The Huntingdon Journal. .1. R. DUKBORROW, - - - HUNTINGDON, PENN'A. Wednesday Morning, May 20, 1874 , Circulation LARGER than any other Paper in the Juniata Valley. Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscrip tions and Arrearages. The following is the law relating to newspapeni and subscribers. 1. Sub...ribers who do not give express notice to the con trary, are considered wishing to continue their sub scription, 2. lf subscribers order the discontinuance of their peri odical., the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearayes anr paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they nave settled their bills, and order ed them discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other places without informing the publishers, and the papers are sent to the former til rection, they are held responsible. 5. The Courto have decided that "refusing to take periodi cals from the office, or removing and leaving them un called for, is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. ele Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in lien to be a .I.,:criber. 7. If subset ibern pay in advance, they are bound to giro notice to the publisher, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise the pub lisher Is authorized to send it on, and the subscriber will be responsible until an express notice, with payment of all &nears, is sent to the publisher. tar Read new advertisements in to-day's issue. is,. Hon. R. M. Speer will please ac cept our thanks for a copy of the Congres sional Directory, a really very valuable publication. geg,, It is said that the Postmaster Gen eral is now in consultation with the various railroad lines, with a view to running lightning trains, which are only to stop at great distributing centres. e ak . The Republican State Central Com mittee met in Harrisburg, last week, and determined upon holding the Republican State Convention, at Harrisburg, on the 19th day of August next. An effort was made to hold it in September, but the Philadelphians defeated it. Har A terrible disaster occurred in Massachusetts an Saturday last, in which at least one hundred lives were lost. The reservoirs on Mill river, in Goshen county, bursted and swept away every thing before the Hood. About one and a half millions of property were destroyed. It was one of the most terrible disasters on record. The details, which we have not space for at present, are terrible beyond conception. ifir The Legislative Apportionment Bill was passed finally before the adjourn ment of the Legislature, last week, and we suppose ere this has been signed by the Governor. It gives Huntingdon county two members of the Lower House, and united with Franklin, one Senator. This insures us a Republican Senator to be elec ted this fall. We will lay the bill before our readers as soon as we can find space. is.. A number of counties are instruct ing their Delegates to the State Conven tion to vote for the nomination of General Robert B. Beath, the present able and ef ficient Surveyor General, for the new office of Secretary of Internal Affairs. This is right. Gee. Beath has made a most obliging and attentive officer, and his knowledge of the matters pertaining to the new office fit him preeminently for the place. The Delegates from this county will be instructed for him. Dm. The Senate has taken no anti on upon the House Bill permitting a free ex change of newspapers and the free circu lation, through the mails, of newspapers in the county in which they are printed. The Senate, we hope, will remove the pres ent embargo upon the distribution of knowledge by adopting the House Bill without unnecessary delay. Every coun try paper in the land is in favor of the proposition, and it is only opposed by the large city press which desires to monopo lize the business. sm. The Legislature adjourned sine die, at 12 o'clock, A. at. on Friday last.— A large number of general bills were pas ed. It was a pretty good Legislature.— Much better than the common run. We have no reflections to make upon it, but on the other hand believe it to be entitled to much praise. The Senate was, perhaps, one of the ablest that has convened for years. It was the last e!ected under the old order of things and of course had great diffi culty in adapting itself to the new, but it did fully as well as could have been expec ted. The next one will be much increased numerically. lifir• The strictures of the Bedford In quirer upon the extraordinary dictum of Judge Dean meet with our hearty appro val, but when it says the course of this journal has been highly discreditable, we beg leave to demur most emphatically ! We have simply endeavored to correct a terrible wrong. In this we have been sustained by a Legislative Committee, by the Legislature, and by the verdict of a jury. The efforts of the JOURNAL have triumphed, because what it charged was in the main true, and the one-half has never been told! We used no more in decorous language than was necessary, and everybody who knows the circumstances, and speaks the trutlr, vindicates us. leg. The Pittsburgh Leader, of the 9th inst., in half a column article, deprecates the idea of giving the publication of the United States General Laws to the JOUR NAL and the Lebanon Courter, on the ground of a limited circulation. If the gentleman who presides over that paper had said anything while we had the con trol of the matter, we would have yielded their publication up to him at a word. We feel somewhat hurt that he should wait until this late moment before uttering his complaints, especially as they scarcely paid for the setting of the type. It was a poor little job for us, but it might have been something considerable to the Leader ! We are really sorry that it is now too late for us to throw it this little "dog cheap" sop. It would have given us infinite pleas ure to have handed it over to our city contemporary. We had no business with it. What right has a country paper to any government patronage? The idea is simply ridiculous. And we know full well that we would not have got it if there had been any decent pay in it. Fie ! a conn .try paper don't amount to anything! • Our New York Letter. The Burglars—Some of Their Tools and How They Work-Meat—The Freight Question—Weather—Business. NEW YORK, May 18, 1874. EDITOR England furnishes excellent laborers, splendid soldiers, great novelists and great poets, but her supremacy does not end with those. She furnishes the most accomplish ed, reckless, brutal and skillful burglars that afflict the world. A gang of perhaps twenty, came over last fall, to prosecute their business in the New World. Four of them were arrested last week, and I thought, possibly, a look at them and their tools, might result in something. I found two men, of perhaps forty years of age, with low fore-heads, small, keen ferret-like eyes, short squat figures, but of wonderful strength, both with the small broken nose that seems always to be a token of a life of violence and dissipation. The third wastei rather handsome young man, whose face was as clear and honest as though he bad been in a confidential position in a bank, and the fourth was a mere lad, whose Ewe, young as it was, was as brutal as those of the two older ruffians. The elder villains were reticent, but the young man was very communicative and from him I got some items that were, to me, at least, of interest. "Why did you leave London ?" I asked. "Because it got too warm for us," was the reply. "We were wanted for jobs we had performed in almost every city in England and we couldn't keep the police off us any longer." 'But, if you had done so many 'jobs,' you ought to have had enough money to have retired on by this time." "On the contrary, we had to borrow money to get away on. You see, this style of business don't make money if you are known to the police and other people who live off of us. If a man who had a good name should break a bank and get £20,- 000, and get away with it, it would be a nice thing for him. But with one like me, for instance, it's different. Last year I cracked a bank and got that sum, all in good money. But it took five of us to do the job—then the watchman of the bank had. to be let in—that made six—then three detectives, who were employed to work up the case, got their claws into us, and to keep out of prison, we had to divvy with them, and they kept bleeding us. So, alter all, I got out of it, really, about £4OO. And then, to keep myself out of trouble, I had to keep in hiding, and didn't do a stroke of work for over six months. "The last job before that was a haul of solid silver ware, that I did all alone, with no partners, and I got £7,000 worth of it, and thought I had a good thing. I couldn't keep the stuff, and couldn' sell it as it was. The Jew fences got hold of me, and I had to breac it up and sell it fur just what they saw fit to give me, for they could floor me at any time. They melted it, and gave me £6OO. It's a bad business. I'd rather have a good salary, and follow an honest life." "Who and what are these comrades of yours•?" "The two oldest men are regular cracks men, that is to say, they were born to the business, and know nothing else. They were once precisely like the boy yonder.— He was taken out of an asylum by a cracks man and brought up to it." "What use do you make of him ?" "He has been traiced to pick pockets,— to rob halls, and that kind of work, when opportunity offers, but we use him in other ways. He gets into houses on all sorts of pretexts, and gets the run of a house that we have spotted to go through. He will see more of a house by going through from the back area to the front, and with ten minutes talk with a servant maid, than you could by going through it from top to bottom. He knows houses, he does.— Then, if we have to cut a hole through a door, we slip him through, and he unlocks it in a jiffy without noise. He can climb like a monkey, and is just about as fear less. Jimmy is a good boy."' "Do you have to use violence very of ten ?" "Very seldom—never if we can help it. Amateurs do frequently—a thorough-bred not twice in a life-time. We get into a house, but always leave a way out—a clean unobstructed way. Now if we are in a room and the people wake up, we get out when it becomes -dangerous, and if our outlet is not obstructed it is all right, and nobody is going to be hurt. But if a man gets in our way when we are going out, we dodge him if we can—if we cannot we knock him down—and if he grapples us we use a knife or whatever is the shortest way of getting rid of him. We are always prepared, and will of course kill rather than be caught." "You have been communicative, and I am obliged to you." . "I had as soon talk as not for I shall quit the profession. They can't give me more than five years fur what I am here for, and I shall get out and live on the square after that. I wasn't born to it, and I don't like it anyhow." The tools taken with these fellows were shown me, and they were as instructive as their owners' talk. Keys to unlock any thing—thin wedges of steel to go through safes with, ropes with which to get into second stories; long, flexible bamboo rods, in sections like the fancy fish•poles, on which sponges saturated with chloroform are hung. And this, by the way, is a pretty operation. The burglar- climbs by his cord to a second story window—a dia mond and a pitch plaster takes out a pane of glass without noise—the chloroformed sponge'on the end of the bamboo rod is held to the nose ofthe sleeper, and in a few minutes it is as safe to go into that room as it would be were the occupant dead.— Science has thus been subordinated to crime as well as to legitimate purposes. Their weapons of offense and defence are extremely ingenious. The sand bag is a simple bag filled with fine sand, with which a terrible blow can be given without making any noise. Then they have a long leather weapon shaped like a club, filled with the same material. The jimmy, which is the technical name for a small steel crow bar, is a terrible weapon, in addition to which they have the most deadly and cer tain revolvers, and the most murderous knives. Bitt enough of these fellows. I saw them in my own bed-room—in imagine tan—every night for a week, after m' in terview with them. MEAT. New York is bothered about meat. The 'dairymen for hundreds of miles about the city, never keep calves, for the calf con sumes milk, which is their profit. Un scrupulous butchers from the city go out and contract them by the thousand, and kill them when they area week or two old, and this vile stuff is exposed for sale in the markets. There is a law regulating the traffic in meats, and so much sickness has been caused by unwholesome meats, that the health officers have taken the matter in hand. One day last week seven thous and carcasses-of calves, less than four weeks old, were broight to this city. Of course the butcher sufficiently unscrupulous to sell immatured veal, would just as quickly sell diseased meat of other kinds. So you see the poor people, who have to depend upon the lower grades of butchers are com pelled to eat cheap meat, have an exceed ingly good chance of living on meat that will make but a short stay to life. The better class of butchers are as honest here as they are anywhere, bat heiven help those who are obliged to depend upon the lower grades. THE FREIGHT QUESTION Is the ghost of the New York business man, and is once more under discussion.— The trouble is termia facilities. So long as the Erie Canal could bring hither alt the prodUce of the country it was all love ly; but the trouble is the production has outgrown the canal and many- millions of buShelg - had, perforce;' to go by rail. And the railroads have no facilities for putting it or vessels. In fact, all that comes by rail has to be carted and handled by hand, and the cost of this more than eats up the profits, and is a grievious tax upon the pro ducer. Hence the grain trade.of the city is being diverted to other pointi—Mon treal, Philadelphia and Baltimore: The Pennsylvania Company have already push ed a bratich to Toledo, one of the great grain gathering points, and a vast amount of grain from that pniut - which formerly went to New York goes now to Philadel phia. The. Baltimore & Ohio is'pushing a line to Chicago, and another to Toledo, to take its share, and the great line of pro pellers and sail vessels from Toledo to Montreal is being increased as fast as ves sels can be built. Add now New York is sweating over the prospect, and is talking of building railroads to the water-side, and all that sort 'of thing. What New York will have to do to hold her commercial su premacy will be to enlarge the Erie Canal so that lake vessels can pass through with out breaking bulk at Buffalo, and then for' the winter traffic get her railroads down to the docks, where the export vessels can take grain directly from the cars. Then there should be a little infusion of honesty among the officials, so that the saving in facilities would not be counterbalanced by stealings.. This would fix New York as the commercial capital of the country for ever, and nothing else will. THE WEATHER. After the worst winter and spring ever known, we are at last seeing the sun every day. And it looks good. So far, for weeks, it has been nothing but rain, rain, rain.— But Old Sol has finally got out and New York is once more bright and beautiful. BUSINESS is as dull as it can be, and the merchants have-given up all hope of its being Any better this spring. They hope for a good fall trade, but the spring they consider hopeless. I guess they are right. The people are 'buying just as little as possible, and paying the same way. May the change SSOn come. PIETRO. News and Notes from Washington The Arkansas Disgrace—Proclamation of the .President—Attorney General's De- vision—The Geneva -4tard— The How. and Trial—The Utah Delegate and His Wives—A Sad Case of Insanity—The Cuban Question. WASHINGTON, May 18, 1874. THE PRESIDENT'S ARKANSAS PROCLAIVA- TION The President's Arkansas Proclamation, extending a full recognition and promise of protection to Baxter, has caused a good deal of surprise in some quarters. Yet those who have given the matter any at tention could not have failed to doubt the correctness of Brooks' position. Why did he, if he_really believed he was duly elect ed, allow two years to pass before he took active measures to establish his claim ? One thing is certain, however, the President did not jump at conclusions in this case. He earnestly sought informa tion from both parties, and had repeated consultations with his Cabinet as well as with the Attorney General individually, as his legal adviser. His decision will be accepted as wise and proper by all who have weighed well the evidence made pub lic in the case. It is due to the contending parties in this humiliating embroglio, to, say, that the accounts by telegraph of fighting and skirmishing have been largely exaggerated. This is asserted by repeated telegrams to Washington from both parties. There were really no sanguinary conflicts; ran dom shots were fired by re.kless volunteers, but not over four or five lives were lost up to the hour when the President issued his proclamation calling upon all parties to lay down their arms and assist in pre serving the peace. The Attorney General's decision in this case is fully sustained by public opinion here. In an elaborate view of all the facts as they appear on record, and after quoting several legal authoritties, he says : "It would be disastrous to allow the pro ceedings by which Brooks obtained pos session of the office to be drawn into pre cedent. There is not a State in the Union in which they would not produce conflict, and probably bloodshed. They cannot be upheld or justified upon any ground, and in my opinion, Elisha Baxter should be recognized as the lawful executive of of the State of Arkansas." And so de cides the President. THE GENEVA AWARD. The proper division of the Geneva award has been a topic of discussion in the Sen. ate, and t) a less extent in the House, du ring the past week. The Senate is dis posed to omit the insurance companies in the distribution as they were paid for the risks, at war rates, when they took them, and have no claim upon any portion of the award. On the other hand it is asserted, and correctly, that the insurance compa nies were included in making up the bill of charges by our Government against England, that the Government was the agent of the companies, or at least acted as such, and iu that capacity, the Geneva Court recognized the Government, and claimed for the insurance companies and the claim was included in the amount of the award. This point is the only one upon which there is any considerable di vision of opinion. It is not yet settled. GEN. 0. 0. HOWARD HONORABLY AC- QUITTED. The seven:Army Generals, who sat as a Military Court, upon the charges preferred against Gen. 0. 0. Howard, have unani mously acquitted him. On a side issue in the examination a vote was taken which resulted in a division of four to three. The opposition have taken this vote and so manipulated it as to make it appear as the final vote by which he was acquitted with four in his favor and three against acquit tal. This, lam positively assured, is not the fact. The vote in favor of acquittal is unanimous, and the General is fullyrec ommended to the confidence and respect of all officers of the Army. THE UTAH DELEGATE TO BE IN VESTIGA- Delegate Carmen, from Utah, is in trouble. His seat was contested, but the Committee on elections decided in his fa vor. The ground of contest was the charge of polygamy. The Committee did not take that as an ingredient in deciding the validity of his election. A majority vote gave a legal right. But his troubles did not end here. A charge of polygamy was preferred, and on that he will be examined, investigated by Congress, and if found guilty, he-will be expelled. He has only three wires, it is said, and brings only one of them to Washingthn. A SAD CASE OF INSANITY. David B. Mellish, a Member of Con gress from New York City, who has spo ken repeatedly during the present session, on the Finance bill and other measures, became quite insane a week ago, and was taken to the Insane Asylum in irons. Up to this hour there has not been much.im provement in his mental condition, though he is:more calm. Hopes are entertained of the restoration of his reason. 'His af flicted wife and little children arc in the most extreme grief. VICE P;LESIDENT WILSO. The 'Vice President makes an occasional visit from hig home in Massachusetts to Washington. He is much iinproved in health, hut cannot vet use his brain more than an hour or to at a time. He return ed to Massachuseas a few days ago, and there, on Friday, to visit California.' TILE OUR AN „ • . The recognition of the Cubans as bellig cram- will come op again, in Congress, in a few days, for discussion, and,. it is be lieved, with better.succcss than on foriner occasions. N. 11. P. Jottings on the Rail. n, May 14, 1874 Neglecting to look at the report of 'Old Probabilities," we boarded the .Buffalo Ex press, at 7 A. 31., on Monday, the 4th inst., and soon found ourselves in a clever rain storm of whose duration we knew nothing, and cared less. We had deter mined on a trip to the lumber counties of Cameron, Clinton and. Elk, having select ed this time on account of the reported opening of the Eastern extension of the Alle L 7,herty Valley H. R., known as the "Low Grade Division," about which we will have something more to say, good, bad. or indifferent. as we progress. The first object of .interest that attracts the traveller on the line of the Valley road is the monument of Bishop Bowman near Arnold Station, about nineteen miles from the city. Here Dr. Samuel Bowman, assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episco pal Church of the Diocese of Pennsylva nia, is buried on the very spot where he died suddenly, of chronic affection of the heart, iu July, 1861. He was born in IVilkesbarre, Pa., on the 21st of May, 1800. After a ministry of thirty-eight years he was called to his reward thus suddenly while on a visit to this section of the State. We pass Kittaning, a considerable vil lage in Armstrong county, where justice is dealt out in meagre quantities, or to suit purchasers. But we cannot delay to recount all the glory of this ancient town, important to itself more than the rest of the world. The river scenery is very fine all along the road, and were it not that we were compelled to change cars at Red Bank we would prefer continuing on up the Valley. Here we are at Red Bank, 64 miles north of Pittsburgh, and "change cars for Brookville, Reynoldsville and Driftwood," greets our ears. So bidding good-bye to the main line of the Valley road, we take up the low grade division. Red Bank is . not blest with first-class ho tels, though we found the "Floating Echo," (a boat restaurant,) quite as good a place for refreshing the inner man as most of the 'fowls with far greater pretensions.— After a delay of one hour and a quarter we are aboard the first through passenger train for Driftwood. Two and a half miles up the right bank of Red Bank Creek brings us to Sligo Junction, where passen gers leave via Sligo branch for the furnace owned by Lyon, Shorb & Co., and bearing the name of the branch railway, and thence by stage to Clarion. Owing to some dis turbance this (4th of May,) is the laskday for trains to Sligo until the difficulties are settled. We understood that Lyon, Shorb & Co. had not subscribed the money to the railroad the advantages gained by them required, and hence this coercive measure. This reminds us of a certain Congressman, in your neighboring county, who could subscribe largely to the building of certain branches provided the cash came front somebody else. The first town of any size is Bethele hem, population probably 400, and seems to be growing rapidly. Brookville is sit uated about one mile from the railroad, and as we did not stop we'cannot write of this place at present. Reynoldsville, the next town of any con seqUence, is quite a new place, and is laid out with a great waste of ink, and beauti ful avenues, and elegant church edifices— all on paper. The place is improving, but can never amount to very much, as the railroad will decree otherwise as soon as all the town lots pass into the hands of innocent holders. Falls Creek, some miles up the road, will be the point where the Clearfield road will intersect the Bennett Branch, and at that place the railroad au thorities have invested and will improve it. The North Fork and Sandy Lick form the Red Bank at Brookville. The road follows Sandy Lick to the top of the moan ' tain, where it strikes Bennett's Branch and follows it down to Driftwood. There are five tunnels oil this road. The largest, Summit Tunnel, being 2,001 feet long These are all made fur double track, and, except two, are being arched, indeed, are nearly completed. The two referred to are cut through solid rock and present a beautiful arch of nature's own handiwork. The bridges are all double track, and of the best masonry. This road opens up a fine country, rich in lumber, minerals and coal, in addition to being the great high.. way from the oil country to the eastern market, avoiding the high grades of the I'. R.B. Pittsburgh is thus brought into close and direct communication with the lutuberinr , regions of the Susquehanna and its branches. The distance from our city to Driftwood is 174 miles, makiolg only 100 miles of a difference to Philadelphia and New York as compared with the P. R. R. RICEIAhn. The President's Proclamation All Turbulent and Disorderly Persons Cunt - manded to Submit to the Lawful Au thority—Baxter and the other Consoli dated Authorities of the State. WAsIIINGTON, May 15.—The following is the , President's Proclamation on the Ar kansas question, which has been telegraph ed to Little Bock for the information of all concerned: By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION Whereas, Certain turbulent and disor derly persons, pretending that Elisha Bax ter, the present Executive of Arkansas, was not elected, have combined together with force and arms to resist his authority as such Executive, and other authorities of said State; and Whereas, Said Elisha Baxter has been declared dull elected by the General As sembly of said State, as provided in the constitution thereof, and has for a long period been exercising the functions of said office, into which he was inducted ac cording to the constitution and laws of said State, and ought by its citizens to be con sidered as the lawful Executive thereof; and whereas, it is provided in the Consti tution of the United States that the United States shall protect every State in the Union on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be convened, against domestic vio lence; and whereas, Elisha Baxter, under section 4 of article 4 of the Constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has heretofore made ap plication to me to protect said State and citizens thereof against domestic violence; and whereas, the General Assembly of said State convened in extra session at the capi tal thereof on the 11th inst., pursuant to a call made by the said Elisha Baxter, and both houses thereof have passed a joint resolution also applying to me to protect the State against domestic violence; and whereas, it is provided in the laws or the United States that in all eases of insurrec tion to the laws thereof it shall be lawful I;.n. the President of the United States, on the application' of the Legidature of such] State, or of the Executive when the Legis/ ‘ lature cannot be convened, to employ such part of the land and navalforces as shall be judged necessary for the-purpose of sup pressino•' such insurrections, or causing the lsws to be duly executed; and whereas, it is required that whenever it may be neces• sary in the judgment of the President, to use the military force for the purpose afore said, he shall forthwith, by proclamation command such insurgents to'disperse and retire peaceably to their respective homes within a limited time; Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby make proclamation and command all tur bulent and disorderly persons to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within ten days from this date, and hereaftlr to submit themselves to the law ful authority of said Executive and the ether constituted authorities of said State, and I invoke the aid and co-operation of all good citizens to uphold the law and preserve the public peace. _ . _ In witnessswhereOf I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Uni ted States to be affixed. Bone at the city of Washington, this 15th day of May, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy four, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety eighth. By the PresHent U. S. GRANT. i. , A:uxuroN Fists, Secretary of State. Wild Excitement at Little Rock. How the Conteats of the President's Pro clamation was Received—General Re joicing Over the Result. LITTLE ROM. May 15.—Regular trains commenced runninr , ' on the Little Rock and Port Smith Railroad yesterday. Two Bax ter men fired into the State House limn the opposite side of the river to-day, and abont one hundred shots were returned from the. State House. No one was shot. Nothing of importance transpired in either house to day. As soon as the contents of the President's proclamation became known to day the wildest excitement prevailed, and never in the history of Little Rock was there'such general rejoicing. Crowds of men, women, and children now throng the streets ; stores are reopening, flags wa ving, and bands playing. Hundreds of people are visiting Baxter's headquarters to congratulate him. Baxter issued a congratulatory order to his forces to-night, complimenting them for their response to his call, Brooks sent a communication to-night to Baxter to arrange for disbanding the forces on both sides. Baxter referred the matter to his commanding ufficer, General Newton. Re joicings continue. Clippings from State Exchanges The Duncannon puddlers are still on a strike. A Lehigh county man has a beard 4 feet 3 inches long. Centre county Agricultural Fair Octo ber 6,7, 8 and 9. Lehigh county prison is said to be the handsomest in the State. Mrs. Riley, of Media, celebrated her 104th birthday last week. A Reading youth of 28 married a wo• man aged 65. She is worth $15,000. One-half of the furnaces of the State are out of blast. Cumberland county has a steer for which MO is offered. He weighs nearly 4,000 pounds. Over a quarter of a million of bricks in the raw state were destroyed by the late moist season in Reading. A little boy named Eddie Clute was drowned while bathing in the Allegheny , River at Oil City Monday night. He ven tured too far beyond his depth. The Economitcs having purchased the large dam and water poweAon the creek at. Beaver Falls, propose to so arrange the water power that all the manufactories in the vicinity may be run by the same in stead of steam. During 1873, Rev. S. G. Shannon, pf Milroy, Mifflin county, preached 175 ser mons, delivered 18 addresses, admitted 107 to- the church, married 16 couples, baptised 40 people, buried 26, visited 170 families and traveled 2,885 miles. Where Does it Come From? Pints and quarts of filthy catarrhal discharges. Where does it all come from? The mucous membrane, lining the chambers of the nose, and its little glands, are diseased, so that they draw from the blood its liquid and exposure to the air changes it into corruption. This life•liquid was to build up the system but it is extracted and the system Is weakened by the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which also acts directly upon these glands, correcting then, ap plying Dr. Sage's Catarrh 'Remedy with Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only method of reaching the upper cavities where the discharge accumulates nod comes from. • CA TA RRII OF 20 FEARS STANDING CURED. Masao; Oxman ita Paririb, La., Sept. 15, 1811. IL T. Planet:, M. D.: Sometime about last June I commenced the use of your medieinm, and they hate entirely cured and of Catarrh of twenty years standing. Respedfully, Tins. C. E. RIIILLIPS • tr.o,_ Coughs,Colds and Sore Throat yield to Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, used in• ternally. vs_ Rey. E. 11. Hopkins, of Jackson Centre, Shelby Co., Ohio, says, "Aly wife had the consumption for ten years, and had been confined to her bed for some time. I heard of Dr. L. Q. C. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial. and after using four bottles, she was able to do the work for her family. New To-Day. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF PAPER ! Of every grade and quality, IN HUNTINGDON, Is for Sale at J. R. DTJRBORROW & CO.'S., In JOURNAL BUILDING, Fifth St., Huntingdon, Pa. Our stock of papers consist of Flat caps, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and all the best qualities of NOTE AND INITIAL PAPERS Also, BLANK BOOKS, all kinds, ENVELOPES, every description Call and examine our stock of goods before purchasing elsewhere. MEMORANDUMS, PASS BOOKS, and a thousand and one other useful arti cles, for sale at the Journal Blank Book and Sta tionery Store. New To-Day 100,000 ENVELOPES JUST RECEIVED AT JOURNAL STATIONERY STORE Wlt• B. LEAS, R. MILTON SPEER, C. C. NORTH, JAMES NORTH, DAVID BARITICK K. A. LOVELL. THE UNION BANK OF HUNTING DON. Paid Up Capital stloo,ooo. W. 11. Woods has this day voluntarily with drawn from this Bank, and C. C. North and K. Allen Lovell have been taken into co-partnership with the remaining members. Deposits, and accounts of Merchants, and oth ers, respectfully solicited. THE BANK IS NOW DISCOUNTING ALL GOOD PAPER OFFERED. Interest paid on time deposits. C. C. NORTIL May2o,'N-Imo. - Cashier. CHEAP! CHEAP!! CHEAP!! ! PAPERS . PAPERS. •••-, ALBUMS. FLUIDS. Buy your Paper, Boy your Stationery, Buy your Blank Books, AT TBBJOURNAL BOOK & srATIONF.RT STORE. Fine Stationery, School Stationery, Books for Children, Games for Children, Elegant Fluids, ?ticket Book, Pass Bookr, And an Endless Variety of Nice Things, AT THE JOURNAL BOOK & BTA77ONERY STORE. CALL SEE, OLD BLOAD TOP CORNER COMES TO THE RESCUE ! CLOTHING FOR THE MILLON! FOSTER CARMON, On Allegheny Street, two doors East of Union Depot, Have just received one of the largest assortments of Clothing ever brought to Huntingdon. Their stock consists of all the NEW STYLES of SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHING, Gentleman's FURNISHING Goods, HATS AND CAPS, TRUNKS AND SATCHELS, And everything pertaining to the Clothing Busi ness. They sell everything VERY LOW FOR CASH. Give them a calf, and ascertain for your self. NEW STORES:GOOD NEW GOODS The undersigned has just opened out a Store on the southwest corner of the Diamond, No. 512 Penn Street, Huntingdon, where will he kept con stantly on hand, A FULL LINE OF DRESS GOODS, Including Calicoes, Moslins, Linens, Delrines, Alpacas, Shawls, Etc. LARGE AND SPLENDID STOCK OF WHITE GOODS, Comprising Ladies' Underwear, Babies' Clothes, Embroideries, ete. Four White Handkerchiefs for 25 ets., Lady's best white Hose, 2 pairs for 25 etc., Shirt Breaste, from 12 to 50 eta., Hats from $2 to $6, Calicoes 10 eta., Muslins, 121 ets, and other goods equally low. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF MILLINERY GOODS, Myth he will wholesale and retail, including Hats, Bonnets, Artificial Flow., &c. Ribbons from 5 cents a yard up to $l.OO. Hats trimmer to order. NATHAN GREENBERG, May2o-limos, GOODS BY THE ACRE! E. C. SUMMERS & CO., CORNER OF rotritrrt k MIFFLIN STREETS. In taking a survey of the Acres of Goods that are piled away in this establishment the visitor is completely dumfounded. A massive pile of CAL ICO is stacked in the centre of the building, which is bounded on the East by LAWNS, GINGHAMS, SILKS, and on the West by LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS; on the North •lIATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, and a full line of useful artioles, on the South by hundreds of barrels of MACKEREL, lIERRING, BACON and GROCERIES. The whole presenting such a display as was never Lefore witnessed in any sim ilar establishment in Huntingdon county. This stock is complete in every department, and the prices lower than anyother house in the cola ty, for the truth of which we ask an inspecticn. Nu charge for showing goods. Come and see us. E. C. SUMMERS tt CO. h1ay20,1874 AGENTS WANTED FOB PROF. FOWLER'S GREAT WORK on Manhood, Womanhood, nod their Mutual Inter-rela tions; Love, Its Lawn, Power, et. Agents are selling from 15 to 25 copies a day. Send for ;Admen pages and terms to Agents, and see why it sells faster than any other book. Address, NATIONAL PUB LISHING COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa. THE AMERICAN LOAN & TRUST CU OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. CAPITAL - - - E 500,000. Will neg?tiateLctanson Improved Real Estate worth at least twice the amoiint loaned thereon. INT.I..ST 12 PER CENT. PER ANNUM. Collection of Principal and Interest Guaranteed. Principal and interest payable in New Tork if desired. Pend for circulars. Address GEO. A. MOORE, Sec'}, Leavenworth, Kalisz.. THE LAST NEW BOOK OUT 'rho subject to all important, yet a puzzling one. It re plenishes the Government Treasury and hop werislies the people; makes the rich poor and the poor rich; makes fools of wise men; exhausts the wisdom of Legislation; makes men run mad and women fed sad. The crusade has begun ; on to victory. Men or semen wanted to can vass every town. Address HENRY HOWE, Chicago, 111. RAVED 8A V. FLORENCE. if.2o . The Long-contested Suit of the FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, against the Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, and Gruver & Baker companies, involving . wrr Is finally s ifecicfe'd by Supremo Court of the United States in favor of the FLORENCE, which alone has Broken the ?dollop"ly of High Prices. THE NEW FLORENCE I. the ONLY machine that PPWA tci cicward and forward, or to right and left. Simplest—Cheapest—Best. So. roe Cn. ONLY. SPECIAL nags TO CLUBS and DEALERS. April, 1874. 187 4 LIGHT RUNNING "DOMESTIC." This Sewing Machine gives the best satisfaction 'to the user, iv paid for most readily, and is the best of all to sell. If there is no "Domestic" agents in your town, apply to .I,O3LESTIC S. M. CO., New York. LATEST IMPROVED HORSE POWERS, GRAIN THRESHING AND WOOD SAWING MACHINES, Manufactured and sold by A. W. GRAY A SONS, MIDDLETOWN, VT: Parties who wish to purchase machines that have pro, ed superior to all others, will do well to send for circular and descriptive price list, which will he forwarded upon application, free. BUY J. & P. COATS' BLACK THREAD for your MACHINE $2 5 A DAY GUARANTED using our WELL AUGER k DRILL in good territory. Endorsed by Governors of lOWA, AR KANSAS k DEKOTA. Catalogues free. W. GILES, St. Louis, Mo. A DVERTISDRS send 25 eta to Geo. P. Itowrm.,2 Co., 41 4 .- Park Row, N. Y, for their Eighty-page Pamphlet, showing coet of advertising. Ma)2o-1 t. New To-Day. E LEG _A4YT: RECEIPT BOOKS AT 3!* 490RN4. BLANIIOOK IND STATWERY STORE. EVERYITDY SHOULD HAVE ONE COME AND SEE. New Advertisements. S. ROYER STEWA RT. ART & BLACK. STEW lIGL - SE, SIGN k ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS: No. 515, WASHINGTON STREET, HUNTINGDON, PA. A liberal patronage solicited, and satiscaction guaranteed. mayl3-flums. _ A D m INISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. [Estate of 0 WEN FAGA N, deceased.] Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Owen Fagan, late of Coahnont borough, deceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated for settlement. ANN FAGAN. AdmthistrMii. mayl3.'7-1 ALE OF REAL ESTATE. ...., By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bedford county, the undersigned appointed by said Court, Trustee, to sell the following describ ed Real Estate of James C. Shirley, late of Liber ty township, Bedford county, deceased, will sell the same upon the premises, on THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1874,* at 2 o'clock, p. m. It being the one-half interest in two Lots of ground in West Ilubtingdon, Nos. 9 and 10, Block 25. J. B. CESSNA, Trustee, May13,1874-ts. NOTICE TO TIIE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE JOURNAL. By sending TEN CENTS Ce DESMOND & CO., 915 Race street, Philadelphia, You are entitled to receive a book containing all choice selections from the poetical works of BYRON, MOORE AND BUi-NS, together with a large number of receipts for use ful articles. The books from which this work is compiled, would cost Five dollars. We desire our subscribers to avail themselves of this book. Muy13,1874-imos. BEATTY & PLOTTS' CELEBRATED GOLDEN-TONGUE PARLOR ORGAN IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY EMINENT MUST CLANS AND DISTINGUISHED MEN OF HONOR TO BE THE LEADING INSTRUMENT NOW IN USE -THEY SAY BEATTY & PLOTTS' PARLOR ORGANS were awarded FIRST PRE MIUM and DIPLOMA over Needham a Son's and J. Esi.ny & Or gl.Ol, n 6 the Carbon Onanty Fair, held at Lehighton, Pa., September, 1872.—Lehiyh too Weekly ffews, Oct : 5, .1512. Committee.—Prof. Charles P. Horn, Prof. Win. Moran, and H. D. nerdy, D. D., Hon. Z. Long, President. St. Clair, Pa., Dee. 6, 1873. Mgams. Benny & PLOTTS-Cents: I have received the Organ sent by your firm to me, and had it examined. It gives ample satisfaction. JOHN SINEY. Mahunny City, Pa., Oct. 16, 1673. THE Bean, & PLorrg celebrated Golden Tongue Par lor Organ is by far the best Parlor Organ in nae. I bare carefully examined it, and find its tone, workruansbip and durability to be the best I ever saw, and I can with pinnate recommend it to any in want of a tint-clani par lor mgan. PROF. 0. 11. UNGER. New Bethlehem, Pa., Nor. 1573. 3l,sslts.Atilt PLOTTs—Gents: Having had one of your Golden Tongue Parlor Organs, for six months past, I thought before recommending it, to give it a fair, !spare trial, and am happy to testify that it surpassed all that has bean said or advertised about it. I have had Professors of music, and celebrated organists come and try it, and one and all say that it is one of the sweetest and best toned instruments in the market. It has taken the shine out of all others around here. I sun perfectly satisfied with it. You may publish this if you see fit, as no , organ can he tried by any one wishing to do so, in proof of what I say. A. S. It. RICIIARDS, Late of the Tamaqua Hoarier, now a:. NEW Bethlehem., Pa.] BE.trtv it Pions Golden Tongue Parlor Organs are in struments that are winning for themselves a good reputa tion far and wide. The career of the firm is full of inter est and shows what el.° application to one branch of businoie will do. Their energy, zeal and unyielding de termination have enabled them to win.— Ilitshington (N. J.) Stiir, March 27, 1874. T. Bearer B FLorrs parlor organs are highly'praised by good judgel, for their sweetness o: tone.—Pittston (Pa.) Comet Oct. 4, Ind. La ury's Mallon, lit.. Jen. 27. 1874. I have had BeArn . d Pions' Organ since August 14th, 1872; it gives the highest satisfatiou, and has proved all that it was recommended by the proprietors. JOB HENRY. The BEATTY & Purrs' celebrated Golden Tongue Par lor Organs aro pronounced unsurpassed by any now be fora tLe musical world, by all who have bad the pleasure ♦o examine them. Testimony from all parts of the coita -1 try speaks in favor of them, going to show their superior ity over all others.—Ashiand, Pr., Bulletin, bee. 5,1573. Laury's Seating?, PC. Jign. 27, 1874. Beatty Plaits ' Parlor Organ, of N. 3., seem to give full satisfaction to all purposes all over; and I must say by the experience I have of one of the. organs—which I have had in Illy possession foe nearly two years, and is in excellent condition—l would advise all who wish to get a good and substantial parlor organ to see the above named party, hero, buying anywhere else. DAVID SCHEIRER, Slatinotan, Pa., Feb. 6,1874. • EEATTY & FLOM' Parley Organ I like better than the Standard, and gives better tvitisraction, as I find by experi ence in my pt. - easier,. PROF. FRANK MAYER. litmaqua, In., Dee. 16, 1873. Those desiring a beautiful ornament fur their homes, as well as an instrument of unsurpassed musical excel lence will Ind it in the Beatty & Plotta Golden Tongue Parlor Organ. It gives entire satisfaction, and, in tact, is the leading instrument of the day. JULIA C. WIIITENIGIIT, Organist. Meows. BLATTY & Prom, of Washington, New Jersey, arc happy. They live in an atanosphere of music. MOBIL soft and sweet, num strong and warlike. the shrill notee of the warrior, or the lute-like tones of love are thrilling and ever sounding in their eatahliehmeast, and their famous Golden Tongue Organs are a household necessity all over. —7lintaqua (Pa.) Courier, Nardi 23, 1874. PBELon ORGAN.—We call attention to the advertise ment of Beatty & Platt, manufacturers of Parlor Organs, in another part of this paper. These organs are fast superseding all others on account of their good qualities. A number of these instruments have been sold in this county, which give general satisfaction. These instru ments are highly recommended by the best musicians in the country.—Sunbvry American. St. Clair, Pa., April 7, 1874. To DANIEL F. BEATTY have received my organ all right. It pleases me very much. I never played an...a, n that gives me better satisfaction, the ca.so looks splendid. I have a friend waiting for one. Please send me another No. 60 at once for him. Ile advocates your organs above all others. (inclosed please find cheek. Very n;spectrully. JOHN MILLS. Address BEATTY & PLOTTS, Washington, New Jersey. .._.. __. .. A pri129,1874-2yrs, S L. KIRK & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, 130 North THIRD Si., Corner.of Cherry, PHILADELPHIA, have in store and oTer for sale, at the lowest market prices, and on the most reasonable terms, a largo and well assorted stock of GROCERIES, TEAS, SPICES, FISH. CHEESE, Be. Selected with care in this, New York and Baltimore mar kets, to which the attention of Country Dealers is particularly requested. (aprl-ly. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. [Estate of PETER SHAFFER, dad.] Letters testamentary having been granted to the undersigned, residing near Waterstreet, on the es tate of Peter Shaffer, late of Morris township, de ceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly auth,n fleeted for settlement. ENOCH ISENBERG, May 6, 1874.] Ex'r. New Advertisements, M. OAKS, to • PETERSBURG, PA. Dealer in Hardware, Cutlery, Stoves, Iron, Sails, Steel, Locks, Latches, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Glass, Putty, Pumps, Powders,Carriage and Wagon Wood Work, Leather an Shoe Findings. Also. Agent for the Champion Mowers and Reap ers, Buckeye Grain Drills and Cider Mills. A line of repairs for the above named machines al ways on hand. may 13-Gmos. WILLIAM H. KENNEDY W ITII GEYER & CARPENTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN T0R41.,C0, SEGARS,- SNUFF, ANT) SMOKERS' ARTICLES, No. I North Third Street, PIIIL , 6ELPIIIA. J. 11. GEYP.R, [may13,1874-Iyr. H. C. CAIIPENTEIt N OTICE TO TAXABLES. The Tteasurer of Huntingdon County will attend at the time and place specified, in the fol lowing list, for the purpose of collecting State, County and Militia. Taxes: Alexandria borough, June 1. Petersburg borough and Lower West tp. June 2. Upper West township, Wilsontown, June Basest township, San!shut& June 4. Jackson township, blcAlevy's Fort, June 5. Oneida. township, Warm Springs, Jane 8. Henderson township, Union school house, June 8. Birmingham borough, June 9. Warrioistnark bor;Lih and township, Warri orsinark, Juno 10. Franklin township, Franklinville . June 11. Morris township, Wateretreet, June 12. Porter township, Alexandria, June 13. . . Carbon township, Dudley, June 15, broad Top City, Juno 16. Coalmont, June 'l7. Iloppwell township, Cove Station, June 13. Lincoln township, Coffee Run, June 19. Penn township and Marklesbtirg borough, Mar klesburg, June 20. Walker township, MeConnellstoivn, June 22. Union township, Sheridan's school house, June 23. Cassville borough rynd Cass township, Cassville, June 24 and 25. Tod township, Eagle Foundry, June 26. Clay township and Three Springs borough, Three Springs, June 30. Springfield township, Meadow Cap, July 1. Dublin township and Shade Dap borough, Shade Gap. July 2. Tell township, Nossville, July 3. .Orbisonia borough, July G. Cromwell township, Orbisonia, July 7. Shirleysburg borough. July S. Shirley township, ihirleysturg, July 0. Mt. Union Borough, July 10. Mapleton horougb, July 11. _ . Brady toane6ip, DSill Creek, July 13. Juniata township, Hawn's sohoolhotiso,July 14. Huntingdon, Ist Ward, Tro.i surer's office, July 15, Huntingdon, 2nd " " July 16. Huntingdon, 3rd " " July 17 Huntingdon, 4th " " July IS. T: W. - MONTGOMERY, County Treasurer. FOR SALE. DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS IN WZ:ST HUNTINGDON, FRONTING ON WARRINGTON STREET, NEAP 12in. TERMS REASONABLE. Inquire of LOVELL & MITSSER, 302 PENN STREET Dlny6-3t. VXECUTOR'S NOTICE. [Estate of Mrs. BA R All S'TE WA R. 7; deed] Letters testamentary having been granted to tho undersigned, residing in Warriorsmark, on the es tate of Mrs. Sarah Stewart, late of Franklin town ship, deed., all persons knowing themselves in debted are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly au thenticated for settlement. J. IL LOWRIE, Ex'r. BROWN & BAILEY, Att'ye. . [my.G,'T I. A DMINISTRATOE'S NOTICE. [Elitote of GEORGE A. BLACK, deed.] . . . . . Letters of Adininistration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of George A. Black, late of the borough of Iluntingdon,deceas ed, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will make immediate payment, and those haring claims against the same will present them duly authenticated for settlement. L. S. BLACK array (t, IR7I AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned, having been appointed by the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, Auditor, to distribute tae balance in the hands of David Black, Administrator of the Estate of James Saxton, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deeeesed, will attend to the duties of his appoint ment, at his office, No. 230 Penn street, Ronal,- don, on Tuesday, the 26th day of May next, at '. l o'clock, p. m. ' alien and where all parties interes ted may attend or be forever debarred from claim ing any part of said fund. ). L. S. GEISSINGER, Auditor. May6-3t. FOR RENT. A Gret-class STORE ROOM, 18s50 feet, sit nate in the central and business part of the town Apply to S. S. SMITH, GIG Penn Street. Apr.l-tf. DANIEL AFRICA, 103 Fourth Street, near UNION DEPOT. Huntingdon, Pa., Dealer in FINE CONFECTIONERY, FRUITS, NOTIONS, TOYS, JEWELERY, &e, Also ICE CREAM and SODA WATER in seazon. DANIEL AFRICA, Aprill,lBl4-6mos. ESTABLISHED 1870. STEAM DYE WOUKS, ALTOONA, JOSEPH D4ZIN, Proprietor, Branch office in Huntingdon, on WASHINGTON Street, opposite Dr. FELIX'S, At which 1.:.° Mr. Dazin will be pleased to rq a ceive the patronage of the public in generar Silk, Velvets, Crape Shawls, Ribbomi and Woolen Good: of all kinds colored to any shade, with the Finest Lus.m added to them. Particular atten tion given to the cleansing of Silk Dresses, Bro cade Shawls, &c., Crape Shawls, Lace Collars and Curtains, Kid Gloves, Ac., Cleased and Re-Illetich ed. Also, Carpets Cleansed and Dyed. Mr. Dazin would n!so inform the Gentlemen that he is fully prepared to have their Coats, Pants and Vests Dyad, Cleansed and Repaired in the best possible manner. [apr22,'74-3mos. BLATCH LEY'S IMPROVED CUCUMBER WOOD PUMP, Tasteless, Durable, Efficient and Cheap. The hest Pump for the least moucy. Attention is especi ally invited to Blatchley's Patent Improved Bracket and New Drop Check Valve, which can be with drawn without removing the Pump, or disturbing the joints. Also, the Copper Chamber, which never cracks or scales, and will outlast any other. For sale by Dealers and the Trade generally. In quire for Blatchley's Pump, and if not for sale in town, send direct to CHAS. 1.3. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 5U Commerce street, Philadelphia, Pa. Apri129,74-Smoe. STEAM ENGINE AND AGRICUL TURAL IMPLEMENT FACTORY. No. 1004, Washington Street, Huntingdon, Pa., J. A. POLLOCK, Proprietor . Manufactures and furnishes Machinery for all kinds of machine work Special attention given to fitting up a cheap class of Machinery, designed for small manufacturers. Second-hand Engines and Machinery at low prices. Drawings for Machinery and Patterns for castings Riede toorder. ENGINES and MACHINERY net up, arid CYL INDERS bored out without moving from bed, in any part of the country. Agent for Kreider, Zindgraff rt Co., Millwrights and Machinests, who build and completely tarnish mills of every kind. Employing mechanics who thoroughly understand their trade, satisfactory • . . , work will always be produced. A Blanchard Spoke Lathe for wile at a very lo w price. A pril22 df. BLACKSMITHING, UTLEY & EARLY, PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHS, shop at Point Lookout, between Orbisonia and Rockhill. An branches of the business carried on, and all work warranted. Apri122,1874-3mos.. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. [E•tate of DAVID R. P. MOORE, deed.] Letters testamentary having been granted to the undersigned, on the estate of David K. P. Moore, late of West township, dee ased, all persons in debted to said estate are requested to make imme diate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them duly authenticated for settlement. AMANDA MOORE, Executrix, Apri129.74,
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