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December, Wi2.
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The Huron'I Views -Reterd
Viredncsday, Au;ust 18th.'
Mr, Wm, Sandltam, of Mid-
dleton, were struck by lightning -re;
Gently. It did. not kill Mm, but
broke his shoulderado, left a
thio red and black streak down his
body, tore his clothing, and made a
hole in the sole of lila loot.
—.A hotel -keeper, charged with
violation of the Scott .Act .11 Peter-
boro', adopted the defence that he
was selling only )Ioxie, A flesk of
Moxie was produced in court, but
no expert seems to have been
present, for judgment was reserved.
---Whatis now especially wanted
in Berlin is a much larger supply of
]louses, Many people are wanting
to move to Berlin and can't find
house accommodation. Mr. Cromp-
ton says that by the 1st of Novem-
ber hispeople will need need about two
dozen houses and board for a large
number of employees. Instead of 206
new houses we• shall need at least
1300.. •
License Inspector Fisher paid au
official visit to Palmerston last week,
While putting his horse up at one
of the hotels a stranger cavae up and.
'asked him if he was. the License
Inspector. Being 'answered in 'the
affirmative, he. dealt him a severe
blow with a club, cutting hint -on
the head and shoulders. Iiis,._in-
juries are not serious. The stranger,
whose name is at present unknown,.
escaped.
—The 'trial of George Crossman
for violating the Scott Act was pre -
proceeded with at the Police Court
in St. Thomas. The defendant con-
ducted a .billiard hall in the East
End, and •a quauty of liquor was.
found ou his premises, a bar being.
discovered fitted up in the cel.lai.
The magistrates found him guilty,
and fined him $50 and $12 costs.
The liquor will be destroyed. This
is .the first conviction} under the Act
in.the 'county of Fl in.
-Mrs. Coleman, of St. Thomas,
sued one • McGarri ty for .board, at
$3,. per 'week. The defendant ex-
plained: that a portion'. of the time
he had slept 'on. 'a sort of bed, part
of the time on the floor; and for the
past three weeks in a barrel "wid
the Inds out ov : it." . It was shown,
that the .parties bringing the suit
had been in constant receipt of sup-
plies' from the corporation, and that
the children had solicited: charity,
and it was for the food thus obtained
that MQGai•rity was asked to pay $3
<a week. :A small verdict was given.
fou+"-theplaintifl`.
-The .village. o£' . Shawville, Oue-
bee, was visited with a. terrific Mail
and tines' storm: on Thursday, the,
29th inst. The battering icy bullets.
• continued for eight or len niiuutes,
at the, expiration of which bane •ou
looking out. the ground had the.
.appearance of being covered with
pigeons'.eggs, among Which :were a
considerable number the size of•
hens'. On measuring and•woighing
the largest . in. ' one •locality, it
Was two. and a, ,half 'inches: in
diametei and 111 weight two. and
a. half ounces. " The storm came from
the northwest,: • < •
• THE WEEK'S DOPNGS.
rOAN AD'IAN.
-Chain merchants in Orangeville
are now disposing Of the grain pur-
chased lust winter; and are',in eonse-
quence losing very. heavily:- It is
estimated; that a loss of'$20,000 will
have. tobe divided` alil:ongst :four .of.
• —A ,men •named:Sirnon `Goulet
wits • taken to the Montreal hospital
suffering from ,a dislocated jaw:.
Upon inquiry it was•leerned ;that
'Coulet is a prominent end politician'.
Was relating the Grit Riel.ti•iumph in,
' ho recent'C.liembly election • when
:he laughed 'se: heartily• that he dis-
Yocated•'lris jaw. . • .
—Panic reigns 'among the 'Guelph.
hotel keepers who have lately heeli.
41ofying . the Scott .&ot 'and 'calmly
'dispe'nsing whiskey as i:l+ the 'trade
was still licensed. -One' night .six
teen hotel owners and barkeepers,
were surnmoned to 'appear before
police'. magistrate Saunders. .The
separate. ohaiges:, of violating the'
Scott Act• have• 'been lajd._.against
every hotel keeper but Soper of the
European. '
-The superintendent of a :Sun,
"day school in this' city, it is reported;
pra *eta--.,%.r..:al.l-.the boys., and girls
who had failed to pass the entrance
examination to the Highschool•
;
ing that the failure might but nerve
them to seecese again, and he added
`Give to. the• persons who prepared.,
sonic of the.eXiinanation papers what
they evidently lack, a sounder judo
----'mont, end morn corliion
i3ellevillo Intelligcncer; '
. —Sammy Davison, of Marne eonn-
ty, pridatl~hintsel f en his 'cheese -eat-
ing capacity. So did "onld •Bell
down at the Pine River cheese .f'ac-
tory'." They came together at Hir-
am lborgan's place of business, hav-
ing pruvided'themselves with two --
'grounds of Cheese each. The wager
was cigars—ten centers—for the
crowd. "Geld: Tell" distanced
Sammy, Sammy bought the cigars,
remarking .than he .supposed some
one wonkl corm along who "could
bate him drinking Whis"liey yet.:" •
—Mr. John Madigan, of Arthur
'township, had a very line barn rais-
ed recently. The men who cane
to help wore formed into bands the
tptai ns boi'fiin ;1r1. Jana es lrcMellen,
M. P. for 1'.ortlt 1\rclli igfon, and
his I31'0spe011vo opponent, \lr, ltobt.
ilordon, otAtithur, Mr. McMullen
being the younger matt had some -
What, the advantages 'of tai's opponent
of being able to go aloft', but ?Jr.
Gordon, although ort• the losing,
side, made a gallant straggle. The.
ren Went to work With Buell hearty
good -will that the barrn was raised
in fifteen minutes.
—Speaking at Macleod, N. W. T.,
Hon. )Irr, White stated that tire
Government, while deciding not to
reduce ,the prior of pre-unttion,
would give settler, six years' tinge'
to make payments, 'without interest.
—The shrievalty of Wellington
has been vacant for months, and the
local' Opposition urgau at T..ronto
says the clamour of. claimants for
the office has completely paralized
the Ontario Government, -;--and the
position is now practically open to
the highest bidder. 'i'his state of
affairs is not desirable.
.--.The Canadian Pacific company
tries prohibition in the most practi-
cal form. Tne sale of liquor will
not' be permitted in any of the eat-
ing houses along its lino nor in
any of.,jts dining cars. Prohibition
way be carried out when those who
sanction the law are determined to
have it enforced,
—In the month of July, 26,000
barrels of flower reached St. John,
N. B., over the Intercolonial railway.
Last partite number of barrels was
only 12,00Q. This flower is sent:
down by Ontario. Reformers wish
it to be. supplied by the United
States, and.aro angry because it is,
not. - .
—At Laurencoville, Quebec, a
young farmer named Tibbits ntount-
ed his horse and startedfor the river
to rescue two drowning sheep:-- }Ie
was just entering the stream when
his horse pitched him over his head,
He appears to have been struck by
the animal's hoof and stunned, for
.he sank at once, and when thebody
was recovered there was a black
mark on his forehead.
—Tho constituency of North.
Middlesex lute a p'retty,large Irish
Roman Catholic vote, and the pres-
ent member; Mr. T. Coughlin, is a
Roman Catholic Conservative, and
voted direct against Mr. ],lake's
'Home Rule motion at:the last sess-
ion. A few, days since there wits a
mooting of C's Irish constituents
held at Oita,. when his action in the
House was almost unanimously sus-
tained, and the course of the Minis-
try endorsed by a strong. resolution.
Blake or Edger gas don't work worth
a cent•in North Middlesex, and. it is
altopether likely Mr. Waters' gas
will. also. be at `a discount in the
Riding at the next election.
=At St. John, near.'New' Bruns-
wick; there has '.been discovored.a
deposit of mineral eaith .which has
trio .property of pieserving .fruit
from decay: Tllis quality., was -ac-
cidentally dissevered. A barrel of
'the sniff stood in.'. a St John store'
and a hid putseine Bartlet pears in
ft,• where .they :were forgotten and
remained some months. On empty-
: ing the berr'el the- fruit came ,oat
perfect in size, and_:with the taste
unimpaired. . Mixed into a paste
.withparaffin it burns; giving out at
-Milk is helping the' temper-•
,rice •cause iii New, York • to a great
extents All the 'bars sell it now.
just: as much'as they, do • whiskey:
The way- in which it is• usually.
.drank is' to' fib ,glass half or two
thirds full` with. it and then fill the
.balance with seine :kind of ,ini:neral
:water.'- The chink is -very° refresh-
ing, if not exhilarating:, ]ilk, how-
ever, is mixed with other. things be='
'sides :mineral' Water at lite bars
Whiskey milk is .a very common;
not .to 'say. popular, .?drink. 'Still,
thg3eruand•for mtllcJne has in
creasedso much of late thatit'is sold -
from a ,'nutnber" of wagons 'on the
.street . •
' —Notice • is given in, a Hamilton
paper. that application' Will bo:uade
to the perl.iantent of Calnadat • at its
,next 'session by Flizebath Virginia
+)uggan, wee Elizabeth' V'iiginia,
Tuckett, of Hamilton, fur a bill of
.divorce from her husband, Richard
John Duggan, solicitor, present re-
sidence unkuon'n„ ou . the grounds
.of adultery, desertion. and cruelty.
Mrs.. Duggan is the drughter of G.
'1•uckott,'tobacco Menet-minor,
Herndon, and has two young 01'11i•1
regi which are -now in her. custody,
Duggan was a barrister anis captain
of it local volunteer eoinpauy:
.„--Two 'charred 'marks were no-
ticed.-recently
o-ticedrecentlyyOn"a barn not far from
,
the OttawaIe1Ver4, andcaasodstis-
pieiou that a fire laughed • been at'
work, 'tithing was said about the
natter until the owner 'of the barn
was returning from church with his
friritily, when smolto ivas observed
ascending from the sante place that.
had been 01111 red previously, On
further oxaminaitien, one of the
hoards of the building .w43 t'outus to
have ignited front the .effect of the
rays.ot' the sun, which were concen-
trated upon it by a bright tin ntilk
can. - The vessel, after Doing washed,
was placed as 'usual near the barn
to be aired, and the two charred and
blackened marks were traced to it
also.
event heat and :a 'light:'. It; is also
manufactured ,into paint, _ The had
has a surface' •area of 300 'aches,„
and it is at least'24 feet deep the
substance comes out in solid iniisa,.
but crumbles easily into powder.
A FEAST OF II,UMAN FLESH,
Tun IloitnittU STORY oz' TUE cote-,
Iu t,Do bl,t.N-11A'.t'En.
The trial' of Alfred Pecker for
murder and cannibalism, which was
concluded at Gunnison, Colorado,
August 6, and which resulted in
Packer's being 'sentenced to forty
years ita the penitentiary, was one
of the most remarkable cases known.
The last day Packer himself was
placed on the• stand and testified in
his own defence. He looked pale,.
his cheeks were hollow and his eyes
sunken, He stood up during the
entire statement, which occupied
two and a half hours.. 'At times lie
became excited and emphasised his,
words with gestures and not intros
quently with oaths until restrained
by his attorney, ,s told by the
defendant no story could be more •
excitedlyinteresting and horrible
than the barerecital of how he and.
his; five companions wandered ,tui-
lessly about the Mountains ivithout
toed, raving lead with hunger, eat-
ing their moccasins, willow buds,
iosebuds,aud.finally devoul'ing.each
other. Then,, after the•death.of the
'remainder. of party, the, ootid, un -
felling account of how he took flesh
from the legs of his companions,
boiled it in tin cups and ate it, has
never been .equalled in the history
of jurisprudence in 'America. ' He
edinittec ,that, once or, twice leis
stomach
REZ: USED TO EETAIN, SUCH A FEAST.
liiu.'ally his will:' conquered the'
animal weariness, and he prepared
the feed and ate it without trouble.
All these circumstances wore listen-
ed to With . the •cio'sest attention by.
the crowd assembled. .It was only
When the cross examination uncover-
ed the weak. points in, the. narrative,
and.. the witness testified' to the im-
.possible circumstances which he'
recounted; that the' truth .of the
noval recital.was questioned:. • Then.
it, was that 'the story: of, starvation'
was "doubted, He testified as fol-
lows ;
• My name. is. Afred Packer. I
have:been in the, mountains many
years; I was in Utah in 1873, and
I,worked in the . mines .thele until
.1. became leaded. '(This is a fai7i'
of load' colic' lieetilier-to`the men
employed in the vicinity of the
snie.lteis • in. Utah ':and 'Nevada.).
Then I cane to Salt Lake, and thee'
I worked a.' while in a` smelter.; I
,was still afflicted; and in the fall of
1873 I joined a party at Liugham
Canon for a prospecting trip to the
San Juan. country, in Colorado Ter-
ritory, A I travelled ,with: McGrew, :
to "whom I :gave.$30 ter my passage,
and I was to work``for the balance.
of tny'.fitre: I'' -had $25 :left.. We
cached DrY, Creoek, near" Chief
Ouray's camp, in. January, 1874.
Here the ' party separated.: Israel
Swan, George Noon, Fronk 11'Iillel;
Jannis Humphreys, Shannon Wil -
Sen' Bell, and ;ilryself•started from
Oruay's camp for the San'' Juan.
tvagfcold, the snow Was deep.end,
travel • difficult" We gate. up our
boots. -and tied. blankets about our
feet. We had to do it to' keep thein
from freezing. Old man Swan -gave-
• out first.. He was..old and: in. thin
flesh.
OUR BREAD GAVE our
:on the -ninth day:' ..We- -had--mbiy-
eaten• one meal a day. during.,the.
last few days, because it was storm-
ing and blowing, so that we -could-'
not seen fel- feet before us. We
•were keeping up towards the sun-'
alit of the hills, aiming for Los
.Piiios-: AgencyBell . first gave:up
his Inoccasins, and. wo made one
meal of those, boiling • then. I
next gave' up mine,, and then the
• others: Bell had: a hatchet. • Noon
had a gun, •but 1 carried' the gun'
about' helf the time. I think we
must have been out • in the moan=
tains several weeks after running
ottt of food. The Men were getting
desperate, and Bell .seemed to be
getting crazy.. His eyes protruded.
from his need. While the others
complained and talked he remained
silent. • '1'110. Hien attar for .salt,'
They (lid not ask for food; it wits.
only salt, salt. We had been eat-
ing willow and 1'080 buds for several
days, having found. some in, the
valley. near . the lake, Where Laake
City now stands..'We had run out
of matches and carried fire with us
in a coffee pot, . Chlo, day we saw a
reirne trail upon the mountains, and
it Was agreed that I should go on
the tail, as I ivas the strongest. I
took the Winchester rifle and search-
ed.
earch-eel..In the morning I left the ,nen
crazy with huflger. Tin the evening
when I returned I found a, bunch
of rose lushes, and had a good din -
dinner from them, but no game.. I
felt st1•oiiger, As I approaehod the
GOING FOR FENIAN S�.
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10.—Bisho
, a
(viraid made -a -salvage onslaught _on.
the Irish republican 'brotherhood'
and kindred societies in his sermon
on Sunday: _ Tho societies referred.
to. were' branches of the Fenian or-
ganization under various names, as
:the . Clan ne-Gaol, and others; •' all
affcliated'with,the 'Irish Republican•
brotherhood.' "The pri titles of,
these societies,"•said the bishop, "are
destruction' of society and good gov-
ernment, and 'thy are damnable in,
their Methods. ' I• have. in my yes-
-
I
sesSiou the Constitution and ritual
of'one of these organizations, ,said to
be the mildest in charector'and the
lertst revolutionary ; yet. the oath
taken. by its . members is one which,.
no Christian' and no good Citi/eau
could lawfully take. The prinoilile
asserted by some members of these-
otgauizations, that the end ,justifies
the means, is horrible,'aliil doaerves
Duly the strongest condemnation.
Tho same principle would justi.f'y•
the doings: of the anarchists.in Chi-
cage, of whose diatbelical • proceed-
ings we rears., 80 Fundi in the daily
papers.. The anarchists of Chicago
010imed to work' for the social and
national welfare of the masses, of
the people by the destructiop of
constituted government incl • the
slaughtering of 111088088 of people, in
the ttaost .brutal and cowardly luau..
MO'. The Irish itepublio to brother;
flood,. which caused the, Phrenix
park assassinations, claimalso .the
right to establish a ropubli. in Ire-
land without regard to methols er
Moans. It also seeks to justify
Itluriler as a 111'eans to an end." .
fere I saw Bell bending over the fire,
cooking some ,neat. I spoke to
hila and immediately he rose and
5TAIi''Et1 Fort MB WITII A 1rATCIIST..
I- f'an book down the bluff, but 1.
'fell, and while down I shot him
through the side as he approached
me. He fell and the hatchet dropped
by ale, I snatched it up and threw it
at him tend struck hum to the head.
.I went .up to the oamp again and that
the rest of there were dead, and found
that the pleat Boll was cooking was.
fiesh..f'ronl Humphrey's leg. I stay-
ed in camp the rest of that night.
I then made my camp off a short
distance and stayed there for pos
sibly fifteen days. During this
time I was crazy with hunger and
out the flesh from Bell's leg and
boiled it in a tin cup and ate it. It
made me very sick. My- stomnach.
was empty and weak and I vomited
•very violently that night. At'ter
this I frequently ate the meat and
several times tried to get out of the
country, I "would climb up to the
mountain, but failing to see any
hope I would return again to camp
and again cut the flesh from the
limbs of the dead amen and eat it.
I was about forty yrites. from Los
Pinos Agency, and I did not know
the exact direction.. This was along
in April."
The witnessthen narrated at great
length how he wandered from day
to day over the mountains, haying a
supply of human fresh. along, and.
finally, in :the'last'days of April, he
found his way to Saguaehe.. He
continued : ,"Here Major Downey
gave atemy first food, which was
brandy and a light -diet. I'
SOON REGAI1 BD MY APPETITE
rt
and took ,tip my lodging with Larry .
Dolan, a saloon -keeper.: Gen, Ad-
ams had gone out to Denver, and
was expected back every d;ey.
Finally, he came and I 'met him
soon after and told him I wanted to
get back 'to••Los Piuos country, to
Gen. Adams' headquarters; and join;
nay comrades; the parties that I. left'
behind. He. agreed • to take me. I'
had uonght a horse and Saddle front
Otto' Metz for` $75: ' Reteariiiter to
the agency :•niy story was :told, but'
not as I now tell it, for' I was
ashamed:for the world to know how
'I had lived : Gan. Adams got hie
into this office and induced me' to.
make the .confession of. Which he
Old; you. I' did not think it was
put in writing.' To prove my story
a party, started 'with me to find the
remains, btit''I got lost and could'
net find niy way: It was •so stormy
when we went over the ground •in
the winter that i• 'could not see :the
landmarks. The party. thought. I
was playing them false and they he-
rein to accuse me ,of murdering the
men... We- returned to camp and I
•was: arrested and taken: to Saguache."'
usually he kept the attorney on the
defensive or fired questions at him.
in an .excited manner, and frequent-
ly to the great amusement of those
present. ' Ile proved incorrigible, in-
consistent, irr'epr'essible, and he was
finally .excused, pale and trembling,
yet defiant.
.A.N ISLAM) IN FLAMES.
D1a1ADPITL SCENES,-NATURl:1 COD?--
VOLSBU—BURNING BEAM, ROM
INTO nit J4A1KE.
A Chicago special says c The
Canadian steamer "Isaac May" stag -
gored into harbor without fuel and
almost destitute of provisions, Capt.
Muir, her master, relates a .thrilling
d
experience. The "May" left Chicago
three weeks ago, towing three barges.
After a run of five days, they ar-
rived at Manitoulin Island on the
Canadian aide of Lake Huron, the
largest island in the great • lakos,
covered with cedar trees. When
the vessel aririved the inhabitants. '
were badly frightened. For weeks
not a drop of rain had fallen. The:
steamer began to tako"5n' a cargo of
posts and ties when the woods sud-
denly burst into a great blaze. No "" '
sooner had the fire started than, a
severe wind storm 'swept over the
Wand .driving the flames in every
direction.. The people fled in 'tor- ,
ror to the beach and sought, sholtet
on board `vessels,'which wore pulled,
out into the lake, and scoresof bears
The prisoner .related how he was
treated ,by the officer, how hewas
provided with:a key to,liis shackles'
and a: -sack of grub, and while the
sheriff, was gone: from :home he re
leaset'1'liirnself and made' his way to
Canon. ;City" and : front there to
'Pueblo, whore he stayed that
trier and raised,. a crop;; and sold •it.
Then he went to :the nountains of
,Wyo:ming' and ,Dlontana,travelling
under. the mime: of John Swartz.
Returning to those °%parts of the nar-
rative which lie omitted, Parker
said; "I am... • . -.
`51CCUSDD Ob' nonnrst # TI1E D,pAD:� -,
Yes, I did: rob-4the--dead_.wlien,I�.
cut the' flesh. from~` the•bodies,-pro
paring to start out over the ranee in
•search of civilizatian: I then took
$5 from Swan's ?pelt*, a. fifty -dol
lar bill. front. B3ed, and ITO from
Miller. Here is where T did wrong..
_1 robbed the dead, but I knew the
'money would do' my dead ceriapan
ions no good, and 1, being yet alive,
thought the money might help 'me.
to save my life. I am: willing to'
take the blameof robbing thedead,
for it )08 wrong. .
roaring with . pain ran out of the .
•woods with the Bair singed, front
their, bides and plunged :into the
lake; The 'flames raged for five '.
days, harping over .acres of 'valuable'
.timber destroying avast amount of
stock piled' on the beach for .ship -
Ment. ' Then a drenching rain stover
set in anis continued until the fire
was put otit, It was ten 'days froth
the tini.e the 'vcsaeis reached •there
before they,.wer'.e ready to leave and'
thdi' stock of provissons were ,hues
exhausted in - caring :for the people •
who took refuge 'on '• thorn.. Still
Capt Muir thought he cottld.make
the provisions hold out 1111111 they
reached Chicago, but he did not
count on having head winds.a11 the
way; l he':Ye8s'el_ieft the island last
Saturday morning, ...Mitp.ras dense
clouds of smoke from' the . burning.:
tinbei'; settled down: over the water
the i ossels htid `to pick thein tray
slowly through' the darkness: The •
steamoi passed the Straits on Ilan
day, but hardly had. entered Lake
Michigan.whon they ran ' into an -
ether bank of smoke,, that...shift out
everything from view. So thiel:..
:was the atmosphere that the first -
barge. of tow could not be seen front :... .
the deck of the •steamer:' On all •
sides could bo heard tlie.fog signals
of Passin steamers: ..By. •moving
'slowly -and sounding 'whistles
et
frequent'interyals the steamer imide
her.way ay through the Smoke in.safety:
Her progress had .been, ss. greatly
impeded; ' however, .that when 100
miles north of Chicago the engineer
reported the cool- bunkers empty,
aiid the steward informed the captain
that nothing was loft to eat but salt. '.
pork, and the- crew was 'put' under
short rations 'and the deck load; `of . •
posts drawn on to feed'the'fu' nates,
bi 1 tliai
odder was. so green that -the w,:
boilers could hardly be kept. warn.
Finally the stealller.cut her consorts
adrift end ' oame to Chicago. under
sail-without:thern,T he -experience
of the steadier at Manitoulin Islands
during the' fire was thrfllinb The
scene from the vessels, as .told by a •
spectator, was grand beyond. descrip
tion.. The flames, shote into .the air.
for hundreds. of feet, aryl turned
night into day, . while, the boat. was
SO. intoner) that vessels were .obliged
to push 'Mit into the• lake. The
noise was deafening,• and aniid all
the din andconfusion thousands of
birds "fluttered 'around • their late
homes until, :tired 'with .constant
flight, they dropped into the lake,
or fell into .the flames. and
Doer an
bears rushed frons' the woods to-
gether, aucl • throw themselves into
the cooling water of..tho-lako. For
.11 vo days.the flames held their sway
before tIIp lumbermen could return
to the island and finish loading the
Vessels. The .cargoes Were found off,
Itncfn'0, and towed into port: •
On' the . cross-examination . the
prisoner:Was confused, .by 'the. tun-
nitrg questions put to ,him, and be-
came enraged and branched off` in a
fearful tirade of abuse against'news-
paper nie11,, hg, prosecuting council, •
and finally 's hciing.np on the judge
and jury. who -hear, the first trial'
when he was 'convicted and . sen-
tenced to be hanged. lie mused
Judge Gerry ..in•'the moat wicked
terms known to' the ruglish lan-
guage, Itis. council, the jiI(i ,•and
the sheriff, all had to interfere to
hush him, and they slid it with
difficulty. Ile became ' 'fierce, and
rising to his feet, he looked the
demon that he hes been pictured,'
and hes 'conduct caused a to•
pass over the audience, which re-.
mined breathlessly silent: It wits,
a relief when Sheriff :Shores 'took
hold of hint and compelled, him.:to-
gniet clown.
For five hours Packer oceupie(s
the:stand, and proved the Inost. re-
markable witness . that' was over
'placed ttpen the stand in'thie coun-
try,. i f old attorneys may be believed.
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