gzz ra E2C ae. eis. r ss b-s szi ri 6, EBENS3URC, PA., Friday Morning, - - May 18, 1877. t i ii ATToriNKY ClENRKAT. Lkak has rendered n iKciBtoii in .eiaiion iotiieiH'OA'V.OKom bonds of Pennsylvania, which arc due in August and are then to be redeemed. The inteiest on them w as paid in sold, and the iur5lion for hisilecision was, aie the. face if the bonds !o be rideenied in gold or cur- rc.isy ? He decides thai they aie to be ic- deemed in cuneiuy. I'tiTEii IJeuuic, rrc-:ii.!ent of and princi- al stockholdei in the Williauispoit boom monopoly, has a legal quantl on hand with the Lock Haven Doom Comiany. Herdic's C(.inpl:iint is, thai the latter, by au illegal process, catches and detains fmat- ing logs which the owners intended for the ; boom at Wilhamspoi t, and he has asked the J-iipien.e Coin I to lestiain the 1 . Haven people by an injunction ir.-ni i.oig o, any more. The case wasaigued he Torn the Court at Harii.-huig last week, but no decision has yet been lender d. It is to be hoped that in the tight between these two rival boom coi poi at ions, the honest lumbeimeu of the Susquehanna will not be crushed between the upper mill-Mniie at Lock Haven and the ne'.hei one at Willhuns poi t. Yit titn.w week wasdovernor Xicholls thanksgiviun day thro'ighiul Louisiana for the deliveiance of the State from its politi cal troubles. In New (Menus it was cele brated by chuich seivices, closing of busi ness, ami a military parade, a detachment of I'nited States troops participating in the latter. It was a refi eshing spectacle to the people of that city, w ho n ineinbeied that two jears ago the legislative hall of the State was invaded by the militaiy and a number of members of the House diiven from t heir seat? at the point of t lie bav ouet. Now that peace and older prevail, it was eminently proper that '"gi im-visaged war hhould smooth his wiioulcd front'' and haie with the people in their rejoicings. Of couihj Packard was highly displeased at this popular demonstiat ion, and at once levelled his "line inwaidcess' in a dis patch to his friend and adviser, Mr. llia'me. It was doubtless veiy humiliating to Pack ard to see the ii.en iu blue, whose presence in the State House had upheld him iu the pa-ft, now taking a conspicuous part iu cel ebrating his downfall. Ik telegraphic repoits do not misrepre sent Drigham Young, there is reason to apprehend some trouble with the Moimons. He is reported as having ileliveiecl a veij tntlammatoiy addiess, on List Sunday week, in the Talieinacle at Salt. Lake, to tla cii.ilc ..lift imui it. tl.i-l. I. ..' a. lii: .-.." ... ... 1 11. .1 11 iv :- p.- c 111.: latter to understand that if they wanttd 1,l..o.t Ihor fi.nl.t I. iv i.'cotv .,f it -.ii.t in oi o t tney conui nave p.f.nty I it, ami, in deed that they were likely to h ive more of it ?et out of their veins than they could well arc. It is also said that the membeis oT the Nauvoo Legion are iliil'.ii.g in Salt Lake city unr! most of the. small towns in the teriitoiy. If all this is line, of which we have some doubt, why does Young talk in this bloody stjle, and why is the famous Nauvoo Legion diiHing? It may be thai loigham feais being attested foi his alleg rd'coiint clioti with the iiihuman Mountain Aleittlows mMssacre. l!ut sk aie not aw .ue that the government contemplates taking any steps against him. It is ti ue that Jt din I). Lee, the Mormon bishop, in his confes sion implicated Young in the butchery, but the latter has met Lee's statement with au indignant denial. The (Maud juiy of Salt Lake city will meet next Monday, and it is itinioied that ciiminal proceedings aie likely to be commenced against cei tain men who stain', high in the .Mormon Chinch. I'righam in his Sunday speeches is usually full of r.tut ami bluster, and his itccnt lan guage, if he leally used it, was truly a ie petiiiou of what he has often ihiealeued bcfoie. It is a hllle oer thiee weeks fcince llnssia tK-claretl war against Tin key, ami up to this date no seiious fighting has taken place in wl.p.t is known as 'I'uikey in lJui cie. The. Russian ai my, commai.tl ed by the Grand Duke, Nicholas, eldest ton of the Emperor, Alexander, is concen tiating on the noitheiu bank of the liver Danube and will cross over, or attempt to d. s., nt thiee or tnoie diffeient points, The Tuikish foicesaieon Ihe south side , of the same river ami of course will make , . . -.i . i .. i a desperate eflo.t wi.h ll.nr thoie batteries ; nud gun boats, to pievent the p-.ssage of the Hussians. 1 T i he ilussian a i my effect s a crossing, as it no doubt w ill, the snuggle will then commence iu all its dread reality. In Tin key, it. .!, a seveie eiigagenu-nt took place last Friday at Batouni, on tho eastern coast of the Black Sea, in which tie Russians, coinu'.m.iU d by the Grand I) tike, Michael, suffeitd a disastrous de feat. It will thus be seen that each of tlie contending powers has two armies in the litld, tlionli jritatly st painted as to tlis- tance from eacli otlicr. As it i;.utlM tlie true causes of the wnr, it i.e. tl only bo J Mated that they have f xistnl f ver -since the Turks took Constantinople, moie than four humlred years ago, ami initio it their seat ... Of empne. I he I.uss.ai. gov,, nment jus,,- fies it.H piesent dechtiatioii or war as a ne- cecity on its pa it !o compel the links to ce.se their peisecut ion and buttlte y of the ,-,,;.,; ii.t.-.l. ..r n.ni m,,,ir f f .......... ...... ...... - j . - this is the tiue motive, It will cnli.-t the sanction anil sympathy of the I hiistiau w.ultl, but when e pllect ou the cruel and unhappy fate of Chritiin Poland, we ttinst refuse to recognize despotic Uussia its the L'leat chanioiou of civ tl and lelitiious libeHy. Whether the war will be of long or bhort duration, and whether other ......iaiiv Fnt-l-ind antl ustiii poweis, especially hnjja id ami Austi a, will eventually Ih; involved in the shingle, are quest ions w h ich Ihe ftituie can alono dcteiniine. though the latest indications .i ri , ...i t Um wi r,...A .. are that England at leaM, will be fj.ccd to Uknu active p.ut in the btuig-le. THE C.MBRI1 FMEBI. ul Constitutional A mend ment. When the new constitution of this State i w.m submitted to the people, for their rat- i . i Ts.-., ; ifioa.i.M, or rejection, ... December, I,.?, each f leeter was compelled to vote eithei , fr or -iMiu-t it in its entirety, the con-j , vel:twu hy its oidinat.ee having lefused to c' , . , . . ' .bmit any one of it? .uncles to a s-paiate j vtp c believed ihen, una iiiihk r.o ,..,.r . WP.... . . members of the Senate from thirty-three tl( j;fiy atul of the House fioin one Iiun- ' ,i,.r,j tl, two '..midied, it would have been aYf,.,.ted at the hall-.t-box. j J H has recently been stated by a piumi- , nent Senator from the western pa.t of the ! .Stale, that an amendn.ent to tlie const. tu- lion will.be pn poed at the nc-xt session of j tlie Leuislatuie lesto.iitg the number of : inei.ib'.'is iu both houses toi::l, as provided r0. i,y the coiiRtitut ion of 183S. We are 'decidedly in favor of such an amendment, and tri ist not only that it will be offered, iu)t that it will pass both biaucl.es at the . ... ... " " ' a.s is le-piircd by the constitution, and that vole f the people will be taken on it at the election in November, 1S79. In our judgment the welfare of the State has not been promoted by the change, nor have tlie beneficial results piedicted by itr advocates been realized. The aigumcnt tv.os-t relied on by the friends of increased representa tion was that bribery and corruption would not in tnc futu.e pollute the had.s of the Legislature, and thata.i eia of legislative five otlice as a distinct branch of the gov- puiity would be inaugurated. The f.LCt, ' ei nment. These suggest ions of Mr. ( 'Con- , nor aie eoi'trurv 'i all traditions ot the however, soon i roved otherwise, for at i 11 '" '"J ' . .. . . ,. , : English race, Irom whom we inherit most the aojou. ned session in lS.o, which wss;of;r p,inoiplesof repieKentative gove. ..- coinposeu oi tne memoers ol tne very lust .egislatiue elected after the adoption of t!:e constitution, two members of the IIiisc IVtioff, fiom I'hil.uklphia and Lynoit, fit. in Luzerne were expelled for having substantially sold their votes and itillueiico on the Williamsport boom bill. The legislative atmospheie was highly charged with corruption both by the friends ami enemies of that measure, ami although only two members were disgraced, the;e were otheis who ought to have shaieO their wel". merited fate. It is a delusion and a snaie to suppose that the purity of a legislative botly depends upon the nieie nuinberof its members, instead of upon the ! character of the members tiieinselves. IJiibes were ofi'eied and taken when the i Legislature consisted of members ; the same thing has been done since its number ' was almost doubled, and it will be repeated if its number is increased four fold. The conupt use of money will oveicome num bers ami bid defiance to penal laws and i constitutional prohibitions. Such is the lesson of history. Under the old arrange- ! ment, special legislation was the fruitful! source of eoriiiption. iJut that vicious, svstem havinir been siil.stant i:.lle nli..lUI,.,i , ((e ew constitutjon ,lie ..p,,,,, tunities : 11 r ..:,.,, .. , . t ...... 1 .1 ., . ...... for corruption are measurably taken away, and to that caue, and not to the increase : (f iu.i1mi IJlust Wft iM)k f,., , e,. aiul more unsellish legislation. I5ut aside fiom V" -oootif.s .vssens, . , d.H-s not entnely remove", the feeling of in- ' !.:.- .1;...... : l..t . . . . tliviilual res.oiisibility which ought to , govern the net ion of every member of a : legislative body. When that responsibility, fiom whatever cause, ceases to be felt, the line occupation of a legislator is gone. Apart Loin tiiis, the change was wholly' , - ... . . . ," i unnecess.il v, and is specially objectionable - ' 1 j i in view of its enoimoiis increase of the an- ( una! expenses of legislation. Will any ; sane man sei ioiislv cntend that thn iotor. csts or the people of Camb.ia count v re- - 1 f.llll.. "It'lt I lil-V 4.I1..1I. I ... ................ ft ...1 ... "i""1'- j ui. ..v. i'i.3riinii "i. 1 i.iri isbui g by f'r membeis ot the House? The idea is absuid and preposterous and ; ti e same tjuestio-.i will apply to Blair, Bed- foul, Sonu-iset, or to any other county in the State which is now icpiescnted by two members. It is simply as senseless as to employ and pay two men to do what van as well he done by one iu precisely the same time. Can any valid reason be given w hy Philadelphia should sent! :1S members to the House ami f to the Senile? The j incieasc t.f members in the two houses is I 118, whose pay and mileage per session amount to about $ 1").C0'). Do the tax payeis of the State icceive an equivalent iu tlie shape of wiser and more benefici.il legislation for this large expenditure t.f their money ? If they do they have yet to 1 i , ,,r " .. , f :, r... t be made sensible of it. that theie exists a growing dissatisfaction throughout the Kt-iru ntflk tlm T n.rii.1 .1 .i .-a . A. ClinMituletit c,tllllut be doubted. It is t.r.e that hy their votes the people sanctioned its numerical increase when there was no1 "'''"''ve to do otherwise, and they have low-a cleai light to look to their leiuesen- t:itivtfs ,(( ,, an ()plM , 1Ilify (he ; calm and deliberate expicssioit of their judgment, on a quest ion of policy in which they aie so directly inttiested. ; mm I ne spun oi speculation engrntierea oy " the 1'uiopeaii war, and rentleied more Swr i) HT . INK. Here is a story, told reckless and daring by the belief that soon us this morning, which we givefl.s we haft; or or later all Europe will be drawn int.. received i, ami a poition or ii. at least, itstenible vortex, has reached the quiet bears upon its face the aspect of candor old berg of Geoigetown, our immediate .nut tiuiniumess. jaie tin ral ui (la v nm t nisi, one ot our 1 ' ...l.t hi 1 1 ol sjettiiiii a irlits of water. f il.ol .or. .Otrll lever;;.; Im drotv a y t. .lty fjmintity in ;i V.ut just ns lie whs about to mil it to ,,,is '!' "finfmbtud ( r..i t un.ti.l.v t.H.) I . -J I ! ...... I..H- I....I J I. .... that his mot her hatl one neti :i bottle of raie oltl w ine that iiftf i n .on. nutl inslantei- b rtholvt tl lo hlake his thiist from it c- cm-t!ingly he lighle.1 a lamp ami sought tho clm-et ami l.aitook or tlm evl.il ...ir.r.r "iXd he reUn'd io 1IS iltt. )e(, am, w;(s slum her w hieh for profoundness coul.l not o excelled. On the following mtuii- 'e lUh room for the our- i , - .. . ; I ... j-c. .... ini.r ir is i ni i.ii.Mi y aonuiollS, ami iiiM.n laking up the glass of water which he had left standing tlie night be- fore, imagine his suinrise at discoveiimr in it what is termed a hor-hair tnakr, meas- in ing over six inches in length. As a mat-; tor or course he felt thankful at having: been Spared from dl ilrLin.r tlm 1 t 1 r jt ' igl' ' out of his heai t he instmeti ve- ,. .. , " ' i?'avcn l,y w'0 and no U".i,.ke' , . . ; Ih.s snake is now on exhibition t the tobaero store of the 15. 1$. IV (bib, on Jh (.hnrch stieet, where ;t may be seen ' " w riggling spright liness. We ad- v-,"c n"J,,, 1,1 l,,n ;';"'"-' tlm le- markabje circumstance H Chester Jcf- Jersoni-M. Our Washington Letter. "WASHisr.TON, P. C, May H, IS77. Judge Sportord. onset va. i ve Senator ie- j cetitlv elected from Louisiana, is bemg , Jt m;uiy heie ,,. tlie V!ic,llt Jl0j, tie liench ofthe Miiprenie Court, a, ame has been presented to Mi. Mayes, mil nm, n . - iiiKiiatiou. His filling ate exceeding lie ,jmM have the appoint- . iiient. If tlie appointment should be ten-4 '-;! c'sjstsss: poinieu ny x.on. . . ' " ', IN.tl.iUi s pKU-e. ifc , utr...,. . circles that the new justice, be he whom he "5'. !v"M bu WI'M. !!r J !.'.? .wiVi pwnom ne the Latin f . ; ,.;,;..' cde of liws has been u ' to the up.eme Cou.t for a long tunc. ; riu: onto itK.rt VJACAS con vf.NTI ;"X. ! Through a letter lecei. My received from a prominent pioiessionai gemit-in.io, i" , ve.ised in the poll' ics of that State, we learn thai the Republican convent ion will decline to oass lesolutioiis imlorsing "iho I're.si- do n't" for the reason th.it ihe convention don't care to shoulder the tcspnn.-ibilify of t . - .. .1 1 . .1 . j i fr I Iti tl ft'i-:. .r sucn ;i r'Mii. iinM i"vu .-"Niii vi- i. . Hi 1 111) IU- 111 Clll Vinos "I iiic . ..in, fining to run thecampaign wiihoiit encum- beiing the paity with national ahaiis. j CIIAKI.KK O ION.NOU ON Till: CONSTITUTION, j We can loudly ngieewith Mr. O'Connor's ' reformations of the constitut ion as express ; el in New Yoik a few days ago, ami do ; not anticipate for them a veiy serious con i s.deratiou on the part of the public, par ' ticularly when he suggests the substitu tion of legislative bodies composed of a i Kito-le house instead of a Senate and lower r,ul ti,P abolishment of the Ex. cu ment, as well as contrary to our nanus aim experience. H is address is remai ka ble moi e it piovnJ to tie, ami as the explosion oc for its discussion ol some of the weak points euuctl more thvin a mile irom the main or our system than for the lemcdies it sug- ; td'aft, the woik of removing the Head and "CKls i uijiiietl was but slow, notw ithstantlmg the " ' PIK KDWAHI) Ttlor.NTON. ! desperate energy of the men who nobly . , ., . - .... went to the lescue of then fellows. 'I he 1 no tiepan me ti mis hmiiom i;..-nnt; man. who has so long and ably tilled the : post of Hriiish Minister lure, is a maferof ireneial legiet. Having been a resident heir for the past ten years, he had earned the respect of the American public by his intelligence and fail ness iu dea ling w it h all the issues which have arisen out of our re 1 lalions with England since the civil war. His retirement will long be felt by all who have met him from his personal beaiing as a couiteous and kind heaitcd man, J,l"URl It is understood that an ffort has been nia.l? to obtain a united pledge from all the meinoers who l.inousieieti io tie. eat hb electoial count, to push the claim ot -Mr Dlackbuin, of Ky., for the sjieakeishij The friends of Mr. Iilackburn assert ai.-o that he has other considerable suppoi t, and they profess to look upon him as the most formidable candidate that will be brought forward. Mr. 15. has matin no personal ap peals, as have some of his competitors. THE KXTRA feEOION. i v.. l ...... .1 ;.. i. 1. ,,,,,...(" l.n 1 -.1! I .Hl n II I.M llllllllli NIC Llilllli'l Ul Nil lt. tvil Uatls. for an onnort un it v tti tlisi.lav their nent hi. wsalh auainst the 'Southern l..i;.." ,,f Mr the l.a vrni forth that H.e ext.a session is i.-t to be ..!.. .0.1.1-. l . . .r f .1 ... .. Tl.;.. tlx. ! tirst prochunatioii or .Mr. Hayes, may be ta i:etl Ulllll IIIC illll "l ' 'llimrr. i.-., i lie wise j, js evidently not pleasant t w,se " lfi ev luem ly not pit-s.nii, to ,,ie , 1Jy fstidirms stomach of the Dliine-Moiton wing of ihe I.dit:al paity. , .... .: ...it. f.. II .lie !:illlt: orrrr nrjrt"ltr turn .in. iiiiira hi st ht, t, 1111(llt hs . .f t hese evei last ing stl ,f,, siireis. vet we must confess that the exectit ive isiathpr encroat-.h ing upon the legislative branch of the Government, in attempt I tig itt pro v me 101 i ne ai inv , w ui special authority from the people through 1 .1 :.. 1 i.. - i j ineu iepi t-M-ii t at . t-r o. .ii:-n mii.c especially so since it seems to be the grow- "l'mi.-n that we cannot only do away j with a lav.e port ion of this present expen- I , , '.. .. r i n i . sue display ol pretty uniformed idleis, but coid w it hoot hiivui eat incmvenieiice tt.the general welfaie )f the public, dispense with their services entirely. Hi'h no Soiilhem f,:,,.cs l-". ''. j " - . to niPir e sea ininir knives Willi, we law to ... f . . . see tne wisnom til Keeping a sirong Aini C.liANT s OH. 1ST still stalks the White House w iMi such an influence upon his Fiaudulency that he loo miot need excursion around ihe country so soon, in flips to Philadelphia, C.eimau tt.wn. New York, ami mi one knows where tie he returns. We had hoped our Oov einmenl we e a peinnnei t fixture, the laws executed at the nation's capitol, but this rirrii t't-ri'ii'rty the Federal Government .n nun. 1 in line's coat tail noeket meets with a :tMity disapproval from all good citizens. TUB MAI.K1NAXTS. If Mr. Hayes lias ever offered the prayer, 'Save me from my friends," it has been certainly answered in his deliverance from the afffCt ions of such political maniacs as Wade, Wendell Phillips, Blaine A: Co. Having taken no part Te"sotially in the late war, nor shoit of any. hint; excei.t ,,ltn' mv" mouths, they do nut. uaiize that t he count i y is sick of content ion as well as ., , . . i , , the political demagogues whose wottlv wrath provoked brave men to fighting. If f IT-let.u 1 . w ... .c- ll... r it . . t i , . I . ed upon him bv these fellows, the majority which elected Mr. Tildcn may well reply. "Thou canst not say I din it." They should not have been socager to put Mr. Hayes in the Presidency, and must now reap the rowa.d of their own evil doing, The ,tliitii'h tlish don't stem to set well ou their stomachs, F.' liorK. hi,,., on !,. w..vt Mniuimiu a .in i.a l,.-fll imilK,.,UI..,-ll,.t.l.l l THE SPEAKEIIMIIP. i It is ruiiciitlv reivutetl Iipio bv llin friontls of tlie opposim; canditLites for the fmeakeiship .f the next House that Mr. Tilden's inlliu ncp is being stieiinonsly ex- ci ted iu In-half of Mr. Handall. Mr. lt.ui- ,",w, v''. is apt tti make move friemls """soir than through any aid rrom Col. lVlion, who is htketl ujion as th repre- sentative of Mr. Tilden, or even ,ron, Mr. Tilden. for as matters now Mand the inthi- "cw "' ,,,e la,,er is l,ot as l"'eiil ial as f "n,,e' Jy- M'- Tilden's choice ' Sammy Uandall, but there are so many asi.oi.iits for llns nosit ion thai at. tins rim. - . - ----- ----- ----- . ''" I.V from the meeting t.r the H.uise in ex,l! si,S!i" 1 "' of Oct. next, he 1C w5se I,uecd who cau name the coming man." j another WAR CRY. Added to his other troubles, "the Presi j l . i I.: .i... ... m ii.iw i.t..tt.i nr;.iiii?ii rirrii inn z l y of preset ibing one legged sol.liers from the fact, that among the dismissed pension agents abolished under bin recent order is the one at. Cincinnati, which waVheld by a general officer ofthe late war who lost a leg in the service, whilst, at, Columbus the agency is filled by a trading politiciin. who managed the Hayes campaign in Ohio last fnll, and is to be retained. When rojrnes fall out Aderso. ? Terrible Explosion in a Coal Mine, j fKVES MRS KTM-EI AM F.IOHT IN.ICKKll HKAinitKM'I.Nd SC'KNK AT TIIK SHAFT. , Dot ween ten and eleven o'clock Wcdnes- 1 day morning, one of those lea i fill explo sions of tire damp which Bend a shudder throughout the entire coal region, occuri ed ', at Wadesville shaft, in the vicinity of St. j (.'lair. .V party of miners were engaged ; "lobbing," or lemoving tlie pillars fiotn ' : C!ls,.s mobal.lv fatal, ii.iurv of HIV lIL'Mt II V T n - . Itmai. U.u K. beluie the - - , . . . , explo.siun oce.uied, the ihmuc boss ol Hie mines lia-.l Deen aioiif me gangway ami me -nieo pe.l-.ctiy pu.e and so .le that 1, i n)st ,l;ive f.lUcil jM? , f,,lu abandoned .. tl,iving tlu- foul an into the gang- . Way in whuh the men were woiking, j uver miee nuuuitu men ami iM nits employed in the Vades die shaft, l he great majority of horn icside in tSl. Clair and t,e adjoining illages ; and as may well bo ' imagined as soon as the news of the disas- .vr btCame noised abroad the excitement ' . ... 1 . 4 . ... 1. . . 1 ... . I. .!...!.' was i;uene. ieMic juthtii iu iiiv: eiiait.' by hundreds, and as one after another of ,ie ui.fmtmiale victims, burned and black- el)fcd almost beyond recognition or moan- nig with Ihe pain ot tlieu injuries was biought to the sui face, the scene around ; the mouth of the shaft is s;.id to have been heai trending in the extreme. The .stuidy miueis pei formed thei:' duty to their fallen conuailes with sad, stein faces women ; and childien wept and moaned over the dead, or miiiisteied with kindly hands to j tlie wants of the injured while in all faces i t here was an expi essiou of dread and un-; Ceitainty as to who would be the next vie- 1 tini brought up to the light of day. This unceituiuty as to the ex'enl of the disaster was even moie painful ih.ui the leaiity. For an hour or so it was believed that the ; destruction of life was much gieater than : le'ieat of seveial of the men w as cut off by i a heap of fallen coal, ami the noxious gases were bo overpoweiing that none could woik more than a very fevr minutes at a time. Finally, however, after two or thiee houih of heieulean endeavor, in which many of ; tlie living heroically I isked llitir lives fori the rescue of the bodies of the tleatt and ' wounded, all weie biought tmt. It wast only then that the extent of the disaster . bt came aecuiateiy know n. i the follow mg pel sons wel e k i. led : John . 1 )ui kin, ot St. I i.iir, w ho leaves a witeautt ,,e child ; William Kuk, ofS;. Clair, who ives a w ifo and three childien : Leniamin Moselv, of Watl.-sv i lie. wh.. leaves a wife nse.v, Jost ph Milwaitl, of Mill Cieek, a young , man and uumaiiied; Heibeit JIihiip, of: Watlesville, who leaves a wife ami four; children; Thomas Connors, of Summit .' Hill, but recently mauled and leaves u j young wife ; James Letidy, of St. Clair, who leaves a wilt he was taken out. alive ; but tiled soon after being removed to bis i hoifte. j The wounded were Patrick Gibbons, of; St. Clair, au unmariieti man; John Mc- A tee, of East Mines, unman led ; Abraham j Jtmes. of St. Clair. Iinmailieti vei v set i- ' ""sly injured; John Glavey, of St. Clair, ITMt.ll r.lril tl . . 1 V Ui .!. Ilt ... tlw ln.'i.l -I tn I I badly binned ; Dennis Hieuiian, of St. r- J . Clair, unmarried seriously burned ; John ; , j , Kftse, ' t. Cl .ir, married, and Pat.ick Alot.re, of J1. Clan, hint in the arm. T he i'li.i.liti.i.l .if ult tl..M.iii.ilrl tt 1-ict . .... , t, cunts, was veiy encouraging, and, in the ! opinion of the attending physicians, thev will all probably lecover. I'vttscillt ?tan (lard. A Erightf nl Catastrophe, KAI.I. OK A enl'IlT It CsK. At Kockf nd, Hi., mi Friday last, the Winuelago county couit Ihhimi, in course 1 of election, and not yet unt:er roof, tell in. j 'Ihe massive stone coiince which preceded I the roof was being put on. Just as the j kestone was being placed in the d-me of j tl... ..r;...! I i:r Vllr.irr lli lnli-L u. .1 L- l..ifw... I . 1 me iron auti sioue gave way, ami ine en- ' tiie inteiior wall t.f the stiuctuie came; ciumbling down with a teillble crash that j was ht aitl iieai ly a u ile away. The dome ! is 119 feet from the ground and supported j by tho front wall on the noith side ami iron I columns from ten to twelve inches in diam eter on the inner side. These columns rest i upon .1 brick w all going up fiom the ground floor to the floor of the court room. The 1 walls were about Ihiily feet high, and it j appeals were entirely inadequate to buhl ' the immense weight of Ihe iiou pillars ami massive masonry of the dome which rested : upon the pillais. Upon the top t.f the iron 1 column weie wionght ii tin gilders, upon' which was laid the venter and biickot ihe j dome. It appeal s 1 1 1 L the lower hi ick w alls I wcieciushid by the weight of the upper I masonry anil crumbled like so much rotten : inaltt r, buiy ing with it the entiie interior i of the builtiuif, taking ad tlie i afters, cor rugated iiou anil ceiling of every loom with its coiiciete tilling. The iron joists and ; scaffolding came down in a terrific mass, j biinging with it neatly all the woikmcnj w ho were opera: ing on the top of the build- ; ing. At Ui- time ol I tic accident there were ! 20 to 2 at woik. Timothy Flaiiigan, who j wa-s just lilting in the keystone of thei final coi n ice, jumped for a guy rope of a big den ick in fiout, but missing his aim ' fell 120 feet to the earth and was dashed to pieces. The mass of human beings, with ! exception of four or five who jumped from the windows, fell inside the tottering walls i and weie buried in tlie debi is. The whole ' of the huge structure looked as though it : would fall, ami those assembled weie ap- palled and knew not what to do to go near ! enough the stiuctuie to rescue those man- j gled. But a few bravo men went feailessly : . . - i ... ZZ a,,; 1 i , ,, Hmu nl to work und commenced .u extricate tho i imiii but one of liis It its w:i" If ft bt-ncatli a iroiuler. oub stt.no, aid bo soon fxniiid. A iieio ' j"iil fiom a wintlow sixty fiet from the ! -ind, anil thtuinh batlly iiijuud will piob ibly recover. Within ten minutes After medis istcr four bodies were recovered. l h city surgeons were promptly rendering ' " n.e woun.ie.i, nim were earned on stietclieis it the nearest hotels. A Swede nie.l Aud.ew UiiUahl had his head split, ' h't 'e Wol,lul w;is cIomhI and the victim ' nmv live. j It ik believed that at least ten or twelve Ives have been lost and some fourteen per- stuis more or less innnetl. I lift loss to tlm , .... .... - " building will be from fc.ifl.OOO to $d.,(HH). Supei intendent Lai ham lays tlie blame on ' Architect May, whose instructions were; Joiiowed out implicitly. A few days ago as a freight train was i t ..:i i j j.ir.in ... i t-iiuv iv-.iin i Hinrtati tiepot aL HMdwin the dead lwtly of a cow was ob- served to be dragging under one of the cars. When Ihe l:ain was stopped it was f'ind that the tail had in some way be- come wrapped almnt the axle and dragged until nothing but Ihe skin, head and"(eet remained, all the other parts leing scatter- ed along the track. The cow was struck '-i Ihe neighbo.h,H1 of Whiel and thus singularly bociime f.uteued to the axle. Aeicj and other JSollmjs. ! One of the largest. Sunday schools in j the world is iu Ainlab, India. Tho puj iU niiiubar 1,800 A true bill has born found against John Jtmes, who killed a niau named Kel- ley at Minersville last week. At Caraquet, N. B., Friday last, tl family of live persons w:-.s drowned iu at- . tempting t cross the Pokeouch river. There are naid to be over 2-).0(K) sheep j in A tn well township, Washington county, j Two thousand died there the past wiiiici. j A L'tica man twenty yeais ago stamped J his name upon a. silver quaiter. Litst week he received back the identical piece j in chance. 1 Miss Laura Pierce, aged If., is in the Union county jail, havr.ur confessed that j she filed a fanner's bain which was bum- ed tome w eeks ago. , A dispatch fiom Valparaiso, Chili, re j ceivetl in London on Sat iirday, announces the destruction or itpnque, in leni, by an earthquake and tidal wave. Several flocks of ut'i", each number ing or more, have started fiiim Ycn tuia county, Cal.', to cu.s-s tleseils and leach Texits, wheie theic is beltoi J.aslui ate. Governor Hai t ranfl on Saturday bstictl v ai i a 1. 1 s for I he cxt cut urn t.f Getng . Fletcher, of I'h ilatlelph ia, t il June 11, and Frank Wilson (culoico:, of ll.u i isbtng, on July 11. 'I he fa'al accident at the Wadcsi iile tu ine was tin ; tti the explosion of !ii e da m p. say the j'.nj, who censure the ownei, in spector and bosses foi not complying with the law. A dispatch to the N. Y. Fn(hi ; it()7nl liniii Hume says Bishop i. ibbon.-, of Kich montl, has b"en named Coadjutor of the Aichbisl.op of Baltimoie, w illi the light of succession. A lemarkabie tidal wave was observed at Gaviota, iu San Luis Obisju. cointy, California, a !t w inoniiogs ago. Between 7.10 ami 7. '.50 o'clock, the sea lose and lei. twelve feet time timis, No tiamage ap peals to have been done. The daughter of a wealthy Philadel phia, merchant eloped a couple of weeks ago to New Yoik with a l:berl ine, and was found iu one of the woist dens in Gieene stieet. She is 10 ye.t s oltl and quite p. ci ty. Tl e man was not wiih her. J. Evans Edings, w h :le carrying sl, 21 HJ to pay w age s t o hands at the .h s,ihale uoi ks, near ( ha i lest on, was shot dead and rubbed on Satuidav. Two negroes wtie arit'Sletf and coi.fess"tl the crime. The ' money fmind i:i their ptisst-ssion. j Windsor Hotel Daly got a check for; lO.OUO cvciy month in the year ; but ho dit'n'l have money en -ugh to jnuehase the : very cheap article known as sleep, so he ' went ciazy. He who h.ts health is the wealthiest, rcgaidltss of the pocket-book ' business. j Pali ick Hester, Pe'er M'Hueh and : Pat i ick Tully. M"U,es, who w eie eouviett tl ' ou the 14;h of Febiuaiy of tht! muidei' of Alexander lt a in October,- weie sen- Kuceti at Bloomsburg (.'oiiiuibia county, ; Monday morning, by Judge Wm. EI well, to . be hanged. j A mocking biid entered a Methotlist. chuich at Jackson, Tenii., t he other Sun- , d.iy, and, after ciicling uiountl the loom, ; lit on ihe railing of the pulpit, wheie it sat in attentive silence till the close of the ser- ; qion, when it .vaibletl some of ifs sweetest : notes and sailed away. j The county elections in Pennsylvania ! this year will generally be of little impor- j tance. No members of Congress or Leg is ' latuie aie to be chosen, and the Cominis- ! sioneis elect el in lTo hohl over another j year. In Clin'on c u.ity, it is sait!, theie j are no county t-llitcs to be tided at ail. An area tf land, about six hundred j acies in extent, situated in Mississippi. , about fifty miles below Memphis, Tcnn., i was found strewn with paitic'.es rest-mb ' bring lih sc.ih-s af er .- heavy lain stoim the othei day. The jK-opie are c 'iiveit ing ' the bait) ami shiny pieces inlotkiit but tons. , The number of Indians who have sur- ; rendered to (Jen. Cmok is about o.u'lO. j They were staivetl into a sui lender, as for ; along time they have been compelled It. j live on dogs, p mies mill such roots as they Could scctne by digging it. Ihe snow. Like wild beasts, hunger alone subdued them. In Pike tow nship, about fomleeu miles ' from Ib-atling. an experiment is to be tried, which, if it oioves .-ui.eessf u 1. will result in the establishment uf an imlnstiy entiiely new in the I'niietl Sratt's. The' attempt will be made to n. .i n n .'.ic! u ! e pu:e ' China poiceiain, something never attempt- ! ed in A mei ica. At Pint Caibon. reeently, a mother, : half cia.'ti fiom recent deal hs iu the fam ily, attempted to diown her eicht-t n mouths oh' child in a creek. She was; caught iu the act and the infant saved. The woman said she intended to baptize her offspring an.l send it to a better world . at t he same time j The father of Chat lie Boss has been in Bridgeport in consul'alion with P. T. Baruuni. The latter will make a personal1 offer of l!(lt0 for the it coveiy of ib. lh.y. It is believed from recent evidence that he ', is still alive, and that the rewaid with a guarantee fit mi punishment will induce the oaptois to n-sloie him. The .SV.r ff7 Jlcroll says the Arch- ! bishop t.f (Juito, a very gent le ami inoU'.-n-Bive pi elate, tlie.l very suddenly March :5tth and it was beiieviI some peison had ud ministeied p is .n in the wine used for cel ebrating n. ass on Good Fiitlay. We learn An autopsy showed death had hetn causetl ! by suffusion of blood ou the brain. ; A six Ktory brick buil.ling in Alleghe ny City, occupied by the Excelsior Coffi u ' works uf Hamilton, Lemnion, Arnold Co., tuinbl. d down tm Thursday a noon. Eugene Mc!cary, a com i -actor, who was making some repairs to the .stiiu-tnre, was buiied iu the ruins, and his bodv was inn recovered for a day or two. A few other persons were slightly injured. A young Indian giil who hat! curious ly witched the processor marking b.iirel beads in a flouring mill in Winona, Minn., stole in one day, and taking possession of the stencils, ornamented her blanket with the words "Ellsworth's Choice,'' ami pa raded the streets iu great delight, but to the disgust ..f Mr. ElUwoilh, who is a bachelor ami bad made no such choice. Ou Wednesday of last week a man named James Warn ick: went to the Ionise of a P.i.liemtMiiaii woman in Cleveland, and finding there a little girl three years old alone, deliberately, to satisfy a petty spile against the childs mother, placet! the little girl on a hot stove, burning her back ami extremities iu a terrible manner." He was arrested. He is a mau ied man aud has a family. The London St, m da rd I. as the follow ing special despatch from Hustchnk, dated May 11, with regard to the sinking of a monitor: "A Russian battery hitherto masked by a vineyard opened lire to-day ou the Tuikish monitor near I brail An hour after the commencement of the ac tion a shell struck a large three-masted iron clad and sunk her with a crew of 200 and Hassan Hey." Five children of Frank Dnnigal, a rail road employe at Little York, Cortland eo., X. Y were burned to death on-Tuesday last. The eldest was nine years of age. Dnnigal and his wife weie a short distance from the house when they discovered the fire, and made every effort to rescue the children, but the flames bad gained too much headway. The cries of the little ones calling for help could be distinctly heard by the parents. 4 JLMHB.BB J AT OAK HALL. STILL TO BE HEADQ'JAF.TZF.S PGR WAN A MAKER & BROWN, Ml THE GLD PLACE AT THE CLE) TRACE. All the rrest talont, cirrionT a;--i can commimd, conlinuel .-t OA K KAIL, t-r BEST and CHEAPEST CLOlHiNG fjrmi.rr For silken ynrs we have live' &i th- r SIXTH nnl MAtlKET, ni Hie bu"-ai--s ...... been to si.tisfactory t-j lbs pul.lio un Icur":! hive clecide i not to chan-j? or r.i-jv! - business sway. Tlie people i i ke tKo j.. .- : y.ler.so the people , nn-3 we l.."lies .!.;.t w better than ever ot Ihe ol-J i.ioce. The Eales of the poo. yar f ir "irra"' we ever dreamed of.atid thi- pi;; it in . . fctart tlie Spring of 1877 with o STILL LOW OF PRICES, and n class of j jo ! s --o; .1 :. not sfrairl to follov each i . i'ii o .r receive Lirtc-k trie goods unworn si.ri l.t...-; customer the money paid. The ttore li.ts been lrr-ely rc-flrt'-!, r.n ? wns such c f p! end id b'ocli c f Xen'i:, 1 oy -' :. r. elothinj under t lie roof, nor were we cv-ri. ' cheaply- Our word for it, mid we tr-e yjur sixteen years. AH4 THE OLD PLACE, -tt- eth & Market. PHJLACELFHi. Mr. Hayes havinir t n it-tetl the 1 ule that ei;bt veins is to be the li-iot f any j ublic ollit iai's tei m of seivice. piomp'lv goes ou recommisM.mi'ig post '.ii.t-.' ei s wh.is,. pt.ek-et-boi.-ks are limp with Iho assessments nf twelve and sixteen eais. Mr. Halts has done such things befoie. He ::u for a Ihiitl teim in Ohio iu m a pl.ttfoim v h ifh ex pi essly condemned a thud Him. i he jury in the case of l..it, a Phila delphia preacher involved in au uyly scan dal, tlisasriet d : ml weie after a long si.-e d ischai ged tin S- t! in tiny, on e juror i ef using to join the others in a vcrdii'i of guilty. Subsequent !y he w ;is a ri ested on t lie cli.i i -re that he had stated that it in tllt uil i:t what the evidence was he wou-ti not c-!!-vict I'olt. A. II. Hodgson, the juror, was held in sl,r,'.l t.ail. The steamer i'y of Pmsseis. ab.iit which there has been gieat anxiety, has been heaitlfiom. She was met on Tuesday t.f last week in mid ocean by the Richmond tif ihe same line, making her way to Liv ei pool, under sail, having b.oken her shaft. She "-V ill c-mpl;te her voyage about the middle of this week. A large party "f Amriicin pilgrims to 11 mie is ou ihe City i P.russels. t here is no tod colored woman in he Flat bu-h Almshouse whose skin hr.s f.-r some veins been undei g..ing a change of c dor. White spots have fi om time to time apjieared on her f.ice, while tln skin of her artns fiom the eli.ows tlown has l.ec-'iue a delicately C'doied as Unit of a idomle, un tler whieli the blue veins aie plainly vsi ble. White sputs have al-o appealed on her shoulders. The change seems Vo bo sit atl ily going on. At New Castle, on WVdnr-sday nigtit, Pttt-r Kiik, who inn lied a giil f U-wd ebaiacter nan rd Rose Palmer, in Vmnigs tonn, Ohio, ab. mt thiee mouths ago, and shortly after inovetlto New i'alie, iti a tliuukeii fienzv stiiukl.tr on the head w i;h the hammer end of a hatchet, fine! til ing her skull anil inflict iin; injuries fiom which it is not likely that she will Mover. He then went up stairs and shot himself twice iu Ihe si om.icli, d ing iu a lew hours. Ihe 1: le of one of Pei.nsy Ivan i.i's ceii tenaiiaus ebbed away on Saturday, in Montgomery County. Kit h.ii.l C. n.ad was an Irish patriot who fought in the it U l!i..u of ami subsequently j .ine.l the Pun ish aniiy, settling in Ameiica in An iron const it nt ion cairied him into his one bundled ami tenth tai. Dining the tie liiiumof his last illness he imagined that he was tine of End Fitzgerald's soldiers ami seemed to recognize his compan lons-iu-arms. --Mis. Quackenbush. aged .Vj yen i s, who lives with her nephew in ll.ickcusaek. was very deaf. Twenty ears ag her sight, which hail been poor, suddenly became better and her heating became woisc. I wo weeks ago a thnmh'r shower jiasst tl ov r the lo-.vn. a id afier an unusually vi vid Hash of light i. ing and heavy peal "f thunder, she was astonished to find that she could hear the ticking of the clock and conveisation. Her hearing has" since ic ni a incd pei feet. riieie has lately been dinveretl iu Nicaragua a plant which has electro mag netic properties. If you teat o ff a branch jou e.xpeiience an eflt ct as though yon struck a battery. The discoverer could not by e ireful analysis detect any magnet ic metallic substance in the surrounding Soil. The intensity of the shock v.n ies ac coidmg to the hour. At night it is scaice ly peiceptible. At 2, r. M.,it is strongest. Pods ami insects neviM- seeui to alight ou the jdijjli!,t,'r.i tlcefri:t. Ihe Methotlist Church is a very im portant social element, in this couu'iy, and the movement now being made to unite t he Northern ami Southern blanches, which were divided on issues that have long since passed away, is a matter of w idc-spiead in terest, beaiing as it does on the social as well as relit ions iu'eicmisc of the jeople. I'ev. Dr. Harrison, t.f Atlanta, iteorgi.i, who is now making a tour of Noitheiu cities, ami is tlmnght to be accredited with authority to speak tor the S uth, is pre senting the views of that section w ith clear ness aud force. Fifty years ago Monday John Mastai Ferreti became an episcopate, ami nineteen later ascended to the chair of 5t. Peter. His career has been full of vicissi tudes, as well hs of years, and has brought many blessings upon Howe whose spiritual leader he is. He has lost temporal power, but has gained infallibility ami preserved unity in the Chuich. The death of the aged Poe, which all expect before long, is looked foraard lo by nil Catholics with regret ami fear; thef.umer. that thechutcli must lose so excellent a Poje, the latter, because present unity may be disturbed iu the election or by the conduct of a successor. c: WANAfflAKER BROWN, OAK HALL, The N. V. ; Adam. 1 t .ig i.;-i .. s:,- V . went ' mi ' i ! ' , ;., stieet, Newa:k. t.isT !' . she h r.I e n- t . .... .i ..; to h -. k :i(l I he: eh )r -, s . ed of he i-1. .-!... a .1 .if : t. . ., On Fl al.iy m n-otig s i. -. -Con i nl -i. .::s. ;i ,,! .) ,,i 1,. f r ; or t hue v i s . . ... ' M IS. II ,lt s M-!;t 1 1 I z - . . thing, ai il .1 :! ..I . i ; Sti-IHTIS i 1 ' i';-,- ; " . dea! ! t .;s (.. j. ' . . I ' I i.'i s fi'r i ;s ..-a- : - est ill ii i-- i.s;i : . The I"..!n;' i :- s,,s: : n tiiitir:'!iv a-rh-'i ' i- -t ;" ihisc.t v hi it g .'i 'In '. : ; i I eceut 1 V W er.t t- ! in ,i ; llt'sl i-l y..;i'ig s.j .!:.' 1 the h. . u . t- : I i; each h:i u g a ";,,'i-i" ' V. 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' " pressed Soi'.i's. !" v , - 1 . . . r- I'I i' ' (illl l.N S AI .I si 1" reilef and t "e. 1: ' v .' : vimr Iirnggists. lv" '""V -,V ".. lrr.l .. l.r Wilies lg .' .V - , V get a Sample li 'l-. t"! ' t (: ,,. i!egii!ar s.zj 7.'i vents. , lieve you. m. S.rrrr. t- l'y. : ! rn : . .it -' - I ct-til.I hy ai-i 0777 :ixv the euiptevmriit 1 1n'--' " fr.mi ,'" ' , t voitr w lo.le time I- ili " u. try i,,..,.tei.ts. It f's'V,"V' , I-''"' lenns ..1 S i''n',' , 1 v.k-
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