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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-14
A SERPENT SLAIN.

The Curtain RuHg Down On the
Third Act 0fthe Great Union
town Tragedy =
N. 1. Dukes, the Notorious De-
strOYsr of Virtue and Red
Handed Murderer
FsIled to the Dust by Bullets That
Mere Sent On Their Death
ly Mission
BY a Son, Whose Injured Feelings
Waived the Law to Admins
ter Plain Justice.
The Scenes at the Postoffics
Where the Four Shots
We're Fired.
The Act Sanctioned, and Con-
sratulatory kilograms and
Offers of Money
Pouring Into the Boy From All
Sections of ths Uni
ted States.
mo heatIstOne marks the spot
Where misery lies asleep.
No flowers bloom there In springtime,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-14
THE FORMER TRAGEDY.

4 Review of the Crime that Led Young
Mutt 10 Aycnge the Wrong Perpe-
tTatcd Upon His Family.
On Sunday morning, December q, lit
tie after ten o'clock, and just before church
time. Capt. 4. c. Mutt, State Cashier, was
shot and instantly killed by y. L. Dukes.
The slayer, Immediately after firing the
fatal shot, walked rapidly down a back
street 10 the Jail and gave himself up to
the Sheriff. The whole community was at
once thrown into the most violent ex-
citemeut. The circumstances surrounding
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-14
The Scenes at the Postoffice
Where the Four Shots
We're Fired.
The Act Sanctioned, and Con-
sratuIatOry kilograms and
Offers of Money
Pouring Into the Boy From All
Sections of ths Uni
ted States.

mo heatIstOne marks the spot
Where misery lies asleep.
No flowers bloom there In springtime,
No friends 20 there 10 weep"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
Old Songs, and New.

OF the old sentimental songs you car
well say tnat they never die out nor viii
any new ones, though there are a great
many beautiful ones lately written, ever
replace them. There's "Annie Laurie, >
can you imagine it to be very oldl Well,
it is, and lovely women and sllver-tongued
tenors still hnger tenderly over the words
of Douglas TO his sweethear. Annie.
have heard song lately that you can pre-
dict growing popularity for if you de
sire. 1t is, ''We Never Speak When We
Pass By" Both the words and the all
are pretty, and it will hold with the pub
lie. Then, again, there are the regulation
sentimental songs of the present, such as
.'Only Pansy Blossom" "When the
Clouds Roll By" and dozens other. These
are all termed popular, and deserve TO be
so. But, to my idea, there are more pretty
songs hidden away that seldom come &c
hight, except in some refined private circle
where some charming, modest little lady
sits down al piano and gently touching
the ivory keys, pours out warm, flexible
voice in some such song as ''Auld Robin
Gray" 'Love's Young Dream" ''Long,
Long Ago." or of the later songs, 'Come
Back to Elm, :" .'Jame's on the Stormy
Sea-" All, can remember my mother,
with her silver hsir, sitting at an old-fash.
ioned melodeon, that pumped so hard
used to SIT on the floor under it at her feet
and work the pedals with both hand:
while she played and sang that song. The
quaint, old-style words were better suited
to a song written ages ago than to one oi
as recent origin as 1t Is, Speaking oi
.I,ong, Loug Ago. Thomas III. Bayley,
an Englishman, wrote that with hunger
papgs gnawing at his vitals. He had 9
large family and was unable to provide
food for their susienance. BE had, also,
inst risen from q sick bed, where brain
fever had confined him for weeks. Ii was
great song under those circumstances.
Foster was a wonder. He was as vel
known through his songs to Americans a
Dickens was through his stories to In:
English. but was known 10 very, very
few personally. or his song, ''Oid DOG
Tray.n 1875, 900 copies we're sold in the
6rst eighteen months after IFS publication
His s.Old Folks at Home" was the bes
thing he ever wrote, and 4OO, 600 copie
were sold by the publishers tnat Iirst issne'
the sone. and Foster received Si5, ,OOs q
his share of this sale. i tell you IT'S a.
wsys the publisher that makes al. In
money. We grind out the song, may D
under a strong pressure for some necessar
of life, never knowing and often not cal
ing whether 1t would ''catch on" or not
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
"An Age of Invensnun.

An Ir;sbman at q st. Louis livery
stable was deluded into giving briei
sketch of his life, where he came from
in Ireland, where his brother was, wha'
his daughter Kate was doing, who were
b,s nearest neighbors there and other
dataiIs ta of personal and family history,
mainly interesting to himself. a snort snort
.;naa sfter one of the party Withdrew
and betook himself to a nelghOorlne
I aaIanbone McNeal. the lrisiiman, was
asred if he wouldn't like TO hear from
I1sn asn,and bv telephone. In state OF
| 1aI,abt he went to an instrument asking,
uens; 0Mssa;s tbere?" The answer came
,act. "This is Kate o Neal, DAILY
LANES lame Daft, Ireland: L. 'Meelia maIn. .Is
Sar Sa exclaimed Mike, dropping Ine
t.,, trampet 81 recognize her voice;
Grabbing the trumpet, he yellea out q.
.I'm your own father. I'm IA Oh
Incs - Missouri, United States OF amer. ac
,ca maI ..Uncle Jerry is well, Iepnee daE
ica, lc vo;ce HE went to town to-da!
1he ~. a.- YER last letter. Uncle Jerry L
81. 70 take Toby Mealln's land. uls' nv
guA love to mother - The voice a. w.
I s;isut and McNeal hung up tne .rumS., aogs =
% snr;ng. "HowIy Moses, what al "se =
;nyenshun this is"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14

as see. 1t is something for which
am not responsible"
"But think you ere, Fanny
"1?" replied Fanny, opening her eyes
widely; "what can you mean a.
''Just what 1 say, my dear cousin.
When you married Frederick Dayton
no man was more domestically inclined
or fonder of his wife and home than he.
HE got over it braYely p exclaimed
Fanny. with bitter laugh. she don't
act as if LIE had the slightest affection
Tor me, and seems to prefer any place
to his home.'
And is not this IN a great measure
your own fault Nay, look not SO an.
CRY, dear cousin L love you too well to
see you recklessly throwing away youl
happiness and his. Did not the altera.
tlon you speak offspring from the change
IN you? We cannot love what is unlovely.
No man can love wife who takes nc
pains to make her person neat and at
tfactlve or a home that is full of bick.
erlngs and discomfort. Before YOU
marriage you would have been terrified
at the idea of his catching glimpse oi
you IN the attire III winch you now al.
low him to see you all day. Why
should you see k to look less pleasing in
his eyes now than then 2"
'1t is impossible for a married wo.
man to dress as she did when girl,
and no man has night to expect If"
Every man has a night TO expect bis
wife to have sufficient respect Tor him
to present neat and tidy appearance.
You md not consider it too much trou.
bic to dress when Judge Barry called
on you. And last evening, at the party,
when Mr.. Howard picked Up your hand.
kerchief. you received it with a look
and smile such as L have not seen you
bestow upon yolr husband, even when
he took twice the pains 10 please you 7
you are very severe" said Fanny,
her eyes filling with tears.
Faithful are the wounds OF a friend,
My dear Fanny, two ways are open to
you. You can either make home to
your husband the dearest place in the
wcrld, and yourself one OF the most be-
loved and happy of wives, or you can
ALLEVIATE his affections, driving him 10
haunts and companlonshlp that Will
wreck the peace and happiness of both.
Here they were interrupted by the
advent Of visitors.
Jenny returned home the next morn
ing, so she had noopportuuity OF know
ing what effect her esrnest appeal had
upon the better feelings of her cousin.
1t was some months before Fanny
and Jenny met again, and then it was at
the marriage that transformed the latter
into the loved and loving wife of the
husband of her choice,
The happy smile On the face CT Fred,
ana wlich WAS reflected back from The
smiling eyes of his wife, told of the
happy change that had been wrought.
Fired spends all his evenings at home
now," said Fanny, giving her cousin a
significant look.
"Why shouldn't ?" cried the happy
husband, "when have the dearest wife
and the pieasantest home in the world!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
.Oue'sTwo.N

In came a gentleman and sat down
and says to the man waiter, very nice
and gentle:
Have you some nice Providence
River oysters?'
.'Ol yes," says the waiter.
"Real nice ones, now?" gays the
gentleman.
so, why, certainly" says the waiter.
"Well, 1 wish you would open for me
dozen, please.
.Au right, sir" says the waiter, and
he was coming away.
''Wait bit" says the gentleman; sis
the butter nice and sweet?'
I'VE have some powerful fresh bat-
ter" says the waiter.
do you have nice fresh milk?" says
the gentleman.
well. It's generally so considered,
says the waiter.
"Wel, how are your crackers, nice
and fresh?" says the gentleman.
Never had no fault found with oul
crackers says the waiter.
..Then, if you'll take and make me az
nice htttle stew, John, I'll be muct
obliged to you, says the gentleman.
Then he let him go. When 4 saw hin
coming, says to myself, says 1: ''Hov
oD ca. tn will that man remember al
that ere?" But he marched night up t.
the pipe. and Jest opened his mouth
and says: Zones two" and that wa
all
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
So He Had.

There was a crack under the kitchen
door-a crevice large enough for one to
put hand under-a2d early In No
vember Mrs. Cripso began saying
"Now, Cripso. don't let this day pass
without mailing down a cleat to stop
that crevice. 1t will let in more cold
this winter than two tons of coal can
drive out.
And Cripso began replying
Certainly, my dear-certalnly. That
crevice shall be stopped this veIy day. "
On fifteen different occasions In No
vember she reminded him of the fact
that he had forgotten the creyice. In
December the number of occasions was
twenty. During the month of January
she spoke of it twenty-five times. In
February she began referring to the
matter at each meal, and the other day
she nailed him down with the remark
''Cripso, am going down town, and
III stop on my way ard ask carpenter
to cone up and fix that door"
'I'u fix it."
'No you won't You just let it alone
I'll have a carpenter here before night,
and that door will be fixed"
~ say I'll fix it myself-right ava,
now" and In five minutes he had saw
and hammer and cleat, and was at tn,
job.
Mrs. Cripso went of chuckling ovel
her victory, and upon her return he
husband said
well, the old crevice is shut up"
"You fixed 1t, eh ?"
"t'ixed it better than any carpentel
you could have sent up, and III tel
minutes, too. Come and see"
Sine took one look at his work an.
then sat down and whispered
"Cripso, you Just missed it by hair
breadth"
What p
''Being born fool You have naile,
the cleat to the floor inside the door
So he had. He had shut the crevic
and door, too, and when he came t
realize it he walked slowly out into tn
back yard and tried to saw his head o
on the clothes line.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
Pompe,I still Yielding Wealth.

New excavations have Deen made at
PompeIi, bringing to light some curious
things. A house was recently unhearthed
on whose walls the pictures were as bright
as when first painted. The walls them
selves were clean and fresh. In this house
was found shrine in the form OF little
temple, such as every one has read ABOUT
IN Bulwer's Last Days of PompeiI. Beneath
the tempe also were found SIX statutes OF
bronze of exquisite Workmanship, four OF
.hem Homeric deitIes. The chief figure
Is an Apollo with his Tyre, and along with
IT are an Esculapius, Mercury and Her
cules-uslng partly Latin namess, as most
do. The discovery leads an intelligent
foreigner residing IN Naples to remark
thai every now aud then there are attain
able ocular demonstrations OF the way in
which Herculaneum and POmpen were
overwhelmed. The notion that they were
drowned in floods Of lava is pretty much
oyerthrowl. instead OF that II Is held TO
be settled that the destruction was effected
in two ways: Fnst, by the eJectment from
the volcano of pumice stone and fine ashes
and secondly by drencLing rains, which
Immediately followed. forming torrents of
thick, mud paste, and overwhelming thus
with rushing of mortar the territory on
every side of VesuviJs- IL Is thought
likely that this mud hardened az fast ss
moistened plaster OF CT Paris, AID thu,
buried HercuIsneum 10 depth OF 90 and
and Pompeli 10 depth of 20 feet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
Losfng his Reputation.

Years ago, IN the early days OF the Com
stock excitement, Pat Holland, now post
master and coroner In little town in Co
chise county, Arizona, was the most re-
spected man in the State. He had the
reputation of being dead shot with pis-
tol. Of course, this accomplishment made
him feared by everybody, and there was
no man IN Virginia SO bold as to cross him
In public. Pat acquired his reputation by
shooting on the stage, and could knock an
apple OH his sons head with an accuracy
and carelessness which combined to i'm
press the public far more than the manner
in which the p71nstaking William Tell
performed the feat with an arrow. Finally
Pat secured young lady who would allow
an apple to be shot off her fiaxen roll, and
when Pat executed the feat he would
throw his keen eye at the girl, and then
poll his orbs up into the gallery, and with
out looking at his mark, send a bullet
through the fruit. This was put down on
the bills as Pat Hollands psychological
feat of shooting from memory and drew
crowded houses. One night he advertised
to shoot apples from twelve young ladies'
heads In succession, and only take one
look at the crowd, PIper's opera house
was packed with men at 81 head, and
when the curtain rose, twelve immaculate
ballet dancers were In line along the wings,
each with an apple on her head Pat
stepped to the footlghts and bowed amid
| tremendous applause. He had six-shoot-
er in each hand, and the stage manager
lan thos ha oh 1aSf
six apples with his left hand. Casting his
eye along the line, he took long breath, q
steady posi- ion, and then faced the audi
ence. Lifting his aevolver, he began 10
shoot In rapid succession, and the apples
began to fly out of sight amid the breath
less silence of the audience. The curious
part of the performance, however, lay in
the fact that by the time Pat cad fired six
| shots all the epples had disappeared. yet
he kept night on banging away with his
left hand, amid roars of laughter anG de-
rision. To cap the climax, two apples got
tangled together and remained dangling
from the edge of scene in plain sight OF
the audience. The trick was az once ap-
parent. Each apple had a fine thread
attached, and at the shot was jerked quick
ly out of sight. The supes behind the
scenes, who pulled the strings, got con-
fused at Pats rapid firing, and half the
apples disappeared before the time. TIVE
were snatched off simultaneously, and th'
strings overlapping In the air brought th'
apples together, where they hung to tn
edge of tine scene, the strIngs beng Oh
each side THIS ended Hollands career a
q public soloist on the pistol, and the pub
Lie gradually came TO look upon him as a
ordinary mortal. Soon after that he &C
into street row in Pioche and fred twelv
shots in a densely populated portion of tn
city without killing man. But for a
tempting to do too much at once he migf
have gone 10 Congress from this Stal
years ago.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14

Sugar has been denounced by modern
chemists as a substance the effects Of which
on dyspeptics are deploIable. A writer in
the Wedicin Prdcticien does not partake
Of these fears. He cites the case OF dys-
peptic doctor, who, for twenty years, had
a terror OF sugar, but who now consumes
81 ounces daily without inconvenience.
Entering the Seld of experiment in this
direction he found that dog ate SO grains
of sugar with 200 of other food, and six
hours after It's stomach showed but little
fcoi: the mucous lining of the stomach
was red and highly congested, and the
congestion OF the liver was notable. An
animal: opened after eating 200 grams OF
food and no sugar showed 20 to 100 grains
of food undigested. Sugar; then, fayors
the secretion Of the gastric juice,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
MFFIINToWN JUNIATA MARCH

licking his Lands and face, then rushing
up to Oscar and seeming as proud as any
body at his success.
They carried the weary little wanderer
back TO the rude cabin, where the sick
rather and Jack Clement so anxlously
waited for them. While Mr.. Clement re
NAMED in the neighborhood, the German
family were his warmest friends. But
words could not express their grateful
appreciation of the service he had rendered
them,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
OLD TIMES.

There's beautiful song on the sIumbrous air
That triiis through the valley of dreams;
II comes from clime where the roses were,
And tuneful heart, and bright brown hair
That waves in the morning beams.
Soft eyes of azure, and eyes Of brown,
And snow-white foreheads are there,
4 giimmering cross and a glittering crown,
4 thorny bed and a couch of down,
Lost hopes ana leaflets Of prayer.
A rosy leaf and dimpled hand,
4 ring and plighIed vow;
Three golden rings on a broken hand,
A tiny track on the SHOW white sand.
4 tear and sinless brow.
There's a tincture of grief in the beautiful sen;
That sobs on the summer air,
And loneliness felt IN the festive throng
sinks do@n in the soul as II trembles along
From a cline where the roses are
We heard II nrst at the dawn OF DAY.
And il mingies with matin chimes;
But years have distanced the beautiful lay,
And Its melody noweth so swiftly away.
And we call it now "old Times
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14

DR.. AnkriCs and N. Faye 10th agree
that cyclones, tornadOes and trcmbles are
one and the same mechanical phenomenon
and that their powerful action is S.ue to
.lIe force IN the upper currents.
early marriages are becoming less
common in Ireland.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been
made sick by wearing colored stockings.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-06-09

Captain James Sanderson, who once
owned the entire site of Milwaukee, died
in that city the other day in a poor
house.
The Charleston Is. C. News says that
strawberries are now 80 plentiful there
that farmers are giving them away to
anybody who will take tho trouble to
pick them.
Thomas Caffrey, convicted of partici-
patton in the Phoenix Park tragedy, was
hanged Saturday morning in Kilmain-
ham Jail. He was the fourth man ex-
cuted for this crime.
The grand jury at Austin, Tex, indict-
ed so members of the legislature for
gambling, and most Of them left money
with council to plead guilty and pay fines,
but before the cases could be called in
court somebody entered the county clerks
Office and stole all the indictments.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-06-09
SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
Comb honey at Reid e. Co.'S.
IN Iz.& l..t4o.. - Ao...~ :. -

Comb honey at Reid & Co.'S.
The best butter in town is at
c. A. GALLAGHER'S
Fine bargains in dry goods at W. e A.
McArthur's.
CretOnnes, % cents per yard at
NELSON & BULLEN's
w. e A. Macarthur are sole agents for
ChebOygan for the celebrated PetOskey
lime.
For choice smoked. and sugar cured
meats, 60 to Gallagher's.
Reid & Co. have full line of fruits
and berries put up by the ONEIDA COM
MUNITY. These goods are put up in
glass jars, and are the finest in the mar
ket.
Nelson 81 Bullen are Offering special
ties in Boots and Shoes.
so doz. cotton hose at & 10 cents per
pair, rare bargain, at W. & A. Nc
Arthur's.
500 bushels of early rose potatoes for
sale at Reid 81 Co.'S.
Dress goods at 6, 10 and Is cents, at W.
& A. McArthur's.
have secured the services of cutter
from Detroit, and will continue the
business of Merchant Tailor. Give me
a call. Ii. j. MINER.
If you want nice, fresh fruits and veg
etables, go to G. A. Gallagher's.
They have comol Clements new Boots
and Shoes. See his goods and get prices
before you buy.
Crushed Strawberry" at W. & A. Nc
Arthur's.
Madame Foy's corset, Duplex corset,
Mighty Dollar corset, and the best 80
cent corset in town OF HemDstead's.
Newest shades in Isle 81 taffeta I'M
dressed kids and mouisquetaires, at W.
& A. McArthur's.
5000 bushels of fine oats just received
at w. & A. McArthur's dOckat 80 cents
per bushel.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-06-09
Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT having been In the conditions Of
- certain mortgage made by Emma A.
Shaw, of the township OF Grant, county of Che
stinchtield, of the same place, dated May 23d
A. ID. 1879, and recorded in the office
Of the Register of Deeds for the county
on the fourteenth day of July A. d.
1879, in Liber "C' of mortgages, on PAGE 1882
and which said mortgage wa. duly assigned
by the said Frank Stinchheld: to Walter Ell
and state, by an instrument of assignment
bearing date the 3Oth day OF April, 1880, and
recorded in the Office of he Register of Deeds
for said county. OF Cheboygan, In Liber "a" OF
assignments MORTGAGES, on page ~, on the
9Th day Of Nay A. ID. 1880, on which said mort
gage there is claimed to be due at the date of
this notice, the sum of one hundred and eighty
six dollars and seventy-five cents, (SlS6.7b),
and an attorney fee of fifty 500 dollars pro-
vided for In said mortgage, and no suit or pro-
ceedings at law having been instituted to re-
cover the moneys secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof. f1r
Now, therefore, by virtue of the power Of
sale contained in said mortgage, and the stat
ute in such case made and provided, notice
is hereby given that on Monday. the fourth
day of September. A. ". 1883, ut ten o'clock in
the forenoon, shall sell at public auction.
to the HIGHEST bidder, at the front door OF the
court nous in he village of ChebOygan, THAT
being the plrce where the circuit court Tor
'heboygan county is holdcn), the premises de-
SERVED in said mortgage, or so much thereof
MS may be necessaryt to pay the amount due on
said mortgage. it'll seven per cent interest
| and all legal costs, together with attorneys
fee of fifty dollars coVcnanted for therein. the
| premises being dcscri bed in said mortgage as
! all that certain piece or pa Gel OF land lying
and being sitliatei i'll tie township OF Grant
| county Of heboygan and state of Michigan
| and described as follows, to wit the south.
west quarter of northwest quarter of section
| four "a in town thirty-six $3.50 north of range
| one ID west, containing forty acres, more OF
| less. WALTER ELLlO1' Assignee.
| BELL 81 ADAMS.
| Attorneys for Assignee.
| Dated Cheboygan June 9, 1883.