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WAMHBUKNE, of Illinois, late of the
French Mission, who has been spoken
of as the probable dark horse for the
Chicago Presidential nomination, says
he will not be a candidate under any
circumstances —that he is for Grant,
first, last, and all the time. Yet his
friends in Illinois coalesced with the
friends of Blaine to prevent die success
of Grant in the choice of delegates
The question now is, who does Wash
burne intend to fool ? Is it the public,
or Grant, or Blaine? This is a conun
drum iu political morality which will
probably he revealed at the conven
tion.
THE colored jieople, in imitation of
their white brethren who are aspiring
to greatness, have established a bureau
or headquarters at Washington, front
which to bootn Senator Bruce into
prominence as a candidate for nomi
nation as Vice President on the Re
publican ticket. They have certainly
a deserving candidate, and the colored
people, who form so important a part
of the Republican voters, particularly
in Pennsylvania, have claims that
ought to secure them favorable con
sideration. Bruce is an able man and
a gentleman, and if he is passed over
it will lie because men of hi* color are
only considered in place as Republican
voters, not as Republican officers.
GEN. .JOHN MCDONALD was con
nected with the famous whiskey ring,
which at St. Ixmis created so much
stir in 1870. He was the intimate
personal friend of Grant, but now
opjioses his nomination for a third
term, and promises damaging disclos
ures in the event of Grant's success,
from documentary testimony in his
possession. Mcfti maid was convicted
and imprisoned in the penitentiary,
but intimates that he suffered that
degredation to save the then President
of the United States from exposure.
Under the circumstances, his papers
will have to be very clean and clear
to obtain a damaging credence against"
his former friend and speculative co
worker.
WM. I'ITT KF.LUXIO, who, it is very
generally admitted, occupies a seat iu
the United States Senate without the
sanction of the Legislature of Louisi
ana, and in contravention of the wishes
and desires of the |>eop!c of that State,
it appears is to retain that seat against
the lawfully elected Senator. And this,
too, by the votes of Democratic sena
tors. While ackowledging the illegal
ity of his admission to the Senate, the
fraudulent aud corrupt character of
the laxly under which he claims, aud
the base means used to obtain the en
dorsement of even this illegal body,
Democratic senators are found to hold
that a Republican Senate, having
wrongfully seated Kellogg, the Senate
has no authority now to correct the
wrong and seat the lawfully elected
Senator. We can conceive how a nice
system of hair-splitting may prepare
willing minds to adopt almost any
thing to justify wroDg. But in view
of the evidence laid before the (Senate
by Senator Hill's committee, it seems
to us that a little cowardice, if not
venality, may have entered into the
process of preparation for such a con
elusion. . i
I LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
From our rcgtiUr C<>rr|>on<liit.
WASIIINHTON, l>. C., May 17, 1880.
The grout absorbing topic horo is tlio
coming bout race on the Potomac be
tween llanlon and Courtney. The lat
ter is now here anil is under full train
ing. Referee' Itlnikee is also here, and,
in so far as the public is informed at
present, the race will bo had 011 the
19th, as agreed upon. Secretary
Thompson will permit the referee and
the invited guests, including members
of the press, to use one of the Govern
ment steamers, and this, with one oth
er steamer, will bo the only boat allow
ed on the river during the race. So
many and extensive preparations anil
precautious have been made to insure a
fair and equal contest, that only the
customary racing chicanary will prevent
it. Our District officials, as well as the
Secretary of the Navy, have entered so
fully into the spirit of the matter with
our people by granting, everything
requisite to success, that we shall be
most bitterly disappointed if trickery
interposes and deprives us of the nntic
iputed exhibition of muscle by thesis
two athletes. Courtney is a splendid
physical specimen of the live Yankee,
and it is but natural to give him our
sympathy and good wishes that ho may
" whale" the Canadian and bear off the
palm as well as the §('>,ooo at stake.
The inevitable Kellogg case is drag
ging its slow length along in the Senate,
under what seems almost an intermina
ble discussion of its merits and de
merits. Yet aside from the legal hair
splitting disquisitions of such able law
yers as Senators Hill on the one side of
the question, and Carpenter on the
other, an occasional argument appears
containing much general interest. < (rie
of these was the speech of Wade
Hampton, who took the ground occu
pied afterward by Mr. Carpenter and
others, that, whether elected by fraud
or not, the Senate was now barred from
refrying the case and unseating Kellogg,
through the fact that he hail been for
merly seated, anil there was, therefore,
no power existing to undo the wrong.
He said, in reply to a personal appeal
from Mr. Hill, that he hd followed the
palmetto flag on bloody fields to uphold
the honor of his State, and though he
regretted the necessity which compell
ed him to differ in opinion upon this
question Irotn Mr. Hill, he but followed
his convictions now as during the war.
It is not at all likely that Kellogg will
be disturbed in his seat this session,
notwithstanding the persistent elfort o(
Senator Hill to oust him, for General
Hampton undoubtedly represents the
balance of power in the lest by vote,
and should iie adhere to the sentiments
expressed in his recent sjieech, Mr. Hill
will appear in the minority on the final
issue.
Fur a number of yesr* Con pre** baa
been procrastinating tbe "Claim of the
Choctaw Nation," but it reappear* in the
new Congress to clog the wheel* of leg
itlaticn anl crowd out matter* of na
tional concern. The House occasionally
devote* a 'lay to it* discussion, to the
exclusion of vastly more important
matter*. Jttu-k of thin claim is a power
ful lobby which, like the Pope of Jfome,
seems to have an inherent power of
perpetuation, for back as the -13 d
Congress it was pushing the Choctaw
hilt a* vigorously a* to-day, and was a*
successful then as now in finding cham
pions for the measure, notwithstanding
a legislation is ashed for that will enrich
many a spoil hunter.
•Senator Morrill deserves the nation's
thanks (or opposing t|jo proposition to
extend one of the Capitol fronts and
put in the edifice the Congressional Li
brary. It is inexplicable why able Sen
ators should urge that the grand outline
of the Capitol shall be utterly destroyed
by constructing at right angles from iu
centre this proposed building, which is
no more a necessary adjunct to the Cap
itol than the Patent I'tlice. A space of
several acres will be required for the
accommodation of the present stock of
books, while provision should of course
be made lor future accumulations, hence
when Mr. Morrill urges a separate struc
ture, he simply acts as any sensible man
should. The Capitol should not be
broken in any of its external proportions
or outlines. It is now the finest and
grandest legislative building in the world
and it is to be hoped that ignorant leg
islators and worse architeets may keep
their vandal hand* from of)' it.
Olio by one our old landmarks are
disappearing under the march of im
provement. So great are ihe changes
occurring that soon little will be left of
ohl Washington in the northwestern
part of the city. Opposite the Post
office building, on the south side of K
street, a few weeks ago, stood the "Sea
ton Mansion," a plain old-fashioned
dwelling-bouse, which bore every mark
of having been erected by a former gen
eration of people. More memories of
the great men of the city's past cling to
its walla than to those of any other pri
vate mansion occupied since IX4O. Hard
ly a notable who figured prominently in
in the political affairs of the nation, prior
to 1850, hut made his home at some
time or other under its portals. Presi
dents Monroe,'Jackson, Van lhiren, and
Harrison; Lafayette; Chief Justices
Marshall and Taney ; Kossuth, the Hun
garian patriot: Clay, Webster, Calhoun,
Randolph, ana a host of other celebrities
were all quartered here. Rut all these
are matters of the past. All have had
to give way to the necessities of the
present. King Lager Reer has swept
every material thing out of existence,
and in a huge hall ereoted on the site
will hereafter celebrate his triumph
over old Washington and its reverend
memories of the good and the great, in
so far as they were connected with this
pile of bricks and mortar. When La
fayette made this house his home he
plnnted several young trees in its yard
or garden to celebrate bis farewell visit
to America, and these having grown
into large and shady proportions, have
been spared by the new proprietor, so
that hia customers may quaff their beer
to the honor and memory of those
whose brains, not stomanhs, ruled the
house in former days. The Keatnn
Mansion has disappeared, and on its
ruins has arisen a beer garden.
Fai.ix.
NKWMPAPEH OPINION.
The South und Curtin.
Kr"tn llis t'hlhi'lclpbiit Tlmr-.
The South has ever been most unfor
tunate in being compelled to accept
the responsibility ior the few mad caps
who lose no opportunity to teach the
world that they have learned nothing
and forgotten nothing since the late
war. They are popularly classed in the
North as the Confederate Brigadiers,
not because they have been distinguish
ed as soldiers, but because they reflect
the lingering embere of the rebellion in
the South. True, there are quite as
many and. probably more fools and
revolutionists representing the North
than misrepresent the South in Con
gress; but their follies do little harm,
while on many occasions the foolish
utterance or act of a single Southern
Senator or Hepresentativelnis furnished
more inflummable material for the Re
publicans in a Northern campaign than
hundreds of truly representative men
of the South could neutralize.
A combination of the lower stata of
Southern Representatives was secretly
made to defeat the report of the com
mittee remanding the Curtin Yocum
contest back to the. people of the dis
trict. That it was animated by the
lingering hatreds of the rebellion, is
too clear to admit a doubt; but that it
reflected the sentiment of the Southern
statesmen or of the Southern people, is
as clearly not the fact. Mr. Lowe, of
Alabama, who never rose to the distinc
lion of a Confederate Brigadier, and
who is an active, plausible, unscrupu
lous politician afflicted with the Green
back crnze, was the chief instrument in
organizing the Southern resentment
against Curtin, exhibited in the vote on
Tuesday last. Chalmers, of Mississippi,
of Fort Pillow unsavory fame, was
only one of the Southern conspirators
who could be ranked as a Brigadier,
and he will never forgive the North
for the stains he put upon his own
military record. With them were such
as Bright, Caldwell, Singleton, Felton,
Mills and Richmond, whose emi
nence as warriors was limited to regi
mental and company commands, while
such soldiers from the South as John
ston, Herbert, Armfield, Manning, Shel
ley, Forney, Davidson, Hill, Cook,
Blackburn, Shear, Gibson, Scales, Vance
and O'Connor, and Reagan of the Con
federate Cabinet, resented the demand
for Southern resentment against C'ur- !
tin. They were the representatives of ,
the .South in war; they are the repre- \
sentatives of Southern sentiment in
peace, and the hatreds of war, com- j
monly cla*ed as the disloyal eruptions I
of the Confederate Brigadiers, come I
from those who wero petty soldiers in |
the field and are petty statesmen, with |
alt the petty malignity of petty men in j
the councils of the nation.
No matter by what title the actor*
I shall be designated, the (act* remain
that the Southern defection to prevent
the people of the district from electing
I Curt ill to the present Congress, was in
| spired by Southern resentment against
a conspicuously loyal man of the North,
and that it came only (rem those who
are least respected as oracles of the
j South either in Congress or at home.
It is a deliberate conspiracy, planned
and perfected in secret, confined to the
few blatant worshipers of the planta
tion whip, and made up of the same
elements in Congress which are ever
disturbing the peace and shaming the
-South at home. Had their purjose
been manfully avowed one day before
the vote was taken, they would have
driven a-msjority of the Republicans to
a cordial sssent to the report of
the committee ; but they consummated
the conspiracy oply the night l>efore
the vote-~and its animating purpose
and power were unknown until after
the vote was cast. Had the represent
ative men of the South anticipated such
a combination of half a score of their
| feljow members, they would have man
j fully and eloquently appealed to all
parlies in the House to join them in
relieving their people from so unjust an
: imputation, and the response would
have been an overwhelming defeat of
the traders in sectional strife. With
such an isue presented to the House
as leading Southern warriors and states
men would have presented it, the vote
would have exhibited the line drawn
- between the sectional factionists of both
North and South, and the great !>ody of
Republicans and Reuiocrats would have
been in solid column against sacrificing
justice to purposes which have |>eri*hed
; with all patriotic citizens. The one
, consistent leader of the Southern holt
against the report of the committee was
Mr. Stephens, the late Vice President of
the Confederacy. He trimmed against
secession till secession came; he ac
■ cepted the second office of the insur
| gent government and trimmed against
: it and the war until both failed ; lie has
trimmed around all sides of all parties
since reconstruction, and he is now
trimming for the next revolution in
Georgia, and will welcome the coming
guest at the White House whether bis
name shall be Grant, Tilden, Blaine or
Bayard.
The sectionalists of the North have
everything to gain by the follies of the
sectionalists of the South ; and like fol
lies by Northern men are unfelt and
forgotten while every exhibition of sec
tional hate by Southern men, however
obscure or characterless the source, is
heraldec) as the act of the South. The
same ftapublipan sectionalists who clasp
ed bands with a few low grade section
alists of the South to inflict an injustice
upon C'urtin, will speedily return to the
North to tell how the Confederate Rrig- i
adiera strike down every man who pan
boast of a grandly loyal record ; and the
South as a people, will he branded as
rebellious and disloyal because a small
portion of their Representative* have
yet to be taught that the war has ended
and that ita judgments are irreversible.
Ciliiln>Yofiiiu Contest.
torn the Shlpixxuttnrc D*wortic Chronlrl*.
At last the long Curtin-Yoeum con
test has gotten before ibe House of
Repreaentatives. This should hare been
the case months ago, and Governor
Curtin given the seat to which he was
legally chosen. That thia Is not so is
not tbe fault of Hon. F. E. Reltxboover,
who baa been untiring in hia efforts as a
member of the Committee on Elections
to have juatice done tbe rightful claim
ant, and who made an ablp and exhana
tive speech on Saturday last, in favor
of seating Governor Curtin. We have
not seen the lull text of the speech, but
the Philadelphia Timet says it establish
ed his rank as "one of the best lawyers
in the House," and all the Washington
correspondents speak of it in the high
est terms.
Since the above was in type, a vote
has been taken in the House, and Yo
cum declared entitled to the seat by a
vote of llf> to 75. The Southern Hern
oerata and absentees (nearly all Denio
crats) are responsible for this result.
This cowardly action of Democrats is on
a par with that of the same cowardly
spirit which seated Hayes in the Presi
dential chair on the 4th of March, 1H77.
We have lost much faith in the so-called
Southern chivalry, and its Northern
counterpart—subsidy and have-to-be
paid Democrats. The Democrats of the
Centre district owe it to themselves to
re-nominate Governor Curtin, and re
elect him by such a majority that rvi/;•
ardlji Democrats in Congress will not
agaiu dare to count him out. .
A Good Case and Bud Ending.
Prtiiu tilt. St. I'HIII (I lobe.
The contested election case of Curtin
vs. Yocum has been decided by the
House in favor of Yocum, the sitting
member. Mr. Curtin made out a good
case, but it seems some of the Demo
crats were fearful of offending their
Greenback allies by unseating one of
their number, even though it wus prov
ed he was not entitled to the place.
Republican Methods.
Vn.ni tin- llsrri.l-utK Pulrlut.
The action of the Board of Pardons
in remitting that purt of the sentence
of the riot-bribers which imposed a
year's imprisonment in the penitentia
ry has been severely criticised by tbe
press in general, including most of the
Republican journals of the State. So
far as these last are concerned we do
not see that they have much cause of
oomplaint. There is hardly a Republi
can editor in tbe State so ignorant of
tbe methods of the lender* of his party
as not to understand that Kemble,
Salter and the rest, in their cfbrt to
secure votes for tbe riot damage bill,
sitnply pursued tbe ordinary course of
Republican machine politicians. Re
publican campaign management, from
the primaries to the conventions, from
the conventions to the ballot-box, from
the ballot-box to tbe returning board,
is based entirely on commercial princi
ples and well do the Republican editors
know it. Republican candidates for
office. especially lor legislative office,
are obliged as a rule to pay more for
their election than their salaries amount
to. With few exceptions, therefore, they
expect to get their money back witii
such interest *s they may be able to
aectire by selling their votes and influ
ence in the legislature. The fact that
they are compelled to purchase tbe of
fice certainly does not afford any justifi
cation of their subsequent sale of them
selves. But the methods pursuer) by
them in obtaining oflice naturally and
inevitably lead to a corrupt use of the
office after it ia obtained. We do not
say that tbe Democratic party is entire
ly free from tbe degrading and demor
alizing influence of commercial politic*. ;
Nevertheless it must be admitted that
before the ad vent of tbe Republican party
but little was known of the corrupt u*e
of money in elections and that if the
Democracy ever had a "bar'l" (which ia
doubtful) it was used inertly as a de
fensive agency. In other words, the
Democrats when hotly pressed may have
been compelled, once in awhile, Mo fight
the devil with fire.' The fact, however,
remains that corrupt elections produce
corrupt officials, and where the latter
abound corrupt solicitors will also ap
pear. Where the carcass is the eagles
will gather.
For Hancock.
1 From Ihr M"ull<<i> (AUI tn) A.|t<-Mi.T.
"General W infield S. Huncock, otir
i choice for President, in n duplicate of
' Old Hickory ' in ruurage, with a larger
I amount of brain* and a higher order of
' Htatexmanahip. While in command of
■ the Fifth Military 1 >istrict, composed of
I Louisiana and Texan, under the reeon
, *t ruction acta be steadily and firmly
| refused to enforce the extraordinary
| powers with which he was clothed by a
; despotic Congress, enacted for the pur
i pose ef tyrannising over a fallen foe
I and disrobing them of their natural
i and inalienable rights. * * • * •
We throw the name of this distin
guished and incorruptible hero, patriot
and statesman to the breexe, as a fit
leader of the people in the pending
presidential contest, in the hope that
those whom he so gallantly served in
their most trying hour will rally to his
banner, and honor him who vindicated
their rights at a time when it required
; manhood of the highest type to make
the issue and assert such vindication.
We are for Hancock f" The editor in
question met General Hancock seven
times in battle during the war, and the
General gobbled him and his command
at Gettysburg, and now he goes for the
General so as to he even with him.
I'litil now the General has been one
ahead of him.
—— -
Won't Hint.
FroM th' WimhlH|lt)t) f*o*t.
Mr. Grow, of Pennaylvania, is of the
opinion that Mr. Blaine's Mulligan let
ters will not lose him a vote if be gets
the Chicago nomination. Neither will
Grant, in tfre opinion nf the same dis
' tinguislied authority,suffer to the slight
est extent on account of any of the
•oandaia with which his nam* was so
conspicuously connected during the last
term of his administration, it isor.lv
the anti-third term sentiment that will
bother the distinguished patron of the
St, Louis whiskey ring. In other words,
a party nomination will cover innumer
able wounds of oharaoter, rotten to
putridity. If Mr. Grotfr is right, repu
tation is the poorest weed that grows.
The Congregational Church at Wash
ington, I>. C., was filled on Sunday
evening, the occasion being a public
meeting in the interest of Sunday ob
servance. Justice Strong, of the Su
preme Court, presided, and President
l layer, many Senators, Representatives
and other prominent citixens, ocoubied
•eats upon the platform.
ADDITIONAL LOCALB.
Final Settlement of the Fixh Ouextlon.
It is the desire of the organization re
cently formed in thin place for the enforce
rncnt of those acta of legislature passed for
the protection of fish, and especially trout,
to give the people of this county the bene
fit which the act* afford. With that inten
tion, and also to give light on the
settlement of the test question raised by
the recent violation of those acts by a fWh
warden, we publish the final settlement of
the question on the part of the attorney*
In the case. Let It be understood that there
is no wish to impose upon any persons, but
the wholesale slaughter of the finny tribe
must cease, and hereafter the law* shall be
enforced. The following d<tciaion of the
eminent gentlemen who conducted the case,
we think, contains so much legal lore on
the subject that there will be no resign in
the future for offenders to plead mher
ignorance or misunderstanding of the law
as an excuse. Pause, read arid reflect:
Commonwealth of Penn a,on complaint of
George Miller, Fish Warden, is. John
W;.goner, before John Kankiri, a justice
of the peace in and for the county of
Centre,on information made under oath
by George Miller, Fish Warden, dulv
appointed by the Hoard of Fish Com
missioners of Pennsylvania, complain
ing that the said John Wagoner did fish
with a net, and catch fish in the waters
of .Spring creek, a stream inhabited by
spreckled trout arid black bass, contrary
to the Act of Assembly in such case
made and provided.
For the purposes of this (uil it was ad
mitted by A. O. Furst and I). 11. Hastings,
counsel representing the defendant, who
appeared before the justice voluntarily—
First: That Spring creek is a stream in
the county of Centre that is inhabited by
speckled trout and black bass.
Second : That on the day of May,
A. I). IKKO, .John Wegener, the defendant,
did fish in said stream. and did catch fish
known a suckers, with a net commonly
called a dip net, the meshes or oj>en spaces
of which were icii than three inchea.
Fourth: It if denied by the defendant,
and for the purpose of lb if suit it if ad
mitted, that raid John Wagoner did not
by means of the raid net catch any speck
led trout or black bar*.
I am a'ked upon this admission of fact*
to decide whether or not there ha* been
any violation of the law and if fo whether
John Wagoner if liable to tbe penalty of
twenty-five dollar* preecrlbad by the law*
upon thi* subject. * •
Thla being a question of much import
ance to all of our citizens, owing to the fact
that we have numerou* stream* in Centre
county that ate naturally inhabited by
brook and speckled trout ami other* that
the Hoard of Fi#h Commissioner* under
the authority of several vtcts of Assembly
at great expense to the tax payer* have
stocked with speckled trout and black ba*,
and which, if properly protected, will so
multiply a- to yield a large return for the
outlay.
The laws upon the subject of and
game fish being nmiewlnl complicated
owing to the numerous Acts of Assembly
Upon the subject, I have requested the
counsel representing the complainant in
lx-half of the Commonwealth, and also of
the defendant, to unite in aw ritten opinion
a* to what law is appliable to the facts as
admitted in this case which they have giv
en me, as follows: J>o. I. RANKIN.
BKU KFOWTB, Mav—, I**o.
Jso. I. KANKIN, Ku :
Pror Sir. —ln accordance u ith your re
<|ue*t, we have carefully examined the law
ujin tlx l subject of e*mr and game fish as
applicable to the facto a* admitted in the
caae before you and we all concur in the
opinion here given.
1 he Ibt h section of the Art of Assembly
of May lot, 1873, proyidee that no perron
shall at any time catch any speckled trout
with any device save only with hook and
line except for the purpose* of propogation
or scientific investigation, or place an? sot
lines in waters inhabited hy them under a
penalty of twenty-five dollars.
The '2"lli section of the same act provides
that "Many of the inland waters of this
State inhabited by speckled trout or black
bass t and in which the fishing with net*
and the like device* is not altogether pro
hibited by this act or some other act in
force in thi Commonwealth i it shall not
be lawful to catch or kill flh by mean* of
any net or device in the nature thereof the
meshes or open spaces in which shwll be
less than three inches, under a penalty of
twenty-five dollars; Provided that noth
ing herein shall authorise the catching of
speckled trout by means of any device save
only with hook and line, except for propo
gation and to stock other water*.'
: The 23d section of the Act of Assembly
of May the fth, 1873, provides that in any
of the inland waters of this Stale inhabited
by speckled trout or black ba*, it shall
not be lawful to catch or kill fish by means
of any net or device in the nature thereof,
the nieshos or open spaces in which shall
be less than three inches, under a penalty
of twenty-five dollars ; Provided that noth
ing herein shall authorise the catching of
speckled trout by means of any device save
only hy rod, hook and line, except for
s propogation and to stock other waters.
It will !• noticed that this section is a
re-enactment of the 2"nh section of the act
of May Ist, 1R73, with the following
words left out, "and in which the fishing
with nets and the like device* is not al
together prohibited by this act or some
other in force in this Commonwealth."
The 24th sectiop of the Act of Assemble
of June 3d, 1878, provides that, It shall
be lawful to fish with/yA* or hoop net* in
any of thr ntrraw of thin Oimmoniaralth
uninhabited by brook or tprrklrd trout, dur
ing the months of March, April, May,
October and November in each year;
Provided that the mxshes of said nets'shall
pot be leas than one inch in sine and that
(aid bet* (hall not be placed at tho con
fluence of any wing wall* efiher newly
made or abandoned ; and provided further,
that it shall be the duty of any one taking
or capturing by means of any fyke or hoop
net, as aforesaid, any salmon baas, trout,
spockled trout, pike, pickerel or un
kind of fish introduced into any water* of
this Commonwealth by authority of the
same, for tho purpose of stocking said
waters, to return the same alive to the
waters whence taken The violation of any
of the provision* of this section shall sub
ject the offender to a penalty of twenty
five dollars for each and every offence.
The 41 at aection of the aame act prividw
that "all acta or part* of acta which are
Ineonaielent wilh t hie act be and the aaroe
are hereby repealed.' 1
There are all the lawt or parta of lawa In
force relating to the facta a admitted In
the case upon which you have a-kwl , ,
opinion. K "" "ur
The 25th section of the act of u
1873, was in part supplied by the -'V '
. tion of the tut of June 5, ls T m """
tlon is very plain in it* provW J
Clare* that it shall not be | HW)u | ]
r or kill flh (of any kind) by meansbf
, net or device i,/the naturether,Ur ,7
moshe* or open spaces in which sh/u *"
less than three inches, in any of thc inl,^
■ water* of the Hute h v a,,,., K
. trout or bUck but. ' 1
■ ,l l i *® oDcwld H'"t Hpring creek , n whj ,.
John Wagoner was fishing with H
meshes of which were less that, thrc
r • inhabited by speckled trout and J
, several years ago black bass were
In said stream under the diration ~f
Ush commissioner*, both above „ f . .
the point at which Wagoner was fi.h,r'*
' thereto* """" ,mV ' ! """ M, " ] "."(tot
I f therefore this section of the act the r.n
1 >"■ not repealed by'ttre
pealing clause of the act of the ;il ,i 7
June, 1878, it is still i n f( , rt .,. fcr ~ "\" f
Wagoner is guilty of a violation of*it.
provisions and liable to the iwniltv '
twenty-Ave dollars. y
The 21th section of the a< t of the ..d , f
I June, 1878, only provided,as befor<
that "It shall be lawful to fish with !\ ke ,
" "cf* the meshes of which ar< r/., t
than one inch in diameter, in stream- tt
are no I inAubitnt by brook . r ■ 7
• trout. 1 t "'" J
lu provisions are applicable to other
stream* (of which there are some
hute which have neither trout r, r u,
Therefore the provision* of the 2 j.
of the act of May 6th, 1 hr .. ~t ir ', 1
sistent or iri conflict with anvoftt,,.
visions of the act of June 3d. 18 > h , /, ,
repealed by it.
It is therefore unlawful for any rs-rmn
to flsli in the water, of Spring creek or s- v
other of thestrenms which are inhabit*.* tj'y
speckled trout or black ba„, or <, J
them, with any net or device in the'r.ature
thereof, the meshes of which are t |. sr
three inches.
John Wagoner ha* therefore vi<,;*tl
the law. and if it* stern demands w.„.
voked he would have to suffer it- , K . t . .
ties; but in his case we agr<-e that the "
are uch extenuating circumstance*' tt
ought in this case to exonerate 1 ;m fr •
it, penalties. We are sati-fi.d fr mt(
evidence given us, that he did nt ir.;<-j
to violate the law: that h•, .i f;ar , r
Others who have read the a< tof .1
1878, supposed that it supplanted th.
of May Ist, 1878, and of May ",th. IS?
and that tt wa lawful to fish in any stream
with a net th" meshes of which weren't
j less than one inch. We have no doubt !.<•
was misled by others who construed lbs
law to suit their own incbrut:- •
j who do little else than fish and wh' bav*
j ben for several year* pa-t robbing ur
streams of the fl*b that the lau aa* ir*
tended to protect for the benefit of t
Wo therefore recommend that in ti.i* <*„.
j John Wagoner be disc barged u; n j*y.
| ment of cost, without fine. •
C. T. Ai.xx AM, ix,
Ait'y for C''mnn T,\rtmth
A. O. Fi e-t,
I) H. llastiv
An - Dtftmdmat
—We advise all person* to order fall
and winter clothing tarty. Our beair
| weight* will be on sale May Ist.
j Ift-lf. M OXTOOWKRV A Co.. Toib r
— I,adi<-s' hats trimmed to order, at Lv.-n
& Co'*.
Xnr Advertinemcut*.
SHERIFF S SALES.
BY virtue of sundry writs of Fieri
Fnrfe* *f4 l/Tn FKHM it)wl on! ->f th* C*rt
<•* OMMH '< HMM #1 ONMPI NT|,
wil! | ywlslN suil*- t th' 1 wri
in on
Saturday, June 6, A D. t 1880.
; Ml <m+ o'chck. P M.. ml
Ut- <f III* |i it
1 No. 1. All tho right, iitlo Hnd int^rwt
1 "f U(**i|sUri in lind to nil that r*ruln f lisii
j in lUrnntrr t<<wn*hip t Outr* c I l * k
j tfintilog nt At InUiwctk.n "f li '!• H
rr. fit., nI I#, f;. Ilualt; t><irth C T
jse-r t-|| dMM
ptw*: thfiif* oitb If ii. ft i* r. t" pm* 1 thw*
i rxtili fV i *ti. *'M" por u tton- tlr••oth •
: *•*! '.2 |rr to |nl l y pin# thn • wUi
• W IfnliH, tn tl„ |>tars nl h^ewninf—<•*•'
1 itafffi Ami Art'l prrrh#*. *•! tll'<an < SuM.
ulcq iii arvi t> KwtuM • th** |rpwlj <f
At>rmni FWvv).
No. 2. All thst certain lot or piece of
rr.iniel .nnst- In B Inanshlp. (Vnlrs t■ -mty Ts
I ltrunil#d bjr Ibiitrnosl i-trrrt tK# nrwitlt h i I
I** on th bjr niief on tbn, t rtti. tn4 by l
b'* ©n i't—l*ing l<d K. 1M on th* pU"
of (Vntml Cifjr. Mr.*l, tak©n in n *ts : I I*
M M th* pr'|*rtT of Wm H Wrtrl^r
TKRMS CASH. —NO d-ed will be a knoai
until th* purr h*** monn io (•)•! in fulV.
JOHN BPAMOUR, Sheril
Shsnff s i tfllre. Itellrfoiits. I's . May 31,1*8' •
Notice of Appeal.
i PPEAIJB will lie hold at the elec
•f U'tn l.,r lh* 3iner.nl H,cii|h* .'"1 T-" ;s
shipi in On 11* ennnty as tall,,**.
ratten township. Monday. Jane T
llalf Meon townalilp. Tne.Uy. June *.
Set*ne n tonn.hie. in Plnellrors. W e,lns..lst. Ji",'
Hauls township. Tbnrwtay. June lit.
(VJlsp township. Ptl'Ujy June II
Potter township, at Old Fori Hotel, dalnrday. Jun'
tlref* township. Honday, June It
IVnn lownalitp I Millhelni Imro . Tnewlat. Jtin* I
Ham,- tow nship' Wodnewlst. Jons |t:.
Mil** lownahlt'. Thllrelay. Jnoe 17.
WalSee township. Friday. Jon# la.
Nation township, Xatiiciay. Jou- 18
Howard township and horench. Monday. June I.
Idlwtiy tow nship. Tn>dT, June rl
Cnrtln township, Wednesday Jon. 11.
IV.cgs township. Thursday, jnne 14
Milealoirx horongh. Friday Jane la.
t'nlon township and I'ahmTllle, Matnrday. Jons uT
Hnslon lownahip, Monday. Jnne P
Worth tnwnidiip. Ttwwdar, Jnne r*
Taylor tonnshlp. at Fowler. We.li.eels. Jao* V
Hush townhtp and Ililliphittg. Thnrel,. Jnl. t.
Hnrnshlo township, Friday. July J.
Snow Shoe to* nsh.j . Bainr>Uy. Jnly .1.
Xprin* township, Monday. Jnly .1.
Banner township. Tuesday. Jnly R
Helletonte I-won ad., Wednesday, Jnly 7.
Front • oVtork A. M. In 3 a'clork P M. each 'la..
The Assessor, with their assessments and thslr
assistants, are required to I* In atlendaore.
AMIRKW tIRPJtJ.
(iVtRriR stt Alt.
JACOB nCBCt.II.
Ifnat Rsrt. Clerk . (XI-SLj Ounwlaslooen
fiEORGK W. THOMAS
J US'? RfSpEiyEP another lot f
FRESH MACKEREL
And So bo sold at nana! low prior* I
Ul ARTKRHat II IW | KITS al
PRODft'K taken In exchange far gnwds
MOV RY To Loan at 0 per Ft
iUUAfi I BT xt I'TCAI. LIFE 1R
A NCI 00. or NRW TORK, on nd
Improved farm tn|wrty. In sum, not lem
and net rlrewdla* on#-third ot the prtwenl valo# <>
the ptnpeitv. Any porthm of tha pHnctpol *"
paid of at any Urn. and It baa been the rostom of J
mmpany to permit the prtnrlpal to remain m fat*
the hormtnr wishes. If MM Interest la promptly
Ani.lT to
CIIARi.KS P. BnWMAN, Attorney-olds';
lT Ctmrt attwet, Reading, Ft*.
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