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ESENSBURC, PA.,
Friday Morning, - - June 2, 1876.
Democratic County 2'lcket.
STATE SENATOR :
F. A. SHOEMAKER, Ej., F.hensburg.
(Subject to district Conference.)
ASSEMBLY!
JOHN DOWNEY, Johnstown.
JAMES J. THOMAS, Carroll Twp.
sukkiff :
JOHN RYAN'. Cambria Ttorongli.
ASWIATE JPWiES :
.TOnN FLANAfiAN, Stony Creek Twp.
JOHN I. THOMAS, Jibetisbnrj;.
l'ooit norsE murr-ToR :
ISAAC N. WISsHNUBK, BU.klick Twp.
.irBT COM Ml S3 ION Kit :
JOSEPH CRAMER, Allegheny Twp.
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T,.-. Aftnm..' fSonor.tl of the Com- !
monwealth, Mr. Lear, having delivered '
an opinion in which he declares that
an opi
the booi
: l .. :
11 l.ill nnssed bv the recent Lear-
is strictly in accordance with 1
the constitutionit only remains for J
the Governor to fin the bill in order i
to make it a law.
It speaks well for the Democratic
county ticket that the Johnstown Tri
bune has not ha;l the temerity thus
far to assail more than one of the can
didates, though in the doing of that it
has fully sustained its well established
reputation for falsehood and detraction.
Still, we think the gentleman assailed
can stand it aliout as long as those
who arc throwing the dirt, and if the
,Hirr o-imli.Lites are onlv fortunate
w v a -"---- "
enough to receive the same attention (
froin the same source their election iy cr
f !
a largely increased majority
dotibtedly I the result.
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A RteoLL'Tiov offered in the U. S.
Senate by Mr. 1'audock, setting forth
that inasmuch as Wm. P.elknap
had ceased to lc a civil ollicer of the
ITnited States, by reason of his resig
nation prior to the institution by the
House of Representatives of proceed
ings in iniieachment against him, the
Senate could take no jurisdiction in
the case, was on Monday night last
rejected by a vote of 37 nays to 29
yeas. It was also dceided by the same
vote that l?elknaj, notwithstanding Ins
resignation, is amenable U trial by
impeachment for acts done while oc
cupying the position of War Secretary,
and it was ordered that the respondent
and the managers on part of the House
of Kepreseiituti ves should appear at 1 0
o'clock yesterday morning to hear the
judgment of the Senate.
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A rESPKn.ATK n '-tempt to get even
with the Democratic patty in the
matter of Congressional investigations
was made public on Monday last, the
gentleman whom the effort seeks to de
grade to the level of Republican cor
niptionists being no less a personage
than Hon. Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana,
Democratic Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The charge against
Mr. Kerr is that he received $4r0
through Door
keetcr Harney lor using
, . . . .
to obtain a commission in
his influence to
the regular army for a third party
named Augustus P. (Irccn the latter
testifying that he paid the mo.icy to ;
Harney, and Harney in turn declaring '
on oath that he delivered the full
amount to Mr. Kerr. The story Is
well concocted aud put upon the pul
lic with apparent sincerity, but it re
ceives little or no credence even among
Republicans, the fair fame of Speaker
Kerr and the fact that he appeared on
the witness stand and denied the whole
storr from Is ginning to end being ac
cepted as a complete refutation of the
infamnus slander.
--
Ry an oversight due more to care
lessness than any other cause, perhaps,
we published in a poition of our edi
tion last week only four of the five
ballots taken in the county convention
for Assemblymen, and cven thosc weie
far from W-ing correctly given. Wish- j
!!', thei elo.-e, to placo ourself right on j
the record, we publish below a report
of all the ballots nnd the result an
nounced, but deem it proper to say
that no two of the clerks agreed in
their tallies. The figures here pre
sented are believed, howe-er, to le
correct, and that the result was as
stated we have no doubt, as our own
count on the third ballot, which was
made with the utmost care, showed
that Mr. Downey had received the
requisite ntunlK-r of voles to cntitlo
him to the nomination
II
ere are
the 1
correct returns :
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4
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41
58
30
44
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4th.
21
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FuoM the editor of the Johnstown Tri
bune no man who receives a nomination ;
nt the hands of the Democratic party j
need expect anything but nbne, nnd
if he fails to get it he may have reason
to fear that he is not worthy of the J
otnee to which he aspires. Hence it is
that the scurrilous and shameful bil-:
linovn-tft he-ined tuoii Cflpt. John
ZD " . " .
p.l bv that trentleman and his friend
something to Iks looked for aye,
almopt hoiM-d for, it benur a fact, al
itted bv honest men or all parties,
-that such filthy abue as that paiier
invariably pours ujxivits political op-
poneuts 13 caiciiiaieu w iui mm ii
rather than retard their success at the ,
Dolls. Still, for the honor of the
.... i r . 1 1 t
journalistic profession and for the sake
of common decency, we protest against
u-dnloailo liln-kfriiardism. nnd
..., vct lono vajn a it may seem,
fi.- 7W,;, J man is not bo com-
pletely lost to all sense of propriety as
to continue the despicable warfare he
has so shamelessly inaugurated during
Downev since his nomination by the j man namc.i j lover, who periccuy rc
elitor of the Trihutu has been accept-1 Rem bled the late lamented General
the first week of the campaign.
We take no stock in the rumors
circulated in regard to Mr. J Ionic's
intention to announce himself as an
independent candidate for Assembly,
simplv because we believe that he is
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by a fair, square vote of the contention, ,
and having been so nominated it 1-
hooves every Democrat, and esiecially
mvpir i;iinriintprl asnirnut for the
same josition, to give him a cordial,
earnest support. True it is that Mr.
IInt-n m.iv
believe mat nc was uu-
irstlv treated, and that another ballot
should have been accorded him before
tJlc final decision was rendered ; but if
8o. he and his friends were remiss in
not demanding thatlooii at the proper
time, and at any rate have no right to
hold Mr. Downey resionsible for the
consequences. Jlc was entitled to uie
nomination if he could "get it, and
having been declared the nominee
without any protest being made when
it 6hould aud no doubt would have re
ceived a respectful hearing, it docs not
-as- . . 1 . t
! become any one to oppose him now on
the score of irregularity in the pro
ceedings of the convention. At least
Umt is the view we believe all good
Democrats will take of the matter, and
as we place Mr. Nome on that list we
have no fears that he will adopt the
t.ourse that common rumor and politi-
cal opponents Lave marked out for
mm.
The following passage is from the
sicech of the Hon. (Jeo. F. Hoar, of
Massachusetts, one of the Relknap im
peachment managers, before the Senate
of the United States. It is a scathing
review of the political corruptions of
the times and as such it deserves to be
thoughtfully considered :
"My own public life lias lcon a brief and
insignificant one, ex tendinp little tyond tlit
duration of a single term of senatorial ortioe,
but in tlmt. brief period I have seen five
juilgfH of :i liiirli court, of llie United Stales
driven from oflice by threats of impeachment
for corruption ur maladministration. I have
heard the taunt from friendless lips, that
when tho United States presented herself in
the cast to take j;irt with the civilized world
in generous coinjietition iti the arts of life,
the only product of her institutions in which
she surpassed all others Iteyond question was
her corruption. I have seen in llie state in
the Union foremost In power and wealth
four judges of her courts impeached for cor
ruption, and the political administration of
her chief city become a disgrace and a by
word throughout the world. 1 have seen
the. chairman of the committee on military
affairs tn the house, now a distinguished
member of this court, rise in his place and
demand the expulsion of four of Ids associ
ates for making sale ot their official privilege
of selecting the yontbs to ls educated at our
great military school. When the greatest
railroad of the world, binding together the
continent and uniting the two great seas
which wash our shores, was finished, 1 have
seen our national ' triumph ami exulting
turned to bitterness ami shame hy the otiaii-
( iinona reports of three com in it tees of congress
two ..r,,
Ktopofib?
ho house and one her that evrv
at mighty entei prise had lieen ta-
k: 1,1 fraud. I have heard in the highest
places the. shameless iloctrine avowed by
, K1.0,vn o!,i Jn public office that iho true
way by which power should lw gained in the
republic Is to brilie the peoplo with the of-
i ...t r. - : - : i 1 1
for w,lirh it ,hoi(l le us,.d wlien gai,.,i
is the promotion of selfish ambition ami the
gratification of personal revenge. I have
ncaiu ii.-jiicioii iiaiiiitn 1 117 iimh Tticp: ut
the trustoil companions or the J resident.
These things have passed into history."
TitE Lancaster Intrlliyenccr inclines
to the opinion that it would lie impolite
to say that James S. Rntan, ex-senator,
cx commissioner to Vienna, ex-consul
to Cardiff, and now consul appointed
to Florence, is as "dumb as an off ox,''
and it would be highly crsonal to say
that men with heads the shape of his
do not often become good and great by
reason of their intrinsic moral and
mental worth ; but it is not saying
more than is everywhere known where
he is known, that whatever position he
has attained in the Slate has been by
tjie use 0f other people's brains, which
he has Rornehow directed by reason of
the shrewdness and cunning which
seems to belong to 11 of that Reaver
county ring of which he is a loading
spirit. He is not fittenl in any way to
fill a position to which a man of cul
ture and scholarship should have lieen
called, but on this account off will, of
course, be recommended to a Senate
which has such a distaste, for "them
i literary fellers.'" Reyond its char-
1 notoi'iuf ia liitfitrrtca iti nit irit i f rr snk f i a
significant as indicating the favor in
which Pennsylvania is now held by
CJrant. Three important tlonations to
Cameron in one week is doing very
well, and it not a good veck for
appointments cither.
Tiif. X. Y. Sun has an interesting
narrative about the President's identi
ty, founded on the correspondence of
a gentleman of Clyde. Ohio, named
Fouracres, who recently died nt St.
Joseph, M. From this it appears
that General Ulysses S. Grant was
killed by accidentally falling over, a
precipice in the Roky Mountains near
Giceley, Colorado, on the 7th of July,
lSGS. In company with him was a
1 I . .
trani. tne gallant cwmniaiicier ot the
American nnnv, who was substituted
for him, and has since lccn imposed
1 upon the American people as their
1 kIi i vi d hero. In the correspondence
is what purports to I telegrams from
ex-Vice President Colfax and Judge
fjouis Dent relative to the accident.
A letter signed "R" Raliooek proba- i
, bly dated May 4, 1S4tl, asks the hotel
kccr, where Fouracres died, to burn
. the corresionde:iee. This is tho cist
of the correspondence, and it is given
' for what it is worth. In the meantime
is Plover or Grant the
j
j Cameron has not y
President ?
et made up his
mind to Don the ollicial lobes.
a democrat Irom principle mm mo : ""tot Utrney. the mlj
from self-interest, ami that, he O"1' j t"fn"5S make no impression when
spurn to do an act which we feel suie met by tie ;rect contradiction of tbe ac
h is conscience and his political con- CHped. The well-earned reputation of an
victions must and do condemn. Wc honest life would Le of little worth if it
have no hesitation in snying t.iat if ou,
wishes had been consulted Mr. Home J1 the cifVumstance. He was a door
would have received the nomination, kee vr t,e house in 1S66. He probably
j J7ie Charge against Speaker Kerr.
. ,, . , ,nA apkthIg scheme
, fif8t to v,iiickmail and next to destroy th
Mr. Sneaker lverr w aes-
lined to speedily end in the confusion of
all concerned in it. I ne careinny rouu
JK)lted hy patisfactory reference as well as
by ft roiUnteer's honorable record. Out of
this Harney, under the instigation of par-
iisan niancc, iiiid vouonuvn-u
fabric of perjniy.
In the absence of personal hostility to
wards Mr. Kerr this W itness has fortunately
furnished the motive for his perjury. Dur
ing his cross-examination Le said the dem
ocrats had been investigating everybody
and he thought it was time that one of
them should be investigated. Recalling
the" circumstance 'of Lieutenant Green's
appointment he concluded to select Mr.
Speaker Kerr for a victim. If he could
fasten such a charge on the democratic
f peaker of the house as a set off to the ex
osurcs of official corruption he would ren
der a great service to his party and fit the
same time earn for himself the gratitude
of its leaders. With unprincipled men
such as this man has proved himself to be
partisan fanaticism frequently goes to Biich
lengths. Into the eager ear of Appraiser
Darling of the New "i ork custom house he
first poured his tale. It was through the
influence of Darling when in congress that
Harney obtained his position of doorkeeper
w hich enabled him to speculate ou his ac
quaintance with members of the house.
He has since been employed in Appraiser
Darling's office at a salary of $1,800 ayear,
but he resigned about the first of May in
order to prepare hiniM-lf for this work.
Whether bailing believed the stoiy or not,
such an opportunity as this to blacken a
prominent political opponent, whom ho
held responsible to a great degree for the
investigations that have been set ou foot
against republican officials, was not to be
neglected. After making his statement to
Darling it was too late for Harney to re
treat, lie had told the 6toiy so often
around the custom houscthat he had very
little wrestling with his conscience to in
duce him to back it up with perjury, es
pecially when he considered the service he
would render his party and especially Lis
friend Darling.
The awkward feint of reluctance to re
veal what be knew of the transaction with
Mr. Kerr has of itself thrown suspicion
upon him apart from his antecedents and
the inherent improbability of his story.
When brought before tbe committee lie
said he would not reveal confidential com
munications unless compelled to do so.
lie regarded money matters as entirely
confidential, and he did not think he would
be doing justice to any gentleman to make
them public. But Mr. Kerr relieved him
by insisting with quiet dignity that he
should tell the whole truth. Then sudden
ly assuming an air of bravado and defiance
he declared that he would tell the truth,
and at once proceeded with his well con
ned story. When he had concluded ho
Tioastfully announced that he was "prepared
for a cross-examination." The knavish
ness oozes out of the wretch. His coarse
and inartistic rascality could deceive no
otic. There is no doubt that he was care
fully coached by his patron Darling, but he
could not keep up the character of an hon
est witness.
Mr. Speaker Kerr's public and private
life has been too jealously scrutinized by
his enemies and his character has come
out too clean to bo affected by' this attack.
He has had too many opiorlunitics to mako
money corruptly during his long career in
congress to have fallen before such a paltry
temptation. Had he been disposed to
yield to mercenary influences and sordid
enough to take so mean a bribe, ho would
hardly have been so wanting in prudence
and sense as to put his reputation in the
keeping of the man Harney, who by his
owu account was hardly known to him.
The story is too monstrous for the slightest
credcuco. Harriiburg Patriot.
S evetiai. hnnd red prom inen t ci tizens
from various parts of the country re
cently assembled in New York cit- to
consult in regard to the Presidential
question. Three-fourths of the mem
tiers of the conferrence were prominent
Republicans, and it is worthy oT re
mark that they seemed to have lost all
hope of reform within the lines of that
party. The most notable feature of
the occasion Wa3 a letter from Hon.
F. W. Rird, one ot the most distin
guished Republican leaders of Massa
chusetts the intimate friend and as
sociate of Charles Sumner who de
clared :
"I have a profound conviction that the
worst Democrat whose nomination at St.
I-onis is possible is safer for the count ry than
th lest Republican whose nomination is
jKissihle at Cincinnati. The imperative, the
solemn need of th country is a change of
the national administration. A new set of
liooks must be opened at Washington.
Kvery department of the Government from
the White. House, to the Custom House must
lie, purihed and the accounts of 80,000 oflico
holders must, lo examined. I have a pre
vailing confidence that sixteen years of pur
gation and punishment have bait theircftVct
in purifying the Democratic party in, per
haps, as great a degree as sixteen' years of
M er have corrupted and debased the Re
publican parly."
Singular (InowTn of a Tube. Tho
Utica Herald of Friday says : "Near No.
53 BUndiua street, in this city, stands a
inaplo. fifteen foot fiom other maplos on
either side. For three years it has been
completely girdled for a space of aliont
three feet, from the ground. During that
time it has lived and flourished, producing
foliage which lias attracted the attention of
all observers for its peculiar brilliancy atid
deep green tint. The bark of the girdled
' portion was removed by natural decay, and
j above that portien it is perfectly sound. A
natural aperture extends from tho girdle
upward about six feet, laying bare the
somewhat decayed pith of tbo tree. And
hero is visible that which arouses the
wonder ami theories of observers. A vine
of somo variety, it resembles an ivy vine,
seems to have grown up the hollow heart
of tho tree. It appears plainly visible in
the crevice. It is thought that the maple
and the vine in its interior have combined,
that ho vino bears the sap past tho area
denuded of its bark, and that tho extreme
greenness of the verdure is due to the
mingling of tho life of the ivy. The vine
j ,e apcrlnrCf and t.her0 is a possibility thai
jt is a maple shoot. Whatever tho truth
may be, the tree lias lived under a com hi
or shoot docs not secra to-havo grown abovo
t
th
1 nation of circumstances ; which would have
ki,,td a" ordm.iry tree.
Tnr. question as to the validity of Cath
fillc hanli.Hin h.is I cpii referred Itv thn Pros.
bvteiiam assembly to a committee of five.
' to report at the next general assembly.
1 llal Few from the Mack Hills.
BTATtTMNO DF.TATT.fl OF IKDIAJT BARIS ATtl
XIES WHITE MEN KILLED DAILY BY
THE SCORE HORRIBLE MUTILA
TIOK OF THE BODIES.
MtXJtEAroLis, May 29. Tbe Trihyne
this afternoon publishes the following facts
from Israel llawes, who Las just arrived
this noou from the Black Hills: He cor
roborates the statements of the rumors in
regard to the Indian scalping 6tories aud
adds that they are not half as startling as
the Tacts, He helped bury peisous killed
by the Indians every day. The bodies of
those murdered are always found with six
bullet holes nnd six knife stabs in them,
besides the loss of ftie scalp which they
take off by cutting the head open in the
shape of the letter V, from the back of the
head down to the eyes, which presents a
heart-sickening sight. He bas bad some
narrow escapes. One party went out and
were attacked by the redskins, bat they
were such poor shots that no harm was
done.
TUG INDIANS ARE AS THICK AS FLIES
AROUND A lfOLASSKS KEO.
Every party that attempts to leave or
enter the hills, are attacked and more or
less fall victims to the devils in .human
shape. One party of twenty-live attempted
to escape, and only one lived to tell the
story of how they were butclirred and
scalped. More parties are loaving every
day than arrive in a week.
There are some Ave thousand men in
the hills, among whom there are Gfty that
are makir.g twenty dollars per day to one
thousand who make a dollar. One party
of eight men got their since going at noon
and worked till sundown, and their. total
earnings were liftcen cents. Thero were
sixty-threo men iu his party that went into
the hills. Tbe men will never return and
four meu were lost coming out. None of
his party returned with enough to pay
their expenses. The cities that were the
glory of the hills on the start are as dead
as though they never existed. The best
claims are along Rapid creek and Dead
Wood. The best cliims were taken pre
vious to January. There are only two pay
ing claims on Rapid creek. Oue of these
turns out about $2.50 each day per man ;
the other about $3 per man. (Jlaiius were
sold in Dead Wood previous to Jauuajy for
f4,800.. '
GEN. CROOK IIAS IIT3 IIAXTS FULL A LARGE
INDIAK FORCE TO TE ENCOUNTERED.
Omaha, May 29,--Capt. Xickerson, aid-de-canip
for Gen. Crook, telegraphs to-day
from Fort Fetterman that all yonng war
riors have left Red Cloud and ar going
north to joiu Sitting Bull, leaving their
families to be protected at tho agencies.
C'apt. Egan encouuiercd over 600 of them
going iiorlh. Indications are that Crook
and others will have to contend against the
whole war force of the Sioux. Crook's
command left Fetterman thi morning.
A Five-Pound Dwarf. Ono of. the
most remarkable human beings ever eeen
iu this country, or perhaps in any other,
arrived in this city last week, and is stop
ping at tho St. Charles Hotel, with her
parent, direct from Mexico, and unknown
to tho American public. This child, Lucia
Zarate, was born at Vera Cruz, and is said
to be 12 year6 old. She is twenty inches
high, and is said to weigh scarcely more
than five pounds. Imagine a French doll
walking and talking to you, and some idea
of her nppeai auco can be had. Standing
on a parlor lloor her head reaches about to
the seat of an ordinary chair, and j-ct her
limbs and body are in all respects well
proioi tioncd. Mrs. Belknap could get no
more than one toe of her foot into the
Mexican giri's shoe. Iter head, about as
big as a man's fist, is well shaped and
covered with soft, brown hair. The only
thing out of litre with her size is her nose ;
that was evidently made for a larger girl,
but it will do. She has bright, black eyes,
and is intelligent, conveising with a little
voice in the language of her parents. She
runs and plays about the room as if she
enjoyed her little life, and salutes and bids
adieu to her guests with evident propriety.
Iu tbe way of a joke she offered to curry "a
fat. reiorter on her back, and stooping over
asked him to climb up on her shoulders.
Tho little midget will astonish any one
who sees her, because she is so tiny and so
human. Standing by the side of Tom
Thumb she would reach his elbow, and the
General would look liko an overgrown and
bloated aristocrat. The Lilipmtian is to be
taken to the Centennial Exposition, and
stops here for a few days to consult dolls'
dressmakers about fashionable wardrobes
for herself. In the meantime- she will hold
receptions at the Academy of Music New
Orleans Republican.
TnE Centennial Railroad Event.
Yesterday the train which is to run front
New York to San Francisco in three days
and a half passed over tho l'ann'a R. K.
Following Is the time for the entire dis
tance between New York and Sau Fran
cisco : To Philadelphia, 00 miles from Jer
sey City, 1 hour 45 minutes; Harrisburg,
19(J miles, 4 hours ; Altoona 327 miles, 7
hours ; Pittsburg, 444 miles, 10 hours ; Chi
cago, 1)13 miles, 20 hours ; cross Mississippi
river at Clinton, 23J hours; Omaha, 1,40."
miles, 32 hours; Cheyenne, 1,932 miles, 40
hours ; Ogdcn, 2,433 miles, 55 hours ; San
Francisco, 3,317 miles, 84 hours.
Relays of engines have been provided
on the route, and the entire signal force
of tho five railroads ovor which the train
will run, about 6,000 in number, are to bo
on special duly during the trip. Flags by
day, lanterns by night and a number of
pdot engines will be brought into requisi
tion to keep the track clear. The corres
pondents of the London Time and New
York Herald, and Mr. Lawrence Barrett,
the tragedian, are on the train.
That no accident might bo possible, Mr.
Harry C. Jarrctt. of the theatrical firm of
Jarfett fc Palmer, managers of Booth's
theatie, New Yoik, who has the excursion
iu charge, has given consideration to every
suggestion leading to the safety of the pas
sengers, and to this end all the telegraph
stations are being kept open, and pilot en
gines sent iu advance of tho approaching
special locomotive.
The train consists of ono combination
baggage and mail car, one superb day
coach, built by the Pennsylvania railroad
company expressly for the trip, and one
magnificent Pullman Palace hotel car, the
mate of which is now on exhibition at the
centennial lair, jhu twenty passengers
will be carried, aud of these four are in
vited guests.
Mrs. Ratigan, of Jersey City, who was
onven irom ner home ly hie on Friday
last, says the A7. V. Herald, had a child
sick with the smallpox, and tied from tho
burning into the street with the little suf
ferer iu ber arms. Seeking a temporary
shelter from door to doo;-, she was met by
a refusal in every instance, and was at last
j compelled to lay her sick child in an old
wagon that stood m tho open street, and,
w rapping it in a threadbare quilt all the
covering she could procure she clasped
the poor little creatiiro in her arms and
there passed tho long, dreary night. This
was in Jersey City, only ten minutes jour
ney from Ihe City Hall of New York. It
did not happen in Dakota or in Arkansas,
but hero at onr very doors. Tho selfish
ness of fear filled the souls of the neighbors,
and there was uo loom in their hearts for
charity.
Longfellcw, the poet, is in favor of
Opening the centennial buildings to the
public on Sunday.
Judge Taft, the new Attorney General,
is one of the most accomplished short-band
writers in tbe country.
If Pope Pins IX lives until the 16th of
June he w ill have occupied the'Pontifical
throne just thirty years.
A Sioux Indian is named "Take
Things." The Chicago Timet says "Take
Things" is Indian for Grant.
A counterfeit five dollar bill on the
Merchants' National Bank of New Bedford,
Mass., is in extensive circulation.
Sam'l J. Frost was hanged at "Worces
ter, Mass., on Friday, for the murder of
his wife's brother. His head was nearly
torn from his body.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr., has been
admitted to the bar in New York. Ulysses
Simpson pere has been practising at' the
bar for many yeais.
Thomas Piper, the mnrderer of Mabel
Young, nt Boston, was executed Friday
moming. Hecoufesscd the Crime, as well
as one or two other murders.
A woman named Miller, residing at
New Holland, Y'ork county, while laboring
under a fit of lunacy, drowned her infant
by holding its. Lend in a bucket of water.
Mrs. Jane Ann Buhler, the oldest hu
man being in Pottsviile, born August 4,
1770, died iThmsday afternoon. Many al
bums in that city contain her photograph.
Rev. Dr. Henry A. Boardman bs rr
tired from the pastoral charge of the Tenth
Presbyterian church of Philadelpha, which
he ha held for the last forty three years.
Andreas Fuehs, who killed William
Simmons in Brooklyn and then cut up the
body in a horrible manner, Las had his
sentence nf death commuted to imprison
ment for )ife.
Piper's confession of his attempt to
kill Mary Tynam with a hammer has been
confirmed bv the discovery of the hammer
in a cellar, where Piper had located it be
fore his den! Ii.
R. B. Brown, editor of the Clarion
Democrat, being a candidate for nomination
for State Senate in his district, has resign
ed his position on the Democratic electoral
ticket or the State. .
John C. Ha'.l, a son-in-law of Parson
Brownlow and postmaster at Little Rock,
Arkansas, was shot and killed on Saturday
evening, by William alsh. there is
great excitement over the affair.
Light men and a boy were severely
burned by an explosion of fire damp in a
slope of the Lehigh and Wilkesbane coal
csmpany, near Tamaqua, on Monday after
noon. It is thought all will recover.
Philadelphia is a very pious place,
particularly on Sunday. The Centennial
buildings are closed, but the Suffolk Park
laces afford all the Sunday amusement the
pious Philadelphian can reasonably ask for.
-Some California strawberries are to be
exhibited nt tho Centennial. They are
said to be of such dimensions that it may
be necessry to takedown someof the fence
in order to get thorn 6afely into the g"oiinds.
Perhaps it may not bo uninteresting to
know that Mr. Pullman, the originator or
inventor of the handsome drawing room
and palaco cars that are used on all first
class roads, resides in a $300,000 palaco at
Chicago.
The charge that Speaker Kerr sold
himself to Doorkeeper Harney for $450,
finds no believers, though it is exceedingly
circumstantial and direct. As n refresh
ing liar, Harney will go down the tide of
time unexcelled.
A tough old Vermont judge lays down
the opinion that when a woman marries a
man of known intemperate habits she takes
her happiness, prosperity and welfareiu her
own hands, and has no claim for riddance
of him thereafter.
Orlando Lee, of Amity township, Berks
county, churned 2,449 pounds of butter
from eleven cows during the past year.
His cows are all native stock, and one of
them produced twenty-three quarts of milk
in one day at two m likings.
One f tho attractions of the Paris
Exhibition of 1878 is to be the largest bal
loon ever made. It wiil contain eighteen
thousand cnbic metres of gas, and is to be
twenty-three to thirty-four metres in diam
eter. The car will bold Sfty persons.
James Did worth, aged GO, of No. 4C3
East Ninth street, assaulted his wife with
an axo on Friday night, and, believing he
had killed her, cut his own throat. Neith
er of them was dead when discovered, but
surgeons pronounced their recovery doubt
ful. Be careful while yon are at the Cen
tennial. Philadelphia has 20,000 more wo
men than men, and every one of the super
fluous 20,000 is looking around at tho
crowd and reflecting that possibly she
won't have another chance in a hundred
years.
A Williamsport girl saved ber own
life by an error of judgment on Saturday.
Shewas in love and trouble and took an
ounce of laudanum too much. So she re
mains on this side of the river, and may
live to raise a large family if tbe takes care
of herself.
Two boys named Samuel Graham and
John Mnwhiruiey were drowned in the Al
legheny river at Pittsburgh Saturday.
What is notable about it is that young
Mawhinny lost his life in tho attempted
rescue of his companion, who was seized
with cramp.
A private fair held in Baltimore last
week realized nearly $40,000 in two days.
One gentleman gave $5,000 for an afghan,
and Another $2,000 for an album containing
the photographs of the prettiest young la
dies in Baltimore. The fair wits in aid of
a Catholic charity.
Robbers filtered the residence of Col.
J. II. Btanclv at Branch-hill, Ohio, near
Cincinnati, Sunday aftemoou, called a
daughter to the door, throw suuff into her
eyes, and then obtained possession of a
cabinet containing $3,000 in Government
bonds and fled to the woods. They have
not yet been arrested.
A parrot lielonging to Casper Frank,
of Franklin, and aged forty-nine years,
died recently. It was a remarkable par
rot ; it could talk very plainly, speaking
both the German and English languages
distinctly enough to be easily understood.
Just previous to its death it gathered itself
into a bunch and exclaimed, "O, my 1" and
tumbled over, dead.
There are two ladies in Womelsdorf of
enormous size, who weigh 251 J and 250
pounds respectively, there being a differ
ence of only eight pounds in their weight.
They recently visited a store in that bor
ough and purchased an entire niece of iroods
measuridg 48 yards, for the purpose of
making a oress lor each, each requiring 24
yards. The ladies are sged about 33 years.
A Boston girl and her mother are in
Indianapolis in search f a vouuc German.
to whom the daughter becamo very much
anacnen wiuie spending a few months in
Europe with he parents some two months
ago. The last they hoard of tho young
man was mat no Had crone to Indianapolis.
Ho is said to bo poor but well educated.
ana tne parties in search of him are very
weauny.
Thousands of bushels of potatoes will
go to waste in Michigan for want of a
J niaiket, but the Detroit Free Pi-ens of the
tst says that farmers along the line of tho
Central railroad are preparing to plant
near as large an acreage as last ypar, ex
pecting to increase their stock for feeding
next winter. The Michigan fruit crop
promises to bo the largest ever produced,
and wheat uever lx-Tore made so good a
show.
a.mhmu. ur rurumn iiiirji
Ve eondenserrom th LrJugh Repitr the
frnbstance of a onverwition atxut Oak liall. in
Philadc-AhiatVanamaker A brown's " Larpcot
ClothiniVWise in America," A visitor and
attendauNrT-e the speakers :
Visitor. " What cornef Is the Tun1ir'i- on V
Attendant. "South-East corner of ixth and
Market, l'leaso not the SIXTH, for some
tranters seeking Ouk Hall, have been misled
X'j designing persons."
V. "It Is perfectly colossal! Do you know
Its dimensions?"
A. ' 12,'JU0 square feet G6 Market, tnt
1st) odd on Sixth, eix storiet hish. has over
three acres o& flooripr. anl cover enace one
occupied hy y rpfuau twenty difi'ertnt busi
ness plaees."
V. ' l)o yon use stcr.tn-poTror?
A. " A giant younp engine fumWics r"wcr
for the freight aud pareenjrer elevators, and the
boilers steam for beating, and tho other opera
tions of the hoiiM;.'
V. " What order do yotl talce with pooflsT'
A. "They are fin-t opened and arranged In
the basement, on longlc counters, nnd taken
thence on the fschyvlevntor to the inspec
tor's room on th?Oei floor."
V. " Is lnspectinihe f.rst oTwratlnti T'
A. "No, sir, measuring-. The poods are frt
measured In the piece, then inspected. Tho
cloth passes over rollers tn the faeo of a Ftmng
light, and two men sit, one before and one
behind the goods, watching with the eve of
Lawk for tho least pin-hole imperfection, and
marking every flaw, so that the cutter may we
and avoid it w hen he comes to cut the gar
Wentj." V. Yotl trinst rrr.plcT an nny of cutters 7"
A. "Come- to our filth floyt and sec! W'o
keep TO hands all the tiA' cubing up the cloth
Into garments. besidtfl macbiiics that do
B. dozen men's work eael Wi a rtroke."
V. " Do you manufacture all your own
goods?"
A. " We do, and racst carefully. Onr ex
aminers Inspect every Mitch and seam, tnd
certify to every garment as extra-well luado
before we put our ticket oa it, and becomo
responsible fer It."
j. ;.Your lrem must eavo you a great
aeal ?
A. " In every direction, sir. It Is tC Errtem
Stid economy we practice all Ac ihn tivii
that enables ns to put oui wSV jfZwa U the
people as wc do."
oMt r,AftCr iufcpt-"ctinS work, what becomes
A. " Before It goes Into Stock It is lirirt'tt
Every firgie garment has its number ami
other points noted cn it. fo that it entire his
toryeaa be traced without faii, upou ou
V. " Yon must hare V) or 40 a!omen r
A. "Why Mr, on biify days you ma vee 100
In the Various rooms and e-jites oy rowii
Sfelliixg to the throngs of customers."
V. " Io you da au order lut- by mail
and cxpre&jT" 4r
A. " Vry great. All over the country. Our
A special to the Chicago Timet, from
Lincoln, Neb. says private advices received
there announce that a company which
passed through Lincoln a month ago,
known as Col. Starrs' squad, were attacked
by Indians near Custer City a few days
since and eleven ont of twenty-two killed.
They wero eons of wealthy Cincinnatians,
and went on a trip more for frolic and
sight-seeing than anything else.
Mr. Oliver N. Shingle, residing in
Kast Xantmeal, Chester county, is a per
fect Caleb Qotum in regard othe variety
of his business operations. He conducts a
country store, is postmaster, justice of th
peace, teacher of vocal music, farmer, and
general business agent for the community
in which he resides. lie couldn't accom
plish much more than that if he was an
entire roof instead of ono Shingle.
Further particulars of the lynching of
the Harmon murderers in South Carolina
show that it took place in Edgefield comity
near the Abbeyville line. The crime was
one of extraordinnry brntality, and was
participated in by six negro men. The six
men were shot by the citizens, whjte and
colored, in broad daylight. At the couclu
f.ion of the Coroner's inquest the woman
remained in tho custody of theSheiiff.
A man named Murphy, half dead from
hardship and privation, lias just reached
Fort Fetterman from the Black Hills. He
says his companion was shut by the In
dians. He had helped bury seventy three
men, and believed IKX) men had been killed
sinco Jamtaty 1. The people at Custer
live in constant terror; all who can aie
abandoning the country. The gold dig
ging is not profitable, according to Lis ob
servation. During the prevalence of a heavy
thunder storm at Milton, Fa., about half
past four o'clock Sunday afternoon, a barn
owned by Mr. Flegtr was struefc by light
ning, causing quite a confiagation, destroy
ing a cariiace shop, blacksmith shop, two
barns, an immense stock of coid wood, aM
the property of Mr. Flegar. He also lost a
horse and an extensive collection of fancy
pigeons, which wero consumed by the
tlames. Loss not estimated.
A Des Moines man, w ho has just mys
teriously disappeared, was known as
"Calamity" Brown, from his war experi
ence. He borejthe marks of eighteen rebel
bullets, one of which passed through his
head, destroying one eje, one through his
body, and several through bis legs and oth
er parts ; yet he recovered from all his
wounds and was able to work nnd walk
with the aid of a cane one of tLe bullets
having injured one knee joint.
nonesciaio, this Mate, lias a singular
will case. A man of large proerty had
been living, quite openly,' it would seem,
with two distinct families, and when about
to uie, naa tlivnjeu his proiertv between I
them. Soon after, a third, and as it turns j
out, evidently law ful family comes forward, 1
ano claims ins property. I lie contest over
the will promises to bo a severe one, and
tho result not doubtful, so far as tbe lawful
family is concerned. Such events do not
speak well for the average morals of lloucs
dale. Tho funeral of. Baron Do FAlm, ac
cording to tbo ancient Egyptian rites, was
the occasion for a gathering of r.early 4,000
people at Masonic Temple, New Ymk,
Sunday afternoon. Tho deceased Baron,
who came to this country fifteen years a go,
had expressed a wish that no piiest or
minister be allowed to take part in his ob
sequies, and they were conducted by tho
Theosophical Society,of w hich the deceased
was a member. Only those having tickets,
about fifteen hundred in all, were admitted
to the building.
In a game of billiards in the Centen
nial tournament in Philadelphia, Thursday.
William Sexton, "the young prodigy,"
made the enormous and unprecedented
rnn of consecutive caroms, or, accord
ing to tho old method of counting, SCI
points. He was only prevented from con
tinuing his pUy by tho ganlo coming to a
close at the 27th shot, when his frantic
admirers soizod him and bore him away
from the room. Ho made three hundred
caroms in fivo innings, thus making the
astonishing average of 00.
Tho San Francisco Bulletin says : The
mammoth roses raised this spring iu the
Western Addition are eclipsed by a foreign
production. On good authority it is stated
that a roso was recently plucked from a
bush at the Royal Horticultural Gardens,
in Honolulu, which measured 28 inches in
circumference. This roso bnsli blooms
only once a year, and the blossoms are
nearly all of an equal size. The bush was
brought from England in early days, and
from it a greater portion of the bushes in
the island hava been raised."
O. M. D. Bloss, of tho Cincinnati En-
qvirer, was struck by a locomotive Monday
night and instantly killed. The deceased
had been connected with the Enquirer for
twenty two years, and was a prominent
authority among Democratic iKl:ticians for
ins st at il ics. lie was a warm ersonal
J friend and admirer of Hon. Oeorg II. lVn
J dleton, and alt hough a Mead fast supKiter
: of 1he Democratic party and an earnest
worker in its behalf, he never held otlice.
Two years ago ho was a candidate for Con
gress, but failed to bo elected. Ho was iu
his fiftieth venr.
pcrTct rntn a5,i -.1
each chan-f-,1 -. . 1
thoroughly 1" :' i.
in the great a i . , 1 ut.i";
A. V. 1Ul 4t, 0 r
ttent. fort::.,.. ' ' ( ,
ready-mu.;- r v ' - r -.
makine our wii'i!j,,!' 1
jning 1-epaitn. ?:t -.
l.-r wore. ih.; :r.,-.v!
Keceivii.g j;. w " V. ' I
named before. Th .-.. ,'r
menu Tl.o Dj.vmt .
Score of r,' vr.Pl.r.
V. "If. -d h d- ,.rTL,: '
A. -Tin ,1. '.!., -
TH.-j.artmt-nt.wi-.hi,. f.; .
edu.n and pubi.-i-S: jf'"-.V-C'
journa., cin-ij'.j J;;, ' r-,.,-tttdl
all t(.nn.. t -jr"--' " .
iflutnnicT.t. wiufT- r- 's.
iKpartment. 1 y 'z '.
Chil.irei, s hi parfr., J
ntrw.ee for iHdi,"vs..V4 ,
runt. The Chief o -v , 'Wi
lts b-K.k k. tr r, ic-iV
oc-er's Jvparur.eM; F r V"-
thinking: i&Vi
Jntr r. gisttr I:g. rt., j J . t-. .
end in a tiu-u-ai. "lA. ,, v,
to carry on alj-r'.-.i : fjl.
v " g.- ... i
V. " F-J-Ts p o n-
a. jn Hi-d it ! : i
Ca T -cr's l'.prtra trV
V ' f .V. tf T.-
L5 2.-1-'
tte hfuv. t.,1 ..ycUaj.-ftry'
A. rxrrt.y; V..n t,T:
' iwe-.tr-l leu,,
rniien aiK.iit ?'
r.
A - I ii. .. . .. .
pr.ee. no un ira.r,., .. , , C?-S- ;
A guprnn'ee i r .- t t t": ''"r
money r? f uaei If t!,e t,V-TJ.f
V. Noth5r;? c-".:M ;;v
f . ' N'ti.;-'. - ; . ," " .
v. wii. i tiau ..vr-
atttrtion." " r.T
Call arnVn: ai.d 1 . -...' "M
ner t-ixih t-i
. " Ti-.pn'i vr u :
Good laorning."
.On Satn:diy nipl.i ,.
man was I mini ti..a:jr : .
T - . T , .... 1
iuicoiii r aiK, iiiifvi
1 : 3 ' '
inc. out Mir.cque:.t!y tbi U
imams, aj-en resjc'i-f ;. ;w, y
five months, were f,is-uv,"-f.,.
placo, and the three t:e x--.
ing Jrie-Ienka Techani a:.-!:--dreu.
Upon th inc k . fI v.
dnced tending to rtii'sJ
was subject to fits of der.r.-.;J
sue too the cinlan t, a
after throwing jn t;,.- ty. .
herself, holding the rule
arms. She was 26 yca.i .!
man bv birth.
A terrible fire br- "he .v
in the city of Qtfeb.-c, v. ; V :i
day afternoon and vr.1-j-:! -c
early hour on Wedaofh-tr, in-:
somewhat, under r"r.
through the centre of t:. L in
tending from the exticnie -the
eastern limit f.tcii.g
hen southeily to the di -i A
noitheily to the third
lolin M reft. ' 'nly a ro;!. ir.
loss could, at lat acr"iitr z
wa thought that tLe m
burnt wnnhl re; ch l.'H' s a r
least f l.tWHI.IMi'j. lie Sc.d 3
bn rut distric are cvonvj
descriptions, and Lnndied ofr
were compe led to p:t.s tLe
shelter.
All Hie be.ips4' n.vu V ''
T. Stewart to pe:oiss in L:-
more than ten jeai-s li.iv? n in
The list or recipients iln:t -ing
about three lm'l:ed nvtt
employed either in Ne Vh:V :
chest er, f.yoi.s Herlin, tlifiOTn
Belfast, or Notiinslmm. Tlitl
f inonev in eessaiy t'' pay tiifc
$-20"),7."VO, exclusive of f. .'
sccial!y menti'ned iii.Mi.vf
The amontit of rai'li li-i'"? T-
$5,(100, pa:d in one iiiur :
T hne is one legicv of
$2,50-1. Jl.r.iH.i, aii.ll.o,Ves?lL
any'd.'ubt existed as t i!irt'
had or had ml serveJ tl-e
years, a-ui iu rases v.licresff
onlv of the presci :t-ed Urn f
tho" liei'efit of the J" l'-."
and tho h'"y paid. It n'
this eonii-cf ion that .luiLc i
ceived letter fotu all :"
from leggintj -i-tr-r
some degf. e or otlif "f
dcad merchant.
The sea set pen! !:,!! U
deiig ovei ti e wilrt :''
f..r the past twenty ,,; u
has again wtighed k'8--''' 1
w-ay, as is suj pcseil. t ih
was teen uhi'iit ti'C n1-1"
atnuit fifteen Lur.'l r,! ti:'-f
searching eaii'rstiy f,,r :j'e "'
of the Fi iiice -f Ilf:
ninsular and i i-tit;il !
Rising that His K".v' I:
t-Kaid, pcifoiniiiii; a '
he mainmast for h'S
tid imnu'diatclv "! :''u
turned its pi -iv i" &f '' I .
Centennial biiildhiK. '."
be expected sotr.e lm:e
the Exhibition. A c"V';:
F.oinb.w C o :V. !i. ..
Feninsnlar and h n'tniii
minister i f the iwtan
t.ranksoti the Ri:l!i'l" ''-
t...ti. ,.ril,o iiti.iv. am' i'-
ruth of the stoiy, am! !l'
e u d..ubt tint NT,i;!,fe
epresentative of l"s . '
d-orld-s fair at I! y"
nissi.iners will, no t"lL'"
be
rej
w
of the pcrjent"s a riwi!
A mustaxo is ilesn 1"'
Timet as a Mexican l- -;..
shaggy T mane.
usually ci :kiicrf" '
apeed or botttiu, astml k,
i . .1 I nvel"'--. .
of XewYoikgotnraniu.
time a few days a-o, N'J -ero
name Paikcr u
milt s iu tuieeii no-.u-s, . .
as often asbech 'se. l.,
bis task was wmrH'r
another ranchero. t ' . ,
. . i . i , mill's '
nei to.K to nuo
and succeeded, i'n "
,1. .ut
spare. Twelve thot-M'-r x
the useless feat. " p
devote columns of Y. ,f
tions of the achieve" '-' . ts
in each mile. im-hioi5 ; t.
and in egulai it ics of cj' ;
queer little
rider into an asy -lU
i.... ii,t sev
iu av u p f- .i.,s
inliavingthewoiou."
,.r ..i.ii.iaU weie i"11'
every two m-.k-. ; .:'.'
mile weie i iilden n,x.
fastest mile was -
done in - V-'- '
wh.-lc . uk- l.""'i.'''4K!!''
elusive of the
nlher delavs. ws . ,'
I minites and f i'y '
wcoimIs. - uv '
lm iu onier.