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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06

were to find body to palm off on thei in
surance companies. 1t was afterward
decided to have Hlllman insured for
S25 600. "We had no definite plans for
the finding of body, but supposed we
could easily get one. We made trip In
the latter part Of December, 1878, from
Wichita to the West during heavy
snow-storm, hoping to find some per-
sons frozen to death on the road, but did
not succeed. Hillman and 1 were alone
on that trip. On the 9th of March we
fell in with Walters, whom Hillman
hired to work on ranch. Hillman
said that Walters would make a good
body for the insurance companies.
told him the body was not like his, and
that 1t would not do, and / also protest
ed against the taking of Walters life, as
murder was not part of our agreement.
Hillman liked the idea, however, and
pains were taken that not more than two
of us should be seen around the wagon.
One of us was always inside. "Hillman
had been vaccinated before we left on
this trip, and one day he advised Wal
ters to get vaccinated, as there would be
danger of smallpox in the region where
we were going. Walters consented and
Hillman vaccinated him with pen
knife, taking the matter from his own
arm. This was relied upon to help es-
tablish the identity of Walters, as Hill
man. Hillman also traded off his
clothes with Walters. He gave Walters
lot of underclothing and then traded
his outside garments. Walters was an
easy-going stupid sort of fellow. He
said that his name was Berkley or
Burchell. We always called him Joe.
1 never made free with him after Hill
man had made up his mind to kill him.
l did not want to become intimate with
him. On the evening we got to camp,
on the 10th of March, Joe was sitting by
the fire. was at the wagon, trying to
get out some things, when L heard q
report and saw the man was shot. Hill
man dragged the body to one side and
put one of his own books in the dead
mans pocket. He then took Joe's va
lise and then he went off. He was about
to tell me where he was going, but /
told him did not want to know, as /
could find out soon enough. have
never heard of him since"
Subsequently Brown escaped and re-
tracted this confession, saying that he
had been induced to make ii by the law
yers for the insurance companies, who,
he said, had told him that if he would
make it and if Mrs. Hillman would de-
liver the policies to the companies, he
would be permitted to go free. Mrs.
Hillman did surrender the policies and
confessed that she knew her husband
was alive. The Baldwins, Mrs. Hill.
man and the Browns have since disap.
peared, and no trace of them has been
found. Hillman himself has been fre-
quently seen since then, and he is known
to be in some of the mining camps
around Leadville. The companies have
detectives on his track.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
The italian Bandit.

A DVICES from Palermo state that
n when the Italian arrested in New
Orleans and afterwards extradited from
New York as Exposito, the bandit, was
brought face to face with his accusers in
his own county seeing that any further
futile, he boldly threw off the mask and
boldly proclaimed that he was the bri-
gand. Esposito formerly belonged to a
noted band under the leadership of " Le-
one," who terrorized the inhabitants of
Sicily. After many engagements with
the government troops, Leone was final
ly surrounded and killed, with most of
his men. Esposito escaped death and
surrendered, but on the day fixed for his
trial, leaped from the van on which he
was being carried to court, and aided by
his friends, fled to the mountains. There
he gathered the remnants of the band,
and inaugurated a carnival blood. Near
ly fifty murderers are ascribed to this
band, some of their victims being prom
inent officials of the province. AS long
as the culprits contented themselves with
kidnapping and mutilating Italians, the
government proved rather lukewarm in
it's dealings with these men, but when
the Rev. John Forester Roze, an En-
glish minister OF the Gospel was mutila-
ted, having his ears cut off because the
$4,000 which they demanded as ransom
was not promptly paid then the English
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
GeoaraphIeaI EnIama .

lam composed of 10 letters.
N.Y. Az, 0, 10, 8, and 10, is a river in
England.
My IL, s, 15 and IA is kingdom in South
America.
My IS, 8, Is, s, II aud is city in Europe.
My 5, is, l, Q, is, II and 5 is a lake in
North America.
Ny II, 16, II, IL, and 10 is lake ia
British America.
Ny whole is what the people of Bloomfield
would like to see.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
Mans Ingrailiuds.

This is an ungrateful world to say the
least. A man will act like lunatic
when he has the Itching Piles, aud de-
clare that he knows he can I tliveanother
day, yet he applies Swayne's Ointment,
the intense itching is allayed at once, he
gets cured, and goes down to the lodge
without one whit of gratitude. When
asked why he looks so cheerful, he
lodges the question by an indifferentan-
swer. Its just like man though, isn't
itY 464t
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
Christianity's Trait.

Humbleness is peculiar to Christianity.
Goodness is admired and taught in all
religions. But to be good, and feel that
your good is nothing; to advance and
become more conscious of pollution to
ripen all excellence, and like corn to
bend the head when full of ripe and
bursting grain-that is Christianity.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
ALL o AD S T.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARaANeEMENr OF PASSENGER TRAINS
November 9Th, 1891.
Tralps LeaYe Marrlsburg as FollOws


Trains Leave Harrisburg rs Follows
For New York via Allentown, at 500 o. M
For New Il York via Philadelphia and "Bound
Brook Ronte,n $40 sos q. M. and AS p. M, A.
For Philadelphia, at $50, 800, 95Ua' m'' Lao
For Reading, at 500 $50, sos, $50 a. M, las,
For T louisville. "a at $40 sos, 95Oa M, Las and
Branch at 2.4O p. IN. For Auburn, at 81 a. III;
For Allentown, at $40, S.05, $3.50 a. M, Lao and
through cars for New York, via Allentown.
SUNDAYS.
For Allentown and Way Stations, at 5 90 a. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia, and Way stations,
at $40 o. m, ami Las y. IN.
Trains Leave for Harrisburg as Follows |:
Leave New York via Allentown, at s45
Leave New York Via Bound Brook Route. +" and
Philadelphia at AS a, M 80, 4.UU, and $50 p. m
arriving at Harrisburg, 80, $40, 92O p. M, and
Leave Philadelphia, at 045 a. M, 400 ) $50
Leave louisville. 600, ol a. m. and A4Op. m.
Leave Neading, at4.5O, 30, ll,5Oa a M. lSo, 6l5,
Leave POttsvile ViaSchuylktll and Susquenanna
Branch, sis a. m, and 44U y. m.
Leave Allentown, at 800, 800 a. M, l2lo 4oO,
and 9.05 p. M.
SUNDAYS;
Leave New York, via Allentown at $50 p M
Leave Philadelphia, at 745 pm.
Leave Reading, at 30 a. M andl035 D. M
Leave Allentown. at9.O5 p m.
BALDWIN BRANCH.
Leave HARRISBURG for Paxton, Loehiel and
Steelton daily, except Sunday, at $50 GAO, 9.35
a. M, and 200 p. m. daily, except Saturday and
Sunday at 5.35 p M. and on Saturday only, 4.45,
6.l0, 9.30p. m.
Returning, leave STEELToN daily, except
Sunday at 6.10, 100 1000 a. m, 2.20p. MT daily,
except Saturday and Sunday, $40 p. M, and on
Saturday only 5.10 $50, 95Op. m.
J.E. WoOTTEN, Gen. Manager.
@. G. HANCOCK, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06
THE MANSION HOUSE, y
New Bloomfield, Penn'a.,

GEO. F. ENSNIINGER, Proprietor.
HAVING leased this property and furnished 1t
Ia a comfortable manner, ask share OF the
public patronage, and assure my friends VINO stop
with me that every exertion Will pc made TO
render their stay pleasant.
A8- careful hosJer always in attendance.
April.9, 1878. tt
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-06

Eg The place of great safety is the
place where duty calls you.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01
TEXAS TOWNS.

Continued from Sixth Page.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

This Is the county site of Parker county,
and Is on the Texas & Pacific railroad, some
q miles west of Dallas. II has a popula.
ton Of 1000. and in the year past shipped
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

The following is clipped from the Wells
6oro Agitator. Has Bradford been imposed
upon in the same manner by the State author
ities !?
We have here an item which will interest
all the taxpayers in this county. For num-
ber of years the State authorities have been
in the habit of charging Tioga county with a
certain sum TO be assessed and collected as a
State tax. In 1878 the Commissioners came
to the. conclusion that the assessment was it,
legal in form and entirely too high. The
time having passed for an appeal, the tax
was paid over TO the State--under protest,
however. In 1879 a similar assessment was
made on this county from which the Com
missioners made an appeal and refused to pay
portion of the sum demanded, amounting
to 81 ,1O1.80. The assessment for 1880 was
also appealed from. Proceedings were COM
menced against the Commonwealth to recov-
er the overpayment for 1878 and for an ad-
iustment of the claim for 1879. Under the
date of April 9Th the Commissioners were
advised by the Auditor General that decis-
Ion had been made in favor of this county,
and that they were entitled to recover the
sum of $2.203.34 from the State Treasury
This speaks well for the prudence and careful
oversight of our county officials.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

Somebody, THOMAS JOHNSON, the Elmira
matchmaker we presume, has been enjoying
the fun of seeing maple sugar made in this
county and thus relates his experience In the
Elmira AdvcrtiSer:
Are you posted by experience in the vari-
Gus mysteries of the "Sugar bush," and re-
sutant sweets? If not l pity you, and de-
plore the circumstances preventing the recall
from ''memory's hall' of its excitement and
pleasure, the lack of which makes one more
''green oasis" in the monotany of life. To
realize the full text of It's enjoyment several
things must be granted, to.wlt, an invitation
a large 'bush," pleasant weather, plenty of
sap and jolly crowd to ''kinder help along"
and keep things moving. In the case of our
party the requirements were more than filled
as the invitation came from one of the many
whOle-souled, large-acred farmers of old
Bradford county, Pa. Arriving at the scene
Of action the first work,-which of course
with us was fun,-was to 60 through the
bush with horses attached to a sleigh, on
which are barrels, tubs, pals. &c, to hold
the sap, which is gathered from pals attach
ed to the "bleedlng sides of monarch maples.''
With full load we proceed to the boiling
down or evaporating pans, which are not as
of yore, in the bush away from all comforts,
but in building for the purpose, hard by
the house where the boilng-down commenc-
es, and is kept up for hours until our load of
''sweet water" is reduced to ten or fifteen
gallons of miraculous syrup, which is drawn
OFF, strained and left to cool oyer night.
Morning finds all hands ready for "sugar-
ing off," The syrup is returned to the pans,
slow fire kept up, and while it boils, sizes
and tizzes in its transformation, assisted by
stirring, the white of eggs, ETC., the eager
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

The remains of little Indian lapooses are
being eXhumed from the Poorhouse farm.
One was dug up last week with very curious
stone ornaments about the neck. The bodies
are all found in sitting posture and covered
with layer of charcoal aud fiat stones laid
In an arch ovor the grave.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21
Elegant Residence fO1. Sale

The fine residence erected and owned by
the late w. III. Morgan, is offered for sale at
bargain. The property is eliglbly located
on Main street, and the house is one of the
best built and most complete in Towanda-is
supplied with furnace, range. hot and cold
water, gas, bathrooms, &c. The barn is also
model of convenience, with plenty of water
An artistic iron fence in front of the lot
The grounds have been fitted up at great ex-
pense. The property will be sold at a sacrl-
flee. For further particulars call ON or ad-
dress, Cd. KINNEY,
Towanda, March 7, 1881.
HOUSES AND LOTS For SALE AND RENT
i have a number of dwelling houses for
rent or for sale on easy terms. Also, eligi-
BILE and desirable building lots which will be
sold on long credit to persons desiring to
build. mar. l, 3m) l.. ELsBREE.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE CHEAP.-The
house and lot on Main street, one door south
of David Rahm's residence is offered for sale
at great bargain. For particulars call on or
address D. G. DEWITT, attorney at law, Tow
anda, Pa. Mar. 8,
For sale cheap on easy terms. One span
horses, one single horse, two top buggies.
Inquire of G. S. Ackley.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

Mails arrive and depart at the Towanda Post Office
follows
ARRIVE DEPART
4 90 Am. Pha. N, Y. and East States Pm. 45
80 ....Dushore, Bernce, Laporte, &c.,. 2 As
10 Is .........L V. way mail North ........ As
Ii 90 New Era, SC. Tues, Thurs. and Sat. l 90
IL 80 Asylum, Sc. Mon, Wed. and FRI. l 90
IL 90 ......... .Sheshequin, Sc.........M IL 90
90 Pm. Troy, Burlington, &c... AM 10 90
2 40 ...Cosed mail from Erie s. N.C.RR's... 10 %
90 ........ Canton, Monroeton, &c........ 90
4 80 .........L. V. way mail South. ........ Is
90 ..LeRaysville, Rome, &c...PM 90
8 80 ................ Barclay. l 90
10 40 ......... Erie west of Elmra. ......... 80
Office open from 100 A. M to 7:45 P.
Money order Office open from 100 to {: 90 p. M
Office open Sunday from 20 to 10 90 A. M.
Z. POWELL Z. M.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

room centrally located, Address REX, this
Office, with terms and location.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

The Foremen of Cos. /, 2 and are req uest-
ed to report at their Engine Houses, Thurs
day, at p. M, with their respective compa-
nies. for the purpose of testing portion Of
the hydrants of water-works.
BY order of the Chief Engineer.
6. p. WELLEs, Sec'y Fire Dept.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

The fire companies will test some of the
hydrants this afternoon, by direction of
Chief PORTER.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

PLATFORM WAGON For SALE, bran-new
and of best material. Will be sold low for
cash or good paper. Enquire Of A. WICHAM
or o. A. BLACK, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

IMPORTANT TO TRAvELERs.-Specidl in
ducements are offered you by the BURLING-
TON ROUTE. 1t will pay you to read their
advertisement to be found elsewhere in this
issue.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21


The finest building lot in Towanda borough
corner of Poplar and Second streets, between
the residence Of Hon. K. q. Goodrich and
r. Walker, will be sold cheap. Apply to 0.
ID Kinney
A NEW ENTERPRISE.-R. S. Thurber has
provided himself with a suitable "rig" and
is now prepared to. deliver all kinds Of
packages, goods, trunks, &C., on the shortest
nOoice and at reasonable rates. Orders left at
Stevens 81 Longs and Dye Il Co.'s will re-
ceive prompt attention.
aE Baggage and parcels hauled to and
from depots. 4-12
Get your hair mattress made oyer at Ottar-
sons.
Boys watches that will run, only 25 cents
at the 99c store.
White wash lime, for sale by DIV, Scott &
Co., 3t
A full line of Jesse Oakeys soaps including
the celebrated "Queen" at ID. w. Scotia Co.,
GEO. III. WOOD e. Co. will, according to
previous announcement, open their New
Gallery the first Monday of April. where you
can get four very nice tintypes for 30 cents.
Ill kinds of copying Plain or in Ink, done.
StereoScOpic and other outdoor work, Spe-
cialty. We have the best of Instruments,
and will make the best of work. Patton's
Block, Corner of Bridge and Main ST., To-
wanda, Pa.
Our "specialty", everything in the grocery
line, the best that we can buy. ID. W. Scott
e. Co., 81
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

Second hand Herring Safe for sale cheap.
quire at this Office.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

The last Germania Orchestra Assembly,
next Friday eve, in Means Hall.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

Two fresh milch cows with calves by their
sides for sale. III. Fl. Mace, Towanda Twp.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

Don't fail to go to JOHN SULLIvAN's, on
Bridge street, for the best five cent cegar.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21

by-standers with saucers and spoons take fire.
quent dips, which, cooled in snow, makes,
oh! such luscious eating, which one scenes
never to get sufficient of. The final test-all
too soon, however, for our pleasure-cOmes
in about an hour, when by ''good authority"
the mass is pronounced 'maple sugar ,"ready
for the molds, when presto change, in a few
hours tits weighed, and we find a realistic
seventy-five or eighty pounds of "the finest"
a sample bar of which accept herewith.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
Two good houses for rent cheap.
MADILL & KINNEY.
For rent-house near graded school.
b. +. BOWMAN.
Several good offices and rooms suitable for
small families. Water and other conveniences.
Over Powell & Co.'S store. Inquire of H. p.
Moore. TRACY & MOORE,
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-21
WANTS.

Under this head zoe UiI insert FREE, motices of
situations or help toanted.
A good " first" girl wanted.
<. K. QUINLAN.
Wanted, good cook; also second girl,
Mrs. III. w. PATRICK.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-05
Il Young i:iriS Suicide.

Miss Eusen:c Birch, residing i'll P:stcr-
son, n. j., attended ball on Saturday
night, and on her return home complained
OF feeling ill. About 5 o'clock on Sunday
morning she said she believed she had
been poisoned, but declined to allow any
one to go for 4 doctor. She was finally
persuaded to go to DR.. Bibby's office her
self. She told the doctor that she was
suffering with cholcr, morbus, and he
gave her bottle of medicine. She return
ed home, but rapidly grew worse. DIR.
Bibby was then sent for, and to him she
confessed that she had poisoned herself
with arsenic. She gave 10 cause for the
act, and died before she could be induced
to give any further explanation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-05

THE contingency of another accidental
president. with policy in conflict with
that of his chief, ought TO call attention
to the present i'll system of making the
nominations for vice president. They
usually are taken only rs a make weight
for the ticket or to satisfy some disSat-
isfied and disappointed faction orsection.
This rule is of course a silly one. AS
vice president the incumbent of that Of
flee has no coordinate power to be eXer-
cised lis an offset to the Presidents. He
only arises above insignilicance i'm the
event of the presidents deatl-none re-
sign-:,nd then he clearly ought to be
one in sympathy with his chiefs policy,
and not in ;intagonism with it, rs now
invariably happens. The present system
conduces to political arrangement and
offers a temptation to crazy enthusiasts,
who want to see the vice president ele-
waited so rs to bring their faction into
power, to avail themselves of the easy
means to do it. The present arrange
ment is the device of the politicians to
make campaign capital, and like many
other OF their tricks is subversiye to the
constitution.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-05
STATE ITEMS.

NJ. A. Foltz's Public Opinion at Cham
bersburg enters upon its thirteenth volume
better and brighter than ever.
Ed. Rauch's Carbon Democrat is making
a gallant fight against tho extortions of
the Mauch Chunk switchback railroad
company which charges excursiOnists SOC
for the round trip and its neighbors 81.
Thomas Garrison, Of Plymouth, was
run over by a locomotive on a branch road
of the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
| railroad near Kingston. His arms and
legs were cut off, and he died within few
hours.
The naked and rapidly decOmposing
body Of a man was found in the woods,
about mile from Adamsburg, Westmore-
land county. 1t was that of 4 peddler
who had been murdered for his goods and
money.
That veteran Democrat Kennedy Blood.
of Jefferson, has had that bad leg cut off
and now will be long spared to teach the
sacred Democratic doctrine that the way
to save the body polite is to cut off the
deceased members.
Reese Lyshon, of Plains, few miles
from Wilkesbarre, was thrown from i
horse and killed. He was a member of
the fifth Artillery and was one of the first
| soldiers who went to Alaska. He had
served several years in the British army.
Gov. Curtin's coachman let his team
stand ON the trapdoor of tho icel,ouse
The whole floor of the carriage house had
to he taken up and and plank road laid
for the horses to walk up ON from their
| chilly quarters.
The fearless Pottsville Chronicle is
friendly to Gowen and the Reading rail
road, but it is also for free railroads and
| esponses the righteous cause of the people
in denouncing the p. & RS. resistance to
the effort of other companies to get a line
into Pottsville.
Joe. Furey, of the Bellcfonte Waterman,
is out for register. There ought to be no
doubt about it. Upon every consideration
| of fitness and merit he should be chosen.
and We rate the Centre county Democrats
too high to apprehend any doubt of his
getting there.
A fire broke out in State Line. small
town ten miles north of Bradford, and
forty buildings were destroyed, embracing
the principal part of the village. The
buildings were all light frame structures.
Several small buildings were also destroy
cd at kinzua Junction. Both fires origi-
! mated from fire crackers.
Scott Harris, aged about seventeen Son
of w. S. Harris, a well-known merchant
of Jersey Shore, was in company with an
other boy and was in the act of examining
loaded revolver when it was suddenly
discharged, the ball entering his forehead,
between the eyes, and he died in ten min
utcs.
In Damascus brutal assault was made
upon the daughter Of Edwin Andrews by
her step brother, Amos Garrett. The girl
was found lying insensible, with blood
pouring from her mouth. The young man
has been arrested. The girl swore before
justice Of the peace that Garrett tried to
choke her to death. There is great excite
mpnt over tho affair
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-05
Fire e-Ar,ns in Baltimore.

Several eases Of shooting occurred in
Baltimore yesterday. A difficulty occurred
in South Baltimore between whites and
blacks, in which William Hecker, q white
mar, was shot, and his life is despaired of.
Thomas ii. Ross. colored, was arrested on
the charge of shooting him. Isaac Curtis,
colorcd, who was engaged in the affray,
was shot. and his wound is thought to be
mortal. In the northeastern part Of the city
Miss Mary 4. Gebln was looking from !:
second story window, when John Carr, II
years old, fired upward, and the ball from
his pistol entered one Of her eyes and
killed her. Several other persons were
shot, but, SO far as can be ascertained,
none seriously.