The Huntingdon Journal.
J. A. NASH,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A
FRIDAY, - -
- - - - JULY 5, 1878.
Cirealation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
Republican State Ticket.
GOVERNOR:
Gen. HENRY M. HOYT,
OF LUZ ERNE.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT :
Hon. JAMES P. STERRETT,
OF ALLEGHENY.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Hon. CHARLES W- STONE,
OF VENANGO.
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS:
Capt. AARON K. DUNKEL,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
TO THOSE INTERESTED.
Persons indebted to the late firm of J•
R. Durborrow & Co., will save costs by
calling and settling without further delay.
I have sent bills to nearly all those in
debted for subscription, and I expect them
to respond at once. These accounts must
be squared, and if I am compelled to place
them in the hands of an officer fur collec
tion the fault will not be mine.
July 5, 1878. J. A. NASH.
I r is the Potter•ing committee now
HON. J. M. ATKINS, member of Con
gress from Tennessee, will please accept
our thanks for favors from Washington.
THE Cincinnati Commercial nominates
Hayes for a second term. That won't do.
He can't write another letter of acceptance
after what he said in the first one.
THE Nationalists of Massachusetts are
determined to nominate General Butler for
Governor. They point to him as the "com
ing man." A little too late—Mrs. Jenks
pointed tc him first. She made him be
coming man.
Tai nominal Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee is only to
play a subordinate part in this campaign
after all. Wallace will color the papers
himself. Speer is only to grind the coffee.
How could President Hayes do other
wise than withdraw the troops from the
South after he had committed himself in
favor of civil service ? Won't he soon have
to withdraw them from the West too ?
The service is becoming un-civil out there.
Tax patronage among the first-class ho
tels in New York is constantly changing
from one hotel to the other. The Grand
Central hotel has recently incited the di
rest wrath of its competitors by offering the
same accommodations for one and two dol-
tars less than the others.
Can't the cheering for Grant be stopped ?
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Oh! you would rather hear the rebel
yell, would you ? This isn't the first time
we have tried to drown that with cheers
fcr Grant. The more cheering for him
the less cheering it is for the "lost cause,"
and therefore we won't stop it.
Tux rejoicing over the adjournment of
Congress will be of abort duration. Our
joy will be turned to sorrow in December
next. It meets again. Oh ! that our
fathers had foreseen this Congress and made
some provision against so great an inflic
tion upon their posterity !
As a reparation for crippling the army,
the Democratic Congressmen ought to vol
unteer to fight the Indians. Let the peo
ple resolve not to re-elect one of them un
til they do this. We might offer them, as
an inducement, that the whisky ration will
be issued as freqently as it was in Wash
ington. They will all then rush to the front,
and if they don't some home dead, will stay
there dead—drunk.
THEI,I is a third party in Oregon. It
polled 1353 votes at the late election. The
result was that a Democrat was elected
Governor by a majority of fifty-four. No
wonder the Democrats encourage third
parties—Labor Reformers, Greenbackers,
Nationalists, Communists, or whatever else
their name may be. They are trying to
accomplish the same result here.
THE Democrats of Cambria have put
the following ticket in the field : Assem.
bly, L. D. Woodruff and John Fenlon ;
register and reoorder, J. G. Lake; treas
urer, John Weitner ; county commission
ers, George Gunley and John Campbell ;
auditors, James Skelly and Patrick Dillon;
director of the poor, Jesse Patterson. The
convention was in session from 10:06 o'-
clock, A. N., of Monday until 4:15 A. M.,
Tuesday.
IT is a remarkable fact that a colored
man became suddenly prominent in a
Democratic Coi
house of his
ber and able to attend to his duties as a
member of oommittee, at adjournment. If
sobriety was enough to distinguish him,
under the circumstances, how deeply must
his fellow members have been sunken in
the depths of drunkenness. Mr. Rainey
has set a good example to his own race, to
white men, and especially to Democratic
Congressmen.
THJ happiest political family in this
country now is the Democracy of Blair
county. There was more wire pulling in
the election of a chairman of their County
Committee on Saturday last, than there
usually is in the nomination of a candidate
for President. Five aspirants entered the
contest for the position, one of whom dis
appeared after the first ballot. On the
fifth ballot three of them remained, the
battle being then extremely close and
doubtful. Before proceeding to another
ballot, a motion was adopted to re-open the
nominations, and George Stroop was put
up. Messrs. Conrad and Bayley then
withdrew, as a means of defeating Mr.
Fitzharris, and Stroop was elected. The
ring fight must be very bitter when it
rages so fiercely over such a small matter
as the Chairmanship. We are pleased to
s:e such harmony among the Democracy.
Alexander 11. Stephens made a speech
at Augusta, Georgia, on bis return from
Washington, in which he said that he
"would die in the temple of Jeffersonian
Democracy, free from the party lash and
caucus lasso." The means used at the
National capital to bring the Democratic
Congressmen into the caucus, to keep them
there, and tc compel them to carry out
the caucus programme in Congress are not
generally comprehended by the people.—
The instrumentalities employed have not
been named so as to properly designate
them. Now, however, they have been de
scribed in a few words, the important idea
has been embraced in a single phrase, a
name has been given them that fully ex
presses their character. "The caucus lasso !"
It reminds us at once of the method ofcaptur
ing the untamed steed upon the plains.
Seated upon his more docile charger, the
lordly master of the animal kingdom casts
the noose with almost unerring precision ;
it encircles the neck of the beast yet un
accustomed to man's control; for the first
time he is curbed by superior power ; he
struggles for his freedom ; finds that every
effort for his release but binds him the
more strongly, and at last gives up the
contest, yields, exhausted, conquered, sub
dued.
Editor.
Let us imagine a similar process applied
to a Democratic Congressman. Of course
it is not necessary that all Democrats who
go to Washington as representatives be
subjected to it. Most of them are broken
to harness before going. They have been
habituated to the partisan bridle and are
perfectly familiar with the bit. But it is the
small number that usually has to be caught
like wild horses that makes the capture
comparatively easy. When one of them
oomes there unrestrained by the party
traces or jumps out of them and scampers
off over the plains of political freedom,
then it is that he must be taught subjec
tion to the master who claims to own him,
and who founds his claim upon an author
ity which to him is equal to that by which
man was given dominion over the rest of
creation. The too independent or recalci
trant member soon learns that he is too
valuable to the caucus to be allowed his
independence, and, whether he will or not,
he is brought down by the lasso thrown
out for him. We have too often seen this
done. Men, who, if unrestrained, would
have pursued their own judgment and the
path of patriotic duty, have been dragged
and coerced by the party noose to
surrender their freedom of action
and to fall, helpless and subdued,
at the feet of their imperious master. "The
caucus lasso !" How expressive, how true !
The rule of the caucus is not new, but
is bringing fresh dangers upon the coun
try and reviving old ones. During the
war, when the Southern disunionists and
secessionists were not in Congress, and
when the Northern Democrats were in a
hopeless minority, the caucus was free
from its former managers and was weak
and harmless under those who assumed
control of it. It only grew in power again
when the Democratic party regained con
trol of the House through an almost solid
Democratic representation from the South.
Already has it used that power in such a
manner as to call forth the denunciation
of a Democrat and Southerner. It is an
evidence of the freedom with which the
lasso has been used that they have even
attempted to make such an independent
gentleman as Mr. Stephens its victim. If
he has evaded the noose in Wishington,
it is but to find another ready to be cast
upon him by his party at home, where his
re-election has been endangered and his
defeat threatened in a district which prac
tically elected him without opposition two
years ago. We do not absolve Mr. Ste
phens from the imputation of having at
one time yielded to the caucus dictation
and the party lash, from having put his
head through the noose, when he might
have avoided it. An opponent of seces
sion, pointing out to his people the wrong
and danger of disunion, he nevertheless
joined his section in that fatal step and
became the Vice President of the Southern
Confederacy. His experience then may
make him more wary of being caught
again.
What have we to fear now from the
caucus ? Too much to enumerate. We
have everything to fear that Southern die
loyalty and cupidity may desire to accom
plish. Does the South want compensation
for her losses in the war, for the destruc
tion of property, the taking of supplies,
the laying waste of fields, the capture of
material which might have assisted her in
prolonging resistance ? Who will say that
she does not ? What Southern citizen up
on whom such losses have fallen would re
fuse reimbursement, and, more than that,
what one will hesitate to ask it and to in
sist upon having it ? As a political ques
tion, it is one upon which the ruling
classes in the South will unite heartily and
unanimously, and when it comes before the
Democratic caucus at Washington, the
Southern representatives will be equally
united by personal and sectional interest,
and being in the majority there, they will
commit their party to the payment of
rebel war claims, amounting to hundreds
of millions of dollars, or, in the language
of the Republican State platform, to "the
payment of indemnity to tke conquered."
Does the South ask to be paid for her
emancipated slaves ? Let the Macon Mes
senger and Telegraph answer. Are the
Democrats as a party in favor of continu
ing our present protective tariff ? Con
gress, by its vote upon the Wood bill, has
given us the reply.
While these questions are agitated,
while the Democratic party is in power,
while it retains its present inclinations and
incentives, and while the caucus lasso is
in skillful, determined and untiring hands,
that party will bring every one of its Rep
resentatives in Congress to the support of
Southern and free-trade measures, It is
a sectional party. Its ascendancy depends
upon "a solid South." Its majority in
Congress is Southern. The majorities by
which it expects to elect a Democratic
President are Southern. It is ruled by
the caucus lasso in the hands of Southern
men. It is loyal or disloyal if Southern
ers are
lons in the
iply by being so.
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THE CAUCUS LASSO.
COMMENTS ON CONGRESS.
The newspapers of the country, Demo
cratic, Independent and Republican, seem
to agree that the best thing Congress did
was to adjourn. They are almost equally
unanimous in agreeing that it did but lit
tle else that was eommendable. The Sen
ate and the Republican members of the
House are entitled to credit for preventing
some very bad legislation, but the Demo
cratic record is worse than has ever before
been made by any party in Congress since
the formation of the government. We give
some extracts showing the current of pub•
lic opinion :
From the Democratic Wutilintan :
But above all things, let the Democratic Con
gresses and Democratic Congressmen cease making
asses of themselves.
From the Philadelphia Times
The best way for Congress to serve this country
is not to meet.
The Congressional session had a prolonged and
fearful death struggle, but it seems to have accom
plished an end finally. The members can now go
about their politics and the country about its bus
iness.
Half an hour after midnight this morning some
drunken members on the floor of the House com
pelled that body to take a recess for an hour and
a half. It was too late in the morning to ascertain
how much drunker these statesmen were at the end
of the recess, but the whole object of the intermis
sion was doubtless to give them a chance to get
blind drunk, so that the business of the nation
could go on with becoming dignity.
There has never been a Congress of the United
States that threatened more and accomplished less
than the Forty-fifth Congress in the session that
has been dragging out an unlovely life for the past
few days and nights. When it met in December
it was hoped that it might be of some service to
the country, but the country long since ceased to
hope for any service from it save that which it
could render by adjournment, and the sense of re
lief which the end of the session will bring is the
only thing we have to mitigate the misery which
this Congress has inflicted. The evil has not re
sulted from anything It has done, and no great
harm will result from its omission to do what was
expected of it. Indeed, that is always the beat
Congress that legislates the least, and though there
were half a dozen important subjects on which
Congressional action was really needed but has
not been obtained, it is probable that the country
will get along just as well as it is. The mischief
was in what was threatened. Every member came
to Washington with his pocket full of bills on ev
ery conceivable subject, and from the utterly un
systematic and reckless way in which legislation
is carried on, it was impossible to know or to con
jecture which of these bills would pass or which
would fail. To all appearances Congress was
bent upon overturning everything. With equal
ignorance and indifference the members attacked
the currency, the tariff, the internal revenue sys
tem and whatever else came in their way, and the
country could only stand still and wait. All bus
iness was stopped, because nobody could tell
whether a contract made to-day would have any
value to-morrow. A man dared not make a pur
chase, for he might read in the newspapers next
morning that some new daty or tax had been laid
upon his goods ; he dared not sell, for the tax
might be in the same abrupt way reduced, or he
might suddenly find himself compelled to accept
payment in some new currency of little worth. The
whole winter through and far along into the sum
mer has the country been thus kept in constant
uneasiness, and though Congress has finally ad
journed without doing anything of much conse
quence it will take some time to recover from the
demoralizing effects of this long uncertainty, and
meanwhile another session will be close upon us
with all its frightful possibilities.
From the New York Tribune :
The country will now proceed to the laborious
task of regaining its self-respect.
People who are disposed to say that Congress
did not do so much harm after all, should remem
ber to give credit to the restraining influences of
the Republican muzzle.
The House displayed unexpected symptoms of a
conscience by devoting the closing hours to the
singing of revival hymns, but there was a good
deal of the atmosphere of a death-bed repentance
about.
The day Congress adjourns, the sale of four per
cent bonds takes a new start wick a subscription
of a million dollars from one bank. There seems
to be one way in which Congress can benefit the
business of the country.
Easy-minded people who insist that the general
alarm about the advance along the whole line of Reb
el claimants upon the Treasury is a manufactured
fright, and means nothing, will please direct their
attention to the vote in the House of Representa
tives yesterday, upon Mr. Conger's proposed
amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Conger's
resolution ■imply prohibited the payment of any
Rebel claim growing out of the late war, and its
presentation threw the Democrats of the House
into a panic. The Northern Democrats voted on
the side of the North, but sixty-one members voted
against this straightforward measure of protection
for the Treasury. In other words 61 members of
the House, all of whom will probably be found to
be Southern Democrats, and many of whom are
undoubtedly ex• Rebels, voted that Rebel claims
ought to be paid from the Treasury. There are
people whe seem unable to believe that Mr. Til
den's letter on Southern claims offended the South.
Will they believe now that the South means what
it say. when it vows that Rebel claims must and
shall be paid ?
Difficult as it is to overcome the inertia of a
legislative body, there is no excuse and can be
none for the disgraceful delay which puts off the
final consideration of the most important appro
priation bills until the last hours of the session.
No adjournment of Congress in recent years has
been marked by the disorder and riot which made
the sessions of Wednesday night actually out
rageous, when Democratic Representatives pelted
the Sergeant-at-Arms bearing the mace with doc
uments and paper wads, and General Butler play
ed the buffoon, and the long spells of waiting were
filled up by singing camp-meeting songs. It was
during this time that the engrossing clerks were
toiling to complete the chief appropriation bill so
that the impatient members might pass upon it,
and all the chances of blundering in the haste of
copying were added to the chances of blundering
in the haste of legislative action. One serious
error has already been discovered ; probably others
will be. What they will cost the Government
there is no knowing, when a change in a comma
once made a difference to the Treasury of a million
dollars. But the system of legislative procrasti
nation would be equally objectionable if mistakes
were not of frequent occurrence. It is a grossly
undignified way of doing public business, and as
dangerous as it is discreditable.
REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER, of Ohio, re
ferring to the army bill, says that some of
its provisions will turn out to be absolutely
ludicrous when they are executed. For
instance, the General of the Army is left
without a horse, while a Lieutenant of the
Marine Corps is entitled to two horses.—
Congress is determined that there shall be
no more joking about the "horse-marines."
They will be a reality hereafter. Again,
an officer in the Mounted Artillery is not
allowed a horse, while all the privates are
mounted. What a beautiful spectacle
Democratic reform bas brought about—as
witness the drilling of mounted troops with
all the officers on foot In battle, we
presume, the privates will take the advance,
and the officers remain in the rear. This
might be very pleasant for the latter in a
forward movement, bat, in a retreat would
not be so comfortable. It is a measure
that is certainly new in military tactics,
and it is impossible to tell whether it is
intended for the protection of the officers
or to plaee them in danger. We think it
will result in a good many scalps dangling
from the belts of the Bannock and Sioux
chiefs. The Confederates in Congress
should have known better, and probably
did, but the passing of any laws to increase
the efficiency of the army is not their
policy. The Northern Democrats, even if
they did not take the Confederate view of
the matter, may not have known any bet
ter, as they have never bad any military
experience.
WHICH of the Louisiana politicians was
it that threatened Butler's life if he went
to New Orleans—Mrs. Pinkston or Mrs.
Jenks ? It was surely a woman.
MRS. PINKSTON must be the original
Topsy. Red-headed Anderson can't dis
pute that honor with her, at any rate.—
We've got the wool on him this time.
ANDenson has confessed. So has Mrs.
Tilton. So has Mrs. Pinkstoo. Whose
turn next? Tilden's ?
ACTIVITY AND SUCCESS
The central organ of the Democracy, at
Harrisburg, foreshadowing the plans of
the leaders of the party, says that "all the
signs of the times point to an unusually
quiet political campaign in Pennsylvania
this year." This is not so much a conclu
sion arrived at from their point of view, as
it is an expression of what they desire, for
indeed all the indications are the other
way. Why a great political party claim
ing the superiority they do to every other,
in purity, in honesty, and is everything
else that would entitle them to popular
support, should have an anxiety to prevent
their claims from being discussed, from
having the interest of the people awakened
in regard to them,from creating, in fact, a
public excitement in their favor, is one of
the things which to persons outside of that
party is inexplicable and which they them
selves refuse to explain. An individual
of fair reputation never objects to having
his character commented upon and dis•
cussed openly and publicly. Why is it
not so with parties ? Why do the Demo
crats prefer private work and secret schem•
ing as a means of carrying out their pur
poses ? It is because their boasted abili
ity to govern the country and provide
for the public welfare better than other
parties is a sham and a fraud, because
their plans will not bear the light of day.
The Republican party never desires a
quiet campaign, or "a still hunt," as Til
den calls it. After having been in power
eighteen years, it is willing to go before
the country upon its record. Any faults
of which it is guilty as a party, it will
confess, but whatever good it has done it
will claim credit for, and putting one in
the scale against the other, will show an
overwhelming preponderance in favor of
the latter. Instead of being upon the de.
fensive, it will soon place its adversaries
in that position, if they are not there al
ready, and will take the aggressive as only
a great party conscious of its own power
and righteousness can. It will be as ag
gressive as it was in 1861, when Sumter
was fired upon, in 1863, when Lee's army
was shattered at Gettysburg and Fort Don
elson surrendered, and in 1865, when the
rebels laid down their arms at Appomattox.
It has always been aggressive when the
Democrats were in front of it, and will not
now yield up the spirit that has always
led it to victory. No, the Democrats want
a "quiet campaign," but they shall not
have it. It will be hotter for them than
that climate Anderson wanted to go
to. The members of the Republican Con
gressional Committee at Washington, who
have remained there in order to complete
arrangements for the publication and cir
culation of documents, report that advises
from all parts of the country are favorable
to a Republican campaign of unusual ac
tivity and of undoubted success.
THE Potter inquisition is still trying to
find out to whom Mrs. Jenks dictated the
so•called Sherman letter, or Anderson-
Webber guarantee. They had her on the
stand again on Saturday last. Their suc
cess was not any better than in their pre
vious efforts. The country has settled
down to the conclusion that Mr. Sherman
was not its author, and has but little
curiosity to know who acted as her aman
uensis. Is it worth while for the members
ofthe committee to spend their time and the
appropriation in investigating what nobody
cares anything about ? Let Mrs. Jenks
go home, gentlemen. For the sake of
your own reputations and the welfare of
Louisiana, let her go home. There will
be elections in her State and yours next
fall, and they will need the attention of all
of you. Let her go home, and go your
selves.
We wondered why the Huntingdon Journal
was so much better than usual the past few
weeks. The last issue explains it fully when
it says, "much editorial matter was crowded
out of our last two issues."—Democratic JVateh
man.
We can explain the matter better by
saying that the copies of the JOURNAL you
saw were those that the "crowded out" ed
itorial matter got into. By the way, we
take great pride in the improvement of
newspapeis generally, and always have
some good things standing over that we
could spare. If you want to improve the
Watchman, let us know. We could help
to make your readers a very intelligent
people without any loss or inconvenience
to ourselves. We will give you some ed
itorials if you want them, and you will then
not have to steal any.
WE are authorized to say this week that
Hon. H. G. Fisher has finally cobsented
to the use of his name in connection with
the Congressional nomination in this dis•
trict. He will be the unanimous choice
of the Convention which meets in August
next, and his nomination will be asked for
at the hands of the Conference, as the
most available candidate. If any man
can redeem the district from Democratic
misrepresentation Senator Fisher is that
man,
A waltzer at a Black Hills hop excused him
self at 11.30, because he had a couple of stages
to rob.— Unreliable Exchange.
A communist, of course. In Pennsyl
vania, he would not have waited until
11.30, nor till any other time in the night,
but would have gone in broad day-light,
without asking anybody's excuse, to make
a raid on a railroad or to steal some bonds
from three or four old bachelors. That is
the difference between the Black Hills and
the Blue Hills.
CHARLES FOSTER, the Ohio Congress
man, was on the stand as a witness before
the Potter Committee on Monday last, and
although Butler wanted to learn all about
the Woomly Hotel conference he did not
want to obtain the information from that
source. Ile doubtless fears Foster would
be as peppery as Gen. Boynton or Mrs.
Jenks.
WE put the JOURNAL W press this week
one day earlier than usual in order that all
hands may have an opportunity to spend
the 4th as their tastes dictate.
MILTON S. LYTLE, Secretary Republi
can State Central Committee, has gone to
Philadelphia, to assume his duties.
Tn Somerset county Democrats have
declared in favor of Hon. A. H. Coffreth
for Congress.
Miscellaneous News Items.
The Emperor of Morocco is dead.
A portrait of the late Vice President Wilson
was presented to the city of Boston on Satur
day, by William ClatiM, in behalf of himself
and others.
Gen. John C. Fremont took leave of the
President and Secretary of State Saturday
prior to his departure fur Arizona to assume
his duties as Governor.
Judge Sidney Breese, of the Illinois Supreme
Bench, died Friday night:rat Pinckeyville, 111.
Ile is said to have been the oldest judge in the
country, being over eighty years of age.
The assignee of Green & Cranston, bankers
and brokers, of Providence, R. 1., who faiied
a year or two ago, announces his readiness to
pay all claims in full, principal and interest.:
The Supreme Court of Arkansas on Satur
day declared that the levee bonds issued in
1869 and 1870 were unconstitutional and in
valid. About $300,000 in bonds are affected
by this decision.
Samuel Hubbard, the husband of the woman
who was mysteriously poisoned at Gravesend,
N. Y. last week by drinking lager beer, has
been arrested on suspicion of having commit
ted the deed. Their marriage life is said to
have been unhappy.
A pigeon-shooting match at Andalusia.
Penn., on Saturday, between the Narragansett
and Philadelphia Gun Clubs, was won by the
former, killing 99 out of 125 birds. The Phila
delphia club killed 95 birds.
Shipments of peaches in very small quanti
ties, have commenced over the Delaware rail
road, a few small crates being shipped Friday,
and a few the day before, all consigned to
New York. They are from various points in
Delaware and on the Eastern Shore. The
regular shipments will not commence before
about the 10th of July.
The Dubuque Times publishes crop reports
from forty counties. Wheat east of the Cedar
valley will be damaged about ten to fifteen
per cent. West of the valley it will be a full
average crop. Corn promises an average yield.
Oats, barley and rye are unusually heavy.
Wherever flax is grown, the crop is excellent.
Foxboro', Mass., celebrated its centennial
on Saturday. Gov. Rice and staff, a number
of the State officials, and numerous promi
nent gentlemen were present. The oration
was delivered by Hon. E. P . Carpenter, and
addresses made by Hon. Otis Cary, F. H.
Williams and Rev. W. H. Spencer. A poem
by Rev. J. F. Pettee was read. During the
firing of a salute John A. Davis was instantly
killed.
European War Notes.
Roumania delegates talk to the Berlin Con
gress to day.
The Greek plenipotentiary was given a hear
ing yesterday.
The final treaty will be signed before the
plenipotentiaries leave Berlin.
Fighting continues at Apocaroma, and sev
eral Turkish men-of-war took part in the con
flict.
Now that the Bulgarian question is dispos
ed of, the views of Europe, which has hitherto
regarded the integrity of Turkey in the light
of a dogma, have undergone a total change.
Whenever and Wherever
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of body are the best safeguards against such
disorders. If promptly taken in billions colic,
diarrhoea and cholera morbus, the disease is
usually frustrated. In diarrhoea cases, it is
only necessary to restore the tone of the relax
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of this medicine. Wind on the stomash,
heartburn, biliousness, nausea, headache and
other symptoms of disturbance in the gastric
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completely remedies those ailments which are
of mosL frequent occurrence. [julys-lm
E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron.
Has never been known to fail in the cure of
weakness, attended with symptoms,
indispo
sition to exertion, loss of memory, difficulty of
breathing, general weakness, horror of disease,
weak, nervous trembling, dreadful horror of
death, night sweats, cold feet, weakness, dim
ness of vision, languor, universal lassitude of
the muscular system, enormous appetite, with
dyspeptic system, hot hands, flushing of the
body, dryness of the skin, palid countenance
and eruptions on the face, purifying the blood,
pain in the back, heaviness of the eyelids, fre
quent black spots flying before the eyes, with
temporary suffusion and loss of sight, want of
attention, etc. These symptoms all arise from
a weakness, and to remedy that, use E. F.
Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. It never fails.
Thousands are now enjoying health who have
used it. Get the genuine. Sold only in $1
bottles. Take only E. F. Kunkel's.
_ _
Ask for Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. This
truly valuable tonic has been so thoroughly
tested by all classes of the community that it
is now deemed indispensable as a Tonic medi
cine. It costs but little, purifies the blood,
and gives tone to the stomach, renovates the
system and prolongs life.
I now only ask a trial of this valuable tonic,
Price $1 per bottle. E. F. KUNKEL, Sole
Proprietor, No. 259 North Ninth St., below
Vine, Philadelphia Pa. Ask for Kunkel's
Bitter Wine of Iron, and take no other. A
photograph of the proprietor on each wrapper,
all others are counterfeit.
Beware of counterfeits. Do not let your
druggists sell you any but KUNKEL'S, which is
put up only as above represented. You can
get six bottles for $5. All I ask is one simple
trial.
TAPE WORM REMOVED ALIVE.
Head and all complete in two hours. No
fee till head passes. Seat, Pin and Stomach
Worms removed by Dr. Kunkel, 259 North
Ninth St. Advice free. No fee until head
and all passes in one, end alive. Dr. Kunkel
is the only successful physician in this country
for the removal of worms, and his `Foam
SYRUP is pleasant and safe for children or
grown persons. Send for circular or ask for
a bottle of Kuukel's Worm Syrup. Price $1
a bottle. Get it of your druggist. It never
fails. [julys-Im..
The Art of Prolonging Life.
People generally desire long life and good
health. Sickness and premature death are
almost always due to violations of the laws
that govern our physical being, and of which
the masses are ignorant. If men knew better
they would do better ; but how can they avoid
an evil that they know not of? While efforts
are made through the public schools to give
each child a so-called common English edu
cation, yet the children are permitted to grow
up and enter upon the responsible ditties of
active life, profoundly ignorant of the struc
ture of their own bodies, and the laws of phy
sical being upon which their health and lives
depend. They are sent to school and cram
med with arithmetic, grammar, and geography,
by teachers who, in many instances, have
never studied physiology and hygiene. They
are taught to locate the mountains and trace
the rivers of foreign countries, but are never
taught to locate the vital organs and glands
of their own bodies, or trace the veins, arteries
and nerves, in their various ramifications.
They are instructed in the flow of the tides,
and the course of the ocean currents, and the
philosophy of winds and storms ; but they
have no correct conception of the relative
effects upon their health of breathing pure or
impure air, nor has their attention ever been
called to the importance cf keeping their
bodies clean and healthy by regular bathing.
The criminality of such neglect in teaching
becomes apparent when we consider that the
masses, ignorantly violating the laws ofhealth,
bring upon themselves sickness, suffering and
death, that might otherwise be avoided. In
this condition of things we welcome into being
any work that is calculated to impart to the
masses a knowledge of the structure of their
own bodies, the laws of health, and the import
ance of observing those laws. We find Dr.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser to be
just such a work. It is physiological and
pathological, and the major part of it should
be converted into a text-book for the use of
common schools. Its careful study will enable
the healthy to preserve their health, and the
sickly to regain health. Every parent should
read it, and as their children become of proper
age instruct them in the all-important tru the
it contains. Were this done, much suffering
and premature death would be prevented, and
many a youth saved from a life of shame and
licentiousness. The book contains nearly one
thousand pages, is profusely illustrated with
colored plates and wood-engravings, and can
be had by addressing R. V. Pierce, M. D.
World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buf
falo, N. Y. Price, post-paid, sl.so.—United
Brethren Aid ,Journal.
CLARKE'S TOOTH Acing DROPS cure instantly.
EVER SINCE Da. WM. M. GILES, of
120 West Broadway, New York, extended a
frank invitation to owners of lame horses to
bring their equine property ronnd to his place
of business for free treatment, the corner of
White street and West Broadway has come
to resemble a horse fair. The Doctor's hold
deli which is thus thrust upon the curious
attention of his neighbors, is based on his
earnest belief in his lodide Ammonia Liniment,
which is now preferred to all others by the
chief stock raisers and sporting men of this
country.
Sold by all druggists. Send for pamphlet.
Da. Gluts, 120 West Broadway, N. Y, Trial
size 25 cents. Fur sale by John Read St Sons.
Political Announcements.
Our terms for announcing candidates are as
follows: Congress, $10; Assembly, $5; Prothon
otary, $5; Register and Recorder, $5; Treasurer,
$5; District Attorney, $5; Commissioner and Di
rector of the Poor each $3. Communications re
commending candidates ten cents perline. The
cash to accompany the notice to insure insertion.
ASSEMBLY
I hereby announce myself a candidate for nom
ination for Assembly, subject to the decision of
the ensuing Republican County Convention. I
respectfully ask the support of all Republicans.
DAVID ETNIER,
Mill Creek, June 14, 1878*.
PROTHONOTARY
To the Republican Vutere of Huntingdon county
The undersigned offers himself as a candidate
for Prothonotary, ,tc., subject to the decision of
the next Republican County Convention.
W. WK. WILLIAMSON,
I respectfully announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Prothonotary, subject to the de
cision of the coming Republican County Conven
tion. SAMUEL A. STEEL.
Huntingdon, Pa., May 20, 1878.
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
We are authorized to announce the name of
WILLIAM J. GEISSINGER, as a candidate for
Register and Recorder, subject to Republican
usages.
To the Republican• of Huntingdon County :
We would announce the name of JOHN S.
BARE, of Mount Union, as a candidate for Reg
ister and Recorder, subject to the decision of the
Republican County convention.
LOWER-END REPUBLICANS.
Mt. Union, Pa., June 13, 1878.
Mn. EDITOR :—Please announce the name of
Irvin D. Kuntzelman as a candidate for the office
of Register and Recorder, before the Republican
County Convention.
Mr. Knntzelman is well known to the citizens
of this county, who have had business in the Re
corder's Office within the past seven years, as a
young man of most pleasing manners, and who
has, as a clerk in that office, commended himself
to all, by his courteous and accommodating spirit
—qualities that are essential in a public officer.
He is thoroughly acqnainted with the business of
the office and entirely competent to manage it. He
is a young man of high moral character, and of
temperate and industrious habits. His father hav
ing died in defense of his country's liberties, Mr.
Kunteelman is the sole support ofa widowed moth
er, and is physically disabled from earning a live
lihood by manual labor. He is just the man for
the position, and should the convention nominate
him, it will present a candidate that will receive
the cordial support and endorsement of the people.
mayl7*] MANY REPUBLICANS.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for
District Attorney, subject to the usages of the Re
publican party, and pledge my support to the
ticket nominated. GEO. B. ORLADY.
I announce myself as a candidate for the office
of District Attorney, subject to Republican usages.
junel4, 'eS) HERMAN H. NORTH.
TREASURER,
We are authorised to announce HENRY ROB
LEY, of Huntingdon, as a candidate for the office
of Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Repub
lican county convention.
COMMISSIONER,
We are authorized to announce HENRY DA
VIS, Sr., of West township, as a candidate for
County Commissioner, subject to Republican
usages. *
The name of S. HOWARD DECKER, of Hun
tingdon, will be presented as a candidate for
County Commissioner, to the next Republican
County convention.
Mr. Decker is a young, active Republican, and.
will make an honest and efficient officer. His res
idence in the borough of Huntingdon will be not
only a great saving, but a great convenience to
the tax-payers.
New To-Day.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
of the Huntingdon Borough School District
for the year ending June, 1878.
RECEIPTS.
Gross amount of Tax Duplicate $6331 16
State Appropriation
Fines 4 33
Amount from Oneida Township l5 60
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer at
last settlement 2254 23
EXPENDITURES.
To amount paid teachers $5117 05
Jan iter's services 223 75
Repairs, is 199 02
Coal 95 54
Printing 25 41
Secretary's Salary 45 50
For School Books 35 46
Commission on State Appropria
tion lO 62
Commission on Orders.. 3lO 00
Commission on Fines 2l
Commission on Oneida township 78
Exoneration, . 155 78
Returned to Comr's Office... l5B 76
Miscellaneous 258 11
$6835 90
Balance in hands of Treasurer... 2831 93
$9867 92
J. G. BAYER, Prest.
WM. AFRICA, Sec'y.
Huntingdon, Pa., July 5,1878-3 t.
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
[Estate of AARON STEWARD.]
Notice is hereby given that Aaron Steward, of
Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa., has by
Deed of Assignment, dated July Ist., A. D., 1878,
assigned, for the benefit of his creditors, all his
estate, real and personal, to the undersigned. All
persons indebted to the said Aaron Stewart are
hereby notified to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against him are requested
to present them properly proven.
GEO. B. ORLADY,
julys fit] Assignee.
TO THE AFFLICTED.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DR. GEO. FERARD, better known as the "Old
Mountaineer," formerly of this place, and now of
Youngstown, Ohio, has left with the undersigned
an agency for the sale of his
Invaluable Remedies
In the cure of all diseases so successfully treated
by him when here. His celebrated
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TONIC,
So unrivaled as an alterative and so efficacious in
all diseases of the Liver, will be kept constantly
on hand, while his remedies for diseases of Kid
neys, Gravel, Diabetes, Dro i >ay, Neuralgia,
Catarrh, Tatter, eta., etc., will be procured for
persons ordering them, promptly and at the short
est notice.
Persona afflicted with disease would do well to
avail themselves of this opportunity of procuring
relief. Medicines will be forwarded by mail or
express to any part of the country, when ordered.
Address R. McDIVITT,
julys-tf.} Huntingdon, Pa.
New Advertisements.
NEW POWDER MAUER ! ! !
Tile ORIENTAL Poo Ells
OF BOSTON, MASS.,
have established an agency at this place and made
Samuel McCulloch,
dealer in Hardware, &c., their agent. They have
a good Magazine, filled with a general assortment
of mining and sporting powder.
All who have used their Powder for mining pur
poses, in the past years, admit it to be the best in
use, and the "sporting" public have been sending
to headquarters for their rifle and shot gun pow
der, while other brands of powder have been kept
in our midst. The magazine is stored with every
variety of sporting powder, which is sold at same
prices as in Philadelphia or any other headquart
ers.
Mr. McCulloch, solicits for the company the
patronage of all who desire a first-class powder,
for either mining or ■porting purposes. Prices
same as fer other makes of good powder at this
point. In addition to the powder business, Me-
Culloch keeps on hand a good supply of Miners'
material, such as Fuse, Steel, Coal Picks, Striking
Hammers, fie., &c., at the lowest cash prices.
Huntingdon, June 14, '7B-3m.
New Advertisements.
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01ANBS OISTIII.
I wish to let the People of Huntingdon and surrounding country
know that we are selling Boots and Shoes lower than they were
ever sold before in Huntingdon. As I buy all my shoes in
case lots, direct from the Manufacturers, I can buy
them lower than any one that buys from jobbers
in dozen lots, and if you will take the trouble
to call and examine my goods and prices
you will save money. Below I
give you a partial price list of
some of my goods :
Ladies' Department.
Ladies' Button Shoes, $1.50, 1.75, 2.00, 2.25 and 2 50,
Ladies' Button Gaiters, $1.75, 2.00 and 2.25,
Ladies' Button Foxed Gaiters, $1.50, 1.75 and 2.00,
Ladies' Lasting Gaiters, $l.OO, 1.25, 1.50 and 1.75,
Ladies' Congress Gaiters, $l.OO and 1.25,
Ladies' Foxed Gaiters, $1.25, 150, 175 and 2.00,
Ladies' Kid Slippers, 60c, 65c, 75c and $l.OO,
Ladies' Leather Slippers, 75c and $l.OO,
Ladies' Kid Button Walking Shoes, $1.25,
Ladies' Carpet Slippers, 50c,
Ladies' Lace Morocco Shoes, $1.25, 1.50, 1.75 and 2.00.
Misses' Department.
. Misses' Button Shoes, $1.25, 150, 1.75 and 2.00,
Misses' Foxed Button Shoes, $1.50, 1.75 and 2.00,
Misses' Lace Foxed Gaiters, $1.25 and 1.50,
Misses' Side Lace Shoes, $1.65,
Misses' Plain Gaiters, $l.OO, 1.25 and 150,
Misses' Heavy Pegged Shoes, 75c and 1.00,
Misses' Morocco Sewed Shoes, $l.OO and 1.25.
Children's Department.
Children's Button Shoes, sizes 8 to 10k, 90c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50'
Children's Lace Shoes, " " 75c and 1.00,
Children's Buff and Pearl Button, " 1.40,
Children's Slippers, 50c and 60c,
Children's Button Shoes, sizes 4 to 7, 75 c, 1.00 and 1.20,
Children's Lace Shoes, CC 60c to 1.00,
Children's Button Spring Heel, " 90c to 1.25.
Infant's Department.
Infant's Kid Button Shoes, 50e, dOc and 75c,
Infant's Buff Button Shoes, 80c,
Infant's Buff Lace Shoes, 70c,
Infant's Lace Shoes as low as 25c.
Men's Department.
Men's Fine Calf Boots, $2.25, 2.50, 3.00, 3.25 and 3.75,
Men's Coarse Boots, $2.25, 2.50 and 3.00,
Men's Brogans, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50,
Men's Plough Shoes, Buckle, 1.25 and 150,
Men's Low Shoes, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00 and 2.50;
Men's Carpet Slippers, 50c,
Men's Congress Gaiters, 1.50, 175 and 2.00,
Men's Sewed Army Brogans, 160.
Boy's Department.
Boy's Fine Boots, $2.25, 2.50, 2.75 and 3.00,
Boy's Coarse Boots, 1.50, 175 and 2.00,
Boy's Congress Gaiters, 1,25, 1.50 and 1.75.
J. H. McCULLOUGH,
Proprietor.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
DRESS GOODS.
The advantages secured by EXCLUSIVELY CASH PURCHASES
and direct importations are seen in the low prices at which we are sell
ing reliable dry goods. We offer,
$9667 92
SILK DEPARTMENT,
Extra Plain Color Dress Silks, 75c., 86c., $l.OO
, .
21-inch Gros Grain Silk, $1.25
Stripe Silks, Colored and Black, 50c.
Stripe Silks, Black and White, 50e.
Stripe Silks, Black and White, 55e.
Stripe Silks, Stripes and Checks, 650.
Stripe Silks, Stripes and Checks, 75e.
Stripe Silks, New Combination Stripes
and Checks, 8543.
Extra Heavy Black Dsziasse, formerly
$2,25, $3, now $1.85, $2.50.
IN THE
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT,
Ladies' Extra Balbriggan Hose, 38c.
Well Worth 50c.
Ladies' Striped Hose, 38e.
Full regular made.
White and Brown Hose, 25e
Double heels and toes, extra
Extra English Half-Hose, 20e.
Plain Colored Half-Hose, ne.
Striped Half-Hose, 25e.
Full regular made.
In Misses' and Boys' Hose we offer the best assort-I
went in Philadelphia.
1
IN THE
LAWN DEPARTMENT,
Linen Lawns, 124 e
Linen Lawns, better grades, 20, 25, 300.
Corded Jaokonet Lawns, 1210.
Oxford Cheviot Shirtings, 25, 31, 37fc.
Zephyr and Madras Dress Gingham,.
LADIES'
X USLIN UNDER WEAR,
The moat complete stook ever shown in Philadel
phis, comprising every variety of plain and hand
comely trimmed undergarments, at very moderate
prices.
We have but one price for goo(
or sent by mail or express. Distan
through our Mail Order Departmei
low prices which characterize the hi
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
N. W. corner Eighth and Market Streets,
febB-6m] PHILADELPHIA.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Mrs. ELIZA BSTH SMITE!, deed.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Mrs. Eliz
abeth Smith, late of Barree township, dec'd. hav
ing been granted to the undersigned—whose post
office address is Neff's Mills—all persons knowing
themselves indebted are requested to make imme
diate payment, and those having claims to present
them duly authenticated for settlement.
JAMES F. THOMPSON,
may3l-*] Executor.
FARM AT PRIVATE SALE.
The very desirable Farm, belonging to Geo.
W. Kough, adjoining the borough of baltillo,
Huntingdon county, through which the East Broad
Top Railroad passes, containing about 75 acres,
with a good young orchard, good meadow and
brick-yard, two small houses, a barn, &0., thereon,
adjoining lands of Charles McCarthy, G. W. Co
hill and others, is offered at private sale. Also,
84 acres of timber land. a short distance from the
farm, which is also tillable.
Terms will be made known by inquiring of
J. R. SIMPSON,
or Hnbtingdon.
D. CLARKSON,
Casaville,
may3l-3m] Attorney in fact for G. W. Kough.
BUY YOUR SCHOOL BOOKS
st the Journal Mom
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FOR THE GREIT
CONTINUE THEIR OFFERINGS OF
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New Advertisements
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IN THE
Dress Goods Department.
Stylish Suiting!, 10 sad 12te.
Alpaca Lustres, half-wool, 12}e.
Soft Wool Cashmeres, 15e.
Fancy Suiting', 18 aad 200.
Botany Wool Battings, extra value, 25e.
Mohair Glace, 250.
. ..
Mohair Melange, (ex. goal.), 31s.
British Bourettes and Neigeose, 25, 31, 374 and 50e.
All-Wool Beige, 250.
All-Wool Stripe Bege, 25e.
French Bourettes and Neigease, 60, 56, 624, 75c.
and upwards.
Busting. and Lace Buntings in every
- shade and quality.
48-inch, Summer Weight, Camera Hair,
6240., $l, $1.25, $1.374.
500.
40c.
Brussels Silk,
All-WoolTaffets.s,
Regular price, 50c.
All-Wool Armuree,
Reduced from 87}e.
All-Wool Metelame Beige,
Reduced from 45c.
Silk and Wool Pongee. 50e.
Never before sold for lees than 75e.
42-inch Dourette Beating (Silk and Wool), $l.
Cashmere Beige, 24, 35, 46 and 43 in. wide, in all
shades and qualities.
BLiiICK lIERAUXIES.IXD
GREX.IIDIXES.
Special attention is invited to our importation
of these goods, comprising a large line of beauti
ful and 02011111iYil styles not to be found elsewhere
in this country. Also, about
500 PIECKB
BLACK GRENADINES,
Lately purchased for cash at far Ws than cost,
and among which will be foetid many bargains.
Prices of the latter range front 35e. to $1.25.
s, whether purchased at the counters
consumers who do their shopping
Lt, secure their supplies at the same
►use among Philadelphia residents.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of WILLIAM JOHNSON, dee'd.)
Letters of Administration baring been granted
to the undersigned—whose post office address is
Warrioremark—on the estate of William Johnson,
late of Warrioremark township, deed., ail persons
knowing themselves indebted are requested to
make immediate payment and those having claims
to present them duly authenticated for settlement.
WM. W. JOHNSON,
Administrator.
jun-14*,
ESSENTIAL OILS.
WINTERGREEN, PEPPERMINT, PENNY
ROYAL, SPEARMINT, AC.
of prime quality, bought in say quantity for cub on
delivery, free of brokerage, eontatiesion, storage, & e.
DODCE 8& OLCOTT,
Importers A Exports:B,BB William St., New York.
June7-6m.
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SPRANBLE, WEAVER & CO.,
Wholesale Grooers sad Coatasissios Merchant,
225 A 227 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
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