Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-01
DISPATCHES.
CINcINNarI. Dec 81.

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ton family at Harvey, Nebraska, ha
made a full confession, ackno~ledgin
the commission of nine murders within
the last three years. The FIRST murde
was committed near Sand Hills, Net
tie had an alteration with a man un
known to him, and shot him throug
the head. The next was that of Mrs
Ha,elson and three children in Octobe
last. He me; Mrs. Harelson in jaii
sac having been arrested on charge .
aiding her husband to escape justcc
When she vas released Richards visit
ed her. staying two weeks, when he con
cluded to murder her and take charg
of her farm, which he had pre- eemp,
he broke her jaw and smashed in the
back OF her head With a smoothing iron
and then killed her two Oldest children
with the same instrument, sad then
seizing her infant be dashed its head
against the foor. He then gave out
that Mrs. HARRISON had goD: to Texas
to join her might've husbard, but sus'
piciOn having been arouses, search xas
made and the bodies fouud under o
siraw-stack. Richards fed. Before
the Bare!sOn murder, Richards was as
sisi;ng Swede, named Peter Ander-
son, in putting up baIlding. Ander-
son told some neighoors he believed
Richards had poisoned him. The neigh
bors called the mex. day, but Anderson
codid not Be found. Richards was in
possession of AndGson's horses and
wagon, and while the neigbbor, were
searching the hous,, he made bis escape.
Richards admits that he killed Abdsr-
son with hammer. He states be cota-
mi,ted two other murders, but refuses
to give the name, Of ;ae victims. The
Sheriffs of kearney and Buffalo coun-
ties take Richards to Nebraska to day
They think be is a member Of an Or
ganized gang Of outlaws and cutshroats
10 that region.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i.--The folltr-
I'D * oiti wiz o0 iutSohStt tu tHe AioSsS
Of Representatives after the ho,idsysi
An sct &c increase the valns of t.
standard silver dollar, make the sans
legal tender exchangesbie 70. gold
coins, provide for Its coinage and fol
other purposes.
He it enacted BY the Senate aoc
House of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress Assem-
bled,
That the silver dollar Of the United
States shall contain four hundred ant
eighty grains, Trey, zine hundred fne
ant shall De compressed with the sam,
devices and legends as the trade dolia
heretofore coined, except that the uor,
''One" sLsli be substituted Ter the uo.,
"trade" and The figures "4S0" for tht
figures $40"
See. 2 That the silver dollar hsre
in authorized and provided for, shall b.
legal tender for all amounts, aud shsl
be exchsngesble for the gold coins o
the United States at the Treasury ans
Sub Treasury at New York PROVIDED
that whenever, under this authority
silver dollars shall be presented for ex'
change in such sums as to show to,
amount outstanding TO be reds1dsa;
the Secretary Of the Treasury may dI
;pinish OF diseont;sue the DanaIS5'cs-
OF such co:usgv unrii otherwise s.de.e,l
BY him.
See. 8. Any owner of silver bullion
usy deposit the same at any Tint to 3,
formed into bars, IS now proridei- &l
law, or dollars of the weight of 4sL
grains Troy, as designated 10 this act,
Provided that the Secretary ct toe
Treasury be authorized to discontinue
the receipt of such bullion when the
dollars shall have become reluctant
am provided further, that tie trad:
doIis.-s Of the United States shall BE-
rs, eiyeG 5y the Government for ali debt,
md o.. 'iga' 'ions due to IT, to be recOin-
"A into ,'oiiars Of 4S0 grains Troy
which shall ;. eresfter be the osly au-
thorized silver ,"ii-r.
See. 4. Tha, ta>' Subsidiary silver
coinage of the United Sta:es shall be
eKchangeable for gold coins at 'oe itea-
sury, or at the Sub-Treasary st HeS
York, at the pleasure of the holde,
Sec. s. That the Secretary of th,,
Treasury be authorized and directed 10
cause to be printed and kept in good
condition for circulation fractional or
postal currency to the amount OF ten
millions Of dollars, Os the denominations
of twenty Eve and fifty cents, which
shall be interchangeable with the su6
sidiary silver coinage for convenience
in the transmission of small sums
through the mails.
Sec g. All acts or parts of acts 10
consistent with the provisions OF IBIS
act are hereby repealed.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The weather is
severe throughout Great Britain. There
has also been shesvy snowfall here and
in many parts of the continent. In
Scotland II is especially severe and all
the railways in the north are blocked.
Tso London mail trains were at the
last accounts showed up ten or twelve
miles from Aberdeen. Altogether
seven trains are showed up and the
traffic is suspended. The snow was
still falling last night. In some places
i, is over twelve feet deep. 1t is the
heaviest snowfall for thirty years. A
telegram from Geneva, Switzerland,
says: No post has arrived from Ger
many or German Switzerland The
railway communication between Berne
aud Lausanne was interrupted until lat,
LASH evening, and the service between
Bauyeret aud St. Maurice is entirely
suspended. In Geneva four hundred
men and one hundred and twenty horses
and carts are constantly occupied in
cleaning the streets" A Paris dis
patch states that the wolves have pene.
trated as far as the gates Of Metz
There is more snow on the Vosges than
the oldest iuhabitant can remember.
CHICAGO, Dec 26.-The trial of olrs.
Melinda Mack, indicted with be-,Srsd
man Frank D,ckerson for rho nurd.