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iTheHPitteburg dins changed Jto,
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THe, potato crop inßedford;tlio la
th© best for many years;/ •>•; ,
The Centre cotmtycorirl
completed. ; .
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• A gentleman In Erie _
nose bitten off by a savage dog. , ; .
- The boat race' between Colter and v&fe*
keil fakes place at Pittshorg jonthe 28tb.
The fare on tbe W illiarnßpot t
has been Increased from seven to fen cents.
Titusville -wants a co-operative society to
build homes 1 for her‘workingmen. {
- The presbytery of Blairaville have voted
in of reunion.
It Is a fine of $25 to shoot a partridge in
Chester county for tbe next five years.
Highway robberies ’and burglaries con
tinue to excite the people of Somerset
county,
John Hartman, 80 years of age, commit
ted suicide ou Walnut Run, Berks county
a day or two since.
Philip Voles was killed lastjweek at Ra
ven Run colliery, Schuylkill county, by a
premature blast.
A second-growth crop of raspberries has
been found in some localities of Crawford
county.
Pickpockets have been reaping a rich
harvest at the several county fairs this
fall. >
- The attendance at tho Williamsport races
has been very largo. The grand stand will
"seat 2,500 persons.
] Erie’city has been visited by numerous
[fires lately, which are believed to bo tho
! work of an incendiary.
; A man named Henry Kline, a rag-picker
ifrom St. Clair, was found drowtled in lock
;No. 5, at Mt. Carbon, Schuylkill county, on
[Tuesday morning, Oct. 12',
Two railroad contractors absconded from
Titusville a few days since, leaving be
tween one hundred and tlfty and* two Inin
dred laborers unpaid.
Tho “ Turkey Cholera ” la spoiling many
a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner in
Montgomery county. Some hundreds are
reported to have died.
The Titusville Slar is about to chango
proprietors, when it will be enlarged aud
improved, and will issue a daily and a
weokly edition.
Tho striking of the well on Cottage Hill,
near Oil City, recently, has stimulated de
velopments to a great extent in that vicini
ty.
Thirty two coramissionsfor officers in tho
militia in various - parts nf the Htalo were
mailed by tho Adjutant General's Depart
ment, tho 19ih inst.
A movement is on foot in tho coal regions
to creuto a permanent fund for tho widow
and orphans of miners who may hereafter
ho killed in the mi nos.
Wild ducks are Buid to bo plenty In the
vicinity of Goldsboro, York county. One
gentleman shot forty-two d ucks in two days
in that vicinity.
The ground iu MeadviUo which Rev. F.
Huidekopor has donated to that city for a
public park is about 550 feet square, and
worth $15,000, It is iu tho Fourth ward,on
Poplar slreot.
A young girl living in Johnstown who
-was subject to tits ol insanity died in tho
lock-up of that placo a few nights since,
having been placed there at the instance of
a neighbor.
One of the convicts nvho escaped from tho
penitentiary at Mouudsville, recently, was
recaptured, the 19th iust., near Waynes
burg, Pa., by some of tho guards who had
gone in pursuit.
Abrahum Starry, ofNewberry township,
York county, was killed on the Northern
Central Railroad, below Strawberry sta
tion, tho 18th inst. lie was supposed tube
uudor theinlluenco of liquor.
A female child was found drowned in
Fisher’s Run, Susquehanna twp., Dauphin
couuty recently, aud tbejury found that it
had been murdered by being thrown thoro
by some unknowu female.
Recently the little son of; John Loos was
killed in Pittsburg by a revolver cartridge.
Ue put a match to it and it exploded, strik
ing the child below the [eye .and passing
through the brain.
Oil has been struck about threo miles
and a half from Meadville, though the well
lias not yet been sufliciontiy tested to show
whether tho oil will bo a paying invest
ment.
A young man named John Hogan, of
Perry twp., Armstrong co., fell from a der
rick at Parker’s Landing, a distance of -10
feet, and received injuries from which it is
feared he will not recover.
Mahion Yardley has heon appointed Col
lector of In’ornal Revenue for tho Fifth
Pennsylvania District, and W. (\ G ray lias
boon appointed Collector for tho Seventh
District.
James 11. Jfopkin- - , E-q., of Pittsburg,
sailed for Europe on tho 20th insr. Ho ex
pects to witness the ceremony of opening
(ho Suo/, canal, which will take place somo
timo next month.
A convention of railroad clerks was held
in Philadelphia, on Thursday last, whore
iho first steps were taken looking to tho
formation of a beneficial society to b« called
tho Railroad Clerks’ Mutual Association.
A man named Charles Iloenig, a resident
of Allegheny city, attempted to shoot his
wife qn Wednesday last, but missed his
aim und lodged the content of his pistol in
the body of a noghbor’s child,lmaged about
four years.
About the 30lh of last month a new well
,vus struck on the Curtalu Oil Company’s
i.aot, Lowor Cherry run. At iirst it pro
duced only nhroe or four birrels por day.
but Ibo product has been steadily increased
and now is twelve barrels daily.
Recently while a man was attempting to
to cross the Reading .Railroad at the wood
crossing near. Creasnua, with'a horse and
wagon,, they were struck by an eugiDC.
The horse was killed and the wagon broken
to spliuters..
Not long since a new twenty barrel well
was struck on theHydukoopor farm. Holm*
dou run, near Pithole. At present the pro
duct is black in color like that of the other
wells on the farm, but there nro indications
that this well will produce sopie green oil,
George Barlollc, of Port Jervis, retailed
some minty stories about a Miss Honker,
when Miss Honker, armed with a cowhide,
culled Mr. B. out of a saloon and adminis
tered to him tiiverul severe cuts about the
face and head, at which all
said, served him right.
Tlio dead body of Dr. J. A. Lobougli was
found under the;high sidewalk lending to
die bridge at Venango City on the morning
of iho lDtb. It is supposed that, being in
loxicatod, ho had fallen from the walk the
night previous, receivingsuchinjuries as to
causo his death.
At the Boro’ election held In Wollsboro’,
on tho 12th, Mr. Benj. Seely was elected
Burgess, Charles G. Van Valkeuburg, Con
stable, and John Gibson, Justice. These
gentlemen were elected over the regular
Republican ticket. Radicalism is dying
out, even in Tioga.county.
The Synod of Pennsylvania, New School
Presbyterians, assembled in York, on Tues
day. Rev. Dr. Sunderland of Washington,
D.”C., delivered tbe opening sermon. Rev.
Dr. Cromwell of Wilmington, has been se
lected as Moderator for the ensuing year.
Tho body embraces 12-1 ministers, 94
churches and 17,249 communicants.
The damages by the recent freshet to the
county bridges that span the various
streams in Montgomery county,is probably
from $20,000 to $25,000. Mr. Hilton,at Potts
town, loses $-1000 to $, r >ooo by his dam being
swept away, besides tbe stoppage of his
woolen mill. Hu will imtaodinteiy rebuild
another dam..
A prominent lawyer of Carlisle, Penn
sylvania, Samuel Hepburn, Jr., has been
missing from his home for some time, and
his rolatives and friends are in great dis
tress concerning him. Mr. Hepburn was
last soeu at tbe Continental Hotel, Phila
delphia, on tho 16th inst.
Thos. McGill, redding in Luzerne county,
committed suicide receutly by hanging. He
first tried death by diowning, and after
.wards endeavored to hang himself to a sap
ling. In doing this ho broke tho rope twice.
His third effort was
and the world has one fool lee?.
Tho floods caused much damage in
Bucks county. Hundreds of shocks of
corn and immense quantities of pumpkius
and fence rail?, together with hundreds of
sheep were swopt down all the water
courses. The soil of wheat fields along those
wuter course?, was in many instances, all
wushed off.
Not long since v.-hllo an excavation was
being made on the highway which crosses
the Hast Diamond, in Waterford, Crawford
county, tho remains of a human being
were found which were supposed to bo
those of a French soldier who must have
been buried there about one hundred and
twenty years ago.
A lad named Henry laenberg, fifteen
years of age, accidentally shot himself a
few days ago while hunting in White twp.,
Indiaua county, the ball entering his right
side and creutiug a wound wnich caused his
death in a few hours after being carried to
his home by a number of men who were at
work near the scene of tho unfortunate oc
currence.
Tho National Horse Fair, at Williams
port, attracted considerable attention in that
section of the State, und there wpre also
preaenti representatives from New York,
Ohio, and other localities. Enterprises to
improve the breed of that noble animal, the
horse, caunot bo too fully and cordially
enoouraged, but mere gambling arrange
ments shoifid be discouraged. They injure
rather than advance the real, legitimate
purposes of li.orso fairs.
A few day? ago a,new oil well wosstruok
on the Buchanan Farm Oil Company's
tract, on the Bouth side of the Allegheny
riyer, about one railo below Venango City.
The production is now ten barrels per day.
This well is believed to bo on the same bell
as that on which the wells on Sage ran are
situated. These wells, are about one mile
from the river, and it is highly probable
that tho territory Intervening between them
and the new well mentioned above is pro?
ductlve.
. The Petroleum Centre Record says:-
“The next thing to a duel was indulged in
onthe Egbert farm a few mornings ago,
between twogaUaut men of the ‘Chivalry’
persuasion. ."They had some words, and
proposed to settle it by a duel, -They raped
madeJyj^gpanabothinrFrrnimlPgyßh-wr:
all w© ? fT *
Recently Mr. JosepkSnpith hafrtftoiyal
uable hbrees'-slofenr -f/oni hifl on
has been unfortunate in the loss of
horses, two dying. within : the ; p»st je6r.
The horses that werestolen'werevaiaed at
five hundred dollars. -Gep.lttck Coulter’s
stables were ehtered about the same time,
but fiudingliia Brfbrite Stiai'ger unshod; the
thieves left him upmolested»btit carried off
severalkeys, horse blankets, etty- Lxn ;
Two burgl^eii^r^t^^Rri^Alkaip..
Gleason, in Crawforajcounty, a
few nights since, and were discovered by
Mr. Aiam, who attacked them; in the
scuffle he was cut with a knife, butmqader
such a battle as compelled them to withH
draw. On; examining -bis premises Mr. 1
Akam found he had pulled out the thleHe.
watch; he likewise found a coat andlpocket
book with forty six dollars in it The bur
glars had taken down several satchels and
filled them, but did not take them away. --
Mr. C. W. Keller, .the county treasurer p
Erie, while engaged, tho 18lh inst, in con
versation with a strange mnn, was askea
by the latter to take an apple. Mr. t KeLer
accepted the-apple, and shortly.-afterwards
he eat it About two hours after he had
eaten it he was seized with convulsions, and
at the last accounts was Jn a most critical
condition. No clue to the murderer, ortho
motive for the crime, has as yet been found.
The organization of militia* companies
throughout the State still goes on. The
Adjutant General’s Department recently
.shipped arms to the following parties:
Capt. Franklin Clapp, Delaware county
Zpuaves, Medis, Delaware county, 100 mus*'
kots and accoutrements; Capt. L. Mar
shall, Dayton Blues, Dayton, Armstrong
county, 50 muskets and accoutrements;
Capt. 8. R. Btowarf,* Company I, Philadel
phia Fire Zouaves, G 1 muskets and accoutre
ments.
Recently, as Dr. Blair, of Mercersburg,
was returning homo from the “Corner,” he
was confronted by a masked man who, pre
senting a revolver, ordered him to halt and
demanded bis money. The doctor not being
armed delivered up his pocket book cou
taining about fifteen dollars. The doctor
thon went to the bonse of Mr. Brewbaker,
borrowed a gun, and went in puranlt of the
man. After following him seven or eight
miles, he came in contact with him, when
Beveral shots were exchanged, but owing to
the darkness they were not effective. The
man is a known desperado, and it is hoped
he will yet be taken.
The fall official returns of the recent State
election show that for Governor, Geary, Re
publican, received 290,552 votes, and Packer,
Democrat, 285.950 votes —a Republican ma
jority ol 4590, in a total vote of 570,408. For
Supreme Judge, 'Williams’ majority is 8703.
This volo shows a large fulling off, as com
pared with thoso at the Pennsylvania elec
tions last year. In November, 1868, for
President, the total vote cast was 655,002,
the Republican majority being 28,898, and
in October, 1808, for Auditor General, it was
053,200, the Republican majority being 9677.
Nearly eighty thousand citizens who voted
for President last year, did not vole this
year. ‘
The Johnstown correspondent of the
Cambria Jfreeman administered this dose
to a mean man : ‘*A telegram was sent over
tho wires to Johnstown, signed by one Mr.
Jos. H. Man, to the effect that Geary and
Williams were elected and adding, “How
ts Mt. Pershing?” We do not know whether
it was A/an-ly in that gentleman to ask
such a question, but we can assure him that
Mr. Pershldg never sought the office, and
while liia election would have honored the
State, it could not have honored him more
than he j-eally is already honored. How
ever, ns the groat Webster once said, “The
missile, though hurled with malice, will
fall harmlessly at his feet.” When Alex
ander the <3rent conquered Poros he treated
him “like a king,” restoring his dominions
and adding much now territory. He pos
sessed the attribute ofmagnanimity. “How
is Mr. Man ?"
Mr. Linn, residing near Concord, Frank
lin county, bad a very unpleasant encoun
ter recently. He saw a bear near bis resi
dence, and, procuring a rifle, shot at him.
Tho bear fell and Mr. Lino supposed that
ho had killed him. On going up to him,
however, the bear sprang to bis feet, and, as
quick as a flash of lightning, struck Mr.
Linu senseless to the grouud. He jumped
upon the body, attacked it savagely and bit
one of Mr. Linn’s arms se rely. In the
meantime other persons upproached with
dogs and despatched the bear. Had it not
been for this timely assistanee, Mr. Linn
would doubtless have boon torn to pieces.
As it was, be was pretty severely injured,
but is now improving. It is said that there
is a large number of bears on the mountains
above Concord, having left the Alleghenies
to feast themselves on Chestnuts, which are
very plenty in that neighborhood.
From Nashville, Tenn,
Nashville, Oct, 26.—Andrew Johm;on
is still iu Nuuhville, aud gossip is busy as
to what part bo will next play. The rumor
is current that lie will be a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention, and be the lead
ing spirit of that body. His friends throw
out mysterious nuns iimt no Win couio vui
all right altera while,which probably means
tliat ho will boßrownlow’s successor when
ever that functionary shuffles off tho mor
tal coll, or in case the Senatorial Pastor per
sists in clinging to lifo, then Andy will run
for tho Governor’s Chair the next chance.
Johnson is eoro over his
defeat and lays the blame, it is said, at the
door of Edmund Cooper, because that geu
tlornan snw tit to support his own brother.
Ho undoubtedly felt under obligations to
Johnson, but did not consider them suffici
ently strong to carry his vote, when his
brother was tho rival candidate.
It has not vet been decided when tho Con -
stitutional Convention Is to meet, but it
will likoly convene before tho first of next
yenr.
Tho Legislature is passing through its
business pretty rapidly, and among other
reforms is, cutting down expenses in every
possib'e direction.
A Case for Contest.
The oflicial.mojority for Hiram Findlay
for Senator in* the Somerset diatriot is just
23 votes. His Republican opponent, Ed
ward Scull, Esq., at present revenuo asses
sor for tbe Congressional district, is alleged
to claim an olection.by 17 votes.
Here is a difference of 40 votes. Thero ia
no allegation of fraud on either sidp, except
what grows out of the dispute concerning
these vote?. The disagreement arises jn
this way: The township of Allegheny, an
Somerset county, a remote district lyiDgon
the border of Bedford county, gave Mr.
Findlay a majority of 40 votes. This is tho
usual Democratic majority, varying very
little from year to year. Packer’s majority
at tho same poll was 39, and Seymour leu
Grant 39 votes last year. There is not tho
slightest pretense that any tote cast in this
township was illegal. If any charge of
Iraud were made, its trulh could be easily
ascertained, as every voter in tho township
can bo found, and his claim to tho suffrage
established or disproved. Counting those
40 votes for Mr. Findlay, his majority is 23,
as abovo. Throwing them out altogether,
Mr. Scull’s majority is 17 votes.
But on the day, Friday last, when tho
return judges met in Somerset, the member
of the board from Allegheny township took
with him the tally paper which should have
been deposited in the ballot box, and left
sealed in the box the certificate ot the elec
tion, officers giving the number of votes
cast for each candidate, which lie should
have produced. When this discovery was
bad, a motion was made that tbe board ad
journ until the next day (Saturday) to ena
ble this member to produce the return. The
motion did not prevail, but it was agreed
to adjourn till niidnigbt for tho purpose.
But tho distanco offiftv mile?, over rough
road?, betweeu Somerset and the place of
holding elections in Allegheny township
could not be made in timo, even by killing
a horse or two. The Return Judge did not
arrive at the hour, and the board proceeded
to count up the vote of the county, omitting
that of Allegheny township.
With this defective return, tho Somerset
Senatorial Judge was sent to Bedford. Bui
the Return Judges counted up all the vote?,
declaring Hiram Findlay elected. Tht-
Return Judge from Somerset seceded, or
ganized blm&elf into a board , appointed a
clerk, and connling up the returns, omit
ting those from Allegheny township, do*
dared Edward Scull elected by seventeen
majority.
This is a plain statement of tbe Scull-
Findlay contested O ise. It is scarcely credi
ble that Mr, Scull will come before tbe
Legislature and claim a seat in the Senate
with a claim so barren of right as this. On
his own motion ho will not, and it is not
possible that he will heed the promptings of
such men as Covode and Cessuu, who would
delight at the opportunity of putting a cast’
liko this through an unscrupulous Legisla
ture. If the attempt should be made the
case would become as infamous as Covode’a
claim to a seat in Congress based on u
supplementary proclamation. It would be
worse in one respect. Cavode claimed his
soat on the alleged ground of fraud. This
would be a miserable attempt to take ad
vantage of an informality. In both cases
there is.the convenient Return Judge who
secedes from the convention and constitutes
: himself into a Board* But there is no ne
cessity in pursuing this matter further. ■ It
is not likelv that it will over be heard of m
the next legislature. Onr purpose was
merely,to present tho correct state of tho
Patriot.
An •* Interviewer ’’JCanglit at Unit.
A Cincinnati reporter went-to interview
ox-President Johnson, on 4bo Senatorial
question und. politics generally, and this is
what he got for his trouble: “As a general
thing, all men ought to marry whllo young.
You see, when we grow old our tastes and.
habits become fixed, and they are hard to
change to suit another. I ..believe, like-
Franklin, that matrimony ought to be en
couraged; bat at the present day young
man who bos npt inherited, a fortune, ans
one who must rely upon his own efforts for
every cent that he gets, will find difficulties,
in the way.” • The'*'infcerviewer '* picked
up his-hat, and hastily retreated from tho
presence of Ur. Johnson.
; Cleneral ilagnidor’a Xectnre.
Boston, Oct. 26,-iGeneral' MagrudSr'ifo
neated his lecture cm M Maxlmillian ife
Mexico,” last evening. Many of the audK
ence applauded the sentiments of the lea
turer, especially in. regard to Southern
Generals. *■* ■ i.
The name of Grant was received .
with n significant scantiness of applause* i
IASTmw:
Tha^lJllaots^Slale-prisoKTiow-containa
lSOOlprtoonag.
Beef fi filing at
-In'Texas., c ,.— :r r
ArtificiaPlimbs of unperior Quality aj«,
manufactured. In New pripajus.,-.' oai
A Tdlby Lybrand, tdond, it as Banged lagt;
Friday, at, Lexingtory 8. j ”
Lookout MonntaTnrQa.'Tij bejngsunrty.’ f
ed for Iron, ooal
Snpw,felllßif jft*SE Tae ?dsy r
The National Capifij-TConventlon at SB.
Lonft adjonrnßd-yMterday.'r -rt-if/r ‘■ li 1
-TBs Bodmaixfioiraej'df B?Wk Wand. BI, a ;
was burned yesterday. Vvfs.PfB» ■ : r
Dalton, Mass;
was causiDgyftr-lO®
feo.oooi. -;i -;.- rt-/^ r ; -U : - ir* .
'-QavemorVHaldwin/of Mieblgm. baa
pointed WOtejnber*lStli«saf day; otpankB>'
givlDg.'-•
over if 13*000 ,is'repprted
in the acconnts of-the We City' Treaaurer
-Qf:Newßrunßw!ekj : Hi
■ Tel egra m s ltom SaiLPrandlscQ state that
1,100 through Jtesßengers" passed over the
Union ohd.Central Pacific .roads last week.
. theatres'have been destroyed by
fire In Enrope and America diirlngtbe past
one hundred years. - * ,;r JI
There are atiU.livingin Paris about one;
handled persons who remember the execu
tion of King Louis XVI.
McEttiick has walked one hundred.miles
in twenty-one hours, one minute, ancTthir
ty seconds at Bosten. - •“
Hog cholera Ifi prevailing to an alarming
extent in port io,us of Indiana, many fax-:,
mere having IbatTro'm'ten to forty head,.
,rEx»President Johnson,. it is upw\ '
Will succeed Governor Bro wlnow as united
States Senator from Tennessee in case of
of the latter’s - /
The congreasional-committoe to inv63ti ;
fate outrages upon American citizens in
aragnay began its sessions in’New York'
yesterday, ,
The appearance a night or two since of-a
brilliant-aurora :boxeaiiß at Norfolk, Ya.,
caused a fire alarm to be soonded, emptied
the theatre, andbroughtoutaUtheengines.
While a clerk, in the Boston post office
was stamping a letter on Tuesday evening,
it exploded,injuringhissrmseverely. Tbe
letter oontalned a quantity .Of percussion
caps.
Tbe New York World says : “Nearly all
the parties connected with the late gold
clique were members of tbe Union League
Club, and the movement was originally
concocted in that club house.
A lady “frog”—one Madame Natator—is
abont to appear in London. Her busbaud
“Natator” is “the only and original man
frog.” They perform in tanks of water
like Harry Gurr.
It is said that Mr. Johnston, one of tho
Senators elect from Virginia, and Mr. Gib
son, odo of tbe Representatives elect, are
politically disabled by the Fourteenth
Amendment.
The banks in Texas hold upwards offou.
hundred thousand dollars In coin, while
those of all tbe other Southern States to*
gether contain but two hundred and sev
enty thousand.
Exports of the United States during tbe
fiscal year aggregated $413,934,625. Of this
amount. $138,201,636 ..went to American
vessels, and $275,752,989 in foreign vessels,
Tbe re-exports amounted to $25,173,414.
Yesterday morning, at half-past five
o’clock, an earthquake shock was felt in
Boston, Springfield, Concord, Portland,
Augusta aud other places iu Lhe New Eog
landJStales. \
Fenianlsm continues lively in England
and Ireland. Meetings uro numerous.
Six thousand persons attended tbe funeral
of Martin, tho Fenian, who died at King’s
College Hospital. r
The safe in the Eastern Railroad depot,
at Manchester, Mass., was taken from the
building on Thursday night, and robbed
of $3OO. A large quantity of railroad
tickets were takon, and scattered along
tho railroad.
Two more arrests havo been made at
Richmond, Vn., in connection with the re
cent tobacco frauds one of them being
Charles Jackson, a tobacco manufacturer of
Petersburg. Baunasch’s Jaotory was seized
yesterday.
An armed mob is endeavoring to prevent
the collection of taxes in Jackson and
Washington counties, Florida. The State
tix collector and his wife have been mur
dered in Washington county, and seven
murders aro reported in Jackson county.
General; Daniel Morgan Brodfonj, who
died in Huntsville, Ala., a few days aco, at
the advanced age of ninety-seven years
served in the war of 1812, and was acaptaii
in tho evermetnorable Bth of January, lSlc
at New Orleans.
A single English colony has lately bough"
30,000 acres of land in Kansas. The tract is
to be divided among no fewer than 1,200
families, consisting of well-to-do farmers
and artisans. German and Swedish colon
ists have also purchased largely.
“My boy,” said a clergyman to a boy
who was fishing off a pier, “don’t you
know that it is wicked to catch fish on Sun
day ?” “ Guess I hnin’t sinned much yet,”
said the bov. withouttakins his nyo from
the cork ; haln’t had a nibble.”
Tho poor devil whom Mrs. Elizabeth Ca
dy Stantou married, and now leaves at
home to take care of tho children, while sbe
makes u cheap monkey-show of herself in
the “lecture field,” is described as “a
quiet, thoughtful Jittio man, with plenty
of bushy, dark hair, and an inoffensive
manner.”
The River Improvement Convention at
Portage City, Wis., adopted a resolution
declaring that a nuvigabio connection be
tween the Mississippi and the great lakes
is a necessity, that such a route can be
made through the Fox and Wisconsin riv-,
era, that the cost will not greatly exceed'
four millions of dollars, and that the Gov
ernment should carry out the improve
ment.
A lively demand for tracts at a Western
settlement recently encouraged tho hopes
of the Tract Society that an immense work
of revival must be going on there. The cry
was constantly for “ tracts, more tracts.”
At last it leaked out that the settlers were
using these promoters of faith, not for
moral comfort, bat to paper their log cab
ins with. The Tract Society, since the dis
covery, is a wiser, but a sadder institution.
It is estimated that the gorge, six miles
long, below Niagara Falls was made in
31,009 years, at the shortest. That time is
embraced in only one period of age, the
I’osttertiary period, or Mammalian age.
Preceeding this ago were the Reptilian,
Carboniferous, Devonian and Salurian
ages. As most of these ages were much
longer than tbe Mammalian, an approxi
raateidea of tbo time of the world’s forma
tion may be had.
Few are probably aware of the fate of
Lord Byron’s heart. After bis death at
Miasolonghi in 1822, his body was embalm
ed and sent to England, but the heart was
begged and obtained by the Greeks, who
enclosed it in a silver case. Four years
later, after the protracted seige of Misso
longhi, a sallying party, carrying the relic
with them, cut a way with a great sacrifice
of life through the Turkish lines ; but tho
heart was lost in crossing the marshes.
An Eastern youth traveling in au unciv
ilized regions between here aad California
provided himself with a small pistol, so as
not to be out of fashion. While he was ap
parently examining it, but really “showing
off,” a brawny miner, whose belt was
weighted with two heavy six-shooters,
asked him what he had there. “Why,”
replied tbe young man from the East, “that
is a pistol.” "Wal,” said the rough, “if
you shoot me with that, and I should find
it out. I’d lick you like fun.”
The; Agricultural Burean estimates that
the cotton crop of the Southern States this
year will be worth $240,000,000, while the
total value of the exports of the South is set
down at Tbe South is actually
richer than before the war. There is notso
much concentration of wealth among the
few', but there is a general prosperity which
is most gratifying, aud which has made it
self felt in the fail trade of the Northern
market? very perceptibly. The West is
purchasing no more than usual, and is be
ginning to manufacture incompetitionwitb
us, so that the regenerated South is once
more our best customer.
One of those curious cases of proseuti-,
mont of which we so ofen hear lias just
occurred in Atlanta, Georgia. A workman
in tho railroad shops there persistently said
he had had a revelation that lie should die
at twelve o’clock on Tuesday last and at bis
request a fellow-workman promised to toll
the bell of the works at that hour. The
day and the hour came. The man dressed
himself in his best, and lay down upon his
bed to await the speedy coming of the dread
messenger. The solemn note of tho bell
was sounded, but tho man—did not die.
The iron ramrod did not supersede the
wooden one until 1742, when it was intro
duced into tho Prussian army by Prince
Leopold, of Anhalt Dresseau. The bay
onet was preceded by various contrivances,
such as an axe attached to the barrel, then
u dagger, etc., stuck into the latter. But,
us this was an impediment to firing, a
ring was added, about 1691, to the bayonet,
whereby thfe blade,-instead of covering tbe
muzzle came to be flush with its rim. This
however, was still inconvenient for loading
so that at length the bayonet was provided
with a neck, as it now is. This was about
1705.
Somebody in England proposes a well
merited compliment to the lato Mr. Adam,
original proprietor of the Garden of Eden—
that is, to build a monument to his memo
ry in Mesopotamia, where it. is understood
bo formerly resided. The originator of the
idea proposes a cent subscription through
out Christendom to raise'-the necessary
fund?. The New York World commend 3
the project, and is ready with its contribu
tion ; if tbe individual will inolnde a mon
ument to Eve in his design it will oheer*
fnlly doable the amount (two cents}!
Will Judges Brewster, Allison and Peirc*b
tell the.coynmunlty by what bright they in- •
vited Mr. Mann to aconsnltation with them
in regard to-the Contested-election case? It
has generally - bfcoh; \sni>j>Qse r dt that tho
Judges decided cases.T'hig'caie,liowQver,
proves Lhat'.pounsfel cAii be called in, and
th at, too,, in.the absence of one Judge, who
might have resented the intrusion.- : ' : The
people haven.right- to know' Mr. Mann’s
presence at,, the qtinsulfdtVdn,. azid eilsnoo
wiU not’ bespißclent ;to caver, Aba > indecen -
joy ofthese three Judges, who thus violated
‘their obligstlon to the people and their duty
os Judges. Will they, tell an. outraged peo
ple, why Mr. Mnnhi wfisinade An associate
In theit deliberal I—JSunday Mercury. ;
ju «na ygwiaiK-ife^-
iETOJ'B TEElßtm'rTft B£uK,by
Tills little*s»Ki»pP»re under tee initpfc
of the sslM.net S a story forjhe ypgng.,
i YL;
t rafale deTtneflUmi trof. jtigrflgtar f ;anjr
written in r etroDgitdedr and ' Yigorotis styled
It will berfead'-with pleaanre'and j profit by
r y ;r::
by
L.'<L. >®.^^te3iaeufc‘ : Ifes:
male CdHeg&T-TiUs ;i3 a 3SUIe 'boofc.seeffit-..
iagly' prepared wltfi care,' and gotten <pp,
withgpod j adgnreotr~ It Is amannriofi?*
ipg*of£aoh day In- the nionifa °Jl>slgn6d for
aiid private £am-
iteetf to the atten* i
tibnpfLboaetbwhomit jsad dressed.* .
'Sabbath SchoolMAHtrAi; bylte satne :
author.—This is a manual, prepared Tor the
conduct of : religious .exercises in Sabbath;
Schools, and so arranged .as to be used- in'
families on tbemoming andevening of the:
Sabbath day. J Th&irfgh character of
a.Christian Minister andexperi
eqced teacher, is .a guarantee of :the high
character nf these volumes: • f
-Jenkins’ Handy XExrcoif.T-Thls is a
pocket lexicon of all except familiar .words,
including the principal scientific and tech
nical terms, and fqrelgiv weights and meas
ures. The 1 JjondonAfoT7rfny<Starsays,of it:
“ thus every word which any 'reader bnt
the most Ignorant, and any reader but the
tn'osf amazingly-learned, could need to look
for in a dictionary, is found inthepotumns
of this little wort'.’* : It is a valuableguide,
and ought to. command a largo sale in this
country. ' * >...
1 Plain EdtrcatiojtalTaxes, buAlbert N.
Rdub+A. M. t SuperinUiidehlo/IfO'ck'ffaven
Public '/Schools. —-This is a thoughtful and
practical book, furnished by a well-trained
and highly educated -practical teacher*
whose large experience has given hint the
opportunity of becoming fully conversant
with the needs of teachers and parents in
Pennsylvania. It is fall of valuable sug
gestions, which are -put-forward in an at
tractive and impressive manner, and it
cannot fail to find favor with intelligent
teachers and parents. la style it is plain,
and there is no apparent attempt at display,
the author haviDg very judiciously con
tented himself with a presentation of his
ideas in a plain and unpretentious manner.
This adds to the value of a book which will
commend itself to the public by its intrinsic
merits.
AU the above books are published by
the firm of Olaxton, Remsen
<fc Haffelnnget, Philadelphia, and for sale
by J. E. Barr & Co., East King Sts.
UPHAM’9 IIENTATi PHILOSOPHY,—We
are also Indebted to Barr & Co., for a copy
of this standard work, Of which a ijew and
finely printed edition has just been issued
by Harper & Brothers. It la a work too
well-known to stand in need of any com
plimentary notice, having' been long a
standing text-book in the best schools of
thiß country, and regarded as a necessary
appendage to every private library.
John - and the -Demijohn.—We have
received from the publishers a handsome
bound copy of this admirable temperance
tale by Mrs. Julia McNair Wright. It is
full Of sad interest, - depicting the rain
wrought by intemperance in a manner
which is calculated to lead the most thought
less to reileclion Published by Hoary
Hoyt, Boston, and for sale by the trade
generally.
Woman, Her Rights, Wrongs and
Responsibilities.—This is not a work on
female suffrage, but a history of the rela
tive position occupied in society among dif
ferent nations, and in different ages, .with a
review of the arguments of those who pro
pose to remedy all evils by female suffrage.
It takes strong ground against the new
movement, and vigorously combats the
reasoning of its advocates, i t is handsome
ly illustrated. Published by L. Stebbins,
Hartford, Conn., and for sale generally by
the trade.
An Entire New Edition of the Com
plete Works of Mrs. Caroline Lee
Hentz.—Those who admire prose fiction
of a high order, will receive with satisfac
tion the announcement that T, B. Peterson
and Brothers, Philadelphia, have, in press,
lor immediate publication, a new and com
plete edition of all the novels and writings
of the late Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz. Un
fortunately, this lady, whose natural intel
ligence and talents had been improved by
the highest culture, and who moved in the
first circles of society, first in her native
Massachusetts and finally in the South,
died In the maturity of her powers—her
writings remaining os a memorial of her
worth. Into sothe of her novels she intro
duced incidents of her own childhood and
womanhood. The whole of her works will
be issued complete in twelve large duode
cimo volumes. Two volumes will be pub
lished each month until the series is com
plete. onevocjumcmitrnrjvret, *rrr
thc fifteenth of the month. They will be
printed ou the finest paper and bound in
the most beautiful style, in fine Morocco
cloth, with a new, full gilt back, and sold
at the low price of §1 75 each, in morocco
cloth ; or in paper cover, at $1 50 each. The
first volume will be issued on November
Ist, 1800, and will bo “Linda; or The
Yooug Pilot of the Belle Creole.” Tho
first volume, “ Linda,” will contain atoll
and complete Biography of the late Mrs.
Caroline Lee Hentz, which has never before
been published. The second volume will
be issued on November 15th ISGO, and it
will be “Robert Graham,” a Sequel to
“Linda; or, The Young Pilot of the Belle
Creole.” These will be followed, one on
thefirsthand one o?i the fifteenth of each month ,
by “ Ernest Lin wood; or, The Inner Life of
tbe Author.” “The Planter’s Northern
Bride; or, Scenes in Mrs. Hentz’s Child
hood.” “Marcus Wariand ; or, the Long
Moss Spring.” “Helen and Arthur; or,
MissThusa’sSpinning Wheel.” “Court
ship and Marriage;or, the Joys and Sor
rows of American Life.” “Eoline; or,
Magnolia Vale; or, The Heiress of Glen
more.” “Rena; or, The Snow Bird,” a
Tale of Real Life. “The Lost Daughter,
and'other Stories,” “Tho Banished Son,
and others Stories of the Heart,” “Love
after Marriage, and other Stories.” This
series will no doubt prove to be the most
popular series of Novels over issued in this
country. They will be for sale by all
Booksellers, or copies will be sent per mail,
post-paid, by the publishers, on receipt of
price.
The “Atlantic Monthly" for Noyember,
opens with on article by Parton, on “The
Small Sins of Congress.” There are articles,
besides, on “Mobammqfl,” “Earthquakes,”
“Increase of Human Life,”” “Old Bankers
of Florence,” Ac. Mrs. Agassiz contributes
a very interesting paper on “Dredging in
tbe Gulf Stream,” and Oliver Wendell
Holmes a fine Poem on Humboldt vs. Bon
aparte. The number is very good. Fields,
Osgood & Co., publishers, Boston. §4 a
year.
Lippincolt's Magazine for November con
tains The Vicar of Bullhnmpton—Part five
—By Anthony Trollope. The Daughters of
Toll. A Poem. Wear and Tear ; Murder
Most Foul; Fuel; A. Catch ; Beyond the
Breakers; Tbe Satisfaction usual among
Gentlemen ; The Great Flood, a tale; Jaffa
to Jerusalem; Watching for Dawn; Geo.
D. Prentice ; The First and Last of the Buc
caneers ; Rocollections of an
Monthly Gossip; Literature of tbe Day.—
This number contains two finely executed
foil page illustrations of the Vicar of Bull
hampton. Terms $4 a year. J. B. Lippin
cott & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia.
Once A J/outfi.*-This new Magazine is
one of tbe most entertaining, instructive
and readable Monthlies published, and al
though not quite a year old, has mot with
an unprecedented and cordial reception,and
its high literary excellence is everywhere
acknowledged by the press, and many per
sons of intelligence and culture throughout
the country. The November number is
one of the best we have yet read. Extra in
ducements are offered to subscribers tor
for 1870. Terms, $2 per ‘annum ; published
by T. S. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.
One of the most singular accidents we
have had to record for many a year occur
red at the residence of Mr. Vinage, near
Jones Station, on the line of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, last Tues
day night.
A married daughter, who lives in Ken
tucky, was on a visit to the old homestead,
with her child some seventeen months old.
The littJo one being hungry asked for a
piece of bread, which the mother ordered
the servant girl to get.''
The latter picked up the child in her
arms, took a long carving knite from the
cupboard, and started down the cellar steps
to where the bread was kept. In go/fag
down her foot slipped, and as .Bhe feU the
knife stood point upward on the steps, the
blade of whioh penetrated the heart of the
child, producing almost instant death. The
Our Young Folks.— This monthly, so pen fails to depict the grief of thd almost
popular among the young folks, has been neart-broken mother when the corpse of
recently very interesting*, owing to “The her darling babe was brought into her
Story of'h'Bad Boy” which it contains, presence. The house which only a moment
written by Mr. T. B. Aldrich. TheNovem- before was a scene of joy and festiyity,
bernuinbercontainscbapter2oofthlBßtory. was, by the singular accident, turned into
The other contents comprise “ The First a place of mourning' and sorrow.—Cm.
New England Thanksgiving;” “Chased Times, IGfA,
by a Pirate; ” Our Letter Box, etc. Terms
$2 per year; published by Fields, O?good
cfcCo., Boston, Mass.
Arthur's Some\Magazinc.~ This excellent
home periodical seems to bo widening its
circle of influence year by year, and to take
a stronger hold upon the hearts of the peo
ple. It seeks to make wiser and happier
every household that receives it, and .it is
claimed tbatitis doing this work In .Amor
can hdmes all over the land. The Novem
ber number is fully equal to any of its
predecessors. Terms $2 per year, publish
ed by T. S. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Ballou's Monthly. —The November num
ber of this cheap M agazme, has a varied and
interesting table of contents. In the January
number the publishers will commeuce a se
rial story for adults, by James Franklin
Fitts, entitled “ The Struggle for Mav
erick, ” which promises to be attrac
tive. The Monthly contains upwards of
one hundred pages, and is furnished to sin
gle subscribers at $1.50 per annum. Address
Elliott, Thornes tfc Talbot, G 3 Congress St.,
Jlostou.
. The Lady's .Friend,-The November num
ber of this popular monthly has a life-liko
steel plate of‘‘The Sisters,’? such sisters as
may be found in many an American home.
The Colored-Fashion .Plate is graceful and
stylish, A romantio picture, illustrating.
Herrick’s l Night Piece to Julia,’ and a.
gronp of , for Young Ladies,’.in
.which that important portion, of linmanity
will find some loves of . toilettes, intro
duces a series of taking illustrations;— :
The literary matter of the number Is most
excellent, and constitutes a feast of reading.
The publishers' offer great inducements to
ne w ten cents for a sam
ple oopy.to Deabob& Peterson, 319 Walnut
street, Philadelphia; Price Is 2 50 a year
(which also includes a large steel engrav
ing*) ‘‘The Tody’s Friend’.’ and .“The:Sat
ttrday Evaning.Bdst’* (and one engraving),
{4:00. Specimen humbeisjasntforfen cents.
/. G<)dpy, ,\n the November number, pre
sents some; very fine:illustrations to his
subscribers .-His steel-plate, fashion-plate,
and tintedplcfurea are all.that conld be 3®-
'sired” ln addition is
given an extension sheet containing thirty
nine illustrations of artiolea-eßpeclally de-
ladios and childrens "an extra
■plateTOTohndrCfi ? s fashions; TronHmtlßack
view of an opera oloak; and a"design for a
home-made , toilet table. The Book-fig
■usual Jhaa sevraV<M>itel-storiu>Trom-ihe
"fiesTwriters. TennatyJE
•»-•/ rt .: ", f, ( v --.. •“ . ,U
%xphDext&- matter^-1 bqllftcab - .literary and
:Thia.AbJ% won|^iiy^>ows
3feCc£
‘' Packard’s Monthl&rsThß November num
ber of been received and.
contains* *n; .nnntraflly goad selection of
ixnatter.f irhe) unusual .success which thia
jnag&ziite has met ihata brief career hasm
rdflbed:tbe publisherte contemplate :ais en-v
largementandgeriajralimprovenient,whinh.
he fumhopces aslpoaltivelvio ga in ta effect
at the beginning of. lhesen; yeta The pace
wiU«-fi»m tbatdefie^befixedat’^aipCr* an
uum; which •’wiU leeve.'lt yet .one,of the
very cheapest and beet of all onr-Americah
mnnthti^R.—Publlahed by S. S. Packard,
937 Broadway, ."NowYork.
Die number
of this popular and Illustrated magazine
for Fashions and Fancy Work is an ele
gant one, being filled with the finest and.
most perfectly executed engravings with
supplements of Patternsand Diagrams, and.
accompamed'by an exqnisitely-oolored steel
plate offashions for that month. DieMod
enwelt; at Berlin,Prussia t and
imported ty 8. T.. Taylor, 391 Canal street,
N. Y., and furnished to subscribers at $3
per annum.
Ze Boh Ton and X« France Elegante.—
Each of these beautiful journals'ot Ladies
Fashions for. November is an excellent
number, and contains richly colored steel
plates or the latest styles of custom as worn
by the firsfladies of Europe and America,
besides other engraylngs T 'patterns and the
regular descriptions of plates, etc.—
These magazines of Fashion are published
at 64 Rue Ste. Anno,- Paris, and imported
by 8. T. Taylor* 391 Canal street, N. Y. The
terms of Le Bon Zbnare $7 per annum, and
of La France JSleganter, $6.
Clergy man Charged with Harder.
The grand Jury of Kane county, 111.,
have found an indictment against Rev.
Twnafi B. Smith; of Turner Junction, for the
alleged murder of his wife by drowning
last June. It .appears that in the early
part of Jane, Smith, with wife, drove
in a buggy to . Elgin, and in the evening
returned to the bouse of Mr. Benton, a
brother-in-law, about two miles from Elgin
in considerable excitement, and asked if
his wife was there, sayiog tnat his buggy'"
had been overturned in crossing a small
stream about a quarter of a mile from Mr.
Benton’s, and he and his wife thrown out,
and as he had not been able to find his wife,
after getting out, he thought she) might
have gone to the house and left him. He
accounted tor the overturning of his buggy
by saying that the horse having stopped in
the stream to drink, lie stepped over upon
one of the* thills to uncheck the reiD, when
his wife called to him to hurry, that she
felt faint, when the horse started, and turn
ing sharply, threw them both out, dragged
him under the water and across the stream
twice, the wheel passing over him, and the
horse stamping him under foot.
When he got up he looked around for his
wife, and seeing the buggy robe floating in
the stream, supposed it to be his wife, and
caught it, and then wen ton to Mr. Benton’s
to look for help. He subsequently gave a
different version of the affair, and the horse
beiog found standing still in the water,
with the buggy resting on one side, just
where the alleged accldont took place, and
ti e body of the woman only ten or twelve
feet from the buggy, led to investigation.
It also appeared, after Mrs. Smith was
buried, that there was insurance to the
amount of three thousand dolliars on her
life, and au accident insurance of six thou
sand dollars, which facts Mr. Smith had
kept concealed, because, he said, they would
make talk. It was also discovered that
the stream was but seventeen inches deep,
where Mrs. Smith is said to have faU-.u
from the baggy. Other circumstanr> cast
suspicion upon the affair, and Mr. Smith
has been indicted as above stated. Public
opinion in Turner and vicinity is divided
as to bis guilt or innocence, but Mri. Ben
ton and other friends believe him innocent.
A Wki»H.ey League Formed to Lobby
Congress.
Washington, Oct, 20. The Revenue
Department has advices which show that a
combination has been formed by/all the
prominent distillers in the country for the
purpose of affecting Congressional legisla
tion during the coming winter in regard to
the collection of the Whiskey Tax. This
organization is to be known as the “ Whis •
erTul. ~One of the schemes which thTs
League will attempt to get through Con
gress is the raising of the tax on whiskey
to one dollar per gallon, and doing away
with the storekeepers’, the capacity tax.the
per diem tax and the license; letting the
one dollar tax pay for tho whole. The dis
tillery is to be taxed up to its measured ca
pacity, and the gauger is to measure once
a month, to see if the distillery works up
to its capacity. This arrangement appears
plausible enough at first glance, but as the
present multiplicity of taxes oul«amount
to about seventy cents per gallon, »ie won
ders why the distillers prefer to p«£the ad
ditional thirty cents on a gallon. Thore are
numerous other plans for changes to be ad
vocated by this league, but its wholo ob
ject seems to be’ merely to get the law
changed, it makes no difference how, for
during tbo transition from one law to the
other there will bo splendid chances for
fraud.
Ike Petrified Body of a Giant.
The Syracuse Courieraajß: OnSaturday
morning last two men, by the name of
Gideon Emmons, and Henry Nichols, were
engaged in digging a well on the farm of
Mr. Newel, about a mile and a half from
Cardiff, when they suddenly came upon
what appeared to be a man’s foot of colos
sal dimensions; at first they were Bome
what startled, as a matter of coarse ; and
proceeding to dig around it they discovered
the legs and body of what they supposed to
be a petrified man of monster size. The
body lay about two and a half feet below
the surface of tho earth, on its back, with
its right arm and baud crossed upon its
breast. Its legs were crossed, one lying
upon and across the other. The news of
the discovery of the supposed human being
spread like wildfire .through the valley
and all day Saturday and Sunday hun
dreds of people visited the locality. Dr.
J. F. Boynton, of thiß city, a geologist
celebrity, paid a visit to the locality, yes
terday, afternoon, and made a most thor
ough examination, and pronounces it to
be a statue of a Caucasian. The features
are finely cut and are in perfect har-r
mony. The stone Is the gypsum of Onon
daga county, 'lt ip the” doctor’s Opin
ion that the statue was carved by the Jesu
its or the early inhabitants of the country,
and was placed in the slough in whieh it
was foufia for the purpose of concealing it.
The dimensions and proportions of the
statue are colossal and majestic. Its length
is ten feet three inches, we incline to the
opinion that the discovery is the petrified
remains of a humanbefng* .z-jb. statue would
hardly have its legs urbssed, nor would its
arms be placed in the position described
above. The features are as perfect and the
form is ns complete as that of a living per
son, and it has overy appearance of having
once been a human being.
A Fearful Accident—A Baby stabbed to
tne Heart.
Tbe Man of Tobacco Again.
Commissioner Delano> decides that the
mixing of fine cut shorts with other-kinds
of tobacco, whether chewing or smoking,
renders the tobacco so mixed liable to a tax
of thirty-two cents per.pound; that “refuse
scraps pr awpepings,” whether, resulting
from the manufacture of chewing tobacco.
or the manufacture of cigars, to be entitled
to the tax of sixteen cents per pound, must
•,be put upland, sold substantially in the or
dinary condition in which they are made.
IT they are remantrfacth r ed, the tobacco
made therefrom Is liabletO a tax of thirty
two cents per pound; that tobacco prepared
by process generally emplbyed in theman
ufactore chewing tobacco, using sweeten
ing, lioorice, or Bweetened material,; is
liable to the tax of thirty-two cents per.
pound, though claimed, to be sweetened
smoking tobacco.. ,
'Tbe'WorfalnßPeppJe.,
Mr.-G'. X Holyoke.awell known writer
inTSngiand on questions; ofjnterest .to. the
working classes,. has ' be^n 1 uiiiklhg: some
practical remarks on OQHjperation and! in
dustrial partnerships.-Of tiie formersystem
ho saysv-No.workmeb, in
number,
stcrro-iitßnjr'.pfljrcofjtiib So looks
to industrial partnerships as affording the
beat hope lor.the artisan andlaborer. -*lThe
fair consideration by. the employer of the
workittan’s'^iiStefcest l! j>ays.” _^\Yh 6 h that : L 1
pHndiple /we. shall see • V ;MAiTO£ltf Affairs.—tfiram the Sentinel:
the system; very;genexslly The* i; oriThariday. night, the 7th tat.,a.valu
workmen have an interest in preventing mare'was stolen from the premises of
•wastepma-iir Tor : -Hsnty E. StehmaD, iaPenn twp. A re
they are to share in < r tp.e..pronts of the ;con-‘ of $6O Isofferedior the recovery of the
cern,.. At the Whitwood collieries the'men ma’rd'a&d the apprehension and conviction
recently had £3,000 to .divide .among .them, ofthe thlef.
over and above theirwages.- -The employers •; /'■ ——7-
reoeivOdthe tame sdfii* 'ltlseasy to see •'= MarXet Master.—Mayor Atlee has ap
thatf- ‘afan! become ‘obsolete pointed George W.Hoffnagle, Market Mas*
hnderwctta pmn ffjihj ter, vice John-Kuhris, removed.
;LocalMib€EU*a.
pnedollargreenbac
m circtilation^^Wll
re they can
_ “2*6 cu
«««.on tnaonete. jt
ionw E^fy'b^s'Netted'a
wlargegrist mil l on tbekiteof -
lpr:Adam <3Wc, on
IWeldiHfl&i is
appletreefrom which there i.ww this Reason
taken twenty-six bushels of good'apples,
'berid&i appW enough to make eighty-one
gallons or older. . ! '.V; v -.
- An apothecary whtraells Uqaor in a smal
lerquantlty thaqhalf ti pint Is liable to A
fine unless he pays a retail rmn sellers
license. How we are progressing* under
the benign fevendelaws;.!.) : ;
A very -fine parade ! of :the American Me
chanics pfrStraShnrg too); plane on. Thurs
day afternoon last*. :Jntheeyenittgajneet
ina was* held In "the ' Town Hall, which
was addressed by Ref; Wm. H. Pngh, Maj
A. C. Reinoehl and others; ; ;
descent,named
Catharine Stelpman, left her home, in the
villager Snioketown, in East Lampeter
township, this county, on Thursday, the
14th insL, and has noi since been seen or
heard from. " •
Farmers, Gardeners • and Housekeepers
should never forget' to oeed of
everything they grow and the very best
•seed they- can fpftk out! Like'produces
like. Good healthy seed - produces good
healthy plants, and best varieties are al
ways eheapeet. , .. ,
Daring the five years daring which
Bishop Bigler has-been pastor of the Mora
vian Church, in thiacisy, he' haa preached
372 sermons,*delivered 1701ectaree, held 66
children’s meetings, instructed yoaths 5o
times, held young men’s' bible class 40
times, delivered 104 lessons to catechumens,
administered the Lord’s Sapper 31 times,
attended to 76 baptisms, 68 fimerals»4l mar
riages; ordained 17 lB presby
ters and 4 deacons, apti. made 3,261 visits to
the sick and .other members or theoongre
cation. Five years ago the chmch was in
debt 1500; now it is oat of and has
collected in that period $13,208.64—an aver
age of $2,640 yearly.
Coubt op CoKitop JPlkas.—Court com
menced yesterday morning with Judges
•Hayes and Libbart on the bench.
The following cases have bean.disposed
Henry, Joseph and Ann Weiler
vs. Reading and Columbia Railroad Com
pany. Settled. „ - _ ,
Elizabeth and Benj. B. Herr ve. Joshua
McComsey. Settled. • . .
In the case of Peart <fc Cooper vs. Robert
H. Pennington, verdict was rendered for
plaintiff of $1038.80, with costs of suit.
Samuel Whitson vs. Robert H. Penning
ton. Verdict for plaintiff of $328.54 debt.
The cash of John Hildebrand vs. Jacob
Eckman, John Eckman and John H. Eck
man, is notf on trial.
The following cases are marked ready for
trial: . „ ,
Dan’l B. Eckman vs. Benj. Eckman; New
Holland Turnpike Company vs. Isaac
Mishler; Fifth National Bank of Chicago vs.
David Klllfnger; D. *G. Eshleman, Assig
nee, vs. J. H. Stockman; Isaac Kaylor vs.
J. Daffy, S’. Nagle and James Mehaffey;
Robert Ma’xwell vs, AbijahD. Gyger; Chm.
Zook vs. John A. Hlestand and others;
John K. Barr vs. Chas, Grove; Peter Me-
Collough <fe Co. vs. Wm. Miller.
Thefollowicgcasea were continued: Far
mers’ Bank of Reading vs. 8. P. Kase.deft.,
G. S. Maltby, Garnishee; C. H. Musselman
vs. Penna. Railroad Co.; Daniel G. Groff
vs. Penna. Railroad Co.; Miller, Bear <fc
Co. vs. Penna. Railroad Co.; Moooey &
Smith vs. Penna. Railroad Co.; James M.
Pettit vs. Charles E. Smith ; James B. Min
nicb,and H. C. Blummer, Executors ofGeo.
Minnlcb, deceased; Richard Baldbridge vs.
Chas. E. Smith; Amos Groff vs. J.&J. F.
Herr; Jacob E. Boker vs. A. W. Schwartz;
Susquehanna Canal Co. va. Cyrus Lydich;
Columbia Manufacturing Co. vs. Reading
and Columbia Railroad Co; Benjamin
Morton vs. H. Skien and I. Mellinger;
Swutara Falls Coal Co. vs. Joseph Shertz;
Robert Maxwell vs. George C. Eckert.
The Wild Hog Hunt.—About twenty
five of our most expert banters rendez
voused at Martin Burkhart’s Hotel, in
Rohrerstown, on Friday, for tbapurpose of
capturing the wild bog, widen baa been
making Chestnut Hill its home for some
time past. After a splendid dinner at
Burkhart’s, the hunters with their rifles
and shot-guns took to the woods, penetra
ting the dense undergrowth, descending
the deep ravines, and climbing the steep
knobs lor which that locality is so noted.
After a bunt of about two hours, a deep
quick grunt, caught the ear of Mr. Fred.
Waltz, and peering in through the bushes,
he saw the brute, staring directly at him
only a few rods off. In an instant he seDt
a load of buckshot directly into its head.
The hog fell, but rose again, when Mr.
Waltz emptied his other barrel into its
body, striking it directly behind the fore
snort of ragej'tfio wdundei animaT darted
tb rough the woods, in the direction of where
Mr. Lew. McLaae was watching for it. As
it rushed past him, he shot another load of
buckshot into its side, which seemed to
have no other effect on it than to increase
its speed. It rushed down the ravine, shot
at by others of the party, and jumped a
ditch 8 feet wide, coming in range of Mr.
George Heiss’ unerring aim, who ended its
career by shooting it just behind tho ear.
Mr. John Sides then rushed up and cut its
throat. It was then taken to Burkhart’s,
and brought thence in triumph to this city,
a cavalcade of a dozen carriages following
the trophy Lhrongh our principal streets.
His hogship weighs perhaps 250_pounds.
List of Jurors.—Names of Grand Ju
rors to serve in the Court of Quarter Ses
sions commencing on the Third Monday
of November next:
J. B. Bucb, Elizabethtown; William P.
BrmlOD, Nurseryman, Sadsbury; Jacob
Baker, Restaurant, City; George W. Brown
Farmer, Bart; David Cassel, Rapko; Jo
seph Detweiler, Farmer, Rapho; James
Ewing, Farmer, Drumore; Henry L. Eck
ert, Farmer, Paradise ; John J. Good, Far
mer, Martic; John Hauk, Innkeeper, Ful
ton ; Wm. HattoD, Farmer, Fulton; Lewis
;_Jos. S. Keener, Dro-
Manheim Bor.; Jacob M. Mayer, Farmer,
Munheim Twp.; J. B. Markley, Druggist,
City; Jos. McCardle, Peqnea; Jas. Mcll
vaine, Paradise; JohnT. McGonigle, Man
heim Twp ; Dauie.l R. Myer, Farmer, East
Lampeter; Jacob B. Sbumau, Manor;
Wm. Wbitcraff, Ephrata; Abraham R.
Witmer, W. Hemptield; Georgei Welsh,
Caernarvon.
Names of Petit Jurors to servo in tho
Court of Quarter Sessions, commencing on
the Third Monday of November next:
Elias Aumenf, Merchant, Martic; H. G.
Buckhart, West Hemptield; John Bucher,«
Farmer, Reamstowu; P. IC. Breneman.
City; Henry Buyers, Farmer, West Lam
peter; John Bomberger, Warwick; John
_ -c, . d. Boring, City; Thoa. A. Clark, Farmer,
Reformed Church Drumore; F. W. Christ, Esq., Warwick;
ern Synod of the Reformed Church of the H D Butche city H- w Eaben-
Umted States commenced nt Danville, thla Bhad{ ? Tanner, Paradise ; David Eyer, E.
Stale, the Mth insi. In the absent of Rev. Abmham Engle, Conoyi Chrn.
Thos. G. Apple, D. D., President of the Giak Donegal; Sam. Hippie, Jr., Ma-
Synod, Rev. E. V. Gerhart, D.D.,preaohed j Un Jacob Hoffer, Parmer, Mt. Joy;
the opening sermon. The Synod was fully John < K H Colera ’ in . Henry S. Hostet
organized on Thursday morning by the , Farmer, Manor; Dr. John Houston,
election of Rev. John W: Nevin, D. D., of Marietta . Edwar d House, Pilot, Manor;
this city, as President, and Rev. Daniel j^ U( jolph Herr, New Danville; JobnHous—i
Gans, D. D., of Norristown, as Correspond- M D Sflliabar y ; Cbas. Haya, :
ing Secretary. Rev. Sam IR. Fisher, D. Fa ; mer Lifctle Britain; P. W. Honse-
D., of the Reformed Church Messenger, as deeper, Drumore; O. 0. Herr, Farmer, In-
Stated Clerk. _ .diantown; Henry Lorah, Cocalico; J. H.
A committee was appointed whose duty Landis, Farmer .Manor ;C. Long, JRapbo;
it Bhall be to collect the manuscripts of Geo> j£ eD gi ef E aa t Cocalioo; Henry Mar
several works of the late Rev. Dr. Henry c aernar yon; John S. Mann, Manor;
Harbaugh,and report fully upontbe con- Dr> John McCalla City; Wm. H. Paul,
dition and value of said manuscripts at the eat cocalico • Jacob Pontz, Cigar Maker,
next annual meeting of the Synod. city ; Robert J. Ryon, Columbia; Henry
The committee appointed at the Synod of A> R auc h t Confectioner, Litiz; Wm. M.
Hagerstown, 1868, to solicit funds for the gi a y makert Paradise; Benjamin Stouffer,
purpose of erecting a monument to the Rev. Indiaatown . Reuben E. Shober, Miller,
Dr. Harbaugb, deceased, presented its re- Brecknock . j o]xa b. Shelly, Mt, Joy Bor.;
port. Five hundred dollars were required, David G . Svvartz, Broker, City; Isaac N.
of which amount only eighty-ooe dollars stoaffer Butcher, East Earl; Jacob Thom
had thus far been secured. An opportunity Pequek; Benjamin Witmer, Eden;
was granted the committee to solicit the Jo ’ bn p; Wo;se C ity; Isaac Walker, Sods
amount yet required immediately. Pledges bur y. Jos. Walker, Merchant, Salisbury;
were taken and in a short time the sum of B avid F. Young, Gentleman, Indtantowo.
rfive hundred and eighty-one dollars was fa , *
| secured: * • Personal. —The Philadelphia Sunday
IMPORTANT TO Fruit Distillers.- Mercury says that on Sunday morning 17th
The interest of the service and of fruit inst, by special reoaest, the venerable
distillers both demanding it, the Secretary Fa her Boehm preached in the Meihodis
and Commissioner, on consultation, have polpit at Pottsville, Pa. He is a resident
directed the issuing of a supplement to-reg* tho iß la * e, iS O )T 'j- ? 8yoar * . He j®
nlations, series five,number seven, exempt- oldest Methodist clergyman in the
ing distillers of apples, peaches and grapo3 Unded. States. His history is bo rich in in *
from the provision of section twenty three, .^b at bis autobiography would be a
act of July 20,1859, which requires distillers glittering gem in the golden chain of rehg
to put up their spirits in packages of not ious literature. Tbe aged saiht hrst mm
less than twenty gallons. These distillers *?tered in Pottsville sixty-three years ago.
from fruit will hereafter be permitted to But one member Mrs. Mortimer) survives,
nut op their spirits in packages of not less °f the band who then made up the mate
than ten gallons; Inasmuch as no tax-paid rial of the church, Smce then I'/ 1 -- 1 ( - !r
stamp has heretofore been used for packa- Boehm has baptized children of the fourth
ges of less than twenty gallons, a new g® ne ( rati ° n B ' D “ broke the bread of
stamp is being prepared for ten gallon Hfe in the Pottsville pnlplt. His text on
packages with Smpoons atlached, so as to this occas.on was the words, ior God la
be adapted to a package of any amount be- KOOCI * ,
tween ten and twenty gallons. All pack- Ephrata Literary Society.—This
ages of twenty or more gallons will be Association held its regular meeting in
stamped with the tax-paid stamp hereto* Ephrata on Friday evening last. Referred
fore Jn use. questions were answered by different mem
Supposed to ns'DnowNED.-Mr. Adam here of the society, and there was quite a
Warfel, an old and respectable citizen resid- -Gjlfn/lLrf^That
S^di^mfrSn^’wbX^^O^nd 0 ! welhh ekerts “ter iSloence’ Stan
o'clock “"sihis fish-X“n the river! knowledge” was discussedontheafflrma-
Mr. Warfel has not since been seen. His ry M«srs. b an and J.R.
boat, however, was found at Shenk's Ferry ° rli Prv and S The
two“‘;iasbelowSare Harbor and when it th“amrma°
was found it was foil , P tive. The question was then discussed at
ionged absence of Mr. Warfel and jb® «ub- hin £ bneral debftte by Meaar3 . A .
sequent finding of his boat has led to the T>~ 0 , rTinn t. ir RnvAr s t, Frv MRriin
supposition that he has beendrawned. Mr. q q' a' wiVh Tnd fa
W. was a remarkable aleady and indnstri- f. Fry, Wm. S. High and Is. A.
ons old man. This mornipg a party was The‘‘Llterarv TaakSt" was read bv the
mganized for the pnrpme or making a and ofqnTto a number of
thorough search for Mr. Warfel. original contributions full of wit and
Sporting Item—A telegram announces hu “or. The Society meets every Friday
that the famous br. m. Lizzie Keller, of evenmg, and la Increasing In members and
Lancaster county, won the pnreeof $lOOO on interest. The question for discussion for
the 19th inßt., at the race at the Herdio Park, the nel f B t °
Williamsport. Time,2:3S. ThelittleLan-
caster county mare Is fast becoming famous. her Warriors than her Statesmen.
Mayor’s Appointments.— Brigadier Another Horse 6roLBN«~Tbe Mun-
General Joseph W. Fisher, Esq., late State helm ffenttneZ saja that on Wednesday
Senator from Lancaster county, has re- night last, a vainable bay horse, nineyeare
ceivod and accepted the position or' Mayor’s- old, was stolen from the premisesjof Daniel
Clerk from Mr. Atlee. Minnicb, in Penn twp. A reward of $75 is
Captain J. K. Rutter, Attorney-at-Law offered lor the recovery of the horse and the
has received and accepted the position of apprehension and convictionoi the thief.
Captain of the City Polico from Mr. Atlee "
Thb Managers of the Home for Friend
less Children gratefully acknowledge the
following donations:
Charity box $l.O-1
Mrs. Freeland........'. 2.00
Mr. Bowman (Litiz) 2.00
A Friend 1.00
Mrs. T. R. Torr .... 5.00
L. Virginia Slokom,
Reoisteb’s Office. —Letters of Admin*
istration have been granted by the Register
on the following estates since the 16th mat.:
Samuel Grosh, deo’d, late of Warwick
Iwp,.’ George W. Hepp, Admistrator de
bonne non cum testamento annexo.
Catharine Leonard,dec’d, late of the City
of Lancaster. Wm. B. Wiley, Administra
tor.
. Grebill.B. Forney, dec’d. Into of West
Earl twp. . Abm. Forney, Administrator.
. The following wills have been admitted to
probate:"
. PhUit>Lntz l Sr. # deo r d,lateofEaatCocalico
twp, Philip Lutz arid Lewis Lntz, Execu
tors. ;
Elizabeth Luther, dec’d, late of Earl: twp.
Rbland. DOler, Executor.. ,
, ..
Colmntfla~ffiyttmilHh«r that paper, wlthr
thgfollowifag deaertiman 'of the vlliage'oC:
xQaftiTTXtne and c-ST vfj 1
*, a* you are nodoabt aware*!
baton .tbo
extreme weMerir side oTthe eambundin
close proximity, to tbe^Heee oT-'Tyrom
>Mvi4enoebiidGcdeniiH&wsbhiss. It isi
the patafca&Twhfch lhne h-obOdn|d'«bjr:dl]
thatportlDnbfthe<xrantryßemh:of it; ahd.
also a portion of Chester county, and Cedi
ctrauty* Maryland. c:i*.;*/«* wtir
11 We are situated immediately npbn: the
dividing tine . toetiteen-tha original German;
Audi English-settlement Of: onr : oohntry,;
those south of us being of&ootbhdCriah ex*,
tttntion^whileiboeenortiiare of German
deaoept. t The :l«Eter:werfi-mar&fartn hale
than the former in the selection of.thel rich
limeetona la&danlong the;Conestoga, Pe
quea, Mill Creek, Beaver, <fta.y /where the.
land was heavily timbered.and of naturally
good quality, -while thalr nSoptch-Irisb
neighbors 'settled upon, the then chestnut
japo?, .IJeiPg no doubt hiflnenoedby the
amount of labor neossaary toLlolear away
the' heayytimber. -.Thereeult .Has, l that
tins German portion of our- county grew
more .rapidly m wealth and political inlla
ence..Bat;ihe discovery of the fertilizing
qualities of our lime upon; their-light soils,
bas'xronght a.wonderful cbangehipon the
faceofUieoountry; Oid-fiildaonce covered,
with pledge and briars,-rwhich* were consid*.
ered . t *irorked:omt,” now produce oropa ot;
»n-ifiiyd*v folly equal to the best JPeqoea
landa,-yid Jogtooßesnow give places to-:
substantial and stately mansions.': r :Large ■
and, well-filled barns meet-the eye in all'
directions, while at the same tinrttydhe re
gardispaid to the tanseof religion and
education .by the. erection. of handsome
churches ana good school houses. • j
“But ope thing-which greatly .retards tho<
prosperity of :o.ur.section of the country* is
the wantof railroad facilities for obtaining
coal and. lumber, .und transporting our
products. Several railroad projects have
been on fbotr-ilrst, tbe'Celumbia and Oo
toraro, next, theStrasburgsndQaarryvillei
and then the QaarryviHe’ and Octoraro,
running from this plaoeto a point on the
Pennsjlvhhiaßailroad, near Christiana.
“There'were several surveys made £br
the last named route, proving it to be a
very practical one., of easy grade, not ex
ceeding ten feet to the miLle; and consider
ing the large deposits of iron ore in this
neighborhood, and along the line of the
route the necessary amount of local freight,
of coal, tfec , which would pass oyer it, cer
tainly recommends it to the favorable con
sideration of property holders, and persons
of capital and influence in thissectlon of the
county. A considerable amount of stock
has already been subscribed to this road,
and it la hoped that its friends will not
permit it, like its predecessors, to be a
failure,”
Sunday , School CoNysamoN.—A Sun
day School Convention will he held at
Marietta on Thursday and Friday, the 28th
and 29th inst. All -pastor* of' churches,
superintendents, teachers and friends of
Sunday Schools, in every section of the
county, are earnestly requested to be pres*
ent. -ft is especially desired that all Sunday
Schools In the following townships be large
ly represented in the convention, viz:
East and West Donegal, Conoy, Mount
Joy, East and West Hempfleld, Rapho and
Manor.
The exercises will commence at 2 o'clock
Thursday, the 28th Inst, in the
Presbyterian Church. Ample arrange
ments have been made for the entertain
ment of all attending the convention.—
They will be received by a-committee in
the basement of the church, list there be
a large attendance.
Lijtk Insurance.—We. take from the
Insurance Reporter of October ,14th, the
following statement of the Assets and Sur
plus Capital of the Life Insurance Compa
nies which fire represented in this city apd
county, on January 1, JBGD. TJa® ‘‘ Sur
plus” ia the fund which all I4fo
Companies lay by out of their earnings so
as to be able to pay their losses without in
fringing upon their capital i
COMPANIES. ASSETS. SURPLUS
New England Mutual. $7,379,229 68 8 90,314 82
Atlantic Mutual..— 378,414 02 76,179 80
ConuecticntMutuai—. 22,659,077 29 0,450 KB7 01
Continental Hrrtfd..— 1,014,215 25 239,825 02
Germania 2,451,01-1 93 271,8&4 24
Quart! lan'Mutual 1,481,821 10 158 488 60
Knickerbocker - 6,C68,' 45 34 535,444 53
Mutual New York SI 017,320 32 1.915.4H3 97
National Life, U. 8, 1,145,811 S 7 870,407 67
Northwestern, Wis 4,755,418 67 282.159 69
Penn Mutual 2,5-11,680 13 341,371 83
World Mutual— 282,601 27 122,292 55
A Bad Hoad.—The tnrnpikeat the bridge
at Slackwater, Manor twp., this county, is
we learn in a very bad condition, as just in
front of the bridge over the Conestoga at
thatrplace the road is washed very badly.
The County Commissioners and the Super
visor of the township have been notified of
the condition of the road, but have not as
yet taken any measures for repairing it.
Temporary repairs '.have been made by Mr.
John A. tibober, but it is the business of
tho parties above mentioned to immediate*
ly make the permanent repairs so badly
needed. It is hopod that the road will be
fixed as soon as practicable.
Funds fob Improvements:— The Man*
agers of the Home for Friendless Children
gratefully acknowledge tbe;follow!ng sub
scriptions towards a fund for improvements
connected with the new Home Building:
Previously acknowledged $322 00
Cash .. 50 00
D. 8. Burek .. , 10 00
Cash . 5 00
Painful Accident.— The Maphelm
&sntfnel states that on. Sunday, the 17th
Inst., while Peter Wenger and his family,
of this place, were out. visiting at his
lnßapbo twp., alittlesonoMbe
former received a severe out above the left
eye, laying the place open to the brain*. It
appears that the little fellow was .struck by
■the pump handle at !he time water was be
ing pumped for the horses.
The Lancaster and Litiz Tumpike Cpm
papy-has declared asemi-aimu4l“dlTfdend
of one dollar ancrflfly cento on bach share of
its capital stock, . ■ /:
*- CtTmuTg. —John
-Ehy, Joo’it'ofPwJiiiJH lowzmblpithls onnnty *
to
ptobate.la.tho ißeflaterigofQcfl has made a
JH 3 aobb.; flamlab,
(ftliltnrj ohß.'a& djeEWera-oftheSofriety of
<Befl>Bnsdj orNewMßnhbnitas.:ljjffUBt for
itd tepid? and.. expended: by. :hSm« oprb ii'
snoceeaors Coe that; .purpose,. iooording to
hnC dibccetioiian d judgment* I ’. The testa tdfc
diedipo—iTSind ofxeat; astute yalaedat six
- thottßanddDlUra^besideapersonal property
Bndonjy tihra»:>UiOQBand.dollaxa has bees
gtvenoway ibyihpeelal hequeatv,the bal i!
ane£, which Will amount to three thousand
dpliacs .or .ropwardßyiigoing- to rthoohnrch
named—-;£xprcia;i v r - . 2-
cii oi *" ■ ' 1 T-?..:
: In iuckir-t-We .aee by. the Now > York
. papers that cor. old friend. and: former fel
low-townsman, -Alderman;.U..
who has fbr:BBveraliyeara beeirin .tho New
York Custom House, will, .On;
let* have hla salary raiaod from 91200. to
$lBOO per annum*. Onrfriehd baa ear nod
this-jnerease by eteadyiattentioa to his an*
ties, whoeo complicated natnro.he has thor
oughly mkatereu, and hast thereby rendered ;
hlßseryioea valuable and indispensable. to
the government.; .His. manyfriends here
are glad to Jiear of his advancement.
And the following
- curiona communicafcfcorUn the Philadelphia
■Sunday Mercury of yesterday*. Whaimeans'
It9i R. F.C. seomsto ask for thejroturn Of
•two .watches.
; fconunsiCATED.}
or bodies Id Lancaster pro--
.pose- -presenting a Bible -to J. M. Willis
Qetet, one of the Radical editors ofthe Ex*
press*- No man needs", at >Bible mare, and
none sbonld study it'cloier.”*—.Herald,
;.Would it not be a good act' to presen t‘ono
also to Wein Forney* the honcsC State Li
brarian, and late publisher, of ".the defunct
JStatcQvardJ '. They might learn; from that
good Book; the teachings of honesty, and
(each of them) return a- watch, as loaned
:them soma ti mo ago, by a gentleman of this
city. • ■ K. F. C.
. A time' since In looking over
one of the dally papers of Laccastor I saw a
card inregaxd totheoperatlonsof oertalnSew
ing Machine Agents, over the name of an ac
quaintance, Mr. John 1L Behrer, of Sporting
Hill, describing thomannerin wnlcn thoy pre
vail upon persons who arc unacquainted, with'
them, to commit themselves into thepurchaso
of a Sewing Machine, under the Impression
that if It does not give entire salts taction it will
be exchanged for another of abetter kind. Not
long since Iwas also called npon by an Agent
ofthe Wheeler * Wilson Bewing Machine who
from 10o’clock A. M. to 7 B. M-, kept up aAcon
stanttralnofargnmentln favor of themachlno
he represented, until he ‘Anally persuaded mo
to take one, for which he took my note, prom
ising at the same time that if I did not : like it
after a fair trial, to replace It with a Howe Ma
chine. After trying it for tour weeks, I came
to the conclusion that the maohiue would
never suit me for my purpose, and having
heard of the reputation ;of the Howe Sewing
Maohihe from some.of my neighbors who have
them in nse for several years, I concluded to
coll on Mr. Fato, the Agent of the Howe Sow
ing Machine, and If possible trade it off on a
Howe,; In whioli I was successful, and I must
say that I could .do hotter work and operate
better on the Howe.lu three days after I had it,
than I oonld in all the four weeks In whloh I
had the Wheeler A Wilson, I havo since been
taken to task by the Agent of the Wheeler &
Wilson for Ihe course I pursued, and can only
justify myself in saying that I knew of no
other, from the fact that they refused to take
back or replace a‘ machine for my neighbor
Christian Mlllpr who had ono cn tlio samo
terms, and who was also compelled to trade It
off on theHowoSewlngMachlne. Whenbnsl
: ness men have no regard for their word, aud
make for .the pnrpo?o of makißg n
sale which they do not Intend 10 falllll, they
should notfeel themselves agrleved if the llnol
result of their operations is not quite 4o satis,
factory to them as they might desire.
SAMUEL HIESTAND,
Landlsvllle,
A Noticeable Fact.—That one way of ap
pealing to a man’s reason Is through hlsoye.
In thestf busy times men are so deeply Im
mersed In the conduct of magnlflcentprojects,
that they forgetall about the condition of their
systems, and hence It Is that the Proprietors
ofthe Plantation Bitters, which cares Dys
pepsia, purifies the blood. Improves the tone
ofthe stomach, regulates the bowels, and. In
deed, invigorates the whole Inner man, are so
active In advertising. In fact, advertisements
are merely sky-rockets sent up to attract at
tention to a really good article.
Magnolia Water.—Superior to the best im
ported German Cologne, and sold at half the
price. *
ilottfts.
49-Females Suffering
With Rupture or other Physical Weakness, .are In
vited to visit© Philadelphia, aud call at 0. ILNi-ED*
LE&’ Office, No. 1M Twelfth Pt., below ltace, to ob
tain proper Trusses, Braces, Supporters, Ac. A lady
attenda&tcouductsthls department with professional
ability. Examinations modo and suitable lnstru
mptifoibr Prolapsus applied. _ M •
?ivleuta at hla OBice,'Corner lHii and Race streets,
hltadelphla. Extensive practice In this special
branch or Mechanical HemeaUvlnsureslntelllgent aud
correct treatment. (BANNING'S Braces adjusted.)
Jan 20 l-’uiw
43- Avoid Qnncks.
A victim of early Indiscretion, causing nervousdo
bllity, premature decay, <Sc„ having tried la vatn
every ndverllsed remedy, has discovered a simple
menus of Relfcure, which he will scud free to bis
fellow sufferers on receipt of a stamp to pay postage.
Address 1. H. REEVEtf. 78 Nassau Ht.. New York.
Words of Cheer.
On the Errors of Youth and Ihe Folllos 'of Ago, in
relation to MARRIAGE and SOCIAL EVILS, with
«e-heiplng band for the erring and unfortunate. Sent
In sealed letter envelopes, froe of charge. Address,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, IloX I\ Philadelphia,
pa. s^KimdAw
457" lie Beaatlfal.
If you dcslre.beauty you should use '.Hagan's Mag
nolia Balm, 1
It gives a soft, refined, satln-llke texture to tho
Complexion, removes Roughncs3, Redness, Blotches,
Snnbnrn, <fce., and adds a tin joof Pearly Bloom to tbo
plainest features. It brings the Bloom {of Youth to
the fedlag cheelc and changes the rustic Country Girl
Into a Fashionable C.ty Belle,
In then eef the Magnolia Balm lies tho traesecret
of Beauty. No Lady need complain of her Complex
ion who will invest 75 cents In this delightful {article
Lyon's Kathalxoa Is the best Hair Dressing In use.
gjftamaaw.
Pierce—Pickel.—Sept. 10th, at tho bride’s
parents, bv Rev. H. B. Manger, Mr. Thomas B.
Fierce, of Untonvllle, Chester 00.. Pa., to Mias
Lydia Ann Pickel, of Bart twp., Lancaster co.
Ziantxk— Manning.—On the 2ith Inst., by
Rev. J. J. Strlne, at his residence, Ellas L.
Zimmer to Miss Fannie IS. Manning, both of
Conestoga Centre. , „
Baum— TCT.irn-—On the 24th Inst., by Rev.
A; H. Kreider, at the Parsonage. Jacob Banm
to Mary A* Fraellcb, both of feast Lampeter.
Glouner-Bidks. —On theSlet Inst., at the
Fountain Inn Hotel. by'.Kev.J.J*. Strlne, Elam
Glonner, ofScbuylklll co., to Miss Leila Sides,
of Lancaster co. , Rll _ , t
K*knan—Watkins.—On the loth lost., at
the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. J.
J. Stilne, Mr. James C. Keenan, of Chester,
Delaware co., Pa., to Miss Annie Lizzie Wat
kins, of this city.
Status,
Bchakffer. —On the 25th lnit., in this city
Anna Henrietta, infant dauebter of Christian
and Ai»na M. Schaeffer, aged 1 year, 0 months
and 10 days.
Klaussb.—At 12% o’clock A. M. on Sunday,
‘Oct. 2ith, at Reamstown, Simeon Klauser, a
member of Ephrata Connell, No. 110,0. U. A. M.
Quigley. —On the 21st, of Pneumonia, John
Quigley, In the 08th year of his age.
The deceased was a prominent and highly
esteemed citizen, an ardont Democrat, and for
many years a Bubscrlbor’to Iho
CBB.
Bull.—On tho 19th Inst., In this city. John
Thomas, son ol John and Sarah A. Hull, aged
3 years, 6 months and 2 days.
Nenninger.—On tbelSin tost.. Frederiok H‘
Nennloger, in tho 70th year of his age.
IBarferts.
Philadelphia Grain Ssr&et.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2C.—The Floor market
continues quiet, and In the absence of any de
mand for shipment, only a few hundred bbis
were taken In lots by the home consumers,
including Supeiflno at 15-60(95.75; Extras at 80
@0.25; Northwestern Extra Family at 8G.87@7;
Penn’a do do at 80.25@ti.75; Ohio and Indiana
do do at *7(l7.so—the latter rate for choice, and
fancy brands at 7.50@8.G0, according toqoallty.
Rye Floor sells at $0 per bbL
The Wheat market is quiet, and prices may
be quoted fully 2 cts per bus lower; sales of
3500 bus Western and Penn’a Ited at |1.33@L.40;
and 1000 bus Indiana White at 81.40.
Kyo Is steady at SLos@l.lo per bus for West-
Corn Is Inactive and fully 1 cent lower than
yesterday; sales of Western and Penn’a Yel
low at SUU@LOS; and 4,000 has Western Mixed
at 94@£8c; the latter rate for High Mixed.
Oats are without essential change; sales 3,500
bus Western and Penn’a at 67@6se.
Barley is less active; 1.000 bus two rowed
flew York sold at f1.24@u5; and 501 bus four
rowed at |l.ti>@L4s.
Bark bM again declined;! 30 hhd3 No. 1
Quercitron was taken at 832.50 per ton.
Whiskey Is quiet; 25 bbls wood-bound West
ern sold at 11.18; and iron-bound do at 81 20.
Mtoru oanxoi.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.
Penn’a Rai1r0ad^....—.,...—.—55%
— - 40J4
Philadelphia and Erie....... —*—
S.a 8» 188 L nytewrx
U.B. 5-208 1882. 12UU@121^
New 6-2051804.- J18&0I19
n. 8.5-20sof Norember 1866—.1iy%@l 19%
U. fs. 6-2Ua of July 1865 U7kftll7K
do I VB7 - _ ~117%@*,17%
do 1868 117%@1 17%
UMOSm. - 108 @lOB%
Currency 6s
Onion Pacific Bonds
nxrw l oox, Oct. 20. .
Canton Co.— 53%
Boston Water Power 13
. Cumberland Ooal..wi-.-.~.——28% ■
1 Wells Fargo Express .. 2U%
Ajnerlcan Express^...—Ba
Adams Express ...... W 6
0.8. Expre55..,—........-..; »
. Merchants’ Union Express.- 9%
Qnlckallver^—
paolflo jkolL.; - 59%
AtlanttoMoU.;—~...~ ;
Western Union Telegraph——. 30%
New York Central«-^~~..~...-..—*l|B
Erie— —.—; 80%
Erie PreferredJ.....«..f...~«—.;
Hudson
Beading w..—
AltnnsnAT. Hum ■ • • • •
dn do Preferred— .... 69%
TbL W. A W.~ ,6#s
1 a* tp-ftti -ftentr&L. .. . —.122%
-r
dev eland and Pittsburg ,mo
-nEWgnand North waatani Common 71%
J . "do ' do . Preferred 84)2
Rocilalah(L..—...—^..'..L—
Fort Wayne...—wfi
Cleveland and Toledo—
Chip and Mississippi 2*%
TTMB,^
do do " HMK— "'
do do • 1865..~ rM .*.. MM .U«&
dO--“^ ; ' v.iMg |»%w^—4l7J6
’■•fc'- : flSS^*22Ss2Sw'
• • ! ao- - v-i-w ■■'■■■* .
**Mm9n9t.tMt l r;.:L'2.A-.:.±. — ,:■
j;-,d0.: . r,BogWE«d*.~A
Mfs :; «.•.; jDO»J>ffP«M,..r.. j. ,■■■< L . 1»..
:, • ;X &tie Hark^*,.
„\V, : : .7 . v".. ‘siowoXr odt; 2>r-?. m.
•The-cattle 3naTket'Wtt3T*ry dun thUveaK,
owing• to lb© large, receipts,-, whtcb reached
about 3,000 bead, and common wereper
s>.Jow«r..,l£xtra Pennsylvania and. Western
selling at BflBJso, the latter,, rau», : tor a few
Choice; CK@BJ"S for fair to good', andper
pound-gross for common, aato quality.,
Tbe followingaro the paHlcufen of tne sales:
Scad. .1 .'. . _ . '•' ...
130,Owen SmUb;.Weatern, BJffcSUa. gross.
133 A, Christy «48r0,, Virginia,y£@ti>io, cross.
60 X)ongler A- McCHeese, Cheater Co., 7tfB*4p,
■ gross. 1 *
IS &MiL Fulc,| « Western, 76SK£ gross’;
126 i n. Hatb&way, Western, 7<soo, gross.
13U Jaqiea--KJxh, CKester couniy, 7@SJ4<\
r gTOSSi *
. Gttß. F. AlCFUlon,'Western,7UJ&S3. gross.
Bd£.,McFlilen. western, 7<&oo;Sirsu^**
135 JameeltePiHetti Western, 689 c, gross.
135 Ullman A Bachman, Vlrelula, bs\k», Br o«j.
31 (> Martin, Fuller A CO., Western, B*staiH{e,
gross. . : ...
ISO Mooney A SmiLh, western. 709‘*c, grow.
tf> Thomas Mooney ABro., Vlrglpio. Uo7};;*,
• gross. : .
73 H. Chain, Western, 607 c, groat*
85 John Smith A Bro.. Western, gToss.
114 J.itL. Frank, Virginia, 6UoBj£o, grow.
'OO H. Frank, Western, o@7>ijo, gross, r,
150 Hopo A Co., Virginia, 6HoB><o, gro.s.
27 M. Cryfoos, '.Western, ftaTo, gross. •
150 Q. Bhomberg A Virginia,-. 6J£oSi£o,
• gross, r
71 Enron A Oo», Virginia, Co7c, gross.
41 B. Baldwin, Chester ooanty, 6J7Ua gross.
40 Blum A Co., Virginia, 607 c, gross.
55 Chamlen a Co., Virginia, gross.
100 U. May no, Western.s®7H°. gross. •
: 50 J. MoiirOie. Western, U{4©B>sa* gross,
.17,±1. Johns, Western, 405 a, gross.
. SO A, viallagber, Vo., 4)4050,£r0f5.
IS D.-OfrlmmelJ, Delaware, grass.
X) J. A. Wallace, Cheater co., OOBUo, gross.
41 B, Frank, Western; o>£©7}so, gross.]
M G, Ellenger. Virginia, ti@Bc, gross.
511 J.Gartho,\Vesters, grots.
20 John Christy, Western, Go7c, gross.
Cows—Were unchanged! 160. head sold at $lO
springers, and $40050 V head for cow
andyralf*
. fiiLasp—Were a fraction lower; 11.CC0 hood
sold at S@GUo ftft, gross, as to condition.*
Hoas—Were lu fair demand at an advance:
3000 head sold at the different yards atsl4@lsft
100 lbs, nor.
Lancaster BooseUold nnritet.
•Labqahtsb,. Saturday, Oot. 21.
Butter, ft ft....... ....... 450
Lord, ft' ft .... ... 18®aig
Eggs dozen 25c
Chickens, (live;) V pair 05070 a
80. ’ (oleanoa,)ft pair 90@1.00
Lamb, ft ft -15018 c
Sansagcs, ft ft .. ......... .. 250
potatoes, ft bushel. 500750
Do. ft H peck 10c
New. Potatoes, ft bushel.. 50075 c
do ft hi peck... - 8010 a
Sweet do ft W peck 15 *
Apples, ft £» peek 10®16o
Tomatoes, V X peok- B@loo
Unions; V X peck .... 130200
New Corn ft bushel .......... 900100
Cabbage ft head........ —3osc
Oats ftuag ......... 1.75
Apple Uattbr, ft pint 20®250
Do. ft crock. _1.2501.60
Cider ft barrels - 4.5005 60
Do. ft gallon ....... 150
IiANOABTEB GRAIN MARKJCT, MONDAY,
Oct, 25, 1869,—Grain and YIZZx market
dull:
Family flour, # bar...
Extra ~,....(10 d 0...
Superfine ..do d 0...
Wheat (white) $ bus.
Wheat (red) do
Rye.- do.
Corn.. -do..
“ (new)
Outs
Whiskey...
gjtw gldgerttgmn*',?.
TUJKNPIKE ELF.unoN.-THE ANNUAL
election for officers of the Lancaster and
Epbrata Turnpike Koad Company wlllbeliold
on MONDAY, the lstdfty of NOVEMBER next,
at the public house of Solomon Sprecber, in
Oils city, between the hoars of 2 and 4 o'clock,
p. M. TUOS. E. FRANKLIN,
020-31W12 Prosidont.
Turnpike ele< tion.-an election
for officers ot the Lancaster and Litis Turn*
Site Koad Company wllL bo held at Lilia
prlngs Hotel, on MONDAY, NOVKMBERIst,
ISG9. froni 2 to 4 o’clock, P. NL
020-2tw42 M. T. HUEBENER,
LiUz, Oct. 14,1809. Secretary.
Turnpike annual
election for officers of tho btrasburg and
Millport Turnpike Koad Company will bo held
on MONDAY.Dielstday of NOVKMBERnext,
at tho pnbllo nouse of Frederick Myers, In tho
Borough of Strasbarg, between tho hours of 2
and 4 o’clock, P. M. JOHN F. HERR,
020-tdwW Becrotary.
TURNPIUfc DIVIDEND.—THE DIBEO
tors of tho Lancaster and Lltlz Turnpike
Road Company have this day doclarod a dWl
dend of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per
share, nayablo at tho Farmers’ National Bank
of Lanouster onaud after MONDAY.NOVEM
BER Ist, 18(50. M. T. HUEBENER,
Oct. 14,18159. oSO-iltwia Treasurer.
TISTATEOF JOHN MIRIILER, T. ATE OF
ri East Cacallco township, deo'd.—Letters
Testamentary on said estate having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons In
debted to said decadent uro requested to uvako
immediate settlement, and iboso haring
claims or demands against the citato of Balu
decedent, to moke known the some to tho un*
derslgucd without delay.
JOSEPH MISHLER,
Reading,
oct27-otw-i3 CYRUS REAM,
Heamstown, Lancaster Coanty,'‘Pa.
Assigned estate of hillxan «
BROTHER, of Lancaster City, Lancaster
County.—Emanuel L. Killian and John D. Kil
lian, of Lancaster City, having by deed of vol
untary assignment, dated Cctober 21d, lfiuu,
assigned and transferred all their estate and
effects to the undersigned, for the benefitofthoo
creditors of the sold Killian & Brother, bo
therefore glveß notice to all persons indebted
to said assignors, to mako paymont,to the|un
dorslgned without delay, npd those having
claims to present them to
JOHN M. AMWEG,
Assignee.
oct27-4tw-41
EMTATK OF JACOB EBY, LATE OF
Paradise township, Lancaster Co., dec'd,
—Letters of Administration on said estate
having been granted to tbe undersigned, all
fiersons indebted thereto are requestea to make
mmedfnte payment, and those haying claims
or demands against the samo tyli} present them
for settlement to tho undersigned, residing In
said township. MAGDALE n a EBY7
C. CLEM&NT EBY,
, Administrators.
N. E. Blaymakcr, Jr., Attorney, No. 42 North
Dnke St., Lancaster. oot 27-otw-4J.
ACCOTJKTS OF TRITST ESTATE, 40.
Tbe accounts of tbe following named
estate* will bo presented for Confirmation on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22,18C9:
Sarah Smith's Estate, Jacob Smith, Com
mittee.
Samnel Musselman’s Estate, John Mussel
man, Trusteo.
Benjamin W. Harnlsh’s Estate, Som’l ness,
etaL, Assignees. _
W. L'. REAR, Prothonotory.
Prothonotary's Offlco, Oot. 25,188 U.
Oct 27--13 4tw
TWO VAIXABLE TAVERS BTA9DN
FORSALE.-Theaubsorit>er offers at Private
Palo a Valuable Tract 6f Land, In Marllo town
ship, containing
FOUR ACRBId AND FORTY PERCHES,
on which Is erected that well-known Tavern
Stand,“the RawllnsvlUe Hotol,” with a Log
and btone Tenement used as a Store and
Dwelling, and a small Building suitable for a
Work Bbop, with all other improvements.
This property la situated on the Cross Roads
leading lromLancaster to McCall's Ferry and
from Safe Harbor toProvldenee.
Also, A Tract of Land at McCall’s Ferry, CQa-»
talnlog
FIVE ACRES,
more or less, with a Tavern Stand thereon
erected, formerly kept by J. Fisher and now
by Hugh O'NaVL The Railroad now In pro
gress will run past within one hundred and
ilfty feet of the Tavern, It being the most suit
able spot for a station in that vicinity, w hlch
woula make it a most desirable place of boal
ness.
For Information of terms. Ao., enqalre of
JOSEPH ENWLES.
Mt. Nebo, Hartlo iwPm
o?7-2mw-47 Lancaster Co., Pa.
BOBE8.J! BOQEStM
M. HABERBUSH’S
SADDLE, AND TRUNK
ESTABLISHMENT,
SOUTHWEST ANGLE (CENTRE BQUARE,
LANCASTER, ?A.
I have on band a large and well selected
stock of
LINED AND UNLINED BUFFALO KOBES.
A a BEAT YABISTT OF
ROBES, LAP BLANKETS,
ANDHORSEBLANKET B
FINE AND COMMON BUGGY HARNESS,
Slngio and Double.
COACH HARNESS,TEAM HARNESS,
SADDLES A BRIDLES, COLLARS, WHIPS,
HORSE BRUSHES A CURRY COMBS,
TRUNKS, VALISES A TRAVELING BAGB,
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ FINE SATCHELS,
And all articles generally belonging to the
business kept on band or made to order.
Repairing promptly done, 023
REFOttT OF THE COHui riVN UK TftM
LANCASTER COUNTY NATIONAL
BANK at the close of business, OCTOBER fltb,
1889:
Loans and Discounts..—.
U. S. Bonds to secure clroalation 800,000 00
U. 8. Bonds on hand*—..—.—. 4,880 00
Dae from Redeem!’* og't. 32,658 79
Duo from otbe; Natloa&l,Banks„ 11,837 53
Dae from otbor Banks and Bankers, 609 20
Banking House .. .. .... 12,014 08
Expenses...— .. 2/91 41
Cosh Items (including stamps)...— 18,964 58
Bills of other National Banks. —1,24 U
Fractional Currency (Indudi’g Nick
els— - 1,290 (0
Specie- 2,668 10
Legal Tender noteSM.— - 87,600 GU
Three per cent. Certificates.—...... 05,000 00
liabilities.
Capital Stock paid In 9300,000 00
Surplus-fund- - 70,f100 00
Discount, Exchunge and Interest...- 541,071. 4H
Profit and Loss....— 3,000 00
national Bank Circulation oatstond*
ins...--. 270,000 00
Btato Bank Circulation outstanding 0,185 00
Individual Deposits...—. 270,172 81
Due to National Banks..—„ 6,806 73
Due to other Bonks and Brokers.«... \ 177 22
State'of Pennsylvania^County q/ Zdxnenxier, u.•
I, w. L. Pelper, Cashier of the Lan paster
County National Bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement Is truo to the best'of
my knowledge and belief,
W. Ij. PEEPER, Cashier.
; Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of October, 186 ft _ • ■
CHAfI, DENTXES, Notary Public.
. Correct—Attest: •
a B. HEBR,
EMAUUBI* SWOPE,
DAVID LANDIS. (MlUfirX . i
' '• Dlrwtors* *
.$ 0 25
... 5 25
... 4 00
„. 1 60
1 85
... 1 05
1 00
•• ?? i
oo f
1 20
$l7O, 283 38
1057,911 75
11967,911 75