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\ FiEND'S COSFESSION.
The Phenomenal John Bender Tolls of Hi
Dark Deeds

iRehOmehai jOnn Bender Tolls OF Hi
Dark Deeds.
Sheriff Bender, of Labette county. Kan
sa5, arrived in Fremont, Neb., Oh Frida,
the supposed Bendcrs now in custody. II,
| is confident from conversation with the
old man and admissions of the woman and
from his close resemblance to the descrip
tions that he is the original John Bender.
The sheriff started with tho pair. The
oil man declares he will not be taken to
Kansas alive. No news has been received
i'll regard to the rest of the gang. John
Bender makes the following statement:
''My name is Alexander McGregOr.
was born i'll the state of New York.
lived there when | married my first wife.
When 1 married her my wife had one
child, called William Houk, begotten in
adultry. After being married John Ben
der, my son, was born. then moved to
Illinois, where Kate was born. Kate and
John were good children, but ran away
when II or IS years old and went to Kan
sas. My first wife died in Illinois with
consumption. After two years l married
the second. Her name was Nancy Peas
ley. She had three children. Tho chill
dren all died. had no children by my
second wife. While living in Illinois I
committed my first murder. 1 killed a
short, dark-haired man and put
him down the cellar through a
door. l got some money. l buried him
back of the house two rods. The old
woman helped bury him. went to Inde-
peDdence, Iowa, and worked on farm at
my trade (blacksmithing) there. After a
while went to Kansas. had heard from
Kate and John, who wrote for me to come
on. went to Kansas to live with John
and Kate. Maggie, Kate's cousin, was
there at the place called Bcnder's hotel.
After being there few days l helped
John make trap, the same as had done
in Illinois. The first man killed wouldn't
get on the trap-door. lie and Kate slept
together and she killed him with butcher
knife. She showed me the knife. We
buried him near the house. The
only man ever killed alone in
Kansas was a peddlcr. hit him on
the back of the head with stone
hammer. l hit him once. got a good
deal Of money from him. I don't know
how much. L remember others that were
killed. One John killed and put him under
;he ice. Two little children, both girls |
we're bu led alive. The children were
seven or eight months old Their parents
we're killed the day before. used to stand |
behind the curtain and push the trap-door.
Kate and Maggie were always down the
ellar to cut the victims throat. After
eavlng Kansas VIC went with the Indians.
W. thought this spring we must 20 to
illinois to die. l started with Kate, John,
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Unclaimed Letters.

The following is a list Of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postof1ice at Lancas-
ter for the week ending Monday, Aug. Q,
1880:
Ladies List.-Emily Cooke, Hannah,
Dougherty, Sarah Ferguson, Lizzie Hess,
Mary S. Herr, Malinda IIOke, Lydia X.
Lehman, Hannah Phillips, Mrs. Harriet
E. Swarthy, Lucy f. Williams, Anna
Winkler, A. Lizzie Weaver.
Gents List-L. Adle, Maj. Benedick,
berkshire Life Ins. Co., James A. Bar
rett, Bernard Betty (for.), Milton Biarly,
John S. Bard, Abram Brubaker, George +.
Cathcll, Chichester Rifle Co., Il. Ferguson,
John S. Hass, Jacob Hoar, John X. Huber
(2), Rev. J. Kaib, James Mccall. II. G.
Miller, Jacob Rcynold, Jacob b. Sherick,
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and insulted . gentleman's wife. Hewss
promptly knocked down and quiet was re-
stored.
The farmers around Leaman Place and
vicinity are pestered nearly every night by
parties who visit their premises and COM
init depredations of various kinds spring
houses and cellars are robbed of their con-
tents, and in some cases the parties have
had neither bread nor butter left for break
fast.
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The New York Tribune, which affects
to he a newspaper, in giving an extended
account of Garfield's presence n: Chau-
tauqua yesterday, and of the notables
there and what they said, never mentions
the name of Colfax, who was there ard
made a speech from the same platform
on which Garfield was exhibited. What
grudge has Jay Gould against one Chris
tian statesman that he does not main-
tain against the other
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PERSONAL.

Gen. WM. o. BUTLER, who died latel,
in Kentucky was OH the Democratic ticket
for vice president with Cass.
Henry Bcrgh is wanted at Washington
HAYES coachman has been driving a lamt
horse for weeks.
ADIRONDACK MURRAY is doing sue.
cessful commission business in Liverpool
which is moro than he did for the Lord,
thinks secular contemporary.
NATHAN BISHOP, LII. D., one of the
original members of the board of Indian
commissioners, appointed by General
Grant, died on Saturday morning at Sara
toga of malarial fever. He was II years
of age.
Rev. Dawson Burns, of London, ad-
dressed tho National Temperance society
in New York on Saturday, on the progress
of temperance reform in Great Britain.
Addresses werc also made by JAMES
BLACK, esq.,, of Lancaster, and Mrs. Will
lard.
GARFIELD spent Sunday at Chautaqua.
He was present at worship in the amphi-
theatre a II a. m. and also at meeting of
the Young Mems Christian associatian
when ten thousand people were present.
Schuyler Colfax made an address and
George Fl. Stewart introduced Garfield to
the assembly. In answer to cries of
" Speech" "Iet him speak," Garfield
merely bowed, thanked the audience and
that that was not tho proper
time or place for speech making. He was
then given "the Chautanqua salute"
which consits of the waving of white hand
kerchiefi, applause not being allowed. and
sfter singing hymn the meeting closed.
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Irregularities in his accounts, the officer
experienced considerable difficulty in per-
suading Heller to accompany him to Eas-
ton. Heller said, "Do You sink dat Col.
J. P: Rudy Heller, who commanded
1O,OOO men, will be tooken by Won man
No, never"' The colonel was brought to
Easton, and endeavored to procure bail,
but could not get any. He was taken to
Philadelphia to await trial. 1t is said he
is short in his accounts to the amount of
s1O6, and his friends declare it is only a
clerical error.
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with business interests which brought
him into relations extending over the
whole country, and wherever he was
known he was honored for eminent per-
sonal worth and excellent business quail
ifications. He was q loyal Democrat
and man of high merit in all the rcla-
tiOnS of life.
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Of the animal, which is believed to have
been stolen by a tramp. The man was
seen loafing around the premises of Mr..
Hess all day on Thursday, and was seen
near the barn during the night.
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Cannot He Found.

On Friday and Saturday the members of
the Martinsville horse detective associa-
tion were out in search Of the horse which
was stolen from John Hess, at Hess's sta
tion, Providence township, on Thursday
night They visited Baltimore and other
cities, but were unable to find any traces
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THERE is nothing startling in the
news that Lincoln's old friend, David
Davis, has declared for Hancock. 1t is
gratifying, although not unexpected. 1t
is time the country heard from Benja-
min F. Butler and Daniel Z. SickleS.
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The late John G.. Bremen honored his
native city by a distinguished business
career which reflected credit on the
home of his adoption. Born in Lancaster
and having spent the greater part of his
life in Philadelphia, he was identified
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Two of u Kind.

Two OF Kind.
New York World.
General Garfield perhaps felt certain
shamefacedncss when he was brought out
to he looked at at Chatauqua Lake, after
Mr.. Schuyler Colfax had concluded an
oration. The dispatches arc careful to set
forth that Mr.. Colf:,x has no connection
with the party, but it is not ut all clear
whether this cautious declaration is insist
cd on by Mr.. Colfax or by General Gar
field
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Sale of Real Estare.

Chas. Edwards, has bought Of Mr.. Geo.
II. Lemon his two-story brick with man.
sard roof dwelling house and store-room,
and lot 32 feet front and 256 feet deep on
West King street for 50, 800.
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Maggie and four children. The old woman
and l left them at Schuyler. They had
team of old horses, one . bay and one
gray, and an old wagon"
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MINOR TOPICS.

THE Christian Adrocdt6 tells of Sunday
school that carried In procession a ban.
ncr inscribed. Warren 81. NJ. +. s. s."
The American Sunday School Union shows
u better discretion. which never allows
itself /" hc spoken of ~ tho A. S. s.
Union.
Tnr following ingenious little enigma il
inserted under tho commandments in the
rhanrrl nf an old church in England
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TN. Only one letter is wanting to make
good English Of il. You can do it with
ease (tr~). rs follows:
rcrsrNcrc yr perfect men,
Ever krrpthcsr prcrrpis ten.
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Sale Of Bank Stock.

J. L. Long, real estate agent, sold to-day
at private sale, ten shares of Farmers Ma
tional bank stock at 500 per share.
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SOME enjoyment has been had by the
Republicans over the fact that 4 national
labor convention meeting in Sharon, this
state, had declared for Garfield. We
thought Sharon was aquecr place for a
national convention, of even dog pelters,
to meet; and now it is disclosed that this
Garfield convention was. composed of four
tramps and IN itincrant soap-dealer.
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That G;lrileld ;tllu his associates who had
taken the stock would have done much
better to present some such view of their
conduct than to ollave equivocated as they
did about it when they saw the tide of
adverse popular criticism set i'm against
them. 1t wastheir evasion, their perjury,
theirartful dodging and the pitiful expo
sure of it all that ruined them. The
younger Ames say that when the litiga-
tiOn with its exposure came most of the
congressman to whom Mr.. Ames had
agreed to sell shares became alarmed.
Some returned their stock and got back
their money with interest some declined
it, and some dttcrwdrls denied that they
erer agreed 10 take 1t. A polit-
ical Bull Run ensued. Under the influ-
ence of 4 panic brave men became cow
ards, truthful men prevaricated, honest
men acted like convicted pickpockets,
while the meanest men in Congress as
sumed airs of pharisaical superiority
This is certainly the truth. Take
whatever view of the Credit Mobilier we
may and of Cakes Ames' part in it the
conduct which his sons ascribe to his be-
neficiaries- it fits Garfield closest
of all-was cowardly and disgraceful.
Then they became rascals if they had not
not been before and now they should he
the last of all to heap new indignities
upon the man whom they sent into tn.
Laden will, tbo;, o;ro a. ,,,o,,
rs his own.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06

THE wailing and weeping over the
votes that the Republican hoped to
gain for its party in the South by the
use Of the bayonet, and the money
earned by the whole people wasted in
a devastating war and an equally cruel
and devastating ten years of carpet-bag
government, is lamentable. The old
maxim that stolen goods are hard to
. keep and dangerous to part with, will
not be comforting to the colored peo-
ple's organ; but it is certainly very ap-
plicable.
The looming man" "must do bet
ter" But we have no hope that he
will furnish much assistance to the
bribe-takers. On the contrary there il
strong likelyhood that The coloreC
brothers. hope for 'forty acres and {
mule" has quite faded, and that he
will not much longer be led by such de
lusions to vote against the party from
whom alone he receives his most pro
ntable employment and greatest en-
couragement to practice industry anC
virtue, and be patient in his desires fo
political advancement.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
Cen. CarfIeId's Credit MobliIeF
Record.

From his Oun Sh0orn 7sstfmony before The
Poland Committee, Jan. Il, 1873.
never o,Oned, received, or agreed 10 re-
cesve any stock Of the Credit Moothsr, or Of
the linton Pacific Railroad, nor any dtui-
dends or profits drisin0 from either Of them
From Judge Poland's Report. FEB. Is, 1878
-Gdrfelds Testimony Pe15tTed.
The facts In regard TO Mr.. Garfield, az
found by the committee, are that he
agreed with Mr.. Ames to take ten shares
of Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay
Tor the same. Mr.. Ames received the
eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and
seld them for ninety-seven per cent, ana
also received the sixty per cent. cash divi-
dend, which together with the price OF
the stock and interest, left a balance OF
e329. This sum was paid over TO Mr.. Gar
field by a check on the Sergeant at Arms,
and Mr.. Garfield then understood This
sum ,Das the balance Of dividends after pay
ing for The stock.
From the Ne,0 York Tines, Feb. 10, 1873.
Messrs. Kelley and Garfield present a
most distressing figure. Their partici-
patton In the Credit Mobilier affair is com
plicated by the most unfortunate contra
dictions OF testimony.
From The New York Times. Fe6. 20, 1873.
The character OF the Credit Mobilier was
no secret. The source OF It's profits was very
well known at the time Congressman
bought 1t. Though Oakes Ames may have
succeeded In concealing his own motive,
which was TO bribe Congressmen, their
acceptance OF the stock was not on tnat
| account innocent The dishonor OF the
| act, as a participation in an obvious fraud
| still remains.
Some of them have INDUCED in testi-
mony with reference to the matter which
has been contradicted. The committee
dtsttnctiv rejects The testimony Of several o
the members. This can only be done on ht
ground that q is untrue. But untrue tesit-
many giUen under oath Is morally, U MOI
legally, perjury.
1t is the clear duty of Congress TO visit
with punishment all who took Credit
Mobilier stock from oakes Ames.
From The NeiO York Tribune, Feb. 10, lS7S
James A. Garfield OF Ohio had len
shares; never paid a dollar; received $50
which, after the Investigation began. h'
was anxious TO have considered as a loan
| from Mr.. Oakes Ames TO himself.
Well, the wickedness of all OF 1t is tina
these men betrayed the trust of the peo
pie, deceived their constituents, and b!
evaslons and falsehoods confessed tn
transaction TO be disgraceful.
From The Ne,O York Tribune, Feb. %, 1878
| Mr.. Ames establishes very clearly tn
| point that he was not alone in this offence
u he u 10 be expelled for bribery, The me
UhO ,Vere bri6ed should 90 Dith him.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
SATURDAY, August l4th, 1880

DURING the whole of the spring
months the Republican insisted that
the Democrats in the City Council
could not run the city on tax rae of
e1.15 on the 800; and that they
would have created floating debt Of
e75, 900 to $50, 900 on the first of Sep
tember. Well, the first of September
is not here yet, but the Democrats
have run the city on $1.15 and have in
the city treasury balance, after pay
ing all their big bills, of $11s, 5OS.5O.
And by the first of September is likely
this balance will be run up to $125,
900.
The Democrats have not only shown
how utterly unreliable the opposition
papers are, but they have reduced
the tax rate still lower, and will run
the city this year on 81. 10 on the 300,
and next year if they can possibly do
30 will reduce the tax to 81. 90 on the
500. That is something to boast of,
whether we get due credit for it oi
not.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
THE OFFICEHOLDERS' STRUG-
GLE.

Those who imagine that the Pres
idential election will not be a trem-
endous struggle on the Republican
side are entirely mistaken.
No doubt the Republican party is
greatly broken. The discords in it,
ancient and modern, the quarrels
among leaders, and the prevailing
dissatisfaction toward the candidate
are fagrant and notorious. Never
theless, in November the party will
make supreme effort to retain the
possession of power.
What will chiefly give vitality and
energy to this effort is the desire OF
the otiiceholders to keep their places
There are hundred thousand oi
them, at least, and every one il
heartily unwilling to be deprived o
public employment and public pay
In any republican system, tn,
strength of the officeholders is ap
to be such as to make it difficult t.
defeat the party in power and chang
the administration: and yet the pee
pie ought to be sufficient for such
difficulty.
This time it is a square contest be
tween the people and the officehol
ders.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
SPURIOUS MEDICAL DIPOMAs

PHILADELPHIA, August 4.-Gov.
Hoyt of this State has received a
communication from Mr.. William
M. Evarts calling attention to the
sale of spurious medical diplomas
abroad, and enclosing report from
the United States Consul at BARGE
Iona, Spain. The Consul transmits
a diploma granted by the "Ameri.
can University of Philadelphia y
for the sum of $500, to a Spanish
citizen, who swears that he never
attended the said university, and has
never resided in the United States.
The papers have been laid before
the State Attorney-General.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
JOHN wANAMAkrJ
HOW TO GET AIN
everything below vi

=, Every day during II
all SOL is of goods-rIreu !
an goods that for o,s
or another are in our |
are picked o t and n
gether to be sold N
prices p, as they will /
They are Undesirable M |
to hold; but they msv|
good 60 for the buyer N
thing We have :
We have sold aIre,I
sun summer not l. IS than !
OoO worth of goods at I
Ia lar prices in thi. way A
$4,000, and msnvtboJ
more are going. MI
something marked .da|
nearly every counter /
store. /
Everythin ! sold is i
able if unsatisfactory |
price. /
JOHN WANAMAu
Chestnut, Thirteenth, MARI, .
PHILADELPHIA
maybe.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06

IT is estimated that about $685.
100000 will have been expended in
Europe this year by American tour
lists. This large sum, which more
than balances the cash brought
hither by immigrants, does not go
into the Custom House reports and
is not reckoned in the aggregate of
exports, yet it constitutes a heavy
yearly drain upon the surplus wealth
Of the country for which we gel
"a mighty small return.n
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06

tie use IN the hepttotscdn's prlntlng
figures to prove how unreliable the
negro is as a voter. Its greatest
grief in its last few days issues ap-
pears to be that the Democrats in
the Southern States polled so many
more votes in 1878 than in 1872 and
the Republican vote was so greatly
reduced. 1t seems to forget that
the army of negro soldiers with
bayoneted musket in hand stood at
the polls in 1872, while in 1878 suf-
frage was not thus restricted. This
is one good reason, as men accus-
toned to vote as free citizens re-
fused to pass through the files of
menacing negro soldiers to the polls.
Their indignation at the deception
practiced by the Radicals to disarm
them and to put the negroes over
them, after promising them all the
rights of the citizens of all the
States, caused the white voters to
refuse to vote at all, rather than to
to participate in such sham govern
ment. And the result was that the
whole Southern country was be-
coming an eye-sore to the Northern
people. So plain was it that the
carpet-baggers were ruining the
South and preventing its paying
into the treasury of the country a
proper proportionate share Of the
cost of government, that the ablest
Of the Northern Republican press
and statesmen began to denounce
Grant and his costly bayonet rule
in the severest language. The
change in four years in the South
has worked wonders. 1t is now
even more productive than before
the war. And all the people there
are industrious and happy. They
have no Cramps" and although they
have no pensioners" they have no
"masked robbers" and no "mid-
night" assassinations. They toll
hard and live so frugally that tramps
find it does not pay to take to the
road, and where there is no money
to lay idle there is not likely to be
masked robbers"
But the Republican need not go
to the South for election statistics to
prove that the ignorant blacks do
not appreciate suffrage. 1t has only
to "look at home" 1t claims that
the government by legislation added
5000 voters to the Republican party
in Delaware; and it asserted in 1870
that it would carry the State by
thousands. But what was the re-
sultp The Democrats beat them by
a much larger majority than ever
before. The majority for Gov.
Salisbury in 1866 was about 1900;
while the majority for James Ponder
for Governor in 1870 was 2,479 and
for Maj. B. T. Biggs for Congress
2434. In 1872 Grant carried the
State over Greeley by about IL 900
but Lohand for Congress had only
345 over Wright. Since then the
Republican party in Delaware has
been depending upon the negro tc
pay his taxes and vote. But not
withstanding the Republicans claim
there are 5000 negro voters in the
State, the Democrats carry the elec
tions with larger majorities thar
they did before the war. And, NJ
doubt, as like causes produce lik,
effects, the same results that we fine
in Delaware are found in the South
ern States. The looming man" i
not to be relied on to pay his ia,
and vote, especially after he ha
been promised "forty acres and
mule" for ten years without receiy
| ;n,, a;tbar
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06

MAST, the artist, doesn't work we'll as
mercilessly as ever, but he won't picture
Garfield at all. The reason for it is that
In Harper's Weekly for 10Th March
1873, he published a cartoon grouping
Garfield and the other Credit Mobilier
statesmen, with the following placard
below:
"Disgraced in the eye of the public for
owning Credit Mobilier stock, which
Was in fact and intent fraud upon the
government. Also for deceit and eva
sion"
Mast must be allowed rest on Gar
nsld until after the election.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06

The Democratic Convention OF Del
aware county yesterday nominated
General N. l.. Jeffries for Congress
man, Tryon Lewis for State Senator,
and VIM. Appleby and Thos. j. Os-
borne for Assemblymen.
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
MASKED BURGLARS PURSUED.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y. Aug. GA
special to the Eagle, from Millerton,
says:-"Two of the men who were in
pursuit of the Finch masked burglars
have just returned the report that the
burglars have been tracked into piece
of woods bordering on the river, about
two and a half miles north of Rhine
beck. A large force OF armed men are
watching the river shore and the out
skirts Of the woods, expecting them to
come out tonight"
The daily gazette., 1880-08-06
FashionaL le FurnltureI
]. & ]. Y HARTMAN
No. 40 Aimg street.
WILMINGTON. DEL.

yA<SSzsa We respectfully inform the citi
ss-fEH Eens Of 'ilmington, and the sur
IL roun" ~ country th 1--WE continue
4az&EM to manufacture and Keep on hand
at our large and long established ware
ooms, Furniture of every variety and
tyle, Consisting OF Mahogany ROSEWOOD
nd Walnut Furniture suitable for psrlor
lnning-room and chamber uses.
Our assortment OF Furniture Is larger An
ore varied than can be found In Delaware.
d all articles sold at our establish m en-
ewarranted as represented.
Venitian Blinds OF the mosL [asn!ona bIa
esigns made TO order and kept constantly
n hand. We also manufacture and con
eLantly keep large assortment of Bp
Hair, Moss and Husk Mattresses
j. j.. N. HARkAH