THE UMBRU F Willi.
EDENSBURC; PAJ,
F7MarMwniDK, - - April 23, 1876.
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The Prohibition
party intern: to :
send
d a full delegation from this State
h4tt National Convention to he I
to
held .in Clevelaud next mouth. They
will also nominate candidates for the
ICgisture in every county in the com
monwealth. Thoy btlieve they can
poll double the vote they did latt year,
antL. are .determined to elect enough
members to the next Legislature to
enable' them to repeal ' the present
lioeu-it la,w. The.leaders are very en
thuaiaslU: if not numerous. . , .
Tiik ' Flarrisbuig Patriot is our
authority for the statement that the
Mexican war veterans will be trans
ported by the l'ennsylvania rail road
company to and from the centennial
free of charge. Tt is also stated that
they will be furnished with camp
equipage and subsistence during their
itay in Philadelphia, and that pn the
4th of July each veteran will be pre
sented with a bronze medal, made of
cannon captured dnring the war. We
judge from the article in "the Patriot
that the proper State authority will
i3iie the necessary notice in reference
to the matter in clue time.
Bl.AlNE does notdesiro to escape respon
sibility, but rnther challenges it; he takes a
tilt ;U every Democratic ineoiu-r ; lie stuzes
every issue, and even now, threatened by an
Investigation, he face it as Hereely a our
good t'riexi l Benjamin i Ilutltsr himself
tvotiUt ilo miller ttiu same circumstances.
i'hiltultlptiia I'ttea. ,
The amount of vhrrk possessed by
the man who' wrote the above para
graph is simply amazing. It was
proven, before a committee of the
House of Representatives, after its
author had gone to Kurope in the in
tere-t of tho Centennial Kxposition,
that he bat! been paid twenty fife
thousand dollars for advocating in his
nper at Washington an enormous
mbsidy b' Congress to the Pacific
M.iil Steamship Company. It is not
necessary just now that he should step
filth &d the champion or apologist of
James G. lilaine, who seems to- le in
volved in some very supicic.rs trans
actions, lmt it wonld be in-order iF the
editor of the Prcs would take time
enough to explain that little arrange
ment between himself ami Richard H.
Iiwin, the agt ut of the steamship com
pany aforesaid. IIU friends promised
Unit he would do so as soon as he re
turned, but as vet ha has made no
bign. Until he does so, a sense of
propriety ought to suggest to him the
necessity of absolute si fence in refer
ence to charges of corruption preferred
against others.
Tue repoitof the House committee
appointed to investigate the ?r(and
means resorted to, as well to pass as
I j defeat the boom bill, will be found
i.r another part of onr paper. The
committee seems to have fearlessly
pet formed its duty. The report de
chirea that t o members I'etrofT, of
Philadelphia, and Lynott, of Luzerne
are both guilty of a violation of ar
ticle 20, section 3, of the constitution ;
or, "in plain langnagf, tliat they are
guilty of bribery. The committee di
rects the attention of the Houaetothe
testimony concerning Miller, Uentner
and Douglass, of Philadelphia, and
Knight, of Rucks; and nlso invites its
particular notice to the testimony
implicating Skinner, journal clerk of
the House, Peter Herdtc, Embick,
Reck, and Ammerman, active members
of the lobby both for and against the
bill. The whole ul ject is referred to
the House for its action touching those
over whom it has control, after which
a copy of the report and testimony arc
recommended to be furnished the At
torney General, for snch action as be
di ly deem proper. Although, the re
port does not contain an3'thing incul
pating Mr. Hannan, the Johnstown
Tribun will perhaps be equal to the
task of extracting something of that
kind from it.
Hi mart hare optics sharp, I Tre,
Who sees what is not to be seen,"
-
Havino real the Johnstown Tri
bune of last Friday, and the reproduc
tion therein of itsunmanly.tnsinnations
in the face of the truth, against the
mwrabcis of Assembly from this county,
Messrs. Hannan and Ruck, we have
concluded in despair to throw up the
ppongc and hereafter to permit its
editor, so far at least as these two
gentlemen are concerned, to roam un
disturbed over the boundless field of
defamation which bo has marked out
for himself. The specialty of its editor
consist in his wonderful capacity to
produce from one first class lie a whole
brood of lesser falsehoods, and when
hard pressed, to repeat the process ad
infinitum. It was a perfect surprise
to us a few weeks ago, that after his
repeated and baseless assaults upou
Hiester Clymer, we succeeded in a
single brief article in compiling him
to shut down the sluice gates of hU
calumny. To hope for a similar result
as regards Messrs. Hannan and Ruck
would be the wildest of delusions.
Figs do not grow on thistles, Lor are
roses gathered from thorns. Any ad
ditional attacks on them that may
hereafter be indulged in by that jour
nal will carry with them their own
refutation from the simple fact that
they originated in the Johnstown Tri
bune. The bane and the antidote will
thus both be administered at the same
lime, and the one will neutralize the
intended effect of the other.
l. S. The Tribune of Wednesday
fully verifies our prediction. When
It undertakes to play its congenial
role of aspersing and villifying a Dem
ocrat, it know no snch wxrd as fail,
and literally piles Pelion upon Ossa.
In its editor, Raron Munchausen 6'. ill
Jives, moves and has a being.
litbita in Congress.
Because a large number of the
mem lrs of the present Congress oc-
(ciipierl military or civil positions in
i s".lhflr uTllmin?twJ?Sl?
i lion, it is the constant practice of the
I radical prtea to atiinatizc and de-
nomi(.e ; a9 . tie rfcuti-' or "Confeder
ftte fj0-jrVeg3 ami to apply to it other j
tf rma vf uc offensive import. The;
purpose of this denunciation is to ex- j
cite and keep alive the bitter animosi-
ties of the war.and to use them inj
promoting the success or tue radical
party in the approaching Presidential
e'ection. If radicalism is to be suc
cessful it must lie achieved by a low
appeal to the baser passions of our
nature lather than to the reason and
intelligence of ,hc people.
After the war actually commenced
in 1 wf 1 the Southern people were a
unit in its favor and of forcible resist
ance to the supremacy of the general
government. Whether this was right
or wrong is not now the question. It
is the fact that i alone important.
Who then but the most scurvy politi
cal demagogue will arraign the South
for having sent as its representatives
in Congress the men who had stood by
her when she honestly but mistakingly
submitted her destiny to the decision
of Ihe sword ? The Southern people
had but a single source frcm which to
cuto.se their representatives, if we
throw out of view, as we must, her
ignorant and incompetent enfranchised
negroes, and that other mrc objec
tionable class, the plundering and ra
pacious carpet-bagger. ...
.The representatives in the preseut
Congress from the South will lose
nothing b- a comparison with the del
egations from the balance of the
Union. The question is rrot whether
they were once rebels', but whether
they are honest men and faithfully
discharge their duty to the whole
country. In all that constitutes a true
Senator of the United States what a
yawning gulf intervenes between such
high-toned men as Ransom, Gordon.
Norwood. Maxcv and Withers, all
confederate officers, and mercinary
tools like Patterson, Conover, Spencer,
Clayton ad Dbrsey ? If either La
mar, of Mississippi, or Tucker, of Vir
ginia, has a superior in the House from
any portion of the North in intellect
or high moral character, we would like
10 know his name. James G. RIaine,
from his recent experience in debate
with these two gentlemen, could give
a satisfactory answer to the question.
Until the advent of the slimy carpet-bagger
into the national legislr.
ture if there ever was a member of
Congress from a Southern State who
was charged with corrupt practices we
fail to recollect the instance. What
ever may be said about their peculiar
political' views h t!i old days of nul
lification and slnvery, they always
maintained their oflicial characters
pure and without reproach. Northern
Congressmen of both political irties
lmve-at various times disgraced them
selves and retired from the pnblic gaze,
but so far as our knowledge extends
the same charge cannot be . made
against a Southern member prior to
the late civil war.
How supremely mean ami contempt
ible, then, is this radical cry about
"reikis"' and "confederate brigadiers"
in Congress. When they commence
to steal and plunder and to accept
bribes, it will be time enough to array
Northern sentiment against them
Hut as long as they puisne the even
tenor of their way and act well their
part these cowardly assaults of radical
editors- npon them will be treated by
the great heart of the Northern people
with the scorn and contempt which
thev deserve.
As oxe of the many indications
coming from various sections of the
country in favor of the nomination of
General Hancock foi the Presidency
by the St. Louis convention, we pub
lish the following well written article
from the Norfolk Landmark, one of
the most influential journals of Vir
ginia: We copy elsewhere a statement made hv
the Washington c-orrespon Jnt f Ihe Wrald
to Ihe en'ect that Oen. Hancock is the "coin
ing mti" for the Democratic nomination.
Ordiuarily, we should that we have had
too many soldiers In the White House ; and
our opinion of the .-15sitt.pni.xhrd gentleman
to whom we refer Is suvh that vro br'.ieve he
would frankly agr.-e with t ; bnt the con
dition of affairs is so altered tliat we innst
abandon the objection. The position of the
South is such that a change of administra
tion is necessary to cur salvation ; and
availability is an element of success which
onght not to be discarded. In the case of
Oen. Hancock, however, availability is re
iuforccd by high personal character and
superior ability. The men of this region
have cause to rememler Mm, for he and
Mahone often crossed swords, so to speak, in
onr Utn unhappy war ; and it is sate to say
that the courage and ability he then dis
played are linked with a magnanimous
temper. Rut, above these considerations,
the country remetnlers the course he adopt
ed in Louisiana. In that proviuce of tho
empire he had thn hardihood to proclaim
sound constitutional doctrines, and t he paper
lie th.ni drew np shows that he is fully equal
to the discharge of civil as well as military
duties. His broad and cultivated intellect
his genuine patriotism and moral courage
were conspicuously shown on that occa
sion ; and when the passions of tha bonr
have cooled, his course In Lenisiana will
stand as an enduring monument to his pnb
lic. virtue. His past, lotli In peace and war,
offer h guarantee that he wonld redeem the
republic, and after a full survey of the field,
aud still mindful of onr initial remark, we
have co hesitation in declaring our opinion
that his nomination wonld be an act of wis
dom on the part of the Ieinocracy.
In vain may the Radicals impeach hit
loyalty. His military record Is one of tha
most splendid associated with the army of
the Union. His opinions on publicrjuisiioiis
are known to be sound and worthy tho best
days of the republic. In one word, he is tho
tnan to reduce onr chances' of success to a
certainty, and to beat Coukling, horse, foot
aud dragoons.
An explosion of powder on Saturday
last, dui ing the operations in a new railway
tunnel, in course of construction near
Neath, Glamorgan county. South Wales,
caused the roof to fall, burying all the
workmen. Thirteen dead bodies and a
number of wounded have Wen recovered.
The search for victims of the disaster still
i continued t last account.
Jieport of the lloom JSill Investi
gation Committee, .
Mr. TTays," chairman of the committee to
inveslmate the alleged bribery in connec
tion with the boom bill, niado the follow
ing report after recitiutf tho resolution oy
authority of which they acted : .
Tho committee submit the testimony or
Mr. Miller, of Berks, and that of Mr. Mil
ler, of Philadelphia, to the consideration
rf the house, without expressing any opin
ion as to whether there was any miscon
duct on the part of Mr. Miller, of Phila
delphia. " ;
In the case of Mr. Knight, or Backs
countvr the committee .would respectfully
report, that while they are not prepared to
say that he was guilty of any intention of
on'ering a bribe, or suggesting to Mr. Stew
art, the meiuber from. Lawreuce, that he
could obtain money if he would vote against
the bill mn its final passage or Withhold his
vote, jet after a careful consideration of the
testimony of Messrs. Stewart, Dickey and
Theodore Hill, of Williamspoit, they are
of the opinion that the conduct of Mr.
Knight was very improper, and they feel
that they would not be discharging their
duty if they did not call the attention of
the heuse to it.
From a careful consideration of the tes
timony of Messrs. Thornton,. Buck, Wise
and Hannan, thecomniittee areof the opin
ion that the eonduct of Mr. Thornton, wa
improper in this : That the said Thornton
appioached both Messrs. Wise and Buck,
members of the house, in such manner as
to lead them to believe that they could ob
tain a valuable consideration for their vote
against the bill.
In the case of Mr. Gentner, of Philadel
phia, the committee, after carefully weigh
ing the testimony of himself and Messrs.
Wanner, Miller, of Berks, Spicer and
Stevens, nieirbcra of this house, are of the
opinion that hU conduct was very indis
creet, but they are not prepared tosay from
the evidenco in the case that he was guilty
of any effort to corrnptly influence any of
his fellow iuembei-8. ,
Your committee further reports tliat as
shown by tho testimony of Mr. Pctiott' and
himself, Win. S. Douglass, a member of
the house from the First district of Phila
delphia, for the purpose of deceiving the
friends of the bill mentioned in the resolu
tion, authoiized Mr. Petroff to use his name
as ono of tifteen who for a va'.uahle con
sideration would vote for said bill on its
final passage, and your committee are of tho
opinion that in so doing he was guilty of
conduct unbecoming a member of this
bovine.
Your committee also submits that it ap
pears from tne testimony ot ueorgo v.
Skinner, journal elerk of this house, of i
Messrs. Petrol!, Douglass and O'Neill,
members of this house, and of D. W. Seiler
and T. It. Smith of the banking honse of
Oougherfy Bros, ft Co-., cf this city, that
Emile .T. Petroff, a member of this house
from the fifth district of Philadelphia, solic
ited and consented to receive from F. E.
Embick, through Geo. W. Skinner, money
for himself aud for others for his vote and
the votes of others and with the under
standing thn t his vote and official action
should be influenced thereby on the bill
referred to in the resolution, and your com
mittee are of the opinion that by such con
duct said Pctroff violated sectiou 29 of ar
ticle 3 of tho constitution of this common
wealth. And yonr commitlee further snbmit that
it appears from the testimony of Mr. Lynmtt
and Mr. Hannan, of the hnr.se, and John
B. Beck, of Williamspoit, Pennsylvania,
that he, Martin F. Lynott, a member of
the house from the Sixth district of Luzerne
county, received of said John B, Beck the
sum of $800 for his voto and official influ
ence and with the understanding that his
vote should be influenced thereby on said
bill, and that by snch conduct the said
Lynott violated section 29 of article 3 of
the constitution of this commonwealth.
Yonr commitlee further report that while
they are of the opinion that under the reso
lul ion of their appointment their powers do
not extend further than to inquire into
miscondnet on the part of members of the
house, they feel that they would not be do
ing justice to themselves or to the house
did they not call attention to the miscon
duct on the part of others as shown by the
evidence herewith submitted. They there
fore respectfully call attention to the mis
condnet of Gcoige W. Skinner, journal
clerk of the house, as shown by the testi
mony of himself, Petroff, DongKss, O'Neill
and Messis. viler and Smith, of the bank
ing honse of Dougherty Bros, & Co , of
Harrisburg.
They also call attention to the testimony
of Messrs. Andre, Wanner and Miller, mem
bers of the house from Berks county, and
Mr. Geisclman, member from Adams coun
ty, from which it appears that T. J. Boyer,
of Clearfield, state senator from the Thirty
fourth district, offered and promised mon
ey and endeavored by tho offer and prom
ise of rwor.ey to iufluonce members of the
honse in regard to their votes on said bill.
They also submit the testimony of Mr.
Jieuter, of Montgomery county, nnd that
of Mr. 'Uenry, of Columbia comity,
members of tr's house, and of Jesse C.
Ammerman, of Montour county, to your
careful consideration for the reason that it
contains evidence of corrupt solicitation on
the part of said Ammerman in endeavoring
to influence the votes of said members on
said bill.
They also call attention to the testimony
of Mr. Lynott, a member from Luzerne
county, from which it appears I hat John B.
Beck, of Williamsport. attempted to iufin
ence and corrnptly solicited the votes and
official action of the said Lynott by the
offer and promise of money and by the ac
tual payment of the sam of $ 300 to said
Lrnott for his vote and influence on said
bill.
Your committee call special attention to
the testimony of George W. Skinner, jour
nal clerk, Messrs. Gross, Potroff and Doug
lass, members of the house, Messrs. Seiler
and Smith, of the bankine house of
Dougherty, Bros. fe Co, of Harrisburg, and
of James Allison, clerk of the State Capitol
hotel, and other witnesses, from which it ap
pears that F. E. Embick, of Williamsport,
was Ihe chief manager of a lobby in favor
of the boom bill. That he engaged and
with his associates occupied from the open
ing of the present session until the 5th of
April a suite of rooms at the State Capitol
hotel and all the bills for said rooms were
charged to him. That these rooms were
kept open and members had free access to
them. That shortly before the final pas
sage of the bill he deposited over fifteen
thousand dollars with Dougherty Bros. &
Co. of this city, all cf which was drawn
out tho day after the passage of the bill.
That he negotiated with Mr. Petroff for
fifteen votes for the bill and offered or
promised Petroff $7,500 for such Totea and
to influence Petroif in his public and official
duties.
Your committee also call special atten
tion to the testimony of Jesse C. Ammer
man and Messrs. Backus, Reutter and M'
llenry and other witnesses, from which it
appears that tho use of money and other
improper means were proposed by Peter
Herdie, of Williamsport for the purpose of
Influencing members in their action cn said
bill.
Tho committee ate also of the opinion
that the testimony of Messrs. Moscrip and
Tracy, members of the house, and Luther
Andrews of Alba, Bradford county, is de
serving of careful consideration on the part
of the honse witfi a view of determining
what action it will take in reference to the
conduct of said Andrews, in calling mem-
bers of the house away from their scats by
means of false telegrams, on the.final pas
sage of said bill.
Your committee lurtDc-r report mat tney
are of the opinion that under tho resolution j
appointing them, it is not within their pro- ,'
vince to make any recommendations as to j
what action shall be taken as to any one .
implicated in improper conduct concerning j
the passage of said bill, but feeling that the I
house will take such action in regard to ;
those over w hom it has control as will com
poit with the dignity of a branch of the
legislature cf a great common wealth, res
pectfully refer the matter io the house and j
suggest that after the house shall have taken j
action, that this report together with a copy t
of the testimony be referred to the attorney
general for such further action concerning
all parties as he may deem advisable. f All
of which is respectfully submitted.
(Signed) .Toseto Hats,
Fred. W. Gch6Teb,
A. Smith,
11. C. Chrtsty, !
Charlkh 8. Wolfe,
Ww. O. Babsett,
Uriah Tekkt,
8. F. CiiArtN,
Committee in full with the exeoptlon of
Mr. 1 ley burn.
Centennial Proclamation. The fol
lowing proclamation was issued by his ex
cellency, Governor Uaitraufr, on Friday
afternoon last :
1'ROCI.AMATIOJ.
Wherfas, fty a joint resolution of the
senate and house of representatives of the
United States of America in congress as
sembled, approved March 13, 1876, it is
recommended by the senate ami bouse of
representatives to this people of the several
states that they assemble in tludr several
counties or towns of onr national independ
ence, and that they cause to have delivered
on such day n hlstorieal sketch of said
county or town from its formation, and that
a copy of saic tketch may be filed, in print
or manuscript in the clerk's frlce of said
county, aud an additional copy, in print or
manuscript, be filed in the oltioe of the
librarian of congress, to the intent that a
complete record may thus be obtained of the
progress of our institutions during the first
centennial of their existence.
.Now, therefore, I, John F. Hartranft,
governor as aforesaid, de hereby favorably
commend this rcsolniion to the people and
the authorities of the various cities, counties
ami towns of this commonwealth, with the
request that wherever tlieolservaiice of the
incoming Anniversary ot our national inde
pendence will permit, provision may be
made to comply with the recommendation
contained therein so that thnse historical
sketches may lm made to euihracc all the
information aud statistics that can be ob-
taincd in relation to the first century of our
existence as a common wealth,
Given under my hand and the great seal
of the state at Harrisburif, this ?lst day of
April, in thn year of our lxrd one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, and of tho
commonwealth the one hundredth.
J. F. II ART KAN FT.
Bv the Oovernor :
M. S. Ql'AT.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The N. Y. Sun says it is ft truly excel
lent and admirable wink which Archbishop
Williams of Boston has taken upon himself
m connection with the affaiis of Patrick
Donohoe of the Boston Pilot, who lately
fell into bankruptcy. Donohoe, besides
running his newspaper, had been carrying
on a private banking business, receiving on
deposit, m snnts ranging from $25 upward,
the savings of hard-woi kiirg :nen aud wo
men, who put entire trust in his integrity.
The amount of these deposits front laborers
mechanics, servants, washerwomen, and
needlewomen, reached, according to the
published list, as high as $73,000, and their
losses resulted in an incalculable amount of
sorrow and suffering. Into the ears of
Archbishop Williams and hi priests their
pitiable tales were poured, and he began-to
cast about for some way of relieving them.
After a time he offered to purchase the
I'ilol, put $30,000 into its business, and
raised more money in its behalf. We now
learn that,- after consummating the pur
chase, the Archbishop proposes to pay
every dollar due to the poor jieoplo who
deposited money with the former proprie
tor. This is a noble deed, which will be
appreciated not only by the beneficiaries,
bnt by the people at large. Ihe Arch
bishop has set an example which some
other people connected with banking in
stitutions would do well to follow. He was
in no way icsponsible for the affairs of Uie
IHlot, and even after purchasing it he was
in nowise bound to pay the debts of its
proprietor. He has by his course honored
himself, becomo more endeared than ever
to thousand of the poor people of Boston,
and won the repect of all men who can
appreciate a good deed.
A Mktiiodtst Camp Durngd. At mid
night of the 22d the Methodist camp meet
nST grounds at Tarentum, some twenty
miles from Pittsburgh, were completely
desolated by an incendiary fire, involving
a loss of $50,000. The number of buildings
erected on the grounds was 15ft, all but
about half a dozen of these being houses
or cottages occupied by members of the
camp meeiing association. The cottages
were all built by families occupying them,
they paying rent to the Association for the
use of the grounds, so that the loss will
mostly fall on individual? rather tha on
the association as a body. The houses
average in value about $400, though some
of the finest were worth pretty well on to
$1,000. Many of tho houses wero furnish
ed, the occupants leaving their furniture
there during the winter. The grounds
proper embrace upward of fourteen acres,
being a level plateau with ravines on the
east, west and north sides, theentrauce be
ing on the south side, the main road from
Tarentum leading directly to the camp.
Tho camp was one of the finest that ceuld
be imagined, the plateau being covered
with immense forest trees, some of which
were fully two feet in diameter. Great
preparations were being made for a nation
al camp meeting on the 7th of Angust, but
it is feared the grove has been so badly in
jured that it will be impossible to hold the
meeting there.
Catholic Societies. Policy of the New
Bishop. Frequent referenco has been
made in the daily papers to tho policy
Bishop Tuigg will adopt in his treatment
of the societies connected with the Catholic
Diocese of Pittsburgh, and many ground
less rumois have found their way into print.
With a view of ascertaining the facts, a
reporter of this paper called at the Episco
pal residence last evening, and, so far as
he could learn, the new Bishop will not
oppose any association which has received
the sanction of the Catholic Church. Se
cret societies and all organizations which
have an evil tendency will not be counts-,
nanced by either Bishop Tuigg or any'
member of his clergy, and as the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society does not come
within this category, the statement that
the new Bishop will oppose it is false and
without foundation. Of one thing we are
positive, that the new Bishop has a mind
of his own aud whatever course his con
science and duty may lead bim to adopt, we
may safely rely npon it that no Idle threats
of any who may favor associations of an
evil tendency will induce him to change
bis policy or sway him from the course
which his conscience and the teachings of
the Church demand him to pursue. Pitts
burgh PoL . , , -
Senator Wallact's wife is dangerously ill.
ieicf (ttul Other Hotings.
A Wisconsin'calf weighed 115 pounds
at birth.
In Colorado county, Texas, the apples
are now gettiug ripe.
There is a barber's 6hop in Atlanta,
Ga., in which all the barbers are young
women.
Two women, supiosed to bo Kate
"Bender and her mother, have been attested
at Laramie City.
Berks county baa an anvil 177 years
old, a clock over 200 years old aud a pocket
book 125 years old.
What next? A hen iu Perry county,
it is said, laid a Centennial egg, on which
the figures '70 were defined.
A twenty-four pound baby was recent
ly born iu Pittsburgh. - Its mother weighs
but one hundred and twenty.
Elisha Sampson, of Danbury, sixty
seven years old, had his head blown off on
Monday by hie insane sou, who was in the
hands of the sheriff.
A misbehaving woman was taken from
her house iu Bradfordville, Ky.f by masked
men, in the night, and severely whipped
with beech switches.
Dom Pedro will be provided with
twenty-two rooms in Washington. On ac
eont of its circumscribed limits he declines
visiting Rhode Island.
Mr. Drum of Troy lived and died with
out knowing what a curiosity he was ; lmt
the surgeons found out by dissection that
he had only one kidney.
According to a decision of the Supreme
Court of Nebraska railroad companies are
liable for damages resulting from prairies
being set on fire by engines.
Koine of the people iu Augusta, Ga.,
are decidedly nervous because the magazine
containing 38,877 pounds of powder is in
charge of a man named Thomassen.
Six boys were arrested in Heading the
other day for .attacking farmers 011 the
way to market and robbing them. War
rants are out for the arrest of nine moie.
There is au artist in the Schuylkill
county almsh"uso who has painted a fine
oil painting of the bnilding aud grounds,
lie is believed to be a foreign nobleman.
Seventeen jiersons, implicated in the
murder of Mr. Morgary, of the English ex
pedition, will be executed at Uhamo, Bnr
niab, Mar 5th, in the presence of a British
escort.
The schooaer Katie, Captaiu Ferristal,
which left Port Mulgrave on the 2d inst.
for Boston with sixty passengers, has been
given up by the people of the former place
as lost.
Of the seven children of John Hall of
North Troy, four of them, all under four
teen years of age, weigh exactly 200 pounds
and each has ten fingers, two thumbs and
twelve toes.
The State Supreme Conrt has just de
cided that a register, County clerk or other
recorder of deeds, mortgages, etc., isliable
in damages for a false certificate of search
for encumbrances 011 land.
John Stone, of Manor station, Craw
ford county fell in love with a girl only 13
years old, and because she was too young
to marry he concluded to die for her aud
shot himself through the head.
James O'Dounell, while in his dwelling
at Pottsville on Sunday, was shot" at
through the window, the ball entering his
head, back of the right ear. No clue to
the guilty party has been discovered.
A mountain of superior white chalk
has been discovered in Idaho, and now if a
never-failing spring is in close proximity,
an enterprising man might start a dairy
there without investing in a single cow.
t On Palm Sunday, April y, between
eighty and ninety Roman Catholic churches
twenty-two of them in the diocese of New
York, were supplied with real palms.
They were obtained from Charleston, S. C.
While five persons were descending a
coal shaft at Brown's station, in Missouri,
last Friday, the rope broke and they fell to
the bottom,- a depth of over 100 feet.
Three were killed aud the others fatally
injured.
It ie stated from Washington that the
display of everything connected with fish
and the fisheries to be made at the Centen
nial exhibition by the Smithsonian Insti
tute will be "the largest of the kind in
the world."
The family of the late Orestes A.
Brownson consists of one daughter, Mrs.
Mep.d, of Elizabeth, N. J.T and two sons,
Orestes A., Jr., Superiutendant of Public
Schools, at Dubuque, Iowa, aud Major
Henry F., of Detroit.
Patrick Boyle, William Roberts, Geo.
Wilson and Martin MeGonan, convicted on
Friday in Kings eonnty, N. Y., of robbing
the jewelry store of Louis Billet), on Hicks
street, Brooklyn, were each sentenced to
State Prison for twenty years.
Rev. Mr. Truosdale of the Sharon
Presbyterian church, recently received a
counterfeit five dollar bill for marrying a
couple of strangers. It might startle the
wedded pair to learn that no marriago can
be legally contracted by fraud.
John Jacob Astor and William B.
Astor, esqs., a few days since, hearing that
St. Luke's hospital was in need of funds,
sent it each $25,000, a sum sufficiently
large to enable it to continne its benevo
lent work without embarrassment.
A photographer has been swindling
Lehigh county children by representing
tbat he was authorized to photograph them
for tho Centennial. He took in about one
hundred dollars at Hazleton, the boys and
girls were bo anxious to be seen at the Cen
tennial. Mrs. Fitch (Gen. Sherman's daughter),
will wear her diamonds after alL the Senate
having on Thursday, on motion of Mr.
Morrill, of Vermont, unanimously passed a
resolutiou authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to admit the Khedive's present
free of duty.
Reports from various points in Iowa,
Nebraska and sonthei 11 Dakota tell of de
structive prairie fires for the past two days,
involving great loss of property. No lives
have been lost aa yet, though in some in
stances people escaped with only their
night-clothes.
. Burglars have been operating exten
sively iu McKeesport for some time past,
but succeeded on Saturday morning in
making their roost successful haul. The
residence of John Larking waseatered and
$4,946 in money, and two gold aud oue
silver watcbes taken.
Charles Cook, a young farmer residing
at Hyde Park, Vermont, was murdered on
Sunday morning by his father, who has
been insane for soma time and was sup
psed to be harmless. He attacked his
son with an axe and beat his brains out.
The elder Cook has been lodged io jail.
A shipment of one hundred pairs of
prairie chickens, ten pairs of wild turkeys,
and teu pairs of wild geese is soon to be
sent from San Francisco to Auckland, New
Zealand, for the purpose of introducing
there these hitherto unknown birds. The
prairie chickens aud turkeys were caught in
A tnan named Milligan, from Soranton,
arrived at Fort Laramie on Thursday and
reported that on the morning of the 16th
inst. bis party was attacked by Indians
fifty miles from Custer. Three persona, one
or tbem a woman, were killed, a colored
woman was captured, and three-men were
wounded.
It is estimated that there are 75,000,000
f?. mbSritnt,,e Lock ,Uvcr boom.
About 750 rafts have reached the dam, and
the majority of them have passed below.
Tbe shipments of lumber by rail and canal
ror the jyear thus far fosf up $4,450,000
rcet, an increase of 940,0Ti0 feet over the
corresponding peiiod in 1875,
A MATTER OF
Wo cond?n?crroTn to Lrh!gh Umirtcr the
u-r.ui-c of aonvfi juion nin-ntOak Llall. la
rhil'ltJkl)'.yrt auamuier. Brown's " Larjrett
Clotb i n iWitso in Amenta." A vinltor aud
attcnclar.Mte the speakers :
Visitor. " AVtst corner is the PuiMlug on V
Al'.tndant. " Houth-Ka-t corner of Sixth and
Market. 1'Ieafe n;a the SIXTH f jr some
strsngers seeking Oik iJ iaII, have been tnivled
ly U'tsiniui? persons."
V. "It is pjrft'tUy colossal I Do you know
Us riimansnMis?''
A. " !2,i0M equsre feet G9 n Market, and
10 osld on Sixth, six stories high, hss over
three acixm '.jfc floorjj, sn-1 covers pnce tjvra
occupied by V ir&uu twenty oi&treul busi
ness ilce."j
V. lo you use scam-power?"
A. " A Riant yoi;nn engine furnk-hea prwpr
for the freight aud pastcrpcr elevators, and tho
boilers strain fur heauug, and the oujtr opvra-
V. " What rvir (o yon tak with rnod.?"
A. They are liivt tpOTed and arranged fn
the b&sement.on long n counter, and taken
thence on the fsjiljIevator to the invitee
tor's rooifl on IX.tf-jTn floor."
V. " Is inspect, nTiie ftrt operation ?"
A. "So, a.r, meuiin?. The goo-la ere frt
measured In the piee, Ihen injif tied. 1 lie
dolh passes over rollers in the race of a sterna;
light, and two men sit, one before nd oi.o
behind the goodx, waU-hlng -with the eye of a
hawk for the ieavt pin-hole imperfection, end
marking every flaw, so that the cutter may aeo
and avoid it wlieu be comes to cut tho trar
menu." V. " You mast employ an arrv of enttrtT
A. "Come t our fifth Uoyf nud wo I V
keep 70 hands ail tins tiff cqAine up ihe r.lotu
into parments, betMcyrJ moch.r.ea that do
a dozen roen'a work eaciWt a Ftroke."
V. "lio yoa manufacture all your own
goodW'
A. "W do, and most carefully? Our ex
aminers inspect every stlu-h an seam, and
certify to every garment as extr -well mcdo
before we put our ticket on it, and becomo
re-pcnilble Tr It."
. " Your system must 6ve yon a treat
ceal r -
A. " In every direction, Mr. It la t rvatem
and economy we practice all U W through
that enables ui to put our prV Vown to Lha
people as we do." y&r
fVit r,After iliictirig 'k. hat becomes
A. "Before It goes into Stock It Is ttcktd
Zvery aingle earment has iu r.umUr and
other pointa noted on it. so that its itire his
tory cau be traced without fall, upou on
books."
V. " You mut have 80 or 40 salesmen r
A. "Why sir, on busy days you mtyics 100
in the various rooms and suites ofroonu
selling to the throngs of customers." '
V. "Io you do an order buAo by mail
and expret V E'
A. ' Very great. All over the country. Our
A hail storm passed over a part of
Kansas on Saturday afternoon which de
stroyed all the orchards and wheat crop,
not a single leaf, bud or blossom on the
trees beinp left.. Large numbers of cattie
were killed. In some places the hail was
eight inches deep and the size of hen's
egg. Wagon loads could be scraped up
Monday morniug thirty-six. hours after it
fell.
It is scarcely credible, yet it Is a re
corded fact, that Mrs. Sarah Call um, 81
years of age, a resident of Iowa Falls, the
widow of a soldier of the war of 1812, has
recently discovered that she is entitled to a
peusion. She was married in 1810, and le
came a mother in 1811, and lived all this
time in blissful ignorance of the fact that
the Government was paying pensions to
soldiers.
About a month ago a patient of Dr.
Taggait, residing in Cincinnati, gave birth
to a male child singularly afflicted. The
left arm terminated at the elbow, and both
legs at the knee. These unnatural extrem
ities were well rounded, and, strange to
say, the child is healthy and doling well.
Of a similar want of the arm there are
several instances, but that both legs also
should be wanting is, we believ, unprece
dented in medical history.
When the charge against ex-Speaker
Blaine was made of pocketing $94,000 of
the Union Pacific money, lie said be
wouldn't demand an investigation, as he
didn't think the public would believe it,
anyhow. Later developments in the case
seem to warrant the belief thst he will le
forced to subject the matter to an investi
gation, as the phantom, if such it be, will
not down at his bidding. Thi public isu't
nearly as confiding as Mr. Blaine seemed
to tbiuk.
Some time last Thursday night a fami
ly of emigrants, named Baker, from some
where in Pennsylvania, were massacred by
Indians, about one hundred miles north
west of Custer City. The family consisted
of a man, his wife and two ebildren, all of
whom were brained with liatehcts or toma
hawks and then scalped. The wagon be
longing to Raker was rifled and everything
valuable carried off. The bodies of the
victims were decently buried by those who
found them.
The Columbia TTtruld, in referring to
the fire in the Catholic church of that
borough, on Monday, aays that when the
fire broke out a littlo girl residing at the
pastoral house, started eff in her fright and
ran all the way to Marietta over three
miles to notify her pastor of the trouble.
The fact is that she outran the telegraph,
for before the messenger at Marietta had
reached Father Pieper, stopping at the
house of a friend m the lower part of the
town, she had delivered her message aud
her pastor was on his way home !
Dora Pedro has lo6t bis annt, the
Princess Isabella Maria Conception Jane
Charlotte Qualberta Anna Frances of Assist
Xavieia Paula d' Alcantara Antoinette Ila
phaela Michaila Gabriella Joachina Oon
zaga. This lady was the only sister of
Dom Pedro's father, Dom Pedro I., Em
peror of Brazil. She was born in 1801 on
the Fourth of July, which gives her a Cen
tennial interest for Americans; and from
Match, 1826, toFebiuary, 1828, she acted
as Regent of Portugal during the troubled
childhood of ber niece, Queen Mara da
Gloria.
Mrs. Edward Filch, mother ol Lieu
tenant Thomas Fitch, United States avy,
and husband of the daughter of General
Sherman, was buried from St. Authouy's
Roman Catholic Church, in Union place,
Greenpoint, N. V., ou Saturday last. At
the church a solemn requiem mass for the
repose of her soul was celebrated, at which
Father O'Brien acted as celebrant, Father
Lane as deacon, and Father Marvin as sub
deacon. The attendance was large. Among
those present were Lieutenant Fitch, Mrs.
Lieutenant Fitch and General Sherman.
The temains were interred iu Calvary cem
etery. Hon. O. J. Dickey died at bis home in
Lancaster on Friday morning, after an ill
ness of eight weeks, of tyhpoid pneumonia.
Mr. Dickey was born in old Brighton, Bea
verconnty, on April 6, 1823. When young
he removed to Lancaster and entered Mr.
Stevens' office as a law student. From
1858 to 1839 he served as District Attorney
of Lancaster county. On the death of
Thaddens Stevens, during the 40th Con
gress, Mr. Dickey was elected to fill the
vacancy. He was subsequently twice re
elected for full terms, retiring in 1873, after
five years' service.
A singular and inexplicable accident
happened at the plate-glass works at Jeffer
Bonville, Ind., one night last week. The
watchman was startled by bearing a loud
noise in the setting-up room resembling
the breaking of glass. He feared that all
the glass in the room had been broken,
and on going there found about one thous
and boxes or glass shivered. In the room
bad been stored about a thousand boxes of
glass, from 20x70 to 40x0, double thick
ness. The boxes containing the glass were
standing on their ends, about six inches
apart, and bv some means the stsrt1 fn
j ing like a row or bricks, increasing with
j force as each box fell and going as fast as
t a railroad traiimnt il the nd bx was reach
ed. Nearly all the glass was broken.
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rh chfnn-d wuh ituVJ
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Ut store. TV, w"?l?.r?,.
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Ko-rtn. Tl if f
Iefor. H.e..:, " .;
mor.t. Tl:e rJiv.V , : 1 "tW"
score of nonnn rt!1:
A. "I w ,.t ,.!f throuUry,
itln fct'd r. ., ,. : ' "a "in 1T
4 1 : 1 , ' rn r, ' m T
B'ent. The fhif rw! rULl
to carry rn ilunsl,V-',kt,.,l':
.lo bcteaa lU
V " S-t-W.T k.T ...
A. "In1d it it i frit.
Co-hter s Iiepar.iDeBt i l
of retell tl- on s. me rZ172 ZLl
the lioiw tr. i. ..i ' V-fc' '.a1.
A. - EiuCy ' You Sfh-
on low rnicrrd i'ni,Sfe"lr.7't..
V. "Whrt are the -r," .
mtich aboutT "
A. "jur ivrtem of t ..
irioo. no U-riau-jn ; 2 1 1 fH
A tiinrania. l.tv ti.,;... . i - 'i.
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A . " Nell. 1 thai,. y-u.V V to?
attention." '
A - N t at all. if, , tun t j
fa r.iiti- ,11. 1 . ""-'-as
maLer & l:ri.wr,'s ek Ha'
ntr fciixth and Vi-kct f
Good monuEfc. ' f E -
i nomas . ii ca,...
executed May 2Cth, f.r the et
bel Young in the Iteifrv -J
avenue (Boston) church," os F--
a sworn statement tlut Kb n-.
nes tnat caused in-r death f, 1
door falling upon her head, ix i
Irightciicd len be would tie ae J
murdering her, and tlieivfo- J
knowledge of the matter, tin
connection wiih it would iinrbei j
John K. Dolan, the murder
oe, was executed iu tLp toa's
yard, New Yoifc, at 9:47 y'd-cte
morniug. ile d'md without iCtjI
walked to bis noia with K.fR-J
though he shed a few tat
bound. He was bmneht ojt C
walked firmly to the gllcwi b .1
light, lie stood under tin pa
minute, l he rrje ws cut :1
aim me ixxty rose m the air. frl
gled but little and died riDpax
DolAii wrote a letter to 1;; con-a.
day night, thatikine him fjrtisi
enoris in ins ieua.i and re-jer.--
laration of innocence af tL w.it
We were shuwn yes'.Hw. ;
Knoxville Vhronklt, l-v Z-f?
Franklin, a wooden wstcliewi
Victor Doriot, of Hnst.Vi. TaM
made of brier-root, and ti e hs'-i
all except three of the wVti .
sniuii-s whicii aie nicta. if "I
boxwiMMl, while ilie fice v
piece of the sh u'der Wade
was run over bv a tin:?! vmI
time ago. It is an open faftdv.
a glass ciyr-tal, ani is sneiorir:
workmanship, disi'lavir.2 s-ox'f-
in t lie maker. It kns n't r; I
than an ounce. Mat savs be s
the watck a dnv or tsi a;:(!i:
good time as any wstdi he evr;
Tbe charges of aion an''
Fitzhugh. tho dxi keeper of w
Reoresentatives at VWhin'
vived, both piivstely nd iap'l
indictments were firanrt
Kentucky in 171 allegifg
was promptly acjiTi:ted in I
were gotten up. rs gentJei.Tes"
est resrectahilitv assort. t.Ar J
malice or under miaj';rf!ie
facts. Another ehnrpt nr"5-
hugh is that of attenuated brit!'
lived in 1 exa l ist vear. i""
without foundation as tbe f
FilThnoli has sent for effcii.
and other proof- which
tire innocence el tee iov 1' ,
it shall appear to be neot-ssruj "J-
r r the Tullest laveslig.wwi'j
r it., it
ui (lie uuurct I
A long story eomr i
mrginatuig with rjreM'i im '
in charge of the sicnsl w.TJfLl
who wa furmerlv pub ic fl'K
Secretary M'Cnlloch. He
be was engaged urns in -discovered
great fisnds;
debt staten-ent reporeu
treasu
ry that was pot on w I
i.nsnt ma Tl.1ill2 tb r
govern
money to meet temporary nr ,
W I irv I- " ' - " - .irf I
thmiean.l nf dilllan llf i'- ' 1
was placed in the handsel'
i i i oV- to trie f"1 1
.... . . , i i)k( r" I
individual mnas snu " .. .-
Prender will probably
tion before the committee .
ill (tie irensiiij -i"
V : 1 1 I . a rrnl-A
What the Htrrisbcrf J
of those idiots and nuw
m-actical ioker, amufd.t;.
pense cf a good tnan' J
women in 'cw Yo.k tbe 1
inseited in a mwmiiK
vertisemet.t for
women to gf to the ipb,
mentatfl..aoy. fc
01 tue anegeu -u"' "j.ii
centennial was mn '" j;i
applicants for eotFJ"-'
be declared ue w-y w
they had oeen .t
no was oDngea i , -
appeal to the lf y
force to relieve biro wji
twentT-rive cents !',
rplewhoarra.n
obtaining a hwliboeA v
The Cincinnati
(UIllO) spec.s. e-; - .pr.
seven, became,
filled him seiiMfleM , 1tftirl
ana men uun-- . w
log-beap, u,"k V- j nnt p
d.ughtir if .f,;iS
He then reported t i ,
ed. On Sunday be ; .
XL. :.-Mf H.r hrother. W ' j '
After some quest.
of the muroer. - . ,
the entire eip"'h, f
and discovered tue
compr-ed. na"nJi.iU
bnt was arretted
lt Ua 1,. ... "-l-TW
t!
went ff.rthf. ' '" I
eil
journal. cir uiJ r , 5i-.v.
(K ll all your fntWTJ T' "
leparm1MU,it fTt., mZnlE;
isannocK, tire
that place, while
his son, aged fifteen. nji(