envelopes, I found
that Numlier One Two, Three, and Four
must have received their mail before the
robiier-carrier came to his turn, because
not oneof the rifled letters were directed to
their districts. y espionage was there -
fore reduced to the remaining carriers.
"d 1 Vitcu4 ".P?1? on H?e eulprit be"
cause he had lately been buying some;
property. So 1 went to his snug littlrt
home while he was off on his route, and
his wife confirmed my notion that he
was making investments beyond his
honest means. While I waited he came
in, and I told him that I was a detective
aeent, and wished to satisfy myself of
his honesty bv going through the house.
to which proposition he readily assented.
., .i . ; . : -v. : a v
llminir thil in---,-Vy. I tt 1 ha l. ... i I f. ...
n , ....... .
was anxious to see the depredator se-
and he concluded by saying that
as I should .ssibly want to search up
stairs, he would go up and unlock the
trunks, closets, etc.
As he went np stairs, I slipped after
him, in a minute or two, and peepin-
through the crack of his bed-room door,
I saw a hand glide from underneath the
bed. nd it was as quickly withdrawn.
Mr. Adams, said I, "what re you
doing by that bed? Come out this
war
" hy, I was unlocking the secretary
here to give vou a chance. ' ,
I felt under the bod-bottom, and
nrnueni out a large Dag oi gout.
Adams this is a good deal of gold for
poor u tter carrier to nave on naniu
What were you doing with your arm un-,
tier that bed .
"I surrender,' he said; "its no use. 1
robbed the mails for a good w hile, and
threw tue envelopes into the Pau.ps.-o,
supposing the tide would take them out.
it carried them only as lar as the op-
711. ,"1 '-'If J1?' k- , .i
He plead gui ty to robbing one letter,
VytbeJUd -f a.smart lawyer,- K
only two years in prison, was pardoned
OUf'. tnL."f 'i'y ,recovcrea at law ,he
gold he had stolen !
ONLY ONCE A THIEF, BUT FOR $40,000.
"You would be surprised to see, some-
times, continued Depro, how people be-
come thieves by the mere habit of band-
ling valuables, which are exposed bv
sameliodv's carelessness. A short tiine
ago a package of bonds to the amount of
fW.'KW was stolen in the New York City
r-osi utnee. nicy naa been sent from
Newport, Rhode Island, and were for
soldiers' widows warrants, etc., so that
the outcry was natural, and it came from
all sides. The bonds were too bulky to
go inside an envelope, so they were tied
to the envelope, but this fact we did not
ascertain till we round the thief. The
package was put in a red-backed envel
ope, signifying a "registered" letter.
Now at the' Post Officeji mail is tumbled
upon a large table, and consecutive clerks
go through it energetically, each picking
out his portion. First of all comes the
clerk of registered letters, which are
always important letters, and him we
surrounded with spies for two years, in
vain ; for nothing was seen in any place
or at any time to give us a wink of
evidence that he was the culprit.
The real thief let me anticipates was
the newspajier clerk, who handled that
mail some time afterward. The red
backed envelope turned undermost in
the ransacking, and left the wrapper on
top, so that the registry clerk mistook it
for a covered now spaper. He therefore
left it, and so did successive clerks, till
the newspaper sorter came along. Dis
covering this prize among his books and
newspapers, the latter was seized with a
slid. ien impulse to steal it, and it was at
once transferred to the pocket of his
oven-oat, which was hanging close b7.
The thief's name we may call Tippy
Hamsdcll, and. when he got home anil
opened it, the poor pauper was so over
come to find himself possessed of ?40,Ui)0
instead of a ten dollar bill, that he was
frightened out of his little wits. He hid
the lionds for nearly two years, and we,
meantime, having exhausted all means
of detection, had given np the task.
huddeniy we received a despatch:
"Bond numlier IS.61H turned up." We
traced it to the New York house of Jay
Cooke t o. It was a small bond fr
$11)11, anil the clerk at Cooke's remember
ed well that it had lieen presented by a
boy named Hamsdeil, clerk for a ttounty
agent In Park Kow. who said that he had
found it in the park.
My mind went back at a wink to the
hitherto unsuspected name of Tip Hams
dcll, the lioorish newspaper clerk. I
knew that he had a brother at Elizabeth,
and that his brother bad a sprv son. So
I arrested the boy, and myself and an
other special agent went seperately to
work with him. The boy had been well
drilled, and nothing could shake his
story that he had found the liond in Uie
Park, while my colleague tried every
means to bring out tho truth. Then I
went into him.
"Boy, where did you get that liond?"
"I found it, sir, in the Park !"'
"You lie, you tawnl! Tell me who
gave it to you, and if the rest are given
up nobody shall go to jail."
Ho still" protested that he had found it
In the Park. I talked to him a while
and found that he was not a bad boy;
that be had lieen to Siimlav School, and
had some moral ideas, and I pictured to
him hc.il in all its material horrors of sul
phur.and thirst and lire.
"Now,"' said I, "I mean to make you
take au oath that will send you there if
rou swear false."
The boy's lips turned white. "I can't
take that oath," he said; "I can't go there.
My father gave me that bond find told
me to sell it."
We took the boy's affidavit and ar
rested hi father, who had become the
custodian of Tip Kamsdell's secret, for
Tip being a poor shyster, without mind,
had nearly died of this awful responsi
bility of wealth. The brother, Crosby,
being a little sharper, but not more hon
est, had bought some ink to cancel the
name on the bonds, and then had made
venture with No. ls,bo4. We found
halftheboiuLsonCTosby'andhalfonTip. j
and as we had promised the boy, we let
the poor pair of thieves up as unworthy
of further notice.
FINIS.
By these, and similar recitals of many
sorts, Mr. Depro enlivened the night.
It occurred to me when he had done that
offences against the deli.-acy of femaies
and the peace of families, perpetrated
under the benificent visitation of the
mail, was even a viler crime than to be
come one's guest and then to defraud or
shame him. ' lly the present law, this is
punished only as a misdemeanor. Fur
ther than this, it is extraordinary that,
with so frequent depredations upon the
postal servii-e. so few offenders are bro't
to punishment. CiATn.
Waterproof Grease tor Boots. In
order to prevent snow and rain-water
from passing through boots during cold
weather, they should be treated as fol
lows : Take a pound of the best fresh
tallow or mutton suet and melt it in an
urfhnnuira .lish with half POUnd Of
earthenware dish with half pound
kn.cgi ami about half aa ounce of ros-
in. ami apply tne conipuomj w mo
pr iwhile warm, but not too hot,) Ihe
soles as well as the -uppers should be
well soaked with this preparation. The
wax tends to render the leather more
durable and pliable, because it an ex
cellent antiseeptic. There is no bettor
leather unguent than this.
Those who" devoto their lives to the
prolongation of thoso of others die the
soonest.
The Dead Sea of California.
BY MARK TWAIN.
I
it
!
, cleaned tne Dark all on his ontside. and
he probably wished he had neverembark
cured. ed m ach enterprise. He ran round
,nd round in a circle,and pawed the earth
j and ciawed ,he an, threw doub!e
somersets, sometimes backwards and
sometimes forwards, in the most frantio
and extraordinary manner. He was not
a demonstrative dog as a general thing,
bllt rather of a grave and serious turn of
mind, and I never saw him take so much
J interest in anything before. He finally
struck out over the mountains , at a gate
l ,-, .. .... ' . .
lt is that the Indians in the vicinitT
,lrillk it sometimes, though. It is n6t
; improbable, for they are among the pur-
1 est liars I ever saw. There will b no
,uditional charge for this joke, except to
, partjes requiring an explanation of it.
This joke has received high commenda
but ; tion fVoni some of the ablest minds of the
' Se- Horace ,ire'v remarked to a friend
, ot min8 Uiat if he were ever to make a
joke like that he would not desire to live
,nT ionfjer i
i there are no- fish in Mono Lake-no
j fro DO 8nakeg no nothing m fact
goes to make life desirable. MilUons or
w'll ducks and seagulls swim about the
i surface, bnt no living thing exists under
t tfie surface, except a white feathery sort
I of worm, one-half inch long, which 'looks
! 'ke bit of white thread frayed at the
j
:
Mono Lake, or the Dead Sea of Califor
nia, is one of her most extraordinary cu
riosities, but being situated in a very
out-of-the-way corner of the country,
and away up among the eternal snows of
the Sierras, it is little knows and very
seldom visited. A mining excitement
carried me there once, and i spent sever,
al months in its vicinity. It lies in a life
less, treeless, hideous desert, 8,0u0 feet
above the level of the sea, and is guarded
vj uiouiiiaius ,wu ieet niguer, whose
summits are hidden always in the clouds.
This solemn, silent, sailless sea this lone
ly tenant of the loneliest spot on earth
is little graced with the picturesque. It
is an unpretending expanse of grayish
water, about a hundred milea in circum
ference, with two islands in tut centre
mere upheavals of rent, and scorched
and blistered lava, snowed over with gray
banks and drifts of pumice stone and
ashes, the winding-sheet of the dead vol
cano, whose vast crater the lake has
seized upon and occupied.
The Lake is 2,000 feet deep, and Ks slug
gish waters are so strong with alkali that
if you only dip the most hopelessl y soil
ed garment into them once or twice, and
wring it out, it will be found as clean as
if it bad been through your ablest wash
erwoman's hands. While we encamped
there our "laundry work was easy. We
tied the week's washing astern of our
boat, and sailed a quarter of a mile, and
the job was complete, all to the wringing
out. If we threw the water on onr heads
and gave them a rub or so, the white
lather would pile np three inches- high.
This water is not good for bruised places
or abrasions of the skin. We had a val
uable dog. lie had raw places on him. '
lie had more raw places on hin than
1 sound ones,
i..t
He was the rawest dog I
saw. lie jumped overboard
"e dav to get rid of the flies. But it
ui iw'int i ki.ii,
was
have been just as comfortable to jump in
to the tire. Tbe alkali water nipped hiin
in tbe raw places simultaneously and he
struck out for the shore with considera
ble interest. He yelped and barked and
bowled aa he went and by the time ha
got to the shore there was no bark to hint
for he had barked the bark all out of
msioe, aim ine aiKaii warer naa
, . . . . .. .. ..
hour and he ta vet Thi8
about five years ago. We look for '
, L, lcft of mlu aj, here everT
wnicn we estimate! at anontzju miles an
was
vhat
, A whit0 man ot drinl; -.
; of Mono take, for it is nearly pure lve.
i sides. If you dip up a gallon .f water.
you will get about fifteen thousand of
these. They give to the water a sort of
grayish-white appearance. Then there
is a fly, which looks something like our
house fly. These settle on the beach, to
eat the worms that wash ashore and any
time you can see there a belt of flies ait
inch deep, and six foat wide, and this
belt extends clear around the lake a
belt of Hies one hundred miles long. If
yon throw a stone among them, they
swarm up so thick that they look dense ,
like a cloud. Y ou can hold them under
water as long as you please they don't
mind it they are only proud of it. When
you let fheni go, they pop np to the sur
face as dry as a patent office report, and
walk off as unconcernedly a if they had
been educated especially with a view to "
affording instructive entertainment to
man in that particular way. Provider-
leaves nothing to go by chance. All
things have their uses, and their parts
in nature's economy. The ducks and
gulls eat the flies the Hies eat the worms -
Uie Indians eat the flies the wild cats
eat the Indians the white folks eat the
wild cats when the erops fail and thus
all things are lovely.
Mono Lake is 1M miles in a straight .
line from the ocean and between it and
the ocean are one or two ranges of moun
tainsyet thousands of seagulls go there '
every season to lay their eggs and hatch
their young. One would as soon expect
to find seagulls in Tennessee. And iu
this connection let ns observe another
instance of Nature's wisdom. The islands
in the lake being merely huge masses of
lava, coated over with ashes and pumice
stone, and utterly innocent of vegetation
or anything that wonld burn ; and sea
gulls' eggs being entirely useless to any
body unless they be cooked, .Nature
has provided an unfailing spring of boil
ing water on the largest Island, and vou
can pnt your eggs iu there, and in four
minutes you can boil them as hard as any
statement I have made during the past
fifteen years. Within ten feet of the boil
ing spring is a spring of pure cold water,
sweet and wholesome. So, in that island
you get your board and washing free of
charge and if Nature had gone further
and furnished a nice American hotel
clerk who was crusty and disobliging and
didn't know anything about time-tables,
or the railroad routes or anything and
was proud of it I would not wish for a
more desirable boarding house.
Half a dozen little mountain brooks
flow into Mono Lake, but not a stream
of any kind Hows out of it. It neither
rises or falls, apparently, and what it
does with its surplus water is a dark and
bloody mystery. All the rivers of Ne
vada sink into the earth mysteriously
alter they have run 100 miles or'so none
of them flow to the sea after the fashion of
rivers in all other lands.
There are only two seasons in the re
gion round about Mono I-ake, and these
are the breaking up of one winter and the
beginning of another. More than once
have 1 seen a perfectly blistering morn
ing opt-n up with the thermometer at
ninety degrees at eight o'clock, and seeti
the siiow fall fourteen inches deep and
that same identical thermometer godown
to forty-four degrees under shelter before
9 o'clock at night. Under favorable cir
cumstances it snows at least once iu ev
ery single month in the year, in the lit
tle town of Mono. So uncertain is the
climate in summer that a ladv who goes
out visiting can not hope to tie prepared
for all emergencies unless she takes her
fan under one arm and her snow shoes
under the other. When they hare a
Fourth of July procession it generally
snows on them, and they do aay that, as
a general thing, when a' man calls for a
brandy toddv there, the bar-keeper
chops "it off with a hatchet and wraps it
up in a paper like maple sugar. And it
is further reported that the old soakers
havn't any teeth wore them out eating
fin cocktails and brandy punches. I
on't endorse that statement I simply
give it for what it is worth and it is
worth well I should say millions to a
man who can believe it without straining
himself. But I do endorse the snow ou
the Fourth of July because I know it
to be true.
We have Just heard of an editor who
savs he has his pride nattered once a year,
when the assessor comes around" and
asks him how much money he has at in
terest, how much stock in government
bonds, tc If there is anybody around
however, he straightens up slightly ex
Iands his co moronity, and in as heavy a
chest tone as he can command, answers '
"About the same as htst year." Tha
assessor knows well enough what Uiat is,
"Gentlemen of the jury," said a west
ern lawyer, "I don't mean to insinuate
that this man is a covetous vierson, but I
will bet five to one- that if yon should
bait a steel-trap with a new three cent
piece, and plaoe it within six inches of
his mouth, you would catch his soul. ' I '
wouldn't for a moment insinuate that he
will steal, bnt, may it please the Court
and gentlemen of the jury, I wouldn't
trust him in a room with" red-hot mill
stones and tha angel Gabriel to watch
em."
An exchange praises an egg, "laid on
our table by tbe Rev. Dr. Smith," which
shows that Brother Smith is a layman aa
well as a minister.