The Huntingdon Journal.
FRIDAY, - - - MARCH 28, 1879
READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE
W. L. FOULK,
Agent of the Pennsylvania, Ohic. and West
Virginia Press Association,
Is the only person in Pittsburgh authorized to
receive advertisements for the JOURNAL. He has
our best rates.
Don't Forget It.
Those of our subscribers contemplating
a change of residence this Spring should
notify us of the fact so that we can mail
the JOURNAL, to their new home. In
notifying us of the change be sure to name
the post office at which it was formerly re
ceived as well as the one to which it is to
be sent.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Brief Mention—Home-made and Stolen
Dip-net fishing is in vogue.
The country roads are hub-deep.
Winter lingers in the lap of Spring.
The season for public sales is about over
Congressman Fisher spent Sunday at home.
Five Sundays, five Mondays, five Saturdays,
and five changes of the moon in the present
month.
A printing office is no place for loafers ;
their room is always preferable to their com
pany.
Smoke the "Electric," manufactured ex
pressly for the JOURNAL Store, where it can
only be bad.
The New York Clothing Hall will open next
week, with a grand flourish. Lookout fur
bills and advertisement.
This judicial district, at the last census,
showed a population of 24,000 more than any
other district in the State.
A trio of Hollidaysburg girls cowhided
blackguard, a few evenings since, for using
insulting language towards them.
The most difficult surgical operation that
we can imagine would be to take the "cheek"
off some of Huntingdon's young men.
Pensioners should take no stock in Wash
ington claim agents. All communications re
ceived from them should receive no attention.
We arc informed that there will be no school
up stairs in the post office building, which is
welcome news to the business houses in that
A Mr. Burket, of Sinking Valley, Blair
county, owns over eleven hundred acres of
land in the recently discovered silver field in
Missouri.
Every mother in the land should know the
value of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup and never be
without it. It is free from opiates. Price 25
cents a bottle.
The Huntingdon correspondent of the Al
toona Tribune says that a printers' base ball
club will be organized in this place during
the coming summer.
Out in the north-western part of the State,
the other day. two cows were killed, and the
man who was milking one of them, was knocked
senseless by lightning.
By destroying the revenue stamps on empty
boxes, barrels, kegs, etc., etc., dealers will
save themselves a peck of-trouble. Attend to
this important matter.
The temperance people of Hollidaysburg
propose remonstrating against the granting
of any liquor licenses in that borough at the
approaching term of court.
The Good Templars have leased the third
story of Read's building for a lodge room. The
order is in a flourishing condition, and al
ready has done much good.
Several large flocks of wild ducks were re
ported in the lower dam cn Friday. This
species of fowl will be plenty when our sports
men sow wild rice seed in our streams.
The weather on Saturday would have done
no discredit to mid-winter. It was as cold as
Greenland, and corner loafers were compelled
to creep back into their winter quarters.
A heavy rain storm prevailed from dusk
until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and
in consequence the waters in the Juniata and
her tributaries were considerably swollen.
A flock of wild geese hovered over this place
for a couple of hours on Friday night, and
judging from the distinct sound of their pecu
liar "hock," must have been near the earth.
Up to date we have not heard a single pre
diction that next year's fruit crop would be a
failure. The professional croakers must cer
tainly have forgotten their annual prophecy.
Mr. Jacob Musser, well and favorably known
to many of our readers, died at his residence,
near Airy Dale, in Brady township, on Tues
day of last week, of dropsy, aged about 74
years.
There were no services in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday night. The pastor, Rev.
Mr. Bonifield, preached in the Methodist
church to a large, attentive and appreciative
audience.
Harrisburg firemen certainly believe in ta
king time by the forelock, for they are already
making preparations for a grand parade of fire
laddies in that city on the approaching fourth
of July.
Our merchants are brushing up and waking
arrangements for the Spring trade, but the
only way to secure trade is to advertise liber
ally in "the handsomest and best paper in the
county."
"The Electric" a new cigar manufactured
expressly for the JOURNAL trade, is the best in
the market, and lovers of the weed are loud
in its praise. Everybody smokes it, and they
love it.
When you make an old-fashioned woman
believe that there is no virtue in catnip tea
and horse-radish leaves, you may find some
used-up, broken-down merchant who is not a
t reenbacker.
Reward.—We will pay a reward of one
thousand dollars for any certificate published
by us regarding Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup not
found genuine. Vogeler, Meyer & Co., Balti
more, October 1, 1877.
On Monday of this week the School Direc
tors staked off the ground upon which the new
building is to be erected. In another part of
the JOURNAL they invite proposals for the
building of the same.
The fellow who was tolling our coal pile, on
Friday night, just made his escape in time to
:tvoid the reception of a load of BB shot in
the region of his coat tail. Next time you
-will not fare so well, Johnny, boy.
Altoona wants the post office department to
establish the free delivery system in that city,
but as she does not contain the requisite
twenty thousand inhabitants, she will have to
tarry in Jericho until her beard grows.
Owing to sickness in the family of Rev. A.
W. Decker, of Birmingham, that gentleman
was unable to be present at the Annual Con
ference of the M. E. church, of which be is a
member, during its session at Bloomsburg last
week.
Our artist friend. L. B. Kline, we are pleased
to learn, will remove his gallery to the build
ing on the corner of Fifth and Washington
streets about the first of May, or sooner, if the
necessary repairs can be made before that
time.
Our clever friend, Mr. Wm. H. McCall, who
went west, three or four weeks ago, informs
us by postal card that be has located in Riley
county, Kansas, two miles north of Ogden,
where we hope be may grow rich and be
happy.
The township auditors are required to meet
on the second Monday of April to settle the
township accounts, and not on the first Mon
day. See Pamphlet Laws of 1876. The
auditors meet to settle school accounts on the
first Monday of June.
Rev. Jesse R. Akers filled the pulpit in the
West Huntingdon M. E. chapel, on Sunday
night, and was greeted by one of the largest
audiences that has assembled in that building
since he ministered to the spiritual wants of
that people as their resident pastor.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that
harrasses a ruined man—the struggle between
a proud mind and an empty purse—the keep
ing up of a hollow show that must soon come
to au end. Have the courage to appear poor,
and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.
By a recent Supreme Court ruling, if a
property falls in value below the amount of a
mortgage upon it, there is no claim on the
owner beyond what is satisfied by the sale of
the property itself, unless the owner has ex
pressly promised to be liable for any deficiency.
The timely discovery of fire between the
ceiling and the garret door of a room in the
jail, ou Monday evening, saved that old tumble
down structure from destruction. It is in•a
terrible condition, and wholly unfit for the
safe keeping of prisoners. We hope the.next
Grand Inquest will recommend the erection of
a new one.
Huntingdon has a Poultry Asioeiation.
President is a "Shan,ghai."—johustotrit Tfi
bune.
No, sir. He's rather inclined to the "Bun
t= breed ; but nevertheless he's a lover of
fine breeds, and has some handsome birds in
his yards.
During several evenings last week a party
of half-grown hoodlums congregated at the
railroad, at the foot of Fifth street, and amused
themselves by hurling stones against passing
trains, and howling iu a tone of voice that
would have been creditable to a band of
drunken Comanches.
The military company recently recruited in
this place, has been accepted, and will be
known in the Fifth Regiment as Company I).
Capt. Jones, of the Sheridan troop, will con
duct the election for officers of the company,
in the Opera Ilouse, in this place, on the sth
day of April, at 8 o'clock, r. at.
We are informed, upon what we consider
reliable authority, that the temperance people
of this town propose to remonstrate against
the granting of license to sell liquor within
the corporate limits of this place for the term
of one year. It will require more than a mere
remonstrance to enable them to win.
Mr. Elias Edwards, of Blacklick township,
complains that a number of wild turkeys are
destroying a considerable portion of his wheat
crop. His flock of sheep, as well as those of
his neighbors, are frequently pestered with
wolves, who nightly make the wilderness
sound with their fearful howliug.—Cambria
Ilerald.
Rev. Father Devlin, of the Catholic church in
this place, preached at Shade Gap, on Sunday
last. The full choir of his church accompanied
him to that place and officiated during the
services. The Reverend Father, during his
brief sojourn in our midst has made many
warm friends, both in his congregation and
amongst the people generally.
The M. E. Conference for the Huntingdon
District met at Bloomsburg, Columbia county,
to-day.—Ex.
The first intimation we had that Huntingdon
was a separate conference district we got from
the News, of this place, a few days ago.' It
was the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and
not the "Huntingdon District," which met at
Bloomsburg last week.
In an eastern county, in this State, a few
days ago, a fellow was arrested and sent to
jail for thirty days for stealing a newspaper
from the door-step of his neighbor, where the
carrier had placed it. What is the difference,
morally, between stealing a paper from some
one's door and taking one a year and then re
fusing to pay for it? For the life of us we
can't see any difference at all.
Daniel F. Beaty, the piano and organ fraud,
who has been "diddling" newspaper men for
some years past, seems to have a desire to add
us to his list of victims, judging from the
number of circulars and proposition which he
sends us by almost every mail. Daniel, we
won't bite, and if you want to advertise in "the
handsomest and best paper in the county" you
will have to come down with the rhino ; noth
ing else will secure your advertisement a place
in our columns.
IT. B. Lewis has contracted with the Com
missioners to take out the gas-pipes now used
in the Court House and replace them with
larger sized pipes, the present ones being en
tirely too small to carry a sufficient quantity of
gas to properly light the building. When the
gas is burning in other parts of the building
the gas in the Treasurer's office is so weak as
to be of no account ; it looks as if a person
would have to light half-a-dozen penny dips
to see it burning.
The Hollidaysburg Register has this to say
about a citizen of this county : We had the
pleasure the other day of forming the acuaint
ance of Harry Richardson, esq., of Coffee Run,
Huntingdon county. Mr. Richardson was one
of the conferees that helped to nominate lion.
H. G. Fisher for Congress. Mr. Richardson
is one of the prominent Republicans of that
county, and for the last nomination for Sheriff
cattle within two votes of being notninraed.
If our friends down there do the right thing
he will be nominated and elected next time."
A handsome seven-year-old bay mare, medi
um size, black mane and tail, dark legs, no
white about her, and no warts on her hind legs,
was stolen from the stable of Dr. Isaac Guss, in
Cassville, on the evening of the 21st inst. An
officer's artillery saddle, brass-mounted, was
taken with the mare. A liberal reward will
be paid for information that will lead to the
recovery of the mare or the capture of the
thief. Since the above was put in type a friend
informs us that the mare has been re - !overed,
and it is thought that she had been taken by
some one to ride a short distance. She was
turned loose on the public highway.
A gentleman named Garner, died suddenly,
at the Farmer's Hotel, in this place, on Tues
day night. We learn that he had come down
the Raystown Branch, on a raft, on Monday,
and on that evening went to the hotel, drip
ping wet and complaining of a pain in his
stomach. Mr. Hallman provided him with a
room and called in Dr. Miller, who gave the
patient some medicine, after which lie seemed
to be better. During the night and the next
day he still suffered considerably, but no one
thought his ease dangerous. On Wednesday
morning he was found dead in his bed. We
understand he leaves a wife and six children.
The JOURNAL of last week, containing a full
report of the proceeding of the meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Mission Society, together
with the address of welcome and the financial
report, was in such demand that we were com
pelled to work several hundred extra copies,
and even then the supply did not meet the de
mand. People who desire to keep themselves
"booked up" in all that is going on should
enroll themselves as subscribers to "the hand
somest and best paper in the county." Terms
$2.00 per annum, or $1 for six months. Send
in your names and the rhino, and we will en
deavor to give you full value for your money.
Judge Junkin, of Juniata county, has a
queer way of doing business, and since lie
pays no attention to the verdicts cf juries
might as well dispense with the expense of
paying them in the future. In the Mifflin
county bridge suit he attempts to fix the
amount he thinks the plaintiffs should have,
and tells them plainly that if they fail to ac
cept the amount named by him, some seven
hundred dollars less than the jury allowed
them, be will grant the defendant a new trial.
We don't Know anything about Judge Junkin,
but we think that he is putting too high au
estimate upon his own judgment when he un
dertakes to set it up against twelve men, who
made up their verdict after having heard the
facts in the case. Instead of lessening the
amount, these plaintiffs should have the full
amount claimed, and if the case were tried
before an impartial court they would get it
too.
DEATH IN THE CLOTHES.—It is not
long since several cases of arsenical poison
ing were traced to the wearing of scarlet and
blue stockings. Next came a somewhat re
markable case in which the mischief was
traced to a highly colored hat lining. More
recent English and German papers, medical
and other, have called attention to dangerous
gloves. In the London Times a writer describes
the poisonous effect of a pair of the fashiona
ble "bronze green" silk gloves when worn by
a member of his family. After wearing them
a day or two the patient was attacked with a
peculiar blistering and swelling ofboth hands
which increased to such an extent that for
three weeks she was compelled to carry her
hands in a sling, suffering acute pa , n, and
being, of course, unable either to feed or dress
herself. Inquiries among the writer's friends
discovered thn!eother. ladies similarly afflicted.
A German medical journal reports a case of
serious poisoning by a pair of nary blue kids.
Dress goods of woolen, silk and cotton have
been found to contain arsenic in dangerous
quantities ; so, also, gentlemen's undercloth
ing, socks, hat linings, and the linings ot*
boots and shoes. Professor Nichols, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reports
the examination of a lady's dress which con
tained eight grains of arsenic to the square
foot. In Troy, N. Y., lately, the death of a
child was attributed to arsenic sucked from a
veil which had been thrown over the child's
crib to keep off flies. At this rate it will soon
become necessary to test for arsenic all goods
purchased before venturing to wear them, or
else the label—" Warranted to contain ne
poisonous dye."—Scientific American.
The rose red of Lemon's Dyes made by
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt., is
not a more desirable color for dyeing silk,
cotton, or woolen goods, than the yellow,
scarlet, purple, blue, maroon, violet, black,
crimson, green, or brown, out of which colors
can be obtained to any extent.
800 Bushels MICHIGAN WHITE SEED OATS ;
actual weight 38 ibs per bushel, just received at
HENRY & CO.'S. . Inch. 21-2 m.
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS —The
frplowing are the appointments, for the ensu
ing year, fur the Juniata and Altoona Districts,
made by the Ceatral Pennsylvania Conference
during its recent session at Bloomsburg :
JUNIATA DISTIIICT.
Thompson Mitchell, Presiding Elder.
Iliintingdon—Richard Ilinkle.
West Huntingdon—Frederick Rogerson.
Petersburg—J. Patton Moore.
Manor Ihil—William M. Metninger.
Ennisville—William A. Clippinger.
Mount Union—Henry M. Ash.
Newton Hamilton—John A. NlcKindless.
NlcVeytown and Granville—Amos S. Baldwin.
Lewistown—Samuel W. Sears.
Freedom—William S. Hamlin.
Nliiroy—James M. Johnston.
Mifilintown—Reuben E. Wilson.
Thompson town—George A. Singer.
Port Royal—George W. Dunlap, John W. Rue.
New Bloomfield—John W. Cleaver.
Blaine—Marshall C. Piper.
Concord—Andrew W. Decker, Joseph A. Ross,
Supernumerary.
Burnt Cabins—W. 11. Bowden.
Shirleysburg—William E. Hoch.
Three Springs—John W. Olewine.
Cassville—Elisha Shoemaker.
McConnelstown—Jacob Montgomery.
Saxton—Richard Mallalieu, Charles V. Hart
zell.
Everett—James Curns.
Itiy's Hall—Seth A. Creveling, J. H. Slicer
Clarke.
Bedford—Nathan S. Buckingham.
Bedford Circuit—Thomas F. McClure
Schellsburg—James \V. Bell.
Pleasantville—James F. Pennington.
ALTOONA. DISTRICT.
Silas C. Swallow, Presiding Elder.
Altoona, First Church, Benjamin B. Hamlin ;
Eight Avenue, Milton K. Foster ; Chestnut
Avenue, Thomas Sherlock.
Hollidaysburg—John A. DeMoyer.
Duncansville—Jatnes M. Clarke.
Martinsburg—Martin L. Smith.
Williamsburg—William W. Dunmire.
Logan Valley—George Guyer.
Tyrone--Finley B. Riddle.
Port Matilda—Joseph R. King.
Milesbwrg and Unionsville—Joseph B. Shaver.
Howard—J. Benson Alters, Asher R. Cronce.
l'enn's Valley—Walter R. Whitney.
Bellefonte—A. Duncan Yocum.
Pleasant Gap—John A. Wood, Jr.
Half Moon—George W. Souse.
Pine Grove—Henry F. Cares.
Warriorsmark—lsaac Heckman.
Birmingham—Henry S. Mendenhall.
Philipsburg—Abram M. Creighton.
Graliatuton—J. Fearou Brown.
Osceola and Houtzdale—John A. Woodcock.
Clearfield—Jacob S. McMurray.
Clearfield Mission—William H. Dill.
Woodland—Robert P. Campbell.
Clearfield Circuit—W. Scott Wilson.
Curwensville—George Leidy.
Lumber City—lsaiah Edwards.
New Washington—George B. Ague.
Glen Hope—Furman Adams.
Snow Shoe—Harvey S. Lundy.
Congress Hill—John F. Craig.
John S. W. Dean, Professor in Pennsylrn.-
nia State College, member of Bellefonte
Quarterly Cenference.
William Earnshaw, Chaplain of the Na
tional Asylum for Disabled Volunteers, at
Dayton, Ohio, member of Warriorsmark.
Quarterly Conference.
J. R. Ilykes and A. J. Cook, missionaries to
Kiu Kiang, China._
Superanuated—Thoinam Caneybill, George
Berkstresser, Franklin Dyson, J. A. Coleman,
H. G. Dill, T. H. Switzer Oliver Ege, J. A.
Melick, G. D. Chenoweth, William Schriber.
F. E. Greyer, J. W. Ely, Elisha Butler, J. P.
Bobb, J G. McKeehan, W. L. Spottswood, L.
N. Clark.
Siipern u rn erary —W. H. Stevens, J. R. Akers,
Reuben Loveland, J. F. Davis.
Transferred—C. A. Holmes to the Kentucky,
Joseph Gray to Nebraska, and S. L. Bowman
to the Philadelphia Conference.
Located--Noah Schlosser, J. B. Moore, P.
B. Ruch, H. Linn. _ _
Our neighboring city of Altoona has been
selected as the place for the meeting of the
next Conference.
OBITUARY.—Miss MaQgie McAlurtrie,
fourth daughter of William and Margaret
MeMurtrie, departed this life, at her home in
Huntingdon, Pa., in the 22d year of her age,
on Thursday morning, March 13, 1879.
Seldom are we called to mourn the early
death of one whose life was beautified with
so many graces, or whose memory distills
such heavenly fragrance around the rave.
Her brief life was in an eminent degree, beau
tiful, brave, bright and beloved. _
We know no sadder scene than such a life
cut short, and only the spirit of Heavenly
Comfort can give relief in such a bereavement.
To her dear ones—viewed from an earthly
standpoint—her life seems
“—incomplete, imperfect, unfinished,
As if a morning in June, with all its music and
sunshine,
Suddenly rau , ed in the sky and fading, swiftly
descended
Into the east again from whence it had risen."
But God's word reveals to us that such a
life neither fades nor descends. It rises and
expands into a glorious immortality. Since
the risen uhrist, has lifted the veil on our low
horizon, those sunrise thoughts which flush
earth's dark despair with morning glory and
flood the saddest sorrow with promise of
eternal day, teach us that we do not bury
from our sight forever our Christian friends.
They are only separated from us by a thin
veil, and at some unexpected moment our
spirits shall forsake their clay tenements,
burst through this veil and once more be in
the presence of the dear ones
"Who have long gone to the kingdom of love
Where the soul wearsthe mantle ofglory."
Such are our hopes concerning our departed
friend. She was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, and one of the most
faithful teachers in our Sabbath School.
About five years ago she made a public
profession of her faith in Christ, and beauti
fully adorned it to the end. During her last ill
ness she suffered greatly but uncomplainingly.
She expressed her perfect willingness to
depart and be with Christ. Just previous to
her departure, God blessed her as did Stephen
and Paul and John with visions of her heav
enly home. Her last words were, "Good
night." Yes. death was indeed a rest to this
patient sufferer. She has, indeed fallen asleep
in Jesus, . _ _
"-blessed sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep."
Such is our consolation ; we are assured
that our loss is her gain.
May our Covenant God sustain and comfort
her bereaved parents and brothers and sinters
in this overwhelming sorrow which fills their
hearts and darkens their home. May her life
and example lead each and all who mourn her
loss to follow her as she followed Christ•
"Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish,
Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel ;
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your
anguish ,
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can not heal."
PASTOR.
THE LADIES' GALA DAY.— The Spring
Opening at ifessrs. Strawbridge 4- Clothier's.—
Opening of spring goods, which, of course,
have to be arranged for some time in advance,
are just as likely as not to he attended by the
wintry and disagreeable weather with which
we are often greeted at this early season.
It was a curious and happy coincidence that
for their opening, M..ssrs. Strawbridge &
Clothier should hit upon the very day that
brought us the first real spring weather of the
season. A glorious May-day like Monday
(March 10), could hardly have been hoped fur,
and, coming right on the heels of a severe
winter, the transition to the mild temperature
and thin fabrics of summer was especially
refreshing.
The opening was a success of the most
gratifying character. The immense sales
roomsolthe great establishment were thronged
with visitors from an early hour until the
doors were closed. The many expressions of
admiration and delight uttered by the pleased
ladies over the choice and various novelties
displayed in all the departments of the house
testified to the hearty appreciation which such
a magnificent display of goods could not have
failed to win. _
There were several departments new to us,
nut which we learned had beeu established
but a short time. . . .
The basement was, as it always is, thronged
with buyers. The Linen Department made a
grand display of newly-imported goods, and
every one marvelled at the extremely low
prices. In curtain and upholstery material
were shown many new designs in cretonnes
and raw silks. We noticed a line of jutes
that were exact imitations of raw silk, at about
one fourth of the price. New designs in Mar
seitles quilts were shown, and there were some
colored borders that were very elegant.
We were impressed all through the house
with the extreme lowness of prices. The firm
advertise that the low cost of raw material,
the improved appliances for manufacture, and
the return to a specie basis have all combined
to make prices lower than ever before, and
certainly ao house anywhere is more favora
bly situated to receive all the advantages
than Messrs. Strawbridge & Clothier.
We can but regard the brilliant success
which attended their opening as an augury of
the business of the season.—Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph.
THE LATEST APPLICATION OF MK. W.
W. G MY'S DISCOVERY.—As the scholastic fol
lowing of Aristotle and Ptolemy, weighed
down with - conceit and bigotry, disputed the
grand discoveries of Copernicus, and incar
cerated the brilliant Galileo in the seventeenth
century, and demanded his recantation of what
they were pleased to term "heresy,' in which
be is represented as whispering to a friend,
when arising from the kneeling position in
which he had signed the stultifying document,
"It moves nevertheless!" so Wesley W. Gary,
in the last quarter of the nineteenth century
—a more tolerant age, fortunately—when in
formed by the learned professors, collegians
and neademiang of the leading collegiate mild
academic institutions of the epoch, that his
ideas were directly in conflict with their phil
osophy, and therefore impossible, merely drew
up his manly form to its full height and knit
his finely chiseled face, and e.tiswered em
phatically, "It does it nevertheless!''
What does all the deep-rooted philosophy ;
all the fine spun theories, and the nice tech
nical pleading amount to in the face of "It
does it?'' A single revolution of demonstra
tion is worth thousand volumes of theory.
The skeptic may prate until life ebbs out, and
the fact still remains the same. Like the far
famed bovine of the bucolic Slaymaker, he
may, day after day, dispute the passage of the
ponderous horse of iron and steel, yet he is a
mere mite in the presence of the magnificent
off spring of the brilliant genius of man. But
so it is, and so it will ever be. The world
will ever be full of men who believe they
"know it all." And while it is meet at times
to imitate the illustrious author of these me
morable lines—
'For fear some prudish reader should grow skittish;
E've bribed my grandmother's review—"
- •
Mr. Gary has determined to do nothing of the
sort, but to submit his case to an intelligent
and discriminating public, believing that prac
tical results, though they may upset the phil
osophy of ages, will vindicate him. His crime
against an erroneous philosophy consists in
the fact of his non-motriculation. Had he
passed through the curriculum of Yale or
Harvard, or even of some less noted seat of
learning, he would have been hailed at once
as the greatest electric light of this age. But
Mr. Gary is a practical man, and "with an or
dinary horse-shoe magnet, a bit of soft iron,
and a common shingle nail" demonstrates "a
neutral line in the magnetic field,'' and he at
once proceeds to utilize his discovery. As a
description of his magneto-transmitting ma
chine has not been published we take pleasure
in presenting the following description of it
to our readers :
It consists of a !terse shoe magnet, of more
or less power according to the distance to be
traversed by the current. To illustrate : Sup
pose the magnet of the proper attracting force
to be lying on a table in front of the reader,
on the magnetic a lever, balanced on a pivoted
joint in the centre, with a flat piece of soft
iron on the end immediately above the poles,
coiled with wire, balanced beneath by deli
cately adjusted springs, so as to balance against
the attractive force of the magnet. The soft
iron is of a thickness proportioned to the
power of the magnet so as to bring the neutral
line, or the point where the polarity changes,
at a suf)icien•t distance from the magnet to al
low the iron to vibrate over the neutral line
without coming in contact.
To operate the machine the wires are at
tached to an ordinary telegraphic receiver or
sound, or an alarm bell. By pressing the
finger on the lever the iron is raised from the
neutral line to a point above the line where it
is polarized or magnetized. It is a well
known fact that to polarize or depolarize, or
magnetize or demagnetize a piece of iron sud
denly induces electric currents. To polarize
and depolarize a piece of soft iron, by the
method now in use, the iron is changed from
the field of one pole to the field of the other.
The iron is usually hung upon a pivoted joint
in the centre and made to revolve rapidly be
fore the poles of a magnet. The neutral line
is equi-distant from the poles of the magnet.
The iron reaches this line when it is perpen
dicular and induces a current while another
current is induced as the ends of the iron are
reversed. It will be seen, to induce a current
by the old method, the iron must make a half
of a revolution and must be done at a high
rate of speed and with the expenditure of a
great amount of force. But Mr. Gary's dis
covery of the neutral line in the magnetic
field the iron moves but a comparatively slight
distance to induce the current and, of course,
can be moved with a far less expense of ener
gy and force. The difference in power re
quired between the old and the new methods
is the difference in the distance which the two
irons move, for instance : the power required
to make one revolution of the iron will make
a hundred vibrations over Mr. Gary's neutral
line. The amount of electricity is the same
if both move over the line with the same speed
and in the same time.
This is the simple discovery which, it is
said, will displace every battery on Earth,
philosophy or no philosophy.
CnEss.—The chess room is now open
and many of our citizens enjoy the opportu
nity every evening of playing their favorite
game.
We have been furnished with the score of a
lively struggle between two of the members
of the club.
The abbreviations used are as follows : P
for Pawn. R for Rook, Kt for Knight, B for
Bishop, K for King, and Q for Queen.
BLACK.
1. PK 4
2. Kt KB 3
3. Kt QB 3
4. 13 Q 3
5. BQ B 4
6. Kt KKt 5
7. BQKt 3
8. Castles
9. QKt K 2
]O. R K
11. Kt KR 3
12. PQ B 3
13. P tks Kt
14. PQ 4
15. Kt 13 4
16. Q tks B
17. KB Q (b)
18. Q B tks B P
19. RK 3
20. BKKt 3
21. BK 2
22. R Q
23. KKt 2
24. RK Kt
25. P tks P
26. RQKt 3
27. R K B
28. K R
29. R tks B
30. 11 tks K
31. RKt & White,
mates in 4 moves.
could have won much
K Kt 5 ch. as follows :
Q K Kt 5 ch.
Q tks Kt (R,3)
1' tks Q and wins.
.re resign as his game
Ato seems to he "Never
NOTES.—(a) White
sooner by checking at
14.
15. Kt Kt 3
16. Q tks B
(b) Black should he
is hopeless, hut his mo
say die."
NOT GUILTY, BUT VERY IMPRUDENT."
—As previously announced in the columns of
the JOURNAL, the case of Rev. Reuben E. Wil
son, of Mifflintown, was taken to the Annual
Conference of the M E. Church, which con
vened at Bloomsburg, last week, for trial. The
charge against Mr. Wilson, as our readers are
no doubt aware, was that of drunkenness. du
ring a visit to Harrisburg the day before
Christmas. Public opinion was about equally
divided respecting the truth or falsity of the
charge, but a committee of his own choosing
heard the testimony in the case and decided
against him, suspending him from the minis
try until Conference should pass upon the
charges. After a patient hearing of all the
testimony in the case the jury selected to try
it acquitted the defendant, and presented the
following finding :
Resolved, That while the court of trial in the
case of Rev. R. E. Wilson find that the charge is
not sustained by the evidence, we do, neverthe
less, on his own admission, find that in the cir
cumstances directly connected with his recent mis
fortune, Brother Wilson acted very imprudently;
and is hereby admonished to be more circumspect
in the future.
We c6ngratalate Mr. Wilson on his acquit
tal and his reinstatement in the honorable call
ing of the ministry, and as there seems to be
a streak of bad fortune followin g him, this be
ing the second time that lie has been drugged,
we too "admonish him to be more circum
spect in the future," and when he feels like
slaking his thirst by a glass of "sweet cider,"
let bins steer clear of public restaurants and
saloons, very questionable places for minis
ters to visit under any circumstances.
A NEW SONG.—We have just received
from the Publishers "Love's Lamemtation!"
Just published. Words and melody by lone
Addle V. Carr, arranged by It. B. Mahaffey.
Price 30 cents. This is a peculiarly beautiful
song, simple and easy. A sweet, pleasing
melody, wedded to charmingly pathetic words
so touching and sweet in sentiment. As this
song has just been issued, the Publishers
propose to send it to any one at half-price,
(15 cents) for introduction. Address,
LESLIE & MAHAFFEy, Publishers,
Altoona, Pa.
Chow JAcKsoN's BEST Sweet Navy Tobacco
N0v.15.1y
THE Natural Seienevg when taught prac
ticaliy and illustrated by facts shed a flood of
light on mechanical and agricultural work.
For this reapon Gay. llartranft and Superin
tendent Wickersham, the former in his messa
yes, the latter in his annual reports to the leg
islature, have insisted strongly on their study
in the public schools. In some cities and
even States they have already been made a
part of the public school curriculum and the
time will probably soon come when they wil
be required in our own State. We observe by
a circular recently received that one of our
home Institutions has placed itself in the fore
front of this movement and has anticipated
the time when teachers will be required to
have a knowledge of these sciences.
During the past winter a course of scientific
lectures has been delivered in the State Normal
School at Shippensburg, and now four courses
have been planned for the coming term. These
are all outside the regular course of study and
so partake of the features of those Summer
Schools which have become so popular. Stu
dents certainly enjoy distinguished privileges
when such opportunities arc afforded them
without additional cost.
I have used Dr. Giles' Liniment lodide Am
monia from its first introduction in the Do
minion ; it performs wonders in my stable,
where veterinary surgeons have failed ; it has
cured lameness and removed bunches.
J. T. MOURIE,
Laganchotiere St., Montreal.
Sold by all druggists. Send for pamphlet,
Dr. Giles, 120 West Broadway, N. V. Trial
bottles 25 cents. For sale by John Read Is
Sons.
A GOOD HOUSEWIFE.—The good
housewife, when she is giving her house its
spring rennovattu,g, should hear in mind that
the dear inmates of her house are more
precious than many houses, and that their
systems need cleansing by purifying the blood,
regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent
and cure the diseases arising from spring
malaria and miasma, and she must know that
there is nothing that will do it so perfectly
and surely as Hop Bitters, the purest and best
of medicines. See other column. [mch2l-2t
SUITS ! FITS ! SUITS FITS !—For neat-fitting,
good style, well made suits, made to order, go
to MONTGOMERY'S. Ile has the largest and
best line of samples of spring and summer
suitings outside of Philadelphia. Ile takes
measures, guarantees good fits, and sells cheap
for cash. Store nearly opposite the post
office. inch. 14-4 t.
MEDICAL KETTLE-DRUMS. — It needs
no medical kettle-drums to aid in proclaming.,
the virtues of Kidney-Wort. The 'worst kid
ney or liver difficulties yield to its efficacy,
and as a remedy for piles or chronic rheuma
tism, it has no equal. Sold by all druggists.
FOR RENT —The "Eagle Hotel," in
West Huntingdon, will he leased on reasonable
terms. It i 3 well-suited for a boarding house.
Apply to JACOB ZILIL`S.
mcu. 21-3 t. Agt.
Book satchels, straps, superior black wri
tißg ink, books of all kinds, and a full line of
school stationery for sale at the JOURNAL Store,
as cheap as the cheapest.
ONONDAGO FRESH GROTIND PLASTER, by the
cwt. ton or car load, for sale only by
rneh. 21-2 w. HENRY & CO.
LIVE GEESE FEATHERS, STEAM-CURED, in 1,
2,3, and 5 tbs Packages, at HENRY & CO.'S.
mch. 21 4t.
The BEST QUALITY Of ]lieneb Mackerel
for the LEAST MONEY, at HENRY &
Inch. 21-4 t.
OCRLARRADJR, PORTLAND, and LAKE HERRING
are the best in the market. HENRY & CO.
meb. 21-4 t.
A CAR LOAD OF NEW 24ALKEREL AND HERRING
just received, direct from the fishery, at
web. 21-4 t. HENRY Sc CO.'S.
If you want Wedding Invitations—beautifu
nd cheap—go to the JOURNAL Store. tf
A nice assortment of Dominoes, all prices ;
just received at the JOURNAL Store.
WE CHALLENGE THE WORLD.
When we say we believe we have evidence to
prove that Shilub's Consumption Cure is decided
ly the best Lung Medicine made, in as much as if
will cure a common or Chronic Cough in one-halt
the time and relieve Asthma, Bronchitis, Whoop
ing Cough, Croup, and show more cases of Con
sumption cured than all others. It will cure where
they fail, it is pleasant to take, harmless to the
youngest child and we guarantee what we say.
Price, 10 ots. 50 cts. and $l.OO. If your Lungs
are sore, Chest or Back lame, use Shiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by all druggists.
That in this town there are scores of persons
passing our store every day whose lives are made
miserable by indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour and
distressed Stomach, Liver Complaint, Consump
tion, when for 75 ow. wo will sell them Shiloh's
Vitalizer, guaranteed to cure them. Sold by all
druggists.
The most popular and fragrant Perfu,ne of the
day "HACKMETACK" try it. Sold by all drug
gists.
5ept.1:3,1878-6m.00w.
WHITE
P K 4
PK B 4
Kt K B 3
Kt Q B 3
P tks P
P Q 4
BQ B 4
B K Kt 5
Kt Q 5
PK R 3
Q Q 2
Kt K 13 6 ch.
B tks P
Q tks Kt (a)
P tks Kt
Q tks Q
Q Et 6
B Kt 3
Q B 4
Castles (K's side.)
PQ B 4
Kt R 2
Kt Kt 4
B P tks P
B tks P
B tks B P
Q Ft 6 ch.
B the B
R tks R ch.
Q tks B ch.
To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, &0., I will send a
receipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE
This great remedy was discovered by a missionary
in South America. send a self-addressed envelope
to the REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible
House, Sew York City. Feb.14,'79-Iy.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retired from practice. aaving
had placed in his hands by an East India mission
ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy, for
toe speedy and permanent cure fur consumption,
bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, ani all throat and
lung affections, also a positive and radical cure
fur nervous debility and all nervous complaints,
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make
it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by
this motive, and a desire to relieve human suffer
ing, I will send, free of charge, to all who desire
it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing
and using, in German, French, or English. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper, W. W. Sherar, 149 Powers' Block, Roches
er, New York. Liune2l,'7B-iy cow.
HUNTINGDON, PA.. March 27, 17679.
Superfine Flour, 1.4,1.1901 b *4 00
lixtra Flour Vt nbl. 1001 b
FaJuily'Flour it; 111. 100176
tikti Wheat,
Bark per cord 5 u 0
Barley
Butter
1 75
Broome per dozen
—-- - .
Beeewax per pound 25
Beana per builtel 2 00
Beet
~
Cloverseed 6 eta per pound
Corn II bushel on ear 5l)
Corn shelled SU
Corn Meal 14cwt 1 25
Candles iii lb 12%
Dried Apples *f it),
Dried Cherriee 14 lb
Dried Beet 76 lb l5
Eggs 11 dozen l2
Feathers
_ ..
Flaxseed 35 bushel
Hops* n) 2O
Hams smoked lO
Shoulder 5
Side ti
Plaster ? ton ground
Rye, 5O
Wool, washed 11 lb
Wool, unwashed
Timothy Seed, 35 45 pounds
Hay 15 ton
Lard ? lb new. 08
Large Onions'? bushel 4O
Oats ..... ...
Potatoes'? bushel,
Philadelphia Produce Market.
PHILADELPHIA. March 26.
BreadstufTs are rather firmer but there is not
much cluing. _ _
Cotton is in fair demand and firm at 10a©10ic
for middlings.
Seeds—Cloverseed is dull at s@6}c. Timothy
is held at $1.40@1.50. Flaxseed wanted at $1.45.
Flour and Meal—The flour market is very quiet
but western wheats are firm. Sales of 1.400 bar
rels, including Minnesota extra family, at $4.59
for medium up to $5 for high grades; Pennsylva
nia do. at $4.75 for good up to $2.30®5 50 for
choice and fancy, and patent and other high
grades at $6 75@7.50. Rye flour is steady at
$2.75@2. 85 . Cornmeal is nominally unchanged.
Grain—The wheat market is quiet, but prices
are firm. Sales of 4,000 bushels, including Penn
sylvania red at $1.13 ; Pennsylvania and southern
amber, $1.14@1.144 ; and No. 2 western red, in
elevator, at $1.131. Rye is steady at 51c for
southern, and 57@)58,1,3 for western and Pennsyl
vania Corn continues very quiet but firm, with
sales of 6,000 bushels, including rejected, at 40i@
41ic ; steamer at 41©42ic ; southern yellow,
afloat, at 431©43ic ; do. track, and grain depot,
at 434@44c, and sail, elevator, at 43t0. Oats ere
dull and weak. Sales of 6,000 bushels, including
mixed-at 80@i31ie, and white at 32@33e.
At the second call of the open board yesterday
afternnoon 5,000 bushels March wheat sold at
$1.131, and 5,000 bushels May oorn at 43ie.
Whisky is quiet. Sale of western, at $1.06i.
DO YOU BELIEVE IT ?
A CARD.
HUNTINGDON MARKETS
Correct.d Weekly by Henry & Co
Philadelphia Cattle Market
Puitinitueurs, - March 26.
Cattle—Receipts, 2,400; market brisk; good,
Si@ 6c ; medium, 4i@isc; common, 4@4ic.
Sheep active; receipts 4,000 head; good to
prime si®6ic ; medium, 6}Q ; common sc.
Hogs week; receipts 1,500 head ; good hie; me
dium, 6.1.©6ic; common ; 6c, sloppers. sic
Zile .Itax.
BAUMDARDEN—JOHNSTON.—On the 18th
that , at the residence of Mr. W. Buchanan
unticgdon,Pa., Mr. William H. ft aumgarden.
of Pine Urove Mills, Centre county, Pa., to
Miss Mollie M. Johnston, of Cottage, Hun
tingdon county, Pa.
aMITH—BAIRD.—In this place, on the 25th inst..
by Rev. A. Nelson Hollifield, r. John bmith
to Miss Margaret Baird, of Barree township.
WEAVER—KELLEY.—In Ellsworth, Kansas, on
the 20th inat, by Rev. L. Sternberg, Dr. My
ron C. Weaver, formerly of Huntingdon, to
Miss Alice M. Kelley, of Ellsworth, Kansas.
Zitc Zan*.
GREENLEAF.—On Wednesday, March 19th, Jen
nie Eva, wife of J. A. Greenleaf, aged 21 years
and 29 days.
MUSSER.—At his residence, in Brady township,
on the 18th inst., of dropsy, Mr. Jacob Mus
ser, aged 74 years, 7 months and 13 days.
New Advertisements.
LIST OF CAUSES FOR TRIAL AT
an Adjourned Term of the Court of Common
Pleas, to be held Monday, April 7th, 1879 :
Eliza Smawley vs. John S. Bare.
William P. Shue vs. Levi Anderson.
Thomas Norris vs. David Norris.
Elmira Dougherty et al vs. Wm. McCarty.
Harrison Bloom vs. Seth Clover.
John Bare vs. John M'Cotub et al.
M. J. Martin vs Anion Houck.
T. K. Henderson vs. John W. Mattern.
G. W. Dickey & Co. vs. John Garman et uxor.
Henry Whitsel vs David Whitsel.
W. M. WILLIAMSON,
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary's Office, March 21, 1879.
LIST OF CAUSES FOR& TRIAL AT
APRIL TERM, the Second Monday and 14th
day of April, 1879:
FIRST WEEK.
Wtn. 11. Bricker et al vs. Martin Speck et al:
David Walker vs. G. L. Smith et al.
James Barnes vs. Same.
U. Brace Petrikin vs. A. Porter Wilson. [rikin.
Gen. A. Porter Wilson's admrs. vs. It. Bruce Pet-
Elias Wheitsel vs. T. K. Henderson.
George Clements vs. James Fields et al.
John Jamison vs. Jacob Carter et al.
John Rummel vs. John Dougherty.
SECOND WEEK.
Enoch Isenberg's admrs. vs. Sarah J. Allen et al
W. C. Bunnell vs. James Gregory et uxor.
Ist Nat. B'k of Huntingdon vs. Rich'd. Langdon.
D. G. Owens for use vs. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
M. J. Martin vs. The Township of Tod.
M. M. McNeil's use vs. A. P. Wilson's admr.
M. M. McNeil vs. Same.
Mary C. Oaks vs. Elizabeth Ewing's admr.
W. S. Varner vs. George B. Wharton.
Lydia Civile vs. A. P Burnham.
Joe. Stewart's ad mr. et al vs. A. P. Wilson's admr
J. F. Mears vs. Rearkert Bros. & Co.
A. B. Shenefelt vs. Samuel A. Steel et al.
Margaret H Glazier vs. R. M. Kinsloe, Guard.
John Flenner vs. W. E. & Semi. Bollinger.
Margaret H. Glazier vs. John M. Maguire.
R. M. Speer vs. 11. Greenberg.
Catharine Corbin vs. William Long et al.
Rose A. Householder vs. S. B. Chaney, Ex'r.
W. M. WILLIAMSON,
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary's Office, March 21, 1879.
SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE LET,
____
SEALED PROPOSALS
For the erectkon of a new School Building, in the
Borough of Huntingdon, will be received by the
Board of School Directors, up to noon, on
Monday, March 31st, A. D. 1879.
Specifications and form of contract can be seen by
calling on the President or Secretary.
The Board reserves the right to reject any bid.
The successful bidder will be required to give
bonds in the sum of $20,000, with approved sure
ties, for the faithful performance of his contract.
All bids will be made on the basis that the pres
ent School building becomes the property of the
successful bidder. J. G. BOY ER,
LPN. AFRICA, Secretary. President.
March 21, 1879.
THE
Alp!lloSilvorldillillECompaily
or' C 0 I,o]Et A. 130 .
Caoital, $2,000,000. 200,000 Shares
PAR VALUE, $lO PER SHARE.
UNASSESSABLE
D. J. SPLINE, Pres. J. L. TROIPSON, Sec'y.
The property of this Company consists of twelve mines
and mining locations, located in Lake county, Colorado,
in the vicinity of Leadvilie, upon all of which extensive
work has been done, in all cases exhibiting true fissure
veins, good pay streak, and well defined lodes.
Three of the leading mines are well opened up and
have at the lowest computation over TEN THOUSAND
TONS OF ORE IN SIGHT ; by May let, the Railroad now
under construction will be within a short distance of this
property.
The Company proposes to sell a portion of its stock at
$1 50 per share, tor the purpose of more completely devel
oping its mines, and for the erection of works fur the
treatment of its ores. _ . -
Application for the stock may be made to the office e 1
the Company, 61 Broadway, New York.
N. B.—The Mining Record, of New York, the highest
mining authority in this country, says Feb. Ist, 1879:
"The principal owners in this Company are hard working
men who by their own labor have uncovered large bodies
of ore which they now wish to extract and send to market.
Our readers will do well to make a venture with these
worthy men, this money will probably be returned to
them twenty fold. The business management has been
placed in the care of M r. J. L. Thompson, an officer of h igh
standing in one of the largest and best banks in the city.
A prospectus giving full particulars sent free, on applica
tion to the Secretary." March 14,1879.3m0,
6" . e
YOUNG MEN prepared for active business life.
The only institution in the United States exclu
sively devoted to practical business education.
School always in session. Students can enter at
any time. For circular giving full particulars,
address J. C. SMITH, A. M.,
March?-lm. Pittsburgh, Pa.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.
[Estate of JAMES HARPER, deceased.]
Letters of Administration, upon the estate of
James Harper, late of Dublin township, deceased,
having been granted to the undersigned, all par
ties indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having claims to
present them to us duly authenticated for settle
ment.
J. S. HARPER,
J. A. HARPER,
Adminatrators.
Shade Gap, Pa., March 7, 1579-6t*.
HUNTING DON NORMAL SCHOOL
The Spring term opens April Bth. NEW
BUILDING. Live Teachers. Normal Methods.
Obe hundred additional students wanted to avail
themselves of the above advantages. •For cata
logues and circulars, address,
.J. M. DUCK, A. M.,
Principal.
March7-tf. Huntingdon, Pa.
C. F. YORK & 0431 7
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS,
Next door the Post Office, Huntingdon, Pa. Our
Motto : The Best Goods at the Lowest Prices.
March 14th, 1879-Iyr.
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
SPECTACLES, EYE GLASSES, d.e.,
at very LOW prices at
KERN'S NEW JEWELRY STORE,
No. 526 Penn street, opposite Brown's Carpet Store.
pNeßepairing in the Watchmaker's and Jewel
er's line attended to. [Jan.3 3tn.
BEAUTIFY YOUR
II 0 M H. S !
The undersigned is prepared to do all kinds of
HOBE AND SIGN PAINTING ,
Glazing,
Paper Hanging,
and any and all work belonging to the business.
Having had several years' experience, he guaran
tees satisfaction to those who may employ him.
PRICES MODERATE.
Orders may be left at the Jot Tarim. Book Store.
JOHN L. ROHLAND,
March 14th, 1879-tf.
TOYS AND GAMES OF ALLKINDS
Just reeGived st the JOURNAL Store.
FOR. ALL KINDS OF PRINTING, GO TO
THE JOURNAL OFFICE
New Advertisements.
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TIACTIOI FARM ISM.
The undersigns(' is Agent for the sale of the celebrated
TRACTION FARM ENGINE, one of the greatest labor
saving machines ever introduced in this cool try, manu
factured by C. & G. Cooper & Co., at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Re is also Agent for /be renowned
CEISER SEPARATOR,
THE EMPIRE
REAPER AND MOWER,
GRAIN DRILL, HAY RAKES, and a general variety of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
He also supplies farmers the
Conlin New York Wagons
?Sena for a descriptive circular 50 pages, giving a
full and complete history of the Traction Farm Eugi..e, to
G. G. HUTCHISON,
WARRIORSMARK, Hunt. Co., Pa.
March 21, 1879-3 m.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
interested that the following Inventories of
the goods and chattels set apart to widows, under
the provisions of the Act of 14th of April, A. D.,
1851, have been filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and
will be presented for "approval by the Court," on
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16th, 1879:
1. Inv-ntory of the personal property of Conrad
Brunette, late of Huntingdon borough, deceased,
as taken by his widow, - Brunette.
2. Inventory of the personal property of D. B.
Brewer, late of West township, deceased, as taken
by his widow, Nellie IL Brewer.
3. Appraisement of the Real Estate of Thomas
Thompson, late of the borough of Coalmont, de
ceased, as taken by his widow, Mary Ann Thomp
son
4. Inventory of the personal property of Rich
ard Cunningham, late of Jackson township, de
ceased, as taken by his widow, Sarah Cunning
ham.
I. D. KUNTZELMAN,
Clerk of Orphans' Court.
Orphans' Court Office, March 21, 1879.
New Advertisements.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY ALMS
HOUSE, from December 4, 1877 to December 3,
1878, inclusive:
RECEIPTS.
To amount paid to the Treas
urer of the Almshouse by
the County Commissioners..sl3ooo 00
To amount paid by Directors,
their attorney and Steward.. 781 42
To amount of Jackson liar
mon, Steward, for cash in
the Boblits' case, (See
statement in his account)... 20 73
----$13802 15
EXPENDITURES.
FOR FARM.
By labor on farm, including
farmer's wages $ 277 25
By Landis, Myres I Myres,
for smithing and wagon
work
By lime and plaster 64 75
By seed potatoes, timothy and
clover seed 36 25
---$ 455 88
FOR PROVISIONS.
By several persons for 6,172
Pounds of beef $ 373 05
By several persons for 7,654
pounds of pork 458 93
By several persons tor bacon
and summer meat 149 26
By several persons for corn,
potatoes, cider and apples lOl 59
1082 83
FOR MERCHANDISE.
By several persona for mer
chandise $ 1604 63
By several persons for clothing 21 75
By several persons for hard
ware 59 04
FOR OUT-DOOR EXPENSES.
By relief afforded 236 cases,
continuous, during the year $ 3062 08
By relief afforded 211 cases,
less than a year 1757 63
By physicians for med. serv'es 585 99
By coffias and funeral expenses 176 70
By relief afforded numerous
cases of small-pox at Hunt
ingdon 412 11
By relief afforded several cases
of small-pox at Mapleton., 55 23
Do do at Tod twp 9l 77
By A. W. Evans, Esq., for out
door services as Director for
1 month l6 60
By A. B. Miller, do do ... 11 20
By John Griffith, for out-dcor
services as Director for 12
months l6O 33
By Michael Stair, do 11 mos., 55 58
By James Harper, do .. 30 40
6415 62
REMOVALS.
By justioes of the peaoe, for re
lief orders •••••• $ 205 64
By constables, for removing
paupers....
MISCELLANEOUS k INCIDENTAL.
By Dr. W. P. M'Nite, Adm'r.
of the estate of Hance Camp
bell, dec'd., for balance due
said estate, on judgment
against the trustees of the
Mt. Union M. E. Church $ 230 54
By percentage on $15,042.76,
paid to Almshouse Treas'r 451 28
By Brown I Bailey, in the
case Perry county Poor Di
rectors vs. Directors of the
Poor of Huntingdon county 112 73
By iesurance on Almshouse
property, (for 1876.) 63 00
By Globe and Monitor for pub
lishing statements lOO 00
By News. for blank descrip-
- five orders 2O 00
By J. C. Blair, for blank books 15 25
By tinware and repairing 46 82
By crookeryware 4 40
By Harvey, Hill and Zimmer
man, for cobbling 4l 89
By Myers and Doyle, coffins 29 25
By drugs for house lB 72
By coal 96 70
By Geu. W. Whittaker, for re
ports to Board of Charity
and settlement with audit's.; 60 40
By J. R. Simpson, Esq., for
per cent. on collections 3O 00
By Dr. D. P. Miller, for serv
ices at Almshouse lO 00
Dr. R. Baird, for vaccinat-
Byng inmates in House 25 00
By cooking in House 169 00
By lumber 72 04
By locust posts for 1877 27 47
By wood chopping
By butchering 24 35
By repairs B4 29
By balance of Lotz a Braun
and A. L. Rickets, on ac
counts of 1877 l9 99
SALARIES.
By A. W. Evans, Esq., for ser
vices as director 1 month„„.s 13 20
By A. B. Miller, for services
as director 1 month l4 00
By John Logan, for salary and
expenses 1 month 62 63
By John Griffith, for services
as director 12 months 156 00
By Michael Stair, for services
as director 11 months
By James Harper, for services
as director 11 months 96 00
By J. R. Simpson, Esq.. at
torney for directors 12 mos 3O 00
By Dr. W. P. M'Nite, attend
ing physician, 1 month l2 00
By Dr. It. Baird, attending
physician, 11 months 9l 63
By Geo. W. Whittaker, clerk
ing for directors, 12 months 100 00
By Jackson Harmon, for amt.
of his account
Aggregate
NOTE —Of the above sum of
$13,092.81, there were paid
for the years 1876-77 $ 1780 07
There were 154 tramps re
lieved with lodgings and
311 meals 46 65
Outside paupers relieved from
New Advertisements
the House, amount to 74 71
---$ 1901 43
The Directors of the Poor of Huntingdon county
in account with J. R. SIMPSON, Esq., for the
year ending December 3, 1878 :
DR.
To cash of A. W. Evans, ER., in
full of note
To cash of lion. David Ciarkson,
of 11. Digging 166 03
To cash of G. (}riseinger, (per Duff)
Wingate note
To cash of Joe. Cunningham, bal
ance Wingate note
To cash of M. E. Church of Mt
Union, Campbell claim 3BO 61
To orders on Treasurer
02
CR.
By cash paid G. A. Miller, Treas
urer of Directors $702 26
By cash paid for stamps, &c., send
ing blanks to justices, and at
tending suits, &c 9 04
By per cent. on $474.48 collected 23 72
By salary as attorney for Direc
tors, in full
--$765 02
Of G. ASIIMAN MILLER, Treasurer, from De
cember 4th, 1577, to December 31st, IS7B, inclu
sive:
DR.
To amount paid to Treasurer
of the Almshouse, by the
County Commissioners $l3OOO 00
To amount paid to Treasurer
by M. Stair
To amount paid to Treasurer
by J. R. Simpson, E5q.,.....
To amount paid to Treasurer
by J. Harmon
CR.
By amount of orders paid by
the Treasurer of the All/111-
house for the year 1878 and
previous years $11869 22
Balance in hands of Treasurer
January 1,1879 1912 20
--$13781 42
We, the undersigned Auditors of the county of
Huntingdon. do hereby certify that sve have ex
amined the orders, vouchers, accounts, is., of the
Directors of the Poor, and their Treasurer, sad
find the same to be correct, as above stated.
Witness our bands, at Huntingdon, this 16th
day of January, A. D. 1879.
JOHN LOGAN,
.IAS. IL DAVIS,
E. PLUMMER,
A uditors.
March 14th, 1879.
W. S. BAIR,
SUCCESSOR TO W. BUCIIININ,
At the MI Stud tithe
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
flu just opened one of the largest and best s as
sortment of
STOVES
of all kinds to be found in any establishment out
side of the large cities, I sell none but the best,
and GUARANTEE SATISFACTION in every QUO.
TIN O OOPPEIt
SHEET-ICON WARE
Always on hand in endless variety, and made to
order on short noiiee and reasonable terms.
Roofing and Spouting
made on short notice, and put up in either town
or country.
GAS FITTING.
am prepared to do all kinds of Gas Fitting
and repairing at reasonable rates. I am also
Agent for the sale of COLCLESSERT
Axes, Picks, Mattocks, Etc.,
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
The public are respectfully invited to call, ex
amine goods, an •l hear prices. With a determina
tion to please and render satisfaction, I solicit a
share of public patronage.
W. S. BAIR.
Iluntiagtion, Pa., March 14, 1879.
1685 47
cITE WARD'S STATEMENT—JACK
(J SON HARMON, Steward, in amount with
the Huntingdon County Almshouse, from Jan. 1,
1878, to December 3[et, 1878, inclusive:
To amount drawn from Treasurer
on orders
To cash of Directors (in the Bob
lits case)
By cash paid for traveling expen-_
see
By cash paid for car fare of pad-
pore
By cash paid for freiOt on goods, 29 64
By ca. paid for postage stamps
and postal cards ..... 9 93
By cash paid for seed corn and
ashes
ALLO W ARCM' —tialariee of Steward
and Matron
82 28
-- . 287 92
ARTICLES MANUFACTURED.-
63 women's dresses,l9 pairs pants, 33 sheets, 52
chemise, 54 aprons. 37 skirts, 50 navies, 33 bon
nets, 27 pillows, 68 pairs stockings, 32 bed ticks,
37 pillow slips, 35 towels, 31 bolstersr6 shrouds,
30 handkerchiefs, 30 yards carpet, 7 nightgowns,
14 drawers and 54 shirts.
874 bushels wheat, 410 bushels oats, 1575 bush
els corn, in ears, 18 bushels rye, 825 bushels pota
toes, 11 bushels beans, 60 bushels tomatoes, 12 gal
lons apple butter, 11 bushels beets, 8 bushels tur
nips, 18 bushels onions, 4,200 heads cabbage, 6
barrels kraut, 21 tons hay, 20 four-horse 'loads fod
der, 3,386 pounds pork, 1,100 pounds beef, 497
pounds veal, 450 pounds lard, 2 oalves, 21 shoats,
and 800 pounds tobaceo.
STOCK ON HAND.
5671 bushels wheat, 32i I•ushels rye, 225 bush
els oats, 1.100 bushels corn, in ear, 325 bushels po
tatoes, 7 bushels beans, 180 cans tomatoes, 8 bush
el, turnips, 132 cans of fruit, 8 gallons apple but
ter, 38 four-horse loads fodder, 15 tons hay, 2,2*0
heads cabbage, 5 barrels kraut, 3 bushels beets, 7
bushels onions, 2,000 pounds beef, 8,000 pounds
pork, 1,100 pounds lard, 9 much cows, 1 b e n, z
heifers, 18 shoats, 4 head horses, (oldest 12 years,
youngest 8 years.) 10 pairs gears, 5 flynets, 1 rose
wagon, 1 farm wagon, I spring wagon, I buggy,
2 wagon beds, 1 fanning mill, 1 oorn planter, 1
grain drill, 2 wheelbarrows,2 strings bells,2 sleds,
1 hay rake, 3 grain cradles, 2 mowing scythes, I
threshing machine, 4 plows, 7 corn hoes, 3 mai
vators, 2 harrows, 1 pair hay ladders, 1 hay fork
and tackle, 4 shaking forks, 8 hand rakes,2 scoops,
3 shovels, 2 picks, 2 mattocks, 2 crowbars, 5 axes,
1 patent cutting-box, 1 reaper and mower, com
bined, 9 forks, 2 grindstones, 3 trot and 2 copper
kettles, and 192 head of poultry. •
MONTHLY TABLE.
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