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The New Era, 1883-10-26, Page 9•41111116111111111111111111114111111111 .-1 DE WOULD INVENT, The Woes of a Woman 'Whose Dashressi Was an Inveintor. "It i's all very well to talk about working for the heathen," said ane, as the ladies put up their sewing, "but „I'd like th have some one tell maathat I am -to do with My husband?" "What is the matter with him ?" asked a sympathetieaold lady. "William is a good man," contibued the firet,wavitig her glasses in an argumentative way, "but William will invent. He goes inventing around from moroieg till night, Sa114 1 have --i no peace or comfort. I didn't object when he invented a fire -escape, but !I did remonstxate athen he wanted tne to w cral , out• of the window one night test winter, to see how it worked. Then he orgtnated _ a look for the cider that wouldn't open frona, midnightnuntif ihorping, so as to keep burglars out. The first time he tried it he caught his coat-tail in ti it, ad p I had to walk aroued a, hins with a pan of hot coals all night to keep him front freezing." "Why didn't he take his than off?" "1 wanted him to, but he stood round fill the tbing opened itself, trying to inveht some way of unfastening itaoaTlaat's• William's trouble. He. will invent. A • little while -age he got up a eabieet abed- -- stead that would shut • and open, without handling. It went by eloiskwork. Williapa got . into it and up it -went. less your, heart,he stayed in- therefront Saturday afternoon till. Sunday night, when -it ! flew open and disclosed William wito an° pians and specificestione of a patent , wash -bowl that would tip over just when 4 got so full. The result* was that I lost all ray range and a breastpin dovan the waste -pipe. Then he got up a crutch for a man, ' that could beusecl as an operti glass, Whenever , the man leaned op it up it went, arid when he put it to his eyalato' find Williami, it flew Out into a crutch and almost broke the -top' • of -his head off.. The °thee day I saw him s -going up the street with ' the model of a grain elevator sticking out of his hip pocket, and he is fixing up an improved shot tower in our bed-roona." ' ' • October 26 1838 THE GRNSBY OUTRAGES. Preliminary Trial of the acensediTilliam and Bolden Men. THE EIGHT THREATENING LETTERS William- Acquitted and Holden -Committed for Trial. some EXTRAORPINARV REVELATIONS. .. The preliminary- trial of William and Holden Godden, charged- with maliciously and unlawfully destroying the property of MitaJames Armstrong, of Grimsby town- ship, and threatening his lite,by lettere sent tthrough the post; was resumed at Grit:as:by Friday.. The' prisoners were aladoharged With breaking into the school house of No. 5 eaetion arjd calieing damage. . Thetrial wthilield in the Town Hall and commenced shortly before 11 o'clock. The presiding Magistrate' was Mr. . Wm. Forbes, of Grimsby, and he Was 'aesietedlay .110Slite. -Jas.-Deranand-AaGalliaieealsont Grrimebyte Dire i"h,n, atIoliceowa,Cananty Crown Attor- ney; *8,4 preSeinz on, behalfof the Crown, ancr;thei.,pritainere Were, defended by Mr. Laptaaaten, of Grimeby:. ;The trial excited thenmOst intense interest in the little town; and from an early hour groups of men were collected at the doors of the town hall and.neighbciring taverne.Men were -there fronnevery, part of the ,county and adjoin- ing.teivnehip, and the Sole theme of eon- versatiati 'among, the; groups . was the approaching' trial.. When he investigation began ' every seat in the Iseult room was ottoupied„ , • • 1. . • The prisoners were 'brought to 'Grimsby in the morning freina St. Catharines, and appeared in the ccturtroom in -charge of a couple of county onstables. They are neither better nOr worse looking than the, .average young man from the • rural districts. Both were quite cheerful, even. jovial', in demearfor mad appeared to think Very lightly of the matter. During the progress.of the trial they sat behind their • counsel, Mr.Lancasten•' Holden -the younger,: of the two, ha u his chair tilted back against the wall, his feet resting on the top rung, and his hands claspieg his knees'. in an' affectionate embrace, William. sat Uncon- cernedly-whittting-a-stick-ofasoft Twenty.five , Witnesses.. were called, and answerect,to their eamee. At therequest of the County Attorney they all lett,the room, With the exception of „Mies Godden, who was allowed to -remain. •.' • • The infoimation on welch thefirst case is based was laid by Mr. Armstroitg. -It states that the -complainant laae good. reason to believe chat the, prisoners, on the 4th day of Septereber, A D. 1883, in the Township , of North Grimsby, feloniously • and malicigusly did seed or cause re be sent w Mr. Armstrong certain letters threaten- ing to kill and murder him. • • • . • • Mr.. Armstrong's Testimony. The -first witness called -was •• James Armstiong, Whoatestified as fol- • lows :1 reeide on lot 20, 3rd concession of tbe Township of .Grimsay, an d.'llave lived • there for twelve years; I., know'the.prisoner• s -have known them ever Biliee I dame here; they are farmers liviog'with their father on the 4th concession ; the farm •. adjoins. mine; my faritily and the Godclensaaave not been on geed terms for several Years back; nothing ever occurred between the families Which should have • created hard feeling; there was -a misunderstanding .be- tween us ten years ago with regard to a treepaes ; ,some of . Grodden's •cattle tres- passed upon my land .and- did . considerable damage ;' I remonstrated with hina...and hard words. ensued ; the -next misunder- standing was about a horse of 'mine which' jumped over the , fence, into, G.odden's pastureland, ana, two hours after it re- • turne4Fith-lt out in its hit,. ten inches long. and three or four. inches 'deep-eyidently: inflicted with an axe.; r charged Godden' with having perpOtrated" this outrage, but. he denied' it ; Mr. Godden then ,capasi to . see me afterwards, after the,heree'e leg was • getting well; and. amid to me : I did not do it, : Arrestrorg, , but1 can't vouch for . •another' occur- rence was the 'chopping :down of an ash tree belongin,g to me, which was done by one oathe ,Goddens; shortly after • this a fence on my property was removed; the first thing after this 'a large number of my fruit trees were girdled and a buggy belonging to Me Was staashed ; on the 8th of August, 1882, I received an anciny- mous letter • through. the Grim,shy • post. (letter produced) j, -identify-thui letter. as the one receivdd-by MS in August, 1882. The letter was .read 'ha -the preeiding Magistrate. It ran as follows : Death -We Will -Life or...Death. .G-ItlivfSifY, Aug. 8, 1882. • ArtmSTRoisIO,"-- I have been invited to visit the eastern partof Canada ftr the same purpose that we visited the Donnellys, of BicIdulph, near. Lucan, nthe night of the 388 of February,1880:' We was shown tire Wade Where youlived•on the night of the 29thof tfuly. We have been offered a large sum to dispose of you the same as we did the Donnellys. Some of • the friends of• justice • asked us to despatch you the some as Cavendish and Burke of Ireland was, but we have not. de- eided which to do. The laet visit .aince we left Texaa was a very succeesful one, by which the reward of 4,000 dollars (lid not amount, to Mulch with the Govertunent•of -Canada.. Wherefore ive have Wien told Pa warn you uf your danger and also to warn yon .toleave': the•-hounty ef Lincoln between the lst of Oct., 1882, and Oct. lst, 1883. Weare ready, but the parties think it best to warn you as we did the Donnellys, which did proveof no avail., We have,- been told that • you have been guilty of rascality from one part -of the county to the other.' We are bOut to de - .,...part for the Western States, but we have .Ieft k 'agents to look after you. We 'are offered a large sum to remove you from the- county in peace ' and a larger sum if the same ap the Donnellys. t. This lettewill be conapffed with before-Nevem- • ber let, 1883, one way or the other. I did .not kuow or suspect who sent the let- ter, nor did I charge any one with writing it; on Sunday night, the fish,of O8t4882, my • barn was burned ; the next anonymoue —Jetta,. -ITrienivedr-Wiaradtatiairatb e Flata ot November ; the postmarkwas S'initbville This letteras well 03.8811 the siabSequen letters redei ved were pro duced,id en ti fieusin d read suoceseively-. They .are ere subjoined Leiticr 111. eucoun WAttNiNG. , . • I • SfarTirvu,nn, Noy. 488; 1888. ARMSTRONG -8111, -in our last letter 'that wa sent to your address lu August-tdatde if yet were in the county of • Ltincoln-that ,you woulc meet the came doum that the'Dbanclys, of Lu can, iu thelownsiiip of hidaulpii, we onderstant by the press and by friends throughout Lincoli that there is aarevoted-of-aseth (two -hundred (belis:Ts to be expended' aeis reward for the. ap " prehension and conviction ef the Partiestor partt Oaat damaged your property; As far D.8 we care • for it is to have your neok broken; that is the • reward we vrant. We care as .much • for th reward as we care for -you. We intend to carry out the same -that is, to have 'you dispatched that is if you are residing in the comity of Liu coin after Oct. bit, 1883. You may 'think this an( our forinerlotter le to Scare Yeti. If Yee' think that, an we ask of You Vito etity and you wil know'more about it in November, the 1488, th date of this letter, one ,year from this inoBen . Writing: • Watagave yota; 14 mouths to decid9oo since we wrote our LAST LETTER.' We lack'n all to no purpose. It puterne in mind of the Donnelly% of Biddulph, after tbe murder, when they had Carroll. 18Yner au4 Kemled,Y and seve- ral others atrested by Detective Jutirpey, of Lona don, and Chief Pewinge, of St, Thomas. At that time 1 -was sittiog In one Of the finest hotels I) troll.. Tani brings me in, nrino of this little affair. Wben I first heard of ',the reward I was sitting in the Welland house, in St Catharines. Iliad to want alto another room to keep from. laughing. What we undertake vire intend tp carry -Dow WIren,weinurdered-tbe Donnelly/a we knew just what to do aftstwards. Tao same we knew in this base: ' We Care for neither...God, teen nor devil. We intend to see your heart If' you are Ole county atter Oct. 1st, 18e3. MAssessortura- ' ST. CATEtilliNES, Nov; 27, 1882. Jas. AlustrinoNa-Sta,-It is 'three .mcnths .since the ftret letter wan sent to 'our address. It was written to inform you what wouldtaXe,Plnee-- in your family.if--you were in the Coutity-of-tana coin after Oct. 1st, 1883. We underetoodJroin friends from Grimsby that yeu. lTive:dehedi any numbeaef aieri in Canada or UnitedStateS 80 remove you out of tbe County ofLibeo1, Wo bog to inform.you that we ha,venired the same men that -So successfully remoyed the Donnelly e, of Lucan. We have bound ourselves oy certain sums of-otioney,to have you -laid in deathor in, another county by Nov. 1St, 1883. You calf do jut. t as you choose ooxicerning,tbis. We care not for money, ae we have thousands of dollars'to carry this work through.. 'nave given ;myself, sevendiundied dol ars to have you removed - that is, if you haye to be taken off like the Don- 1-101.1Ye, or. if , you reniovo,. out of the 'county by Oct. Ist I shall only have to pay 150 dollars i you remove in a peaceful way"; and my friends- hav,e Seen in the papers thata rewerdis offered ota few cloll.rs to arrest the' torson that did - some small damage oast summer. We intend to repay you fer thie,' with interegt, at .100 -per cent.' The .party we employed to assession 0 you. Ivanted.to commence it on, the right of August 3rd, 1882 -oh ;whieli we consulted, 'and finally!, -caanetothe-conclustontegive' yois ttwarn nn'to leave the, comity in speace. we care for the reward as notch • ag we' Car e for the,papur it prtnted • ma. :tAte intend to let yon know that we don't spend l:paper, - ink and time warning , for nothing; We • will haVe vett 088 88 the coUoty if money, powder and ball will do it. Oue Year frOm to -day you vvill be shaped sill right. We have ,he.srcl and ,known of v our rascality throughout the comity this number of, • yearn. We ,was to the .township fair ' held in Smithville, expecting to see you there, but with- out success.- You would have , felt better after we had a talk vvith you We -Are --- sure that you Would:not seen Grimsby for one:week after-, wardg. Tlaie is the last letter. you are to receive from us until New Year,. We are —sure that you willnever see ,apother New year after this Present one is past-that--is,..-14-yOu•-at e in the County of Lincoln after the date. mentioned. We have friends' to watch your movements frinn now out. We would give 8100 to have seen yen at Smithville pair. -We remain, your ENEAIIES, subjoined letter- was 'received early' last January • they want to gee the fun carried out. This leaf serves as your death warrant, as you will never receive another line from us. The party that Was to carry this out Mardi 4811 last is in the city to -day, Treat this as you think fit Time will ten. " • T J. Fnn, Detroit Mich. me to'read, when I gave theniback to hitn ; I never altered the tettt'LifS in aoy way. - George Armstrong's .teetimony was similar to '° of hie sister, the preceding , 1 . Wi•rtfrifite to's e d the Of‘fie, for,the Pros' eeution•' NO eyidence was offered by the defence ; but Mr. 'Lancaster addressed the Itilagis. trates • briefly, demanding the immediate release of the ,pritioners, and .thrownig riclicple On the evidence brought forward by 'the Crown -especially. that of . the " newepaper scribblers," as he humorously called the representatives of the prase. ' The Magistrates recalled Dlr. Murray, . who said that he had 'submitted, the letters. and the handwriting to seinen...gentlemen-in aTiiiit6;' all more or lees experts in the matter' of handwriting and all had ex- pressed the opinion that the.varitiug was all by the sante person. Coltuaniteed 'for Trial. After A. ooniniltation of about ten minutee the Magistrates- decided, to 'commit the prisonei Holden' Godden for trial at the next court of Competent jurisdiction. ,The charge against Willi:ern Godden Was dis- missed. The Magistrates. eaid they were inclined to admit Holden to bail. . . ' The nekond Charge , , was then gone.into. The information was laid by -Andrew Stewart, a SOh001. trustee, , and was, in .substance, as follows: That: the prieoners 'alai, en. the 25tla of -Septem-• . . ., .. ,.. bar, hts the township of.North .Grimeby, 'break lave'glass winuows and one door' in. Ole echoed house of school seetionNn. 5, and, ne cabinet organ in the sohool house. The amount of the darnage was placed at $30. The school' house was used by Mr. • Mark Merritt as a singing echool, and the organ was his property. • • • : Andrew Stewart, school trustee, testified that on tile night ot the 2588, or the morning • of the 26th ult., the.schooLhouse in Section No. 5 was broken into, windows . Ms:teethed, Beate broken and the organ in the building badly dateaged..The damages from broken windows,' etc., he placed at about ten. don • lars„ aad that to the organ about fifteen 'dollars. ..• He ' •had ' laid ' the hiforrnatiOn, against the Godden- boys on the strength of information received by him, to Ole effect that the dog belonging , to Goddens had been seen at the doer of ' Gra:sees blacksmith slaop on the "morning of the 26t1, and there were dog tracks near tlietiehotilThouses the school.house ismear the blacksmith shop., and a pair of . ploughs. whienhad been taken there by Mr: Arm - etre' g for repair were destroyed the same Bigbt• •Alargo number of witnesses were called, but .. 'nearly • all of ' them • exhibited -a great . unwillingoess to testify, and Ole evidence of aeaeral was of a very contradictory character. kr. Mark Merritt, Ole teacher ..f twe singingrechool that was held' in the school house that vaas 'Wreaked; -testified that a young • man-. named- John Land hail told bini that he had peen, the, '66dd-ens' dog at -the blaeOtiraith , shop on the niorniegoof the ,26th, and also that he had seen .early -on the same naorning three men driving rapallyaWay,from the direca. tion of the school ' house. • towards 'Pat: .Henry's..Corners. •Mr. A. Stewart, Min Joseph . Armstrong ' and others : also teetilied . that John Land had totd. thern-the samerathirig. Whin -Land :was placed on.his oath, however; he .gave a flat • denial totheee 'statements; and • not. only declared -that he had not seen the men nor, the' d..og;:but also that he ' had never Said that be had seen them- Atiother eitta- ordinary. .witness was a tall,- raw-boned* Irishman named Micbael Webb, Who took thelot in his.teetli, and, ignorir g the magi. • trates, talked at his own.sweet will until he was ordered to stop. . The demeanor and .. . testitnony - of Land and Webb-awete very severely eommented on,bythe magistrates, • Tile' magistrates , did • their , liest-even• . etrainit ga point-at�'cliag,thetrath 'out of : • the witnesses ; but 8h, weiliattilled.,at General the. first two tetters ; they have . i h,:on this,.eherge• .every turn. a.,:i., °thing ,t`c) . do but 00 acquit been in. my possesehin ever since. ; 0 -I get the :: 'H's, :others through post • from 'Xr.Armetrong,. - Beal'aVan acceptedfor olden Godden eaeepe.one, Which I get at Ma- ; . Arnistrong'.8 aPpearanee-ahiniSelf '101400 and two euro - house I initialed them all, that is the tieri inaf400 each. ' a : . ' . , • ... • in them , s , • 'only alteration made em ; on the 27th On the whole, the acquittal of, William .Of September last ' 1 reperved. ham, Ala. Godden ' is - popular in Grimsby, for, strong.; Armetrong is telegram - aekieg mete 030M6 • here- at ,onoe ; ' I • arrived here,. the same -afternoon' ;. the folloWingsmorpitagaI drove -out to :. the 'hamse of • ,the .prisoners, And :, met - Mr. • Godden .at • his . gate; -I "told him 'that ' ',I. - was' inforrnect his boy's were arrested; he Said tbey were a I then made anytieif kosiwit to . him ;'we 'went- into. •the house, and Mr. Godden introduced- me to his .wife akeadetective' from Toronto; Lashed them : toashow me seine handwriting of the' boys; as it Would save my looking for it.; Mr. Godden .Said , be did- no think there was any Ortheir writing-atiout the henee; .1 again requested them:to produce some, tf• the boys' writing, remarking that if ;they' were innocent their • , writing would do. them no? harm ; a lady . that was stopping ' oat the • , hotise ' (I don't • thiek she was ' a rnenther of . the family). Said -apparently• sepeathieg to . MUSS ' Godden-' If :there is any. of , the writing . in .the . house, you ,had better.giveit 1.1p, it Will save trouble.;" Mimi . Goduen then said Ole' had some ''peietryainber albuisc in. Holden's writing; at ,my yequest-she•went-intO-another'roona- and rethrnedswith. the album ; I found the. poetryswritten, by Holden and cut out the' leaf with a - pada:. of scissors.; I have had possession of this leaf ' ever since ; 'I have, been. 5 detective for over twenty years. and • have had considerable., experience in ooni, paring , and , identifying • different' hand- writings i I.ha,Ye carefully, compared the ' writings of alt,thealettersawith that of the : verses inthe. , album, and'af am ,of•OpiniOn' 'that they were : written- by: One and the' -ii same erson. • • ' • - • Cie iisexamined •-•- No member of . bite •farnit AttemPfed to interfere 'with ;Ilse id 'p*,e'ndeavors to aeoure it specimen of the iirieoner's 'handwriting ; there is little per- ceptible difference, between the handweiting Of the letters and that .of the extract froba, the album. - : • • ' ' • - Re-examine:I --- The ink used in' the writing ef the 'letters and the. speeinaen from the album seem to be identical ; -both-ate-writtetrin potpie itrk. Following is the verse written,' in Mise •Godden's stlbuna : , • ' - ' an DE,alt Ina : i• . .. • ,When years ehall have..flowri; and you turn -to '• this hook, . - . . . Glad thoughts of the past to revive, May Mae friendly,name at the.foot of theyage . -In outoOry still-fundlYnorVIVE:-:-.-.---7,- , - - ' . ' • ' , llofirittav Gooneas April, 1883, . , ' . ' , Grimsby, Ont. . Ida .Godden was sworn, and testified that she was a sister of the prieoners ;, the leaf produced wes the one 'slie gave Mr. Murray; Ole writing Wttf3' , that of '. her brother ,Holden, ' ' - , The representatiVea of the peas who were present were examined ate to, the healdvarita ing ou the leaf front- the albitta ancithat Of the lettere. They all swore that, in their opinion, the writing was that of the same The last letter has no date. It rime as fellows : . - - ' .1 . . • • . . , We have given you plenty of time to remove • from tae county .of Lincoln. 13ut if you choose to stay in the ,eounty of Lincoln until October heat you wilt get your pay from us thrbugh the hands of is party that nas eeen your, farm. There is twelve men of us that has, clubbed to- -washer in a certain place on the 8th of December; planniag and devieing meana to have everything in readiness, when we will call our friends to visit., You have no one to blame but yourself it you choose tea:nay in the county. Some of otir _friends hope that you vvill. stay in the county so -that-they-can-give -yotrarwarnirreteption-wheir they visit you., As far 9,p our ,faciende care ,for 100 18 that they want to destroy_y emend send. your Soul to hell, which will take Pleee if this letter is not complied with. ; , . . i , . , • All of these letters were written' in a scrawling hand, very hard to diaciplaer. dost of them Were written in purple; ink, but one or two werem lead . pencil. . To make them more readable the .orthography and punctlia,tioo have been here ,perrected. Cross-examined , by Mr.- Lancaster -It was last spring that I flret hegan to suspect Ole Goddens of 'writing me . these letters and damagibg my property . I Was told by Mr. Scott, one of my neiglibore (now in 'Michigan), n that ' the Goddens .. were my eneiniee ; other neighbors 'before this had told me that the Goddens were .1he guilty ,parties,, but it wanalraoSonte-who' eettled "hay nerid-oTathe subject ; previoue to the arreet I was not on -ePeaktng terms With • the przeoners ;. they appeared. to 'shun me, and when they approaehed Me they would berg their heads and•not leek me in the face ; I never accused tharaa of being the . , guilty parties. a „ , • Mr.l.aancasterDid yoll ever tell William . . , - • Godden tht-R. R. Waddell was at the bottom of 10? • . •. . Mr. Armetror g -No, I swear Positively that I never did • mention. Mr.' Waddell' name, in connection with the outrages; I . .. , may. have said something ahoutthe perpe- trators being iufluenced byp.olitical ' spite; William Godden spoke -to meabout a rumor that had been. -eirculated to Ole effect that' I had burned the barn down riayeelf in order to collept the ingurtuce but all that I said 66 bins in reply W aS that Ole. peewit who• circulated this rumor muse have' 4,very black 'heart .aar. was. very , oereful not to Mention :anybody's name' in . oonnecaitha witit the affair; the letteeewere ail opened at nay house, in my presence, and were generally read by my youngest daughter ;.I laid the information against the Goddens on- the strength of the resemblance between epecimene' of • their handWriting', that 'I bemired 'and the handwritmg ot the offen- elite lettere; -the 'Godden.larothere do poi . . .bear a gOod reputatiott o I never :beard a good word epokenof them. : 1 - • Re -examined -The only members of My 'f amily, that brought meth° letters Ott of the pontapffice 'Were, ray..yetingestadaughter and' .second youngeet eon -seta.' and George; -the:lettere Were alwals opened and read in my nreemme an then hauded to me; I then kept them very close, locking-thentup, and BOOH aftprwarciti Sent thein to Toronto, some to Ole Attorney -GeberaLand.eome to :Mr. John W. Murray, the .deteetive ; I swear that the letters were not • altered in any waa or added' to,.vvbile they -were in • my roshession ; both the Goddens have the repotation of being „reckless; wild ,Oharao-, tete,. especially Holden ; We ,have always looked upon them as unsafe neighbersis,as' • tnea have: invariably. shown a dia position, to ei• •aise ' our family'. ' , • • • : ' - • .. .. • -At er-Mr: Armstrong's evidence the court • ,adto rued rfordinner. ' '. • • . - ' The first witnetis called on the . court • resuming after dinner was . , - . John W. Murray; Who testified as fcllows i T. am a detective of. tbe Provitce of Ontario ; I have been looliirg •upa this , Matter ' on behalf of the arosee'utiora since December lasts previoua to my geeing Ni. Armstrong 'I , received from tan.. Dephty Attorney - The •-• i ; ier-4.', ANTON, Dec.-3Is8,' Antirsnovixo, Sra,-We,the enemies ofyou,lieve joiutly offered A large sum of money to dispose, of you. In the last letter that our friende wrote to you in th e Niagara nistrict they.deld you tharat you were' ina certain plaee that yon would not see home ter smite time. As ,far as wear° con- cerned We are glad that you were not there. The reason is , that. the party that we have hired would hot have;cliance to make you a visit atter Oet. next.- As has been said ICI. former lettere ,,,thatoAti. h ay e thematetLigth a kve-intenct • to- carry out what we 'beim said. We have the date set when •Vve anti' our band a ill„call un 'yeti. Our fi tem) nave given you ;plenty Of time to thins oo it. •Sonie of Mir h.einila want to make you a visit in.lda,y next, bob you may feel a ecured that you , Won't • be troubled before Oct, let. e ut if you are liVing in tt.e county after that date you and :your •Itandy Will .be 111111ihilated-or, as a, certain :doctor in the States 'Calls it, cremated. There_ Avid -be ,no. need -of- tk,_ coffin -.after we call oo yen,. nor will th er e be 0,-.3 o hitt) y Connor under the bed, ' such es a as sal. in Bichlulpla; /leo the Government offered a sum of money, te capture the party, and what aia it awouut to ? YOU cian prepare yourself for tbe echo in,„*struggle. The party was :shown your hong() io, Iuly last, also a party in Clinton vidted your barn n October.. 13ut when ale next party nia•kes you a visit it Wfll be for your life. After, you are killed you Wilt. be litarned '0 ashes, .so that we will not give ye.= iriends the 'trouble to lay You out or tlio worms to destroy your . flesh. We have received a letter fronf our friend in Texas, asking. .Csto eliauge the date to*, March, 1883, in ou5. reply we 'told them' not 'until after OctOber 1st, . 1881. We defy You or your Vaeods tcretop, the above being carried , out. What' th Ise letters that you have received contain§ will 'mount ib' . . death if you are hi the county af.er 0 -tuber 158.' . . . Ciaifints, Pell 2080, 1883: . :I. Anangrnoxe, Sok-In August last , on 0 °tour party , wrote to you 'to make preparations, to 'remove from the County of Lincoln, in which it 'appear§ thittYou have regarded "with ,ti Oclacity.., It is Yvid, that 'yeu ..have defied any pasty t� remove you „out • of 1115 ..coinity. Tee are well' aware to What time is' devoted .tc you,tti be out; of. the county. . We care not, if , yob choose to stay; but there' is . ooe thing 'sure -that if you , are m any part Of the county, the date , in which you are aware Of, 'that, you will 1.7ot be, alive on' tbe let January, 1884. We, have sworn tonavo you out of the county, by that date. ,We have , everything read -'-to, date .. to 'clispoSe . 'of ( you. That is . after4Oot: 1St.. It' appears. 'that ,. wonderful thwarcl that', wae ,offergd ' ,did not eon:tont ''to ' much. The• next, time our party Visits.yoo you will not hav.e-An ' opportunity to'., get out , a r eivard..." We would, 'ildviee you to gather the reward sheet§ and ptit tlieui hi your • bedreoun• :(Here.fol 'owe an an - Printable patsagea You •Weie'liettliftigcoals',Of tiro Go your bead When you got •thitt rewardout, It as &ad 'thakyog, intended ,,haviog a sale in ;April and remise -meth tae, township of Louth.. ,yoti,niust remember that the township of Louth 15 10 the county.. You are requested not to reside in any part of the county on the above date. -.We 1550'8W050 to' reMove yt-u. out.',of the' "Poway -that ' 18: 18 hicludes anY . part, • that you are -in. You will, . be • in ;the same • danger' as you are in regard of your life. ',0118 , , .of our party ( proposes :placing a .goantity, of dynamitettrouud your house to have•you and. your'faruily blown to atonie • but our leadertold us when he was here.not to take any premature means before the time expires, You also minced to be inserted' in a local patter that . some Lends - Or. ftend'in huniau form .destroyed.your property:', 'You will have reason to , think that some party is tends in i888.1llt1/1 Otto 'year, Your Sava dollare: reward amounted to nothing; but if' it requires' it, over thousands of donars' win • amount to something. -we. ramain, ytiur fiends,. . '• ., ' • Letter 6. 't, 3•3RT- LE'IMVE.: ' ,,, . ' GR1IIISI3Y, 26 ,Feb.,i883. J. ABISSTRO'NG, Sru,-LaSt. ycIeir our friends in-. formed you that' you would_ betlisposed of if_you Was resuliog in this, county after Oct. 'next. These letter's you aeceivea, frau our' friends is, going to be earried out after the date mentioned above. Our friends 'in eitterent parts of the , county say that 'they vvant_you., disposed of' by the lst, of my, butaWe linve cOncluded to not notice you between now Alla Oct. next, but will remerman it will cost 'you' your life if 'yen:arc? residing in any part. of the county' after that date. We concludedakour. last meeting,.held , ,November last, to.warn you at intervale, of your :approaching, deem. It So:pears that Yeti haire', stud at differsnt trees and at .diirerent p)aces that yoticlared any euinber •to T01110118 3i01.1 Out of the county Wo• 'have got this from men that We. eau rely on. :'This ia lend talk. You avid have ,a • trial of it. within' one year. ,Whenever pass through thig', vIllag,e I always drop you a line to let you know, hoe7 I feel, and to iet,ycu knew how you winteel, within one year. It is also understood that You, circulated 'in print that a number of fiends -burnt your barn and ,done various other. damages. You mustbear m /Med that in calling' those parties fiends you Will birth a better know- ledge of Whatilends are when they visit you the' next time. The party that we have. hired. often wroteto be to Change the date to March " next, but we aever digagreeto what wo:said•we Would 'do. Yomhave Mau said that the letter you re, 'coived WI1B 11 fraud and dim not ametiut to a. pin.• 'Your friends,' and_yo.ur_fariiilyrif-Aliey-oiresex,- ,p7§)-6i177V-1-Ilit animal% to a pio. • It, fs your own fault that You're. to Lie Murdered, for you have.plenty of time to ehoose which do., Tbiaie the last Vela limy you will dee, reniding in Lineal -1a you win allow how it fettle in less the:Inlet, nion.th's.-atin remain, your areeefol emote and enemies, . • • • augatinietv, . . . _ Letter 7-.4 0 0 11 0 friends; to carry out what we commenced. It thakes ne laugh to think what is fuss you make, . OCT. 1, 18a3. -1 Hamilton, Sept. 4011. Jtoing Anetslrhogo, Sirs -It appears that you have reoarded tbe warning you.bave. xeceived Is .sometleng of no account • noes pressmen, in Ole county and 131,03 18 something disagreeable to a large number of gentlettion. Several gentlemen belonging to Lincoln have beep warning you in 1883; io which it appears that yeti haye, tried to make some cepitai out' of it. In less tine than you are aware of you will not thaw as muck) of Lincoln or South •WtriltwOrtli Oa you do. Our friends. • in Liueoln haVe , Warned you several kinaos. 'They'nae given VOU Wore tilhe to get 'ready then South Wentworth would have dono. We advise you Oa wbocly to be out of the .cotinty .as soon am liOSSible, Or you will • be served the same, est Gerdy, the Irish informer,. was by ' O'Donirell, of Ireland, .or the Donnellys, of Bidclulph fame, 1 Wo 'held 9:lerge privitte niceting at the Wellancl...11iinge, St. Catharines, to set Inn date wisest te dispose of you. We bave come toe toad Sottretnent. Ted' men cf Gynas y and Clinton . say. that If you t`attempt to stay in Lincolo through Oatober that SNAKES AND icurtnirts;. Where the Vouing Ones go to When lowed, by Tii,Cir neater. Ala0Ut twfinty-three years ago, in Beebe, Ark., avrites a correspondent in the -American Field," I had a guinea ben set- ting near iny house in the garden. One day, while hoeing in the garden, notioed Ole hen flying, fluttering, and apparently lighting something. I walked, hoe in hand, carefully up to the nest. Curled up in the nest lay olow snake, or 'what SOme call A bull snake. I carefully approached her, and when the etraightened out to run, with oneiblow with the hoe I out her head olean sfrom-her-boclya I straightened her ouit, and was examining her, and preparing to take bier length, `wheri a young snake about six itlehee 10e g, and 'about the size ot a common lead pennil -made . his appearance: I out its head , off, and • others • followed, until I had out the. heads off of twenty-seven. Some of theta remained, dead in the 'eataity of their mother, to that I know that they did not occupy a place in the stomach. The 'sriake hacaswallowed twelve guinea eggs, which I proceeded to eject by squeezing Horn her stomach and thrnAt. The eggs I found Came frem• one aParansent and- the Young enakee from another. This inducea,nae, to exatnine:the • head and neck which I had out off. I die- eovered that therewas an opening- under • Ole tor gue, through which the young ignakes.eittered the cavity in wlaich they wtre found, and that thee cavity • wai eeparate and distinct °from the stomach where the.gtainea eggs were found, I took, two smooth sticks I ran one down the throat from above the, tongue And the other through the opening under the tongue. Both cattle o'ut, but through separate and dietinot passages.. Hence I say snakes do not swallow their young, but eornething like the opossum or kangaroo have it sack 'or pocket"' for them, which is entered through the mouth and under the tongue. Some one may want .to know what w.a.s done With -the guinea eggs. I anawer, I put them 'back 'in- the nest, and in about a week twelve young guineanbicks were, hatched from them. •-IdaArnistrong depoeed a' daughter of Jamee Armstrong and live with him ; I am in the habit at get- ting out of the post -office lettere. Queries, addressed to my fatkier; I t, got ftve- - • of the threatening letters out of the Office, Mood; and Sankey, the revivaliete, Will brought them home and gave -'them to my ,begin a six months' mission in Ieling on father; he opened them and gave them to early in NoVember. as is the evidence against the two• thepeo- ple -ht ,Gainasby: and, vicinity. syrapathize with them. Mr. Aritatitrongoon. the man- taary„ is eat, a faioritein the•conircidnity. •• In a •conveksation with a TIMES. repre- sentative, Mr. armstrong said: The only period of sound sleep that our family •has enjoyed , for .5 year and .a half, has been • during the past two weeks, since the Goddens were. arreeted. • There has not been a syii3ptoni of mitrage, -nor hate an anonymous threat been received since that time." . • 10 88 the general 'opinion that the case for 1the Prosecution was worked up • in a very slipthod manner. Both Mr. Forbes, the • Magistrate, and Mr. McKeown, the Crown Attorney, expreesed their disgust at the way in *hash the evideneehad been got' together. Witness after witness was brought forward' who, when swore, knew or professed to .know little or nothing about the oath. • .•• . • •. • After, the 'trial 'Holden Godden, With -A number of companions; went to one of the hotels of the place arid showed 9, deeire to ceiebrateastnesatiefaetory, result _Of _Oita. trial.: . One of his friende'howeverawea overheard to. advise him 80, keep sober end - remain main. : •' • " Papa" and " 16frannia." An early instance whom occurs to riseais in the " Beggarlis Opera a (1727), where Pally,' ,Peachumn, I think.it is epealis of - "papa." The Modern change from "papa and "mamma " to." father". and " naother'i: amon-gra the 'upper classes, Which began a,bout_thirty years ago', seems to have been a reaction. against a custquet Which had gradually •erept in among.persons of a lower grade. .As soon as oommon 'people's chil- dren began tb say " paPa" and "mamma" tbose of a higher class were taueht to say " father " itud " mother." It was among•••• , , my High Church friends that 'first noticed this adption of " father " an'd Mother." • One deep not see the connection, but truly such, is the fact. When I was yeung apd 4-arnamina, "-Were universal among what , may be called : the middle. 'upper a classes . society, and, to thia day, " ladies of it certain age." still Use the words. King George III., a:boat-the year '1762, addressed his . mother as. " mammal;" so Itindat stated ip "Granville lYfetritsireaa-Bnt I, diaticif think thatCharlea II., unleskhe wag speaking in Frenoh, ever adiressed Henrietta Maria by. that endear- ing name, and I feel tolerably sure that tbe Lady Elizabeth never .called 'Henry VIII. - "papa." On the other hand, I Would observe that Sa papa " and "mamma" are fast being supplanteclalayo tbe old original " father ' and'" mother." For, ten or per -- haps for twenty years paet, children .inthe tippet and middle clitrisee have; so far as my obeervatioti goes, been • taught to Bay ".father "and mother ;" and "papa and " matiaMas," Which are werds of, extremeet tendeinese to those of my geeeration, seem now to have , soak into °onto:apt •as. " nete " of social inferiority.-Eotes and The DreatteatIlron- Works' ha, the Worlot , Mneh-Darried et an . • e w..1 (:iouHnetr rofFteilu: ipmeralmeoliseaairtinritwltoenoisa(t3;i1errtuapeps ' At the Woolwich 'Police.Cotirt Burrus was summoned for assaulting Ellen I in E8Ben• xruPP'srnintk8'*Ore- fnunned 88 .13urrus, his wife. The complainant said '1.,10$81.-e°.t,o.I6n931-,8,a5n5dt.h890ignalaa. abfetrerowfahridasWohreltnaleeInt• diatribe went to the Railway Tavern' 'at' Woolwiela, of her -husband *as' rasp. I obliged to butld dwelliaga for -' them. The number of his 'workmen ir11882 was10,598, live 16,200 souls. .The heuees contain from prietor,•to,ask him. for support. He then and the number Of houses 3208,' in Which - . :two to•five rooms, the rept runsithig ,'from • about a29to a55 a 'year: One Sheceseful experiment Wise a boarding-house for 200 . single men, ancl,later fori 500 men, proVid- , ing dinner; with ineat fear.. tithes at week ; supper, coffee and butter; the bread, they Mutt • provide themselves._ ,.. large -co-operative store,etarted by F. Riimpahas ' developedenormously, 'and monopolized atille-intalf trade of the adiattleti chits as 'existed since 1856, and in 1.882 hail. 11,911 members and a fund of :,$,313,500., Sick- chibe among the workmen's also exist. There 18, -ft sanitary cornreittee in the Works. Tbe'workehave had a fever hospital eince 1871, . infirmary since' 1672 The fortner wastransferred to the town of ,Eseen in -1882 for stnall,pox eases. 4 ,diginfeotion: house and app,arattis have also' been • imatituted:. on Dittraar's • plan. • Baths •wore put .up ue.ar G./Ate:nee Of • the works .1n 1874..• .In • 1876.•• life' • insuratee fuocf 'Wen started, anda :has risentd 1,525. reemberei: ' A a Scheel,. with tweity Mass rooms,. :lead a private , scianal•'with sixteen rooms are amotg Heir Krupp'St foundations, • and sine° 1.876 five ' Tbis .witness, a young woman', denied the alleged assault.• ,• •• , Mr. iialguy-Ate. you aware:of y,otir .hus-' . are -re othenavivepa • •. • Witriees-Yes ; .fibq I have found. out by . .advettising that his .first wife is dead. The . . . senond-vvife is not his wife, aad I am' his - lawful wife.. • ' • Mr. Balguy advised the complain•antoto: go t� the relieving officer. arta state her ease, and he hoed Ole defendant .'20s, for Ole aseault.' • • •• struck her. i He, bad left her for some tirne;and -had' inatalled : a:no ther woman ha her place'. 'Her sod's wife confirmed her evideucie. ' ' • ••• . • ' ' The defendant -I deny the charge. In Ole first place, this woman isnot :My wife. I married her; -but she is not my wife, for all that. (Laughter.) I was: married be. and my, Jinn wife was alive'' when I married tffie vadman ;therefore roy naarri- age: Nei th•herts illegals -an_ ...,.. - . Mr. Balguy-The police had better listen. The defendant - I was' married first when I was 20 years of age; but my firet wife was abeent from • me 18 years. I thought she was dead when I married again. Four years after I was married a second time my first wife walked into 'the house and said te this woman, " Itans_Mrs: Burrus and you are not." (A laugh.) The law could not touch me for that, because I 'thought she wria dead. ' • - MraBitguy- Have you an y other wives '? • 7y Defettelant-- ee ; one - (latiglifer)a-thy oolyclawful wife. , . • , • M. BalguY - What .0 Blue -. Beard 1 (Laughter. ) Have you tiny Witnees ? ' Defendant -Yes; toy lawfulevite. technical ecnortis have beeu in existence, in which otatases for women in househ,old work, etc., are elan held, Which are now better ate. tended than 80 firet. . Secondary iselibels, both in Essen and Altendorf, :near 'Sty, are eupported by the firm. .• Work for .ditiabled• - men and itavalide has beeo instituted, since 1876, such as broom making for the ecoopera- ,ti4e stores,. basket making, etc., in which ' • widows•and children are also employed. In, .• one week in September, 1882, the •'nunalsesc of t eople-rnen„ women, and chilarena-oon- NoW iSa.the 'time when the young man nqgte(Lwitb, Rtnd ' daPandemtotf, EruPIA k ' seriously., contemplates the aspect of ,the ors was 65,381. --.London Daily News. weather, and thine hie thonghtstowatel. the . ietlem.lptiOn, of has 0.taarceat.• Dalll growl %len. the d. ,o(!tOr ord.e?).:ai'akt: , ▪ IIT L , WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH T- H- E CEOCRAPHY OF THIS POUNTRY, WILL ' SEE BY EXAMININC THIS MAP,' THAT THE • ,,,, ;7, `, III ., ,- " 7, ". . ',W.',..t......t,',..• . , , ,, ' " " " -,0 • . " 4 V\ . , , , S 2 :.,,W. ..".•-•'.%,...2°4.7" . .; 1 .. --' * ' *Z. • . . . .1 " 1.- --- ---.'i : -1 1 ...___ 44111 _KjiLdeapoll9 d \ ja. citateetaels ,aaseSaasasioia, era " °,rali . AP : 'Ito frvideo , ---11.11 Fa polBrecsii"---,...i\T___ Cev'eta 1. T ::,.. .r.": \ :1,4 • ],l La Oilii1•31k".., rm not•nlc., ..... .; . • ., 1 I, ' 05111'4„ yon. 11` ' "4- .,;,. % .... VIINIS • * ; sat. asear a a -Se eaaaa_ataa-V-- glee La • • • Va ciao 111", okik • • I . -CHICAGO ROCK-ASLANO'A. PACIFIC' R'Y Being the Creat•Central Line, affords"th travelers; byareason of Its unrivaled -Aim - graphical posItIorf,' the oho -Sliest xind beet route between .the .East, Northeast and , 'Southeast, and the West, Northwest and •sciathwest.' • •It'ls literally and strictiy tree, that its',conneg0. Aions are. all of 0_14)1101pol line's . pi road between the Atlantic andthe Pacific-. 7. • • .• ' Beate -Main line' 'and branehes it react -ma Chicago,' aollet, Peoria, Ottawa, -La SaIbd Ceneseo, Moline and Rock Island,. in ; Daveapotataanassen.tate„,,,.........„,a •: Wasalaiii7a,85Ttaakeoeutt, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, Des, Moines, West Liberty,' low,a City, Atiantio, Avoca,: Audubon, Marian. Guthrie' Center arid Council Bluffs., In Iowa; .Callatin,,Trenton, Cameron' andlaosas•CIty, in Missouri,ian,d • worth anti Atchison. in Kansas, and the hundreds 'of Cities, vitiages• and toWns' • "CREAT CK : ISLA 'D ROUTE," as It is familiarly Palled, offers, to travelers all the advantng"es arid connWrts incident to a smooth track 'sate bridges; Union Depots at all connecting points, •'Fast: Express . Trains, composed -Of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED;t7WELL, 'MATE?, FINELY U,PHOLSTERED and ELECANT DAY COACHES; a line of the , MOST' MACNIFICENT HoRTON.RECLININC;CHAIR CARS evar built ; 'PULLMAN'S' latest designed:and hands'omest PALACE' SLEEPING, CARS,' and ,DININo CARS' that areacknowtedged by press and people to be 'the FINEST RUN, UPON' ANV, NOAD. IN THE COUNTRY, and In, Which superior meals are ,serveci to travelers at " ,the iow rate of SEVENTy-FIVE CENTS' EACH: • , ' THREE TRAIN.S-each,way between CHICACO and the 'MISSOURI •RIVER. TWO TRAINS each way between CHICACO and MINNEAPOLIS arid ST. PAUL, • .I• via the famous • • ; ••' AL..1$ERT, ,LEA, ROUTE.: . A New and birect Line, via Seneca and, Kankakee has recently been orrikr • --ellT tystWe Ne-wport-News-;--RichniOnvi, Cincirmatt'r-fridjariapolls and , La . Fayette; .. ,•find Council eAltll ikfrish,yough p,aseet:4ers carried on Fast Ex-wee:id Trains,. • .1 St. paui, Minneapolis arid intermediate pointe. • a For More detailed informatioh,:see, Maps andFolders, which may be;obtained, he •welt ne.T. iceeta,,ae.adarincIpatTiostet_Officessmthe.United•States-and. ana a, or . . R. R. CABLE ----------,.—',--,:-..--...---, .'..E,• ST- JOHN -H-- - ' vicerTres!e et gen,' Manager, . • . , " a Oen'I T'k't tit 'Pass.r Aiet.' „ CHICACO.