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" CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
lea r t II I I a II fc. I. I a. 1
, ltrrr .
rauy Nawapapar
In Mttrtk Onlral IVnt.a)lvaula
Term of BubsonptioD.
U In lTinw, or within a ta-ntbe....t (Ml
tf after - mid Kninrv niimthi 4 ftO
f t,atd after the aiplratton .it A inontha... 3 M
Rates ot Advertising,
T uneient ndrartlMinenU, per aquara of 10 linaeor
it., tiraea or leaa..,.. $ 50
f or tuoh Kubscquent irteertfon a
A IminUtratora' and Kieeutom'nutttMtt 9 (0
Auditor!' totio , f 6ft
Ctutioni and Eitrayi 1 60
OiMolutiob nntloee t Oft
profeMional Cardl. 6 tine or laat.,1 yew.,,., 00
Looal noticei, par Una SO
YKARI-Y AnVKRTISKMKNTa.
I tjuare OA I eo1uiari fS 00
t iaari.H IS 00 I nUmoH TQ 00
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G. 11. GOOMMNDEK,
N0GL B. LPR.
Fuhll-heri.
Cards.
T. BHOCK.BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
0 III Court flouK. sp U.TT-I;
WW. H. HOCULLoL'611,
FRED. B In BUCK.
McCllLOlGH & BUCK.
"ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
" Clearnelit. Pa.
All legal bu.iaeae promptly attended to. Offlot
od Broond street, ia the Maioaie building.
Jaie7t
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
Cl'RWENSVILLR,
e2n Cleornold CountJ, P.nn'a. toy
s.
V. WILSON,
ATTOUNEY AT LAW,
OIHee one d'ior nit uf We, tern Hotel Imildinf.
opposite Coorl lloaae.
ept&,'T7. CLKAHFIEI.D, PA.
tbor. if. h ran at. cmva objh.h.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. ' ' T ' C1.RARKIEI.D, PA.
ay-riffle, ia Ple'e Opera lluuae, aeeond Boor.
I:M'T4
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY -A T-LAW,
Cleartitld, Pa.
Will atlead to .11 buici .olruilvd to hiai
piomptlj afid raitlirully. jaol'7 j
Wlt.LlAM A. WALL AC.
ARRT r. WAt.LAl'K.
PAvin b. KRicai.
jotm w. WKiai.BV
WALLACE & KREBS,
A TTO U N E Y - A T-L A W ,
jnr:r Cttarlicld, Pa.
lo.ard a. h'bxallt. nANlkl. w. m'ci;bot.
McENALLY 4, MoCDEDY,
ATTORN EYS-A'l -LA W,
I'learUeld. Pa.
"Leal bualnea. attended to promptly wlthj
t.lelity. Office oa tieeond alreet, above tb. Piral
National Sauk. j.n:l:7
G. R. BARRETT,
ATTORNitY AND CoUr.tfb.Ltm AT L.AW,
Cl'RARFIRLD, PA.
Having reitK"l bi' JuJeihlp, hivj rraatnet.
he prmfjtiT of Lhe law in hia olj ofRcr at Clear
MA, Pa. Will attend thonourti of JitffenttD and
Klk eountici when ipootntly retainrd In nunnection
with reoitlnt ominrl. nl7L
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Rial KUtoDl Cnllenitoa Agnt,
ci i:akfikij. pa..
Will promptly attend to all Itnal butineii
twjtftl to hii oar.
jir-Oli.oe in Pia't Opara Uoaie. Janl'7.
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-A T-L A W,
11:1:73 I'leaitleld, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Cleaidtld. Pa.
f-O-lHTlf in Old Wc.lern Hotel boll llnj.
eoru.r of tioauad an J Market Eta. lnval,An.
ISRAEL TEST,
4 TTU R M R Y A T LAW.
Claarfleld, Pa.
T-flmea la the Court lloo.e. IJjU
JKED A 1IAGEHTY,
HARDWARF, FARM IMPLEMLNTS,
Hum arej, Nalla, eVc.
of.1,'7; tra Bd Street. I'ltark;.!.!, Pa.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTUHNKY AT LAW
ud Heal Eatmta A Kent, Clcartttld. Pa.
OAee oa Third atreet, bet. Cherrj A Walnnt.
M-Kaapaetfully offer bfi eervieaefn Min
ad buyioft laada ta Clearfield and adjotnina
eaatlei t and with an eaperieneo oi over twentv
vara aa a aurveywr, flattori bimaolt that bv flan
anleraatiafanloB. t 'fltf
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
.MB BBALKN Ik
S-fiw lofM and Lauiiilror.
C1.EARF1HI.I1, PA
tllSca la Uf.L.io'. Row. I:'ij:7l
J.J. LINGLE,
ATTORN KY -AT - LAW
1:18 Oacaola, Clearfield t o,. Pa. J J"
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PUYSICI AN & SU IKi EON,
LVTUKHrillURU, PA.
Will attend arafaoeionnl ealla proaiptly. aulii'il
DR. T. J. BOYER,
rilYHlCIAN AND !U lilt niN.
OSoa oa Market Afreet, CleorOeld. Pa.
ay-OHloe kourai I to II a, m , and 1 to I p. a
D
R K. M. SCnKURER,
II0SKEOPATII10 PHYSICIAN.
Odea la rtaldiaee oa that it.
April 14,, 17I. 'f learielol, P.
r - .-
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Lai ioraeoa of tke Hi Kaflpaeat. Peanajilranla
Volaateera, haelait retaraad fro lb Araay,
offora hi. profoaalonal aerelaae te theeltlieaa
fClaarleldaoaatj.
trProfealloaal ealla promptly attead.d U.
Quae oa leaoaa atraet, iofb..""""-!""-.-'
br.Woodl. aprl, M M
dr7h.b.van valzah,
ttF.AHPIHD, PKNN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING
T-8 ooire boart front It lo t P. M.
., Maj It, 1ST.
WILLIAM U HENKY, Juhtice
1 T or taa Pbacb ao Bcatraaaa, warn.
CITY- Collifllont mde and aioaey nromptly
.ij otar. Arlielaaof areeioenl and doadi .1
iuaieyanaa aoally aiarated and warranted nor
rut or bo .barge. 11
J AM E 8 H. LYTLE,
In kraliir's llulld'lni;, t'l.arOalel. P
D.iler In Oroonlea, Protlllooa, VojeuMea,
Fraita, PIor, feed, ale., 'to.
aprlllitf
HAIiHY SNYDER.
BAHHLR ANU HAIRPIIKSKKR
kbup op Uarke SI.. ppo.lle Court HoBea.
4 ,leaa towel foi every auatomer.
A In manafaelaier of
All Kind, of Article In lluaaaa Hair..
Cle.il.K.Pa. avl'
10I1N A. STADLER,
O BAKER, Kitk-et 8l Cleatlrld, Pa.
r.a.h Bread, Raak, BolU, Plea aad Cakaa
o band or made la order. A feneral aaeortmeal
of CoafeeUeaarlaa, Pialta aad Ball la atoek.
lo Cream aad Oyatera ia aeao. Balooi atari;
epaoell tk PoaloSo. I'floa moderate,
hl.r.k u-'7l.
7 M TT I
v jlj
GEO. B. GODELiK2IV?Toprietw,. ... PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TIBMS-$2 per annun in Advance.
VOL. 51-WII0LE NO. 2,549. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1877. NEW SERIES-VOL. 18, NO. 48.
Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Taitle of the Tmm sod Scrivener.
Cur.wcnev.Uc, Pa
tefjuColletlo&i Bui end money promptly
paid over. fhZS'7llf
RICHARD HUGHES,
JU6TICK OP TUB PEACB
roa
Uetalur Totrttship,
Oncola Mill! P. O.
All offioial buain... fnlralled to hint will b.
pronptlr attondod to. inch29, 'TA.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DaiLBB II
GENKKAL MERCHANDISE.
CRtHAMTiiH, Pa.
Ala.. it.Bilv. Raanafaeturar aad d.alar la Squar.
Timbor aad 8aw Lumbar of all kiada.
MTOrdera aollollrd aad all bill, prompt!;
aitod, - (Jyia'ii
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Ural Mr Id, Peiiu'a.
fuWill atMaU Joba la hia line promptl; and
la a wuraiaaaliB. maoaor. rr4'8'
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
MT-Pumpa alwava oa hand and made to order
on ahurt notic. Pipea borvd on rea.onable terma
All work warranted to render aatl.iartton. aaa
delivered If deaired. mvt:lpd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
naALiHt 111
SQUARE TIMBER,
nd maoulaoturera of
ALL KINIHIOir XAI.I LtMIII'.Ra
I-IT2 CLKHFIKLD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINII1.ES, LATH, PICKETS,
:10 71 :i arteld, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market VI.. liar Held, Pa.
In lhe ehoD Utelv ooruiiied by Fr.ink Shun,
one door weal of Allegheny llou.e.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and HUI1.DKU
Plana and Pprrifloatlon. FurnUhatl for all kind.
of buililinjco. All work firat elua. tftalrboill
tag a apeelKlty.
P. O. addreea, Clearfield, Pa. jan. 17-7711.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HAENESS MAKER,
ItumbargtT. Clearlield Co., Pa
Ketpioa band all klndf of Uarnnei. Saddlrs,
tiridleo, and llane Furnihinf( (iooda. Repairing
pruuiptly attended to.
Raiubargi r, Jan. I", 1877-tf.
AMES UITrilELL,
DaaLEB IN
Square Timber & Timber LbikIh,
Joinn - CLEA.RFIF.I.D, PA.
J. R. M'MURIIAY
WILL Bl'ITLY TOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OP MERCHANDISE AT THE VEKY LOWEST
PRICE. COMB AND SEE. I:5:7.V:,
NEW WASHINGTON.
Lalvcry Ntnble.
'I1 UK andertinad bvjrs (cava to tntonn tbepub
1 Me that he it now fully prepar" to aceutuiuo-
4tr all la the way of furnishing U..e, Bupgin,
daddlee and Harneai, oa the aborteat notiee and
n reasonable terma. Reaidenoe on Loeoitt itreet,
between Third and Fourth.
1K0. W. (JRARIIART.
m.HI.M Prh. 4, 174
S. I. SNYDER,
OBirTirit. WATrilMlL'KR
fA a an PBAaaa la
Watches, Clocks and Jowelry,
Qroloat'a km, Murlnl Arid,
( l.F.APKir.l.l). PA.
All kind, af repalrln ia my line promptly at
nded to. April il, 174.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
The undtrlcnd would Inform th puhll that
hi haa rcmovtd bta floor and )hoe Simp to the
mm lah ly oerujpd hv Joo. Drrln. (a rbaw'a
Row, Markt Mreet. where he ti prrpared to at
rroil t the w.tit of all who nee i nyib.nn in hit
lino. All work done by bim will I of the biit
u.alerlal, and nu-r itcit In Ut flint cl- tn tvi ry
mpvat. Rppairlnit pniiitptly ai tended 'o All
hiatU ol Lci'tht r and h'-c Kuirtii'K" f r a e
JOHN iSCMlKPHH.
rirar.rl.l. Pa .July 1H, IN7T r.,n.
Clearfield Nursery.
EaNCOVKAC.K HOME 1MV'MY.
''UK ondet-'KQ'd baTinu etl.libi' I e Nur
1 wr n W pi hi-, a'-iut bull w- tt"tt"n
Cba-OHd and, L'tttwi-atn'i.te, ia uwiirp-l in iar
Utiit ftH eioLU "1 f K I IT TltKLKS, Wuii'lan. and
darf.) K.crk're!.!. Hbrut cry, tlmp- V inf-,
UiKfuln rry, I.awion Ula kKiriy, Ht'w1.. rry,
and Kaipberr Vim. A . hilHrtan t ra Ti.f",
gmnve, and rarly -rnrlet HhaUrb, J.-. rdtra
pruutptly attend'-d t. Atjijieni,
' J U WHI'IHT,
ep30 Ih.j Curwen'vllle, I'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Ureal, t learHeld. Pa..
MAatrAcrfaan and DBAi.aa ta
HARNESS, SADDLES, MtlDLF.S, COLLAI1K,
aad all klnda of
hohxk rviiNisiiisa eooim.
A full atoek of Paddl.ra' Hardware, nra.be,
Comba, Blaaket., Robea, eio., alaayl on band
and for aale at the lowe.t eaah .ilea,. All kind,
of repalripf promptly attended to.
A it L It. ia of hi4'a taken in eicka'ae f bar.
noae aad aupolriair. AM kiada of karnrra katbor
brpt oa hand, and for aale at a aiaali profit.
Cloarteld, Jaa. W, 1D7
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Per earn at Ike Clrartelal P,l tll.irA oBea.
i i
Tht mot Comptttt ttritn of Law
UlankMpMbHnhnl.
Ther Blanka ara oltea ap la aopetior alyla,
are af aaiform ail., aod furnlahrd at vary low
flgara far eaab.
Call at tb kuriailcaaj omee and eieoti
Ibem. Ord.ll by mail prumpUy Ull.d.
Addrva., tlOUDLANDKH A LEK,
July . T7 J. Ck-aile d Pa
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
, 51 ATTIl ESS EN,
AND . .
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P.O.
. j I I laati in tflforUI tht fill
aa of Uleartleid, and ia plk Kry, Ibat
. j ....riniaii af aVurnltara.
WtmW Va n B ta ai ptiv a.a-av. - -
nek aa Walaat, Channel and Palate Ck.mbet
duitea, Parlar Bultea, iteeiiomi - ""'-
. . i i tr.a rrholre. the Per-
i;aaira, uaoie. n" -'- ' .
farataS Blain( aad Parlor Cbalra, Can Heata aad
Wladeor Cbalra, uiotaaa , -"r -
aloa Udder., Hat Raekf, Berabblnf Braabee, A
IfOVLDINO AND PICTURl FRAMES,
.ti.a ai-.u. Cbrrma, Aa. wklab weald
riUakk. for no.,4 .r-awaU. .,..,..
deem t
a U Hi i - -J -
i jl jl 1; j x
HANI' BABY.
Bo help m fiaolnua, efery day
I lauitn me wild to aaw der vay
My .melt, young baby dria ta play
Dot funny leetl baby.
When I look af dbem laetla to.,
1'nd .aw dot funny leetl. no..,
I'nd h.ard der vay dot rooster erowa,
I ablatio Ilka 1 vaa graty.
L'nd vbea I heard Ike real ale vay
Dhcm brople to rov wife dh.y any,
"Mora like hia tBiiorevery duy,"
I va ao broud likablaaea,
Bometlroea dhera eomea a loetle aebo,uall,
Dl'a vbon dervlndy vlnd w 111 erawl,
lllgbd in hia leelle atcbomaok aehmall,
Dot'a too bad for der baby.
Dot makea him aing at Bight o Mbveat,
l'nd goriybarrie he muat ead,
l'nd timet ehuinb ehbryon my feet
To help dot ieetle baby.
lie bulla my noae and kleka my kair,
l:nd grew), mooter eferynbere,
llnd .b oltlo ra me but ral 1 eare 7
Dot vaa my email tuung baby.
Around my head dot lettle arm
Vaa abquoalu me ao nine and varm.
Oh, may dbvre aever eoom aoma harm
To dot aobmall Ieetle baby.
TUEKEW ROAD AND BRIDGE
ACT.
An t fftirt was mndo last winter to
uimi a gi'iit'iul road taw, but it failed.
Tlic bill is of great public importance,
and will no doubt bo panned tliia win
ter in aomo form or other, and it would
bu well fur our readers to giro the bill
a cureful reading and then point out
to our Senator, Mr. Peale, and our
Representative, Mr. Tate, all its good
and bud feutureri. The bill is aB Id
lows :
An a, t to r.vlne anil conaotldote the aeverel road
aod bridge lawaof Ihia Coiumooweallb, and to
lai oul and m.ke, build and repair the aeveral
ruo'la ead bridgea thereof.
St.rrioN 1. lie it unacted by tho
Siiiulu nnd iliiusu of Representatives
nl the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in (ieiiiiul ArtM'mlily met, and it
in hereby emu ted by the authority ol'
the Milne. '1 hut lhe qualified eleetore
of the flitTeiviit towiinhiis ol lbi Ctint
miiiiHeultb i-liull at the next lowim'iip
eleetioii ulu-r ibe pusfuu of this act,
elect tine peraon to servu for three
3'eaii, one pei-oou to serve lor two
(eaH, anil one peison lo serve lor ono
J ear, who Hliull lie sty let! roail eom-
miefiuiier, unit ul eueb sueeeeiliiitr
eleetioii tbeteuller they ehull eleet one
perMin lo serve three yeurs, and in
eiitu nl a vutmK y hy death, reii;na-
lion or otherwise, the rt'iiiuinitii; roud
etiinmiiwiuDer or eoniniissioners shall
uppoint some suitable pernon or per
sons to ut t until the next township
eleetioii, w hen the people shall elect
to till Kiiiii vueuney,
Kec 2. And any township in this
Common wt till li, whose laws do not
provide tor a township treasurer, the
piulitied eleelors thereof shall also
eleet, liy ballot, one person to serve as
township treasurer lor a period of two
yeurs from the first Monday ol April
tlierinller ; and every alternate year
thereuf'ler they shall elect bis success
or ; and any vaeaney oucurrfnir by
reason of tleuth or otherwise, shall be
filled by appointment made by the
court of quarter sessions until the next
succeeding election.
hEC. J. J hat on or betora tho brst
Monday of April thereullcr, in each
year, the said road commissioners shall
ih it i ly ibe county commissioners of
their election and iittention to act as
road conimisaioners, and immediately
upon Ihcir receiving such notico, said
coumy eommissiniiers shall furnish
litem with a certified copy of lhe last
adjusted valuation or assessment ot
their respective townships.
S:c. 4. That on or before the sec
ond Monday ot April of each year
thereafter tho road commissioners ot
the several townships of this Common
wealth shall meet, and determine the
amount of road lax that they deem
necessary to make, build and repair
the several roads and bridges ot their
respective townships for iho current
yeur, which amount shall not excoed
six inilN on every dollar of valuation
so made., including one duy's work,
which every male taxablu in this Com
monwealth over twunly-otio years old
shall woik or cause to be worked on
the public road each year, in addition
to Uiu levy mudo upon his valuation :
Provided, That eveiy male tuxable
having but two cows or the value
tlureid assessed to him shall pay but
one tlu) 's woik.
8 to. 6. I liul on tho second Monday
ol April, alter the eleetioii of any road
ci'iiniiissioiiutw of this Common wealth,
he or tin y shall eueh give to the town
ship uudiiur lor thu use of the road
loud of I lo ir respective township It
Lund signed i) juiiiacll and one or
mine suielies fur one third the amount
ol the loud lux proposed to be hvied
Itir that tear, riuiiliiioiici! lor lhe true.
honest tili'l fullblul perlonnanie of
iheir respetiive duties us road com
missioners during lhe current term for
tthifh they uiuy he elected.
Sic A. Thai immediately uflor the
said mad eonimissiuuers shall have
tiled Iheir bonds, as aforesaid, they
shall proceed to lay out their several
townships into at least as many dis
irit is hb there are sub-schiMil districts
in their township, and shall each year
uppoint one person in each district,
who shall bo known as pathmaslcr,
and shall furnish each ot the said patb
maslers with a list of the tax they pro
pose K expend, in hia district, together
Wiltl lilt) names oi vne persons irum
whom tliev sliull receive tho same,
and each pathmaster shall, if required,
give mi approved bond to lb road
oonimlssioners wun ono or more sure
ties for Iho amount of the taxes givon
him lo collect, conditioned tor the hon
cat norfiirmanco of bis duty.
Sec. 7. That it shall be the duly of
the said pathmaster, during the months
ol April, May and June ot each year,
to give at least lorty-cigui oours no
tice lo each ncrson named In bis du
plicate, if a resident of the township,
of tho times and places be intends to
work on said roads andof the Imple
ment he shall furnish and , nd,nY
person neglecting or refusing lo work
Lis or Iter tax, as notified, shall pay
tho same in money as hereinafter pro-
Sec. 8. That if Iho amount first lor
i.-il aa aforesaid should bo all expend
ed fir all that is then available, and the
same should bo deemed instifliciciil to
build and repair the several roads una
liridirea in amid township, and, upon
K.tiiinn heinif presented them signed
by at least six land owners of said
township, the additional sum not ox
feeding three mills by taxation as
aforesaid Ibrthat puroao, and tho said
-.mil commissioners may, in each or
onv vear. il ihi v find the aauie necos-
o.rv collect a nait of the road lax
levied as aforesaid, not execoding two
mill, in monev. to be collected by the
township treasurer lor the purposo of
,i..r,-.r nir xnonsci Ol roaun aim
.....v ..-n -- ,
hriiltrna.
. HiO. 9. That the said tjatlimasUr
shall see that the taxes aasignea inern
to work shall be faithfully una jnui
iv "2 'iff "!
JLli JLJjlJ
ciully expendod as dirocted by tho said
road commissioners, and that they
shall keep a strict, accurate and item
ized account ol their own timo spent
and of the time worked by taxpayers
on the road by or under them, and
that ihey shall some and account lor
the same under oatb or affirmation to
the said road commissioners on or be
fore the fifteenth day of December of
each year, and shall only bavo credit
lor bis own work, for the work ol tax
payer and for amount of uncollected
tax to balance bis account.
8tc. 10. That in the month ot De
cember of each yoar, tho said road
commissioners shall make and return
a certified list of all unseated lands,
together with the aeatod lands owned
by non-residents in each ol the said
townships, in which the road tax of
tho said year remains unpaid to the
county eornnuisaionera, and the pro
ceedings for collecting the said lax
shall be the same aa is practicod in tho
several counties for collecting seated
or unseated county taxes on which
there is no personal property to make
the tax, and when collected shall be
paid to the township treasurer.
deo. li, 1 baton or beloro the sec
ond Tuesday of February, in each
year, the said road commissioners shall
itiaue vueir warrant unoor luuir nanu
and seal, together with a schedule and
list of all delinquents and balances, add
ing thereto five per centum for collec
tion fees on all taxes yet due, oxcept
the unpaid taxes returned lo the coun
ty commissioners aa aforesaid, and
such as they know tho township audi
tors will and ongbt ot right to exon
erate from payment, which warrant
shall be directed to tho Constable, re-
turnablo in filly duys to the township
treasurer.
Heo. 12. AndtbesaidConstaliloshnll
give each delinquent personal or writ
ten notice of the amount due, and it
not paid within ten days, tho suid Con
stable is hereby required lo levy and
collect the sume by distress and sale
of goods and chattels of such delin-
pjont, giving ul least tun days nolieo,
dy written or printed advertisements,
und shall retuin out of the proceeds of
sule, alter deducting lhe taxes, the
same lee as may than bu allowed Con
stables by law for levy and sule upon
a writ ot execution, did thu delenilutit
shall have no right to thu benefit of
sluy or exemption ; the bund of said
L'onstublus, as now required hy law,
shall stand as security fur iho faithful
performance ol tneir duty under this
act: Provided, 7 bat it the suid delin
quents pay to Buid Constable the
amount they stand charged within ten
days or upon demand, ha shall only
nave five per centum tor bis services.
mo. 13. That it shall tie me duty
of the said road commissioners lo lake
the general charge and supervision of
all the public roads and btidgos in each
of the said townships of this Common
wealth, and on lb scoond Monday ol
April in each year they shall settle
their account with the township audi
tors; they sh til be charged with the
wholo of tb'j taxes, real and personal,
that they assessed In tin Ir sevoral
townships, and shall have credit lor the
work done by the pathmaster, lor tho
exonerations allowed thorn by the
township auditors, for the amount ro
turned to Constable lor collection, for
amount returned to county treasurer
lor collection, lor making oupucates a
fair price, and for their own services,
their accounts to be sworn lo before
the auditors, the president of the board
of auditors to administer the oath or
affirmation aforesaid.
Seo. 14. The said auditor shall with
in sixty days after the second Monday
of April in each year, cause an itemis
ed slatement of the road account as
settled to be published in one of the
uublio newspapers ul Ibe county near
est to their township, and said publi
cation shall be continued in said paper
tor three successive weeks, or by six
written or printed statements put up
in as many publio places in the proper
township, and a failure to publish thu
same as aforesaid by the township au
nilors shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction of the same pay
a Hue ot not less than twenty dollars,
to be collected aa debts of like amount,
and paid to the township treasurer for
tho use of the road funds.
Kxo. lo. That all moneys ruised in
the several townships of this Common
wealth, by tax or olherwise, lor road
purposes, shall be collected and puid
to the township treasurer, and when
expended it sliull be dune by direction
of the Mad eommissiniiers, and drawn
oul of the treasury by orders signed
bv two or more ol the said road coin
inissioiiera upon the said township
treasurer.
Sec. IB. That said township treas
urer shsll give a bond beturu entering
upon bis duties, with ono or more sure
ties, to lite towunuip uuuiiors tu uuup
proved by ut least two of them in such
utnuuiit as they shall fix for I lie use of
the road fund ot said township, cotidi
Honed that he shall faithfully purlurnt
bis duties with fidelity as township
treasurer durinir Ins term ot otliee.
Seo. 17. That the compensation of
Lhe treasurer ot the road lends ot the
several lownshitia shall be fixed by the
township auditors, not to exceed two
per centum ol alt moneys nam out oy
him: tho compensation of the road
commissioners shall be fixed by tho
township auditors not to exceed one
dollar and filly cents per day, for each
dav necessarily employed in thetruns
action of the road business tit their
sevoral townships, and the path mas
ten shall be allowed tho same daily
nav as is ailowod to those working out
Iheir lax, not to exeeeu one uuiiura.nu
filly cent per day of ten hours actual
labor.
8ec 18. That any person elected
road commissioner and neglecting or
refusing to act, shall pay a fine of ten
dollars, to be collected as other debts
of like amount, and paid into the town
ship treasury Ibr the use ol the road
fund, unless he shsll bare served as
such Ibr a term of one year within the
lst (cur years past
Seo. 19. It shall be lawful at any
lime allor the passage of this act lor
the road commissioners of any town
ship in this Commonwealth, Uion a
petition signed by two-thirds ot the
actual assoased valuation ol said town
ship, asking tho making and repairing
of all roads and bridgos, be lot to the
lowest bidder Ibr a period three years,
to let the same on Iho second Monday
of April thorealler W the lowest bid
der who will give to the road commis
sioners, within five days thereafter,
good and euflieionlsocurily lor the true
lurfhrmance of the same.
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Sec. 20. That all persons on signing
said petition shall py their road tax in
money to lhe township treasurer on or
before the fourth of July of the aame
.r and anv Doraon in the said town
.Lin niluaimr or neitlecling to pay tho
mad ta aa aforesaid, shall pay the
aama aa directed In sec-lions tenth and
eleventh of tbi let : Provided always,
that the person or person contracting
m m.ka and repair all roads and
"JA "TV Muni.
ssgjaga
eVW
bridges, as aforesaid, sliull allow and
nolily all tho resilient cilixens ol suid
township who did not sign the peti
tion, to work his, her or their road tux
on tho public roads of suid township
under the same regulations as provid
ed for in section sixth of this aet.
Sec. 21. That when any citizen or
citizens of any township in this Com
monwealth shall request the road com
missioners thereol lo improve a speci
fied road or section ot routl, hy turn
piking or mueaduiniingllio same, and
sliull offer a written promise or agree
ment to pay one-bull the com of suid
improvement, nnd sliull give sufficient
security lor tho fulfillment ot said
agreement, it may bu luwlul for the
said road commissioners to cuuso the
said road, or specified section ot road
to bo mudo in thu manner stuted in
said agreement within a reasonable
tiaafM at tor--tho eaftuuUan ot the samaviagua, be, she or they shall have through
lhe remaining majority ot coals to he
chargahlutoliie road lundol the town
ship. Sec. 22. When the Buid road com
missioners shall deem it inexiedienl to
comply with tho said request or re
quests as aforesaid, they shall at thu
next election for towmliip olliccrs sub
mit tho question of said improvement
to a volu of thu qualified electors of
said township, and should a majority
of them vole in lat er of llio sume,
then tho said road cummissioners, or
their successors shall within a reason
able time cuuso the said improvement
to bu made in the manner und form
as follows: They sliull causu publio
notice lo bu given lur ut least two
weeks in one or moru newspapers in
the vicinity, or by hand bills, or both,
asking proposals liir lhe doing ot suid
specified work, or improveniei ts, and
may accept such hid or bids as in
their judgment shall secure the most
ported and economical completion uf
the same : Provided, fhut no roud bed
ulmll he ttirnpiked or nitcudcniizcd to
a greuler width I bun sixteen feel,
and ahull be of euituble depth, accord
ing to the iiuluru of lliu gruund.
Sao. 23. Tuttl any perotiuur persons
wanting a publiu roud iu any of thu
townships of this Cuuiimihwcu th,
sliull present a petition lo the court ol
quarter sessions of the proper county,
signed hy at least twelve lund owners,
two ol whom shall bu the then ucling
road eoniniissioners of Iho township
in which the road IB asked, whereupon
the court shull uppoint three disinter
ested citizens ut nuid county, one ot
whom shall bo a pruetuul surveyor,
whoso duty il sliull be, alter gulling
the order to view from tho clerk of lhe
court to givu nolicu ol lhe lime and
place of such view, by not less limn
three printed or written handbills,
put up al least five duys belore
said view, at publiu places nuur said
required road.ul which tune they shall
proceed 10 lhe ground and alter being
duly sworn to purlbrm thuir duties
justly and impartially, and a true report
make (Ibcy swearing cacti other; suun
proceed lo view Iho ground proposed
for such road, and il any two of llient
are of the opinion thut a publiu roud is
necessary, Ihey nliail vie, liv opt ami
survey the Buid routes according to the
order of court, and shall muke dralt
of and report the sume to lhe then
next next court of quurler sessions,
together with their opinion as lo whul
iiamago if any, that any person
through whom lands the same muy
pass, shall have ; if tho parlies are not
satisfied with thu damages awarded
them by thu viewers Ihey may have
redress by appealing to the court of
otiarter sessions: rrovniod, i lie puny
appealing shall pay all cost if be does
not got more damages Ironi iho court
than Ibe viewers aw arm u nun,
Sec. 21. That at Iho next court of
quarter sessions alter lhe report is bled,
and after the viewers are enlurged by
tho court at each successive session
thereof, the court shall confirm tho re
port ol lhe viewers nmi and at tho next
court thercuficr tho said court shall
confirm tho report uf the viowem abso
lute, tlxing the Drvauin ot sum roan
Provided, that no publio road in lliis
Commonwealth alter lhe pussago ol
this act shall be considered luwlul less
thitn twenty-five leet in breadth and
no public road in this Commonwealth
shall no more man uny icei, iuu, un
less by tho consent of the owners
Ihiotigh whose lands tho saniu limy
pass, and lhe said breadth of roud to be
governed by lhe wants and necessities
of the community through which lhe
same pusses.
Seo 25. Thut when uny report of tho
viewers as uloresaul is objected lo by
remonstrance, signed by ul leust twelve
citizens, onu of whom shull bo a then
acting road commissioner of lhe town
ship in which suid roud bus been view
ed, lhe com t shall hear the parlies in
interest and miiku such decree as in
their wisdom, may seem best, und uiuy
grunt a review, on the saiiie route, on
wtilion or petitions signed and presen
ted us last uloresaid beloro making a
filial decree; provided, that ihepetilion
ers ill all fuses, asking u review, or r-i
review, shall pay all cimIs ol such re-
Sxo. 20. That when any mini, laid
out as uf'ore-iiitl, and duly confirmed
hy tho court, if after conlli innlion mid
before tho suid rond is opened, on peti
tion signed nt bust by a majority
of tho original petitioners, who shall
reside in the proper township or town
shins t iniutih which tho road may
pass.setling Ibrth thai suid road, ifopen
od would bo useless ond liunlensomo, it
shall ho lawful for said court to ap
point fivo disinterested persons, who
shall bo duly sworn ns aforesaid, and
after a-ivinu duo notico, shall view the
o-miiml af promised route. If four of
r- ... , , . . , , . . ,
i hum ahull ronorl. lllttl ill tneiroiiiiiioii
tho road, if opened, would bo useless
and burdensome, tho said court may
in their wiadom, annul tho samo, the
former confirmation to tho contrary
notwithstanding.
Sen 27. That anv road mny I
vacated entire, or vacated and supplied
on petition being presented to the
nonrt. sio-ncd bv at lonst twelvo bind
owners, selling forth that the same
l.na Imennio useless, unnecessary bmu
hiinlunnomo. to vacuto entire, or that
the samo could be matio ns goou anu
servo tho samo Interests of tho com
munity through which it passes ns
WQll and do lessuitmngestu vucuie ..in.
supply, whereupon the said court ol
the propor county shall appoint three
diainterusled persons, onu of whom
shall be a practical surveyor, who after
rrivinir due notice ind beingdiiiysworn
aa aforesaid, shall view suit! roiito of
rnitrl and Proposed Bite for now route
if Iho order Bays vncato and supply,
ami after helllU dlllV BWom BA nloro
.aid ahnll if'thev deem it wise in their
judgment, View and report llio samo
lor vacation, or vacation nuu an nni
a tho order may Bet forth, mulling
draft of their work In either case to
i bo rnnrt. and If vacation entire tho
said court mav confirm tho report
almoltito at the first sossion, ir not ob
ir4ri to hv remonstrance but if vat a
tion and supply then tho court shall
confirm iVi A'l Rt tho first soa.ion and
2 :ic7 .zzrir"
absolute at Iho next as aforesaid.
Seo. 28. That tho cxponse of view
ors on all publio roads and bridges
shall bo puid by the county at the into
of ono dollar and fifty cents por day
for viewers, and three dollars per duy
for surveyors, and mileage for each ut
tho rule ol five cents per mile for each
mile traveled to and lrom tho nearest
point of Haiti vlow,
Seo. 29. That any person or persons
so shouted that they cannot get a pub
lic road as herein provided, and have
not tho right ot wuy tor a private road,
may present bis, her or their petition,
setting lbrth tho facts to tho court,
whereupon thu suid court shall appoint
disinterested persons as aforesaid, one
of whom shall bo a surveyor, who shall
give due notico as aforesaid, and view,
locale, lay out and report tho same as a
private road, together with tho dam
whoso lands llio samo is located, and
whether the county or petitioners shall
pay t he sumo.
Seo. 30. Anil the report of the suid
Iirivuto roud shull bu confirmed as
lerein provided for public roads, and
when tho ditniuges ulbrcsuid, if any be
assessed, is puid as directed by said
viewers, tho petitioner or petitioners
shall have tho right to make and keep
the said road in repair at their own
expense from time to time as they
may see fit; the width of said private
road to ho not nioro than wenty-fivo
feet.
Sec. 31. That when any community
asking a public bridgu by presenting u
petition signed generally hy tho citi
zens thereof, tho court of quarter ses
sions shall appoint three disinterested
persons, one ol whom shnll be a prac
tical surveyor or engineer, who shull
alter duo notice given, as in caso of a
roud view, and being duly sworn ny a
justice ol tho peace, or other person
authorized by commission to peilorm
their duty ns orulgo viewers with
fidelity, they shnll proceed to tho pro
posed site ami view thu same, and if in
their opinion a public bridge at thut
point is highly necessary, they shall
view and report llio length ol bridge
necessary, the probable height of abut
ments, and whether in their judgment
tho co-t of erection would be too great
tor the township or townships in which
it is to bu built to bear ; if not consid
ered too great, then the township, or
townships asking the sume, shnll build
tho sumo or do without tho bridge;
Provided, that after tho litpso of two
years the citizens mny petition as
aforesaid.
Sec. 32. If tho viewers report that
tho cost is too great for the township
or townships to bear, then tho report
shall ho presented to tho next grand
jury, u ml it sixteen mourners oi sum
jury shall consider said bridge a public
necessity, and that tho couniy i om
missioners shall build tho same, they
shall indorse on the report as follows:
"We recommend that the County Com
missioners build tho within reported
bridge, signed by the liiremitii and
duted." And wlieq the same endorse
ment made is thereon hynniajorit vol au
nt Per granil Jury, It sliull be confirmed
absolutely hy the court; and tho suid
County Commissioners shall proceed
at once to let out tho building of tho
samo hy plans and specifications to tho
lowest bidder, and Bhull pity tho samo
and its continuous repairs out of the
county treasury.
Sec. 33. That all petitions, order to
view, or reports of viewers for roads
and hridtfea shall have an endorsement
by order of court al each session of
tho court, by continuance, powers en
larged, ct cetera, ns the necessity ro
nuircs. until final confirmation ; and
any report failing to have any endorse
ment or. order thereon, at any court,
before final confirmation, shall be t rout
ed ns n nullitv.
Sec. 34. Tlint ull acts and parts of
nets inconsistent here Willi be and the
same is hereby repealed.
A DEATH BED MA RRIAC1E.
Tho marrittgo ceremony is usually
ttssocintcd in the. mind with ideas of
life and health and youth, and is far
removed from nny connection with
sickness and suffering; and death.
Monro it is that a sad interest attaches
o tho solemn rites of marriage when
performed ill the sick chamber, or by
lie lie 1 ol ileum ; anil lien one nose
ifc is fust ebbing away is united in the
inly bonds with nnolherwliose enriiny
nroer is but just begun.
Ol such a fuse, which occurred in
hia eitv a few days since, our reporter
is lost informed. A young woman.
inployed at tho Kotunaon House, had
been for siitno lime betrothed to a
young man of this city, a German,
who, imrtlv through inneriiance nna
partly by his industry, had aocu Min
uted a coiisideruliloanin oi mouey una
some oilier property. I ho murriugo
ceremony would have been solemnized
ore this lull the fuel thut tho prospoo-
ive hridoirnioin lost his health low
months since. Tor a lima tho dread
liscnsu from which he suflered, con
sumption, made its inroutiu so siowiy
und gradually lliuthe scarcely realized
ho ccriainty that his (lays were num
bered : but a few weeks ago be toiind
himscll confinud to hi bed, and unable
lo rise. Physicians assured him that
leuih was niifh. and ho insisted Ibat
before ho left this world bo should be
come the nusiianii oi llio woman tie
loved. The ceremony was pertormed
last Saturday, in llio chamlwr ol dualh,
iv Dr. Stone, and is said to bavo been
very affecting. VS hen it was over, the
dying criHiin mudo his will, bequeath
ing lo his wile some vaiunnie real esiiue
in New York, and ull of tho monoy he
had in bank, amounting to quite
o-oodlv sum. He still lingers, but
lew duvs. and possibly a low hours.
will end bis corthiy career.
I Prom the deily of Batgrday
Tuesday's Sentinrl contained an ao-
count ol a denth bed marriage, wnien
took plaeo ono woek ago to.ilay. 1ust
night nl 8 30, tho groom William Por
lei-field, died, leaving his nnmo and
fortune to her who has bad the extra
ordinary exporieneoot bcingmaid, wife,
and widow within the space of one
woek. rort Wayne benttnti.
An allornoy having died oxeceding
ly poor, a shilling subscription wos set
ait lo pay the Expense of hi. funeral,
Most of the niton eys and barristers
havinsuh-cribed, on. of them applied
to Tnler. afterwards Lord Chief Jus
lieo Norbury, expressing a hope thai
he would also subscribo a shilling.
' Only a shilling I" said Toler, "only a
shilling to bury an attorney ? Hero
is a guinea, go and bury twenty -one
of them."
Ministers as well as other pooplo
who cull upon tho sick must have great
rare alKiul wearying them with much
talk or wilh long staying. .
He as the child who cats and sleeps
and grow. God gives you the beet
nourishment, although not always the
sweetest to the taste.
THE STACK-CM ARA DECISION.
The case of Father Stack, of Willams
port,aguiiiBt Bishop O'baru, of the dio
cese ot Scranton, bus attracted wide
attention from the fuel that it presents
tho first instance in tho history ot this
country in which Jtoman Catholic
bishop has been brought before a civil
tribunal to answer for acts done in his
ecclesiastical capacity. The caso has
boon a remarkable ono in nearly all its
details. Tbo priest, rather Stack,
was summarily removed from his
charge at Williamsort in November,
1871, by letter lrom tho Bishop, and
bo made complaint, without much do
lay raising two points : I. Was tho re
moval ot tho pluintiff, as pastor, from
tho chargo of this congregation by the
defendant, as his bishop, warranted
under tho circumstances ot the case by
the law of the Catholio Church 1 St. li
it was not warranted by tbo law of
the Church, will the law ol tbo land
afford tho relief asked tor in the plain
tiff's bill which was tbo restoration of
the priest to his pastorale 1
Thcso are tho points which Judge
Gamble reviews in bis decision, and he
ut once sweeps away tho answer ol
tho llishop to the complaint, that be
had acted under bis conscience and
the civil courts bad no jurisdiction.
Judge Gamble insists, first, that the
reniovul without specific charge and
un opportunity for trial was in viola
lulion ol the laws of the Catholic
Church, and lo sustain this he cites
the decrees ot the Plenary Council ot
Baltimore, which have been declarej
tho supreme laws lor the government
of the Church in this country.
Some of thcso decrees are quoted by
tho defendant and by the master, who
in his report denied civil jurisdiction,
but tho Judge seems to satisfy bimsell
that tboy protuot every subject in tho
right to know what ho may be neonsod
of and tho right to bo bcurd upon tho
accusation, which is such a simple
point of justice that nobody will tttko
exception to il, llio great difficulty oc
curring, however, at tho point where
lhe tribunal beloro which the trial
may proceed is selected. It ho was
antforing from a violation of tho Church
law at the bauds of lhe Bishop, Father
Stack must certainly bavo had his
right to appeal lo the Bishop's superior;
but ho ehoso not lo do this, and sought
the restoration of tho privileges of
which be bad been deprived by me
Bishop oven his priestly functions, in
a civil court. Under tbo decrees of
tho Plenary Council as quoted it
seems plain to the Court that the Bish
op did not comply with the law ol the
Church ; bis removal oi me priest was
under and implied grave charge, which,
however, bus never boon admitted by
tbo defendant; and in the decrees a
superior is directed lo cito his subject
against whom charges nave neon maoo,
give bim the chief points of accusation,
and remove him alter having proved a
gruvo charge. Pother Stack wos re
moved without lormal cnargo, ami eon-
senuontly had no hearing. Judgouam-
hie cites in behall ot the jurisdiction oi
the civil court tho acta or Asaemoly of
Juno 10, 183(1, and April 8, 185, winch
grant to tho courts of common pleas
"tho jurisdiction and powors of a court
of chancery, so far as relates to the su
pervision and control of all corporations
otuor man musuoi a municipal cuo..--acter
of unincorporated societies or
associations," for the prevention or the
restraint of the continoanco ot nets
contrary to law. And then ths Jndge
goes to tbo reports for decisions in chan
eery to austain his point of Jurisdiction.
1 ho conclusion which the honora
ble Judgo reaches ia that the Bishop
bad no business to turn Father Stack
out of his pastorato, but tbo Court
doecn't seem to bavo my business to
order his restoration ; tho priest gets
the moral benefit of a doeision in his
favor, while tho Bishop has all the
maloriul benefit. There docs not ap
pear to be anything left for tho Bishop
to complain of, except tho insignifi
cant matter of costs, which are charg
ed against him. Judgo Gamble's de
cree does not require any other atten
tion lrom him, and it will probably be
very lit lie concern to bim that a court,
whoso jurisdiction over uis ucis no ne
mos, has declared someining mat no
has done bnlnwfiil. The decision seems
to ho one without much stiffening, and,
while it settles the question of tho
court's jurisdiction to tho court's satis
faction, it doesn l seem to ncip mo
plaintiff, and ho will have logo some
where else It be still wants to got duck
bis pastorate. Philadelphia Timer.
THE MULE OF SUMTER.
When Dahlgren'B iron clads began
operations in i nanesion iiaroor me
4 Ull I II il V ewi n inu.iu M .. ... hwj
and drove in ths thin lines ol pickets
which tho rebels hod posted on tho
eastern end ot Morris Island. When
davlii'ht come every gun which Bean-
regard could bring to bear upon the
new work began to rain shot and shell,
and lrom daylight till noon there were
lively times in and about Charleston
Buy. Shortly lifter noon Fort Sumter
opened limousiy, ana it wan icurcu iniit
an nltcmpt was aoouv to no nmuu uy
the cnomy to advance. There wore
enough men there, it was thought, to
hold it, but lucre was a ueuciency oi
ammunition, and so a mulo driver vol
nnteered to deliver tho ammunition
Tho only road was the smooth and
sandy beach along tho bay, and tho dis
tance between llio two points aooui
mile and a half. Half that distunco
was within easy range ot Fort Sumter,
und Batlcry Wagner gnus covered
all the wuy to the sand hills, behind
which was lhe Fedoral camp.
I am describing this Incident as il
appeared from the shipping in tho bay,
and what called attention to It was tho
sudden Woking up of evory gun on the
southeast angle of Sumter. Looking
in aeo tho cause of the furious cannon
ading, everybody was surprised to see
a mule team tearing up the beach in
the direction of the now work. Tbo
driver was laying tho lash on, and that
mule had its ears laid straight back and
was making iu legs go. Occasionally
a shell would touch the beach, bound
np, and oxplodo, and tho mule would
then hesitate and try to turn bock.
But tho driver would lay the cow
hido on with renewed vigor; then the
hi.lo on
mule put on another spurt, until at last
it became .nl.rely demora haed by be
a ii iiaiitn of a ten inch shell almost un
der its bully. Kvery glass in tho squad
ron was levelod at tbo spectacle The
driver got off his seat, took tho animal
by the head, whirled it around once or
twice and started It np the beach once
more Fort Sumter flashed and flam
,l lUticrv Wanner bolchod and thun
dered, and still that daring driver urged
his mulo along, though the way was
swept by at least thirty gnns
At last he reached his destination,
but ha could not stay there, in me-
m.,.,i oraa turned around and exhorting
that animal to do its level boat. Th
mule did not need to be told to step out,
for In II rear there waa roar ana racic
ot, and about its car wero Hying sand
and scrap iron, which scorned to stimu
late its iluelncss. JJown Ibat bum
beach flew tho mulo, the light curl bob
bingand swaying, and tbo driver's arm
raising and lulling aa he delt out lush
after lush. A t lost they near I he friend
ly shelter of tho sand bills. In anoth
er minute they will be sale, but just us
they near the placo to turn aside a
shell came screaming from Numtor Kv
ery body could seo the hugo muss of iron
as it roared through tho air. 1 1 struck
tho beach directly in tho rear of the
mulo and with a bound it overtook il
and exploded with terrific violence. A
general exclamation is beard from
Dublgren's Sag-ship, whore thu Admi
ral and bis staff are earnestly gazing nl
tbo adventurous mulo and his during
driver. Fort Sumiiter's ramparts arc
black with mon, they, too, willing wil
naaau of Yankee pluck. Along the
swell of Morris Island, and covering
every elevation, can be seen tho I'nion
soldiers, who stand with bated breath,
anxious and full f suspense, and every
eye intently taking in the scene. When
tho shell exploded a circle ot smoke
bid the mule for a moment, hut when
tho smoko cleared Mr. Mulo hud his
curs laid back, and, with bead down,
and legs lushing wildly out, he was
making kindling wood ot tho cart,
hteb bad been badly demoralized hy
a fragment of the shell. Presently the
driver is seen limping to the'mule ; iu
a second the mule is J roe lrom the curt,
and, with tho driver on his back, and
a farewell whisk ol bis tail, disappears
behind the cover of the hills.
The thousunds of hoys in bluo unite
in a long and hearty burrub ; the sail
ors wave their lints and shout them
selves hoarse, and, hark ! tho rebels
have caught the inlection, and are
cheering, loo.
THE AMERICAS YOUXO
MAN.
II'O-
It has often been affirmed, and wilb
truth, that nowhere in lhe world may
lhe young woman travel with greuler
security than in America. Along her
wholo roulo she buds men ready to
put thomsolves to personal inconven
ience to obligo her, and who do uot
presume on whul ihey do to ingratiate
themselves. .Men step lorwurd as bcr
protectors as if it wore according to
a law of the Stule instead ot a custom,
and wero any ono to treat ber with
discourtesy defenders would spring up
on ull sides. l ub a chum ot con
ductor alio will bo passed from one
end ot the Union to tho oilier, with
perhaps moro cure than if sho was in
ehargu of a relutivo. In this general
ulloulion wilh which the pretty wo
men are surrounded it is seldom lucre
an ulterior motive, as there is for
instance in a country liko Frunce,
whero it is not Bale for her to accept
the proffered service of lhe other sex,
lor the Fronehmun Blin ds ready to
inuko bia declaration on slight provo
cation.
In America tho recognition of her
right to deference in nil hor wishes,
iki melt men, and particularly of Into
years, baa led her to claim aa a right
what was only extended ss courtesy.
Hence ber neglect lo return thanks
fur the eoat yielded up in the car;
hence the growing reluctance in the
man to resign his seat, in tbo spirit of
the turning worm which will not he
troddon on lorover. This reluclunce.
however, is confined lo the largo cities,
in ih towns and vlllaires throughout
the Union tho man still gives up his
seat to the woman, though ho be old
and feoble and Bhe be young and
strong. This is gallantry thai costs
something.
1 have scon in a railway car women
occupying extra scats with bundles
thut might have boon plaeod under the
seats or hung up in the rack, while a
jroup of men stood, without being
able to rest themselves, and they nev
er complained. Such un incident
could hardly occur in any olher coun
try, ror three hours these vic
tims with aching limbs stood with
out a murmur, looking from inno to
time tolhecoveted scuts occupied with
tho bundles, not during to lift np a
voice to ask for one. Their faces
showed plainly that Ihey would like
lo sit down, but their exceeding re
spect for the sex would not permit
them to approach the different young
women who keptguardovortho places
wilh thoir traps. It did not occur to
thorn to speak to iho conductor. Had
this situation presented ilsell in
Franco, a Gnul would have approach
ed this feminine group, hut in bund,
with o bow, asking a thousand par
dons, then he wenld havo quietly in
slnllod himseif in the seal that ho had
paid for and lo which he was entitled.
Ho would, of course, have invostcd
tho act wilh much form ; ho would
hnvo been distressed boyond measure
lo hove thorn move their bundles, been
deaoiaioil at mo trouble no gave, uui
ho would indubitubly bavo secured Ins
sent. On tho other hand, supposing
his advances lo havo been i met with a
refusal, he would havo called tho eon-
ductor and asked lor n seal, or his
iiHMir). nuu uiu mii,uiiiiHivti uiuiicb
would have had lo submit. Wow,
wore on American lo meet with such
o rebuff from the olhor sex, be would
relrcnl to a corner, without an idea of
having recourse to tho official of tho
train locluim his rights. The (ialary.
Buckwheat. Tho ninno conies
rom beeebwheat, becuiuo tho seed re
sembles the beoeh-msst in shupe, but
has been corrupted into buckwheat.
It is a native of Asia, and was brought
into Kuropo either by the Crusader
six or seven hundred years ago, or into
Spain by Moors. It did not renrh
F.ngland until thu last 250 yeurs, but
just in lime to como over wilh suniu of
tho earliest settlers in America. 11
was first cultivated by llio Hudson
rivor Dutch, and by the Swedes cn tho
llelawaro. The Dutch mention it as
early as 1G20, and from what they say
on the subject it is quite curtain they
then knew quite os much about nucK
wheat cukos cs was over worth Know
ing. rrom these two centers oi
early settlement the cultivation spread
over New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, following the colonists
into the new homes they cleared up in
the forests as certainly as Iho honey
beo follows in the palh-way ol the
westorn pioneer, making his homo wher
ever the white man builds his cabin.
Thcso three States havo always been
itnmenso producers ol buckwheat,
growing two thirds of tho wholo quant
ity raised, now amounting lo many
million bushels annually. Iu cultiva
tion i rapidly extending through lhe
rvorth and northwest, until tnc present
annual product is over 30,000,0(10 of
bushels. '
"Whom the gods love dlo young," is
a proverb that centenarians havu no
faith whatever in.
The sign of the cress Cossacks on
the Turkish side of the Danube.
DUT1HH OF CON STA BLEU AND
.JUSTICES OF 'J'JEl'EACE
1 . !'
A Biiiiplemealto a. Aot, stllb-JMAk Act Yt t
tiding fur tba election of aldoriaea aod jnatlool
of the peeoo," psaeed lhe tweotv-Srat day of -June,
eighteen hundred aad tkiriy-alae, gaiag
the Ume firlb..xpiratina l ibeir attoaa.
Section 1. Be it matted, dv., That
all aldermen or Justices of the peaoo,
who shall be elected on the third Tnua.
fci-V it, a .) n.tvn.T f-y K jnivirj.
, .X. X..,' ,WP...rfnU
under existing laws expire prior to tho
first Monday of May, shall continue Id
office from the dulu at whiub said torm
would otherwise expire until tho first
Monday ot May next ensuing thereto.
Sec 2. It aliall bo tho duty ol tho con
stable of tho proper ward, tlnjtrlc bor
ough or township to give at least Iwen."
ly days' notice, by advertisement pre.
ceding iho election to be held on the
I bird Tuesday of February of rnch vBar.
of tho expiraliuu ul. thu term of the
commission ol any alderman or justice
ol the peace that may expire on or be
loro the first Monday of May following,
und also of any vacancy that may hap
pen by death, resignation or otherwise
Stc. 3. If any vacancy snail toko
pluee after any ward, district, borough
or township election, by reason ot the
erection of any new ward, district, bor
ough or township, or from the neglect
or refusal of any person elected to ac
cept a commisson within sixty day
uller the date thereof, or by death, res
ignation or otherwise, such vacancy
shall be filled hy appointment by the
governor until the first Monday of May
uccocding tho next ward, district, bor
ough or township election. -
Seo. 4. Thut the aldermen or justices
of the peace elected under the provi
sions ol this act, shall file on acceptance -of
said office wilh' tho piUlhdnototy'ol'
thu proper county, slating therein llio
name of tho niderman or justice of Iho
peace whom they succeed, with tho
cause of vacancy ; and said prvlbono
tary shall certify the same undor bis
seal of office to the secretary of the com-'
monweulth, whereupon tho govornor
hall issue commission to such persons
us shall appear to be duly elected, tor
tho term of fivo year lo be computed
lrom the first Monday of May siicccd
ing tho election, fear which said com
mission each person so elected an alder
man or justice of iho peace Bhull pay
threo dollars, to bo received by tho re
corder of deeds of the proper county to
oe hy nun transmitted to tho secretary
of the Commonwealth as fees for other
commissions are transmitted; and the
said aldermen or justices of tho peaoo
shall be by the said recorder sworn or
affirmed in the manner now prorided
by law. i
Sec. 5. All acts or purls of acts In
consistent herewith bo and tho same
aro hereby repealed.
ArraovED Tho 22d day of March,
A. D. 1877. J. F. IIartbanpt.
LET YOUR NEIGHBORS ALONE
So people aro such thorough nui
sances as those who aro perpetually
meddling with the business ol their
neighbors who aro always on tho
alert for anything suspicious always
ready to believe the worst of every
body. What iB It to you ifyourncigb
bor docs bring homo a brown paper
package ond a covered buskol? You
will live jastaB long if yon nevor know
what they contain. It is none of your
butiness. And if your flighty neigh
bor, Mrs. Lighlfoot indulges hurself iu
new bonnet while her devoted hus
band wears patched boots, you need
not fret about it he is tho only suffer
er, not you. .No need ot making a nuo
and a cry ovor her supposed extrava
gance. The money did uot come oul
uf your pocket, and consequently it is
. I : .1M.. It .1...
nonu oi your uiihiiicss o tint u mo
minister does call on Ann Smith twice
a week? Why exerciso your bruin
about it? Suppose she has an awful
lumper and powders her face, as you
soy she does ber temper win not
troublu you. Mind your own ooncoriis.
What difference does it make to you if
bold Mario "cuts oul" modest Mary?
lou need not torture llary by long
stories of what you hove heard con
cerning the matter. "1 thought I
would tell you, my dear. 1 speaK lor
your good. Somebody should put you
on your guard ogsinst that treacher
ous girl." As a natural consequence
modest Jlarv, her womanly pndo
aroused, shrinks into ths background,
leaving the field open to her victorious
rival. So you cru.lt a good girl's heart
because you will not mind your own
business. What if they had three
dnien pairs of stockings at 'Squire
Hill sr Haven t they got a rigflt tor
As long aa you don't do the washing
it need not trouble you at all. What
right havo you to watch their clothes
line 7 Employ your time better. It
may bo perlectly true that dashing
.Mis. Gray signals to young Dr. Wilde
from her back windows. Hut1 who
gave yon tho privilege of watching a
luuy ill ner uwn uuuiv, wucrv, ii .u
any place, ber privacy should no sa
cred ? Her disgrace is nothing to you:
it is none ol vour business. If wo had
our way. meddlers should bopnnished
liko any -olher offenders against tno
right of Other. -.-.! tu.4
THE DEAD ALIVE. "'
., -,. i .
George 11. Straddle, of 410 North
Socond street, llurrisburg, left his
homo several weeks ago, and, despito
diligent search and inquiry, nothing
was beard of his whereabouts until
October 6th, when a telegram w re',
ceived by bis friends In- llarrisbniy,
from Kagle Station, Pennsylvania raib
rood, that a boy had been lound dead
on tho track near there, who hod told
llio truckmen llio night before that ho
was on his way to Hnrrsburg, where
his mother lived. Tolegrnphio eom-
mllni...llon ,,. had wilh the people
I at ,, ,0 Ktu,ll(ll) and trom tltt fab
t,mH l.liui,(,( it WBa inferred that tho
, , me WM ,., missing Gcorgo
gtro(lli0i ,h0 meantime the body
e-j fheen removed to the country bur
iul ground near WostChoster, lor bur
ial. Tho mother, as soon as she had
veeived tho intelligence of tho acci
dent, went to F.ugle Station, and llionco
to w hero iho boy was burled and nod tho
body oxhiimen. A earvfui examina
tion convinced hor that it was hereon,
and accordingly tbo body was rt-
moved and buried at tho Horrisburg
cemetery, where it now lies, lue grovo
marked and tho dead mourned with all
tho ouict Borrow with which moth
er under such circumstance can fee).
On Thursday evening, whilo engag
ed In conversation with hor hnsbaud
and a friend, some ono entered the
house by a Bide door, when th mother
anise, expecting It wnB another Bon, to
soo to supper, As she passed through
the dining room to the kitchen she
was startled hy what she Instantly re
garded as a apparition, for a the fig
ure she met in the room turned full
face upon her, lo I there woa ber son
that was supposed to li live boon killed,
buried and mourned. 1 ho scene was
naturally ono nf excitement, and tho
joy over the lost and found Indhantiba
'hie. t . - '. c i. .. if ;.- ' " -'if si.
The slory is the old one: The boy,
resiles, -and with lhe spirit of adven
ture, hod wandered to different pVrts of
tho country, until ho at last pulled op
on tho shores of Iako Michigan, where
ho engaged aa as deck band oft a lake
steamer. There ho worked until a
lew duys ago, whan suddenly ho im
bibed a desire to return.
. -1 ' '
It is a painful thing to sea the young
man wbodelivereda brillianloratioe) on
commencement duy punching ticket
and collecting nickels on a street car.
It may happen that Judge Hilton
will find'tbnt be Can procure ao lodg
ing in Abraham's bosom.. ,,w
Why are heavy shower like hvy
drinkers lleeasse they nsually begin
with (ittle drop p' . . j.-
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