jjtMotftjnqmm,; BEDFORD. PA., rEB 31 ,Ms *" TUB P<>Ol HOI'SB At the last session of Court the Poor Hi- j rectors reeom mended the sale of the present Poor House property and ibe Grand Jur) , approved of the recommendation. The j matter trill be brought before the Court for . approval at March Term. If the people have anything to say either for or against the sale, it mast be done promptly. It is a question of importance to the tax-payers of the county. A new Poor House must be built, the present oue ia a disgrace to the county in its present condition, and it can not be improved. The question therefore arises whether the present property should be sold and a new one purchased on j which to erect buildings or a new house built on the old property. This is. a two J sided qoestion and one which we have not j heretofore been able to determine satisfacto- j rily to ourselves. The mere sale of the pie-- ; ent property and the purchase osf another 1 may be made the means of corruption and partisan favor at the expense of the county, j and if the transaction of this part of the ! country's business is not more carefully eon-1 ducted than some things not lons past J there is no telling what it may cost, lint j the erection of buildings at an expense ol j t25.0J0.0t or $30,000.00 greafty increase!-j all these evils. But aside from this, and taking j it for granted that under charge of pTcssut I officers everything will Do done just exactly j right, the question arises, will it be good | policy and true economy to sell the present J property and buy another several miles in i the coaDtry- The general impression seems j to be that it will? In favor of this view the j cases of other counties having farms are cited as well as the proverbial profilMtHm of farms, as generally represented by their owners- It is also alleged that by having the property removed some distance from the town and off the public highways a large amount of expense will be avoided, that is now incurred by keeping the way faring paupers. This latter reason may be satisfactory enough to those who live outside of towns and off the public highways. But Poor Houses are erected forthe purpose of equali zing the burden of keeping the poor, while this plan would not only lay a burden of taxation, equal to that of their country friends, on those living on public roads and in villages, but add to it the additional expense of keeping the way faring poor, which is now quite a heavy item of expense, because the County FOOT House would be moved away out of the reach of this class of unfortunates. This might be fun for the boys but death to the frogs. Another itetn of expense that it is alleged would be avoided is that of a free boarding house during Court weeks. Mot being posted on this subject we relrain from its discussion. Again it is urged that the mill has been a continual expense and a source of party favoritism and special jobs at the expense of the County. But this is only a charge of mismanagement and no good reason why, what every tody believes could be made a paying property in the hands of private parties should not be the same in the hands of the public, if honestly and judiciously managed. The arguments in favor of building on the present property are that with proper management it can be made quite as profitable, if not more so, than a farm alone, —that the expense of j visiting a Poor House several miles in the Country, bv the Grand Jury every court, would be greatly increased and that, for the j same reason of distance, the physician s salary would be greatly increased —that j there are not able-bodied paupers sufficient to cultivate the present property and that there is therefore no need of more land. These are a few of the arguments pro and eon as presented by various parties. We incline to the opinion that after all it is a question of management. A farm well managed we believe might be made to sus tain the paupers without any taxation. The present property we believe, with proper management, can be inaJL :o do the same. No property tuismant-gou us our present Poor House affairs have been for some years past can be expected to be otherwise than expensive. Let the people speak and act promptly in the matter of a change if they intend to act at all. But let them remem ber that the most important question after all is the selection of the right kind of men to manage this as well as all other public business. GETTING ITS DUES. The charter of the Gettysburg Asylum swindle was repealed and the effects of the company confiscated by an act of the Legis lature a few days ago. The only wonder to us is that such an infamous gambling con cern should ever have received a charter. We called attention at the time to the faot that it was a swindle, designed to cheat un suspecting parties out of their hard earned money, by hypocritical appeals to their patriotism. The Washington Library asso ciation, an institution of the same character, has recently been shown up and the eyes of its innocent dupes opened to the fact that they have been taken in by a set of sharp ers. The advertisements of these bogus concerns have been published by nearly ali our local papers and appeals made through them to the people. We refused to pub lish them from the first, believiDg them to be as they have turned* out, swindles. W hen will the editors of ncwspa|>ers acquire intelligence and honesty enough to refuse any longer to assist such disreputable con cerns to defraud their unsuspecting readers? It ia time they should learn, if moral con siderations cannot induce tbem to refrain from recommending what they know to bo wroDg, illegal and injurious, that their own pecuniary interests, as identified with the interests of the community in which they reside are in the end prejudiced by such a course. The newspaper that publishes in discriminately every -vilo advertisement for which it can obtain a few paltry dollars, will inevitably have a demoralizing effect upon the community in which it circulates, and the result wiii in the end bs prejudi cial to its own best interests FINDING HIM OUT. The New York World calk Yaltaodigham •'a reek less demagogue." an active, reckless poliiiciuu of "mall calibre, drunk with the alcohol of' g -lism. ' II the World propo ses to kick at! -ueh out of its party there wiii V b>'ii a shadow left when it is do"* We don't dispute the truthfulness oi' the World* charge against Yallandigham, but its delineation of bis character would fit time tenths ol all the leaders of its party ! just as well as it clot;' htm. Why don't it, |in its virtuous indignation, read out the whole crew of demagogues7 The World knows very well that such a course would be the destruction ot its party organization; but then the country would gain immensely by .sucb a wholesale annihilation of "active, reckless, drunken demagogues and poltti j cians.'' | W O HtroßiKis. Freeident of the Ooo ! nekTiiie railroad, has become exceedingly I popular with the people of the region I through wbk h his road runs, while the ! Bedford and Somerset journalists do all ! they can to make hint "fee! good in the - pa I per-. —State (inard. There is a fellow employed to manufac ture items for the Guard, who does it out ofwhole cloth. He dabbles away hit or wis.- as if he were "head clerk to the Fares ' He appears to be better acquaint ed with Bedford county affairs than those who control there. Now we do not think thai the name of the above named gentle man has ever been mentioned in these col umn-. and if it has crept into any selected matter, published by us it has been by the merest accident. We don't know the man and until we do, we will have nothing to say in regard to him THE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES. The < made by Mr. Blaine, of Maine, in reportimr to the House of Representatives the Ghnerel appropriation bill, showed very conclusively that the Republican party, not withstanding the large coat for the main tenance of the army and uavy, is actually conducting th<> Government at less expense than eight years ago, under Mr. Buchanan's Democratic Administration. The whole es timate for current expenses of the Govern ment submitted by the House Committee on Appropriations is $'.K), 550,000. _ Forthe payment of national iutorest, pensions, &e., $lB5 .000,000. This latter sum has nothing j to do with the current expenses. The whole of its high total has beeD entailed upon the country by the rebellion got up by Southern Democrats, supported and sustained therein by the sympathies of their Northern .allies. Under Mr. Buchanan's Administration the annual expensesof Government were seventy millions. Then busincs- was done on a gold basis, there were fewer Territorial Govern ments, no Revenue Bureau of mammoth proportions, and r any other deductions. Seventy millions of gold are equal, at the present rates, to ninety eight millions of currency. In the item of army expenses the comparison is most striking. Under Mr. Buchanan they were twenty two millions per ann'-m —averaging, considerable over a mil lion to a regiment. Now Gen. Grant, with three times as many regiments; calls for but thirty-three millions, making but little more than one-half a million per regiment—that is to say, the army expenses are being re duced nearly one half per man, as compared with the cost in Buehartan'sday. Well does Gen. Grant deserve the tribute of having made his estimates "with a degree of rigid economy wholly unknown to the army in its peace establishment preceding the war.'' In the Navy Department the Republicans in Congress have forced Mr. Johnson s Secretary to reduce his estimate of expendi tures for the coming year away from 147,- 000,OoOdown to $20,000,000, and have them selves made a still further reduction of two millions. The House Committee of Ways and Means are acting in harmony wirh the Committee on Appropriations in this necessary and most acceptable work. By resolution it has de termined to confine the revenue to $150,- 000,000, and to raise it, as it easily can be. upon the showing of many competent au thorities, from a lew articles—articles chiefly of luxury, and which do not enter into the j main industries of the nation. We take | hope and courage from these promising in dications. What the country needs, more than any mere financial panaceas, is a reduc tion ofGovernmentexpensesanda correspon ding ditnunition of taxes. Relieve it from extravagant governmental expenses and take off the onerous imposts upon its industry, and its vigorous productive powers will start up with renewed activity and quickly show the way out of all our financial perplexities. If the House will adopt the recommendation of the committee, it will prove its wisdom as well as its devotion to tne public welfare. No doubt many attempts will be made to defeat this simple and practicable plao; the I whiskey and tobacco rings are strong; mem bers there are who have pet projects of re form. But if Congress will hold its way resolutely through all these seductions and and indtti.-emeots, the country will find in its action renewed cause to trust the party that has been alike successful in war and in peace. TIN. ARKANSAS GOLD FIELDS.—A west cm exchange says; Accounts are still rife of rich gold and silver deposits in the counties of Polk and Sevier, in Southwestern Arknn sas. Thesecounties are but thinly populated, and though legends of auriferous wealth in connection with that region have for a long time been current among old settlers, noth ing definite has hitherto been known in re lation thereto. Parties, however, have been activclv engaged in prospecting of late, and reports of their great success in the develop ment of rioh placers continue tn reagii the public. The Fort Smith papers say the mines iu this new Eldorado arc beginning to attract much attention throughout the country, and that emigrants are rapidly pouring into Polk county, hitherto unknown. Claims are in such request that a branch land office has been established at Pallas, the county seat of Polk, to facilitate their loca tion. Specimens of rich gold and silver ore are frequently brought to Fort Smith, and an old California miner, who has been 'pros pecting,' pronounces Polk and Sevier coun ties richer in material than any two counties in California." AN EXTINCT RACE. One of the most remarkable races that ever inhabited the earth is now extinct. They were known as the Canary Islands. In the sixteenth cen tury, pestilence, slavery, and the cruelty of the Spaniards, succeeded in totally extermi nating them. They are described as having been gigantic in stature, but of a singularly mild and gentle nature. Their food con sisted of barley, wheat, and goat's milk, and their agriculture was of the rudest kind. 1 bey had religion which taught them of a future state of rewards and evil spirits. They regarded the volcano of Teneriffe as punishment for the bad. The bodies of their dead wore carefully embalmed and de posited in catacombs, which still continue to he an object of curiosity to those who visit the islands. Their marriages ware very solemn, and before engaging in them the blides were fattened on milk. At the present day these strange people are totally extinct. IT is rumored that George B. McClellan is to be appointed successor to Mr. Adams as Minister to England ASTOUNDING ELECTION FRAUDS Election friends have been so common of late years, as scarcely to cause a rippla of sensation, but the last one unearthed, in our State, by the Senate 'Committee on Elec tions, ia so astounding, that its details arc really worth a moment's attention. This fraud was developed in the progress of the investigation in the contested ease of Rob inson and Sbngart from the Indiana Dis trict. The chief point made by Mr. Rob inson at the outset, was that he had been beaten by the votes of deserters chiefly, but the Committee no sooner began theiove ti gation than it became manifest that the most atrocious villainy had been at work to carry the Democratic .Senator, in that dis tricL It is in evidence that ' two lawyers from Philadelphia." came to Philfipaburg, Center county, and supplied naturalization papers to hundreds of Irishmen who had been brought from Clearfield county for the purpose of voting -that these pa iters were colored with strong coflFco to give them fbe appearance of age. An Irishman named Casey testified before the Comuiitee, that he lived in Clearfield county; that the tick>?t he put into the ballot-box had been gjven to him, and that he could neither read it nor anything else. This man Casey, on returning to Phillipshurg was clnlAied to death by the villains who had led him into the crime of fraudulent voting. Mrs. Omears testified that she made the coffee with which the papers were colored. Mr. Omeara, ito inuket per, swears thai bis house was Riled with Irish colonist- ftoni Clearfield, ;*nd that he was engaged and paid for aiding the fraud, lie swears that ! one Father Tracy, a Catholic priest, acc-nt for a "lawyer from Clearfield," offered him first one hundred' then five hundred dollars, if he would ''go to New York" to avoid appearing as a witness. The evidence fur ther goes to show that some of the county officials of Luzerne are deeply implicated in this plot. The fraudulent papers purport to be issued from the Court of Luzerne county. The Prothonotary of that county testified that he did not feel authorized to produce the record books of the county. The committee (hen went to Wilksbarre. They found the Prothonotary and one of the record books missing, but by a lucky chance the record of the wrong year had been sto len. They found the book in which the names of these Phillipsburg voters should have been recorded, and not one of these names are in the liook. Comment on this is unnecceusary. Not only have the most flagrant frauds been perpetrated. but for gery, perjury, subornation, bribery and murder have been resorted to, obstruct in quiry, prevent exposure and to overawe justice. And in these things we get an inkling of the desperate character of the party with which we must contend next autumn. TFIE CONNKLLSVILL RAILROAD.— After the abiournment of the First Branch of the City Council last evening, the members were introduced to "VV. O. Hnghart. Esq., President of the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, and William IJ.1 J . Logan. Esq., of Pittsburg. The former briefly addressed the members in relation to the object of his Mayor and City Council in the effort to build the ninety miles remaining unfinished of the road to Cumberland. He referred to the efforts of those controlling the railwavs of Pennsylvania to d-vcrt the trace of the western section of .that State from Balti more to Philedelphia, and instanced, as one of the results thereof, the fact that only 34,- 000 barrels of petroleum had been sent from the great oil region to this city, while scv era! hundreds of thousand barrel- were ship ped to Philadelphia- He wanted this city to defer the receipt of the unpaid interest on the bonds heretofore endorsed by the city until I*7l, and also to extend other aid, so us to enable the road. He expected on Tuesday evening to have an opportunity of ,L. O:*. <J : ,i„. subject, when he wouid have with him tlie date to show the great advantages which wou!d)result from the early completion of the Connellsville Railroad. — Baltimore Ame rican.. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. —The Washington Chronicle of Friday morning says: The news from New Hampshire i- m ot satisfactory. Everything has changed for the better, and no Republican doubts our success at the election on the 10th of March, Gen erals Sickles and Cochrane commenced tin it canvass on Wednesday, and they will be followed by some of the ablest (.' ngrr -sional ; orators. We can imagine the effect <0 the! incisive rhetoric and eleni arguments of the mutilated Sickles upon the Deinocr;.-- of other days and the brave boys be led ia battle. As if to complete the itood news, Montgomery Blair is to help the Republicans of New Hampshire by speaking for the Democrats. The logic of this busy dialec tician is of the centrifugal order, driving off from any pary he supports all sensible and patriotic men. MR. TILTON, in the ludepeiidant, quoting the concluding paragraph of one of General 1 Grant's letters to the President, wherein he I repels the assault on his "honor a? a soldier. and integrity as a titan," remarks as follows: General Grant has driven hi- pen through the President like a spear. These closing words have a ehivalric ring. Their author, finding that his "honor as a -oldier" and this "integrity as a man has been violently assailed, smote his chief assailant flat against the cheek. Neither with voice nor pen (both of whieh he uses rarely) has General Grant ever appeared before the public to greater advantage than in the few lines which wo have above transcribed A SINGULAR piece of careless writing in "Nicholas Nickleby" does not appear to have ever attracted much attention. Ni cholas, it will be remembered, goes down to Yorkshire in mid-winter, and the severity of the weather is such that tho coach is snowed up on the way, and at the end of the journey the ice is so thick that water is not obtainable in sufficient quantities to en able Nicholas to give himself a wash, who is, therefore, obliged to content himself "with a dry polish." The next day, how ever, it is stated that one of the scholars is engaged "weeding the garden," indicating a change of season and tempeature not alto gether in accordance with natural laws. IF we are to judge of a fool by his folly, then Andrew Johnson needs neither judge nor jury to condemn him. The latest exlii bition he has made of himself, is the uonii nation ofGeneral Sherman to be General by brevet. As there is neither law, precedent, nor warrant of any kind for this action, it is transparentenough that its sole inspiration is a belittlcing desire to vent his petty spite upon General Grant. Such childish exhibi tions are looked for from fools and children; but from a President of the United States— faugh! A LETTER written by Governor Andrew three days before his death closes as follows: "The tendency of the house is toward Grant. And that is best. It is not the ideal good. It is bad for the country that he must leave his present post—bad for hint, the soldier, to try and to endure the hard fate which awaits him in civil life. Bnt it is the apparently best practical good the country can have. And Grant is so square and honest a man that I believe he is bound to be right in the main anywhere." THE United States bonds of ]s47, which matured on the 21st of December, will, it is understood, be paid on presentation at the Treasury Department or at the office of the Assistant Treasurer in New York, in terest being allowed only to the first of January last GENERAL NEWS ITERS. j THE Governor HAS signed the Pittsburgh i and Connellsville bill' TAT lower House of the State Legislature ; on Thursday a week go repealed the Liquor ; law passed lut year. A project is on foot for tunneling Niagara river. THE Hotis* l . of Delegates of Maryland has passed the bill apprenriatiug So,OOP fur the removal of the ConfeJerale dead to Ami eta u; National Cemetery. MR. STCIZMAR, of Somerset, introduced a bill into the legislature incorporating the Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad Com pany, coinecting Somerset with the l'ius burgh and Connellsville Railroad, bei.ig niue miles iu length. IT is stated that Dr. 8011, a "full-blooded negro," spoke to a crowded meeting rf De mocrats, it Lebanon. 111., one day lut week, lie edits u Democratic paper. Dr. Cull is a sort of nijgor to which no Copperhead ob jects. THE Republican State Convention of Mis sisippi last week nominated a full ticket (or State oflkets under the new Constitution. All the nominees are white. O* account of insnflicievt arrangements for voting, it is thought the Constitution in Alabama Ins been del'ealedfor want of a ma jority of tie votes registered- Ho.V. CLARL. 1 - Si'.M NKK And tho Hon. Kev- ! erdy Jobttou both say V*ot a State having : once ratified a eOßStitudo/aJ amendment, tan xiMt reconsider nod reje/t such amendment, j Pretty goiil authority t to t. !NKW HFLUPFTNTTIE AM Connecticut will it is anticipate!), be esrriof by the Republicans at j the approetjliiPi elections, by signal uiajori- i j ties. Deraoertfi bv hundreds Mre turning from Pendleton <1 Brick Potneroy and join- 1 ing Grant clubs. THE New Yor live publican State Conven- I tion adopted a i.-"itiiiou, by acclamation, indorsing General Grant for the Presidency, and instructed t| delegation to Chicago to j vote for him asp unit. Gov. Feuton was recommended ft* Vice President. TUB Republics! party throughout .he State are united in Igor of re-nominating Gen. John F. and Col. Jacob M. Camp bell, for the ofliqte of Auditor General and Surveyor General which they have filled for the last two year; THE U. S. Suneme Court on Monday lust i gave a decision itglte Georgia Reconstruction j case adverse to tkf bill, and discussing it for want of jurisdictip, and stated that the same principles applid to the McArdle case. — This opinion wij have a most important effect on many qifstions. THE Baltimore if mcricau learns that orders have been receidd at the Baltimore Custom House, direct fro# Washington, requiring all the employees toguWrike money to be used to promote Demdratie success in the elec tions shortly to tafe place iu Mew Hampshire. The amount to h levied upon each officer is specified, and a iilure to pay will no doubt entail dismissal. THE jTrrViioie'SIEEPATCH says: 1.1- ritet.ant- General Sbermai has telegraphed to one or two of his frieuit iu Washington and other places that he dots not wish to r >me here, and that hedoesnot believe the President can legally create a tew military division. Lieut. Gen. Sherman las telegraphed to his brother to have the Military Committee refuse to sanc tion the appointment, and the Senator will present a bill droving the authority of the President to male the proposed change. This action on the pa* of Lieut.-Geueiai Sherman j creates & great deal of talk. THE New York World's Washington special saysOen. Meads telegraphs to Gen. Grant that he is not ret certain wether the new constitution <!f Alabama has been accepted or - rejected. lie says it is reported that in some counties no election was held oil the fourth day, and in others none was held on either of the four days. He is investigating these re ports. and if be finds them true, will order special elections in these couuties, so that the constitution may be ratified. LLEFTK.VAJIR GEVER.U. SHERMAN'S uontiua (at lirtc-t Cenerui >= J<=u at Wash ington as highly significant of the President's intention to snub Gen. Grant, and if possible ignore bim entirely. Of c> urge the Senate will have something to say aliont allowing this purpose to succeed or in frustrating it. With out any disrespect for Sherman, the Senate can very justly prevent the President frdtat ] using that gallant soldier to work michief, and therefore we expect to see the nomination of Sherman for Brevet General, defeated. IT has already been discovered that fraudu lent Naturalization Papers were voted on i t t Fall " tfficient to defeat Judge Sharswo' 1 and two Copperhead Senator". Judge Williams j out of delicacy declines testing the election. ! Judge Sharswoot could hardly hold h:s seat j under these eir<u instances, and the people i ought to see that this question is fully probed. ' in Centre county an attempt was made to ; murder one of tht witnesses, and the I.egisla ! ture has offered a reward of S2OOO lor the ar j rest of the perpetrators. This is the reason | tbttt the Republican candidal, was defeated : for Supreme Judge last fall. ! THE General judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, through their chairman, the Hon. John Hie ttman, reported yesterday, resolutions extending the time for the revision and codification of the statute law to the period bf three years, reports to be made annually as to progress, and the work to be reported fimlly as a whole, re d not in detached parts. The resolutions also repeal the limitation by which the present Com mission is restrained from revising the British statutes and the revised statutes of I*3o-30, so that there aim be a fall, complete and satisfactory codification of ail now existing statutory law. HON. HORATIO SKYMOI K. of New York, says: 1 assure you lam not a candidate tor the office of President. In my letter I said what I meant, aud I sun annoyed to find it is looked upon by tome at a strategic movement. I have had a larg? number of letters from leading men in the Northwest. I have writ-, ten to them that aiy name would not go be fore the National Convention. 1 am very much gratified that my friends are wiiliug to support mo for the office of President —as much pleased as if I wished the office. 1 do not know when I can go to Albany, but I have told all my friends there my purposes, whenever I conld a-j without exposing myself to the imputation of declining what might be beyond ray reach. As the spring flections are approaching, we would again call the attention of our Re publican friends to the private circular issued ■ some time ago, by Wallace, the chairman of , the Copperhead State Central Committee. We urge alt to he wide awake, and turn out ! to the polls and see thnt we elect our share of ; the Judges, Inspectors, Assessors, Ac. EARL Derby, the British Premier, has beeu | very ill, but is now recovering. It is thought that Lord Stanley will soon succeed Earl Derby at the head of the Ministry. The semi official Paris papers deny the reports current about changes in the French Ministry, and of alterations in the Constitution of the Empire. The dinner to Admiral Farragut at Florence was a grand affair, the Italian Liberals making it a marked demonstration of their gpod will toward the United States. Admiral Farragut, in acknowiedging a toast in his honor, spoke of his love for Italy aud confidence in her noble progress. A DISPATCH from Montgomery, dated the 15th, states that unofficial returns from all but fourteen counties show a vote of 73,300 for ratification, and four hundred against. The total vote will reach about 81,000, a majority, no doubt, of all the legal voters now living in the State. The vote, under the circumstances, is regarded here as a remark able one, making it certain that with good weather and fair election, a very large major ity of the registered voters wouid have voted for ratification. THERE seem- to be doubt that the ap-1 pointment of Minister to England has been tendered to General George B. McC'lellan, as nothing definite has yet been heard front him as to its acceptance. The resignation of Mr. Adatns, it has been ascertained from an official source, takes place in April. Gov. GEARY pardoned Wl*tn Meetser, editor of the Philadelphia Mercury, i convicted of libelon William/*. Mann, Dis trict Attorney of Pbiladelptl#- i Gov. HOLDLN writes D-Senator Wilson that North Carolina will A vc thirty thou sand majority for the oeycoow.itotien.. K ALL petitions in Ba4tvuptcy filed flftcr the 28th inst., will not /ntitlc the petition t cr to a discharge unle* bis assets pay fifty ' per cent, of his debit- THE Legislature v>H deserve commenda tion if it a< tually ojourns by the 24th of | March, which is tie day now fixed upon by ! j the Senate, I A PATENT sh.e-pegger is being manufac tured in Noyhaniptott, Massachusetts, which makes tie hole, cuts off the peg and drives it home A workman can easily peg a shoe or a IwOt in a ruinate. STRAY Ki'KKP.—Cttue to the reeitltDco of (h© iuhA-Titnir ia Wct Pro?i<Je©< * townihip, ftoco© time ii November, u good sued *hee|>. The owner will J*ke tho usual course and remove it. jan3l:3t WM. MASTER**. ( R<T PA RTN EK S 111 P. IMPEUIAL ft A ROMS ATOM', • DBCRMBKR 12, 1867. i J, f.. VV Kit, H T is atlniiUed to an interest in ,ur bo!ues trout this .iaie. The tstjrl* of o-ir dm is i-hangod to (j. 11. OSTER A CO. Bedford, jantil-lin ti. R. A W. OSTER. P HASTES. The uudtri-iyne.i would respectfully inform the j public, that he is now prepared to supply both BOCK AND GROUND PLASTER, ■ at hit. Warehouse. JOHN W. BARN HOLLAR. Bloody Run buuion, Jan. 31, IS6S-.';m. I FT 0 R SALE. ; F The andersigned otter, lor sale an exoefleut iron gr.-ty lIORSE, 7 years ld. Aiso, a good BI HOY and ,et ol barnes-. Many of uty friends in this county know that the shore is worthy of I pun-base. Terms cash, or th< best of negotiable ! paper. Further information tan be obtained by applying to Riv. W. CASE, jn24:tt Bloody Run, Pa. DKNTLSTRY. I. N. BOWSER, ITEMDKITT HC.VIIST, Woon- BKKitx. Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each tnontb, commencing with the second Tuesday of the month. Prepared to pertarm all Dental oper i ations with whieh he may be favored. Terms j within the reneh of a>> tt md strictly cash except by tpeciul contract. Work to 1* sent by mail or oth wise, must be paid for when impressions are taken. aug&, '®4:tf. NST MUSLINST Just received at the IMPERIAL BAKOAIX STOUT.! New York Jlills, U tie a Nonpariel, Wamsutta Mills, Wiliiam-ville, Fruit of the Loom, Nonsuch, Semper Idrtn, Lousdale, Hope Mills, Ae. Together with other first class makes in bleached and unbleached, at the lowest prices. At muslins are now adrancing we think it s very safo time fur fatuiljc" to lay in a supply. It OSTER A CO. Bedford, Jan.Jl-1 m QOAL! COAL! I COAL I!! BEDFORD TU HAVE A COAL YARD. Ilav.i made .irruageiuvnt* with .tohn Taylor A Suns, who hare just oj>eDed a new Mine in the celebrated •' k fecacu, I wit! always have the best of Bitcn.inous Coal on hand and for safe by | the car load, ton or bushel. All orders promptly filled. WILLIAM HIBERT. i January 3. dm I.T XECCTDR'S NOT ICR.—Letters Testament J ary uj-on the estate of Jam*? Pi>er, letc of Hopewell township, deeeaeed. having been isued bv the Iegii?ier of Bedford county to the 6ub§cri berf. tbev hereby give notice to all persons in dtrd to the estate of the said deceased to make payment. Claims against the estate tfamM be preeemed iuiuiediateij, properly suthenticated for settlement J. J. BAENDOLLAR, t raiding ui Bloodv Kun, ' KiW.UM) ABHCOM, i-esiding in tt>DewelI f ) i ' .'Hift -iU Ext- | -1 j tj upon the estate ol Jacob Dull, late of Na . i'.er tf.., iecearsAkd, having been i&sved by the Keg , i.veT vl Bedford county to the undersigned, ihuy give notioe to all itidebfed to ?aid estate to make ' immediate payracxit, and those having claimr against faid estate are notified to present them " f propcrlv authenticated for settlement. JOiiN KKI.MINfiEK, jnlo:6w JMS 1>(-LL Kxeeutor*. / C-I.CATE*B AHOMATIt'VEGET ABLE SOAP. \ snperior TOILET SOAP, prepared from re- ! fined VEGETABLE OILS in combination with ! Glycerine, and espeuiaJly designed for the use of ! JLAIM 1.3 aoo br he >* \ R>KRY. perfume is : u xqui.-ite, iu* i iic aaahitig properties unrivaled, j Jr'. r by all druggi* -. ju1y,16,67.y I | i rpHU 31 A.SON & 11 A3! LIN I CAB IN K T OK(>A N . Forty different .-tyles, adapted to sacred and j secular music, for SSO to S6OO each. Fiffty.one j ! (7old and .Silver Medals, or other first premiums j awarded them. Illustrated Catalogue free. Ad- j I dress. MASON Jt HAMLIN, Boston, or MASON I BOTHLUS, New York. March if: lyr. () 1 c | n IS THE LEST CHANCE ever offered agent"' One or two day's time will secure a ' good .Sewing Machine. Watch, Silk Dress, Rcvol- i ver, or some other article of equal value. Free of • Cost 1 Age -t< wanted every where, male and fe male, for the best One Dollar Pawnbroker's Sale j in the country. Send for a circular. S. C. THOMPSON' A CO., Jan.:s-m3 30 Hanover, Street, Boston, Mas ■ KDFORD CLASSICAL SCHOOL. sot *!>:> BV UR. JOHV I.TOW, 1859. FREDERICK WOODS, Principal. A first-class school for the instruction of youth I of both sexes in a classical and English education, ' Including Latin, 'treek, French. German, Matbe ! tuatics and the ordinary English hranche,. Terms moderate. Students from a distance can i obtain hoard in town at reasonable rates. REFSRKKCEB: Hon. A. King, iJobnP, Reed, Hon. J. F Hartley, H. Nicodcmus, j Win. Hartley, R. B. Lewis, ; O. E. Shannon, iC. N. Hickok, jW. H. Watson. M. D., Geo. Blymyer, B. F. Harry, M. D,. 0. P. Shuck, Sam'l L. Russell, !<\ Colfelt, I Jacob Reed, Ross Anderson, M. D. ! B. F. Myers, IJohn Lntt. William Lyon. janlS:3m. BEAT REDUCTION. MRS. K. V. MOWERY, Ilat now a new and FASHIONABLE stock of MILLNKKY, DRESS AND FANCY GOODS. The finest FRENCH MEKTNOES and Dress Goods in the Market. AH of which has just been greatly reduced in price, and wilt be sold as cbcup as the cheapest. December 13th, IStS7.-m3 STILL THEY COME !* A NEW SUPPLY OF DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, GROCE RIES, BOOTS and SHOES, JUST RECEIVED *ro A* REDUCED PRICES, AT J. M. SHOEMAKER'S CHEAP STORE. December 13tb. 1887. tf ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OK BEDFORD COUNTY. Gxorge MAAIWMRR, Esq., Treasurer of Bedford , COUNTY, in account with said county, from Jan uary 9, A. U. IW7, to January n, A. T>. 186*. TITAKI iter., DK. To BALANCE .A TFC.-U,y.....„ $1176 91 To amount received from A J KTIUUM, former Treasurer lot) 00 To amount of tax received froui oollectore — Aaron Keed, Woodberry South 1863 910 00 Samuel Bender, Bloody Run ISfii 13 70 Samuel Buckley. St Clair do 107 32 John C Black, Bloody Run 1>65 YJ 44 Arch Blair, Cumberland Valley do 111 "A Henry Wertl, Harrison..... J* 138 M Adolphu* Ake, Union do L.'II 15 Satnl Cries man, Woodberry Sooth... do II 20 E F Kerr, Bedford IJorougn 1866 1118 37 Henry Moses, Bedford townabip „... do 1966 20 John R Figard, Broad Top do 696 *6 Jerre Thompson, Bloody Hun do 100 00 ..'.toob Bowser, CO'eraiu do JIM 88 Henry llite, Cumberland Yalley do 712 OS A W Shoemaker, Harrison do 283 20 James Fink, Hopewell DO 210 82 llenry Horn, Juniata do 585 84 Jacob Evans, Londonderry.. do 502 49 John MET'lain, Liberty.. "... do 2;0 00 Jacob Fiftcher, Monroe do 02 45 llenry Egolf, Napier do 520 O4 Uriah Mellott, Providence E do 140 36 JO- H H Spaika, Providence Vf do 455 00 Julin Kemcry, Sclifllaburg do 173 Oli V, M Oris -.tiger Snake Spring do 823 88 Moses Tewfcfi, Southampton DO 431 43 Henry F Smith, St. Clair <io 1275 25 Henry C<=r>, Union do 1065 15 Solomon Barley, Woodberry >!_ do 1650 63 Martin Brumbaugh, Woodberry 5... do 1936 88 Henry Xicodfinu.", Bedford Bur 1867 350 till iaaa I> Earnest, RE iford Tp do 797 50 Alei Tate, Bloody Run do 225 00 John C Figard, Broad Top do 327 09 Wm K Greene, Coalda'E... do 102 80 Darid Diehl, Coleiain 676 40 Tt.biaa Boor, Cumberland Valley. ._ do 577 GO William Egolf, Harrison do 295 00 James Fink, Hopewell do 388 30 •John Barber, Juniata do 607 00 Jacob Kvacs, Londonderry do 200 00 tleorge Nycum, Monroe do 733 00 James Taylor, Napier do 751 79 Jacob ( hamberlein, Providence E... do 324 00 Joseph Weaverling, Pre videnee W... do 290 00 I'eter Dewalt, Brbl)*burg do 91 00 Harrison Hartley, Snake Spring do 425 00 Henry Bennett, Southampton do 1(0 75 Joseph C'iaar, Union do 625 00 Solomon Barley, Woodbeny M do 488 73 Josiab Kitebey, Wood berry S do 860 06 Samuel Slick, St. Claii do 750 00 To money received from Hood Templars, for rent 22 00 To money borrowed from Michael S Kttohcy 300 00 To money borrowed from John Sill ........ 1000 00 To money borrowed from John Kemery.. 2000 00 To money received from J B Farquhar, former Treasurer 324 06 To money received liorn Episcopal church for luel in Court House 5 50 To fines in eaie of Charleston, Smith and Baglcy 7 00 ; To cost# recovered from Peter Foedker... 86 00 To money received for Huckster's Licen ses 213 00 To money received by sale of unseated land* 10 70 Total charges.... $34011 40 TittAsree*. CR. On sundry checks DRAWN by the Commissioners, as follows, vis: Paid tlrand Jurors, February term 152 58 Petit Jurors, February term 345 09 Petit Jurbrs, February Special term 356 23 Grand Jurors, April term 140 61 Petit Jurors, April term 310 20 Grand Jurors, September term 185 76 Petit Jurors, September term 367 29 Grand Jurors, November term 178 64 Petit Jurors, November term 357 02 Petit Jurors, adjourned Court 318 77 Isaac Kcckinger, Jury Commissioner..._ 125 96 William Kirk, Jury Commissioner 121 06 J G Fisher, clerk to Jury Commission rs 64 30 >1 A Points, clerk to Jury Commission'™ 30 OS Preparing ASSESSMENT book, correcting as sessment. making out and distributing duplicates aud services at special term; 94 90 Tipstaves 285 50 Talesmen 54 37 T'ourt-crier 143 99 Fox and wild rat scalps 413 96 Assessors making ASSESSMENT returns 1010 90 Constable's returns 383 34 , Michael WeiU, Commissioner S salary... 220 90 ! I'aTid Iluwsare, Commissioner's salary... 209 10 ,M. 5. Ritehey, Commissioner' A salary, 191 80 i Peter M Barton, Commissioner's salary 34 00 : 3 '■ Fisher, EL'k. to Commissioners 380 00 R 8 tec A* AN, Sheriff, B-ajding prisoners, 933 25 It 8 tec I; IN ah, "Wcriff, -anting prisoners to Western Pen it. >IARY OOG 99 Expenses of .Spring els tfoo. ~ 21.2 10 Expenses f General E' etion .... 339 05 Charies -HER wine. aert ices as janitor 91 25 i Additional Insurance of Court House and JAF - 21 85 ' \\ S Flack, costs as Sheriff 22 92 i Daniel Bonier, cleaning and repairing 'lt Court House ciook S 59 J I I' K Shannon, fees as Prothonotary 150 50 | E I-' Kerr, attorney to Commissioners 100 CO \ Holding Special election ill Providence W 11 32 . A. Mower, fur eie- Hon returns from . Kains'ourg Bor ; 039 J P. Fluck, commissioner to divide Wood ! buy, M ." 15 00 Uauiel Barley 15 99 I G W Williams X 5 00 j Costs in commonwealth ases J(I71 96 I Fees of Justices and constables in com monwealth ca-es 19 95 ] Wood and coal, for public buildings, and hauling same 1741 53 I' Interest on money borrowed from John SIU 160 00 IV G Perry, record books for Proth'tary's i "FFIEC 82 50 j Expreasage ■> 20 Seals and presses fur Proth tary'S office... 94 25 .1 W Di.-kerson, docket fees 52 97 I Samuel Roberts, commissioner to diride .Southampton Tp....~ 4 00 J B Fiuek, commissioner to divide South ampton township 7 00 Jaeub Fries, erecting liopowell bridge.... 3700 00 Harry Drullinger mason work at Hope well bridge 3084 25 George Gibbon*, building bridge at Roades' Mill 2066 66 Work done upon bridge at MO WRY** in Juniata 700 00 , Work done upon bridge at Statler's, in Napier 19 20 1 '-'ridge expenses 64 00 Bridge views 28 00 Load views .........237 50 JU.-hua Mower, cleaning and scrubbing Court House 42 00 -Mary Morris, cleaning and scrubbing Court House. 57 00 Wiliiam Troutman, work done at jail 29 00 Joshua Mower, work done at jail 13 06 Rewards and mileage, arresting horse thieves and prisoners 134 04 Expenses at bridge SALES. 49 40 Keeping prisoners in Western Peniten tiary 412 67 George Mardorff, costs iu Johnson Barnes' case 3 75 .1 W Dickerson, attorney to Commission ers 75 00 J. W. Dickerson. percentage on collec tions 30 09 Durborruw A L.uti, advertising 603 50 Meyers A Alengel, advertising 568 30 Jo d.> blank printing 136 50 Bridge piank 10 00 I F Grove, boarding Jurors. 8 00 Inquest on body of Harry Tipper 16 45 Charles Crothcrs, bounty and interest 36 25 Plastering and spouting Inil, grading and curbing pavement, sattd and brick 'and hauling same 121 60 Expenses at Jail 71 20 P.evenne stamps, postage. Stationery, AC. 62 SO E L'Kerr, services as attorney.... 114 50 K F Kerr, for u-e of county 13 50 E F Kerr, costs on judgment vs. collnc l ECU, 13 75 Lumber and piank 13 27 P llunard, table and book-case... 12 50 Repairing briage-at Lyons' 6 OO Telegraphing after prisoners 8 75 Thomas Hugaes, work at bridge 20 00 Hobbtiug prisoners and making chains and biacksraithing.. 21 15 Removing prisoners from Cumberland to county Jail 56 80 Removing prisoners from Fulton county to county Jail 47 20 Repairs in Prothonotary office 17 50 A Ake, money everpa d on duplicates 1 00 haiuuel Ileckley, money overpaid on duplicates 1 SO Henry Egjlf, money overpaid 00 dupli cates 10 Henry Moses, money overpaid on county Tax 66 55 Money overpaid on militia 3 97 George Maxdorfl, money overcredited on duplicate of 11 Moses 69 65 James Fink, money overpaid on militia tax..... 1 53 Soloinor Shrader, money overpaid on duplicate* sjjs Mose.Tew.il, money overpaid on dnpu. Jacob Fletcher, money overpaid on dan" 1 * 1ieata...„..„.„. * A Blair, money overpaid on depitaL'"" 314 Hrry Hit*, money overp.il County 647 Henry F. Smith, money overpaid * '* Ux .a. J Fisher, money overpaid „„ ianlicel# t C| Bill of goods tut prisoner-, „ ' " 11 Court House J "hn k aufiman and J Beneigi,, dmur, '' <v on road. Plank for bridges at Bloody Kan "* 34 44 K Hteckman, Sbariff. .nmrnoning Juror,; w, , Knofltng latbae 4 J W Tate, money wrongly pa,d on f® J,'' Job Mann, 44 > - " " Lewis Muck, work dme at Hopewell liT bridge George Koades, rip-rappiug bridge 04 Htot<*rstowo K:-.| euKa of holding sppaic Expenses of holding county Instiiuu ij ' ? Treasurer', salary Revenue -lamps, postage Ar " t Bank note detector George Mardorff, refunding ioes of aete ' A slolvn Auditors anl clerk .7; B</ CI UM Merwion, MUhHuv aaitt-/r. .. ." Total creditt, Charges tMji't'j" 40 ' 71 CndiU 26' -.-9 71 . Balance in county treasury sB9ll 6- Jfuatyt 'ln' aadawiMf to lir.ijord connt, / Collector*, and "there, for 1887 ani pre a out yt-irn. from ColUrt'jrt; Stat*;. Coy. if,. JAOeborne, B.Top. '57 $76 01 $lO6 8, s * L Evans, B. Top. 'is, 230 if, 259 6; S Heck ley, St.Clir '64, 846 291 n tlf Akera, Bed. B. 41, - 2 . t J C Black. 11. Kun, '65, A Blair, C. V'alley, *65, 4 r, 1.,. J C Figart, B.Top. W, JJ J Thompson,B. R., 60, 44 36 77 70 * Jac Bowser,Cole'c, '56, 346 92 J H II Fparks.F.W.'s6, 269 76 J Kcioery,S heilr'g 'SS, 42 93 11 89 j . H. Curl, Union tp, '66, 26 61 J1 Nieodemus.B.B., '67, 670 ?.J E F Kerr. do. '66, 249 37 lj v- X D Kirnest, B. tp. '67, 9*4 14 y A Tate, B. Ron, 'O7. 165 67 • q sllO9 88 J C Figart, Brood Top, 1867, 1650 19 13 e , Darid Diehl, Colerain, do 454 14 Tobiss Boor. Comb. Valley do 487 99 „i * *• Egolf, Harrison, do 185 92 j James Fink, Hopewell, do 501 27 15 John Garber, Juniata, do 38 14 59 Jacob Evans, Londonderry, do 595 SC 27 J T Shirlty, Liberty, do 404 78 14 George NyffOm. Monroe, do 119 41 ..j James Taylor, Napier, do 424 69 77 . J ''hambtrlain, Prov. E.. do 27S 31 lj Jos Weaverling, Prov. W., do 187 55 20 fi S. Flock, Sexton. do 130 SO 19 *j, Peter Dewalt. Schellsburg, do 140 51 3 H Hartley, Snake Spring, do 306 00 25 t H Bennett, Southampton, do 546 46 51 Joseph Claw, Union, do 327 34 .W Sol. Barley, Woodberry M. do 1587 06 33 Jos Ritehey, Woodberry, 8. do 996 63 41 Rami VV Sleek, St. Clair, do 617 2 8 65 , [♦Bounty.] $12581 26 $-'.' R Amonnt due on County tax $1254! !. do do State tax 1109 9 do do MitHia tax 83164 do do Bounty tax 2l-S 2y do do from J. B. Farquhar, former treasurer S: r Total due county - $!4,9H JKbaey 01 red 6y Bedford County. Jobu hill, on note it't't t John Kemery, on note 7 Total indebtedness ihv>- 04 Bedford CoHtrty, US. The undersigned aud'tors of said eoaai.i, certify, that, in pur.-uanoe of the Acts of A-.-eas.- in such cases made and provided, thev met the Court House in the Borough of Bedf.rd, 4-i did eudit uud adjust the accounts of George Ms:- durff, Treasurer of said county, for the year, '. i' 1867, as contained in the foregoing suteoiet ■. and that they have examined the foregoing t counts due to and owed fay said county and thi ther have found the same to be correct. Witness onr hands this loth dav of Jan.*—, A. D. 186*. JAMES Mi TTISOLT, JOBX D. LV'JAS. S. WHIP, Audita re. Attest: W. C.S, HAxrFEK, Clerk. To the Auditor (itaermi of l'ea. yicaniu. GBORRE MißtKiarr, Esq., Treasurer 0! t;,:. ford county in account with the Common*eoithcf i Pennsvlvania, from January 9, 1967. to Janaarr ! 8. 1 >6B: Treasarer. CR By receipt of State Treasurer .'5 do do do 35" i do du do "7 do do do for annui.- ties 260 Associate Judges'salary 59 Treasurers' per centage >5 27 $8606 77 MerrJtanif Lite lists Treasurer, DK. To aggregate amount assessed for the year loiiT 910 Treasurer, CR. By Treasurer's tur ventage 45 50 Durborrsw A Lutz, advertising list of retailers _... 14 70 Meyers i MengeL do 14 70 By receipt of State Treasurer 500 00 574 '• Balance due State $735 i c Tarern Licenses. Treasuxer, DR. To aggregate amount assessed for 18t'7. $515 Treasurer. CR. By Treasurer's per centage, 23 75 BT receipt of State Treasurer 500 00 Credit by balance i! 0 75 Eating Houses. Treasurer, Pii To aggregate amount a-sensed for 1567 . SC 1 Treasurer, CR. By Treasurer's percentage 4 84 Balance due .State F74 Banking Houses. Treasurer, DR. To aggregate amour t a-ses-ed for 1367... 78 Treasurer, CR. By Treasurer's per ceDtage ! Balance due State 41? J Treasurer, DR. To balance in County Treasury 9517 •' Treasurer, Clt. By sundry payments to Commonwealth on indebtedness SISB '• Net balance in County Treasury 86H Bedford County, SS: The undersigned Auditors of said 1 _-,uo:y : hereby, certify thai, in pursuance of Uie Ac* Assembly, in such coves made and provided. ti<; met at the Court the borough of Be: ford and did audit and adjust the accounts i* tweon George Alardorff. Tre-i-uror of -id ' ' and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvau.A. s -" E taioed in the foregoing statements Witness our bauds this 9th day of Janui'V 1368. JOHS' D. LCCAS. JAMES MATT.'SGLI S. WHIP, Auditor*. _ Attest: W. C. 8* HARPPRR, Clerk. feb7:tt pAINT \ N G. G. A. BILD UATTHSW P. HILDA SPIDKL Respectfully inform the public, that haviri; ed a partnership, thev are now prepared to do ■ kinds of PLAIN and FANCY PAINTING, 1 A PER HANGING. Ae. Sign Painting, ano ' kinds of Wood Imitation executed beau .u Prices moderate. The patronage of iae !'•'• is solicited. We refer to Judge King, Win. B r ley, 0. E. Shannon, S. L. Russell. 7* IAXECVTORS' NOTlCE.— Letters iestsien •' J ry upon the estate of J 08. .-ELLKRS, lib - Bedford tp., deceased, having been grantso 1 I undersigned by the Register of Bedford eons . ■ | they hereby give notice to all persons ti de®' 4 I said estate to make payment, and tbo-e ITI - claims against the same will present tbein pn . erly authenticated for settlement. JNO. S. SCROAT, J. T. GEi'HART, WM. SCHAKFFEB, iao. 17 6- Exeen' •'>
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