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\ STRUGGLE IN THE DARK.

Upon reaching the hallway he heard
someone coming from the direction of
the door of the boys room. Thinking
that it was his oldest son Willie, he
called "Willie is that you?" No reply.
The figure approached and when the
man reached him he fired, pushing him
headlong down the stairs where another
shot was discharged. At the bottom of
the stairs deadly serimmage ensued, in
which he thinks there were two burg lars.
Mr.. r. was Injured on the leg, arm aud
received some bruises on his forehead.
He made an outcrv, and Willie responded
to his call, the burglar running when he
beard footsteps upstairs, in his exit leav
ing the door open. Il told him there
were robbers in the house, aud to 60 his
mamma He returned saying that she
was shot. The boys helpsd him upstairs
| where he discovered that his wife had
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=, w 81 BRANCH OF PENHsYLvANlAR.R
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FESSER'S AR.

Detective James Tate, sta hod
A"'" he"'ie' 'ei VI I" ms Ares
ted him in Harrisburg May H. s.o,,d
that he had trouble arsesting 80. ,,.ba,,
w" nm t4 arrest, he
replied 81 don t know whether =, ora mr.
not" | said "I'll either arrest -. Yin
you" He made an effort to 90 nj.
revolver saying cts matter ,,,,tb
anyhow" Fenuer wanted to knt e n,
was wanted for anything exceptin p ,dsl
phia, if not it was ali right. took ~ n
the Mayors office, and exhibited hi r,l.
yer q 81 calibre Smith and Wessou 5.s
searching for Fenner and Wood sine, ~,
uary. Thinks both were absent frOmPii
adelphia at the time OF The murder. =,
~
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IL IL Nuk JOihOb NO.
n-vs, as stateu-.A remained there
Ent and tina next 1nv rT.-ao Mr.

/ ani Mrs. Fenner, and Thomas O'ConD !,
went to Harrisburg. registering at the St.
james Hotel, on April II, 1891, On Mon
day she was taken sick, and return ed to
/ Philadelphia alone. Fenner returned to
Altoona in May, she meeting him there.
| Mrs. Fenner obtained the following state
,nent from the Philadelphia druggist:
referring to our lists, find there was q
| Mrs Fenner in our store on April 11rh,
| 1884," She stated that her husbands
occupation was book keeping. Wasn't
engaged keeping books when absent from
! Philadelphia. Identified his signature in
the register. On her second visit to Altoona
| she remained about week.
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She stated that her home was in
Oxford, Pa. Was present at the house
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FENNER'S ALIBI.
The next witness was Mr.. German OF the
firm of German Il Lockman, wholesale
liquor and cigar dealers, Newark, n. j.
He testified that Fenner conducted saloon
in that city in the spring of 1891, and that
he had dealt with them under the name OF
II. p. Allen. He produced his daYbook In
court, which contained an entry made
with IL. p. Allen, on June Is, 1891.
Detective w. Il Lyon, of the Baltimore
firm OF Smith, West and Lyon. immei
lately took the stand. He stated that he
was employed by MIR. Hayes, to procure
the Register OF the ST. James Hotel, Puts
burg, where Fenner accompanied by his
wife, had registered on April -, 1891, a
Harry Allen aud wife. of Norfolk, Va
They were accompanied by Thomas O'Con
| ner Of Altoona, Pa. Lyon left for Altoona
| on .Tuly ., and arrived Sunday morning
| Fenner before going to Pittsburg had beer
in Altoona, stopping at the house OF ont
| Patric O'Connof. Lyon accompanied by
Mrs. Fenner visited the house, seeing Mr.
! O'Conner and others. He and Mrs. Fenner
! aud one other person then took the trair
| for Pittsburg. Upon arriving in that citl
! they Immediately went to the St. jaime
{ Hotel, ana after some preliminaries secure,
: the register The book was brought t,
| Elktou and delivered to Sheriff Mckinney
| The register was produced in court. o.
the date of April -, 1891, the day of tn
J murder the names OF Thomas CConuor an
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with a white object upon its fin,
then another. Catching the fish.
she saw That it was no accident,
but an intentional decoration.
Following up she saw others, and
soon recognized the fact that il
was message from some one
possibly The lost one.
Up the stream she went, sinking
In the soft mud over which the
fishes had safely passed; crossing
quicksands, leaping from trunk
to trunk until she finally she found
her lover apparently dead-.so near
1t that it was months before he
walked. With her hands she dug
lhe sand and mud away, aud then
bore his emaliated. form (breaking
a passage through the lianes) to
the camp. No wonder he looked
at her with loving eyes, and no
wonder he protected the hassars.
Salvadea's story might seem a
fiction Of the Amazon, but the hab.
1t of hassars and lher catfishes of
leaving the water and crawling
overland is a common one, and is
equally we'll known in India in the
climbing perch. The fish do not
carry wa!erin their gills during
these overland journeys, as is gen.
orally supposed, but breathe mir
and Tor The time are true amphib.
ians.
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The New York Sun, in revie W
ing the nominations, refers to The
force bill and says: "Better vote
for the liberty and the white gov.
ernment of The Southern States
even were the candidate The devil
himself, rather than consent to the
election of respectable Benjamin
Harrison with a force bill IN his
pocket.
The Atlanta Constitution accepts
the situation gracefully and views
the result as a most remarkable
event IN political history.
The editorials in GeOrgia's lead.
ing papers predict Democratic sue.
cess. The same may bp said OF the
papers throughout the South.
When the nomination was re-.
ceived at Washington very few OF
the leading politicians were IN The
city. Mr.. Crisp was enthusiastic,
as was Mr.. Robertson, of Louisi.
ana, predicting success; Hill said
he was still Democrat" and
Hooker and Bum were ready TO
shout for the ticket though showed
their disappointment.
The New York World says {:
Grover Cleveland must have The
electoral vote of New York.
The majority Of The Louisiana
legislators think Cleveland will
lead Democracy to victory.
The nominees will be officially
notified about July IL.
John Sherman regards the result
as the logical outcome Of the con.
diiion OF things.
Clarks0n says 1t is a good, clean
ticket and that there will be a Wig.
orous canvass, free from scandal
or personal antagonism.
Quay wants TO bet $4,000 on
uarris0n's election.
The nomination Of Stevenson
has done much 10 allay the rancor
OF The national convention. Al.
though a confidant and great ad.
mirer Of ex.President Cleveland,
he is the aulllhesis Of the dlsliu-
guished New Yorker in his posi-.
ton on The distribution 0l Official
patronage. Stevenson, a. the tirst
Assistant Postmaster General IN.
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ON TIE GULF,

Written for the Enterprise, by Mrs. Josie
Frazee Cappleman.
lgazed on the great world of waters,
That were sobbing OF every side;
As sank the sun, and the moon arose
Upon the slow, swelling tide.
And | saw all the lives around me,
Upon that wide watery bed
And studied their strange changeful faces
While wondering whittier they led.
There smiled a sweet-faced young maiden
In the blossom of youth;
With the bushes about her dimples,
In her eyes the tell-tale truth.
And longed, in my soul, to clasp her,
In a strong, protecting arm;
To shelter her life forever,
From blishted hopes and from harm.
Then over against the strong bulwarks
Stood noble-browed, manly form,
That dared the world and its workings
Thro' the calm, the breeze and the storm,
Aud read in his dcep-set glunces,
In the firm-pressed lips, up-bent,
or life OF aim and ambition,
OF soul of highest intent.
And Age was there with his ailings,
SO helpless, and weary, and weak;
With the best of life all behind him,
The pallor of death on his cheek,
While near Ages side was wee one,
With life just anew begun,
With the strange, wide world all before
him,
As a dream at the set of the sun.
Still Others were grouped there, and many,
And each with some goal then in view !;
Some leading far down to the death shoal,
Some leading on up to the True.
And my soul cried ont in its fullness:
O. grcat-hearted, dark surglng sea-
How strange are the lives all about YOU,
And lite-what deep mystery!
Okolona, Miss.
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The managers of The Washing.
ton City cemeteries are endeavor-
ing to inauguraie a movement
against Sunday funerals, which,
they say, entail a great deal Of un.
necessary work upon the employees
OF the cemeteries and OF the under.
takers establishments. The move.
ment will doubtless command The
hearty support Of the pastors of
Washington's churches, whose
Sunday labors are rendered doub.
ly onerous by the demands of fu.
nerals. and The movement should
spread to all the cities. Sunday is
a favorlte day for funerals among
the laboring people, as their friends
can attend on that day without
losing time from their work.
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CHANCERY COURT-SECOND DIST
W. 7. HOUSTON, Chancellor.


In the county of Lauderdale, on second Monlay
of NAV and November, and continue twelve days
In the county of Newton, on the first Monday
of MAY and November. and continue six days
nthe county of Hancock Oh the fourth Monday
Of January and July. and continue six days.
In the county of Harrison on the first Monday
Of February and August, and continue six days.
In the county Of Jackson, on the second Monday
of February and August. and continue six days.
mthe county of Clarke. ON the fourth Monday Of
May ard November, and continue six days.
In the county of Jasper, on the second Monday
oiMarch and September aud continue six days.
In the county of Perry, held in Augusta che
First District, on the third Monday of March and
September, and continue six days; and in the
iowo of Hattiesbnrg, the Second District on the
first Mondays in June and December and contin.
uesiy days.
In the county of Marion, First District, on the
second Monday Of January aud July and continue
six days. In the Second District ON the third
Monday Of Ja"uary and July and continue six
days
In the county Of Pearl River on the first Mon
dav of January and July, and continue six days.
In the county of ZONES. on the first Monday Of
March aud September, and continue six days.
ln'he county Of Covinston, on the second Mon
day in April and October and continue six days.
the count, of Greene, on the third Monday Of
April and October, and continue six days.
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BY HASSAR POST.
Frederick Holder in New York Evening
Post y

Frederick Holder in New York Evening
Post.
1t was on a tributary of the Am.
azon, far up in The mysterious
country, so bound, in,erlaced and
lnlertangled by the snake like
lanes that few men had the lemer.
l'v or desire 10 penetrate il. The
stream wound away, now in deep
channels, now gliding over lreach-
erons qulck>ands or leaping sunk
Ell rocks ; hemmed in by The for.
esl ami luXuriant vegetation that
fell over the edges and hung pend.
ant in the stream, lcking up the
drift until verilable floating islands
were formed, affording resi- for the
turtles and other small animals.
AT rare intervals there was a
beach where The sand had been
thrown up in an eddy, presenting q
a sparkling and brilliant contrast
10 the green.
On such a beach lived Manuel
Salvadea, famous as a hunter and
fisherman. 1t was he who killed
a Jaguar single banded with his
knife. 1t was Salvadea who swung
across The roaring Matos upon a
vine and saved seven or eight of
his people from the flood. and it
was he who, when held up as a
hero, scorned the term and asked.
"ls it not mans duty to do rish, |?
So II Will be seen that this Indian
was unique III his way,and his com
rades, or The people of his tribe
looked upon HIM with something
akin to reverence.
10 secure Salvadea's services
was a guarantee of game or fish |;
yet for fisherman he entertained
some peculiar ideas. He objected
to taking fish for pleasure, and has
been known to lift a c0mrade and
hurl him into the wafer for killing
a fish known as the hassar. He
seemed to be the self.consliuted
champion of the iinny tribe. Why!
let him tell his own story
Il protect the fishes, senior, be.
cause they cared for me when was
helpless. 1t an animal does you a
service, you can but return il. |
did not always think so. II was
this way Two years ago lived
on the upper branch of the Querto,
The little stream which we believe
rises far away in the up country,
whore the white peaks reach to.
ward the heavens. In the season
the river was low, and then we
caught turtle. iguana, aud the
game upon which we live. knew
of a certain place where game was
plenty, aud one day, without say.
ing a word, left The camp and
padded down Tie river, and lcav.
Ing The canoe tied 10 IA lane cut
my way across country to the spot.
You know, senior, that the water
is always washing away the banks
and undermining the trees. We'll,
so it was on The little river When
| reached it | found it lower than
ever; so low that the sand was
bare in places, and pools were lett
everywhere alive with fish.
"As l unloaded my basket and
net | heard loud crash, and turn.
ing 10 see the cause, saw large
mona tree falling upon me. 1t was
too late to escape, so l threw my
self upon The sands. The next
hours were a deep sleep. knew
nothing, and when | awoke it was
dark. | was lying partly In The
water aud over my leg was a
branch Of the tree. | was power.
less and could moi move, and I
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THE REG UL1R TERMS,
CIRCUIT COURT-SECoND DIST
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, Judge.
,,NES " NEVILLE. District Attorney


IN the county of I.auderdale, on the first Mon.
day of january and July and con6nuc thirty days
In the county of Noxubee, on the second Monday
of February and August and continue eighteen
In the county of Kemper on the FIRST Monday Of
March and September. and conti 'is twelve days,
In the county of Clarke, on thee> nd Monday of
March and September. and continue twelve days.
In the county Of Wayne, on the first Monday
of April and October, and continue six days,
In the county Of Greene, ON the second Monday Of
Anri and ctober, and deontinue six days.
In the county Of Pearl. River, on the third Mon
day Of April and Oct lbel, and continue six days.
In the county of Hancock. on the fhlrth Monday
of April and October and continue twelve days
In the county Of Harrison. on the second Monday
ofMay and November. and continue twelve DAYS.
In the county of jackson, on the fourth Monday
Of NAV and November, and continue twelve davs.
In the county Of Marion, First District, on the
third Monday of June and December, and continue
six DAYS In the Second District, on the second
Monday of June and December and continue six
days.
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Col. VIM. r. Moore, of Memphis,
the leading Republican Of Tennes-
see, says: "Gen. Harrison owes
his nomination 10 the Office hold
ers Of the South, who swarmed tv
Minneapolis and voted to retain
themselves in place Tor four more
years. They care not for the
wishes Of the masses; they only
consider their personal wants and
thus defeated the will Of their pso.
ple."
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der Cleveland. made reputation
for removing Republican postmas.
lers and appointing Democrats,
which required all the agility Of
Clarkson, ot Iowa, 10 rival when
President Harrison made that gen.
tleman The Assistant Postmaster
General under lhe Republican Ad.
minis'raiion. For this reason Gen.
Stevenson is exceedingly popular
with The very element so active ilr
opposing Cleveland, and the ticker
nominated at The convention Of
1892 is a concession TO both of the
great elements into which The civil
service theories Of these latter days
have divided the national Democ.
racy.
The Chicago Herald speaks of
Stevenson as a "Democrat OF Dem.
ocrals, an accomplished scholar, q
gentleman of many graces, and a
leader having courage, and genu.
Inc ability"
~. 1t is an ideal ticket, says the
Times. Democrat.
Cleveland, on being notified of
the nomination, expressed deep
sense of honor and said it would
be his constant endeavor to de.
serve The support OF every Demo.
crat.
Hill sent his thanks 10 Tamma.
ny "ior the gallant fight they made
TO preserve the rights and dignity
OF the regular Democracy of the
Empire State"
The papers generally through.
out The South, opposed to Cleve-
land, now show in humble sub.
mission" and ''yield to none" etc.
Adlai +. Stevenson is a Ken.
tucklan by birth, a lawyer by pro.
fession, and by the votes Of The
people will be the next Vice Pres.
icent oil the United States.
The platform is an admirable
one, says Congressman Springer.
Some Of the Colorado papers
have bol'ed The ticket on accounG
of the action on The silver question.
The word from Jackson, Miss, is
That universal satisfaction is ex.
pressed.
There was great enthusiasm in
Arkansas.
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"GOrman not voting.
Number Of votes ,ast 0O9a. Necessary. to
choice, 607.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-07-01

A Nurenburg watch, in the
form Of an acron, has tiny pislol
which serves Us an alarm.
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CLEVELAND and STEVENSON.
Notes and Comments Anenl the National
Democratic Ticket.

TABULATED VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
The official vete for President before the States
began to change was as follows:
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The smallest State in the Union
is by no means The poorest. Little
Rhode Island with her 1900 square
miles, has a higher assessment
than that of twen,y.six States and
Territories. Of The strictly South.
ern States only Virginia, Georgia,
Tennessee and Texas exceed her in
assessed wealth, and her assess.
ment is more than three fifths that
OF Kentucky. Delaware, the next
smallest State, has an assessment
less than one.fourth as large as
that OF Rhode Island. The highest
assessed valuation per head is in
Massachusetts where it is about
1866, and the lowest is in the three
States of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Mississippi, where it
is abont $135 each per human be.
ing. In Kentucky the average Is
about s265. in Ohio about $500, in
New York about $3.50, in Pennsyl.
vania about $500, in Rhode Island
about 1920, in Michigan about $40
In Virginia about $235, in Tennes.
see about 5000, and in Georgia
about $205.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-24

1t is simply impossible; and yet even
more curious things are told of in
scriptural history. You know.
Plummer was naturally slSepticaL
He had fat, red cheeks and a little
mouth that continually looked as If it
wanted to whistle, and fat hands aud
short, fat legs, and 4 confiding way
that made him many friends; and then
he had habit of believing in himself
and his own shrewdness that made
every body laugh. They can't fool me, +"
he often remarked swapping his fingers
as if in contempt OF all efforts to that
end; and whenever he said it, the
words created a broad smile all around
the board, as il the idea OF fooling
Plummer was the height and depth OF
all absurdity.
Well, the manifestations began
without the aid of the slightest el.c-
tricity. There was no sitting around
pine table and singing psalms, as
Plummer remarked afterward. The
conditions were perfected without any
apparent premeditation, and the boys
and girls over there came and went
just as if they belonged here and were
about TO resume where they left off
when they passed out.
Plummer was first astouished by be-
ing stopped at the junction of the
streets 1t was about o'clock at
night of the 2ith of December, and there
was full head of gas in the street
lamp on the corner. A man with blood
red eyes, dressed in u ragged overcoat
and 4 plug hat, the front of the rim of
which was torn so as to rest on his
nose, leaving the eyes conspicuous in
the vacancy thereby created remarked
in a hoarse, low voice: I'm Jones
P. @ Jones. Know me? Died in "a
Member that IS l loaned you? Want
it-r
"I had an indistinct remembrance
of borrowing SIS of somebody
of that name" said Plummer after
ward, land of his dying before had
a chance to return the money Now l
don't know that this was the Jones in
question, but if not, how should he
have known of the transaction? Well.
| was glad TO get the matter off my
mind, and l banded out s. /
intended to ask for a receipt in full.
He paused before building that was
lighted from top to bottom, and every
light in which appeared to be 1ancing
jig without regard to rhyme, time,
or propriety Of movement This might
have been partly result, however, of
the whirling snow, it having come
on to storm in good, old-fasbioucd
Christmas style. Parsing to put a
handful of silver into the outstretched
palm of an old woman who said she
was once known as Lucretia Borgia,
and casually remarlSing to her that he
hoped she had stopped the poisoning
business, Plummer entered the build
ing, and nearly ran against man of
rather small stature, with a prominent
nose cast in the Roman style, long gray
hair brushed back of his ears and tied