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On July I'd Patrick O'Donnell secured
same steamer. When the vessel ar
rived at Cape Town, O'Donnell, instead
of remaining there, continued his voy-
age. The shooting occurred on Sunday
afternoon, July 29th. in the fore cabin,
in the presence of the informer's family.
About 3.45 o'clock O'Donnell asked
Carey into the second saloon and they
drank together. No high words were
heard between them. There were three
shots. The first two penetrated Carey S
back and the last shot struck him in the
throat. Mrs. Carey, with a scream,
jumped at o. Donnell and classed his arms
in an attempt to prevent him from firing
again. Carey died without uttering a
word. O'Donnell was placed on trial
for his crime before Judge George Den
man, at the central criminal court, Lon
don, on the Both of last month. He was
found guilty on the following day.
O'Donnell was born in 1885 in the
town of Mannacladdy. County of Done
GAL in the north of Ireland, where his
mother. brother, Dan O'Donnell, and a
sister, Maggie Duggan, still reside.
When he was 4 years old he came with
his father and mother, to the United
States. His father was employed seven
wears at the Lehigh canal weighlock, at
Mauch Chunk, Pa. The whole family
then returned to Ireland and settled at
Mannacladdy, parish of Lallaghabagley,
County, Donegal, where the father died
O'Donnell returned to Mauch Chunk
and served in the army during the re-
bellion. and then again went to Ireland,
where he married Margaret McGerritty
and both came to America and located
at Allentown.
Three years ago he moved back to Ire
land.
About one year ago. O'Donnell and
his wife returned to this country once
more and he remained here until the
10th of May last. He took out naturali
cation papers at Ironten, Ohio, on No
vember 9th. 1876 Mrs. O'Donnell, who
sailed for Ireland about month ago, i.
now on her way back to this country.
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Cured. The Russian government does
not admit the right of repatriation, and if
he were released it would be matter of
courtesy on the part of the Russian au-
thorities. 1t was not thought that Wag-
ner had been sent to Siberia. The files
of the department only showed that he
had been detained and compelled to give
up his passport. Negotiations about the
case are still in progress.
DR.. Thos' S. kirkbride. for over 40
years the physician-in- chief and super
intendent of the Pennsylvania Hospital
for the Insane, died in Philadelphia, Sun
day night, aged IS years. DR.. kirkbride
was born near Morrisville. Pa. July 81,
1906.
The records of the Post Office Depart
ment show that Mr.. Henry Beardsley of
North Lansing, n. Y, is the senior post
master in the United States. He has
held his office since June, 1923, having
served ali of that time under his original
commission. The bondsmen that he gave
have been dead for nearly 40 years.
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A WELCOME GUEST.

Old Father Christmas comes gliding
upon us, like the royal old pilgrim he
is, exciting a universal instinct of JOY,
and telling alike to rich and poor that
his short but blessed reign has once
more begun.
We welcome the advent of the hoary
old King.
We welcome him for the good spirit
which attends his steps, and which
brings peace and goodwill in his train.
For the Good Spirit that warns the
hard heart and makes the warm heart
still warmer: which looks down and
blesses all who wish its blessing
And who should not wish it?
Is it not the time to open heart and
house. to shake hands with estranged
brothers and friends, whom small en-
vies and miserable petty hatreds and
preiudices have divided? Is it not the
time to feel home dearer, and to make
good resolves for the next year? Is it
not the time for self xamination-to
remove the gathering causes that fret
into life and impede ones tranquil pro-
gress to eternity?
These ideal moments of resolve are
good for us all, though they may never
bear fruit. Such days are, indeed, holy
days, for they give us time to repent OF
past follies and, what is better, to re-
deem them.
We may, it is true, sometimes forget
the higher motives Of the festival that
brought peace to all mankind" that
established among us ages ago in that
little village among the olive gardens
the highest ideal that man can attain
to. But the simple lessore Of the
Christmas time, the Joy and the good
will there + - one too ignorant, no
'one too refined to profit by.
Out upon the churl the cynic who
sneers at the kindly spirit of the
Christmas tide. Who, cold, selfish and
super-refined deride the innocent JOY
of the young, and sheer at the childish
joys of the aged.
Heaven bless the kindly Christmas
tide, that charity and goodwill may go
forth over the world, scattering bless
ings on those to whom life is often
times sad and wearsome.
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HOW HICKS PASHA DIED,
Fighting Like Lion to the Last
Baker Pasha En- Route.

London, Dec, 1S.-A dispatch to the
Times from khartoom says: "a well
known native. who was with Hicks
Pasha's army, has returned here from
Ell Obeid, whence he was enabled to es-
cape because of his black color and be-
cause he wore no uniform. He says
that Hicks Pasha fought like lion,
and Was the last officer to fall The
members of his staff fell in one group.
After the battle $50 soldiers were found
wounded.
'.El Mabdi gave orders that none of
the wounded should be ill-treated. The
bodies Of the European and Egyptian
officers were decaptateu. and their
heads fxed over the gate of FL Obeid.
The Arabs resolved to erect tomb for
Hicks Pasha's body because of his great
bravery. Ell Mahdi has forbidden that
Nizetelly. the Graphic artist be lll-used.
Ell Mahdi has threatened to punish Far
gallas because he failed to join him. The
Sheikh has sent defiance. saying that
he has 200 warriors and seven years
PROVISIONS
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NOtice-Fire Tax.

In consequence of loss by fire of property of John
Fowler. w. w. Nicke and Oliver =. Clemson. the
Managers ofrhe Farmers and Mechanics Mutual
Insurance Association OF Cecil County have levied
a tax OF Is CENTS ON THE 500 on all property
insured in said Association at and per cent.
alike. and higher rates in proportion. up to Nov
embcr 10th. 1853. and have ordered the Treasurer
to collect the same.
For the convenience OF the members. the Treas
urer will expect to meet them at follows:
On Monday. December 3lst. at Fair Hill. from
to IL A. M: at Blue Ball. from II A NJ. to ! NJ;
at Lombard, from to 5 Pm, and at Calvert, from
to Pm.
On Tuesday. January LIST 1851. at Pennington
from to 10 a: NJ: at Rising sun from. IL 4. NJ. to
p. NJ. and at Colora. from / to =. N.
On Wednesday. January ID. at Porters Bridge.
from TO IL A. NJ: at Rock Springs. from IL A. NJ.
tor NJ. and at onhw"oi from 3 to P NJ.
On Thursday. January 81. at ConoWingo. from
to 10 NJ: at Row landville. from II A. NJ to T.
NJ: and at Liberty Grove. from to 8 p. NJ.
On Friday. January 9Th at Port Deposit (at No
lands HVtci). from To IL a. NJ: ut VIM. Taylor :
store tnear Whittaker's Mlisl. from II NJ to . r
NJ, and al Wood Lawn, from TO p. N.
ON Saturday: January 5th. at Principle. from S
to 10 A. at College Green from II a. NJ to II NJ
and al Zion from I" p. NJ.
ON Monday: January Ith. at Bell Hill. from
to \. NJ: at Elkton. from 81, a. NJ to IL NJ: at
North East lat Dr. Hnuseheeper'S StOre). from to
p M..and remainder OF the day at Thomas Hotel.
ON Tuesday. January sth at Charestown. from
to 10 \. N :at Bay View, from II to 3 p. NJ, and
at Mechanict Valley. from T.. NJ. till night.
On Wednesday, January nth. at Mechanics Val
ley, from to ID A. at New Leeds. from IL A. NJ.
to ] T.. NJ. and at Cherry Hill. from to 3 Z. NJ.
Members III Second district please pay To John
J. Williams at st. Augustine: members of First
district. near and around Warwick. please pay to
X. b. Merritt: and those around and near Cecil.
ton, pay To j. VI. Beast"n. hose east OF the Big
Elk. i'll the Fourth district. pay at the Treasurer
, office.
The Bylaws require the following notice wher
4 tax is advertised. whenever Il tax is laid on
property insured i'll this AsS0cat ien ii anv mem.
her shall refuse or neglect to pay his or her tax fol
sixty days from the time public notice is given FOL
! the payment OF the same. his or her insurance
sh:tIi he suspended, and his her properly sIIal
not be protected by this company until said III il
paid: and ii not paid at the end of sixty days tn,
! Treasurer shall. by order OF the Board of Manag
ers. add 10 per ccrt. additional compensation t,
! the Collector. II. IL. XII BALL,
Treasurer.
! Appleton. Dec. 10TH. 1855 Dec. l5-lt
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CAROL.

Hail to the happy Christmas tide,
The crown of all the year.
When every heart beats high with Joy,
And every voice rings clear
All discord, strife and envying
Throughout the land must cease;
This joyous Christmas time proclaims
Good will on earth and peace.
All sorrow, grief and misery
Each home must put away,
And only thankful love prevail
This dawning Christmas Day.
"Good will to men," the angels sang
From out their home of glory,
When to the Shepherds long ago
They told their wondrous story.
"And peace on earth, more loud and swee
Swelled forth the angels lay,
To you is born the Prince Of Peace
This bright, glad Christmas day.
Then Lail with songs this happy time
That celebrates such joy,
And let each heart full measure take
OF bliss without alloy.
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SINCE the Free Traders, says the
Philadelphia PRESS, have dominated
the Democratic party, captured the
Speakership and secured the organiza-
ton of the House, the country wants
to know what they will do with theil
victory. MessrS Carlisle, Morrison
Tucker, Hurd and their Free Trade
partisans in the House, and Mr.. Waiter
son and his followers outside have pro-
claimed distinct policy. They have
denounced the existing tariff, and de-
handed that it shall be reduced along
the whole line. There is nothing now
to prevent them from reporting a bill
which shall embody their views and
which shall show the country what they
would do if they and their party had
full power.
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On June 30th last third class berths
on the steamer kiEfauns Castle were Sc
cured for Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
for Mr.. Power, otherwise James Carey.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Dudley c. Haskell, representative in
Congress from Kansas, died last Sunday
morning in Washington, in the 4lst year
of his age.
Henry Irving played last week at the
Boston Theatre, and the week. receipts
amounted to SIS. S4s.
The case of Richard Wagner. the Rus,
sian, who was naturalized and left Phila-
delphia to claim an Inheritance in his
native land, and was there seized by the
authorities for evading military duty, has
been in the hands of the State Depart
ment for some time. Minister Hunt, at
St. Petersburg, has communicated with
the department on the subject, and states
that several such cases have already Oe-
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The terms of twenty-five United
States senators will expire in 1885, O
whom fourteen are Democrats anC
eleven Republicans. To change the
political complexion of that body the
Democrats will have to hold all the
seats they now have and capture three
more from the Republicans. The
Washington STAR, after looking over
the ground, concludes that they viii
not be able to do this and that, conse-
quently, the next Senate will be con-
trolled by the Republicans.
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No man was more favorably and
widely known for his ability and hui
mainly in the treatment of the insane
than DIR. Kirkbride, who died this week
in Philadelphia. More than forty years
ago he founded the first hospital in the
United States for the treatment of per
sons mentally deranged and since that
time his example and teaching have
been universally followed in the coun-
try. He leaves as monument of his
Tfes work, the we'll known hospital
which bears his name.
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CHRISTMAS once more The season
Of JOY and peace on earth,
When all is full to overflow
Of happiness and mirth.
When every heart with gladness
Is fain to chirp and sing
When care and grabbed fanCies fly.
A KINDNESS is KING.
To you, our gentle reader,
Where'r your lot is cast,
Wherever fate has fixed your home
Throughout earth's regions vast
The editor-so please YOU
Would by these pages send
All wishes due for Christmas cheer.
All greetings of the closing year,
God speed from friend to friend.
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President Garfeld's Gold Mine.

Charlotte IN. c. Observer
1t is not generally known that there is
a gold mine in Stanly county owned by
The mine is known as the Flagtown mine,
and was bought by the President shortly
before he was assassinated. President
Garfield not only bought the mine, but
established at the mine postoflice called
Flagtown. The mine has been lying idle,
but the man in charge of the property
has received letter from Mrs. Garfield
stating that she intends to visit the mine
in person next summer and make arrange
ments to have it properly worked.
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We have received from United
States Senator Jas. B. Groome a copy OF
memorial addresses on the life and char
acter of the late Matthew H. Carpenter
late United States Senator from Wis
consin, delivered in the Senate and
House of Representatives, on January
Goth, 1882, for which we return thanks.
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FIVE members of the present Con
gress have died since their election
They are Messrs. Marsena L. Cults, o.
Iowa Walter r. Pool, of North Caro-,
lima. and D. c. Haskell, of Kansas
Republicans, and f. w. Robertson, o
Louisiana, and ]. H. Herndon. of Ala
bama Democrats.
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Mr.. SALISBURY Gliding Republicans
for their bad faith towards Civil Service
Reform in displacing Democrats from
the offices in the Senate, is certainly re-
freshing in the face of the clean sweep
by the Democrats of the officers of the
House
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O'DONNELL HANGED.
Various Intercessions of No Avail-He was
Calm and Collected.

O'Donnell was hanged at 500 o'clock
on Monday morning. AT O'Clock in
spite of disagreeable weather, consid-
cradle crowd had assembled at the
prison. Among the hundreds of work
men who stopped to look at the black
flag was O'Donnell's brother, whose de
The arrangements of l'inns, the hang
man were perfect, and there was no
hitch in the execution. ODJuneil was
calm and collected, and made no state
ment on the scaffold.
The police leaving duty at the prison
Sunday evening reported that o Donnell
continued as firm as rock. Every one
was much impressed with his nerve.
O'Donnell was fully prepared to meet his
fate, and remarked that his death would
beavenged on England.
THE REPLY 10 THE UNITED STATES.
On Thursday the 18th inst, Secretary
Frelinghuysen tele.raphed Minister
Lo'~xE stating that the House of Repre-
sentatives had brought the case of
O'Donnell to the Presidents notice in
the hope that the latter might secure
reasonable delay in the execution Of the
sentence, and might ascertain whether
the prisoner was an American citizen
and whether there WAS error in trial.
Secretary Frelinshny sen received
telegram from NJ. 1.,goll, who states
that on the 18th he received his telegram
and Immediately communicated its sub
stance to Lord Granville, who acknow-
lodged its receipt, and stated that it had
been referred to the proper authorities.
Also, that on Saturday the 10Th inst,
Mr.. Lowell received Lord Granville's
reply, in which the latter, after referring
to Mr. Lowell's communication. stated
that the counsel for O'Donnell having
submitted the representations he
thought advisable ON the Prisoners be-
half, those representations and all the
other circumstances of the case had been
carefully examined and considered in the
manner usual in the case OF capital con-
victions, and Her Majestys government
Lad found no grounds upon which they
would be justified in advising the Crown
to interfere with the sentence of the law
or execution.
O'DONNELI. AND HE CRIME.
On June 30th last third class berths
on the steamer kiEfauns Castle were Sc
cured for Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
for Mr.. Power, otherwise James Carey.
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coLLEGE-BRED MEN IN THREE
PROFESSIONS.
Theology, law and medicine ha

a even yet generally
1 nose three classes, al
Journalism, pedagogy, engineer
md perhaps other pursuits are
kized as professions, in the tech
ense of the word. The three
banned derived their cognomen
he supposition that men who
ed them had received a liberal
ltion and also professional
g before entering into practice.
.supposition was once we'll
ed, but there seems now to be
to doubt whether it is not
d upon a misrepresentation, so
least as it relates to the medical
sion.
Interesting collection of statistics
en- made, bearing upon this sub
Y DR.. McIntire, of Easton. He
by comparing a number of the
p, colleges in the United States,
average of 9 per cent. of the
ties become doctors of medicine
cent. become ministers, and 70
mt. become lawyers. Not half
ny college graduates, therefore,
nedicine as enter the law or the
". Another table shows that in
Nous medical schools of the
States there were in 1880 9,S76
its, as against 5,oo3 in theolo-
Jchools and 1884 in law schools.
e these two things together, we
4 reach the conclusion that only
,klrth as many doctors as minis
IRE college graduates, and one
S many as lawyers. But from
BORT of the various professional
to the United States Commits
II Education it appears that of
in attendance at professional
the per cent. Of students hold
es in art or science was, in
10 per cent. in theology
:ent., and in law AL per
4 McIntire, in an address be
American Academy of Medi-
VS.: Look at these tables,
over these results as you will !.
escape the conclusion that
the medical business among
ed professions is altogether
4" The mission of the Acad-
Ecording to DR.. McIntire, is to
&c the public that preliminary
Z of the mind is absolutely nee
for the greatest efficiency of
Il men. There may, Of course,
d doctors who are not men OF
education, obtained at college
sAere, but as general PROPOSE
S,at one laid down by the doctor
9 Other things-natural ability,
~ and experience being equal,
9lege-bred physician is a better
Fan than the one who has not
aneral education which is given
,ursc of liberal study: and there
& danger, where the percentage
serally educated men is SO small,
8e profession will degenerate into
g,r. McIntire calls the "Medical
S."
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O'DoNNELL has been summary
hung by the neck, and the general
opinion, in view Of the curt and cava-
lier refusal of the English Government
to grant him few more days of life, Is
that the British Government has made
one of those blunders of policy in the
O'Donnell case which are often worse
in their effect than blunders of prin-
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Poole Hanged,

Joseph Poole was hanged at Dublin,
Ireland, at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning,
for the murder of John Kenny, ore of the
informers in the Phoenix Park murder
case. he being the second one hanged this
week-O'Donnell having been executed
in London on Monday,
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Ghs Qet'| Mp|'ie.
ELKToN, DECEMBER %, 1888.

IT MAY be that O'Donnell was made
of very bad stuff, to idealize into mar
tyr, but England's summary proceeding
in his case has just that effect with
Irishmen.
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KANSAS loses an excellent Repre-
sentative, and Republicanism an able
advocate in the death of Congressman
Haskil.
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