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K. I.. JOI3XSTOX, Editor.
UK 18 A FREEMAN WHOM TH K TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE,
II. A. Jtl'riKE, PublUbor
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EBENSBURG, -PA., THURSDAY, VRIAY 6 J 1868-
VOLUME 2.
NUMBER 14.
v.
oKIGIXAL.J
A 1 II K A 31 .
BY G. J. A.
In my sleep I saw a sight, "
Mauding at an awful bight :
Watching what they did below
Coming forward to and fro.
"1'noUiiht I some were strangely oM.
And their blood was almost culd
Barely strength to totter hence.
1 hear the words of evidence ;
And some were youug, but all did weep,
Wakened from thtir last long sleep ;
For all 1 saw 1 cannot tell
In words to suit the subject well :
JSut countless numbers had collected
Near the place to whence directed
By an awful voice that spoke
'Come! ray laws you all havo broke ;
Time shall cease, so come ye all,
To rise. or deep forever fail
Lise, to be forever blessed,
1) sink to he forever cursed."
And as he spoke to tlivsc assembled.
'1 bote who ne'er I m fore had trembled
Now sank down in deep despair.
Knowing naught now could repair;
And some were covered with a light
Pz.iing, biilliant, awful bright
These to the ri.ht were nearer than ho rest,
And on a brilliant cloud impressed.
I i letteit; golden, "Come, ye blessed!"
And more to the left thai these there were
Our t less thousands gathered there :
And "i-u among them stood upright
Hideous, awful to the sight
Stood and elamoied loud and long
To that assembled, dreadful throng ;
And in his hand he held a brand.
And pre.-sed on each one's forehead
-Damned!"
And when that direful scene was o'er,
Thought I all that was before
Of man's great works and triumphs bright.
And those that were a brilliant light
In wi-rldty matters, passed away
Amidst the troubles of that day.
a s.itnanci:.
An English East Iiwliarann had run
i' pun. a reef or bar of sand a long way
fiom the shoie. The roaring, foaming
teas were leaping upon the deck, i n I
stamping it to pieces. They had crushed
the boats like so many e shell?, and the
f: antic passengers were shi itki. g in the
ti n pest for help. The Dutch settlers
s:iv the. sight aiid beard the cry and
lushed down to the beach, apparently to
Co rthirg but ccc the waters swallow un
the men and women clinging to the rig
ging of the broken vessel, for they had no
boat to push out into the surge, and none
was 'vithin an hour's reach. The wreck
would go to pieces before a raft could be
made or anything floated from, the shore.
Jluman help there was none at first sight,
but at the sharpest crisis of the. agony a
Jhi'ch farmer galloped down to the sea on
j.n Arabian mare, th t was like another
1 fe to him : that had carried him through
s.!i the h;iz.nds of the wide world and its
v ilder beasts, and seemed to share her
master's "intelligence and divine as well
sis U y his will. She swam rivers and
vndid mo: asses with him on her back,
jo.d now he spin red her through the
crowd, and without a momen't pause
pi rged into the sea with a ropo attached
to her tail. The brave creature shrank
l ot an instant from the fierce wrestle with
t he bujiig waves. She struck them
down with her iron hoofs, and breasted
Li r way to the chip's side. It was but
a mil ute" 8 May and she was making for
the s' ore again, trailing a row of men and
wimin clinging to the rope. The shouts
t f the crowd awaiting to receive them
teemed to thrill her strained muscles with
a new vior ; and when her feet struck on
the eaith, and she mounted on the beach
snd shook the salt water from her sides
she looked round upon the half-drowned
Wings she had dragged to land and life.
And it seemed given to her by the God of
L3 all to show that she had done a good
jut. Her master patted her on the neck,
as when they had faced the lions in the
desert ; he patted her with eyes turned
toward the ship. It was but a minute's
pauso. "Once more, my Jenny, darling ;
once more," and she turned her head, and
plunged again, wilhout touch of spur into
the sea. Once more she plunged into the
surge, sr.ort'ng over its briny crest. Once
more she wheeled at the ship's side and
Leaded for the shore, trailing another row
of men behind her. Many times her
Lead dipped above her nostrils in a break
ing wave : many times thc neighed as
for help as she struck out heavily with the
load dragging her down. She neared the
land, bnt more slowly before and stag
pered up the ascent with trembling limbs.
The socond long and desperate tug through
the surge had strained every nerve and
muscle to its utmost tension, and she
stood quivering, blown and exhausted. .
There were several more human beings
left behind on tlie crashing, broken . hull ;
the darkness wa9 closing in upon them and,
certain death with the darkness. The
brave hearted Dutchman heard that bitter
cry, and saw that harrowing sight. Could
lie do more ? Could he try it again ?
"Jenny, my darling ! Jenny, can you do
it V and he put his arms around her neck,
fondly and tenderly. She rubbed ber
bead against his cheek, an if she said,
"Master, if you will it, I'll try." He
mounted ber back, and without sense of
var or rein, she turned and walked straight
iuto the foaming sea. Slowly, painfully,
with weakening strokes, she made her way
to the Bhip, and once tnore headed for the
shore with the last passenger clinging to
the rope. With hands and voices uplift
ed, stood the crowd on the beach. "O
God of mercy and might, give the poor
I
creature strength for this once." Her head
is lost for a moment. "It is the wave be
tween. There! she rises ! see her. mane
on that white cap. O Heaven ! be mer
ciful I Do you see her now ? No, but I
see good Diedrich's hand above the water,
reaching towards us. Now it is gone. O,
poor, good man 1 he has gone down with
his noble horse and all the men he tried to
save. Noble Diedrich ! God bless his
widow and fatherless children ! Dear,
good man ! he was thinking more of other
men's widows and fatherless childreu than
his own when he made that last ride into
the sea."
That was the act of a Dutch boor on
the coast of Africa of a man belonging
to a class which many writers of history
and romance overlook in seeking for great
deeds of heroism and chivalry, and for
lofty sentiments of philanthropy or patriot
ism. If ever some one of the class fitted
for the task should undertake to write the.
history of common working men and wo
men of the world, deeds and dispositions
of the same order and nv rit miht be found
to fill a hundred volumes.
A Wonder of Natlkk The Califor
nia correspondent of the Milwaukee Senti
nel gives the following account of a won
derful discovery which has just been made
jn that State :
44 A vein of very curious rock has recent
ly been discovered in El Dorado county,
which as yet has failed to elicit from the
scientifically inclined any satisfactory ex
planation. Several large slabs have been
taken out and are now on exhibition in
this city. Its peculiarity is that it repre
sents landscape drawing wrought by the
hand of nature thousands of years, per
haps, before the advent of man upon this
mundane sphere. Mountain scenery is
here portrayed on ineiiaccable tablets by
a peelers drawing-master, representing, in
variegated colors, bold and rugged peaks
ruing one above another and descending
in long, rolling ridges of billy country.
Barren rocks, trees and manzanita brush
in profusion give variety to the pictures,
but nowhere is to be found that essential
requisite to a complete scenic picture a
mountain stream. And here it would
seem that even so matchless an nrti.-t as
nature has actually blundered. Another
singularity of this rock is that the pictures
extend through the entire vein, so that,
cut in any direction, it cannot be destroyed.
The color is of a dull, heavy character,
consisting mainly of grades of red, yellow
and b'.ick seen at a little distance they
resemble merely a rude outline pencil
drawing. No geologicitl savant has favor
ed us with an opinion as to the cause and
manner of their formation. The action of
water and reflection in some as yet unde
fined way is the most plausible hypothesis
advanced. It has given rise to a 'l'hoto
graphic Landscape Rock Company,' who
design shipping to the Atlantic States and
Europe samples for exhibition. There is
certainly no deception about it, and it may
justly be classed as the eighth wonder of
the world."
Ckktaix Clue rot: Founder. As
soon as you discover the horse is founder
ed, take him to the nearest branch or
stream of water and tie him in it standing,
the water nearly up to his belly his head
being so high that he cannot drink. If
the weather is warm let him stand in the
stream several hours, then- take him out,
rub his legs thoroughly to promote circula
tion and again tie him in water, if he h
still lame. By.repeating this process two
or three times the horse will be effectually
cured.
If the weather is cold when the horse i
foundered, that is, if it is in the winter,
the horse must not be allowed to stand in
the water more than about tweDty minutes
at a time, when he should be taken out
and bis legs rubbed dilligently till they
become dry and warm and the circulation
of the blood made active, and this process
must be repeated till the horse is cured,
which will be generally within twenty
four hours. This remedy will cost nothing,
can do no possible harm and will in every
instance cure, if the disease has not been
of too long standing. Don't be afraid to
try it. Rural World.
Fou Preserving Fcks. Ladies are
often anxious about keeping furs free from
moths during the summer months. Some
one advertises to send the requisite infor
mation for $1. Darkness is all that is
necessary. The "miller" that deposits the
eggs from which moths are hatched only
moves in light ; the moths themselves
work in darkness. Hang the furs in a
very dark closet and keep the door shut ;
keep it always dark and you can have do
trouble. Bur, as closet doors are some
times left open, the better way is to enclose
the articles loosely in a paper box, put this
in a pillow case, or wrap around with
cloth, and hang tip in a dark closet.
Camphor, spices or perfumes, are of no
use. Continued darkness is sufficient.
And do not take out the furs in Judo or
July to give them an "airing," for even
then cometh the enemy, and it may be
that in fifteen minutes after exposure, has
deposited a hundred eggs. If you consider
an airing indispensable, give the furs a
good switching and put them quickly
back. Country Gentleman.
Ir is satisfaction to dig for wafer, be
cause you know then that you arc doing
well.'
PIKCJ1AMG A FA113I.
Collector David Henshaw was a kind'
hearted man as well as able ; but smart
as he was, on one occasion in doing a gen
erous act, he was sadly taked in. An old
customer doing business in the town of
Eaton, N. II., had failed, owing Mr. H's.
firm about $2,000. After settling with
his other creditors, he came to see Mr. II.
"Well, sir," said the latter, ''what can
you do for us?"
"Have saved my farm for you, sir,"
replied the unfortunate.
"Your farm, hey," said II., "and what
have you got left ?"
"Well, sir, a horse, a pig and a cow,
anl altogether I think they may bring me
about seventy-five dollars sufficient, I
hope to get myself and family out to some
of the western States, where I intend to
settle ; by the way, here's the deed of the
farm," said the poor but honest debtor, as
he passed the document which certified
Mr. H's. legal right to two hundred acres
of land, "more or less," and long known
as the "Cold Stream Farm."
"Oh, that will uever do," says Mr. II.,
and drawing his check for $500, he hand
ed it to his old customer, remarking at the
same time that he "was sorry for his mis
fortunes, and appreciating his integrity, it
gave him great pleasure to be able to afford
him a little assistance at starting again,"
The poor fellow was greatly surprised,
and reluctantly taking the check, "with
a tear drop in each eye,'" heartily thanked
his over-generous creditor and departed,
but to be seen by II. never more.
About the firs.t of April following Mr.
Henshaw thought he would go up to Ea
ton and take a look at his real estate.
Arriving at the town about dusk, he "put
up" at the tavern kept by his old friend
March, who on learning his guest's errand,
said he would go out with hitu next morn
ing and show him where the farm lay.
Next day, soon after breakfast, the two
salied out to see it. After proceedings a
few rods the old tavern-keeper halted, and
directing his companion's gaze to a bare
but very afeep and rough-looking moun
tain, that stood a mile or so off, remarked
that "that was called Bald Mountain."
"That's a tough looking place," said
the other.
"Well," continued the tavern-keeper,
"the location of your property the 'Cold
Stream Farm' is on the top oi that
mountain."
"Yes, but how do you get there ?"
"Why, j'ou don't suppose anybody was
ever up there, do you, Mr. Henshaw ?"
"Well, what's the good of it what is
done with it ? ' ruefully inquired the
amazed merchant.
"The town pl-lls it every 'ear for the
taxes," replied the landlord.
"They do, hey ?" says Mr. Henshaw,
"and pray tell me who in these parts is
foolish enough to buy such property ?''
"Why any of our chaps around here,
who get into trouble or fail, buy it for
the purpose of setting with their Boston
creditors."
Mr. Henshaw took the first opportuni
ty to return home, aud perhaps would not
have told the story, but a friend, in ask
ing him as collector, to give a man a
place in the curtom house, for one reason,
among and above others, that he'; was
from New Hampshire when he gave
this little bit of experience with one of the
Granite State men.
Visible Signs of Military Rank.
"The Land We Love" has this anecdote:
"While A. 1'. Hill's division was tear
ing up the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
in the fall of 18G2, Lane's brigade of that
division was ordered further north than
the other brigades, where a live 'reb' was
a curiosity. At this time the quarter
master had not procured new clothing to
take the place of the worn, tattered and
ragged relics of the campaign into 'My
Maryland, and we were rather ragamuf
fins that's a fact. Tearing up railroads
is not a very pleasant business, and we
had enjoyed ourselves for about twenty
four hours, when Captain K went to
a house to get something cooked, and got
into qnite an interesting conversation with
the good lady of the house. Said tho old
lady :
" 'You is an officer, isn't you?'
" Yes, madam ; I am a captain in the
Seventh North Carolina Infantry.'
" Thar, now, Betsy Ann, I told you
he was an officer. I kin tell an officer
whenever I lays my two eyes on 'em.
The officers they have the seats of their
breeches patched, and the common soldiers
they doesn't.' "
Old Maids. A sprightly writer ex
presses his opinion of old maids in the
following manner :
I am inclined to think that many of the
satarical aspersions cast upon old maids
tell tnore to their credit than is generally
imagined. Is a woman remarkably neat
in her person ? She will certainly be an
old maid. Is she particularly reserved
toward the other sex ? She has all the
squeamishness of an old maid. Is she
frugal in her expenses, aud exact in her
domestic coneerns ? She is cut out for
an old maid. And if she is humane to
the animals about her, nothing can save
hor from the appellation of an old maid.
In short, I have always found that neat
ness, modesty, economy and humanity
are the never-failing characteristics of that
terrible creature "old maid."
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"DEATH FALLEY."
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press, with Gen. Palmer's engineer corps
of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, writing
from Camp Cody, on the Mohave river,
California, gives the following description
of a remarkable valley in that region :
Eighty miles northwest of this camp is
the well-known and much dreaded "Death
Valley." It is said to be lower than the
level of the sea, and wholly destitute of
water. Mr. Spears, our intelligent guide,
who visited this remarkab'e valley several
times, gave me the following account of
it, with the reason for its terrible name:
The valley is some fifty miles long by
thirty in breadth, and save at two points,
it is wholly encircled with mountains, up
whose steep sides it is imposible for any
but expert climbers to ascend. It is
devoid of vegetation, and the shadow of
bird or wild beast never darkened its
white glaring sand. In the early days,
trains of emigrants bound for California
passed, under the direction of guides, to
the south of Death Valley, by what is
now known as the "old Mormon road "
In the year I80O, a large train, with some
three hundred emigrants mostly from Illi
nois ami Missouri, came south from Salt
Lake, guided by a Mormon. When near
Death V alley, a dissent broke out in a
part of the train, and twenty-one families
came to the conclusion that the Mormon
knew nothing about the country, eo they
apopinted one of their number a leader,
and broke off from the main party. This
leader determined to turn due west ; so
with the people and wagons and flocks be
traveled for three days, and then descended
into the broad valley, whose treacherous
mirage promised water. They reached
the centre, but only the white glaring
sand, bounded by the scorched peaks, mot
their gaze on every hand. Around the
valley they wandered, and one by one the
men died, nnd the panting flocks stretched
themselves in death under the hot sun.
Then the children, crying for water, died
at their mothers breasts, and4with swollen
tongues and burning vitals, the mothers
followed. Wagon after wagon was aban
doned, and strong men tottered and raved
and died. After a week's wandering a
doz.-n survivors found some water in tho
hollow of a rock in the mountains It
lasted a short time, then all perished but
two, who, through some miraculous means
got out of the valley and followed the
trail of their former companions. Eighty
seven persons, with hundreds of animals,
perished in this fearful place, and since
then the name of Death Valley has been
applied to it. Mr. Spears says that when
he visited it last winter, after the lapse of
eighteen years, he found the wagons still
complete, the iron work and tires bright,
and the shriveled tkelctons lying in many
places side by side.
Wouldn't be Reconstructed. In tho
woik by John Es;on Cooke, entitled
"Wearing of the Gray," the following an
ecdote occurs, which nitty, perhaps, be ap
preciated under present circumstances:
In 18t3 tiie enemy caught an old con
tryman near the Madison Court-house,
and informed him that he must do one of
two things either take the oath of alle
giance to tho United States Government
or prepare to be buried alive. He de
clined to take the oath, when his captors
deliberately proceeded in his presence to
dig a grave, and when it was finished they
led him to it and said :
"Will you take the oath?"
"No !" responded the prisoner.
"You had better !"
"I won't !"
"If you don't take the oath you will be
buried alive in the grave in the next five
minutes !" The old fellow approached
nearer, looked with attention at the pit
yawning before him, and then turning
round, with his hands in his pockets,
replied calmly :
"Well, go on with your d d old funer
al 1"
Rkmahkaiilh Discovert in Tfnxesskk.
The Chattanooga Union says that, Mr.
Wm. Staples, while digging recently in a
salt lick on his farm, a few miles north
east ot Kingston, Tenn., struck a solid
limestone rock about seven feet below the
surface. He found in it a well, about
eight inches in diametor, filled with very
salt water. After the discovery of the
well Mr. Staples prosecuted his investiga
tions, and found to his surprise a line of
salt kettles. I he kettles were of stone
ware, made of the same material as that
used by the Indians for their houseware,
such as plates, dishes, etc. The kettles
were broken, but the curvature indicated
that they were about three feet in diame
ter, and were about forty in number. A
most striking fact connected with this
discovery.is, that the kettles were fouud
at a depth of seven feet below the surface
of the ground. Growing above them
were trees-poplar and oak which were
evideotly two centuries old.
A Sitpopition Suppose a man owns
a skill": lie fastens the skiff to the shore
with a rope made of straw ; along comes
a cow ; cow gets into the boat ; turns
around and eats the rope ; the skiff thus
let loose, with the cow on board, starts
Idown stream, and on its passage is upset;
tue cow is urowned. JNow, has the man
that owns the cow got to pay for the boatf
or the man that owns the boat got to pay
for the cow ?
AN
FOB THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
BOROUGH OF EBENSBURG, PEKN'A.
Chapter I. Auditor.
Sec. 1. The borough auditors shall
annually, not later than the second Tues
day of March, meet, examine, audit, and
adjust the books, papers aod account? of
the borough treasurer for the preceding
fiscal year, which i-hall in all cases end 00
the last day of Febru-iry.
Sec. 2. They shall cancel all orders
or vouchers which are by them allowed
in the settlement of the treasurer's ac
count, and Khali immediately make and
present to council a written report of the
receipts and expenditures of the borough
for the preceding year, and also return to
the borough clerk all orders or vouchers
so canceled by them.
Chatter II. Buryess.
Sec. 1. On Monday evening, suc
ceeding the third Friday in February of
each year, the burgess elect and the coun
cilmen elect, or holding over, shall meet
for the purpose of organization. At
which time, unless they have previously
done so in a leal manner, they shall take
the oath prescribed by law. Upon neg
lect or refusal of the burgess or an' coun
cilman to take such oath lor one month
alter his election, ouncil shall declare his
oiliee vacant and proceed to fill the same
accordiug to law.
Sec. 2. The burgess shall sign all
orders drawn on the treasurer, but only
for the payment of such bills as have been
approved aud directed to be paid by coun
cil; he shall have charge of the seal ot the
borough, and shall affix the same without
fee or regard to all documents requiring
to be thus authenticated.
Sec. 3. The burgess shall have con
trol ol all police or police officers employed
by the borough, and in case of emergency
shall have power to appoint special po
licemen. But nj such special appoint
ment shall continue f r longer than forty-,
eight hours, unless by order or conseut of
council.
Sec. 4. The burgess shall see that the
public peace is preserved, aud shall en
force obedience to the borough laws and
tegulatious; aud may from time to lime
call the attention of council to such sub
jects as he may deem proper to lay before
them.
ClIArTr.lt III. Jiormi'jh CiWlr.
Sec. 1. The borough clerk shall draw
all orders on the treasurer for the amount
cf all bills aa:nst the borough which h-tve
passed council, and shall keep a register
ol the same. He shall careful!- file, far
preservation, all returns, papers, vouch
ers, aod other documents of the borough;
he shall make out the duplicate for the
use of the treasurer; he shall keep accu
rate accounts of the outstanding liabilities
of the "borough; and annually, in con
junction with the treasurer, immediately
after the auditors settlement, make and
submit to council a report of the financial
condition of the borough, mcludtng a
statement of receipts and expenditures.
Sec. 2. He shall record all ordinances
passed by council in a book to be kept for
that purpose, and perform such other ap
propriate duties as may be required by
couueih He shall keep correct minutes
of the proceedings of council, and give
due notice to the members thereof of any
special meetiog called by the burgess.
CilAPTtn. IV. Council.
Sec 1. A stated or regular meeting
of council 6hall be held oo the fourth
Monday eveuing of each month ; but the
burgess, when the interests of the borough
require it, or on the written request ot
three members of council, shall call a spe
cial meeting of the same. At all meetings
of council, the burgess shall preside, but
shall have no vote unless they are equally
divided. A majority of the members of
council shall constitute a quorum. Seven
o'clock shall be the time for calling each
regular meeting of council to order for the
transaction of business, unless otherwise
ordered at a previous meeting. Iu the
absence or inability of the burgess, a ma
jority of the members may call a meeting
of council by written notice.
Sec. 2. At the first regular meeting
f council in each year, they shall proceed
to elect, viva voce or by ballot, the fol
lowing borough officers, in the order
named :
1. Boroush clerk.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Borough treasurer and collector.
Street commissioner.
Weigh master.
Market master.
Policemen.
Each ol said officers, within ten days
after his election, shall take and sub
scribe to an oath, or affirmation to dis
charge his duties with zeal and fidelity.
Otherwise, his election or appointment
shall be void6 initio.
Sec. 3. Special committees may at any
time be appointed by council, and shall,
if practicable, report at the next subse
quent meeting after their appointment.
Chapter V. Exhibitions.
Sic 1. No person or persons, not a
citizen or citizens of the bjrough, fchall
exhibit within the limits thereof any the-
atiical or dramatical entertainment, or
shall act, exhibit, play, or perform auy
opera, circus-riding, horsemanship, me-
nvliklrinn nannrnnia nunlinnr
sculpture, curiosity, tricks, musical party,
concert, or other entertainment, show, or
auiusemeut, for which money or other
reward is demanded or received, without a
license had and obtained from the burgess
and countersigned by the clerk. The price
or tax to be charged and received by the
burgess, or in his abseuce or Suability the
borough officer designated by hiu:, shall
be not less than two nor more than fifty
dollars. The precise amount thereof hall
be determined by the burgess, or in his
absence or inability by such other borough
officer as he shall designate to collect the
same.
Sec. 2. For lectures on scientific, re
ligious, or literary subjects; for fairs,
exhibitions of paintings or statuary, by
citizens of the borough ; for musical par
ties or concerts, when any of the name
are given for benevolent or charitable
purposes, no license shall be required or
charge made
Sec 3 No show, farce, exhibition,
performance, or play ot an indecent,
immoral or blasphemous character or ten
dency shall be allowed, and any person
offending herein shall be fined not less
than five nor more than fifty dollars.
Any person violating any other provision
of this chapter shall be fined a like
amount.
Chapter VI. Fires and Fire
Sec. 1. The burgess or police of the
borough, or any of them, 6hall have au
thority in time of tire to disperse all col
lections of idle or suspicious persons, and
otherwise preserve order by preventing
the commission of offeuses at such times.
Any person interfering with or refusiu
to obey such officer in the discharge of
his duty under this section shall be sub
ject to a Cue of not less than two nor more
than ten dollars.
Sec. 2. The burgess shall provide a
suitable place, at the expense ot the bor
ough, for any fire apparatus owned by tho
borough, and see that the same be kept
in good working order aod cobdition.
Sec. 3. Any person or persons remo
ving or using such apparatus for other
than their proper purpose, injuring, defa
cing, or destroying the same, shall pay the
costs of repair, or of rebuilding or re
making, and a fiue of not less than three
dollars.
Sec. 4. Two firemen for each ward
shall be annually appointed by the bur
gess, for the term of one jear, whoe duty
it shall be to examine, with a view to as
certain their entire safety, all stoves, fire
places, flues, chimneys, ovens, hearths,
ami other places used to C3ntain Cre or to
conduct heat or smoke, and to use every
proper means to prevent accidents by fire.
They shall report to council the persons
wham they have directed to make repairs
or to rebuild. It shall be the duty of the
t-treet commissioner to see that the direc
tions of the firemen are complied with.
Chapter VII. Fines and Fees.
Sec. 1. All fines and forfeitures under
the provisions of the ordinances of the
borough shall be recovered by a summary
conviction before the burgess; and in all
cases of conviction, the party convicted
shall b liable to pay, in addition to the
fine or forfeiture, the legal fees and costs
which shall have accrued in the case.
Sec. 2. In the case of any person
sentenced by the burgess to imprisonment
under any ordinance or regulation of the
borough, or of any person who shall neg
lect or refuse to pay any fine that may be
duly imposed on him by the burgess, with
the fees and costs, such person shall be
committed to the county jail, used as the
borough lock-up, for a period not exceed
ing the time prescribed by law; and such
fine, the fees, and costs, shall be collected
by due process of law.
Sec. 3. All fees and costs of the bur
gess aod policemen shall be the same as for
justices of the peace and constables of the
borough of hbensburg in like cases. But
the borough shall in no case be liable for
the fees and costs of such officer.
Sec. 4. If any person shall in any
manner interfere with or obstruct an offi
cer or other person acting under the au
thority of the borough, in the discharge
of his duty, or shall resist the deforce
ment of any ordinance or regulation of the
borough, such person shall pay a fine of
not less than three nor more than ten
dollars.
Chapter VITI. Police.
Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the
police to enforce all borough ordinances
or regulations, to make, or cause to be
made, complaint to the burgess of all in
fractions of the same within their knowl
edge, to procure necessary proof thereof,
and in subordination to the burgess to
preserve the peace and quiet of the bor
ough. They shall quell all riots, tumults,
and other disturbances.
Sec. 2. The policeman designated by
the burgess shall post, or cause to be pos
ted, as prescribed by law, all notices of
elections held pursuant to any ordinance,
resolution, or regulation ot council, and
all orainances enacted by the same; and if
iu any case council require personal notice
to be given, the policeman designated as
foregoing shall serve such notice. They
shall also execute all warrants and pro
cesses issued by the burgess.
Sec. 3. If any officer of police or po
liceman shall neglect or refuse to enforce
any ordinance or regulation of the bor
ough, after his attention has been called
to any infraction thereof by auy citizen of
the borough, he shall be fined in a sum
not less than five dollars, in addition to
any other penalty to which he may be
suhjtct by such netrlect or refusal.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the
burgess, ou or before the first day of April
of each year, to contract as favorably as
possible with the proper county officers
for the use of the jail of the county, for
the detention of persons under commit
ment by him, and for the sustenance of
the same while in confinement under his
sentenee. Such contract to bo submitted
to the next subsequent meeting of council
for ratification, modification, or rtjectiou.
Chapter IX. Markets.
Sec. 1. Regular markets shall be held
in the borough market house on Tuesdays
and Saturdays of each week, for the sale
of fresh meat, poultry, butter, eggs, green,
fruit, grain, and vegetables." Market
hours shall begin on said days at four
o'clock, A. M., and shall close for the
pale of fresh meat at 10 A. M. in May,
June, July, August, and September.
No meat or other article shall be sold,
bargained for, bartered, or ordered or
placed in baskets, buckets, boxes, or pails,
or other receptacles, for any person or
persons previous to market hours, but all
uieai exposed on the hooks, rucks, stalle,
shambles, or other parts of said house
shall be open to be bought a: the regular
rates by any and every person or persons
equally, and all meats taken thereto shall
be so exposed. Nor shall any fresh meat
be sold in any other part of the borough
th an within the market house between tho
hours named and on the days named, in
any quantity less than one quarter. Any
person violating this section shall be fined
not less than five nor more than twenty
dollars.
Sec. 2 All articles 6old at said mar
ket house by weight or measure shall be
weighed or measured by weights, scale",
or measures duly regulated, under the
peralty of one dollar for every offense.
Sec. 3. No person shall slaughter or
dress any animal in said market house, or
on the public grouuds adjacent there'o,
or deposit any offal or garbage within said
limits, or cause the same to be done, un Jcr
a penalty of two dollars.
Sec. 4. Any person selling any tainted
meat in said market house, or unsound or
unwholesome provisions, or veal under
three weeks old, shall be liable to hav
the same seized by the market master, and
to pay a fiue of not less than five dollars.
Sec. 5. If any person shall represent
any article which he or she offers for slo
at said market house to measure or weigh
more than may be found by trial 0 be
correct, such article shall be forfeited to
the use of the borough, and the person
offering the same shall pay a fine of not
less than one dollar for each article
whose weight or measure is thus misrep
resented. CHAPTER X.Jf,tr7;et Mister and StaV.
Sec. 1. The market master shall nt
tend in the market house during market
hours on every market day. He shall
have general superintendence therein, and
shall see to the enforcement of all bor
ough ordiuances relating thereto. He
shall cause the said house to be kept in
clean and healthy condition. The sti!s
ot said market house shall be rented an
nually on or before the first day of April
of each year, the rent to be paid half
yearly in advance, and possession to ba
given obly on payment. The annual ren
tal of stalls shall be fifteen dollars for each
stall. Ail terms or parts of terms shall
expire on the succeeding first day of
April. Any person renting for less than
one year shall pay at the above rate with
ten per cent, added. Any person occu
pying any of 6aid stalls, and not having
paid the rent therefor, may be excluded
therefrom by the market master.
Sec. 2. The market master shall give
a bond, with security, to be approved by
council, in the sum of fitly dollars, for
the faithful discharge of his duties.
Chapter XI. ftuisancts.
Pec. 1. No person shall place or cast
any earth, brick, stone, coal, wood, filth,
ashes, mortar, lime, chavings, dang, or
substance of any kind (except articles for
the purpose of loading or unloading, re
moving, or storing away, or building ma
terial, which shall not occupy more than
five feet of the street, measuring from the
line of the curbstone) on any square,
street, sidewalk, or alley within the bor
ough, under a penalty of not lesa than
one dollar nor more than ten dollars, be
sides the expense of removing the name if
removed by the street commissioner or by
order of the burgess.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall leave
any vehicle with any animal or animals
attached thereto, of any kind whatever,
in any public square, alley, or street with
in the borough, and shall suffer the same
to remain more than two hoars, unless for
the purpose of loading or unloading, shall
be liable for every such offense to a fine
of not less than one dollar nor more than
five dollars. Provided, nothing herein
contained shall apply to team; of persons
in attendance at religious worship or
service.
Sec. 3. Any person obstructing anj
of the crossings on any of the alleys or
streets of the borough shall be liabl to ft
fioe of not less than one nor more than
two dollars for every such offense.
Sec. 4. The occupant or possessor
of any lot within the borough shall, when
required by notice from the street com
missioner, remove all wood, coal, ashes,
barrels, boxes, or any ether obstructions
which may be, without legal authority, oa
the sidewalks, squares, streets, or alleys,
in front of or adjoining the lot occupied
by such person, from and off of the said
sidewalks, squares, streets, or alleys, and
any person neglecting or refusing to re
move the same shall forfeit and paj a fioe
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