Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, April 11, 1867, Image 2

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    Netoo from all
—Dr. Kirkbride, of Pennsylvania
Hospital tor the Insane, says, that intem
perance is alarmingly on the increase in
both sexes and among all classes.
The Town Council of Norristowu
consists ot fifteen members—eight Republi
can f and seven Democrats.
—Sergent H. H. Bergeman, a sol
dier, who was wounded in the recent riot in
Carlisle, died on the '24 th nit., of his
v ound.
—The University of Pennsylvania
has conferred the honorary degree of Doctor
of Laws, on Gen. Crawford.
The Democracy of Cumberland
county have recommended the Hon. James
H. Graham for the Supreme Judgeship of
Pennsylvania.
—Henry Lange, a German,and two
of his little boys, were scalded to death in
Philadelphia, last week, by a kettle of boil
ing water falling on them.
An infuDt about a week old, was
recently found on the steps of a citizen of
West Chester. It was taken in and cared
for. but died the next day.
—John Young, and family, of Alle
gheny township, Blair county, were recent-
Iv poisoned by eatiug biscuits in which tar
tar emetic had been used by mistake instead
of soda.
—On Tuesday of last week two of
the Dry Houses of the Wapwollopen Pow
der Mills, Columbia county,were blown up.
A man by the name of Evan Davis was
killed.
-A. man has been arrested in Blair
i ounty on suspicion of being the murderer
oi Elizabeth McDonald, who was killed in
Jeuerson county on the 15th of February
last.
—lt is said there are at present
two flourishing Fenian "circles" in Erie,
who meet for drill and intend to be ready
to answer any call to arms on the Canadian
A fearful warning to young men
is contained in the case of Stephen Hodg
uiin, who was lately fined $2O in the Venan
go county court, for the little indiscretion
..t putting Lis arm around a young lady's
waist.
A freight car on the Erie Railroad
tilled with merchandise, took fire on Wed
nesday evening, twelve miles south of
Rochester, and was wholly destroyed with
i(s contents. The train was divided and
the other cars saved. *
—By an explosion iu the Clover
Hill coal pits, in Chesterfield County, Va.,
on Wednesday,seventy-five miners,of whom
twenty-five were white, were killed. The
pits took fire, and the bodies conUl not be
recovered.
—Late news from Montana, says
mining operations will be very much exten
ded the present season, and the estimated
yield of pr :cions metals is $36,000,000.
—The bakery of Socrates Beach in
liurlington, Yt., was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday afternoon. Loss $lO,OOO, on
which there was a partial insurance in the
Vermont Mutual.
—A dispatch from Kansas City,
says several car loads of colored troops
went out on the Pacific Railway on Tuesday
for service on the plains.
—A dispatch from Galveston, Tex
as, discredits the report of the massacre o
twelve families by the Indians.
—Two barns in Rush, eleven miles
from Rochester, were fired by incendiaries
on t\ ednesday night, and destroyed with
the stock contained in them.
—A gentleman in Portland lost an
envelope on the street containing $3OO, on
M onday last. Several people passing, sup
posing it to be an April Fool joke, kicked it
and poked it, but no one lifted it up until a
boy came along, took it up and developed
its contents, which were returned to the
owner.
—Gen. Sickles, commanding the
military district embracing South Carolina,
lias issued an order prohibiting all elections
for the present, and announcing that he will
make appointments to fill vacancies caused
bv expiration of terms of c>flice.
—lieu. Lee has sent his check for
to the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Petersburgb, as a contribution, to quote his
iaugu.ige, -in aid of their pious work for
ihe preservation and protection of the
'raves of the Confederate dead.'
—The negroes of Richmond, Ya.,
Thursday celebrated the anniversary of the
evacuation of that city, by a procession.—
They were subsequently addressed by white
men on the subject of reconstruction.
—Agents are begging through the
North for funds to found an Orphan Asylum
in South Carolina.
—lion. John Abbott, Republican,
has been re-elected mayor of Concord, N.H.
—The Copperheads were success
ful at the recent charter election iu Madi
son, Wisconsin.
Gen. Schofield has suspended all
• lections in Virginia until voters can be
registered.
—Gen. Swayne has ordered that
the civil rights bill be strictly obeyed in
Alabama.
—Gen. Hancock is after the hostile
Indians, with 15,000 fighting men.
—Providence, R. 1., counts .2201
Sunday liquor selling saloons.
—A large Union Convention was
held in Little Rock, Arkansas, on the first
inst. Three negroes sat as delegates.
—The Southwest part of the State
of Louisiana is inundated, from the giving
way of the levees on the Mississippi.
—The municipal election in Denver
city, was n spirited contest between the can
didates. The negroes voted without distur
bance or molestation.
—W atkins, X. Y., has become the
seat of Justice iu Schuyler county The
Legislature has ended the war.
—A. G. Drown,rebel of Mississippi,
Ihus written a letter, advising acquiescence
n the reconstruction bill.
—Mr. Colfax, with the exception of j
Henry Clay, is the only man who has been ;
three times elected Speaaker of the House. !
—An exchange says it seems that
the roll of Robert Toombs' slaves will be
called at. Georgia Ballot box instead of at
Bunker Hill.
- A bit of riot ha occurred in
Charleston, h. C. it not mobbitq/ an
abolitionst as ol old but all about /,*rote
riding iu the care.
—The early salt of the Giauc
Duchy oJ Luxou-Ururg to ktnuat, bj JflLo.
land, is fcpoken of as probable
ff tadford fUpovftt.
Towanda, Thursday, April 11,1867.
INTKHMARRUOE.
A vigorous protest is made to the
Kentucky Legislature in a re
cent report signed by the Commis
sioners of the Kentucky Institution
for the education and training of fee
ble minded children, against the in
termarriage of persons nearly related.
The action of the State Senate upon
this report caused quite a flatter
throughout the commonwealth, and
the aensatioD, with the discussion of
the question, has extended to every
State in the Union. As the subject
of intermarriage is one of very
great social importance, we make an
extract from thr report:—
" We deem it our duty to the inter
ests of humanity, as well as to the
pecuniary interests of the State, to
bear our testimony, in addition to
the abundant statistics heretofore
collected and published by physi
cians and philanthropists, and to the
observation of every close observer,
us well as to the general considera
tions of propriety, that a large per
centage of deaf mutes and of the
blind, a limited per centage of luna
tics, and, no doubt, a much larger
one than either of feeble minded or
ididtic children, are the offspring of
the marriage of first cousins. Our
charitable institutions are filled with
children all the time whose parents
are so related—sometimes as many
as four from one family ; and we
have known in the case of idiots, of ]
a still larger number iu a family. It |
is a fearful penalty to which persons
so related render themselves liable
by forming the matrimonial relation,
and which they in nearly every in
stance, incur, not indeed in all, but
in one or more of their offspring. In
stances, we do not deny, may be
shown where a portion of the child
ren—one or more—may inherit from
both parents,where possessed of high
mental and bodily endowments of a
common origin, enhanced and re
markable qualities of body and mind;
but it is generally at the expense of
unfortunate and deeply afflicted broth
ers and sisters. We believe few in
stances can be given where such en
hanced endowments are common to
all the offspring ; while instances are
not unfrequent where nearly all, and,
in a few, perhaps, every child is af
flicted either in body or mind, and
sometimes in both. The State has,
in large majority of cases, to edu
cate, and often support for life, these
afflicted children. Has she not then
a clear and indisputable right to in
terpose her authority to prevent mat
rimonial alliances, so productive of
private calamity and public injury?
I The State is thereby not only defraud-
Ed of the labor, usefulness, energy
and intelligence of a considerable
portion of her citizens, but she has,
in addition, the burden of their edu
cation and support, and, in the case
of uneducated idiots, their support
fhr life, thus unreasonably superin
duced, upon her. The unfortunate,
by unavoidable casualty, she must
and ought cheerfully to provide for,
but surely she is not boned, in reas
on and good policy, to legalize mar
riages so productive of private and
public damage. Indeed it is prepos
terous, not to say wrong, that she
should do it. A law of a few lines
would cut off, henceforward, the ex
penditure of thousands of dollars for
the support of the offspring of mar
riages of first cousins, as well as
prevent the burden of a lifetime of
sorrow and regret in many estima
ble families. VVe desire to say, em
phatically, that this opinion is not a
theory, but is based upon well ascer
tained and indubitable facts."
While we agree with the general
conclusions of this report in regard
to the progeny springing from the iu
teruiarriages of first cousins, we
still doubt whether the evil can be ar
rested by legal enactments. If we
examine the higher, and the lower
strata of society in our large cities,
! it will bo found that efieminancy of
body and mind, weakmindeduess,
lunacy and idiocy prevail to a fear
ful extent. From the one, hot-house
plants, pampered with every indul
gence, are sent out to wither down
so soon as exposed ; and from the
other, cold-house plants, reeking
with disease contracting in filth and
wickedness, polluting the atmosphere
wherever they go ; aud can these
pestilences upon the body politic be
reached by legal enactments; will
cousin falling iu-lovc, as the phrase
goes, be deterred from marriage be
cause of a law against it! They
can remove, or be married in another
place. Our remedy is intelligence,
let a philosophical knowledge of our
physical being be thoroughly spread
through our schools and newspapers,,
and these intermarriages,,we believe
will soon cease.
A NEW INSANE ASYLUM. —Miss Dix,
by whose exertions the asylum near
Harrisburg and that near Pittßburg
were projected, is now in Harrisburg,
urging the Legislature to make an
appropriation for the erection of a
third insane-asylum, to be located
in the Northern part of the State, for
the accomodation of the insane of a
Northern District, to be composed of
the counties of Monroe, Carbon, Pike,
Wane, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Lu
zerne, Columbia, Montour, Clinton,
Centre, Clearfield, Elk, Cameron,
M'Kean, and Potter. Probably a
bill proposing to appopriate fifty
thousand dollars to begin the work
of erecting au asylum in the district
named will be reported this week.
There is no doubt of the necessity of
a third institution of the kind in thiß
.State The asylum at Harrisburg is
full, and with applications far in cx
'*• of its accomodating capacity.
Jt is anticipated that a similar condi
tion of sffaiis will prevail in the
a Alleghany as soon as it i
completed
THE RCS3UW-AMERICAN' TREATY IN*
THE SENATE. —The Senate on Monday
took up the Rnsso-American Treaty,
which had been reported from the
Committee on Foreign Relations with
a unanimous recommendation for its
ratification. Senator Buhner made
an elaborate argument of two hoars'
duration in its favor. It is under
stood that the injunction of secresy
regarding the proceedings in Execu
tive Session will be so far modified
as to allow the publication of his
speech. It is a comprehensive state
ment of the foreign policy of the
Government, and rehearses the his
tory of previous attempts on the part
of other Powers to obtain possession
of the country in question. The only
objection of seeming force yet urged
against the treaty in that based on
the statement that this territory is
incumbered by various charters to
foreign trading companies. So far
as the mere fact is concerned it is
true, but the terms of the treaty
made special provision for these ex
isting franchises. Russia first of
fered the Territory for $7,000,000,
subject to the claims of these com.
panies. This our Government de
clined to accede to. The Russian
Government finally offered to assume
these claims itself if- <5*200,000 addi
tional were added to the purchase
money, which was agreed to, and we
receive the Territory free from all in
cumbrance by virtue of the charters,
franchise and privileges granted to
British, Russian and American trad
ing companies by the Russian Gov
ernment. This accounts tor the pre
cise sum named as the purchase
money, viz. :$7,200,000.
JgU The bids for the twenty-three
million loan of Pennsylvania were
opened at Harrisburg on Monday.
About $1,000,000 was bid for at par
at five per cent, per annum, and
about $31,000,000 at 0 per cent.,
ranging from par to 1-0 per cent,
premium. The bids exceed the
amount wanted, by about $8,000,000.
Drexel A (Jo., Jay Cooke & Co., and
E. W. Clarke & Co., get about $lO,-
000,000 at premiums ranging from
l-20th to 1-I6th per cent.
Hon. Edward McPhersou, Clerk of
the House of Representatives of the
United States, is collecting the ma
terials for, and has, indeed, com
menced to write the Life of Thadd
eus Stevens.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. —The nom
ination of JAMES F. WII.BER, for post
master at this place, was rejected by
the Senate on Friday last.
Gov. FENTON has signed the
bill granting State aid to the Susque
hanna Railroad. The bill passed on
Wednesday afternoon, and the Gov
ernor Bigned it the same evening.—
The road will now get $250,000. —
This will carry it through to its ter
minus, Binghamtou, forty miles from
the point at which the cars now stop,
The friends of this measure have
shown wonderful enterprise and per
sistency,under every form of discour
agement. They have fairly earned
the success which they have thus at
last achieved.
Personal and Political
—Hon. Thaddeus Stevens has been
confined to his bed ever since Wednesday
last, from general prostration and an affec
tion of the heart. Secretary Seward called,
but Mr. Stevens was to ill to see him and
other inquiring friends.
—I he petition filed in the Supreme
Court on Friday last, by Messrs. Sharkey
and Walker, praying for an injunction
against the enforcement of the Sherman
Reconstruction Bill, is to be followed with
one from Georgia, and probably with oth
ers from all the Southern States, praying
for the same action.
—lt iB stated that the Attorney
General's office will soon give a legal opin
ion as to whether General Sheridan had any
right, under the Military Reconstruction
act, to remove State officials in Louisiana.
The President is represented as being of
opinion that he has no such right under
that law. If the Attorney General reports
to that effect, the recently displaced officers
will undoubtedly be restored by the Presi
dent.
—Judge Sharkey and Hon. Robert
J. Walker, on behalf of the State of Mississ
ippi, filed in the Supreme Court an applica
tion to argue ths bill asking for an injunc
tion against the enforcement of the Military
Reconstruction bill in that State. Attorney
General Stanberry said that he was ready
to resist the granting of the leave, but Chief
Justice Chase said that the Court would
hear the argument on the next motion day,
being Friday next.
—Major-Gen. John Pope has issued
an order assuming command of the „Third
Military District, comprising the States of
Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. He permits
the present civil officers in those States to
retain their places, on condition of good
behavior, until their terms expire ; and for
bids all elections except those provided for
under the Reconstruction of Congress.
—The appointment of Registers
under the Bankrupt law will not be made
for some time yet. It is understood that
Chief-Justice Chase is preparing regulations,
which will be promulgated in a few days,
providing for the selection of Registers in
the several Judicialdistricts. The applica
tions are very numerous for the positions,
and it is found necessary to adopt some
system before they are made.
—Gen. Sickles, in South Carolina,
has for the present prohibited elections,an
nouncing that he will soon begin to appoint
Sheriffs. In Alabama, Gen. Swayne simi
larly declares that all local elections are dis
allowed,and summons all lately elected per
sons to report the fact to headquarters.
—The Ohio Legislature, which not
long ago refused manhood suffrage, has re
versed that aotion, and both branches have
paaasd a bill establishing it in the State.—
The House amended the bill to disfranchise
iiebsls and deserters, and has sent it to the
fk*nat for action
.from Cjarrtßbnrg.
Special Correspondence of THE BRADFORD
REPORTER.
RARKISBIKO. Pa., April 8, 1867.
Having an aversion to tin indiscriminate
"puffing" of men, either in high or low
places, 1 have in this correspondence, since
the date of my first letter, carefully abstain
ed from lauding any one. You will agree
with me, however, that a word in reference
to the Executive o' the .State will not be out
of place here. I am informed that at no
time in the history of Penusylj auia, has any
Governor succeeded in doing what has been
accomplished by Gen. Geary. It has been
customary, at the close of the sessions of
the Legislature, from seventy-five to a hun
dred of its acts to remain in the Governor's
hands, there to receive his signature or his
veto, at a future day. Not so now. lam
informed that Gov. Geary disposes of all
bills as soon as they are brought before him,
and that when the present session closes,
the files iu the Governor's office will be
empty. All the bills will be signed or re
turned by His Excellency before the mem
bers get out of the city. Business is the or
der of the day with His Excellency, and he
gives personal supervision to it. The peo
ple already pronounce him the " model
Governor."
Much has been written and piiuted on the
subject of the recent passage of a bill au
thorizing the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to increase its capital, and some of the
newspa}>ers entirely misconstrue the provi
sions of the act. The increase allowed is
but five miilions of dollars, and this amount
(or a large portion of it) is to be applied to
the straightening of the tracks of the road.
It is believed that many miles in distance
can be saved, and that the chances of acci
dents will be greatly diminished. The act
does not permit the capital to be increased
above $35,000,000. The bill of March 2,
1860, authorized its increase to $30,000,000.
The bids for the new State Loan were
opened on the Ist inst. They amounted in
the aggregate to $31,000,000, or $8,000,000
above the whole amount advertised. The
bids varied from par to a premium of one
half per cent. This fact is alone sufficient
to convince the public that Pennsylvania's
credit is good—that money men are not
afraid to invest their greenbacks in her
bonds. $23,01X1,000 was the whole amount
for which the State Treasurer advertised,
and the promptness with which the loan was
taken is creditable alike to the State and her
people.
In a former letter I mentioned the fact
that a bill had been introduced in the Leg
islature, having in view the publication of
the State Laws in at least two newspapers of
opposite polities, in each county. It was
hoped that a bill of this kind might pass,
but, I regret to say that the one referred to
has been indefinitely postponed. In many
of the Western States the laws of each ses
sion, as they are passed, go into the news
papers, and the people have an opportunity
to learn the nature of the enactments. It is
a well-known fact that no where in the
North are the people kept in such complete
ignorance in regard to the Statutes as here
in Pennsylvania. A certain number of copies
of what are called the "pamphlet laws,"
are annually printed, bound in miserable
blue paper covers, and sent to the various
Justices of the Peace foi their official use,
but none of them find their way into the
hands of private individuals. Our people
are expected to obey the laws, while those
laws are not laid before them that they may
learn what they are. If the laws are to be
kept as sealed books, their violation by any
one, through ignorance, should not be pun
ished. If newspaper publishers will posi
tively refuse to support men who will not
pledge themselves to have the laws publish
ed in the public journals, there will soon be
provision made for their publication.
Also, an act to extend the act providing
for the assessment of seated lands in the
townships where the mansion house is situ
ated, to the borough of Rome, in the coun
ty of Bradford, for school purposes.
An act to reduce the number of School
Directors in the several school districts of
Bradford county, and to pay the same, was
objected to by Mr. Armstrong, when it came
up for action, and temporarily laid aside.
The House passed an act repealing the
first section of an act to prevent the spread
of Canada thistles, etc., approved March 22.
18G3, so for as relates to the county of Brad
ford.
Also, a bill to authorize the School Direc
tors of Troy Borough School District, in
Bradford county, to contract a loan for the
purpose of erecting a suitable building for
school purposes, in said borough.
An act to authorize the Governor to ap
point an additional Notary Public for the
county of Bradford, to reside in Athens
Borough, passed the Senate finally.
The Legislature is expected to adjourn on
Thursday of next week. REX.
IST" The Sheriff of Luzerne County,
Penn., telegraphed to the Governor
of this State on Saturday that there
was a serious riot in the township of
Hazelton and Foster,and that he was
unable to quell it with the force at
his command, an armed force would
be necessary. The Governor, having
telegraphed to a prominent citizen of
the County, received an account of
the condition of affairs, and thereup
on ordered the captain of a militia
company in the vicinity to hold him
self in readiness, but in no event to
move without orders from him,
although the Sheriff had previously
ordered him out to quell the riot. A
dispatch from llarrisburg says noth
ing further had been heard from the
scene of the disturbance, and it was
supposed that all was quiet. The
disturbance whatever it may have
been, is supposed to have been caus
ed by a strike for higher wages, the
majority attempting to prevent the
minority from working.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, of the
late confederate army, publishes in
the Selma (Ala.) Gazette a letter of
five columns, defending himself and
Stonewall Jackson against imputa
tions contained in J. Eaten Cooke's
Life of the latter, and correcting sun
dry errors in its report of events at
and after the iirst battle of Bull Run.
He says that the reason why the
Federal army was not pursued after
that battle by the victorious confed
erate cavalry, was that the cavalry
(of which they had but a small force)
was driven back by the strong rear
guard of the United States army,
and that it would have been utter
madness to rush upon the fortifica
tions on the Virginia side of the Po
tomac, which were strong and heav
ily armed, as a river a mile wide
would have still intervened between
them and the capital, which they
had no means of crossing. General
Johnston says the victory ot Bull
Run saved the confederacy, which
was all it could reasonably have
been expected to do. Most of the
rebel troops regarded it as deciding
the whole question and ending the
war, and thousands of them left the
army and went home. The Union
army,be says, was "less disorganized
by defeat than the confederate army
by its triumph." The letter is a val
uable contribution to the military
history of the war, but has little im
mediate general interest.
Iflr In August last the Oswego
(N. Y.) papers contained an account
of the loss of a little girl who had
left home one morning for the pur
pose of picking berries, and never
returned. On Tuesday last, says
the Oswego Palladium, of a late date,
boys hunting near the field in which
the girl was lost came npon a num
ber of black snakes which they kill
ed. The appearance of the reptiles
in such numbers was thought remark
able, and it was suggested that a
breeding den was near. In the side
of the hill was found an opening
which in the summer was concealed
by grass and boshes. In this open
ing was found a human skeleton,
from which every particle of flesh
had been taken. The bones were as
white as ivory and all perfect. Near
by was a rusty tin pail and cup The
remains were taken from the mouth
of the den, and an examination
showed that the place was a den of
black snakes. The boldest hesitated
to enter. Lighted balls of hay, soak
ed in kerosene, were thrown into the
cavity, and iu less than fifteen min
utes 80 snakes, ranging in length
from li to 4 feet, came out ami were
killed.
The paii and cup were recognized
by Mr. and Mrs. Drummond as those
taken by their child. The physicians
pronounced the remains those of a
female child, and there can oe little
doubt that the girl seated herself in
the shade at the opening to this ter
rible den and was attacked by the
reptiles in numbers and killed.
iNtm
SHERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of
a writ of Ft. Fa. issued out of the
Court o Common Pleas ot Bradford county,
and to me directed, there will he exposed to
public sale at tee Court House in the Borough
of Towanda. on MONDAY, MAY 6, IS 7, at one
o'clock, p. in , the loilowing described lot,
piece or parcel ol land, situate in Wysox twp.
hounded as follows : Beginning at a corner on
the public road being a corner of land of Mat
thias H. Banning, thence running north 4u°
west by said LanniDg'B east line 100pers.,or
thereabouts to a yellow pine stamp a corner of
several lots, thence north 77° east 18 per. to a
post a corner of the Pearsall lot, thence north
14° west 165 per. to a corner on the south line
of lands of said Laning, and the north-east
corner of said Pearsall lot thence north 58°
east 107 pers. to a corner, being a corner of said
Laning and Harry Morgan' land, thence by
said Morgan's land soulh 31° east 118 pers. to a
corner, thence south .18° west 82 2-10 pers. to a
corner on the east aide of the public road,
thence south 21" east along the public road 112
pers. to the place of beginning. Containing
136 acres and 155 perches of land, be the same
more or less, about 80 acres improved with a
framed dwelling house, 2 framed barns, corn
house, aud an orchard of ftuit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit ol
Edward Overton vs. Allen Jayne.
ALSO—The following described lot iiiece or 1
parcel of land situa e in Wysox twp., bounded
and described as follows : Beginning at the I
south-east corner of land of George Spalding, '
thence south 95 pers. to a post aud stones,
standing on the line of an old survey known us
theAdaly survey, thence on the line of said
survey north 45° west 22 pers. to the Wysox
creek, thence east on the south line of said Geo.
Spalding lot 111 pers. to the place ot beginning
Containing 01 acres of iand, more less, about tiu
acres improved, with a framed house fnrned '
barn and a few fruit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of
Calvin B. Patch vs. Raymond Case.
ALSO—The following lot piece or parcel of 5
landsituate in Rome twp., bounded as follows : I
Beginning at a hemlock the north-west cornet j
of Joseph Allen s lot, thence along the west :
line of the same south 2° west 5U pers. to a
hemlock for a corner, tnenee south 36° east 7
pers. to a stake and stones iu the line between
the townships of Rome and W\s x, thence i
along said line north 88° west 72 3-io pers. to a
corner ! J. M. Piollet's, thence along the line !
of the same north 8° east 55 pers. to a corner
thence south 88° east 79 9-10 pers. to the place -
of beginning. Containing 25 acres.be the same
more or less.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of
A. W. Ayres now to use of John Holmes vs.
N. K. Woodburn.
ALSO-The following described lot, piece or
parcel of land situate in R me two., bounded
and described as follows .- Beginning at a stake
and stones the north-east corner ot John W.
woodburn s lot thence south 4' west by land of
said J. W. Woodburn 72 pers. to a stake and
stones, thence north 88° west 56 pers. to a stake
and stones, thence north 9° west 73 1 lu pers
to a stoke and stones, thence south 88" east bv
land of -—James McCarty 71 pers. to the
place of beginning. Containing 28 acres and So
perches, be the same more or (ess.
i and token in execution at the suit of
John Holmes use vs. N. K. Woodburn.
, ~ following described lot, niece or
parcel of land situate in Troy bord bounded
north by public highway, east by land of F H
Person .south by iand of John F. Means, west
rw„? y i d,ri 8 , lr om Troy to Canton.—
Containing J acre ol land, more or less, all im
proved WP h one framed house and a few fruit
ire s thereon.
Se zed and taken in execution at the suit of
Franklin H Person vs. Warren H. Boles.
ALSO—The tollowing described lot, piece or
parcel of land situate in Sou h Creek two
bounded north by lands of David Relyea and
ea r. l hy - J(Mse Moor<? - 'Uth by
lands ottbben Dunning, and west by lands ol
David Bel yea. Containing 60 acres ol land,
more or less, about 30 acress improved wit h a
log house, log barn, and a few fruit trees there
Seized end taken in execution at the suit of
James S. Patetrson vs. Henry Miller
ii Albo - he al,it of K(Juard Van Dimouse vs.
Henry Miller.
ALSO—By virtue of a writ of Ven I. Expo,
will be sold at the same time at d place, the fol
lowing described lot, pice or parcel ol land -sit
uate in Tuscaroratwp., boundM north by Amon
Armstrong east by Elias and Geo. Solomon
south by John and Joseph Neighs, and west by
VV. H. A I eter Neighs. Containing about 80
acres, more or less, about 20 acres improved
witb a tramed House, Saw Mill, slab stable and
a lew truit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of
D. L. Thompson's use vs. Jacob Rought.
Also at the suit ot D. 1,. Thompson's use vs
John Rought 2d.
. . WILLIAM GRIFFIS,
April 8,1867. Sheriff.
PROCLAMATION. —Whereas Hon
FARRIS B. BTREETER, President Judre
oi the 12th Judicial District, consisting of the
counties of Bradford and Susquehannu and
Hons. Levi P. Stallord and J. W. Van Dyke
Associate Judges, in and for said County of
Bradford, have issued their precept bearing date
the 2d day of April, A. D. 1867, to me directed
lor holding a Court ot Oyer and Terminer. Gen
eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Common
Pleas and Orphan's Conrt, at Towanda, for the
County of Bradford, on Monday, the 6th day of
May, next, to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coro
ners, Justices ot the Peace, and Constables of
the County of Bradiord, that they he then and
therein thtir proper person, at lo o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, with their records, in
quisitions and oiher remembrences. to do those
tilings which to their office appertains to be
done ; and those who are bound by tecognizanc
or otherwise to prosecute against the prisoners >
who are or may be in the jail of said County, or
who shall be bound to appear at the said Court,
are to be then and there to prosecute aga nst
them as shall be just. Jurors are requested to
be punctual in their attendance, agreeably to
their notice.
I Hated at Towanda, the Bth day ot April, in the I
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty seven, and of the Independence ot :
the United States, the ninety-first.
WILLIAM GRIFFIS, Sheriff.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.—N^E
is hereby given, that all persons indebt
ed to the estate ol GUY TRACY, late ot
Milan deceased, are requested to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against
said estate will present them duly authenticat
ed for settlement.
HENRYW. TRACY,
R. C. LOOK WOOD,
C. L. TRACY.
Aprils, 1867. Executors, j
tJUGARS IN EVERY STYLE FOR,
J sale cheap, wholesale or -etail. at FOX'S.
JTfui
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—
The subscriber oßbrs for sale In-, farm iu
Wysox, nearly opposite Towao a. This farm
codtain* 120 acre < of laud iu u high state of im
provement, with a splendid dwell'ng house,
barns and outbuilding-. It has a large cever
lalPtig orchard stocked with good fruit ol ev
ery description. It is in a good neighborhood
within easy reach ol the church and school
privileges of Towanda borough. For tertr.g ot
sale, enquire ot thesubscribrr on theorem
ises. MORGAN It. STRICKLAND.
Wysox, April s, lHi;7._tl*
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.—SOO
men.toa'tas salesmen torCOBBiN'9
ILLUSTRATED DOMESTIC BIBLE, compti
Hing upwards ol 1,500 crowu quarto pages ; a
Commentary of 17.000 Notes trom different
Commentators ; Too Engravings ; Family Pho
tograph Dep trtmeut ; Extended Concordance;
Maps, Biblical History, Chronological Tables,
&c., Ac. A book that always sells. Our aver
age sales are 500 copies per day. As a stand
ard Bible for Families, Teachers, Ministers and
al; lovers of the word of God, it has no corape -
titor - No License required for Agents. For
particulars address,
H. A. STREET A CO.,
Box 222, Harrisbnrg. Pa.
April 8, 1807. t;t.
\W. A. ROCKWELL,
TO THE PEOPLE. GREETING :
I Has removed to the opposite corner on Main
| and Bridge Streets, to the store formerly occu
| pied by < ieorjre Stevens, and wit! =ell goods on ly
lor
READY FAY,
i And pays cash for all kinds ot produce. The
j public are cordially invi'ed to call and examine
| my large assortment of Goods purchased for
CASH ONLY
1 will give my attention to the
GROCERY BUSINESS.
i
: And will i omy beat to give entire satisfaction
i to all.
W. A. ROCKWELL.
! April s 1567.
IJIUE TEMPLE OF FASHION!
NEW STORE.
N E W G 0 O I) S !
An entire New Stock of Clothing bought as
! ( heap as before the tvur, to be sold with
S M A LI. PROFITS!
The undersigned would respectfully announce
j to the citizens of I owand i and vicinity that he
i has this day opened at the south btorc of
BEIDLE MAX ' S BLO 0K ,
Opposite the Means House Main .-at, a
NE W ES T A BLISII ME N T
-
Ol Beady Made .Vens and Boy and childrens
CLOTH 1 N G !
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. H lis, CAPS
Ac., Ac., Ac.,
; And that those goods bought at very !;w figures
will be sold with very small profits. 1 intend
to establish a permanent trade in this place,and
j in order to gain the confidence of pure has
will deal with them on a basis of honesty and
integiity, and all goods sold will re guaranteed
I for what they are repiesented to be.
1 •%- Come and examine the Nev. Store of
H. JACOBS.
Towanda, April 8.1867.—yr.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—
Notice is hereby given, that all persons
iudebted to the estate ot David J. ilorton,
| late of Bheshequin twp,,dec'd. are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
WM DELPEUCH,
Apriljs, I8i;7. Administrator.
rjASH PAID FOR
, DEACON AM) VEAL SKINS,
Also,
HOMEMADE CLOTH
EXCHANGED FOB WOOL, At
DAYTON'S.
I Towanda. April 8, 1807.
UILLI \ fi R Y
MRS. J. C. PIERCE,
Would announce to the citizens ol Towanda,
and the public generally, that she has just re
turned from New Yoik with a well selected as
sortment of Goods, and opened a
MILLINERY STORE,
Over Shlam's Clothing Store, in the Iront room
| lormerly occupied by W. C. Bogart, Esq.,
where she will be pleased to see the Ladies ot
Towanda and vicinity, being confident that with
a varied and well-selected a.-sortment he can
supply their wants.
Having procured the services of one of the
: best Milliners rom the City, she believes that
; she can give entire sa isfaction. Particnlar at
; tenti >u given to nTKAW WORK.
®sr Come and see us. Don't lorget the
place, over Shlam's Clothing Store, next door to
Mercur's Store.
Towanda, April 8, 18(17.
REGISTER'S NOTlCE—Notice is
hereby givea, that there has been tiled and
set'led in the office oi the Register <-t Wills in
and lor tlie county of Bradford, accounts ot ad
ministration upon the tollowing estates, viz :
Final acc't ot Martin omer, adm'r ot the
! estate o George King, late ot Wells, dee'd.
| Final acc't ot J. O. Alger, adm'r ot the es
tale of J. W. Alger, late of Orwell, dee'd.
Final acc't of Mathew Hill jr., adm'r of the
| estate of Hiram B. Joiner, late ot Springfield,
i deceased.
Final account of Geo. Loyn, adm'r of the es
j tate ot John Howe, late ot Warren, dec d.
; Final acc't o! P. S. Brewster, guardian of
| Catherine Middaugh. minor child of Isaac Mid
daugh.late ol Wyalusing, dee'd.
Final acc't ol Geo. A. Stevens and William
Vought, adni'rs of David Vought, late ol Stand
ing Stone, dee d.
Final acc't of W. S. Jayite and Thomas S.
Manley, adrn'rs of Oliver Harriett, late of Can
ton. dee'd.
Final acc't of Isaiah Zaner adm'r ot William
Zaner, late of Albany, dee'd.
Final acc't of John K. Edsall, acting adm'r of
Emiy Drake, late of Utchdeld. dee d.
Final acc't of Benj. M. Peck, adm'r of Uiaam
Bennett, late ot Burlington, dee'd.
Final acc't of Delos Bockwell—Partial acc't
of Mary T. Long, adm'rs of Alonzo Long, late
of Troy boro' dee'd.
Final acc't of Isaac Lyons, goardiau of Marv
J.Gray, minor child of Oliver S. Gray, late o"t
Standing Stone, dee'd.
Final acc't ol Geo. F. Reddington, adm'r of
E. P. Perine, late ol Troy boro' dee'd.
! Final account ol E. A. Coolbaugh, adm'r of
| the estate ol James Y, Hinman, late of Wysox
; deceased.
Final acc't of James Drak t, adm'r of the es
tate of Julia Darke, late ol Litchfield, dee'd.
ALSO—The appraisement of property set ofl
j by the Executor or Administrators to widows
j or children ol the tollowing decedents :
| Estate of Casper Garnett.
David Shores.
" Milow l'eet.
" John uwen.
j " Oliver O. Besley.
j And the same will be presented to the Or
phan a Loutt ot Bradford County, on Thursday
the loth day ol May, next, lor confirmation
and allowance.
H. J. MADILI.,
Jan. 10, lsG". Register, i
APPLICATION IN DIVORCE.—
To J. Kingsbury jr.—No. 618, May term
iHßts. You are hereby notified that Emm., j
Kingsbury, your wite.by her next friend, W. K. I
Marshall, has applied to the Court of Com
mon Pleas ol Bradford County for a divorce 1
from the bonds of matrimony, and the said '
Court has appointed Moaday tho Gtb day of
May, 1867, at two o'clock, p. m., 101 hearing j
the said Emma, in the premises, at, which !
time and place you can atteud it you think prep
er - WM. GRIFFrS, Sheriff.
April 10, 1867.
ALL THE LEADING WEEKLY
and Monthly Publications, for sal at
RIDGWAY'S NEW STORE.
GAMES FOR THE FAMILY CIR- I
CLE, at the NEWS ROOM I
fHercljanbtjr.
POWELL & CO.,
Are now receiving their first
SPRING-STOCK!
Parchawd during the
LATE PANIC
In the
DRY GOODS MARKET,
And are now offering their Goods at a
GREAT REDUCTION.
March IS, 1867
QRE A T REDUCTION
IN
DRY GOODS!
Bought at the
LOWEST MARKET RATES,
And Goods marked down to
PANIC PRICES!
Bargains in
CROCKERY, GLASSWAR E,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT
TRACY & MOORE'S.
April 9,1807.
miscellaneous.
RP ORA CC 0 A CIGARS,
W hole-ale and Petail at
R AN'DAT.Ii A- COMPTOWs
Hr-i rt.>r w,nth of the First National haul.
MAIN STREET, TOWANDA, FA.
BRANDS OK TOBACCO CHKWIM;
Gold Leaf, Sunny Side, Fine Apple, Michiga-
Fig, Dose I.eai and Star, which we on-r lot sV
in quantities to Rait customers. Packages j,,
Barrelß, half's and quarters.
BRANDS OF CIOABH.
American Eagle. Gen. Grant, Letuque'.
perio, Tycoon and the very choicest brands or
Yams.
FANCY SMOKING.
The celebra ( d Lone Jack, Pride i iw L■.
ted States, Virgiiiistie .Gold I.eat, Svy an 1 § ,
kinds of KiUickni -k.
Landlords supplied with Cigai* it i I'oi j.
bacco on liberal terms.
All orders promptly Ailed on short no'.'. .
W. H. RANDALL. K M. COMFTOX
March 7. 1867.
JHE UNDERSIGNED, HAYING
Purchased the entire interest o.
K. 11. PATCH,
In in the firm of C. H. PATCH A CO . > s
prepared to offer to trie citizens ot Binou
County and vicinity, a large and we!'. *e> ti
stock of
GROCERIES,
Which I have purchased tor Cash and '.eel ce -
dent that can sell at as low figure* as can br
purchased elsewhere. I now offer to the pub!'
a splendid stock of
TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS,
STARCH, SAI.ERATU9, SPICES, At .
Have on hand a large stock or
AKRON FLOUR, GRAHAM Do
RYE DO. BUCKWHEAT DO.
I keep constantly on hand, PORK, HAM.-.
LARD and kinds of FISH. Would callihes'
tent ion of the public tonnr Can't Be Beat
STOCK OF TOBACCO,
In quality or pri. e Jesse Oakley's Celebrate:
Laundry, New York Chemical and Brown Soap.
Pie ase call and examine our stock ot
WOODEN WARE.
Large assortment ol YANKEE NOTION.-.
TOILET SOAPS, Ac.. Ac. 1 w iil pay the hivt
est cash price for
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Farmer e give as a call before selling elsewhete
0. B. PATCH.
All personp indebted to tb late firm wi!.
please all and make immediate payment.
C. B. PATCH.
Towanda, March 12,1867.
GTILL ANOTHER NEW STOCK
OF GOODS!
JAMES O. FROST, would call attention r : v '
large and varied laser tment cf
FURNITURE:
New on exhibition at his Ware Rooms, whi.'.
he will t e happy to show to any and every on
free ot charge, or to sell at a very smell ad
vance from coat. Thankful fot the past libers,
patronage of the public, I would aay that 1
shall still endeavor to make it to their interes'
t deal with me. not only by keep! g a
LARGER STOCK
To -elect from than is kept in any other Furm
tore Store in this region ; but also by oftr'n.
them
AT A LESS PRICE
Than the same quality ot goods can be pur
chased elsewhere. I have now in store over 6t
DIFFERENT PATTERNB OF CHAIRS
And more than
THIRTY DIFFERENT STYLES BEDSTEADS
Besides Bureaus, Stands, Tables, Book Racks.
What Note, Sofas, Tete-a-Tete's, Rockers,
and Easy Chairs, Piano Stools, Chil
dren'a Carriages, Children's Cradle*
and Cribbs, Looking Glasses,
Looking Glass Plates, Pic
ture Frames, Photo
graph Ovals, Steel
Engravirgs,
Corda and
Taa els,
Ac.,
In fact a full assortment
OF EVERYTHING IN THE LINK
All of which will be sold
CHEAP FOR CASH
The public are invited to call and examine
my stock iiefore purchas ing elsewhere. Stuff
ou Main Street, 2 doors south ot Montanye*
also keep on hand, a large assortment ol
READY MADE COFFINS,
From the most common to the finest Mahogany
or Rosewood, which will be turnished with ot
without Attendance with Hearse, at s low *
price as the same quality can tie purteaaed < if"
where. ' Dee. 1866.—yr.
JMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
My Goodrich Seedling Potatoes grown iron*
the orignal stock, and hence all true to name, art
now ready for delivery to those who have almr
dy engaged them ; and also a supply to whoever
may wish to secure these choice potatoes lor the
ensuing spring.
From trial of the above potatoes by ikc<
who were so fortunate as to secuie some wed
from me last spring —moat fanners have tie
come awa re ot their vast superiority over ail
others. They are unrivalled in their immense
yield ; exceedingly excellent for table use. and
very hardy—nearly Iree from rot or disease.
All persons wishing them, had better apph
now or early as possible, and bring their bus
to Dr. Porter's Drug Store.
Early Goodrich, beat early. Id (W pr R
Calico, beautiful and delicate, J 00
Gleason, line for winter use, J 00 "
Rusty Coat, superior yielders and good 2 01*
Cuzco, enormously fruitful, 2 00 "
Garnet Chili, at about tbe market price
Dec. 10.1866. Dr. H. C. PORTER
DISSOLUTION —The arm of MAR
shall Broa. A Co , is this day dissolved t>J
mutual consent. Marshall Bros, will settle ai ■
accounts wi.h late firm, and continue 'he bus!
nesa at the old stand. R. T. MAKSHAi.L.
W. K. MARSHALL.
M. M. MERCUB.
Feb. 12,1667.
DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT THE
NEWS ROOM. and if yon don't see wb*.
yon want, ask for it. AI.YOKP A BiRBFB