The Potter Journal AND NEWS ITEM. omaam, PA., May 30,1873. No subscription sliall be allowed to run over on< year in arrears. Due notice will be given u| expiration ami if not paid llie paper will lx stopped- U- f l '- HAMILTON, Publisher Coudersport Market. Wheat No. 1 white, per busli. $ 1.80 41 Red winter, 44 1.60 <$ 1.7? 44 No. 1 spring, 44 iSO (V> i.60 Oats, - - - " -40 Corn, - " * 75 Beans, - - ~ " 2.00 (a2.50 Potatoes, - " .35 @ .40 Onions, 1.50 (cb 2.00 Hay, - - - per ton, 15.00 Hides, - - - " tt> .06 @ .08 Butter, - "W> .2-5 Eggs, - - - " doz. .15 Fiith Story. One day last week a couple of Ixiys of his place were fishing, while a couple if young men were watching them. At ;ist one of tjieni had a bite and brought p the usual chub of all lieginners. Jn lie excitement of the moment the boy flit his whole strength to jerking the sh from the water, turning himself blind until he stood with his back'to le water, when iie suddenly disappear -1 over the bank. The other boy iinine ately rushed to the rescue by so tying id twisting his fisli-iiiie around one of ie young men as to make him helpless, hile the other young man had been so lively engaged in dodging the coming li as to get quite a distance off. The iter was very deep at that place and v boy went under. Finally they sue nlid in getting hold of his arm, and tin v were helping him climb the bank it* tiist remark the little chap made ;u>, "That water was too deep for me" but lie got the chub. bond Idea. A Buffalo girl, pretty and eighteen, is sold over live hundred sewing ma iini ■. in the last two years. She trav s with a horse and wagon, smiling liciishe leaves a machine and shedding ai> il anybody atterwards refuses to ep it. That does the business. We take the above from an exchange, irties hereabout can profit by the sug stion. perinlciidcnts' Convention. iVciind the statement in some of our a ae-. that on the fifth of .June the piintendents of Common Schools of r anilities of Clinton, Snyder, Union, j; bunilx Hand, Lycoming, Sullivan, I. Potter, Llk, Cameron and Ceu ■ meet at the Henlic House, Wjl- Tlie following subjects will side-red: the educational wants l ople; the work of the superin ! i y: the difficulties encountered i work; the modes of overcoming -■(lirticulties. Tiie meeting is to be vate one. ir\ ing. friend < 'atliu is enlarging and iin : his cabinet establishment on tli street, by moving his old shop ud erecting a new building for a rise. He lias been very success- : a and every one rejoices thereat. ! " 7Visa. . Olmsted r ir thanks for a copy of the 44 Gen-! f ■ ' 'f the session of 1873. ksrs. in Ir Hart ra lift, accompanied by a <surer Mackeyand M. E. Olni ; the Auditor-General's Depart-j made a short visit to our village ; '' I'ai't of this week. "inpany with several gentlemen lu.t e they spent a couple of days - "ii the Sinnemahoning. They •1 success and enjoyed the trip. 1 vernor caught one trout that | \" 'oikl and eleven ounces and ■>' "lie that weighed a pound ' During their stay in ' V ' :v the guests of Hon. .V. lasted. U. evening the Band came I - ' -niselves ail airing and ■ rtunity to serenade the I Mr. Mackey at the house ■ " ' 'hosted. It resulted in a : making and more ice I attention of village resi e notice by the Pound Mas- 1 column. building on Second street ly ctune to a stand-still again going up. H have iieen removing ■ i 11>111 the office ' e Baker House and put- I wall with a coat I makes the Baker ■ . : and. judging from ■ ' la they have there, it ' ■ "1 qualities that ■ traveling public. I 'lent" Cigar, kept by J. H Bill;ar ( l Saloon, one of ■ ' ' : 'he weed sold in town. H, M.ibitd. as advertised, ■■ W;, >- whether or not re |f u l ' '• 'be crowd it drew '"■•'"flowing, crushing 1 ■ ■ '"• v 'le of the tent. ■ ' a, good as the 'het'loslnj; ExerrUcN. On Friday afternoon of hist week tin i cxeicities in our schools were somewhat „ j consisting of leadings, speeches. solving of problems and contests foi _ prizes in spelling. The teacher in each ie Department conducted the exercises in <f j theh separate rooms. A quite lavoa „ nm i—. ... j were present. We publish below the words spelled in the highest department. Miss Bishop missed only one word out of this ) list and wasaw,.o- ; —nrstpme, Oe . j .. or Longfellow s poems, hate i Crosby, Fred. Armstrong and KateGil i ■ lon also received prizes, i | In the Second Department seventy 11 words were spelled. Rosa Crane and i i Ansel Wood missed but two words each i' and received the prizes. By-the-wav, i we are informed that Rosa Crane has at i j tended this school for the last two years ; i without missing a day. , In the Primary Department forty words were spelled. Nellie Gillon and Mary Gridley spelled them all, Mary Kernon missed two words, Getty Brown four words. Athlete Raspberry Apropos Siphon (Syphon) Amethyst Sachem i Alpaca Soiree Acquiesce Surcingle Anemone Trellis Aeronaut Tliralldoni(Thraidom) ! 1 Bureau Usury i Boquet Victuals .! Business Weevil Brunette Yeoman Barometer Zephyr Behavior Chalice Bivouac Chieftain Choir (Quire) Avalanche Coeoanut Stanchion Capillary Machinery Dahlia Pigeon Diamond Equity Effervesce Aqueduct Exquisite Science Franchise Auxiliary Fricassee Chronology Gneiss Archipelago Gondolier Schedule Halibut Quorum Ilominy Rhubarb Hippodrome Chestnut Indictment Condemn ; Icicle Malign •Juiciness Wednesday Javelin February Kiln-dry Poniard Labyrinth Celestial Laudanum Proeed 11 re Merino Sycamore Mistletoe Endeavor Menagerie Adequate Nuisance Blatnable Naphtha Lyceum Oasis Pewter ] Orchestra Champagne Parterre Clapboard Puisne Isthmus Porphyry Meerschaum Quarantine Echo Quassia Hegita Reservoir Gudgeon Picayune Homage Fusohia Finale Died. <>ll the "17th inst., at her home in Michigan, SA KALT, wife of Otis Lyman. The deceased was formerly a resident of this County, where she and her litis- j band have a large circle of relatives and j friends. Her death was occasioned by a cancer, from winch she has suffered j for many years. Jury I.lst. Git and Jt* items. A bbott. —Charles Meine, Albert DeFlaiique. Bingham. —A. N. Chirk. Cornier syxtrt. —Martin Gridley, Ralph Nelson, O. J. Rees. Genesee. —Fielder Chapman, J. W. | Moraii, J. C. Burdick. Harrison. —Martin Dodge. I Hebron. —Win. V. Cone. Oswn jo. —A. S. Lyman, James Lock wood. Pleasant Valley. —Earnest Wright. Itfiukt. —Ro<lney Fessenden. Sharon —11. B. Edwards, D. L. Moore. Summit. —James Nelson. Sjlvanin. —A. R. Jordan. Ulysses. —Alva Carpenter, E. 11. Bas sett, E. W. Ciiappel. West Branch. —John Burrows. Wharton. —Sylvester Beldin. Tit A VERS J u ROUS. — Abbott. —Charles Welding. Alb gang. —Calvin Palmer, A. Presho, G. T. Ellis Bingham. —A. C. Cnnn. Clara. —Leroy Allen. Coudersjjort. —John Denhof. Eulalia. —11. Scheldenberger, Chris tian Schautenberger. Gem sir. —Joseph O'Donnell, Isaac, Dawley, Patrick Kain. Harrison. —N. 11. Stone, George W. Stebbins, J. L. Ilavnes, William Fox, 1 Amos English, F. P. Leet. Hebron. —Edwin Hollenbeck, Leon tird Davis. Jlector. —J. L. Gibson. Keating. —G. C. Lewis. Pleasant Valley. —George Weimer. Sharon. —W. J. Brown, G, W. Pear soil, G. W. Sherman, Ed Whittaker, F. P. Brooks, R. L. Nichols, O. C. War ner, M. 11. Nichols. P. B. Woodard. Sylvania. —Wm. Pierce. I Tlysses. —M. W. G ritlley, Ezra Turner. West Branch. —Erastus Crippen. Trial List. .1 L Allen, et at. vs Geo Nichols, L Kin ney, et at. Win V Keating, et at. " AM A Luther Baker. Joseph Smith " M T Seibert. Martin V Proutv " Perry Smith. Geo Nichols, et at, " J L Allen. Summit Twp " Martin Watson. Hamilton White " Homer Brundage. e Win Dent, admr etc. " Susan Rogers, et at. . I Geo Nelson, et cil " Joint Buchanan W T Jones " W Clinton and Wm Burleson. Wm McDougall " Win Dalryraple et at. Win J Warner . " Lyman Dibble. ; R K Young, exec " JasGlaspy j O J Spafford " W C Aiberger et at. do " W C Aiberger. ! C J Curtis " W W Arnold. Jos Mann AR L Nichols " Sally Sloat et at. Jennie Picket, etc, " Benj Picket. C Knowlton " D P Keed. M T Seibert " Charles Jacklin. It Corbin & Bros " Miles White. Daniel Smith " JS, P C & BR W Co. Benjamin Card " do Reuben Card " do John K Burt " do Alex McDowell " do Wm Dent, admr, etc, " Edmund Cain, et at., j heirs of Redner Ie Xoral iUticrs. K 1 T pr °y attenti °n comma. r nu at ions in relation to subscription < I, and advertising should be addressed i ( o X. F.HAMILTON, I ~ — Publisher. 1 c g ~ ■ ~ • ; CO * £ V. ?> t- Ij I _ ;[ 2j I „ < ™ * * SSSSSc "O -r ui r 1 OS •C u' e CL. ~ / t: g 2s & 0 cd r >- 5 5 r 1 | HM 0 - E j ?HH <£ J £aa 2O S —2 \) feu cu ~ c I i ! IjLi s | lai ; r" : _j s - -a - U3 "3 * *£ " <a~SS £!S S h- 3 a - ® 25 ' lj S i § S s ss s I - 7 JT g £ S ri M tl I " G< EORGE G. GA V LORD, T CARPENTER & JOINER, | 43-4 OOC DEKSPOKT, Pa. | All work done wild neatness and dispatch. rLA NTS. —Verbenas at 10 cents each or ijl.lo per dozen. Also Dahlias, Ge | rainuuis, Salvias, etc., at equally low | prices. Asparagus, Rhubarb and all kinds Vegetable Diants Grown and tor Sate by M. B. i'ium e, May 7, 1573. H'ellsboro, l ivya (Jo., l\i. -~Ot It'j'S given to JonN Al. 11 AMI 1.1 OA, Will receive aiieutiuu. OTICE is hereby given that the oi- D Y d ilia nee agaiusl cattle miming at large in j ine Boiougn ol Coudersport will take ellect on 1 Ji'sr. Ist, 1873. By order of the Council. I May 30, 1873. JOHN DENllOl", jfotiiiUiuusler. \' OTlCE.—Sealed Proposals for build jL i mg a Brulge Over the Alieg leny uiveruike luMt oi Alain street, in tlie Borough ol Couiierspoi't, [ will de received until the Hist .uOMiAV ol Jest j lie At eliiiie *1). Sunl Bridge to tie Ouill in aecor- I Main e wiiii the Draft and bpc mentions in the nanus oi baa Baker, which bralt and .••pecliica- j can no seen oy vaiiiiig on nun. ..u.. a, liol-tt b> oruer of the town Council. ; Rel'ore purchasing elsewhere call and | examine Lne Si A GDli MACHI-ND. A. di. Reynolds, Agent, , u^iiin O- instcU Itivck, vSUoSrSptTt, iSk. Taos. Mcßotveil k Co., of Port Alle gany, have got in a full stock of Spring Goods and are selling inem at iow prices as usual. Give tin in a eaii and you will 'be sure to be suited with your purchases. bcinoresPs Muuthiy Maguziuefor.]tine is :i peril el ip 111 i.moi.y I in uosmtj...:ii uu. ;oi liioninlics. Our iau\ lneiuls are al ways anxious to own a copy ol Dcinor | est's —they say it contains ine spirit, va in iv and excellencies of all ine n st. Doug live Demurest! they say —and so says everybody, especially when tin y get j a prize in tne way oi a choice oi a pair ol elegant Cliroinos worth ■'jib as a pre mium. rih> the Real Estate Owners iu the lte -1 KOLOii OF tin bl-.ltsl-Oiil'.—'lake >- in c.— I hat lOU who have aide-walks ot.t I re | pair u di iiavc tne sain' put in good repair before j | ilie Seouno da_. nfjl xEuc.vt under lae supeni- ! I .-don of llenj. heuuelia, the Street Couiuiisaiouer, j • without fuilher uotlce. .Jay 5, lsi3-lt By order of Town Council, j Sciisi IUFTIOKS to the Buflalo Dally "Ex press" ;md the Elsniri* Daily "Adver tiser" received and forwarded by hR-ly Arthur B. Maim. Notice to Collectors of County Taxes. By reference to the Act of March dH. 1-S7x, en titled "Au Act to change the mode of levying ami collecting the dog taxi -On lin t'ouutyof Poller." ii wlil bo soon tnal Hie dutios heretofore excr cisofl by the County Coiniiiissionersare hereafter to be performed by the Directors of the several i School i.'istriots respectively. i lie Collectors of county luxes for the year 1573, will therefore take notice tnat they are not in 1 collect the dog luxes eariied out oli tiieir dup i caics. as the County Commissioners have no.iu | I iioi ilj to levy said taxes. By order ot the Board. B. B. CUBE, CVei'A', | Coininissioners' Office, May 2, 1573. The Elmira Advertiser u A DAILY AND WEEKLY JOUIISAL FOR THE PEOi'EE. The Mews Paper of this Section. I '< LATEST NEWS PROM ALL PARTS OF THE WOULD. THE DAILY ADVEUTISEK Is a morn ing paper published every dav except Sun days. It is published at such au available point, . that it Is able to give all the latest news to a very extensive territory earlier than it is possible for any other journal to supply it. Over a large por tion of SOC'iTIERN NEK YORlv and NbUi'H i KKN PENNSYLVANIA it reaches points early in the morning, and west of Eltiiira eveu to the Lake it is iu ADVANCE BY MANY HOI RS of any metropolitan Journal. Its specialties ami features that recommend it | to the public are numerous and known far and 1 wide. It is the representative journal of Southern New j York and looks earnestly arid perststently to the ! interest and advancement of that portion of the 1 Slate. It has an interest in and care for the large and i constantly increasing in population, wealth and ' power of Northern Pennsylvania, and although printed in another state seeks by all reasonable i means to forward it on the high road of prosperity and wealth. THE SPECIAL FEATURES of the ADVERTISERare: its full, latest Telegraph ic intelligence fiom al! ipiarters ; its faithful re-j ports of tile daily Markets at all the Commercial ; Centres of the country; its comments on political j and passing events and its full, fresh and readable : local iutclllgeuce. It combines all the best features of a first-class J general Newspaper and a tirst-class local journal. The WEEKLY ADVERTISER Is a large, eight-page, fifty-six column newspaper, issued every Thussdav, and contains the cream of ' the Daily edition, ; It is especially addressed and Intended for that large ami Intelligent class of community who re side off the great main lines oi communicat ion and the faeilltles for reaching whom make it impos sible to supply themselves with a daily paper. For these, besides the late general and local uews, are provided reports of local agricultural in terests and full reports of late markets for country 1 produce. It is eminently a readable paper and furnishes in eace issue a vast amount ami variety of reading matter. TSUTIMS. j DAILY, PKK YKAIt $8 00 1 ! WEEKLY, Bon 1 In ihenuuprof the petition of- lithe Orphans M. ATHEKTON, deceased. j No. ldu. - " ; MKS °" ATIIESTOX AND Hira.M ATHEKTON. s I Orphan 3' o c/ I 'u hH f t '/, n finance of aior >. rx>f the / : lii.Ud l.v lot rter u| i the said u m/fn, 'll, w,il n "' Bl "" Ritvpretiiises of J •—•■a® April 25 in Juax s - - VAXX 4 sox i *pni w, 13.3. Ally*for Petitioner. j I . S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, - IF. D. of Pennsylvania. ( PITTSBURGH, April 8,1873. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the Bth day of March, A. 1). 1873, a Warrant in Bankruptcy 1 was issued against tiie Estate of Charles Seelv .'f ilector Township in the Countv of Potter and i State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a | Bankrupt, on his own petition; that the payment of any dents and delivery of any property helong j iug to such Bankrupt, to him or his ifte, and the | the transfer of any property by him are forbidden I by law; that a meeting of tiie ('re-Mtnr- of the said Bankrupt, to prove their Debts, and to choose one ' or more assignees of his Estate, will be held at a I Court of Bankruptcy, to be hoi len at the office of I F. E. Smith. Esq., in the Borough of Tioga, Tioga : Co., Pa., before P. F. Smith, Esq., Regl-ter, on the l.tli day of May, A. D. 1573, at In o'clock, a. in. JOHN HAi.i.. : 38-4 U. 8. Marshal for said District. Register's Notice, 1)1 BLIO NOTICE is hereby given _ that the follow ing Administrators' accounts | have been filed in the Register's Office in and for the County of Potter, lmd that the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court of said County for donflrination and allowance on MONDAY, the Oth day of June next, at tiie Court House in the ; Countv aforesaid: I Feb. 18 1873.—Partial account of Maria Bab- ' i cock and \\ in. II Ha/.en. Administrators of the : estate of LYM AN 11. BABCOCK, late of Roulet tlx. deceased. | Feb. 19,1873.—Fa rtial account of Hiram Baker, Administrator of tiieesiateof Ahk.AILM. BAKER, late of Roulet tp.. deceased, j Feb. 22,1873. —Final account of John M. I.vnian, • | Administrator of the estate of CHARLES CHAND -1 i,nit, late of Clara tp., deceased. l >, HAN BAKER, | May 23, 1873. Msgister. \ Administrator's Notice. j WHEREAS, letters of Administration to thees- ! I '"te of H. C. REYNOLDS, late of Allegany, Potter i . Co., l'a., deceased, having been granted to the subscriber, a'l j ergons Indebted to said estate are i requested to make imincdiate payment, ami those j having claims or demands against the estate of j j the said decedent will make known the same, j | Without delay, to HI.IA A. REYNOLDS, j Allegany, May 23, 1573. Ao.in!nlstraior's Notice. "\T7"HEREAS, L-ttc-s of Administration to the r * Estate of s. iv B. Howe, late of Bingham ' twp., Portei < 'o , deceased, having been granted j to the subscriber, all persons indebled to said es : tate are requested to make immediate payment, i j and those having claims or demands against the esiateof s id decedent will make know lithe same without delay to J. L. RAYMOND I Bingham, May 7,157A Administrator. (nltirdlSll's Sill J"> \ \ IRI I E of nil order of the Orphans' Court > of Poller County, and to me directed. I shall | expo-e for sale at public vendue or oulervon j I lit" ILSDAY, the FIFTH day of June, A.1)., 1873, I at one o'clock, p. in., on the premises in Sharon ! township as the property of Geo. W. Humphrey 1 and liallie Bell Itutnphrev, minor cl iiiirenof A. \\. Humphrey, late of Sharon tp., deceased, the | following desci ibed real estate, >ii uate in Bharou ! | tp., Potter county, l'a., to wit: N". I. ■i' tract of land, beginning at it p -t corner on 'lie s i bank of till' I Iswnvii Creek in the W due of laud on- | copied by W. T,. Starkweather; I hence S two bun- ' , dred and two perches to a post coruer; theuce Weigh ty-iiveand seven-tenths perches to the S E corner of a lot surveyed tor 11. ury Mattes >n; thence, by liueof said lot. N one liuudred and ninety-eight perches t . the Dswayo Creek: thence up the 8 bank of the said (' eek to place of beginning. f'ont.ti ,ing ou> hun | died and eight acres, more or less. No. 2.—The undivided one-fourth rf e; 'so ;. t: - i.. -i...-.-o ~s o VP, Dsginniiig at Br. earner of M cliai l.aiob'.s la ml. •lieuceS I'oriy-seven jterrhes to post corner; tlieiice W one huudreit and fiva perches to post eorner: thenee N forty-seven pe.ek -: • , -t corner: thence, by line of Miciiaol Lamb's land Eo.-.e luti dnil and liv. p rein to place of bcgiuiiiug. Coll- i laining thiity and cight-leuths acres, more or le.-s. i and being p u rt of vi t. No. 217 i i :!. —The undivided one-fourth part each of an. | other lot situated as above, beginning at a po.-t the X I K eorner of land conveyed to John u est, lot No. 3b : i tin lire \N one hundred perches to post corner: thence I X eighty-four perches to a pmt the N E owner of lot i •".t : thence K one hundred perches to a (sist corner; thenee 8 eighty.four jierches to place of beginning. Foil tuinilig It fly-two and five-tenths uc.es. be the - i me more or less, being lot No. 47 of allotment of Keating i lauds in Sharon township and part of Wt. No. 21 1. j Ihe above (lesei ibetl t eal estate is held as ten ants in mumm with Nelson l'annoiiter, who! own lite uutliwtled i ne-half thereof. Terms 1 I one third t'tmliii mation of sale, one third in one j year ami one-third in two yt as tliereaf'.er. JAMES 11. WRIGHT, i .Sharon, May 9, 187::. Ghtarditm. j REPORT OF AUDITORS OF HOMER TOWN- j Bit IP FOR 1872. Dll j To orders outstanding 125 95 | " balance due on judgments 2s:t si 1 cat By Coin'r's certificate of Road Tax 301 76 " " " Cash " 75 46 | " easlt on baud 1 25 37S 4" j Bal. of indebtedness over twp. funds f ;>'o 99| Ww. H. CROSBY. J. E. EAKLK, ) (mBM I 113 Clerk. G. H. GATES,/ Am,ltors j REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF HEBRON TOWNSHIP, Al-iut 28, 187a DR. To orders in circulation 565 89 due on judgments 1005 71 I; oil i By certificates of taxes ret'd for' 72 420 35 due front county treas t>4 33 Jito Met/per. sup., '6B 27 18 Albert Reed. " '72 04 94 " Collector for 1872 87 93 Cash on 1 land Ttiiio ; ! Indebtedness over township funds SB3O 87 : •I. B. CAKMER, Syi.VESTEB OKEEMMAN, Clerk. C. W. GOUAM, Auditors. Also one order for SIOO. No. 17, (registered on | page IT .if order-book B.) drawn to Norman slier wood, wliielt Is beiieved to have been obtained by fraud and will not be paid by the Township unless compelled by law. WESLEY ALLEN. Supervisor. SYLVESTER GREENMAN, I C. W. GGRAM, \ Auditors UI :IOIST of I!ie Auditors of Townslilp. for 1873. 7>r. To town orders In circulation. 340 48 Due on judgments 1098 38 $ 1438 S3 Cr. By receipts for taxes returned 277 95 " cash on hand 56 24 Dne from Collectors for 1872.. 39 14 Bal. of indebtedness over twp. funds $1165 50 JNO. M. LYMAN, ) ] ALYIN JOHNSON, LEWIS YENTZER, V Auditors ' Cierk. M. V. LARKABEE. S | 2444-4 The SINGER is a lock-stitch machine and makes a beautiful, even and uniform stitch which will not ravel and is alike ! on both sides. It hems, braids, cords, I t ticks, embroiders, ruffles, fells and does I all kind* of work on the linest muslin or ; the heaviest full-cloth. "VET"ANTED, Agents and Peddlers for our! if PRESS AND STRAINER.—PreoKS and strains jams, jellies, herbs, vegetables, lard, r.ai- U>w, meats, chm se, etc. over ii i,OOO Sold in a few | localities. Soils quick. Every famiiv wants It. I Sewing Machine and other emabiisii. il agents are i | fiudiug litis very protitable. circulars Free. U ITLEFIEI.D .v DAME, 102 AVashtngtou Street, Boston, Mass. 1 AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The underslgeU having been appointed by the Court of Common l'leasof Potter County an audi tor to distrioute the funds iu the hands <■( the ad , mlnistratorof the estate of P. L. Corbia, deceased, hereby give- notice that he will attend to the du - tiesot the nupoiutiueut attiisofile-einthe Borough ! of Condi-report on TUESDAY, the TENTH day of , June next, at ten o'clock a. m., at which Mine and [ place creditors of the estate and others Interested , can attend if they see lit. 1 S. S. CW" 'Auditor- _ Mv 18. 1573. ___ —— — ' i,ovi\v DICKINSON "1 V'l Court of Common Cli As. A. .lONLS, y Pleas of Potter Co. No f JEROME DVKINSON. j Tenn - 18T " t lM|nilent above-named, i in Vi . U " U T tl,at a n:t and alias 1 v?m iri ti!L. r lss,l(, d and relumed nihil; the first T.v f V- ,y rei l llir ed to appear on . nit lust day of next ( ourt, June it, IST-", to answer . to the complaint made in this ease. ! Coiulersport, May 16,1873. Nul ' l) ' s ' N,ieri 'ff- AMBKOSE R. WOOD I In the Court of Common v*.. „• I Pleas of Potter Co., \ 0 st IA aMA W OOP. s lli Sept. Term, is:£ ' ,S> I vania Wood. Respondent above-named will phase take notice that a sub]Krna and a'ias sub pona.have beeai issued and returned nihil; von ate tlieiefore lierehy required to appear on "the hi -I day of next Court. June 0, 1873, to answer to the coinpUunt in this ease . . ~ ■ S. P. REYNOLDS. Sheriff. Coudersport, May 16,1873. THE Potter County Agricultural Society List of Premiums, Rules and Regu lations and Constitution. LIST OF PREMIUMS. CA TTLE— Improved and Satire Breeds. \ Best bull, 3 years old and upwards, eaelt... $4 00 ! 2ud " do 3 0t Best bull, 2 years old 3 06 i 2nd " do 2 (X) Best " 1 year old 206 •2nd 44 do '. 100 | Best bull calf 1 50 2nd do 100 i Best milch cow 3 00 I 2nd do 200 Cow to be kept on grass during the experiment and for two w eks previous to each period of trial: each ueriodto be ten daaysand at intervals of not le-s than one month apart. The statement furnished to contain the age and breed of the cow. time of calving, quantity of milk in both weight and measure and also weight of butter during the period of ten ilays; butter made to be exhibited at the Fair, and also the cow; statement to be verified by the affidavit of the comp titor and at least one other person having a kiiowlctig of the facts. Best heifer 2 years old 2 60 2nd " do 100 I Best " 1 year old 1 oo i 2nd " do st) ! Best heifer calf 1 00 | " yoke of oxen 300 : 2nd do do 2 00 Best do steers 3 years old 200 2nd do do do 150 ! Best do do 2 do 150 - 2nd do do do 1 00 Best do do 1 do 100 2nd do do do 50 Best training of steers (each class) by boys under 1(3 years of age Book HOUSES—T't oro u tilt-') red; Drift; For ail work. Best stallion, of each *4 oo 2nd do 3 00 Best brood mare (with foal at Iter feet) 4 years old and upward 3 00 j2d do do do 2W) I Best colt, 3,2 an 11 year old, each 200 I 2i i do tio 1 (K"i ; fVst sucking colt 1 50 -111 60 1 00 j BEST single carriage <>C saddle lior.se, each... 3 HI 2nd " do ...2 00 i Best matched span carriage horses or mares 4 00 2mi do in 300 j Best span of draught horses 3 00 ! 2nd do 2 00 j i Best span of mules 3 00 r-<> " 2 uo | Best mule 7.. 1 00 jACk .ts "2* 00 j &LIKEP. —L'mf/ iroo/fd; Middle-iroolefl ,* JM'Ti- ' 7io<; iS' tj'.tjH?; C'fOoS bi'V'dii. Best buck, 2yrs and upward, of each 300 ; I'M " " " 200 j Best " tinder 2 years, " 200 J -if " " " 100 j j Best pen of 5 ewes, 2 vrs A up'd " 2 00 2.1 44 44 * •' 150 Best " " under2.vrs " 100 i 44 " 3 buck lambs, 44 100 44 44 3 ewe iambs, 44 1 00' 44 samples of wool, not less than 5 fleeces. 2 <X> j [Samples of each to lie deposited in Museum of • Sin iely.J ; Best sheep dog 1 00 ! 8 WISE. Best boar, 2 yrs A over, 1 yr, A 6 inos, each... 200 ! |2d 44 44 44 44 44 ... 106 i . Best breed'g sow 2 yrs old Aover&Omos 44 ... 200 ; I2d 44 44 44 44 ... 100 Best lot of not less than 5 pigs under 6 mos.. 10D 44 cured ham 200 ! I [Hani to be cooked and brought to Exhibition.] POULT It Y. Best lot (not less than 1 cock and 2 hens) na tive and improved breeds, eaelt 1 06 44 general lot of poultry o\v ued by 1 person 2 (X) BUTTER out CHEESE. Best butter in firkin or tub. not less than 50 B>s 2 00 ' 2<l 44 44 44 1 501 I Best roll butter, not less than 10 ft.s 1 oo ! [2d 44 44 50 I Best cheese, 44 1 00 j PA 111 Y, GRAZISG and GBAIS FARMS, i Best farm 5 00 j 2d 44 4 00 3d 44 300 Condition, cultivation and buildings will be con sidered by the Judges in their award, and a state ment of the management will be required of eaelt competitor. They are requested to notify the Re cording Secretary at an early date to enable the Judges to visit the farms during the growing sea- ! son. PLOWIXG MA TCH. First premium 4 on : Second 44 300 ; j WHEAT, CORS, RYE, OATS, BARLEY. BUCKWHEAT, etc. Best acre of each 3 oo ] 2d 44 1 06 ; Best sack winter or spring wheat, eaeli 1 on \ 2d 44 44 50; Best 44 rye flotir 75 1 2d 44 44 50 Best 44 buckwheat 751 2d 44 44 50 j j Best 44 corn meal 75 , - 2d 44 44 50 ' Best and most timothy hay from 3 acres 150 j i 44 44 clover 44 1-00; i 44 14-aere jiotatoes or turnips, each 200 j2d " 44 44 100 ! j Best Vi-aere liects. carrots, beans, peas, flax or broom-corn, e;u"li 1 00 i Competitors for premiums on any of the alxive ! must exhibit a sample of the crop at the Fair, fur nish a statement of the mode of cultivation and ■ also a certificate of two respectable neighbors as i to product and measurement of ground! 1 TIMOTHY, (ilarge and small,) CLOVER and FLAX SEED. • Best bushel of each 1 00 •2d 44 75 GARDES VEGETABLES.' ; Best assortment of vegetables 100 1 '2d 44 50 Boat sample of each 1 W " " raised by youths not over 16 years old SUGAR and HOXEY. Best specimen maple snpar, not less than 10 Us - o " " honey, not over 6 ®>s, to be tak en without destroying the bees and a Stalei""* - W QUI HARD and GAIiDEXFRI'ITS j Best assortment of each 100 ! 2d " GG Best sample of each variety 50 Not to be removed until close of exhibition.— Precautions w ill be taken to prevent injury. L UMBER. Best 4 bunches shaved shingles 1 00 4 " sawed " 1 00 " 2 bundles " lath 50 " manufactured 500 ft. lumber 2ou boards or veneers hard wood, not less than 100 ft 2 00 collection of specimens of woods the growth of this County 3 00 HOUSEHOLD MAX UFA CTURES, ,lc. A committee of .Judges, composed of ladles. 1 will be appointed with instructions to recommend awards t<> the most deserving, not exceeding tl ; in any cast-. ! MEVITAXrCAL and EARMIXG J MULE MEX TS and MA .V( FA VTURKS. A discretionary committee will be appointed, with Instructions to recommend an award, not j exceeding %1 50, for the best articles of any kinds | that may lie exhibited. | The alwve Premiums will be paid in money or, ; at the option of the deimsitor, a NEAT DIPLOMA, | in which will lie inserted the name of the article ; for which the premium is awarded. RULES AND REGULATIONS. I. All animals, to lie entitled to com | pete for Premiums, shall have been kept | and owned in the County by the persons presenting them at least four months previous to the Annual Fair. Xoani-j inal shall draw a premium two years in succession, other than certificate of hon orable mention. 11. No person shall lie permitted to compete for a premium oil any article of domestic manufacture, or buttei or I cheese unless the same shall have been made or manufactured by such person or persons, or his or their family or fam ily or families, within the year it shall he offered as a premium. 111. Exhibitors must become mem-1 hers of the Society and have their arti cles and animals entered on the Secre tary's book on or before the day next j preceding tlieopeningof the Exhibition; and all articles and animals must lie j brought within the enclosure as early as noon of the first day of exhibition, in order that they may lie suitably arrang ed. The Managers do not intend to AS suHE any exhibitor who NEGLECTS these requirements that his articles can be submitted to the Judges. While every effort will be made to secure the examination and projier notice of every article on exhibition, justice to those who comply with the rub s of the Society requires that they shall in all cases first receive attention. IV. Articles or animals removed be fore the close of the Exhibition (except by iierinission of the President) cannot 1 receive a premium, though awarded. Y. Should any individual enter ani mal in any other name than that of the bono fth owner, the person making such j entry shall not In- allowed a premium should one be reported by the Judges, and shall be precluded from competing at any future exhibition of the Society. VI. Persons entering stock of the age of three years and under shall furnish the Judges evidence of whsn the ani-j tnals were dropped, to be filed by them with the Secretary, and the ages of ani mals above this to be given on making their entries. VII. The Judges shall in all cases : withhold premiums where the animal or article is not worthy, though there be 110 j competition. VIII. No premiums will be awarded to bulls, cows or heifers that have been [ fitted for the butcher—the intention of the Society being to promote the rearing of superior animals for breeding pur poses. IX. Whenever it shall appear to the Judges that articles of superior merit! have lieen presented, not noticed in the Premium List, they shall make special report thereof to the Board of Mana gers. X. It is particularly dasired that no person shall lie present while the Judges are examining t best nek referred to them, except those taking charge of the ani mals, unless by special request. CONSTITUTION. Art. 1. The name of the Association ! shall be the "Potter County Agricultural and Horticultural Society," auxilliary to the Pennsylvania State Agricultural The objects of the Ssciety are to foster and improve agriculture, horti culture and the domestic and household arts. Art. 2. The Society shall consist of all such persons as shall signify to the Board of Managers their wish to become mem bers and shall sign the Constitution and pay to the Treasurer not less than fifty cents, and annually thereafter not less than fifty cents while they continue their membership. There may also be honorary and cor respondiug members. The payment of twenty dollars at any one time shall con stitute a life membership. Art. o. The officers of the Society shall lie a President; a Vice President from each township or borough in the Coun ty, three-fourths of whom shall lie prac tical farmers or gardeners; a Treasurer; a Corresponding Secretary; a Recording Secretary ; a Librarian; and a Board of Managers, consistingnfthealove-named officers and five additional meudiers. Art. 4. The President shall have the ! superintendence of all t he affairs of the 1 Society. In case of the death, illness or ' inability of the President to perform the duties of liis office, the Board of Man agers shall elect a Vice President to act in his stead, who shall have the same iKnver and perforin the same d'" - : \ „ .. ' ... annualelee | tlbii!' 1 "^ -■ln. 5. The Vice Presidents shall take charge of the affairs of the Society in their several districts to advance all its | objects, to call upon farmers to report the condition of agriculture in their j neighborhoods, to ask for information | of the modes of cultivation adopted by different farmers, and, as far as in their power, to make known the resources of their districts, the nature of the soil, its ; good geological character and as all such matters as may be interesting to fann ers generally. Art. 6. The Treasurer shall collect and receive all monies Itelonging to the Society, keep an account of all receipts and all payments made by him, furnish a statement of his account at any time when called for by the President or by any meeting of the Board of Managers, and shall give such security as they may require for the faithful performance of his trust, lie shall not pay any bills except they have been audited and ap proved by the Board of Managers and an order drawn for the amount signed by the Chairman of the Board and at tested bv the Recording Secretary. Art. 7. The duty of the Correspond ing Secretary shall be to invite a corres pondence with all persons interested in agriculture, that new seeds, vegetables, or live stock may lie introduced and their fitness for cultivation or propagation in this County tested, and generally to ob tain information upon subjects of inte rest to this Society, and also to invite mechanics to forward models or imple ments for examination and trial. At each stated meeting of the Society, or when duly called upon, lie shall read his correspondence, which shall, either the whole or such parts as may be selected by the Society, form a portion of the transactions. Art. 8. The Recording Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Society and of the Board of Managers; attest orders drawn properly on the Treasurer; and at the close of each year shall prepare such parts of the minutes and transac tions of the Society as may be designat ed for publication. Art. 9. The Librarian shall take charge of all books, pamphlets, etc,, belonging to the Society, and shall act as curator to preserve seeds, implements, or what ever property the Society may possess. Art. 10. The Board of Managers shall transact the business of the Society gen erally, shall superintend and direct the publication of such of the rej>orts and transactions as they may deem proper, designate the time and place for annual exhibitions, regulate the expenditures, examine all accounts, call special meet ings of the Society when they may deem necessary and keep such general charge of the affairs of the Society as may best promote its interests. They shall se lect their own Chairman and meet monthly. Five members shall consti tute a quorum for the transaction of business. An. 11. Any nieinlier who may be present at a meeting of the State Socie ty shall be duly qualified to act as Dele gate from this Society. Art. 12. The Society shall meet annu ally on Monday of the December term of Court at C'oudersport, when all the officers of the Society shall be elected by general ticket for the ensuing year, and until another election. They shall also hold a general meeting at the time of the annual exhibition and special meet ings whenever called by the Board of Managers. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum, but no member in arrears shall be entitled to the privi leges of the Society. Art. 13. This Constitution may be altered or amended at the annual meet ing in December by a vote of two-thirds of the members in attendance. Hie Buffalo, N. V. A riilla. Railway Company offer for sale, AT A BARGAIN, the bonds remain ing over anil above those already retired by the Towns themselves—being of the following Towns along the line of its Railway, viz..: S6OOO of Olean, N. Y. SISOO of Machias, N, Y. —$.>OO retired on a Bond. S4OOO of f ranklinville. N. Y. SSBOO of Yorkshire, N. YS2OO re tired on a Bond. The Bonds are of SIOOA each, bearing Interest <A seven percent., and are a "FIRST-CLASS" MAKE SECURITY." For particulars address 11. 1,. Lyman, Treat.. P. O. Drawer 175, BUFF* no, N V. United Slates Internal Revenue. Notice to Speciai-Tax Payers. The law of December 24,1572, requires every per son engaged 111 any business, avocation or employ ment. which renders him liable to a SPECIAE TAX, to procure, are/ place conspicuously in his es taldish meat or place of business A STAMP denoting the payment of the Special Tax before commencing business. The taxes embraced within the provisions of law above quoted are the following, viz.: Recti tiers f 200 no Dealers, retail liquors 25 00 " . wholesale liquor 100 00 " in malt liquors, wholesale 50 00 " " retail 20 00 " In leaf tobacco 25 00 Retail dealers In leaf tobacco 600 no (and on sales of over SIOOO, tifty cents for every dollar in excess of $l00o.) Dealers in manufactured tobacco. 5 oO Manufacturers of stills 60 oo and for each still or worm manufactured 20 00 " of tobacco 10 00 " of cigars 10 oo Peddlers of tobacco, Ist class (more than 2 horses) 60 no " "2d class (2 Horses) 25 o<l " "3d " (i hurse) 15 00 " " 4th " oil foot or public conveyance lo 00 Brewers of less than 500 barrels... 50 oft " 500 barrels or more.... 10000 Any person who shall fail to comply with the foregoing requirements will be subject to severe penalties. Special-tax pavers throughout the United State* are reminded that they must make application to the Collector (or Deputy Collector) of their re spective districts, and procure the proper stamp for the Special-tax year, commencing May 1,1573, without waiting for further notice. (iwirge Ittibli. 001. IIU Her Wit Dist. Pa. 2442-41 '.v'tliiamsport, I'*.
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