The Potter Journal
news IT J-: ivr.
COUBERSPORT, PA.. Jam 31.1873
AEOLIfcHED. —The Franking P; i\
ilege. . . .* ..
f here is < rent cause for gratillation
hi tlu lelease of the Postal system of
this country from the burden it has
borne so long of carrying immense
quantities of unpaid matter, lbr which
the unobtrusive correspondence of the
common jeopie had to pay. But a
better good than any pecuniary one
comes from the wiping away of the as
persion so often east upou our mem
ber-' of Congress that they would not
give up one of their own privileges
and immunities, although they had
long discussed toe question of doing'
so and promised it to the country.
Another great benefit to the public
witl he that the mails will uot be so
burdened, nor the whole people so.
flooded with political documents for
weeks before every ejection. One
would tiiiuk voters would be le-.s in
fluenced by political intriguers, think
less ol speeches and more of the ir- !
sues before them, and that the whole i
campaign would be more honest,man
ly and pure. Here is the text of the
bill: j
"7 > ft V'*, That, the franking !
privilege be, and the same hereby is!
abolished bom and aft-.r the first day of!
July, Is7;{, au'l that thenceforth all ofli-1
cial corn spend' nee c£ whan wr nature 1
and other mailable matter scat fiom or j
addresstd to any officer of the Govern-j
an nt. or to any person now autlioriz.d •
to lrank such matter, shall be chargeable
with the same rates of postage as may be
lawfully imposed upon like matter sent
by or addrt sst-d toother persons; pro
vided that no compensation or allowance
shall now or hereafter be made to Seua
lois.nienib; isand deli gausof thefliHisi
of Jb presentativts on account of post
age.''
THANKS are returned to Mr. Jones,
11. K.. for a lile of the Legislative
Journal to the 2htb.
Mr. Jones is placed on the Com
mittee on Judiciary System (General)
—a very important one—and al-o on '
the Committee en Federal Delations '
and on Divorces. -'
1 he time and attention of the Leg
islature have been very much ceeu- '
pied wiili contests for seats. Mot a
very wise way of spending the time
that belongs to tne j eople.
Tut hi si number of the Mans held
Atl"crlmer makes its appearance this
week. It is well printed, compact
and lull of good matter. Price $1.50
per annum, Man-hiel !, Tioga Co., l'a.
CONSTITUTION IIALI, j
PUilauo.i.ula, ja.iy. _>, is 73. {
DEAR JOURNAL : Very little was
done last week in the Convention,
and 1 am informed nut much progress
was made in the Committees. As an
illustration of what is being done in
Committees, I ara informed by a mem
ber of the Committee on Legislation
that its entire -essioii U-daj was taken
up in discussing a motion to amend
tec tion nth of Article XI of the Con
stitution by substituting the word ob
ject for the word subject, as it now
reads, and the guestb 21 is still open
for discussion—no decision Leiug
r .ached.
if it takes two days to dispose of
a single word, how long do you think
it wid take to dispose of ike whole
Constitution ? Longer, lam afraid,
than the patience of the people will
hold out.
The event of last week was the ap
peal of the women for the right t -
vote, made in this llall to all the
Delegates who chose, to attend—the
chairman of the Committee on Suf-
frage, etc., presiding. Two evenings
■were occupied from half past seven
until ten. Several f the addresses
were exceedingly interesting, able
and convincing. The ablest and I est ;
was that of Maty brew, whose wnoie
life Ins been spent in the service 01'
human rights. The companion of
Lucretia Matt, she could not fail to
be argumentative and persuasive rath-1
cr than shop and repulsive as some:
of them were.
(V>s7r Hai.L. )
l'hl JtiUy. hi, XbTH. {
Puau JotnxAi.: The Convention
has 1 assed to third reading the sec-;
tions providing lor holding the Cen
er.tl election in November—same day i
as t e Presidential.—ami the Town
ship elections or- the third Tuesday
in February. .\ very lively debate,
lasting for two days, was had over
the spring election clause. The Con
st i utio'v 1 i IVi n-ylvania, a* >f most
of the States. is silent on this ques
tion. and the eh etion has always been
bed on dili'crent davs in d.tferent
counties, to suit the convenience and
an : c uiifort of the i eo. le. As no
evil has ever ret,ui d fin 'h i prac®
! tice, a good many delegates could not
i see the wisdom of the change.
13 ut the spicy part of the debate
grew out of the desire of the Demo
cratic Delegates to make a little po
litical capital for their party out of
this question. So they repeated the
in rm ideas of the Democratic lit form
speakers of the late campaign. A
stranger happening in at that time
woul l have supposed there was an -
election close at hand, and that this
w as one of M '(.lure's reform meetings.'
Mr. .Mann said lie had always uncler
-to< <1 that large cities were very 1 ad
pl ices but never supposed Philadel
phia was quite as bad as the descrip
tion given by her Delegates'during
this discussion. Mr. Go wen immedi
ately tiied to explain away the chief
point in iiis previous remarks, and 1
suspect there will be less said about
I the c •eruption of Philadelphia in fu
ture discussions.
It is quite apparent the Conven
tion is composed of men who do their
own thinking and act on their own
judgment. It is not under the influ-
ence of two or three leading minds.
Respectful attention is given to every
Delegate who lifts anything to say.
but there is no following when the
judgment is not convinced. This was
illustrated last Friday, when -nearly ;
half the Delegates desired to adjourn j
over till Wednesday. The motion ;
failed by two votes only. The minor
ity persisted. It contained many of
the aidest men in the Convention, and j
they (ui'- J as if liny thought tlnir :
wishes ought to be" acquiesced in with- j
out a question; and so they exhaust-
Ed the* entire session in maneuvring
to secure an adjournment for four
working days. Hut the'majority stood
lirtn, though such leaders as Arm
strong and Ruckalew did their ut
most to secure an adjournment.—
Their mistake was in trying to stop
all the work of the Convention for so
long a period. If they had acquies
ced in the first vote against adjourn
ment and gone on with the regulat
or Icr of business until Monday noon,
I think nearly every Delegate would
have voted to adjourn over till Wed
nesday. The pci -islent effort to ad
journ from Friday defeated any ad- j
jonrnmont, an I a good many would
have been ('"at to s • c- the reliant
llartrsnftii auguiab lUoverr rwere J
deprive 1 of that privilege. But J
hail l he result of this little contest as
a good sign. It seems to mean woik
and firmness of purpose in the major
ity .regardless of leaders. Should this j
hope he justified to the end of the te- •
ions of the Convention, its work will \
certainly be well done. . •. ;
•-<♦.
New County.
Our neighbors of Tioga seem very I
much excited over the attempt to di
vide that county, and we have a great
er interest in the matter. Tioga, with
more wealth, business and population, !
would beable to bear dismemberment, j
though the increase of expenses, the!
watte and loss occasioned unnvoida- j
bly by a change of the county site
would be a hard burden. But to Pot
tc-r, with its sparse popul .tion, that
finds even the present expenditure j
quite as much as it is desirable to pay,'
that is only now growing into a lair;
position among the sister counties, a '
division would be a great calamity.;
To the dwellers in some of the more :
distant townships it may often be very ;
inconvenient to go so far to attend
court to serve on juries, etc., but in
the best arranged new county we can
not sec how those ditliculties arc to
be obviated, while on all persons of 1
narrow means the additional expen
diture v. ill be sure to press heavily.
We hope little I'otter will make it em
phatically known to our members of
Legislature that she does not desire
to part with any portion of her terri
tory or inhabitants, and that the will
of the mass of the people may be ear
ned out. With all (food wishes to
those who arc scheming to further
their own personal advantage by that
which must be a general public loss,
we heartily hope that in this matter
they will signally fail.
IT IS said t!mt a bill has been pre
pared to repeal the Local Option law
ot last wiuter, and that any necessary
amount of money will be raised ly
the liquor dealers to bribe or other
wise influence the members of the
Legislature.
As this measure of local choice is
plainly one that the people are anx
ious to have anil test for themselves,
it will be very easy to know that no
honorable motive can induce mem
bers to vote against it or to give op
portunity, by absence or inattention,
for the enemies of good order to car
ry their nefarious plans.
If this attempt at repeal is made,
now will be a good time for the
Legislature to clear itself from the
charges of bribery 'and corruption
which have always been too freely
made, and if the liquor interest does
not make the attempt it will be be
cause of a better general faith in the
honesty of the public servants than is
i often professed.
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r.OCi.ET, Fa Jan., 13.15T3.
ED. JOURXAL:— Aceoidmg to notice,
J. 13. Oviatt "Thyself and son ,as ttam
ster) slatted Monday morning the 6th,
; for the buir hunt. There wet em> others
from lioulet uady to go. On arriving at
Coudei sport found that out oi the wnole
number tJiat agietd to go, not one was
ready; we diove on to Lewis Lyman's;
there we expected a lead; and one man
was there, (Mr. Ptiree,) the lest had
backed out. We drove to Brookland,
had a splendid dinner, worth twice tne
price they charged; drove on, arrived
at 13. i . Barrows', stopped for tut night,
and were ready eatly Tuesday morn for
the hunt. Live men and boys volun
teered whicli increased our number to
; nine men and boys, and six dogs; we
surrounded the laurel patch ; and at
half after eleven 1 drove the bear out.
lit had a nest made of laurel; when 1
■got within fifteen or twenty lotls lie
I started out, went down by a boy within
ten rods, and on by a man wituiu 12
; rods. When he i.ad stiffly passed, the
man fired a shot, the bear thought there
was tioub.e ahead and turned back and
I walked up the bill some twenty tods in
| sight of where two men were left stand
i ing. Lut repovL says that the chaps ind
. in a hollow until the boir had stiff ly
| passed back into the laurel; then they
fired three loads and hallooid for dog.-,.
J All of tlie dogs \ver£ set on but took the
; wrong track and only one overtook the
' bear and he was a scared dog. Away
j went the bear, we pissed on after him ;
j one man s..id he had three balks in him;
j we gave up the chase that nignt a, d
i went to Bariow s'. Laily next uiormng,
! the 7th, only five were ready for the hunt
I witii two dogs. We followed the bear
j north into U.c Boss Iloliow, left iinii
: about sundown without starting him,
| came in at rlvnii's, staid over night;
one man d.opped off. .The 6th I hind
! one buiilli to go and help break track,
thou there were live of us: Sam House,
Win. Hi.sk, Win. Smith, J. 13. Oviatt
and S',lt. We look a circuitous loule
and went around 11.c bear, then follow td
ami up and found ne laid gone into a
laurel patch; we placed 111111
t >o*)ition, sent bain House around on
ainw suoes; the bear winded loin and
caiucoul wiinin twenty rods of me, I shot
i.im through the lights; he ran dowu '
the hill, i set on tlie dogs, ti.e bear ran
near Smith, he find, he had two l>ails
ni his gun, they struck l.im in the
shoulder; one bounded out; and the j
other went in about three inches inio|
the ticsh and lodged; Oviatt lived iiu
inodiateiy after, and shot a ball through
the top of the neck, only a llesn wound . j
lie tired another and severed the bi t
artery in las neck; House find without •
effect; the dogs came up and attackid j
tne bear, he got hold of one dog gave i
uiui a hug, was m the act of biting. !
when the other dog made a desperate ;
pass at tne bear's ham ; which caiioOtl '
uiui to loosen liisJ bold and go foi dog
No. two. Log m lubei one crawled out :
of Ins paws, and so escaped death that :
lime. The dogs kept the In ar until bam !
House came up and : tabbed him with '
uis knife and ended the iigid. He meas
ured over seven feet from the eaul of his
nose to the iiinel feet. It was eighteen
inches from tne end of bis nose to his
ears. He was over three ft et high. Wt
captimd him three-fourths of a mile
from the bridge where the road comes
out of the nine mile .woods, oil Fine
Creek. Tie snow was from two to
three ft et deep ami had a crust on it
but not sufficient to hold a elog.
LAUOY LYMAX.
SAN DOMINGO.
I'T.ncIIASE or SAM AX A T'.AY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. —A few months
ago several business men of the highest
standing in the financial and commercial
world concernd tl*e idea of purchasing
: Samanu Bay and the P* ninsula for
which the government attempted to lit
! gotiate in l v t;9. A correspondence took
place Ix-twc* u tin in and tut* Dominican
Government, and piospccts appealing
favorable for real.zing the design, a eom
pany was fomitd with the following of
ficers: Presid -nt, Aiden B. Slock wall ;
\ ice Pitsiileiit. Paul N. Spofiord;
Treasurer, lit my Clews; .Seen taiy, H.
K. Hazard ; Dirocto.s, Frederick Scnue
luirdt, Dt< rge W. Pullman, C. K. Gar
rison, 01. wr Ames, Samutl G. Howe,
William G. Fargo and S. L. M. Barlow.
After Be vei a 1 meetings laid by those
genii* men,it was resolved to send a spe
cial steamer with tl.ret Commissioners,
bearing with tin in the amount of pur
chase money in gold to consummate the
transaction. The steamship i ,Ut was
chartered for the purpose, un the l-stli
of Decemher a convention was held by
the Commissioners representing t*,e
company witii President 13a z and ti.e
Cabinet of ti.e Lciuinican Government.
After a full deliberation, a satisfactory
result was reached and tlie purchase ef
: fee ted. The people of can Domingo rat
ified the arrangement, and a treaty by
the Dominican Government was conclu
ded, to go into effect, January 1, 1 73.
| Tlie company is g. anted uluiost all
the rights of an independent govern
ment ; v\ ill have its own liag, police and
lvvenue officers, the right te> construct
railroads, charter vessels, collect taxes,
etc. Any quesliou arising between the
compai y. and the Douiiucan Govern
ment. it is stipulated, shall lie referred
to some European Power for ai bi Gat ion.
On the treaty being completed the l'j
btc sailed for I'm.ao Priucjpe, from
whthice the company receive d intelli
gence of the satisfactory result of the
negotiations. The capital of the coin
pai.y is $20,000,600.
j The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
intend to run a regular social steamer
between here and Samaua liay next
i month.
Division.
There is said to be a good deal of feeling
concerning the project for a new county
among the citizens of the Eastern part
of Potter County. They expect if the
new county is formed to be a good deal
nearer to a county seat, to have the
county buildings erected by private par
ties, and in various other ways to be
benefitted by the new arrangement.
j It sei ms to us that a little solier sec
ond thought will show that the advan
tages will not be all upon one side.
Should the part of this county desiring
it be set off, it will still be holden for
its proportion of the debt already ineur
nd in the erection of first class county
buildings at this place; there will In*
new county officials to In* paid; Courts to
be held four times a year with twice as
many jurymen as are requin d under the
present arrangi ment, and we have not
yet beard it suggested that private en
terprise will pay all these bills. Taxes
will undoubtedly be increased by the
erection of a new county, not alone in
the townships which gooff, but in what
is left.
And w here are tlie compensating ad
vantages? Why, a few land-holders
who are interest! d in the building up of
t! Hi w eounly scat will be still further
enriched at the t xpensecf the tax-payers
who are apparently so desirous of the
change.
We suppose the majority will rule in
tliis as in other matters, but we ask that
it may tie seriously considered, and that
the people will not allow thcmstlvis to
be bamboozled by the specious repre
sentations of interested parti, s. Look
into this matter in all its hearings and
do as to you sums Lest, oh ! nun of
Potter.
Feport of Superintendent of Sol
diers' Orphans' Schools.
In looking over this report, the
most striking particular is tlie small
number of soldiers'orphans that have
been under the charge of the £>tate
(ir i>~.i>..ma s nundre s of thou
sands of soldiers many, of course,
were young men without families and
a greater number, perhaps, left their
families provided for; but still the
number cared for by the State seems
wonderfully small.
Since the system went into opera
tion the whole number of the orphans
received lias been C 129. Tie v are
now being discharged on arriving at
-ixtecu years of age more rapi tly than
Li icy are r.jooived ; antl one most sat
isfactory feature of this report is the
account of the present it nation and
occupation of . hose who have leff the ;
variott - schools.
In the e-tablis'iiug of new schools
and the closing of some it has been!
rather dii'icult at times to keep truce
of our children and to know where
they are now living Of Potter coun
ty chili'ren we find two in this list:
Levi M'Cann, fanning at Mansfield,
and Albert Yauiuwegin, in charge of
large saw-mill at Cony. Pa.
There have been discharged u rn
age '' lyl7, and from the reports all
are doing well. • •
From the reports of the inspectors
it appears that the schools are con
stantly becoming better pro\ i led and
better managed, and that the children
have been wonderfully exempt from
contagious diseases, e.-pecially small
pox. Comlbrth says:
Tic it give of go<<l health n,j. y. d b\
the >rp!:ans is,gimlet d. rc markable. Ty
pbO(! at.*! seal lit t< vei raged in the vi
cini.y of stv ral of tin' schools but did
u<t enter tin in. The Mnasl-pex prevail
ed, during a large part of the year,
newly all ever the Mate witli uvu e o>
less ( vetity, and gnat aiixittv was felt
i'oi the safily of the large numb* r of
Ca ldren under your care. M< -t of the
imtitutions antieipattd your instrue
lins, though tim !y given, and vacci
nal* d their schools before your orders
coild reach tin 111. In l'i.ilad lpi.iaaud
vi'inity communication with the out
s'* world was cut oft during the season
ofgivntc.t danger. llut not withstand
ing the precautions taken, the escape of
thirty-seven hundnd eiiildnn, with
barely oiif fxccption, from ti.e pnvail
ing pest, ret ins little less than miracu
lous, and 'alls for * xprcssions of g ati
tiule to 11 in w!io saves from the "pest
il nee that walkith in daikness."
.School libraries are furnished and
periodical taken, and thus are the
children kept acquainted with what is
going on 111 the world outside. Most
of them attend church and Sunday
schools arc generally held iu the in
stitutions.
The reports of the princij als of the
are very interesting. From tlurt of
A. L. Gr.ss, Cassvilie, the following
extracts are taken:
The services of a very competent ar.d
extensively known G. tiuan ptofessor of
vocal and instrumental music, assisted
by a full supply of music books and
t.iree- histiumuits. l as done all that
was practicable towards teaching the
whole school a scientific knowl.dgeof
music, and Las g*vu some twenty pu
pils considerable proficiency in tlie use
of the piano and organ. We feel that
we may justly boast over our good
music. The cost of this department
for the school year has been about i'iuu,
and is of course txtia. and a free will
offering of the principal, and for which
some will accord neither credit nor
thanks.
| Mural. —We cannot indulge in whole
sale praises of the moral condition of
the pupils—tin y are by tie) nouns saints.
When first gathered, these children
were as a whole, by no means up to the
average of children in manners and
morals; many of them indeed have
never had good example nor heard good
precept. A number arc often thought
less, some are mischievous, and perhaps
a few even malicious; wicked persons
and others by unguarded remarks often
put mischief in their heads, and incite
the in to evil. Still, by care and kind
ness there have been but few glaiing
departures from our established rules,
while the conduct of many has been
entirely unexceptionable.
Annivt rsarj ami Hi-union. —A promi
nent laudinaik in the history e f the
school for the year, was the •'re-union"
of the '".sixteen, is" at our anniversary
on the 6th of Nov; mber. at which time
the school had com pit ted its sixth year
under our care. Fifty-six e>f he one
bundleeland forty-four sixte enors which
hud then gone from these walls, returned
—no longer childi.n, but wcll-ljehavcd
and intelligi nt young laelie s and ge uth -
nun. It was a giand social Jubike.
Ouite a number of visitors nlse) gsaced
the occasion, while the Broad Top brass
bar.el aid d in attiacting and e utertain
ing a large crowd.
Mr. F. A. Allen of ManslieFl gives
his labor pi in thus:
Iwht*ii i<r. —Xo system of labor, here
tofore : il ptul, has been satisfactory so
far as our school is conct rin d. To it m
uly this defect we lave pure! R.-od one
hundnd aial fifty acics of land, one half
of which was under a partial state of
.cultivation. On this land our I toys have
the fullest ai.d widist lit id for lalior.
; In t wo hours from tlie tiua o;' purchase,
ever one hundred hoys were setting
tins to stumps, Irtish i.taps, etc., and
1} right, Mine tine hundred blazing
li es gave visible signs ol what orp.au
boys t an do when opt ortunities present
the ins.. Ivts. .'tine forty •- -*
■ ... .ue now stttbtl with oats, corn,
potatoes, beans and lit. ktvlit a', and
give good promise of a line ciop.
The .Superintendent closes his re
port with r. " >j eeial circular " L> t e
principal t f theseviralseiiool i, wi.ich
bt gins as follows:
: I>KAU Sin: Under an act of the I.eg-J
islatuve I propose to place, near the 11. s j
j of Septembei nt xt,about fifteen soldiers'
orphar.3 < f prop, r ago and tpialilications
; lithe State Normal schools witit tiiede
• ign i f training tin m for teachers.
FROM the I'rcxs are taken F e fol
lowing- propositions let" rc the Lon-J
stitutional Convention:
Pi.e rt port present! d on the nr. vions I
day from the CommiUet on toe L g.s
a o.iie. thioughitsehaii man. Mr. \\ ayiu
Mac \ eagh, t inbodii ssundry important
proposed ciianges in ti.e constitution.
Lite vital propositions are the following:
Biennial instead of annual sessions ot
tin Legislature; a carefully prepared
o.iti: to ho administered to members oi
the Legislature, that they have not giv
n bribes to secure an el etuui, and iiavt
not roe. .ved bribes to imluence their of
licial action; a limitation of ti.e pay ol
in mbeis to S IJ.U ft>r each period oi
iwo years, and prohibiting t xtra allow- j
anct s . s members of committees or pt r !
•fiusites of any kind.
1 .it report also provides that the! lec
tions lor tin? Legislature shall ocem
once in every two years—.Senatois t.
."hi tor four years and Itepreseiitatives j
for two years; limits tiie number of Sen -;
a tors from any one city to four, and d - >
tails a compreiiensive scheme of appor- j
tionin nt of in tube! sof the Legi.-lat ure.
bastd upon toe system adoplid by ti.i
Constitutional Couvcntiou of ilhuo.s.
Bv M . MeConiii 11, for a board ol ■
. , I
turee inspectors ot p uitt ntiaries, jails, j
hous.s of refuge, and other prisons and i ,
ptihlii.: insane asylums o. iuii. lmu i* s, to
lie elected by toe peopk-; the board .o
have supervisory p* w is over such in
stitutions, and to rep u t annually to tin
Legislature* upon their condition, etc.
Also providing lat said boa:el. with
tilt Gov* i nor. .sec Ala; \ of Mat*-, and
Attorn* y G* n< ral. cousiilute a Council
of Pardons, with power to g ant par
dons ami i\ pri. ws, to modify sentences
in all ci iminal ens* s, and .>> c. ang* am
sent* nee of d.atiito iiiiprisoi.im nt foi
life or for a term of years; eve; y pardon,
Ac., to have t..e concurrence of I<>Ul
in. nib* rs of the boa.el, and in* paidon
to lie grant* d l; fore sentence, nor iu a
manner other limn speeili* el. Helen* *1
to tiic Committee t>n state Institution's.
AN Austrian savant is said to have
discovered. I \ means of a microscope,
in a st< lie taken from the p\ rami i of
Dash* ur, many intei eating particulars
connected with the life of the ancient
Egyptians, i lie brick itself is maele
of the mud of the >* ile, chopped straw
ami sanel, thus confirming what the
bible ami Herodotus have handed
down to us as the Egyptian methods
of 1 rick-making. Besides these ma
terials, the microscope has brought
other things to light—the dvbnts of
river shells, of fish and of insects;
seeds of wild and cultivated tloweis,
of corn and barley, the field pea and
common llax, cultivated probably for
both food and textile purposes, and
the radish with many others known
to science.
itVn and t^rissors.
Mu. JOHN BKEXNAN, immigration
agent for the State of lowa, writes to
say that many persons from Pennsyl
vania and other portions of the Hast are
going out to lowa with the expect;.tioii
of finding honn s on vacant Government
land, and that most of tlieni are miser
ably disappointed, since there is scarcely
a thousand acres of such laud left in all
that State, which will probably be
wholly taken up before spring. Parties
who contemplate emigrating to that
section may obtain reliable printed
information by writing to Mr. Brennan,
whose office is at Sioux City, lowa. We
may add, for the further information of
persons who are a Unit moving to the
West, that all the Government land
which is good for anything has been
taken up in the States east of the Mis
souri river, and ev. n in such distant
Ti rritories as Dakota and Colorado the
best lands, so far as surveyed, have
already been entered.— Prtas.
The 1 radical element in the story of
t he fate of the ship jVWL'w'.m witlr la r
hundrt ds of passengers, is intensified %
the supposition tl at the steamer tluit
caused the catastrophe went to the bot
tom shortly uiltiwaids with all on
board. If the .sii|'j>osition prove true
the public rewaidsoffered for the detec
tion of the st amer will read strangely
■ enough.
j A young man who went \Y est from
Danbui v a few montlis ago, iuis sent
only one h iter home. It came Friday.
Ii said: "Send me a wig." And hi.s
fond parents don 'I know whether he is
sculpt, d or marru tl.
The lb ston newspapers re|x>rt a
" giantl social asst inhly" of d-af mutt s
m thai city on Nt v.-Year's Hay. It
must have b. en an upioarious affair.
Drni.so the late freshets in Polk
1 county, Ga., a little boy att mptctl to
save ;i younger sister, by sv.uiwning
—:. i. oei to a place of safety. The
ijiiiVc little ft 1 low was borne down b\
the cm rt lit, and hi and the object of ids
care wen fom.d, whin the wattrssub
sakd, dt ad in o;:cii otia r'stmbraee.
i'liEK k is fot.d for 1 liotight in the stoiy
1 at is told of a young lad who for tuc
lirst time iiccomp;init tl his lather to a
public d.liner. The waiter asked liim.
" \\ hat Will you take to drink:'" Hesi
tating foi a moment, he repli;d, "I'll <
Gikt what lather takes.'' T..c answer ,
itaciitd Ins lather's ear, and instantly j
the lull responsibility of his position
i ash; d upon him. In a moment his
dot isioii was mud ; and m tones tremu
lous with emotion, and to the astonish
ment of those who knew him, he said
-"Waiter, I'll take water."
IN' nw U.S. SKN ATO its. —Iloscoo C'onk
• ii, it - lceud In in New Yo.k; Simon
Cameron, from i*. iiiisvivaiiia ; Richard
. igk sl v, elected ia Illinois; \Y. J5.
Maekt n, in Kentucky; Timothy (>.
ilowt, in Wisconsin; Jghn P.Jones,
Nt vatkt.
IN addition to the American Steani
s hp Company. Pniladclp.ia is to linvt
mot; cr foreign line in the Inteniation
..l, riming IK-IU t ii this port and Ant
werp. The steamers are large, well
built. and will compare favorably with
am t:iat make New York their liuwn.
i'iie line will In g,n oj nations in a little
uioiv t an a month. It v. ill give a new
an, t ins to tiie commerce of the city,
.tiai should meet with liberal cncour
.tgi nitnt. — J rtt..
Tin-: VIKXXA KM'OSTION.—Th(
Uon.se Ct liuiiil It e on foreign Affairs
wi.l n port a bill appropriating $li;(i,00o
iowaid d- fraying toe t xpensesatb tiding
tiie t xposiiion of Unitid "states produc
tions at I e\ a m.a World's f air. This
amount is rigauled as insuiiich nt foi
lie purpose, iiaving lxtn ap
piiabdiorti e i'.u is Intt i national hx-
i is,in n, and taer-lore a motion to
metal tiie bill in. y bt- made ill toe Sen
ate. Tnere is i.o doubt t:;at two un
lit li 1 s. ijs will be eietaihd to cany
Am aie.til j nil net ions to \ ienna.
I'IXANC IALLY. New Jersey, as wi
h-arn lo in tit Controllei's reiKirt, is
the iin : t pn s| e.ous i ouiiiionwi-altli ol
tiie Union, with very little d lit and less
taxation,and propcity assessed at
bi-U .117.
Not the least admiinlilt- of the many
< xi ell-, nt p-revisions of the civil service
n b rin bill is tl at siclion whicii came
up for dist ussion yesteiday before the
Civil tjeiviceC'i mmission, providing for
the reorganization of tin eh rieal force
of the Treasury Department, and the
payment of equal salaries to male and
ft male clerks |x rfoimil.g equal duties.
Ti.is is a woman's rights bill of tlie
proptr kind.
PUOPOSITOIX in the Constitutional
Ct nventicn, by Mr. Carter, abolishing
capital puiiisliincnt and establishing im
luisonni nt for life, with entire w.t -
drawn I of the pardoning power, unless
in casts where innocence may be judi
cially pi oven, lieferrtd.
MAJ. 11. 11- Strait, elected to Congress
from the ul Minnesota district, and S.
Uoss elecUd to Congress from the IStli
Pa. district, were born in Coud. rsport,
and were boys together when there were
but ti£Ll bauihtsui the place.
WINDOW GARDENING.—BURG ■
; month of January stimulants, . J
! applied to plants to advantage. lUl ' S
jean be forced into blooming i . jfl
Fill an old pail half full of lioi>, 1
jure, turn warm water on it, 1, tit
j a while, then pour otT and use the, I I
| in tin* saucers, letting the plant si
| the nourishment. Never allow an ■
ter to touch the leaves, but pa
water not very cold. j
cacti require no water during th
ter months; but fushsias need tub., i
very moist, else they will not 1)1„ 0I| " |
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John V. Erov.n,
PilttriilETOll OF
LINE OF STAGES
BET W TEX
| Ooudcrsport & Wellsville
( Via OS WA YO, PA.)
Person; •.*. ine to Osw.vro hv rtn i ildi i:ic
to rclu.n smiic day, will L* ;uv>ium . UsJ
at stride rates.
I'assen-e s yvMii n to reach anv of Mie n-fc'ihor
H'K towns wit' tie con.eyed to Liven it
reasonable rates.
A K" ><l I ivery rle Vent enstant!y on bant l<r
i assengers by the stage.
Os w.a v o House,
(JoiiN V. linows, l'roi-r.,)
OSM AYO, PA.
114-tr
OYSTERS.
A. H. PESRCE,
Wholesale and Itelail
OYSTER DEALER,
COU-ERSPOfiT, PA.
Oysters by the Can, Quart, Gallon, Hundred d
Thousand teeelved daily.
Kami es, I'arties and Festivals supplied on shoit
nut ice.
The 'i rade furnished at reasonable ates.
Give nie a tiial and I can suit you.
a*-22t A- U. PliftC£-