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which all the inhabitants of the village who
were able to gain access to the building in
which it was held attended. Members of
the press from the city were there, and an
artist from an illustrated paper, who
sketched the house, No. Goodwood street,
and drew an imaginary portrait of the
murdered man, whom he had never seen.
The witnesses examined were four. The
first was village physician. who had ex-
amined the body after its discovery. He
testified that death had been caused by
blow upon the head with a blunt instru-
ment-possibly hammer. The skull was
beaten in and death must have been instan-
taneous. He did not see the instrument with
which the blow was inflicted. From the
position and nature OF the fracture, should
say that it was impossible for it to have
been caused BY an accident. Deceased
might have been able to utter a cry at the
moment of being struck, but should think
it hardly probable. Witness described the
wound in detail in medical language and
was permitted to stand aside.
The second witness was Eliza Fleming,
the servant Of the Davis family. 1t was
she who first discovered the body about day
light on the morning of the 18th of Decem-
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CHARMINGM .AUVERGNE

piled Austin, Except what 1 have OBJ
served from my own window, nearly op-
poslte hers. She is a very beautiful woman
French, believe-and is to open No. 9 as
a school for young ladies. So" continued
the young man, again giving vent to his en-
thusiasm, I'VE may have GOodwood street
bright this winter with pretty faces. By
Jovel there's light in her window now,
and it's the only light on the street, too.
Your folks and mine have evidently gone to
bed"
John Davis looked up at the upper win
dows of No. 9 as they passed. A light was
burning in the chamber on the second story,
and the top of the woman's head could be
seen, whose owner was apparently writing
or reading at a table.
The men parted at the gate Of Austin's
house and Davis waded across the street,
through the deep snow, to his own.
When Austin reached his own room he
went directly to the window and peered out
into the street before lighting his lamp.
Mime. AuVergne's shades being raised, toll
erably good view of her apartments could
be obtained, and Austin's gaze rested for a
moment upon her graceful figure, as she sat
with her back to the window, bending over
her work, whatever it was, at the table.
From this pleasant picture in the lighted
room across the way Austin looked down
into the street at mis- friend Davis, who was
endeavoring to push away the snow which
had accumulated about his gate.
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GoodWood street after the storm ceased.
Was sure of that. because he remarked 10 to
Mr.. Davis. He had never known Mr..
Davis prior to meeting him on the train that
evening.
This closed the testimony, and the jury,
after a short consultation, delivered q ver-
dict that John Davis came to his death BY
blow from blunt instrument at the hands
of some person to the jury unknown. The
crowd dispersed, each individual with his
own theory as to the tragedy, and Austin
walked thoughtfully toward his home. Be
fore he reached the street corner, he felt
hand upon his shoulder, and turning, found
himself face to face with the man with the
sandy beard.
81 beg your pardon, said this individual
my name is Mixer. have just come from
that remarkable inquest, and the Coroner is
a fool"
Austin looked at him iDquiringly.
Il am city detective" continued Mr..
Mixer. II read of this case in the papers.
and came down here merely out OF pro-
fessional curiosity. I want to make some
inquiries. You are the last man, with one
exception, who saw Davis alive, and you
look reasonably intelligent"
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because she will yet be great painter: an
other he reDroves for giddiness; third for
lettering overmuch in her work. The old
fellow really took an interest in the class.
"Iisuppose," remarked the still inquirlng
youth, that all models are very restlessY'
Why, no." Mr.. Brown said, some
models are excellent from the start. 1
think the good and bad models are nearly
equal. There is no medium condition about
models; they are either very good or very
bad. The bad models are of two kinds.
One sort get restless, and make the painting
matter Of great difficulty. The other sort
get sleepy, which makes painting an utter
lmpossibility."
ABOUT ANIMAL MODELS.
''There is one class of models you forget
about, put in Mr. Flake White. ''I mean
animal models. They are, of course, the
most difficult subjects. OF all animals,
like to paint horses best. When you have
put horse in certain position once or
twice, he seems to recognize what is wanted
OF him, and poses as you wish. You must
catch the expression and general outline,
within the first few minutes of the pose,
though; otherwise all is lost. Your horse
after a few minutes falls into dropping,
lazy position--all the lite seems to leave
him. To paint horses in 'fy-time' is
terribly hard. Your subject gets al
most mad with heat and flies. He
tosses about, and makes himself utterly
disagreeable. L had man to hold team
for me up in the mountains last summer.
One of the horses was an old-time model of
mine, and he was not very excited. The
other brute, however, was positively awful.
Nothing could quiet him, and he ended by
lifting his ioreleg and knocking the man,
who was holding him, clean off his stool
into the fallow. That horse, too. had a
horrid fashion of wheeling round and look
ing at me in the most critical parts of the
work. When he had been put into position
some 80 times he began to catch on and
after awhile, If shouted at him when he
TUNED round, he would Immediately resume
the right pose of his own accord"
The allotted time given to man for the
discussion of his affairs, cover the walnuts
and the wine," was now long past, and it
was judged necessary to postpone the lecture
on models to some future date. The hot
faced youth. however, was much wiser on
this subject when he lett the dining room
than when he entered it.
brennan.
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piazza there were no footprints in the snow
around the door. This fact she remembered
distinctly, as she glanced along the length
of the piazza before seeing the body. There
was no disturbance of the snow at the foot Of
the steps, except such as was evidently
caused by her masters fall. Witness was
the first to go out on the street and give the
alarm. In doing so, she was compelled to
step in the footprints made by her master,
as the snow was quite deepA She was posi-
tive that there were no footprints in the
front yard except those made by Mr.. Davis.
There was no place around the front door
where a person would be concealed from
the view Of any one coming up the gravel
walk.
The next witness was Mrs. Amelia Davis,
widow Of the deceased. Mr.. Davis was
teller in a bank, which she named, in the
city. When his body was found his gold
watch, his pocketbook, gold pencil and seal
ring were discovered in their proper places.
Witness knew Of no enemy 10 her husband.
He was an inoffensive, good man. Eliza
Fleming slept in back room, adjoining the
one occupied by witness, and could only
leave it by passing through her mistress
chamber. All the family retired at 10
o'clock on the evening of the 14th Of De-
cember, and Eliza Fleming did not rise un-
til $50 or o'clock next morning. The
personal property found on the body Of the
deceased was in the possession OF the COro-
ner.
At this point man with a sandy beard,
who occupied a seat near the Coroner among
the audience, arose and asked permission to
ask question of the witness. Permission
being granted, the man with the sandy
beard wanted to know what the name
''Marie'' meant on the inside OF the seal ring
belonging to the deceased. In reply witness
said she did not know. She had never seen
the ring except upon her husbands finger,
when the name, OF course, was concealed.
She knew of no person named ''Marie." To
further questions BY the Coroner she said she
knew little of her husbands antecedents
prior to her marriage. It was love match,
entered into against the wishes of her par
ents. Witness being then evidently in great
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requires their daily attendance in the city.
The houses on Goodwood street are all alike
and stand back some distance from the
street, the space in front being pleasantly
arranged in miniature gardens, divided
from each other, and from the street by neat
fences. The houses are all brick, three
stories in height, with piazzas, also of three
stories, covering their entire, front. These
piazzas are also divided, on each story, by
close board partitions, and are provided on
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A deep drift had formed on the opposite
sidewalk, and had been piled high against
the fence along the whole length of the
street. John Davis was the first to break
its continuous outline, and it was evident
that none of the inhabitants of the opposite
side of Goodwood street had opened their
gates since the snow ceased falling.
Austin watched the shadowy figure of his
friend, scarcely discernible in the starlight,
until he had succeeded in opening the gate
and closed it with a click and walked up
the path toward his door. Then the young
bachelor drew down his window-shades,
after parting glance at Nine. Auvergne's
studious figure, and turned from his window
to light his lamp. As he did SO a sound
like a human cry reached his ears and caused
him to halt when halfway across his room.
The rattle of the window-shade. as he drew
1t down, had partly drowned the sound, but
to his ears it sounded almost like cry of
murder. He turned again to the window,
drew up the shade, threw up the sash quick
ly and looked out.
The cry was not repeated. No sound dis
turbed the stiffness of the night. The stars
were glittering in the clear, cold sky; the
spotless snow filled the street and gardens.
The only living thing visible to Austin's
gaze was the graceful form of Nine. Au-
vergne, bending over her table in the light
ed room across the way.
"It must have been cat, ;" thought Aus
tin, ''or my imagination. 1t did not dis
turb my friend opposite, whatever il was"
And with this srehection he closed his win
dow and went to bed.
At the breakfast table next morning
strange news awaited him. Goodwood
street, from end to end, was in state of
great excitement. Two constables standing
at the gate OF No. denied access to all
comers except to the properly constituted
authorities, while the roadway before the
house was filled with an eager, noisy crowd;
for John Davis had been found at the steps
of his residence stiff and cold, with the snow
about him dyed crimson with his blood.
There was an inquest after the funeral, at
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the upper floors with railings, breast high.
of green lattice, as precaution against ac-
cidents. Access to the gardens is had from
the street by lattice gates, from which gravel
walks conduct to the front doors Of the
dwellings.
On the 18th of December, 1873, painters
we're at work upon the piazzas of the third
house from the corner of the southerly ave-
nue. on the west side of the street. This
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Brennan.
THE PEOPLES STORE, FIFTH AVENUE.

For the Rainy Weather.
Gum coats for misses, 81 90, 81 % and
81 IS.
Gum coats for boys, 81 so.
Gum coats for ladies, 81 25, 81 90, 50 so,
So 90, s4 90. Sc 90, 81 90, $40, 90, S12 90,
S13 80, SIG 30.
No finer or better goods anywhere-the
higher priced goods are pure silk and
rubber.
Gents gum coats and mackintoshes in
light, medium and heavy weight; a splendid
variety, 81 81 to $15 90.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
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house had been for sometime unoceupied,
but had recently received tenant in the
person of gentleman of about 40 years of
age, who, with his family, consisting of
young wife, an infant son and servant,
had taken possession of the dwelling in No
vember. The number of the house was 8.
The name on the door was John Davis. So
short time had this family resided in
Goodwood street that the usually neighborly
intercourse had not vet been established
with it, and little was known in St. Leger
of John Davis except that he went to the
city very early every morning and returned
to his home considerably after dark on
every day in the week except Sunday. Ru-
NOR described him as bankers clerk, but
OF this the neighbors had no positive infor-
nation.
The 18th day Of December was a cloudy
day, and on the 14th a snowstorm set in,
which continued throughout the day. At
IL o'clock the evening of the 14th two men
got of the last down train at Sr. Leger sta.
tion. One Of these men was John Davis,
the other was Henry Austin, young bache-
lor who boarded at No. Goodwood street,
nearly opposite the residence of Mr.. Davis.
The men had apparently made each others
acquaintance on the train. As they turned
in the direction of Goodwood street. one of
them, looking up, remarked that the storm
had evidently ceased, as the stars were shin
ing out.
"We are the first to break track" said
Austin, pointing up the road which lay be-
fore them, white and spotless in the star
light:
'"This is bad for my newly-painted piaz-
zas, replied the other. 81 doubt if they
had time to dry. But it's just my luck"
''You are not SO fortunate as Nine. Au-
vergne She painted her house entire a
week ago. Perhaps she is better weather
prophet than you"
"Who is Nine. Auvergne ?" asked Davis.
almost your next-door neighbor. She
has recently hired No. 9 for the winter. Is
it possible you have not seen her? She is the
handsomest woman ever seen in Goodwood
street." said Austin, enthusiastically.
'You must pardon me-" said Davis. "I
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mn. nTcGintr,s Wifa.

Whatever may have been Mr.. McGinty's
misfortunes while attempting to win his
famous FIVE dollar bet, he was happy and
contented with his home life His wife be-
ing a sensible woman, used Marvin's Self
Rising Flour, and every morning McGinty
reveled in the most delicious buckwheat
cakes made from it. Marvin's Self-Rising
Pancake and Buckwheat Flours are for sale
by all grocers. d
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1853.
1889.
HoInes' Best.

For medical use and for home purposes
this whisky stands high, has been Endorsed
by chemists and Government officials. As
a holiday need it has gained countenance
by its purity and age. Families supplied
with champagnes, wines, cordials and best
imported brandies, etc. Send for catalogue
or telephone orders for immediate delivery,
No. 305 Christmas and New Year goods
delivered promptly to all parts of the city,
East End and Allegheny.
VIII. HOLMES g Son,
120 Water street and 15S First avenue.
TTSSu
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Rinza-Rinrs-Rinr,.

Our collection is complete. Solitaires in
diamonds all sizes and prices. Only the
best goods sold. Clusters in all the colored
stones aud diamonds. The handsomest col
lection we have ever had together. at
HARDY q HAYES,
Jewellers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers.
529 Smithfeld ST. New Building.
Open every evening. IT'S
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CAsEY's Excelsior" rye is their special
brand. 1t is very favorably known in this
community, and we advertise only to give
outsiders a chance to become acquainted
with this fine old brand of straight and pure
Monongahela rye. For sale at 7. D. Casey
& Co. IS, 971 Liberty st. Fs
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Der. She had opened the front door with
the intention of sweeping the snow from the
piazza and front steps, and had found the
murdered man lying face upward at the foot
of the latter. Was at first too much fright
ened to do anything but scream, but after
ward thought her master might not be dead,
and so went to him, bat found the body quite
cold.
The rest Of the,testimony Of this witness
excited great interest.
When she opened the door to sweep the
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90 ID W o o D
street, in the vii
lage of st. Leger.
is a transverse
street connecting
two parallel ave-
nues. The village
itself1s asuburban a
one, about an
hours ride by rail
way from the me-
!tropolis, and a fa-
vorite residence
for nero h IN t s,
clerks and other
business men of
s m a IL m e ans
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HOLIDAY TABLE DEn1cAc1Es.
Largest Line-Lowesr Prices.

LhFBeBL LIhe-LOWesI FFICeBs
Look for our special card in next Sundays
Dispatch. Better send for the Housekeep-
er's Guide; it will post you on everything in
our line; also contains valuable information
for all housekeepers. Store open till F. NJ.
until Christmas.
VIM. HAsLAGE & Son,
Is Diamond Square, Pittsburg.
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mental distress, was permitted to stand
aside, and. the man with the sandy beard sat
down. apparently satisfied.
The fourth and last witness was Henry
Austin. He briefly described his meeting
with John Davis on the night of Deeembsl
IA. their walk home together and parting at
his own gate, He afterward saw from his
window John Davis endeavoring to open his
front gate by pushing away the snow which
had accumulated against it. There was
deep drift of snow on the sidewalk on the
west side of the street. Witness and de-
ceased were the first persons to pass through
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Kvervbodv savr

We have the finest stock of Mems Novelties
in sterling silver in the city. Come and see
them, at HARDY & HAYES,
Jewellers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers,
529 Smithfeld street. New Building
Open every evening. IT'S
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For ChrIs,mn. nforpInr.

Don't get left, but go now to G. A.
Smiley & Co., 2S Fifth avenue, and make
selection from their fne assortment of use
full presents.
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For holiday presents. Diamonds. sapphires,
rubies, opals, pearls, gold and silver special
ties, at Geo. w. Diggs & Co.'s, Smithfeld
street, corner Sixth avenue.
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ALE and porter are the correct drinks for
December, January and February. Frauen-
helm q Vilsack's brews are the faYorites
with connoisseurs.
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Don't get left. but go now to G. A.
Smiley & Co., 2S Fifth avenue, and make
selection from their fine assortment of use
full presents.
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A Diamond or a Piece Of JeweIry

Makes the most appropriate and acceptable
gift for Christmas. Examine our choice
new stock. Open every evening.
WATTLES & SHEAFER,
81 Fifth avenue.
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tETHE WEATHER is the SUBJ
ject of an interesting article by
Bumbalo in to-morrow's DIS
PATCH.
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TARTAN and novelty plaid snrah silks,
beautiful effects and colorings, S1.50 a yard,
worth regularly 81. HUGUs & HAoKE.
TTSSu
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SEAL PLUsH sACQUEs.
The PeopIe,. srore. FIftb Avsnus

AuF EeupIe9 5lOIt' FIFTH RAVehues
Present your wife with good seal plush
sacque We have all sizes, and the best
styles and values. Prices for good ones
$40, $25, $50, $50, $40, $40.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
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ESGRAv1NGs for all illustrative pur-
poses. General printing.
PITTsBURG PHoTo-ENGRAvING Co.,
TTssu 70, II, 70 Diamond st.
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1858.
1SSa.

1858. Holmes' Best. 1889,
Both chemists and physicians indorse the
purity and good quality of this standard
brand of whisky. We have also in stock a
magnificent line of fine champagnes, wines.
cordials, imported brandies, liquors, bitters
and table waters.
W. II. HOLMES g. Son.
120 Water street and 15S First avenue.
TTSSu
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A SPECIFIC for all bodily pain is Saliva.
ton Oil. 1t cures all pain instantly and
costs but % cts. bottle.
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ETCHINGS

mHOw ETCHINGS ARE
MADE is told by Brennan in an
Illustrated article in to-morrow's
DISPATCH
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Holiday goods; cash or credit
IT'S HOPPER Bros. g Co., 307 Wood st.
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WALL PAPERS.

For Christmas Morning,
Fine umbrellas. @. A. SMILEY g. Co.
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TBILLYE EDWARDS in to-mor-
rows DISPATCH discusses the
prospects Of a colored champion
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speciaI Deslrns.

A larger line of specialties than is offered
by any other house in the city.
CRUMRINE, BANE & BAsSETT,
416 Wood ST.
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CharmIng CrentIons in JeweIr

For ChrIstmna Morning,
Ladies' seal gloves G. A. SMILEY 8 Co.
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For Chrisrmas Morning,
Beaver muffs and collars.
c. A. SMILEY & Co.
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For ChrIgtmag lIornInr.

For Christmas Morning,
Ladies' seal satchels. G. A SMILEY & Co.
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For ChrIs,mns ATorninR.
Omen Evening".

Gents seal caps. c. A. SMILEY 8 Co.
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For Christmas Morning,
Gentlemen's hats.
G. A. SMILEY & Co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-09-13
Much Fqhtnq A-Going On.

Last Saturday morning Mr. j. j.
w. Johnson, who is employed by Mr..
q. II. Hodges to attend TO the ware
house business, went out rs usual to
open up the building He found five
negro men on the platform at the
warehouse playing cards. He ordered
them off, when one of the fellows
struck him three terrific blows in the
face, pretty badly injuring him.
They all struck out then, two going
down the railroad and three up.
Officers were at once put on their track
and succeeded in capturing four of
the men. The one who did the fight
ing. however, managed to escape,
and ran like deer, even though six
bullets were sent after him. Later il
was discovered that the man wanted
was the notorious Joe Hays, well
known criminal who halls from Mar
tinsburg. 1t having been ascertained
that he was in that city, Mrssrs
Thomas Kearfott and Theod ore
Rogers went up to get him on Mon
day. They returned without their
prisoner, and stated that the police
of Martinsburg refused to arrest
Hays, although he was walking
about the streets of that town. We
understand that a warrant for his
arrest will be placed in the sheriff 5
hands. Hays is notorious fellow,
and it is reported that he has recently
broken Jail in Hagerstown and is wan
ted by the authorities of Washington
and Baltimore for various crimes.
Saturday evening two well-known
colored man Of this place, Jesse Peter
son and Sam Ransom, were discussing
the above case, when they fell to
fighting. In the scrap that followed,
Ransom bit piece out of Jesse's jaw,
splitting the fragment out on the
pavement. Jesse managed also to
chew Sans thumb to some extent.
Both men were taken before the
Mayor, who found both guilty and
fined each two dollars and costs.