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EBENSBUHC, PA.,
FRIDAY, - - - - JAN'Y 1), 1878.
A bill for I lie re-enactment of llie Local
Optica law lias been Introduced In the I
House of Representatives at Ilarmbuif?. I
It provides for the first election, to areept
vr refuse ltd provisions, io February,
aud every two years thereafter.
Tue Philadelphia Daily Rnvrd is an
eight column paper, tne siae larger than
the Fhueuakdu is punted in email type.
It contain the very latest and mosi reliable
news, both foreign and domestic, together
with the fullt-et local intelligence. Any
luao who would rend a number of the
Jiord without knowing its price would
soaroely believe that it is sold for one tent
)r copy ; but such is the fact, aud as a id
all Ha daily eiiculation has reached thirty
iu ihiusand. It is a marvel how so much
leading can be ftiinitJitd at so trifling a
sum, and affords a lemaikable instance of
the success of n good newspaper furnished
at the lowest possible price.
TnB reputation of the Fittaburg Dis
f.titcTi, whose proiectus for 1873 w e publiah
this week, as an ably conducted and enter
prising newspaper is so well established
that anything we could eny in Its behalf
would not e nil an co it. It la a first-class
journal, and receives, as it well deserves, a
tuoat generous support. Tho Vhpatch is
uue of the few Republican papers in this
&ate that supports the judicious and liberal
p dicy of Mr. Hayes towards the South, and
has the Independence to avow its adherence
t the best interests of the country as su
perior, to the temporary success of the
Itepublioaa party. We trnst ita future
success will fully meet the expectations of
It enterprising proprietors.
Congress reassembled yesterday. When
the Senate adjourned for the recess it was
engaged in considering the resolution of
fered by Mr. Matthews, of Ohio, declaring
it to be '.he sense of Congress that all debts,
ineluding government bonds, may lawfully
fee taid In silvor dollars, unlets where othcr
n j specially directed. When this resolu
tion ia disposed of, the Bland silver bill,
which has already passed the House, and
which provides for the coinage of the silver
dollar spoken of, and makes it an unlimited
legal tender for all debts, both public and
private, will be taken np. The best im
pression is that it will pass, with the cer
tainty f being vetoed, nulcsg ita legal-tender
feat ore is essentially modified.
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The Legislature last wilder having very
j.ropei ly refused to furnish each member
with a enpy of Pnrdou's Digest at the cost
f the State, a member of the Senate at the
present adjourned session, who ia In the
pursuit of legal knowledge nnder difficul
ties, hs offered a joint resolution for the
purchase of six copies for Ihe use of the
Fenata and ttrslt for that of the House.
This wrmld bo one copy for tight members
of the Senate, and one copy for etenten
members of the Hous? a.rnost Inoonvecient
arrangement. It is very small business,
and the only decent and honorable course
ft every member to adopt i to bny a copy
ref the mnoh coveted Digest, pay for it like
a little man, and cot compel the State to
famish It to biui without money and with
out price.
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That the J'a lonal Guild of Ills 3:ale, a
rery expena ve lnt Itn-.'-on to the taxpayers,
is more ornamental than useful was abund
antly demonstrated during the railroad
itots last July, wheu the Governo.t, or those
representing him, were constrained to call
on the Fiesident for military assistance to
quell the outbreak and preserve the peace.
There are entirely too many office re and
too few privates, as Is shown by the report
of the Adjutaut General, who states that
there ate now iu service 571 oHiceie and
P.485 enlisted men, or one officer to every
tUc4n privates. The whole organization,
a it exists at pteacnt, is regarded by the
pjople as a public nuisauce aud totally in
efficient for the woik expected from it in
to emirgeucy. Governor Hartranft, him
self a military man, has no faith in it, and
the Legislature snould take it in hand and
either reform it thoroughly or abolish it
altogether.
Last Tuesdat was the anniversary of
the battle of New Orleans. Theie was a
time when the event was very generally
celebrated throughout the country, but
that day baa passed by, aud the brilliant
achievement of the brave pioneeis of the
Foulh-west, who, on the plains of Cbal
mette, saved the ,4beauty and booty" of
New Oileans from lust and pillage, is now
unhouored and unsung. The conflict be
tween tha British and American forces be
low New Orleans was not a great ha-tit,
like that on the field of Waterloo, or Gettys
burg, where the destinies of nations are
decided, but in many respects it was one of
the most memorable engagements in the
history of modern warfare. The comman
der-in-chief of the Biitish army, I'acken
ham, was an Irish nobleman, and his army
was composed of men who had served under
Wellington in Spaiu iu his battles with the
veterans of Napoleon's most trus ed Mar
shals ; while, ou the other hand, Jackson,
the American genei al-in-chief, was the son
tf an Ulster county Irishman a Tennessee
lawyer uneducated in military science,
though born to command, aud his troops
were raw, undisciplined ruihtamen, princi
pally from Kentucky and Tennessee. The
victory was the most complete and decisive
of the war, and the battle was fought after
the treaty of peace had been signed at
Ghent, of which the commanding officers
bad no information. It made straight the
path of its hero to the Presidency, and io
bis doable capacity of soldier aud siatea
- man no man, save Washington himself,
enjoy nxre of Ihe respect aud vneiatiou
of the American people than Anrimw Jack-Son.-
lit jiatnc will live in history, aud
live fvr.'
In the State Senate, last week, Mr. Kew
myer, of Allegheny eouoiy, introduced a
joint if sol til ion proposing an amendment
lo the neiv constitution reducing the Lejjie
Liture oibe old number, thhty-three 8na
tms and one hundred Representatives. If
this joint resolution is adopted by the pres.
eut Legislature, it must also be passed by
the Legislature next year, and then tho
proposed amendment must be submitted to
a vote of the people at the general election
in November, 1879, for their ratification or
rejection. It will thus be seen that if tho
amendment pisses thiough these three scv
eial Mages, the first eleeiiou for the reduced
number of members for which it provides
would not take place nutil the November
election in 1880, and that, therefore, no
member of the present Legislature who de
sires a re-election cau be afteeted by its
adoption. We have heretofore expressed
ourdocided apptoval of such an amendment
and now reiiffiira it. If the clause io the
new constitution fixing the numbers of the
Senate at fifty, and of the House at ttco
hundred, had been separately submitted to j
the people, it would certainly have bceu
defeated. The beneficial results which its
advocates prtdicted from its adoption have
not been leatized, but, on the contrary,
their wholesome theories have all vanished
into thin air. rYe never heard but one
argument in its favor, and that was that the
increase won.'d render legislative bribery
and corruption so difficult that it would no1
ba attempted. Bet at the very first ad
journed session under the new constitution,
two members of the House were virtually
expelled for corrupt practices in connection
with the passage of the Williamsport boom
bill, and some others richly deserved the
same fate. The interests of the people did
not demand an increase of their representa
tives, aud there is no more necessity that
Cambria, Blair, Bed fold or Somerset coun
ties should each elect tco members of As
sembly than that they, as a disttict, should
elect two members of Congress. If thirty
eight States are snfiiciently represented in
in the lower branch of Congress by 293
members, surely 100 members oufcht to be
enough to take care of the interests of the
people of this S.ate in the lower house of
ihe Legislature. We trust that the public
press will not be afraid to speak out on this
subject, so that the members of the present
Legislature may form an intelligent esti
mate of public opinion in reference to it.
So far as we have seen an expression by the
papers of both parties, it has been very
pronounced in favor of the amendment.
Tub leaders of the Greenbnok Labor
party in this State, encouraged by the fifty
twotbousond votes polled for its candidates
at the teecnt election, are organizing for
active and vigorous work duiing the ap
proaching campaign, Fiancis W. Hughes,
of Pottsville, who is regarded as its ablest
advocate in the State, and its most promi
nent candidate for Governor at the election
next fall, delivered a speech last Saturday
night a week ago iu the Court House at
llarrisburg, in which he disenssed the
Greenback hsue with all his admitted abili
ty. Mr. Hughes thinks and says that his
party cherishes a reasonable hope of carry
ing the State at the November election, and
intimates that in its conqnering march it
may capture tha Presidency in the contest
of IStO. This is a most comfortable politi
cal delusion under which to labor, aud if all
greenbacker take as rosy a view of the fu
ture as Mr. Hughes does, they certainly are
a happy family. We are inclined to think,
however, that he is entirely too sanguine in
his hopes of the future and that on the
morning after the next November election
be will be a wiser if not a sadder man.
At the last election the Greenback-Labor
patty carried just one county in each of the
three large States of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York, viz : Lucas county iu the
first named, Luzerne iu this State, aud
Chemung in New York. If Mr. Hughes
bases his reasonable hope of a victory at
the polls in this State next fall on this beg
garly showiug, his faith in the strength of
his party is exceedingly elastic. He is an
old aud experienced politician and knows
that in this country there can be but two
great leading parties the same parties
that have confronted each other since the
days of Jefferson and Adams. Other par
ties being mere off.slioots of these hare
time and agaiu been organized and Lave
sometimes achieved local success, but have
disappeared as suddenly as they sprang
into existence. Mr. Hughes will once more
see what he has several times seen hereto
fore in the political history of this country,
and that is that a party based upon a tingle
idea, like the old anti-masonio party.Jthe
late know-nothing party, and the present
greenback party, Is doomed ti speedy diso
lution The history of parties always re
peats itself.
NEwsPAroniAL. The Columbia Herald
is now under the exclusive management of
our genial friend, W. Hayes Grier, his as
sociate, 11. B. Itii-k, having retired. The
Herald is a most excellent paper and an
ahle advocate of the genuine principles of
stialghtforward, honest Democracy, but
if it can be published w ithout Risk it must
be fhmly established on an advance-paying
hrvsis.
Not having seen a copy of the Phila
delphia Cemmoniceallh for a lone time, we
supposed that it had ceased to be, but the
receipt of i;s issue of Saturday last le
moved that impression. Charles M. Lei
6nring, Esq., who has ben connected
with it ever since it was first established, is
now its sole proprietor. We always id
mired the Commonwealth as a sound, relia
ble Democratic paper, and have no doubt
that under its present able management it
will ba properly appieciated and sustained
by the Democracy of Philadelphia.
That old and unwavering sheet, the
GreeiiKbuig Argun, ia now printed with
new type, its size eularged to ihe old form,
and ita entire appearance greatly improved.
No man is better or more favorably known
to the profession throughout the State
than the veteran editor of the Argus, John
M. Laird. Esq., veuerable in y eara and un
impeachable in integrity. He and his en
terprising sons have our best wishes for
the future prosperity of themselve and the
able and efficient Democratic journal which
they publikh.
Oder Keva. Fla.. ad crt ; .
, with four ea-.s, five f.jes on oue foot, one
eye, bd co hofen ;n bio eai.
fJcr. Hartranft on thm July lllola.
The most interesting portion of the Gov
ernors message is lliat relating to the rail
road riots of last July. After relating the
story rt the tronbles the Governor thus re
fers to the causes aud effects :
Thus ended the rrest vnllwsy strike of 1877
in Pennsylvania, which ruMrt ln.len,
murder and arson, which cau.td the death,, ,,r
over tiltv civilians and ve soldiers, and the
VA :. ... i.. r u l.undredor more.
l"a "hedVuVuCaor'.nimonsor dollar, worth
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,J.,rr.,.trj .h wortlntrmen who be
Iran It contemplated no such terribl e r es n Its, it
cannot he denied that the manner in which the y
profeded to enforce tb.y dema 'f f "P
pinc Inland commerce nndsmir the periy
of c-..ipi.rtions and indlvMuals and d.lv n
oit'aei.s from their usual c"p;ltl"n't
a iccof law, made tho treuch tuvoujrh w hi Ui
t.ie Ihw1 elements of society poured t" ';-
,wnll.l (lootrov. UV ta-19 llicmjiurin.c.,
L: . iinliM and orif anl.ilt ions.
luto tho
m. riheiiniift it is not necessary to (TO
. i, ih rights of labor, the duty
the Ex.cutive Is imperative. In tl in suo
of 1S7S were set forth the principle w eh a ov
ern tne present administration in the d'hatf e
of thisJ.m rous duty, t.. which recent events
hveriven additional emphais: No di.,olw ii
encc or r.K-lrlV constituted authority will he
n rmltted, whether on the psrt of individuals,
corporations or combinations t rneir. ?
Sf-nse of wronir, however trrieyons. will or shall
justify violence in seeking indemnity therefor.
The rights of property most be respected, arid
n "trite, rerenee w ith its leKili.nat u will he
tolemted. Every mn must oe allowed to sell
hie own labor at his own priee.and his working
must not be interrupted, either by force or in
timidation. For RitevHiiees, fancied or real,
redress must he sought in the maimer the law
provides, and no one must attempt to overrule
its process. If citliens will reeoirniae these
principles as binding upon their e .necicnees
and actions, there 001 be no necessity for in
centive interference to preserve the ponce, and
It must he untlerstooit, once for all. thm any
violiitionof privato rights, or resistance to pub
lic ollicers when in the disehmire or their duty,
will be summarily deiilt with, and if the civil
autr.orities and tue power of the comity cannot
maintain the supremacy of the law, then the
whole power of the Commonwealth shall be
employed. It necessary, to compel respect for
authority." . . , ,
As a sequel to tha riots, the grand Jury or
Allvirbetty cotuitv entered upon an Investiga
tion, arid summarily demanded the attendance
of the Governor and the civil nnJ military oftl
cersof the Executive Department .to testify
before it. As I did Jnot think it the time or
plac for an impartial investigation of the
troubles, or concede the rights of the courts
to command the Btt-ndnnce of a co-ordinate
bra-icb of the government, I refused to attend,
and directed the civil and military ollicers to
refuse nlno. The question was sulimiued to
the Supreme Court, and its decision sccor.-ling
with the vl-ws of the Department, all appear
ance of conflict between ttie Judiciary and Kx
eeutive whs happily averted. Should the Leg
islature deem it expedient to investigate tne
subject, all intormittion in Ihe possebsinn of
the Governor or the Department, if any, in ad
dition to that contained m the Ad jutunt-Gcn-erai's
report, and the appeudix hereto, will be
promptly given.
Fussing from these secondary matters to the
broader and deeper lesions of the etr:kc, while
there is much tocause solicitude there is much,
also, to awaken confidence in the final solution
of the problem. While capital held labor in
Ignorance and bond.igo strikes were rare.
Their frequent occurrence isa proof that labor
Is growing more and more loan equality in
strength and importance to capital. Intelli
gence has spread itecir among the laboring
ciessus; tney have learned to read and write
ami to interchange their views, and formed as
sociations, according to their new lightd, for
their protection and advancement. And if in
this, as in many other vast a. "a little learning
is a dangerous thing," it is yet better than no
learning st all. and is the progressive step to
higher intelligence. On the oilier hand, under
the influence of civilisation, wealth became
more and more diffused, and corporations grew
up to collect the large hii1 small amounts of
unemployed capital, I o tm i Id I be gigantic works
and conduct the great industries required by
modern society.
Tnese two results are the laevftablo eonso
quencesof increased intelligence arid civiliza
tion. These great corporations, from the char
acter of Ihe eDterprlsee, are of necessity, in
most cuscs, monopolies. As such, tte people
have a right to demand that whilo the profits
may accrue to private individuals, their man
agement shall be above merely selfish a ins. and
consult also the public utility and welfare. It
has come io pro-9 that in the conflict between
capital and labor, the former is almost wholly
represented by corporations and the latter by
ua rlous org n Iza t i .ns.
The attitude of the people towards these two
forces during theareat strike has also deep
significance. In the general sympathy for the
strikers, dulled only by their own unlawful
acts, the workmen have assurance that in ail
right and Is wfiil efforts to better their condi
tion they will have the aid of nearly all classes
of their fellow-citizens. And in the prejudices
against the corporations. thos who control
them may realize that the possession of ureiit
wealth and the contro r.f great enterprises im
pose obligations to the public which they can
not sfford t ignore. In these facts ve can
discern the two roads that may eventiiHlly lead
to the flonl t.leinent of the contest the diffu
sion of hittlier ducation among the working
mne, ad tlj conviction, onjthe part of capital,
that It has now to deal with an equal competi
tor, whose claims and rights , together with his
own, must be decided and adjusted by arbitra
tion. In this contest the primary duty or the
Btate is to keep the peace, ami secondarily, so
far as laws w ill avail, to basieu the consumma
tion of the result.
The Governor also repeats hissuggestiona
on arbitration :
If It Is to be the Interests of the Republic
that litigation should cease; it is still morn to
the interests of ihe people that the conflicts
between different classes shon Id be brought to
a close. An it is becoming the putiliu opinion
of theclvilicad world that the nations cannot
afford to submit their differences to the costly
arbitrament of the sword, so it is becoming tha
settled conviction tiiat nothing can lie gained
by a war of classes lo compensate for the loss
caused by the disturbance of all Industrial re
lations, and the danirers threatened to in
dividual independence ana free institutions.
And in many places the same idea is gaining
ground among the trading clasps for adjusting
the conflicting claims of individuals.
Since, therefore, arbitration has been suc
cessfully used to settle international questions,
and even the petty disputes of individuals, w hy
caunnt the same peaceful agency he invoked
to adjust the relations of capital and labor?
The subject, though important, is not new, but
has floated In public discussion for some time,
and no apology is needed for calling your at
tention to the suggestions made in tne me
enge of 1876. "Does it not seem practical to ap
point a court of arbitration. comoosed of three
of more of the Judges of our courts, as many
operators, and a like number of the represen
tatives or the worbingtnen, to whom could be
referred the disputes arising between employer
and employes, so that at laast a full, fair and
impartial discussion could be had. and the pub
lic enlightened upon the merits of the contro
versy ; and. if there was no legal remedy, the
force of public opinion would ennsiinio the
parties whose cmims were arbitrated, to do
Justice to thoy who were wroneed.
Any plan is surrounded with ditlicultlea from
the constant changing relations of the great
Interests Involved and the doubtfulness of se
curing a stable settlement with the proper op
portunities of revision according totbes vary
ing conditions; but since labor has now or-ganiz-ttions,
and representatives by whom the
organization will be bound, it seems practic
able to devise some plan by which all relations
and disputes of rspltal aud labor can be har
moniously adjusted.
The monster seen in tho Mississippi
River above Memphis a few weeks ago by
the captain and crew of a towbnat reap
peared the other day near island 95. ThiR
time the frightful creature was seen by
some of the crew of a produce boat. The
monster's body was shaped like a snake's, J
his tail forked like a fish's and bis bill j
formed like a pelican's. His bill about j
six feet lone, and a flowine black mane
stood out from his head, which was erected :
J eight feet above the water, as he swam i
i majestically down the stream. One twist, j
j of his foiked tail knocked otT the steering i
j oar of the produce boat and sent the crew j
I in terror to the hold. The ill starred craft j
now lies moored at Vicksbnrg, deserted by i
' all the crew but one man, the others believe )
j that the monster is lying in wait for this
particular boat to sink it oat of sight.
A loealexoitement and temporary panic
were created at Wheeling, W. Va., on Snn- i
day, by the discovery that the roof of St. !
Alphonsus's Catholic church, one of the '
largest in the State, was on fire. The
morning services were just over, and j
large party had assembled to witness a
marriage, when the smoke was seen issu
ing from the ceiling. The plucky bridal '
couple told the priest to go on and the cer- '
emony was completed. Pieces of the ceil- j
ing began falling, and a general stampede
ensued, in which several persons were
slightly injured. The fire was finally snb- j
rtvied vith a loss of sjmut f 1,200, Tba
church was fciliy Insure.
vltinir the co- operHiiou i nw
la", 'did Kself a are.t and Krlev.,.i8 .nj iry, a id
I. w.li l,elon citc.DrHi.ae.
Governor JIartranft' JIetage.
Of thia lengthy and well-wiitten dco
n..M wkfeh was read iu (tie ieeit-iatuie
' on Weriuesday of last week, we publish
f the following synopsis as we find it in the ;
Huntingdon Local 2tew : The receipts of
the year have been $13,644,500,05, and the '
disbursements $ 13,432. 453,iy. leaving a bal- ,
ance in the treasury of $2,1 US, 046. 87. The ,
debt of the Btate unprovided for is $13,352,- t
SS6 38. The receipt for tho uext fiscal i
year are not believed to be equal to the de- !
1.,..1. f i1,p uenetul fund bv !o3. 925. .10. i
The Governor docs not recommend in- '
ct eased taxation to meet the deficiency, but
the diversion of the Sinking Food, theie
being enough aggregate revenues to meet j
the demands of tho Constitution for both
funds. I
He widely urges that the Legislature
should draw a line between banks for sav
ing unw those of discount. Oue is a trust
and the other a business ; but banks of sav
ing should not.tie allowed to discount notes.
The hihloiy aud lessous of the July riots
occupy considerable spaco in the mesaage.
The historical part a a lucid statement of ,
the inception, progress and close or the ,
riots in '.his St a e. He holds that the lessons I
of the strike that labor is becoming more
intelligent, aud more nearly equal tocapiial
than heretofore ; and hence capitalists tnuei
treat labor right, if they would prosper.
The attitude of the people t award a the
strikers shows that in all lawful resistance
against organized oppression, the woikmen
have the nympathy and aid of their fellow
ci izenn. -In these facts," lie says, "we can
discern the two roads that may eventually
lead to the final teti lenient of the coutest
the diffusion of higher education among
the wot kingnjeii, and the conviction, on
the part of capital, that it lias now to deal
with an equal competitor, whoae claims
and rights, toetter with its own, must be
decided aud adjusted by arbitration. In
this contest, the p.imary duty of the 5tate
is to keep the peace, and, secondarily, so
far as laws will avail, to hablcn the consum
mation of the result."
He insists that the stand against appren
ticeships by the trades' union -wv ill make
the children of workmen mere drudges, un
less the Sta.e shall see that they have an
industrial education. "The great warfare
of the nineteenth century is industrial war
fare ; the struggle between great nations
for supremacy in various industries, and
for the control of ihe various maikets."
Says the Governor: 'Pennsylvania has
unrivaled resource, but unless she prepares
for the competition, she must Content her
self with the production of raw materials,
and her people become the hewers of wood
and drawers of water for more highly cul
tivated communities. The means must be
the diffusion of technical knowledge among
the laboring classes ; securing the co-operation
of the wovkingmeu ; creating new
industries aud dtversitied interests, and
throwing the ways to honorable and lucra
tive employment opeu to all." The estab
lishment of woikshops in connection with
industrial schools, ia the remedy proposed.
Alluding to the powers and responsibili
ties of the civil authorities, the Governor
makes the following good point: "The
office of Sheriff was formerly one of dignity
and power. It has degenerated, standing
without change in new conditions, until its
main duties are those of a jailor and auc
tioneer. Some means ought certainly to be
taken to clothe the office with its original
importance and responsibilities."
The eeolofiical survey, navigation of the
Ohio river, municipal commission, aud !
board of public charities, leceive passing
mention, aud a number of minor subjects
are carefully collated aud referred to in a
way that shows tha Governor to be in ear
nest. Lord find JLexdy Hicks.
Tlis eons are asking for an inquisition of
lunacy upon Mr. Thoiaas Lord, a rnillion
aiie of New Yoik, because he, being 83
years of age, has gone before Cardinal Mc
Closkey with Mrs. Hicks, a dashing widow
of forty, to bo thoro united in matrimony's
holy bondi. The petition of the sous al
leges divers act of eccentricity and ferget
fuluess npou the part of the ancient Lord,
which they would persnade us were acts of
lunacy ; but manifestly the crowning ag
gravation was this marriage of a rich old
man of 83 to a spendthrift widow of 40 ; au
act most likely to seem, in the eyes of his
sons and men, to be one of most indisput
able lunacy. We appreciate the feelings
of the eons. We sympathize with thctn in
the desire that they feel to say the flight
of their father's million fiom them to
Hicks, nicks, 'tis said, bad already se
cured, before tho marriage and when she
dwelt in high style in Loudon, entertaining
priucea and potentates, $300,003 of the
aged Lord's money us a loan ; and three
weeks ago, coming quietly home for more,
has concluded to take the balance of Mr.
Lord's money with Mr. Lord himawlf. If
that is not cause foi aggravation of mind
to Mr. Lord's children, we know not what
would be.
And still, with all our sympathy for the
sons aud daughters, so suddenly bereft of a
fathers' love aud money, we have an abund
ance left for the ancient mau himself, who,
at the advanced age of 83, chooses to fall in
love aud is cruelly told that it is an act of
such insanity as to cause the law to step in
to rob him of his bride and his cash ; as, be
tween the boys aud their dad, it would
seem that the sire has the best light to the
mouey, and as to his title to his bride there
oan no no Dispute, since sue pave neiseii or
mini uerncii IO uim hum i caiumai ujcsscu
the union. There may faiily be two opin
ions as to which was the ciazy party to
such a uuion, if either was. We refuae to
believe that Lord was, just because be was
83. We know men of that age who are
better men physically lhau those of half
their years. Several yeai s ago in the moan
tains of southwest Virginia we came across
a husband of 94 and a wife of 40, who bad
around them several of their offspring, the
youngest being four or five years old ; in
the vicinity dwelt a son of the patriarch's
first mairiage, some seventy yeara old ; aud
the man of ninety-four years had the ap
pearance and vigor of but threescore.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
Curious Instance of Animal Sasaci
TT. A New Zealand paper vouches for the
truth of the following btory : There is a
dog at Taupo, aud also a young pig, and
these two afford a curious example of ani
mal sagacity and confidence in the bona
fides of each other. These two animals
live at the native pa on the opposite side of
Tapuacharuru, and the dog discovered
some happy hunting grounds on the other
side, aud m formed the pig. The pig, be
ing only two months old, iu formed the dog
that he could not swim across the river,
which at that spot debouches from the
lake, but that in time he hoped to share
the ad ventures of bis canine fiieud. The
dog settled the difficulty, lie went into
the river, standing np to bis neck in the
water, and crouched down ; the pig got ou
his back, clasping bis neck with the fore
legs. I he dog then sam across, thus car
rying his chum over. Regularly every
morning the two would in this way go
across and forage around Tapuacharuru,
retaining to the pa at night, and if the dog
was ready to go home before the pig, he
would wait till hU friend came down to be
ferried over. The trnlh of this story is
vouched for by several who watched the
movements of the pair for Miveial weeks.
Trkri! were 870 failures, involving over
Injtuw Yerk eftj- tot yw.
Xeic and Other Xotings.
Archibald Gordon, of Granville, N, C.
is the father of tweuty seveu sons by one
wife.
-Eighty-three murderers, all men, were
banged iu the United States in 1877.
A Texas dog ltft in M tsouti found his
way back to hid master's house, a distance
of 800 utiles.
(4. M. Peterson, of Burlington, Vt.,
has a common house cat, four years old,
that weighs twenty-three pounds. Next.
John II. Mason, of Grassy Lick, Mont
gomety county, has jus torn down a barn
built iu 1775 to replace it by one of modem
pretensions.
The office of the Eastern Express Com
pany at Dcxler, Maine, was entered Monday
night, and four thousand dollars stolen
from the safe.
Mr. Witten, a member of the Viiginia
Houe of Delegates from Tazewell county,
is the father of sixteen children, including
Cve pa irs of tw ins.
Mr. James C. Flood, of Nevada, is a
generous man. Lie gave to various chart-
table institutions ChiiMraas gifts amount
ing to more than $6,000.
What, is called a one-legeed railroad is
being msde near Oil City, Pa. There is
a single iron rail on which Paddle shaped
cars are to run, guided by wooden rails
lower down.
Crockett county (Tenn.) Sentinel : V.
F. Post on has a hog eighteen months old
that measures six feet seven inches fiom
stem to stein aud three feet six inches
around the neck.
1 be debt of Pennsylvania unprovided
for by bonds aud cash in the sinking fund
Is $l'3,oT)2,3S0. Pittsburgh alone can see
that and go a couple of millions better.
Philadelphia can quintuple it.
A cavo, supposed to be a tramps' re
soit, haR leen discovered at Wat ei bury.
Conn. It is thiiteen feet deep and is titled
up with a stove, chandelier, bunks aud
other household conveniences.
A private letter received in Boston an
nounces the death of Rev. Mr. Tracey, for
forty yeii a missionary of the Aineiican
boa id in India. He was born in Norwich,
Conn., and was 72 years of age.
Statistics for last month in various
parts of the country show that a green
Chris mas cut down the usual mortality
about twenty per cent. But epigrams
should never fool with mathematics.
Stnto Legislatures are now in session in
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois,
Indiana, Louisiana, Maine. Maryland,
Massachusetts. Michigan, Mississippi, Ne
vada, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Uniontown Exptess cast on the
Baltimore and Ohio road struck a woman
named Jones ou Monday evening, between
MooreB and Armstrong's stations, killing
her instantly. She lived at Armstioug's
and was thought to b intoxica ed.
The Richmond Whig says : Mrs. Eliz
abeth Bowyer, mother of Mr. Wm. Bow
yer, has a young cow two years old last
August that gave milk regularly for five
months befoie it bad a calf, giving about
oue half a gallon at each milking.
The last of the bodies buried in the
Barclay street ruins. New Yolk, has been
recovered. There are no more bodies
there ; all the facts show that eight were
lost wit bin the walla, and two eisouswere
erushed to death on the sidewalk.
The London Adrertier learns on re
liable authority that official information has
been received in St. Petersburg that the
Chinese have massacred i5,000 men, women
and children at the Kashgarian town of
Maras, committing most fiightfal atroci
ties. Kiron Carroll, a lawyer of Rome, N.
Y., aged fifty years, dropped dead on Sat
urday wh ile on his way to the fuueial of
his brother, Hon. Geo K. Carroll, of Cam
den, N. Y., who dropped dead Wednesday.
Their fa her and brother ooth dropped
dead.
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, died
on last Weduesday afternoon, in the 58th
year of his age. The full name of the de
ceased, with all i lie titles attached, was
about two yards long, though it was notl
that, but m ilitary cmption, whatever that
is, that caused his death.
A telegram from Rome says Cardinal
Manning 'has submitted to the College of
Cardinals a proposal, that on the death of
Pius IX. the conclave assemble at Malta.
The Sacied College is divided in opiuion
on the matter. The Italian Cardinals are
indisposed to accept the proposal.
Probably the tallest man in the United
State is Hehry Thurston, a native of Mis
souri, now residing in Titus connty, Texas,
formerly a confederate soldier, who stands
7 feet 6 inches in his bare feet. Barnum
offered him a large sum to join his exhibi
tion, but he very modestly. declined.
Even dried acorns have their uses.
Sparks from a defective flue set fire to some
clo'hhig in an upper room of a house in
New Hampshire, when a lot of acorns on
the floor were made by the heat to pop so
loudly that the family heard the noise, and
running up stairs ex ineuished the fire.
Rev. Father Matizer, pastor of St.
lary's Roman Catholic church, Newatk,
called on a firm of carriage-makers in that
ciy, on Friday, and handed them $S0,
which one of his pat ishioners Lad admitted
in the confessional to have stolen from
them while iu their emnloy several years
ago.
A lawyer and his wife in Lafayette,
Ky-, drunk on New Year's day. They
smashed the windows of their dining room
j and the glass of the pictures, tore down the
; curtains, killed two birds, broke a doc's
leg, wnippea a servant girl, I tieir case is
to be considered by the church of which
they are members.
A singular accident occurred on Sat
chell C;eek, Kan., recentlv. A naitv of
j hunters were loading up a team preparato
j ry to starting for Wichita, when oue of
j the men tbiew an ax iuto the wagon,
i which discharged a shot-gun loaded with
: buckshot. The charge entered hia head,
j and he was killed instantly.
I Mr. George Llewellyn, of Chester
! Springs, Chester county, a few days since
i caught a live weasel at that place which
was entirely white, with the exception of
the tip of its tail, which was black.
About a year ago the same gentleman
caught a similar one there which he dis
posed of for the snug little sum of fifteen
dollars.
The day of reckoning for swindling life
insurance omciais has come. Two Presi
dents Case ar.d Lambert of New Yoik
companies have just been sent to State's
Prison for crookedness, and now a Connec
ticut Grand Jury has inJicted the Presi
dent, Secretary and General Manager of
the Charter Oak for conspiracy to defraud
the policy holders.
A girl baby was born in Nebraska re
ceutly with but one lee. and that was cov-
; ered alternately with red and white stripes,
; the latter being a brighter color than the
j rest of the girl. The local physician in
sists that the mind of the child's mother
, has for a long time been engrossed with the
; subject of ornamented hose, and that her
I husband, being a man of moderate means,
! was unable to gratify her longing for red
I and white stripes.
j A young man named Geo. W. Creab,
: nineteen years old, died in Pittsburgh,
Friday night, through sheer fright. He had
been sick two days in a room in the rear
. of a store which took fire and was consum
ed. During the progress of the flames he
arose from his bed and walked to the win
I dow looking out he saw the fire, which
I completely unnerved him and be died fonr
hours afterward from the effect of fiigfct,
As rratfw ky tola rm)A.
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DEPEND ON '
The Ottawa Times says that some time
ago the citizens of Mendota were surprised
to learn that a married couple, who had
apparently lived in peace a:id harmony in
Illinois, hnd been divoiced iu Kansas. The
mystery is now explained. The husband
had homesteaded 160 acres of fine farming
land, and there was another 160 acres ad
joining not yet taken up. The pair were
divorced, the widow entered the vacant
quarter section, and established her claims
as the head of a family. When this was
done the pair weie remarried, and now
have a fine farm of half a section.
A few days since Mr. W. Miller, of
Uniontown, Pa,, who, like Nimrod of old,
is a mighty hunter, and keeps a pack of
fifteeu hounds captured an earless wild
hog in the mountains of Fayette county.
The animal not only has no auricular ap
pendages, but has no orifice in Ihe head
for the admission of sound, and is conse
quently totally deaf. It also has but one
eye, which, however, is large euough for
two, being nearly two inches in diatne er.
The animal will weif.li about one bundled
pounds and is as ferocious as a bear. Mr.
Miller will send it to the Zoological Gardeu
iu Philadelphia.
The K ing of Spain is to be married in
the Basilica of Atocha, at Madrid, on the
23d of January. The Princess Mei cedes
will arrive at Madrid only oue hour before
the ceremony. The fetes are to laet five
days, during which time theatitc.il repre
sentations aud bull-fights are to be provid
ed for the people free. A banquet is to bo
given to a thousand of the poor of Madrid
in the Prado, and theie are to be histuiiial
processions in the Plaza de Toros, the no
bles of Spain being invited to take part in
cavalcades. All children born on the 23d
are to be dowered, aud 50,000 pesetas ate
to be distributed among the poor.
In Lancaster, last aetk, William A.
Hambright, a young school te-icher, who
had only been inauied litst May, was ttied
on twenty-one indictments for Mealiug from
hotels, market wag.ius, t-totcs and houses
a variety of goods, such as shoes, blankets,
ves'.s, pautaloous. sugar and beefsteak.
ihe defence was "kleptomania,'' aud the
young wife of the accused was put on the
stand to testify as to his recent peculiar
couauci ana oauiues. i ne jury acqutttea
the accused on nineteeu indictments aud
convicted him on two oue for stealing a
beefsteak aud the other for walking off
with sugar that belonged to somebody
else. He was sentenced to nine mouths'
imprisonment.
A singular case of suicide occurred at
Wheeling, W. Va., on Thursday nicht.
Henry Daub, a well-known citizen of that
place, who was once very wealthy, shot
himselt through the heait. He had been
married twice, and had quarrelled with his
second wife, who turned hitn out of the
house and is said to have commenced lead
ing a dissolute life. Lae Thuisday after
noon he showed a revolver to a friend and
said he intended to kill himself on his first
wife's grave. As he could not be found
next morning, the friend went out to Mount
Calvary Cemetery, and there npon hia
wife's grave, coveied with a foot of snow,
bis body was found, and beside it lay the
revolver with which he had shot himself.
This is the third suicide among the Ger
mans i,u Wheeling withiu three weeks.
A Cciuous Btort from North Caroli
na. It is a fact. u,,t, generally known that
the cemetery of the Methodist church iu
Hendersonville, Ji. C, contains a petrified
human body. About the year Mias
Adeline Bycrs lived with her father, Francis
C. Byers, tifteeu miles south of that place,
in Henderson county. She was a bright,
sweet girl, much be love J by all who knew
her, and her hand was sought in marriage
even before she was of marriageable age.
At last she was won by William Piukney
Murray, whom she had known long and
well. Soon the nuptials were celebrated
and the b ide and bridegroom tet out in
search of a new countn, following the set
ting sun to the Mississippi valley. There
they located and began the journey of life
together iu real earnest. Iiof-peiity and
happiness came to them, until at an unex
pected niomeut death cut down Mrs. Mur
ray id the very piime of life. The discon
solate widower, consigning the body of his
j deceased wife to the dust, as he supposed,
sought "surcease of Borrow" in the wilds
of Texas. A few years afterward Dr.
Josiah Johnston, intending to return to
North Carolina, whence he had removed
with his brothpi-in-law, Mr. Murray, dis
interred the body of Mrs. Mm ray for the
purpose of carrying it back with him. Im
agine how amazed he was to find it in the
coffin just as fce had soen it there yeaia be
fore. Th- aame features almost the very
same expression. But what he saw was
uot flesh it was solid stone. The whole
body had petrified. In that condition he
canied it to North Carolina, aud delivered
it to the aged father, Mr. Byers, who could
hardly doubt that his daughter had c me
to hi pi asleep 1 The news spread that Ade
line's body bad been "turned into a rtck,"
and great was the desire of everybody to
see it. Attempts were made, it is. 6aid, to
steal it out of the cellar where the old gen
tleman bad caiefully concealed it, but they
were unsuccessful. All through the war it
was guarded by the father as ihe most sa
cred trust, but few persons being allowed
to see it. About six yearn aco. however,
it was qnietly but ied in the Methodist ceme
tery at lleudeisoiiville. where, it is hoped,
it will be permitted l teat until the "leeur-
PRICELESS DISCOVERY.
A mre care for the blind, bleeding. Itebln m!
ulcerated pfiee b been dieiiverd b Dr. V'ii
bam an Indian remedy called Dr.Viilim't
Indian Ointment. A Finals ho' tie hn ciri fie
worct old chronic cr s el twenty five and thirty
years' standing. No one need mfier fjv miiiou'i
alter spplvini; this woailerlnl soo. ninz medinr.e.
Lotions, iriPtrUTnents and electuaries do tr.tr
Imrm tbsn good. Wiliium's Uln.mcnt snj j-cth
t tie tumors, allnyt the Intense Itcliinir (jjar:U--Urlv
at night hUt getting warm in be 1), acts a
a poultice, irires Instant and painless rel.et. and
Is prepared, only for Tiles and noiliing els.
Thcnjands of cured patients attest its viruw,
uti'l phj-ficiars ol all scluxils pronnnce It tbe
Kreaiert contribution to medlcirie nf the (t. It
inntters not bow lnnir; or s, Tetel you bare ben
surTcrinK, you ean be cured.
Air Joseph M. M dcr. Cleveland. OUo. writes :
I, suffered tor years with ltchlr. and t'leerated
Flits, tried remedy after remedy advertised, auj
consulted phyajciaus in rbiiarteij. hia. L -uitrll e,
Cincinnati. Iniian)oif anl this city ; and srnt.
hundreds of dollars, but found no relief cr.til 1 ob
tained a hoi ot Iir. William's Iniian li.n irrr',,
'line lour months airo. and It has cured me com.
plately. I had a part ot the box lelt which I pT
to a fnetid of mli.e who hail dtctor-d with mar
physicians, nd as a last resort went to the tiotJ
Ilot Springs. Arkans!. for treatment. He la
fvrms trie that Hie Indian Ointment hag a'.so aured
him of the Piles. It Is cer Hinly a wmderfu! d
covery, and fhould be nscd by the innny tboua.
HTi '.t who are cow stCeriug with that dral
di!-nse.
-i 10.000 reward wl 1 be paM !r a mere aei
taln remedy. Sold bv ll lrnirtists. liH.G.tV.
FKAZ1KK, sole proprietor, Cleveland, u.
j DCM'T NEGLECT A COUCH
I or Col l, when 25 ets. will buy a bottle of Vt. Fra
i tier's CoUiti Syrup at any drag flora. I'. h
' wrought a complete change In t'omd weuioUit,
; Is pleasant as houey. and always, car-,,
j TO IIUCIPI IVI.H.
I MfWVr. Fraiier's Cough Syrnn. used In cona
I tlouwnh It.' I'mtler'i Koct liiitcrf, will ecus
cntcurrig
1 STAJOaan Stzay T.Ar?roT, 1
C!eelsnd tl., Oct. BO '78. 1
j Pa. FaAS"R. Pr ir: 1 f,-l ft a duty I owe
i tosulferinit humanity to w rite you. Foremet:ui
I I was sort'.'y affllcteJ with a txuai. ra'.i ina bad
ktaff, with every fjtnptom of bein a oor me1
consumptive. I tried different medicines onS
curvs, without nd:cg relief; I aitatoneulleU tLrw
of our most promin.ni Cleveland phys clrn-, tt
' lalt one of whom pror.ounced tr y caen" eerlttit. ati
I lc formed me tbr.t. I Cju'.J l.ot live moretbaca lew
j months. About this tljne. hearruir of y. er w.-nJer-!
lal tuco?tt. 1 oommeuced taking your Strop u
oonoectton with your Koot Hitler, ana" was, at
' onoe J):ueateJ. aud if r oeirn the mediolueume
; two mouth 1 flu a wtself entirely cured.
tuk.-ncu rrxv
I T TltlTtT, OiMlfl .IA, nn.lar l.t. ftf A rr a
J lX7x. TFt. r"tr.
I enn nccr
f our meOieiues more t roDi'ly than evt r from the
act that it Is now nearly oiie year eiDoe I M
curel. ily luce are to-day sirocg and aoauu,
havicir no return of the riigeate.
.The above Medicine speak for theme-:.
DK.U.W. FRAZIEIt, Proprietor Clevelaul.0.
l or enle by nil llt-ngglste.
The Weekly Dispatch!
: nrp nf fhfiW! ThPTnp;l and !Vt
i UCe 01 lCC OlCeSl, LDeapP&l ana iX5l
Family Newspapers FublisLed.
ETERTBODT SHOULD READ IT.
The Pittsbur tVetklv Pif-PAlcn. like tie
T)ily, Is prlrt d fi rm oN-Hi , new t j re. and Is
ope ol the cln le t Vmnl'y fspt-rs nublirhed.
It Is a lsrtie lol ophut t-tnl"inein sii thenars
lianortanl news of t be week, caret n lly rollHtt d
and condensed, and omittm ci thii a eser Hal.
Indeed, as n newspaper, it i not surnafed by
any simitar pubiioHt itmin America: while the
cm re with which Its selections Hie made, rt nJcr
it a troit rtliahie juuinsl fur th Ismily-e
journal replete with inter Mlrir rtadiim. and
one t hat cannot fhil to pleme. I he C rrmer
elal. Financial and Oil lit ports of the Weekly
IMspatch are made up w ith irreat care, and are
always full and rehanle. wblie to its Cattle
Mark.t reports t-quul at tention Is irlven. The
Weekly Dispatch is iuriiit-hed to sit ale -i!-scri!ers
at 1 60 a year, or In clubs of ten at
tl Wi. with a p riper aratis to the party ett!r,
up the club. It I t he cheapest paper in Amer
ica. Its size and the amount of reading matter
it aivi-s considered, and every family ebi-uli
bave tt.
Ad.ires. KOOK A O'NEILL.
Publishers Dally n: Weekly Dioparcn.
Fifth avenue, Pittsburg.
Manhwxl: How Lost, How Restored!
rjla Just, published, a new efMtb'n of
iSlZii ,r" u" 'PPvrII' IXrbr.itol
1 ru-Ail ? '",'t en the radieal care (without
7 " medleinei of Sperrw atorkpiI! er
Seminal Weakness, Invt.lnntarv s( rnin:tl I'f'.
lupoTtsrr, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Im
pediments to Alarriaae, 4c; also, lVFft!inio,
Kpiikpsv and Fits, induced by strll-iniluUeiica
or seiual extravagance, etc.
f"rice. In a sealed envelops, cnlv six eer.ts.
Tlie celebrated author. In this a..tuiVaMe t.?ay,
clearly demonsi rates, from a thirty years' soccvm
lul practice, that the alarming i-Jn?eqni(C, id
Sr lf-abuse uiay be radically cured without the dan
gerous u?e ol Internal medicine er the a Hcatt( a
ol the kmfe; pointing out a movie ol cure at cD'e
simple, certain and effectual, by means ol which
every suUerer. io matter what hie condition iuv
be. may cure hiuneil cheaplv, privately anil rui
callv. aT-Thli Fsssy ehould be In the bands cf every
youth and every man In the land.
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dre?s pot paid, on re-e:ptof six ceute or two i-u?t-age
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