THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT.BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COL NTY, PA. SIOCXWAYft tUWlVL,lUiat. BLOOMSBUgG, PA. Friday. FEB. 31,.170. PRUSKtUTIUNS FUR SPITE. Court are Instituted for the adrnlnlstra- Hon if Justice, the protection of tbelnno cent, u to punishment of the eulltr. The Utulesof this State full describo the act which are punishable ai crime. The design of these laws was the protection of society by preventing the commission olcrlmea.ami not simply to Rratlfy the animosity of I H I . . r. . itnuvmiiais. 11 not unlreqiiently nap pens that prosecutions are started for the gratification of personal spite, rath r than from a dotire. to vindicate the law. It Is not deputed that any person has the legal right to prosecute when ho can show sufficient grounds for a binding over, The law does not Inquire Into ther motive utit could be generally understood that the accomplishment of the object Is not nl ways rcrtaln.it is probable that tho number of this kind of actions would be greatly diminished, Ihero 'hare been many in stances in our Court where two parties, hay iiig had a sparring exercise resulting In bloody noses, have had each other indicted lor assault and battery. After putting the tounty to a largo amount of costs, the par lies succeed in convicting each other, and a line and costs fullow, and tho fact that th other fellow is in the same fix is but poor ............ I Miisiaciion in the heglnning, peihaps both Han, annal 1.1 - . 1.1 1 t I """ nenner was oawy pun, ami jet 10 grainy tneir personal spite , e P"""01" ,ere ,,n""tM. "n?e bill u. utiH ne.mer one oenented by e . i7 a I . a 1 "I , Puncmn v. u.... U, uuu .utu drcumiugcei .. .oove, experience snouia leach that "T "T . . " " D"er ln'n resorting 10 wo criminal uourla. There are other instances where indict- t. h... .J .U. . u vuuuij pui . cporc, ... nuuu Ull lue iril, me "ii"" lusituKieu ids jury mat me crime I cnargea in me inaictment was not sustained by the eviderce and therefore no conviction could could be had. Society must be protected, and therefore it is necessary that criminals should be punish ed even if the cost be great. The safety of the people isiar more important than money. Dot in cases where society at large is not in jured, wheu the parties are both blameable, and when the motive for the prosecution is I personal enmity, people should be slow about bringing such cases to Court. Much valua- ble time is wasted by Grand Juries in hear- lag such cases, and if a true bill is found, by the uourt and jurors in trying them, and all mis expense is borne by the county. The result is rrequenUy unfavorable to the prose- color, and no one is benefited. While it is UU,J UI 0y B ciuxen to see that crime shall not go unpunished, no good citl- i win put upon me tax payers the exnensa of a prosecution which is intended simply " grauueauou oi nis own malice, and wmco is ox no interest or benefit to the pub- -Hf. J- ... f . ., .1. c iuo luuowwg irom tne Uaiellt t Julktin : I ..Jt!l?rS-h 'Mifflin.'('r''.h"j"8t been ,iuiu luiuiairy. oome niriv rompia prevailed but recently about his hav mi been nicked un bv thn nnllm ir.: ,. burg, and obscene literature being found on jus person. Charges were soon after preferred ; iuo uraimuK eiuer oi tne aistnct againt Jmn, who appointed a committee, and one, it is said, of Mr. Wilson's own selection, to pass upon the charges. Rev. J. W. Olewine Ji n d i. or oomp'sinants, and Hev. iTtVwn""?''": a-M B-Meaurray lor ifaZiZJZZRZSSZ Buieu. xne judgment thus rendered against him is subject to review at the conference """"""'P- . wiuoeo usca to preach m this county, bat was qotcd more for his vile abuse of Demo- crais man tor piety. We are told that Ecu- iku u, oia not- only retUsed to follow Moaes u.u xua aua oi Canaan, but had adulterous connootion wfth Bilhah. Tbe modern Reu- oen likewise seems to have abandoned tho ruaia 10 me nappy land or Canaan" and if he has not unln.llv onvMintn..ul . limit I v.mw a uiiuau i ne seems to bo in a fair way to do so. Du- ... . no cmiuy "ed over with . , luwarus iemocrats, but .una ii wis .always at a sare distance from rank vegetation, it only grows on bottom suit gunpowder. Like ancient Reuben "tho dis- able to it ; but onco so situated, grows strong u. ureiureu coma not move r .u v S shecptolds, and preferred the shepherd's pipe and the bleat- j .i. cu,mor 01 tne.trumpet and the tormod of battle." The Catawlssa Item complains about the . rdly rot ,D fummer dUtribuUon of the SherifiPa adrtl.in. t Having answered borne oP'Sportsman's" thb county It is .conceded that attorn.. 1 .1 II.. ,. . . . mvo uu ngai 10 direct In what papers their writs shall be advertlsed,and if they see fit to name the Republican atd Columbian be cause either cneof lhm has a larger clrcnla Hon than all the other nanere tosether M l. nn cause of complaint, unless it can be shown that some one else besides the little news- papers that need publio patronage to keep luvtn auve, is injured. The object of adver- Using sheriffs sales is to give notice to par- ties interested, and to secure outl hl.M.r. if possible, and this is best accomplished bv t..i it ... J I -.iug wi uieuiums naving the widest circu-1 latiou. The law requires tbe advertisement to go in two papers, but the plan of the jVroil is to nave them go in alt the papers, for tbe nouse3 l'laDt gardens and lawns, niake'orcb aams price that two papers now receive ; ana an vineyards, and render our homos at that Is, that the papers read by most every' tractive and happy. We want to know bet- aody shall divide with those having a few readers only. Notwithstanding Sheriff Wea-1 vers action in Northumberland county, we doubt whetuer (he sheriff can collect any more for advertising than tbe amount charg- a by two papers, be it large or small. As to the "outrageously extravagant price" paid the Columbian for legal advertising, we have to say that our rates are much low- r than those in many surrounding counties and are considered extravagant only by those who would like the opportunltyjof making - tbe same charges. If our rates are too hluh why does Myers charge the same, for the le- gal advertising he gets ? The larger the clr- eolation of a pa per, the higher its advertis- ln rates : so half the amount efi.rt-l i theCoLUMBUK might be considered orbiUnt" for the Iltm, with only about one- filth of our circulation. We wish the Item success, but as its proposition to distribute legal' advertising among tbe six paperr of me county lor me same price as now charged I uyi-o, can uocameu out oniy by sgreement ofth. printer, wecertalnlyshallnotconsent ,. . ,r .17, r u ihm hi inn. amnnv Ihm nllia .. i I iTT , ''r"i " ig btbersas one of the two paper. In which cer-1 BOt .-.u.rB., .,.,BS required to be In-1 they may suffer much inconvenience and ir-erted- j hap. lo. POOR IIARTRANFT. This late aspirant for the Presidency. hat just vacated the Extcutive Cbalr, and the boys whom he had heretofore aided are now trying to place hit where he can do the most good. The plea Is that he is Im pecunious. Let us see. During tho war he received the pay of a General with all the usual commutations, and every soldier knows that in the actual service there is no necessity or excuse for extravagance Kor six years he was Auditor General of the State at asalarr of about $5,000, a year, say $30,000 for the two terms, and besides had atnplo tlmo to superintend his magnificent farm and blooded stock In Montgomery County, lie was then twice elected Gover nor, and held that position fur six years at an annual salary of $10,000, besides a mag nificent residence and furniture, making 1 $60,000, more. At tho close ol bis term he was appointed Mtjnr General of the Slate Guird, a position he kept open for himself while Governor. He then roosted In Phila delphia, that Mecca ot rlngsters, and has been appointed and confirmed as Post Mas ter of that City at a salary of $4500. But Col. MrClure and other friends Insist that ho should be Philadelphia's next ShcrlfT.and the main argument is his alleged poverty. In the first place the people are not obliged to support political paupers forever. Again, if llartranft, out of such large salarles,could not save something for bimselr', he is not a safe man to trust with the affairs ol others. The tact is that be prostituted his official position to dabble in fancy stocks, and his losses, if any, aro the result of that species of gambling. In proof of this we submit the following letter : AuniTou General's Office, Ilarnsburg, Pa., March 9, 1870. Pear Ycrkei; Buy as soon as possible inn .i..p. r n n.i, s, a i i v.i - w . ll u . I V. . U HIICKUI UDT I t 1 ie, B. B. alld tllen have mV8CC0Unt. or ...h. ' er haTe an extract made from my account ihi r en ... i... th.. ...! ea on oil Creek. Let me havo this as soon as ,oa ran coaxeDieMr. The Altorney Gen eral has given a decision against our settle- ment on Oil Creek which takes the starch tgbt out. I don't know what to say about buyInB 011 Creek as a future investment. If vou think wen ol i. vna m hnv r ,MnV in., i,nr.. ., iL.f it in - s....i. ....... 6 "P ""'I" everything else is drooping.'.but little can be exnort frnm n f'rlr WL.f .1 you Mv r nM i Yours &a., J. F. Hartranft, As to his qualifications for Sheriff, h might do as a hangman, as his successful feat of hanging Mrs. Surratt shows. WILD RICE. As many of Our citizens havo subscribed money for the purpose of procuring and sow K wild rice in the Susquehanna, at or near this place for the purpose of protecting fish. and attracting wild fowls, tho following sug- gestions from a correspondent of the Patriot may be ot interest Editor Patriot : Although not a sci- cntist I will irv to nnswnr thr nrtinlA nn wild rice, written bv Snortsman." in vour issur, of the 13th in which he asks, "Will wild fowl bo attracted hero by tho wild rice instead of iminir tn ihn nnribrm lt grounds in the early spring, to pair and breed as instinct and habit have led them to do an nually ?' i Tr t i . i . . x& ufiuiusuiau ts a ypcviauuiB, ua ougnt to know, from practical observation, that very fflW VtMA fnvl fMiiMra in narftxitla.! . ..... ,-- . t-au(, .iir here in ear v inrini. hut An muu, ... tl,a mnntt. nf A i.;i .-A i...: V.J ...u siit'unon when here atnn hut 1a n. alior n long flight for a few hours, then take the "wings of the morning," and fly away. But if we havo wild rice in the river, they may be induced to remain some time, having some thing to subsist upon. "Sportaman" again writes : "Will not wild fowl seek the open waters of the southern ba'8 ana "vers in winter, where food is plen- ty, instead ot staying hero ou tho ico bound river?" Undoubtedly. It is not to be ex W"J fowl wi" 8,ay Lere iD tbe winter wuero cannot even get water let alono the rico. But wildfowl in tneir migratory flight will bo induced to stay here during tho iau months by the wild rico which they can subsist upon, while overy fall within the last ten years they havo parsed us in largb quantl Nes. i'or further information in regard to the tendency wild rico has to stay wild fowl in their flight I would refer "S portsman" to an article on "Wild Rico" in a late number of tho Forett and Stream. na . ii . mtfti ... jpuriouijii asits : -tvill not wild rico the same as other rank vegetation rot in the summerand fall, and awist in spreading ma- lana r i will say that wild rico ii not a and healthy witu-good roots, killing all filth holding vegetation that it can outgrow. As toils rotting in the summer, I would say it does not, like wheat, head In the summer.but ia the latter part of September, and therefore, P"68 t0 tho best of my ability, I would Alt h mln llirnm JA 1. 1 H 1. t . " """'a11 PfJU' dices and lend us a helping hand in the wor thy object of planting wild rice. We Want Education. Tbo members of tho order of Patrons of Husbandry havo much to learn and much to u'scu'3 anJ will tako a long time to bring M""""8 10 a true Knowledge ot tbe different Ject that affect their interest in common with the interests of every other industry. Wo want to too" how better to work our :l- r.:i? i . au"3' ":"1"IU uu preseive our lands, and pre Par,i the products of our farms for market We Wlnlt know how better to adorn our te5 uow ,0 educato our children, teach them hc";DC8 aDU sounu morality, without6Cctarian' ,smor lallacious superstitious. We want to tD0.w ll0 kcttcr to JuJfie men and to learn lheir ,notivcsi wl'e designiog demagogues attempt to uso us lor their selfish purpose. We want better to know how nations aregov- crne1, aDU ,10W ,axe3 aro levioa ""J collected, want to know where all wealth conies ,romwno creates it and who hoards it. We want to know ow "'Ohopolics originate where they aro created, and for whoso benefit l"ey aro run Wo waDt Qilet 10 the cneaPest way which governments can bo sup- Prtcd' whence comes tho revenue, and who "ro tll(5 leneQciaric3 of tho national treasury. A" ailJ muc1' rnoro may be learned bv tion aud discussion in our Granges, if we uavo ," Pa"CDCea"d energy to attend tbe tntlngsregularly, and each one to do his or her I'a.,t xa ,he mni wort of eltion a2d e,ovation r the agricultural massed ot this IJ Important to AucriONRs.-Auditor General Schell has rendered his daoMon to tnoeuect that auctioneers must psy a tax of . ' - ut three per cent on tbe groaa wiwuoLa of their be overlooked by auctioneers as othenrise A LETTER TO TI1K VESTRY or 8T' JOHN'S CIIURcn, IIEIiliEfONTE. Oentlemcn .'In obedienci to the request of your Hector, I take great pleasure In stat ing to you through him, more fully the reasons upon which Iho Protest against di viding our diocese is based. lucre may perhaps be oilier reasons than those hero mentioned, which may suggest ihemstlvts to the minds of well-informed laymen. With duo deference to tbe opinions of those who have slg'.ed the Memorial, and tho reasons which they had for so doing, I beg leave to lay before you tho following considerations upon which your signatures are asked to the Protest. (1.) One of the chief reasons for division given by Dr. llopklnsla his printed letter to Ulshop Howe In March 1877, is thit : tho increased revenues which would necessarily have to como from both tho old diocese and the now, should dlvl Ion take place. Tbo old would be Increasingly taxed to mako up for tbe lo"s of the new : and tho new would of course be thrown entirely iion its own re sources lor the support of the Uishop, the Convention, and the missionary work. The principal point Dr. Hopkins discusses in his letter is "the unvarying law of increase both in the old diocese and in the new, ip every case of sub-division." Uut hp might also have said that tjiis law .of Increase is based upon a deeper and more universal law the taw of uecetsily ; a new diocese being obliged to make provision tor Its own Ilishop and Convention, and to sus tain its own missionary cuterprises. Where there is sufficient assurance, in the number and wealth of the parishes In a proposed new diocese, that the Church work will be carried on with increased etficlency, Iho for malion of such diocese will uudouttedly be found a great beoeht. But while sub-divis' ion works well up to a certain point, wheu it passes tbat point, it entails burdens which ought not to be laid on parishes. The ques tion is : Has' not Pennsylvania been suf ficiently sub-divided until such time as, im der the respective administrations of ihe pre' ent diocee', the Church in this State becomes strong enough to warrant further division (2.) To prove that tho erection of the Convocation of Wllliamsport into a separato diocese, would not strengthen the Church within' its limits, unless the parishes are prepared to more than double their offerings let me refer you to the last report of the treasurer of the Board of Missions. There are in this Convocation, fifteen parishes and missionary stations, recoiving aid from the Board ot Diocesau Missions. The treasurer's report tells us that $1800.00 were appropria txl fur the support of these parishes and statious, and that only $78J 23, were con tributed for missions by the Convocation of Williamsport, so tbat we have received for the support of our missions during the past year, $1010.72;orr than we have paid into the treaturu of the Board. To say nothing of wcreajino- our mission ary enterprises under the proposed new dio cese, aro our parishes in a condition to mako up tho deficit of $1010.72 to keep the mitsioiv ary work on ii present footing t What would be the benefit of more Episcopal supervision wiinnui more money to bestow up on our missionary work 7 Are vie prepared to relinquish the liberal appropriation of the Board of Missions oi the old diocese, and to raise tbe large amount within our own Con vccatlon.which has hitherto come to us from without? In tbs increase of Church membership and in tbe formation of new parishes is it not true tbat the support of tbe Missionaries is of more importance than the frequency of Episcopal visitations? (3 ) It is proposed to make the new Bish op, the Rector, of Christ Church Williams port. Of course he would need an assistant; and au assistant who would be acceptable to the parish and equal to the position, would be no ordinary man. Upon him would fall most of tbe Sunday work, as the diocese at large would be justly entitled to the Bishop's services on tbat day. It is but fair to sup pose that a suitable olergymau to act as the Bishop's assistant and to do the work of the parish as it is now done, could not be had without a handsome salary scarcely less than $2000 00 and a house, which is the compensation of the present distinguished Rector. Would not then thp Bishop's sup port necessarily have to come from the oar- ishes of the new diocese? Our share of tbe Episcopal fund would hardly give him more than a residence. The law of necessity would again show its supremacy unless the Bishop would oe left with a meagre support, which I am sure, no one would wish to see. Th fact that with tbe combined efforts of the whole diocese, the treasury for tbe support of our present Bishop and Convention, is now overdrawn to the amount of $1120.00 certainly goes to show that tbe parishes cau not bear a heavier demand than tbe present: and yet this whole movement for division contemplates largely increased demands. With a slight change, the old nioverb mav ou forcibly applied to this, as well as to oth er matters : "Money makes a diocese so.' but unless we are prepared to give the moo' ey, it would be suicidal policy to divide and set up for ourselves. I believe ia small dio ceses when they are financially possible, but not before. (4.) At the Convocation at Lock Haven in the Spring of 1877, when Dr. Hopkins first made the proposition to set up the Con vocation of Wllliamsport as a separate dio cese, he was opposed by every clerical and lay delegate, except his owu. and there was a larger attendance than at Williamsport. rrecueiy tne same arguments thou so forci bly advanced against division, hold (rood now. It was not even attempted to show at tbe late meeting in Williamsport in what re spects we had become more mature for dl vision. Financial troubles have increased since then and wo are only now beginning w nope ior belter times. Ibis is a matter which touches the laity ... .... . r iar more intimately than it does the Clergy, It is to be regretted tbat not a single lay del egate was present at Williamsport when this matter came up for action. The Memorial was adopted by but Ave Clergymen who rep resented self-supporting parishes, and by our. ir wuo represented missionary par nes. uoe who signed tbe Memorial had just resigned his' parish, and six self-sup porting panenes were not represented by eiiner clerical or lay delegates. The repre sentatives of two self-suppoTtiug parishes and of two missionary parishes voted sgVnst the Memorial ; so tbat only five out of thir- teen self-supporting parishes, and only our out of eight missionary parishes were repre sented oy meignaturrs to the Memorial. Full and free discussion on this matter should be bad wow,- for when division has once been accomplished it will be too late tolameptit. Let us not commit ourselves unwittingly in favor of division, but decide either against or inavor of It, only after ma ture deliberation. If we do not stand by our convictions now, we must not depend on others who subsequently bave a voice in the matter, to save us from the results of our own Inaction or folly as tbe case may be. iinpinir that vou mav enma tn ln. elusion aud that it will be for the good of the Master's Kingdom. I remain, very truly Ae. ' Louis Zauner, Rector, St. Paul's Church, Blooinsburg, Pa. TiMei'i TtstlHtsy. Mr. Tildcn's denial of all responsibility for or knowlcdgo of tho incriminating cipher telegrams is certainly as broad, explicit and comprehensive as his friends could hope for or his enemies demand, it is as thoroughly consistent with hit political antecedents as it is with his disclaimer on tho tamo subject published somo months ago. It leaves no room for (ho most captious to chargo him with equivocation or mental reservation. His testimony shows that he never authorised any ono to hold out any venal Inducement to secure for him tho presidency, and that just as Kxin as ho learned of any probability that such inducements wuro being held ou by thoso who might bo supposed to act with his authority bo put a stop to them. Tho nego ttations began without his knowledge, failed only because ho rciuscd to give them aid or countenanco and becauso emphatically and with a rcbuko lie recalled Ins nephew from a mission which had lien undertaken without his knowledge. Moio than this no mm could do to keep his ekirls and conscience clean i as much, we venture to say, few men, under tho tame circumstances, would have done. It is because Mr. Til len had it in his power to win the preidcncy by corrupt means and did no(, (hit ho emerges from this investigation and throws off this cipher telegram calumny stronger thau bclore. in its stylo his statement beforo tho com mittco is characterized by tho satno felicity and strength of diction which havo command1 cd so often for his political utterances great popular weight. Thcro is a dramalio intensi ty and comnrchensivo reach about this pas- sago which well commands not only the ephemeral "applauso" of thoso who heard it but will produce a deep impression on tho mind of tho whole country : "To 'the people who, as I believe, elected mo president of tho United States ; to tho four millions and a quarter of citizens who gave mo their suffrages, I pwo duty, service and every lionororahlo sacrifice, but not a sur render of one jot or tittle of my sense of right or personal self respect. Whatever tho dis appointment to those who voted for me,what ever the public consequences of suffering the subversion of tho elective system by which aln -,0 lrco government sell government can be carried on, by whatever casuistry a differ ent course might havo been advocated or de fended, I was resolved if there was to be an auction of tho chitf magistracy of tho na tion I would not bo one of Ihe bidders." In this statement ho has been supported at every point, contradicted at none ; and what ever other consideratiom may prevail in the selection of tho next Democrat io candidate for the presidency, and it may be considered as finally so' tied that thcro will bo no fear of taking Mr. Tilden up again because oi any doubt in tho publio mind that he went through and came out of the ordeal of 1876-77 with his personal honor uasmirched. But Mr. Tild.'n rises to the full stature of his dnty as tho assailed Democratic candidate, when in answer to tbe opportunity given him he grasps and analyses the standard of politi cal probity presented to him and measures his opponents by it: "I declare before Qod and my country that it is my entire belief that the votes and cer tificates of Florida, South Carolina and Lou islana were bought ; and that tbe presiden cy was controlled by their purchase I scorned to attempt to secure my rights and title by such mrans as were required to ac quire felonious possession. Pelton did not act rightly. He may be tried ; he may be condemned. Public opinion may "punish him. At the same time, even that fault is to be judged of according to th? facts, ac cording to times, according to what was be ing done. His act was an inchoate offense On the other side, the act that was done was an accomplished and consummated wrone, It built up a possession of the presidency of the United States to the man who was not elected, and tbe representatives and champl ons of that condition of things are the men whoie consciences arc troubled with the in choate wrong doing of Peltou which '. cruhed out In tho bud." How vividly he contrasts his own conduct with that of Hayes I He stopped and crushed out the inchoate wrong of Pelton attempted at most forarighteous end. Hayes aided, abetted and profited by the consum mated wrong of his agents, and now in the full light ol their guilt becomes a particept criminU by showering upon them the re wards of his official patronage. Not a vestige of responsibility for wrong doing in the elector il matter can be traced home to the Democratic candidates or na tional committee ; while the flagrant guilt of the Chandlers and Camerons and Mack eys and Sroughtons is fairly intensified in tbe publio estimation by the suspicious facts tbat the evidences of their guilt were select- ed'with such studious care from the mass of telegrams and burned with such impetu ous haste. Lancaster Intelligencer. The wife of a miner in Hopewell, Pa., had yellow bair of wonderful length and abund ance. It was so heavy as to be a bother, but her husband would not let her cut it o'ff, even when offered a good price by dealers In bair. Lately "work became scarce with bim, and he did not know how to make payment soon coming due on bis little bouse. The loss of his home seemed probable, Then a stranger came along and offered $200 for the treasured yellow hair. The amount of money would raise the mortgage on th homestead, aud ,the husband reluctantly made the sale. He could not help sheddine tears when he saw tbe stranger's shears de spoiling his wife j head of Its beauty, and she wept when she looked at herself In the glass; but they consoled themselves with tbe crisp bank noter, and tbe buyer went away with the hair. A lew davs afterwprd tBe miner ent to pay tbe debt, and learned that tbe bills were all counterfeit. The Strret of Success. The best means, employed of making a grange interesting and profitable, is to make your meetings Interesting by discussing practical qneslions in which members are interested as a class and as individuals. Havo essays read on practical subjects i pat- ronUe your established grange business houses ; whereby you can save to your own pockets tbe large per cent, of profit that vou paid to dealers before yon had an organiza tion, and that you would have to pay again In case your organization failed ; look close ly after your own organization,your business interests, your welfare and that of your families. Wherever these masters have been attendid to and looked after, there the grange ha beeu a success, and continues prosperous and wherever you find it other wise, you will Invariably fiod that these im portant matters have beeu neglected. And herein lies the whole secret of one grange oemg a success and another not. Orange Aavocaic. The Pennsylvania Legislature managed to pass one hill Cosily durlag the first month of tbe session, at a cost of about 176,000 to the people oi tbe State ; and vet it is doubt. ed whether some bills of the future, wbish will be passed much more promptly, may not cost the Treasury many tinea as atuch. Legislation is Due of the costly luxuries of popular government. JTmrs, i The RoWhb Caie-Th Hepiibticana Respon - sivle, By far the boldest and most gigantic rob bery that has ever been perpetrated upon this government was tho system of public plunder carried on by Robcsoii and his ac complices in the Navy Department during almost the entire term of Grant's Adminis tration Ofber and great rascalities there were In various departments of the publio service. Other scoundrels stole publio funds aggregating an Immense amount, but Robe son and his fellows (made tho Navy Depart ment the scene of such bold nud stupendous plundering as.lcss Audacious men In other branches of the service could only admire, as they lacked the courage to attempt formi dable competition for the championship. In any other civilized government on earth tile author of such crimes as marked the of ficial life of George M. Robeson would have been confined to penal servitude for life. But this man is selected rs tbe recipient ol special favors from the party which he has disgraced. The voto In the house last Mon day clearly demonstrates that the Republi can members of that body have deliberately decided to shield and defend Robeson, It is well understood that ono object of the Republicans In rallying to defend Robeson is to shield him from indictment. On the 8th tlay of March the statute of limitation will intervene between bim and tho outraged law. By staying off action till tho close of the season the Republicans of tbo House will savo him from well-merlled punishment and preserve him for continued use as n pil lar of their party. With Robeson's accomplices the case Is different. Tho Btatute of limitation will not save them from trial by courts martial. Robeson seeks to sneak out and leave his pals to their fate. This" is tho sort of strug gle that is going on iu the House, where the "party of great moral Ideas" is throwing itself between avenging Justice and a man who has robbed the public Treasury of more money than all the thieves in Sing Sing ever stole. This may seem harsh, but it Is literally true. This man, who is a Repub lican Congressman-elect, and whom tbe Re publicans of tbe House are saving from prosecution, towers over all the convicted thieves iu our penitentiaries as the Ken tucky giant looms above Oen. Mite. No party that ever appealed to the voter of this country for support has ever dared place itself in so degrading a position as tho Republican party, when It plants Itself as a barrier to hold backjustlce from this brazen faced robber and his companions in crimo. lltuntafffon Post. LINDSEY'S, BLOOD SEARCHER and all'MaMMl dinfa itd to Iia wonder-1 luiDOwt-ri. rvM niooaiitBruaraniA efhoaHh, IUa4t " Ii curaa bit torn of ftrr. lav" M Jratwlt, riUi, O. ":t cured air Mi4 ai I rjupwt,-Mr. M. jimUiw, Imt Iraa'a, Pillsanrc". f. 8U4 tf DrMgfUU tU BOW. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ISTiTI Or ACOCSTCS MASON, SMS1SID, letters of Administration on the estate of Aui Mason, late of tne Town ot H!oomsUurg,columSlao. deceased, havo been granted by tho Register of said county to the undersigned Administrator to whom all persons Indebted are renupstati tn mniin immruii. ate payment, and those having claims or demands wuuo fcuc VBUiu, wwl mane lut-m Known to ine ad ministrator without delay. JOHN A. FUN8TOV, Administrator. ren. si, l8,-w Bloomsburg, I'a. A UDITOR'S NOTICE. ie matter nf t.hA fintn nrtita M.iiwf.r. d.i.. . iincumu uy me antnn, ai tne salt r J, vuuucr. Tne undersigned Auditor appointed by the agree lent ot Dart'ea Interested to dltttritmrA t'h nnmmic ot the said sale wiu sit at his office In Uloomsburg on Saturday, March S!d. 1(7t at ten ocloclt in the ivtruuou ,ur iuo purpose oi nis appointment wnen and where all persons having a Uen on said fund can wuj .1 tucjr oet! proper. feb.Jl, U-lw Auditor. In Proceedings for the Partition of the ileal Jbstate ot liebecca Smith, Deoeased. COLUMBIA COUiFFr, SS: TUS COXM0NWS1LTH OT PlKKSVLVANU. To A, K. Smith ofMadlsnn tyivnhfii .T.mo. wit son and Susan his wife of DanvUle, Montour county. J'enn'a.; Charles Dodson and Palmetta his wife of , . v. nicxanuer u.Bmiui or said uan vllle : John Smith of Greenwood township said Co- uwuia wuulj , nauiuei iv. smuu oi 8aia ureen' wood j Anna M. Smith of said Danville i H. V. hat- tin. OUardlan Of ltOSa Hmlth nnrt nrant Nmlth nors of Ureenwood aforesaid: Jacob Lonz of hno township said Columbia county; Martha I)ng of satd 1. ... . -wuK-";3uuviiie, iaiga count; l'a.: (Jesse Welser and Mallnd.i his wife of Orcne aaia Lenign county ; Kdwln Itabenold and Matilda , . i. ; ureneia; uenry irotrery ana Hannah Klotzand Emellna hla wifrt r.r Louisa county, Iowa : Peter Haas and Amanda his -; ucimiwn. ain ix'iisii county: juutonutl and Abigail hlnnffA nr amI . lan, nn.n . i.., t bach and Isabella his wire of IrontAn ham rhirh county i Qeorge litchard and Susan his wife of said Allenwwn i Henry II. Werley, Hosa M. Werleyand AUce V. Werley, a minor and Nathan Krum.Guard lan of sail AUeo V. Werley of said Ahentown, lineal descendants ot Kebecca Smith, deceased and to all u,uc, lauuaiuieraiwj, ureeung: you ana each of you are hereby eltedtobeand appear before the Judges of our Orphans' Court la be held at Ulooms burg on thenrst Monday of May next, then and there to accept or refuse to lake tho real estate ot said Rebecoa Smith, deceased at the appraised val i atlon put upot It by the Inquest, duly awarded by the said Court, and returned by tie sberirr, or show cause why It shau not be sold. And hereof faU not. Wltnoss tho Honorable William Kiwell, rresldent ot our said court, at Oloombburg, tbe seventeenth WM.KKICKDIUM. M. W. Ness, Deputy. fcb. II, i:e-sw ORPHANS' COURT SALE OP VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! In pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court ot Columbia county, the undersigned Kiecutor ot the last wiu and testament of John Shuman, late of Bea ver u)wn3nip.i;oiumDla county.doceased. win e, to publio sale on the premises on Saturday March 8th, A. D., 1879, at ten o'clock a. m, the following valuable real ea- uie, lo-wit ' The undivided ono-half Interest of said John thn. man, aoceaseaia an.that Certain messuage and TltAui OF LAND situate tn Heaver township aforesaid bounded and described as follows, to wit i NorthwMi hv i.n of Christian Shuman, castwardly by land at Mrs. Caroline Mann and land ot Charles Michael, south- ""' ujmuaoi jonn Hoata and Jamhsrv .n laua oi reter risner, containing 170 ACRES more or less. ALSO, all that certain messnara and TrtArrr- hi LAND Bltuate In the township ot Hearer aforesaid uuuuucuaau uesenrjeaas follows. V Il Beirlnnlnj at a black oak, corner, thence by land ot Charles aiwaaci auuta juu-iy-iuree and a quarter degrees, west tblrty.nve perches to a stone bean, then !, lands of John Hoata due east,one hundred and nrrr. six perches to a stone heap, thence by lands of the no!, uuca mountain uoal and Iros Company north tbu-ty-lhree and a quarter degrees east n..h. uwj ui laaas ot T&omas Shearman's ucu uuriu eignty-one degrees west 80 perches to a stone heap, thence by said Shearman's heirs due uurm . rcues to a stone heap formerly a black oik, thence by lands of Charles Miehi a.i. i., . ty-one degrees west one hundred and twenty-eight kvv u vi ueginning, containing FIFTY AOBES. strict measure. vet cent, of rn.fn,it-t nf the purchase money to be paid at the striking down of the property j the one-fourth less at tho connrmatlon ot sale, and the remaining three fourths la one year thereafter, with' Interest from coaormauoa nisi. JOHN KUNCJAMAN, ALSO, at the soma time andni..mlicuiV. Elizabeth Shuman the other undlilded hif ir,.,.. of the am above described piece ot land, upon the same terms as above stated. KUXAUKTU SUUMAN. I eb. 11, W78-U BUHINE88 OARDR VUUTTHQ OARDfl. 1JTT SB! 54BADS. IUIX1UU1W. ' Ketly and Cheaply priateTat the Coltjm 1 QTATEMKNT OP THE FINANCES or Tin COUNTY OP COLUMBIA from Jaantry 1st, 1STI to January 1st, ts;t. Statement showing taies assessed and balance stin due. ASSSSBCD. mi.!. BV. DISTRICTS. Eg. g iLiii nearer 55 68 103 r sss lit os 6oo lienton 103 in uso si) ill so ssoo Kerwlck liilio si sol ties lino 3JSI lilooin r-OdOii 85 oo HI n tsioi ssol nrlarcrvek lawm SIM) sou sit M si 60 Catawlssa,,,,.,. sots to ;M M5 tsoas lfM Ccntralla. sosit 6 50 iso issts sr-o Centre itssis "too tils vnti itoo ConTngham mtti im isrii 6o nshlngcreek..., ltmi ssoo SS3 smsi is on Franklin tins bsm 14 oo asiTS isoo Greenwood tiotoo 81 0 lies 113164 61 OS Hemlock. 1110 09 6T0- 1I6S M6S IT HO Jackson 39 0 S00' 16 1300S 9 0-1 Locust 14S3SI Us 00 13 00 MS tl 63 00 Madison imt) "is- lots sn't it 10 Main 14SM 43 00 1169 1 481 10 00 Minim 1193 TS 71 OO 1163 !M0 N 00 Mnutour 103103 64 00 119.1 431 tl 14 00 Mt. Pleasant H1S3 oioo 1161 4J6 6100 orange 1073 64 6 3 6S ST 45 TOtlt 1140 line 480 SS M 60 41) til St It 60 Hnarlngcreek. .. Mt Tl !) 14 co HcotL.i.. ........ lOW CO 7.100 ISSO S8107 61 TO Hugarloaf....,,, 434 TO 6760 1 70 36366 67 60 tmi Tl 1661 60 C01 67 140S 61 ISO tt amount dck roa vsiisrasriocs to 1879. Districts. l'ftl1fnfrtM. Year. 1873, 1879, 1813, 1870, IS76, is;a, 1STS, 1S77, 197T, istr, 1S77, CO. DO 13SJ13 SO Conyngham, Catawlssa, J. J. Coutrhtln. Neal Lenlhan, 1433 S3 0 00 494 60 1460 t43 33 60 Conyngham. Flshlnircrcek, sugarloaf, Ilenton. 1S3 4I 9 00 37010 US 30 119 Tl 349 43 15 60 too 60 8 00 180 IS 1160 600 83 13 60 Conyngham, Main, Scott, (156319 1T4S0 II.W. McREYNOLDsj, Treasurer of Columbia county In account with said county on county funds. Jan. 1, 19TS. Drt. To am't. uncollected prior to 1879 113,111 74 870 10 ismngcrecK isio mi hnnd fit Inst fitf!i.mpnt 9.011 81 .tie county tax assessed In 197S Sl.too 74 " tax on registry ot voters In lsTf tl B3 " tax added to Montour uupucaio 1111.. , . Locust - " " ' MOU " 1877... " " ccntralla " " " J. C. Smith for Owen suit ex tax Ben, liabm, i ' " Jacob l'lott, " " Jos-ph May, paid on note 14 Mojer Rros. for desk " Lewis A. Riley T tracts ot land ot com- mlssloners ' Wm. Moore one piece ot land of Com missioners ' Jno. Monroe ono lot ot land of Conpnls sloners ' Jno. Starr rcdei-iptlon of Commission ers' land " Wm. Uower rent on jail "W.mY. Hess tax paid. M 11. P. Fortner proceeds of aa estray sold " c. 11. Mcuenry for chandelier " Jacob McCoy lumber from Catawlssa bridge " H, F. zarr Jury fees " Jno. W. Hoffman Jury fees ' B. F. Il-dllne sld bridge near Mcllen ry's mill ' ' county tax on unseated lands " seated " "road tax on " " " " unseated " "school tax on - " " seated " "poor tax on " " " " unseated " 11 seated land taxBlncedlstrlbutlon.. .. " Rutheruff i'o. unseated Heaver " amount In ccntralla since distribution u. s ; " e mount county bonds- sold assessors managing Ac, or dog fond..- " Harruanf Hassert old Iron and stove " redemption money of Joseph Barry Greenwood " redemption money ot Jacob Lutz Ben ton.... "rddempilon money ot It, Delleplano Roanngcreek s 10 43 S 60 7 11 1 91 85 1 80 0 SO 1 00 E3 00 81 00 15 00 8 11 10 00 M 1 IT 10 00 9 60 180 00 It 00 a to 1,113 OT 113 81 101 91 9.764 S3 1,811 00 18S 77 76 80 S66 31 It 01 1 61 it 00 36,000 00 150 00 184 It 58 03 t 6t $S0,W3 II By commission and exonerations and returns allow ed collectors for l'TS. Districts. Com. Ex. Districts. Com. Roarlncrwk 86 89 4 61 ML Pleasant 4149 Conyngham 19 00 Orange tl is For 1871. Beaver 41 84 99 68 Pine 15 17 Berwick si ss 83 90 Roarlngcreek 81 37 Bloom 883 89 14188 Sugarloaf SI 80 Ilrlarcreek 78 S3 1099 Forms 84 04 Catawlssa 190 07 50 70 Benton Centralla 44 10 796.8 Brlarcreek 65 43 Centre 113 37 1.65 centre 7 77 Flshingcreek 75 61 844s ml Pleasant 84 is Franklin 38 8 87 Pine 15 29 Greenwood si 00 31 94 For 1875 Hemlock et59 lies Benton 49 61 Ex. 17 ST 76S 64 93 14 81 It 30 It to IS 74 490 915 18 01 3611 10 95 Jackson 19 43 9 41 lino 19 61 lAJVUSL K4V1 IV 14 Madison 79 07 7 4S MllTlln 69 69 1813 Montour 61 06 1314 For 1S73 Benton 83 10 $1,841 19 (741 Total commlssloa 1,848 " exonerations 741 1 county orders redeemed 56.611(8 iue irom collectors 18,64813 Amount paid to meet State quota 90 60 Commission to Treasurer 9 jm 44 ..M...UV ... UA.U 0UU1 M.1U otitic iwr uuuui charged on coupons 95 ts uivrcai. pmiiuu orer-oue county Donas mea with order 729 81 57 uuiauMj m uuuu 01 1 reasurer 18 93 $S0,S03 It II. W. McREYNOLDS, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH POO FCNO. Jan. 1,1878. DR. to amount due at last settlement $S04 43 " " on Flshingcreek '76 j to "amount assessed In 197S 1,64 60 wi uouu awasi settlement.... 185 69 1,613 tl lit. By commissions and exonerations on duplicate Mt- uea ror 1878. Districts, com. ez. Districts, com. Ex. itoanngcreec 901 160 Orange 9 48 1 so rur 1. 11. Beaver Berwick Bloomsburg Brlarcreek 4 68 1400 me 9 93 7 St to i ou Itoarlngcreek ih 1 to 416U60 sxgarioat iss 450 M For 1876 Catawlssa Centralla ass 450 Benton teo to 63 4 60 Brlarcreek 3 OS 1 60 8 80 6 50 Centre 8 60 aoj uentie Flshingcreek Franklin iw mi. riea&am s 53 7 00 in 3 00 line 9 50 150 Greenwood Hemlock 413 100 Sugarloaf 90s 810 n w Ml ior 1815. Jackson 90s 8 so Benton 3 03 it 50 ucust Madlswn 6 58 10 50 pine 9 10 s 60 au 1 uu 8 70 8 00 9 68 1 50 9 15 8 00 Mifflin Montour Ht. Pleasant 83 174 197 39 Commission to collectors 89 74 Exonerations allowed collectors 197 39 Orders paid ot 1S7 it to 704 75 . 470 00 auiuuntoaiaioco'intyror assessing 4tc. 180 00 AiuuunLUDRimm nllMifnM A,, a. Balance la hands ot Treasurer'.""!!.'."." 757 88,621 tl waiu-iu.iiuu' JSIFENSES FOR 1878. For which orders were Issued oa the Treasurer, MiaciLLixiocs ixraxsss. Paid Wm. II. Snyder bill for teachers' In- " David Lowen'berg'police'h'lre!.'.'.'.'!'.'.!! ! 5'.,JeS80n ""osier lto elesuon laws " B. F. Zarr cost In Hester case Supreme court ', Wesley Wirt auditing publio accounts D.Lowenberg pouce bill durlag execu tion "Geo. Brown boarding police " sundry persona for procuring scaffold, coffins, Ac, at execution J. W . Hoffman taking J. K. Mowrer to Eastern state Penitentiary " E. it. Furman reward and expense ap prehending horso thieves . " Jno. N. Goroner to rearrest Jno. Sey tiert " Wm. F. Faust taxes refunded Bacnman Kety wall at Court House yard...., " Ilachman Kesty coping for part of same , ( t " Jno W. Hoffman warrant In Roaring ereek election hnnr,i Ill 45 11 50 4 65 18 85 S3 (10 45 00 86 60 J 64 co as 48 SO 15 00 14 85 175 00 41 50 119 6 00 6 00 4 50 " Jno. W. Hoffman warrast in' North Conyngham election board., Jno. w. Hoffman warrant In Locust election board " Jno. w. Hoffman warrant In'Montour " Jno. W. orman eiecutlon of;Ue'ster', 8 00 45 00 103 10 Tullvand Mellnirh. " Jno.w. Hoffman taklnir n'ranVwina to Philadelphia., " to Phu'ad'elteH' ?' !!arr" special court and election!.' 68 10 S Is 1 ij. tr. cm i'rothonotary'a bill.... H. Harris crjer to mu Jail uu "' Vuya" bl" for ""hers' Ixisu- Wm. Krlckb'a'um'eipresa'oh"'!!!!!! expenses to liarrUburg on county bu- IIS 85 4 00 118 89 ino- Y'..u'offnun"costa servin'g'w'rits. " Wm. Krlckbaum but in casoofN. Lenl lhan. (M MllirOnnvnnl... II 00 t 00 s4...".7,..:r.,".T.. . 40 00 tt.874 65 COURTS, JUROR.S' W iAND CONSTABLES' Grand Jurors duriav vfr . Traverse " ' " Constable returns " Court Cryer ' .. Tip blares 'i .!!!!,,,"!"!'" Ceut Calendar ' ..."' '" 883 6T 97tll 163 00 855 50 1100 4T0 00 41 88 4 00 88 to 1st ea S5 H 81 40 15 OS Til hJm to di, a"'' ""aogrsphsral tn p- 8.N. Wslksr.SmtUi vs. KlaiMe " Buckie vs. Grow.,,..!!:;! ... JSK)0,lnlalnyder....;. RSffi,"1'' Ta W.MBllh " Tinntr Wsa. XrlskUsu tlerk to COSTS IN COMMOJtWIALTII CASKS. WSSBSCOCXTT BRCIMI LIABLE. Jii'tlces, constables and witnesses...... It. IL Little District Attorney.... Jno. M. Clark District Attorney In Hes 11,116 Tl lit oo ter ease Jno. M. claik District Attorney In lies- tercase ...... Tl F. Zarr. as Clerk at ourt Jno. W. Hoffman but otcost 1 1, CI 11 ROAD AND BtllboB VIEWERS AND ItOAD DAMAGES. Snndry persons as viewers ... MICIlMril IVIKIiru u'liti'ifc" Peter spi.lemflneHtdtodatni.ge ncnion., Jno. Kciehner Co rtniiinge J.iks.n.... Robert C. Howell damsireMt pleasant,, Daniel Harrison dnmige t.recnwood,. itoniimm ten neuam-iif-i .1. 8. w oods dainagHKMilngcrccK.. Nimv Mriienrr oara-ure Mary llelwlir dnmige Locust, .inlin tlnrn damairo 3 in i. leisant . Wm. Johnson dainnge Mudison.. .lames iiuaine - Margaret pmun John Shelter ' " Jotmorabim " " wm. H cos uainBge urrenwoo'i.., Susnn J. sxedsinftgo Mndlson John (. Keller dnm.iiro Mshlmtcreck.,., Jonathan iohns.indiiin.ine Mi-Mson.,., Moses Melh nry dainad Ftstilngcreek . . John Gl non d imatrn .Mt. l'leasunt John Wail, h dam jge Kmma.Mllls damig-i Giwnwood ,. Johi- ). Freeze datimgo IUooti.. Hcrnard stoner damage Mt. Pleasant.... (1,640 80 COMMISSION MIS' OFFICE AND OURT HOUSE. M.V.n. Kllno Auditor J.ll.f'asey " K. II. Hrown " ...i Wm. Krl -kbaum ststlng account for 1S17 IiloomjoasC'omnany lor gas unyunCo bllUcnJ-ied Mrs Ingnld cleaning Court House.... , H. O. Ilartman carpet tor ltnes room. W.J. Correll one-half dozen chairs for witness loom A M. lluper gralo for stovo Register Recorder's oflK-e. It. Roan repair court room window blinds Ilachman Kesty nagging cpurt bouse., Jacob crouse mattltig court room. ....... I. Hagenbuch bills stovo repair, c 11. U Thomas four gross pens sundry persons repitr bile. T 60 T 60 T 60 15 00 135 94 I 80 93 10 V 60 s 60 1 00 1 93 14 93 bl 69 13 94 4 00 1 40 P. Jones repairs durtoir jear. 6 01 6 41 Menagh et. al. pulling) ruo Iowa matting., lKKarus coni ;oius . . S3 48 Rollins a Holmes LIU tendered 9 " ono aozensmtioons.. 5 110 8 00 M. E. Cox bill for cleaning., c et. aL F. P. Rlllmj er et. al bill for work at orflco s. II. Miller Ac 1-on bill rendered 4 81 78 1 84 B. M. .scad guiae 10 county omcers Thomas (lorry I. Ill rendficd.., Wm. Workheiscr for wood 1 00 60 4 50 5 11 J. II. Maize bill rendered...., J. Schuyler for snow Rhovel 90 19 19 8 75 8SS 00 899 00 jtuier s scanes painting court nouso fence Yt'in.Gicger hauling to. court house yard S. W. .Mctlenry Commissioner Jotn Herner " . Joseph E. Hands " JohnG. Freezo Attorney Wm. Krlckbaum clerk llarman Hassert for Iron fencing 413 00 100 00 800 00 75 00 tl,T69 43 COUNTY JAIL. 0. M, A- J. K. Lockard, coal bills . C. W. Neal ( Bro. coal bill Thomas Gorcy eL al. bUl at old all ... .. Joseph E. Sands bills rendered........ Joseph K. Sands Son carpet c 1. Hagenbuch stoves 0 , at old Jan. 145 4T 1011 108 83 00 81 81 18 80 u m. .Mcuinney bin shoes for prisoners.. 1310 480 47 65 85 100 8415 1(7 1 75 8 75 9 50 John Alstatt Bhavtnz prisoners.. D. Lowenberg bills clothing L. Bernaid key repair ...w c. M. Drinker key repair C. A. Klelm bills medicine II. Klelm bill rendered .... John Beagle wood Wm. Puruell wood John J. Tower bandcuff and nippers LoOfard t Workhelser coal and wood..,. Ada Bobbins washing bill Peter Jones 11 bunks Clark Wolf dress good for prisoners..... Ui oss I'.r i. bill shoes and boots 1. 8. Kuhn I III rendered... Bl Km Gas 1 o. for Gas J. II. Maize bill rendered Runyan Co. bill rendered ... P. Jones Mendenhall bill rendered....... Rollins nolmes repairs. John Williams rlnthlno- 100 1300 103 10 81 ICO 8104 SOi 9S5 103 16 09 75 367 00 70S 75 73 00 8160 John W. Hoffman boarding police John w. Hoffman boarding prisoners. tiuun , nunman washing c......w John W. Hoffman Turnkey tees Wm, Glgger bUl rendered 161 PRINTINO, STATIONERY AND POSTAGE. Brockway Elwell, court proclamation... " " blanks " " county statement.. " " advertising " " election proclama tion ' . JC Brown, election proclamation " blanks " county statement.. " advertising; . C M Vandersllce advertising " county statement......... C B Snvder advertising. a A Potter advertising Harrlsburg Patriot," advertising....... Wm Mann blanks . F L Hotter election blanks G A Clark stationery for office and court Jos;K sands stamps DA Beckley postage and box rent. INQUISITIONS. Sundry persots for Inquests. , Dr. Yeoman post mortem oa body ot Mr. Gannon ... ....... 840 oo 61 83 65 00 80 51 8 IT 04 t 81 I5S9 05 tt t2a 1151 BRIDGES BUILDING AND REPAIRS. " Heaver. Isaac Kllngerman bridge Benton, w A, coie cole s bridge ... . 1 6 siias u cole " . ., L A German west of Benton . jvu dicuenry - mt g it u uiuhuu uenton onoge... Bloom. muigger Rupert bridge .., i " Barton bridge 4 " Rock bridge ... 1 Peter Jones et al Shaffer bridge...... 15 llarman Hassert Shaffer bndgo. 58 Jos p sands Shaffer bridge....... 3 Catawiua, Kline Conner shingles Mouth of Creek -Joseph Butt, .- Davis Helwig plank C W Low timber " Alfred Eck work Wm schleo et al work " 11 J lleeder's bill Gilbert Kline's bill . K J,1id?r McKelvys mUl bridge . David Helwig piank " ......" Centre. Wna Shaffer Centrevllle...... Conyngham. John L Kllno Brush Valley Fuhingcreek. Moses MCIIenrv Still wafjap ht-Mr. 53 00 58 00 13 05 87 OS 87 85 88 89 10 63 14 75 Silas Mcuenry' " A merman bridge. .!'..",',".' t.v ,.' , Zaner's, west side. JohnPealer " 1 00 1 0 1 60 Tl 60 a r iiejiine contract McHtnry's mm.,.. Moses Mcllenrv . jou..u.. George Lines etal near Jones' brtdgeT Peter Uubaca shingles " George Unes et al near Buekalew bridge Peter Laubach shingles Joseph RedUne, Jr., balance contract Za- 8 75 t 05 T 00 44 61 jU 50 158 83 unacuui blue Greenwood. M,?,Henry neacock Mill vine .. Kills Eves Bro Wm I. Manning Ugatc.v, v.vi a.JI' " I 00 ??.p.el?,cl3 Re's mill brldgo.'.'" JC Richard " " fet' .Laubach shingles Ileece's"'miii 8 8T 1 00 6 80 IT S3 t 3T 9 10 8 IS , " Rohrsburg . . Jc Brown engineer Eyer s Grove.,.,1.. w m u. mjuuw;,!, tf a lir0V0....,..MW, 394 00 Hemlock. Wm Olgger Hemlock bridge John M liter, Purceil brldeo.... ' ... 1 tJO "w wisser rureeu onage... 8 00 I 00 ilea mui bridge.., Jackion. J B Hess Elk run bridge Ezra stesens Elk rim bridge . I 60 S 03 I-ocust, RJI5'!m.'? ,b" furnace bridge.. Henry LettweUer Wagner bridge.!.., 18 St 1 10 Main. J. ."jown engineer MalnTllIe bridge Ahl5iJwePPt,nhelser contract Malnvllle 9 60 1C71 00 bridge.. 85 00 Mt. Pleasant, i...Pn'" ""son bridge Matthias Shaffer. 1-oor House bridge 1 00 irnn cf,I?,''Uan:Mo-'uansvllie.brldge.. 13 80 8 60 jose; lenh itemed tier, 1 1' Sanus 9 00 jas 1 95 1 80 1 Oi) IfAlrV IiiH1 Aaron Mill., iinuiir k,..5L."""""""'". 8 00 ZePhemr.KJ II 83 Jacob Christian " .1 Aaron Miller Jas I Sands 41 (HI 88 00 II 00 6 60 1 00 Wanlch bridge-.... .. 0 ri5JSa bal'lnC8 oa eo'ntjract 'smith 1 10 433 T5 Orange. fue'S&S0"1 fO'Mi"1". rldge 141 tl Aoner w eisn Kline bridge........ II II Sands Kllno bridge ...."...T..,. 11 37 49 58 Sugarloaf.' Kzektel Cole E Cole's bridge.. J B Hess at J B Hess' brtdra".! " ro 9 00 6 00 11 00 M3 99 A KBeJosO Uess bridge ....."7" U L Mcuenry Jos O Hess brldgeZ" Total PENITENTIARY AND ASILUM. Support of Mrs. MUtoa DaavUle.. Support ot Darld Biay nanvlUe.." "' Connsts 1 u Kastera suts tmtmuirr 154 10 119 90 .wr iff 1 1 ........ 374 81 7M tl ASSnMOrW PAY, heaver Hen ton. Berwick itlonm , It IS Locust... ...... . H 00 Madison . IT 60 Main , as M Minm. 11 IA II 00 II 10 18 00 11 93 II T5 19 19 11 00 1 80 90 00 Ilrlarcreek;... , 11 00 voniour Cawwtssa.. .11 oo jit. Pleasant.... Centralis........ tl oo orange Centre si wnne onrnsnsm. ............ ti uoiioaringcrcck., rismngcrecK ........... w hi ch-oii., Frantun ........ Greenwood .... Hemlock 18 76 Sugarloaf 15 IS II 95 Assessors for regls- 11 00 tcrlng voters 101 00 II W 154 t 11 Jackson .......... SCALPS FOR FOX AND WILD CATS. raid sundry persons ..j 81 10 Ml 97 III to 163 00 153 1 0 135" 40 60 00 1 80 13 TO. S 90 13 ill tUtlM 5,149 tl ELECTION EXrKN8S, aid spring election officers. tail 1'ircuuu uiui-i-ni. 1 nil M'ecilon room rent ' spring election " ' constables advertising and attend ing spring election .'. 1 constables attendlog fall election,, Peter Janes election boxes . 1 B F Zarr Concession 11 J . J M ('lark Senatorial It J ' B F Zarr etal. counting fall votj.... TAXES REFUNDED. Amount township taxes refunded...., BLANK BOOKS. Wm Mann two dockrta it oco 80 60 16 !3 16 S3 18 04 179 04 " ono docket rroinonoinry s or-fir-p Wm I' Murphy's "ons Ex, dockets Tro- thonotary's office- F L llulh-r registry books NEW COUNTY PRISON. Sterner Jones balance on contract ...... 19.971 88 75 00 1500 tfln 10 473 00 160 mi 8310 11700 91 60 t6 93 80 00 4 99 1,679 17 66 00 60 00 19M 1,14615 75 00 175 00 800 84 80 7413 19 00 IS 00 5 ft) I860 (19,836 93 txira covering ecus..... " extra on tower Charles Krug balance on contract ........ ior jsu Hinnie ... ,,., Saluting tenco and stable... Illng to lot " blinds " bllods cellar............. doors for cells... m, " cupboard for cellar - " pump door Rollins Holmes balance on contract . extra mu ... " gas fixtures " gas metre o Crulkshank tt Co., balance on contract.., " " extra for gate ........... fl p;Wctrel architect balance ram fteTiiaru surveying iui Mrs P A Cox cleaning : Joseph Derker rising up Thomas Vannatta for well............... Abo Snyder for pimp ., WS Pursell forwellstone... llarman Hassert tor door hooks COUNTY BONDS. Amount county bonds redeemed 7,50000 8,484 60 19,(18160 coupons on same paid; RECAPITULATION. MIscellaneoas expenses 81.974 r5 Lounj j'inirs pay.consiaoie a reiurii3,&u i,ms iu costs in commonweaun cases . ltoad and bridge viewers and road damage - Commissioners' office and court bouse...... County lall I, 697 81 1,640 80 1,769 45 1,610 18 659 09 151 SO 9.S39 703 61 541 tl 81 SO 1,814 Et 6,143 04 71 01 II, 935 93 9,634 50 Printing, stationery and postage Inaulsltlons . Bridges, buUdlngs and repairs lenltentlary and asjlum.. AHseasurB pay , ......, Fox and wild cat acalns Election expenses Taxes refunded Blank books w New countyloll .......:.... county Donas ana coupons reaeemea 356,611 08 From amount or orders Issued deduct 19,143 94 tax es refunded, and II 9,135 83 money expended on new JaU, and it 684 50 bonds and coupons paid, leaves 39,b! II, which lstho actual ordinary expenses for 5 71 the year, A, !., 1878. SHEEP ORDERS ISSUED. Beaver .... 63 00 Madison US 85 85 oo Mt, Pleasant. 18 so ..... t oo orange 7 to .... 49 00 SCOtt S 60 .... 14 oo sugarloaL 16 oo .... 45 60 ..... 73 50 1314 75 ... 5 tO Kenton Bloom an .rcreck centre F19hmgcreek, Greenwood... Locust STATEMENT, OF DOG TAX AND SHEEP FUND. Orders unpaid of 1S67 Orders unpaid of 170 ordec unpaid of 1S77 orders unpaid ot 1S78 560 TS Dog tax due from collectors 855 is Probable commission and exonerations off 1 50 CO Add amount tn Treasurer's hands. Gives total assets, sil 93 Tho Indebtedness Is MoTs. Tho difference In favor of said fund la Ills 18, which Is about'that amount better than It was one year ago. COUNTY FINANCES. ASSETS. 80 00 80 10 6 95 65 00 IT 63 IS 60 60 00 6 50 9 95 a 50 Taxes In hands of collectors duplicates Probable commission and exonerations off 85 OS 48 00 00 99 18,610 93 9,600 00 116,146 13 1SV3 8,500 00 93 OO 41 46 81 99 S CO 80 00 40 00 Add amount In bands of treasurer....... Add value of old Jail property Balance due on tiers Honor note ....... Amount due trom Schuylkill county Due irom Benton township Bupport ot Codey's ........ Due from Benton township, sheriff's cost on same One set duplicates on hand...... !... One double set of assess books llarman Bright lot, Flshingcreek taken lor co3ts... ".. !5 00 83 110,054 31 LIABILITIES. Costs due on books In commonwealth ca&cs Amount taxes due th- several districts". Amount road and bridge views due on books Amount County prlson'boTdsu'npald'.'V!'.' Amount County prison coupoas unpaid , Amount road d imago asaoisedand un paid, estimate as nearly as can bo..... i j5 do 429 SS 752 83 131 CO 48,800 00 894 60 no eo 00 00 74 05 69 118,907 7 90,054 81 Actual indebtedness ot the county, Janu- i ,9I - 88,853 48 TOLAL COST OF THE NEW JAIL COMPLETE. Amount paid during the year 1878 3 jss Amount paid during the year isft.:.: iS.lli 863,579 45 We the undersigned, commissions nf cninmhi 8 03 9 86 county, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a correct statement of accounts of said county tor tho year A. D..1S78. 5 9T A. B. HERRING, J Columbia Co. JOHN B. CASEY, Clerk. We, the undersigned auditors or cninmhi. nn. having been duly elected to adjust and settle tho ac counts of the Treasurer and Commissioners ot Co lumbia county, do hereby certify that we met at tho omcj otthe Treasurer and Commissioners tn Blooms burg and carefully examined the accounts and vouchers of the same from the 1st day of Janaary, A. D 878, to the 1st day of January 1879, and found them correct as above stated, and we nnd a balance due Columbia county on countv fund nr iht. 4 78 1 00 dollars and twenty-thrco cents (lis 13) from U. W ."in, ireaaurer or Columbia county, snd we nnd a balance ot sevca dollars and slxty-nlne cents (T 6t) on dog fund found In the hands of II W McReynolds, Treasurer. 1 60 Given under our hands and January, A. D,, 1671. WILLI IM L. MANNING, 1 CuSM SUOLTZ. C0' AUal10" Feb. T. 18TI. 4 00 "Wide Awake for 1879. The Pictorial Magaxine for Young Pulls. Eu.aFakiin, Editor. lit lsMcocVd on all sld,, ,n. r9?'f ??. TS C0. have splendidly accomplished what iKi Ji'r their hearts on a tew years aSa viz : to males I mat azlne absolutely pure In Its influence; rivaled fn tu'rns to take lt.j iupii' couia aaora TIUIEK JOLLY SERIALS. A storr JAMfflSTLSZ! Z'iT- Talwajs'hangliTina lyXM jioyai Jewries Last Year at St Olarc't K Jolly storv of AmHn ..5., .','.. nus Merrlweaihi,: Tr,;."Z.'. " . standing." luSteTby Mis, 11. " Don Quixote, Jr. .t? adventures of Sir Miliiodes Peterkln Paul nn ny Sto?? SStSS1" VohnMBr.wn ohnfi" tun" Amerfc in!?.ff F'.'i' ,or :n6 "lo Boysof Uo7kms". IUu"r4tJ wlli no pictures byU rtH,.c Our American Artittt. paintings. By S. o w. lieSjaSln. " cu 01 with our UvlngAmeRcan-aVusUa g. I lST'b!''33t Illustrated Poem,. trated bv r" ir S.' "uu0' u alnc Monroe. Illus- iV)m Aro .CA..r. ,, . , ...... UVWVH, sKSSSSli'LSI.W toportantexperlmenutn both vtetShcDS0',,01' The History of an foSn uffiej i ' y L."5y -'ectl White (Mrs. a E. Brown 'M lDSU""loa for tho Blind. By Em- ment.. Mu.ie. ktag w!Ll0?.'j!!c,tur'? 'romthe best artists, ma mazYneinAer ' 1116 and cheapest aMmoney U'"' ,ni 01 P08' BeIld 'our nim9 D, LOTIIHOP CO., Publlkhers, Uoslca. PUBLIC SALE HAND' BILLS o,rmted at tliis Office ON S1I011TEST NOTICE A . ATT1IE MOST REASONABLE TERMS. s oo 8 oo 83 00 44 T5 95 T6 805 ii I 61