JHB GAZETTE.
I.KWISTOWN, PA.
Wednesday, December 5, 1866.
(i. & G. It. FRY SINGER, Editors.
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G. IFC G. It. Frysinoer.
Lewistown, December 5, 186fi.
I'residosit"• "iessase.
This document was delivered to Con
gress on Monday. It reiterates the sen
timents heretofore expressed by Johnson
relative to admitting rebel representatives,
but is less bullying in tone. He appa
rently desires Congress to embark in the
petty business of examining rebel creden
tials, and if not loyal, send them back
(with mileage and pay we suppose,) al
though lie, as well as all others, know
that there is not a man elected in those
States who can take the necessary oath.
We shall publish the document next
week, notwithstanding it will barely
pay perusal, as it contains nothing new
in any sense of the word.
We want security for the future, and as
the President failed to suggest any mode
for attaining that, the House on Monday
passed a hill by a vote of 111 to 26 repeal
iti r the act giving the President power in j
certain cases to pardon and grant unines- I
ty to rebels.
Thp Pardoning Power.
A now question is likely to come up
which will cause a considerable flurry
tmongrebcb and their copperhead friends.
It is, are pardons granted l>y the Presi
dent to rebels who have neither been in
dicted, tried, nor convicted of any value?
1 tie exercise of such a power has always
'•von regarded as belonging to despots and
tnonarehs, but is certainly not a preroga
tive which the constitution confers on a
"resident. As most of the important rebels
wio received this favor at the hands of
a are again indulging in threats
or !• u.awutioiiH of republicans as they
ii'i bvUore the rebellion, it is probable that
Congress may declare the whole pro
grannne null and void. On this subject,
our copperhead friends as usual have com
mitted themselves, in law, and will now
have to swallow all they said in the re
cent election campaign about deserters, or ;
be down on their rebel friends. They
tnen contended that a deserter was not a
deserter unless tried and convicted, and
if the same rule is applied to a rebel, of
what value is a pardon? Nothing at all j
—if a rebel, lie is disfranchised by law; if
a relnd soldier, he is a paroled prisoner—
and from either position Andrew John
son cannot relieve him without the sanc
tion of Congress. Verily, "whom the
Gods wish to destroy, they first make
A S rial Incler f tie State Deserter
l.aw,
At the recent court in Lycoming coun
ty. two election officers in Nippenose
township were prosecuted for having re- <
fused to take tin* vote of a deserter from I
the draft. After a patient and searching !
trial, and an animated contest between
the opposing counsel, the jury returned a I
verdict of not guilty. Hon. A. Jordan
the Law Judge of the county, is a Demo- I
crat, and could not have charged thejury i
otherwise than that the officers had onlv
obeyed their oath, and that the State law
had disqualified deserters from voting;
and hence the verdict rendered. We
never could understand how any elec
tion officer, having regard for his oath,
could undertake to nullify the State de
serter law. No matter what he thought,
or what politicians thought, the Supreme
Court would do. It was for the time be
ing the law as much as any other qualifi
cation required, and until that court de
cides it unconstitutional must be olieyed.
There is 110 doubt whatever that every
election officer who refused to take such
votes but did his duty, while those who
took them were just as guilty as if they
had taken votes from persons who had
not paid tax in two years, had not resided
in the district ten days, or not in the State
the required time.
tar- It is officially announced that John
H. Surratt, one of President Lincoln's as
sassins, has been arrested in Egypt. This
will give the eopperheads another chance
for showing their "Christian" charily
and shedding crocodile tears over a tSouth
ern brother.
Abuse of the Appointing Power.
Hardly an exchange cornea to hand
which does not announce some apjioint
ment and removal from office, and as
this seems to he the ease all over the Uni
ted States, it is evident that the appoint
ing power is no longer exercised by those
in whose hands the law placed it, but has
been delegated to subserve the ends of
political combinations, which, likely as
not, make it a profitable pecuniary busi
ness. fti this way whoever pays best, or
is most unscrupulous, has the leading
chance, while honorable and deserving
men must stand back. The corrupting
influences of such a system show that
sonic reform in the appointing power is
necessary, and as the Constitution places
if in the hands of Congress, that body
will no doubt take speedy action on the
subject and relieve tlie political mounte
banks who now disgrace tin; offices and
jKiwer they have hitherto exercised, of a
portion of their troubles. Should such a
law be passed, we hope ample provision
will be made so that no man can Ik 1 re- I
moved for opinion sake during the term i
for which lie may be appointed, in this j
way a postmaster, revenue or other officer |
would know that for one, two, three or I
four years, as the case may be, attention
to ids duties would ensure a continuance
in office during his term. To require him
to keep pace with political weathercocks
who do not know what they are from one
week's end to another, is but holding out
a premium to rascality.
I ntler the head of "democracy advanc
ing" the Democrat indulges in a fanciful
article respecting the prospects of that
party in the future. This is an old story,
reiterated every year since 1858, during
which time that party lias tried every
thing from universal slavery to rebellion,
until it converted strong democratic states
into republican with from 14,000 to 60,000
majority. At present, the sole reliance
of patent democracy or eopperheadism is
in the restoration of rebels to political
power, for without that band of Southern
traitors "democracy" East, West and
North is little more than an office seeking
clan, two-thirds of whom would as soon
serve under Jef Davis, John C. Breckin
ridge, or some other leading rebel, as any
Union President. Such a party thk i*ko-
I'j.k are not yet prepared to trust with the
reins of government, and so long as they
Udieve treason, perjury, murder, incen
diarism and robbery to be crimes, they
will not. The Democrat and its allies
may call the majority of thk Pkopi.k,
as expressed at the ballot-box, <fi-nunion
>*t, but every man of that party can turn
ami ask since when iias it become patriot
ic to advocate Ihe rir/htsof rebels? Why not
advocate the rh/ht* of murderers, thieves,
and other felons in our jails and peniten
tiaries to liberty and citizenship at the
same time? —they are no worse, some of
them not as bad, its were thousands of
rebel cutthroats with whom the democ
racy is now willing not only to claim fel
lowship, hut admit to Congress as rulers.
But tiie most absurd part of the Demo
crat's article is the statement that the
result of the elections cause* 1 a shock to
the National credit. We could imagine
that the result shocked British freetra
ders who had invested millions in rebel 1
bonds and cotton loans, and contributed
a million or more to carry the elections in
Pennsylvania and New York against the
republicans; we could form an idea how
Belmont and other copperhead aristocrats
in New York and elsewhere were shocked
011 hearing the knell of their discomfiture;
and rebels south, as well as in Canada,
Europe, the West Indies, &c., must also
have been terribly shocked in learning
that a majority of the people still regard
ed reU'llion as a crime—but as for tstate
and National Bondholders being alarmed,
that is all bosh, claptrap and moonshine.
T/t',y have not yet forgotten who predict
ed that greenbacks and l .ri. bonds would
become as worthless as rags, and as long
as they have their senses they will not
trust tiie men who made those predictions
with a chance of making their predictions
come true.
After the adjournment of Court our
new Sheriff, Maj. Wm. T. McEwen, was
sworn in, and 1). MeKean Contner, esq.,
the clever and popular gentleman who
did the honors of the olliee during the
past three years, retired with characteris
tic politeness and good humor. Mifflin
county never had, and probably never
will have, a more worthy and efficient
sheriff than Mr. Contner.— Democrat.
1 he Democrat also compliments Mr.
Miller as a faithful officer, and in times
past has done the same to other outgoing
republicans. The fact is nothing else
could be said with any show of truth.—
1 here is not now, and there has not been
for years, a republican elected to office in
this county, who lias not ...,.x „,11
the estimation of the public as sober, in
t< Uigent and faithful in the performance
of his duties—facts which show that the
party is governed far more by principle
m making selections of candidates than
in rewarding politicians. The patent de
mocracy might profit by the example set
them, for although occasionally a good
officer finds his way into position, rabid
anil unscrupulous politicians, cow-boys
skinners, defaulters, <fco., have had their
full share during the reign of that partv.
Tfu Harruthurg Telegraph.— This ex
cellent paper continues to hammer awav
at rebels and eopperheads, and in the
meantime also furnishes the latest tele
graphie news, proceedings of Congress
and the Legislature, local items from va-
SK Th T\ S , tate ' and m'Mellaneoua
arta les. Ihe Daily is published at $7
annum; $3.50 for six months; $1.75 for
three months, or $2 for the session Week
con£ thre ® <Pi $4.50; six
Eta,\ A,ldr "
For the Gazette.
We wish to say a few words to the citi
zens of this and Snyder counties more
particularly the agricultural portions of
them, on a subject to them of vital impor
tance. We refer to the Middle Creek
Railroad. Much has been already writ
ten, and a great deal said about this en
terprise, but have our farmers, the class of
all others to be benefitted by this road
thought about it, or are they allowing
others to think for them, and quietly we
had almost said lazily, waiting for others
to act for them. " What benefit will we
derive? 'they will ask. "We are doing
very well; better than our fathers did lie
tore us; we can see the immense advan
tage it will be to the iron interest* of this
portion of the State, but how is ii going
to help us, except as a convenience for
traveling, and perhaps save us a iittle
hauling V"
Let us look at this. Our farmers want
their land limed. Coal is cheaper and
better than wood for burning lime if the
cost of transportation is not so great as to
prevent its use. Let them count the cost
of the coal tliey have hauled in wagons
for that purjKise, then deduct at feast
twenty-five nor cent, difference between
that mode ot transportation and a Rail
road, and the amount of which that sum
is the interest they can well afford tosuh
seribe toward building a road. This is one
item only.
The farmers are told, and very trulv,
that when this road is built they "can find
as good a market for their grain and for
everything that they produce to sell, at as
good a price, and at a much less cost of
transportation, in the Wyoming and Sha
mokin valley's and coal fields, as they
now have in Philadelphia. But will they
want these markets? We think not. We
have been assured within a few days past
by some of the leading capitalists and iron
masters in the State, that the day the
completion of the Middle Creek Railroad
became a fixed fact , that two first class
furnaces, and probably a rolling mill, will
be erected at once at or near Lewistown.
Other furnaces ami manufacturing estab
lishments will spring up, as by magic;
the ore-beds in this vicinity are rich ami
inexhaustible; give the manufacturer an
outlet for his productions, and away to
bring fuel cheaply to their ore-beds, and
capital is as certain to centralize at this
point as water to seek its level. What
better market will the farmer then want
than this? Mitliin and Snyder counties
cannot supply the produce to meet the de
mands of the manufacturing interests at
tin's place, if this road is completed.
Have the farmers ever thought of the
immense tax they pay on every plow, ev
ery wagon tree, every horse shoe, on ev
ery nail, and every agricultural implement
that they use;—and this too, when iron
and timber, the material of which they
are composed, are lying at their verv
doors? Why should iron ore be <Jug out
of the ground here, sent perhaps to Har
risburg or some distant part of the State,
rolled into iron, then transported to some
still more distant place, manufactured
into Uie implements which the farmer
must have, and then brought back to the
point from which the ore started? Hoes
the farmer who uses these articles not
know that he, the consumer, has to pav
for all of this unnecessary transportation?
The true principle of manufacturing is to
locate as near the raw material as possible.
It costs but little more to transport a ton
oi nails than a ton of iron ore, and it re
quires many tons of ore to make one ton
of manufactured iron. Build this rail
road, and thus enable the manufacturer
t<> get fuel cheaply to the rich ore beds in
this vicinity, and we predict that Lewis
town, with her line water powers and
other natural advantages, will at no dis
tant day rival Pittsburg. The consumer
of the article manufactured will reap his
share of the amount saved in manufactur
ing.
Another faot for the farmer : We have
not an acre of land within ten miles of
this railroad that will not be worth, five
years from to-day, if tin's road is built, at
least double its present value. Your tim
bered tracts, which are now almost value
less, will then be of immense value. —
Nothing that you can raise but you will
find a ready market for. You will be in
direct communication with the outside
world, from which you are now complete-
ly shut out, ami the only thing which
will surprise you will he that you did not
build the road ten years sooner. Do not
let our old. men say that they have got
along very well so far, and can do with
out a railroad the little time they have to
stay here. We are not living solely for
ourselves, but for our posterity, and our
country. If you never yourselves enjoy
fully all of the benefits to he derived from
this road, your ehildien, and your chil
dren'schildrpn, will reap the rich reward,
and will thank you for your enterprise.
Ve could adduce many other potent
reasons why the agricultural and all clas
ses should come forward at once, strength
en the hands of the few enterprising men
that have started this great project, and
build the road; but space will not permit.
What we have advanced are not theories
that when put in practice will prove fal
lacious; they are facts, upon which the
lamp of experience sheds a light, broad
and clear as the noonday sun. Not a
railroad built In the .State* hut will dem
onstrate them to be so.
We may in our next issue show some
of the benefits that will accrue to the
mercantile and manufacturing portions of
our community, to the increase in the val
ue of real estate, ami to the saving in the
article of fuel alone to every citizen by !
the building of this road.
We urge upon all to come forward and
subscribe liberally to the stock of the
road. Not as a gift, not as money thrown
away, but as a safe and paying invest- I
meat! If our people at home will at}
mnilPV \C> firrtrtt- tli ir* j
will be no trouble In negotiating the ]
bonds of the company for the purchase of
the superstructure and equipment. Do !
not wait for others to act for you in this j
matter. Don't wait for your neighbor to |
subscribe; think and act for yourself,
and not adopt a do nothing policy, which
might consign this enterprise to a Rip
Van Winkle sleep for the next twenty i
years.
The Richmond Times thus comments
on the reported plan for annexing certain
Mexican provinces to the United States: |
" If several of the provinces of Mexico
shall I** sliced off from that effete empire
and tacked on to this. Uncle Sam's coat >
will he veritably one of as many colors as i
Joseph's. We have already an awful
spice of variety, both in territory and pop
ulation. We have the blue'-nose-Ply
mouth-Roek-codflsh consumers in New
England; putrescent-looking Dutch and
Germans in the Middle and Western
States; white men and Christian people
in the South ; Indians and polygamous
Mormons in the Territories, and* negroes
and mulattoes everywhere."
The Altoona Tribune says Mr. Gib
son was not arrested for embezzlement,
nor in jail, but was taken by a police offi
cer for having made threats against the
detective Piukertnn.
©Si- The Senatorial question is bother
ing a good many of our cotemporaries.—
Having nothing to exjieet, and expecting
nothing from any of the candidates, we
would as soon see Cameron as Curtin,
Stevens, Forney, Moorehead, M'Pherson,'
Sehoheld, Pollock, or anybody else, elect
ed to that p>st, but shall l>e satisfied with
anybody except a copperhead. Some say
Cameron is a rascal, but as there are onlv
two honest men in the United States-
Andrew Johnson and Governor Swan of
Maryland—it would only he making
choice from a lot. One thing can be said
of Gen. Cameron which cannot of all
other aspirants—he never desertsa friend.
and since Lis connection with the repub
lican party, so far as our judgment has
extended, has been as true and faithful to
it as any man in it.
Shocking Murder.— Jacob Zook, of Lan
caster, has received intelligence of the
murder of bis two sons, Noun H. (former
ly residing on Sporting Hill) and Abra
ham H. Zook, near Vieksburg, Mississip
pi, where they had gone to work on a
cotton plantation. The body of Abraham
had been discovered, but that of Noah
had not been found at the last accounts.
1 hey were both known as exemplary men
and citizens. \\ hether they were mur
dered for their money, or because they
were Northern men, is a matter of con
jecture. As far as known the civilauthor
ities had taken 110 action to discover the
murderers.
A YOUNG DESPERADO.
The Louisville Courier gives the follow
ing catalogue of crimes committed by a
young man in Mount .Sterling, Ky.,
twenty-three or twenty-four years of age:
His last exploit was, a few days ago
the shooting of a black man, two shots
taking effect, one in the shoulder and the
other in the thigh. He was promptly ar
rested, but managed to escape at night
and is now at large.
This young man's record, though Grief,
has been peculiarly bloody. On the Sat
urday before the August election of l.Sfio
he killed the first victim, Lieut. Ed. San
defs, of Sharps burg, Bath countv, at a pic
nic near Mount Sterling. Young San
ders had been an officer in the Confeder
ate service. Both young men were some
what under tiie influence of liquor, and
the altercation between them was not of
a nature that would involve, necessarily,
a resort to the use of weapons. Duke
killed him with a bowie-knife. For this
deed he was. tried, and acquitted. His
next exploit was the cutting and stabbing
Lieut. Wash. Mclntyre, a gallant officer
of tlie Twenty-fourth Kentucky Federal
Regiment, last Christmas. Hi's next es
say in blood-shedding was with a pistol.
He shot and killed a negro man. He next
had a second altercation with Lieut. Mc
lntyre, this time shooting and killing
him. His last venture in crime we have
mentioned at the beginning of this no
tice.
3ST O T I C E .
The neautiful Piano Fortes of GKOVSSTEEX <fc Co. are
teemed t.y all good judges to bo the Ultima Thuie of
instruments of the kind.
We cannot suggest what is wanting to make a mu
sical instrument more perfect, although we are slow
t'i admit that the limit of improvement can ever be
attained.
Before they had brought their Pianos to their pre
sent excellence, they had submitted them to compe
tition with instruments of the best makers of this
country and Europe, and received the reward of mer
it. over all others, at the celebrated World's Fair. It
is but just ice to say tnat tie judgment thus pronounced
has not been overruled by the musical world.
Still, by the improvements lately applied by them
to their Pianos, it is admitted that a more perfect in
strument has been made. They have accordingly
achieved the paradox of making excellence more
excellent. Surely, after this, they are entitled to the
motto "Excelsior." novl-Hy
P P PIKTiNF
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS.
X. E. Cor. of Second .V Kact Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
Is now Selling off his Large Stock Cheap for
Cash. ept 12*66 3m.
HENRY HARDER,
No. 520 ARCH Street.
Hns n larce B'o<*k of FINE
WATCHES.
JEWELRY.
SILVER WARE, and
SILVER PLATED WARE
Suitable for Holiday and Bridal
PRESENTS.
Philadelphia, November 14. 1566-2 m.
THE MARKETS.
LEWISTOWN. December 5, 1866.
Whent, red, per bushel <>2 50
white " 2 60
Corn, old, 90
Outs 45
Eggs per dozen 30
Butier per lb 30
Flour is retailing at the following prices:
Lewistown Extra Family per cwt. 7 50
Superfine 6 50
Eitn Family per bbl 15 00
Superfine 13 00
Buckwheat per cwt. 5 00
Coal, per 2000 pounds, delivered
Lvkon's Valley, $5 00
Sunbury, 6 50
Chesnut, 5 50
Wilkesharre, a eo
Nut, 5 50
Pea. 4 75
Blacksmith's, 6 00
Common Salt, o 75
Ground Alum Salt, 3 00
Blaster, per ton, 10 00
MARRIED
At the residence of the bride's father
by Rev. W. Prideaux, M. U. H. LONG, to
Miss SARAH T. MAOAULEY, both of Mif
flin county, Pa.
DIED
On the 28th inst.. in Bratton township
ALBERT p. BRATTON, aged 29 years, l'
month, and 24 days.
w' n .\ eaßert °wn, on Tuesday, Nov. 20
Mrs. MARY A. PHILLIPS, wife of Harll
man I lullips, aged about 28 years.
In Derry township, on Tuesday, Nov.
*> Mf 8 - MARY WILT, wife of R. R. Wilt
of I linton county, and daughter of the
late reter Townsend, deceased, aged 28
years, 11 months and 6 days.
On Monday, Nov. 19th, in Decatur
township, SARAH ELIZABETH, infant
daughter of John W. Kearns, esq., aged
11 months. 1 '
IKac We will forward subscriptions to
the Crosby Opera House Art Association,
or will receive names for a club which
will agree to hold whatever may be drawn
jointly. Price :?•> per share, each share
entitling the holder to a splendid engrav
ing, as well as a ticket in the award of
premiums.
THE GREATEST INVENTION
OF THE ACE.
Sash. Stopper and Lock,
Supports Either Sash at any Poiut.
Srcure Lock Whcnivir Your Sa<h is Closed!!
!I IS FAR >uptT r to weight.* anl tlon'l
*ost onc-tifih a* much. it can Im :ippliei to win*
dow. Ii wi ; ') •' v•r it Apr pup. u.r .v-i "Gtof order.
Citizens of Lew tat/mo ami vioinitv can refer to Wm.
< Vines, (Cnrpenter.) li.dividual rights and com
plete ringing for sale bv
"WM. J. FI.F.MING,
deefs-tf Menno P. U-. Mifflin co.. Pa. j
J > 1 Ill.fi* SALE of Real and IVr
jJ- sonal Projierty. The undersigned
i will sell at public -ale, on the premises,
! on
Tl ESOAY, December 11, IM>6,
i the tollowing property, viz: A valuable
b ARM, containing about 34 acres, neat
j measure, situated in Menno township,
Milllin county, on which are erected a tw)-storv
tw)-storv ST<>Nl* DWELL ING
HOUSE, Rank Barn, Wash House, Wood
| House, and other outbuildings, with Run
ning Water at the door, and Fruit of all 1
kinds in abundance. Also, I will sell at
the same time and plaee a tract of
MOUNTAIN LAND,
containing between 7 and 8 acres. I will
also sell the following personal property,
viz:
1 Marc, 1 Colt, 1 Cow, 7 Shouts, 1 Breed
ing Sow, 1 two-horse Wagon, Buggv,
Sled, Sleigh, Plows, Harrows, Cultiva
tors, Fanning Mill, Corn Sholler, Tug
Harness, Buggy Harness, Collars, Bri
dles, I< !y Nets, .Forks, Rakes, Log Chains,
and a great variety of other articles too
numerous to mention.
Sale to commence at 12 o'clock, M.. on
-aid day, when terms will he made known.
Any person desiring to see the property
j .111 do so by calling upon the undersign
! ed. residing upon tHe premises.
dee.o-lt WM. J. FLEMING.
Valuable Farm at Public Sale.
\\ T ILL be ottered at public sale, at the
' residence of the undersigned, in
Hrown township, on
Friday, December '2l, !•<;.
that well known and valuable Farm, for
merly part of the Henry Ji. Taylor estate,
■dtuate in the township aforesaid, and
hounded on the east by lands of John
1 ferny. Jr.. south by West Kishoeaquilias
creek, west by It. M. Taylor, and north
I y the \\ estKishaeoquilias turnpike, con
taining
114 -A. C IR. E . ,
neat measure, more or less, with a large
two story Frame Farm House, Stone
Hank Barn, Wood House, Hog Pen.
spring House, and other outbuildings
thereon erected, all in good order A
young bearing Or clia r d . two never
tailing Springs near the house, and water,
conveyed from the mountain in lead pipes,
flowing constantly both at the Barn and
near the dwelling, are amongst the advan
tages of this property. There are also a
two-story Tenant House and Stable on the
Farm, near the bank of the creek. The
land is in the liest state of cultivation, all
under good fencing, and all cleared. Al
together it is one of the most desirable
Farms in Kishacoquillas Valley.
A Iso, A 7'met of Timfjcr letncl, situate
on the slope of the mountain, convenient
to t! to T arm, containing JO Acres, more or
ss. The above tracts will be sold xepa
ately or together, as purchasers prefer.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, p. m.
when terms will be made known
GEORGE v. MITCHELL. M D
ELIZABETH R. MITCHELL.
Brown twp., December 5, 1866.-ts
Estate of Bernard Gnrrltj-, deceased.
ML is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of BKR-
N A It I) GA It It IT V, late of Newton Ham
ilton, Mifflin county, deceased, have lieen
granted to the undersigned, residing
in same plane. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make imme
diate payment, and those having claims
to present them duly authenticated for
settlement. JOHN ItOBERT.SON,
deoo-6t* Ad mi n istrator.
Estate of Albert P. Bratton. deceased.
VDTICE is hereby given that letters
xi of Administration on the estate of
A LBERT I'. BRATTON, late of Bratton
township, Mifflin county, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, residing
in said township. All persons indebted
to said estate are notified to make pay
ment immediately, and those having
claims against thesame, will present them
i duly authenticated for settlement
RICHESON BRATTON
dees~6t Administrator.
A 1 ;01TOR'S NOTICE.— The un
dersigned. Auditor, appointetl by the
Orphans' Court of Mifflin county to dis
; tribute the fund in the hands of James F
Mateer, Executor of James McFarland
late of Men no township, deceased, wili
attend the duties of the ap]iointnient
at his office, in Lewistown, on THRIS
| DA\, the 3d of January, next, at 10
; o clock a. 111. Thrum srtir5 rtir re
; (luesteu to attend.
JOa 8. WAREAM,
dees Auditor.
A I'DITOR'S XOTIC'E.
; I undersigned Auditor, appointed
! b - v ( > r Phans' Court of Mifflin county,
i V?. the fund in the hands of
! >. icholas Hartzler, Executor of Samuel
] Lowrie, late of Menno township, dec'd,
\\iil uttoml to the duties of the appoint
| mentat the Kegister'sOffieein Lewistown
I V' 1 a , tur , * v ' °f December next at
,10 o clock, a. ni. 1 hose iuteri'sted are re
| quested to attend. W.P.ELLIOTT
Auditor. I
SHINGLES! SHINGLES!
100,000
White Pine, Lap & Joint Shingles.
ALbO^
PLASTERING LATHS & PALING,
nr£ifm b / GR \ FF * THOMPSON, ' !
Milroy, Mifflin co., Pa. i
FODDER CUTTERS"
' T"b, °-—"J,Ssr-'- *fl HorfSiS!'* I
1)8 HI.EC SALE.
Will be sold at public salt-, at thelat*
: residence of George B. Penepaeker of
Granville township, dec'd., on
IRIDtI. Ih ccmler 7th, IS6,
the following personal property, to wit
Two young Marts, with Foal, I Colt ris
ing - years, 2 Milch Cows, one fresh 4
head vuung Cattle, 1 head Sheep. 1' Brit'd
: ingjjows, llSlioats. 1 horse Wagon,
on Ladders, Sled, Plow, Cultivator, Fifth.
; chain, Cow-chains, Double Tree and Sin
gle Trees, Threshing Machine and Stran
Wind Mill, Grindstone, Grubbing Hop
Grain Cradle, Forks and Rakes.
aboutS TONS GOOD TIMOTHY li V
{ T.ong Straw, by the bundle, 1 Hatliat
' ook Stove, 1 Room Stove and Pipe, a.
other articles too numerous to mention
ftgrSale to commence at 10 o'clock a
; m., when terms will be made known
S. H. McCOY, Adm'r.
J. L. 1 ORTER, Auctioneer. no.2S-^t
at
PUBLIC SA. L E
THE undersigned will expose to public
1 sale, on the premises, in Merino tow n .
j ship, on
Thursday, December .
; the valuable farm, upon which the first
named resides, containing
33.0
more or less, with
A Two-Sforj I.oj ttoin.p,
I.ABCE BA\K BARK,
and several outbuildings thereon erected
—all in good order. There is also a
FINK OIiCHAItI).
nnd an abundance of good water.
Sale will commence at 1 o'clock, p. m
when terms will he made known. '
ROIiFRT M. G If. MO RE
WILLIAM M. GILMORE
Menno tp., Nov. 28, 1556-—2t
PA El) 1 FOR ftLE,
1 11 A 1 L in Nittany A alley, Centre
C? county, 011 the main road from Relle
fonteto I.oek Haven, H miles
west of Htildersburg, s miles i . c .
east of Bellefonte and .5 miles tffia J J! w
from the railroad, eontuiningJS&M'J**
Two Hundred Icrea,
140 of which is under fence, and is A No.
1 land. Ihe improvements consist of a
new BANK BARN, 4.1x76, with power
house, •>6xJ6, granaries, corn cril* &e • a
new FRAME HOCSE. 22x40, with an
L is it; hen ; a young ORCHARD of 150
trees.
I his is one of the best laying Farms in
the county, all sloping gently to the south,
and web adapted for both summer and
winter grain.
Payments will be made easy, if requir
ed. ,-or further information apply to
JNO. IRVIN JR.,
Belle foil te, Pa
rilA>tU\ >T4\l> FOR Sif.E,
X In the Borough of Newton Ilaniil
ton, known as the "Augh-
JBSJj J J A wick House." now occupied
JM$ 1 lift 'A Adam Holliday. This
KS&MHSSbpproperty is well situated for a
Public House, and will Ik- ottered for sale
t lithe 1 Jth December, 1866, unless sooner
Sold.
For further particulars call on the un
dersigned, or address Imjx 52 Newton
Hamilton. WM. P. VANzYndY
JOSEPH CIJII.I)S '
D. IT. STEVENS,
no2I-3t. Trustees.
VALUABLE PROPERTY
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
ABLE small farm situate
F in Deny township, across the Ridge
from Lewistown, (less than half a mile
from toe borough i lately occupied by Jno
< Mri ley, deceased, is offered for sale at
reasonable terms. There are
FIFTY- ONE ACRES
of land, nearly all of which is in good
arable condition. A Two Story Brick
House, small bank Barn, and other build
ings are thereon erected, together with a
good Spring and a large number of fruit
trees.
H not sooner sold, the farm will lie
rented on the first day of January next
Tor further particulars address
r? ~ ASAPH SHENFELDER,
Reading, Pa., or call on Mai. Dayifl
Eisenbise, Lewistown, p a . ootllb"ni
Coopers Wanted.
WE IVILL SHE CONSTAM KBI'LOVJIE\T
FOR ONE YEAR
10 TEN COOPERS,
rpo make Flour Barrels from finished
staxe# and heading. Hood (.'ootiers
can makeover THKKE HOLLA HS A
DAY. R. T. KENNEDY & JJIiO.,
Pearl Steam Mill,
oct24-10t* Allegheny City, Pa.
JUST RECEIVED AT
WEBER & SONS,
A SPLESDII) ASSORTMENT OF
MM lll,mil (IMS,
SUCH AS
SEEDLESS RAISINS.
CURRANTS,
LAYER RAISINS.
< ITKON.
CRANBERRIES,
*Dd the bent (elected
STOCK OF SPICES
in the county. Also.
tftauoa &&&?
Always on Hand.
Lewistown, Nov 7-2 m
THE GREAT IMPROVEMENT!
NIMROD
j certainly the most desirable
j J- Cooking Btove in the market, as it
■ has a number of advantages that others
i have not.
Price Very Low
Every one wanting a Cooking Stove
i should not fail to call and see this.
F. J. HOFFMAN.