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South Ryegate.

Mrs. j. r. Park is very low with
heart failure and cannot live but a few
days.
There was teaparty at VIM. Terrv's
last Friday evening and very nice
time reported.
John Ingram and family of Barre,
are at j. r. Parks called here by the
illness of Mrs. Park.
Miss Jo,ie Rollins of Newburv is
visiting her sister, Mrs. II. G.. Dar-
ling.
Mrs. G. l.. Duncan of McIndoes,
spent last Tuesday in town.
Alexander Dunnett of st. Johnsbury,
was in town last Wednesday.
The new church Sabbath school have
picnic on Jefferson Hill Monday, Dec
Grafton day.
Geo l.. Hall and Jas. Johnston at
tended the stockholders annual meeting
of the NJ. 81 w. II. railroad at Mont.
pelier last Thursday.
Miss Lulu Webber, who has been
visiting in town for the past week, re-
turned to Montpelier last Wednesday.
w. A. Stowell, manager of the NJ 81
W. r railroad was in town last Mon
day to meet a committee of the Fair
ground to see about changing the
course of the brook which runs through
the Fair ground. 1t is intended now
to run the brook into the river
just south of the covered bridge which
will be a great improvement to the Fair
ground.
We understand George Stevens has
turned book agent and will try to sup
ply the people of this vicinity with one
of the best aliases of the world to be
had, Mr.. p. Gibson is the State agent
for Vermont George has our best
wishes for his success in this new en-
terprise.
w. 5. Turner and A. I. Gay were
IN Littleton, last Monday, Decoration
day.
The Ryegate Granite Works Compa-
pany shipped a large granite engine
bed TO Pottsville, Pa, last week.
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North ThetfOrd.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Sawyer left
here Tuesday afternoon for Wyoming,
where they are intending to live with
their daughter, Mrs. j. W. Snow.
Henry Adams and friend from Chel
sea. Mass, spent the first of the week
at j. I. Hosford's returning on the
night train Monday.
Mr.. Jaquith aud Charlie are in Bos-
ton, to be among the guests at the we'd
ding of Miss Bowman, which is an
nouDced to take place the evening of
June LIST at the home of her parents in
Cambridge, Mass.
Wimfred L. Howe from Post Mills,
/; clerking for K. J. Cobleigh.
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ThetfOrd.

Mrs. Charles Prescott has been sick
for several weeks.
Apple trees and Strawberries have
blossomed abundantly in this locality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reyes from Boston,
have been stopping with her sister,
Mrs. Austin.
An older brother of Frank Bond,
who has been living in California for
over thirty years, is making his first
visit east, visiting his mother at West
Fairlee and brothers and sisters.
Alice Kinney is teaching at Lyme.
Kate Moore, who has been spending
the winter in a southern cline, is visit
ing friends here.
A. w. Snow has been drawn as one
of the petit j1ry at the June term of
court.
Sugar on snow was one of the luxu-
ries of May oath.
Della Snow and grandfather, Isaac
Snow visited at Windsor last week
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S1oo Reward SIoo.

The readers of the OPINION will be pleas
ed TO learn that there is at least one dread
ed disease that science has been able 10
cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease, re
dti es constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system, thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the cOnstitu.
ton and assisting nature IN doing its work.
The prOprietors have so much faith in Its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that it fails d
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad.
dress,
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, ..
.F-Sold by druggists, Toe.
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Post Mills.

Mr.. and Mrs G. M. Lee and daugh-
ter of Athol. Mass, are at Lorenzo
Howe's for few days.
Winifred L. Howe, class of '92, s.
A., is clerking for K. I'll. Cobleigh at
North Thetford.
VIII E. Smith was in Hanover few
days since, primarily to call on DR.,
Frost professionally. AT present his
optical disturbance is not removed.
The day which has been set apart
for honoring the IN mory of the ma
tured sons of the nation was observed
by the G. A. r. Post in this place.
The line was formed in front of @. A.
r. hall in Adams square, and preceded
by the Vershire Drum Corps, under
the leadership of the veteran Ii. c..
Grant, marched to the church. Owing
to the severity of the storm the gener-
al exercises in the cemetery were omit.
ted and few of the members were
detailed to place the tokens of remem-
brance on the graves of their comrades.
Following this, interesting exercises
were held in the church, consisting of
singing by select choir, recitations by
Misses Kimball, Aldrich and Brown.
A memorial poem was read with deep
pathos and feeling, by Iona Fulling-
ton of Union Village. An original
poem "Our Decoration Day." written
by a former resident and read by Miss
McDuffee of Thetford Hill, was one of
the interesting numbers of the pro-
gram. The Grafton was given by Rev.
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Thetford Centre,
who also delivered the Memorial SER
mon on the goth. The organizations
of Sons of Veterans and Womans Re-
lief Corps were also present.
A number of our citizens have again
shown their interest in public improve
ments by erecting lamps on the streets
adj cent to their residences. Four
streets, Main, Union Avenue, High
and Plain are thus Illuminated, and we
hope others will cath the infectious
spirit and help to tighten the pathway
Of the belated traveller.
Frank Robinson who has been a vic
tim of the measles is recovering
Born, the 25th ult daughter, to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson.
Hon. S. G.. Smith was quite severely
bitten by his dog while attempting to
extract quilts from the CANNES face.
WAS a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes.
used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying
results. Am aDDarentlV cured-Z, &,
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the Concord & Montreal railroad we
are able to offer a most delightful days
outing, for the exceedingly low price
of round trip, 81. The steamer "Lady
of the Lake." on arrival of excursion
train will leave for Alton Bay, from
there to Wolfeboro, Zone hour for din
ner) Long Island, Centre Harbor,
VERSA "a mile ride. The hotels at
Wolfeboro will give reduced dinner
rates. Train stops II minutes for
supper at Plymouth. A good band
will attend.
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COrinth.

The sick are slowly improving.
Miss Gertie Morse is suffering with
sore eyes.
Mrs. G. NJ. Parker is stopping in
Bradford for few days.
Eugene Morse planted over two acres
of corn Saturday. Who beats that.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather only few from this town at.
tended the memorial exercises held al
Bradford.
Several from here attended the prom
enade concert at Bradford Monday
evening and reported good time.
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Married..

In T0psham, June LIST, at the home of the
brides father, Alexander McRae and Ger
tie l.. Faraham, bIth Of rOpsham.
In Bradford. at the Methodist parsonage,
June LIST. by Rev. l.. Z. Fucker Ezra Lee
vine OF Bradford and Alice Nelson of Ha-
yerhill, n. Fl.
In Bradford, at the Methodist parsonage
June LIST, by Rev. l.. p. Tucker, Fred A.
WeltOn of Post Mills and A Idle E. Merrill
of llaverhill. Mass.
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II cured my husband
of running Ulcers of
the leg when skilled
physicians failed to
do him any good. T"
From the common
face pimple to that
most dreaded of all
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skin diseases. ScrOfula, it is the master
of. and viii cure the most stubborn
cases. DR.. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
is not new decoction recently put on the
market, but an old and tried medicine
and is the household remedy in nearly
every home in the Eastern states, for the
cure of kidney and liver complaint,
salt rheum. erysipelas. rheumatism
and all ills that are brought about BY
impure blood.
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How often thus expression s heard-I.e Destroying
Dyspepsia has hold on you when you feel thus, and
shoud not be trIfed with. There IS but one known
Renedy that permanently you, DIR. David
Keunedy's Fav0fte Remedy made RondoIh, n. Y,
purely vegetable compound endorsed by the medical
pro.ession.
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PHYSICIANS
FAILED AGAIN.
Or. Kennedy's FavOrite Remedy
Scores Another Triumph.
Running Ulcers of the Leg
Easily Cured.

Mrs. Annie Barton, Catskill, n. Y,
SAYS: "Dr. David Kennedy's FavOrite
Remedy is the best medicine / have
ever known for purifying the blood, for
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When you want the best medi~
cine ever made, use DANA'o SAR.
o.APARILLA. 1t will cure yoL.
See that Belfast. Me-. is on the bottle.
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Not what we say, but what the
people say is what sells DANA S
SARSAPARILLA. Be sure il is
made i'm Belfast, Maine.
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NO BOGUS testimonials, no bogus doc
~ tors letters used to sell HOODS Sar-
saparilla, Every one of its advertisements
is absolutely true
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WAS a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes.
| used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying
results. Am apparently cured.-Z. Z.
Warren. Rutland. Y.
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NO OTHER SarsaparilIa possesses the
~ combination. proportion and process
which makes HOODS Sarsaparilla pecul-
lar to itself
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-22

ferry and crossed to Braddock and then re-
turned to his home; that he was not inside
the works at all; that he WAS never behind
the barricade; that he was not where the re-
porter, Reece, says he saw that daredevil
CrItchlow;' that he was not on the barge,
because he was at his home He did not
wear the clothes the Commonwealth wit
nesses say he did. He did pass the Carne-
gle Office with gun early in the morning,
but it was another Critchlow to whom all
the other witnesses swear. We hope to be
able to prove by another witness, from
whom we have received a letter, that Con-
nors was killed by a bullet which came
from the Braddock side.
The Rights of Homestead Workers.
ave contend that the Homestead work.
ers thought they had the right to defend
their labor; that they had no evil intent in
resisting. The Constitution OF the State, of
the United States, the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and the Creator endowed these
men with the right to defend themselves. I"
The counsel then illustrated the differ
ence between intentional and accidental
killing. "Atter you've heard the evidence,
the Courts instructions, we expect you to
give q verdict in accordance with your
oath; the defendant is in your hands to try.
will leave it to Mr.. Erwin to conclude the
detense's opening speech"
Mr.. Erwin then lett his seat and said:
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the man on the plank was shot in the side.
I couldn't tell which one did it. 1 saw the
fash and heard the report. was there that
morning to try to prevent trouble. I was a
special officer In the borough and also fire
marshal.
Where tho First Shot Came From.
@. Who fired the first shot after the land
ingf A. 1t came from the barges. either
from the second or third man on the gang
plank.
Q. Did you see Sylvester Critchlow there7
A. L did not. l never saw him until lii
court to-day. / did not know the man on
the plank who was shot, and l haven't
learned his name since.
There was no ocross-examination.
Charles Mansfield, of Homestead. was the
next witness. The witness said:
used to work for Carnegie. Am now and
was on July 6 engaged in the real estate
business was not a striker. 1 saw barges
and boat landed at the mill. was not
present when the barges arrived. l was
there when the Pinkertons attempt
ed to leave the boat. I stood by
the corner of the pumphouse. l
could see them putting out the plank
and the people on the shore were resisting.
The first firing saw was pistol shot from
the barges Then the shooting became gen.
eral on both sides. / was about 80 to 60 wards
from the boats. The bank is about 80 feet
high, and 1 was looking down toward the
barges. From where l was standing 1
couldn't see very we'll on account or the
fog. 1 could distinguish the contending
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claw is either infallible and divine, or q
feeble imitation of the divine law of mans
| making. Both are intended to do good.
| Sometimes the laws of man forbid what is
prescribed by the laws of God. Everyone,
judge, jury, counsel, district attorney,
listening crowds, newspapermen, all in the
courtroom must follow the dictates of con-
science. Pennsylvania is the defender of
that conscience. The jury must refer to
their conscience as a final test"
Mr.. Erwin then defined the difference be-
tween the rights of man under Monarchy
\ and under a Republic; under the latter his
rights were larger as q sovereign citizen.
He next described his own family, claim
ing that the blood of revolutionary heroes
coursed in his veins From this he pro-
ceeded to the statement that the Republic
of the people was becoming the Republic of
the classes
The Equity of the Case.
He clsimed that the prosecution were
trying to keep out of the case the real
nature of the conflict between capital and
labor, out of which this case had arisen.
The prosecution claimed that it was only riot:
if this was the case, this man Burt was a
rioter also. He alluded to the attorneys
for the Common wealth as "astute, fox
hounds" and their case as "a double
the Homestead men to such desperate
deeds. The Commonwealth had indus
triouslv concealed the provocatlon offered
by Carnegie, Frick and their fellows to
their employees. If the Legislature had
failed to pass laws to protect the working
men it did not prevent them from using
their defensive powers to protect them
selves. They hoped to show that there
never existed such hard-hearted monster as
this man Frick. While the poor man was
here being tried for murder Frick was hob
nobbing with the chief officers OF the Gov
ernment. Mr.. Erwin went on to describe
the protective system and the manner in
which the workingman had been robbed of
his share of the fruits of it. He called Mr..
Frick worse than Judas, the most brutal
tyrant of all time, traitor to the genius
of the country, who broke his contract
with his men and invaded the Common
wealth with an armed force.
In conclusion Mr.. Erwin said: "After
we have described in detail this enormous
crime of Frick, we shall ask you if this
defendant can be held responsible at all for
any offense. You represent: the country in
this trial, you are the IL apostles, and if
there is noJudas among you you Will render
such verdict as will plant the tree of in
dustry on the hills above Homestead for
ever"
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history the counsel dwelt upon. The facts
that the Pinkertons were not commanded
bv any officer of this county, and that they
could not be sworn in as deputy sheriffs, but
were foreign emissaries, were commended
to the jury's attention.
"There is no evidence" Mr. Argo con-
tinued, sin this case that Mr.. Frick
hired these Pinkertons for any legiti-
mate purpose, or that Mr.. Frick
owned dollars worth of
property in Homestead. There is no evil
dence of strike being in progress there,
none has been permitted to be given. The
people living at Homestead begged the
Pinkertons not to land, begged them to re-
turn. But they attempted to land-whv,
no evidence has been given. When the
Plnkerton armada approached the shore q
young man named Foy walked down to the
gangplsnk to beg them not to land. The
Prnkertons with Winchesters, revolvers and
clubs frightened him, and as he turned back
he slipped, and fell While living there
someone shot him in the back.
The Beginning of the Battle.
THAT was the beginning of the battle
Soon after a volley was fred from the
barge. Evidence will be introduced to
snow the first shot came from the barces
1t will be shown that some one had made
preparations some time before for Just such
an attack; that high stockade, Just like
those made to resist the Indians in the
West, had been set up around the Home
stead mills, and that loop-holes through
which riflemen might fire had been made in
the fence.
''There were 300 Pinkertons there: the
men opposed to them have not been proved
to be strikers; they were peaceable citizens.
You must presume nothing against the de-
tendant. Ali presumptions must be in his
favor Now we say that these peaceable
Homesteaders had the right to defend
themselves; they had. if attacked with
deadly weapons, the right to use deadly
weapons in defense A man has a right
under the law to defend himself and to join
with his neighbors and friends in self-de-
fense. This is the high law of the universe,
OF God. Every man at Homestead that dav
had the right to defend himself and his
home. 1t appears that Captains Cooper and
Burt are indicted for murder, but the Dis
trict Attorney has not caused :heir arrest,
but seems to be protecting the invaders of
your county.
Outlining an Aibi for Critchlow.
s"The evidence we will introduce will
show you beyond all doubt that the defend
ant had nothing to do with the killing of
Connors. We claim that Critchlow has not
been connected with the killing. A by
stander in a case of riot is not guilty unless
peace officer has first ordered the mob to
disperse. There was no such peace officer
and he did not bid the mob to disperse on
the morning OF July 6. We will show you
also that the Commonwealth account of
Crltchlow's movements is all wrong. We
Will show you that Critchlow went to the
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A SCANDAL In COURT,
Bernhardt Matheis Sues for Divorce
and $4,000 Damages.
HIS YOUNG WIFE Is RELEASED.
William Eozet Accused Of Alternating
Her Affections
HE'S AS OLD ANDRIcH As HER HUSBAND

. Another chapter was added to the Soho
scandal yesterday. Bernhardt Matheis
entered suit for divorce from his young
wife, naming William Mazet as correspond
ent. He also entered suit against Mazet
for S25, 600 damages for alternating his wife's
affections.
Mazet is the real estate agent who was
with Mrs. Matheis when she was arrested in
room on Fourth avenue last Saturday. He
is not a young man, being widower
nearly, if not quite, as old as Matheis him
self, and quite we'll off, owning considerable
property in the old city.
Complications of a nature very annoying
to those interested resulted from some Of
the stories printed concerning the scandal
yesterday. They stated that it was the wife
of Simon Matheis, the butcher whose shops
Soho, who had been arrested, and, to fasten
the case more closely to Simon, referred to
his having recently been a victim of the
smallpox In consequence Simon and his
family were subjected to many annoying
questions yesterday and much of their time
was spent in explaining matters.
Bernhardt Matheis, the husband of the
erring woman, lives at Sc Ann street. He
is quite wealthy, was formerly butcher,
but of late years has been a dealer in cattle
and meat by wholesale. Yesterday morn
ing he changed his mind about prosecuting
his wife. Her uncle went on her bond and
she was released from Central station. He
was at Magistrate McKenna's Office when
she with her baby in her arms, came in.
He greeted her pleasantly, held the baby
for her, and when the bond was arranged
departed with her and her uncle in car
riage. He told the police he intended send
ing her back to Germany, but since enter
ing the divorce proceedings will probably
change his plans as to that point. Mrs.
Matheis was unabashed when she appeared
before her husband and replied to his greet
ings as pleasantly as they were given.
The attorney for Matheis says the hus-
band has been suspicious of his wife for
nearly year, and besides watching her
himself hired detective for the purpose
They dlscov cred, it is said, that frequently
in Matheis' absence Mazet visited Mrs.
Matheis at her home. They also met down.
town. On one occasion they were followed
to theater While Mazet and Mrs.
Matheis we're ENJOYING themselves in the
parquet Matheis was looking down on them
from the dress circle. He became much
excited and wanted to go downstairs and
shoot some one, but the detective restrained
him.
The story of the denouement last Satur-
day has already been told Mazet gave q
false name when arrested, and the police
assisted in concealing his identity until it
came out in the court papers Mazet Is
under bail for his appearance.
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OUTLINING THE DEFENSE.

Attorneys Argo and Erwin, Representing
the Workingmen of the Northwest,
Make the Opening Addresses-Discuss-
ing the Right of Labor to Resist Pinker-
tons.
The counsel for the defense retired for
consultation to the Judges private room,
and after 10 or Is minutes returned to
court.
In opening for the defense Mr.. George W.
Argo said: ''Our chief counsel, Mr.. Bren-
men, has assigned to me the onerous duty of
opening for the defense in this e1traor-
binary case. 1 say extraordinary, because
of the circumstances surrounding the de-
fendant and the principles involved. A
brief explanation OF Mr. Erwin's and nv
connection with the case is only just. We
were sent BY the laboring men of the North
west AS an excuse for my presence do
not plead remarkable abilities, but SYM
pathy for the laboring man. 1 am not a
stranger entirely here. L was once en-
ployed upon river above this city, and
my family comes from Washington county.
The District Attorney has defined the
law for the Commonwealth, and 1 will try
TO show the same for the defense. On the
last anniversary of the day when John
Adams presented in Philadelphia the reso-
lutions which became the Declaration of
Independence, bodies of men were being
enlisted 10 invade the State of Pennsyl-
vania, the guns were being boxed up and
the men were being hired as warriors, not
as laborers These different detachments
were united at Youngstown under the
leadership of Captain Hinde and other SUBJ
ordinate officers
Discussing the Pinkerton Force.
Mr.. Argo proceeded to give detailed &C.
count of the voyage of the barges and Little
Bill from Bellevue to Homestead. He laid
especial emphasis upon the armed character
of the Pinkerton guards, whom he termed a
foreign armed force, among whom were no
workingmen, but really an army to assault
the State of Pennsylvania whose glorious
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THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

Homesteaders Swear that the First Shot on
July 6 Came From the Barges-Wir-
nesses Testify that CritchIow Was Not
on the Field of Battle.
Captain A. C. Coon was the first witness
called in the slternoon. In substance he
said:
only saw three men between myself and
the bsrges. The gang plank was thrown out
within five feet of me on the shore. left
home about or 400 in the morning When
the plank was thrown out the people on the
shore were screaming. A boy was in a boat
and he was tantalizing the men on the
barge. One of the men had a gun in his
hand and pulled it to shoot the boy. said:
For Gods sake don't shoot. He is only a
boy" said: "Who are you, Deputy Sheritfs,
National Guardsmen or Pinkertonsf"
The man replied: I'VE are Pinkertons,
and we will go into the mill in Is minutes" !"
then got up on q clinker to see better,
when somebody ran down the bank and
tripped over the cinder. He fell on his side
on the plank. Then one of the three men
on the barges fired, and heard since that