KB THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURGr, COLUMBIA COL NTY, PA. olamfiiati. BBOCKWAT ELWELL, Editors. BLQOMSDURG, PA. Friday. M nrcli 14, 187 O. HEonUANIZATION. uoiumoia county was originally culled In Democratic times the "Star of the North because of Its unswerving devotion to the principles enunciated and advocated by Jefferson and his immediate surccrsors Until n recent dato our majorities we ro cer tain and constantly Increasing. Of late this has been changed, and all owing to thoclmn-1 luatlon of a no.v element In our organliv Hon, whose motto Is "Rule or ruin." He-1 cause ol Independence of thought, men have been ostracised and even political numlna- tlon, whoever may be the candidates, arc the result or n secret canal. Disappointed or expectant men combine, and a defeat or doubtful victory is tho result. Men have the right to dill'er as to who shall be noml nated. They have the right to resist nomi nations Iraudulently iiiuilp, or for any Im proper candidate. The party have a right to dl-cuss the issues of the dsy, and express their opinions thereon, and if, perchance, they difti-r from that of others, neither M should mce.ssarilv be "read out " For stanc, the Tariirqiieallon has never a party issue, and cannot be made such, It depend log on local interests. Nor can tho financial nud currency questions be made a party test, because platforms of both parties have flue. tuated on those questions, and Democratic and Republican statesmen have fought side by tide as their individual views, or section al interests might dictate. It is folly, thcrelore, to attempt to drive men from our runts because in some past Issue of men or measures they may have differed from us. Such a course, if strictly followed would Boon leave but the skeleton of a party. It is a maxim that "in time of peace we should prepare for war." The Democratic party is now in full possession I of the National Congress, and holds an ef fectual check on Hayes, the usurper by fraud of the Presidency. Tho majority of States are UDdcr Democratic control. !!nt there should be no false security as to the , ...... . . .. I miure. jou, anu at once reorganization club bas sent half a score ol men to jail for should begin. A good general, in case of netting fish and shooting ducks out of sea victory, would place his army in a fit condi- son. Where game constables bavo proved lion to renew the attack at once, and not ...... . ,i ,1 ..u.. .,,,, , mmv on in enemy s ..cimiuuugnuiim rauy 10 his support all disaffected parties, and when strong enough take tho aggressive, or it his ..., fn.u !. -j . r IV ". "" In a word, as to our county, Let us do our I duty here. Men who have been lukewarm in j-. -r..- i i ii . , , days of trial should not be given commands ot trust. Ihose who are active Democrats only when successful nominees, had better wait. Fit men, competent to lead, and who are always in the front are needed. Start your clubs and organizations sow. WHO WILL UB SUEKIFF ? There seems to be an Impression abroad that the office f sheriff is one that any man woo can write his name can fill. Many peo ple think: that the duties of the sheriff con sist in riding about the county and serving writs, holding sales, and taking persons in custody. While this does nearly cover the physical labor that bas to be performed by this olncer, it is by no means the most im portant part of his duties. It is the offico work which requires the greatest care, and which requires intelligence and good busi ness qualifications to keep everything straight. The sheriffalty is one of the most important of county oflices. During a three year's term a vast amount of nronertv passes through his hands. He changes titles to real ......... i i i .-. i. t.,i r. .. . . ra,Uull s Ba,j rap lla l 10 ... r.,u vuuiciucu , tail ue so conducted that the title of the purchaser Bhall have no flaw in it, A sheriff may so conduct his sales that they will not pass a , ,,,, ,,. .., ,, pass n good title, and the result is either a los, to the purchaser, or to the sheriff in the bhape of damages for negligent performance of his duty. A man uufit for lh nlti ran p...,. great confusion in the lm ,raio. nf V. , bis county, and can so perform his duties that when his term expires suit after suit Is .beeugbt against him for damages, and he finallv looe!4 all th nr.Hi. nfit, Hin- getber with whatever property he may have bad at the time of bis election. And all this - , . . ' litigation puts the county to a heavy ex pense because the people put in office a man wholly unfit for the position. A sheriff should have'a fair English education.write a readable hand, and be an honest, sober and industrious man; he should be a man of i.t. t i i .m.j.U6u.vu. s Kwu i.Uuimuu sense, and there will be no danger of blunders in the performance of his duties. We have no reference to the past in what we have said above. While it is a fact tbat Columbia county bas bad some very incapa. ble sbenDs, it is also true tbat it has had some very good ones. Sheriff Hoffman's term will expire on January 1st, 1880, and in November of this year we will elect his auccessor. He bas made a satisfactory ofli cer, Our present remarks are suggested bv the fact that one or two names have been mentioned as candidates for the office, whose election would be a public calamity, The field will soon be full of candidates. Voters should be very cautious about nledirlm- ., i . .l . . . "iniiiiist g njuu ,ur inu nsn, ieariy every themselves to the first man who asks for sup- natural trout stream has beeu restocked with port, f bey should wait until thev know all the persons who are seeking the office, and then vote for the best man. No one can be , , . , . . . "" " an ndependent voter who pledges himself early In the campaign to a particular candi- date. Other and better men may appear for whom he would rather vote, and yet he ..pporu an incompetent office seeker as against one well qualified, because be was foolish enough to pledge himself to do so. We have no personal preference, nor should we name it if we bad. The candidate of the party will be our candidate, because we have confidence that the convention will put in Domination a man who is capable to fill the office. Who he may be depends upon the democratic voters. Slav tbey act wisely. llendrick B. Wright, member of Congress from Luzerne, elected on tho Democratic and Greenback tickets, will not attend tho Demo, cratio caucus for tho nomination of speaker, but cast his fortunes with the Nationals. The pedestrian mania is spreading. Four men aronow walking in Gilmore's garden, New York, to seo who can walk tho furthest in eix days. Over $11,000 liavo Lccn taken in at the gate. It must Lo a vonJerful eight to tee several men with tights on walking around A circle. The Manhattan Savings Bank, New l'ork has resumed busluWA OUOANIXQ TAX-PAYEUS. Vo nro tolerably familiar with this claw of people, but Imvo no sympathy with those of them who voto regularly with the patty anil for tho men who lmpoo unnecessary taxes tiK)ii us. Having n rcmeily, tho ballot they nevertheless; voto bliiiilly lor men who fattcti heavy burdens unoti them. Wo point- 01 out a few weeks ae tho fearful increase. of expenditure by tho Federal covcrntnent. Wo nnw.call attention to tho vast increase, of oflico lioMcrs sltico 1801. Thii does not in elude. tumiorary appointments : tear. Ao. of officers, lear. 2o of officers. 18f.l 4rt,0li 1871 18t",3 -I7,!17fl 187:1 f)7,00,-i 85,000 63,007 187.1 1Ri7 fiO.lir. 1877 1809 01.207 102,100 It will bo observed that during all tho pros pure of tho civil war and its gigantic operations tho public business vtas carried on with about ono half the force that was employed subse fluently, and that tho great excess commenced with the era ol GrantHin under which it ex panded into tho liijtlic.-t proportions. Tho Democrats rf tho llouo haro reduced tho number considerably in tlio ht two years, but they have dona nothing to wli.it renmius to he dono Thero arc now four thousand thrco hundred and fifty-nino persons employed in tho cxeo utive departments at vashington,distributed as follows : Department of Stato 89 costing $110,930 Treasury Depirtineut 2,003 costing 2,.r)92,79 1 war Department tv.ili costing Mk,o.i(i Navy Department 90 costing 121,010 interior I'cpariincnt 1,1121 costing i,aui.i 10 1'o-t Uiliee Uen-irtmt 74 cisting 408,010 Department ol Justice 18 costing 101,300 Uep t. ot Agriculture 33 costing tio.OUO Total number, -1,359 $5,028,024 Tho department estimates lor tho next fis cal year show an increase of one hundred and eighty six officers at a cost of $231,080. An Idea for Pcnusylvauians. Tho following from the A' ". Sun con tains a world of thought for those who would protect fish and game in this State: A growing disposition to protect food fishes and game is noticeable throughout the State. More has been accomplished in western and central New York than in any other parts, because the sportsmen there have interested themselves in enforcing laws. Ithln nlty miles ot Jiochester there are more man twenty clubs and associations "J10 yect 11 'Vto securo the punishment of offenders. The Onondaca Sportsman's nemseives intmcieni, ueiectives navo oeen hired at the club s expense to watch stis- pccteJpers0DS As a result, the game laws are now very generally otserveU, and a grat- ifylng increase in the number of birds and fi,h "hs already been noted. In Oswego, Jefferson and several other counties the Su- pervisors have forbidden the catching of brook trout for threeyears. Their authority to do so has been questioned, yet in the u" "?"'cu iw "een en forced, aDd trout in large numbers have te- appeared. Sportsmen have became con vinced that the streams and woods must soon become barren unless they themselves take the preservation of game and fish in hand. The laws are good enough in the main ; it is their enforcement that needs looking after. The success already achieved is so encouraging that associations and clubs. individual sportsmen, and conventions are discussing and acting. New York is the natural place of haui.t for many varieties of game and fish. Tho Head-waters ot the Delaware, the susque. hanna and the Hudson have been the most famous trout streams on the continent. The trout taken from the Long Island ponds and Drooics are notoriously ot nner navor tnan those captured under nny other sky Shad caught in tho North Itiver are only ex celled by those from the Connecticut. une hundred years ago salmon were as pleaty in the clear streams of the Stato as they were in me oascapeuia or tue itestigonchc. Black bast) and members of the pike family unu naiurai leeumg grounus irom westcbes ter to lluffalo and Ogdensburg ; nor is the great muscallonjre yet entirely gone from the at. Lawrence anu tne coves ol .Lake Ontario. Of birds, tho woodcock and tho Knglinh trai and western part of the State, while th snine are iouuu in me lowianus oi tne cen tu,ffed gruse picks his pinions in every ru ral county. Ducks flock bv thousands to thi Montezuma marshes, and to the wild rice tracts ot Jelleron and Oswego counties, while the sport affirded by their visitt to the south shore of Long Ijand has made the p,aAce ,ara?us- , . , , A very few deer remain In the northeru part o) Sullivan coum.y and in the pine for- ests of Suffolk, as reminders of the lime when they were plenty. Many are yet to bo founJ tf" Kreflt Adirondack wilderness ?SL""4"'"K f1""1." tbat. .com!u any goe on among iriem mere, liut tbelr number rapidly .decreases. The hotel keeper pushing his way from the Moha-vk and the Lake Champlain side, the builderofcarriage r?a"' an,?.l?e navigator oi steamboats on me bi leautiful lakes are drivintr the timid an imal before them. In the snrimr and sum mer an army of tourists hunts for him; in the fall guides and settlers set I'ogs on his trace ami run him into the lakes where it is rt till l,Im . .1 , J from the clearings, skimming over the crust on snow shoes, come up with him while he 11 floundering in the deep snow, his sharp U0T "aZ,nK fuc tnroUKU, and dispatch him wuu ciuos. in ii eru liner anu Lew Is coun ties only Is there even the pretence of forcing the laws governlnc deer kllllni? Were not these woods so especially adapted to tne increase ot trie neer mat animal must long ago have been driven from them. Th fact that despite the disreirard of all nrntn-.t. ing laws, and that more than twenty-five thousand are killed annually, tho animal yet remain in considerable number, attests now rapiuiy tney must increase 11 shielded from pot hunters and poachers. With such r.atural advantage for nrooa- gating fish and game, there is no reason why ,lle "'"""N" and forests should not be restored r'i JIl cellent work, not onl In niacin,. liJ r and spawn in the streams and lakes, but also '" l,,a",iK therein such nibses and other J'T.'?..1?'?1 !. J lusects, tl.us trout, lllack bass have been nut luto laW ,'11Io,la ,f young shad have beeu turned !"l'','e r"rtJ1 ,,!Iver' a"do"je f the old anlmon rivers have received young fish, I'rotect these stroams and ponds ami onu mere wjU he enough offish and of snort fur a":f "w are ther to be protected? The Yo hav M t"-' ,IZ constable system, unaided by tbo people, nas jaweu ;. wim tne support ol associations and clubs it succeeds. We aro more than ever satisfied that the Legislature is bound to pass the Pittsburg indemnity bill. A powerful body Is at work, and no stone is left unturned. The J'hila iltjiMn Timet U doing what it can to popu larize the measure, and as it is simply the mouth piece of the Pennsylvania Bail Koad, It Is fair to assume that tbat corporation bas entered tho field to pass the measure. Of course the J'atrlol has fallen into line, as it always does when such jobs lie about loof. The people should carefully note aud re member the votes of their representatives on tbis question. By the way, we are not aware that there Is any measure of prominence that should keep our Legislature in session. The $1,000 and mileege have been secured. True, after the 100 days each member will receive $10 per day eatra, but the people prefer to have them adjourn. We can easily get along without tho Legislature. The Chinese In California. Tho following Is tho text of tho part of the proposo l new Constitution of California re lating to tho Chinese, ns finally adopted by the Convention l Section 1. The Lepis'aturc fliall prescribe necessary regulations for tho protection of tho State, and tho counties, cities and towns thereof, from tho burdens and ovils arising from tho presence of aliens Vho nro or may becomo vagrants, paupers, mendicant', crimi nals, or invalids afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases, and aliens olhcmiso dan gerous or detrimental to the well-being of peace of tho Stnte, and to imposo conditions upon which such persons may resldo in tho State, and to provide means and tho mode of their removal from tho Stato upon failure or refusal lo comply witli such conditions : pro vided, that nothiug contained in tho forego ing shall Ihj construed to impair or limit tho power of tho Legislature to pass such pohco aws or other regulations as it may deem nec essary. See. 2. No corporation now existing or icrcaficr formed under the las s of this Stato shall, uficr the adoption ol this Constitution, employ, directly or indirectly, in any capacity any Chinoso or Mongolian. The Legislature shall pass such I.iws as nny bo ucccssary to enforeo this provision. Si:o. !1. No Chinese shall be employed on any Stato, county, municipal or other public woik, except m punishment for crimes. Sec. 0. Tho presence ot foreigners incligi ble to become citizens of tho United States is declared herein to bo dangerous to tho well being of tho State, and the Legislature shall ilicouragc their immigration by all the means within its power. Asiatic cooliccitui, being a form of human slavery, is forever prohibited in this State, and all contracts for coolie labor aro null aud void. All companies or corpora lions, whether formed in this country or auy foreign country, for tho importation of such labor, shall bo subject to such penalties ns the Legislature may prescribe. The Legislature shall delegate all necessary power to the in corporatcd cities and towns of this Stato for the removal ofCluneso without the city limits of such cities and towns, or their location within prescribed portions of those limits, and it shall also provide tho necessary legislation to prohibit tho introduction into this State of Chinese after the adoption of this Comtitu tion. I his section shall bo enforced by ap' propriato legislation. Dennis Kearney has published an address approving tho new Constitution. Ho says 'The leading points in tho new Constitu tion, as far as they have been elaborated meet the requirements of the Workingmcn'i party in a modified form. The instrument is not pcifect, and your executive department aro not so deficient in political experience as to expect that any political Constitution can be framed by a constitutional body that would be absolutely perfect. The corrupt system which the Workingmen's party is attacking has been carofully elaborated, and is the out growth of Old World abuses engrafted upon tho tree of American liberty. It cannot bo di.-troyed in a single campaign, but tho party of reform has already carried its outworks, striking terror to its leadcrp, and by thorougl: orgamzition and honest cooperation the cita del of official corruption will be captured tho uxt September election, when tho Stato of California should bo emancipated forever from tho rulo of thieves and conspirators; who are woiking to overthrow tho republic of Washington and Jefferson. Already tho wires arc laid, and tho agents of every vested interest in fraud and monop oly in tho Stato nro at work devising means for breaking down the new Constitution, They have unlimited money at their com mand, nearly all of it stolcu, and they look to sustaining themselves at all buzzards by de feating the new organic law. If they sue cecd, they are s,uro at least of twenty hold-over Senators, who aro owned body and bones by corrupt flings, andean also count upon that last resort of all rotteu social and political in stitutioas, a corrupt Judiciary. Adopt the new Constitution, and thieves must cither exile itheiui elves or pay tho penalty of their crimes. They can no longer buy Legislatures, for honest men will bo elected ; they can no longer count upon a corrupt Judiciary, for th Judiciary of California will no longer consti tute a roll of infamy, "Hank thieves, land sharks, water rats, gas aud railroad robbers and monopolists, stock swindlers, usurers and mortgage wreckers abortionists, gamblers, and blacklegs at largi havo pooled their issuos to defeat tho new Constitution. They have their attorneys in the pulpit and on the press, and arc prepared to prostitute tiio sacred cause of religion and the puiity and independence of the press, to advance their vile interest,!. Already the! hired n-a-iiH arc abroad, and tho military and police Mrcngth of the State are at the! command Workiogmcu, stand firm, and you will infallibly weeced. Organize, we say, in ovcry county, town, precinct, and hamlet. No compromise must bo made with Bepublican thieves or Democratic robbers. As honest men, wo nail our colors to tho mast. What ever happens, 'the Chincso must go I1 " Representative Hall, though late in get ting from Florida to bis responsible post as Chairman of Appropriations, came just in timo tu save his committee from the stupid blunder of attempting to force an extra ses Hon in 1880, Ivy making the general appro priations for but ono year. Of all the fool ish devices of legislative jobbers, the effort to force an extra session in 1880 was the most foolish, and had either branch seriously at tempted It, the expression of public opinion would have been so emphatic from all par ties and all sections, tbat the leaders in the movement would have beeu glad to escape from their own folly. An extra session, if made necessary, could not serve the purpose of legislative jobbers, as the Legislature could consider only such measures as the Governor choso to specify in his proclama tion, aud it isn't likely that Governor Hoyt would enumerate any speculative enactments for the consideration of the two houses. F.nough ot such bills come up and are likely to reach him in their own way, without a special Invitation from tbo Executive cham ber. The constitution makes the future ses sions of the Legislature biennial, and it would bs well for Senators and Bepresenta tlves to manifest a decent measure of re spect for that rather Important instrument. A convention of colored people was held in Bichmond the other day for the discus sion of religion and politics, and strange as it may seem, no harrowing tale of southern outrages is flung to the public by these peo ple who are most interested in the snbject. It is very bard luck tbat some of the north ern stalwarU did not know of this conven tion in time to procure a little political cap. ital for uie in the next presidential cam paign. A deliverance from this convention would have been much more effective than tales prepared by untrustworthy correspond ents of radical newspapers, Patriot. A number of citizens held n meeting at Lykens, Dauphin county, on Friday, with a view to doptlng measures for the purposs of forming a new county out of parts of Dauphin, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties with Lykens for tbe county seat. A convention on the subject Is to be held. Social Drinking. A few weeks ago a notable company of gentlemen assembled in tho ample parlors of the vcncrablo and much bclovfd William K. Dodgo in this city to listen to an essay, by Judgo Noah Davis, on tho relations of crimo lo tho habit of intcmpcrato drinking. Tho company was notablo for its respectability, its number of publio men, and tho furttier (act contained many who were well known to bo wine-drinkers, unattached to any temperance organization. No ono could havo listened to udgo Davis's disclosure of the facts of his subject without tho conviction that it was a subject worthy tho attention of overy philan thropist, every polities! economist, and evoty ell wisher of society present, whether tem perance men or not. llicso laots, gathered from many Iqnarters, and from tho best au thorities, wcro most significant in fastening pon tho uso of alcohol the responsibility for most of tho crimes and povetty of society Somo of them were astouuding Oven to tern pcranco men themselves, and thero wcro none present we presuino, who did not feel that udgo Davis had done a rare favor to tho cause ot temperance in thus putting into its service the resources of his knowledge and his persuasive voice. How many wero convicted by tho facta dctailedth.it evening that they ought to give up the habit ol rocial drinking, wo cannot tell. The probabilities are that nono were so moved, for this habit of social drinkin", or rather tho considerations that go witli it, aro very despotic. The idea that a man cannot bo hospitable without the offer of wine to his guests is so fixed in tho minds of most well-to-do peoplo in this cily that they will permit no consideration to lutcrfere with it. l conlo in tho country in tho ordinary walks of life, have no conception of the des polio character ol this idea. Thero aro liter ally thousands of i espectablo men in New York who would consider their character and social standing seriously compromised by giving a dinner to a company of ladies and gentlemen without tho offer of wine. It is not that they care for it themselves, particularly. It is quite possible, or likely, indeed, that they would be glad, for many reasons, to banish tho wine from their tables, but they do not daro to do it. It is also truo that such is the power of this idea upon many temperance men that they refrain altogether from giving dinners. lest their guests should feel the omission of wiue to be a hardship and an outrage upon the customs of common hospitality. Wo have called theso thing to notice for as special reason. The company of wine drink' crs who made up so largo a portion of the number that filled Mr. Dodge's room on th occasion referred to must have been profound ly impressed by tho rovclations and argu mcnts of Judgo Davis. They could not have tailed to leel that by these revelations they had been brought face to fitco with a great duty not, perhaps, tho duty of social drink ing, and all responsible connection with it. but tho duty nf doing something to seal th fountains of this drink which has contributed so largely to tho spread of crimo and poverty and misery. A man must, indeed, bo a brute who can contemplate tho facts of intcmpcr- anoo without being moved to remedy them. They aro too horrible to contemplate long at a time, and every good citizen must feel that the world cannot improve until, in some meas ure, the supplies of drink are dried up. Our reason for writing this artido is to call attention to tho fact that there is something about this habit of social wino drinking that kills the motives to work for temperance among those who suffer by coarse and de' structivc habits ol drink. Temperance very rarely directly labored for by those who drink wine. As a rule, with almost no ex. ceptions, tho man who drinks wine with hi. dinner does hot undertake any work to keep bis humble neighbors temperate. As a rule. too, tbe wiue drinking clergyman says noth iuz about intemperance in his pulpit, when it is demonstrably tho most terrible scourge that a til icts the world. Thero seems to be some thing in the touch of wine that paralyzes the ministerial tongue, on the topic of drink. Wo fully understand the power of social influence to hold to the wine cup as the sym bo! ot hospitality, it is one of tho most re lentless despotisms from which tho world suf fers, and exactly hero is itsworstrcsult. Wo do not suppose that a very large number of drunkards are made by wine drank at tho ta ble, in respectable homes. There is a per1 centuge of intemperate men made undoubt edly here, but perhaps the worFt social result that comes of this habit is its paralyzing ef fect upon refurm its paralyzing effect upon those whose judgments aro convinced, whoso wishes for society aro all that they should be. It is only the total abstainer who can be relied upon to work for temperance ; and of Mr. Dodgo's company of amiable and gentle manly wino drinkers, it is safe to conclude that not oiie will join him in temperance labor with Judge Davis's awful facts sounding in his ears who does not first cut off his own supplies J, O. Holland, in Scribncr for juarcn. While there is an effort in this State to in troduce the system of biding away legal ad. vertislng in obscure journals, the Legislature of New York is endeavoring to abolish it, Under tbe Tweed system in that State, all notices of reil estate sales in forclosures and oo partition cases are advertised in a Bingle obscure legal sheet of limited circulation "In consequence of virtual concealment of sales," says tbe New York Expren, "a vast deal of real estate is sold for lees than its actual value, to the Injury of the unfortunate and sometimes to their ruin. The real es tate rings profit by these transactions, which sometimes beggar widows aud orphans lliero is neither reason norjustiice in shut' ting such transactions up in the dark, as i done by confiding the advertisements of them to the column of a paper tbat has no -public circulation, and is not even known to a majority of the legal voters of the city, The remedy proposed in New York Is to com pel publicatiou in two daily papers instead of one. This hardly goes to the root of th matter, unless tbe publication is made 1 one, at least, of the leading dallies of that city. Iu this connection it may not be im proper to inquire what progress Is making in City Councils with tbe measure Intendfd to break up the system of hiding public ad vertisemcnts now in vogue In Philadelphi J'Aua. Jtecora. The Philadeldhla Times has thrown aside its hesitation aud comes.out in advocacy of the payment of tho riot losses. It gives away the case of the people by saying that when the State assumed control of affairs in Pitts burg, duriug the progress of the riots, it thereby became responsible for destructlo happening thereafter, Until tbe movement of the Stato troops to suppress a riot can he shon to havo the extraordinary effect of repealing tho statute law this line of argu ment will hardly avail. '1 he State was re sponsible lor what its troops did, but not for what the Pittsburg rioters did iu defiauce of its authority and in spite of its restraining inuuence. J nua. Jiecord. Ills Last UOse. Said a sufferer from kidney trouble when asked to try the Kidney.Wort for a remedy "I'll try it, but It will be my last dose." The man got well. His blood circulates nicely and he has no pain in either his back or tide. Bold by Druggists, Items. Since Paris opened her first horse butch ery 132,133 horses, 4,870 asses.and 203 mules ave been eaten there. In the country tbey cat less of such viands. The Greenback JS'attonalitt, published by , II. Durborrowat Huntingdon, has yielded p the ghost after A sickly career of about eleven months an unusually long life for a reenback paper. Tho coal industry of Pennsylvania has reached enormous proportions, tbo annual product being valued at fifty million dollars. The first coal mined, amounting to a few hundred tons, was sold in Philadelphia in 1813 for twenty-one dollars a ton. Color is surely a point in the selling of butter, as nil judges well know. The Per fecled Butter Color of Wells. Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt , completely supplies tbe desideratum In this regard, as it works belter and preserves tbe desired shade more satisfactorily than any other used. Sold by Druggists. A lady, wife of one of the representatives from Lebanon county, while in the ladle gallery of the house of representatives on Monday during the evening session, had her dress pocket cut open with somo sharp In strument and a wallet containing $25 stolen therefrom by some sneaking male or female pickpocket. Tbo prowess of the Zulus is accounted for. Old Cctywayo, tho king, does not allow his soldiers to marry until leave is given to regi ments which havo specially distinguished themselves in war to marry under the usual ago the system in force tends to make the wuo'e of the active men of the nation eager for war,and renders them extremely danger ous and quarrelsome neighbors. A protest is going up from the press of Prince Edward's Island against imprison ment for debt. .The Government furnishes the incarcerated debtor with neither food nor drink, and if his family or friends do not supply bis needs he runs a chance of starv ing. The jail is filled with debtor prisoners who can neither earn nor pay anything, and who, in some cases are supported by strug gllng wives, who have also children to pro vide for. Many depend entirely upon what tbey receive from tbelr fellow prisoners or upon tbo kindness of the keeper. The firm of Carter & Carlo, sugar refiners in Osceola, Ky., was dissolved by mutual consent. The partners had disagreed in consequence nf Carter's- wife quitting him and marrying Cavin, and the work of settling up their accounts was accomplished with difficulty. "Is everything satisfactory? Cavin asked, when the books had been closed. "Yes, all that relates to the bust ness." Carter answered ; "but there is an account still to be balanced. You've got my wife, and I'll take your life in payment,' and he shot Cavin dead. The Philadelphia Spiritualist paper, Mind and Matter, employed a medium named James to run a message department. Com munications from tbe most famous of dead men were furnished week after week. A length James was exposed as a personator of materialized spirits in a seance, and for eev eral weeks none of bis work appeared i Mind and Matter ; but now he is at it agaii with a prefatory confession that he only re' sorted to deception when tbe spirits failed him. The contradictory testimony of experts as to the existence of poison in the bodies of dead persons has puzzled many a jury. Now comes Prof. Selmi of Bologna, with the dis covery that, in the decaying bodies of per eons who have died a natural death, he finds a substance so closely resembling well known poisons as to be readily mistaken for them In bis explanation he shows how similar these animal alkalies are to the vegeta' ble poisons used by criminals. His tests to distinguish between them are hardly less valuable than the discovery itself; and if all that Prof. Selml pretends to have found be true, a change in the manner of conducting a certain class of criminal trials may fol low, The plague fright at Berlin has recalled the extraordinary precautions taken during tne cnolera epidemic of 1831. A cord was drawn in front of houses supposed to be in fected. The keys were given to a police agent, who three or four times a day went to Bee what the inmates wanted. He then placed what he brongbt them on a table outside near tbe door. The money was put into glass full of vinegar, aud the agent took it out with a spoon. The paper on which the commissions were written down he took up witn pincers. When a sick person was tat en to hospital a police agent preceded the vehicle with a bell, and two soldiers kept every one away ironi tbe sick person. Tb doctors wore cloaks and masks of oil cloth The skin of dogs and cats being deemed particularly favorable to the dissemination of the disease, persons were recommended to kill tnem, except where they were posi tively necessary. For months the inhabi tants lived in trepidation, and an old lady actually hanged hereelf for fear of tbe cholera reaching her. The precautions grad uauy oecame matter for ridicule. The dying wish of Matthew Crooks, fcan Francisco millionaire, was to witness the marriage of his daughter, and the cere mony was performed at his bedside, several weeks before tbe time that bad been appoin ed. 1 be deathbed desire of Mr. liavden of the same city,was to break the engagement oi nis aaugnter, and be made her promi on ner Knees to discard her lover. Detroit has had a variation ol the common foreign Count matrimonial episode tho husband running away with the bride's money and jewelry, but proving, after all, to be a real Count. A young woman engaged a section in a Bleeping car at Pittsburgh, blushingly explaining mat sue would be joined by nusoanaat ilarnsburg. When the train .1 . t-w arriveu at uamsourg a young man got aooaru witn a clergyman, who married hli to the purchaser of the section, and tli honeymoon tour was at once commenced, A rustic couple dashed into a Washlncton oyster saloon, and implored the proprietor to get tbem married as booh as possible. Tbey had eloped, and parents were on their iracK. me oyster man not only summoned a Justice to tie the knot, but provided stews lor tne party after the ceremony. Miss Loci married Mr. Aiken in Denver, Col., on his assurance that be was, as she phrases it "a I.I r.l .. ... ' weanoy unrmian gentleman j" but within four days she learned that be was a pro fesslonal horse thief, and parted from him. Miss Bureau's wedding day waa aonnlm,! In Cleiburne, Texas, and she made herself reauy ; nut in the morning tbe received a note from her faithless lover inviting her to come and see bis marriage to anothar irlrl (She committed suicide. We learn from the Washington Pott that it Is not likely that any payments on arrears of pensions will be nude until some time during the meeting of congtera. Tbe scheme Is not to carry Into effect tho provisions of the act making an appropriation in order to prevail upon congress to designate; some method for raising the money. When the bill was under consideration Commissioner Bcnlly expressed the opinion that the pay ment of the arrearages would not necessitate an Increaso in the clerical force, and that the money could be made available to the pensioners almost Immediately. In his es timates he stated that $31,000,000 would be equlred for the payment of arrears prior lo the passage of the act, $2,000,000 for the pay ment of atrears that may bo allowed during the current fiscal year, and about 6,000,000 for the next. year. So that according to the commissioner's statement, the bulk of tbo pensions are due now, and can be paid rap idly and without difficulty. But this Is not tho design. Tho commissioner does not wish to place the treasury officials at variance with congress, which ha would certainly do If he allowed the claims to be passed In their regular order and presented the warrants for payment at the treasury. Payment of the warrants would be refused on the ground that there was no money available in tho treasury for that purpose. Secretary Sher man holds that the $130,000,000 that forms the coin reserve is a special appropriation for tho redemption of the legal tenders, and therefore, the only money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated is the surplus revenue, which will average for tho next fis cal year only a little over a million dollars per month. Commissioner Bently has,thero fore, issued an order to his clerks to hold back the claims for arrearages. It congress falls to provide a special revenue for the pay ment of theso arrears, and Secretary Sher man holds to his peculiar construction of the act, it will require nearly three years be fore the entire arrears are paid. This meth od of carrying out the provisions of the act is of course in direct opposition to tho in tentions of congress, which wero evidently to render this money immediately available. If Secretary Sherman is obliged to recede from this position and draw upon the coin reserve, he will avail himself of the powers conferred on htm by the resumption act and sell bonds to replenish the drain, But this Is not necessary as a treasury note bcaring a low rate of Interest, say three per cent, per annum; redeemable In one, two and three years, would be gladly accepted by the pen sioners. Nothing, however, seems to suit Sherman so well as a sale of bonds. And the syndicate is about as well suited by such an operation on the part of the government as tho secretary himself. Patriot. A good deal of attention has been recently directed to the buffalo, from the fact that he is being rapidly exterminated. Yearly thou sands aro blain merely for the sake of their hides aud tougues, and it is feared that this valuable animal will soon disappear from tho Western plains. Col. Kzra Miller from Mali wall, New Jersey has recently been making experiments witli buffaloes that seem to prove that those animals aro even moro valuable than has been supposed. Ho has found that a common cow can now be crossed with a buf falo bull, thero being no physical obstacle to her bearing a buffalo calf, as has hitherto been claimed. He has also prove 1 that the thor oughbred buffalo is easily domesticated and easily kept ; that the cows yield milk that will compare favorably with that of tho best Aldcrncys, both in quantity and quality ; and that a buffalo fattened upon such food as wo give our cattlo makes excellent beef. All these facts ho has demonstrated at his farm in Mahwah. In his opinion there is profitable business to be dono by establishing buffalo ranches on the plains, where caives can bo collected, domesticated and f hipped to tho East. A', 1'. Sun. A young man, named J. C. Lowlier has been arrested inScranton upon suspicion ot haying committed a number of robberies there. A bank book was found upon bis person, showing that he had $2,200 on de. posit at a Postal Saving bank in Canada, and in one of bis pockets was $1,000 more The Mayor took $998 and deposited if for him as trustee, and then held him on hi own recognizance in the sum of $o00'. He professed to have come to Scranton from Kansas for medical treatment. Maine News. Hop Bitters, which are advertised in our columns, are a sure cure for ague, billious ness, and kidney complaints. Those who use them say they cannot be too highly re. commended, loose atllicted should give them a fair trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic in tho praise of their curative qualities. Portland Advocate. Not unfrequenlly the changes from heat to cold are very sudden and trying to 'the system, mil uy me prompt use oi nr. Haas- lixpecto. rant, all danger from this source may be avoid' ed. 25 and 50 cents a bottle. SCOMPOUNDTJID Syrup ofll Ah J Umj JitOhl iilcummt ojhI uiuuit-inuN rt-mtHlr Kiiov u for Uie mru nf flawy A, t W, JlwU knN ftf Ik4 Tkrout and f.nny,Ctmt Athi9.Wkooptng eg, and u iti"n" tend lilif to rulmonarif OuMuiNj'ffflH, VhU lid WnMldovertwentyyrarft, I n I II deel ST, 7ft-8m Marriages'. Bahkow Helwio At the resinenee of the bride's brother, Wm, Ilelwig, near Neumedia, by Itev. Geo. B. Decbant, on March flth, 1870, Mr. Roland A. Barrow of Ilinetown, Schuvl- kill Co., to Miss Mary Kllcn Helwig of Neuine- uia, Columbia county, ClmTON Watts At the M. E. I'arsonaire. Bine street, Orangeville, March Cth, 1870, by Hev. II, S. Mendenhall, Mr. John L. Girton to Miss Lavina C. W. Watts, both of Greenwood Deaths. Dii.wne On the morning of February 14, 1870, Mattle M , daughter of tho late John O. and Margaret Dihline of Benlon township.aged 21 years, 7 months and 1 days. "Thou art gone to tho grave.-but 'twera wrong to deplore thee, When God was thy ransom, thy truardlan,thy culde: Ue gave thee, he tock thee, and soon will restore thee, Where death hath no sting, Mnco tie Savior hatn uci. Markk-Ii, Fishing Crejk, 1st Inst. Mr Markc, aged 18 years. AxDBtws-In FiBhing Creek, Feb. 20th, Mr. Martin Andrews, aged 78 years, 1 month and aays. SMiTJi-At Spruce Ilun,2nd inet., .Mrs. So phia Ann, relict of Hoswell C. Smith, aged 82 jcra anu i months. Oox-Near White Hall, 3rd Inst, Mr. David Cox, aged about 72 years. Deceased was many veara n mrmU. i,r , 1. ,. . . , . . . , umnguicai Associa tion, Bo At Evamville, this county, on the lit fntlanl r.r 1 . -; t , -- .,v, wwi uikiik, jucou nower, in me ctrtti jeu or his age, 1 hibp Itadlcr, in tbe 63d ysar of Lis ags- LiND8EY' m r.tt..,-."" mTfitM, Hero f'llfOWffl. I fifhtiilth. R MlftW tl. I VmMMMfitrr M imtr. fi ffp'i, I itltbi Bprtv, Wr LTflltr, VrtofnU, lift", flmj, M, f-ilMiwufi. irolllmMllMtbe jrnmnt-? nl ill Itloml dl'fuM T'f " m (MM nf f rtilwlM."- "' ' ?.r I,. Tii it. ii.un. ri tmp'1, Mlsbmh. r. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. jyOTICK OF DISSOLUTION. NOTICB Is hereby given that tho partnership 'here tofore cxlsllnir between K. Cole an 1 1;. W . cole i un der tbnilrm name of B. Colo Hon, tn stiwrloar township, Is tbls itai dissolved by mut'ial consent. The business win uu carrieu uu vi a. " - c. w.cof.i?. March wtu, 18T9. raar.U, 19-4w A UDITOK'S NOTICK. ...... ab . v, ,, . ... nwru nvrfflllli. Atniltor apoolntnct by tho Or- rtlKtifl-cmirlnr i;o uraoi I cnnniv luumnu uu uaiumu In tho hands of lbs Administrator will fit tr tlio ,n,nw.,.f hi. nt.ni.lr.f m.'iif nt his oMcp tn HloOlnS- l...,rti.n I'iKilir. Anrl, IMli. tSTlt lit. tll O'OtOCk a. ru.at will -li lime and pl.uu all pirltealnlereslcl may attend If they think pmpei-,iir bo delnu red from a fibaro of Raid Ultimo. lintVEY K. MtlTIt, Auditor. mar. M,7Mtr A1 UMTOttS NOTICK, ondaecounisof th Administrators )t.iohn nos- tcn, latent KMilntrcretk tonnsinn, cn-ieascu. Thi' underslirncit, anpulnto I Au Ittuf by tin Court on exceptions tolln- a'wve iniined account will sit at his offlcp In llloomsburirnii Siturrtay, Aurllthn Utn at ten o'clock a. in , tnalb-nd to I he duties cf bis ap pointment, at which tint') and place all pirllcs In terested may attend If they tlilnn proper. F.r. lJIIXMYF.lt, march 14, ';9-tw Auditor. v., IHSOLUrlON NOTIOli. tlco is hereby (riven trial tho partnership exist ing between II. .f. Hark nnlJohn Wolr, ilolnir nusi ness under the linn n imoot i lark Wolr.lti lilooins. burir nas been this day disced by mutual consent. 'I be boots are in the muds ot John Wolf whn will seillo all acoonnts at his rest l.-mn on Centra street. All persons arc nolliled to mak ! (.paeJy .settlement. II .I.Ct..rtK, , 1,1 IV II . .-. I tuto this day tnl;n It. II. Clark Into partnership with inn and tbnbuslnms bf general inercliants will be conducted ut tbo old staud under tbo bamo ot II. J Clark K Son. .. . II. .1. Uli.IU. mar. It, '"c-lw March n, lsts. AND Paper Hanging. WM. F. BODINE, IKON ST., 1IELOW SE'JOND, BLODMSBDHU, PA, Is prepared to do alt kinds of HOUSE rAiNriwo, Plain and Ornamental, PAPER HANGING, IlOTIt DECORATIVE AND PLAIN. All kliiiN orrurnlttirc ncpalrvd mill lllllllC St4 KIKXl iH new. NONE I1L l' FII13T-CLH3 WOHKMEN EMPLOYED Estimates Made on all Work, WM. F. BODINE. SHERIFFS SALE.. lly virtue lot sundry writs Issued ourot the Court ot Common Pleas ot Columbia county, aud to mo directed will bo exposed to public sale at tho Court House, liloomsburs. at ten o'clock a. m. on THURSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1870. All that tract of land situate In tho Town ot Illooms burg, viz : Lots 111 and 11 bounded on tho north by land of Shaffer and Hoffmnn, on tho east by East street,on the south by lot late of Wm. Utgger, on tho west by strawberry alley, containing ono hundred feet front by ono hundred and ninety-eight feet In depth being two full lots, on which aro erected a two-story Frame Dwelling House, stablo and other out-bulldlngs. ALSO. One other lot on Itallroad street. West Moomsburg bounded on the north by an alley, on tho least by the Irondato railroad, on tho south by lot of Henry Uartman, and on the west by an alley, containing to feet front and one hundred and slxty-tlx feet deep moro or leb on which nro erected a double frame House, two largo stables and other outbuildings. Seized, taken In execution at tho suit of 5t. (1 Hughei, assigned to C. It. Paxton against Casper Thomas and to be sold as tho property ot Casper I Thomas. W. J. IluciALKW, Attorney. Fieri Facias, ALSO, A lot or or piece ot ground sltuato In Miniln town ship, Columbia county, Pennsjlvanla, bounded and described as follows, tn-wlt : Hounded on the rorlh by land of Amos I.utz, on the'east by land cf Leon. ard Ktkendall, on the south by land of Ileubeu Fry and on the west by land of Adam Miller, containing sixty-three acres moro or less, on w hlch ore ereeled a frame house and a frame barn and other out- bulldlngs. Seized, taken In execution at tho suit ot Isaac Lutz against John I.utz and to bo sold as the prop erty ot John Lutz. Al. Ft. Fa. ALSO, All that certain lot or pleco of ground sltuato in Miniln townshlp.Columbla county, IVnnsyivanla.de. scribed as follows, to-wlt : Hounded on the north by land of John Hetler, on tho east by land ot John Mowry, on the south by land ot Obcdtah Swank aud on the west by land of Christian llarpstcr, contain. ing twenty-six acres moro or less, on which are erected a tramo bouso and a framo barn and other out-bulldlngs. Seized, taken Into execution at tho suit ot Henry lienor against Ertlo Lutz and Carollno Lutz, and to bo sold as tho property ot Emo Lutz and Carollno Lutz, Al. Ft. Fa, ALSO, All that certain piece or parcel of land sltuato In Main township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, de scribed as follows : On tho north and east by land of Mary Jano Denntson on tho south by publio road and onthe west by land ot Sarah Snipe, whereon are erected a dwelling and store house with tho appurte nances. seized, taken In execution at the suit of too C'o umbla county Mutual Saving Fund and Loan Asso ciation agatnt F. F. Derr and to be sold as tho prop erty ot F, F. Derr. linn Miller, Attorneys. Vend. Ex. Terms cash, JOHN W, HOFFMAN, mar. T, H-ts Sheriff. TlIOHlS 11. IUHTH1N. ALBsar lUaraiS' THE RED FRONT, MOVERS' BLOCK., HARTMAN BROS., DEALEItSJIN TEAS, CANNED FltUIT, CIOAH.8, TOBACCO smxrr, CONFECTIONERY. 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