THE GAZETTE. G. At G. R. FRYSINGKK. Kdltora. LEWISTOWN, PA. Wednesday, March 6, L 867. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The GAZETTE is published everv Wednesday the old stand, at $1.50 in advance, or $2.00 at the end of 3 months. t*. Persons receiving papers with a X marked on it will understand that subscription is due on which a remittance on-fit to be made. Cask Rates of Advertising. Business Cards (7 lines or less) 1 year 6.00 Administration or Executor's Notices 2 50 Auditor's do 2 t lO Estrav Notice, four times, . 2 00 Caution or other short Notices, 1 50 Tavern Licenses, single, 1 If more than one, each Register's Notices of Accounts, each . . One inch constitutes a square, and all advertising not otherwise contracted for, or enumerated above, will hereafter be char- d 50 cents per square for each insertion. Job Work. Eighth sheet bills, sl.r.n for 25 or less: fourth sheet bills $2 for 25 or less,- hall" sheet bill. $4 for 25 or less. Notices of New Advertisements. Our readers are referred to the Agricul tural Land Scrip offered for sale by the Htate authorities. This affords a splendid opportunity for obtaining lands at low ; rates, which can bo located any where on j public lands. Rouse's /Star Troupe will perform every evening this week, and on this and Sat- j urday afternoons. The afternoon per- : form'ances will give our friends from the country an opportunity to attend. Sec advertisement of Logan Academy. New Goods at Rittenhouse & MoKin- I nev's—Gas Company Election Notice — j Several Public Sales, &c. Sales of Personal Properly. Sam'l K. Marks, Lewi-town, March 7 j Robert Sterrett. near Locke's, " 7 Jos. Hostetler, Men no, 44 8 John Barefoot, Derry, 44 8 Samuel Eisenbise, Derry, 44 0 James A. Murray, Reedsville, 44 0 P. ii. Brink. Derry, 44 11 \ John Y. King, Men no, 44 12 j John T. Ozburn, Armagh, 44 13 i Samuel Beatty, Union, 44 13 , Sarah McCoy, Granville, 44 13 j W. H. Weber, Lewistown, 44 14 i M. A. Sample, 4 4 44 1 4 Isaac Price, Derry, 44 14 j Wm. Powell, Oliver, 44 15 1 E. B. Kauttman, Belleville, 44 15 Robert Cummins, Brown, 44 16 Geo, B. Scott, Decatur, 44 ~ 18 Levi Gearhart, Armagh, 44 15) ' A. J. North, Wayne, 44 20 R. B. Kerr, Wayne, 44 25 V. Contner, Milroy, 44 28 j Tlie l*oor Blouse Farm. It has been a question for several years whether it was not an error in the first place to purchase a valuable farm near town for poor purposes; and especially one destitute of timber. For a time however it answered the end designed, but of late years objections and disadvantages have - manifested themselves which clearly show i that the purchase of a smaller tract far- j ther from town, with a good supply of I timber on it, would be a, saving to the taxpayers in the end. Next we have the fact that the present buildings are in a great measure unsuitable and inconveni ent for all classes supported at the public expense, in evidence of which we need but cite the proof that last year tlie Di- j rectors paid the State Lunatic Hospital j $811.17, or the interest of $13,569.50, a sum in itself sufficient to build a commo dious house. This was paid for the sup port of four or five persons who could easily be kept here with proper accom modations We long since came to the \ conclusion that a Steward cannot well j farm 200 acres and properly attend to his i other duties, and that where one would do it ten would not. New buildings arc now required, and the whole thing is therefore reduced to the simple question j whether from $20,000 to $25,000 shall be levied and collected from the taxpayers for the purpose of erecting suitable build ings on the farm now owned by the coun ty, or whether that farm had not better be sold, and the proceeds applied to the pur chase of a cheaper tract and the erection of suitable buildings, without taxation f This is the case in a nutshell, and will enable all to judge whether a bill now before the Legislature authorizing the sale of the farm by trustees named in it, and paying the proceeds into the county treasury, is right or wrong. For our part, j we hope our members will see it through as we are satisfied that in the end it will ; save money—will prevent a great deal of pauper loafing about town—and do awav with a legion of applicants for Steward, a I position of onerous duties and little pay ! yet sought with as much avidity as if it 1 contained a fortune - a fact we eould never explain or understand.) r° I'CUHM) Ivanla Soldiers. Samuel P. Bates, State Historian, hav ing discovered many imperfections in the muster-rolls of the companies, desires that each soldier, who served in any organiza tion from this State, would furnish infor mation in bis personal history pertaining to the following points, viz : * 1. Wounds.—lf wounded, give the date in what engagements received; nature of wounds; result of wounds; nature of sur gical operations, if capital, and by whom performed. imprisonments. —lf a prisoner, give the dnte and place of capture; where im pnsonel; nature of treatment; and the date and manner of escape or release. He also desires that the relatives or com panions in arms of deceased soldiers would give tiie cause, date, place of death and place of interment of each, and any facts ui his history touching the subjects above referred to. Write at the head of the page the name of the ierson to whom the information pertains, the number of reg iment and letter of company to which he belonged. Write in concise term* in a plain hand, on letter paper, and on but one side of a leaf, and address Samuel P Bates, State Historian, Harrisburg p ;l . Passage of the Reconstruction Bill! As was expec ted Johnson vetoed the re construction bill passed by Congress, but two-thirds of each house adopted it over the veto on Saturday evening, and it is therefore now the law of the land. The tenure of office bill and several others also became laws in the same way. lieverdy Johnson of Maryland expressed his sur prise at some of the President's views, which he declared illogical and contrary to law, and also stated that many south erners assured him that the South would organize under this bill and accept its conditions. The new Congress met at 110011 on the 4th. Mr. Colfax was re-elected Speaker, and Mr. Ed. M'Pherson Clerk. Unlock the Rock*.— The great cost of silver and gold arises not so much from their scarcity in the earth, as the difficul ty of extracting them from their stony combinations. Dr. J. C. Aver, the well known chemist of Massachusetts, has cut this gordiau knot. Al'ier having mer- j ited and received the gratitude of half: mankind, by his remedies that cure their diseases, he is now winning the other half by opening for them an easy road to the exliaustless treasures of the hills. He has discovered and published a chemical pro cess, which renders at little cost, the hard- j est rocks and ores friable like chalk, so ! that the precious metals are loosed from j their confinement, and easily gathered. Mines too poor to pay, may be worked at ! a profit now, and the yield of rich mines is largely increased, while the cost of ex- j tracting the metals from the ore, isdimin- I ished. Either is a great achievement, to enrich mankind, or cure their diseases. But we are informed our celebrated coun- ' try man adheres to the latter, as hisspeci- j ality and chief ambition.—[Buffalo Sen- ! tinel. Important Improvement*. —The Penn sylvania Bail road Company have been i tor a considerable time engaged in eon structiug a wall of solid masonry in Jack's j Narrows, about a mile above this place, ; to accommodate a double track. This is j perhaps one of the most difficult points j on the road for the construction of an a< - ditionul track, the rugged, almost perpei - dicular, ascent of the mountain on the I right making it absolutely impossible to j lay a track on that side, while the canal hugs the present track closely on the left, i and the river beiug in close proximity to the canal. The Company were therefore compelled to build a wall into the canal for the new track, and on this work from 30 to 35 men have been constantly em ployed for two and a half or three years past. The wall is 3400 feet in length (almost three-quarters of a mile) 20 to 2-5 high, and 0 feet thick; making about half a million cubic feet. The work is now approaching completion, and it is exact ed that a double track will be laid within the present year. The work has been un der the supervision of Mr. Paul Smith as chief engineer, and reflects much credit on his ability in that capacity.— Mount Union Times. ei' The Bellefonte Press strongly urnes Judge Linn of tiist f>lnce for Supreme Judge, and pays a high but just tribute to his integrity and fitness. £3, The Uniontown Standard nominates lion. James V'eeeh, of Pittsburgh, tor the Supreme Judge ship. i>o-Tl.o President has nominated to the Senate General Thomas A. Rowley, of Pittsburgh. United states Marshal for the Western District of Pennsyl vania. The Governor has appointed Henry Gi'bert. of Dauphin county, George Bergner. of Dauphin, and William Lowther. of Perry county, trustees of the State Insane Asylurr. C 3. An eastern paper advocates seminaries for young ladies, wh-re spinology. weavology and cook olngy can he taught—trie graduates to receive the de gree" of F. F. W.. or fit for wives. In a certain Sabbath School thesuperintendent made a powerful appeal to the scholars to be active and useful. Among other things (,e told them they should at', be locomotives.each taking his train along to heaven. The next Sabbath, just as the school opened, in came one of the bes' and most zealous boys with thirteen new scholars behind him and went up the aisle uttering u noise, choo, choo. imitative of the engine, to the amazement of the superintendent and scholars. w What does this meoar"ashed the astonished superintendent. " Why." answered the boy. " vou said we must all be locomotives, and here I aiii with thirteen cars behind me.'' tf- V Union man is under indictment in Johns, n county. North Carolina, for stealing four pounds of meat from the so culled Confederate fltatrn tiovom rnent (those are the exact words used in the bill i and unless the Government interferes it is believed by be friends that he will be dragged to the whipping post. The accused was a conscript soldier in (he rebel army, and when on dutj in 1803, while half starved, too'k meat to keep life in his body, and now will have to suffer tor an act not against law. lent because he i- and was a Union man. tpw. In 1861. when Georgia seceded. Solomon Cohen, postmaster at Savannah, turned over the funds of his office to the rebels, an i continued to act as postmas ter under the rebel rule. When the war ended he wa elected to the United States Congrc-s. John E. Hays a loyal man. and the editor of the Savannah Re publican/reviewing the career of the Congressman elect, alluded to him as "a defaulter to the United States." Cohen had Hays indicted for libel, and a criminal prosecution ensued in a Georgia court A jury of rebels have brought in a verdict of guilty, and virtually decided that rebel postmasters were not de faulters. ROOK NOTICES. PET F. IIS ON S MAG \ZINE for March is decked in its usual gay and attractive dress. Its contents form a chain of varieties, while its illustration* are chaste and eicgant. It certainly has its claims as a ladies' magazine—the experience and enterprise of it-ed itor b.-mg a guarantee ot its merits Chas. J. Peter son. Publisher. 3oti Chestnut street, Phiia. Price STOO a year in advance. OUR YOUNG FOLKS has a pleasant variety of ar t -1.-- ami numerous illustrations, which will interest the children. The following i.- the table of contents: Darius Green and Ins Flying Machine, by J. T Trow bridge: What Pussy did with her Winters, by Harriet B. Stowe: Roand-the World-Joe, bv George Ea-'f-r- Snow Falling, by John James Piatt: Good Old Times' by h. Kellog: Our Baby, by Geo. s. Burleigh: The WHO V-', 1 r, P ort ,-— skating, by Charles J. Foster: Under the ' y ( n U:l11 P'crson; Sam's Monkey bv I I) Nichols: Out in the Snow bv Lou,. a Chandler Wool" ton; Night Winds, by Emily R. Miller: Music by J V * THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY ( M.roh i. „„ tablf, brim-full of and instructive matter I It in one of the magazines* of the ctuntrv ar- I k-s are always of sterling merit, and everbodv can therefore peru-e them whl, nr.,fit. i, th j. Jj" tors leave no stone unUiriied and no word unspoken b> Which the best literary talent of the country can' be procured to support it. The liberal ..J. enjov. is well deserved. Published byTick nor A Fields, Boston at $4 per annum. i icKnor A THE LADY'S FRIEND—The this publication is at hand. -The Truant"" P. fT n S leads off the number. Then we have tbi i Ur ." pant nd refined Steel Fashion Pj a ie and an" n'.l r r Patterns for Spring Dresses, Promenade To leites Caps. Ac. An engraving of a noted French Ao .-h . in Pans. The literary matter is " " -, 1 ? 111 kind. Price, with engraving, f££> s'r nnnoo aa' dress. Deacon A- Peterson. 31k Walnut street, Phi] YOUNG AMERICA.—The March number ~f ,u. sTo n' a° lnont '''. v has come to hand, filled with ' suitable and entertaining matter forth.- voung folks It contains some very handsome eolored engrat n,. Si'ti'lir respects a very heauti.ul nuriiber way! £ Y ■ Jcnain =' s I-iemorest, 473 bS FA ERV BATURDAY continues to furnisl) an inter f ting fund ot reading matter Fverv J w rsjssr 'te'C' sat ut, if"*? m , em hy other publications of its class It s published weekly. too . and has advantegTover R. !Uou! n 52.00 a yea!- eCt 4 publishers! For the Gazette. FRIENDS EDITORS: A writer in the Gazette who signs himself a Farmer, has called the attention of the citizens of the Valley to the great importance of a Rail road from Reedsville to Millereek, a dis -1 tance of only 24 miles. Now at the rate it cost to make the Railroad Irom Lewis town to Reedsville it would only cost some SBOO,OOO to construct a road through the valley from Reedsville to Millereek, and what would the expenditure ofSvSOO,- 000 be to the great people o£our great val ley ? Be sure they would rather travel in mud hub deep than to have anything to do with so trifling a thing as a Turnpike. What they go in for, is a Railroad. The writer says it would pay better than Oil Stock, but we can assure the writer that oil stock paid well to the Managers, and a Railroad project may pay as well, if managed by men in whom the people have always had confidence. Let an El der of a Church contrive the plot, another Elder of the Church engineer it through. When .you take subscriptions, if the sub scriber has not got the ready to plank down, take a negotiable note, and be sure to sell it forthwith ; do not let it get warm in your hands, for that would be danger ous. In this way a Railroad project through the valley might be made to be profitable, at least to those in the inside ring. So, hurrah for the Big Valley Railroad ! Look out for the locomotive Toot, toot, toot. ANOTHER FARMER. For the Gazette. SHIRLEY, February 28, 1867. Messrs. Editors—But a few days ago, whilst in McVeytown, I was invited by a friend to visit Gen. Ross' iron ore bank, and was astounded at theexhaustlessness of that rieii body of ore, so recently de veloped and now rendered certain by the <leneral's indefatigableseaivh thro' shafts, feelers, fee. It is believed by men of judgment that this is one of the most valuable bodies of ore in the State. The bank is about three-fourths of a mile from tiie Pennsylvania Canal at McVeytown, with a gentle slope for road the whole dis tance. The body of ore is so extensive, and so free from clay and foreign substan ces, that a miner can raise from eight to ten tons per day, and that so clean as to supercede the necessity of washing; and can therefore be mined and delivered on the bank of the canal at McVeytown for one dollar and ten cents or less per ton, with good profit to the miner. The ore is by convention called Hema tite, a generic term too indefinite for prac tical use, but doubtless the practitioner would pronounce it very rich. It is very heavy, and in divers forms, such as skulls, eups, tfce., and when broken presents a very rich nietalie appearance. Now is there not one amongst the thou sands of our enterprising countrymen who will stop for a moment to visit this rich and inexhaustible field of iron, surround ed as it is with sueli vast agricultural wealth, and decide for himself whether iron can not he manufactured cheaper at McVeytow n than at any other place in the State? The greatest benefactors of our race are, first, those successful labor ers for the development of the intellectual and moral powers of the human mind. Next are those who employ all their pow ers of body and mind to bring to the sur face those hidden treasures in the form of iron and coal which lay concealed from human view for countless ages, locked up for our benefit, and which are now almost cropping up and inviting u> to lay hands upon them. Unanticipated demands for iron are just as certain as that we are to remain a prosperous and happy nation. Our sources of lumber are so rapidly di minishing that it is difficult to conceive how or where the supply will come from in a few years. Its use must soOn dimin ish, and its place to a great extent be sup plied with iron ; and the time is not very distant when, from necessity, farms must he fenced and dwelling houses built with iron. And hence, we honestly believe that the safest investment which can now he made, either of money or labor, is in the iron business, and that the sooner it is done the better. The sluggard never hitched the light ning to the car and bid it waft you hun dreds of miles, while you took a gentle j nap under Morphia's soothing wand. He never made a pathway through the bo- I so ill of the Atlantic ocean, and hid the obedient electric fluid carry dispatches from our Government to all the courts of Europe, and return their answers in a few moments. He will never unite the At lantic and Pacific oceans with bands of iron, unbroken by the Allegheny or Rocky mountains. But he will go down to an* tinlionored grave, while the works of the wise and enterprising will speak of them long after theyare sleeping in the dust Let practical men call and examine the field of iron opening up by Gen Itoss, and if they do, we are greatly in error if Mc- Veytown does not soon become the thea tre of active life, where iron may be man ufactured cheaper than any other place in Pennsylvania. A FRIEND OF INDT*STRY. For the Gazette. MESSRS. EDITORS. —I noticed in the Gazette, a few weeks ago, that some cor respondent asked the question. "If it was lawful and right for any one man to hold more than one office of profit or trust at the same time," and also speaks of modest men freeing themselves from one office as soon as elected to another. Now I think that justice and right demand that no one man should hold more than one office at the same time. As to "modes ty," I think it is too often left out of the question. Wishing to be loyal and true, and "subject to the power's that be," 1 suppose there will IK; no harm in speak ing of things as they occur around us, as there seems to be u strong undue desire by some to gather up all the crumbs that fall from Uncle Sam's table Itisknown that Assessors, as sworn otlicers, are re quested on their returns, to name two responsible men, one of which the law requires the ( ounty Commissioners to appoint as Collector of each borough or township. When an Assessor is so im modest as to return himself as Collector, ought the Commissioners to appoint him? They have done it in Oliver. He may make a good enough Collector, but would not the bag have been quite as safe in the hands of one not quite so anxious? In some of the adjoining townships the As sessors returned men as was their duty to do, but the Commissioners passed over them and appointed other men, we are told, that suited their political strii>e bet ter. Is this true democracy? We are also informed that one of our Associate Judges is acting as Township Auditor, and, also, as School Director. Now I honestly think that a Judge of a Court ought to be free from all other offices, so that in the event of officers not being faithful, ami should have to be returned to Court the Judges ought not to be a party. Strange that some men think themselves the only fit persons to hold offices. That School Board appears so one-sided, that they accepted only such Teachers as were of their own political stripe, save one, and he because of his being a relative of one of the Directors. We are also in formed that one of the Teachers employed by this Board to be so imperfect in arith metic as to be unable to teach at least one of his scholars. We are also informed by a citizen ot this same township, that he had a teacher in view for his school with, as he said, the best certificate in the town ship, but the school was given to another. Strange democracy, this. A CITIZEN. 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ULCERS, CHILBLAINS, and all hltl I'l IONS OF j H SKIN. Price 50 cents. For sale bv all druggists. Bv sending sixty cents to Weeks A Potter, Sole Agents. 17u Washington street, Boston, it will be forwarded by mail, free of postage, to any part of the United States. seps'6C-ly 3NT O T X G E . The beautiful Piano Fortes of GROVESTEEX k Co. are deemed by all good judges to be the Ultima Thule of instruments of the kind. We cannot suggest what is wanting to make a mu sical instrument more perfect, although we are slow to admit thai the limit of improvement can ever be attained. Before they had brought their Pianos to their pre sent excellence, they had submitted them to compe tition with instruments of the best makers of this country and Europe, and received the reward of mer it, over all others, at the celebrated World's Fair. It is but justice to say tnat the judgment thus pronounced has not been overruled by the musical world. Still, by the improvements lately applied by them to their Pianos, it is admitted that a more perfect in strument has been made. They have accordingly achieved the paradox of making excellence more excellent- Surely, after this, they are entitled to the motto "Excelsior." nov!4-ly Sudden Detth —We clip the follow ng from the Pitts burg Gazette. It is a very singular truly, but it does not seem to be well "authenticated : " A German, named Andrew Nolle, of Columbus, met with his death in a most remarkable manner a lew days ago. He had long been known to be a very intemperate man. being beastly drunk nearly all liis lime. Early on Friday mornmga slight smoke was seen issuing from his liquor shop. The shop was entered by some citi zens and Nolte found lying dead behind the counter, with his lips entirely burnt away, leaving a ghastly hole, in which his tongue was seen burnt to a crisp, as was the m-ide of his trvsith and throat. His nose also was burned as if by fire coining ontof his nos trils. There was no tire in the room, except his burn ing clothes. A physician made an examination of the l.ody. and it was decided that Nolte came to his death by spontaneous combustion or by the burning of inflammable gases generated in the whisky-rotted carcass, and escaping by the air passages. This might have been caused by an attempt to light a cigar with a match or other flattie." MARRIED On the otli March, at Hippie's Hotel, by Rev. O. O. McClean, WM. KERNS, of Perry county, and Miss EMMA ULSJI, of Granville township, Mifflin county. On the :28th of February, at the M. E. Parsonage in McVeytown, by Rev. \V. Gwynn, W. M. WYBLE and Miss MARY J. COCHRAN, all of Wayne township. On the 28th February, by Rev. W. Gwynn, WILLIAM H. "FIKE and Miss MARGARET RUNIC, till of Bratton twp. DIED On the 28th February, Miss MARY JANE KIN LEA' of Derry township, in the 19th year of her age. I'Hli MARKETS? LEWISTOWN. March 6, 1867 AV beat, red, per bushel $2 65 " white " 2 70 Corn, old, 90 orttß " 45 Eggs per dozen 15 Butter per lb 25 Flour is retailing at the following prices; Lewistown Extra Family per cwt. 7 00 Superfine * 6 00 Extra Family per bbl 14 00 Superfine 12 00 Buckwheat per cwt. 5 00 Philadelphia Markets. Flour is quoted at sßal4 50 according to quality. Red wheat S2 60a3 00. Yellow l corn 97e. and SI. There is no change of note in the Cat tle market. Logan Academy. Bells Mills, Blair County, Penna. 17 VERY way a first class Institution— J affording the best facilities to those preparing for college, business, or teach ing. YY hole expense for summer term lof five month.sSlls.so. NO extra charges. Next term begins May 6th. Send for a circular. Rev. ORR LAWSON, Prin'L. mar6-2m* Antistowu, Pa. TOWN HALL! Rouse's Star COMBINATION! 22 STARS! 22 STARS! Change of programme tfarh (fee. WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. : A GRAND .M ATI NEK, commencing at ; 2 o'clock, lor Ladies and Children. Look out for ARRAH NA PCGUE, EAST LY.WE, OR THE ELOPEMENT, 1 be great Ledger Story HIDDEN PI INTID„ LADY OF LYONS, Ten Nights in a Bar Room, &c., ,tc., &C. 1 rices of Admission, ... cents. Children half Price Front seats reserved for Ladies. PROP O iS Xj S . Agricultural Land SCRIP FO H SALE. HP HE Board of Commissioners now of- X fer for sale 520,000 acres of Agricultu ral College Land Scrip, being the balance I of the Scrip granted to the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, for the endow ment of Agricultural Colleges in this Shite. Proposals for the purchase of this Land Scrip, addressed to " The Board of Com missioners of Agricultural Land Scrip," will be received at theSurvevor General's office, at Harrisburg, until 12 o'clock m on W EDNESDAY, APRIL 10, l,st>7. *' This land may be located in anv State or Territory, by the holders of the Scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands i (except mineral lands; of the United | States, which may be subject to sale at private entry. Each piece of scrip repre sents a quarter section of one hundred aeres > is issued in blank, and will be transferable, without endorsement |or formal assignment. The blank need j not be hi led until the scrip is presented ; for location and entry, when the partv holding it can till the blank and enter the land in his own name. Bids must be : made as per acre, and no bids will he re ceived for less than one quarter section. The Scrip will be issued inimediately ou the payment of the money to theSur vevor General. On all bids for a Jess quantity than 40,000 acres, one-third of the purchase money must he paid within ten days, and the remaining two-thirds within thirty days after notification of i the acceptance of the hid or bids by the I Board of Commissioners. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, Surveyor General. T\>r the Board of Commissioners. Harrisburg, Mar. 0, *lS(37—t ap 10. pi'BLIC SALE.— WiII he sold at put- X lie sale, at the Public House of M. A Sample, in Lewistown, on TU B USD AY, March 14, 1*67, the following personal property vi/ • l Bay Mare 1 Bay Horse, 1 2-liorse cover ed Spring \\ agon nearly new, 1 sett dou ble Harness, 1 set single Harness, and parts of Harness, 1 large Feed Chest 1 Cutting Box, 1 2-horse Sled, and other kr titles too numerous to mention. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock, p. m j when terms will be made known 1 mar6-ts. W. H. WEBER. P MSLIC SALE. The un.L.r , will offer at Public Sale, at the RK Bear Hotel, in Lewistown on Uck | Till RSD tl, < j'j, ISf . ? Hou *. ch " 1(! Goods and .1 co,lß,sli ng Of Bedsteads and Bedding, Bureau, Desk, Wash 1t ( ,2 and Pitchers, Looking Glasses s.-tr . Stands, Light-day ( lock, Stoves and 1' i Dishes, Table Castors, Chairs TM Heaters, Water Coolers, and Lament together with a great many other arti. W Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a of said day, when terms will be L i' known by ue inart-ts M. A. SAMPLE pCBLKC SALE. X Will be sold at public sale it the residence of the undersigned in \fji roy, on ' "* THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1867, the following personal property, vi' z; 1 COW, 5 Bedsteads, 3 Tables •> sets < f Chairs, Bureau, Corner Cuplioard Cock stove, Parlor Cookstove, Meal Chest aloi of Chickens, and a variety of useful'art cles, too numerous to mention. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock n m VA LEXTIN E ( ONTV KR Armagh twp., March 6-ts* ®IIC L.— To th>' Stockholder# of the v , { A y wUf( l " cn Gas Co.— An election wm l>e held at the office of the Secretary he. tween the hours of 1 and 4, v . urSWY UKDAY, the 16th inst., to elect a Presi dent and six Managers, to conduct the af fairs of theeompany for the ensuing vear mart. DAVID CANDOR, Sec'y." 1 ) EGISI FK S HOTICE. XL The following accounts have been examined and passed by me, ami re main filed on record at this"office for in speetion of heirs, legatees, creditors and all others in any way interested, ami will lie presented to the Orphans' Court of Mifflin County, to be held in the Court House, at Lewistown, on MONDAY, the Ist day of April, 1867, for allowance'and confirmation, nisi, and unless exceptions are filed within four days thereafter will be confirmed absolutely: 1 Account of Eli.ha Bratton. administrator ol \V '. ham Erem. late of Oliver township, deceased Arcount of Elijah Morrison, executor of Jo-t-Dh Hart, late of Wayne township, deeea.ed. ' 3 Final account <>< Samuel J. Brisbin.ariministrat. r ot Jenkins B. Smith, lateof Union township, dee d' ' 4. A,count of William Macklin and Oavid Stcir administrators of Cyrus Stine, late of Wayne to'wr' ship, deceased. o. Final account of Samuel B. Stine, admintstraf r de bonis nun of Jotin Johnston, late of Wayne t.mi ship deceased. 3 u fi. Account of John L. Himes, administrator u th the will annexed of John Himes, late of the Borom'h of Lewistown. deceased. fe 7. The guardianship account of Joseph Ham!— guaidian of the minor children of Michael Hotelier' late of Mcnno township, decea-etj, ' ' 5. Final account of Joseph Brought executor of Mary J. Robinson, late of the Borough of Lewistown' deceased. " 9. Final guardianship account of Simon Grn, guar diau of the minor children of Ihtv.d Wert/., deceased 10. 1 he guardianship account of Joseph Camnbeil' guardian of Mary K Stroup. minor cflild ol Tv,d Stroup. late of Lmon township, deceased 11. Final account of Thompson G. Bell.'administra d°cceased eorge tZTh$, 12. Final account of Thompson G. Bell, executor of Margery Fi.her. late of Decatur township dececcd , U MilTin n L of Hiram W Junkin. adtmnistra-' tor of Mary &. Junkin, late of the Borough of Lewis town, deceased. 14 The administration accour* of John A McA'ee acting administrator of the estate of John McKee,' late of the Borough of Lewistown. deceased 10. Final account of John C. Sigler adnn-- . of John Carney, late of Granville townsi . ra r 10. Final account of Iton," R ministrntor of Mrs. Sarah Fpehnm bough. ad ough of Lewistown. deceased U ' *° f ~!e Bcr " JaUiMlinlu-yVlate of of W ]sVsf"^ ; r'J.'lat?Of OWmwnSlf^:^ T • S MICHAEL HINEY, Lewistown, Mar. 6, 1867. Register. List of Causes for Trial at April Term. 1567. 1. Marg Lehr rs Gabriel Lehr, {> \oV *foig I f 'T \v evs W L ef,eld ' SH,imr - 65 " 3. W heeler & West vs \V inn, 67 4 Joseph Elliott rs John Ro=s. 31 i ■„ i 5. George Sheesley vs Jacob Stine, 23 \ov 6. Bogie's exrs vs McCoy et al 47 7. Butler's admrvs Benedict 32 10 ISM 8. John V- Miller vs John R 73 • u rv v W * H BRATTOX. Proth'v Prothonotary's Office Lewistown. March 6.1867.* KNOW YE ALL, THAT Rittenhouse & McKinney's rS the place to buy goods cheaper than the cheapest. We are selling off our Fall 4 Winter STOCK OF GOODS at the lowest cash rates the market affords, also, that we have received an additional stock of MUSLINS, CALICOES, DELAINES, i <fcc., &c. Brown Muslins, J4 t0 25 White " 15 to 30 Canton Flannels. Shining. 40 to 65 Factory Blankets, Table Diaper, 50 to 60 Tickings, Crash. 18, 20, 22, and 25 Cassimeres, Cassinetts, Ken Jean, All Wool Delaines, All Wool Merinos, 1 25 Calicoes, 20 Delaines, • 25 to 30 Ginghams, _ 25 to 30 Woolen Under Shirts at cost, Shirts and Drawers, at 1.50 Heady Made Clothing, Best White Sugars, 26 (f, 16f Best Brown Sugar, 15 Second Quality, 14 Third " 13 Fourth " 10 Best Lovering Syrup, gal., 120 Second Quality, • 1 00 Sugarhouse Mo! a9Seß> .. 60 Prime Rio Coffee, 30 Second Quality, 28 Rice, 13 Crackers, 18 Cheese, 25 Candles. 20 Best Navy Tobacco, 90 " Congress Tobacco, 1-00 " Spun Roll " 1.00 Queensware, a good assortment. 0 different kinds of Washing Soaps, at 10, 12, 15. 18, @2O ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SPICES KEPT. Ihariktul for past favors, and hoping a Continuance of the same, we cordially invite all to call and examine our stock before pur chasing elsewhere. iPLHighest prices paid for ail kinds of produce. Respectfully. Jtc., KITTEN HOUSE & MoKINNEY. Lewistown, March 6, 1867.
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