The Huntingdon Journal.
.17 Y.. DURAORROI4,
HUNTINGDON. PEN N'A
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 26, 1873.
Circulation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
To PRLNTEUS.—The type, in which
this notice is Set, is a specimen of 200
pounds of Small Pica, which we will
sell at a reasonable price.
A HANDSOME QUARTETTE.
Republicans, here is a picture of the
men who are endeavoring to control your
organization :
First. W. H. Woods, Esq., who years
ago formed a league or ring in the Repub
lican party, consisting of two or three bra
ken-down, active politicians in each elec
tion district, for the avowed purpose of con
trolling all nominations and offices, of
trust and profit, in the party. Mr. Woods
placed himself at the head of this sworn
ring for the object above stated, and for
the further purpose of oontrolling the legal
and other business of the county. To ef
fectually do this he filled the jury-box with
his sworn "pals" so that all eases in which
he might he concerned would he decided
in his favor. In the history of infamous
crimes was there ever a greater than this?
The life, the personal and political liberty,
the property, in fact every right and priv
ilege that man can claim under our sys
tem, was thus placed in the hands of this
Thug He was aiming to stake himself
sole arbiter iu politics and dispenser of
justice ! And strange, marvelously strange
to say, hundreds of honest Republicans,
whose confidence he was outraging, sec
onded him in his efforts, and stood by him.
Yes, he assured theut-;—yea, dozens of them
for the same position—that he would sup
port and elect them to office, when he bad
sworn to support none but those who were
members of his ring. Such fraud and
deception have scarcely a parallel. This is
W. H. Woods!
Second. Prof. A. L. Guss, the second
in command in the ring, is just out. of
Court, with a great load of costs upon his
baek, inflicted upon him by the verdict of
a jury, for prosecuting H. S. Wharton,
Esq., for charging him, the said immacu
late Gus, with indecent conduct. The
truth of the charge was so apparent that
the jury could aot do otherwise. Since
then reports of almost scores of cases, of
this man's immorality, are put in circula
tion and retailed by those who are not
•scandal-mougets either. With a history
extending over a generation but little, if
any, better than this, this learned rever
end (?) gentleman is a worthy second to
Mr. Woods !
Third. Robert Laird, of Porter town
ship—Second Lieutenant! Robert is just
out of Court with a decree making him
disgorge $l2OO or $l5OO ot money filched
from the tax-payers of Porter. In the
course of the investigation it was shown
that honest Robert made copies of dupli
cates in which he, by some singular over
sight, failed to get the exact amount levied
by those in authority. The most singular
part of it was that ho always got higher
figures in the copy than those in the or
iginal. By this means, it is thought, this
honest man, made several thousand dollars.
So far we have confined ourselves princi
pally to the records ot the Court. He is
eminently qualified for the ring, don't you
think ?
And, lastly. John Logan—the Drill-
Master. He is the Steward of the Alms
House and is every way qualified. He
has increased the expenses of that Inetitu-
Sion from $6,000 to $12,000 per annum,
in nix years, with a less number of pau
pers. Good ! He is certainly entitled to
the position of Orderly Sergeant ! •
Tax-payers, these are the men who are
endeavoring to run the affairs of the coun
ty. Are you ready to hand them over?
We think net l If we are right in our
conclusion; and you desire to save thous
ands of dollars of taxes, spurn them as you
would a leper! These are the men who
are assailing lion. John Scott. Faugh
CHEAP BREAD,
In an article recently published in these
columns, we undertook to show the neces
sity of increased fueiliti e.s oftransportation
between the wheat and corn growing dis
tricts of the West and the sea-board cities.
As one of the most feasible means to that
end we recommended the construction of a
trunk railway, at the Government expense.
Our neighbor of the Monitor has taken ex
ception to our project, and pronounces it
"all sophistry" and only "another attempt
to educate the people to sanction the build
ing of a gigantic goverment railway which,
will add to the power of the present ad
ministration to continue itself in office."
The editor attempts to support his charge
in a column of what be probably considers
profound argument, but which bears but
little evidence of thought and less of logic.
He spreads himself upon the "tariff sophis
try' and "the .selfishnese and avarieo which
prompted it," and succeeds in convincing
the reader that he is as little acquainted
with the subject upon which he has under
taken to enlighten his readers, as the
Tammany ring was with the principles of
honesty. When the Monitor attempts to
expatiate on party corruption it should
begin ut home and dispose of the "beam"
before it attempts to search for the "mote.'
We now import under a high tariff over
five hundred millions of dollars worth of
goods annually from England and other
foreign ports. Yet the Monitor wants
free trade which will give foreign manu
facturers the entire control of our markets.
Then the "two competent and intelligent
mechanics" whom he knows, would of
course have a grand opportunity of "en
gaging in business," but which they can
not now do "because of the accursed finan
eial policy which has been force; upon the
. monnty, (country we suppose he means),
Say the parent of protective tariff." It is
a pity the Republican party will not take
the advice of the Monitor and extinguish
the tariff, flood the country with foreign
manufitetures, close cur own foundaries,
manufactories and workshops, give our
own workmen a perpetual holiday and ush
er in the niillenium. How we would swim
under the Monitor's free trade policy:
f - 3 - EA --- 1.16 - W ---- ITH THEIR ---VERDICT,
Among the records of i I unt in gdon
county, to be handed down to all posterity,
are two indictments against H. S. Whar
ton fer libel. The property of the public'
these indictments are open for the inspec
tion of any one; and the disposition of
both of them affords a complete vindication
of Mr. Wharton from the crime of Raul.—
In No. 7, August Sessions, 1872, after a
lengthy trial, the jury found a verdict of
"NOT GUILE", and in the other, No.
8, August Sessions, 1872, the District
Attorney, on the 13th of January, 1873,
entered a Nolle Prosequi, that is to say, he
discontinued the suit without risking it
before another jury.
Both of. these indictments were upon
the information of A. L. Guss, who char
ged Mr. Wharton with libelling him by
circulating affidavits as to certain indecent
conduct and overtures made by him to a '
soldier's orphan. We were out of town
during the trial of the first case, and our
knowledge is derived from the offieiai re
rerds of the Court, and what we hore set
forth is derived entirely from such official
sources. The question in the ease was
whether the charges against A. L. Gust
were true or false, and upon this question
the jury passed when they acquitted Mr.
Wharton of publishing jittse matter.
To show that this was the question in
the case we quote first front the Judge's
charge to the jury, as reported by Mr.
Waring, sworn Court Reporter :
"If the prosecutor (A. L. Gnus) decoyed a
young girl into his office, and there grossly
insulted her; if the sommunication to the
public of such an offense does not expose him
to contempt, indignation and scorn, we are at
a loss to know what would. The morals of
community would be low indeed, if the com
mission of such an act did net expose the per
petrator to contempt." "The only questions,
for your consideration, aro: I. "Was it matter
proper for publication? 2. If so, was it true?"
"If it was true, it seems to us that it was
proper for publication." "Then, was it true?"
"If the defendant recklessly published au affi
davit of and concerning Prof, Gus which the
weight of the evidence shows to be false, the
defendant (Wharton) is guilty and you should
so dud Is your verdict without regard to con
sequences." "The counsel for the prosecution
(Mr. peer) asks us to charge you as follows,
which we do :" "If the publication by the
defendant is proven, and the matter published
is believed by the jury to be both libellous
and false, then the defendant is guilty in man
ner and forts as he stands indicted."
The publication was admitted, that the
matter was libellous the Judge had alrea
dy told them. and the only question left.
therefore, was the truth or falsity of the
charge. We quote also from Mr. ;peer's
speech to the jury, as published in the
Huntingdon Globe, Dec. 3, 1872:
"1. Did the defendant publish this libel?
This is admitted by the defeace.
"2. Ts it true? This is the vital inquiry in
the case So, here, gentlemen,
if you seal with your verdict the attempt that
has been made to blacken the reputation of
your neighbor (A. L. Gass) the sunshine of a
lifetime will not wipe out the stain."
The verdict of the jury was. that they
found the defendant, H. S.Wharton, "NOT
GUILTY", and they did "SEAL WITH
THEIR VERDICT" their' belief as to the
truth or falsity of the charge against A.
L. Guss.
In another part of his speech Mr. Speer
lays down, pretty clearly, what he thinks
was the duty of the Superintendent of
Orphans' Schools under the circumstances,
as follows :
"Why did not he (Wharton) at once give
information of this charge (indecent conduct)
to the State Superiatendent of these schools
from whom Prof. Guss held his appointment,
and by whom,
if the charge had been proved to
be true, he would have been promptly removed.—
With Mr. Wickersham ready to remove him, not
a step has been taken," lac.
Thus A. L. Gum, by his attorney, Mr.
Speer, (concurred in, we suppose, by his
other counsel, Messrs. Petriken and
Woods), in November last, laid down the
duty of Mr. Wickersham. The jury have
"settled with their verdict," and we ask what
stronger evidence is needed "that the
charge has been proved to be true." anti if
so does Mr. Wickersham acknowledge that
Mr. Speer is right when he speaks of
"prompt removal ?"
What proof is or can be stronger than a
verdict of a jury, followed as it was, by a
Xolle, Prompi in the other case ? Mr.
Speer thought "the sunshine of a life time
will not wipe out the stain," but Mr.
Wickersham seems to think that running
a political newspaper may atone for such
au offeuce.
Verdicts of juries settle the title to pro
perty, both real estate and personal, of
great value. A verdict of a jury is all the
Governor needs for issuing a death war
rant. Verdicts of juries hang men, or
spare their lives, they imprison for life or
they grant freedom, but Mr. Wickersham
treats but lightly that which has been for
ages in all Courts in christendom the great
AROTTEIS OF FACTS.
"WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET
AGAIN ?"
The dispenser of Billingsgate and the
profaner of the pulpit. who controls the
Globe, was terribly chop-fallen after the
appearance of the JOURNAL lust week. He
first rushed to the office of the King of
the League for eonsolation and sympathy;
be then slowly and solemnly wended his
way to 3lrs. , where consolation and
the oil of joy was poured over the prostrate
form of the much-injured Apollo, but still
that did not ease his guilty conscience, for
it is said his noble (?) form shook like an
aspen leaf; and would not be comforted.
Robert Laird. he of tax.beunty renown,
was sent for, and on Wednesday the port
ly form of the honest and immaculate
Robert was seen perambulating our streets,
wending his way to the headquarters of
the League. The head awl front of the
Globe was seen to follow soon after. A
caucus was held. The JOURNAL was taken
up and each sentence was read by the King
and discussed by the beautiful triumvirate.
The great (7) editor's mind became some
what composed, but not enough to write a
regular stunner—one that would kill,
crush ont, destroy, annihilate, wipe nut
and forever silence the JOURNAL—So the
"honestest" tax-collector in Porter town
ship transferred his presence to the harem
attached to the rear of the Gl4e office to
give additional comfort to the depressed I
and self-convicted libeller. The JOURNAL
was again taken up and the terrible article
again discussed. Ah I it was discovered
that there was a libel io it, but it would
not do to prosecute, for does not Dr. Or- I
lady own the 'Court and control the jury?
was not the acquittal of Wharton the con
viction of Gass ? and did not the decree
of the Judge compel the "honestest tax
colleetor- $2.004)*: All this
and much more loomed up in the not far
off past. They were burel;: puzzled, per
plextd and depressed, But tomething
must he done. “Attack John Scott—re
open the wouuda of 1869 !" cried he of
the from five to eight. Happy thought
Light dawned at last, and the editor placed
his insole form in the editorial chair—
which cost hint two tive dollar bills—and
proceeded to write a crusher, a stinger, a
snolly-goster, such as only the most tal
entest editor" could indite, and which will
appear in this week's reflection of the
Day's Doings.
Sail in ! We have enlisted for the war,
and will '•fight it out on this line if it
takes" a life time, or until you, your con
cubines and your seeret league are driven
from the limits of the county.
ng, The "taleutedest" editor of the
Huntingdon Globe, or any other globe,
not excepting the globe in which we live,
professes to publish a Republican paper.
Now what we want to get at is this : while
the Globe and its "talentedest" editor are
nominally Republican, its columns. ever
since the first issue under the management
of the "talentedest" editor, have been
filled with abuse of Republicans, either by
name or.inuendo, but nut one word in fa
vor of Republicans or Republican meas
ures. On the other hand, from the very
first. article. in which the "talentedest"
editor appealed to his Democratic friends
tin• support and intimated that he had
earned as much, down to the present issue,
it has teemed with fulsome praise of Demo
crats, and especially of Hon. K. M. Speer.
one of its old-time pets. Don't take our
stateutent, but read for yourselves, and see
if what we have stated above is not correct.
Now, it is either Republican or it isn't.—
We believe, and we have good reason for
believing, that it is being run in the in
terest of the Democratic party ; that it is
controlled in part by Democrats, and that
Democratic money helped to buy it. The
vehement, the repeated and the voluntary
denial : to the contrary nevertheless.
A. L. floss. the new editor of the
.I.4'am is like a hull its a china-shop,
whichever way he turns he SeelDA to
smash things generally. In his salutatory
he proclaimed war to the kniti:, with all
who did not support the Globe and receive
its political teachings as gospel. Since
then he has commenced a terrificonslanght
on Senator John Scott, and weekly pours
out the vials of his wrath upon that gentle
man. Well, well, we suppose the Senator
must "come down." However, we would
advise him not to resign right away 7 We
would further advise him to treat Brother
Cues, like the big burly blacksmith did his
diminutive wife, who was in the habit of
mauling him with her fists on every occa
sion, quietly submit; knowing full well,
that while it pleased and gratified her, it
didn't hurt him.— - f Pot= a Republican.
Be — Since the publication of the two
tables, in our last week's issue, showing
how the small boroughs, linked with the
small townships, casting a very few votes
eouiparative/y and representing only a
small fraction of the taxation, overpower
the large and wealthy districts, there has
been a universal demand, outside oldie ring.
for a change in the basis of representation.
The idea of Shade (lap with 16 votes cas
ting as many votes in Conventions as Por
ter with 252 cantot be entertained.
heir- The United States Attorney Gen
eral has given a ecomnou-sense decision of
the question submitted to him by the
Postnoister General : "Should letters not
fully prepaid be charged at the offiee of
delivery with double the deficient postage,
or only with the balance not prepaid?"
The Attorney General says that., such let
ters as are referred to by the. Postmaster
General should he chirged only with the
actual balance not prepaid.
s--- Woodhull £ Clain have been ar
rested and twice imprisoned for publishing
obscene literature and circulating the
same through the United States mails.—
We, therefore, eau see no good reaecn why
the concubineal editor of the Globe is not
guilty and indictable for the same offence.
Will not the U. S. officials look into this
- matter ?
nal. The last JOURNAL knocked the
quartette end-ways. "Yon see they won't.
come out and fight me !" It is only when
the pestiferous pole eat will insist upon
intruding his presence upon you that you
feel compelled to flay him even if he does
soil your clothes.
aft. Jobs Logan, he who runs the
Alms-House, was is town on last Monday,
telling what he was going to do. Libel
and Slander were mere playthings ! lie
was going to play hail ! But calmly, John,
don't hurt yourself ; it would be tholish !
pa, Railway trains loaded with coal are
now weighed withont stoppilly. The geni
us of Fairbanks thus, ley economizing time
and labor, has made the fire to burn cheap
er on every hearth, at every forge, and in
every stove and furnace in the land.
Sits — Bill Woods, Reverend Gass, Bob
Laird, and John Logan! This is the ring!
What a handsome quartette! To the tail
end of Logan we would attach Hon. R.
M. Speer. He runs the Democratic por
tion of it. Where is Nast?
kr Our thanks are due lion. John
Scott for the first volume of the Muth
Census of the United States taken in 1870.
This volume contains population andsocial
statistics, the second will cover vital statis
ties,and the third industry and weaith.
Oar Tax-pryers, du you want the Laird
system of collections extended all over the
county? Do you want your Aluis-House
to cost 320,000 a year ? ff you do not..get
rid of Woods, Gum Laird and Logan.
air Woods has manufactured a tim
eline to throw mud on Hon. John Scutt;
and that individual is supremely happy.
The little dog barks at the moon ! Ia grat
ifies the dog and the moon goes on !
Lam' Will sooa be out—Woods on Rings
and Juries. Guss on Soldiers' Orphans.
Laird on Township Accounts. And Lo
gan en Alms-Houses, We will give the
voice of the people on fill the ahoy,
LOCAL OPTION
• ‘'caters county, the Lo
cal Optiou Law en:tett:Li lost winter by our
law makers, vests iu you the power to de
cide whether the courts of th.: county may
rant license to hotel keei,ers
or I,lay not
during the three years next oustting, and
inumnuch us your decision at the polls. on
the third Friday of Karen next, muit neces
serially effect the business .and interests of
many worthy citizens. as well us the con.
venience of the traveling public, we de
sire that the subject of license no license
be discussed in all its bearings, in the
most public manner possible, in order, if
possible, that the voters may render an
intelligent and common sense verdict on a
subject involving, to a greater or less ex
tent, the interests and convenience of
every citizen of this county. Each voter,
for himself; should from his own stand
point, make up his mind on the subject of
license or no license, and fearlessly vote
according to the dictates of his own con
science, regardless alike of personal inter
est and the whinings of senseless _ temper
ance fanatics, interested druggisteand
doggery owners and reepers.
Those who foyer the no license side of
the question assert, and would have the
people believe ; that if there be no license
grantel, the curse of intemperance will
be exterminated from our midst. 'We are
not of those who believe any such a result
will follow the abolition of our license sys
tem. History tells a different tale and
our own experience gives the lie to all such
assertions. Intemperance will continue to
curse our land as long as men's appetites I
crave stimulents. Intoxicating dritets will
be sought after and indulged in as louas
they are allowed to be maoufactured. and
fer that reason wise and good men in all ages
have sought so to I. 4 . , islate as to resttain
the sale thereof; rather than to vainly at•
tempt the entire suppression of the trzfie,
such were the views, stud such the ohm of 1
the framers or our present ',reuse Sys
tem, which in all respects is the best sys
tem extant, and if enforced by the waild
be reformers of the day, would not snly
restrain the sale ef ardent spirits, but
would effectually- protect the coo musity
against the indiscriminate sale of intssi-
eating liquors by irresponsible parties.
That a majority votes& this county against
license will stop, or even diminish the Ise
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, till
scarcely be claimed by the most fitaatcal
of the would-be reformers of this tar
day, and if it will not diminish the list or
intoxicating drinks as a beverage, boy is
it to exterminate druukeness? and if it till
not exterminate drunkeuess and its atten
dant evils, how is the cause of temps
aces to be advanced or the people benefit
ed thereby The only practical remit
which will fidlow the voting down of our
present License System, will be to dive
out of the liquor trade all the decent end
retpousible men engaged in it, and turn it
over to irresponsible parties who regard
not the public weal nor the laws ofthe
land, when either stands between Chew
and a ten cent shinplaster. All persons,
therefore, who favor whiskey selling and its
incidents unrestrained by bonds and pen
alties should vote against liaeuse, and all
who wish to save our county from a deluge
of cheap whiskey, of unlicensed dram
shops (such as would take the place of res
pectable hotels,) spewing forth the vilest
of vile alcoholic admixtures in unstinted
quantities, to the old and young alike, and
feel that such a condition of affairs would
entail untold misery upon our community,
should and will vote /Or license. If voting
down license wilt not abate whiskey drink
ing, what is to be gained by so doing?
Nothing, absolutly nothing, except incteas
ed prices for lodging and meals to those
who must have hotel accommodation. The
voting dowu of liceuSo • will result in
voting up the pace of hotel accomuoda
tien, from fifty to seventy-five per cent.
and will throw the trafic in alcoholicliquors
I into the bands of irresponsible and reck
less adventurers, who in defiance of the
laws of God and man, will make a penny
when they can.
!C there be a sensible temperance man
in Huntingdon county, who desires to
bring about such. a state of affairs, as is
herein predicted, we have yet to meet him.
History tells us, and common sense as well
as practical experience teaches us, that the
appetites of men cannot be controlled by
prohibitory enactments. Temperance can
only be enforced by laws which will pre
vent the manufacture, importation and
sale of intoxicating drinks, and all other
articles which tend to produce intoxica
tion. Human engenuity can devise no
other remedy, all other expedients must
and will fail, because they strike not at the
root of the evil.
A VOTER.
News and Notes from Washington.
The Investigation—Report of the Poland Gar.
ratter—A Recommendation to &yet Ames and
Brooks—Resolution in the House to Impeach
Vice President Colfax.
WAsnixuroN, 1). C., Fob. 21, 1873.
THE INVESTIGATIONS.
The House special Committee, appoint
ed to look into the Credit Mobilier cases
of alleged bribery, have attended, and, it
is believed faithfully, to the duty assigned
to them. They have blade their report to
the House, and reeounneuded the expul
sion of Mr. Ames, a republican member
from Massachusetts and Mr. Brooks, a
democratic member from New York City.
Other members who were evidently own
ers at sonic one time or another of Credit
Mobilier stock, were exonerated on the
ground that they were not aware that
when it was recommended to them us a
profitable investment, the object was to
secure their influence, in case it might be
required, in favor td rho Union Pacific
railway. The Committee believe that this
was, however, the motive on the part of
Mr: Ames. Mr. Brooks stood in a dif
ferent position. lie was officially connect
ed with the Credit 31obilier, and when be •
furnished his son-in-law with funds to pur
chase stock, there was no ignorance cif
facts in the case. 1
During the reading of the report in the
House the entire audience on the floorand
the immense number. or spectators in the
galleries were anxious listeners. There was
not a whisper heard or even a movement
made until the last sentence is the report
was read. Mr. Ames listened with ap
parent indifference, and his usualgood nat
ured smile never left his countenance.
But Mr. Brooks looked the very picture
of despair. Ile is as invalid, and when
the recommendation for expulsion was read
it seemed to break hint down in despair.
THE IMPLICATED sENIATORS.
The testimony taken before the Com
! mittee was sent to the Senate, and a com
mittee WaS appointed immediately to in- .
vestigate and report upon that portion of
it which related to members of the Senate.
The Committee is now engaged in that
duty and will probably report in a (lay or
two. Senator Pattersm has wade an es
planation that will ' very tar to remove
the impression that he was at any time
aware that be was au• owner of 31 0 hiller
etoc. There is however a difference of
opinion upon this; point in the public mind,
end the report of the oordnittee is looked
for with deep interest.
Mr. Colfax ha,. however, after repeat
ed attempt , . i'ailed t:, help himself hat ~f
the prcdicamcnt as • which he was placed
by his own cowardice and equivocation
when first , :xmnined upop the subject. He
owned Credit Mobilier stock to a limited
extent, anclit he had frankly said a at the
outset that would have ended the matter so
far as he was concerned. But lie endeav
ored to suppress the fact. and in doing so
made statements which have since b een
proved to be untrue. He has fallen from
the pinnacle of fame to which he had at
ltained, and can sever again enjoy the con
idence of the peq,ple. And must . sensibly
does he feel it. His features, words and
actions indicate a deeply wounded spirit,
and the end is not yet., as the sequel will
I show.
RESOLUTION TO IMPEACH THE VICE PRES•
!DENT.
Yesterday afternoon, a decided sensa
tion was crelted in the House ofßepresen ta
tires when Mr. Wood, of New York, rose
to a question of privilege and submitted a
resolution for impeachment of Vice Presi
dent Coax: Mr. Sargent, of California,
made the point of order that this was not
a privileged question; and Mr. Maynard,
of Tennessee, objected to its recpetion.
The speaker ruled that it was a privileged
motion. and that it rested with the House
to decide whether it would consider it at
this time. On this the yeas and nays were
ordered and decided in the negative—yeas
106, toys 109. But eight republicans
voted aye, and these were Butler. Farns
worth. Beitley, Goodrich, Porter, Boles,
W. C. Smith and J. Stevenson. There
was intense anxiety depicted en the thee of
members while the ayes and nays were be
ing called.
After the vote was announced, Mr. Tyner
moved a resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted, referring the testimony to the
judiciary committee, with instructions
to report a ricks of impeachment against any
officer of the government. it in their judg
ment. the facts warranted such action.
Thus the purging process goes on. But I
let it not be tl3rgotten that it is done atthe
instigation of the party itself. It was Mr. i
Speaker Blaine. who, on the first day of
the present session, of Congress, called for
an investigation of the Credit Mob;tier
charges; and in doing so he gave the chair
to a democratic member, who in. that ca. 1
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Letters of t.dmintstration haying been granted It,
the undersigned, no the estate of Miles Lewis. late
of the borough of Iluntingdon, demo , d. all per-
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Election Proclamation,
G'" ,A E THE COMMONWEALTH.
.'f/E/Uf'l'l PRf)CL.I J 1 t /'/u3'
1. AmeN 1t0.., x. High Sheriff r Huntingdon
Ceun:y, ....Amnon wealth of rennvylvania. to here
tua/ie kutown and give twice to the e:rerors of
the county atUresaid. that an election trill he held
in the .aid county of Huntingdon, 011
.Pll /DA Y. Aireh. 187;:.
aemyrianee with the fai:naing act of Avvetubiy :
in!) I;ectorrk
SECTION I. Be enacted 5,,,,,,. an d
Home nfßepre,entatives or the Calumny:wealth of
Penu.,ylvaitia in General Apsem;dy met. and it is
lieretiv enacted by the anthnrity of the same. That
nu the third Friday in Minch. ate thatt,and eight
hundred tot seventy-three, in erer7 rite and eattn
ty in lid , . commaowcaltiy. ,utylny?
aipsl vinrtion, ot r tlizri r tl,:rexit,r,, in every
oity ty. I: 1... 0, , • d u ty of th e
Loprotoie Altd jlikig, tau
counties, to either %%rit ttoi print -
e.i. from i iogl) rotor, It 1., a u•ouet ice
I.ll,cliyi on di, :al.' on alt.! In
.le. -for !ioens.. - 0.., ••og.tio,t liooto-t and to
4;•:.w -it ticher, provided fbr that
rpi,c I l+l4 I 5)0, jltdiCed, lid id ft-
.
IM'
loy L ill the e.tte , other tickers .
reeeited.
at said election and tilt tickers :1 received
he counted, and a return of the same made to
tho clerk of the court „:dicier sessions of tho
peace of the proper esunty. •ittly eertilicd as it is
required by law: whieh e,liiliette shall he laid
bete], loe judge, of the said motet et the forst
meeting .Ai raid teals[ att., ',lid etretice shall be
held. and :41:01 lie 'ilea with the .outer records of
Enid color:: and it shall le. the duty of the mayors
of cities, eoomtie, or of any other
enders, whoss duly it inny he to perform such
service, to give due puelie ',Mee of smolt special
olden provided for, three weeks previous
to the :iron of holding •the same. and MAO three
weeks ieuhre such eleetion every third year there
after: ?roe/tied, That this net shall nut he coo
er.roefl to repeal or effect any speeial law prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, or prohibiting
the granting of liemmel: f•rm,:de,/, That when the
municipal end township efete inns in any county
or city It: not "cone ou the third Friday is March,
the el,rt , iti pruvitll..l fur is this section shall he
h e ld on the day tilted for the municipal elections
ill said county: .Ind proritled further, That all
becomes granted after the trot day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
shall cease, determine and become coil on the f ir st
day of April. one tilt:me:lnd eight hundred and
seventy-three, if tile district for which they shall
be granted determines against the granting of li
cense: and the treamrer of the proper county
shall then refund to the bolder of such license the
motleys Eo paid therefor, for which the said treas
urers shall he entitled to 'refit in his aueotants
with the commonwealth.
Samos 2. That in meek ing and 'wanting, and
in making returns of the votes east, the inspect
ors and judges, and clerks of said election,shall he
governed by the laws of this commonwealth regu
holing general elections; and all the penalties of
election laws are .herehy extended to and sh.ill
apply to the voters. inspectors, judges and clerks.
voting at and in attendance upon the elections
held under the provisions of this act.
S'sterros 3. Whenever by the returns ofelections
in any city or county aforesaid, it shall appear
tn., there i: a. majority against license, it shall not
lariatl for any court or beard efliconsecommis
sinners to issisc any far the sale of spiritu
ous, vinous. teal; ~° hin. intoxicating liquors, or
iu "aid city or county, at
any time therenftcr, until an cl.ction as above pro
rides]. a. mr,l4,rity shall s ate in favor of Henna:
Provided, That nothing conta.l in the bre vis
ions of this n,lt. shall proreut the issuing of iiret.es
to druggists for the eat." of liquors for medical and
stianufacturin ' purposes.
I also hereb y wake known v.ntl giro nosier that
the phnea of holding the aforesaid election in the
several boronghs, districts and townships within
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:he county of - ituntingdon arc as follow; to wit:
I. fliAriv, conTored of tho townshi;. of Ilervler.
.
von. at the Uni.ll 5cii.0...1 lions°. •
2 , 1 divtrint, tanupost..l nr Dublin tonn.'aio. nt
Meanie. Will Nei....es in
rrn!hip.
W,triet, eompo6ed of so 11111011 of Warriors
mark to:rnship, us ie not included in the 19th die
triet, ot the fielwol 'louse, adjoining the town of
Warriorsmsrk.
!th 4istriet, composed of .the township of Hope.
the Win. of Levi Mum, in trill. viwn
Itip.
d:striet, compored Mthe township of Barren,
at the Roux of James Livingston, in the town of
Saulsburg. iu sold township. •
Bth district, composed ofthe borough of Shirleys
burg and all that part of thss township of Shirley
net included within tho limits of district No. 21,
• as
hereinafter mentioned oust described. at the
house of David Fraker, tlee'd. ' in Shirlayshnrg.
:tit district, composed of Porter and part of
Walker tp. awl so emelt of West township as is in
eiuded iu following boundaries, to wit: Beginning
at the southwest corner of Tobias Kaaaman's farm
on the hank of the Little Junictit River, to the
lower tool of Jackson's Narrow,, thence io a north
westerly direction to tho most zontherly port of the
farm awned by Michael Maguire, thence north
forty degrees nest to the top of Tussey's Mountain
to intersect the lino of Franklin township,
along the eaid Noe to Littio .Inniato giver. 0,1,,
afnWii the omen to place of beginoi,g, at the Pub
lic Behool lim, c opposite the I,iertuan Reformed
Church. in the borough of AloxantirM.
:ttlt district. composed of the township to:Frank
lin, at the boom of 4.loorge W. Mallen, in said
township.
.%striet. composed of Tell township at the
Union Sobool House, near the Koion Meeting.
:lons, in said township.
lOth district, composed of SpringSeld township,
at the school hones, near llugh Madder's in said
-township.
Ilth district, composed'of Union township, at
Grant Sehoul noose, in the borough of Mapleton,
ire anid township.
12th distric, composed of Brady township, at
tte t , entre School house, in said townshir.
t tit distriet, composed of Morris township, at
public school house, No. 2, in said township.
14th district, composed of that part of Weat town
ship not included in 7th and 28th districts, at the
nititlic school hones on the farm now owned I.y
iteti Lewis, [formerly owned by Janies Ennis,' in
'said township.
t,th district. composed ,if Walker townshio, at •
he impinge..,;* it.,njamiu 314.gmby, in 3l.COnneii,[oWll.
111th district, composed If 111 . 0 township or Toll,
at Greco school house, in laid township.
17th district, compo,ed Oneida township, the
house of William Long, Warm Springs.
vial district, composed of Crothwell township.
at the flock !till School holism in said t , mnship.
_ • _ .
19th d:striet. comptqed the borough of Ilirniing
ham, with the :4,1,1411 tracts of lend near to and
attached to the sante, now owned and occupied be
Teem. 31. Owens, juo. Areahan, Andrew
Roves:al. John Gcnsinier, and Win. tlenAimer, and
the tract or 1ah..1 now owned by George and John
Shoeoherger, known as the Porter tract, situate in
townihip of ICarrior9tuark, at the public school
hon+e io said borough. . .
20th distriet, otnn — posed of the township of Cas,,
at the pubtiv school house in Cassvilir., in said
township.
district. eurripeseti of the township of Jack
can, at the piddle hence of Edward Littler, at Al'
.'levy's Fort. in said township.
T! , l diqtriet, composed of the township of Cloy,
at ti,3 public school fiance, jn Scottr,illo.
• 23d district, composed of the township careen,
at the lattdie school house in Marklesburg, in said
towswittp.
2lth dietrictleotupos , d end created es follows,
to wit:—That all that part ti Shirley township,
Huntingdon county, lying sold being within the
following tle,eribed boundaries, (:except tbo hor
;nigh of .Mt. Ilnion.) namely; Beginning v.t Inn
int,tseetion of Union end tewkshin line
with the Juniata river, ou the !meth title thereof;
tn.. cold Union township line f.tr the distenee
of 3 miles front said river: 'hence 4as.witedly, by a
mraight line, to the point trhere tint main from
Ebrit tnill to Germany valley, crosses the summit
of Sandy Ridge to the Joniata;river and thence up
said river to the plane of begtnning, Atoll here
after form n separate election- district; that the
qualified voters of said election district shod here
otter hold their general and township elevtions in
the pnblie sago! house in Mt. Union. in 9.:tiA t(tWtk.
,h 1
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Election Proclamation
inpos, , ! of all that part of ill,
I; .17,1,
lying eas , F..th
and>isa a!! tho, part, lir IValker an•l Poi ter town
,hipi, bereto,,,,
vol hr.; in the borougl, fluor•
iNidrti. at (4, aht wia:low of tip Court House, i s
' t i n ' : L i ' itip.ted of Dll Oat. part of
linrtiniss L14:1{13,10;1. lying Wed of Fifth
th;Coilrt ilau
'7th .11a - riot. compo,tl of thebOntigh of Pear..
burg and that pact of We..t townshio, nest and
north of a line between Henderson anti Wrat.town
ships. at and near the Wens ,- , prin;...ts, to the
Franklin township line on the t:.p of Tussey's
Mountain, so as to iaeludo itt the new district the
houses of David Wahisinith, J aco b Lougnecker,
Thomas flamer. Jame= Porter. and John wall, at
the school h..ase in the .rtrough of Petersburg.
'..'Sth district .eoiripose.Thf the township of.juniatn,
at the bouge of john Peightal. on the land of Henry
Isenberg.
20th dishier, compo,cd of t:arbon township, re-
cently erected out of a !oat of the territory of Tod •
township, to wit. comMenceing at a ehetttnut oak,
on the summit of Terrace Mountain; at the ilepe
well township iiue opposite the dividing ridge, in
the Little Valley; thence south :•2 deg. east 360
perches. to n stone heap on the Went ern Summit of
Broad Top Mountain; thence north 67 deg.. east
312 perches to a yellow pine: thence south 32 deg.
east 772 perches to a chestnut oak; thence south
14 deg.. cant 331 perches to a chestnut at the east
end of Henry S. tireen's land; thence south 311
deg., cast 294 perches to a chestnut oak, on the
summit of a spur of Broad Top. on the western side
of Terrors farm; south 63 dog., east 934 perches to
a stone heap on the Clay township line, at the
public school house in the village of Dudley.
30th district, composed of the borough of Coal
moot, nt the public school house, in sand borough.
31st district. composed of Lincoln tp, beginning
at a pine on the sutoutitofTussey mountain on the
iinc oetwee3 Blair and linntingdou countie=s
throne by the invi,i,t; tic, south 56 dog., cast itts
perches to a black oak in middle of tC.W.hip;
thence 424 deg., east 802 perches to a pine On ell:U
-nlit of Terrace; thence by the lino of Tod township
to corner of Penn tp, thence b, the line. of the
township of Penn to the sutnMitof Tussey moun
tain; thence along, said summit with line of Blair
county, to place of beginning. at Coffee Bun
School Home.
Lid district, composed of the borough of Mapls
ton.attim (lrant School House, in said borourh.
33:1 district, composed of the borough of Mount
Union at CM, school house in said borough.
itch district. composed of the borough of Broad
Top City :it the public isdn , ol house, in said bor
ough.
nth district, composed of the borough of Three
Spring., as Ili, public a,hool house, in said bor
ough.
:lath district., computed of Shade Gap borough,
at the public school house, in said borough.
:17th district, eomposed of the borough of l)r
-bisonia, at the public school house, iu Orhisonia.
By tho Act of .% eseinbly of - LSO, known as the
Registry Law, it is provided as foltowe
i. ••llection sills r. :ire to ipen I:,c polis be
tween the hours of sic and seen, a. in., on toe
day of election. Before i; o'clock in this morning of
second Tuesday of October they are to receive
from dm County t7iiminissiouers the Registered
List of Voters and all nocessory election blank's,
and they are to permit no idea to vote whose name
is not on said list. unless he 'hail tools, proof of
his right to vote. as follows: . . .
2. The person whose name 16 Tie on the lie, defining
the night to seta must prishice a quail:led voler oldie dis
trict to SIN ear in a stilton or printsol ands - fit to the resi
tioure of the cloiniaut iu the district for at least ten flays
next preceding said election, iiefiinia2 clearly Ashore the
rciodeoce of the person %vas.
. . . .
3. The party claimin g the right to rate also make
an etildavit, stating to the hest of his knowledge arid
be
lidw:use and when he was here. that he is a ii.ixen of
Pennsylvania and of the United states,that he has resided
in the Slats one year, or, if finitely a citizen therein and
removed therefrom, that he has resided therein six months
next preethig said election, that be hits not inured into
the district f.r the purpose of retina therein, that he hes
paid a State or county tax within two years, which was
savored at least ten days before the eleetieu, end the mute
davit shall state when and where the tax Was aseesecil and
paid, and the tax receipt must be produced unless the ten
ant Isbell state that it has been lost or destroyed, or that he
received none.
4. If the applicant be a neturafized e;Weli, he must, in
addition to the foregoing proofs, state in his affidavit when
where, and by what court he was naturalized and produce
Ins certificate of naturalization.
3. Every pereon,cleitalog to be a naturalised citizens
whether on ;he registry tut, or producing affidavits ns
itMressM, shall be required to produce hit natitmliaation
certificate at the election Lance Toting, except where he
has been for Ma years ameeentirely a voter in the district
where he offers to vote, and on the Tote of sucb persons be
leg received, the election officers aro to write or stamp the
went .. .Mil" on his certificate with the month and year,
and as usher YOU) can be mot that day iu Tartar or S3lB,
certificate except where sons are entitled to vote ripen the
natundizatiou of their father.
O. If the person claiming or vole who is net registered,
shall triage an affidavit that he is a native born citizen of
the United buttes, or if born elsewhere, than produce evi
dence of hie naturalization, or that he is entitled to citi
zenship by reason of his father's naturalization, zucifurth
er, that he is between '2l and 22 years of age, and has !c
-ond..' in Vas State one year, and in the election district lU
days neat preceding the election, he shall be entitled to
vote though he shall not have paid team"
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la accordance with the provi - sion of the Bth :motion of.
Act entiled "A further supplement to the Election Laws
of this Commonwealth,' I publish the following :
IV nausea, 13y the Act or the congress of the United
State., entitled "An Act to amend the neveml note hereto
fore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and fur other purposes," and approved
March 3d, 1805, all persons who have deserted the mi Itary
or naval services of the United Smtee, and vrho have not
born discharged orrelnived from the penalty or diseblils
ty therein provided, are deemed and taken to hare volun
eerily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship
and their rights to become citizens, and are deprived Wei
ercising my rights of citizens thereof;
And;the;ras7 Persons not citizens ;Atha United 9,ntu
sro not, under the Constitution and lairs of Peuesylvaziis,
qualified electors of this Commonwealth.
SEC. 1. ns it enacted, cEe., That in all elections hereafter
to be held in this Commonwealth. it sball be unlawful fur
the Judge or inspectors of any such elections to receive any
ballet or ballots from any parson or persona embraced in
the provisions and subject to the disability imposed by
said act of Congress, approved Morph .1,18(6, and it shall
be unlawful for any each parson to corer to vote any ballot
or ballots.
Sac. 2. That if any such judge or Inspectors of election,
or any one of them shall receive or consent to receive any
ends unlawful ballot or ballots from any such disqualified
person, he or they so offending shall be guilty of a nrisda
manor, and on conviction thereof in any court of quarter
sees ion of this Cammonwallth ; he shall for each offense,
he sentenced to pay a fine not lase than one hundred dol
lars, and to undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the
pr oper comity for not less than sixty days.
SEC. 3. That if any person, deprived of citiacuahip„:Lll:l
di:qualified as emerald, shall at any election hereafter ho
held In this Commonwealth, vole, or tender to the officere
thereof, and Mier to vote a ballot or bealote, any pereon so
offending ehall be deemed gnilty ofa misdemensnorand on
conviction thereof in any :mat of quarter 56116i0/3 of this
Commonwealth, shall for each offense he purdahsd in like
mariner r r is provided in tho preimeeng section of this act
in case of officers of election receiving any such yolawful
ballot or helots.
ow. 4. That if any person abaft hereafter persuade ora.l.
tier auy person or puree, deprived of citizenship or dis
qualined es aforesaid, toffee any ballot or Mallets to the
officers of auy election hereafter, to be hold in this Com
monwealth, or shall pomade or advise, any such officer to
renews any ballot or ballots, from any pennon deprived of
citirenehip, and diequalitled as aforesaid, such permits s••
offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
•ictioa thereof in any court of quarter seatbn.• of the
Commonwealth, shall be punished iu like inanuer as pro
•lded in the second cation of this act iu the case ofofficers
of such acetic(' receiving such an Ifterful ballot or ballots.
JCXECUTIVZ
HARRISBURG, PA., August ki,lk7o.
re the 1 . *randy (br,.rnissano•rs ti ad Sh.(9 . 011,1 (bunt!, of
iluntiagd.s
W.E.As, the Fifteenth Amendment of lit Cuntditutioci
of the baited Suites is asffillowe
1. lhe right of citizens of the Coifed States torote
shall not b.+ denied or abridged by the United States, or by
any State, on account ornate, color, or precious condition
of servitutio."
SEC. 2. The Congreee shall have power to enforce this
article by ;appropriate legislation."
And whereas, the Congress of the United States, on the
list day of March, 1870. passed an act, eutihxl"An Jet to
wive. the rights of cia,ns of the trailed Lairs to wee: in
the several Stattes u pf this Union, and fur cater purposes,"
the lint and second sections of which are as follows
eSsc. 1. Be it courted 1.2, (St .'/note and /Jon. and Bep
reavtaliresof finitai ...quiet of .1 foierica Cbngms
atlemblecl, That all citizens of the United States, who arc,
ar shall tee ultilOrWiS• tiOalitled by law to vote at any elite
bon by the people, in any State, Territory, district, comi
ty, city, parish. township, school district, municipality.,
other territorial sub-divisionothall beentitiodandallowed
to site at all such elections, without distinction to race,
color, entECIII, i/r previous condition of servitude; any
Constitution law, 0005 n or regulation of any Territory,
or by or under its aothority, to the contrery notwith
standing.'
"Set. 0. ).4 br. h 1 further .wicfed, That if, by, or tinder
the authority of the . emotitntion or laws of any State, or
the idWs at coy Territory, soy art is or shall be required to
be done ea a prerequisite or qmilitication fur voting, sad
by such Couetution or law, per.. Or OlfiCOrS ore or shall
la charged with the performance of duties In thrashing t o
citizens an opportunity to perform each prerequisite, or to
become qualified to vote, it /Mull be thednty an every each
',croon and °Meer to give to all citizens of tho linked States
the same and equal opportunity to perform Inch prerequi
site, and 'xemne quelined to Yob: without distinction of
owe, color or previous condition of servitude • and if any
such penton or officers shall refuse nr knowingly colt to
glee toll effect to this section, he shall, for every each of
fence, forfeit and poy the sum of fl en Moitod dollars to
the person aggrieved thereby to be recovered by an nett.
411 the case, with full costs and such allowance for counsel
fees as the aourt shall demonist, rand shall also, for every
such offence, be deemed guility of a mistlemeanor,and @hall
on conviction thereof, be fined nut less than doe lanudrasi
dollars, or he imprisoned not tom than one month and not
more then one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Anil trit,),l4 It is declared by ihesecondeeCtli; ;flit;
Vlth article el the Coustttntion et the United r-tutes, that
"Thin Conatittatien, and the lane nf the United States which
shall be wade in puinuanre themit, shall be the Alumna
iaa of the laud , , anything in the
Cinistitutio:l nr towv •,/ te ell• n
. .
wheror, The Legisintnre Vommonwealth, an
the WI tiny of April, a. d. /.70, passed an net entitled, 'A
turther.upidement to the Act relating to elections in this
Gemmel...lib," the tenth iecti.,n of which provides ug
follows : _ _
"Fr.o. 10. That wt much ef every rot of Assembly as pro
vide. that only while freemen shell be eatilled to vote or
be registered as voters, or krt claiming to vete at. any gen
eral or special election of [hie Commonwealth, Le and the
tame is Lemby repealed; and that herea ft er all freemen,
without distinction of color, WWI be enrolledand register
eclacmrding to the provision of the first section of the 00!
approved 1;0, April, lafiti, entitled '•A u Act further sub
plenum:el to the act rotating to the elections of this Com
monwealth," and when other wise qualified under existing
lawn be entitled to rote at all general and.pechil e/ections
In this Comma. wealth."
iheriiiit.lt it my COWititutionsl and °racial duty to
"take care that the laws be Laithfully eraented ;" and it
boa come to toy knowledge that murky e,sespers and
regiat ere of NUitel have retuatoi, and are refusing to amess
and register divers colored male citizens or lawful e...ge,rnd
otherwise qualified as electors.
Now Tuxeheeas, in c nsideration or the premises, the
enmity commissioners of said county are het any utgified
and directed to intrust the several moment avid registers
of setae therein, to obey and conform to the requirementa
of mid constitutional amendment and laws; and the sher
iff of said county it hereby anthorimd and required to
publish in his election proclamation for the next ensuing
electimes, the herein recited cosuititntional amendment,
act of Congress, and act el the Legislature, to the end that
the coin, may be known, executed mid obsyed by all a,.
lessors regiotee• el cotem, election offiCera antiothara slid
that the rights and privileges getrenteed thereby may he
secured to all thu oitia,a4 of this Cstareenweeith mititied
to the same
Given under my br.nd nu,l the rent viva of the Stain tit
itureisbunr, the day Kw] you tint above writton.
Lew:: JOHN IY. (MARS..
Attat
fqxtatary of the C6mtnouwealth
Et Iluntinenlen thellth der or Yebruary, a. d. 187.1, and
or the luilependeoce ur the thitUat States, the uitiety-
Nrrah
AMOK iinrCE. SKEW?!
unt:ro_Nior. Ve.brlf •••y . -21,1
New Advertisements,
SIMPSON A: ARMITAGI.: offer for
,ale a
HOUSE AND LOT at 1210 _Whit St.,
IV,At
al,i.• rad well of vraier tberewith. • I,J,,es,ion
rcu April I. I Priec ist,7Uw.
A DMINISTRATOWS NOTICE.-
Eatate of JA MES 5.4 N TON, dre'd.
Letter, oladministrution have been granted to
the undersigned, living in Huntingdon, on the es
tate of.lames :". 4 aston, late of said horough, doe'd.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate will make, payment without delay, and that.
having claims against the same wilt present them
duly authenticated for settlement.
mixt.
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NOTICE.—We, the Commissioners of
Huntingdon county. having reason to believe
that frauds hare been manta itted during the past
rear in the issuing of scalp orders. consider it our
daty, as the guardians of the county funds, to urge
and insert, that no Justice ui the Peace shall is
sue an order on the County Treasurer without the
delivery of the head of the anima!, or the entire
skin from the top of the head, with both ears at
tached. •
DAVID BLACK, Ather.
A. B. MILLER,
JONATHAN EVANS,
DAVID HARE.
A VALUABLE FARM AT YETI
VATS SALE.
The undersigned will offer his farm at private
tale, situated in Henderson township, containing
34 aeree cleared end in a good state of cultivation.
There is a good Bank Barn. fdlx:10 feet, a g,ood Log
house weetberboarded, New wagon shed and
eerie cell, and other outbuildings and a young
apple orchard. Possession will he given on the
let of Aped, 1873. Forfurther particular+ inquire
of the owner near by
tapll
HENRY STEEL.
NOTICE TO HEIRS
(E4tate of SAMUEL SHAVER, dre'dj
Notice to Mrs. Mary MeCloskey,Davenport post.
office, Iowa; Martha Robinson, Carli,le pee;-office.
Cumberland Co,. Pa.: William Shaver. Kanawha
post-office, West. Virgioitt, take notice that the Or
phans' Court. of ifuntiu don etqlllty. have granted
a Isle no the heirs awl legal Represent,tives
Santee' Shaver, hate of Shirley tap., dee'd, to ap
pear in court . , on the second Monday of A prix, 15i:.
then and there to accept or refase the rea i estate of
said deceased at the valuation thereof or chew
cause why the same should not ho solo.
19feb-4. • AMON HOUCK, Sheriff.
_AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
(Esorte of Joky Seam', deeeased.:l
The on.lersigned Auditor, appointed by the Or..
pliani , Tonrt of ilur.tingdon county. to make and re
port distribution of the fund remaining in the bands
of A. W. Sweope. Adminiatrator of the esiate of
John WWI., lea of the borough •of Mapleton,
deeeaued, hereby gives notice that he will attend
to 0, rill tie, of 121, , uppointineut on Friday, Feb
?.s. 1:+71!, or tro'n'elock. a. in.. at the °Mee
of ..i ilnutingdon, Pu.. when
awl where nil 'persona intere,ted are required to
present their elaitet. or Nee he debarred from euo ; .
tog in for a chore of eaiii fond.
K. ALLEN L6VELL.
Auditor.
Feb.12,1573-3t.
NTOTICE IN PARTITION.
Ettore of JOIIX THOMPSON". 11,e 'd.l
Notice to Anna Mary, intermarried with Henry
T. Black, at present residing at Green Valley P.
0., Tazewell county, Illinois, and the following
grand-child:en of deerased : Son of Wm. Thotnp
ton, John. a minor. at present residing with his
uncle, the .id Henry T.l3lacit,in Tazewell county,
tt,orce a: present residing in Centre
cone:., Pa.. I.osl od.ee net known, take notice that
an Inouest will be held at the dwelling house of
John Thompson, dec'd.. in the borough of Mount
Union. in the county of Huntingdon, on the 10th
day of Merck. A. D., 1573, at 1 o'clock in the af
ternoon of that day, for the purpose, of waking
Partition of the Real Estate of paid decea.d to.
and among the children and legal represent:ldr,
if ties conic can he done without prejudice to r.e.
spoiling the whole. otherwise to value cud op
praise the came nevertling to law, at . .whielt tints
and place you may attend if you think proper.
AMON Hotel:, Sheriff.
Feb. 12,1373.-4 t
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
The undersigned will oiler for sale, at public out.
cry, at h:s reAidence, in Juniata township, 'lnn
tingdoo county,
On THUR SDA Y, February :'7,1873,
nit the following personal property, to wit: Four
work horses, to wit: 1 brood mare six years old,
2 threo-year old Milt, well broke to work, 1 farm
wagon, for throe or four horses, 1 wagon, for one
or two horses, 1 mower, 1 Bled, 1 sleigh, 1 large
buffalo robe and hells, 1 sett blacksmith's tools, a
lot of good gears, I cider mill, hay by the ton. and
corn fodder by the lot. straw by the lot, I lot of
corn by the bushel, and other articles.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. If.
I also have.for sale a commodious lot of timber,
about four hundred act,s, lying, and being in the
said township of Juniata. This timber consist,
mostly of White Oak. hut has Poplar. Hickory,
Linn, Sugar, and supposed to he enough of Chest—
nut Oak to make over three hundred cords of hark._
For fnrtber information call on the ondersigneet.
feb.12.01 A. B. SHENEFELT..
NOTICE IN PARTITION.
[Estate of JOHN LUTZ, ,- lec'e Li
Notice to Isaac Lutz, the petitioner, who resi des
in Carroll county, iu the State of lino is, snd
whose post of address is Shannon ; Darsid Li to,
who resides at present in Altoona, Blair coo t sty,
Pa.; Elizabeth. intermarried with Jotsn S. Bt
both of whom are now deceased, les.vr.ug chili I m o
as follows :• Abraham Buck, who of ego, Sind
w ho reside s io Oglecounty, in the S'inte of Illinois,
and whose post winos is Polo: Amaada, inierniar
ried with - Clifford, and residing, in cluthrie
county, State of lowa, but whose post office ad
dress is at present unknown ; Christie n. woo
rider with ids brother Abraham, awl sr ho is a.:so of
age; John, who resides with his u acie. Samuel
Bock, in Ogle county, Illinois, an .1 whose post
office is Polo; Ilenry, who resides • with his uncle.
Henry Dock, ins Ugh county, ahr me named, and
whore post office is Polo; and BEI:lj amin Suck, who
resider with Samuel Laymen, in Carroll county,
and whose post office io Shannon; John
but jr., who died some three y ca m ago and left
•to survive him IL VI Moe - , Isabellt and the follow
tog named children: Alfred, who resides in Carroll
county. Illinois, and whose post office is Shannon ;
Frank, Fillmore, Bertha, Anion la and Charles, all
of whom reside in Carroil coon::, above named,and
whose post office is Shannon : .
and Lula, who re
sider! in Stevenson county. 1111 anis, with-,
-
not, far from Freeport: Bonk ; min Lutz, who died
near three ;ears ago, and wt .o left to survive bin:
a widow. Catharine, end two • children, as follows :
Lola, who is at pre - Amt. redid .ing in the family of
her uncle, David Lots, an 1 Jessie, who resider
with * fothilY whose name, is DOW unknown to
petitioner, who former - ly hi eel near Freeport, 111..
but has since remove :tt to Canada; that the lost
three ehileirett of Eli• sabeth and Jobn S. Buck are
minors, and base 0h ristiau Long for their guardi
an, who resides in D ell. county, lows., owl whose
post office is Adolf that the above named children
of John Lott, jr., and Benjamin Lutz are all mi
nors, awl hose no guardians:appointed, take notioe
that :in lworst t ell be held at the dwelling house
of •iohn Lutz. In o'd., in the borough of Shirleys
}o',. Milting , ' an county, Pa., on the 11th day et
34,11.0 .• 15111, a t . 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that
cis) , foe 'lto pt :Tose of Disking Partitinu of tbe
E=lute deCeaSl.ll 1., null 301017 g the
ord legal representatives, if the came eau
Ire door• witi mut preinditst to or spoiling of the
whole, otbe twice to value and appraise the 'slat
according so law, at which time awl plaee you may
attend i f :' nn think proper.
AMON HOUCK. Sheriff.
Feb. 13,181::.-4t.
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