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J. W. YOCUM -
T. W. YOCUM, . -1 Publishers and'
J. A. WOLFERSBERGER, J Proprietors.
Columbia, Pa.
,Saturday;!S4tenber 24.1870.
CommumcAmoon,lettero, contributtona, generally of
merit. and Intermit to the reader, will be aeceptabl
from Monde from all quarters,
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET
Congress.
OLIVER. J. DICKEY, City.
Assembly.
HENRY M. ENGLE, East Donegal
.GEORGE WSITSON, Bart.
JOHN E. WILEY. Conoy.
A. C. REINCEFIL, Manbelrn.
- recorder. .
GEORGE J. lIIGH.East Lampeter
County Commissioner.
JOHN K. REED, Cfty.
Prison Inspectors.
LEWIS SPRECHER, City.
EZRA REIST, Warwick:
Direttaia of Poor. .
DAVID LANDIS, East Lampeter.
JOHN J.FRY, Rapho.
County Solicitor.
B. C. K.READY, City.
Jury Commizsioncr
DAVID BAIR, City.
A uditor.
SAMUEL SIIOCH, Columbia
PROTECTION is a discrimination in fa
vor of home labor : free trade in favor of
foreigu
TUREE foreign Ambassadors in Paris,
the American, Swiss, and Belgian, have
determined to face the music of the Prus•
Sian shell,"aud willremain in the'city dur
ing the siege.
HE REGISTERED.—The law requires
•that voters shall be registered at least ten
days before the
. election. The Registry
Lists 'can now be seen at the place of hold
ing general elections in every district in
the county. Voters, examine them, and
if yotir'names are not upon the list, go
immediately to the assessor in your dis
trict and be registered.
CARPET BAGGER I T O usa,of the Herald,
wants to be the democratic nominee for
Justice of the Peace. .That party must
be in a sad plight who would place such
"a'" thing "'"in nomination. The indig
nant parent ,whoa few days ago made
complaint to, this model school director
about certain well-establtsbed grievances,
mad received ati:insident, - ds well as vul
gar, reply,, v cculd give an idea. of his ca
pacity, as a justice. • ;
WE have it upon good authority that a
-leading-Democrat in Washington borough
is. explaining the working of the needle
gun to his„ constituents., He
,says they
fire, needles.aud no .particular harm• is
done until the wound festers„: These fes
ters then become flyblown and ultimately
prove fatal.: - It' - ii` expected, that he will
stump, this ,county next. month and• en : .
lighten the Democracy on • the • effect of
chassepotsand;" abre.heads,:"• • '
Apt 'Mustratiort.
• The New York herald, ofa:recen t date,
ma:de a, good Point in the, following :
" Daring the progress of our Rebellion
some of the Paris journals expreised their
Inability to decide upon the success of the
two contending aimieS.. They said it ap
peared to them that the Southerners gain
ed all the victories, but the Northerners
took 'all the towns. It strikes us that sim
ilar movements ititely took place on the
other side. Our, reporters from Paris led
us to believe'that the. French were victo
rious in all the fights, but it was more
certain, that the Prussians were taking all
the towns.
The "Mule"
The-'lngh contracting parties had a
meeting on Monday last;` tt which honest
Andy - ArnistrOng, , ' was: the chief
.Sore
head; and rumor, has it; that a ticket was
agreed on to be submitted in
o tk. few days.
How very . convenient this way of nomi
natiug ticket is, callipered :with the us
ual-mode of, delegate elections or' primary
meetings: - Five Democrats •fir it up for
the . whole - Demoerati party'': and 'five
selfappointed sore-bead. Republicans set
tle the matter, for their party. But until
they deigti.tolet the'-voters knpw 'what'
eandidateaare 4niest enOitgli'tc:fill honest
Audi Armstoong's 1 .! bill,"
_we suspend
further remarks.—Examiner.
TIIE' Germans ba,Ve 'bccupied` Alsace,
ana ,establislied their GOvernment there: .
The ,new. ; Governor-has issued a procla
mation to the. inhabitants, in which' the'
folleWing - Veelaratiorts are made :
The State will witii the
Church or .its: ecclesiastics-. Speaking,
preaching, - or actinipagaingt the tiuthori.:
ties will he punished I?itailitary lasi: The
Government will only, take. cognizance .of
infractions against.itsnuthority. ,
The Government of-Baden has Trohib
ited the `execution' , of 'the"Papal decrees,:
if incom~iatilile"with the S tate:
The ?Lendon Times7;,says there' is a
momentary,ealm throughout Prance, the
prehide to"zi'Seftled pease, or the'outbreak
of a storm morel . furious_ensl destitictive
than : any war hes yet, witnessed...
Lyrznlttv eoriespondetlit of the - Neir
oilcans Supclay , Times solve! ,the, (pea-
Lion - concerning, the orig:rit of :-the two
hitherfo . :nitineenble''' quiAitiens; l 'Which
have puzzled lite'rary 'Gres-'
cent City as- well-ns-in-tlrer-North, viz :
" Consistency'S'i jewel;"-and “‘tbo' lost to
sighttO iffiefirseaPpear-' ,
ed in kuitigli,'s Collection Of
Ancient English and Scotch„Balleds,27s4.
In the ballad of " Jolly ItObyn Rough:-
head," is thefollowiiii it
appears : < „ ,„
”Tush ! tushmy lassie t such thoughts rcsigne,
Comparisons are cruel!, . . • „ ,
Flue pictures suit in frames as fine,' 4' & 4 4
Conslatencie's a jewel . , , • S •
- For thee and me coarse clothes are best, ' „
Bode folks In homelye raiment dreat, • " • 4
WifeToim andipaorimistrßobybr.4.!:
~ r•The second firskappeared in verses writ
teri^iteaft -monioran darn' ''bOok 'the' an:
•
"SiWee'th" 'eari'oed lOt[the iintleillrig's'ail 3
In spread to waft.lne far trout thee,' - •
Aud soon nererwthirravring rare,
ship shall bound upon. the sea. „
• Tercitance;alrdesolate and Idrlorn,
• 'These eyes atuAl miss thee away se year,
:But unforgetteu in every charm.
• „Though. lost to eight to -memory *oar."
PROTECTION is the national fence.-Free
rade lets down the bars.—Press..
Trti:iniestreent -Rome has been
completed by, five divisions of the Italian
Army under Gen. Cadorna, but no attack
had been made down to the date of our
latest dispatches. It is intimated that
there will bo only a show of weak resist
ance, made by the foreign legions against
thewishesand advice of the Pope.
.Editor
IT may be of interest to our business
men to know what are the provisions of
the law relating to stamp duties on re
ceipts. On and after October 1, receipts
for any sum of money, or for the payment
Of any debt, and promissory notes for a less
sum than one hundred dollars, will not re
quire a stamp.
Mu. Lours NAPOLEON who has had
some opportunity ofjudging, and ought
to know, soon after his captivity eulogis
ed the discipline and courage of the Prus
soldiers, and said nothing could keep them
oat of Paris. This, it seems to us, is pla
cingrather a poor estimate on the valor of
the men he formerly commanded.
A SPECIAL dispatch from WyOming
Territory, probably forwarded by some
ardent woman's righter, says the late elec
tion passed off very quietly ; that there
was no sneering, no profanity, no fighting;
that the women went to the polls as
quietly as if they were going to church,
and that they seemed to be conscientious
as to what candidates were worthy of their
suffrage, many refusing to vote for men
on account of intemperance. This is an
auspicious beginning, and certainly can
not be construed into an argument against
female suffrage. As a proof that the wo
men of Wyoming exercised their right of
suffrage intelligently and conscientiously,
it may be stated that the great majority of
them voted the Republican ticket.
The Philadelpnia Press of Monday : says
that the bane of the Republican party,
just now, is in one of these perils, viz :
Independent nominations. In the Second
and Fourth districts of Pennsylvania we
have bolters running. The Nineteenth
district has just witnessed the withdrawal
of one. Then cpmesa. threat of an lode
depdent candidato•in tha First district of
New Jersy: In. the Third Maryland a
double nomination is distracting the party.
The Tenth Indiana is repeating the story
of our Fourth. Ignatius Donnelly is run
ning on free trade in Minnesota; and so
it goes the country over. In all, or near
ly all of these cases, the thin guise of "no
nomination " from Democracy unveils the
real position.
THE condition of Strasbourg, according
to all accounts, must be indeed deplorable.
The . people have
_been reduced to the
verge of starvation, and for weeks have
lived'in cellars and subterranean passages
to eSeape - the terrible shells of the enemy.
• , 1 r
They have several times petitioned the
French commander not. to . prolong the
work of destruction; but to surrender, to
which he has replied that while deploriiig
the Sufferings of, the people, he owes it to
his country to hold out as long as possible.
Later dispatches say 'that he now repre
sents 'his situation as; desperate, and that
he can not hold out much longer. He
could have honorably surrendered ten
days ago, and thus saved the innocent
women and children 'of Strasb'ourge
world of suffering.
. THERE, never will be any safety in tak
ing medicine until some careless drug
gist's clerk receives exemplary punish
meat for the murder he may have com
mitted. Hero is a little girl in Bridge
port who wants,- quinine. The physician
writes a presciiption therefOre. The
apothe&arY's young,man puts it up. No,
he doesn't put it up.. He puts up mor
phine, and the little girl is dead. We
have often thought that, considering the
peril of swallowing a physician's prescrir
don, it s would be well lo'give up taking
- -
physic by formula altogether, and to con
fine-one's self to catnip tea and the abet'
herbaceous dbmestic remedies. It is
frightful; thialpradiical paiadox of taking
„ .
B,qmething for your _health which imme
diately kills. you; but it is a Taradox pret
ty frequently exhibited in these 'days of
universal medieine::sWillowing.— Tribune.
"From the Sublime,. icc."
„,After glancing hastily over the columns
of the Herald this week, - we were- struck
with the truth of the old saying abo . ur
there being but one step from the sublime
to ,the rediculous, and how easily
made, too.- A story of old Judge Bar.
boor, of Virginia, is very - appropriate at
this time to illustiate our point. The
fud:ge, after enjoying rho highest honors
and retiring to private life was prevailed
upon to be a candidate Cot' a lbcal office.
The opposition trotted* out an illiterate,
rough-and-tumble politicial adventurer,
named Bill Maples against the old man.
In accordance with the strict rules of con
ducting a politicaycampaign in those days,
p-07 : 3itibotir was to take the
,stump with
Maples. But Maples could always beat
,him in , abusive language• and downright -
iiiipertitietieo, such as is Characteristic' of
'our es-insurance editor The final, speech
'of the campaign was abusive beyond all
,precedent., To- this the Judge- gave- the
followitereplY which is very complete in
its way -
FELLOW CITIZENS—When I was a
young man,, now, nearly forty years. ago,
'your grandfathers -sent me-as their repre.
sentative for four .terms to the house of
delegates,: and Lwas chosen' speaker of
that bodr.....At a subsequent period I-was
-twice elected governor of Virginia. After
"ward' 'and for ten years, I represented this
renowned commonwealth in the.Senate'of
the -United:States,- where I , Was * the- con
fidant;'ancl• perhaps I May say,.the peer of
Macon, Kings' Pincktiey, and
:Van - Burenv . "Johrt Quincy Adams subso
,quentlY 'conferred' on me a place in' his
,cibinet,:and fOr three years I shared his
counSehrin'conjUnction with, Clay, Wirt;
'and geLean; - 'l'wes then, appointed en
voy :extrabidiner.y and minister plenipo
tentiary to the'cOurt,',of Sf,Tones, Where
'it'beenme'my duty to conduct:negotiatiens
iv - nil:Cilia' congneror,of Napoleon., Judge,,
'then, Tolle* citizens,,of tho,ineffable
gust I ha:after:such ,in my
:declining years r at.finding-m-yeelf,he re to
dayengaged in-a low, pitiful • county con ,
• test with such a d-r-•-.:41 disagreeable littlo,
'cuss as Bill Maples. • . ' '
Bolton.
The Ohio Republican Platform.
.zer..voked—
That to the party wise and true,
Which bore the flag of Union through
Long years of blood unfurled to v few ;
Which dared oppression to withstand,
And flung broadcast, with whole right hand,
Freedom to all in freedom's land,
We cling with confidence and pride,
And trust the hand of such a guide;
And we believe that, as we see
This party's true ascendency-,
Our Government's success will be.
The Constitution is care;
'Tis the promoter, everywhere,
Of all that makes freedom fair ;
That makes a people great and good,
In equal rights and brotherhood.
To the country we offer our congratulations,
That in the success of the administration,
Decreasing our debt without greater taxation,
By so many millions, a grand illustration
That honest hands deal out the funds of the
nation,
Relieving of financial burdens tremendous,
Leaving national honor and faith to commend
us.
Resolved—
That our laws should be changed as regards nav-
igation ,
Permitting to vessels a lair registration
When purchased abroad—as needs of the na
tion ;
Plundered commerce would bail the Improved
situation.
Itraolcci—
That we condemn the policy
Of granting to Monopoly,
Or corporations—if you please—
Our public lands as subsidies.
Resolved—
That drolly fixed on neutral ground,
We, with indifference profound,
Regard the European strife,
Though France or Germany yield his life,
Merely for dynasties and kings—
For thrones are weak and crowns are things,
However turns the scale of war
It matters not—only so far
As it involves across the sea
The principles of liberty.
We call to mind the failure great
Of eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
When proud successes had been won
Had German hearts but beat as one;
That when our nation's trial came,
Their love of freedom was the same;
They with warm simpathy and aid
Flocked to her standard undismayed :
But Frenchmen labored for our hurt—
This free Republic to subvert,
And on the soil of freedom's own
Establish an Imperial throne.
Hence we our sympathies declare
With Germany's brave sons, who dare
Strike with heroic, patriot hand,
For liberty and "Fatherland." -
-Cleveland Herald.
The Great Fire in Chicago
We referred last week to the great con
flagration in Chicago, by which the finest
business structures in that city were total
fly destroyed by fire, and where young
Ferguson lost his life. From ten to
twenty persons perished in the flames
while endeavoring to save: property, and
the entire loss is estimated at about 03,-
000,000, and the total insurance $1,554,-
500. The Chicago Tr /tune, after giving
a very graphic and thrilling account of the
fire, the progress of the flames and the
awful spectacle presented in their des
tructive career, closes with the following
particulars of the terrible catastrophe by
which so many human beings were lost :
"What will render this fire more memor
able than all others in the annals of Chi
cago, is the terrible loss of life which it
has caused. The destruction of a noble
edifice, and the loss of millions of dollars,
are misfortunes which may soon be re
trieved. But the immolation of many hu
man beings, their consignment to a doom
the most awful, perhaps, that the imagi
nation can conceive, is a calamity which
must be followed by mournful remembran
ces in all hearts, for many years to come.
The scene which was witnessed at the
moment when the walls fell, as before
mentioned, was one which will leave an
ineffaceable impression in the memory of
all who were spectators of the awful sight.
It was about a quarter to 6 o'clock - . The
fire was at its- height. Vast billows of
flame were surging through portions of
the building, sweeping everything rapidly
into a mass of red ruin. It was evident
to ' all that the walls could no longer re
sist the force of the fiery hurricane, and
that a grand crash was at hand. Still the
men were seen, through the red litten
windows, working bravely in the effort to
save property. Orders had been given
Sometime before to the people to rush in
and carry off goods, and the, orders had
been obeyed; But .now it was seen that
danger was too near, and that in a few
minutes the lives of all who had gone
within the building had been sacrificed.
The spectators became wild with terror
and excitement. 'One Assistant Engi
neer, seeing that 'the heat was intense,
called frantically tcithe men to come out.
Policeman Brown, ru,hed into ,the build
ing, at the risk of his-own life, and loud
ly calledto them to make their aWri 'escape.
He returned,' and barely got from' the
door to the street, when the crash came.
Ic was the side wall between Thatcher's
and Farewell's building-125 feet between
the two stores: It fell with one prolong
ed and deafening crash, and the men went
down 'with it to their fiery graves. A
wail went up' from :tie eroWd, a strange,
indeseribabie cry of sob,.that spoke Of hor
ror and dismay., ,A. moment before, and
the men and boys, fifteen or twenty in.
number—some said' thirty—had been
seen on each floor, with boxes and bun
dles on their Shoulders. In an instant
they had disappeared, crushed beneath
the ponderous walls, and suffocated in the
fiames.- Horrible to hear and see. The ,
walfweiifelean to the very basement. Not
a soul escaped of all who had been within.
,•The terrible catastrophe seemed for a
time to deprive people of 'their reason.'
Shrieks of women were, heard from balco
nies where
. they were standing to look
upon the dreadful 'scene: Men clutched
one 'another in' a' sort of wild delirium.,
everal 'person, horror. stricken at the
spectacle, were completely overcome, and
'swooned away. , .. The rumors which circu
lated ag•to the 'number of men who had
fullers beneath t:lie.walls r•ave them all the
.way from fifteen to, fifty men. It was im
possible to - tell how many were there..
Many a home will be in a 'state of dreadful
anxiety until the list is filled, and many a
heart will he 'desolate when the names
are thade'kfiewn.,
GOV:GEARY'S vigilance in guarding
the interests of the.peoplo. against the mo
nopolists is recognized and appreciated in
otlMr states as well.as in our own. The
,
New York - Economist says s•
' . .fltie against this very special legiila
tken that Governor Geary has apcken re
peatedly and emphatically, before the pee- ,
plc; and. in ,official messages to the .:Legis-,
lature. If all our, laws were general: in
their effect, the laboring men mould have
no reason to complain. Our special legis
lation is always in favor of the capitalist."
THE CAMPAIGN OT 1970.
GLORIOUS
REPUBLICAN VICTORIES !
The political campaign of 1810 opens
brilliantly for the Republicans. We
point with pride to the following magnifi
cent results :
VERMONT STEADY AND TRUE
The State of Vermont voted on the
first Tuesday of September, for Governor,
member of Congress, and Legislature.
The Republicans elected the Governor by
22,000 majority, carried all the members
of Congress, and both Houses of the Leg
islature by overwhelming majorities.
Vermont is all right.
REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN MAINE
The State of Maine elected a Gover
nor, Legislature, and five Members of
Congress, on Monday last. Maine is one
of the doubtful states, and it has become a
saying" as goes Maine so goes the Union."
Sidney Perham, the Republican candi=
date for Governor has a majority of 5,000
against 4,942 in the same towns for the
Republican candidate last year. This
shows an increase so that in the whole
state, Perham will have a larger majority
than Chamberlain had last year.
The Republicans elected the whole five
Congressmen by handsome majorities,
though a bitter opposition was presented
in several of the districts. The Legisla
ture is largely Republican in both
branches. The contest was mainly for
U. S. Senator—between Gov. Chamber
lain and the Hon. Lot M. Morrill, both
-Republicans. How the choice is decided
cannot yet be told, though it is said that
Morrill has the State Senate in his favor.
TEL WYOMING VICTORY
The Republicans of the territory of
Wyoming have achieved a splendid victo
ry in the election of William T. Jones as
Delegate to Congress by about 200 major
ity over Wankss, Democrat.
COLORADO
The election returns received indicate
the election of Chaffee (Republican), over
Miller (Democrat), as delegate to Con
gress, by an overwhelming majority
The vote has largely increased every
where throughout the territory.
DIE Democrats of Lancaster county
have appointed a committee of their own
ilk to confer with Republican sore heads,
for the purpose of negotiating " terms"
and " fixing up" a slate for the ensuing
County election. In other words, they do
not intend to nominate a straight-outpemo
erotic ticket, but arrange and give their
support to a mongrel' ticket, made upof
sore bead Republicans and copperheads.
Hon. Isaac E. Hiester is named as the
candidate for Congress. On the Legisla
tive ticket, the Democrats are to have one
Representative,—Hugh M. North of Co
lumbia,—and the sore beads three. This
is the plan as at present developed in that
quarter. Of course, such a ticket cannot
be elected in the " Old G-uard."--Reading
Journal.
A DISPATCH to the American Press
Association from Florence says that it is
reported that the Italian troops, in heavy
columns, forced the gates of Rome last
night and en tered the city.
They are now in eomple:e occupation of
the Eternal City. The foreign soldiery
offered a slight resistence to the invaders,
and kept up a brisk fire upon the defiling
columns.
The Pope, however, ordered them to
cease firing, and the Italians soon, after
ward were masters of the city.
News Items
Most of the Fall bonnets are made of
crepe de chine.
It is wrong to sleep with the mouth open
in church.
Chloroform is the best thing to renovate
old drosses.
Houdin, the magician, lost a son at the
battle of Wcerth.
Sixteen engagements were formed at
Newport last season.
Tennis Claflin is canvassing for her
weekly i u Indianapolis.
Electric lights have been placed on all the
forts around Paris to reveal the enemy at
night.
The explosion of steam boilers in Yeddo
is cited as proof of the rapid increase of civ
ilize tion" in Japan.
A lazy farmer in lowa, it is said recently
built a barn over his stack, in order to save
the trouble of moving the hay.
Six Methodist missionaries are on their
way to San Francisco, to sail thence the last
of this month for China.
Napoleon said that a Gentian shall met
have the Spanish crown, and another Ger
man takes off Napoleon's crown.
In Catoosa county, Georgia, a woman re
cently shouted herself to death under ex
cessive religious excitement.
The mourning establishments are the only
fashionable shops on the Paris boulevards
which do a thriving business.
Throughout the country there is a gener
al complaint that the census are much below
what who was expected.
When Paris was found to be too tight a
place for the bank of France, the bank was
taken to another place—Toulouse.
The Cheyenne Leader says that Cheyenne
is played out. The completion of the Den
ver Pacific gave it its death blow.
'Matthew Hayes bas been obliged by a
Dubuque jury to pay $'5,000 to Mrs. Catha
rine Muller for not fulfilling the marriage
promise.
At the late meeting of the Crawford coun
ty, Ind., Teachers' Institute, a pledge was
signed by the female teachers not to wear
corsets for ono year.
A. young lady is proving wotnan's
ty as' a swindler, in Albany, by pretending
to be an escaped nun, desirous of funds to
get home:' '
The women of Prussia are said to be as
comprehensively organized for the care of
the wounded us the men are for military
'service.
The latest case of verdancy noted is that
of a young man who purchased a box of pa
per collars-14—am] finding but ten collars
in the - box went back for the other four
- -Owing to the scarcity of water power at
'Boonton, N. J., the extensive nail factories
.itnilpudding mills of that place are almost
entirely stopped in their operations.
The waves brought intelligence to Boston
ofthe recent terrible storm at sea, tour days
'before it was heard of from any other quar
ter.
At the Marion county, Ind., Court, now
in session, Robert Morehouse asks for a di
vorce because his wife Harriet refuses to
provide him with money to live on.
-Men drilling a well in Hartford , Wis.,
have struck.a bed of solid iron ore 12 feet
thick. The ore is pronounced by compe
tent Judges, to bo of the best quality.
The patrons of husbandry in MisSouri
have a side degree into which they initiate
horse tbieves. After the ceremony nothing
can be §een of the candidate, and the
ground is all nicely sodded over.
A ,new petroleum well was recently
struck on the old road between Plumer and
Oil City, Pennsylvania. It has already be
gun to yield from ,forty to fifty barrels
daily. -
A young man'. named Crowder, in Devi
ces county, Missouri, was killed by a gun
-ho had fixed in his stable for horse thieves.
Forgetting that it would discharge on the •
opening of the door, ho went to his stable
early- in the morning, and on opening the
door.was shot in the side., Ho lived thirty
six hours..
Look out for pretended census men, who,
while the servant has " gone to inquire,"
instead of taking the census may take hats
and overcoats from the hall and then "take
leave.
The colored women of Montgomery, Mo.,
in order to keep pace with the enterprise of
their white sisters in that city, have organ
ized a Sorosis, and have already Ind ulged in
a plain tea dinner and speeches.
Quoth the Detroit Tribune : " The story
that John Russell Young had been super
seded as President of the 'American Press
Association is not true, and Dana's eyes are
waters and his head a fountain of tears."
A Minnesota paper says that during a re
cent thunderstorm the lightning struck the
ground near Red Ring, boring a hole about
eight inches in diameter, and so deep that
dtwenty-foot pole failed to reach the bot
tom.
The Rev. Dr. King, of England, traveling
in lowa, writesto the London Times urging
Englishmen to come to America and settle
in lowa. Climate, soil, social prospects,
etc., he thinks, are nowhere so tempting as
in lowa.
A. horse weighing some 1,200 pounds, the
property . of Mr. Andrew Barron, of Janes
ville, Wis., fell over a precipice of 40 feet in
height, striking upon solid rock. He suf
fered no serious injury, not a dono being
broken.
'A
somnambulistic farmer residing in
Jackson county, ICansus, got up in his sleep
a few nights since, harnessed his team to a
plow, and plowed two acres of ground, all
without- waking. The furrows, it is said,
were laid with the utmost precision.
Punch has the following : A Capital An
swer: Self-made man, examining a school,
of which he is manager—" Now, boy,
what's the capital of 'Clllancl ?" Boy—" An
As far as coin certificates are concerned
the Treasury Department has adopted a
rule of the Bank of England regarding its
notes—that is, they never pay out a second
time. As soon as a note returns to the
Treasury in the cour , o of business it is de
stroyed.
There will be a transit of Venus across
the sun in 1574 and astronomers are already
busy in making arrangements for its care
ful examination, as by it the distance of the
sun from the earth is determined. The last
transit of Venus was in 1769, and since that
time instruments of greater exactness have
been made. Its results will be watched
with great interest by scientific men,
A correspondent, writing from Kissing
en, says that there are many Americans in
that town cannot get out of it. Many Ger
mans are there who claim to be American
citizens, and passports are in great demand.
The correspondent has an old in,urance
policy which answers every purpose—its
beautiful engraving and pretentious size
never failing to secure side transit.
The New York Express tells of a physi
cian in Maine, who contracted the habit of
chewing tobacco 40 years ago. He has at
various times abstained from its use entire
ly, from two to six months at a time, but in
every instance he has been driven back to
the use of the weed by unmistakable indi
cations of dropsy of the chest, which usual
ly pass off in a week or two after the re
sumption of the habit.
East Tennessee has a genius. He is little
Joe Ferguson, a youth of some 10 years,
who built a small steam engine of 4-horse
power, and now has it in successful opera
tion, running the sugar-cane mill of Mr.
Peterman. It is a complete piece of mechan
ism, and remarrt able as the production of a
boy who never served a day as a machinist.
The Bridgeport Post of the Grand Army
of the Republic, recently initiated Mrs.
Brondell, who is supposed to be the only fe
male comrade in the country. She first en
listed in one of the three month regiments
in Rhode Island, was honorably discharged
at the end of the term, and subsequently
enlisted in the Fifth regiment trorn the
same State* At the battle of Newberg],
when her husband was wounded and drop
ped the colors, shi bravely gathered them
up and carried them into battle. She was
afterciard wounded and honorably dis
charged from the service.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
The jEolian Quintelte Club, and Prof
John Hart, at Odd Fellows' Hall, Sept. 22
TEEE NATIONAL COFFEE POT.—A new ar
rival of these excellent Coffee Pot just op
ened at Shreiner's, call and soe thew, they
are warranted to give satisfaction.
LARGE' POTATO.—A sweet potato has
been shown us, of the red variety,weighing
two pounds and three-quarters. It is per
fectly solid and of a fine shape ; the potato
was raised on the farm of 'Henry Conklin,
West hempfield two. 'Who can h eat it.
Hoximum rs 'farm—We learn from
parties residing in York, that on Tuesday
evening a party of Yorkers got into an al
tercation about something,- when Sheriff
Pfahler's son drew a revolver and shot one
of the party, the hall passing through the
windpipe. A rumor was in circulation
that the young man died the next morning
from the effects. We have not learned the
Particulars.
TFIE FB.A\co-PRussloN WAR. —We have
received the prospectus of a new book enti
tled "The Great European Conflict" by
Geo. W. Bible of New York. The work
contains a review of Napoleon, and his pol
icy, King William and his Kingdom, Bis
marck and the butanes of Europe. It is
accompanied by' reliable maps pf the seat
of war, specially prepared for the Work; as
a book for Future reference it•is invaluable
giving everything connected with the pres
ent coufliet,and the real causes leading there
to. Bound in cloth, $l.OO, paper cover, 50
cents. Address, Bible Brothers,432 B mottle
street, N. Y.
Couscm.—Council met on Friday even
ing last. itiesSrs. Arms, Bletz, Crane,Craig,
Detwiler and Patton were present..
The Road Committee reported the grading
of Cherry street, between Fourth and Fifth
completed and that Fifth street would soon
be ready for the cinder.
The Sanitary Committee reported the Bo
rough in a healthy condition, more so than
any other town along the River.
The Chief Burgess reported the peace of
the Borough very good Since Sunday last.
The new officers are on duty and ho recom
mended their continuance.
A committee of colored eitizens presented
the resolutions which we published last
week in relation to the late disturbance on
Tow Hill;
The follOwhig was presented and referred
to the Chairman of the Fire Committee
with instructions to present a written report
on the subject at the nest meeting :
El tract from the Charter of the Columbia
Water Company, of March 29th, 1823.
"Sm.. Bth. And be it ',farther enacted by
the authority aforesaid.' :That the President
and Managers, shall. .in such Streets,. or
parts of Streets, in the Borough of Colum
bia, where pipes shall be required. Erect
• ligdrants, to be used solely for extinguishing
fires,
The Finance Committee was instructed to
purchase two sets of liandcuffs,two twitches
and a pair of-maces.
The Committee on collection of debt for
the removal of Mrs. Sautee's house, was
continued with instructions to collect and
report at next meeting.
On motion of Mr. Craig, the Market Mas
ter was instructed to announce on every
market day between this an October Ist,
that market would be open at 9 o'clock on
Saturday morning, Oct. Ist. •
Mr. Detwiler moved that the, purchase fo
a Potter's Field be referred to the. "Sanitary
Committee, with power to act.
On motion of Mr. Dietz, all repairs here
after made upon the streets to a depth of
four inches or less, be with limestone.
On motion or Mr. Bletz,a special commit
tee of three was appointed to confer with of
ficers of the Columbia & Washington Turn
pike Co., and ascertain what they will give
the Borough to take off their hands.all that
portion of the turnpike inside the Borough,
or Pat the same in goad Order, the commit
tee to report at next meeting.
No Ph'lr NAMES ix Settoot.—Of late
years in some of our public schools the silly
affectation has prevailed of designating the
pupils by " pet names," especially in the
female schools, usually by the addition o
" ie" to the proper Christian name. Thus
we find on the school rolls nothing but An
nie. Bettie, Carrie, Dellie, El lie, Fannie,
Georgie, nettle, Late, Jennie, Katie. Lottie,
Mollie, Nettie, etc., Tor the girls, and John
nie, Davie, Charlie, Harrie, Sammie, Ben
nie, etc., for boys.
This custom prevailed last year to such
an extent that it was really nauseating, and
it was noticed in some schools that not a
single pupil was called by the proper name
or had it recorded correctly. It is satisfac
tory to learn, therefore, that Superinten
dent 'Wilson has, on the opening of schools,
requested the teachers to write and spell
the names of their pupils correctly and to
discountenance the use of the pet or nick
names in the school room. It is to be hoped
that a reform is to be affected, and before
the close of this school year the pupils may
know their proper names and bow to spell
theta.— Washington ,Slur.
4: The Columbia Deposit Rank fur
nishes the following New York quotations
for Gold and Bonds, for yesterday 3 o'clock
P. M.
Gold 113 Y
Coupon, 18818 • 11l
5-20 Coupon, 1862 113A',
5-20 Coupon, 1861 1113.•
5-20 Coupon, 186.5, May and November 112
5-20 Coupon, 1865, July and January 110
5-2 U Coupon, 1867 110
5-20 Coupon, 1860 Ho e ,
10-40 Coupon 1004,
Currency, 6s 111%
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY
AN APPRENTICE TO LEARN THE CUR
RYING BUSINESS.
For particulars apply to or address
IL HOLLINGER, Columbia.
W 7 TED.
Three hundred MEN to work on the Lew
isburg, Centre & Spruce Creek Railroad; also,
work can be given to a number of Teams, double
and single, if applied for soon. Good wages will
be paid, HARRIS S BLACK,
sep'2.3-zt Lewisburg, Pa.
pROI?OSALS
Will ho received by Rev. James J. Russell,
of Columbia, Pa., until 12 o'clock, M., on Friday,
the 30th inst for the SLATE of St. Mary's New
Church, Marietta; and also for the work of put
ting them on the building.
Separate proposals may be made for the Work
manship, and for the Material which is to be
delivered on the Church grounds.
Specification to be seen at St: Peter's Paro
chial residence, Columbia, Pa.
JAMES J. RUSSELL,
sep22 -it Pastor of the New Church.
WHA DOES REASON SAY?
Tits little mongoose when bitten by a deadly
serpent resorts to a certain plant, eats of it,and
escapes the effect of the poison. That is instinct .
Human beings on the other hand, must depend
on reason and experience in selecting the means
of protecting health and life against unwhole
some influences. Now, wtpit noes reason say
on this vital subject? Does it not tell us that to
invigorate and purify the system is the best
way to protect it against the invisible poison
which generates disease? Surely it does. The
next question is, what guide shall we hollow in
choosing a medicinal safeguard? Reason replies
let your monitor be experience. Well, the ex
perience or eJgh teen years comprised in one un
broken series of satisfacto.'y testimonials as
sures us that Hostett_er's Stomach Bitters possess
strengthening, regulating and antiseptic prop
el ties which are not combined in the same
happy proportions in any other preparation
extant. This therefore is tile antidote to which
reason bids us resort when our health is im
perilled either by the malaria which produces
epid•anic disorders, or by any other cause,
whether inherent and constitutional, or con
nected with our habits, occupations and pur
suits.
The venom of a noxious reptile is scarcely
more subtle and dangerous than that which
lurks in mat air and im pure water. To escape
the levers, bilious disorders, disturbances of the
bowels, and other serious maladies produced by
these insalubrious elements, it is absolutely
necessary that the stomach and all the secretive
organs should be, so to speak, in a robust condi
tion. Upon the amount of resistance which the
vital system can oppose to the deleterious influ
ences that assail it, the safety of the health de
pends, and it is because the GREAT VEGETABLE
INVIGORAI%7T imparts energy and re‘mlarity to
the most important functions of the body, that
it can be recommended and guaranteed as an in
valuable preventive medicine.
A COUGH, COLD OR Sore Throat
Requires immediate attention,as
neglect often results In am incura
ble Lung Disease.
Brown's Bronchia. Troches
will must invariably give instant
relief.
Fun BRONCIIITIS, ASTUMA,CATARRIT, CONSUMP
TIVE and TnitoAr DISEASES, they have a sooth
ing effect.
SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS use them
to clear and strengthen tho voice.
Owing to the good reputation and popularity
of the troches, many scortidess cad cheap zmitationz
are offered, which are good for nothing, Be sure to OB
TAIN the true
Brown's Bronchial Troches.
SOLD EVERYWBERE
D0V27:09-6M
B. FRANK SAYLOR & CO.,
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
Aro. 26 West King Street,
LANCASTER, PENN A.
We aim to satisfy all our patrons, as well as
give them work, which favorably compares
with that clone in the best galleries.
COPYING PICTURES
•
Into any size, of deceased or absent friends, is
made a specialty with us.
FRAMES, ALBUMS, and all things in our
line always on hand.
Ail-Remember the
Photographers,
No. 26 West King St., Lancaster
B. FRANK SAYLOR- JAMES POTTS.
CABINET-WARE.
CABINET WARE MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber having lately put up new
ware-rt oms, and greatly increased his business,
can oirt r better inducements to his customeres
than ever.
WINDOW SIIADES, MIRRORS, 6:c., IN ALL
ST] STYLES
He manufactures to order, and will keep con.
stantly on band, Dressing, Plain and Fancy
Bureaus, Sideboards,-Sofas, Card, Dining and
Centre Tables, Common, Fanayand Frenan Bed
steads; all of which will be sold ou the most
reasonable terms. As he manufitctares his own
work he is enabled to warrant every article to
be what it is represented.
CHAIRS 1 CHAIRS ! ! CHAIRS !! I
All kinds of chairs kept on hand or manufactur•
ed , o order. Cane, Windsor, Arm and Rocking
Chairs; Settees, Camp and CounteaStools,Sofas,
Tete-n t'ates and Stuffed Seat Chairs, made to
order. Old chairs repainted and repaired.l
UNDERTAKING.
Funerals will be attended to with promptness,
to which lie gives his personal attention. He is
prepared with ice boxes and coolers to preserve
corpse, as may be required.
MAHOGANY OR WALNUT COFFINS,
Furnished plain or tinted in any style that may
be required. He respectfully solicits a share 01
public patronage, as well as a continuance of the
custom with which helms been liberally favored.
_
South side of Locust street, between Second and
Third. [serd4-69-tfw ,
THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST
CONFECTIONERY SALOON !
No. 2a. .1V Queen St., Laucaster,
Is the best place to procure your supplies of
ALL KINDS OF CONFECTIONERY,
CAKES, CANDIES, .tc.
..Parties and others served promptly at
shortest notice
YURNITURE OF ALL KINDS.
CABINET WARE-ROOMS & MANU
'ACTORY, Locust Street, a few doors below
Tnird Street, Columbia, Pa.
The subscriber manufactures and keeps on
hand an extensive assortment of all kinds 01
Furniture. Persons wishing to buy or those
about to go to housekeeping, will find it to their
advantage to give me a call.
BEDSTEADS, TABLE'S, CHAIRS, BUREAUS,
SETTEES, ate., etc.
Of the best quality, style, and manufacture, and
will make to order, of first-rate material, every
article In his line. He will give strict attention
to business, and respectfully asks of the public a
sharh of Hspatronage.
Aka- UNDERTAKING will receive the most
careful attention, at the shortest notee.
sept-1-69-tfwl GEORGE SEIBERT
FRESH GROCERIES
AT' THE PROVISION
IMM
FAMILY GROCERY STORE OF
MTJLLEN & BROTHER,
•ODD FELLOIVS' HALL,
Columbia, I%
FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH PEACHES AND
other Canned Fruits, Shaker Corn, d:e.
T E A -THE BEST BLACK TEA 'X THE
MMM
EXTRA REFINED SYRUP ' MOLASSES,
very cheap.
Refined Sugars, Dried Fruit of all kinds.
Rio, Java, and Lnguyra Coffee.
NEW SUGAR CURED RAMS & DRIED BEEF.
Also,Fancy erocerics, Fatally Flour, Notions.&c.
We intend to keep the best Goods only, and to
sell as cheap as any similar store.
H. MULLEN 3 BRO.
ta k
la en 1n exchange Cury forProuce of
ods.. all•kinds
fsep-4-69-tfw bought or
go •
CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
R, HAYES' GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
S. E. COR. 4TH & CjIBRRY STS., COLUMBIA, PA
Begs leave to infoim his old friends and patrons that he ha s
just received another large and splendid assortment of
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES
Better and Cheaper than can be bought elsewhere
The undersigned would call the attention of the public to his large and well-selected
stock of FRESH GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS just received from the City,
which he will sell CHEAPER THAN EVER!—FOR CASH: His stock comprises
SUGARS,
COFFEES,
SPICES,
HAMS,
DRIED BEEJJ, DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT,
Also, Brooms, Brushes, Buckets, Bed Cords, and everything in the Grocery liner Ho
directs special attention to his new and superior stock of
GLASS *AND QUEENSWARE,
Which he is selling , at prices LowEn than ever before offered in Columbia. Call and
examine Inc yourselves. Also, on hand rutpurt AND FEED.
.grjr- AonxT FOR
WM. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR,
The ]n Family Flour in the Market Every barrpl Warranted. Sold Cheap for
Cash. Having purchased my goods cheap for Cash. Tam prepared to offer them cheaper
than any other dealers. Goods sold for CASH ONLY.
R. HAYES,
South-east Comer Fourth d Cherry Sts., Columbia:
HALD EMAN'S STORE,
ESTA_BIaISIIED 1815.
OUR STOCK IS NOW FULL AND COMPLETE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT !
AND CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF
OF THE MOST DESIRABLE BARGAINS !
Which have Only to be Seen to be Appreciated.
GEO. W. & B. F. HALDEMAN,
112 & 114 Locust Street.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
oct9-ly
1870. AUTUMN! 1870.
FONDERSMITH'S STORE,
127 & 129 Locust St., Columbia,
HERO & UNION FRUIT JARS 1
Which we are selling at Manufacturers Prices
FIRST OPENING OF
DRESS AND SHIRTING CALICOES,
SHEETING AND SHIRTING, lIUSLINS, MUSLIMS. TICKS,
CHECKS, GINGHAMS,
At REDUCED RATES
Closing out _LADIES' SUNLMER DRESS GOODS Without regard to cost
A FULL LINE OF NEW FALL GOODS
WILLIAM. G. PATTON'S
NO. 160 1,0e7.75T St., Columbia.
BEST BAR GAINS
FALL DRESS. GOODS!
CLOTHS el CASSIDTERS,
Domestic Goods, Trimmings, Groceries,
To be had in the County
Our MERCHANT TAILORING Department is in full ope
ration, and well stocked. We make up clothing to Order in better Ftyle and put in
better material for the price to be had anywhere in the State
All the most Popular Sewing MVehiaies
on easy terms.
.7UST RECEIVED AT
FINE
TEAS
MACKEREL,
C:T-TR,rSi!;,
SHOULDERS,
HAS IN STORE
50 GROSS
CIMMEE
A FULL LINE OF
-1 N -
NOTIONS, &c.
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SYRUPS,
POTATOES,
SOAP,
CANDLES