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The Penn's Grove record., 1885-01-10
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Why Not Enjoy Good Health?

ARoMRSSA win aid the liver to perform its
proper functions; win assist nature to throw OF
AL Impurities VIII - . you many aches and
sleepFsss nights, viii save large doctors bin
will cure dyspepsia, liver, kidscy, blood and
skin diseases, BILLS and ms larial fever, impure
blood. etc. A trial will convince you that
ARcMANNA will do al Is claimed for it Price
q sbd IS cents. Sold by W. d. Robbins, Penns'
grove M c. S. piuEnler, Pedricktown.
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Prof. Gee. II. Cook, State Geulogist,
in his recent experiment in feeding
three pens of hogs has found out that
ittook 81 pounds of corn meal to make
"a pound of pork; 5 pounds OF corr and
cob meal to make a pound of pork; q l-20
pounds of shelled corn, %unground, u
make a pound of pork Stock feeders
should paste this in their memorandum
hnolr
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AFu--...'.'''..'
ALL SKIN DISEASES,

THE PURE SULPHUR CONTAINED
BLOOD through the minute caTi'aries and
acts upon the sf.n CON5TITUIIoNALL2s
thus removing all the Impurities therelrom
BY getting q. the root of the trouble IN tbs
way lis plainly seen hcw readily those dis-
gushing disiguremenG Of The skin-JLCEkS,
SORES, and ERUPTIONS generalIy-are
removed. CHAFING, Sc unpleasantto many
people who have used everything recommend
ed. withoutsuccess, Is quickly overcome; while
ITCHING, BURNING, SINGING, and
various other irritable conditions Of the skin
are easily alIayed by the soothing influence Of
this UNSURPASSED medieated soap.
A neat boz containing 3 cakes, 90 cents
single cakes, IS cents. Ask your druggist 81
YOU live in the country, your storckeeper) for
il, and if he does not keep it N stock, send TO
the pro- r~ietors, Aschenbach Sc Miller, Thiro
and Callovhill Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
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-Four children, al Of wa7rss survived
her. REav Racket died November g,
aged o. yelrs She was born in New
Jersey anu lived IN Salem until abant
forty year a1u, afterThich she was g
resident Of this city. Her death was
due 10 d g. . received Il fe" weeks he
fore her death.
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FREE TO FARMs3Sl

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once the names of ten farmers, and Y tWo-ccNt
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On Monday evening the following
offices of Viola Co, Ne. '2o.jJr. O. U. A.
NJ. were installed by the State deputy
of this district, Z. L. Btight;-C., E.
". Davenport; V. e., F. Muuion; Il. ).
j. Bevis; A. S.K. s., u. Smith; f.S7
H.. j. Blohm; TIeas., G. Z. Dalbow.,
Trustees, S. Cunningham and Job
Bevis, G., R. Diver; W., e. Hewitt;
j. 3, b. Somers; o. g, w English;
Rep reseAtiges, Il. J. Naylor and G. P,
Kidd.
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A Safe Remedy for Children.

DuLac's "Swiss Balsam" Is acknowledged to
be the hest and safest cough remedy that can
be given to children, containing no morpItde OF
opium. Perfectly harmless but powerful in its
action. Nothing better in Group. Gives instant
rellef. Saved The lives % many little ones. Price
. ANA Is cents. Sold by W.D. Robbins, rcnns.
grove, and L !, Pllnamor, Pedrieltoen.
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On last Saturday afternoon a game o.
base ball was played at the Covebetween
the PenHsgrove and the Cove clubs.
The name of players and their positi-
ors were ds follows Pennsgrove club
FL. Biddle, C., II. Morris P.,D O'Raf-
ferty IS c.. Hewett, lstP G. MUIR
ply 2rdrB., p Muniou Bob, Ii. Rob
inson, L. F., L. Davenport, G. f., j.
Mcguire r, f. Cove Plants; ]. Sim
kins c., W. Fawcett, p, H. Dalbow,
So, F. Straughn,1 st B., j. Daabow,
Sd b., f. Walker, LF., g. White CT,
7. ulilmau r. T. There were five III
nipgs played. The score for each is as
follows:
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F. 3. Naylor, our enterpristng young
tinmdn is out with . new ADVERTISE
ment. He keeps III hand a good as
sortm4nt OF wares, from a TIN cup 10
il first class range, and guarantees his
work to give satisfaction. Call and
see hiQ.
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Harry Layton started TO- the South
On Wednesday TO put up caviar ioI 6.
y. shannon; but the steamship on
coming to the dock i'll Philadelphia
damaged her rudder causing Il delay
till Saturday, whenAe will again try to
90
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The steam barge that was reported
sunk off Deep Water Point is sunk III
the river abreast Of the Beetworks on
the Delaware side. The Mason Wreck
ing Company, that tried to raise the
barge that was sunk along side the
pier aIe trying to raise it.
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Your Neiahkor.

Has tiled "Aromanna" and considers II an indls
pensible article. A specific in sick headache
Ask W. b. Robbins, PeansgroYe, and CT S. Plum
tuer, Pedrlcktown.
AIQdANSA cures your dyspepsia; stimulates
your liver; purlncs your blood; cleanSes your
stomach, and keeps you cured.
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Mr.. Elt azor Butler is visiting Mr..
PelcDerton Pierce. He was d forE.er
resident OF Auburn, but is now engag-
ed in the dry good business, at Brigh-
ton, Cooks Co., III. lie has been
West about thirty years.
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There is a martisd lady in South
Penusgroye who has knit over Hly
caps this Writer. Last week she knit
six caps, a pair of mittens, did her
bousework and went to Church three
evenings.
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school Exhibits.

The following is the list of work pre-
pared for The New Orleans Exhibition
by the Perkntown school, Rslle j. Al
loway. teacher.
Pennlanship, Willie ORION, Cooper
Sparks, and Clark HARRISON.
Spelling, Olive l.. Sparks, Maud l..
Engles, and Emma I. Sparks.
Arithmetic, Nary L. Justice and All
Ma NJ. Harbeson.
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Mr.. Benjamin Dilks cad wife cele-
DRAFTED the 4th anniversary OF their
marriage OH Thursday evening. Ihe
Excelsior Minstrel Troup visited them
and discoursed sweet music.
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Logan township in Gloucester coun-
t. is having its mgez-hoafds repainttd.
It woul0 he a good idea if Uppst Neck
Nould follow It's example as some 81
our inger-boards needs repairing bad
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Miss Abbie Kidd has been chosen
teacher-of the primary school on Wal
nut ST.. Salem. She graduated al 1.-THE
State Normal school at Trenton. last
June with high honors.
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e ~ AL be
Sheriff. Kelly was III town Gu Thurs
day.
Jonathan Simkins was in town last
( Sunday.
Extra meeting are being held in the
NJ. E. Church.
Capt. Nose Hughes was iii town on
Wednesday.
Mr.. William Seeds has moved INTO
Andrew Lees house.
Richard Richardson has sold a half
interest in a lot to Ammon r. Gibbs.
Mr.. Furplan s.. Barber has received
his commission for the postmastership.
P%edricktown held a very successful
entertainment on the evenings OF Jan.
. 1st and 2nt.
MI. Thomas Cook has a house in the
progress of building on Main st. above
Union Corner.
Henry Blohm has knit 20 crossing OF
sturgeon net in 90 minutes. Who can
g beat it2
S4lem county shows a hett # record
for longevity than any other county in
che state.
Abner Simkins will sell his stock
= and farmi1gutensils at yendue on next
Tuesday, 18th inst.
Capt. c. II. Dalbow left this pace
On Monday for the South to take
charge Of his boat susie.
MI. Charles w. Norton will make a
~vendue of his stock and farming utep-
gslls on Feb. 4th. See posters.
Clark c. Turner has just received
from Ohio. 4 ilhe lot of Clover aud
Timothy seed. Call and see it.
Another large load of shells is sunk
III Oldnan's Greek, between Auburn
= and Pedricktown.
On New Years eve a hop toad a
seen 1T the Cove. 1t WIS d very rare
sighLfor this time Of the year.
Treasury Agent Drummond gives
notification to look ont Tor counterfeit
81 Treasury uotes, series OF 1855, letter
~.
Mr.. Daniel Leonard left Oh Tuesday
for Saybroal, Conn. lie will go as far
as ST. John, New Brunswick on his
trip.
Geo. II. Lfkinton will sell at public
sale on Jan, 2lst the stock al fixtures
belonging to tho pool-ioom at sharp
town. ~
Dir. Graw Wfll preach, on next Sat.
uiday evening il the NJ. Z. Church
aud also on Sunday morning, 18th,
quarterly meeting.
Mr.. j. T. Davis, of Camden, who
Las the contract for building ths New
vChurch, was in town on Tuesday super
intending the work.
That large hog which weighed over
500tb We mentioned last week was from
Andrew Dalbows pen, not Andrew ilol-
stons, asstated.
Read the advertisement of Cunning
zhan & Son. When you want black
s.amithipg done you cannot do better
,lhan ~patroniZe them.
William Horner has been appointed
Freebooter from Oldlnans township TO
Ill the vacancy eausedby the death OF
i John Il. Justice.
Mis- sedgewick Justice, OF Pedrlck-
town. VINO has been undel Treatment
sin Philadelphia, asreturnedhome with
no improvement IL health.
Filbert Sparks accidently struck his
thumb against the counter in VIM.
aWalkertobaceo store aud tore the nail
.of, 1t caused a very painful wound.
Harry Kidd of Rowayton, Conn,
gave an exhortation in the Bethel
Church en- Sunday evening. lie is one
of the PENIS Grove boys OF brightest
promise.
On Tuesday OF last week Anna w
Borton, widow of Samuel BortoH, Jr.,
died of consumption, at the residence
of her father, JOS. w. Cooper, near
sPedFiektown.
The new propeller Orinda, Capt. E.
E Kiger, EFF Sharptown, is running
tduring the winter season on one OF the
vGlyde routes, between New-Berne and
WILMINGTON, North Carolina.
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Mail from Fhasiieiphia and intermediate
places arrive daily, leTeert salday( az a.25 q;
and go a. NJ. Valuable5 and letters register
ed oaapplicatiUn. Zee. 10 cents.
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ABHER H. SlMKlNS.

IirI nfor working people. serd 10 eerfs post
Hi Page, and we VIII mail yot FREE fnyMII
HILL valuable sample box of aoodi that VIII
put you in the way Of making moe
money In a few days than eyeI thought poSsiioIe
at husinfss. Capitaluot required. You can nv
at home and work in sp re time only, or all the
time. All Of both sexes. OF all ages, srandl!
successful. 50 cents to % easily earned every
evening. That all wh1 want Work may test ne
business. we make this unparalleled offer: To
al who are not well satisfied We vii send 10
pay 70: the trouble of writing US. Fun pattcu-
absolutely sure for all who Start AZ once. Don't
delay. Address STIEsoN &Go.. Portland, Name,
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FOR HORSES

it will be found invaluable in cases OF Sprained
Joints, Thrush in Feet, Sweeny, Poll Eyll.
Blood and Bone SPAWN, Ringbone, and ais
hard Jumps caused by kicks or other bruises.
Wholesal5a Depot and place Of manufacture
3otCallowhjn Street, PhiladelpkH. Pa.
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. REV.
- ana : p Al. sunday ScSool-z y. X. Tray
=. er M~eettu.-luesday Evenings.
M;THODFSTFR0TESTANT CHURCH. KEY
, J. l.. WATSON, PASTOR. sunday Srho0i ~ a,
n. Preaching . aud 7 r. NJ, Prayer Meeths
& Wednesday Evenings.
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PRICES
SILVER GRE,' GILLING TWTNE.
NnsSs, Ne 30, No. Is,
$3.50. $40. S!.20.
srrysR GFEY SnAD NETTING,
No. IS, ~ No. -, No. II,
Sl.B. Sl.S5 81 W
| have also on hand a lot OF SlHau
Netting made of No. 400 Cord Irfah
Irvine; At moshes deep, 81 inch mesh
~se'vedged, running "a yards TO the
pound. pric@si,75 per pound.
All Sc5r$tg sod by n is knit on lay
improved machfnss.
a fun supply otmy Celebrated Hand
made Cotton Gill Lines now III stock.
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The week q Prayer has bselfoDserY.
ed Ia the CAnrcaes duying the week.
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-D1RECToRY
RATES
RIVER +. r.

Per Year SI.5O. IN NuNa"Ue 2T.z0'-
GI5pJr cory Of RECORD sent by ruquest
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S..

SATURDAY,. JAN. 10, 1886.
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Sheriff Kelly was il town Gu Thurs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-20
To D. 0. Clarke:
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES,

The total imports of merchandise at New York
for the past week were valued at 50, 538 DOL, and
of dry goods at So, 791, 295.
Edward Cahill tramp was shot dead yester-
day morning near the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's yard at Waverly, n j., by the watch
man, John Mcguire upon whom Cahill had
drawn knife.
Thomas Francis Kehoe. a telegraph operator,
lately from Ottawa, Canada, was arrested in
New York yesterday for firing three shots from
a revolver at an unknown woman in the streets.
The woman not hit, and escaped in the
crowd In court, Kehoe was held for trial
Frederick Aver. of Lowell, Mass. the pur-
chaser of the Washington mill property at Law
renee, announces that he will at once begin to
put the mills in operation. The mills stopped a
year ago, since which time there has been much
depression in local business. They gave en-
ployment to 2 roo operatives.
Information from Fort Scott that
United States District Attorney Perry has been
instructed to have the indictments quashed and
to dis m IS the cases now in the United States
Court ,ainst some ninety Oklahoma boomers,
the latter having vacated the territory and thus
complied with the orders of the President
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I. 0. O. F. NOTES.
Indianapolis Lodge worked the degrees Fri

Indianapolis Lodge worked the degrees Fri
day night.
Samuel Stroup. P. g., of Waldron Lodge will
join the Hoosier delegation for Baltimore.
Several visitors from Ohio attended the spe
cial session of the Camp on Monday night
Grand Treasurer Haughey expects to be pres
emit in Baltimore at the unwilling of the Ridgely
monument on Tuesday next.
Tomorrow night the regular session Of Met
ropolitan Encampment will be held and the
Golden Rule degree conferred
Miss Alice McQuiddy will accompany her
father and spend the week in Washington, the
guest of the family of w. w. Curry
L. T. Kitchener, of Shelby Lodge, left for Bal
! timore on Wednesday. He will remain until
| after the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Excelsior Uniform Degree Camp, of Chicago.
Will take part In the recession at Baltimore on
next Tuesday. under command of c. G. Crabt.
Last Saturday night Olive Branch Lodge d. of
r., conferred the degree in beautifed form, and
On the 10Th will again confer it six candidates.
The degree staff of Corinthian lodge went to
Broad Ripple last Saturday night and conferred
the second and third degrees on two candidates,
and returned to the city about IL o'clock.
Owing to the absence of the compiler of these
notes there will be none in next Sundays issue.
but in place OF them letter from Baltimore
giving a description of the unwilling of the
Ridgely monument
l. w. Kelley, P. G. of Capital Lodge, left for
Palatka Fla, on Wednesday, but will spend a
few weeks at Oxford, o. He is terribly afflicted
with infammatory rheumatism, and hopes to
find some relief in warmer climate.
The called meeting of Metropolitan Encamp-
ment last Monday night was we'll attended. Six
candidates from Shelbyvile were initiated, ad-
vanced and exalted, necessitating the comforting
of all three degrees. The work was concluded
at 10 o'clock A. M.
The meeting of Fidelity Lodge. D. of r., on
Monday night was largely attended. The de-
gree was conferred. and the costumes much ad-
mired The work was decided improvement
on their last effort indicating an earnest appli-
cation and desire to excel
S. P. Oyler, W. Fl. Jacks and wife, H. NJ Nc
Coy and j. w. McQuiddy and daughter left for
Baltimore on the Big Four and B. & O., Friday
afternoon, to attend the meeting of the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge. which meets in Baltimore
Monday. They will be absent about ten days.
Quite recently three of the oldest members of
the order in New Albany have died-Peleg
Fiske. L. L. Corner and Lemuel Tyree Each
of them joined the order in 1887, the year after
it's introduction in Indiana. l.. L. Corner was a
former grand secretary. All were over seventy
years old but Tyree, and he was sixty nine.
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Local Observations.
Probable Advance in Prices of Coal.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19-Although the Phil
adelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company has
not yet given public notice of an advance in
prices in coal for shipment from Port Richmond,
officer of the company says that rates have
materially stiffened and the trade is in greatly
improved condition. When the Delaware
Lackawanna 81 Western Railway Company cut
prices we reduce stove coal Is cents per ton.
We expect TO restore the old rates, and when
prices are advanced beyond the last published
figures, we will then announce new rates" The
last circular was issued on June l. and the prices
of white ash coal at Port Richmond were then
81 for lump and steamboat So. Is for broken and
egg So 65 for stove, 49, 40 for chestnut and 81 30
for pea Since then prices have averaged Is
cents lower to the trade Contracts below these
figures were made with manufacturers but they
are all about filled. The rush has now come
and all sizes for domestic nse are in strong in
quiry. that for broken being unprecedented
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Stage Notes.

"Mkado' companies are becoming more num-
erous than Uncle Tommers."
Miss Mary Anderson will play three nights and
matinee here after the holidays
Fred FELTON,, of this city. is with the Peoples
Theater Company, now playing the towns of the
State.
Joseph jefferson begins his season Oct 5,
in Chicago. making his twentieth season of RIP
Wan WiGkle"
Lester e. ALIENS Minstrels are drawing enor-
nous audiences. principally on account of John
j. Sullivan being with them
Miss Alice Taylor, formerly of Indianapolis is
q member of Owen Fawcett's Company, which
appears here the coming week.
Broad Ripple is becoming quite a popular
resort for serio-comics and chorus singers Sing
hey the merry maiden and the tar"
1t was reported that Flora Walsh an actress.
had lately been robbed of ST. 800 worth of da
monds in Chicago, and now it is alleged Flora's
board bill was unpaid.
h terrible play called THE Bread-Wnners"
;gas produced last Monday night at the Grand
Opera house. Brooklyn, and proved to be a bur
1esque diluton of Jananschek's Mariana
Lately in music ball at San Jose, Cal. after
the short-skirted ballad lady had warbled
t'Would / Were Bird" great excitement was
created by a stawart miner in the audience sing
ing Would Were Gun"
''Airy Fairy Lillian" Russell will be at the
Opera house with her opara company in Novem-
ber She is probably the most extensively ad-
yertised woman the American stage, and for
two years she was the lido. of the New York
dudes.
Two professional scenic artists and Eve assist
ants. besides the regular theater force. are
working at the Grand Opera-house, on the seen
cry and accessories for ''Fantasma, which will
be tho State-fair week attraction, and the pro-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-20
THE STRIKE AT CLEVELAND.
Fires Lighted in the Mills, Preparatory to
Resuming Work During the Coming Week.

CLEVELAND. Sept. 19.-Twelvo weeks ago tho
employees of the Cleveland Rolling-mill Com
pany struck On account of reduction of wages,
the amount Of which was not stated. Early this
morning gaug of the Fourteenth-ward men.
principally Poles and Bohemians, gathered on
Wire street. ready to intercept those who were
willing to go to work. There has been break
in the ranks during the past few days, and
shortly after o'clock large number Of men
began making their way towards the mill
There were nearly two hundred Of them,
and when they reached the gates
they met with no opposition; they
went in and were pnt to work cleaning
up the yards, repairing machinery, etc. In
short time fires were started under number OF
boilers and more smoke hung over Newburg than
has been seen since the last day of June. Dur
ing the forenoon, steam was generated in the
rail and blooming mills. and the ponderous
wheels of the engine commenced 10 revolve after
prolonged idleness. No work was performed,
however, beyond loading few cars and cleaning
up. The back bone of the strike is broken. and
all the departments of the mill will, without
doubt, resume operations next week.
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Another Cure by Faith.

DANvILLE. KY. Sept. 19-For the past year
or more Miss Salie Mcdonald. of this county
has been afflicted with spinal complaint and
has been bed ridden during the whole time. Last
Sunday she was visited by Rev. Mr.. Burchfeld,
from her assurances that she had faith that God
could and would restore her to health At the
conclusion of the religious exercises, Mr.. Burch
field placed his hands upon her head, when she
arose, perfectly restored. Up to this time she
has suffered no relapse, and says that she has no
apprehension that she will Miss Mcdonald is
the daughter of Mr. jesse Mcdonald. respected
citizen of this county. and is herself. perfectly
reliable lady. MIR Burchield took part ia the
recent campmeetine at Junction City, where he
was known as the happy preacher
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-20
A Murderer Corfesses.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

special to the IndiAnapOlis Journal
MARTINsvILLE, Ind. Sept l9-In January,
1879, John Ratcliff, well-to-do farmer of Gree n
township, this county went out one morning to
feed his hogs. He did not return promptly and
his wife set out to hunt him. She went to the
lot where she knew he had gone, and there found
him dead, with bullet-hole through his head
and partly devoured by the hogs. That same
morning young man by the name of Lin Rey
nolds was seen passing near the spot. squirrel
hunting, with rifle, and on circumstantal evil
dence. he was indicted for the murder. After
long and tedious trial he was acquitted. The
people OF the county had almost forgotten the
matter until to-day, when Reynolds. On his
death he'd confessed that he shot Ratcliff in the
hog-pen for paltry sum of money ne had on
his person. In his utterances he i'm plicated some
else, but the name could not be understood
The confession has created great excitement.