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- Sheriff's Sales.
HERIFF'S SALES.
► , -1 By virtue.of sundry write of Fieri Facial
Levari Facies and Vanditioni Exponas, to me
directed, I will expose to public sale, at the Court
House, in Huntingdon, on
APRIL 11, 1879,
atone o'clock, p. w., the fol)Crlv (0406eriLea Real
Estate, to wit - • " •
No. I
Ail the one undivided fourth part of
thefoliewing tracts of land situate in the county
)f Huntingdon, and known as the
•`Mill Creek Furnace Property,"
to wit: The undivided fourth part of a tract of
land situate in Brady township, in said county,
near the mouth of Mill Creek, containing 180 acres
and 30 perches, about 80 acres of which are cleared
and in a good state of cultivation. Having there
on a
Large Blast Furnance,
with necessary machinery for blowing the same
either by steam or water, an
EXCELLENT GRIST MILL,
with four run of stones, smut machine and a
SAW MILL.
A full compliment of dwelling houses for manager
and hands to reside in. .All which buildings are
near the Pennsylvania Canal and railroad. [Ex
cepting therefrom three small pieces or parcels
thereof, viz: One thereof conveyed by E. A.
Green and Joseph Green and wife to Daniel Hawn
by deed dated May,-1866, and recorded in Record
Book W, No. 2, page 175. Another conveyed to
Moses Lightner by deed dated 23 July, 1869, and
recorded in Record Book Y, No. 2, page 109, and
the other by deed of Joseph and J. Miles Green
to Mrs. Sarah Peightal, dated May 9, 1876, and
recorded in Record Book H, No. 3, page 302.]
(Said pieces and parcels being hereafter separately
described.)
Also, the undivided fourth part of a. piece or
parcel of land adjoining the above described tract,
and lying between the same and the Juniata river,
16 acres and 121 perches, including Mill Creek
from the lire of the last mentioned tract to its
junction with the Juniata river, and is
," good bottom land with TWO DWELL-
Iee 11.7 , 4 HOUSES erected thereon. [Er
aII cepting therefrom two small pieces or
•
parcels thereof sold and conveyed by
deeds of Joseph Green and E. A. Green and wives
to wit : One by deed dated January Ist, 1867, and
recorded in Record Book Y, No. 2, page 158, to
George Hawn. and the other by deed dated Sep
tember 6th, 1867, and recorded in Record Book Y,
No. 2, page 160, to Aquilla Long]. (Said pieces
bring hereafter separately described.)
Also, that undivided one-fourth part of a tract
of land adjoining the two last mentioned tracts
and the Junitata river, purchased from J. and J.
Milliken, containing 32 acres and 120 perches,
upon which are built THREE DWELL
ING HOUSE, STABLES, and a large '
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE called lea
the MANSION HOUSE, fronting the 1 1 :
turnpike and canal, with commodious _ _ --
grounds, garden, yard and outhouses ; also, a sub
stantial wharf and a railroad leading therefrom to
the furnace, about two hundred yards on this tract.
[Excepting therefrom three small pieces or par
cels thereof, one thereof conveyed by deed of E. A.
Green and Joseph Green and wife, to Mrs. Mary
A .Hughea, by deed dated May 16, 1866, and re
corded in Record Book Y, No. 2, page 264; anoth
er conveyed by deed of Joseph Green and
wife and S. Miles Green to Eliphas B. Henderson,
dated May 26, 1876, and recorded in Record Book
Z, No. 2, page 270; and the other by deed of said
Jos. Green and J. Miles Green to Porter T. Hen
derson, by deed dated September 18, 1875, and re
corded in Record Book H, No. 3, page 136.] (Said
pieces and parcels being hereafter separately de
scribed.)
Also, the undivided fourth part of nine tracts
of unseated land situate in Henderson and Brady
townships, to wit: One tract containing 400 acres,
surveyed on a warrant in name of Daniel Ott;
another containing 400 acres in the name of An
drew Burgttart; another containing 331 acres and
31 perches in the name of Adams Houck ; another
containing 412 acres in the name of Frederick
Bates ; another containing 414 acres and 155
perches in the name of Lewis Lamer : another con
taining 400 acres in the name of S. M. Green and
J. H. Dorsey; another an improvement right in
the name of William Lightner, containing 300
acres. and the other a tract containing about 20
acres in the name of S. M. Green, adjoining the
former tract, John Goodman and others.
Also, the undived fourth part of a tract of land
containing 156 ac-es and 48 perches, situate in
said township of Brady, about one mile east of the
Furnace, adjoining lands of James Lane's heirs,
and others, about 50 acres of which are cleared,
known by the name of "Duncan Plad."
Also, the undivided fourth part of a tract of land
situate in Brady townsihp aforesaid, containing 197
acres and 134 perches, about three miles northeast
of Furnace, on the waters of Mill Creek, adjoining
lands of Thomas Read's heirs, Michael Hawn and
others, having 50 acres cleared, known as the
Warefield farm.
Also, the undivided fourth part of seven adjoin
ing tracts of unseated lands situate on Stone
mountain in Brady and Henderson townships, one
thereof in the name of Abraham Duffield ; one
other in the name of George Eagy ; one other in
the nano of Samuel Ayres ; one other in the name
of Jesse Hawkins; one other in the name of Thomas
Mitchenor; one other in the name of William
Michenor ; containing together about 3.000 acres.
[Excepting therefrom 262 acres and 10 pe r ch es ,
net measure, being that portion of the tract in
name of George Rtgy lying upon the southeast
side of Standing Stone mountain, which was con
veyed to Jacob Sharp by deed of Joseph Green and
E. A. Green and wives, dated March 28, 1868, and
recorded in Record Book X, No. 2, page 332, re
serving the iron ore on, in or under the same, with
the right to mine and carry the same away at any
and all times and places.] (The same being here
after separately described.)
No. 2.
Also, the undivided fourth part of that certain
messuage, tenement and lot of ground situate in
said township of Brady, adjoining lands of Daniel
Hawn, George Hawn, and others, containing about
lk acres, be the same more or less, being the same
lot of ground fully described in the deed from
Joseph Green anu J. Miles Green to Mrs. Sarah
Peightal, dated May 9, 1376. and recorded in
Record Book 11, No. 3, page 302.
No. 3.
Also, the undivided one-fourth part of that cer
tain, messuage, tenement and lot of ground in
said township of Brady, lying between the Penn
sylvania railroad and the public road leading to
Huntingdon, upon the N. E. bank of Mill Creek,
being more fully described, and the same lot of
ground mentioned, in the deed from Joseph Green
and J. Miles Green to Porter T. Henderson, dated
18th September, 1875, and recoded in Record
Book H, No. 2, page 136.
No. 4.
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36 00 60 65
50 00 65 80
60 00 80 100
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Also, all the undivided fuurth part of that cer
tain lot of ground situate in said township of
Brady, in the village of Mill Creek, on the south
bank of the waters of Mill Creek, bounded and de
scribed as follows, viz : Beginning at a 1 cust on
the south bank Mill Creek at the turnpike bridge:
thence S. 221 E. 441 feet to a post ; thence N. 671
E. 84?, feet to a post; thence N. 36 W. 49 feet to a
spruce; thence S. 641 W. 72 feet to the place of
beginning, being the same lot of ground which
was oonveyed to Eliphaz B. Henderson by deed of
Joseph Green and wife and J. Miles Green, dated
May 26, 1870, and recorded in Record Book Z, Nu
2, page 270.
No- 5
Also, all that certain messunge, tenement and
lot of ground situate in Brady township, adjoin
ing lot of James Hampson's heirs and others, con
taining two acres net measure ; being more fully
described in a deed from Joseph Green and E. A.
Green and wives to Moses Lightner, dated July
23, 1869. and recorded in Record Book Y, No. 2,
page 109.
Also, the undivided one-fourth part of all the in
terest which John H. burley had and held in and
to a tract of land containing 306 acres and 35
perches, surveyed on a warrant in the name of
Israel Pennington, on which is the
Dorsey Ore Bank,
situate in Franklin and Warriorsmark townshir.s.
No. 7-
Also, the undivided one-fourth part of a certain
messuage, tenement and tract of land, situate in
Brady township, containing about 140 acres, ad
joining lands of Samuel G. Simpson, D. Isenberg,
A. Simpson, and others, and the Juni Ita
river including the canal and turnpike,
on which are erected TWO DWELLING 1 11
HOUSES and a good FRAME BARN, 1 1 :1 1 , 11
and known as the Sugar Grove or --. 1 -P "-
Red House Tract,
more fully described in a deed from Joseph Green
and A. E. Green and wives to George ttby. dated
November 2, 1768, and recorded in Record Book
X, No. 2, page 37:3. That part of said tract lying
between the Pennsylvania Railroad and canal as
shall be cut off from said tact by the township
road leading from the said canal to the railroad
as lately laid out, with the houses thereon erected.
containing about one-half acre, is excepted.
No 8.
Also, all that certain tract of land, in Brady
township, containing 262 acres and 10 perches,
being that portion of the tract surveyed in name
of George Eby, lying upon the south-east side of
Standing Stone mountain, and more fully descri
bed in a deed from Joseph Green and E. A. Green
and their wives to Jacob Sharp, dated March 28,
1868, and recorded in Record Book X,page332,&c.
No. 9.
Also, all that messuage, tenement or tract of
land, lying in Brady township, between the old
Lewistown and Huntingdon turnpike road and
Pennsylvania Railroad, owned by George Hawn,
esq., being more fully described in a deed therefor,
from Joseph Green and E. A. Green and wives to
AquiPa Long, dated September 6, 1867, and re
corded in Record Book No. 2, page 160.
Also, all that messuage, tenement and lot of
ground, situate in Brady township, lying between
the old Lewistown and Huntingdon turnpike and
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and adjoining lands
of Samuel G. Simpson and the lot above describ
ed in a deed therefor from Joseph Green and E.
A. Green and wives to George Hawn, dated Jan
uary 1, 18f7, and recorded in Record Book Y, No.
2, page 158.
No. 11.
Also, all that certain piece or parcel of land, in
said township of Brady, adjoining lands of Geo.
Hawn. an alley, and lards of William McAllister,
and others, containing 1 acre and 129.42 perches,
being the same lot of ground described in a deed
from E. A. Green and Joseph Green and wife to
Daniel Hawn, dated May —, 1566, and recorded
in Record Book U, No. 2, page 175.
No. 12.
Also, all that certain piece or parcel of land, in
Brady township, adjoining the Pennsylvania
Railroad, lot of Mrs. Lydia Civils, the public
street in the village of Mill Creek, and others,
having thereon erected a TWO-STORY
I PLASTERED HOUSE, being the same
lot of ground which is more fully de
la! scribed in a deed fram E. A. Green and
_ Joseph Green and wife to Mrs. Mary
A. Hughes, dated May 16, 1868, and recorded in
Record Book Y, No. 2, page 264.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of E. A. Green, with notice to terra ten
ants.
`The above described properties will, in
pursuance of an order of ttie Court, be sold in the
order in which they are described as above, unless
the full amount of Levaria Facias No. 75, April
Term, 1879, with interests and costs, be satisfied
before they are all sold.
ASLO—AiI that certain house and lot of
ground and premises, situated and being on corner
of Washington and Bath streets, in the borough of
Huntingdon, being fifty feet in front on Washing
ton street and extending in depth at right angles
thereto along east side of Bath street 200 feet to
Mifflin street, as laid out on the ground and mark
ed 154 feet in the plan of said borough, and ad
joining lot late of James Hemphill on the east,
being the same premises which was con
veyed to the said John K. McCahan by / T
deed of Samuel H. Reed, dated March 111
16, 1866, and recorded in Record Book ::
U, No. 2, page 23, having thereon erect -
edaTWO-STORYFaAME DWELLING HOLIaE.
Also, al the r ght, title and interest of the said
John K. McCahan, of, in and to a certain parcel
or tract of land, situated in Warrioromark town
ship,Huntingdon county, and State of Pennsylva
nia, adjoining land formerly of John Henderson,
deceased, now John Wait, on the south, and the
Laurel Spring Grist Mill property and land form
erly belonging to Thomas Weston, esq., deceased,
on the north, bounded and described as follows,
viz : Beginning at a post, in the lane formerly
Henderson's, now Wait's, south 35 deg ees east,
219 perches to a post backed up with stones;
thence south 152 degrees west, 133 perches to a
stone heap; thence n rth 33 degrees west, 305 4-
10 perches to a post in lane, formerly Weston's,
and thence north 56 degrees east, 91 49-100 perches
to a post in lane (Wait's), containing 143 acres,
more or less, and the usual allowance for roads,
eke., about 100 acres cleared and the balance in
timber, principally oak, the same being the bal
ance r remainder of a larger tract of land sur
veyed on a warrant to Boynton & Wharton, dated
the 28th day of July, 1766, which was conveyed
by Caleb Guyer, committee of Benjamin Johnston
to John K. ':cCahan as by deed hearing date the
18th day of August, 1857, recorded in Book N,
No. 2, page 292 and 3.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of John K. McCahan, Executor aed
Trustee under the will of John McCahar., deceas
ed.
ALSO—AII that certain house and lot
of ground, situated in Warriorsmark town, in the
township of Warriorsinark,county of Huntingdon,
and State of Pelinsylvania, bounded and descri
ded as follows, to Wit Beginning at post on Main
street and corner of Jeremiah We ton's lot ; thence
south-east by said lot to post on twelve foot alley;
thence south west by said alley to post on Spruce
Creek and Philipsburg turnpike road ; thence by
said road north-west to post on Main street ; thence
north-east on Main street to post on
Jeremiah Weston's lot, the place of
111 beginning, containing about one-half
111 f acre, m re or less, having thereon erect
ed a LARGE FRAME DWELLING
HOUSE, Stable, and other outbuildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Bobert A. Jackson.
ALSO—AII that certain tract of land,
situated in Cromwell township, Huntingdon coun
ty, bounded as follows On the south by Was.
Glunt, west by Aughwiek Creek, on the north by
John Chilcote, and on the east by A. C.
Lynn, containing about 68 acres, more '
or lees, about 90 or 45 acres cleared and 141 oiF
the balance in timber, having thereon a I
mall LOG HOUSE and LOG BARN.
Seized, taken in execut on, and to be suld as the
property of Jacob Ruby.
ALSO—AII that certain tract of land,
situated in Tod township, Huntingdon county, Pa.,
adjoining land of Samuel Hite, Cornelius Saylor,
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No. 10
Samuel Saylor, David Beatly, James Banks, and
others, containing about 125 acres, more
or less, 70 acres of which are cleared
1141 it and the balance in timber and having
I I:, . thereon erected a small TWO-STORIED
_ FRAME HOUSE, Bank Barn, and oth
er outbu ldings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold az the
property of Abraham Chilcote.
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defendant's right, title and
interest in all that certain messuage and lot of
ground, situated in the borough of Huntingdon,
Huntingdon county, Pa., adjoining lot now or late
of Peter Swoop on the south, and lot now or late
of John Shirley on the north, fronting 50 feet on
Penn street and extending back at right angles
thereto 150 feet to a fifteen foot alley,
being lot No. 5, in Block No. 11, in the *,
recorded plan of the Wharton, Miller & 111
Anderson addition to West Huntingdon, I : P",
having thereon erected a TWO-STORY•_:#
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, and other out
bill r,gs. . _ _
seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as th
property of Abraham Baker.
ALSO—AiI that certain lot of ground,
situate in that part of the borough of Huntingdon
known as West Huntingdon, at the north-west
corner of Twe fth and ifflin streets, fronting 50
feet on said Mifflin street and extending back
therefrom 150 feet to a 15 foot alley, being lot No.
211 in J. Edgar Thompson's addition to said
borough of Huntingdon, and having thereon erect
ed a FRAME CHURCH BUILDING,
together with all and singular the build-
II ings, improvements, roads, ways, rights,
I I liberties, privilege , hereditaments and
appurtenances to the sane belonging
or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion
and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents,
issues and profits thereof.
Seized, taken in execution, and to he sold as the
property of, with notice to Harlin Saylor. D. P.
Egolf, J L. Etter, Alfre I Claybaugh and David
Lamberson, Trustees of the United Brethren
Church of Huntingdon
ALSO—AII that certain piece, parcel
or lot of ground, situate in Henderson township,
Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, fronting on
the north side of Turnpike or Public Road, lead
ing from Huntingdon to Mill Cre k, adjoin
ing lot of Peter Miller on the east and north, and
lands of Laban Hall on the west, con
taining one-half acre, more or less, and
having thereon erected a LOG DWELL- I
ING HOUSE, weatherboarded. The . 1 1 4 :F
premises being at present occupied by
Calvin Long as tenant.
Seized, taken in execution, and tube sold as the
property of Jesse Mills.
ALSO—AII that certain piece or block
of ground, situate in West Huntingdon, in the
borough of HuntinffJon, and State of Pennsyl
vania, fronting four hun ;red feet (400 ft.) on the
west side of Penn street, bounded on the north b 3
Eighteenth street. on the east by said Penn street,
on the south by Seventeenth street, and on the
west by the right of way of the Pennsylvania
ailrnad. said block being designated "I)." in
the recorded plan of West Huntingdon, as laid out
by Wharton, Miller and Anderson, having there
on erected ONE LARGE BRICK
;Tr im , PLANING MILL, ONE ERECT
[NG SHOP, ONE ENGINE HOUSE
I AND STACK, One Large Black
••- smith and Machine Shop, One Form
ing Furnace, (Inc Transfer Table, together with
Railroad Track and Siding. andoutbuildings, Oue
Fifty-horse Power Double Connecting Engine and
Boiler, One Lewis it Phillips' Bolt Header and
Furnace, One Rotary Mortis Machine, One Large
Power and Tainter's Planer, Shafting, Be ting,
and ail the Machinery, Fixtures, and Convenien
ces, known as the HUNTINGDON CAR WORKS.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Orbision t Co.
ALSO—AII that certain tract of land,
situate in Carbon township, Huntingdon county,
Pa.,boundcd on the south by lands of the H. &
B. T. R. it. Co., on the west and north
by lands of David Putt, and on the
east by lands of Thomas Carberry, de 111
ceased, containing 9 acres, more or less, j e :
having thereon a SAW MILL in good = =tom=
running order and good water pow" r.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of J. S. Hooper.
ALSO—AII that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land. siivate, lying and being in Oneida
township, limAnodoarcounty, Pennsylvania, ad
joining land of Hon. George Taylor's heirs, and
others, containing about 22 acres, 3 roods and 20
perches, the courses and distances of which are
fully set out in a deed therefor inter aliu from
Jacob Fockler to William Dorris, John Anderson
and Thomas P. Campbell, dated 9th November,
1838, and recorded at Huntingdon, eed Book 0,
No. 2, page 368, &c., excepting therefrom about
three-fourths of an acre n w owned by Hon George
Taylor's h ire, which was part of said 22 acres,
3 roods and 20 perches.
Seized. taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Stephen Weidlich, Adolf Gily, John
Gily and Franz Thomasberger.
ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground,
situate in Lincoln township, Huntingdon county,
Pa., bounded as follow : on the south by Lewis
Kreiger, on the west by David Morn
ingstar, and north and east by James
Cresswell, containing about 41 acres INi
clewed, having thereon a NEW TWO
STORY LOG HOUSE.
Also, all defendant's interest in about one-fourth
of an acre, adjoining the above described lot on
the north, having thereon erected a Frrme Stable.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of John Cunningham.
ALSO—AII defendant's right, title and
interest in all those two certain lots of ground,
situate in West Huntingdon, now part of said
borough of Huntingdon, adjoining each other and
each fronting 50 feet on Washington street and
extending in depth at richt angles to the same
150 feet to an alley 15 feet wide, being
' lots numbered 9 and 10 in Block 17 in
the plan of said Wharton, Miller &
derson's addition to said town, having
—-- thereon erected a TWO-STORY FRAME
11013 E, and other outbuildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of P. M. Burbank.
ALSO—AII that certain tract of land,
situate in the township of Walker, and county of
Iluntin.4don, bounded on the north by lands of
John P. Watson and George W. States, on the
east by lands of William Isenberg, Jacob Lining
er, and others, on the south by lands of John
Heifner and Hieronymous Diehl, and on the west
by lots of Walker township school district, Joseph
Isenberg, and others, containing seventy-six acres,
more or less, almost the whole of said land being
cleared and fenced, being part of a larger tract of
land described in a mortgage given by Joseph
McCoy to George Hawn, recorded in Mortgage
Book No. 4, page 366, the residue of the said
tract having been previously sold. The tract above
advertised, being the unsold portion of the same,
and constituting Nos. 7 . and 8 in a draft or plot
made by J. Situp on Africa, for the pur
poses of the Orphans' Court sale made by
the Administrators of Joseph McCoy, deceased.
[See Orphans' Docket L, page 255.] No 7, lying
on the west side of the Broad Top Railroad, and
containing about 50 acres, (excepting however,
therefrom about one acre at the south east corner,
sold to Grove Brothers.) No. 8, containing about
26 acres and lying on the east side of the said
railroad.
Seized, taken in execution, and to he Fold as the
property of the widow and heirs ofJos.McCoy, deed
ALSO—The undivided half part of five
lot-, pieces or parcels of ground, situate in Shirley
township, in said county of Huntingdon, bounded
and described as follows: No. 1, containing seven
acres and ninety-seven and a half perches, bound
ed by Augbwick Creek, lands of ichard
Shower, and others, having thereon
erected. DWELLING HOUSE, GRIST !
MILL, SAW MILL, and other improve- 19
menu. No. 2, containing two bun- _ -
dred and thirty-nine perches, neat measure, bound
ed by the foregoing No. 1, on the west. No 3, con
taining about two acres, and adjoining No. 1 on
the south. No. 4 containing about two acres lying
on the south eastern bank of Augbwick Cre , k,
and adjacent to No. 3. No. 5, containing about
five acres, the whole tract having at one time con
tained about fifteen acres, but a part of it amount
ing to some ten acres, having been retained by
Joseph Rhodes and John Bigley, former owners,
is now in possession of Joseph Rhodes. The part
herein described as No. 5, and containing about
five acres, being bounded as follows: Beginning
at a point on the north-eastern boundry of the
tract as it was before the division, adjacent to
lands of John Enyeart, at or near the road load
ing from Motint Union to Shirleysburg by way of
the Whetstones, and thirty-two ands half perches
distant from post at eastern corner of said tract,
and thence by a line running parallel with the
-ouch eastern boundry thereof, being south 50
degrees west, about twenty-live perches until said
division line mrets the south-western boundry ad
joining lands of A. L. Funk.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of Charles (1. Baird, and Margaret
Baird, his wife.
ALSO—AII that certain messuage, par.
eel of land, and Glass Sand Quarry, sitnate in
Brady township, Huntingdon county, and State
of Pennsylvania, beginning at a locust on the
Pennsylvania Canal; thence by Daniel Igo's tract
of land, south three degrees west forty-two and
eight-tenth perches to a post ; thence by tract
of land in name of David It. Porter, south thirty
five and three fourth degrees west forty-four and
fou--tenth perches to a Buttonwood on the Penn
sylvania Canal; thence by said canal north two
degrees east fourteen perches to a post ; thence
by same north nineteen degrees east twenty-four
perches to a post ; thence by same north twenty
eight and one-half degrees east thirty-one and
four-tenth perches ; and thence by same north
HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY MARCH 28, 1879.
twenty-one degrees east thirteen perches to the
place of beginning, containing four acres and six
ty five perches, and allowance of six per cent. for
roads, together with all and singular the build
ings, improvements, woods, ways, rights, liberties,
privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to
the same belonging or in anywise appertaining,
azd the revision and revisions, remainder and re
mainders, rents, issues and profits thereof.
Seice4, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of John MeComb.
- -
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title
and interest in and to all that certain lot of
ground, situate in the borough of Huntingdon,
fronting fifty feet on Oneida street, and running
back at right angles therefrom one hundred and
fifty feet, bounded by lot of Josiah
' Cunningham on the west, and Filth
I • street on the east, and having thereon
1 1 . I .' erected a TWO-STORY FRAME Horse,
with cistern, and other outbuildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Samuel C. Coder.
ALSO—AII the right, title and interest
of defendant. being a lite interest, in all that cer
tain tract of land, situate in Henderson township,
adjoining lands of Samuel Hemphill, John Sny
der, William Wagoner and Pennsylva—
nia Railroad on the south, containing fi•
24 acres and SO perches, more or less,
and having thereon erected a substan-
tial FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, _ _
and Log Stable.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of D. J. Walker.
- - -
ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground,
situate in the borough of Mount Union ; Hunting
don county, Pa., fronting - feet on Railroad
street, and extending in depth - feet
to an alley, having thereon erected a
1.0_ 4 TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING
.": 1 .. HOUSE AND FRAME STABLE, and
• " other outbuildings. . .
Also. all that certain lot of ground, adjoining
the above described lot, contain , ng about two
acres, more or less, fronting on Railroad street
and extending back to said alley.
Also, that certain lot of ground, situate in the
borough of Mount Union, Huntingdon county,
Pa., fronting 50 feet on Water street, haring there
on erected a TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING
110 USE, anu other outbuildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Samuel Miller and .B. Douglass,
trading as Miller & Douglass.
ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground,
in the borough of Coa!wont, fronting fifty feet on
Evans street, and extending back at right angles•
one hundred and fifty feet to a fifteen toot alley;
adjoining Schell s rest on the north, and lot now
owned by Joseph Shoenfeller on the south, having,
thereon erected a TWO-STORY FR A ME
PLANK HOUSE, Sta.Lle, and other j.
outbuildings, being the same premises 111
that C. K. Horton, Trustee to sell toe
real estate of Thomas H. Redding, sold
to Luther W. Flanigan by order of the Orphans'
Court of Huntingdon county, which sale was con
firmed absolutely Ly said Court on the 27th of
August, 1877, as wits appear by the records of said
Court. _ _ _ _ _
Seized, taken in execution. and to be Fold as the
property of Luther W. Flanigan.
- - -
ALSO—AII defendant's right, title and
intereet in all that certain tract or land, situate in
Clay township. Huntingdon county, Pa., bounded
on the north by Sanatiel Wagoner, on the south h ,
John Jamison, on the east by 11. Shop., and an
the west by J. B. Moreland, containing eight and
one-half acres of timber land, more or less:
Also, all that certain other tract of land in Clay
township, Huntingdon county, Pa., a !joining
lands of Cliarles McCarthy, G. W. Cohill,
and others, containing seventy- five acres
i I with good young orchard, good meadow
and brick yard, and having thereon
erected TWO SMALL DWELLINU
HOUSES and Barn. _ .
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of George W. Bough.
ALSO—AII defendant's right, title and
interest in all that certain tract of land, situate
in Warrioramark township, Huntingdon county,
Pa., bounded and described as follows : Begin
ning at a post or corner of said lands and lands
of Michael Grazier; thence by said G razier's lands
north fifty-two degrees east 68 perches to a post;
south S7i degrees east 53 perches to a hickory ;
north by lands of John Eyer 98 degrees east 13
perches to a post; south 40 degrees east 64perches
to a post; south 41 degrees west 24 and 2-10
perches to a post; south 37i degrees east 103 and
5-10 perches to a post; thence by lands of An
shultz & Co., south 30 degrees west 65 perches to
a pine knot; thence by other lands north 37i
degrees west 248 perches to the place of begin
ning, containing 94 acres and the usual allowance
of six per cent. for roads, being the same tract of
land more fully described in Deed Book E, No.
3, page 107, together with all and singular the
buildings, improvements, ways, waters, water
courses, rights, liberties, privileges hereditaments
and appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging
or in any wise appertaining, and the revisions and
remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and
all the estate right, title and interest,
and property claim and demand what
ever, having thereon erected a TWO- Ist
STORY FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, I- ■
Bank Barn, and other necessary out _
buildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Israel Miller, whose administrator is
John Miller.
ALSO—AII that certain messuage, par
cel of land and Glass Sand Quarry, situate in
Brady township, Huntingdon county, and State
of Pennsylvania, beginning at a locust on the
Pennsylvania Canal, thence by Daniel Igo's tract
of land, south three degrees west forty-two and
eight-tenth perches to a post; thence by tract of
land in the name of David R. Porter, south thirty
five and three-fourth degrees west forty-four and
four-tenth perches to a buttonwood on the Penn
sylvania Canal ; thence by said Canal north two
degrees east fourteen perches to a post; thence
by same, north nineteen degrees east twenty-four
perches to a post ; thence by same, north twenty
eight and one-half degrees east thirty-one and
four-tenth perches to a post ; and thence by then
same, north twenty-one degrees east thirteeg
perches to the place of beginning, containin,
four acres and sixty-five perches, and aflowance
hav'ng thereon erected a Glass Sand Quarry, a
Railroad &iding to Pennsylvania Railroad, Steam
Engine and Gearing, Buildings and Machinery.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of R. Bruce Petrikin, Trustee and Dan
iel Crowley and Eliza Crowley, his wife terre ten
ants.
TERMS :—The price for which the property is
sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such
other arrangements made as will be approved,
otherwise the property will immediately be put up
and sold at the risk and expense of the person to
whom it was first sold, and who, in the case of
deficiency at such re-sale shall make good the same,
and in no instance will the deed be presented to
the court for confirmation unless the money is ac
tually paid to the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lien
creditors must procure a certified list of liens for
the Sheriff, in order to apply the amount of bids,
or any part thereof, on their liens.
SAM'L 11. IRVIN,
March 21, 1579.] Sheriff.
Legal Advertisements.
PROCLAMATION.—Whereas, by a ,
precept to me directed by the Judges of the
Common Pleas of the county of Huntingdon, bearing tent
the 26th day of February, 1879, I am commanded to make
public proclamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that
a Court of Common Pleas will be held at the Court House
in the borough of Huntingdon, on the let Monday (and
7th day) of April, A. D., 1879, for the trial of all
issues in said Court, which remain undertermined before
the said Judges, when alai where all jurors, witnesses,
sad suitors, in the trials of all issues are required.
Dated at Huntingdon, the 21st day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
nine, and 103 d year of American Independence.
Marcd 21, 1879. dAMUEL H. IRVIN, Sheriff.
PROCLAMATlON—Whereas,byapre
eept to me directed, dated at Huntingdon, the
26th day of February, A. D. 1879, under the hands and seal
of the Hon. John Dean, President Judge of the Courts of
Common Pleas, Oyer and Terminer, and general jail deliv
ery of the 24th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, compo
sed of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria counties; and the
Hons. Graffue miller and Adam Ureter, his amoci
atm, Judges of the county of Huntingdonjustices amigo
ml, appointed to hear, try and determine all and
every indictment made or taken for or concerning
all crimes, which by the laws of the State are made
capital, or felonies of death and other offences,
crimes and misdemeanors, Which have been or
shall V hereafter be committed or perpetrated, for
crimes aforeastid—l am commanded to make public prods
mation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of
Oyer and Terminer,Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions
and general jail delivery will be held at the Court House, in
the borough of Huntingdon, on the second Monday (and
14th day) of April, 1079, and those who will prosecute the
said prisoners, be then and there to prosecute them as it
shall be just, and that all Justices of the Peace, Coroner and
Constables within said county, be then and there in their
proper persons, at 10 o'clock, a- m., of said day, with their
records, inquisitions, examinations and remembrances, to
do those things which to their offices respectively appertain.
Dated at Huntingdon, the 21st day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thoueandeight hundred and seventy-nine
and the 103 d year of American Independence.
BAM'L. 11. IRVIN. Stamm
PROCLAMATION—Whereas, by a pre
cept to me directed by the Judges of the Com
mon Pleas of the county of Huntingdon, bearing test the
26th day of February, A.D. 1879,1 am commanded to make
public proclamation throughout my whole bailiwick, th t
a Court of Common Pleas will be held at the Court House,
in the borough of Huntingdon, on the 3d Monday, (a d
21st day,)of April,A. D., 1879, for the trial of all iss .es
in said Court which remain undetermined before the sai
Judges, when and where all jurors, witnesses, and suit, e,
in the trials of all issues are required.
Dated at Huntingdon, the 21st day of March, la the ye sr
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred andseventy
nine, and the 1031.1 year of American Independence.
SAM'L. 11. IRVIN, Seamer.
Elje ctorß—fErlitr,
HONORA'S DECISION.
It was a pretty and picturesque sight
that met Belton Black's gaze as he paused
among the clustering birches of the wood.
Nora Leigh was seated on the gras;, with
one rosy child on her lap and two or three
others scattered round, her fair cheeks
crimsoned ; and the braids of bronze brown
hair shining beneath the cottage bonnet
tint she wore.
[ She looked up radiantly as her lover's
shadow fell across the tangled ferns of the
•oodland glade.
"Belton, is it yotll ?" she cried.
"Send the children away," said he, im
patiently; "I want to talk to you."
"They will not disturb us."
"They will disturb me."
A look of pain came over Ilonora's
sweet, submissive face.
"Charley," said she to the eldest lad,
.'take Katie and Null to where the black
berries grow Johnny can carry the
baskets, and see how many berries you can
pick before I conic."
Charley obeyed without a word ; but the
defiant glance which he bent on Mr Black
from beneath his knitted brows stowed
that be fully c , ,wprehended the situation
of things.
"I hate that man," said he to Katie.
"Oh, Charlie," cried out the innocent
child, "that's very wicked "
"I can't help it," replied Charley. "He's
cross and scolds Nora, and I hate him."
In the meanwhile Belton Black bad
seated himself on the grass beside Honora
Leigh and thrown one arm carelessly around
ber waist.
"Nora, I've made up my mind "
: "As to what ?"
She looked up fondly into his dark, Cas
iilian faeo.
: •'As to the propriety of our being mar
tied next month Jennings says lam to
Mare a partnership, and I see my way clear
t once. I've spoken to the agent about
.be little house in Clifton street, and—"
I. '' I. "Oh, Belton. do you think that house
1 he large enough ?'' interrupted Ilonora,
a troubled face.
"Large enough for what ?"
`'For the children. There are four of
,-
i, you know, and—"
i '.No," said Mr. Black, abruptly. —I
v .
't think it will be large enough—l
illila't mean that it should You surely
Can not intend, Honora. to burden our
household with your aunt's four children ?
They are nothing to me, and they should
be nothing to you. I dara say I can find
some excellent institution where—"_ _
"I promised my aunt on her dying bed
that the children should never lack a moth
er's care," said Honors, who had grown
very pale.
"And you have kept your word," broke
in Black, impatiently. "For two years ycu
have fed, clothed, and supported them out
of your slender earnings. It's all nonsense
to keep up this sort of thing any longer.
The boys are big enough to work ; the g irls
anicasily be provided for in an orphan
asylum "
"Oh, Belton—never!'
"Just as you please," said Mr Black,
his face growing as hard as adamant.
"But remember one thing, Non, you
must choose between we and them."
Honora uttered a sobbing cry.
"Belton, Belton," wailed she, .'how can
you be so hard ?"
"I am only sensible and practical "
"They are so little, so helpless Oh, I
cannot turn them over to the cruel mercies
of the world," pleaded Honora.
"That must be for you to decide."
She sat for a minute looking at the tiny
child figures as they flitted about on the
edge of the wood, listening to their inno
cent laughter; then she looked up into his
face.
"I have decided," said she. "I cannot
leave the children."
Belton Black's brow grew dark as night.
"Very well," said he, rising to his feet;
"you know all that implies."
"Yes," in a low, tremulous tone.
"And you are willing to abide by it ?"
"Yes "
"Good by, then," extending a cold hand
"Good by, Belton."
And her eyes fillowed him with a vague.
facivated gaze, as he strode out 'of the
green glade, and was loot to view.
"Have I done right ?" she asked her
self, with a sharp pain at her heart; and
then, as little Nelly came up, crying out,
"Nora Nora, me got a fora in me finger !"
and holding up the tiny digit, with tear
stained cheeks, she caught the child in her
arms and sobbed out :
"God help we! Yes, I have done right,
for the orphan little ones have no one
but me "
So Ilonora Leigh went back to her life
of patient drudgery and ceaseless toil once
more. And the rich gentleman on the
first floor, who saw her go in and out with
her little satchel of books and her roll .of
music, asked her landlady who she was.
`•lt's Miss Leigh, sir," said the woman.
"A daily governess, and one of the sweet
est, self denying young ladies as ever gave
up her life for the benefit of others."
"Hump !" said the rich gentleman.—
"There are not many such in the world."
"No, sir; indeed there's not !" said Mrs.
Moore.
How the rich gentleman on the first
floor became acquainted with the daily
governess—how the children began to run
in and out of his room, and ask him to tell
them marvelous stories of America, whence
he came—and how at last pretty Honora
went back to America with him as his
wife, would make too long a recital in de
tail. Suffice it to say that such was the fact.
`'God bless the little ones," Mr Bon
field said ; "there's room and to spare for
thew in my home. And, to my thinking,
there is no sweeter sound about a house
than children'3 voices.
And if anything could have made Hon
ora love her husband more dearly than she
had done before, it would have been these
words of his.
As the years went by, and the little
children grew up into health and beauty,
and Honors, in her satins, had almost for
gotten the sore straits of her early girl
hood, when one day the past was recalled
to her by a most unexpected accident
"If you please, Mrs Bonfield," said the
cook one day, an honest, warm hearted
Milesian, "Tim says there's a poor family
sittlire down in the old cottage by the gates
as is 'most starvin'. 'Sure', says Ito Tim,
'why don't you tell the missus?' Says he :
'What for wud I be both.erin' her, and they
within' to her ?' Says I : 'The band of her
never was closed again the sick an' the
poor, an' I'll tell her, Tim,' says I, 'if you
don't.' "
"You are quite right, Mary," said Mrs.
Bonfield. "I will go this evening and in
quire into the case."
And with Charley carrying a basket in
which was piled a goodly supply of jelly,
wine, home bread, and hot.house grapes,
Honora walked to the ruined cottage at
dusk.
Alas ! for the squalor and poverty of
the wretched place—a candle burning on
the hearth, a gaunt form outstretched on
a heap of straw, with fever glowing cheeks.
and eyes rolling restlessly in their sunken
sockets, while by the door sat a faded
woman,rockiog a child to and fro in her lap.
"I hope we're not intruding, ma'm, "
said she, with something of a lady's tour
test' and accent; "but my husband could
go no farther. We are on our way to
Omaha, where he thought he could get
employment
"You are quite welcome to stay here."
said Mrs. Bonfield, gently ; "and I will
send you some things from the house to
make you more comfortable. Your hus
band's name is"
"Black, ma'm, Belton Black. We've
had bad luck, and we thought perhaps he
might do better here," sighed the woman.
"But I heartily wish we had stayed in
England."
Ilonora Bonfield's heart beat violently
as she advanced a pace or two toward the
wretched heap of straw where the yellow
flicker of the candle light faintly illumin
ated a face which she would have scarcely
recognized—the face of Belton Black.
He died the next night, and never knew
that the compassionate eyes of his old
sweetheart had rested pityingly on him in
these last hours.
And the simple headstone that was reared
over his remains in the cemetery was placed
there throueh Honora Bonfield's charity.
tlett
Methodism--No. 4.
SKETCHES OF ITS EARLY HISTORY,
J. R. FLANIGEN
From the Philadelphia Record.]
It is a notable circumstance that while
Methodism had its origin in England, the
first "conference" of ministers there was
not held until 1774, or a year later than
that held in Philadelphia, in 1773. This
may be accounted for by he fact there was
greater need for preachers to come together
for the transaction of business in this
country than existed in England, where
Mr. Wesley was the supreme direetor of
affairs. The spirit of republicanism seem
ed to be an ingredient,
.or rather, perhaps.
we would say an inspiration of the Metho
dist birth. It is also likely that the more
advanced ideas of the people generally.
here had an ithportant influence to;pisptt,
the movement in an organized condition.
The men engaged in the work ori
of the Atlantic, although, as seed
previous article, for the most part d :
to the hothe Government, were
en'•ed to the same extent by the tradlgiak
of the Old Church, as were those eno44
in England, beside, the people who jojotell,
the Methodists here came largely frolft tke!
Moravians, and those who bad, to
tent, been recognized as Lutherans; and,
in addition to all this, there was surround
ing the preachers in America a moral of
progress which was not experienced on the
other side of the water.
As the virgin soil of a new country is
richer and greatly more productive when
prepared for cultivation than that of an
old one,,k) it has ever been found that the
people, beke men and women, who settle
it, are more actively progressive, and we
shall therefore find that in point of num
bers, wealth and power, American Meth
odism has kept in advance of that of the
mother country. It is also a subject for
gratulation that American Methodism has
been much less a subject of division into
sub sects than it has in Great Britain ;
and here again we are brought to a reali
zation of the superiority of those Amer;
can institutions which give form, charac
ter and faith to the various denominations
that are fostered by their benign influence.
THE PIONEERS OF LOCAL METHODISM
in Philadelphia have long since been re
tired to their well earned rest in the man
sions of their God, but their descendants
are yet with us, many of them occupying
honored places not only in the Church,
but in other relations of life; and it may
hence be worth while to recall the names
of a few of those who first braved the sneer
and reproach of such persons as affected
to despise the adherents of Wesley. The
old Saint George's church, to which we
referred somewhat briefly in our last paper,
after being sold by order of the Provincial
Assembly, and purchased by young Hock
ley (probably Heeckly), was conveyed to
Miles Pennington, a tallow chandler, who
was a member of the infant society ; and
Mr. Asbury, when referring to the church
for some years after its purchase and pO9
session, mentioned it as "our preaching
house," so it would seem the name Saint
George's, by which it is now known, was
not given to it until about the year 1781,
after which time he determined it in his
writings.
Doctor Lednum, referring to the first
improvement of the building by which it
was made ready as a place of worship, said,
"It was floored from end to end, and more
comely seats were put in it, with a new
pulpit like a tall tub on a post, which was
the fashion of the times, but one of the
worst fashions that ever was for a pulpit."
Watson, in his Annals, says it was "A
dreary, cold looking place in winter time,
when, from the leaky stove pipe, mended
with clay, the smoke would frequently is
sue and fill all the house," and describing
the pnlpit he says : "About twenty feet
from the east end there stood a square
thing not unlike a watchbox with the top
sawed off—rather an obscure description
after all, perhaps to thousands of our read
ers, who have not the slightest knowledge
concerning what was the watchbox of half
a century ago that was found fastened
down on the pavement at many of the
street corners in the city.
Here we may pause for a moment to
notice the temper of Mr. Watson's refer
ence to Methodism in his Annals, every
line of which, nearly betokens the preju
diced mind. It is only about twenty years
since Mr. Watson's book passed through
the press, albeit the ill natured remarks
indulged in concerning a denomination of
people now so extensive were probably
written many years previously; but ail that
he has to say of Methodism is in the worst
possible taste, and it is to be hoped that,
if the work i. ever republished, the editor,
who ever he may be, will have the disore
tien to eliminate the offensive passages.
Dr. Lednum, referring to the contempt
for the early Methodists as evinced by
some persons in the olds n time, narrates
the ease of an individual who always made
it a point, as he said, to cross to tha oth
er side of Fourth street when about to pass
Saint George's. Now, the same indiVldll-
al, if living, and maintaining the same
prejudice, would probably walk on the rail
way track, and thus keep as far away as
possible from the two extremes.
But to return. Mr. Pennington convey
ed the old church to Richard Boardman,
Joseph Pillmore, Thomas Webb, Edward
Evans, Daniel Montgomery, John Dowers,
Edmund Beach, Robert Fitzgerald and
James Emerson. The sail loft property at
Dock Creek, in which the society had
previously worshipped, belonged to a Mr.
Croft, who was also a prominent Metho
dist. In 1789 the trustees of the church
were James Kenear, Thomas Aranatt,
Jacob Baker and John Hood, "the sweet
singer" as he was termed, and who for
many years stood in front of the ugly pul
pit, and, "raising the hymns" led the con
gregation in singing. James Dougherty
Josiah Liseby, Duncan Stewart and Bur
ton Wallace were also trustees at the same
time, Lambert Wilmer, who was a militia
officer during the Revolutionary . War, was
also a prominent Methodist.
Robert Fitzgerald, already mentioned
as one of the first of the trustees of Saint
George's, was one of the most earnest and
active men in the connection. He was a
block and pump maker, and lived in the
neighborhood of Penn and Shippen, DOW
Bainbridge street, very probably on the
same spot where an extensive sugar refin
ery now stands. His shop was a sort of
headquarters for the down town or South
wark Methodists, and was frequently vis
ited by the preachers. his dwelling being
at all times open for the entertainment on
either long or short stays.
As early as the year 1774 what was
then, as now, known as the "New Market,"
at Second and Pine streets, was used for
preaching purposes by the Methodists, the
stalls serving as seats for such of the peo
ple as preferred them to standing, and
as early as that a class was held weekly at
Mr. Fitzgerald's house.
About the year 1789, Mr. Petheridge,
who-e son was afterward a member of the
New Jersey Conference, purchased a lot
on the east side of Second street, below
Catharine, on which to have built a church
for the down town Methodists, of whom
by this time there were very many, and
the construction of a brick buildinc , was
at once begun. The lot was 42 feet front
by 96 feet in depth, and a very substan
tial edifice was erected and completed du
ring the year 1790. The building was
about thirty feet front by about. sixty in
depth, having an alleyway on each side of
it, by which entrance was had to another
building in the rear, which was afterward
constructed for school purposes. This
church was for many years known as
01 4 6_ BEEN EZ Eft.
A • i
The prefix "old" baying - been given tn
it after the congreption 'had grown to
isuch prnportiona as to require a larger
ltiuilding and of more modern construction.
4103 •old landmark of early 'Methodism
- .
scoe , fifteen or twenty feet back fiow
e neesai. house line, and was permitted,
to remain. wail about the year 1-850, when
-it was - sold io Bowen, 'who
at pnge.proessaded - ia- dempiiab, tbe greater
- „plirtl,l3.3ore 'modern imprcve •
meats. Three stores and dwellings now
occupy the ground on which Old Ebene
zer Stood for so many years, but a part of
the south wall still remains, having been
utilized by Mr. Bowen in the construction
of one of the new houses. The church
had a gallery on three sides, and was con
stantly used for public worship until the
year 1818, when the "New Ebenezer,"
on Christian street, west of Third, was
completed.
The old building that has been swept
away by the uncompromising hand of pro
gress was the second Methodist church in
the city, as it was the first church edifice
built in Philadelphia by the Methodists,
although not constructed until twenty
years after the purchase of St. George's.
We remember it very well. It was an ex
tremely modest and unpretending structure,
with a peaked front and highly pitched
roof. For many years after its abandon
ment for preaching purposes it was need
for the Sunday schools connected with the
society and class meetings. After the con
struction of the new building on Christian
street, the galleries of the old were ex
tended across so as to make it a two storied
building.
Many healthy and highly profitable
meetings were had in old Ebenezer after
the construction of its more modern name
sake, and it may not be doubted that in its
earlier days it was the scene of highly-sue.
cessful forensic. efforts by many of the
preachers of the olden time, but
"Few, few are now the strong arm'dmen
Who Worshipped at the altar; then."
Here, in that modest little structure was
heard in proclamation the voice of Joseph
Jewell, whose spirit many years ago winged
its way to realms
"Where momentary ages are no more."
Here, too, William Penn Candler, whose
dust reposes in front of the new building
on Christian street, was wont to exhort the
people of Southwark to "flee from the
wrath to come." Within those walls were
many times heard the silver tones of young
Creamer, who was taken from his work in
the very noon of life; and Everhard, and
Potts, and Woolson, all of whose dust lies
mouldering in some part of the grounds
attached to the Christian street church,
expounded the Word and guided the be
lievers from the unpretending rostrum of
the Old Ebenezer.
It is greatly to be regretted that these
old landmarks are passing away so rapidly.
They are footprints of time that are es
sential to our remembrance of what the
fathers endured, that we might grow in the
abundant grace that is necessary to our
salvation. even as a people.
"The princely dome, the column and the arch,
The sculptnr'd marble, and the breathing gold"
by which they are being supplanted, are
beautiful to the eye, and most gratifying
to a cultared taste, and we would not con
demn them, but, Oh,
Woodman spare that tree,"
•'Whose glory and renown
Are spread o'er land and sea."
One by one the landmarks of all our his
tory are disappearing, and were it not for
the printer's art—"the art preservative of
all arts"—we should ere long be made to
forget that we have a history ; and some of
these days, we suppose, when a new gen
eration has taken the place of that now ex
isting, the vandal hand of a ruthless, if
not rude. progress, will be lifted for the
demolishment of the old ball where Liberty
was born and first proclaimed. What more
stately or more speaking monument could
be reared in commemoration of American
Methodism than Old Saint George's Sur
round it, if you will, with highly-wrought
columns and arches; rear in its front crosses
of silver and gold, and flank it on the rear
with the finest productions of modern art
and science, but let the old fortress stand,
solitary and alone, in its great glory, and it
will mark a page in the history of Meth
odism such as no man can write.
DEFERRED LOCAL MATTER.
ORGANIZATION OF A POULTRY SOCIETY
IN HUNTINGDON-REPORT Or PROCEEDINGS:-
A number of gentlemen met at the office of
Dr. G. L. Robb, No. 520 Pennt St., on Tuesday
evening Feby. 25, 1879, at 9 o'clock, for the
purpose of organizing a poultry society. John
Read, esq., was made temporary chairman,
and J. Ball Musser Secretary.
It'was resolved to organize a poultry society,
to be known as the "Huntingdon Poultry
Association."
After the appointment of Committees to
draft articles of Association and report per
manent officers, the meeting adjourned to
meet at same place on Tuesday March 11th.
On the 11th of March, the Association again
met at Dr. Robb's office and effected a per
manent organization, with the following
named gentlemen as officers : John Read,
President ; Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh, Vice Presi
dent; J. Hall Musser, Secretary; Wm. B.
Zeigler, Treasurer. Directors—Hon. Alexan-
der Port, Dr. R. R. Weistling, William Lewis,
C. C. North, S. E. Fleming.
Association adjourned to meet same place
on Tuesday March 25th, 1879.
The society adopted the following Articles
of Association :
HUNTINGDON POULTRY ASSOCIATION.
Article 1. This society shall be known as
the "Huntingdon Poultry Association."
Article IL The object of this association is
to encourage the interest and promote im
provement in the breeding and management
of Poultry and Pigeons, and the gathering
and disseminating of reliable and practicable
information relating thereto.
Article 111. The officers shall consist of a
president, secretary and treasurer, and a
board of nine directors. Ail officers to be
elected by ballot at the regular annual meet
ing, to hold office for one year or until their
successors are elected. Vacancies occurring
during the interim shall be filled by the board
of directors. A majority of votes cast shall
constitute an election.
Article IV. The president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer shall be ex-officio
members of and constflute a part of the board
of directors.
Article V. The annual meeting shall be held
on the last Tuesday of February each year.
Regular monthly meetings shall be held on
the last Tuesday ofeach month. The hour of
meeting for annual and monthly meetings
shall he at 8 o'clock P. M.
Article VI. Five members shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of busines at
monthly meetings, and nine members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at the annual meeting.
Article VII. The annual fee for membership
shall be fifty cents, payable on eubscribing to
these articles of association, and no person
shall be considered a member until he Aral;
have subscribed to these articles.
Article VIII. The board of directors shall
have charge of and be responsible for all the
property of the association and have charge
of the details of all public exhibitions. The
shows may be contributed to by members,
and citizens of this town or elsewhere, gener
ally in competition for the society's premiums.
Article IX. It shall be the duty of the
treasurer to • collect and receive all, armless
due the association and only disburse the
:same on orders drawn =orr ftilnity the presi
dent and conntersigped 'l),y the. Secretary
which have previously heen,anthorized by the
association' or the- boatd of directors.
; Article rt shall be the duty of the Secre
4ryttd keep the mibu tee of each meetingi to
'give to members notice of regular and special
meetings by postal card or otherwise.
Article XI. These articles may be amended
,by a vote of
.three , -fourtha of, tl *NOM
present and, voting, atter ,clue natio' kiwis;
, been viiten lit a previini regulartniedikg: ' '
may be made at any regular meeting and may
be acted upon immediately, but a vote of two
thirds of the members present will be neces
sary to elect the applicant.
Article XIII. The order of business shall be
as follows :
1. Reading minutes. of last meeting.
2. Reports of officers.
3. Reports of Committees,
4. Election of officers.
5. Unfinished business,
6. New business.
7. Discussions, etc.
Article XIV. The "American Standard of
Excellence" shall be the authority by which
judgment shall be passed upon fowls con
tributed to this society's exhibitions in all
cases.
Article XV. The subscribers hereby agree
to be bound by the foregoing articles for the
formation and government of the "Hunting
don Poultry Association.
J. HALL MLesis, See'y.
THE VERDICT.—The suit of Ira Jen
kins et al. vs. Muffin County, was tried last
week at Mifflin town, and a verdict we can only
denominate as reckless of equity and justice
rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, for the
monstrous, in view of the truth and the facts,
amount of $4.972.06.
Of course, upon the rendering of this ex.
travagant verdict a motion for a new trial was
entered. When these gentlemen get the
$4,972.06 they'll be richer than they are to
day. Our Commissioners tendered them in
payment of their claim all that was legitimate
ly due them.
The above extracts we take from the Lew
istown Sentinel of last week, and while they
show a disposition to get out of paying an
honest claim, they are also untruthful in
stating that the Commissioners tendered to
the plaintiffs "all that was legitimately due
them." They did nothing of the kind, but
on the contrary denied that th y owed these
gentlemen one cent, contending that they
had not entered into a contract with them for
the completion of the piers and abutments,
after Mr. Lamberson had quit work upon them.
For the life of us we cannot see where the
"extravagant verdict" comes in, when we re
member that these men did a better job, and
twice the amount of work that was contem
plated in the original contract, for considera
bly less money than the Commissioners had
estimated it to cost. Where people attempt
to "crab oat" of paying an honest debt, thank
fortune the law provides a plan for making
them "face the music," and Mifllin county's
Commissioners will dad that out.
THE JENNINGS EsTATs.—As there are
quite a number of persons in this county
claiming to be entitled to a share of the
millions of dollars now locked in the Bank
of England, belonging to the Jennings estate,
we presume any information about the estate
will be of interest to them. With this belief
we give place to the following notice of a
meeting held a short time since, in Camden,
N. J., which we find in a Philadelphia paper:
The crowd of claimants to the great En
glish Jennings estate, which filled Morgan's
Flail, at Camden, yesterday morning, was
considerably elated by the announcement that
the Pennsylvania, Virginia and Long Island
claimants had determined to join with the
New Jersey body and make one united &Tort
to wrest the cash from the vaults in the Bank
of England. Hitherto each breach bas been
fighting on its own book, with the result of a
large expenditure and no practical rain. It
is believed that by the amalgamation the pro
ceedings which are shortly to be entered in
the English Chancery Court will be greatly
facilitated. It was intimated at yesterday's
meeting that the funds necessary for the ex
penses of a delegate to London and the pre
liminary law proceedings had been guaran•
teed.
There is on foots movementamong a umber
of sportsmen to introduce into Chester county
the Messina quail, otherwise known as the
migrating quail. We are informed that it is
desired to purchase two cases of one hundred
birds each, and that already there has been,
nearly sufficient subscribed. The order wiit
be sent this week to a large firm in Connecti—
cut, who obtain these birds in large numbers
from Africa. It is said that they have bees
successfully introduced in some of the News
England States.—Columbia Courant,
NO. 13.