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Show Murder of an Aged Hermit. Unknown scoundrels recently murdered Mathiua lierirer. an old man who lived live life of a hermit on Blue mountain, live miles north of Hamburg, Pa. The crime was disclosed only through the accidental ; visit of some neighbors, who found Iter- j ger's cabin vacant. A aearrMnK party dis covered tho hermit's dead body in an ad-1 vanccd stto of decomposition lying j imong som rocks on the mountain not far from his cabin. His clothes were lorn alnuxt into shred, and Uicre were inarka on the ground of a terrible, strugl.i. A Hub stained with blood lay within a tew, feet, of the body. j The unfortunate hermit hod !.) on : doposit in a Heading bnnk. and had aom , gold and silvercoin ab-jut hirn In ihcrablu, it is known, before his death. Noue of It can be found now. fte was a frequent vis-Itirto vis-Itirto Keadimj and Hamburg, and many people predict"! that he would meet wit rt a tragic end if he persisted in remaining on the mountain. ' |