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ALTOONA, PA.
.THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1888.
Where partita Sire unknown to ue,onr rule for adrer
tuinp {• to require payment in advance, or a guarantee from
known penona. It is' therefore uielees for all anch to aend
M advertisements offering to pay at the end of three or six
daohtha. Where advertisements are accompanied with the
ipQuey, whether one, five or ten dollars, we will ffire the
advertiser the fall bcnclit of cash ratea. s
Terrible Explosion and Lobs op
Lifjs.—The steamer Pennsylvania explo
ded her boilers on Sunday jnorhing last,
at Ship Island; seventy miles below Idem
phis, on her way up from New Orleans to
St. Louis, and was burned to the water’s
edge. About three hundred apd My pas
sengers were on board, and it is believed
that one hundred ape hilled Or missing.
Godby’b Lady’s Book. —This valua
ble monthly lias just been received, and
examined thoroughly. It is a well edited
Magazine, and presents to the ladies S
complete monthly report of .the fashions.
It is not only an honor to its publishers)
tut a source of instruction and amusement
to its readers. - .Subscribe for it .at onoe.
Price, $8 per annum. ‘
Graham’s Iliajstbated Magazine.
find TO our table the July number
of this excellent periodical. The brief
examination we have given itwarrants ua
in prbnodneingit one of the best numbers
issued '<by the proprietors. Its cuts are
weU gotten up, and the reading matter is
and yreHl written. On the
n&jdle, we think "Graham” will compete
ffironhly with any; Magazine published in
theoountry. Terms, 25 cents per num
ber, or $8 per year, with a beautiful pre
niimD. ’ \-- *
Jbe Mormon War,
The President, in an official communi
cation to Congress, has congratulated that
body on the auspicious termination of the
Mormon war. The New" York Tribune,
vt commenting upon this subject says that,
considering the termination arrived at, it
Would puzzle anybody to guess for what
objeofc tbeexpedition was undertaken. If
the Government no other object in
view in marohing an array into the Mor
mop country, except merely , to enable
Otuxtming to supersede Brigham Young as
Governor, it must be confessed that they
have paid pretty dearly for their whistle.
The same thing, it is how evident, might
have been accomplished at a much less
price. Had they sent Col. Kane on this
business, ipstead of Col. Johnston .and his
army, they might have saved at the least
ofdoulation tea million:? of dollars. Such
assaying at the, time (Ko expedition was
undertaken might perhaps have been
thought top trifling to demand a second
thought, bat in the present condition of
tike Treasury ten millions of dollars in
hand wouidbe yiite convenient andac
cepteble. Ton mUlioiu have gone, how
evcr,and thebnlyieeUng of the President
seeps nowto be gratitude and satisfaction
that ten millions more are not to go the
sanxe^y.
But,althoagh the Mormons have re
ceived Gov. Camming with all due honors
and with abundant professions of respect
•nd obedience, they still remain as .unrec
onciled as ever to the idea of a Gentile
army to be quartered among them. Should
that policy be persisted in, they still threat
en,- as they have done from the beginning/
toburn down their houses, to move off with
their cattle, provisions and household
goods, and to leave behind them only a
desert, without either shelter or supplies
for the troops. The idea of regular xnili
resistance appears to have been aban
doned, and probably the means of the
Mormons in this respect have been greatly
exaggerated, both by themselves and
tubers but some of them were still in
'■ monos, and a serious impression appears to
. have been made upon the Governor as to
What they might do in the way of guerril
la warfare. As if to give proof of the sin
cerity of this determination, Governor
Cumming states that a large part of the
population of the Salt Lake district are
already on the move. Their destination
■ is south, but where particularly even they
themselves.do not seem to know. It is
- stated that Young, Kimball and others of
the influential leaders have abandoned
their houses to join these emigrants. This
abandonment, we are, however, inclined
Ihjsuspeot,..i* only provisional. Bather
than submit to see their theocracy over
|^ed’ or greatly endangered hy theqnar-
teriitg of a warlike army in their valley, :
their past history slums them not incapar
ble of the detraction aro;pie rjiigratioo
which they threaten. But the calculation
of the Mormons is probably to pydveut, by
this threatened abandonment of the coun
try and destruction of their improvements,
the further advance of the anay, and, af
ter the withdrawal of the troops, to return
again to Salt Lake and its vicinity.
however, not improbable that tbe Mormon
leaders may intend to fix.their ecclesiasti
cal headquarters at some point of the Ter
ritory removed from the traveled route to
and from California, and where they would
be less exposed than at Salt Lake City to
Gentile collision or oversight;, ’
Whatever may thus far haVe been done
toward re-establishing thVauthority of the
United States in Utah, it ispretty certain
that nothing which b* B ydt transpired can
have much tendency to : shake: the confi
dence of the Mormons in Brigham Young
as a prophet. He told them that the
troops would vhot enter the valley the last
Antumn, and they did not. 'He told them
they would have time this Spring to sow
and gather their yrheat, and this prophecy
also has been fulfilled He has further
prophesied that the troops will not enter
the yalley at all, . as to this, too, it
seems not unlikely that he may turn out a
true prophet. At all events, it appears
that Gov. ’Camming, in the exercise of
that authority oyer the- troops vested iu
him as Governor, has re-echoed, as it were,
the orders of Brigham Young of last Au
tumn, and has prohibited their; further ad
vance tUI he shall bo able to communicate
with the President.: '
So for indeed from tending in any way
to abate the fanaticism of the Mormons,
we vary much fear that the late attack
upon them, especially: if they come off as
unscathed as they now have every pros
pect of doing, will inflame that-fanaticism
to a still higher degree.; It also mast tend
to inflame that sentiment of hostility tp
the people and Government of the United
States, the existence of which among them
is not at all to be wondered at, and which
may yet result in very troublesome conse
quences. ,
letter from Martlasborg.
Messes. Educes :—The Normal School being
a new feature xecently introduced into Blair
county, i think it would be well to give yon a
programme of the exercises, os I imagine there
are many persona who do hot understand the
nodut optrasidi of Boob institutions.
The School is opened in the morning with the
reading of a portion of the Scripture and prayer,
—exercises in music—sentiments given in by
the students—written Arithmetic—a recess of
ten minutes for physical | exercise—exercises in
orthography—recess—reading and elocutionary
exercises—recess of two hours.
In the afternoon the exercises are commenced
with singing, followed, by observations made
sbme nme prior—exercises in' Geography—re
cess of ten minutes —exercises in Intellectual
Arithmetio-Hrecess of five minutes—exercises
in Grammar—school dismissed. The variation
of these exercises adds greatly to the life and
interest of the school.
On Thursday afternoon a. motion was made
that |!i6 teachers of Blair county form an asso
ciation to meat semi-annui-dly. On motion,
Prof. Calkins was elected President pro tan, and
Mr. H. P. Willson, Recording* Secretary. A
committee wan appointedto draw up a preamble,
constitution, etc., whoi after retiring a few
minutes, handed in the following report:—
The coouuon School Teachers of Blair county
have not at present -:.a permanently organised
“Teachers’ Association,” snob as the Teachers
of sister counties in the State hare, formed, for
their mutual improvement, interest and protec
tion, as.weU as for the far nobler object of fur
thering the cawo of common school'education;
and as the present time, place and general cir
oumetanoos are enuneutly favorable to the or
ganixation of such ah association.
Bemlved, That; active meaaores be taken im
mediately, to .organise, on a permanent basis,
a “Blair County Teachers’ Association,” the
object of which shall be the binding together,
of the members of the profession in a common
brotherhood—their mutual, improvement—the
assisting of each member to situations—the ex
clusion of unworthy persona front the profes
sion—the raising of the profession to dignity
and respectability, and the- promotion of -the
cause of education. . ...•
On Thursday night last, Prof. Calkins deliv
ered a very interesting lecture on “the Pienet
we inhabit,'’ showing, with- the aid ofappara
tus, how the change of seasons and vacations
in the length nf days and nights were capsed by
its motions and different positions.
His hearers were all delighted with ihe ex
ception of one “Auld bravo.” This would-not
be humbugged individual said it was no'usetty
ing to. make him believe the earth goes round
the sun, for sure, couldn’t he see with his own
eyes, the “sun goen round the > earth!” .Of
course this settled the matter.
The Prof, has in him the elements of, a popu
lar lecturer; possessing the faculty of placing
hia subject within the comprehension of ihe
moat illiterate, without in the'least degree
wearying the intelligent portion of bis audience.
Always simple, yet never weisk. Would that
there were more such lectures and more such
audiences; that instead of the circus, nigger\
shows, organ grinders and the whole train of
mountebanks, we had public lectures, and that,
instead of the numerous groggeries, we had well
furnished lecture rooms. But lam anticipating
the end will stop. mac.
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Maetxssboeo, June 14th, 1858.
?£H ASB BCKSOES. '
“Ijrtcto
v .. See our ;iy” on first page.
jggy Dead— Comi Jones, of the U!. S. Navy. ■■
farmers in the vicinity of Ilarrla
buighflrre commenced making bay.
There arc 32,000 German Methodists m
tbclfnited States.
■jggS 1 * The 4th of' July comes.ou Sunday this
jttx. : Bad day for firecrackers and pop*guns.
yi~l_ Tho speaker who was “ drawn out”
measured eighteen inches more thanbefore.
gSg* Vanarohorgh & Co., advertise their me
nagerie in Ohio as the “only moral and in
structive exhibition in America.”
jfftr- Twelve thousand persona have joined
tbcMetbodist churches, in New,Jersey, within
the lost six months.
Singular—tbit the editor, of the Stan
dard seldom ever has business in thisplace, ex
cept when there is • ‘•one-horse** circus about.
gSg- Senator Hale has been re-elected United
States Senator by' the Legislature of New-
Hampsfaire. ft:.'/-
11 Sefom with a vengeance”—the new
Militia Law. It will cost the State about half
a million more than the fines will amount to.
Odd Fellows in Ohio number three
hundred and thirty.; lodges, and twenty-two
thousand members. , •
The discovery of gold in lowa have
proved, thus far, to be nothing more than iron
pyrites, v ; ; :
|jjjr. Lowell has oyer nineteen miles' of girls
end wise.—C'Mi. Gazette.
Who’s been measuring ’em “end-wise.”
tS3“ A special ', train on the Canada Brand
Trunk Erilway, rah'; 2 8 miles in 25 minutes, the
other' day—-a rate of 67 1-6 miles per hour 1
Campbell,- of Philadelphia, has
leased the Mountain House, at Cressone, Cam
bria county, Pa.
ggf A young man named Joseph Went, of
Liverpool, Perry county, was killed by the ac
cidental dischargee! - a gun in his own bonds, a
shoirt: time since.
Egy A duel was 1 fought in Mississippi last
week, by Mr. T. Knott and Mr, A. W. Shott.—
The result was that! Knott was shot, and Shott
was hot.
pjjg*- Punch says he once saw a father knock
down bis' beloved boy, and thought it the most
striking illustration of “son down” he ever
behold. ' f;' - r . , ,
gST Mentloned-rj-tbe names of Hon. James
M. Sellers %nd 4 K. M'Clare, Esq.,' in con
nection withrthe nomination for Congress in the
Franklin district.
A man named Morgan William s of Johns
town'corainitted suicide at that place lost week
by {catting hie throat with a jack-knife, while
laboring under a temporary fit of insanity.
A further‘Outlay of £172,000 will be re
quited to complete the monster ship, Leviathan
making the total tost of the vessel £804,552, or
over four millions of dollars.
IfflL A lively Hibernian exclaimed at a party
where Theodore Hook shone as the evening
“ Och Master Theodore, bat you- are the
hook that nobody • ban bate.”
B®u James McDonald, a revolutionary sol
dier, aged 119, recently passed through Rahway,
N. J. 1 , on foot, on aivisit to bis friends. Bo has
a son living who is 81 years’old.
A fellow but West gets off the following
definition of a Widow: ■“ Oue Who knows what's
what, and is desirous of farther information on
the some subject.”
JJnjy” It is said that scraps of leather burned
under a plum tree, when,- in full bloom, so that
the smoke v will go into the tree, will effectually
kill the carcaiio insect which destroys the fruit.
BST Key. Dr. Sehon, reports $201,800 as
the amount collected'for missioniujy purposes
last year, within the bounds of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
The ship Black Hawk, cleared at New
Orleans, on the ; 28d ult., for Liverpool, with
11,225 barrels of flour—the largest cargo of
flour that ever left-that port.
The' Brownsville Clipper says that a
large Wolfe r oi the Licking county (Ohio) spe
cie!, seised and curried* off a beautiful young
htdy from that plaice, who has not been heard of
since.
Jj®'” Gen. Jim Lane, of Kansas notoriety,
lately got into an affray with a man named den
oting, in which the latter was killed with a rifle,
and the former Wag severely injured by receiv
ing a bullet in his: teg.
Mr. Carpenter, of Madison, Wisconsin,
has Invented a ear-break operated wholly by
electricity, which has been patented both in
this country and England, and promises to be a
matter of some importance.
An entire Chinese regiment, for having
abandoned an enfeebled fort, during tberecent
attack on Canton, by the French and English
forces, has been. sentenced to wear woman’s
clothes for five years, f
lt hs® been recently estimated by scien
tific men that there are eight hundred millions
of pounds sterling, in gold and jewels at the
bottom of the sea, on the route between Eng
land and India. ;
'' ! A good book and a good woman are ex-
cellent things for those who know justly how to
appreciate their value. There are men, howev
er,* who Judge of both from the beauty of tho
covering. . *
fifif Dr. Doddrige cnee asked his little daugh
ter what made eyejry body love her? She re
plied, “ I don’t know indeed, papa, unless it is
because I love everybody !” Her reply needs
no comments;
J®- A sale of slayea took place at Cassville,
Ga,j on the 26tb ult, at which a man twenty-
years old brptight $1,404; a boy .of twelve
years $1,000; aildfa girl of thirteen years old
$l,OOl. - ■ , vr , - -
IffL. Farmers, should not be discouraged
about Die crop of- com this, year. An old far
mer informs the ’Springfield Journal thatho has
raised fifty bushels of corn to Die acre which
tild 21st ptjune. .
iWenticeid|f the Louisville Journal, ob
jects to the five.toindtcsrule in the New York
prayer meetings; i -Henays, “imagine, for in
stance. old Bennett, of the Herald, confessing
his sins ha the ridiculous space of fivo minuteal’?
■ Seek ihjryburchildren, in* order—first,
moral excellence; ’second, intellectual improve
ment ;• third, physical well-being; last of all,
worldly thrift and prosperity; and you may at
tain the blessing promised to Christian nurture.
- r o®*VThen Eve Thought wo to aQ mankind, ’
, !; Old Adun called her 100-man, ’
But when slio wooed with love so fond, j
Ue then pronounced U-woo-ituui.'
!j But now with folly and with pride 1
Theirhasbapd'B'pookotßtrlmmlng,
The ladiee areso full of whims m . \
That peoples call them whim-men.' v
' '.WSS* James M’Farland, an attache of Spald
ing & Rogers’ Circus, was killed by one Roberts,
in Liberty, Mo.; a few days since 1 , M’Farland
snapped his ‘pistol isl Roberts, who drew a bowie
knife, and completely severed M’Farlaud’s head
from his bodjr at a single stroke. \
B6Y* A Sign of Bain.—When the odor of
flowers is unusually perceptible, rain is antici
pated, as the air, when damp, conveys the odor
more effectively than when dry. Damp air be
ing also a better Conductor of sound than dry'
the sound of mills, bells and railways ore better
heard before rain.
iSSST A New York letter says- yr«a» i# the
fashionable color bn the. sunny side of Broad-;
way,, just nowi ftad tho cplos that is to jt* tble
j fiT-*. ; ~.i ~ . i*-*,-;-it;-1c t. \
Green is the predominating
color in most hf sold at auc
tion. The flounces df.silks. bareges and grcna
dinca exhibit the same' tints. The bonnet ma
terials Incline to it. and it is equally coaSpmaoqs
in the wreaths and sprays that flourish near the
check of beauty. •; r : ; -
At a meeting ofUiondHtaryroenofthe
lltb Division of Pennsylvania Volunteers. liehl;.
at Lock Haven lastT week. it was resolved i 9
| hold an encampment at .Williamsport.-t-u the
16th ofi August. It is to be called Camp Inde
pendence, and it is dcsigßed to-;iuako it. tho-
Jargest ever held in Pennsylvania. '
Hgy* The Yicksbarg Whig think#J’that C 01.,,
Jeff. Davis should be excused for the mpport he , a
gave the Conference Bill in the Senate, on the
ground that daring the Kansas Congressional
fight this session he was afflicted with diseased
eyes and was confined to h dark room, conse
quently had to “.go. it blind.” N
BgL- A letter in the Chicago Tribune intimates
that the Mormons did hot burn tho Government
trains on the Plaiualaat fall, but that die army
contractor did, in order to realize a larger profit
It is stated that aH |the wheels of the wagons
were first careMly removed, which fact (if true)
is considered to be strong evidence against the
contractor. ’
t/SS* Tba.Heratdo/ /V«<fc>»i,(Lawrcnoc,) es
timates die present population of Kansas at
100,000 anh thinks it will be 120,000 before the
year closes. The Editor does not consider it
necessary to urge reasons for'voting down the
Lecompton “ proposition/’ because he has seen
bat three men in favor of accepting it in any
emergency.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'pays thfct
Mrs. Cunningham Biirdell has purchased a farm
in Carroll bounty, Ohio, about four miles from
CarrolltohJ and about seventy miles from that
city. She bought the form from the heirs of
the late Dr. Samuel Sears, paying $5,000 down
for it and we understand that she will take im
mediate possession.
BgL. On last Saturday, a young man named
Jokes, was accidentally, shot near Johnstown. —
He was bat gunning and seated himself on the
ground to rest. His gun was lying near him, ;
and in trying, to pull it towards him, it was dis
charged, andHhe contents lodged in bis body.
He was severely, but, it is said, not fatally in
jured.—Mountaineer.
Bsg.Fbr some time past, a large drove or
pack of wolves has infested this county a few
miles north of town. Latterly, they have be
come yery bold and troublesome to some of the
farmers. During tho last week they committed
several depredations, principally by killing
sheep, passing through the fields and killing
some of them in day-light. One of the wolves
was captured on Saturday last; this may proba
bly have a salutary effect upon his .erring
brethren. —Ebensburg Mouniaineer.
.16®“ The Standard says tfee pavilion of the
circus “didn’t hold but abouj three hundred of
an audience—a pretty good sprinkling of which
came from ‘over the thexhill.’” A doubtful
compliment that, to the inhabitants of the “one
horse town” “over the hill.” It evinces the
fact that while such “ one-horse” concerns are
hot extensively patronized by the citizens of this
place, they possess sufficient attractions to draw
the Standard-mub , and a “ good sprinkling” of
the inhabitants of his village, over six miles, to
witness the performances.
Another Menaoeeie in a Toknauo.— The,
London (Ohio) Democrat furnishes the follow
ing in regard to Eldred’s menagerie in the storm
of the 14tb ult. It says ;
The performance commenced as usual, but
had not proceeded far when a sudden gust of
wind ripped open one side of the canvass. This
was quickly followed by another, which lifted
the .pavillioa up, tearing it from its stays, wbeu
it suddenly settled down on the heads of the
devoted few, like the broad wings of a Lugo
bird, while the centre polo fell with u crash to
the ground:. Then followed a scene which baf
fles description. The crowd tumbled headlong
off’the seats, and rushed, po 11 mell, into “ the
pittiless pelting of the storm.” The women
shrieked, the men swore; the horses neighed,
the “ learned mule” brayed; the clown laughed ;‘-
the hyena howled; the monkeys chattered: while
at every occasional boom of the thunder, the
lightning would reveal a glimpse of the wreck—
batless beads, inverted umbrellas, crushed crino
line, draggled skirts, muddied coats, etc.,, all
jumbled together in one vast heterogenous mass.
To aid to the already “ confusion worse con
founded,” the cry was raised that one of the
wagons had upset, and the lions had broke
loose! This, however, proved a false alarm,
as all the animals remained secure, save the
elephant, who, with accustomed good sense for
which this animal is noted, broke from bis
moorings and sought shelter near by. Aside
from damaged clothing, lost hats, broken um
brellas, rufiled tempers, nothing serious occur
red. A demonstration towards up-setting the
ticket wagon was ’made by some persons pres
ent, bu t the timely interference of the proprie
tor prevented the accomplishment of what
might have resulted in a serious disturbance.
; The Mississippi Ccttixq a New Channel.—
A curious state of things, says the St. Louis
Dithocrat, exists in the Mississippi just below
the month of the Illinois river. Precisely op
posite the mouth of the Missouri, that stream
has been running with sudh force against the
bank as to cut deeply into it, and break much
of it away, for some years past, causing the ap
prehension that at some time or other a new
channel Would be formed for the Mississippi,
which would consequently be diverted from its
present channel, the best one for our city. Tho
water has cut through and surmounted the bar
rier, and is now- rushing, with a fall of some
seven fe’et, to Long Lake. Whatthe consequence
of this phenomenon will be, we are at a loss to
predict; certain U is, that a vast quantity of
water is rushing impetuously—like a “ mill- tail,”
it is said—to a lake in Illinois, which has un
doubtedly spread over tho country to a great
extent. The Water will doubtless find a pas
sage again to the Mississippi. It is feared that
it will cut a deep and permanent channel below
Alton; All the American Bottom is undergoing
a rapid process of submersion. '
The Editor of the Ne,w York Day Booh
has been down ampng tho cows on Long Island
pasture. He humorously says that a large
drove of the no-tail swill-milk, dropsical cow
fraternity, are trying to recuperate in the rich,
greed fields of East New York, and that, vicin-
they are a very melancholy body, and
their countenances look as if fhpy had passed
through a dreadful deal of mhntol conflict, and
the attempt to; wisk that little stump -of a tail
is n saddening sight. Our friend Mr. Blobbs
went down there the other day and took notes.
Be tells us that it is enough to draw tears from
a Jast-iron monkey, to witness the hauteur of
the'well*fed, long-tailed cows, who also frequent
those commons. Infact, he says they insist
upon whisking their fly-disturbers when no flics
are about, just to tantalize the poor no-tailors.
WSrM* learn from a Carrollton (Mo.) paper
that the troops designed for Utah, ascending
the Missouri river, are desetting every chapce
they get. On the steamer Oglesby, recently,
there wore three hundred troops, out Of Which
there were fifty desertions heforetbe boat pass
ed Hill's Landing. It is supposed by some that
Mormons in disguise are following the soldiers,
and ttffur d those who are willing to desert an
opportunity to escape. The truh and only r&-
son,/however; for this disposition to desert libs
m a general order issued a fevf weeks ago, for
bidding payment to the troops until their ar
rival at Fort Laramie.
Will Bager Bee* Intoxicate*
This is a question which fs just nowpuzzliog
the lawyers, judges and juries—though one
would think they oould ascertain the fact very
readily by tryii&ji «*n; aftd w* presume some
of them do, though wo haw ndt as -yet seep
any of them ofeitbife witness stand. ;
the witnesses, however, .that have been ‘ called ;
to testify •to the tirtue of lager, ” tell Eqmo pret- ,
ty tall own capacity—stories, tn j
fact, that completely upset the lawyers, bcsiucs ;
mystifying both judges and jury—as, tor m- i
stance, the following as related by the Now
York Atla*. The. case was “ The People ys
ofte Gpnrge with celling sn *
toxicating liquors on Sunday. AH Jarmany was
aubpoenied as witnessed. Bans Sauer Etont tes
tified that lager bier was not in toxicating, cause
vy. he has drnnkt more as vorty, glasses madont
fceHng tight. He swore by die ; lßmmerhe.sel
that it was ‘‘better as good/’-espemady for tho
voman tat gets. *», lectle baby-H
fery smart, so' dey gooms.ro and quick, *0“
goome so goot as dey Defer was Bd<« * woplo
dimes; and what is mgxn, ho said /that the
Brooklyn boys never chased men pho drink
lager bier- Adolph Stohberhaasen, he swore
by the Harz mountains, dat he coot drink *®B® r
mid de peebles like von dam pulL mid Oat, feel
ing dipsy in his hat—dat he brink more a#
vun bunder six glasses in von tay.and po care
von tarn for .it, so most •aa dat—snapping his
fingers.) And when Judge Daly asked him what
effect,it bad : upon him* be replied, ‘,lll;makes
me feel; so potter aa goot all ofer, I; zlflbp veil—
like one dam pig;” A number of witnesses tes
tified in a similar mannor/andonc atowed that
be drank twenty-eight glasses that morning be
fore he came in court. Keimer Lobteouse, ano
ther witness, said he' could drink four gallons a
day without being in the.: least afihOted, and
another said that he bad put under bis waist*,
band fourteen glasses that morning before com
ing into court; so after a “heap” of smaller
evidence, tho oaSo was submitted tq the jury,,
who,' being somewhat divided in . opinion, and
withal obstinate, after being out several hours,
stood seven for acquittal and four for convic
tion, one. juror having been excused -oh account
!of sickness. Finally the; jury had itq be, dis
charged, in consequence of non agreement, the
nearest they could .come ,to it was•qinejfor ac
quittal and two .fot- conviction. And !so the
questiou is not yet legally solved—will lager
bier intoxicate ? A German friend pf ouv*3 of
fered to bet that he could select two mcnm
this place, attaches of Boweries,.who cojild
each drink two kegs of Lager, in twiolye hours,
and ndt evince the least intoxication. Twenty,
.or thirty glasses of uu evening is am ordinary
foul; but that’s about two dozen in ore than we
should like td steer under. ) ■
The Wabash Flood.— The whole' Wabash
valley is a lake, in . width reaching from ten to
fifteen miles from shore to shore, end almost re
quiring a compass to navigate it. Ferries pass
from Vincennes to Lawrenccville, * Illinois, a
distance of ten miles, over- the water, passing
over a settled and cultivated region of Country,
now submerged from six to feu feet deep.—
From Lawreuceville to Hutsocville the floods
covered the bottoms far the whole distance; It
presents avast scene of destruction ; deserted
houses standing in the waste of waters, fences
.gone, and in places the heads of whqat and bar
ley fields were wkving above the shallow waters
that covered them. All thoughts of producing
a crop this season are abandoned. The amount
of the loss is incalculable. The amount of su
gar destroyed by the inundation in Louisiana,
is estimated ati>o,ooo hogsheads—wortti f1>3,000,-
000. The cotton destroyed by the overflow oh
the banks of. the Mississippi, it is Said; will be
100,000 bales. {Whose value would probably be
$4,000,000. The destruction in Wabash valley
from the overflow of that river and its tributa
ries will be equal, it "is said, to the losseslia
those two crops on, the Mississippi. '; The one
attracts the attention of the whole ' country,
while the extent of the other is hardly known at
home. •!
The Late Rain.-— DstlrucLion of Property, —
The heavy rain of Friday last, has caused a gen
eral swell iu all our streams, la thdj southern
part of this county, the rain was unusually
heavy, and Clmrticrs creek, which has; hereto
fore been a well disposed stream, riinj perfectly
wild, inundating a large number of farms, car
rying off bridges, etc. Our very amiable and
worthy Sheriff had his bara carricd nway, and
with it a large amount of corn andfOed. The
last he sew of it, he says, it was trying hard to
get under tho bridge below bis- farm. The
Sheriff’s loss will probably exceed $1,5U0.
Some four bridges on the creek were carried off,
and a great amount of damage wns done to the
growing corn and groin along its batiks. The
valley of Manslicld is completely mandated, —
Further up tha creek hundreds of aoiresiare un
der water, and tho growing crops arc!seriously
injured. Turtle creek also overflowed its back,
and the lowlands skirting it are all inundated.
Hero, too, tha crops have received Ixpjiieh dam
age, and the loss which tho farmers/:must sus
tain in consequence is great
V’thn, of Monday. . ’• „ :i |
Terrible Destructioh op Paorknxx. — St.
Louis, June 14.—Dispatches from djiiro, liii
n6is, state that on Saturday afternoona crovusse
opened on the Mississippi side of iihe town,
through which the water poured at ; a 1 fearful
rate, Ailing np the whole space between the le*
vels, and it is now running an embhpkmcnt on
the Ohio side, about one thousand; feet. The
Illinois Central Railway was washed away. The
south wing of the now hotel fell in pa (Sunday;
and the balance was expected to fall "during the
night. Nearly all tho houses are! tumbling
down, drifting away, or sinking. Scarcely a
building in the city isexpected tp withstand the
flood. The water is two and a half feet deep in
the second story of the Tayior House, and is
stm rising rapidly. Mound Cit/irolso in dan
ger, being overflowed, wj " Vr ; p ; ; '
The water at this point continues to rise, and
all tho upper streams ore pouring out floods. ■
Miraculous Escape— Mr Jas. Grant, resi
ding ten miles from Higbstown, N. J:, fell head-
Ipng down his wellon Saturday 22h>i
whHe drawing water. No oueaturtheaooident.
He reached the bottom withodt ranch injury,
but the water being twelve feetdkvp.hesuri
throe times before he could get a footing against
the side walls. Having in doing this,
he commencedJiis ascent, and atte* vigorous
exertions, reached the .top. His arms and legs
were rather bruised, but otherwise ho Was not
injured. The distance from the tOJp of the well
to thc water is fifty-cight fcet K
Dhow red.—On last Wednesday,'' two men,
named Connhr and Summerville; were drowned
Chest Palls, this county, by being thrown
from n raft into the river. A. large’epar, float
ing about, had got Into ther conricv r ahead of
thti raft, and when the raft struck, four of the
six men on it werethrown OS;two Of whom
were rescued, but the two -named above found
*' 7*te*y .Conner was a inafried man
•“•tra a wife and couple children: Sum
£ BUl Bi e ma “- At last accounts,
the bodies of the unfortunate men had not been
recovered— Clearfield Jotimal.
♦r J! | entlem an who recently
£?lwK hl ? neh th ® Mohawk Valley, informs
° f that re K ion instead of the
sd figure of a ragged man wi'th a
, a .scare-crow, now hang up
SPf Hkl rt? their cornfield, and the cafrion
alarmoa by this modern
contrivance. Who will: say, after
tms, that the Mohawk Hntohman tifeoldfogici*
Great Railroad !
AwEßioaits.—A letter received by 0»- Phil*. I
delphia Bulletin; dateA Bio JimoirvAprii jn |
says; .■ , ; . ' \
‘•Theboard of directors of the |
Railroad Company h«vo awarded to the Ameril '1
can bid, the contract for , all the work on tho I
entire ‘■second Section* of their railroad—ndj \
that was advcst\se<l to he let. This contract, it I
tho engineers’ estimate, will amount to jibout
three and a half millions of dollars. There irs s
about 212 miles of the road yet tobolet, wKiA i
if the contractors carry on the second section. I
satisfactorily, it is will be placed In ;
iuc same hands., This -will awanfttto «on»a. 1
twelve millions.' Tho ■ Americans had to con-' |
lend, against a powerful English opposition, b n t I
with complete success.
Habits ot Grasshoppers. — A correspondent |
of tho Colorado (Texas) Citiaen, writing from
Goliad, says, of the grasshoppers:—“ They hate I
ah especial fondness for wheat dad cotton, bat |
don’t take so kindly to corn. The only vogeta* |
ble they spare is the pumpkin. The most dead- |
ly poisons have had ao effect upon them ; fumes I
of sulphur they rather, like than otherwise; I
mosqaeto nets they devour greedily ; clothes I
bung out to dry they esteem a rarity ; blankets 1
and gunny bags they don’t appear to fancy.-. |
They swim the broadest; crocks in safety, son i
themselves awhile, and then go bn. The whole I
mass appear to start and move at the same time, jj
travel for ion hoar op two,- devouring everything l
in their way; .and then suddenly 1 cease, and not l >
move perhapsfor a,week, during which time no |
feeding is noiiced-—and, finally, they carefully I
avoid the sea coast.” ; i
Miraccious PocksT. —Brigham Toting, in a
one of his latoacruions, gives a curioaa so- ||
ccuat of his traveling fonr hundred miles bj 3
stage In 1839,startiug with only $18.50 in hit ||
pocket. He states that at every point where
ho bad expeiisos‘to pay, he found his pooket, on ,
putting- his band into' it, mysteriously and mi- |
rabuloasly replenished. -Brother-Brigham ought j|
to bring proof that it was his own pocket is 1
which, he 'inserted his band on these occasions,
as a doubt with regard to the proprietorship of
the pooket would destroy the miracle. ?|
*■ '. - ’ 1 - -- - ’ ’—* '-k
AKoittJSR . *■* BoTBL I)ISSASE.’ , ~.IbO Buffalo g
Republic states that a disease, similar in its cf- I
feuts’to the “ Washington' National Hoteldia- |
ease,” has broken * out in a first-class public -a
bouse at Chicago, tho name of which is not 1
given. Several Bufiaiouians are reported a« 1
sufferers, one of whom has died. Of thedis- 1
ease the Republic sayS;—lt resembles cholera, a
and leads into typhoid fever—both of the wont 1
type. The sufferers, in every instance, are takes 1
with vomiting, followed by diarrhoea and rapid 1
general prostration, i 1 1
BgLpTLe latest despatches from Utah ststt lj
that the Mormons have deceived Gov. Camming I
that thers was a disposition to make, peace; and |
that after the Mormons had removed their wo- I
men and children from SalS-LakeCity, the men I
had returned, strengthened their poaUnnd as* |
sumed a threatening attitude.- Capt Mam \
was six days Bum Camp Scott ' The forces on- I
der Gen. Johnson were on very shcrtallowancs, |
and were eating sparingly of their candles nnj 1
every oily substance they bad, being unwtfiing |
■to kill mules till the lust point of starvation. 1
■ “ N-ary Nioger Ht i 8*. ,, -—The excursion from i
Va., which slave steal- I
mg schooner Francis French, having searched 1
the vessel and given up’ all hopes of finding the I
slave, one of them declared in tone that I
they would set the craft bn fire, atjhe samt 3
time hurrying the crew off, as if about to exe- 1
cute the threat, when, “ Tony,” who was eoa- |
cealed under the forecastle, burst but with I
“Donlt youMors Jeems—de §Lnt nary nigger I
here ” _ : ;;
npHE GREAT BEAXJTIEIER! SO
JL Ltmg unsuccessfully sought.
POUND* AT LAST I 1
FOK IT MiSTQRES I‘EKMASEKTLT GBAT UAIE TO Jsl
Its original Color; 00-eth luxuriantly the buhl head; re- iv
movvs at! dandruff, ItcWhgiitd all scrofula, scald head and
all eruptions; mates the hair soft, healthy and gloaty; and &
will preserve it to any liuaginaUlfy age ; rrmovee, as 11 br W
magic, all blotches, Jtc., bi>m the- lace-and cures all sesiir 'M
gla, and nervous hieadache / See circular and the foiloxing; V
Dover, SVfiU Feb. 2d,d817. 'A
Poor, 0. J. Woo» 4 Co.—-Gouts; Within a few d»vs m .3
havo received so many oroern and calls forprof.O. J.Wood’i fA
Hair Restorative, that to-day we were compelled to send to a
Boston for a quantity, (the 0 dosen yon forwarded all being '*?
sdld.) while we might order a quantity from you. Ertrj ir3
boUU yoe katt toU turn* to hate predated three or feur nets ;
customers and the approbation, and poironaco it tecemt Ssg
from tho most substantial and worths citterns of car ri
cinity, felly convince as that it is A HOST VALUABLE
PSJEPARATIOR. 5 '■ ■
Send us as soon as may bo one grot* of $1 size; end OM $
dozen |2 size; and bidierc ua your* very reapectftUly. n
(Signed) DANIEL LATUOfiP k Co. |
HlckarV Grove,' St Charles Co« MP*i Sot. 10; USS. 1
Pnor. 0. J. v\son—Sear.Sir: Some time lastsummerwe 39
were Induced U> us«>ain« of your Half: Restorative, sad ||
itweffccU wore so' - wonderful, wo feci U. pnrduty to yon M
and the afiicjed, to report it. ■/' : IS
Cue little son’s hoadfor soma time Had been perfect!* 3
coveted with teres, and some) caltod It scald head. Tin M
iiair alajost entirely canto offto«aiscqßchce,whena,;&isiid M
sii Suffering*, adrlsod cs toaiwyoar Sestontive, ||
we did so with Uttlu Hope of success, but, to onr turprha 1
•end thnl of all onr friends, a very few applications rtniotd ?a
the disease, entirely, and a nuw and luxuriant crop of h«t
scop started out |u>dwe can now say that our boy bu « J
healthy avceltv and Rs-hiXvriont a' CTop ofhairastcj 1
othor child* Wo Crq thorpfon?, &od do bcrebT rcconinieid
yotU‘ Restorative, as a perfect remedy tor all diseases of tit "u
s calp and Imfr. - Wo tue, yours respectfully, i
3
&AIUU A. IUGQINBOTHAiI.
_ - Gardiner, Maine, Juno 22, ISW. "
ProW,r \r'oS^ > Sr£ , r r : b*” 1,1,0 ’•'OK l ®* o * ft
Professor Yi ood’s Bair Ecitorative, and can truly say it it M
the greatestdttcovoryxf the agefbr reetorhigondchinom; 1
tho ltoir. Before using it 1 was a man of seventy- »* £
Hair has now attained its original color. 1 Yon caWrccoo- §
mend it to the world without the least fear, as uvrut i
was one of the worst kind. g
--.••• : '\ Toura Bespectfnlly, i
DAKIEI If. MORPHY. J
O.J.W°o ? * to. Proprietor. BX2 I
(in tbs N. It. Win Raillhg Establishment.) and s
Marketer., St. louts, Mo. i
by G. W. KESSLER, Altoona, and by all god i
Pru - ; [June 3, ISoS-ly. |
nnHE MORMONS EVACUATING Wk
JL SALT! LAKE CITT:! e $3
Tremendous Excitement in East Altoona !gf\ mt
Jhe salacrlheni rapectfhlly-Inform th# dtoewnßir 1«
of Altoona and the rest of rmankind that they are ■
i he BhACKsmimso bcsi ?H
NESS In all its various bnfnchu, at the newataod ner< -*3l
i^lW/ l i_® e^J.w Co i sCabiuetSllc P» °n Adeline street, in ,
c(Mt Altoona. Thoy 'flatter themselves that they ar« AflU : i-fh
to render Batisiaction to all vLo may,fevorthem with their •
> ant * no effort will be wanting on their part to . -1
T™ * - of ‘ho community. Wagon*. Car- .>3
riages, made and ironed to order, for which good hm- J
ber will b* taken. Remember the place, on Adeline St, -J§
where hr done on the shortest notice "ill
M Wo^r^' » JOHN W. HOOPER.
Altoona, May iR,-2m] T, A. JAMES. M
EES TAUR A N T AND LAGER
" üb *criher would respectltallr
announce that he will hoop constantly on hand,at bis bsUoc®
Under the Masonic Temple y f|a|
a snpply of refmhnu-uts, sncli as Cake?, Cheeso; SanUnM,
"w, An cxcc! lfnt article of LAGER BEER. n»»
1 f le Altoona Brewery, which,!* pronounced the |S*
*' lt ® oX ’ utl 7- bis saloon is fitted up in Rood •sjJ® ||S9
tor tne comfort and accommodation of- hi* natrons, and to. .-Sag
hopes by strict attention to their wants to merit and receit*
a Bur share of patronage, . |aH
May 13,1855.-Iy] FERDINAND KOTHWAb'O- IjHj
Brice i brick n brick mj-
The undersigned subscriber tan on band now and
sale a
FIRST BATE QUALITY OP RED BRICK*
at the well-known Brick Yard atMcGahaa’s “Bluff,” wb«*
ho is prejiared to furnish any niumtitr of BRICK on eb«t
S^ U^.iV nler ?, fro “ a distance wllfl» attested to,
Brick didiTered l u the cart, Addas**
April 1,186&-3m. WILLIA3I VAUGHN. ‘
\ . -• Duncansrllla, Blair county, Fs*
O YESr O YES r—GENTLEMEN
.fhf'L® J O6SWi P. TWHJT MBjto;
«» H»tto ptdJlte, that ho U ready to diaehwtos bis
aooa Attotiooseftehenater y*'
LOCAL
On; Saturday n
t’elbok, out citizens we
itsep by the ringing of
''Brer The cause of
Iba burning of * Stable it
to aOcrtnnn named S
dad gained a great head
tzfived on the ground,
br them to do was to watc
Qm stable contained abc
if Dry Lumber. Not in:
■ which the fire original!
ir, it is surmised to be |
lary.
Another warning to o
w—and when it will o
ay be a terrible one
to half of the town. Au
(tractive? Because wo
K few years ago Holliday
sopough, was infested b;
ocendiarios, who set fire
IwelHug house in tho tow
nation, each time, of bur
>art of tho borough, Hoi
if two engines, and const
if the incendiaries prove
iwned a fire engine, he
knuporatlvely secure in
inlng general oouflagra
die not owni a fire engim
inly ha one way. Herel<
jlamo, for this, neglect c
|he Borough Authorities;
me to tho conclusion
lone with our property
>ur property holders ha
prod in some responsible
•ire Insurance Company
mbe to the ravages of t
though their property u
rill bo restored in the “h
lifferenco is criminal- —cq
Ecrenco of the villain
Bis own property becaus
should be corrected. Let
then, purchase a fire engi
mame from the tarnish
[move in the matter?—an
mover.'
■££_ The Standard sa\
conclusions that tho Tribi
success of the American
its remarki, but from tl
Tribune and tho political
Iters.” We insist that ot
mit of sach a conclusion,
dard appears to be to so
‘assertion that the past
has been favorable to At
[ I
veracity of the Standard
[if his previously exprcsi
taken intoconsideration,
[tcccdonts of the editors o
[cd the grounds for the S
[ we think, the true one. b
[to what party tho Stunt
I private preferences arc g
[ to. deduce the conclusion
Ibaue favors the same po
Knot evince it editorially.
Bare particularly interest?
iAmericaa ticket, notwit I;
■election of those upon i
■friends, and whom we 1
I The Standard if
Kunlon of such disoordar.
■the opposition parties <
■acknowledge that the cl
Kicket is an impossibility
■member, Mr. Standard,
perfect union of, tho opp
party would be'defeato
■wbeks since, but then ]
[Lath wrought the change
[to show bow the union t
"Was to be effected, nor |h
dine the erection of a p
parties may unite, althp
obtain Uic enviable distm
dard would accord to us.
i V/ limbus Patent.— il
; room of Mr. John Shi
: since, we were shown a
[■tore line, which we a
| from the examination w<
[nation must in
tall other patents. It w;
fgaa banter to the Ro>
[cooking stoves, tmmufai
I ti North, Philadelphia,
cast doable, with euflicu
[ plates to allow the gcaer
quantity of gas, which o:
| ducing more than doubt
[from the same quantity c
[ In more direct contact w
I fils.. It is calculated to
I one-half the amount of
I roch stores. It require
tof fuel ip keep up the g.
Elbe store' is heated. ]
•tOTO cu be heated in n
the coal ialone. Mr. SI
[the exclusive right to st
of them at tlu
■ells the some stoves, i
the patent on ea<
pamers desiring stoves
Ithem in grain, if they
PppM- persons to call an
steeling satisfied that
I themselves.
Th* First Pic-Nio or
[*• King ( w ho by the w
tefeher.) treated her sob
[Woods near Mr. Martin
last. The “youngsters
i twelvc-ycar-old particij
|*‘eh l so much fun l ane
eat I’*—and altogether,
•grown people who. were
SS? ? ot< » n ?h aad pas
tJ|»« U»cber--an<
jQi» not* forh«