The Beaver radical. (Beaver, Pa.) 1868-1873, August 08, 1873, Image 5
Tlie Church Hill Tragedy.—Tan Maboniai; BegUter, published at Youngs* ! 0W n Ohio, says the outbreak which twk place *t Church Hill, on Sunday a f tern oon. July 27th, surpasses, in the b >rrible character of its details, anything that we have ever heard pf before. The records of lynch and mob 1 iw, and of the brutal frenzies of the lower classes of Continental Europe, although they coh tain the record of many cruel things, are ftble to furnish nothing, which for cruel# aD d go far as can be judged from present indications, unpiovoked brutality, can equal some of the details of this horrible and murderous not. The immediate, cause of the trouble was a quarrel which took place between one of the old miners uamed William Trotter, and an Italian *bose name is known to the Citizens a bopt Church Hill, as John Church, gdw this quarrel commenced is not Known, further than that Trotter was jrunk and quarrelsome. The quarrel was probably augmented by several more - of the miners, and Church, seeing that be was overpowered, ran for the bouse ibe rest of the Italians were, and when he got to the door, cried to be let in Wh ; le the door was being opened, he turned and defended himself, and here H was that Trotter was stabbed. Tms is the hypothesis suggested by the facts known, and which are corroborated by several admissions of the miners. Church i 4 now dead; murdered by a bru that has noiqual in all the annals of crime, but hi# murderers, in letting oat the fact that Trotter was stabbed at the house, furnished strong circumstan tial evidence to show tbatChurch stabbed him in seff defense. The wound which Trotter received was indeed a fearful one. Tne knife entered atone side of bis neck, and went clear through, nar rosly missing thejugular vein and car otid artery, and partially severing the cord in its course. The wound was so severe that at first it was thought that he could not live longer than a few moments, but at this writling he is still alive, although the injury to the spinal cord has partially paralized him. Tne ri iters attempted to burn the Ital ians in the house, hut afterwards con cluded to open the door and kill them as they came out of the burning building. The details of the treatment the mur dered man received are brutal In the ex Ireme. I'pon visiting Church Hill on Tuesday 'evening, we found that the following p rsoDsbad been arrested and sent to Warren, where their preliminary exami nation, upon a charge of murder, com menced on' Wednesday David D. Mor ris, Ben j.R. Davis/John Morgan, John <Neil, Wm Baxter, Hugh Trotter, Archi bald Cowan, Wm. Burnell, John Watson, John Williams, Wm. Morrison, John Ward, Matthew Morrison, Thomas Mor rison, Alex. Hodge. There are three or fcar more to be arrested; among them Wm. Parden, and the man who struck CbarcL with the gun, and who has not yet been identified. Oa Tuesday evening, word was brought toCtmrch Hill that the body of a dead Italian was lying in the woods near the Gilts Coal Co.’s bank. From the infor mation civen to the authbrities, there, it seemed that the body was there on Mon day, but gave no information of the fact, until it was discovered on Tuesday by a farmer’s boy. Late on Tuesday night the Coroner’s jury brought in a verdict to the effect that the Italian came to bis death by blows given by Win. Parden, John Wat son, Joen Neal, Al»x. Hodge, Hugh Trotter. Wm. Baxter, and others, known and unknown to the jury. Attempted Infanticide,—A. girl by the name of Pettit gave birth, on Monday eight of last week, to a healthy child, and hid it in the currant bushes, covering it w th straw and litter that were found at hand. The little one lay there until the next day about noon, when its infant yoi:e attracted the attention of some members of the family, which led to its discovery. It was still alive when found, and lived some five hours afterwards. The coroner was notified, and an inquest was held, but no marks of violence being discovered upon the child’s body, the ex amining physicians weremuable to deter mine the cause of its death. The object, Undoubtedly; of the girl was to get rid of the child at the risk of all consequences, and there is scarcely a Question but that the neglect and ex posure for so long a lime—it lay in the currant bushes some fifteec to seventeen hours— caused its death. According to the verdict of the coroner’s jury, the mother was allowed to go free.— Wayjies baT S Republican, July 23 d. A* the purchase of a Sewing Machine is of oay be an act for a life-time, care should be taken hi selecting one that time and use have proven to he the beet. Time tries all things. “Use only hanieheethe final teat.” Opinions of the skill ful may be 0 j value, but time is needed to con fc® them. While the Singer Sewing Machine Company has given the public the finest fruits of inventive genius, they have guarded it from a multitude of traps. Attachments have been ad iefi for various purposes, hut it has kept free ooa all useless complications. Simplicity of parte, and adaptation to the widest range of work has been the constant instead of boasting of a variety of 'useless Batches and movementa, it claims to make but One Kind of Stitch, and that with the Fewest ovements Possible. Hence the may rn ® constantly for twenty years, or a life-time, and last as well as when new. R - Straw & Co, No. 10 Sixth Street, Pitts bnreh'p‘- aprißWto »e*ehe« taught how to te*b at the Normal school. Term opens August 19th. Address with 6l amp J. a. Cooper, Edinboro, Pa. v e S Washington County Item*,— Thursday last, while; David Johnson, Mel* vin Johnson, and Keenan, of In dependence township, wpre hauling rye, their wagon upset on a public vio lently throwing out all of them, mashing one of Mr. Keenan’s fingers, breaking two of David Johnson’s ribs, and severe ly catting Melvin Johnson's right hip. David’s escape from death was almost mi raculous, as be was thrown so closely to a fence stake that bis hat remained on the lop of it. We learn;they have insti tnted suit for damages sgainstrthe Road Supervisors before Justice McCoy, Buf falo. 1 , , . ; —Thursday of last week, while Mrs. Sarah Morrow, widow of Robert L. Mor row, was attending Ibe funeral of a child la this pines, the axle of the buggy n which she was riding broke, by which she was violently thrown out and drag ged a considerable distance. Her face was badly cat and bruised, her shoulder and arms severely lacerated, and other parts of her person injured, beside which her clothing was terribly torn. Fortu nately no bones were broken. She has since been confined to bed, bnt is gradu ally recovering. —Major General Thomas F. Gallagher, commanding this division, will order an encampment and three days’ drill of all the military companies in Fayette, West moreland, Washington and Greene some time early in October, to be held near Latrobe. The State pays the expenses and every company is req iired to be present. —David McOune, a farmer residing in Donegal township, about three miles from West Alexander, when about to dis pose of his wool to a dealer on Monday of last weeek, discovered to his surprise that the whole clip, consisting of fifty fleeces, bad been stolen. There is nb clue to the thief, but a reward of one hundred dollars has been offered for bis arrest. The wool was valued at one hun dred and fifty dollars. —Quite a number of the Masonic fra ternity of this place and MonongahiK City are making arrangements to visit Philadelphia to witness the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the new M&- A sonic Temple, which is acknowledged to be the finest in the world. The chief cer emonies will take place on Friday, Sep tember 26tb, to be preceded by a recep tion of the Knights Templar on the eve ning of the 25th. The procession of the Grand and subordinate lodges will be an an imposing one. On September 291 b the Grand Chapter, will dedicate its por tion of the building, and on the 30th the Knights Templar will take possession of theirs. —Rev. Cross has accepted a call to be come permanent pastor of the Wellsbnrg Presbyterian church. —Rsv. 8. D. Day was instituted rector of Christ (Episcopal) church, Browns ville, on Sunday of last week. Washing' ton Examiner, July 80th. Soldiers* Orphans * School.— The new additional buildings for the Philadel phia Soldiers’ Orphan School under the care of Prof. W. G. Taylor are going for ward rapidly, and will be ready for ocu pancy by the first of October, if not soon er. These buildings m addition to the large four story building completed last year, will make the accomodations for the school most ample. Some have thought that these new buildings \yere an extrav agance, at the expense of the State and tax payers; but we fiod that they do u ot cost the State a single cent, as Prof. Tay lor puts them up at his own private ex pense- The new building will consist of a new and additional scho *1 room 27 44, but with ceilin'g of 14 feet, well light ed and ventilated. This gives a front to the school rßom of 77 feet. The Chapel will be 27 by 44 feet with arched roof and ceiling 13 teet, and the Boys’ Hdl will be 24 by 41 feet. The old school building is being newly weather boarded, new coi niced and newly painted. This will make the whole front of the buildings on Hano ver street 114 feet, and the buildings fronting on Factory street are 135 feet. The Campus or play ground has been filled up and graded so as to make it more comfortable for play and military drill. With these additions we do not see what more coaid be wished in the way of ac comodations for a school. These exten sive and expensive repairs show Prof. Taylor’s interest in this work and his de termination to do the most possible for the education and training of the sol diery's orphans. May success attend bis efforts. Chinese in Oregon.—A. Portland (Oregon) letter of the &h of July, says: ‘Within the last two weeks three vessels, have arrived in this harbor from Hong Kong, and each brought from 700 to 800 Chinese passengers. The nresent Chi nese population of this State is estimated at 13,000, and of this number two-ihirds are engaged in mining. The remainder are in cities and towns, engaged in keep ing laundries and acting as houke ser vants. There are at least 2,000 Chinese in Portland, but how they earn a liveli hood is a matter which no “barbarian" can learn. as ohe-half of them, at least, seem to be steadily engaged in gambling night and day.” The writer says that the introduction of leprosy and other diseases has greatly excited the populace, and a general slaughter of Celestials is not improbable at any moment. AH that is wanted is a fair excuse. Instruction given in “Methods of Study" and “Methods of Teaching,” at the State Normal School, Edinboro. Pa. THE RADICAL : FRIDAY, ATJG Meeting of the Temperance Union.—The Beaver. County Temper ance Union met In tbe M. 3S. Church, of Rochester, on Tuesday of last week.' Rev. J. L Frazier, President of the Union, was present and presided ;A. : T, Galla* gher was appointed Secretary. The ob ject of the meeting, as understood gener ally, was to consult asm the best way to put an end to the illegal selling of liquor In the county, but T. A. Shinn, JEeq., chairman of the Board of Manager*, introduced, very beginning of the session, a subject entirely foreign to, the call, and-which exploded like a bombshell in the convention. He made a report, recommending tbe appointment of .90 agent to travel overlhe county to oreads auxiliary societies or unions, with h view of influencing ths political events of the countv. A lively discussion sprang up on this. Tbe wisest and. most influential men of the Union were ed to tbe movement, and by tlbelr strong appeals the subject was tabled; but it was brought up again in the afternoon in the absence of many and carried. A res* olutiop was offered, recommending the appointment of vigd&nt cumhntteesjn every community where liquor is sold, and calling upon such to send all infor mation of illegal selling of liqnor to a se lect committee of the Union, whose duty it shall be to prosecute the guilty par ties. This resolution was but no committee to prosecute was made, and tbe whole object of tbe meeting, there fore, was defeated, Tbe Temperance Union should have appointed an efficient and responsiole committee to investigate ail cases of alleged liquor selling, and then, if tbe facts warranted, to prosecute tbe guilty parties. As a means of ob taining information have had power toNjppoint a sub-commit tee iu each borough and township to aid in the'work. But perhaps such sensible and straight-forward action is too much to expect of such an organization, run, as it seecbs to be, by a few feverish aud im practicable fanatics. The Union finally adjourned, having accomplished no good, but, as all think, doing much harm to the Temperance cause. Many of the friends of the Union left it in disgust, and probably the organ* ization henceforth will be dead. The Matnmf Life Insurance Company of New York. Oaeta aesette over sixty millions of dollars. Is the largest and wealthiest company in the world, and the oldest Life Insurance Company in America. Policy costs less in this Company from year to year, that In anyother Company. What is tbs Valu«|£ljr Ihsubabcs ? Let the reader make ||pptlcal and personal ex-, amination of the Have yon a family de pendent on yon for support i If so yon have a do ty.to parform. If yon are engaged taraetivo' tnlsf ness, consider what wonld probably happen’ If your plans were set aside and other persons word called in to close np your affairs. Your creditors clamorous, yonr labors suddenly ended; yonr property sacrificed to the highest bidder. There might be Uttie'left for yonr family. All this might be the result if death should overtaka yon next week, or next year, and yon have no lease of life. Ton may be strong and healthy to-day, bnt. are yon sure that health, strength and life will be yours to-morrow f Yon ought to guard against this contingency. Yon insure yonr property, why not insure yonr life 1 Is it mad) more valuable f Suppose you have an insurance m the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York equal to the amount of yonr indebtedness, yonr wife or yonr friends, at yonr death, then have the means in hand to pay all that yon owe. The warehouse, the store, the goods and merchandise are free incumbrance. No sacrifices need be made. Yonr family have property which, by yonr forethought, they are enabled to preserve, and will furnish the means of support. The longer Insurance Is postponed, the greater will be the premium. Nor can it be obtained upon any terms by those not in good health. Hence the immediate attention to this matter, __ A. B. Clabk, je!3-4w Agent for Beaver county, Pa. An Old Man Drowned. —Coroner West on Thursday evening of last week held an inquest at Sewickly borough, Al legheny county, on the body of an old man named Henry Melchor, a native of Germany, sixty years of age, who was drowed at that place Wednesday morn ing. It appears that the deceased bad just got well of a recent spell of sickness, and had only hft the hospital a few days ago. He went in bathing, when he was e&ized with cramps, and was drowned, his body not hting recovered till the afternoon. A verdict of accidental drowning was ren dered. He had no living friends or rela tives, and was buried at thi he county. A Singular f reak of Lightning, —Wil iam Figley, of Independence township, bad a horse killed by light ning on Monday evening of last The horse was in a stable which was cov ered with bay, with a beast on either side.l The thunderbolt came down in someway and first struck the horse's shouller, and then ran down his leg, killing Urn, as is supposed, instantly,Jbut d< ing no other damage. The hay ttas not set on fire, nor was the barn in any way injured, and the other animals un touched, except perhaps one, whose ears seeip disabled somewhat. Rev. John J 2« Aughey* late ofßea ver, Pa,, was installed pastor of the Pair* moont Presbyterian Gbnrch of this, city, on Sabbath, July 27th, by a committee of the Presbytery of St. Louis, consisting of Revs. C. H. Foote, Thos. Marshall and Robt Irwin, Re?. Marshall preached the sermon, text: “He that winneth souls is wise,” Proverbs, 11*80. Rev. Foote pro posed the constitutional questions and dev iivered the charge to, the pastor. Rev. Irwin delivered the charge to the people. This congregation has doubled in size since the present paethr took charge, and the outlook is very hopeful. —Miatouri Daily Republican, Itot vf Gnuul lQrera for September Term, IBT3. .. * dsinnel Bigger, Hanover tp; John A Melllo, sfew Sewickley tp; Joshua Dawson, Ohio tp’; David Johnson, Pallaioo bdro; William Baker, Jr.,: Rig Beaver tp; William Pish, Pulaski tp; Joseph Barney, Beaver Falls boro; Andrew L Boott»Hopeweli tp; J B Anderson, New Brighton boro: George Barrie, Rochester boro; William' Flgley, Independence tp; Accbabald Agnew, Hopewell tp; Allison Robinson, Hanover tp; William Mahaffey, Georgetown; James Parke, NewSewlckley tp; j m Calhoun, New Galblee; JameaP Houston, Beaver Fall* boro; James Mc- Guire, Pulaski; Herman McPherson, Harmony tp; Jeicbb Stump. Harmony tp; Wilitm Freed, Big Beavertp; John J Paul, Darlington boro; B B Morgan, Hanover tp; John Cain, Moon tp j rim suboju. , Matthew Kennedy, North Sewtcklew tp; Prest- JyMcKinzle, New Brighton boro; John Billon, Rig Beavertp; Barnet Fbmer, Independence tp,; John B Vance, Frankfort boro; John Glass, New Brighton boro; John Small, Brighton tp; Thomas J Davidson, Bridgewater boro; William Scott, Hanover tp; Alexander f Morrow, Independence tp; Milo A Townsend, Beaver Palls boro; Wil liam Cramer, New Brighton boro; DavfdrdEteed, Hanover tp; John Cramp, Beaver,boro; Sylvester' Hunter, New Brighton boro; B H Breckenridge . Rochester tp; John Morrow, Hopewell tp; George Stodard, Industry tp; Henry Hart. Economy tp; William Wilson, Raccdon tp; George Hinkle, Rochester tp; Henry Foster, Kranklintp; Thom as Campbell, Bridgewater boro; James M Barber* Bridgewater boro; R B .Wilson, North Sewickley tp; Harvey Brown, boro; S J John ston, Borough tp; David Shafer, Economy tp;' James Gasber, North Sewickley tp; Michael Mor gan, Bridgewater boro; J f* Martin, Darlington boro; Wlliiam McClelland, Pulaski tp; James Moore, Beaver boro; J A Cline, Beaver Balls boro; M U Braden. Green tp; James Reader. New Se wickley tp ; SlClair Gray, Beaver Falls boro. Terrible Accident,— Cut up St a Machine .—lt is seldom that it becomes ouf. duty to record so terrible an accident as that which occurred Tuesday of last week ia ; Jefferson township, a short distance thistle of Rices Landing. George Murdock, a young man, son of Heisey Murdock, was running a mowing machine in the meadow of his grandfath er, Mr. George Murdock, Sr., when the horses became frightened and started on the runt throwing the driver forward,who caught on the harness of one of the hor ses and held himself up until the' harness gave way and let him fall before tbe cut ter bar of the machine, cutting him in a frightful manner. Whether machine parsed over him we oil not learn, but be fore be was extricated from it both bis anias were cut, one of them nearly sever ed. His right arm at the wrist was cot nearly through both bones, severing all the leaders bat the one that moves the thfimb. The left arm. between tbe shoul der and elbow, was cut part way through the bone. Whether either the young man’s life or limbs Can be saved is yet a doubtful question. v-JWe also learn that young Murdock cut a.bolt’s legs off with the same machine the day before he received his injury.— Waynesburg Republican of July 30fA. Items From the Sutler I%agle. The race by the Butler Otivipg Associn. lion came off according to programme, last Saturday, for a purse of $B9O. Tbe race was won by Dawson’s “Honest Charlie,” of Pittsburgh, in three straight heats; Mr. Kirker’s -“Young Toronto,” of Butler, came in second; and Brana gan’s “Oilman” of -New York, came in third. Time—&sl>£ 2:50, Good order prevailed, and everything passed off harmoniously. —Tbe bearing in tbe Foreman-Soyder poisoning case, toijk placer before Justice Keck last Saturday. District Attorney Reiber and R. P.JScott, Esq., for tbe Commonwealth, and Charles McCandless, Esq., for defense. The weather was hot and tbe room crowded. Foreman seemed very indifferent about the matter, and so was Mrs. Snyder, until tbe evidence be came too pointed for her stoicism, when she broke into sobs and tears. Intimate and improper relations between Foreman and Mrs. Snyder were pretty clearly es tablished ; many letters between them were read fur this purpose, and more were offered, but, the justice thought he bad beard sufficient evidence to warrant his committing the parties to await their trial in tbe Oyer and Terminer next October. Which be did. Tbe physicians consider Mr. Snyder in a very critical condition. He is able to sit np but a moment at a time. The Sharon Times says : The second annual exhibition of the SbardtU and "Mfercer county H >rtlcultural S iciety will he held at the Opera House on Friday and Saturday, September sth and 6th. Those who attended the Ust exhibition of this association no doubt remember with pleasure the magnificent floral and vege table display made. But we are gratified to be able to state that the exhibition this year will far eclipse that, both in extent and is the perfection of the appointments. This year the competition will be more extensive, and the prizes much larger, while the arrangements are being made on a far more elaborate scale. Those who visit this exhibition will have no occasion v to complain uf the time and money ex pended. The majority of the Board of Commis sioners appointed to select a site for a postofflce and other government bni Idings in Pittsburgh,, decided on Saturday of last week, to select what is familiarly known as the Hitchcock property, bound ed by Fifth avenue, Southfield street and Diamond street. Thu property mainly P. Hitchcock, formerly of fa. The location is a good belongajo L. Washington,] one. anbetautlal Boor, shoe or Gait [•tore of John Kennedy £ Co., bey have the largest, best and Bearer county, andean suit yon For a nest and er go the cheap] Beaver Falla. 1 cheapest Block in if anybody can. ST 8,1813. From the last report of W. N. Aiken, Superintendent of common schools o r Lawrence county, we ascertain the fol lowing facts in regard lo the schools of that connty: Forty-one houses only have grounds of sufficient size, and but two suitably improved; one hundred and three without the necessary out-bmidings; twenty-five schools have not uniformity of tqxt books; efght entire failures In teaching the past year; seven new houses built; one hundred and fifty-three schools in operation thirty-seven of which are graded; in twenty-fonr schools the higher branches are taught; vocal music in nineteen of which eighteen are in New Castle; two hundred and thirty-one teachers employed thirty-two of which had no experience; twenty-nine exami nations were held; two hundred and forty-six applicants were examined, seventy-five never taught and thirty-four rejected; two hundred and fifteen ceriifi cates issued, five professional. Sure Cura —The following is a recipe for caring yonng men of indulging too freely in “tangle-foot.” It is customary when a person partakes more of this than his capacity is capable of admitting, to see him dozing away upon the bank of a public highway or in some secret spot under a cherry tree. The modus operandi of treating a person when displaying'sucb a phenomenon is as follows: When be is sound asleep, make a mixture of rails, logs and stones, taking an equal quanti ty of logs and stones mixed with about thirty good and strong rails, and make a substantial “fold” over him, and not leave him out until tbe influence of “strych nine" has entirely deserted the patient; then let him run ut large, and be sore be will promise not to get on a "beat" again. Try it! it works like a magic charm. The Pittsburgh Evening Telegraph says; Most of our readers, perhaps, remember a laundry of the wholesale order at Belle ville, N. J., where a Captain Harvey de termined two years ago to solve the per plexing labor problem by performing bis washing, starching and ironing by means of Mongolian labors. Twenty-four months of trial have discouraged the brave experimenter of New Jersey ; bis Chinese workers have been on several strikes a number of them have violated their contracts more flagrantly by surrep titiously deserting the laundry altogeth er. Captain Harvey has now only one half of bis original invoice of Chinamen left, and is anxious to exchange them for workmen of other nationalities. A Fiendish Ad. —The Lancaster Ex aminer says • A most cruel and inhuman deed was perpetrated by some fiend in human shape, on the form of Amos Good, in Providence township, on Friday last. Mr. Good is the possessor of three excel lent horses, one a splendid driving ani mal, being recently purchased at a cost of $250. During Friday night the stable door was pried oped' by some miscreant, who deliberately cut the tails from tbe horses, close up to the bone, and after fin ishing his act of barbarity threw the sev eral members upon a manure heap in front of the stable door, where thea could not escape being seen by Mr Good* Suspicion points to a certain farm laborer, who, Mr. Good has reason to believe, bears a malignant feeling toward him. Clinton Air Tight.—We are inform ed that in Salem, Ohio, there are two families, one c< lored and the other white, so e namored of each other that each mut ually (determined to name its children from one of tbe other. It happened, as sometimes such things will, that tbe col ored family got tbe start of tbe white and nut numbered i#as to children. The list of family names was exhausted and what should be done was the puzzling question. Now a happy thought flushed up iu tbe mind of tbe mother. If she could not name tbe little innocent darkey after a member of tbe beloved family she would . name it after the white folks’ stove. Tbe idea took and the babe was christened “Clinton Air Tight.” If that negro lives be will be a buster. Young girls from ten and fifteen a|e particularly injured by this sort of life, says a Long Branch letter. Rising at 10 in the morning, a breakfast at or 11, dawdling through the day talking and playing croquet until 5, then dressing for dinner at 6, then a drive, and after that the evening bop, is a programme for the day. The young girls are not satisfied with the attention of gentlemen or boys of their own age, but must have real growo-up beaux upon whom to exercise their fascinations. Little chits of ten nr twelve walk aronnd the balls on the arms of men old enough to be their fathers,and talk “growo-np talk" by the hour. And what Is true of Long Branch applies with equal force to all the fashionable resorts. An Improved Index,—' There has been a gentleman in town with an im proved classified index. The improve ment consists in classifying names under both Christian and six-names, as John Smith, indexed under J. & 8., making the list under each reference much smaller than when only one letter is used, as S of the above name. He asked 700 dollars for the county right, and we have not learned whether the Commissioners will introduce it or not, but those who have examined it say that it would save much time and labor, and faciliate the transac tions of business] in the county offices. The system is particularly adapted to county offices. The Lawrence Guardian says; A daughter of Mr. Reuben Stevenson, of Slipperyropk township, had a very nar row escape from instant death {by light* rI ig one evening last week. The light* ning struck the boose, passed down a raf ter, (raising it so as to throw it off the'; plate,) made a hole In title ceiling directly , over where Miss Stevehsbn happened to ’ be standing, burnt her hair to a crispy mass, passed down her Jbofly, tearing her clothing to shreds, and went through the floor at her feet. At last accounts she was likely to recover from the terrible shock. The other members of the family were considerably stunned, but escaped other injury. The house was protected by » lightning rod. Military Camp.~ The Reynolds Ri fles intend going into camp this year on Monday, the 11th inst, at Camp Dough erty, the same ground occupied last year. It is expected that the Sharon Rifles, Capt. H. L. Stone, the North Liberty Guards, Capt, J. C, Weller, and the Law rence Guards, Capt. James Hale, will join in the encampment. The camp will be under the command of Major General J. 6. Winans. If the programme is car ried out a military display may be ex pected here which this part of the country has not witnessed since the days of war.— Press. The Second Ward school of New Cas ta] open Monday, September Ist. The following teachers have been selected tor the present term: Prof. M. Gantz, Prin cipal. Room No. 9, Mhs Etta M, Belt; No. 8, Miss Miry C. Devlin; No. 7, Miss Mary McMasters; No. 6, Miss Ella N. Law; No. 5, Miss Anna C. Graham ; No. 2. Miss Anna C. Steen; No. 3, Miss Kate Bowman ; No. 2, Miss Ella Mcßurney ; No. 1, Miss Vena Montgomery, assistant, Miss Maggie McKee. Unclaimed letters in the postofiue at Rochester, Pa., August Ist, 1878 : Mrs. Sapronia Allen, Ailing & Bros, M. Aholtz, Miss Maggie Boyd, Charles Childs, Emma Cunningha n, Ida E. Dillon, Annis M. Dutton, Bella Hamilton, P. Hoppaugb, Miss Mollie Hopkins, Hen derson & Bleakly, Hattie 6. Johnson, James Leonard, McDonald, Burrell & Co., Mrs. McGregorry, Miss Mollie Reynolds (3.) W. H. Richardson (4,) Charles Ryne, Emeline G. Taylor (2.) 8. C. Whinny (2j) William Wbitney, B. L. Wilson, Emma R. Young. T. M. Taylor, P. U. On Wednesday of last week, as the Eric express was passing south, near Clinton they were delayed by several coal cars that had broken loose on one of the coal roads and run on the main track, tearing up the rails and ties for some thirty feet. The train was delayed some three or four hours, and the expressions made use of by many would not be prop* er to publish. The New Castle Journal says: An unmarried woman, about thirty years of age, who resides in the First ward of this city, haying come to grief by being dis appointed in love, took, a large dose of laudanum on Monday last in the hope i f ending her wretched existence, but the timely intervention of a physician dis concerted the whole programme, and in stead of being on the “evergreen shore ’’ she is still living in New Castle. Tea Cake.— Take one and ■ half cups white sugar, one and a quarter cups sweet milk', one quarter cup of butter, two eggs, well beaten, one half teaspoonful salt, flavor to taste; add two and a half cups flour, having It in one measure of Ban ner Baking Powder. Each can of the Banner Baking Powder contains a small measure, to be deed even full, according to printed directions. If yon cannot obtain this really valuable article from your grocer, send twenty-five cents by mail, addressed to Banner Baking Powder, P.O. Lock Box. 317, Pittsburgh, Pa., and you will receive, postage paid, a quarter pound package, together with a list of fifty valua-,- ble recipes. Tbe Wear and Tear of Life The cares, anxieties and misfortunes of life have as much to do with shortening it as disease., They are in fact the source of many ailments and physi cal disabilities. Nervous weakness, dyspepsia, affections of the liver, disturbances of the bowels, headache, hypochondria and monomania are among these distressing fruits. It is, therefore of great importance that persons whose minds are oppressed with heavy responsibilities or harrassed by family troubles, or excited by speculation, or perplexed by a multiplicity of enterprises, or iu any way over taxed or overworked, should keep tbeir stamina by the daily use of a wholesome ton ic. Thousands of persons thus circumstanced are enabled to bear up against the difficulties in whlch they arc involved, and to retain their strength, health and mental clearness by the regular use of Hostetler's Stomach Bitters. Diseases which are prone to attack the body when debilitated and broken down by over-much brain woik, or ex hausting physical labor, are kept at bay by the re sistant power with which this Incomparable tonic endows the nervous system and the vital organs. 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