NEWS PROM *NATIONS. —l"hceniiville has an insane boy '.bone thief. • '- N II o —Teri ttionsin4 school' elates are 4isizinfa;tnred \ daily at 81titiagto2. City has been inundated thiee times in six months. E The Carlisle Herald is seventy font:years old. .• _4wild cats arei plenty is Centre county. • - -4Wo'tea are ml±big havoc among thsk (Armes sheep_ in Fox Wirnship. EpLiDca '_''-Three "a T.. • DS t _ycoakmg con* sere among tt_nl lost on 'the Tine do Home. —The Mayer - . of Lock ,Haven, on New. Year's day, distributed -seven hundred loaves ofsbread to the poor. t —There are one-hundred and fifty engines Id nee on the Philadelphia and Pia Railroad. .' —Upwards of twenty-fizn . destittde families stp riceivinglams through the Young Iterea Chr;stion Association at Altoona. —There nschoni. honEe in Ches ter county located in graveyard in which . * 411(0 bodice are buried.' • • ' • • , —The . :Pi,ttsbwg Leader callgribi Western rennaydvanix poultry exhibition an ?bentertatuing show." • -- • steward of the Frinklin county almshouse has been attested. fot heat ing a man aged eighty years. ' —From-April to October laat year 30,478 paerengers tstre carried over the Switch tack railroad. . • —Alderman Timlin, of Scranton, became suddenly . insane a few days ago, and i. now,in the pour house of Luzerne county. • —The Easton Free - press' nomi nates Genr-rai Selridge for lieutenant governor. Next. -ayor Havemeyer has received a mysteriona letter-warning him to beware of -- the tenth of January.' = --Geo Wilkes, of the S 4 pirit . .qf the - Times ' has been arrested at snit ofJolin Cham berlui gambler, for libel:" • - -IA councilman :,weighing 500 • pounds bore down on the streets of Pottsville • ione'ilay'labt week. • ' , „ • . -The high price of gas aiad cheap ' hese of oil lave induced !Tiny Milton{Consum --- ets to burn the latter. ' . - .;- —The Jersey City churches have •formed - a union reluif sticiety,mith Ref. W. W. Hulli3E se treasure. L 2 D , One handfed - and seventy-five thpusAnd dolliis is the security, required' of the nount,y,treastixer in Bucks. - —There are • twelve persons living i Derwicl~ aumbia county, _whose average egt.s. are E , 2•1 years, and 930 ir_the aggregate. -It, has been suggested that two 0.-ut Tr); al cards be issued, als which the re ,ce:ver may rep.y without coat to hinted?. small pox is' steadily in -. ercahii•g'in , San Franciaeo." Scarlatina it verr p.'nvalent and fatal. • . —lt is said the Central Railroad of N.Ew ztir,.‘y ibsat to reduce the 'pay of its c•rnplcl fittren per cent. , • —A Sing Sing convict ,has inherit.; t'd-thirjy thook•abd dollars. E:i Brown is his name F..11(1 it will have fire years, interest added berore he can me it. , ' AfrB.„Samuel.Colt, of Hartford, Signs et-cry - cheek and- order used by her revoßer Temin, and takes a walk through the 1 1 061,11 , 14inent trice a Week. —Sian ta, Claus': died in Chicago 1.).1,1i179,5tat:611 OR Christmas eve. At Idast he said it was his.pame,'and folks are not given to tell 1... i: on the-death tied. • —Jacob Deboj,: of. Cittribita county, died rc , erAly, aged 10 sears. Ile served uti der Y,pleoti a heni the,gi eat gariral was bat t venty•six 3 cars old. • . . , - ---- - --04 Christmas, L. A. Mackey; E,( l , r.IL,-,ck !liven, presented !Labia jnientle eal:ers truth. a ; quart. r. Th , ;y 'numbered 0 .girls. and 252 la - rya. _ - - • .r Uc Ealary: •of Presideht, Mc - Ilan fTeen increased a few hundred thou? 0. 1 :1:irs to euabte him "to "rife fetes at Part'," the great sh - Ovmaia is s - a,..ift) have be, , Pai-3 through 1088681 prOeLt have . become too • --,the Missburi Ltarrt.'soilian.adsel" tunOrecl lona twenty, cow belle-for aid esliains that it Sooli them from a hardware Mail-in ment-for job work. -Last - _yent: there tiere in lie tattri .42.3:19 "r,-rsrr_s in Confinement. of whom 28,070 weremcn and lines, and 1-1.359 women ilfi girls. . 11. I , . 1 =—, The ileticitAn the Vienna Elhi mion hntotirw, to I,t it 0,090 florins, about, $2.- etiil,(s:',l. The r.,1«..1 :x7 ,, ,,ni0. amounted to $9,- 5.541.1p - li, . C • . —The Stale debt.loi Wisconsin is .4 , lythe Treasurer annonpees that he is prepargi to IWriidate that on demend, I i a ppy ' I • A, butcher recent] found -a large shawl pArt in a co* he ,was cut tin up lute steals. It il!supposed the animal had the toaid. _ . . . • -, - •.- —.i movemetitis on foot_ by .. the( * .Welmii citizen , ;:rScra . nton to orgapize a roam= inntli churn,. t i ,i 117., !at Itlrii Centennial. cele bratiou.. . .—John C.:Brooks of Lebanon gave le tri - ousenit Mares Rf , brelid to the poor on C - 1 , 1 - uOl charity floweth from ßrook2. • 6- [gentleman .unearth ,'Oi SIP:/i) I:ii , C - 07C thaltiiing an pld trunk. ()ver b ipling tru! since b-con:e popular doxvii ILL • factory has 18, 7 (1)0 Ln itn habdies ready to ship. 'These , Tr,ll 11.011:0: riciw LCD a:1.1 int.) thou srntnan's • is' said five hundred children in Havre Leeeme !atherles-, and more than one women wn•re rustic vyido'ke by thr• lova ~! rc." . ' • ,Scatlet, •TeN er is i . raging with ... . ~ • much vin t kixe i:,, erccralEcetions cf the State. . Within the last fnw weeks quite a number of ,L it•liilcircil haye Idled, and many are now 'allisted with it ity.the mosrmalignant form. -Damille's new opera house cost It was opt nett on the night of the 235.1r11t:( by the Itiebintto-Renard troupe; and 'lead) . all tre heatA were bought an advance ai larfit figures, - —The3fayor of Laueater threat; ens to publish auelily, a list of all cifner louni gers and-strcetioafers generally. clue editor objects, not being desirous of seing his name in any other than his own paper. —A ilettnelcy paper published the names of all persons in the town who were drank on Christmas day. [The hat is now need as a hnsirie,ss directory, as it is more full than . the old one. , . —A waini-hearted lady who'found nettl: born babe on the front step, the other -th: , riting, feelingly remarked : "The dear little thing t- How distressed poor mother will fey! %%hen she this:tea it! . ' T„he 4 3l-ontreal Lifonelary"Tinter;, .the hardware Manufactures of 'the • 1.. - n-teu 'States are.finchne ai market for their, • -is is Canada to a very large extent, and ' e, in truth, cutting off the .roglish trade. —Forty-three of the largest mann iftturing estaididiments in the United States resumed operations, during the past week, some with-increased force, and soveral being t . so crowded witkorders that they arc running right and day., The jewelry - store of Mr. Coe, in- Eutan, was entered and robbed of articles valued at 14000 on Monday. night. The safe 'wai blown open and the explosion heard by partici living in the vicinity, but not by the t - - —A woman' in Michigan insured' ber life for 19.500 for the benefit of her chil— dren the other day, and then committed suicide. Anct.uoa.,..the .mothers of Michigan are daily tesited by their affeetibnit te children to go and liken Graphic. - 7 ,-Another Baptist church burned. LAW bricks left out of a furnace did the bns'iness for this Boston edifice, It will take s.unething a good deal hotter than fire to guru discretion into architects and care into . ters.--Gi4ipTi ie. • • -;,. - There is a handsome young lady : 1• coliEbottocken, it is raid, who "sets her taco : tit4inustaches." And now all the bare-faced' :.. f log men in the place are cultivating a hir ..iite ornament on their upper lip. They are %tilling to let her "Set.". • =We' notice that John Smith li' as arrpsted in Clarion Dainty a few. days ago for I4ating- his. Wife. 'lt is hardkv unessary .to st te. perhaps, that this is not the Bute Join smith who was killed in a sirc•A brawl out Vest r .twooiconths ago. • —The members of a, Echoel board in altio,sachosette town hit% helit the office three Years: and daring all that time they have °nix it:trodured . fifteen rehs of j hooka to the paLilc A.lteels—ranking Nit; fiV i t et:lenges in a Pte, - • afford :4 .tporttr = . . ICIDITOICS s - _ I ....= lE. O. GOODIUCII. ‘ • .111. , w. 41-bIrOILD TUE messAiriz. ; • To the extiusion of our c a nal va rieV of miseellamous !reading mat ter, we this Week lay before owned ers the first annual mileage of' Goi.. Harraenrr, The docOment is one Of the ablest and best !messages we have ever read:. It is tometvhat longthy, but is 'really. 4 model State paper., We commend it to the care ful isnd critical pertral of our read ers. END OF THE SALAJL QVESTION . The House of. Representatives his passed, by a vote of 22 yeas to ,25 nays, the Senate 'Salary bill— The bill was offered by Se4tor OmuugG, of •New York, and files the - salary of Members at $5,000,d puts all otliei• salaries except the Presidents and. Supreme Yndgesk biak where their were before the miprease of 1873 Among the metnbers'gvoting against the ref - teal, we , notice forn. this State Messrs: CLY3ll:l4llAzawm, and STOBA democratsmA 3lessrs.!Kirzy, NEGLY. and Tonniltepublicans,one of whom, should ever be returned} . The prompt manners in which the matter-has been ditiposid of is anoth errindieation that :tile Republican party respects and age the voice of the people. - _ • TUE PROGRA;II3IE. caucus of the Reppblican =rem; hers of the to appointed a committee to prepare progromme of business ender the New Con stitution: Hon. E. R.! !drag, of this county, was chairman lof the House Committee. Their report was:, as lellows; and may 1301 considered a fait' indication of what! the action of the' legislature will be- The committee :report that they barn cmcfully examined the new Constitution, to discover the duties imposed therein upon the present Legislature. It requires but • _canal reining to find that there is a peremptory direction and iinniethaterne.essity for legislation upon the following sUbjeCts 1. Prescribing the number, Omits and cempensa• lion of officers and employes of the Legislature. 2 . For supplying ehstleriery, public printing, pa- . per and fuel, binding and distributing the' laws, journals and public docrunents,i furnishing and re paring the legislative halls. 3. apportion the &stein%) Elemitorial and Repre sentative Districts. ' - 4. Fixing the salary and mil4ge of members of the Legislature for special and regular se.aions. 5. Fxing the salary of county`Oftleers in counties of more than 150.000 population; 6. Regulating the accounting by county, borough and township officers for public honey!. 7. Regulating the conduct or elections and the registration of votes. , 8. For trials of the elections q presidential elec tors. members of the Legislature and other public officers. • . Defining the necessary and pronkr rip enses Incident to the nomination kid election of Sena tors, Sepresentatires, State, Judicial and county officers. .110. Defining the of orrtipt solicitation of members of the Legislature . 1 or public officers, and the practice thereof, and piescribing this pun ishment. - . 11. pesiguating the several judicial districts of the Commonwealth. ' ; 12. Providing for Ottibana; C.Ourts lit counties of more than 150,000 population. 13. For the incorporation and organization of telegraph companies. g • lt. For the organization of tallroad companies, the construction of rallroids, and enforcing tha several prbvisions of the article of the new constitution, "Railroads and Canals." 15. Fixing the salaries of the. judges of the Su preme Court, and of the several 3udicial districts. 16. 1) slgnating the amount or the necessary re serve for currant expenses of gOvernment and the manneratsecaring and keeping this reserve. , There are other subjects which should be pro vided for during the present seiesion of the Legis lature (if at all practicable), Without some proper general provisions relating to them, some confusion and annoyance may result toithe business and interc-ti .ot the Commonwealh . Among these subjects are the following : (a) Regulating the changes of ,;venue' in criminal and civil cases. L;, (b) For the granting of divorcea in cases not al eady provided for.' _ - (c) Additions to and modifications of the laws for the regulation of the affairs of counties, cities, town ships, wards. bdronghs or school districts. (d) For the locorporation of ferries, Bridges `and `su c hc other corporationsas are not alreapt prOvikied for.' f. • ; t I (e) For the location and changing of countisaats, Vi For the organization and 'regulation of ;bitilus and hauling, . fol Declaring what °dices are incotopttiblefr (h) Defining particularly the duties of' thelSeve tary of Internal Affairs.: i - (1) Prescribing the manner of 'lssuing the-Suit of quo warranto against officers, Judicial and other wise, whose jurisdiction does nit extend over the whole State. ("j) Regulating the terms of and the manner of election for city, ward, boro, and township officers. PROF. WICKERSHAM hits favored its with an advance copy pf his several reports on the COMMOR as' well. as Soldier's. Orphans' schotfig. We find that 3,167 children weie in the, Or phan schools during thsi Sear 1875; a decrease a little over three !hundred. This decrease was not las rapid as there was reason to 'expect, from the fact that about 200 children Un der eight years of age, not previously eligible,: , were admitted into the schools; it is thought: the 'schools were better 'managed, an k d made more attractive than in .pasti years, - and drew to them many children whose friends htid previonslyi refused- to make application for their admiss ion; and the Proprietors pf the differ ent schools, seeing thiir numbers rapidly decreasing, made extra exer tions to find eligible dhildren and bring them to szhool. The whole number of orders issued for the ad natssion of children - from Lancaster county up to May :31, 1873 was 304. The number in schools in Lancaster, county was, Monnt 'Joy Home for Friendless children 38. , 'The cost of the vete* for 1873, was $467,132,84 or $8421'69 less than the cost of 1872. Ino children had. been se t to the Nottnal Schools, the reductiti would have been 933,09. It ould have been consid erable grey r, but for the fact that large numb ra , o a f ehildt'en reached the age of en years, and their ex.- penseo, incrsed from $ll5 to $l5O per atinnm: .. i . Tai nomination of CALEB CURIE% for dhief Justice is verb universally condemned by the tßepublican press of the country, amL the ißepnblican Senators, in a caucus oh Tuesday,' resolved to ask the President to with draw his name. His age; 74 years, l is urged as B, serious objeCtion to him. GEN. BEATH, the pesent able and incorruptible Surveyor General of this State, we are phrased to .know will be a candidate fox 'Secretary of Internal Affairs before 'the Repubfl.' can .convention next yoari RE. WITHERS has Iz elbpted UI S. 1. 1 . eikator frota:Vir6tisksrcip Mar thole,t; THE VIE a 01111-MPLIT. 4 Whether the:Bible wroildlionthi ued to tie *trawl' without *mut& e *nil iffiristianity einium,for el* to.eoMelifiits profeeskas ihota4 cease their_ .for its lon, is 0 problem iiticti it ' is 'not, _, se7 pratmi l t purpose; to ` solve ; but I beheve there are no pinks soconsPicruins,l no Prineilgee Oleo Plias that: they Will continue tioadvanc,e andrOontrol Ithe conductjoi. men without ,the-acid of tutruni instrumentalities; s " r- - - Ingenteral we ir_uet tl':to answer our ownrprayers. Nothing Tasb . • was . -- i — velyattained withorit tie labor of somehOdy.l The farmer does not expect ba reap milesii he : sows; thei t cement.* does not ' ltioki for 'houses to be built : ' by magic, like Aladdin's palace ; 1 , the maehinhit !kno s that iocomotives',do not grow in th night, like muilitoinis ; they are: we cent vinced that thesethingelare the pro duct of Many days of toitand nights of thought, -. • 1 , l• In every pursuit of life, success is, in gene* the result of labora it is the same bilateral and Political re forms. fro lexpect Republican suc cess without RepUblican effort,-at the effort of voting,----is,te'.-ex pect imp ossibilities ; and from; causes which I 'shall proceed to examine, tip general effort was made by the party last fail. i. I , Republicanl• - . 1 ;The pnblican party his lent!: been in favor, of Civil Service Reform. In the old days of DemoCratia slave driving , !,iva4ndency, not only ;the heads of, the "departments , hut the thousands of clerks employedl in the civil seriicelof the country, who had learned their business and we're per formingl tlitir duty" faithfully; were turned out kd office at every change of administration, to Make 'room for an army Of spew ones, chiefly ~ “ green horns ' H-thii friends aria relations of members or Congress or influential i politicians. A Under this syste'M the interestil elite cOuntrY, suffered; and the Itepnbkcan maeses with general Grant,, have( always been desirous to reform it Altogether; bat Chgress hatlfailed to respond to the wishes of the ieop)e, and the recomenda dons of thq-President, to e tablish by law IpOper regulations i or ap in pointments - an the eivil,serviee. - Forced lip the clamers of tbe peo ple to dq skneth lig, Congress author izedther,risident to establish such rules as e Should think proper, well knowin g thi i it • such rules wonld knot have .thb ; anthority and stability of law, and, whten, after. much labor, he had establi4ed rules and got them' into sucCei4ul operation, such pres sure was lirbught upon him that they forced hin4ign two instances, to4io late his s ewit rules which he bad ;es tablished. " iwe doubt not he , did it with grCat relactance, but with the example's ofiTylr and Johnson' be foralis i eyls, he feared '! to quarrel with th d int(ders of the party in Con , gress. . Is, it strange, that 'many good men who kid labored for.civil service reform ehbrild have felt discouraged? , The Coedit Alobilier investigation, revealed th4,:fact that a great mon -1 eyed corporation had sought to buy up both i hOnses of Congress, by sell ing Menke:* valuable stock at a mere pittance, of nits real value, and soon after declaring and paying enormous. diiidends ?"the" stock, which it did not eani•and the profits of the com pany did itiit warrant, intending it as acorrapfion fund to se'care future legislation, pr its own benefit. A RepubliCan imemb'er from'Massaehu setts acted tts the agent of the cor poration, Id a Democratic member l from Now ork took all the ttock he could get, iknowing it to be a_bribe. Several bthfr members of. both par ties took sane of , the stock-and , r6- turned it, 'at they allege, ;when:_they discovered that the consahy=was likely tai get invoked in -litigation.' That is the Nyhoie ,story in .slihrt, but when peorili. once get their suspicious aroused they 'are apt te - suspect more rascality hi such transactions than there really !is. ' • The largO increase of congressional and other salaries; called the " salary grab,"' Was in unwise and'unnecessa ry measure" taking plaee at a time when farm !products were low end the financial outlook ! , gloomy, the people *erg surprisek and angered beyond . 1 measure. , It is , true 'there was a iargel percentage of Democrat ic than Republican members in both Houses ivhd3 voted for it. It is equal ly true that the Democrats have this winter,'so fax as they cofild, assumed the' resp'pasibility of the rn4asnre by supporting Perna - ado Wood, ono of the chief gritbbers, for Speaker of the House ; I bill the people always hold the party.ala s power responsible for, the .legislation •of the country, and sometimes ]told it responsible ,for all the calliniities which haPpen •dnr ing its asceddency, whether they be famines'or financial crises. . '-, Last Sepe,einber, the' financial sky, became dark, with t hreatening clouds, and though lthe storm did not burst in its fary !Until after the October elections, there can be no doubt it bad an inilttence, H and especially in the election in New York, in Novem ber, highly .Prejadicial to the Repub licans. 1 ' . • _ . . ..... _ . In Fennsilvania, the Constitution af Convention, having the legal right to fixthe salaries of its 'Mem bers, voted la stun ' more than twice the amount the people had expected would be a'. fair I compensation for, their service 6. 1 ,- For all thi.se things—justly or un justly—the Republican party, being the dominant party of the country, was brotigliq into judgment and con demned 'by p large portion of the people. ISotae despondent Republi cans judgedlthat iothing would re move the barnacles which strick - to the Reptibliian ship but letting her grind upon ; the rocks of ' Defeat. 3listalien judgment! Our ship may not. be perfeOt in 'every tinaber, but it is.far"superior I' to that old black piratical slate shi Democracy, which I would ride thelpolitical seas trium phantly shoidd our vessel' be finaily. rocked.' . 1 Ail political mariners we should rennin in lour' ship through storms as will as in fair weather, and labor to pu.kifiy it, strengthen the timbers, trii4 the sails, and keep her off the breakers as long as possible ; but, should she 'sink in spite of all our efforts, let us like faithful sailors, performing' 4:tar duties to the last, go down tnthelbottona along with her. I t GOTPAII. ace . ye seen 1 not t - AV* hany an nouncenienti:f the appointment of the cominitt, s of the legislature; but I learn . that radford County isi'l to be honored .wi h the chairmanship _of the Ways and Means coMmittee—a selection which does great :credit to the Speaker) - A Lin frma Buex, in re ply to an ar i 4ele in the ItEmbry= of last week, islerowle.ii ouP4f this iS: sue. It sha!lnppear in PIT next, mom . .. - Pelisitin•PELt. ! - , . ' ~ . • , -tTsa.ll,lB7C . ' I-XL ED 4. .—Dftar Bin—Daring the paakfew - - aaerks of inter- Mow evilmts . - ve pecAirred in Phila.- -- : - '. . pailactibitly inter ested excellentpiper, we make mu zr" it mane of: thotaL we b&ve witn - • i for the ' benefit44its initp,.4ll who ' e us ranin feel an Crest% wha is transpiring in tbC great city of the Keystone State. Oue-of • th e tweeting [ - events. of ibe period ' the Centennial Tea Patty celebra on , at tholiidemy of Masco. Ho 'Cultural Hall on the 17th and 18th ult. - It was projected by the ladies f the aucatrve coal, mittee who:.. e taken an active eta.- cientpart in the preliminary arrange- meats, for the great National exposi tion in 1876. . ese ladies hire been very busily. . . '. d for several months. months in . = eating the planfor th'e celebrationl : ' .t, it wasagreed op on-that each . _ in Philadelphia shod: -be rep . ,-,. ted by a table, an 4 upon farther "naideration . the Stato ofthe Val° I were substituted in place of The time tweed up on was the , • ' of the second cell tary of th , thrown o • °nth, C harbor, event, whei ,the tea erboard from the ship pt. Hall; in the Boa; ea 17, 1773. During waions and a vane., ere requisite in tran s day previ of ,vehicles p - Urting they 'donations and loan made for this. occasion., Ap idea of the magnitrul of the affair may be ti i formed from the statement made; that among e deliveries were eight large hogsheads of cups and numb, ' in fac-simile o those , used a hundred years ago, an bearing, the inscripi i Lion on the e p, " Jbhn Hancock " on the sancerl "The . Centennial Tea Party, Philadelphia,i Pa., Dee. I'7; 1873." Besides, there was an end less variety oflother things necessary to the well-arranged tables. The up; per saloon of Horticultural Hall 'was appropriated for the tea party, and this connected with the Academy of Music by un , 012 bridge. The Hali was beautifull decorated with ever.; greens and flowers. Muttoes of tho different Statt6 were here and there suspended amid the entwinings of 'evergreen and ornamented ; by the nation's colors. The tables were around the walls and iii the eenter . of the main flocsand the stage was set apart for the xhibitionof furniture_ i i in; use a een, ury. . ago. EaC,h table was named after a State,.and all .4:4 them beautifully and curiously orna-; merited. For instance, the one named Massachusette had 'upon it a minia ture ship about loth. feet in length * with all the - sails set. This repre-; sented the teaL laden r ship,Dartmouth,! 'and the overthrown 'tea wash visibly Coating upon ' t the water which sur-t rounded it,. The one named dalifor-j, nia laid i a golden gateway, beautifully arched, with gates ajar. A ship, sim ilar in size to the former one,; was ap parentlY entering, bodiateonsly laden, with fruits ani flowers. On the table representing Georgia was an immense cotton plant,' grown in its natural atate—a gift for the occasion. Auoth er novel feature was the large num-. ber of ladies at tired in what is known as the I " Maitha Washington cos tame," who presided generally thre4 out the entetlainment. The Beene in the Academy of Music on the af-; ternoon of the 17th,' was impressive andnteresting. ',Mr. Hessler s ori chest i a of 30 -rues were in 'front of the stage, at d rendered excellent music. Upon ;he state were between fetir and hundred boys and girls icvho rendered; appropriate choruses, under the direction of Prof. Jean 'Louis, assisteby Miss H. C Fritton H. . Pendleton. An ad- 1 and Mr. I dress was delivered by an aged lady; A fine essay, entitled " Why is the Centennial toLbe held in Fhiladel; Thia," .was r ad- by a young lady; :The entertainment during the eve Wing nonsiste4.of music & and , addrest ,ses delivered by varionedistinginshed individuals. After which the large audience in attendance -removed to Ifirticriltural- Hall, across the iron bridge previously mentione& Thro'. out the following day a reception was held at the Hall, as many were unable to obtain admission , to the Academy of Music on the , formeri Latet in the afternoon the Children who had .taken part in the 'musical entertainment: repaired to the Hall, to receive each a cup and saucer as a gift - from the 'executive coMmittee. Thus 'ended the celebration' of the I. great CentenTal Tea Party of 1873, On the evening of Dec. 19, the 76th birth-day anniversary of 17r. John - Chambers was celebrated Ilin Lis church, situate on . , Broad and Sari . sem streets. -It has formerly been an independent ;church, but is now known as ChaMbers' Presbyterian, of which helms Jeen pastor nearly for ty-nine years. Although the Dr. lute reached the a3vanced age of three ; score and sixt4n years, honossesses the energy and zeal of a'much yoring= er man:- _The members of his church number from twelve to fifteen huh dred. On this occasion the, house was filled to Overflowing. It being the evening of the usual iweekly prayer-meeting, he Lad previously exprersed the desire to meet as many of his congregation at this time as possible. Many outside of his ichurch were also , present. Dr. Poisel, of Baltimore, an aged friend of ;the Dr.'s delivered'a short ' opening address other addresses followed, with pray era and . Bengal _ Daring the day he had received a number of gifte at hie residence, from, various members of his church • among them a lump of gold, coine d seventy-six dollars, bearing the 4te of each successiire year of his,life„ and these curiously framed together.. ,As ,As this letter is already prcllix we refer to one other incident only. Miss Charlotte Cushman gave a; ;atinee reading in the Academy of M sic on the 27th. ' .Than some idea of her pop 6, larity here may , be formed, we state" the, fact that the friend who pr cured for us a tielretlstood in line oi I- wait, ing for nearly two hours, ere hi,a turn could be served. ' ' I P. -- , The Estimates Oat Down TenTh • •Dollare.4lto Prei-Postage. WASHINGTON Jan 9.—Severa mem+ hers of the , Ap ropnation Committee think that the l estimated will t o eat down about $10,000,000, bn that this will not be sufficient tolbrink the expenditures of the goVerument within the receipts' from all sources for the next'fiscal year.' • • TheComMittee of Ways and Means to-day instructed its chairman to report .adVersely on the bill to remove taxes . on friction matches by stawps. The House Ipostal committee day reconsidered their action in de ciding to report a bill to allowiPublie documents to go through the mailS free and allow rig newspapers o pass through the mails free in the ~unty whereinprinted. The ()posit bn to the measure 1;0 . become so trong that the cointhittee were for bd to rescind their I.ruipr action, 1 MOM i : THE OMIT i z PIMP. - am. / Oikto Gushing N. , inltedev4 . l%aanad ifi Ili Senate Over tAe 'olThinatkna• ' , ‘ ,4., 00....t.",,_ , “ , eIVAIWInGraP• , ' ; 11 .1 4- gliii yoga , . nation of Caleblo , • , gfto, be °Wei J l Z a tiee OP Ol , lBi M a " ri c h suriorilrin all q*rtws to-day, Ana *AB On* Of l i M illtelii4M:nt ko : hile -* lo4s l l be y had made his . . !emote to leave this country n the 24th inet. for Madrid, in the patity of United- Staten Minister , l au had no intima tion cif the additional honor to - tie "tin confered Up*. ' 4 . . When Gen. ben& appeared at the nutin door lof the Senate th is afternoon annutuuung 'ra message F lo from thci Presid tin writing, eirery eye was turned n him, as it was generally . believ that, the '. . package he held m his and cont ained -the r nomination for IChief justice. :Sen ator Conklin, who siti;near the cen ter slide; intercepted the messenger on, Wit way to tlie desk, and taking the hst of nor motions from him, hurriedly glanced over them, exclaim ing in a, tone loud enough to be heard in the galleries, "Chief Justice!" At, this a !large number of-Senator's jtnnped from their seatii and gather ed about him, and in a Moment ,the name, of Caleb Cushing was audibly whispered fromiSinator to Senator on the - floor. Senator Thurman remained in animated conversation with I Senator Conklin some time. Senators Summer and lioutwell had their heads towither and the unusual httm of conversation on the, floor in dicated that the nomination caused quite 'a sensation. - The sews soo reached, the Asso ciate Justices of . the Stipreme Court through oho of its oflfeers, while no time), !As lost.! in telegraphing it abroteheAembers of the House of. S ep.ntatiVes were not visibly affected by'the ;intelligence. The nomination having been read in Eiecutive Scission it was referred to the' Committee hn the Judipiary. No effort was made to have it con sidered' withontl such reference. . , I 1O PAT RO NS Or HUSBANDRY. . . Condition ;of the' Order Throughout the entry., ' I , The Farmer s "Granges" are con.l stantly_ gr . t . :iwing in number. The; latest reportl of the "National Grange," dat.C'd December 16th, stateS,that at that' time there were throughout the, country 9,297 sub ordinate Gianges there having been an increase during the week closing on that date 44, 248. The greatest number of Gratiges is in lowa, 1,- 839. MiesouriLeomestnext, with 1,- 199, ..and' follo*il:ig ibis State, the next largest number are Illinois, 798; Indiana, ;732; jl and Kansas, 721.. These five States, it will be noticed, have 'much more than one-half of the whole lmber. The adjoini ng States, in proportion to their popu latiori, have, in some • cases, smaller relative humbe 0.-- Thns Minnesota has 397 Gran es; Nebraska, 381; Wisciinsin, 37; Ohio, 349, and ] Michigan, 147. These, ten Western. States, represe Hug the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley, have in the aggregate 6,713 Granges, SO that they contain about five-sevenths of the entire Order of Patrons of Hus- bandry. Ther4 is a strung and ..titp idlyincreasingl development of the Order in the I, South, the leading States of that election reporting the following ' _nuihber of Granges; Mississippi, 407; Georgia, 326; Tennessee,s262' South Carolina, 194; North Cafolin I 128, and Kentucky i i and Arkansas, ' ach 116. California rePorts 128; th' New England States 68, there being ').olie in Connecticut or Rhode Island; Pennsylvania, 45; New iroikand I] Tew. Jersey, each 24, arid (Maryland J 7. . The aggregate membership` Of the, Granges on Deceinberl 16th was 697,275 of whom about 350,000 'inn) voters, the others being women aid persons under age. The last census gave the following statistics regarding the agricultural population: Agricultural laborers, 2,855,996; dai men-, 3,550; farm and plantation over eery, 3,609; farmers planter's, 2,97 ,711; florists, 1,085; rl gardhers and nurserymen, 31,445; stock drovers, ,181; stock herders, 5,500; stock raisers, 6,588; turpen tine farmers, 361; turpentine labor em, ,2,117; vine growers, 1,112; apiarists, la. 1 The above includes all persons enfoged in any of the oCcupations named above the age of ten years, and gives a total:of 5,922,- 471. 1 It will hi) seen, therefore, that the , grange olrganization •) has yet plenty of material upon 'CAW to work, anti t 4 report alluded to alio}ve shows that it is still most in dustriously en aged in increasing its membership. , - , Ti , : following resolution offered in per t strauce of tip action of the re prtbliean citnett,s, passed the HouSe an the St . l3, insti., with but two nega tiverages both democrats. Thus the great "bug-bear" with which the, THite reee, and the democratic papers , ° State en a eavored to. frighten the people inOl the belief that the rel4tblican members would try to evadd the spirit r of the.new constitu tion, 'by aeclariog the present legis lature had the night to elect - a U. S.- Senator in place of Hon. Jon Score, l orns l , out 03°4: like most of their redibtions Resolved,; by the-louse of represen tatives that it is the trite intent and mewling of the new Conatitutiou,that thei kirst session of the General Afisernbly elected under its provis ions begins on.tho first Tuesday of January eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and tie ruerabers of the Honse of Representatives thereof should be elected at the general electiOn of eigiteen 'hundred and seVenty-four.l I I ' -Tni WOMAN dr Avos GIVEN TO THE 'tmts.—The danawaugus sensation is at an end. Vhe body of Miss Bos- NO, Which has b een lying dead for nearly two mo ths, was buried on Tuesday - last. I Externally and in ternally it was found to be so far de compOsed as a body dead that length Of time would naturally he, The dad* say the story of its Miraculous preservation is all bosh. The stomach has ben sent a Buffalo chemist for examination. The object is to learn iwhether or not poison was the causelof the young woman's death. The Coroner's inquest has- thus far revealed nothing new. "Miss Box- NaY said that she was 'going out,' she did 'go out,'[ the bells rang, the house shook, anti the friends kept the body,: by requeSt, for 'the occupancy of her spirit *hila it returned. ' It didnt return, an' the expected spirit nlis' tic sensation[ ends as a very lame and revolting atfair, unless it Shall appear that poidon was the agent of death. . usand fA rr , ' : Monied, to the legislature a, number of ilLi pealed sk - the laet t kipeseget o with !de cobjectioilUrroto. Amon them we ) 204 *oneli al iinie! , b 4 "0 0- Toi d i°o l 44 o E 3 Y/ ff '- _ ME PSIII PADQUAR ITOI-ps i sIL' ; YE JEWELTiIr 111'01 the building fonnerly ...__ r. with a large assortannt o f _ h=and Biller mil t American and S iss Watches, - le Giil4 Jawe ' ,' Gold Seta, 0 itTc4 I ' "S,-' EL4INS i? RING 1 • I i .- 1 CHAIN BR.ACELETS. ,•I P . 1 ....... . I , Ng ,INS f ',At,: &a. A-11 Am.. I.' I I • f all line of arm sn i vt i and plated ware. 1 fLr 'ECTA.O gix I EYE GLASSES 1 • I I Of all dii i —Oold Slifer and Steel. eitOdKEI 1 I I v it t : o ctet% i t m o to th r t: beet,l. ea t ir :',l . r e b e e; *ling. I ,• I e l @ K. BEINDELVA.N. • ,1 B. Watches. Clocks Ind Jewelry tVetrial by. :heal workmen. and warranted. 1 rands,'Noy, 10. 13 I 12 SP, A. & CANAL & = . • GENF= OF4ffiIiTOTEB TRAINS. To take aced Monday, 'December. 8, 1873. = Ei 1950 1 10 129 1 35 205 3 35 4.42 5 00 7 3D 8 31 8 43 915 10 30 No. 3 a. in.; ea riving at No. 31 6 15 p. m. arriving a B ARG CM &c., Givon to a, 11.4 R D Eec, 17,'75. A NE W Has purch cAsE, WILKES Adwaye 0 Towands.,? , T4l li . %Ariccg nava rented tin are now prepari BL A ( S, ITHING. . itil gt:i DON ;:WITII Glt..IT CARE. I • I , V it T n En rim illtiSES EAs y , ADE TO TRATE!. All work dono rnowzrvi c- Clnd at moderate pilees. v / We Invito one 4nd all to c 'tho and try our'work WORK A.6ANTED. . r HOBSESHOEI AU SORE•F M. 0. MOODY Towanda, 13 a Iv Has eatabliabe Rept tring all kl EDGE TOOLS, He also makes use. All orde 31 F:ANS, U :ISM' It, '71.3 FRUIT I ‘i one.t r shall during the Winter e orders In this Coun ty for all tlrst-elsas Nursery stock at fair pricei, fur nishirg small fruits at irdthe usual rates. and trees as follows-- • I Apple, Standard, 5 to 7 Pear. '., ' sto C fit Cherry, ... 4to 51 Plum, .. ' 4to 51f . Peach, ..' 9to 51ft. fro, • &c. . &e. . I *or further particulars adfiress GEO. H. UAHN, Let Rill, Bradford Co.. par . Vtin.ls. GUDITOR'S , OTICB. --: A.. J : Metre vs Justice LeeviS 23. In the Court of C. , mmon Pleas of Bradfort tla.. No. 2GI, May T.,'74, 67 Sept. T.. 227 end 233 De 6: T. he undersigned , an Ainlitor appointed by Bald C urtlo distribute fund. larising from sale of de. fe i rdant's personal pronely,. v4ll .attend to the d ties . of his appointment 6 his office in Towanda Bare., on FRIDAY. the 311Miday of 1tt.17.,.'74. at 1 p. m:, when all persons hailing claims against said fund must present thvm„! pr bo forever debarred from coming in upon the ' Lathe. Jan6'74-4t, 1 4AS. WOOD, Auditor. ...‘,..... EXEC uTOR'S ist'OTlOE.—Notice is hereby given thatiall persons- indebted to the estate of Parley Johii c lon, late of Windham, deceased, are requested. , t mato immediate pay ment, and all persons having claims against said estate must present, than duly authenticated for settlement. • . JAIrS M. JOHNSON, Novber 25. 1873.' Executor. EXECUTO S NOTICE.- Itotice is beteby sired that all persons indebted to the estate of Samuel Coolbaugh, late of Wysoz, deceased, are ' requested t o a make ' immediate paymept, .and all persona ring claims against said estate must • present th duly authenticated, for settlement. E17113A. COOLDAI7OO. Dec 4'76, • Executor- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.— Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate of Patrick Fleming, I ate of Overtlm, deceased. mud make'immte payment, and all persons baying claims sofa sa d estate must pre sent thein duly sutlienticii for settlement. -TAMES FLUCING. Dec 24. '73. • • I Administrator. FARM FOR SitE.—The .Sub scriber offers for Ba' t 200 acres of .his Farm as known the Davidson in Shesheguiri Town ship, two miles from II) r Depot 173 acres, Fle under the best State of imp . vements. the balance, 25 acres Timber. Good water. two Large Orchards, one House, three Barns and ;Sheds, , one Grainery, and other Oat-Bulldln,gsi:thla Land is Located finely, and is of tbe. best I ;the Country. Posses -don given at any time. Thi farm.will bo sold at a reasonable price and a gob title given. For fur ther particulars address I J. 0. 001IBINf' Gard'73 , I • .Athena: Bnulford Co.. Pa. pARst FOR SA: .1 - ber offers f.,r sale his' i ci The farm coots s 106 arr. state of cattiest on. Good' cheap for cash. For forth the andersigneil. Erhe etiegatrk Vet. 17. 13 i wawa = ,- , i'gWE.L.ftY'' ramiclr ' • • STAT *NS. Wavily g.... .....1Ace3 4 411, Mesturown.l,.. ...Manch Cpank.. AUe Eaitqn ....Pbiladblf New 4 S" • rk;'... =7=2l E I 9 45 Towandalti 57 a. •m. 1,1 '• at. 900• Elmira t' 0.6 24'p. ,anda it 719 AM AM 17 10 S. : Athsae 7:50 averly: 803 s. m., '5 BO p. in.; Waverly. at 1 ; Attiewl, at 5 80 p. ni., UAL PACICKR, B.,4intendent NS IN '.:TpVgS! m HARD',, ON ,ANio GLA NAILS, •S, S' TOOLS, ike., &c., 1-,purchaera for cash, at , T. WAR OW AN: NE'S E S 0R E, TIM HANTI : T . TIT, BELLOWS. 1 - ' • . i ENJ. Ktr'KENDALL ,- 1 1 the Th 1.1 Ward Coal T s ar of L. 'keep ag/. od supply of . . BARR : . , LLIVAN COAL , bald, at t LOVES I` PRICES. 5.11;13 .—Ti • !ALL WHO 4. Jai INCERN, M. 0. 3100.1iY CO, o old AOlti A OUI.TI4II.LL SHOP, and to.do ail Mods of A. J, SHARROV. 24. 1873 E I EAT' ,1 his bnsin l x lads of ; - MILL PIC. ;, MADE isrp DRESSED of licazufacttuing and ho hest S: tillectpr W CUTTER now Jn illy. at I CEWELL CO., TOWANDA, PA 'REES BEST- PRICES I per 100, each, .—The eabseri twin in9bebhegnin Iwp. ,1 80 acres under good buildings. Will be sold 'information apply to JOHNBON. , . CIMI R --- tAL DA4 ° "Euitig 3 Hl-ItS- --,--- 41 W 7 , ,11;r1r ,- ........1 OTO $4,9° 'WATCHES. - •- , • 11,41T.Twa. l it MUM ';,, . , iiit AN ENDLEMiIVARTIM OF 13:1iIr. .VETAAVABE - ;&t : aitUßEittini's. -- • „ 11E41MpVii.60,Li). IdNCig Ell If you are looking for uttfal Cbristmaa'preeent, examine the stock R STREET THE LARGEST AND BEST . AS SORTWEIST OF I. .• ! • • • . - • • .• • M 0 0 ,163- • ' SOLID .AND *PLATED GOODS Evzii EXHIBITED IN TOWANDA, ABE NOW OFFRED AT W. A. CHAHCERLDt'S, ffi 625 5 64) 6 42 686 505 825 2 37 220 11 45 10 47 10 30 10 05 830 1 , 30 1924 19 'lO 11 40 945 HOL MB EVERY g the Holiday 8f..16012 Will offer do' ,DESIRA ENOR ( 'SPECIAL BARGAINS I. FLANNELS. BLANKETS, SKIRTINGS, SHEETING: , G INGHAMS CARPETS, CALICOES, EM GOODS, LS.. IRTS, GOODS, FURS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, • NOTIONS: , ' UNDERWEAR. DRESS SHA. - SE CLOT Castomers will and this opportunity one seldom offered to buy Goods at the present low prices. TAYLOR & CO. - Towanda, Dec. 18, 3,813 A IM'S CATHARTIC PILLS, YOH ALL THE rtrarogs OT A FAMILY PHYSIC, Curing Costiveness. Jaundice, Dyspepsia. indl .gestion, Dysentery, Foul Stomach and Breath. Fry WWl's, Headiche, Piles, Rheumatism, Eruptions and Skin Diseases, Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Dropsy. 'Petters, Tumors and-Salt:Met= .Worms: font, Neuralgia, as a Dinner Pill, and.purifiing the Blood,are the most congenial purgative yet perfected. Their effeitsiabundantlyoshow how much they exce all other Pills. They sue safe and pleMient to take, • • but powerful in care. They .purge oral the foal hu mors of the blOckl ; they stimulate the . sluggish 'or disordered ergiM into action; and they,impart health and tone to the whole being. ' They cure net, only , the every day complaints of everybody; bat formid able and dangerous diseases. 'Most skilful physi dans„ moat eminent clergymen, and our beat 'MN: zone, `, send kertilleates of cures' , performed and of/ great hen'eSti they have derived from thew Pllld They aro theltafest and best physic tor children, f lio ; cause mild a* w.ll as effectual. Being sugar coated, they are easy f to take; and being pure'y 'vegetable they are entirely harmless. $2OOO • 50 35 Sll 20 I PIiKPAIIi r ED DI r - DD, J. C. ATER & &0., LOWELL,IIA.9.4, PraCticalind Analjticrl Chemists. Sold by all IDrugg,lsta and Dealers in Medicine August 28 ; "WOODRUIT, Having &lied ' to . go Out of the thulium, offers her entire stick of HATS, . CAPS AND FEATHERS, - FLOUNCES, . I AND i - Ay T, ( it TILE NEXT TIMM DAYS). 60t '. i . ', i • Boores, enter i Main and Bridge Streets, over M. J. Long's Bier . Entrance on Main St., 3.1-door from corner. • Towanda Dee 4 , 73. i f ' r TIME TABLE OF THE BUILD VAN Et EWE RAMROAD.—tascing effect on ,Monday, Nevl 7 11, 1872. scromrwAND I A. IL 8:00 8:10 8:80 9:10 9:30 9:50 10:20 11:10 A. If. , • WILOOXS - DU:MORE"... • .... 111111 ES IN At CHAMBgkJ]tq'S. . AY GOODS. , LOB, 4!;.'C ESTER. FAMILY IN rE TAYLOR & CO an laimenise - Stock of LE AND SEaONABLE GOODS. OUSLY ICES! S AND CASSIMERES. BONNETS, RIBBONS, I sioirruwasn =E33 I IN K . 4:00 9:50 3:30 2:45 , 2:25 2:05 1:30 12:30 P. K. 'TONVANDEI BARCLAY JUNCTION - U. IN GOODMAN, Gen? Puseuger Amt. lIIIIME II ' DOWEY4 k 03. 4, . Invite WOW= tOthideliNge ne t :and. and bought ohm the pricqts. Greet WOW; SICM Idepubsente. 0311ET,..FAUGAINS IN , 1 ~~: 'GREAT 13Alif3AINS IN , CLOTHS & CAS, El . i . I'iGREAT DiBdil27B 11C SIIEETINGS, BLEA GREAT VO. :MAINS TN SHAWLS I t'GREAT BARGAINS • t / 7 1 A I / V 1r ~ ~ 4 Pisan call wadi BARGAINS I lIMI . lIMIJ 1 -Towanda Nov. • II h Ca. = !!!!! =Il each et =I El ImE ' p =I D® , 1 Mfil lIMBI USLINS mom I E MIMI CLO / A ND 1 i; ME -II U R our CO ~~ PO & Co.I 19 1873. U; 1 I t ME El i. L , lay to their'•aisioaKi fiat 114 dilation price, 4 ; • hume* made pie.scoosi4erable • '• mems Mmes. ! , is mann chi c 'port Mows ne7 " t.kl> I I -• ,I 1 I 1 1' Mil 1111 RIM rimer I I 1 A3IEII 1 GELS, ffM 1 1 1 Sis' 'EARS AMERICAN I FA I I IMI 3IERtCAN !AIM R • !GARL!COII7 ' I 'll ALTEit t • ate the leelin ey also bay liars upward. , .1 OLDS, REEIs'T". • I AND; 1 l lIMI lls She le II EMI ' 1 4 11 TER, ME CH - • 111 FFED ARKER'S En EFJ I I REVD MMI COPL The TO C WOQ lIM E , I 1 il. t 4 ' _POKERS; LAN _- l' L TERNS, NM 10THES ,I RING 1 It 1 'OLT BING Bill 1 , 1 L- 1 1r 3BASS. _ E'l'll. 0 4 1 1 ' 1 I al) .1 ) 1".ER ..i i .. ,; t I 1 I 1 1 1 11 1 ~. t 1 I / .1511 e Plum b ing ;! 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