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lay figures as the robes of the masked ball-a
feature also imported in outlines and treatment
from Madcap Violet. Notwithstanding these
faults the novel has refinement and pleasant
ness enough to recommend it to those making
up their list.of books for summer reading.
Me! July and August New York: G.
w. Carleton & Co.; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony is one of the curiously
unreserved class of domestic stories, whose
favorable type is Helen's Babies. Literature
nowadays seems to be an Exposition where
every one deems it his duty and pleasure to
make such an exhibit as he can-whether it
be rare webs from eastern looms, painting or
setting of gems, or patchwork quilts and butter
heads. To descend from metaphor-"Me" is
very well-intentioned, very incoherent and de-
cidedly commonplace.
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ID. II. BARNES, Accountant

DOCKS opened, examined. balanced, and closed;
ID Trial Balances and Cash Accounts investigat-
ed Complicated accounts adjusted. Special atten-
tionto bankruptcy Matters the settlement OF estates
examination of agencies and other matters requiring
the services of a thorough accountant Orders left
at 2s Exchange St. Portland, Me-, or forwarded by
mail, promptly attended to. -
aug26dtf W&Ssep3Of
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NUMBER %.
RET,RIBUTION.

In the spring Of 1855 Elder Perley =,
Pratt. of the Mormon community. seduct 4
from her home the wife of MIR. II. III. Nc
Lean. merchant of San Francisco. 40
make her his seventh wife. Dn her fii.t6
the deserted husband sent his two Chi q ens
very interesting boy and giIl, to his f,.tn-
er-in-law. in New Orleans. Some time ai-
terwGrd the muther left Salt Lake, got lar
children, and started back to Utah wnh
them. On discovering this the douh,y
injured father started IN pursuit. He can
90 New York. heard of Pratt there. and
tracked him from New York 10 st. Louis.
There he lost him. Then lac left for New
Orleans, where he heard that his wife aud
children were then going through Texas -
Salt Lake, SO of lie went TO Texas. la Is
search FOR the missing ones, lie had learned
that his wife had assumed the name of Mrs.
u. p. Parker and while travelling throag IA
Texas lac coutIived to intercept some let
ters which he found bearing this surc:-
scripticn. On breaking the seal he -
they were written ia cipher. lie succeed I
in finding the key To the cipher, huwevc:,
and discovered that the letters were from
Pratt, ani contained a request that the
caravan with which Mss. Mclean and her
children were travelling. should 90 to tile
neighborhuod of Fort q bison. in The Cher
okee Nation. Confused and dispiiiicd,
Mr.. Mclean returned to New Orleans,
whence he started for Fort Gibson, assum-
ing the name OF Johnson. He made known
hic secret TO the officers of the font only.
Here hls vigilant and energetic pursuit IF
the fugitives was soon rewarded. lie car
iured not cnly his wife and children. but
the scoundIel ~ho. in the name of religion,
had entieed ihem from their home. Tie
United States Marshal took them befoIe
Commissioner John B. Ogden for trial.
The case awOke intense excitement at the
time, and tie p0pulace clamoJed FOR ven
geance on the wretch who had deliberately
plotted ana planned the ruin of 4 prosper
Gus and happy family. The cipher letters
were produced in Court, and Air. Mclean
told such Il athletic story Of his wrongs
that Pratt Cnly escaped lynching by being
concealed III the jail. Even the complaint
ant himself became so eRraged that in the
very Conrt ia which he had come for JUS
tice he clulched his pistol then and there.
Aud no wonder, for he was told the law
was pnweiless TO punish Pratt. Early next
morning the Mormon Elder was dismissed
and left the place secretly, but Mclean
watched and pursued him. overlook him
OH his road, and killed him IN las tracks.
With his children Mclean returned to
New Orleans. aud tie wife having mean
while became r5ying maniac, mas sent to
an insane asylum.
1t was this event. Combined with the ap-
pretended appointment of new territorial
officers by the Government. that led To the
horrible massacre 81 vmigrauts at Noun
tain Meadow soon af.er-slight motives for
such a terrible crime.
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II H II SU ~
FOR THE
CANPAlGN AGAINST NATIONAL FRATD

a President who was not elected hv tho moo
pie H0viug been iuauguratea at WASHINGTON
through processes OF fraud we call unon non
est uien OF all parties To rally together in de-
ternined and persistent effort for the norrec
non OF tnls great wrong and for the pttnish-
nt nGnt OF the guilty, to be enforced through the
For this outrage upon the r,eht of seIf-gnv-
ernmsnt the Republican party and its present
managers are primarily responsible; but the
men who have taken office through such m ea ms
ana WI" are actually exercising the power of
lhe Hovernment upon such authority, are
scaIcely tess guilty than they vino conCeiv ed
and executed this unparalleled political swim
The Fraudulent President and his advisors
haNing undertaken to forsa<e the ancient WAYS
2i the itcpuhlican party, and having invited a
DeInncrat and II former Rebel to occupy one
Oh thvinost tnportant Offices in the Cabinet,
proposes TO debauch the honest pubic senti.
and NV an pnornnuS system of Government
subsidies TO railroads and canals, hoping thus
10 complete in corruption the work hegun in
ir'ih' AZ the same time, with hypocritical
preicrccS OF reforming the civil scr vice they
matter the vanity OF Northern theorists. to the
tiin .H't iiie great crime ia which this Admin
IsttatI"h Is founded may be overlooked and
Against this complex scheme. rs against the
cnnSpitatOrs with whom IL originated. we call
upon the people TO commence inlrnedmtt,y
campaign alike merciIess and pertinaciuls.
We prGmiSo them that from beginning to the
end THE SUN shall never be found agsard or
ucofouS in tins holy crusade; ana invite
new recruits from every quarter TO join in the
To our old friends and readers-a BODY of
abor: a million of souls-the same number as
the majority of white citizens who, in Novem-
her last, voted for Samuel J. Tilden for Presi-
dcnt-we need only Sa that We shall continue
hereafter, as IN the past. to content for hon
eStN, real reform, economy. and justice in
public affairs, ana that we shall still eudeav0r
20 supply al who may consult our columns
with careful, complete, and trustworthy dc-
counts OF current events aud news From every
part of the world. while from Washington cS-
pccIally. our reports VIII continue 10 be full.
accurate and fearless.
The price of the oaily SUN is - cents month,
o. 81 - Il year, post paid or, with the Sunday
edition, - 20 Il year.
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81 ~ year, pOSt paid.
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rs ten or more Subscribers from any one place
viii he entitled TO one COPY for himself with
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Address THE SUN. New York City.
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4 CURIOUS CASE.

believe the account Is true. | remem-
Der very well when the incident occurred
not quite twenty years ago-it was in 1859,
if | remember rightly-eud "A friend of
mine from Salem, who WAS witness Of
the final proceedings, assured me that it
was just as il had been told only the case
was n3t an aggravated one, and nobody
believed tha. = real theft was intended.
However yorns man, whose prime pal
business ras loaiing around the back Gu,,s 5
of stores. ANA upnn the wlarves, seeking
for what he might pick up, was appTehend-
ed and brought before the superior crimi-
nal court, n Salem, Mass. for stealing 4
horse and buggy from Il stable keeper in
Lynn. At the irial the direcJ complainant
the Stable kcci.er-was not present.
Whether he WAS kept away 10y unavoidable
and msurmountable accident, or whether
lac did not care 10 press the complaint. was
not known But the iisti let attorney
went on with the case, and The young man
ad-faced, sore and ragged-was called
To the stand. To the iudiciment he plead
guilty, aud confessed not only that he stole
the horse aud buggy, but that he should
have sold them. ami rucketcd the money.
if he bad found chance. Ia fact he did
offer il Cor sale 10 two OF ihIee different
PARTIES.
Notwithstanding this plea, smart
young lawyei OF the rising lights
iill then never thinking Of interesting him
self in the youths behalf came Voluntarily
to The rescue. lie called upon dozen
well known men uf Salem. Nho had known
the prisoner from boy hood. and they each
anG every one Swoie that The defendant
was liar from his cradle. lie die not
know what the truth was. In fact. it was
generally believed that he lied tor tie mere
sake OF lyihg-tliat lying was "a passion
with him-and tha: he lad in hundreds If
instances been known to lje when the tell
ing OF the truth would have been a benefit
to him.
And then the lawyer made his plea.
Just look AT il Was it at all likely that
such forS,ken wretch would go and steal
p horse and buggy. thinking thaS any Llt-
man being wculd bUy tiirm of him ? Aud
how much more Iidioulous Was the suppo-
sition that he wunld steal them. No-he
had taken the horse aIid buggy, and driven
of, in mere ruad sport. and he nov lied
about il 10 give color Of Importance 10 his
exploit and, it mag be, to lind home at
the expense of the state for the time to
come. The gentlemen uf The jury could
not belisve Linn. His confession was n
falsehood. bare faced anu brazen. and of
a piece with his whole character.
The charge Of he Judge was very brief,
simply giving the case into the hands of
the jury, and leaving them to decide as
they pleased
Aud The jury, At the end Of a quarter Of
an hour, returned Il verdict Of Not GULLY.
That disposed of the only indictment
against the prisoner, and he was set free.
The only case ou record, | think, where a
cnlpiit's character as known liar has re-
lieved bim from punishment FOR crime.
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LOWS DEVICES. The Reading (Pa.)
Eaqle tells this story: \ queer affair was
reported at the Mayors office. An elderly
woman. with tears in her eyes, had IL
lengthy story to tell of how hard she was
trying to raise her granddaughter in the
path OF ,rCtitude. Thus far she had sue
ceeded very well. but the young girl was
up TO so many tricks and ways of deception
that the old woman feared something would
happen one of these days. ''The girl rs
too Young TO have a beau yet, said the
grandmother. s'and as she is my sons child
he is now dead and goue-l don't want
her to have company. She promised me
she wouldn't Well. last night after sup
per she said she was going to have COM
pany. One of her Sunday school class--a
youup woman-was coming around. Ot
course I had no objection. 1t was nine
o'clock before she came. They were in
the parlor al;,ne, and about ten o clock |
thought the girls were rather quiet.
went down stairs softly. went to the key
hole and listened Nothing was heard. |
then thought to myself that they had slip
ned ont. | opened the door, and what do
Won think I saw? There sat one girl on
the lap of the other girl, and noticed the
strange girl had very short hair. They
iurnned when / came in, and upon my
honor I found out that the other woman
was a young man dressed in woman's
clothes was so mad could have scalded
hin, TO death. and would have done SO had
he not rushed out Of the house. | gave
that Girl a whipping, and | want to know
what I am to do" The visitor was told TO
sneak kindly to the young girl and point
out the evil of such ways.
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COUNTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES, In
the vicinity of one of the small railway
stations in WaSl.oe Valley resided, a short
time ago, beautiful yonng lady. who was
greatly admired by all the swains in the
valley. One of the fair number who were
greatly infatuated with the fair maiden
was exceedingly annoyed, owing to the
fac. that he could never have an opportuni-
ty of speaking to the young lady alone.
Go whatever night lie would, he always
found half a dozen Of his hated rivals at
the house in advance OF himself. At
length, growing desperate, he proposed TO
the young lady in the presence Of one Of
the enemy, aud was accepted. Overioyed
at his success, he asked the young gentle
man TO act as second man at the wedding.
The other declined the invitation, saying
very emphatically that if he couldn't be
first he didn't care to be anything - FiT-
Dj0i0 (iIy EDfeFDJise
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-29

4 STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE Strange
tlisappearances are 10y no means uncommon
in these DAYS but one of these mysteries
which, according TO a correspondent of one
of the German papers, has occurred in
Russia, is truly startling. An express
train in that country, carrying 6, UUt, 600
of roubles not only failed the other day to
reach It's destination, bnt has altogether
disappeared. without leaving the slightest
traces affording clew as to what became
of it. That the train should be stopped
and the money taken is conceivable, but
that the thieves should actually carry oft
not only roubles. but engine, tender, vans,
carriages and all, is So ''uncduny' an in
cideut as to raise ground for suspicion that
the powers of darkness have been at work.
At any rate the story Is a most uncomtort-
able ore, and il is to Je hoped a new hor
ror is not to bc added to railway travelling
by The total disappearance of trains. Ii
may be imagined how painful a sensation
would be created if the Flying Dutch
man. or some other fast and famous
train. were never seen or heard of after
leaving New York or any other American
city. Such a catastrophe would De, II pos
sible, even worse than collision
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Tu1cr IS n certain sort of guilelessness
which never wears out. We were reminded
or l4lis while standing at The entrance to
Bainums Circus The crher day. Two ~o-
uen-tIie younger about thiity years old
aDproachpd the door tender. The elder
vxteuded tle ickcis. oile- being red ard
the othor green The dooIkeepef took
them. looked NJ them and then n she two
women, and bandly observed "All right.
Which of you is under nine years of age -
The. two women looked at each other viii,
i,L L.af,,.r nncattaFutN
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4 WRITER in Serbner has ar article un
the subject, GLOW to keep the boys on the
farm" He evidently means wei. bat lie
doesn't touch the point. To keep tie
boys on the farm the farm should be well
paved, and lighted with gas. aud have u
band stand, and billiard tables, aud is
own ban and race course. We hope our
farmers are just as anxious as they appear
to keep their boys on the farm, but they
dent seem to take any definite action. -
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bags. which tIroy do not propose
.-.. t.r U.. .iS, themselves t. dispose
... .'.- 'DHu wearing apparel equally
snaua IJHric can he bought any
iH"~r parts. C=fi and examine
.t"p~, uriG bear ia mind that
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-29

IRIsH WAKEs.-We object 10 the "wake
scene'' in .'rhe Shan ighraun," because 1t
is not consistent. It is false note in fine
melody. If Mr.. Boucoault had ever list
ened to the cdione in the country. with its
mournful mudulations and impressive wall,
lie would not have made the mourner a
ragged old bag, with dress in tatters, hair
and red kerchief pulled over her face, pipe
in mouth and jug i'll hand. Such pres
ence wouI6 be considered dishonor to the
, corpse i'll the poorest hut. IL would have
been as easy to make the scene picturesque
as re ulsive. Let the monrner he robed in
n deep blue Munster mantle, or in the scar
let s'nnnaught cloak, with the hood in
either case drawn over her disievelled
locks. Then you will have weird and
wild presence, brt a picturesque one. A
''wake" is not the ludcI ous thing some
people fancy, who hear only Of the occas
ioual scandals committed in its name in the
great cities amongst disreputable class.
Ii is an ancient and a sacred custom. prac-
ticed by the Greeks, and preserved by the
Celt from old time. 1t has meaning.
pathos and poetry Yhieh should not be
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nUDITOK'S NOTICE

UDITOR'S NOTICE
La In the matter Of the account OF IL. H.
LiNToN. Exccutrix ur PETER LINTON. i ar' a. a; =
a nd now to wit: June 4th. 1877, on moti9h oi
Geo w Oatmnn. Esq, the Court appolht Iohh
Fenion ESQ to hear and decide upon the excep
tiors state an account and report disti io"'O" Vi
'he i"" " ~ By the Court.
ryul attend Ia the duties of the above appoint
mont at nv office in the borough Of EeenspuTg.
t'oml,ria county Pa on TUESDAY. the 3d day OF
JULY next. at 10 o'clock A. ~, where an I VIII
ali ,rties interested may attend, or be deOarred
from coming in on said fund: - - .,.,
JOHN FENLON, Auditor.
-
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;yoo.t[ notSHr =}}Tn0Ii
IISH))I, ) n.pF Up TooapsR VI UUI.

THE EBENS BURG WOODEN COMPhN
is a,,ply urcparei to ma dutacture TO order
or exchange Co,ds Of its own make Tor W Op.,
which viii be taken at the hi hest market price,
arJ for fLc uaf herring Of which wagons VIII soon
te cent To he various :tiOns OF the county iHe
oDaIfty OF ne goods made by us is too wen known
10 1ecd recommendation. and as we are ROW run
ming our Factory ny STEAM POWER, there VII &c
no feisv in the Manufacture of wool sent or brot
- S-WcaVing. Cardng, Falling and Dyeing
r-omplIv attend II to Ia n workmanlihe manner
a nj al the lcwest possible rates
Ehnnshnrn. Nav u. ls1I--tL
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-11-28

MEMPHIS, Nov. "a, CRITICALLY Bond.
who murdered L. s. Hin, and old planter.
near Shelby Depot, in this county, last Dee
ccmbor, arrived here to-day 10 charge of
the Sheriff Of De Soto Parish, La, and was
committed to. jail. The murder was com--
mittad hecause Hill refused to allow Bond to
marry his daughter.
A WKL1-KxowN LAWYER IN JArL.--Louis
f. rherassan, wcll-known lawyer, doing
business in Pine street, Now York city, and
living in Madison Avenue, Is accused OF di-
yertipg efS0. 900 Of trust funds to his own
use. The properly was confided to his care
by Mrs. Maria Titus and Mrs. Sarah j. Ia
briskie. He h no in Ludlow Staeet jail,
and the affair has created great and most
unpleasant sensation, In New York.
The investigation into the cause Of the
death Of Isaac Smith, fcund murdered on Ne
shanic mountain . few weeks ago was resun,-
cd on Thursday. Several Witnesses were ex-
aIninsd At some length, and the jury, after a
brief oonsultation, returned . verdict " That
Jsaac Smith came to his death by shooting nt
the hands Of some person or persons I'M
known" The colored man arrested on sus-
picion has not yet been released.
4 large black shark was caught by party
of Asbury Park fishcrnaen last week, he got
cntangied IN their net, aud BY repeated blows
from small anchor he was compslled to give
up.the struggle. He weighed six hundred
pounds and bis liver yielded flfteen quarts Of
oil. s7ss'
Mr.. Moody ia 40 years Of age. and Mr.. Sank
sy g. The two have worked together for
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Tho agricultural Report" for 1876 esti-
mates the products Of New Jersey in the
q APPLE crops Cor thai year, as follows Ir-
dian corn, $4,000 bushels wheat, 2176 =
600 bushels buc<wheat. $50. 600 bushels !;
potatoes, 100, 900 bushels hay, 900, 900 tons.
The averages per acreare stated to be: corn,
SO bushels wheat, 1875 bushels rye, 1875
bushels; oats, 20 s bushels buckwheat, 1l5
bushels potatoes, 40 bushels hay, 2.2O ton.
Tho average Of our neighboring states were !:
New York, corn 30 bushels. wheat Is, rye 10,
oats 2e.6. buckwheat II, potatoes IS. hay lis
ton. Pennsylvania, corn 85 bushels, wheat
1872, rye IL, oats 1872, buckwheat 1873, pota-
{ lies SO, hay 1.23 ton. The estimated value Of
these products in New Jersey was $22, 474. $50.
The produces Of corn and potatoes this year
in this State considerably exceed the crops Of
1876 The highest average yield of corn was
in Kansas, 40 bushels to the acre the lowest,
In South Carolina, 3.2 bushels. Wheat. high
ess in Nevada, 49, bushels lowest, In Geor-
l;gia, bushels. Potatoes, highest In Vermont
and Oregon, 140 bushels-failure bugs. The
total product Of Indian corn In the country IN
1870 was, nearly 1924, 600 700 bushels, an ave
era2c of IS bushels to the acre planted and
OF wheat. $50, $50, 500 bushels. 1915 bushels TO
the acre.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-11-28

In the West End Of London, in neighbour
hood known as Queen Anne's Gate, banker
named Hankey has built some enormous
mansions" overlooking St. James Park and
not far from tbs Metropolitan Railway station
Of that name. The houses are the highest In
England--i2 ysories-perhaps the highest in
the world They are let In flats, upon a new
associated principle; and Mr.. Hankcy has Ohio
sen for his own apartments the highest story,
where he commands the purest air and fine
views Of the London parks, the Surrey hills,
and the northern heights. The suites Of apart
ments are 70 eagerly sought after by those
who wish 70 avoid the cares Of housekeeping
that Mr.. Hankey IL building second block
10 stories high. The tenants are chiefly bach
elors, whose suite contains sitting room and
v bedroom Elevators, Of course, travel to
each story, but there are also family suites Of
10 rooms, and electric balls and speaking
tubes are IN every room, There Is wine cel-
lar FOR each tenant the male servants are in
iiveries, tho females wear neat and uniform
drssa; and ono quarterly payment covers SCR
wants, taxes, gas, water, and indeed every or
binary item Of housekeeping, oven down to
insurance of furniture.