The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, February 06, 1874, Image 2

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3K3BUItG, PA.,
VM? Mcrmn?, - Fclruaiy 6, 1S74.
llv the official public debt statement for
the month of January. jut published, vro
are informed that Use incu-usc in. the dett
uoe June 30, 18'. 3, in $9, 651. -it;.). S4 And
yet the radical I arty clainiatu be the party
of rcouomioal reform !
The Washington cniTi-io.uictil of the
.Philadelphia Pras Mate that a movement,
headed by Geucitil Cameron, in liicli a
number of wnatois ate engaged, in on fciot
to secure tho lvmoynl of Attorney General
"Williams, on the ground that the late de
velopments in his case brought odium on
tire republican party. This done. General
Cameiou'ii programme is to Kcuie the ap
pointment of Senator Pcolt as Juc'go Wil
liams' uoceor, and tbeu to have the
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh (Lie on-in-law) i
elected seuatcr to fill ilr. Suctl'v unexpired
term.
a t
Con preps uttd the South.
It is evident that the days of carpet-bag
demagocuery in the South are numbered. .
The patriotic gentlemen who have been j
forcing themselves ititn prominence and of- j
lieial position, tilling n many oflicex, both J
greut find tur.all, havo hnd a good time, j
I but they hare finally killed the g.iose that
laid the g luen egg, and ait) now Deing
tinned adrift. In the Bonthern States, at ,
the close oT the war, there was an immense ;
field for rttKfr'i .,.... ail d irulustty, and ,
IIoiikii'I-e Ppeotaci.s .1 Afurdrrer ?- j
leaded ly n Uarrntv's Pipe. The San ;
Francisco Cnronirle of .Ian. 24th furnishes j
the following particulars of a terrible scene i
which occurred at the execution, at Marti- '
ncz, Cel.. on the day previous, of Maihi ;
Martin, the aceomp.ies of Elizabeth Eisch-
c in the asy
mas l-'ay,
vewrs, a son
1 T 1 A.
AJrr.sr.T Sknratios. n last iiii.-.i-
Heih V . iJiacKer.cy, ageu -
of Dr. W. E. Jilackeney, ol
Caldwell, N. J., l'l irom a cr.air, ami
was picked up dead, as supposed. The
family commenced preparation for the fun
eral, and had Kid out the suj poised corpse.
Twenty-four bonis afterward, however,
resurrected himseir, ana to
jyews and rotitical Items.
w w ho is now a ravine mamr.i
. . rL.i.Li r. . i ..r 1 this rflrnce
ine Liable.-;-l,bad of the woman, in itli.joy of bis family
November, 1872. After reviewing the death's face. 1 e had bee "9"
. Y .-...,i. ' ioid the cause boincr nttriouteu to paia-
cime and giving an account of the maiel .tad, tho cau j. bincs-s but on
to the icaftold, the C nromcie thus rclers U lv sis. ? " . ArnnntkA nfr nn;
th closing horror : mirsuay -..-. -i
The scene which followed almost bee-
The body shot .straight
A three months old baby, in New
Yoik, is said to be a cpiiitual medium.
! The rolling-mill's at ( atasaqua, Ia.,
! vhieh have been i Jle tince last October,
! resume this week. Over Sve hundred men
l will obtain employment,
j At Cairo, 111", recently, a boy stole
something, was arrested, tiied, and scn
' tenced to two years in the Roform School,
1 all within thirty minuien.
At the Jiuitown coke works, in 1 By-
had the large number of blight young men
who Imp
took themselves thither, been actu
ated bv proper motives and actid with a gars description. Ihebody shot straight ; - the cemeterv at liloomfield
detent regai.l fr the best interests of the dow nward. 1 he rope stretched with a Tife of deceased, believng that her
anions- whom tnoy ioca.cn. . mey ; suooen, ciastic-iiKe Fprnig, me uiu vt , ,. ,, j m;,rht- nffer all. be merely in a
would have contributed vastly to the polit
ical regeneration of the South and won en
viable t-mo. mil, witu lew exception,
llcw into tho air at Itast eieht feet,
Epattei ing the blood in great spots over tho
rone, the whitewashed wall, the trap, the
be
watched
! public interest has beeu made subservient j chair in which the doomed man sat and
tne f:nnu . www, it iouri u-nj m
corner of the enclosure. The body of the
ix Oovkrkok Foote, iu the language
of ArUoiua Ward, U "pilin' for a faght."
In a card lately published in a Washington
japer, he returns to his charge on Jeff.
Davis in this wise : 'Tlere is no act of
my public lifn which I have nought to con
eeal, and there is no legitimate responsi
bility which any of my published writings ; 'ueu 1
. . ii...- i t i i cifcieii
to iicrsoual advancement. The result is
! cnoiinous dobta in nearly every State, and
i . . . . . i . i ... i
iu several ot tne largest uupiewcucuicu
political demoralizatiou.
The "lost cause" is linally lost ; the spir
it of the lebellioti no longer threatens a re
newal of the struggle for national supre
macy, and it is, therefore, high time that
Congress turned its back upon the tin prin
cipled adventurers who have been the cause
of to much trouble in the South. The re
cent overthrow of the Davis hierarchy
it was certainly little less than despotic in
its aims and tendencies, waa complete.
Tho Legislature of Texas passed an elec
tion law. It waa approved by Governor
Davis and by all parties. An election was
held under it. which resulted in a Demo-
I era tic triumph, by an overwhelming ma
j jority. After the election the Supreme
! Court of the State declared the law uncon
' stitutional. Thereupon the Governor, re
i presenting the party beaten at the polls.
issued a proclamation warning the persons
not to assume the functions ol tne
. 1 i.n-MnH mifht. after all.
ami . i 4i.. iwwl. -
ra.P- raiicu two t v
-..-...p.v bv the sexton, a man named
thur (Vllai-a, who-visitcd tho vattlt twice
every day. Last week the body began to j
manifest sign;" of returning life, the face, j
rnss.iti. life-like hue. i
poor man fell to the ground with a great , ; believed that the man would j
tlaud, and two red, geyser-line jets spurieu , -
ctte county, one day last week a little
and was once more laid out for burial. : girl aged about 4 ye.rs. named llagan. fell
fter a few clays the bod y w? removed to . into a coke oven and was burned to (loath.
I a memoer oi c ongress sugcesi nii.
as a means of preventing useless debates,
rtbe cost of printing the speeches be de
! nofnl Cmm 1 1 ifir nn laripB. Tint is not so
lmrt'
up lrom the necK anci ieu oown on 1110
ground in torrents. A closer look, and
then the horror-stricken faces of the spec
tators showed the awful nature of the oc
currence had burst upon them. The old
man's head had actually been jerked
from his body, and was even then lying iu
the black cap where it had rolled iu the
corner. The headless trunk lay weltering
in the blocd which poured from the neck.
Not a word was spoken. After the first
thrill of horror s-trong men turned away,
sickened at the spectacle. The faces ou
were blanched and ghaa-ly
surely come a second time to life. On Sat- j
urday last, however, the discoloration of ;
death set in once more, and increased uu- j
til yesterday, when all hope was given up j
of there being any life in the body. Not j
until Monday, strange tosay, did the friends i
of the cofliued roan visit the cemetery. ;
Then the father, mother, sister and wife
appeared and fully satisfied themselves
that Seth was indeed dead. The wife had
still a lingcrirg hope, and ordered the cof
fin to be unscrewed, o that should Seth
awake he might arise himself. The Ulack
euev familv have a singular history in
the platform
rt t t - I.. . 1 11. 1... 1...
me sucna was as wn te c. u, uu . -j a brotlier of deceased dropped off, as sup
was cool and collected, and did much to . . , , T.-...i,,r. fm.n
The Cheyenncs, Arapahoes and Sioux
are mentioned aa preparing for depreda
tions on a dashing scale. Cheerful intelli
gence, considering there are 33,000 of
them.
A dispatch from Stevens Point, "Wis
consin, says by an explosion in Gray's saw
mill, in Marathon county, on Saturday, II.
II. Lynn, A. Erickson and Oscar Isaacs
were killed. The mill is a completejwreck.
Lewis Roscntine and John .Moody,
both colored convicted at ITarrisburg, last
week, of the mutder of a farmer named
llehm, were sentenced on Tuesday morn
ing to be hanged, liosentine baa made a
coufession.
A suit was lately decided in Snyder
county, by arbitrator?, that the executor of
Peter bnyder, deceased, need not pay for a
T3ECT' IPTS fc EXPENDITURES
-Ltf OFViAMBKiA COUXTV from the
21st day of .January. A. p. 1373, to the 2-d
day of January, A. D. 13.1:
JOIIN COX, Esq., '.treasurer,
1873. , l ,
To amount in Treasnrer s hands
at lawt settlement
To amount of Duplicate for It. 3.
" . It. listers
o recM from (.olh-ctora
for 1HT2 and previous yi-ars...
" amount received on Seated
ami Unseated Iands
' amount received on K.-demp-
tion of Lands
" amcunt received lrom I. Lilly,
I'oor Hons.. Steward
" amount received from. I no. K.
i:h v in Cambria Co. vs. W.
J. Head rick
DE.
7..V4 41
80,4C2 V:!
21,820 C7
235 53
5C6 37
the rsjiv -ti
ceivi-l. Ti
Order, viz:
Nos.
7 Author
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10
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49
29
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271 S2 j 1Gl
ertng Hei
A tithot.y A 'i
Antlionv AtiiM for
ii'L- Itrid-.-
A nt lion y A n
Jos. Dunlap
John Flanagan
(5. "V. Oafman.
John V. Shaffer
F. Delozier
It. N D rmitt..
1.3S
" do. do.
" do. do.
" do. do.
" do. do.
" do. do.
" do. do.
amonnt received from m.
Davis, Taxes Exonerated
" amount received from Jno i.
Bcaulan, in Cambria County
vs. B. McDermitt
To amount received from
J.A.Fagan, rent Court House
Jno. E. Sean. an, rent Old Jail
Charles Owens tor old iron...
J. A. Kennedy, rent jail lot
W. B. Bonaciter, balance aa
Treasurer of District Court
1,686 07
2i5 77
200
4i7
00
ti4
73
1 40
87 65
21 00
100 00
55 6X
5 00
125 S4
11
51
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256
$11,939 27 i -
this resurrection resject. A few years ago i tombstone worth ifl2, which had beeu or-
conceining Uavie and las innumerable mat- j ffi t hi h t, had beeu ci,osent anj
factions may biing upon me, which I am j rightly anticipating that his manifesto
would be disregarded, called upon the
President of the United States for troops.
The call for aid was peremptorily refused
on the just ground that it was not made in
accordance with the Constitution, and the
acts of Congress under it. This was not
the kind of a reply the ambitious Governor
expected to receive, but it had the desired
effect. The attempt at usurpation came to
an ingloi ions end, and the regularly elect
ed State oflicera were duly installed.
The Louisiana struggle, it seems, is
likely to end in a similar way. There is
no longer any doubt that the Kellogg gov
ernment is illegal, and it seems quite cer
tain that Congress will so declare it by or
dering a new election. Senator Morton
stood' by the scheming Pinch back until he
discovered an array of damaging evidence
againbt his proifje, which was too much
even for such an extreme and persistent
paitizan. 'Pinch," as he is familiarly
called, i-iin a tight place aid will be apt to
squeal before the investigation which, with
characteristic audacity, he professes to
court, is ended. A new election in Lou
isiana will probably result in a complete
Democratic triumph, but the Republican
majority in Congress can better afford this
than it can to bolster up and protect the
crowd of unprincipled political tricksters
who have so long infested and so deeply
disgraced that State. PotUtille Standard.
not prepared to meet either in public dia
eussiou or upon the tield of honor." Mr.
Davis, it is understood, will afford Mr.
Foote au opportunity for an interchange of
ahota at an early day, when, rhould both
partits fall, the natioD will not put on
mourning.
aa m
Tns case of the State rrriMr. George
O. Evans, the defaulting claira agent, hux
baen concluded by a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $18.5,000. Anew trial has been
anked for ; pending action on which appli
cation, "Kemble's friend" will view the
beauties of nature through tho bars of the
llai risburg jail. But whether a new tiial
be obtained, or the present finding be al
lowed to staud, not a dollar will ever be
collected from Evans. Ho will remain iu
jail for three months and thereby cancel
his indebtedness, when the iron doors will
awing open for him, and he will emerge
among his fellow men, ready for new finan
cial conquests. This is one more ami an
exceediugly brilliant illustration of tho
workings of radical rule under the "addi
tion, division, and silence" ayktem.
.H-'B
the re-assembling of the House at ;
Harrisburg on Monday at 11 o'clock, a. m., '
no quorum was present, and the Sergeant- j
at-Arms was dispatched after absentees, j
lie had an arduous job securing the re- j
quired number, but in the end was success- i
ful. The Harrisburg Patriot says : "At j
twenty minutes past two, Mr. Henry, of,
Cambria, made up the quorum cf tifty-one. j
Aa he paced dowu the aisle he was liber- i
ally applauded." "We lise for information. I
Was it because Mr. Henry filled up the i
number necessary for a quorum, or because '
of hia performance as a pacer, that he waa j
applauded? If the latter, woauppose it is j
all right ; but if the former, we submit 1
that the applause was rightly the due of
the Scrgeant-at-Arms who hunted Mr. :
Henry up and required hia presence in the .
august body of which he is so prominent a j
member. I
Ex-Governor James M. Harvey was
on the 2d instant elected United States
Senator for Kansas, to succeed Caldwell.
Though a Republican, Mr. Harvey received
a strong support from the Democrats, he
being the most unobjectionable caudidate
presented by the dominant party. The
final vote stood 75 for Harvey to 59 for all
others. Tha nnw Senator is a practical
farmer, and a man whose personal charac
ter is said to be above reproach. He served
throughout the war as a captain in the
Tenth Kansas Infantry, and at the close of
hostilities was elected successively to the
Btate Senate and the Governorship of Kan
sas. Thomas P. Fenlon, Esq., formerly
of Ebensburg, but for several years past a
prominent resident of Kansas, received
twelve votes on joint ballot for the office
accorded Sir. Harvey. Mr. F. was not a
candidate for the otlice named, and it ia
therefore right tosay that the voto received
by him is no true indication of hia strength
with the people, but was tendered simply
In the light of a complimont to one who
has already attained to high honors iu his
adoptod State, with bright prospects before
b'un of still greater preferment in the near
future.
Ti:e subjoined editorial was published
in double-leaded type by the New York
IWAu.ie last Saturday. Much interest is
manifested to know the character of the
developments threatened, and unless the
1 'ribui te speedily makes good its charges
of corruption in high places, without re
gard to the measure of discredit that will be
brought upon the "American name," it
will by common consent be held to be guil
ty not ouly of sensationalism, but also and
at the same time of a deliberate attempt to
levy Mask-mail on the horde of thieves who
wear the livery of the Federal Govern
ment :
There were laid before us yesterday cer
tain .startling documents gravely affecting
high olhcials The publication of them
seems to us a clear duty ; but we are unwill
ing to permit our columns to be used in pro
mulgating papers that must bring such dis
credit upon the American name, while there
is the remotest possibility of our being able
to ehtablish their lack of authority. V'e
have therefore set on foot a thorough invest
igation that will soon determine the matter;
whiln meantime, and for this sole reason,
we reserve the documents themselves, and
all expressions of opinion concerning the
conduct of the officials involved.
iuspire those around him
Dr. Holbrook, who was present, first
emptied the black cap of its sickening con
tents. He lifted the cap at the top, and
the head rolled away over the ground like
a cannon ball. The rope had severed the
neck as cleanly as though it had beeu done
with a knife. The vertebra had actually
been pulled away from what the doctor
called the atlas. The larynx, the arteries,
the tendons were all torn apart, the Litter
only showing straggling ends. Death, it
is hardly necessary to btate, was iust-iuta-neous.
From the time tho headless trunk
struck the ground theie was not even a
quiver of the little finger. The body lay
like a lump of lead, 'i ho horrible remains
were at ouce placed in a coihu and hidden
from sight.
No blame is attributable to Sheriff Ivory
for this terrible mishap. The rope was ad
justed for a fall of six feet, and it is said
that this was no more than is usually giv
en. Dr. Holbrook, who made a critical
examination of the remains, testified be
fore the Cotonar's jury, later in tho day,
that, taking into consideration the physi
cal condition of tho man his soft, tiauby
fat, and the weak condition of his muscu
lar system it was not at aii singular that
his neck should givo way.
nosed, dead. In two weeks he arose from
the dead, and lived four years, and begot
several children, when he really died.
A sistor also having been in a trance for
nix days, came to and lived two years.
About a year ago the Blackeneys removed
to Caldwell, from Six Mile Kim, uear Tren
ton. They are very respectable people.
The widow of Seth belongs to Westchester
county ; she has two children. The fore
going particulars were obtained in Eloom
tield, from reliable persons. The place is
naturally excited over the matter.
Cy. the 24th ultimo, by resolution of the
House of Representatives, the opinion of
Attorney General Dimmick was asked on
the question whether, uuder the new con
stitution, the existing local option law
could be repealed. Aa was to be expected,
he answers that the authority which en
acted the law has undoubtedly the right to
repeal it. He says :
"I am unable to discover why the power
that enacted it may not repeal it without
violation of the constitution. The power of
tha legislature is supreme over the matter.
It may at any time withdraw the privileges
it extended to the people. The fart that the
people were permitted to exress their
views and wishes, and in compliance there
with licenses were issued or not issued gives
it no greater permanency as a law. It still
remains as a law, enacted by the supreme
pow er ol" the State, and the power that en
acted it can, at any time, destroy or repeal
it. In the language of Chief J ustice Gibson,
"the constftmiijii allows to the legislature
every power which it does not possibly pro
hibit." There is nothing in t he constitution
prohibitory of the enactment referred to iu
tho resolution, and the legislature has the
undoubted right to repeal the law referred
to, If such be its pleasure."
Tue Ei'kning Mine. Few persons
realize the extent of the conflagration that
has been recoided from time to time as
existiug in the Empire mine near Wilkes
barre. Three hundred men are kept con
stantly at work 'U the mouth of the mine,
fighting the hell below, and eight pumps
are kept in coaseless operation with the
hope of staying the fury of the devouring
element. One hundred thousand feet of
lumber have already boon used in construct
ing brettices to conduct air to the men
wiio are engaged in lighting tho tire fiend.
The company has already expended ?5),
000 in the wo; k of extinguishing the flames,
and expect to expend at least $"(, 00J more j
before they succeed in their efforts. It is ;
thought that three weeks more of unabated
woik w ill effect the desired object. Those
engaged in this work hourly expose them- :
selves to deith from suffocation, am! have
to be relieved every little while in order
to enable them to be resuscitated. Most
of them are brought out in an apparently
lifeless condition, anil restoratives and
stimulants are Wing constantly adminis-
tered to enable them to resume their du
ties. The gas arising from tho Jslopes is
precisely the same as that emitted from a
stove that has an imperfect draft, or rather
from ono the pipe of which is removed,
being an almost pure carbonic acid ga
which produces drowsiness and then death
unless artificial means are resorted to of
driving this gas from the lungs and replac
ing it with atmospheric air. Constant !
care is necessary leit these men remain j
too long at their work, and it is a singular ;
fact, and one that speaks well for tho at- i
tendants, that no fatal cases of asphyxia 1
have yet been reported. Scranton Tines.
A Noblis Deed of Cuakitt. In a late
issue of the Now York Herald appeared
the arraignment of a child of twelve years
of age, charged with stealing. Her case
was fully published, as w as aiso her story,
which revealed tho sad facts that she stole
to save her father and mother from star
vation Justice Ottei bourg, who was on the
bench at the time, after hearing the la
mentable tale revealed by the confession
uf the theft by tho poor child, became
convinced that there was truth in her state
ment, and sent an officer to find out tiie
full particulars of the case. The result of
his investigations proved to the Justice
that he w as not mistaken in his impressions,
and that tin caso was one of extreme des
titution. Ho was compelled, however, to
commit the young gill on a charge of
grand larceny. Although the law neces
sitated her incarceration, there were not
wanting some kind people who sympa
thized with the destitute condition of the
young child. Mr. Joseph A. Kenyon, the
Clerk of the Court, at his own expense,
saw that everything required was sup
plied her. The youthful pris-mar, whose
name is Louise Donenlieimer, and who re
sided at No. 122 Attorney street, was as
tonished at the kind attentions which were
paid to her. The very day that a statement
of her case appeared her parents were vis
ited by many ladies of position, who, both
by their presence and pecuniary assistance,
shed a .-tior.g ray of sunlight oer the
hitherto dieary existence of the uufoituu
ate family. Iu addition to all this several
gentlemen called on Justice Oiterbourg
and volunteered assistance on behalf of i
the poor child and her parents. One gen- i
tieman, with the consent of the District )
Attorney, signed the necessary bail bond j
for 1,0 :0. and Mr. Schuliz, of the Chil-!
drcn's Aid Society, came into court and
volunteered, on behalf of the Association,
to send the whole family to Ohio. The
idoa was soon communicated to the par
ents, and they at once accepted the pro
position with heartfelt thanks. In a day
or two they wiil be on their way to a home
i:i tire West, where at least it will not be
necessary for their children to steal to sup
port them.
"What a Spitefui. "Woman Did. In
the year 1!60, while a newly married cou
ple named Randall wcro living in Amoia,
Dearborn county, Ind., an old maid named
Ortwine, made a public statement tbat she
saw a certain man climb into and out of
Mrs. Randall's window during the evening.
The husband went to her about the story,
and she persisted in it, and of course a
family difficulty was created. Mrs. Ran
dall protested her innocence, and her par
ents had something to say to Randall, so
that tho matter kept growing worse until
Ik. it It ini cr-i.il irl . tK 1 V-ft i-ora T 1 ? r 11
.V.i , 1 ...i i ,,, 1 year, "struck in
"Waum Winters. It is customary to
forget each winter's weather before the
next conies, and to consider every season
remarkable. An old number of the Hart
ford Courant contains onie records trans
cribed from the journal of the Rev. Thos.
Smith, of Portland, Maine, kept between
the jeai-s 17.50 and 179o, which are render
ed especially interesting by tho present
mildness. In 17oo January was pleasant
and moderate, and Febuary was a "sum
mer month ;" and in 1733 January came
iu like April ; in 1710 there were but two
snow storms ; February was a summer
month again, and .March the same ; in
17.1, January 15, the frost was entirely out
of the ground. February was like spring,
and "the winter ends a wonder through
the whole." In 1756, January, the fish,
as they are reported to have done this
from the sea. the weath-
A general Indian war is threatened on
the plains. The Cheyenne, Arapahocs,
Sioux, and other powerful tiil.es, are oa
the war-path, and many murders aud other
depreuatious are already reported. Great
alarm is felt by the 111010 exposed of the
settlers, which will not be dispelled when
they read in General Custer's report to the
War Department that iu this emergeucy
"the only embarrassment we (the soldiers)
labor under ia that nearly all our horses aro
barefooted, with not a horse-shce in the
quartermaster's department for issue."
This is probably one of the fruits cf Grant's
much-lauded Quaker policy a policy about
as potent to control tho wild Indians a it
is to exercise a supervision over tho ebb
and flo-.r of the tides. The Indians give
a a reason fr the commence meut of hos
tilities, the systematic withholding from
them by their agents of their usual sup
plies, as a eonsequeuce of which so:ne of
them are now represented to be in a starv
ing conditiou. They must light for bread,
they siy, or die. If this be indeed the
case, a featlul responsibility lies at the door
of the administration, and every drop of
blood shed iu tho outbreak will bo dimetly
charjpab.o to the workings of a policy
which l.M L-.-me only evil for the nation.
The coolest thing we havo seen yet
was that of the head of the gang, who
signs himself Ira A. Muriill, and who
robbed tho train on the Iron Mountain
Railroad at Gadshill Station, on Saturday
night last. While waiting for the train to
arrive at the station, Mr. Murrill wrote a
minute account of the robbery he was
about to commit, not omitting tho fact that
the robbers wero mounted on fleet blood
horses, and had journejed to the South.
This he handed to t:e conductor, so that
he could telegraph the full particulars of
tho robbery to the press without the least
delay. We have a gieat denl of faith in
the honesty of newspaper men, but the
conviction is forced upon us that Mr. Mur
ril is a newspaper reporter. Else why
should he have wiitten up so explicit an
account cf his exploit, instead of 'trusting
ir. to the occasional and non-professional
leporters of way stations? Mr. Murrill
has evidently left a very good for a very
bad callirg.
On "Wednesday night, just after dart.
three men entered the residence of an old
man named lue AlliKtcr, at Dover, in Pope
county. At V., and commenced tiring, kill
ing McAllister and shoo. ing his wife in the
arm, which was afterwards amputated.
One of the party attempted to cut McAllis
ter's throat after he was shot, but was
beaten off by two young sons, aged thir
teen a;.d fifteen respectively. About this
time another s;u obtained a shot-gun and
the intrudeis. wounding one of
his in Chicago where he has ever since j
resided. The divorced wife resumed her !
maiden name, and a year ago came to live
with her sister in this city, who lesides on
Siith street. No letters passed between
the divorced couple until a month ago,
when Randall ascertained that the old
maid's story had not the least foundation,
but was made up and retailed to spite the
wife for something she had said deroga
tory to Miss Ortwine's appearauce at
church. He stated his belief in his wife's
innocence and his desire to re-marry, and
she answered his letters. The result was
his arrival here thro, or four days ago,
and our reporter had it from good author
ity yesterday that the two would be mar
ried during the evening and take the Pa
cific express for Chicago on their bridal
tour. Such would be a fitting result to an
affair growing out of spite and fostered by
jealousy. Detroit free Preis.
A tragedt occurred at Union on Sal nr.
day night, of w hich, as no intelligence of
the affair reached this city, even by telo- '
graph, until nearly miduight last night, '
wo can give but meager particulars. A :
woman wiio has been living with Ezra ;
Cooper as a domestic, was found in tho
house with her jugular vein cut, and died j
without saying a word, wiihin fifteen min- j
utes of the time that the physician arrived i
there. The story is that Fred Cooper, a '
son of Ezra Cooper, a bny of sixteen or
seventeen years of aire, wanted a knife
That she was using, and the twoquarrelcd.
'lhe girl was insensible when first seen af- '
ter the mortal wound was given. Tho b y i
was arrested, but is now out on bail, re
port fixing the amount at $.1,000. An in- :
quest was in session last night. There arc 1
other u-ly rumors in connection with the ',
au.ur. . t idler
er being so warm. February was delight
ful, and March blustering, but soft as May.
In 1873 Mr. Smith records a summer day
on January 27. "wonderful moderate" the
next day, and February D, "no snow since
December 29, wonderful weather. Y'e
fa'.v two robins." In the 177o, February
27, the New York Gazette and Post-Boy
repot ts that "last Wednesday the weather
was so uncommon warm that many young
lads went into the river to swim."
' These are records, all but o-..o of them
more than a century old. They notice six
remarkably warm winters within a period
of forty years, but coming with no notice
able periodicity. Peoplo who are calling
this a season strange above all others, in
dicntire that our planet has drifted into
new influences, and who are promising all
sorts of consequences, from poor crops to
Second Advent, may bear in mind that
there is a precedent for it all, and that
whether the weather U divinely dispersed
each da3r or is a grand sequence, under or
dained '.aw, which prayer cannot ofi."ect, it
keeps coming and changing hour by hour,
and the peculiar freaks of a century and
more ago have uot resulted in annihilation
yet. Nor has tho period between then and
now been one of uninterrupted disaster.
-IN . Y. Pat,
Tiioy all then left.
the
One w as after-
rfliceis arc in
fl.ed h.
tliem.
wards arrested, and
pursuit of the others. The affair seems to
have gvoTrn out of an old feud existing
bet ran McAJlis'sr and the attacking
raitr.
report will apnesr in to
morrow s issue. Erie Dixpatek., 2d.
Many people, particularly children suf
fer with the ear ache ; aud for the bene'it
or such we give a sure but simple remedy.
Put in two or three drops of .. jut orS s An
cdync jyr.i'nent, stop ti e ear w ith undress
ed wool, bathe tho feet in warm water be
fore going to bed, aud keep the head warm
at night.
A .Barbarous Murder. A man named
David E. Blodrett murdered his wife Al-
: miraatthe house of their daughter, in La
: conia, N. 11., on Friday last. The parties
resided in Baltimore, Yt. Mrs. Blodgctt
: came to Laconia about a week before.
j Her husband arrived soon after, but did
! not stay long, having left his wife some
: money be fine going away, lie nnexpect
I edly arrived on the noon train on Friday,
: and went direct to the house of his so:i-in-
law, where nis wife was She Mit by tho
j stove nursing her infant child. He put his
j arm around her and said, "Myra, will you
i go home with me ?" She sai l, "No."
! He then cut her throat. with a jack-knife,
inflicting a fatal wound, drenchins the in-
fant with her blood, 'lhe alarm was given
; and Blodgctt was arrested. No reason
; was assigned for the act. Deceased was
: forty years of age, aud leaves tive children.
dered by the widow f the deceased with
out consulting the executor.
Rosa Sands, daughter of Rear Admi
ral Sands, United States navy, now in
charge of tho naval observatory at Wash
ington, has received the white veil iu the
Yatory Order of the Station at Mount De
SaleR Convent, in Maryland.
By the explosion on Saturday of a lo
comotive boiler at Stouffville Station, on
the Toronto and Nipissing Railroad, two
firemen were killed, another severely in
jured, and tho roofs on the station aud
freight shed were carried away.
The time for holding the next State
Fair in Pennsylvania has been fixed for
the last Tuesday of September. The length
of the meeting is to be four days. The
r place will not bn decided until the Match
I meeting of the State Agricultural Society.
Two cleaver-men in Washington, Ohio,
I the ether day, receiving permission to show
' what they could do in cutting up hogs, ac
i tualij' dismembered 100 good average ani-
mals in thirty minute?:. They novr offer to
j perform the same feat in twenty-five min
: utes.
I The Methuselah of horses is f-t.ll liv
ing, heart 3 fat, and active, in South Dur
ham. Yt. Do is the property of a Mrs.
Pinkham. and is in his forty-second year.
Every f.vir Sunday he may be (tjen on his
way to church an example to all old
horses.
A sharp shock of earthqnako wa dis
tinctly heatd at Farther Pornt, Canada, on
j Sunday afternoon. It shook stoves and
I everything movable in the village. The
shock was also felt about ten miles below
Quebec. It appears to have cjjsuc from
.the south.
I Madame Dita Fry. the widow of Capt.
Fry. of the Yirginius, has arrived in Paris
with her two children, ono of whom at
tained her ninth year on the very day her
father was shot. Madame Fry is from
Louisiana, and goes to France to visit rela-
I tives living there.
j At Nash ville, Tennessee, Monday. Rob
j ert Harris, colored, was arrested and bound
j over to the Criminal Court in a bond of
i ?2,0o0 fur the alleged crime of burning to
! death last Friday evening his adopted child,
eighteen months old, with a red hot poker.
Failing to give a bond, he was sent to jail.
j At Peoria, ill., on Saturuay afternoon,
a boiler in John Shields boiler works,
j which John Shields was testing, exploded
1 with terrific force, blowing him a distance
j of one hundred and fifty feet against a pilo
l of lumber, crushing his body into an un
recognizable mass. No one else was seri
ously injured.
The representatives of the Celestial
Empire, who hold temporary lodgement in
Beaver Falls, were up in arms against their
interpreter, Ah Poy, on Friday. Missiles
of all kinds were thrown at him, and he
barely escaped with bis life. He was
charged with trifling with the money re
ceived by the Chinamen for their labor in
the Cutlery Works.
The Delaware whipping-post ia not
the onlv relic of ancient jurisprudence.
There is a law, it seems, in Maryland pro
viding for the conviction and punishment
of common scolds or rather such offenders
are recognized by the common law still in
force in that State ; and a woman in Balti
more has just been anested for malicious
volubility. The punishment ia "boring a
hole in the tongue."
The jury in the case of Resley, on trial
for the murder of Lloyd L. Clary, late edi
tor of the Cumberland Times, in October
last, brought in a verdiet of not guilty at
precisely 10 o'clock on Saturday night,
amidst deafening cheers from the crowd
in the court room. Resley was then es
corted to his home Jy the crowd, cheering
all the way. If newspaper reports are
true young Resley is a cold-blooded mur
derer and he should not have been permit
ted to run at large.
A special despatch from Conneaut
ville. this State, gives an account of a most
daring and extensive robbery at that place
ou Sunday evening last. While the Cash
ier of the First National Bank, I). D.
Williams, was writing at his desk he heard
a rap at the side door. Upon opening the
door two masked men sprang upon him,
aud succeeded in making their escape with
$14,000 in currency and $;JO,000 in United
Slates bonds. Mr. Williams was found
next morning in an unconscious state, but
recovered corsciourness in a couple of hours
after being released.
On Monday mornirg, a mile west of
Caibomlale, Hi., Mrs. Rvan, wife of a sec
tion foreman on the Mt. Carbon Railroad,
was found on the floor of her house, dying
from wounds inflicted with au axe by an
uuknown person. The right side of her
head was crushed and the jaw broken
Her husband left the houso with his men
at 7,15 a. m. The crime was discovered
at 9. 510, and tho victim died at noon. It is
said that robbery was the incentive to the
murder, and that the murderer secured
three hundred dollars. P. S. A nero
named White was captured at Cairo, Wed
nesday, on suspicion of being the muider
er, but was so badly wounded by beimr
Cb.
IBy amount paid
Assessors
Attorney Fees
Agricultural Society
Bridges
Bank Stock
Bounty
! Borough
! Boarding Jurors
j County Auditors
I County Commissioners
j Commissioners' Clerk
j " Counsel
j Court House
I Court Crier
I Constables
Criminal Prosecutions...
Ilistrict Court
Klections
Fuel
Fox and Wildcat Scalps
1 nq'.iisitions
I nsurance
Interest on Ji.il Bonds
Jail Bonds .S-tr?.
Jurors, Grand
Traverse
" Talesman
Jury Commissioners
Jail and Jailor
Janitor
Miscellaneous
New Jail
Prothonotary
Phonographic Reporter
Poor House Directors
Postnire
Printing
Probates
Poor Hons" .'
I'enrsylvania Reform School..
Records
Refunding
Registrv
Road Iam.es...
Roml and Uridr'
Redemption of I
State Tax
Stare Auditors
School Treasurers
Supervisors j
Tipstaves
Teachers' Institute
Western Penitentiary
By amount of
Abatement of 5 per cent, to Tax
payers Commission to Constables
Exonerations to Constables
" on Duplicate
Treasurer's commission on
118.19, at 3 per cent..,
Treasurer's commission on
Ols. lS, at 5 per cent ,
lr amount due from Constables.
Balance ia Treasurer's hands
Views.
,ands
S31,.
'?73.'-
,S 1,581 78
25 f!0
300 00 :
335 00 !
253 80 i
24 00
17 40
7 00
240 00
1,241 00
625 00
2u(j 00
86 17
90 75
944 63
1,189 18
1.5T9 34
2,452 19
; 84
36 90
61 7
22 40
4.181 17
. 44,700 IK) j
f.6.-, 24 j
. 3,496 99 j
27 00 I
Ins 85 j
2,o-,4 2:5 j
210 0) j
17 72
1,6M 50
3s0 90 :
2:a 71 j
300 on i
12 47 i
713 95 !
177 12;
. 19,752 74 j
1!'. 40 i
T7 50 :
420 25 I
4:2 6.-5 !
2S i
1 94 i
3.312 07 i
45 r.o I
2.202 f.o
1,361 90
72 75
44 76
1,348 19
3,r.OO 11
366 07
2,46S 73
139 78
933 34
3.6.-.0 72
1.913 50
6,057 37
1
518
77
13
48
55
521
12
47
30
57
159
ir.g Bridge
W. D. M'CleKai.d, 5V.v
ing DistYt Court Hwm
J. A. Kennedy. ..e!.-.
(ring Asscrsii.er.
J. A. Kenr.edv, ;.. r,
" " .!':.,':.
ing Election r .-;.,
.7. A. Kejincdr,
ing Registry
J. A. Kennedy, ''.
F. O'Friel.dt-rg .A'.
" " View
" Rent:
Court Ro.mi..
David Hatni'.t'iti.drrw
Jury, paid by .S;i
Given unuer or.r hi..,;
Jauuarv. 174.
W. A. It. 1.1 XT I.:
VKTBR I"i (;M'
II. P. FRBIMb '.
TJOTICKOF A VP
- UT'.dPrs.g'-ed. '.!:'
l'jfa t'dun'y. i.ive fx., t ' - .
li'ir!:ir Apji.-uls iT 174. t
burjr. v.z :
Mr.miay, fV!. !-Ci-;.- r ; .
bunt twiri'iurri an:' .1 ! -
Ttie.ay. Feb. h- . . . .
Clie.-t. ( 'iearli':rt an i , . .. ' ,
LMrri'i r.. I 't .-t S; - :.j -
VTe r,r.,l:iy. Feb. - ! - , .
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h :.. Mi'l Gai.iiiin, .. .
bur-'iiir'i-'.
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totiiiKh. J .'--' n : K :.
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lf T'lU-X'.i-.
Fri'tay. Fob. CTtli a-r - -. .'
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V. :r r tew " :i li j
Tli f 'l I . t1 ,r ! 5 t v. 0 : c - ' '-
bna ei-.ioi' v i..r the v - : .
!2: Allt'-heny Iwp". :".-. :-.
ISi.likliik !wp.. '.;..;.: ' t- - .
t'utiil.r.'a bur.. .-f.l"s ; 1 -. -a
n.lltiwn !or., -4.s)ti; . -.-
-;irir.rs bur.. :
V'-it'r.iiiiiirh t (.. -1 !-.'-" : 1 -wsrd.
iT7.-v!S : '-d war -. - -: : 1
4'-J.'i0: "royle twj... :
war-i. S4.7:;.'!; V.'i . ; ...'.
ni:iutrh ii..r.. tT-.HU: Fr
I;t7ui twp.. vu.0c-;: (i t ' -"ii
iwji, j'li.4.79-.: .!.) r,- -..-.
.: 2 1 ward. : --J. -k. : -.
147.07: .Mil ward, - I-
retv br.. ;Vi.74"i: M.. -..
t wp.. ins.-J'.l ; Pr-.-inof .. ": . "
llt!.Ci:: Suiinnerliill t;- ' '
b"r., tl 73 ; S:i.'!iehami.i "V'V
'T-, !'', ?.? : WiiHiiinut un tj'
twji.. 5.K.-tj7 : V.'i.'iifre lor.,
tor., jl47.yj.- YoItT tttp., 1J3.."
V. I. MrCLELLAXP. j
A. ANN A. '
K. liLASS.
Attest .1. A. Kzxyrvr. V .',
Comtuissiunera' Oihee. b.'jiii :r,
SAL
SI 19,939 27
OUTSTANDING DUE from COL
LECTORS for 1S72 and previous years,
for County, State and Poor Taxes:
Thomas MclCernan, Cambria 1
James Dick, Coopersdale Borough
Hiram Riblett, Franklin Borough
.lames Cost low, Adams Township.
.John Ferguson, Jilackhck Twp...
I'. Markey, Cambria Borough
Francis Flick, Carroll town Bor
Jacob Wasrner, Chest Springs Bor.
Thomas Wilt, Clearfield Twp
Sam'l Dunmyer, Franklin Bor
Christ. Snyder, Jackson Twp
Patrick Rodgers, Millville Bor
W. It. Diver, Minister Township...
Isaac Horner, Richland Twp
John Rider, Summerhill Twp
S.J. Luther, Susquehanna Twp...
John (Jwinn, White Tw-p
Dan Berthold, Wool vale Borough
James Hums, 1 Oder Tw p
D. R. Wissinger, Adams Twp...
John Cox, Cambria Borough
Wm. Lloyd, Crovle Township...
Geo. Guriey, AV. Ward, Ebensb'
J. Hitehens, 1st Ward, Johnstov
Adam Pfarr, 3d ' "
A. B. Davis, 4th "
Sam'l Fleck, 5th " '
E. J. Litz. 6th " '
(i. S. Paul, Franklin Borough....
Samuel Masters. Millville Bor...
11. Walters. Summerhill Twp
S. Akins, White Township
S. K. Shaw, Wilmore Borough..
Dan. Berthold, Wood vale Borough
T 1. -. f , -.
if-OVOU UAirif, JLOVICT xuw UbUljl.
s
to live
An extraordinary freak is reported of
a man who registered his name as L. B.
1 ritz, Boston, at the Union Hotel, Canaan,
;Vi,t' i 1 ayS affn' wrnt insane that
mght dashed through window, and leapt
a distance of ten feet to the earth. II.
had on a single night garment, the weath-
. , ,7 loi1' snow lay
up. 1. j W
Ttal
Since paid.
ASSETS.
Amonnt due from Collectors
" Constables...
' " " Judgments
' W. B. Bonack-
er, late Sheriff ..
Amount Cash in Treasury
Balance due by County
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding Orders,
Bonds
Amount, due Poor House ou Re
quisition Amount due Road, School aad
Bounty
.S 27 56
l 2 03
1 4 83
40.-, 75
125 17
50 02
132 59
214 03
29 00
69 64
101 05
453 61
22 47
33 85
14 07
211 55
175 98
114 20
20 16
54 72
2(13 57
13 14
16 71
1 14J 07
281 23
37 69
161 52
36 45
9 72
197 6S
78 26
91 67
31 6J-.
1 40 55
4S1 27
54,151 06
5 2,207 56
1,943 50
263 98
1SS 52
6,057 37
10,9.K) 25
527,651 IS
? 401 68
25,900 00
1,251 So
97 64
of valvae:
REAL ESTA1
Late t!.e property ot K..W Ai'.
I l-r.Ti 1 1 ('uu nt;
iY virtue of an or Icr uf tlit-
Cambria c imty. tr tm- : -exposeil
to 1 ubhc n!e on tl.- ;
Mondav, 23d dav of Fi
at 10 i.o; a.
A CERTAIN FiEfE OR
Pituitc in Susquehanna t'.w:
ty. 1'a.. near the Sii!Uli!.Tt?!.t :
the north by San-.ls ot A! t -i:,
the ens; by fan.Is of Abraham 1
by land of .1 a rues So:nerv.;
the west by lan. Is cf l'ori. r K r
tt A It l-.s. nioro or le?. luuiiij
Is well timbered ami v.ii'i' r -.; :
Tep.su ok Sale 1 en r r. ,
money lo tie paid on day o: - .im
balance on coiii'irin.ii i .n o: ?.ii-.
in two equal a.irud j.:i:":i
the mortjta.ire and bun ;
proved si-r.tv. .1 -:-
J an. 30.-41. Atiiii'r
i ,
TI..
f! I i'T ..
Il.il I '
1
I
w a r.?
on the
.. : .. va.'
entvmen . .. ' oiiiu., mis
sued him IT ... : 7 It. 1S.4.
i m u iMirrn swrirnitu w4
I null
I.... ir i.i a
S 27,651 18
CiivrN under our bands at Elwnsburg,
this 22d day of January, A. D. lt74.
W. D. M( CLELEAND, )
ANTHONY ANNA, Com'rs.
KUWABD JLASS,
Attest J. A. Kkxxehy, Clerk.
AVe, the undersi-rued Auditors of Cambria
county, respeet fully report that we have
arefully examined the aeeonnts and vouch
ers of ileeeipts and Expenditures of said
County from the 21st day of January 1S73
to the22d day of January, 1K74, and do ii'nd
them as stated, as is also the foregoing state
ment of Liabilitiesaml Assetsof f-aid Count v
(Jiven under our hands at the Commi'!
7th day of January, A.
urr.ic c i- --.. , . .
ni itrniiiK ii ir iri. .
scaled a p.cket fence eight feet in height
to bog.n. and for three hours distanced who
bi thel i a , U" of fift 'ea
taken to a farm-house, and :
Finally he was conveyed back
auu. Willi tim
I
blankets.
to his hotel.
lOitt-bu ten r.u)- .,.... e i i . .
whose ages rary from sixteen months to j tho Toxt mom ,V 11 i, UJle'7D1y weI1
twenty three years. had restored him his senSeS
W. A. B. LTTTLE. i
l'ETEIt boniHKnTr, ( Auditors
II. V. FBEIDHOFK. ' mltor
' i
We, th undersigned Auditors of Cambria :
K,!nV ' Jtct To the following hills (for i
whleh orders were issued and paid bv the I
Treasurer of said Cunntvl -
.. . - . , 4jr IfAM'll
who
yearly
Li: on tho I Kir
nresentatives of I.
i soy, late of ajhuiir.oa .- -j
accept or refue.
I CAMBRIA COUNTY, si:
I . , The Common-.. r..i: rit f V
I J l-.s. I to K'U.ei.t I.. a! -'-
' of Edward Hhai i.son. I at- v
; ship, said cuutity. leeeafd " f '
j ou and every of von :r-- h- r y
appear tef.re The .fudr - : . -ir'T?-
! to t.e held at Kbenslmru. m r. ! .
j the first Monday oi Mar.-h l.fi "
! accept .r ret'u." to tnkc tie- r- "
I ward 1oiik1iis.i:i. il .ceased. :i: ' " ,..
1 ation put UHn it by au Inc. i : 1 ' ..
j the said Court, and rctur; .; t y ' 's '
j county on the Hi h day id f-,
: show cause why the .nm- a. ' "
I A certain ineM ;is:c or t ri
I iiififton town-liiji, iKum Ic ' l ' ' ." , ,.
Keade. Michael Ii.;id I
William Bradley, co'ita.:: : - '' -
ty acres, mon r ic-. . : - - j
valued and appraised at tic- -k'k
i four hundred and nine :y u 3:
, cents ii-J.4'.'-o. An-I !: f ,
AVitntss the Hon. John I' ,v .;?".
of our sail Colin, at t'.' ' '--.."'
! ceinber. A. 1. 1573. J A' ' '' -
A t rue copy. . ... ..-
Huihax' 1'Aryir. S!e i : . "
jYALlMLSlOWN
j rTTIF. subscriber i !i r 5 ' '' :
I JL and lot ni'W oceiipi .: v '; '
i on Julian street and cx ' ' '
j tJ. Williams. The H n- - ...
! ent two story fru-.r.- - "r.: ...
. tern in close pr x:i:i ! an 1 ",' ,
I buildlnirs I'll the pn i'i..- - , w;
app'.e. three pear. .. 1 : ;..-.:-peach
and eight piirii : Z . . ':.
Hon. and is oiherw :sc ' '.' ;i
Also, will lc s.. 'i. -e
occupied by the --l'..'i
Oatiiian.
Also, 7 acrc of p:Ti'u
ensburg, and 10 acres . !
oue mile west ol said I
Ebenhv.rg. Jan. '
GHEi;ii-;F"S
I U writ ef r..i '.
I Court of Common ' '
nie d.rccted. th re ' " .'
iu the Opera lb tis- :n .' '
. the Hi u I'av ok ' V'
j M.. the foiiowii'-: r - o " 1
i tiile an i iinoro.-t or
to a lot ol uroitii l
Johr.slowii Ikiroiiua.
froiitiuii: on Maui s.reei.
OLt on the west, an K"
! on the cist, h.ivir r '
! brick house. planK si ': ' ,
i now in the o. i upai!e
j ia execution ami n tl'
i Schituiimakvr & 'e. , v
11 i o 1 '
Shcrifl- Otf.ee, l.!' "- '"
AI.K-I;-V
g. ' 'n ' . -
M l
in our opinion, the respective parties
received said amounts were paid by
, salary by the said County and State
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