Bollobto Domocratic Watchman
BY P. ( iItAY MEEI{
.
JOV: W. IPIIREY, AssootATE Eniron.
Ink-Slings
—.Revenue (!ntter—The pettienal
clippers of postal currency iii t h u 'lmam
ury Department.
—Ai,cons, the recently elected Gov
ernor of gississippi, refuses to ho Gen.
A mKs t s puppet. We record this t 9 his
credit.
—CovonE "what the peavil
want is moor Whinny,“ and he might
have added, fuer dam fides and theves
iu otlii4.
—Calamity -GE ‘nv is; about to
ealamatize the people of this State
With another three ydrs of his govern.
Ormitip.
I—Tho editorial convention meets at
llarrislmnt next Thursday. '" Lots; o
furrnt FinnegAll's wake."
—Tliv Legislative Heron!, n 1111111ie
swindle nt Harrisburg, hits !leen diet
continued be order of the Leztslitture.
—lll rr, the .tillostown radical ran
didato for State Treasurer, bae heroine
hullc more Li-4 delent hw that position.
—Howe the grand input( of cariwt
bagvers into the Smith, the lunatic
(4 , 4 y 11u,t of ttat re, , ,t,tott littee beCII tilled
to tt et th,w wg,
- -Pening 111. emitirimitimi by th e
s ena te R . Silpi erne .1 edge r 110 \ 11 11111.i4
011 i4l hiv cabinet po.ilioti. Thitileavi.l4
STItoNr; out in the eold.
—'l•he seat on the Supreme Bench
tnaile meant by the resignation Of
Judge (lama. has not yet been filled.
Anil it never eanbe i. with Rridicalma._
--There are forty-six lawyers in the
United States Senate. And judging,
from the unlawful character
_Qf their
le illation, they are mighty poor ones,
at that.
—Brisk Pomeroy is (missing him•
self, and taking sketches of New York
city life, by visiting the pretty waiter
girl attl.isrvi, fuld talking to the "ti n•
!oat/sates."
-01,IVr. LouAN NINA she never saw
a_pretty girl in her lite but aim wanted
Lo take her in her 71rIlifi and Idea her.
That'a pint the way we feel-every tone
I re Met.
--1V11,1.11M LIKIE, the celebrated
showman, was burned at Cincinnati on
Friday Inst. This may very properly
be said to be the disappearance of one
of the grew! Amer! VIM
—(ltt wr has lout n prerient of a
, init of clothes from Siberia, made ol
*Siberian fun. Ile ought now to go to
the oilier extreme and get one from
Africa, made of African Wool.
—A steady young carpenter of New
Hayei), Conn., by name of WiterA ER,
Lae just been wheeled into a snug
mansion and a fortune of $20,000 by
the wheeling away of an old uncle to
the grave yard.
—Writing to an American friend,
RIATORI mays: never can forget your
dear country." Neither will any one
else who lived here to pay taxes and
tariffs and tributes to radical rascality.
Dear is the right word.
—BOUTWELL is on the lecture stump,
will Joan Bild.iNcis and MARK TWAIN.
Treasurer and' all as he le, the idea
that MARK and Jos!' were making n
Itundred dollars a night was too much
for him, So he pitched in, too.
—lion fizonog R. BtRIEZTr, Presi
dent Judge of the judicial district coin
posed of the counties of Carbon, Mon
roe, Pike and Wayne, has, we learn by
the Clearfield /?epub/iran, resigned hin(
seat on the Bench, with a view to the
practice of his profession, at Clearfield.
—Gemtr .was inaugurated Governor
of Penneylvania for the second time,
on Tuesday last.. As he cannot posei•
hly be Governor Ibr a third term he
can now act a little more independent
ly of the "roosters" and "pinehers.•'
Hold up your head. Jolts, and be a
man, henceforth.
—A fellow at Glen White, two miles
west of Kittanning Point, was ridden
on a rail the other day by his neigh
bors for marrying a grass widow who
had two liumbatidnliving, while he him
self had one wife living and one dead.
They took him out of his bed-room
and exhibited him at every honik.
Served him right.
—The editor of the Williamsburg
Vindicator Nays that a hen egg wait
found under a benCh, in the lecture
room o( the Methodist Church„, at. that
place, on the men's Bide, the other day.
That editor wants to know what
"spruey rooster" laid that egg, and
whether he cackled over the nehiev
nent. He says ho wouldn't have been
stirprised it it had been found 'on the
women's side, where some " fidgety
young pullets" were tv.hitmering and
ermeaking during the service.
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41i4 1
VOL. 15.
The Earth in Danger I
Scientific observers of the Stn's
phases, afllkit to have Jireovereil ne
thing out 01 which they are now nut
king a great sensation. This is an ine
Inen'se wave of beat, which appears to
be rolling towards this earth, having
already accomplished halt the distance
beta ten the and,our planet. We
are told that so great are the effects of
this body of heat already upon terres
iitial things that the telescopes of the
aliYronomers are sensibly affected by it,
although it is still fork-lire millions
of miles from us. It is approaching
us, bon e‘er, at so r,11 , 111 a late, it
is estimated that by this time next
I rear it will have traversed the wile
distance and Ire prrelpitated 11111)11 OW
Cllllll in all 11n monete.ity and power.
What the effect may be is only vague
ly hinted at. Some think it may set
us on lire -others that' it will cline
general flying to pieces of the earth', as
other planets have been by like causes
destroyed in the past. All conjecturer's
agree, however, that it in something
awful, and that a great change is about
to occur in the solar system and ia our
earth. WWI will bt.tstar' exact, lute,
however, is left, by these learned men,
in fearful uncertainty:
We are, nevertheless, ii disposed
to be alarmed. We have some faith in
good old Earth yet,anti do nokimagide
she is going to allow herself to be dis
posed of so unceremohionsly. It is
true a calamity might occur (lint would
throw her otf her 'Tuns and OVCrWltelltt
IL world 111 ruin; but, while we admit
the possibility of such a thing, we do
not think'it probable. Earth has not
rot lulrilled her destiny, and, as long as
the prophecies of the Hible remain iin•
accomplished, scarcely cease
Di make her diurnal revolutions. What,
we ask, is to become 01 our railroads
and telegraphs, our cables and our
prams; presses, ou r , teambotits, our
Suez and Dal ien canals, lior theatre..
our lust :nen and fist th)oneri., Iloitni 1•
ANIL), pit KIN•LON, OF.oltUrk
I•i ' TRAIN, Mi FAIII ysio,
lIENIII WAND BLit IlElt, Mrs. STOIC L. ' ,
Itl HON SCANDAL. I il s9 E9 S. (;11% \
PI:TWILL:I It V. NA4IIV, S i it , . 15... A IL
TIIONY, Mrs. Dr. M tin W u.i ci , Mrs
('tiIISI'LNTON, .1.111:4 FOKI•41.1,
ODE. 11v \• V the
Naloonat, mid all the otlici
last iiistitutions of this last age, it a
general "bust UV' should take plum e
to things mundane so early as this
time next year? Out upon the horn
tde anticipation I Away with it! We
scout the idea.
Roll on, old Earth. Don't give
the ship. Don't get scared. Keep
mo%mg. Nature is nature, you know,
and our Democratic nature desires to
Fee the extinction of the Radical party
and the final triumph of the principles
of the Constitution. Consequently,
more time MUM , 1 , 1/allowed. 'Plisse
things can't all be accomplished be.
tween now and this tune next year. It
will take longer than that to unravel
the knot into which liadicalism has
tied our liberties, without doing any
thing else. Si) it won't 110 to stop
things sud.lenly. We can't stand it.
We don't like it. Let old Sol blow
'frown his fiery breath upon us, ache I. :,
done for many a long year, it he wants
to, but don't you' think, old Mother
Earth, of succumbing to his Influence
or of putting a stop in that way to the
onward progress of the great principles
of _Democracy. If pm could blot (nit
tiiie Radical party alone, by come suer
coup (1' state its this, it would be a ben
Olt to the country, but its you night
not be exactly able to do that: without
involving the great, glorious and mug
mlicent Deriwet;u•v m the wuue rum.
we'll trot ask. yon to attempt it, lint
we'll agree to do it rairseli es, if you
will only give us the wire We can do
a greatdeal bcUvecu t fLnand lieu rear,
but, old Earthy, remember that Rome
wirer Whit in a day. So, astronomers,
talk away about yom•.,igruaL,wktves of
heat, and. speculate About the effect
they have upon the glasses of your tele•
scopes, but it you see the end of Earth
through any wave of heat from heaven
or hell, between now and next year we'll
give you credit fur knowing more than
we now think you do. When the des
tiny of this Republic is fulfilled—when
the Democratic parry have vindicated
the principles of the Constitution and
the right of the people to rule—when
Radiealtaui•has been de.troyed,
"STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION."
ULM} TE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1870.
crated, dawned, and "peaku: once more
reigns in \Varimw," we :nay then have
time to conaider sonic of your silly no.
Lions. lint not. now -.not now.
Radical Reducers I
Since TiOtrrtvEm.'s monthly reports,
have proven to the people that figures
can be made to liejusti.an easily as the
fellow that wouldn't sing and way
made sing," his radical supporters
have almost filtrated themselves about
the reduction that party has made in
the public debt. While the theta, 111
regard to the public linanco4, show that
tignres are tlike rind th e
pidd l e debt just as large as rt w.ts
tore his concoction with the Treasury,
(Aber facts prove %cry conclui•iselv that
the party- to which he belongs can
"take the rag off the bush," on the
question of reduction,--that it is about
the "heftiest reducer this world has
witnessed, mince Adam ate apples in
the (larder of Eden. In ten years it
has
'Winced a prosperous Republic to a
pauperized Anarchy I
Reduced sovereign Slates to petty
ant rapei es 1
traduced the — perputnthfir of our emus.
try, by war arid murder, over half a
million gouts.
Reduced the wealth of our people
oi,er five billions Of dollars.
Reduced the standard of chriatianity
and morality until rape is righteous,
and seduction anal theft and murder
and arson, are accomplishlterds to be
sought after
Reduced the credit of our govern•
ment abroad until a "United States
Dollar," in bought in Europe for seventy
two cents
Reduced houses, and barns, and mills,
and cribs to ash heaps, and fertile
fields, desolate wastes and gratotiyartist
Reduced self respect, until almost
one half the white men of the country,
believe themselves in no way superior
to the debauched denizens of Southern
A Inca, or the lice eating celestials of
Hong flub
Reduced the money is in the public
Treasury and in the pockets and pus
ses of the people, until dollars are as
scarce here as radicals hill be in Hew,
ku hereafter I
Reduced Enterprise!
Prosperity. !
Reillieeil honor!
1(e luced Business !
Reduced Hupp' 110'3 !
Hetilleed anything and everything,
that secures or adiki to, the welfare
and primperity of the great toiling
initeme. of our people!
Verily it is a "reducer, - ofall things
but dehtit and taxes and tarafti, and
rascality and ruttianieut, and out-lawry
nod organized deviltry generally.
AR a "reducer" radi(*initi will take
tile "tiret puree."
High-Diddle-Del
The t: ti Court (supremely ri.
diculous) of Alabama looi just render
ed several decisions, from one of which
the whole State, aq well as all right.
minded persons in Christendom will
rebel It is pointedly to the effect that
:ill marriages consummated 111 that State
during the time from the commence
meat to the close of the war in 1865,
tieing about 4 years—are illegal, null
mud viii', and hence all the children
hArit are bastards I Whew 1 The
-.Judge" who renders this remarkable
.fecision is no doubt afflicted with two
dire ailinents—"possessed of devils"—
vii: a Jacobin, and being anxioutt for
notoriety, —as would appear to the
most casual reader of his ground of
reasoning. Ile says : "The clerk who
issued the license, was a mere usurper,
who did not hold (Ice by color of any
rightful authority. The court was not
that of a State in the Union, and the
Government of which it formed a part
was not that of alitate of the Union.
The Judge who raet.ided was not a ju
dicial officer, reetrnized in this court,
or by the rightful' government." Suet
so. And the snorts the pity. 144.,what
has that to do with those who !Were,
according to the latos of,'llee people of
Alabanaa—latos made by the people of
Alabama—lawfully married under and
in accordance with those laws? It is
enough that there feu., "a government,"
"a State," and a "Statft Court," and
that by the authority these they
were married. 13ut why discuss such
111.1eL411011. T110111p•on ' s colt is on the
tinpremy Leach of Mali:twit at last.
atieran,4
The New U. S. Attorney
We see by the 'papers 1110 11.
SnoeE, Esq., nf(;leartield, hue
been appointed by the President to be
United States Attorney fur the aestern
District of Penns)lvania. This J. Oil
a par with all l/it appoirtments,
and secures to a very undeserving man
‘ery Iltt and lucrative position. 11.
Eit 8 won, although a prominent
Radical is also a prominent Rascal,
lint the latter is tbo vlass of wen that
N(.01114 to dlNUneuish and inark tlie pre
sent ad iHi rat ion. We are not
pet•lally interested in Gii_trsrs twice
Lions lor othee,itiol only so tar as the
public good is concerned do we care
ithont them The riesident
'night hale ...levied many latter men
Gtr tic position lie tuts given Saort. in
this district, hut tire worse ones In
deed, los chow(' seems to have fallen
on the least reputable man in the set,
and it is about tile greluest insult lie
could have green the retiring officer
that lie has mipointvil Swot+. to site
ceed him." The position of United
States Attorney is one -I,hat an honest
man proof against corruption
of the former incumbent, Mr. CA RN
IN, nor in the pr . rsent Instance, has
this requisite been regarded by the ap.
pointing power. Great as was the lat
itude allowed nether C tas inns!, - 11 ;will
be even greater miler SwoeE. Vil•
Inane and law breakers of every deserip
twit Mfty NOW 110141 high carnival,-Fu
far its the new Attorney is couceroed,
because they need not Saar . that the
strong arm of tholaw wall reur;lrther4
so long as they are able to reach the
heart of this officer throng)) hits pocket.
j ‘Ve esteem it a fortunate thing that
citizens of Centre and Clearfield counties,
arrested under the administration of
CS,RNAHAN, and conveyed to PittsbuN
by that vile old Clearfield procurer,
B HARTSHORN, are nu longer in the
clutches of the Attorney for the Wes•
tern District. Were they still in dm
ranee ttle, the large sums asked by
Coto-AH(IN and IIiRTSHOR% for their
release, et odd be to ebled by Sa oeK and
Ills minions. So that Centre and
I 'leartleld people have made something
liy being arrested during the term or
the former officer.
We trust, for the sake 4 of justice, for
the sake of hone'dy, for the sakeofthe
people, aid fos Su ort.'s ttwn sake, that
he will encourage but k to hie the re.
mains tit the copmentime that has so
lung been dead within 11'7 bosom, and
endeuvor to stake the codiritry think
Letter of bun. We say we trust he
will, but we have little hope that such
will be the ease.
[For the WATCHMAN I
ELSIE GREY.
flow n by the river an old h ou se stands,
Weather-beaten, and brown and hare,
Like weeping women with wrinkling hands
The oak Ire. bend above it there ,
Mourning the fate of Elev. Grey,
Whom here they brought in wild iteepalr,
'ro meresin her woe in the ear of day,
A nd throw her iitirlek4oo the midnight air.
Elate Grey woe the Orient firmer
That blotim'l by the mle of the village etre°
Sad for her wan the evil hour
That brought her ilimu at the tompter'e fee
Had for her was the evil hour
That brought her down to the tempter's Iwo
Now mho sleeps where, the waters roar.
And the rem of it, waves uneeas log heat.
Sorrow of noel and heart and mind,
lit ought her down to an manly
trail and meta unkind
Of those that nould but would oot wive,
•
Hit or of dark neon and iiorrow roll,
And lot your 'Astor. eterrially,wavo ;
Sorrow of heart and mind and noll
lirought her 'lowa to ail NOV grays.
51nny and many;feel day
lie ro to 41,01„ alio told lion w o o,
Pity the fah; firey.
And eurintrtho wretch that brought her low
Bull will 'swallow him up utth joy,
And redden and glow with a fiercer flame
It'a aderil'a glory to eleatroy
Vlnlytal Innocence and (ante.
The Governor's Salary
Goy. GEARY opened his second term
of office by encouraging or, in other
words, winking at a proposition to in.
crease his own salary. There was
lull before the Legislature to raise the
salary of the Governor from. $5OOO to
$7OOO, and although the fundamental
law of the State forbids the increase of
the salary of the Governor during his
term of office, it was ruehed, throe h
the Senate, which p pm. not halm been
Tune, had, Gov. signified Ii
11Stlipr66ati011 of the uienmiire.
In the !blase, however, the bill wn.
111.1ewil try three votes--I I t eas to 47
nays. This, ofcourse, kills the bill
Mr the presnt, but there is no telling
how soon it may be agarn brought
We have no 'particular oblation
to inereasing the thrvernor'a salary, a s
the Uovernor, on the principle that the
king never dies, bat we do trivet to an
individual,. tilling that position, seen
ring tomb an increase far his own per.
smut! benefit, as (CF: till' evidently in
tended to do. We believe the State
executive Ph,,,fla have enough to ena
ble him to present at respectable appeat.'
acme and avoid the'eltarge or loggaidli
-111'.,, hilt this incrairte.ol salary ought
to be made at the close °ln goberitm
torial term and not at the Iregimi'ing.
We aunt Gov. (lE.tity to bare all his
,rer vices are worth, but no more; and,
measured by thus standard, we think
he cannot conscient musly demand more
than he is now getting. Five thousand
&Macs and adaill4ailily NI/
Intemperance
We are as much gl furor of temper•
ance and sobriety as any man, but ..we
do not behove in the efficiency of a
"National Temperance Party" to stop
the ravages of the liquor traffic. No
party can he hirmeil that will not run
into politicat, and whenever a temper.
ance organization does this. it loses its
power for good in the cominuniti. The
evils n tit tnpettr fteTtrnty - defitrra,
ble in this country at the present day,
and we have a "God speed" fot any
movement that will be efficient in ban.
lotting the full destroyer from our land.
But we most earnestly protest against
any combination of political elements
under the name of a `•National Thu
perance Party" for that purpose. Ex
perience has proved that all such or
ganizations must necessarily follow the
lead of politicians and place seekers,
and that the object for which they are
formed will always be lost in the de
grading and unscrupulous rush for
Thus it has been In the pact
and so will it he m th e future.
!EEG!
The true way to banish intemper
ance Iron the _land is to banish the
bottle from our side boarik and cup
boards. Point out to the children the
,terrible effects of this great evil, and
educate nt them an abhorrence of in
toxicating beverage.. Show up the
misery and wreichedners that indul
gence in spirituous liquors produces,
and inculcate in the i'bYithful mind a
wholesome fear of poverty and rags
Let oar Sunday and weekly school
teachers revert frequently and solemn.
ly to this subject. Induce every young
man and every young woman to sign
the temperance pledge, and teach
them that it is a point of
Pride and honor not to violate uP
"Just as the twig is bent the tree inr
clines," is a homely but very truthful
adage, and this is the principle 'on
which parents and teachers and all who
have the instruction of youth comMit
ted to their hands, should endeavor to
act.
In 11114 way, more good will be it,c
complished in a single year than brie
been accomplished by all the temper
ance parties that have ever existed, or
by all the temperance legislation, is ik
called, that has ever been enacted.
Learn to the children the following
passage from the Best of 'llooks,and
after years, with Gon'e blessing, they
will be guided by it :
"Who bath woe? who bath sorrow?
" who bath contentions? who bath
" babbling? who bath wounds without
"cause? who bath, redness of eyes?
"They that tarry !Ong at the wine;
"they that go to seek mixed wine.
" Look not thou ion the wine when it
"to red, wben it giveth h is color in the
"cup, when it moveth itself atright.
"At the last it biteth like a serpent
"and stingeth like an adder."
—Although FURRY WARD BUCHER
proclaimed to the auction mob in Ply
month church, lately gathered to buy
seats, that, no matter hommuch they
might sell for, it.would not increase
his salary °tin cent,nevertheless he gets
$5,000 mote per ail:Iwo / Acing 312,000
per year, to desecate the word of God,
and to ease the Wilds of those whom
Christ says chit by no means enter 'the
kingdom of heaven.
—There is quite a large emigration
from Tennessee into Kentucky and the
West.
Spewls from the Keystone
—Danville le litiv!ing • revival of religion
--I;;gg4 are 2.5 vent+ per dozen In Hunting
—linttnr in Ph119(1001in Is savant," cents a
frploti
51161/ Fly—don't liodder Mi," In having
nni in
—livdfi,rd comity in migreting some of her
fitrnn•ry to Tenturotee
ra.k Human of Titusville, waft killed by
the 1,1110P1 , 111 of An oil lank.
—An East linoiy gentleman Mat $76, but at
Vrttai,. Inund them In bta clock.
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—Go" 1 , 1 wick Train I netured ntl'homplion's
Mtn in Intnville on Friday night Ingt,
—A Mull cnl grocery men at Serpntoninforms
lho po hh.. Ind% he line " knew cyder for son."
—William Itlee, egg • of Danville, Montour
hong him pelf the other day In hie own
--sheriff Neely, of Clarion, offers a reward of
for the enpfure of idle Foster, an escaped
thud.
--9'h.• loom ealtor of tho East Brady but.
prmteril :has taken to eating Inner kraut. A
1)111 IN xlgn
—An Lost Liverpool fanner hop! 94 sheep
611104 Iry tlegs the olio., night. "A horse nye
"it all cura, I Pay
-Th,, EreFIIIIII Star which shone in Reading
Ber;. , county, holn .hort time, ham boon tern
porai ily cxtinguilihed.
- Philip. wan athertineirto sing in
limn :lie un Satuttlay night last. Wa aro Watt
au x ere 001 there to beak Mtg. ,
—A boy in Oil City in sittempting to Jump on
a I mlruad train while In motion, fell, and hnJ
I,la foot taken off for MN foolhardiness
--1.1t.t „Monday wax the nnniter•nry of
birthday I.nnra•ter printer.
id...i5...1 it by a gntnd hop at Fulton Hall.
I ii•nty L :Revell: a well known printer of
Phria.l.lplint, and fel- many rear, ea.ignint
tan of the Enquirer office, tiled a few days
—John McEvoy, n brakeman on this P. t Fr
Ratfrond, foil tiff the top of a ear near Koltun
Clinton county, on Thursday or last week, n
died on Filday.
—lion John G. flail, of Ridgway, la chair
man of the committee to try tho contested
oh•vtion came of Mooney Ca. Graham, sixth
citatrict Of Philadelphia.
—.lames M. Swank, late of the Johnstown
Trabune, has been appointed clerk to the etn
mitten on manufactures of the llpusa of
itepreeentatiees at Washington:
—The editor of the Al k Democrat "Interview
ed " a couple of the girls of the period In the
cars. That 1., he lintened to their convolute
non of confte, it was benurible.
—The Lancexter Mid:Mower dO7i'to
the !tending Thom eteiling Its Ifirels Nord
far word, lint_ IL does-object to Mot "epee*
crediting them to other jouum!".
—A novr play, dramatized from Dieken's
"Uar.d Copp...Meld," and entitled "Little
En ly." bar been handsomely pnt on the stage
at the A rch street theatre In Philaidelfibla.
Hilf . her Swoops, of elettrßeld, has been
appointed by President Grunt United Stales
Attorney for the Wee torn District of Pennayi-
VRllin Another misfortune for us poor devils.
—A young man named Colo came to Ida
death Ingt week by being forced to VOLVO Ha
boarding hotpot, near Emporium, becautto hat
had exhausted all his money and had lb.
men, in.
—Twn eat Imahle young men nnmed WiMEM
P \liar and 11 P Boyle were killed at Milton
Inez week by noming In eontreet with r rail
road iryin while attempting to crone the track
in a buggy.
—Mc Pike, of the Candy -rut Freeman, sent out
afoot Wit) bill, to delinquent euticribere, and In
venom, to tide appeal /or money received two
dollars from one roan with an order to dlsciaw
tinue the paper. Poor lifePlke.
—Pete and Joe Burns were arrested the oth
er night in Philadelphia for breaking intortnd
robbing a pawnbrokers store. When asked
what he wan doing omit so late. Pete answered
that he had been "'tilting up with a sick wo
man
Smith, of Ellsobethvilla, Dauphin
•ouuty, wan eausht In the belt of a threshing
inaehine lately, and whirled round and round
until him clothing was torn In strips from his
person lie was only slightly brulned on th•
elimilder and his escape from death le slmoaS
a miracle.
—miss (hassle Potts, the accomplished or.
geeing of the Preabytertan church at Johns
town, hoe made horned( so necessary to that
congregation that they have appointed her •
salary. Home man will no doubt fled Mee
Polo, a very useful sad ornamental piece of
kitehen furniture.
—Three hundred bans fish were placed In
the Juniata river about a mlle'and a half
8.1.V0 Huntingdon, the other day. They WWII
hrooght all the way from the Potomac river IU
a harrel,-end with ouch success that only ona
out of the three hundred died. The Idea la to
popuirte the Juniata With these fish.
—A Howard Crewitt,on trial at Huntingdon
for the alleged murder of Miles Flamtton has
been acquitted. The trial Laattd five days,
and the verdict of "not guilty" wam reoeived
unit cheers by the largo crowd in the court
room Both the prisoner and hie brother
mated on hearing It, and intense excitement
prevailed
—Bohner and Van Bordenbourg, the mur
derers of the Peightal tamely, who have been
011 trial at Huntingdon for that murder, were
convected, on Tuesday - last, of murder in the
tir,t degree. This is a righteous vertilat.
These neon main an Attempt to escape'
from the custody of the sheriff, but 'we un-
PileePn gful.
—A mall agent on the . Pennsylvania Central
threw the mall matter for Johnstown on, the
track of an eastern bound freight train, the
other day. The consequence wee the mail
was very mach damaged, come of the letters
and papers being out entirely in two, and the ;
whole thing "muddled." such carelessness
should be inquired Into.
—Jersey Shore belles and Jersey Shore lien•.
edicts are conspiring against Jersey Shore,
wires and Jersey Shore :bachelors. The M I
dais says that a party of single ladles stui mar..
ried gentlemen has been made up to go off to
Linden or Williamsport to ham" gay time.
We goess those married individnals will have'
about the mina time titer they hid atter tha l
get back to their wlves.
—Dan. Redding, a notorious rough" of
Philadelphia, went into a beer saloon, and atter
getting a drink, retuned to pay for it. Thiel
proprietor inaisting on his right, Daniel pal:
ed • pistol front his pocket and pointed it at
him and his wife. This settled the make.'
Dan then went outside and troke In the win.
down, toanng down a blind - and throwing it ,
into the Weed. The reseal Was arrested and
hold to 8800 to an,wor.