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, BLOQMSBUKG, PA,
FRIDAY, JUNJi 20, 1883.
--.aoveriiorl'nUijon lias vctood thirty
four bills thus far.
Governor Paulson hat voloml tho
",1"'',c5casinff conponsallon of
slicnirs for hoarding prisonow, ftom
twciity livo to fifty eonts per day.
While Jeremiah Hider was digging
a grave in Union cemetery, Allentown,
ho found tho petrified remains of a
snake. At first he thought it was the
root of a tree but Inspection revealed it
to bo a snake. All the outlines of tho
rcptilo are distinct
A St. Louis Judge says that tho
boys wiobecome criminals are. tho boys
who do not get whippod. Tho St.
Louis Judge is wrong, says on exchange
Ilio boys who do not get whipped bo
como rich and famous. Mr. Sullivan
is ono of thoso boys.
Tiro ttonmn Catliolio Church has
mot wiin a sovoio loss in tho death of
Archbishop Wood of Philadelphia, who
dieu last week. His successor will be
appointed by tho Pope, from three per
sons to bo named by tho remaining
. , wt.irj uiujii. lb will
probably fall on Bishop Shauahan, or
t Tho condition of tho Queen is greatly
improved. Her majesty was ablo to
walk Irom tho train to her carriage on
her arrival ht Windsor from Balmoral.
Tho Queen has invited tho painter An
gcli to come to England and tako a
life size portrait of her, which she will
present tho Emperor William on tho
2.rth anniversary oi" his assumption of
tho regency of Prussia.
This is tho season of college com
mencements, and hundreds of young
men aro just going out into tho world
to begin tho battle of life. Most of
them know th.M, they aro capable of
tackling any department of business or
profession, with tlio certainty of success,
but their high opinions 6f their ability
will be dispelled in a few brief years,
and they will discover that something
more than a diploma is necessary for
success. lla.id work, pcrsoveranco and
integrity are tho only things that
win in tho intellectual field.
The Eepublioin Party inu3t go.
Tho Star-routo dofendants wero Be-
bllhlifians. Tlinv irorn nrrwn,.,itnI l.r n
Bepublican Administration, tried by a
r....i.t: t..i ... i . J
iwpuuiumu iiuugc, ami acquitteu uy a
Republican Jury. But tho country has
Been greater crimes not only condoned
but approved by tho party which has
held continued possession of tho Govern
ment for twenty-two years.
Tho scandals of Grantism did not
weaken tho hold of tho President ouhis
pauy. Tho Treasury Biug, tho Navv
Ring, tho Post Ollieo Ring, tho Arrav
Riner. the Indian Rintr. tlm T.nmi l.'inrr
tho Pension Ring, tlio Printing Ring, tho
n iiiBK iuug, uie vasinngton King,
all flourished ninlnr ft
tbeir villaiuies vere traced quito to tho
uoovoxino wniio House itselt. JJabcock
was indicted, when private secretary
of the President, for complicity in tho
Whisky Ring, Gen. Grant saved him
fro .a tho p-nitcntiary by direct Execu
tive interference.
.Black Friday was ono of tho incidents
of Republican misrulo. Credit Mobl
lier was an illustration of it. Tho
Freedman's Bank was robbed and gut
ted by Republican philanthropists, who
shed tears over tho sufferings of the
colored brother ami stole tho savings
of his wife aud children. Tiro San Do
mingo job was whitewashed by con
spicuous Republicans. Republicans
loo.ed tiic Navy. Tlio Emma Miue
exposure, the corrupt Venezuelan Com
mission, the fraudulent Mexican claims,
tho Indian tribes, tho speculations in
public loans, and tho collusion in the
departments with outside thieves swell
tho Republican Record.
When a Republican Congress passed
tho salary grab and tho back pay steal,
thoy only kept time to tho quickstep of
robbery, with Sccor Robeson's marino
band furnishing the music. And after
indignant public opinion compelled a
retreat from that barefaced seliomo of
spoliation, tho doubled salary of tho
1 resident was preserved as a special
compliment to Grant.
Tho jobbers, the ringstors, tho plun
derers, tho adventurers, and tho thicvec
who infested tho Whilo House deman
ded a third term for Grant. Tho third
term conspiracy failed only becauso tho
party feared a crushiugdefeatif the ex
perimcnt was tried.
Great corporations are now controll
ing legislation on many matters in
which they aro interested. Thoy havo
corrupted and packed courts, and they
keep Republican sentinels posted along
tho avenues leading to all tho depart
ments. Repeated investigations havo shown
tho gicat 'edgers of tho Treasury have
been mutilated, tho balances involving
many millions of dollars have been
forced, that erasures and interpolated
figu es exist by thousands, and that
books of account 1 a o disappeaied.
Tho Presidency was stolen in 1870,
and Homo of tho beneficiaries of that
crime aro most conspicuous in pretend
ing to deplore tho fai'uro of justice in
tho Star-iou o cases.
Tho p.irty that applauded tho Great
Fraud which carried Hayes into tho
Whito IIouho and Sherman into tho
Treasury, and appropriated all tho pro
ceeds of tho crime, did not sc.uide,
Com yoars later, to support u candidate
whoso whole p jblio career was stained
with jobbery.
The mo'n who commi.ted tho crimes
in this long catalogue, or their creatures
and representatives, aro still in office.
They hold tho fori, and resist all intru
sion. They know how to turn aside
dangerous investigation. Thoy sound
tho alarm at tho tirst approach of tho
etiemy. Thoy mount guard by day
aud by night over tho records. Thoy
know how tho Navy Depai .incut wn.i
tired lour times within a to.v weeks.
Thero is no poslbilitv of reform, or
of purification of tho public service,
whilo this condition of things exists.
All tho essays a. 'd rules of Eaton, Gre
gory, and Tliomnn are worth no nioio
lor that pmpoeo than tho chattering of
so nuny woukoys in a menagerie. All
other issue sink into insignificance
when compared with tho magnitude- of
this qucwlion. Fir t of all, tho country
must havo a charge of party, tho infu
sion of now blood into the manage
ment of public ulfairH, and clean hands
in every branch of the public service.
r-Suth ,
Governor Patti3on Vetoes the bill to Pension
Disabled Soldiers-
Governor Patlinon gives the follow
ing as his objections to tlio Sonata bill
No. 70, entitled j'An net to authorize
and empower cities, boroughs and in
corporated towns or villages in thii
Commonwealth to provide for tho sup
port of disabled lircinon."
This is a now stylo of pension bill. It
empowers tho Councils of "eaoli city,
oorougii aim incorporated town or vil
jago" to pass an ordiuanco npproprlal
inj inonoy for tho ..naviuent of. a neu-
sion of eight dollars n month to any
member of n llro company who is dis
abled in tlio discharge of his dullcs as
a fireman, and in daso of death from
injuries so received to appropriate $101)
to defray bis funeral expenses. Tlio
bill is loosely and ituiicrfcotlv drawn
and has many details providing for tlio
prool ol itiitiriea received by firemen
claiming pensions, for tho publication
every siv months of tho names of pen
sioners and tlio amount paid them, nnd
for tlio Bcini.ntitiu.il examination ol nil
such pensioners. Thero i no doubt of
tho humane motivo of tlio persons who
conceived this bill, but theil) is rather
a bitter potion mixed in tho charitable
cup it offers, by tho provision requiring
tlio tact that a person is a pensioner on
tho bounty of a community to bo pub
lished every six months in tlio newspa
pers with his naino and tlio amount of
ids note. This, however, involves a
question of taeto aud delicacy only, nnd
no inflexible rulo can bo established for
measuring the charitable propensities
of mankind. Tlio bill provides that
the moneys to pay tho pensions al
lowed suall bo appropriated by
tho authorities "out of tho moneys
raised for city, borough nnd
town purposes" nnd shall bo paid
from tlio public treasury "out of any
money therein and collected by the
taxes from tho taxable property."
Herein consists tho legal vice of this
bill. Tho Legislature can not authorize
tho appropriation of money raised bv
taxation for public purposes to any
such charit'ablo use. The seventh sec
tion of the nrticlc of tho constitution
on "Taxation nnd Financo" provides
that "the general assembly shall not
authorize any county, city, borough or
incorporated district to obtain
or appropriate money for or to lban its
credit to any corporation, association,
institution or individual.'' Hero is an
express prohibition against tho passago
of any bill such as this, authorizing
money to bo appropriated to individuals.
That tho purpose is a benevolent ono
is no answer, aud will not stay the op
eration of tho constitutional interdict.
Tho public spirited citizens may volun
tarily excrciso their charitablo impul
ses to any extent they please, and in
such matters generally will, for thero
aro no people tho visible ovidenco of
whoso merciful and humane liberality
so thickly abound as those of Pennsyl
vania. Ilcr charities and charitablo
institutions arc among tho greatest of
her civic g'ories. The constitution
scorns to have been framed in tho bo
liof that thero was no danger of a de
cadence of this benevolent spirit among
our citizens. It may bo said that tho
fact that tho bill provides that it shall
only tako effect upon a majority of tho
legal voters adopting its provisions is
an answer to tho constitutional prohibi
tion cited. But this is a mistake Every
citizen lias the right to claim tho fun
damental law, and a majority cannot
tako away from a minority tlio security
afforded by the law. Tax monoys aro
sacredly protected by tlio constitution
from being appropriated in the manner
authorized by this bill, and every man
who pays a tax can invoke this pro
lection. For theso reasons I declinoto
approvo the bill.
The Ohio Democrats.
Tho Democracy of Ohio last week
nominated Judge Hoadly for Governor.
Ho is a strong candidate, and tlio con
test in that stato will bo hotly fought
with tho chances in favor of tho demo
crats. Tho platform adopted is a sound
one, and tho tariff plank is not what
was expected or hoped for by the op
position. The platform adopted is as follows :
Tho Democracy of Oh'iOj in conven
tion assembled, hereby affirm tho prin
ciples of tho party as "expressed in tlio
primaries and in tho stato and national
j atforms, in regard to personal liberty,
tho true function of good government,
and as embraced in tho political creed
expounded by tho great founder of the
Democratic party Thomas Jefferson
Tho application of these principles to
our present condition demands tho puri
fication of ilio public service, tho pun
ishment of the robbers of tho, public
treasury, tho equalization of all public
burdens tlio arrest of theprofligacy and
oxtravaganco that corrupt tho adminis
tration of public affairs, and a total
change in tho policy that has so lo..b
been pursued by tho Kepublican parly,
of favoring individual and class inter
est at tho expense of tlio laboring and
wcallu-prcuucinc peoplo ottlio country,
and wo reanuounco our previous decla-
niuuii lor siauio money, aim mo grad
ual extinction of tho public debt and
tho payment of pensions to disabled
soldiers, their wives and orphans.
J nr.. r- 'n.
ivcuii(i w u i.ivor u iiiriii ior reve
nue limited to the necessities ot a
government economically administered
and so adjusted in its application as to
prevent unequal burdens, encourairo
productive interests at homo and afford
just compensation to labor, but not to
crcato or foster monopoly.
Jhira ilio act ot tho Iscpublican
Congress reducing tho tariff on wool,
while at tho samo tuno increasing it on
woolen goods, already highly protected
was iniquitous legislation, discriminat
ing in favor of monopoly and against
tho agricultural interests of tho coun
try, and ought not to havo bee. i carried,
aud wo heartily approvo tho action of
tlio Democratic members -of tlio Ohio
leletration inCoimressiu votiutrairainst
tlio increase.
Fourth Tho Democratic party is,
as it alwr.ys has been, opposed to sump-,
tunry legislation and unequal taxation
in nny form, and is in favor of tlio
largest liberty of private conduct con
sistent with tlio public welfare and the
lights of others, and of regulating tho
liquor traffic and providing against
evils resulting therefrom by a judicious
and properly graded license system.
Fifth Tho abuses of tho present
contract system in our Stato Peniten
tiary, bv which tho products of tlio
labor of convicts aro brought into com
petition with tho products of honest
labor, to tho great detriment of tho lat
ter, aro injurious and unwlsoand ouirht
to no corrected, and tho promises ot tlio
Republican party to nbolish this system
- . . w -
aro tmowu 10 do laise and nypoorltieal
by its failure to do so whilo it has had
the (lower.
Autn '1 lio protection of the Govern
incut is duo to all American citizens,
native and foroiKii born, abroad as well
ns at home.
Seventh Wo roallinntho resolutions
of tho Stnte Convention of Ohio in 1880,
toai and iaai, and ot tlio JJcmocratio
National Conventions of 1872, 1870
THE COLUMMAN AN1D
and 1880, dcnniidiiig thorough reform
and purification of, tho civil service, and
charge that thcUtcpublioan, party has
violated oTciV olcdiid it has: heretofore
given fonthb refArin thereof, and hns
failed during Itsilongfftdministratton of
inn wni'nriimintJi in
incorrect oven thd
'most oryifig abuses iand wb demand
therefore, a chaniro in tlio executive
administration of tho Government itself
ns tho rofonn first of all necessary, as
made moro manifest by tlio recent
Star Routo tnals, thereby ousting
corrupt rings confederated to protect
crimp. and provenUtho punishment of
criminals, and by so doing to make it
possimu to again punish lruitd and
uuoying in tho public sorvlcc.
If no congressional or leirislatlvu at
portionment bills aro passed bv tho
legislature it will bo tho fault of a re
publican somite.
Thu democrats aro asking only what
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u.tvu lliu iiuni, mj Illlt Itllll unit 1",
a lrtir division of tho districts in pro
portion io ino voio ot mo stato in
1880.
Tho republicans aro demandincr an
unfair division, nnd havo even gono so
tar ns to say that unless their bill can
bo passed, they will provent an appor
tionment, i mis puts tho responsibili
ty on thorn for a prolonged session, or
the fniluro to pass tho laws required by
the constitution. Tho people under
stand this, and if tho republican party
thinks it can offord to maintain its
present nttitmk let it try it on. Their
object is to retain tho present congres
sional districts, as thoy aro given a
much larger proportion now than they
can expect to hold under a new appor
tionmcnt. As tho democrntiu bills nro
fair and honest, tlio democrats should
stnnd out boldly for their rights, nnd
consent to no bill that is not just to
them.
The Heal'lssue in 1804.
l'rotn tlio N.t V., Sun (InJ.)
The tariff cannot be a great issue in
1881. High rates of duty must neces
sarily bo imposed upon all important
articles. Tho reduction of tho tariff to
anything approaching a free trado
standard is an absolute impossibility.
AVhcre,thon is thero any reason which
can mako this an overtopping point of
dlsputo between tlio parties T If tho
necessity of levying high duties is ad
mitted by all, so that thero can bo no
difference in principle regarding it,
how aro parties to contend upon it ?
How can a question respecting which
thero is no substantial difference be
made to surpass everything else in im
portance 1 Tlio great and overtopping
issue is clearing out the den of thieves.
The Lite Eobert A. Packer's Estate.
Tho Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette pub
lishes tho following : After the death
of tho Late Robert A. Packer, which
occurred a few months ago, says tho
Sunday paper of Easton, it was report
ed that his separate or individual estate,
independent of his interest in tho estate
of his father, was worth a quarter of a
million dollars, and this report was ex
tensively circulated in tlio journals of
the Lehigh Valley. It has now trans
pired tjiat Mr. Packer died insolvont,
and it,jfl reported upon good authority
that within a few days past his widow,
a daughter, of Hon. Victor Piollct, of
Bradford county, retained Messrs. Bul
litt, and Dixon, Philadelphia lawyers,
to institute a suit in equity against tho
estato of Asa Packer for an allowanco
as the widow of her lato husband.
Robert A. Packer left no childron, but
about a year beforo his death adopted
a little girl as his daughter.
Early on Sheridan.
Tin: r.x-ooxrKimitATE oi:.ni:uai, thinks
siikuidan ouonr to have cur
Tunui) linr.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, accoiding to
tho Boston Globe, recently told a par
ty of northern tourists that General
Sheridan ought to havo been court-
martialed tor not capturing his
(Early's) forces in the Shenandoah val
ley in 1804, as Sheridan had four men
to his one. Early also savs that
Sheridan's ride was unnecessary, as
General Wright had already prepared
to attaok the confederates before Sher
idan arrived. Speaking of his raid into
Pennsylvania and Maryland, General
Early "said . "When I was in York,
l a., 1 lovied an assessment of so much
corn, so much clothing, so many boots
and shoos, so many bags of grain nnd
$100,000 in monov. Thoy delivered
everything in accordance with my re
quisition, except tho $100,000, Of
that amount- the mayor brought mo
!5r,OUU, and bOKKed tor further tuno
to raise tho balance. I extended tho
time, but loft early tho next morning,
and York still owes mo 28,000. York
afterwards established a loan to meet
this levy in aid of tlio southern confed
eracy, getting authority from the Penn
sylvania legislature to lay a special tax
to pay on a portion ot it each year,anit
I understand that its citizens aro still
contributing to its liquidation. If I
was ono ot ttiem l would raise tho
point that such a tax is in violation of
nrticlo M section 1, of tho constitution
of the United States, whioh provides
that all debts or obligations incurred in
aid of insurrection or rebellion against
tho United States shall bo bold illegal
and void.
State Agricultural Pair.
i'HH..iii:i.i'iiiA si:i.r.uTi: as the rim-
MANUNT EXHIBITION 1'I.ACB.
The Stato Agricultural societv lias
leased tho lot of ground bounded by
Broad street and Lamb Tavern road,
south af tho Junction railroad and west
of tlio Germantown railroad, Philadel
phia for tho purposo of holding their
annual fair. As tho leaso has been
mado out for a period of ten years,
it is probablo that Philadelphia lias
been selected as a permanent place for
tho state society exhibitions. Plans
for tho buildings havo been asked for,
'and in a short time work will bo begun
upon tho structures. Tho society was
organized at Harrisburg in February,
1851, thiity-two years ago. It was
chartered in tlio followingsumincr, and
tho first fair was hold at Harrisburg in
tho following fall. Judge Watts, who
was subsequently United States com
missioner of agriculture, was tlio first
president of tho society j James Gowen
lather of Franklin B. Gowen, president
of tlio Reading load, was its pccond
president, am' Colonel David Taggart,
of No thnirberland, tho third. Stato
fairs, under tho auspices of the
feociety wero held in Philadelphia, 1857,
1859, 1870,1880, Harrisburg, 1851,
II851, 1808, 1809 j Pittsburg, 1853,
1850, 1858, 180(1 ; Erie, 1872, 1873,
1877, 1873 j Lancaster, 1852, 1855,
1875 i Easton, 1801, 180(1,1871, Scran
Ion, 1870, 1871 i Norrisldwn, 1803,
and Willipmsport, K05. Only on two
occasions since tho organization of
tlio society lias thero been nny inter
mission in tho holding of the annual
fairs. Tho first of theso was in 18GT,
when tho excitemont incident to wnr
times was such as to cause tho ollleers
to postpoio the fair, and tho second oc
casion was in 1H70,' during tho centcn
liinl exhibition.
JIMOCEATBLOOMSEIIRG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
Revenue Districts Consolidated.
Tfio President on Monday made pub
lic his plan for a consolidation of inter
nal revenue districts, roduclnglho num
ber from 12(1 to eighty two. Foity
four 'districts nro abolished and forty
five collectors loe their places. Thu
consolidation will go into effect July I,
or na soon thereafter ns possible. Penn
sylvania loses four of her thirteen (lis
trio'.s, and Collectors Joseph T. Valen
tino, of tho Eighth (Reading) District)
Charles .1. Brunei-, of tho Fourteenth
(Suubury) District Edward Soull, of
tho Sixteenth (Somerset) District i
Charles M. Lynch, of tho Nineteenth
(Erie) District, nnd Jnuics C. IJiown,
of thu Twentieth (Greenville) District,
loso their iilnnoa. Afr T.vimti
percoded by Jacob F. Wnlther a now
man. The pieseut Fiist district is en
larged so as to include the count es of
Berks, Lehigh nnd ' Schuylkill of the
present Eighth district, all of which
territory is to bo known us the first dis
trict. William J.Pnltnr.k Udnsiirnnli.,!
as collector. The counties of Lebanon
in tho present Eighth district, Snyder,
Juniata and Dauphin in tho present
'ourteenin distuct. Adams, f ranklin,
''llltOII nlld Mifllin in tlin nrnsnnt. Siv.
tcenth district, Cumberland, Lancaster,
PelTV nnd York nf llin ih-psihiI Ninth
district, are consolidated into ono dis
trict, to bo known n. tlio Ninth district.
Andrew .1. Kaultman, collector of tho
present XSinth thstrtct is designated as
collector. Tho oonnlin-i nF (!lintnn.
Centre, Lycoming, Tioga, Northumber
land. Potter and Union, nf llif iinmr.nl
fourteenth district, nro consolidated
with tho counties of Bradford, Carbon,
Columbia Luzerne, Monroe, Montour,
ike, Aortiiampton, bttuivan, btisque-
laillin. Wvnniiinr. nnd Wnvnrv nffliii
Present Twelfth district, nnrl lr
the Twelfth district. Ed. II. Chaso is
designated as collector. Tho counties
of Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer,
Venango and Lawrence, of tho present
Twentieth district, aro consolidated
with tho counties of Cameron, Erie,
Elk. MuKoan and Wnrrnn. nf tlm
Nineteenth district, and Jacob F. Wal
ther, of Eric, is designated as collector
a new appointment. Tho counties
ot isedtord nnd homerset, of tho pres
ent Sixteenth district, with all of Alle
gheny county, lying south of tho Ohio
and Allegheny river, including Neville
Island and tho counties of Fnvit.li.
Greene, Washington and Westmorland
are constituted ono district, to bo known
ns tho Twenty-second district, witli
Frank P. Case. Collnntnr. nnivi'.nllpc.tiir
for the present Twenty-second district.
The counties of Blair, Cambria and
liuntingdon ot the present Sixteenth
district, and that portion of Allegheny
county of tlio Ohio and Allegheny
rivers, and tho counties of Armstrong,
Beaver. Butler. Cle.irlinld. Jnffprsnn
and Indian.i. Btillnr. fllnnrtiild. .TnfW.
son and Indiana, aro constituted otio
district tn 1 L-linun tlin Twflntv.
third district. Samuel M. Jackson.'of
the present Twenty-third district, is do
signated as collector.
ITEMS.
A theatre in Dervio. Switzerland, w.is
destroyed by lire on Juno21t hat which
lony-seven lives were lost.
r.w .. .
Henry Ward Beccher celebrated his
seventieth birthday on Mondiy. A
great crowd of people assembled at his
nomo in Jiroouiyu to otter congratula
tions.
Ono evcninr last week a catamount
killed fifty-five chickens, two turkeys
ana a young pig torn Huntingdon
county man. The varmint was killed
tho same evening by dogs.
At Wilkes Barre, Juno '25th the iurv
rendered a verdict of guilty in tho caso
of Luko Kelly and Thomas Handley,
for highway robbery and shooting Ed
ward Kosengrnnt oi Munroo township.
Ono vear atro there wero not over
200 peoplo in Dickov countv. Dakota.
Now the population is from 4,000 to
.i,uun and rapidly increasing.
Along the lino of the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad forty iron furna
ces nave gono out ot blast on account
ot tho dullness of tho trade.
Tho Jews aro assured bv a learned
wi" laniiu, UIU-IVUV. -LSI UillUUL'l 11 JYUl'
logg, of tho western theological semi
nary, that tho promiso of a return to
ineir ancient land will bo morally real
ized.
A Philadelphia servant mrl 1ms wit
a inoiiin ou anugonoto Washington
to SCO about ii nnnsinn. Sim nnr-n
, riv.
worked for thron onnspciitivn u'inl- in
a family that lost a second cousin in tho
war.
The Wilkesbarro Coal Company
havo purchased tho Christy coal lands
at Gallilzin, and nro at present making
surveys and will commence mining
operations as soon as arrangements
can bo made.
Thero is a Boston pastor who so of
ten incites his peoplo to lartro contribu
tions that tho Congregationalist suggests
as a text lor his tunernl sermon : "Last
of all the beggar dio also "
Tho principal stockholder in five
Connecticut cotton mills declares that
they aro running at an actual loss, and
would bo shut it tho companies did
not dislike to stop their employees'
menus ui uveiiuoou.
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It is curb nis to read to-day, in a Bal
timore paper published early in tliocen
tury, that 13!) slaves had been sold at
auction for the benefit of tho United
States nnd tho proceeds, over S'r0,000,
placed hi tho treasury.
After much search the last will and
testament of N. L. Dukes hns been
found. It is written on the back of a
letter, and, as no ono was looking fo:
a will in such a place, it came near be
ing overlooked with other old papers.
uti tno morning ot December 21), 1882,
the day of tho habeas corpus hearing,
whilo sitliiiR in tho sheriffs parlor, and
anticipating his liberation that day,
Dukes took out of his pooket a letter
ho had received from his friend, Isaao
Van Yoorbis. of Pittsburn. and wroto
on tho back of it his will in brief form.
Ho gave two thousand dollars to Miss
Mary Beeson, to whom ho was sup
posed to bo engaged, and the rest of
ins property, without speculation to
his mother, Mrs. Struble.
Tlio changes in the'Post Ollieo De
partment wero inaugurated Monday by
tho displacement of Mr. Bassett Chief
Clerk of tho department, and the ap
pointmentof Charles M, Walker, of
Indiana. Thechango will take effect
duly 1. Mr. Bassett.will bo provided
for elsowhero in tho samo office. There
Is nothing nllegod to his discredit anil
his clliuieuoy as Chief Cleik has been
hi'dily commended, General Greshaai
naturally desired a personal friend in
tho place, which is a confidential posl
lion, and selected Mr. Walker. The
la'teris formcraly froni General Gie's
ham's part of Indiana and is now nu
editor of thu Indianapolis Times. Ho
was Fifth Auditor of tho Treasury un
der Grant and Chief Justice Chase's
biographer.
A cow insurance company has been
started by several business men in My
ersdale. Out of 152 npplieants lor admission
to thu military academy thirty-seven
weio found deficient. Among the lat
ter was Win. Wulle, of Ohio, whose
lllterillln w.m AlnYnndnr. it.ilnrn.1
Alexander is said to be superior to
Whittaker In every way, and it is not
believed he will bo taboo a! by tho oth
er cadets.
rPhn Hlrnu,ll.ittt mnunn ti..,j .if ll..
.-v. ., . j ul.rVTI. ..-. 4.b fn
height last Week iff Suffolk county L.
I. On Monday night 3,811 crates
wero shipped from Greonport to B.is
ton. On Monday, Tuesday nnd Wed
nesday, ai uivernoad and other places,
tlianv berries fit for nickimr had in lm
left on tho vines owing to n scarcity of
MKnum, .I'lllllljj UIU WUUK IIIU M!DI1U
schoo'.s were almost depleted of pupils
who wero kept at homo to pick ber
ries. Grocnport alone, since thu open
ing of the season, lias marketed 722,
800 quarts of berries.
Tho Governor has vetoed the Grady
insurance bill. Ho rogrots that he is
obliged to do this, ns some of its cn
aelmenls aro most just and desirable
legislation. Ho objects to tlio second
section, which provides that when two
years have clnpsed from tho time of is
suing any policy or insurance, tho com
pany shall bo thereafter estopped from
setting up, ns a defense to its payment,
tlio fraud or falsity of any of tho an
sivors mado by tho insured, upon the
faith of which the policy was issued.
bllt that such nnsivma ulmll ll int'iin ft jut
. '"i tllLUIIItLI
bo "regarded and considered as true."
That is to say, if a company docs not
discover a fraud practiced upon it with
in two years after issuing a policy it
cannot at any later period avail itself
of the proof of such fr.nid fid n fii fatten
to tho payment of the policy. Is not
mis seunig a premium upon fraud by
dcclarinir that tlm mm-,. n,i
cDvertly it is planned nnd carried out
inu iinnu wicreu 11 snail be j liy this
bill, if a fraud is so stupidly and blun
deringly executed that it can bo de
tected in two years, thou it can avail
its DCI'DCtr.llnr nnthinir Tf I, ,,....,
it bo conceived so craftily and hidden
so ingeniously as to prevent discovery
for a longer time than two years, then
it becomes inviolable nml nmli.
ing can prevent the wrong-doer
from gatherine tlio fruits of his
evil conduct. "Such :i 1 nil."
llO BaVS. "cri'.'ltilltr n nlnliilii nf
limitations in favor of fraud, is so at
variance with all our ideas of right and
such a wide departure from tho princi
pies of our jurisprudence- that 1 rofuso
to givo it validity by my approval.
GOOD NEWS
FOR THE UPPER END.
The Largest Stock ot Goods opened in
Benton, in many years, 1ms Just
been received by lliu
undersigned.
It ICmljracoH
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HATS,
CAPS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
NOTIONS,
. UUEEN8WAUE,
And cverytWnir round In n Ki-ncral mercantile bus
Iiimis, at the very lowest prices.
MWMMMMi
k k k I I
Several hundred thousand feet
of dressed Lumber, Shingles, &c.,
constantly on hand,
ir purchasers will find It to their advantage to
can on me ueroro uuyiiia eisewneie.
IScnton, Pa.
.May ism
WHUTZlSS-'ISS
PHOSPHATE
$25 Per Ton.
This is u real auiuioniuted
Bone super-phosphate which wo
alone produce by means of
special advantages in uianuhtct
uring. TfcSr $25. OO 3r
Per Ton of 2,000 Pounds,
on cars or Ho.it In Philadelphia.
OUA11ANTKK1) ANALYSIS l'ltl.NTKl) O.N KAC'II
IIACl.
Send for circular. Address
BAUGH & SONS,
SOLE MANUKAOTUltKItS,
20 So. Delaware Avenue,
Jun 1HO I'UILADKLl'JIIA, 1'A.'
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds.
The following hIiowh tlm IMrk-et nmiitiv nnA Af
thu Heveral beautiful btykn or tViico manufactured
by tl'o underaiifnod. T
For lleautv nnd imr.ihllltv ihev . iniuiirn...
iil. Keiuobycxpertencwl liuml-t aud warranted
Piiees and sneeiniens of other de.
slyiiB sent to any address.
Address
J. I McHeiiiy,
BL00MSBLIRG, PA.
May-i-H
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Till n M .- . . . r. . .. . . .. I . . . .
vnrius. a marvel or puriiv
?iV?..nJ5!? nlwhlPaomincsi. Moro economical
iSiS. th.? ral.n"y.)" ns. nnd cannot bo sold In
competition wltn the multitude nf low test, short
u ..' ' "i"'"" Mu"ers, nom only
IB o M. KOVAI. IHkino I'ovvbtii Co , inc. Wail-St',
1IJL' II- 1 V.
LMTOIl'S NOTICE.
KsTATK OK M mm I.eNUEtl DKCKASKn.
nhV,.V". ...I ; I ; ki'iwiuh uyino or-
iiitlonot lulanco In the hands of tho ndmlnlstni-
i jj ,.,;r T V,. " me name, win aui'llcl
ti ,i! 1 1 I'loomshiirp on Saturday, .lune.Kiih
i..n;: v.v.M., in., ..iituium wnerw nuperHons
m ln claims asralnst said estate must appear nnd
p.eient tho mine or be forever debarred from re.
celunjf nny shnro of s.ihi mini.
JOHN (1. FIlEKZn,
Auditor.
.Iuno8tli-3t
JXECUTOK'S NOT ICR.
nUTATK Ol1 JOIIS (IIIITON, llKCEASGD.
Letters testainrntim in timpvtnionr .tnim m..
ton, late of Hemlock township, Columbia county,
l'u., deceased, li.no been (ranted by tlio llegliter
of said county to Daniel oeuin. .11 persons hav
ing clnlins astalnst Hald otatonre lvnueMed to
present them for settlement, nnd thoso indebted
to Ilio same to make payment in the undersigned
llhout dehy. 1IANIKL YOOl'.M,
Juno 15 0- i:eeutor,
iHoomsuurg-, ra.
BOOKS. 125 TONS
ot Mamlard llooKa, many ol mem tho best edition '8
imim-miu. i uur rumor hew, iorexainniailon be-to-opasmcm,
on reasonable evidence ot koo1
faith, the liooks to bo returned ut my expense If
not, satisfactory, special bargains this innnili.
Jew publications every week. Piiees lower than
ever befoio known, ranging from Tn Uenii, for
Tennyson's "F.nueli Anleu," unabridged, l,nr
Tjpe, to J15 rorlho largest and best, American
cyclopedia. Not so'd by dealers prices too low.
circulars lire. Mnilinn this immr.
JOHN II. AI.11LX, Publisher, IS Verbey St, X Y.
June a) 4-w a
THE SLAYER SLAIN!
GREAT DUKE'S TRIAL
l or the Wiling of brave.hearted Cnpt. Nutt. The
Son Aii'iiki'h his I'lilher'n Denlh. Our new 'JSe
book. Aueiilt Wiiiiii'iI. Contains cmnplcle ac
count. All tho evidence : nil tho letters and like
nesses nf nil the parlies concerned. Sample by
iiians.ir. ,fnl. Hniitm. lllv prolli. 1IAU
LLAY X CO., ill North (I.) senth Mieet, Philadel
phia, Pa.
June sn Mv d
ffil TEAS
From the Districts of Assam, CniTTAnoxo, Cachak
KANOUA VAU.P.Y, IHlUKKI.IMI, DgllKl 110O.V, Mid
others. Absolutly Pure. Superior in flavor.
Tho .Mast KconomlcaL llcnuues .only half tho
usual quantity, sold by all grocers. JOHN U.
PHILLIP.? a; co., Agents of tho Calcutta Tea
Syndleuf), i:u) Watur-M. N. Y.
JuucJVI-w d
da u I urss
10 SETS REEDS,
Price only $125
Rtilljwortli 5450 Ufom--i.
i witli vibur iruktrV
onttlijr.ua prkfi,
Orpona for only
ftt Pr"'l brjlni
mi Ouaiii n4 rinofortei.
Sr"t for tnMmimrnrr price k
CATALOGUE
f crtt Inrlnrtiutntl offrrid.
viciTfiiis wnnoMC
If re a cuarii uietls litiui, Mt
dollar ftllowedfortrTellO)t
tirriiri.ti(tlitr you buy
i nr nn yon ar wnconn uj
I way to vUtt Hi largest
DlHlEL F. BEATTT. WtSHlUGTON, HEW JERSEY.
Juua sw 4v
DROWNED IN BEER.
concerning this popular boverago two men express
Ihelr minds.
"Tlio fact Is sir, and you may stick a pin there,
that tho peoplo ot thlscountry are likely to bo
drowned Inn Mood of lager beer," shouted an en
thusiastic teetotaler tho other day into tho ear of
ourcorneicd correspondent, Thu fier.nan drink
Hand! uck us hard. It Is tho second deluge."
"Yes, and tho worst of this beerdrlnktug busl
lness is that It gets up Kidnny troubles, ns a heavy
wind ralscstho waes," added aclty physician,
who had a knowledge of the times and n tendency
to metaphor. "The midnight 'schooner' leaves
ln'hlnd It a wake of furred tongues, headaches,
torpid livers, nausea, nnd all that, and lays the
foundation ot lirlglit's Disease."
This melancholy fact iiccouMh in part for the
increasing sales of llKXSON'H CAPCINK POHOUS
l'LAS'i'Kit, vt'hich nt once mitigates theso syrap
H.is. Pi Ice 85 cents. Ask your phjslel.iu about
It. seabury Johnson, chemists, New Yoik.
Junol5tw d
SIOOO
HE WARD
uiu'irii ijj intj uuut.TMftiivu lurinv appn'iicnsion,
trial nml conviction ot tho nmnlcrcr or murUercrH
iif.lnhn Vnnlli'U' nt l.!(1it Kt !.. f YilmnliM jmitir v
II. KDHAlt.
comm'is. ot Columbia County.
A
UDITOIl'S NOTICK,
ESTATE OF DANtKI. KIlEIllll, HECEA8EII.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the or-
jili m's court ot Columbia county to mako distri
bution ot balance luthe hands of the executor
nnioii'f thoso entitled to tho same, will slf. nt tlin
onlcoot JohnC. Yocum, Usq., CatanKsa, Pa., on
L.aiunia, juuu mini, '0.1, m iu o ciock n. in., wnen
nnd where nil persons haUmr claims ncalnst said
(stale must appear and present the same or bo
loretyr ueuanru irom receiving nny snaro or said
1UUU.
C. V. .IIILLKIt,
Junl Auditor.
N
totici:.
'As James A. 1'arvcr a minor 14 vears old. wim
was liouud out to mo by tho overseers of thu nnor
of Fishing creek township In ikhi, lias run away
iiuiu iuu iuiu ivinsL-a iu aiuru, i ncreuy caution
anv ne -son agaliist harbnilng him. or ruriitoiim.
hlinaiiythlngoniny accouut, as I will pay no bills
ui ins iiuviiuii.
liKNItYD. KKLLElt,
Fishing creek township.
MaylSSf 1
illTTll
HHHH
ft A 3
A HOME DRUGGIST
TESTIFIES.
1'opularity at liouie U not alwajt tho hcit
test ot merit, but e point proudly to tlio fact
that no oilier niedlclus hu won for Itsell
eucb uulrenal apprnbailon In ita own city,
state, and country, nud amoug all people, as
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Tlie following letter from one of our befc
known ilawaohiuetu DruggijbuhouM boo!
Interest to cveryiutfcreri
RHEUMATISM, '-K,6-Vf
IlllUUIIinilUllll iiieumatUin,tioo.
vere that I could not tnovo from the bed, or
drets, without help. I tried several reme
dies without much If any relief, until I took
Avru's HAitsAi'AiULia, by the use of two
bottles of which I was completely cured.
Hare sold largo quantities or your Saiisa
l'Aitin.A, nml It still retains Its wonderful
lmpuUrlty. The many notable cures It has
cuVcUm! in this Tlclnlty couvinca me that It
Is the best blood medicine ever olrercd to the
I"iV,"c' i:. IMlAitnis."
ltlvu St., Iluckhnd, JIas3., May 13, lttui'.
SALT RHEUM. ,""niure7iF;M'i
unui IlllkUllli carit Uonmratlon,
was for over twenty jears before his removal
to ljwt-ll utllicted with hall lllivmii In Its
worst form. Its ulcerations actually covered
aoru than half the surface ol his body and
limbs, lie was entirely cured by Avkii's
(HuiiU'Aitii.i.A. bee certUlcato In Ayer's
Auuauae fur lt83, '
I'ltEi'Alicu ur
Dr.J,O.Ayor&Co.,Lowoll,Mas8.
SoU by all Druggists; (1, six bottles for 13.
""TBETiEIVORTHE INNER'MAN,
Summer Prices at Oak Hall.
Lower now than for years past.
To speak with our rural friends through the out-of-town
press is too slow to tell our daily story. We can
only give general facts here, and claim a visit to Oak Hall
for details. Of this be certain : Oak Hall will always
give the best bargain. The best service at the least cost
is our purpose, regardless of profit and loss.
To-day the popular bargains are Men's 6.co True
Blue All-Wbol Flannel Suits, Men's $2.00 fancy Cassi
mere Pantaloons, and Large Boys' Ayrshire Cassimcrc
Suits at $4.25. Half prices only. They will be continued,
and are only referred to here as specimens of what we will
do for you when you visit us.
Wanamaker & Brown,
Oak Hall,
Routh-E;ist Corner Sixth and Market Streets, .
Philadelphia.
"TE i.urp3r.a 1 viking it as
a:.u iiL-sut.
way as satisfactory
as in perso 1 at our counters.
A TV, take all possible care to avoid
v errors, and whi;n any occur they
are corrected at once.
"X7E are always willing to exchange goods
which do not please after being received,
provided, they an: r'turned to us in perfect
condition and within reasonable time.
Samples of Dry Goods of all kinds
even the 111 it expensive, sent free of
charge (in application.
"PVERY Lidy who shops by mail should send
' for a specimen copy of our
Fashion Quarterly.
Strawbridffe & Clothier,
EiRhth & Market Sts.,
Philadelph 1a.
DEALER IN
Foreign! and Domestic
WINES AND LIQUORS,
AND JOBBER IN CIGARS,
BL00MSBURG, PA.
PRACTICAL
BILOOMSBUm PEOPA.
i' 1.
ana 111 every
to shop by mail
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