The Had lent Comity Convention,
The Radical Count v Convention met
: z-m-- j,, tlC court House last .Monday and
E3ENSBURC, PA., nominated the following ticket, to In?
V:ixj Morr.ins, - - Aul 20, 1873.' ; tat.th!ne,x1tT0cto1 election.
J 21 1 -Assembly, hamnel Henrv, Lljer.sburg;
. " j Sheriff, John T. Harris, Johnstown;
Democratic County 'luhet. . Treasurer, Thomas Griffith. Cambria
township; Commissioner, James Con
lad, Washington township ; Poor
House Director, Tobias Stut.man,
Adams township; Coroner, John II.
Fisher, Johnstown ; Jury Commis
bioner, Klijtih Raker, Susquehanna
township; Auditor, John Cushon, Con
cmauli townshii.
Although these nominees are all cit
izens of admitted respectability, for
v hose personal safety we have a strong
regard, we nevertheless are well eon
vineed that each and all of them have
a much letter chance of being struck
with lightning than of being elected to
the ollices for which they have respect
ive!! nominated, bamuel Jlen-
ASSKMHIV:
HENRY SCAM-AN, Carrolltowii.
fllFBIH"
JIEHMAX IIAI-MKK, Concmangh Boro'.
TKEASt KKIi:
A. I. CK1STE, Minister Township.
commission ek:
KUWAIiD CLASS, F.lienslnirg.
TOOK HOI SE DIKIXTOR:
ANSEI.M
T.. II.
WEAKUNIi, Chest Twp.
roKOsr.n:
SINCF.K, Johnstown.
niiTOH:
H. II. FliEIDIIOl-K, Coiicmaiigh liorongh.
JfRY COMMISSIONKlt:
II EN It Y TOITEU, Adams Twp.
j . -
It E. I'AJtft'U'll LO n iw. v. win t
i in nor woiilil o-o to moss to announce ! ivelv
the nominations made bv the Demo- i iys nomination for the third time was
era tic State Convention, which as
sembled at Wilkesbarre last Wcdiies
day. Hut at this time (Thursday !
evening), we have not received a
promised dispatch from Mr. McPike, j
who is the delegate to the Convention j
from this county. j
P. Sc We have just learned that
Judge James II. Ludlow, of Philadcl-;
phia, was ii'iniii.sU.l for Supreme'
Court Judge, and Prank M. Hutch-
mson, or Pittsburgh, for State Treas
urer both on second ballot.
Hox. A. W. Loom is died at Cum
berland, Maryland, last Saturday, in
the "7th year of his age. Many years
ago, and before his health failed, he
practiced law in Pittsburgh, and was
regarded as one of the very ablest
members of the bar, when It could
boast of such men a3 Forward. Kiddle,
Shaler, McCandless, and others of al
most equal distinction.
A bout a year ago we had occasion
to administer a mild rebuke to the
Ashland Advocate, on account of a fre
quent practice it had fallen into ot
copying articles from this paper with
out giving the usual credit. Heeding
our remarks for a time, it has again re
turned to its old tricks, and in its issue
of last week appropriates two entire
articles from the Freeman and pub
lishes them as its own. This is a spe
cies of theft not tolerated among gen
tlemen of the press, but inasmuch as
the editor's name is Steel (S'eaJ) we
presume he regards it as a legitimate
part of his business.
The Democratic County Conven
tion of Plair county, met at Jfolli
daysburg last Monday and nominated
the following ticket: Assemblv, Jas.
Funk; Sheriff, John Kockett; Pro
thonotary, I. P. Stewart; County Com
missioner, Oliver Haggerty ; Jury
Commissioner, James Mcintosh ; Di
rector of the Poor. Emanuel Clapper;
Auditor, Robert L. Holliday ; Coro
ner, John Hickey. A series of reso
lutions were adopted hy the Conven
tion, among which was he following
in reference to the increase salary swin
dle: 4th. That wlicn a representati ve in con
gress or the legislature agree to serv the
lwople at a fixed salary, it is dishonest and
fraudulent in him to vote to increase it dur
ing the term, and we denounce as unjust
and unjustifiable either the voting' for or re
ceiving any such increase of salary by anv
luember, be he Democrat or Republican.
The Herald of last week, in reter-
ly the then approaching radical coun- j inernl of a warning to the young
firnplv tlie result of an overwhelminn-
"political necessity." No other man in'
the party was willing to encounter
certain defeat, and because Mr. Henry
has been twice elected by the aid of
Democratic votes the convention rush
ed to the conclusion that the same re
sult could Ik? once more achieved.
But this will not be, for the Democra
cy of the county are reolved that they
will not again consent to be misrepre
sented at Harrisliurg by one who .has
no political sympathy with them, and
who ha always been their active and
determined foe.
John T. Harris, tlie candidate for
Sheriff, is- the present Chief of Police
oi jonstown. lie is said to be an ef
ficient otlicer the right man in the
right place. As Johnstown will need
his services in the future as she has in
the past, we trust he will survive the
s.inning and 'gartering process thro'
whic h Hanmor will put 'him, and that
he may long live to wield his trun
cheon in preserving peace and order
in the metropolis of the eoimtv.
Tho nomination of Thomas Griffith
for Treasurer was a complete surprise,
especially to Hart man Berg and Will
iam H. Connell, his two competitors
for the emptj- honor. A writer in the
Herald a short time ago recommended
Mr. Griffith as a lit candidate for As
sembly, but it would seem that he pre
fers holding the key to the county
treasury rather than "be engaged in the
vain pursuit of legislative honors. He
is a man of stamp, and it is stronglv
suspected that tlie radical .leaders" in
this place net tip his nomination with
the wilful design of bleeding him for
the purposes of the campaign. Our
own impression is that Thornas will
not bleed to anv alarming extent, and
that the sinews of war must be furnished
from the old source. With these re
marks in reference to the three most
important nominations, we reserve
anything we may have to sav about
the balance of the ticket for "another
occasion.
The New York Tribune, having
been threatened with a lilel suit for
its article in reference to the exploits
of Senator Carpenter at Xew York
and Long Branch, which we published
last week, says it "will gladly payany
sum that may be assessed as damages,
to be convinced that the character' of
Mr. Carpenter is such that he does the
Senate no disgrace in presiding over
it, and that his life and conduct are
sucn as may oe liehi np tor an cxam-
The Tuo Tickets.
Although we feel the utmost confi
dence in the election of the entire Dem
ocratic county ticket, it is well to re
member that in politics, as in war, it
is the part of wisdom not to underes
timate the strength ot the enemy. The
Democratic party in this c ounty has a
clear and conceded majority of xeeen
hundred votes. This being the fact,
ought not the ticket which has been
put in nomination come out of the
contest easily triumphant, and if not,
why ? The tests of fitness in a candi
date for any office, from the highest
to the lowest, are honestT and compe
tency. Does any man, Democrat or
Republican, doiibt the integrity of
Henry Scar.lan, the Democratic can
didate for Assembly ? On that score
he will not suffer by a comparison with
any citizen of the county. In what
does a man's competency consist, in
order to qualify him intelligently to
discharge the duties of legislator ? Is
it in his ability to make long, and it
may be, eloquent speeches ? Such a
man is not always the most useful
member of the legislature, but in many
notable instances the very reverse.
Sound judgment and a reasonable
share of that rare talcnt.common sense,
are essential requisites in a safe and
practical representative. The Demo
cratic candidate possesses both these
qualities in an equal degree with his
radical opionent. The one represents
a party, the principles and policy of
which every democrat holds dear,while
the other is the exponent of a party
whose acts and policy every Democrat
who believes in and honors the name,
feels instinctively bound to crush out
and destroy. The votes of the one
will fairly represent the political views
of the Democracy of the county, while
the votes of the other will be given to
strengthen the grasp that radicalism
now has lioth on the State and nation.
Who doubts the ability of Herman
Baumer to make a reliable and etll
cient Shei-itr; ot A. I. Criste, faithful
ly to discharge the duties of County
Treasurer, or the honesty of Edward
Glass, the candidate for County Com
missioner? an ollice which he once
filled with acknowledged credit. Are
they not the equals in every respect
of their radical opponents ? Beside
all this, they have lx?en fairh- nomina
ted hy a convention composed of del
egates from every district in tlie coun
ty, and should therefore receive the
support of every member of the partv
who desires to preserve its organiza
tion and ascendancy. What radical
ever deserts a party nomination to
vote for a Democrat ? Let every Dem
ocrat consider therefore that he is not
fighting for men, but for that grand
old party founded by Jefferson, upheld
by the strong arm of Jackson, and
which is yet destined to control the
government of the country.
iv luin cnuoii, una anoiner oi its i
riodical attacks, by which we mean a
chronic habit of " wilfully traducing
mid misrepresenting the County Coin
missioners. If "corruption" prevails
in the management of the attain of
the county, it ought to be specially set
forth, and not meanly insinuated.
Have the Commissioners leen influ
enced by corrupt considerations in the
erection of the new jail? "Will tlie
J Ierald dare to specify in what par
ticular? When the effort was made
to remove the county seat from Kbens
burg to Johnstown, and when the
main argument in favor of the insane
proposition was the heavy expense of
erecting the jail, the music of the Her
ald was played on a verv different
harp. But all tlmt is forgotten, and
it now suits its low ambition, in pur
suit of a very small amount of cheap
political capital, to revive this explo
ded question of the past which it once
so fiercely assailed. It is the smallest
kind of political warfare. The fol
lowing is what the Herald said :
The management, or rather mi.Mnnnatre
meiit, of Cambria county aiVaii s has so Linjj
been in the hands of the partv iu power, thai
corruption prevsMs to snch "an extent that
people cai, no longer endure it whi'.e i. ia at
their eost. .
There are the Commissioners they who
t.mit the one hundred thousand dollar jaiT. or
whi. h will eosf nearly that when comj.leU-d.
A hy thus e.jLtravagiii.t outlay of tho jiople's
money when one-half of this su T,l,;l
have. leen atnnle ? ; nn 1
... , wrrp ex
pended for a lot upon which the jail is hunt
men of the country."
Inasmuch as in a prosecution for
liUl in New York the truth of the al
leged libellous matter can be given in
evidence, we hazard the prediction that
Matthew II. Carpenter will never face
that kind of music before a jury. In
referring to Carpenter's case, after this
threat of legal proceedings, the Trib
une uses the following appropriate
language which will meet with a ready
response from ever intcU.nt ,;,
and independent newspaper in the
country :
"It is not nectary to dwell upon the
Facial ease in hand. Our object is answer
ed, in directing he attention of the people
to the unclean life of the brilliant but un
principled man who occupies the chair of
the United State Senate, and who from his
hib position should be an example to tlie
youth of tlie land. The polities of the coun
try need cleansing and purifying. The jK,i
itieians who debauch public sentiment and
defy public opinion, who mock at virtue
pcout all considerations" of honesty or honor'
and flaunt their vices in the nation fce'
need to le held up to public gaze and reprol
bation. Under cover of loyaltv to a right
eous ennse, rapacity, Inst and creed have
had lull sway lor years, and the result is
the count r is honeycombed, with all man
ner of corruption. In such a state of things
J, . IV " -T i to ntt the veil and
I show the honeRtv .1. . i .
. t , r .i . --. wi.iu loving- peo
ple of the oountry what manner of uin t heir
rulers are. That i. the work of pure and
upright journalism." 1
Is Henry Hopple, who in 18G0 was
the candidate of both the Douglas and
, ,i ii(mu w men me jal is built ' mo jl iuc i'eiuocrai-
while the county hd plenty of ground m, , ie party in this county for Poor House
more suitable and convenient v.., ,1 In:' , V. l. . "0
reason, and many more that we could cive ! ",w"'r. was llelcated by AVil-
the people demand a charge in the ad mini n "glns, republican, by 210 ma
istration of Cambria county. j jyrity, and who has repeatedly since
inc Altoono 1'dmne remembering! been an unsuccessful applicant before
the course of the Herald on the new j Democratic county conventions for
jail question, copies the above twaddle the same office, the same man who
and disposes of it as follows: j was lmlloted for in the Radical conn
At the time when the t.r.-io-.t ,.f l,;i.i; i i -. , t-OUU-
...... ,4IS , winiuuijii last .uouilav fur tbnt
the new Cambria coim'v iail was first lii-o:i..ii. . . . ... . "J 101 tliat
ed, and down to and even after the period
01 the completion ot the structure, the lie
The Fools Not Am, Dkad Vi:t. The
Indiana Democrat makes the following ac
knowledgement that its count j contains at
least one man who does not read the pa
pers :'
A crTiTleninn from this county recently paid
a visit to Philadelphia, and irict wirh an ad
venture which we publish to put uuwarv
travelers on their guard, .hist as he arrived
at the depot of Mie I'ennsyl vani Itnilroad,
in West Philadelphia, he was accosted by a
stranger, with the inquiry, "If hi' w as going
to Indiana." The gentleman replied thai
he was. The sfra-ngrr then informed bim
that he was goin g out. in the same train
that he was a brother-in-law of Ji. C. Tay
lor, tire postmaster of this place, and that
he was going to Indiana- to embark in bnsi
ness. He asked the gentleman, as there
was plenty of time, to go with hiin a short
distance, and assist him in carrving his bag
gage to the depot. This was agree?! tv, and
after proceeding a short, distance, another
man, the sharper'scontVderate, passed them,
and turned around, exclaiming, "Ifllo.
Doctor, la that you? I thought yon were
going to leave the city." No. 1 'then told
his friend that he was .just preparing to
leave, and that our Indiana friend wasgoinf
out in the same train, to the same destinjw
tion, and had kindly consented to assist him
iu getting his baggage to the depot. No U
then demanded payments of a small bill W
fore his friend left the city, but as No. 1 did
not have the necessary change about his
clothes, he produced several cheques, from
SoOOdown to S50, and finally handing on r In
diana friend a $'M cheque, asked aim to give
ni... o .w M ,iMt..
1 his was doneat once, and thecheque hand
ed over. In a moment afterward the Indi
ana gentleman found himself alojie in an
unfrequented part of the city, his kind
friends having mysteriously disappeared.
Then, for the first time, it flashed upon his
mind that he was the victim of a couple of
exceedingly "polite" and "gente.el" shan
ers. He went back to the depot a sadder
and a wiser man, and as he had given the
sharpers all the loose money alout his per
son, borrowed enough to bring him home.
Our friend will retain that cheque as an
"heirloom," and a reminder of the "ways
that are dark, and the tricks that are vain."
Jh Oregon Cent us.
THE rSTEKTIONS OF A TOCSO MAX FROM
THE BACKWOODS OF OUEOOS STEAM
E5GISES AXI) TEIEGUAFHS.
It appears from the Sau Francisco
Chronicle that Oregon possesses a youlh-
. ful genius who deserves moie thau pass-
j ing notice. This is his story as told by j
I that journal: "A caveat was recently
filed iu the Patent Office at Washington !
for a new motive power, which, in the !
opinion of experienced engineers and sci-
' cntilic gentlemen ho have examined the J
working model, will not only supplant the i
! present steam engines in use, but largely
i increase the uses to which machinery can
i lie applied with profit. Strange to say,
this invention which promises such great
1 results is the product of a boy but eighteen
I years of age, who was born aud reared in
the backwoods - of -Oregim. - Frank G.
i Crouch is the name of the young genius.
I His father settled on a farm in Douglas
j county over twenty, years ago, and the
1 only educational advantages enjoyed by
: the young man were those afforded by the
I couutry school. At a very early age he
: demonstrated a wonderful ingenuity in
j the construction of wind-mills and water
! wheels, llefoio lie was ten years of age
j lie built a toy saw-mill, which was the
! wonder of the inhabitants for miles around.
I Natural philosophy and chemistry were
I his favorite studies, not only faithfully
I followed in school, but fairly revelled iu
i out of school hours. He was continually
', testing the theories of the book by actual
' experiir.enfs, and produced results which
astonished his elders. The frivolous
! amusements of other children he turned
: from, and his eutiic time was occupied not
I ofcly in practically demonstrating what he
i saw in print, but in endeavoring to 5m
i prove on the original. Up to four years
' ago, when he went with his father to l'ort
: land, lie never had seen a telegraphic in
strument, yet in having its ojeratio;i ex
plained to him he astonished the operator
with a more profound elucidation of its
workings than the operator himself could
have given. Upon his return home he
constructed an instrument, made a bat
tery, and iu a rude way could telegrath
with it. lie came near losing his life at
this period, from the strength of a battery
which he had constructed, receiving a
shock which laid him up for a month. In
this counection it may be stated that this j
young man has perfected a system of tele- '
graph whereby messages nmy be sent and !
received on board a train of cars, whether 1
standing still or moving at the rate of fifty
miles an hour. The young man fully ex
plained this system to a Chronicle reporter,
but as his application for a potent is not
yet filed it w ould be unfair to make it nidi-it-.
T-l ' . 1 1 ... '
uc. 1 ins system also renders collisions 1
impossible, ami greatly reduces the chances !
of accidents of all kinds. It has been test
ed on twelve miles of road and, .found to
work like a charm. Another of his inven
tions, from which his friends and practical
machinists expect great results, is a self
regnlating water-feed, to be applied to
boilers. The great majority of explosions
which occur are caused by the water get
ting low through the carelessness of engi
neers. By this arrangement the waterln
the boiler will always be kept at- a certain
height, rendering explosions impossible,
requiring 110 attention from the engineer,
and dispensing with the water gauges.
Among all the inventions to which this
young man has applied his attenti m, the
one which he was most desirous of bring
ing before the public was his new steam
engine. His father, who is a plain, prac
tical farmer, endeavored to turn his atten
tion from machinery and electricity to the
eveiy-day life of the farm, but finally he
was persuaded by the unceasing importu
nities of the youth to go with him to Port
land, and endeavor to get some capitalists
to supply tho money to bring out the in
ventions of the lny. They met with poor
success in Portland, and the father, whose
means are limited, endeavored to persuade
his son to return home. The young man
would not listen to such a proposition, and
linally induced his father to come on down
to San Francisco. They met with poor
success here at first, but young Crouch
finally succeeded in getting a miniature
model of his engine manufactured. He
took it down to San Jose, where several
old frieuds of the Crouch family resided.
At Judge Hester's residence, on tlie Ala
meda road, the little engine, with but-two-inch
cylinder and two-inch stroke, was ap
plied" to a. large straw cutter, ordinarily
worked by a very strong mule. It easily
handled the machine, and accomplished
work which the mule could not cutting off
grape-vines and barrel hoops as readily as
straw. The mule was substituted for the
little engine, and brought to a dead stop
when these things were put in the ma
chine. Judge Monro and Mr. Bishop at
once took stock in the undertaking-. With
the means furnished hy them a large en
gine is now being constructed at a machine
shop in this city, which will le in opera
tion this week. The merit claimed for
Hid i.cW ciigtuo lo flint T.y It Mean. !. c .1, -
verted into a wonderfully expansive gas,
by being snperheated in combination with
air, thus giving to a comparatively small
engine great power. By this arrangement
the main obstacle which has prevented the
application of machinery to many purposes
will be overcome, and tho steam carriage
for common roads made practical. A
great saving in fuel, as well as weights, is
also secured by the invention of young
Crouch. The engine and boiler are com
bined, and an engine of forty-horse power
will not take up a space of six" feet square."
The JliJJiin Fire.
I A
I
BCOltE OF BCSINESS PLACES DESTROYED
THE ESTIMATED LOSS if 100,000
TnE FIUE THE WOKE OF
AN ISCEXD1AHI.
Mifflin, situated fifty-two miles west of '
JIarnsburg, received its second baptism of
Jseivs anil Jotitical Item.
The cradle in which Abraham Lincoln
was rocked can be seen in thirteen differ
ent places in Illinois. They must have
rocked him by sections.
The three oldest citizens of Philadel
phia are Coddington Cbescboro, ninety-
four: Horace Binnev, ninety-three; and
I A girl in Oakland
t j ean old, and Mn.oi f.'.r
ceeded by patient. llI1Co n 'f'. u
i accumulating ,,"' ,
! one thousand do'lj 7, n"' '"
her poor old mother. 1, l's '
' p'ry, watches
:s in ,
fire the past three yeai-s on Saturday morn- j Amb',.ose White, ninety-three.
ng, when the business portion of the place
was destroyed and an estimated loss of
$100, 00 sustained.
Several railroad men were the first to
observe the fire, and they gave the alarm
and aroused the neighborhood. The flames
were first seen issuing from the building
occupied by the Juniata Sentinel office.
corner of Bridge street and an alley, and
aixxit liHi yards ironi the Juniata river
: bridge which connects Mifflin with'Patter
' sou. The hour at which the fire broke out
' (one o'clock in tho morning) and the fact
i that there had been no fire in the building
i on Friday, make it reasonably certain that
the conflagration is traceable to incendiar
; ism. This is the opinion of everybody iu
; Mifflin.
' Although the night was very calm, the
1 flames spread with considerable rapidity,
the buildings contiguous to the Sentinel
office being of frame and burning like tin
: der. The town has nothing but an old
hand engine, and that could not be used to
; advantage, so that no other resistance
I could be offered to the spread of the fire
; than the efforts of the people to subdue it
! with bucket of water. In three hours
from the time it originated nearly two
'blocks of buildings were in ruins, but
! three houses escaping destruction. But
foi the indefatigable efforts of the citizens
. the conflagration would have been far
- more sweeping. A stable tilled with hay
j occupied a position on the opposite side of
; the alley along which the fire was raging,
; and on several occasions the heat set it on
I tire. Blankets were sprvad over the stable,
i thoroughly saturated, buckets of water
! were thrown on and against the building,
and, although much scorched, it was
saved. Had it been burned another block
or more of buildings would have followed
i in all probability.
i In one sense the fire on Saturday was
! more disastrous than thatof January, 1S71,
'. as it destroyed the business portion of the
( town. Tho previous conflagration, how
j ever, extended over a greater area and
! laid - waste property worth piubablv
T 1 :., oo.
publicans of KW-nsburg were unanimous in
t he liestowal of praise of the County Com
missioners for tho wisdom manifested by
them ia making provision for what was
termed a '"great public necessity."- They
wero itd aud foisted, anil their names
wero ordered to W craven over above the 1
meniicai nosition t r ;,, ti 1 -
.... . , - " 'a. men 111s
jKihtics, hue other men's miseries, have
made him acuuainted with '
" uiaii v
strange bed fellows.
Tin: finding of the military com-
nilRli in T-l l.K triiul Al.l. ,.
" ' " "nit-i-ru 10 no graven over anove tne ; w" "'" " -vtouoc inuian
main door of the jail, that posterity should ! prisoners has been approved bv tho
knew to whom ther wrra ii.i..Kti .h:. 1 n : i . . i ' . . J tue
lost link in the chain of theVr tal bap- ! J,, . l" 1 ln , fSh0nchi.
pmcss. Ewrvii,ir.iainvwti, v ' i UiacK J im, Boston Charlev. ami Slouch
TrTI' b'" 1 hop i entertained . were found guilt v and sentenced tube
rv ineKesutmM Ktviiui.... i 11: .. .. . -
. , . .. i.t-jiu .Micans max
Kepubli. jin Commis.,iIlrr loay i eiet.Wll ,
t -vt tn!l . . A .
. iun,i ana curse tin
whom fhey once Wwsed, a. charg th
former action of th OoinmiK.sinerR as" hiv
ing been tainted wiih extravagance and cor-
.. .uMwn,-r. riii is
Jiot consistency.
hnnsr at such time and nlace as tho
proper authorities should direct. The
President has ordered that the sen
ence be duly executed at Fort. Kla
math, Oregon, on Friday, the 3d day.
Two Negttof.s IIcxo is Martt.ak n.
Two executions, both negroes, took
place in Maryland on Friday last. At a
few minutes past seven o'clock Levin Pal
mer, at Towseudtown, Baltimore county,
for rape, aifl at Baltimore, shortly after
ten o'clock, James West, aged twenty
three years, was hanged for murder.
When Mr. Stitt. the spiritual ad viser of
I aimer, entered his cell, Palmer became
so excited that he raved and seemed en
tirely to forget himself in the excess of his
religious frenzy. He shouted, clapped
hanJs, jumped np, knelt down, shook
Bands, and threw himself into various atti
tudes. The execution was accompanied
by the usual scenes.
The execution of West was a sickening
spectacle, lhs whole body was in a riot
lent struggle, swajing two and fro; his
hands clutched convulsively, and were
drawn up. aud down, and his bead moved
back and forwards with spasmodic jerks
Blood gushed from his nostrels. saturating
the white cap in front and behind, and
streaming down his neck and shoulders.
The spasms continued between five and
eight minutes, after which the body was
at rest.
Inokxuitt of Hats.- Tlie editor of the
Bradford Argus tells the following story
in regard to the ingenuity of the rats w hicii
infest his printing office:
For sumo time past we have been annoyed
upon arriving at our sanctum in the morn
ing, to find our paste-pot emptied of its
contents, the work of rats which unfor
tunately infest the building. Tuesday
morning we procured a two qnart tin pad
with a strong cover attached. Through
the centre of the cover we punched a hole
about the size of a nickle, through which
we inserted the handle of the brush
which is quite a large one, as all the paste
nscd in the composing room is furnished
from this can. Before night one of our
printers had occasion to use the pnste, and
to facilitate his work he removed the brush
from its place and afterwards forgot to re
turn it, although the cover was"secn;cly
fastened over the contents of the can.
Having occasion to visit the sanctum dur
ing the evening, we, while engaged in
writing np certain matters, had ori inatten
tion attracted to a tnMc in another room,
about -20 feet from uv, by a slight noise and
the appearance of three large nits follow
ing each other towards the can. Beirg a
little curious we kept perfectly quiet nrid
watched the uncouth intruders. Verv
cautiously the leader approached to the
can. walking about it, smelt and resmelt,
and finally crawled on its top. His coml
pan ions, like sentinels, stood below npon
the table, evidently awaiting the ringlead
er's developments. The old fcIlow,aftcr
nosing about on top for a minute, came to
the little bole, about which lie lingered
some time, evidently studying some" way
to get at the paste. After a .short time a
bright idea appeared to strike him, upon
which he acted at once. Wheeling about
ho backed up to the hole, screwed "his tail
about until the end protruded through the
hole, and then backed again nntil he"could
go no further. The whole of his tail was
now submerged in the cream-like paste,
and in a second after he withdrew it and
we saw that it was covered with floury
substance. Now he was in his glory. Sit
ting lwlt upright on his haunches he swim r
lrto oivunu, caugui it delicately in his into tho carriage from the bushes
.o.c anu quietly ncKed all the paste , wounded the General in the bin
v... mi,. .-vm-i ir pciiimir me one ration
many times, until his hunger was evident-
At the recent Kentucky election the
Republican candidate for State Treasurer
! received only 2,000 votes. Tho negroes
i and their white allies did ot think it worth ;
their while to vote.
j The special committee on woman suf
' frage appointed by the Ohio Conslitu- j
- tional Convention, will, the chairman .
states, report in favor of giving women the j
j ballot. I
! A Cincinnati editor, who has indulged j
in a heavy life insurance, is said to be fol- .
; lowed, whenever he goes a fishing, by
' several insurance companies affect ionatdy -:
bearing life preservers and sun umbrellas, t
! A wood-cutter recently died at St, Im- ,
j .ler, Switzerland, in the utmost distress, i
1 and a day or two afterwards he was an- j
j nounced to be the winner of a lottery prize ;
i of 6,000 francs. He had no relatives, and ;
i the State, therefore, is the heir,
j Schuyler Colfax has beeu making a !
1 speech at Detroit, Minn, lie puffed the '
i Northern Pacific and its land grant, and '
, fcaid he had been to Duluth to see the lots
I which he owned there. A great many lots
. at Duluth were given away ly the founder
j of that jlace.
i The women of Wyoming territory
propose to niake some use of the ballot.
They intend to send some oT their owusex
; to the legislature. If that body be as cor
rupt as some other State legislatures the
experiment will prove to Le a severe trial
, for female viitr.e.
' Lake Tahoe, Nevada, has a curiosity.
! Haifa mile from shore a tree stands per
pendicular in eighty feet-of water. It pro-
jects ten feet above the susface, and is fast-
ned so firmly to the bottom that it affords
safe moorage to the largest crafts ou the
like.
i During the hot canvass now going o:
in Massachusetts it has been nroven that
Ben. Butler did not originate the term
"contraband of war" as applied to the ne
gro. It was invented by another and ap
propriated by Butler. Ben. knows a good
thing when be sees it and has no hesitation
j about aj propriatiug it.
) An Illinois journal says: "A daughter
of li. Y. Porter, residing'near Monmouth,
while making her bed the other day, dis
covered a rattlesnake comfortably coiled
up between the sheets. Immediately
after th people of Monmouth thought the
corporation law against steam whittles hud
been violated."
A special from Washington says the
peace policy men are preparing an appeal
to be submitted to the President on the
I.jth prox.. for the commutation of the
sentence of Captain Jack and his Modoc
band. As the Piesideut has already ap
proved the sentence, it is not thought that
the peace-makers stand any show of suc
cess. Rev. Dr. Hendiickson, Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Di'H-ese of Providence, .
I., arrived at hits home, from Kuro Wed
nesday evening, lie was leceived by a
large gathering of his people and escorted
to the Cathedral by along procession, com
prising military and civic associations. At
the Cathedral the Bishop made an address
of thanks for his reception.
A Tennessee lady is gettiug discour
aged. She does not mention how old she
is, but when he lirst "came out" in so
ciety she made up her mind that she could
only marry an Kpiscopaliam- being herself
of that denomination. Finding m the
man she modified her views, and concluded
to marry uo one who was not a Christian.
All she is looking for now is a man who
does not drink whiky.
While a Troy man was in a leer sa toon,
the other d;ty, speaking to the toast, "Wo
man. God bless her," his wife waltzed in
and led him out by the ear, and he now
says that 0:1 the occasion of another -festive
meeting he will have that toast chained to
woman something else to which improved j
sentiment lie will respond with an eloquence
that will cast a cloud upon the fame of j
Daniel Webster.- I
Au attempt Was made to assassinate '
General Joseph Shelby, a somewhat celc- !
brated rebel General during the late war, j
and cousin of General Frank P. Blair, ou !
Wednesday evening. While the General, !
with his two little In.ys was driving from j
his residence to Auvillc, Mo., on tho even- I
mg mentioned, some unknown party fired j
and
1;
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l'.v
1 w
H' . -
:..! . ' "ii 5:11-,'! , v 1:
itiiicies, such as sl,e 0.,nii "--
from the houses wi.e.,. (''::fn
-Ai,;.by aSf ; -!ie
111 Boston n-M.Mii,. , 1 a ra
pinned a card which st',',
...1.. ti. ,wr. 1 .uie. of I
a fit of insanity." x
eu ny telegraph,
as liis propei tv. !:
his house :i " -'
" unit-
w as speed.ly restore,', to ,iV;' "' T
of the sorrowing M. .ihK :
The Lavenw.irth Ka' ' ,
tions a republi. ai. oil;, c 1, ' ,s
who was recently ,on ,v'
years service. ini0 r,,, , 'f-
results of his official life , V '
hi-'.d n'h.-f tl,,.... ... ' ''".-
" je.iis. at
soent several th
of tl ..'
1 jpfislatlire 1 , ".-.v
I 0 , yea, I l,,v; Jj,
wholesale dry g,HHls '
: $10,000 into bank sto.k- 1
,O00 t purchase a p.'V
; and I wnl purchase-on,, half
, for 7, 000, and will det.ov '
$20,000 of my salary ,,i ta. T
1 naper. ' "
j Tho Yellowstone cr,(1v,
; Gen. Sianlev. has b-,.i ' " '-
; uu; wnii me Indians, (in
1 expeuicion wa
by a lar
A':
aiiilCUi-ii T -
v 11 go partv ot ,,!:,.
were repulsed after a seveie'fi-'.';
loss of several warrior, .'.;'
tion lost Dr. Ilansin-iv, '.
geon, the cavalry sutler. :vn
i5a!l. of the cjvah v. 1 .,',i,r '?
de
sei
attempting to cross the V,.;;.,
eYi.edit i.kn o.-.;,. .. . , '.
Slight ensued. I.eiieml (-,; . f p
s . taut Kctcham had th.-ir W., f
; them, hicutcnant Br., Jen ,
I tbe thigh. privut0 TV-;f'f rJ,
a Onstar's orderly, was kiiiel. A liu
. soldiers were sligLtlv w,-m.i.,-' -
l"n.i.-.
peditiou bad tour !ii.,
wounded. The liidms" 1,,
by Gen. f'ustar at f-riy k:!;.-.,".
ed. The Indians wti'i- vC l
heavy rules, and Lad '
tion.
T?eo:stlr-s yoTia;:.
is hereby given that tfc j,;
counts tiave been passe.)
ister's rtice at i:ik,.;,ilr. r
sented to th.- Orphai.s T
count, for ronfiriiia:i..ii ,t V , ,
fclt F.SIIAY, SK1TKMI
She Hrst and fl 11.il
1 eruing, executor of 1"
01 tlie i'oioiijjb t-1 .Juhi ;.-:..,, . ,
The tirst aecnunt . f I.:;- it, ',
administratrix r .f Kvrti: U''-;
liorough of Johnstowi:, .'.n 'j.
The first account ot
exe-ntor of Tefer Al ::,;'... :i
township, dee d.
The second account t (';. .-. .!
William Kitfcll, (.,.:,.,.
la'e ef Kbensbur,i bor- n-' . .i,
The a. oiiut of John Sa.i:
Harriet, ('aroline and .-.
minor children of Iavi.l I::",:
eninngh townslrip, rtee'd.
The first and final aero-:.'.
Friel, administrator c.f !., ;.
late of Allegheny tdwnsli;;,',:-
The first account of Jotm'lV
lian of iM.rv:e Wilkin-, :i -(loorgt-
Wilkinson, I-,-,. r- .
ship, d.-e'd.
The lirxtaex'ount .1, , w
dian of John Wi.Uns.-t," ;i r
George i!kinsou. "t
thip, de.cd.
i r.e Kecon.l and fi.-,.-,; s-,. , -',
Mitchell, a.l':,ihi.st.-.r.-;. , ; :-,..YJ
ell. late of .7. ( :,.. h .,-...:!., :
The firs! .r.i.! r:.;i: ,,,,-;,,r ',.'
erts, eii.-cii:--r :' r.".;;r, U. M..:
Cambria t.vr-yn. .1. . '..
The first and l:.nal account .;'
mau and Isa.i.- I. ;t,-. i t--!,.r.
Lute, late of S;;-j.i..irt! : :i
Th- r.rt n. . on--! ,.f H.irri.' 1
C. Iewis. rl mi 1 : -t , n t t- i.f V.'
late of .Tiliistoivii !u-.r.'ii;ii, il. ',
The first and final a-.- ii:
Krise, one of tl.,- a.ln-ii. !::..:
Kris,-, late -f C!-:i; :;i :-! t. r.l:
The third and partia! a. -Yost
and AugastiiiP Vest. a-!:. -I:
Jacob Vst, lat." of Carrnil i.r.0.
The first a. coutn ( Wtu. H. t
ecntor of Kichard Thoiuir.
burg borough, dc '.l
JAMES M. SIN;H.
Register's Office, KU-asHr;. .
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Noti, e is lierthv nivf-n
Axother Oldest TIoRsk. Some time
ago we published an account of what was
"i-iant-n, ne conmntta his ingenious
thievery for tho benefit of his confeder
ates below, whom he treated by backing
to the edge of the can. nd allowing his
paste covered tail to hang over so they
mtght get a chance to a good nck. We
retired in a short time after this with a
higher appreciation of the genius rat and
h.nlni,nia pirts. a rat-trap with more
eyes than th Tabled Argus is wanted by
the editor, to save our paste from sx taste
fal a fate.
lowing Appraisetiu i
of decedents select. .1 a '! ! ;r
Widows of intestate. nn.l-Tth'
f Ann.
-A correiondent who Ttsited Mrs T en
at Alexandria found her engaged in color
ing a bunch of autumn leaves0-!.;..!, t-
destined for a fair to be held soon, the i.ro- I ?Pn,1,1tv of ,n" 1 l'h -
CCeds Of Which to .rr. lA,rvlo ,i: i'aTe ''Vll filed in tl..- I
o ; " ! Kbem.bi.rg, and will 1-
" "v. i.ii vi.rtj'. 1 i,f veuei.ll l.et . laKm-"
fancy work for this fair and coloring pi
t nres are Mrs. Lee's favorite occupations,
and so eager is she to contribute to its sue.
TunsE Ghildrkn Iyxllf bt LicrrT
xtxo and Forn Badlv Iirr.xED.- V cor
respondent of the Clarion Democrat says
On Tuesday. August l?th, seven children'
of two neighboring families residing I1Par
Centreville, Llk county, went into the
woods to gather berries. In the afternoon
a thunder stoi-m was threatening, and tho
children started for home, but the storm
broko on them in all its furv, and they
sought refuge under an isol.irVd t
only about forty yards from hot mi
; cess that she rises at five o'clock to begin
i her work.
! A Detroit woman was consulting the
j police the other d.y to see if she bad good
j grounds for a divorce fuit. She alleges
I that her hut band is drunk about twenty
j seven days out of every month; that be
cut her hair ofT while she slept; that he
; wakens her at daylight by throwing a pail
, of water over the bed; that, he has tried to
force kerosene oil .down her throat, and
1 that he puts hot potatoes in her hands and
I then mashes them by squeezing her fin
, gei-s I he ioiice thought she didn't need
j any better grounds.
I At Grand Rapids, Mich., a woman
, Keens Rf rpntt- . , ,
.:' ' ...J-O..V v,u un ner premises.
1-7;;.
phaiis' Court, lorapp
tEPTKMItKR M. A. i
1. Inventory and a:-; r:.: :
al propei t v appi .rsM a' -i
garet Craver, wi.lcw rf L i'lf f
of Carroiltowu iM.roi'.'i. I'-.-i-
1!. Inventory ati.l aj ;;.''
al property apprais-d in-l -e-
bara Hose, widow , .'.J. hn '
sou township, ilc. M.
3. Inventory and appr-t
al projerty ai'ira:s d at:.!
C. Dninin. widow of I:.i"J.-
Barr township, dc. .1.
4. Inventory and
al property appraise
1 . Mills, widow of J
bria townshij'. dv-c'.i.
. Inventory .-i!:d a:-;.
al property nppra:sed a!
J.tlass, wid.w of d-d::
lcgiionv township. ''
(. Invelitorv a;.d ai'!-
'PI
Llll. S M:
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,1
11 rvnrtcOil n. Al I J A. ' - -
""ir" lu iue oiuesL noise in uie 1 "''J logeiuer around the trunk . "0 Mie uas a luneral nmwe. al nronertv am. raised ai
world; but now cornea another man who 01 the tree. Shortly after the tree was on f a mi!e lonU composed entirely of arino McCartv. wi.'.ow of K
knows of a still older one, and tells about struck by lightning, and the children be- ' ?ts" As soon as tlie Rrave is covered 'she t la, of 'harfieM t.nm v
him in the Xew York Evening 1'oft as fol- ne-th its branches, under which they im- ' Klvcs a 8'tful and the whole company 1 7' Iuveutor-v '1 WT-?Z
in your issue ot vesterdav von nul- "M" meiuseives secure, were nmstrati ,n concert. Deacon Swift nf 11. .1 1 property aMrau ,
. . .r MM . -,. . I . T .- v. . .,,.... -. 1, hi I
voi c-c were Kliioti on tiia srmt nr. A v " 'ius, as present on nn nr 1 , ..
v'l . 11 .11 I.t O m c-:i-j
S. Inventorv and ai j
, of pctobex next.
A mas walked into the Mayor's office in
Ban Francisco, recently, and informed his
Honor that, ho wanted a wife "right
away.'1 lie was not particular as to size,
beauty or age, providing the lady was
uuder fifty, and he didn't want a rich wife,
as he had plenty of money himself. He
knew the Mayor's office was not a matri
monial agency, but he placed the utmost
ial!ce in his IIolKr,s tate and judgment,
and he therefore wif lied to place the busi
ness in his hands. The Mayor told the
man he would do his best, and the crazy
aspirant for matrimonial honors retired,
evidently satisfied witU the suscess of his
mission.
lows:
lish an article headed "Tho Oldest Horse
in the World," nd give a history of a
hore at Lexington, 31 ass-, which, accord
ing to that accouut, must now be forty or
forty-one years old. Mr. Richard JefTcrs,
the proprietor of a hore-shoeiiig estab
lishment iii West Thirteenth street," near
Flint avenue- in this city, owns a farm near
Anuadale, Stateu Island, where ho has in
his stables a bay gelding, which he says he
has owned for twenty-five years; that he
bought him from a Staten Island farmer
wno uaa ownea mm twenty years, and om m i.: "-'iuiicecon.
who says the borse was ten vears old when T,,. s ' f7 a.iror?cd 111 an PPa-
savecord of Rftv- C- - 1,1 ans r makinc brass
material is
lu bought him. . IIre is a record of fifty
five years; and the hoi-se, as you stand in
iront 01 hiru, n as tlie appearance of a hale,
vigorous animal, with
howl in concert. Deacon Swift, of Grand
-.H. F - j. T 1 ' -'io i " 1 , . - IKICV WL,l-
V uur ,J,1"Ir some time unconscious. "t , ' f - as ueam to remark afterward
A little girl, twelve years of age, the oldest W ,,,e wife was trying to cure his head
among the unfortunate children, w hose ' acbc Wlt1' cold wer. that when he ex
consciousness returned first, crawled on Peri,cel l"e effects of that combined
hands and feet toward home to tell the i howl ,,e lost 3,1 interest in life aud in
tearful storv to th ' , wardlv nraved f..r c,,.i.i u
j,.. i, . " j T V i'""-" "e CUll- I " --.- uuuuu ucam
11 A TV ueri"i so far are more or
less badly burnt, and two of th "l
in a critical condition. J"
A Remarkable illustration of the
-O. W. Snow.afinelv attiro.l illin
portmgto le wealthy, went to Woonsocket
lasa. , a few months ago, and wedded a
beautiful and refined young lady of that
town. After smianderiror 1
tune and ruuning away it was discovered
1 ot t, .- .- ..r. t"-...; :.lMM-t
I Xmnan, w idow 'l .'cr -u:v
Minister township. i. 'i
j 9. Inventory and an'W"
al property appr.ii-'i : -j -j
pha J. Evans, widow ofkI; '
t .... .1. .1 .1
- x - 1 -
TRIAL LIST. fau"
that li r-qo n .1 f 1 . r- - ... Vr'
" tiriauur, iwrger and also i TO 06 neia at r.itiM':'
had another wife and t wo children. Chas, I comnieuciiij: on M0"";'-;
iesiey pnow is live feet eicht inches in
uut-ninges for doors. Tv.
Placed in tho nh; i' "Z? J"M1
eyes, and a prospect of manv vears of life 7" ""I'i'.'j'iue connecting bolt i l r r- V . : .r oaio on
ami usefulness. 'A e asi.as t ia wanted, the ma
ilt. Jeffd-s drives Lim before an or- of the it; wn olTfflom Recoils, the wings
ainary road wagou to aud from the Anna- dies froth 7 F . punching
dale station of the Staten Island Railroad hich it . Pr ? erBha- The salient parts I
at a gtxid trot, and the writer has seen ! ntu,il or2 the.tul for the con- !
the horse and ridden behind him within .ir ? ",c 'ur,ne.a uPn the wire it-
the last two months. If the account be
the ton nf 1, . .
.,,..1 je.-j, ana nas a
quick, nervous speech, and is probably try
ing to freeze on to another wif Bom.!.
-1 . -.. v. n
unui i an assumea name.
correct this hoie was venerable in years
before the Lexington "oldest horse in the
world" was foaled.
self,
is
, . melons are un
nealthv is fallacious or .
lr nl,;l, ; t r . uio nira it- , - "'i 1 sc unnpo or
aenLS,tb? nd this . 1 " 1-rhapsf ar'o
1' r: . Proper length. Ue-i" ul ramany wilted ones. A
Malzie
Wagner
Craver
Lutringer
l'rinjle
S! 1
Jolm Forsvlhs us.
George Cupp...
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I Siimmerville
irror.s... vs
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fi.ro v . "cr ingru. lie-i wmeu ones, a well- ' c. i ,
bJt , "e'Dge is dismissed, the screw holel i Srown, cool, ripe melon is always raHtlble fV ,
are lormea and rmint.,i. . . ' lioneficial in 1 . "J
I.sop A Ot tiers
lovd
. ..V..1..UH 10 me iorm . .. oosi rucrions or nin. ;,,,..
liUthltTJ- e these machfn V;,f the "' ! J' ? " , fa
Steif ry sec- I njds them in aH cl4 g.as?".,.-.,.,:r
A Kill naQcrirl iha Rnan iTi Pnrf3
providing for calling into active service t,1, ty comparing very favorably j "tbe bowels, and in some c
eighty thousand of the reserves. It is ,w'th, nilar articles manufactured f (?ver- Katen at meals, and
easy enough to call them
that he could call spirits from the vasty
deep, as well as Owen Glendowcr. The.
pnly difBcultg wa that they wouldn't
come.
a . . 1 1 1. . . 1 . . ...
.L.c. 11 1 v ,, "'"tics manuiactured : at meals, and si-iaiu- cmun.
lTot.srair uy the slower aud online .uJ- at d nuer. th 0 a l'a'lj : c,.,
j . t MAJ
! enlaV.:,:8O.0iety in .ort. Carolina is
at i - aou esi-ciai V;
at dinner, they are nearly always beneficial Sul'I'-s
Iv shonhi V , lne young, especial
Ui 1 i I' ""Ifred in melons at
.wUV3. laxinrr tl. fj-.rnnv 1
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