Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, June 28, 1877, Image 2

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    :NEWS• nom ALL NATIONS.
SlXTYihoii ud'Russians have crowd:
the I)anube. •
ItonEur D.kT.l3 Owmv"ciied at his Lake
George cottage, Sunday.;
Tn Halifax collections in aid or St:
3uhu have reachcd..l.ls,oPQ.
.
G. O'R. 13nr.ccr sOon.mako anoth
er statenient:on the Theed matter.
Ruv..E.fi. norms has been convict
-d of forgery at St. Johnsbury, •Vt.
'l 4 32iimi - , hundred 31orinon couveilts ar
rived at NOV York from Europe Sattinday.
TitEPiiii4elll2titt - v , obsctirtionii foi- The
t 4 t. John suiterers' Saturday reached 41,-
142.
-`1142.
. . -
' ettAllt.V 4 F. :Bntoos o 2, well .know.n .
edinr, died' in -. Brooklyn. ' WArteSday,
nod 'LI.' .
Tnr. British Consul at New York mkt:.
'fol- di4 foe, the' suffers from the.-St. Johns
tire.
, Tni. Dm `Goals Bank .of New' lork'
- has gone cuto liquidation. Debts. w3l be ;
Maid in full. . ~.,...
TUE LOttisvillo stove moulders have all -
struck. - Every foundry in the city bas;
.I,o'en closed. . •
•
T9ito:Pro.dispatch , says : Tlie frost
timottlay night dick considerable injury to
the crops., 1,
iikr.ArQsf:i contributions to St. John's
anannittsti to over $13.0Q0: Portland's?,
Of.kv.
-• • THE creditors of Adolph Gnirdt; the
tleanlfinz hanker,. have oommenced7civil
'ants agtinst himt
- -
THE t'aledovian Club, of San Francis,
Co, t.ubsi;ribed five hundred dollars for
Luc L-4...lobn.sufferers. , •
• of llalifax, have . organized.
piejiaie Cf‘AllUlg for the w6znen and
tl)lllll7ea'ef
.
• tut: 770-s detin:CA:l4 The silver meni
miiiing company ofe-s. 'fork city.
es an impudent fraud.
Tui First National;Bank of Shanattioali
was established Safjrday with a eavital
of th ty tlions:hid dollars.
. .
Tut:, lowa grand-lodge of Freemasons
has contributed a. giunite block and $1,900
to the Washington monuniejit.
.i,WAsinNozoN dispatch says that C.
Wiley Wells, of 11lississipPi, will be ap-
pf,inted i•onsnlyeneral to China.
, new A t;E:4. altar-hi Trinity (Istall.
New ynelc, will dedicated "next Friday,
whit a three days" celebration.
Sart - imart>ll,lontreal citizens' meeting
callrd ,t the authorities to appropriate
*sl , :ont) for the St. .lohn suffeters.. ,
l'ltlaticiphia I.aritiple Exchange,
apioAuted a committeooxuperintend
attl inea::nre fur St. John./4-
pu. house tsurgentv 'of St
Brooldyn, died Monday
'front tht effects of a disse ng wound.
Tips damage tO caten , erop on the
Atkansas rises by the flood- is estimated
at from . 20,000 to 30,QUU hales;
Tat; amount taken from the pllcymas
r -
te's /iliac of the; Grand. Trunk Railway"
at 'Montreal Friday evening, was SV;0110.
TII LIVVII 1'11bn:4111/g CO., of 3foritrAil
IZon , c's Point, N. 1":,- has gone .bn-i
if.2,Hr,0014 assets nominal.,
I.:ustmontute.ittnx It. GoLnsnoitin l a,
'of the lied States Navy, died in Pldla
delphia.Saturday morning, aged - 69 years.
rAn t ia N. I mt ., Saturday Win Mayer,
afrmer, rras killed on the street by the
kick of a horse, his" skull being smashed.
P. Johnson. of IVa - shington, D. C.,
11:\S been .appointed receiver _of the
`National Bank.of the State of Alissouri.
Tug failure - or the National , . - Hank of
the ;itate of _Mississippi prokesyery bad.
Five directors owe the institution S!•3O,tMO.
Tint President and 'Airs. Hayes. left
.for Boston 31, .n,lay, Accompained by
,'Se.retaries Evarts. Deens, Key and
,`• hal,
T.ttx.emplOyes of the Internal Revenue
Iluietut - Nt 'Cu iday adopted resolutions of
regret it.theL death of ex-Commissioner
Pratt. •, r •
Dom PEnno, the Brazilian Emperor, is
In London, and. is nit driving furiously
mound ihe r city at five, o'clock every
morning.
jtET tjtY Sitimms . tt expects that
home subscriptions to the. four pr cent.
han will reach frolu twelve to fifteen
1r is rilitirteg 1.114 the steal - tier convey
int; the gigantic Centennial Krupp can
fo,licssiagrimilded near; the Island
a 4 . •
PottawN . acts Monday sentenced
t•t live - years in the Pennsylvania titate
tar abducting; Mary Masterson,
amajA ten years.
• -t , t'voNEtt , 1111,40 N, President of the
1. - nionPacitie Railroad, Was thrown front
earrit:igt: , at Salt Lake City, Monday,
and attri•tn,ls - injured.
. •
y al I rIII.T has been arrested,
charged with alt,int4lng two girls aged 14
,and I'i from Brooklyn to New York' and
eliecting t heir ruin.
I 11'asliin , ftg)nllonday;11 he pastors of
the Prott:. , : ant elottwheN exiended an'in vi
tat ion to 'Iot.01,; and Sankey to viSit.:that
city the comiti : 4
A Fit.irr fiiectirred. Monday tw'ecn
gainhlers at Far Itiwkway. Kniyes and
pistols Avert , fre6ly Mimi. Ono man re.C.CiV4 ?
ell - twelve cuts with a knife.
A l'orrsymm: tele:zram says : The •
mother of Ed. Kelly, hanged at Mauch
Chunk, has been im.ensilde since his burial"
arid is,now reported dying. .
titre G,i;vernor of Pennsylvania: has is_:`
Sted a warrant for the exiiention,- Sep-r
trnqier 10th. of Thome:. P. Fisher, cpuJ
viet6d of mnrderirig Morgan Powldl.
-.lM.frur instillers in the mountains near ,
the State hue,.'sixteeu miles fr&ni Union
town Va.. were surptised Saturday, and
foul :tills seized. Ten arre:•;tn were made.
. .
rtielldti of ( );ikey Hall, who have
beim t•thicay,illing to keep track of him iv
Loml,M. _say he has succiTded in elndiva
,tlit m, anil that all 'trace of hinr is lost.
liunnrc t.. of Brooklyp, xi - 4o re,
eentiV arrived in Sing Sing 1 , 4
-s l cad the samther, .srfrA her,elf and child
- Saturday night . .while insane.
4 , 5:1-vizi: wind st!irni passed: over +t.
Sunday night. itfir, Xing tho Pacific
. lloti•l, Tootles Oppra alarge
number of other buildings. - Several per. ,
lain Were injured.
,rrirr,; Ly;orrs tOlvn:bouding case referred
to F. lhas been decided
ag:tite.t.the validity of the $17)0,000 of
1 , 0n.1N fo r th,,,,,,,,,triiction of the Sodas
("Orning railroad, •
Inept itts were held in all
ehnrehes nT Ponzhkeepsie Sunday
night. and Were very largely attendol.
Let the zOod wiirk fru. TI)o many pe6-
Ve can't sign the pledge.
THE Paterson, N.J., silkweavers' strike
cent Mum, The Solelaes weavers Ni.,ho de
manned ten per cent. increase were Sata
nrilay Invited nut until they .neeeptl a
twenty pe'r,etint. rednetion.
A T.-VIWE number of operatives -in iron
'lminufaet ming establishments in 'the
and Sukyuchatina val
kys, Are 011'a strike .iii4.ust a reduction
of wages: lliFtween 1 - ,ooii and 1,:i00 Men
are on a strike.
- `A ntsvArcit from Cooperstown says a
cave iris weently been
,di,%eovered near
Lamensville containing .3 ton of pure
- kali: Nkele4on and peculiar copCr
Mi.,. It k SUPliONed to have been occupied
to an Tudimi r , cltNe.
' 11.%xm: ihm!.t.N. of Banger, Me. , ju s t
ictut 'froiit Sr. .1. • says of ttur
en Iaml! : The overwhelming , needs of
1b people arc vary great. They do not
parade their misfortunes. and 1 4 .11,0 )0 4 3
must speay fur them. Subscriptions here
amount (q over $7.00(1.
Pr is-iv:ported tli t lion. Frank Abbott,
of I 'iirt . 3ervi, '
• • late treasurer. of the
11totherliood 'it - Locomotive Engineers.
i,_,short in Neontits Witkthat order.
Itirnor•places the amount, froni e l.lo,ooo to
Sin. The Brotherhood are reticent.
TUE hydrophobia case,• at Milioney
City attraets'mtAlt attention. Filter, the
vietitiwis stilt livirut, tut when offered
Water or is he is seized. with - convulsions
.and stiP:ors dreadfully. / • Fister was bitten
• scren mouths ago by la - pet terrier.
A Bitt•ssFa.s dipatelt says : The iuter
nal itmalAfrican co nu mission has tkeitleti
alum y.L saippe,:i. :t)fithe taive trade.
e‘ pt. 4111 t‘ ill lrstl?c %ai.ihar it.t the
d.. 4• rillgatiiLt. The
bet-ti
colti.Nilm,LN telvgr.tin saj-s that' the
!).vni:.!(iitiN . iAte.t, have Emmet - 914.0d priyatc
.
act at 13 ag.tiost every Iliettlbet`...6li
01* till Ititilrtl li•ft, 4.1t0 afteri
f • lig tl ti:A11"-,
till: I .7cmillillteP:
u e..::linit.try of t ioht tf Hf4' the law. •
'ffillaMi - foi*Videttliterikril'il(l4 1 • •••••• - -- e
lar.--- 1 21p114.124.2AdeLal f*lnfr,iljllfieX.
WM til *porta
EDITORS t
E. 0. 40011RICII. W. ALVOST/i.
Toraida, Pa., Thursday; luta 28. IW.
REPtELICAN STATE CONVESTION.
itErrItLICAN STATIC CCM
' 111,4:r mc say. u Xelrectetsee of et resold=
Lion of the I.'epublican State Committee, adopted
at a inectint held in Harrisburg, this day,lsltepnb
eau State tkerrention, 'to be composed of delegates
from act Senatorial awl Representatriv district.
to the coulter to !Mich such district is entitled in
the Legislature, ;is hereby called to meet In the
chi' of flarrisbni:g. at 12 o'clock noon, on Weilltes,
ditY. Amgtirt bath, le:, for the purpose of DOW-
Lattlig candhlatcoitoi‘ Supreme Judge, Statk'frees
titer and Auditor fieneral, to be Toted for at the
cue ling general olretion on the eth day of 'lineal
ber. next. Ity eider. of Committee. .
, HENRY M. HOYT, Chairman.
A. WxxsonNounts. Secretarr-
TES MOLLY "AI_tOrIRES-.-SiX
Pottsville and four . at Mauch Chunk
--two expiated their crimes on the
Terrible as• was their fate,
no les - s , terrible was the nature of the
offenses for which their lives have
paid the penalty. The heinous mur
-tiers eon - united in the interest and at
the. behest of -th& Aro . Mat - mire
organization are . qttite unparalleled .
in the history of on.i.` l State, Its
'Operations extend over it period ,of•
at least fifteen yet:rs, and the liVes
at last taken by the law arc as nail
ing compared' with these sacrificed
to the revenge of that most infaMous
society. Working in the (lark and:
shielded by -oath-bound secrecy, it
has been practically -beyond the reach
of justice for-these many years.' It
.has been merciless, and its 'victims
have usually been •rinsitspecting_and
• unprepared. In the latter part of.
15.75 the power of the lgolltes was:
_broken, and in 187 i; a number of con:
vieyoris followed - sufficient .to po.ra:
tife.conspirators. • With the exe:
(Anion of ten of the gnilty ones it is,
to be hopedF-sometirK i g like security
May come to the region so long
, cursed „the'Mollies. '
STA BOILNatIiI Eti. —The location
of the' boundary line bet*en •the
State ot Pennsylvania and New York
'is being inquired about by the joint
conuniF - .4.10n ontte. two States at the
hall of theiGeographical Society of
New York. '
One of the
~objects of the commis
sion, besides fixing',the boundary, is
to replace any monuments Which
have becothe dilapidated or that have
been removed ,on thedine.. The com
mission consists of'S..6tEs Woaam,L,
RonEwr N. TORRY,t Rllfl C. Vii. GERE,
uf a , OIIN L.
•
t vs, 1.1 nd .1"
Exat Putt Os= 'and.
CnAUNCEY M. DEPEW-; of the Board
of Regents of the thiVersityof low
York. Mr: WoiuLti.t. was jade
eh:tirtn:ul and S. B. Woiii.w4ant,
Sqe:retery of the Board of Reg - ents,
was 4nade Secretary. The commis
sion reisolved that it is expedient
' -
that a ieeonnoisapee of the boundary
lift between the two States be Made
by skilled by rsiirveybrs, in:order to
ascertain what monuments are miss
ing and the condition or that
•emain ; also that an ieal
dethrmination be made a., _Ants
of the line to ascertain the true Neb.-
tion ( . . , u the surface of the earth of
the forty : setsond :parallel of north .
latitude; that .two
,join iii the work
( - ;'I survey, 'one to t,o appointed : by
the (:0111Illis , 4ioiqroni. eacVState, aiad
that the commjsSioners request the
superintendent of die. Government
Coast Surverto Co•io \ •rat t
. •
A BRIEF • Clespatch fro \
m. WilkeS
flarre inforins . us that .. I.,t_Nt K. A.
BEAMI:;II, . SAfrgCallt-at-arlilSo if\the
llonse of Representatires . at Harris
!hug when the Democrats, last
. had
control Of that body, was senl;enced
at War
ilkesbre L yester f
day •to 'ur
\%
years in the Penitentiary for forger
The prosecution grew out of-the .em
be7Aement • awl forgery 'of ' school
bonds .during the period when the,
accused was Commlssinci: - of'the
county, and I/s conviction was only
secured after a 'long trial and the
:InOst convincing proofs of his guilt,
ev't , ry effort. being made by his Dem
.oe.rat partisanS to. shield him from
r,
Oa' 0011Soluences of his crimeS, After
.....
Ills - Conviction IlEANfisu fled, -:but re-
Cently feturnell and surrendered,hiiift
self. 'llk tate ivill be a warning to
diShonest officials that should not be
permitted to pass unheeded;
'Tie first battle worthy of t4nama
;n .the campaign: betweeil the Turks
and lZuss*s has taken. place in Ar
menia. it resulted in the flefeat of
the Turks: 31.1_(11TAR .P4IIA has
fallen back` halfWa. between Kars
and Erz'erduin, and is said-to be in a
tight -place' The: Russian .left
Wing. fouohtind. won the battle, and
it is probable' thaVihe right• will fol
low up•the encceA and perhaps - send
the Turl .into and beyond Erzero
iiin. The ii:ditlasted alsint six hours
r, the Turkir-h ennunander,
fell . and h-is forces were completely .
irunted.
„instaiwes similar 'to
•
the one ref_rred to -in the following
•
paragraple l Nl the riarrisburih Ta
miaht be gathered 4 all
• t
oyer the country , ' , and yet man --nrp
saying th 3turphy Movemen wifl
accom no permanent good : •
1 1 101,114 Nays that • If only
lelip , l* ...Att. M mid!\', eollyt• r , al Irk ' ho will
.I„iie a hie..s.'ul nork.” Itight. We know of
eLt• g. - orlernan 14 , 116 , R• couveretni from arittlstoaese
lempetame and' t: nrChttaulty !t*:ts one of the et
frets of -Mu. llorphy's labors Ito s tho western part
of Ilse Slaty ; 'and If fhb oont - orsiod had boon the
only result of Ids lahors, Mr. Murphy would -have
teen repaid. The gontloihall alludott,tri—a man of
odnration, gr,at intellectual force,; no!de pruseneo
awl an ornarnont lo :u3 honorable prOtopOunsitoas
the , uldoot ot,perh'elical attacks from 'the •worm'
of the +tin. ttit”, :4i:tit transformed tint from tho
st.itO or and pltintileti gee t luntunt n 4,la•ad.,
•• !tot o
e toldnse rosuluot and appearance etceed
,t.,l ii iI of rh;• „ le nos the pig hi' ttherty.
grtitlt•lnt.ta. I int 0., Itt Murphy's
Ii loll!; 1 euo, uoi dtit:) , n l'•liiitent ore 1213,1 l but 14,
lit iallait.o It.t• hourly for et magi (a
to keep his pludg , . and eriduh- -
ntoOls et litiviliTt anti n . liteluritCo h, Nave hlk fellow
man from 110 , , Irouturd - ,, life and the drunkard's
ti11rol!“'4 only tgll ptO - cont.—yea, it only
ttnitt per irk,' he
oid heieed duiu• :do , UOOl., ant, 11,.
hzlvAli , ..l4 t.. 11 :•a'in - .irulnr4ltapl
Aiti.ll.lll4 - 6vt
.11.1ttlinoni
af „t . (; A../ he Wyrk,"
• s)
ectual claaracterf
In visiting the seve l departraentg
•
of, Goverolnenki t tilyn t
igiqi 'ilea, with::' 'e '
'not verY pleas
ant /egenfi place bunter:B "No
. 17acancies' ". :if The initiated - haft
learned, bovierei; /that% the 'iiet&e
does not alii4kys mean exactly what
it reads. . 'The fallowing pointed let
ler '‘ from Government-Printer DE- .
FREE,S, however, bears no 'uncertain
interpretation. it is direet, and to
the point, and is a fair notice to all
whom it may concern. It is an an
nouncement that the Goveinment
office is, for the 'first time to many
years, to be, run ,again on business`
principles; that the best workmen
only are to be employed, and that
"the mosbextensive publishing-house
in the world" is no longer to be, a
mere political maChini:
=I
•
• Orrier, 07. THE Pniarzn,
„ Wasiitivarote, Juue 18, 11117.
It 6 now, More than sixteen years since the esl
tablistimeut of: the Government printing_ Mlle,:
Since that timacompojiltors, pressmen and' book,
Finders -have come here from every part of the
country for ereptayment. Many or them obtained
it, and hare., by bard work and economy, secured
homes for their families, which. In many instances.:
have not been entirety mild for. Otherx, who
not own houses, rent them or hoard, and nearly ail
have families to supportoutof theirdally earnings..
Thereare now more %ober, industrious aud capa
ble workmen of this :eharacter heire than calm. at,
any time. be ceiployed. It-.would he Unjust and:
cruet to discharge any of these workmen merely to'
others from a distance in their places,-and if
'l4lll net be aohe.
"Aft letters have been recelml from a great nom.
tier of persons asking employment, it is deemed
best to 'adopt this method of informing all coto
tierned that It connothellad. so that the expense
of tinning here may be avoided.
IC most also be • distinctly understood that ItA
ent,
etaaldishm cannot be made either a raliglo ,
,political or,sharitaide asylum. It is a great work
MuM—the most extensive' publishing-bone in .the
; world—and must be managed with the samerivard
economy as Is observed by the managers of simi
tarprirate workshops. or else It were better for the
Government to abolish It. ; •
JNO. D. Willman, Public Printer,
TO, the hundreds of ' deserving;
printers all over the.; :country tho
may at fi7t seem• hard; but it is in
exact-accord with the principles upon
which the late PreSidentialcampaiirt
was fought, ; and - is only - carrying in
to practice the pledges wade by Gay:
IlAvir.s while a candidate.
GOVERNOR TILDEN'S counsel recent
, .
ly filed an answer in the suit insti
tuted against him .for the recovery
of income tax alleged to be due to
.
the Government. The defence con
sists in a general genial of indebted
ness, and an assertion that in./ the
years that 'when no return .was made
all obligations Were discharged - by
the payintnt of the assessment and
penalty imposed by . the collector•of
internal revenue in 3Ir.TILDEN's
ti•itt: It is a legal question of con
siderable interest, whetherthe nation
loses its right
.to recover. sums that
.
should have been paid under the 'in
come tax laws by the - failuie a offi
cials to Put a proper;valuatiori upon,
the current receipts of individuals
Who accumulated fortunes• with sure
Prising rapidity dulling the iprosper-
Otis time that prevailed a few years
ago, and - it is 'said, that in several .
test cases this important point lies
been decided in favor of the Govern
ment. A synilar ruling . in 'the suit'
against Mr.. Tit -DEN will place him'
in a very unenviable attitude before '
the people whose suffrages he has
sought for the 'highest 'position in
their gift. And, whatever the, result
of the pending proceedings mu be,
the fact that they are - being serious-.
ly impressed, not, in a Vindictive
spirit,. but In the ordinary : : course of
official business . , satisfy citizens
alai parties that - ,the charge made
during, the last Presidential carn
paitin, that. the IDemocratie leader
shirked •his just share of the national
burdens,.,had a',v6.3r substantial fount.
atfon:
Ilussi - A, says an exchange, is Slow.
14 hut surely fastening . , her grip up-.
on Tore, and maws" a peace is soon
agaiiiged 4 herecan be•but• one result
to, the w 4 I)etween' the ;two nations.
In Arn the-IRussians are con
verting tie territory As sfitst as ,it is
acquired into provinces'of their
which is easy to do in consequence
of the fag that , but a proPor-
Lion of t* people are Moslems. Rus
sia evidently means to keep all \She
in get in that quarter. Along the
Minix?, Where tire Czar ,eornmandS
In person enormous preßarations for
,
;he Pass-vre: of troops are going on.
It is jiere hat the . main .s ildvanee will
Lie, made, las he field of operations is
far ngare.:- the.se , of .supplies,; than
\lq
that, in Akin. I -may he months,- or
it may beonly day 'betOre the march.
upon COnstantinop _ -.4-. ordered.
.When 'it does eOme it ill' be made
in earnest. ‘ •Meanwhile.jurkey is
sadly apitoyeil in the irea 1 .by the
31ontenegrins, Who keep iii) a con,
stunt disturbance from their fas
.ess
es beside the Gulf 'of Venice.. 't
ried and assailed orr all. hands, it i'
-wonderful how - lOng the " sick man "
is able to sustain hiMself.
T.nE Indian outbreak in Idaho was
nexpeeted, and is. : not clearly
laine4 The Nek - Pereesribe,live
in the northern part the Territory,
number some 2,84)(1,' and have been
regarded as good farmers,-And con
siderably advaOced - in civilization . .
Their part of the , ' Territory abounds
in mountains and rugged deple, and
ileneral llowAnn may .not find it so
easy to " make short work of theui
as he imagines. It; is possible that
white miners lave created the ,pres
cat ill T feeling, as)he region :in which
it exists is.rich in the precious me
tals,
3i5.9( TiLnix hits been suffering
with bilious colic ever since -the de . -
cisibn of . the presidential question by
congress; and the other day he had •
opportunity- to let off the accumu-,
latedgliS and b'rlek in the "Hendricks'
meeting, and he!dii:l ‘ an in a manner
neither creditable .to\himself nor the
party he,..represent "biled
over," but the,exhibitigin \ was:
:row When not disgusting. \ Ile was
, 4 'eoupted out;"'and that waaallraud," .
not only against: hini, 'but al .who=
voted for him. Poor Sammy! ;haw
Le, - liotes to
.givO uN tlio
•
Ibaud
SEIZE
o 1741.7.11NC1E5.
WIN
TICE ZIEW INDIAN MB; ; •
I:Arts-for the .14!ard'
! • Instruotalt4..liminisAkoqulsition of the
01* of Oritint-oilii "101 Heporti- of. t‘e
ticiTesipickiteir Being Decoy
latliamlligatillnete4—t Bticiendo Fort Billed
1004 !i*it'Aint (Wren in Imminent Danger
f.l!*alotiditeltilli-4iit Oregon, now
at WashingtoN yesterday received
tlicrfollowittglelegfek - from the O ov
'Ciller of that-State: '
txvc'eriis 614-icz sia e sli,-.has
To 'tort. J. N.
rt,;;;.,,ksk tho secretary of 'War to instruct the
cOnarnandor of the Military nopartment of (Nitro
hia to supply cititens„of (Vogul; i,it.-thit c rte.inity of
with arum atul attnnfoi Mott troitiv
the Vancouvoi4irsenal, on the. ketritsttion of the
governor. Tip \ citLvens „of Walla waits arm •in
7.d anger of attack, and hare appited to roc for am.
Intunition. ~The scitiolimilueri. • -
- - \ " CIIADRICK !,
The Secretary of War, in vie* Of
the übove minesti, ,has .instructed-
Oeneral 'Howard to answer the re=
qUisition of the 4101'0.1:Mr to the MO
ettent of the law, which allows .500
stand of arm's to the citizens.
.THE SCENE OF THE • FIRST 3118SACRE.
• .e dispatch from Boise City tO'San
Fiannison nays: '`„43y an arrival . here
jast night. Minrsday) • the. previoui
;reports of the - Indilan outbreak near
'Salmon a-re . substantially confirmed.
The.seene of the first massacre on
tie Salmon river and tributariei- of
that stream coming in from the north
€ ern side; draining Camas Prairie and
neighbering, mountain settlements
Nulled Camas Pruirie covers the foot
of the hills to.the.north of Florence
Mountain Andthe breaking clown of
: the table-land called Craig's'.
MOuntain Idaho is about the
centre ofthe range of settlements on
the Camas Prairie ' lsituated at the
foot, of Florence Mountain. - sixty-five
niileS from Lewiston.. Idaho settle
.ments on Salmon river and its tribe
taries lie. to the4outh and - southwest_
pf Mount Idahtf at a 'distance vary
ing from fifteen to thirty Miles.. The
•Indians did not kilt:Wornen and chil
•dren, but allowed them to 'be takon
under escort or friendly spews to .
State Creek, *filch had thus' far been
left - undiSturbed.. •At State Creek
the whites have fortified themseiVes
in a - stockade fort, in which. has been
received the wiles and children -of
murdered men,- together with the'
families of the Men who had escaped
massacre. Gathered - in this place
-are the, following persons:' Mrs.:
lienty.pfers and two Children, bus-,
-band Murdered at John Day's Creek ;
Mr. 'Sherwood, wife,. and- grown
daughter; Hiram Tilman,
several children ; Mr: William Os-
borne and - fi've ekildren.; the husband
was murdered at : IlarrY Mason's' on
Salmon river .Sistee‘of Harry= 'Ma
soti,., Harry w4S. murdered in
.his !
Odle; Mrs. H. C. BrowMiVhose, hus
banitivas murdered at this 'store on
Salmon river;J.J. AinnuiA -and •
two 'children, the husband was
wounded at White Bird Post Office:*
John Woods; Charles Ford's wife,
and . lbyr ehildrens Mr. Cohen, wife:
and several children. These women
are thus shut up:in the ithidst of hos
tile Indians ivithout adequate means .
of defence and without aid. They
will Certainly be 'overpowered and
meirdereci r as the Indians'. declare
their determination to flake the fort
'and murder the, It can't be
hOped the Indian's will -again spare
i r the women 'and children after the
! losses they must suffer in : capturing,.
the fort, as the men will fight to the
last. Our informant says he is felia
bly. Wormed that the: Indians did
' • not a single building or -.destroy
any property-, Vut cleared the coun
try of stock. which they have driven
to the south side of the Salqion river.
The Indians,have now their,priticiryl
-camp anti headquarters on the Sal
! inon river, just below" the mouth of!
a small streatuealled 'the -Skookum
chuck, while the stock .is gathered
and pastured on ail extensive,
ular-shaped region formed by- the
Snake and Salmon rivers, on a high
mountain range. In contradiction
419 preVious reports that- the i4ioops
behaved badly, onr inforinaht sayS
he is assured, by citizens who were
frt. the'fight that the troops, though
they allowed themselvesto
eel into' ambush, displayed through
out the. action the utmost. gallantry
and fought like tigers. .kbolft 25 or
30 soldiers were killed in abOtit 'the
&iliac orrhinutes. The,
sit
nation in _Northern Idaho far exceeds..
in gravity any outbreak of our day;
414 it will`tax . the best resources 'of
H.he.Governmentand of the people!,
immediately, interested to subdue
the Indians and restore pence to the
country', The Indians know the ar
my on this coast i 5 a skeleton, and
the people are helpless Troth' want, of
arms." ' ,
'-. . •
I'EItRIS LUwll\,•TH£.
SUNDAY 'AT—TIIIII,TY-Tilralr.
MEN K 1 LLED
telegram received at the Army
licadlnarters, 'San Francisco, Tiies2 l l
Any - afternoon, from . Ueneralj, Haw.
aid,. dated Lewiston the '20,0, re-
ports 1 3 6 Ty's loss In the efiga , ,T,o - -.
anent of the„ ID.h, inst. one officer,
Lieutenant K. ; Heller, of the 21st In
fantry and 33 men. . Heller - was
placed wOutided 'on his horse by Cap
tain Tremble,' Im . t . was afterwards
illcd. - The people at Florence re.
,•‘pprt they hare • elfeetnally ,blocked
the Indian train towariLliittle
mon and Weiser. Captains Yet:7,
Tremble; and Parnell .are:'„repurteil
wounded.- Perry's , cuunand I 4
at Fort Idaho.
=M
~ MAN.
, .
)i\Winnemucca de:lintel says ifo..
erno6Brayman, of ,ltialio, reoeived a
despate from Winneinucca, chief of
It'he Pluto now 'at Silver City, in
;'*liich the lief assures the Governor
that he has inton of, breaking
peace with the whits; that ;f an In.
-diau outbreak o , ii.s e will remain
.friendly, but if he Wants to -light he
will give fair Warni g.
A i TERRIBLE ' RP,. • .
•'- ~. -'
• llys
, \
~
A. terrible'contlaration starts.
St, ,John, N. 8., early\yuesdav aft .1
noon, June 19th, and Was Still bur
ing fit midnight, and beyond control.
Three-fourths of the eity\have been •
destroyed. The 'building4 buriV 1,
comprise the post
~ollicestorn
house, academy of. Mifsie, two urge .Th counsel Air ex-Governor Tit
hotels, eight banks; two school li us- den - Fr lay tiled in the New 'Torii
%,\
es, four ehurchea, City hall, fon r news- , /Unitedqtes District Con it 'an . an
paper offleca, all:the insurance ofllce4, .swer.to - suit
r ut' the 'Government
every wholesale and nearly all the \ag,ainst Mr. • ilden to recover $150,-
retail.hOuseS./ The .only batik saved ill 0 income La. alleged to be dile the
is the British North America. •Sev- Go - ernthent., T e - ansiver states that
,
eral schooners and larger vessels the r•Lt t,\ :nrris.maile }. ; Tilden were all
Were burned to•the Water., ' - : coerce and that in the rears when '
Five Men .and two infants are now lie - negletted to make retrirns to the
known'
-to imVe lost,Al f eir lives, and- , •Go%riinie L the - eolli •tor made an
manyare missing. - - . . asseSsinent, which, with he . penalty
The loss is estimated at from slo 4 = attached, he kid; i • The a steer con
90,000 to $15,000,009, and, the it?- eludes- with :o . general 'dm] 1 of
snranee will 'not, 'it, is fl - night,: ex- the allegationsii the coMplai i s and
.Ceetll44,ooo,ano, -
.i claims. that 1 ildeu is indehted Mth..
Thousands •iir people wander theting to the •Gor ern ent '.or inc tne•
feltsfuel in dc . spair.'l:fie I tal: tor cm any, iithei a, eourit. .: . _
, .
Threc-Fourths of`'9t• Johns, N,
Thonsani4 of Po nle Botueless4
' Lost. •
estynetion.of provisions of all.kinds
seems to point to:farnitu4'ind relief
tin* come in ispeedilyor ma4y:innat
frOm VAL; • rell "yea even
• - •
Joi
is • ti:j. • 'ebsportleursi and:
.-get4',4f:St.f;o:l opoutyll.44
;neh.-tif the St.4o.he Ykrit.',lt#
impn ab0u.040,090,k,•
FIVE HU
.ACSES DEVASTATED.;-7
TRIM' " DEAD, BODIES k'08,...`40. '
--_ .
- Futter - ace tits of the i great:fire hi
confirm the 'first' re..
ports of the cx it of the disaster.
MI the pnblic iatii ings, 'nearly ;
tlui Steres r enclrhalf - t. • dwellings ere
eonsumed, - amt-15,000 - the inbabi
taitts.-4re homeless an. destitute.
The loss.is estimated atieri twelve
A. list of:•ten.Pers. i who
perished is given.. A. telegra re
ceived. Aro.n ,Carleton ' opposite t.
John, Jul; night,.stato d that the fi . •
was got under control at four o'cloCk .
yesterday afternoon, after. devaitat
ing an area of '5OO acres ) and that AO
bodies had been found. Provisions
.and..e,lothing for: the sufferers have
beenorwarded from Montreal, -
hex, Portland and Bangor, and re-'
lief subscriptions have been started
in those cities, and in Chicago;
ter the. - Chicago fire, Si. John con,
tributeil $lO,OOO in gold 'for the Sur-
Teter§ in that city. - : • .
•
ST oti,N, June 25.--The parties at
the - 1631AM injured at the , fire are
doihg well. Those still missing are
T. O'Leary, Mr Coughlin,. a :women
Slid-child of Smith street, and Miss
Vance. The aggregate eontributicin
for the sufferers is $200,000, besides
proyisiuns and chithing. The total
loss is estimated as nearly .as possi
ble at $15,000,000 to 20,000,000.
The. total amount - ot - linsuranee is
about $7,000,000.
• : „ :.;
BosTv, •Tune fire' : at Mar- .
.blehead :his forenoon swept away
nearlY the entire business portion- of
the city.. IL:began'in a stable of the
Marblehead_lititel; and • is believed
to have been. incendiary. The flames
.spPead . Alarming rapidity. Air
the large shoe manufactories but
three were burned: These were most
ly large wooden buildings filled with
-machinery and j employing, hundreds
'of. .ten. The Eastern Railroad de
pot \ and a'large number of cars were
bUrned. Over forty dwelling houses.
were: InFned - , the
. occupants - ,saving
bit littler ome'fmilies fleeing with
of ly the Clothes they had .on.. Ser.
ciity-tivo bnildings in all were On
sinned. ; It is•lmpossible to estimate
tie losS. The'fire is now under eon;
. . .
!The tire ommeneed at two o'clock
this "rnorning , and-stopped at 6:30 this
afternokiii, John F. Woodlin, it fire
man,wils flit:illy injured.- At 4 o'clocik
this .morning to, loOr from . ' the site
9f the tiencral aloveren4ine house,
n 'clear view, :obstructed. only by
standing, chimneys, Was_kad of near
ly fifteen acres, enclosed by .Essex,
Schnol,N:Pleasaet, Spring and Small
~.truets. in. -a few brief .honrs the
flames had destroyed two-thiqls of
the 'old town, and left withodThros
pest o'f employment Judy three- .
fourths of the male and female work
ing people.' Seventy-two. • buildings
ti ere destroyeib The total loss fill
probably: be half -
.
lcosTorr, June 2:s.—Th / 9. Marble : .
'head 'fire broke out $n the rear of tbe
:Marblehead Hotel, ; i burning fifteen
acres of buildings, !inclUdinff every*
shoe shop but tive.i . Dispatches ' for
help were sent to. 'Salem and Lynn.
. The' main source of the water sup
. ply Pi'aS. a bri l ek pon,l reservoir, and
over . this was the; General Glover
en! , ine, house:: In the'rear of the
engine louse Was- EvoriS'& Collins'
shoe _manufaelory.• Only-a. few feet
from the factory ,was a barn, in the
rear of the' Marrhead Hotel. The
hotel. it;,ielf stns . d about twenty feet
froth the 'engifir ko q s q . y4e first.re- .
suit of the fire as the simultaneous
\.
burning of the Our buildings, and
eonsequently the> 're department was
virtually eompell to wait till these
were burnt in order to get any relia
ble water supply. .
The principal losses are; Allerton
Bloek,-$30,006 ; - J.H.Orthe, $lO,OOO ;
G. A. Green', '$7,0001; Marblehead
,fhigsony,' , Ss,ooo l , E;11.-113artlett 4,
Co., 18,000 ; J. 0. teNrOur, $7,000;
Pope'l3lock. $15,000. 'Munroe 8r05.,.
*30,000; J. M. CrOsiby, . $30,000 ;
Ile - eh;ibite Building, $4,000; Jona
thon, Brown, $30,000 ; Warrhstead &
Woodfin, $25,000; i S. E. Crowell ,
$5 - ,000; 13; U. -Hathaway, $4,000;
Blaney; $4,000 ; W. ILCaswell, 4,-
060.
. • 11os.roN. June 20.—A earefullt ' pre
pared IA of the 'losSes by the Mar
-
blelicaq fire makes the- - aggregate On
buildingi; $350 - ;000. • Loss to omit
pants, stoOks, machinery, furniture
etc., $l7 0000. ' • ~
STORM IN THE VEST.
• C June 25.—A ferrW; wind 1 ,
and frain . stortiv apparently started in
the vicinity of Iliansas. City, is now
in-NorthWestern Missouri and
over towa also a large pOrtion of
Illinois and -a - section of Michigan.
Telegraph wires are, prostrated in
every direction. , At Peoria the wind
lifted the tin feof or of the Chamber . .
of Commerce, the' rain !boded the
building. ,
The storin is raging severely at
Bloomington,! where 'Ain is , falling
in torrent4, , ao the" wind . growing
stronger. Hail and lightning prevail
On the Northwestern RaFfroad in Illi
nois. The tornado will reach this'
city, protably in two hours.
Atlispateh from Des Moines, lowa,
-reports,/
Weather
tion with
cluck
this after]
city with
the twenf
va-t,
c.ral)le d:
blew . • wi
DEstroveA=
q,rat Livcs
teams an
breaking
inry.
stances 114
of life is
MI
'4,711 AND
IN.
vr t.
3 k
, s.
\
'tr. • it
itt. 1
'f e
' ~
LATER
WAR NOM \
- .. -.;,. • • .
Lorinos, '.kne.:. Mi.. l --47-41ispatch
frOat,Gillats says ihoslts e'en
-thane to Cipastlia Ditanbillaciree it,
diffearlitil. The' Tttrita - Offer but
0141'0' : stattee. i .44:7,NAgni . in - the
o'
_._ ailiAtitninent,-.llis,Tlirhs
aiWridnforeed; and - wiit . <o*o the
HUssiria advance. -,..... ,
. , ..,---
-
PONSTANT;NOPLE ." ;tine 22. A
austchuek,dispatch _says that - .
successibl attettitit of the litisslans
to' effect - a crossing near .Bustchuek
has been followed by a severe battle
!ow the Danube.' The Turkish gun.'
bontS kink:an:active Part. _•__
Oangeii„ opposite itustchtich; oc
eupickby the, ,Russians, his , been . .
-fired' by Turkish - Omits,' and -is
. tiow
in . flamed. -Heavy firing continues.
CONSTANTINOPLZ; \JUDO 25., HO
hart Pashic"Commarider-in-Chief of
the Turkish fleet, stated . in the.Coun
it of Ministers that the- fleet should
i , emplOYed- in preventing : the Rus
sia\ . from aiding detaelittietitsiwth
Dobr dja.- The Admiral says.: the
'bombe ment-of Odessa without \ the
disembar tion of, troops, , Would! be
useless. . ' • '..
• LONDON, d e 25.—1 t is , reported
that the siege f Batouta has been
raised and the . ' ssians'withdrawn.•
A Bucharest s eta' of Sunday
says preliminliry o fitions• on the
Danube have commenced in earnest.
Bombardments continued, along the
whole line today, *including the bat
teries at Altepitza, Ilerket t Orahova,
and Kalefat.
A Vienna dispatch says, Rusan
agents hare been dispatched to Ham
burg 'Bremen and - the 'United States
to enlist sailOrii for the Nivy.
The Czar and Grand - Duke Alexis,
after a long disagreement, are now
reconciled. The, Grand Duke has
been'raised from the rank of Major
to General. ,
limy YeaK, June ".,5., 2 -The Her
ald's cables say' the .Czar - and . .his
statrinspected the pontoons at Ibrail
'Saturday, returning amid the - wildest
cheers of the troops.
TLC 'Grand Duke harangued the'
army" at Galatz Saturday.. -°- '
'labs sudden arrival of, the Czar in
creased- the enthusiasm Of the troops,
'and as he' retired they sang the na
tional hym n\ The Czar returned-to
Pluelesti. ,„ \ •
Action of the Matehin populace in:
leaving the sown with the , Turks
placed their property under the ban.
Had they remained they wimild.have
been unmolested.
The Sultan's yoUnger brother will
be sent,' toLthe Asia Minor frontier.
He. , has no militaryii experience, but
may arouse some enthusiasm.
Tiue. discovery of a Greek conspirh
cy in Saloniea . has led to numerous
afrests.
The . Turkish eemniander, of the
mOnitor sunk by the -Russian torpe
does will, probably be shot.'
LONDON, June 25.—Reuters
gram, Tele-
A impany has received 'the fol-.
loWing from Ermeroutri : After 'the
battle; of Zeedikan„June 16th, tie
Turks having fallen back on Deli balia,
the 11pnian left wing took possession
ofiDelibaba Pass and has fortified. it,
the Russian right wing 'hav , :ng re
tired somewhat.
3fukhtar Pasha telegraphed to
Raehid Pasha tojoin him with nine
of the t,wo ye .hattalions forming - the
Turkishleft Wing.
. ; 3fukhtar quittcd
his headquarters at,the Zewin the
night of .lunell.7th for Delibaba, to
take cothmandlof the Turkish right
wing in person,. " •
On the . following day he re.
ceired reinforcements, which raised
the strength of .the right wing tot THE Wyoming Camp Meeting will 'bei.l
nineteen battalion's, four cavalry reg- held during the last ten days of August:l
intents and three batteries. Tii cl'unkhannoek 1)( 'norm( say S tray
,
.Several skirmishes were fouobt el is rapidly increasing •on the Montrose.'
•
June 20th. . narrow gauge.
• r." -- -
. TUE NiCli01501 ) 1 Agricultnral Fair comes '
• The Russians in Delibaba Pass off this year On the l, 13th and 14th of
numbered 40,0(10, .with five batterieS. September. ' -•- . .
. -
On. the 21st Mukhtar attacked the ' This: De;,;(wpit" says Timkhannock is ;
Pass. The figliting lasted from six blessed With a huge
dower gardens. uumber of beautiful 1
• . .
o'clock in the Morning Until eight in 1
the evening. 'The Russians were at GE:Nr.itAI.I3iNGIRM,"CIoiLk of the Court 1
of Quarter Sessions, Philadelphia, sails
first driven
.froin their positions, buti
-1 .
for Europe to-day:
they afterwards recaptured then, and
attacked the Turkish positions on h a T I , e l I ( - I .. e i c ) :,, r , e . t e ., t i ° a rs „ U l f , t t e h ,, e 4 I SL. l l l ,,f ( l ,e' one eo.
the heights with Otarges of infantry per cent.' for the i tliree 3. mouths e ndi ng '
and cavalry: The Turkish'front gave Juno 30.. ' ' ' • ' - . 1
way for a short tittle, btitafteawards 'E. I'? '4>ixost'a-ity, of' Scranton; bar
rallied, eliargo the Rtissians - and been elected one of the delegates. 'from
drove them back. 'The whole of the LuzerneCoatiti to the Republican State
• ,
'fighting lasted thirty-three ',hours. Convention.:
1 '
The Turkish 'loss, according. to the Tun lieeald say t; that the jail of Wayne
latest ttcotinta, was upwards ot\ 2,- County : is without a tenant. the
. last; three
erg' having • been discharged, on
000 , and the Russians much heavier.
he Turkish he4dquarterscare stili'l, . , ,„ •,. 0 '
Z ‘ ewin, where „twenty-four . battal- . ;.1
, prisoners'
of last week;
still's a. .rosT, 01. •cranton, has
hove,. over to (Mirt a woman o: that eify
ions'and two batteries occupy an ez- upen\the . charge ti', Veing a "'common .
cellent\position; which is urnassaila: scold. \ r: This is a daugerous, precedent,
'ble.in the front. ' . and other sta . dds had Vetter beware.' .
r
The Tt Mks then opened a terrible THE • Pestonice ar Cooivine! oil the
artillery firC.andLcompelled.the Rus- Montrose Railway, ha.s'b e en discontinued
sians to fall back With- heavy loss. ' and a new one , established :it Allen's Cor
ners, Called Soul Montrose, with Dubois
'l ,e Tarks acknowledg,e n loss of
, \ Mutter appointet \Postmaster. ...
400 killed,- and about the same nuai- •
bee wounded. It' reckoned ,the Tin , : people of Susquehanna County ,
will celebrate the Fourth. at Montrose, at
Russian, losses werett least double. which time the Soldiei.' l'donumefit Will
'On the 22d, Mukhtar again fought be dedicated with appl•oPriate ceremonies.
a severe - battle. The Ru.sian cavalry lion. G. A t. €row, the largest contributor I.
'to the monument fund, will \ deliver. tle.
Were placedin entrenelmMnt to - act
as infantry, but ultireatelYthe Turks detii""Y- address. '
(},rove them out and pursued theM, - TnE Judges of the Supreme Cenri, now
the Russians retreating in di\SOrder 'in session in Harrisburg, wentsoir \ - an ex- .
`as fak as Zeideiran: ~ . \ , cursion last Saturday. They were
\ in a steamboat along the raging -canal to
On the 23d, 16,000 Russian begat visit - the steel worliS near the •State Capi
tO advance against ' this- position, tbl. They .epres,e(l th e: in:d ee ,: d e li g lit.
The main body of this force ie. at \Cd with the scenery, the steel works, the
.Saricamuch, five hours march frOm stcambvat and—the lunch.
&win, and its advance guard is at, 3.:(.4.vitt:53.8 that Senator Thomas V.
Yenitoltoy. It is very'probable that • Coqper Made the wittiest "after dinner
a battle will be fonght in this guar- specelW at the late jollification 'of editors
ssornbled at the Delaware li ater Ga .
ter.. The .Turks await the assault, liealso Mentions that the Senator "wears P
and if it is not attempted they will a gßatee Which. he dyes red to match his
advanctand endeavor to-crush this -hair." Tha s ts the way one man criticises
corps.; ;
- - /the personal appearance of another, and
:---- . , ,
So far all attacks on Kais have this remark waS \ prompted morn hy.envy
than by
teen repulsed with loss. " - - ' malice.
- .ter ' .
,c) . •
• Os Friday !Mehl nas the engine Ala
•
bama, with a coal train of -forty cars, Olt
the Lehigh Valley Railroad. was passing
the lower setcion of Shenandoah,. in -this
State, her ° bOiler ,ex . piteled, seriously .
Wounding Tiinothy MeCartY,ft brakeman.
The engineer anti 'fireman eSeaped with
Out slight bruises. &,..:nunibir of small
buildings took tiro mg several -ere de
molished. '. . .
W. 11. .trinnsiest,, of Ridley towirshiP,
Delawaret.Cotuity,. this - t3ta tC, • Mon4k.ay
night shot his cousin,
..TolneWorrall, and
a few minutesafteiwaids ,•blow 4i * torn
brains out. Worrall's wonndS wilf,iprob
ably prOvn fatal. 1341 i men were well
known and ritspe.etablyonnected. The
Shooting was eAnsed, by "jealousy. Both
men wore .married, married,' Johnsen: leavin4 a
wife and two children. . \
Taa Pennsylvania Railroad' \conipany
has just adopted onlita road a fop, of car
for the transportation of cattle for long
distances which will put an. endto:the
complaints of. humane
,peoplo in regard,
to the.methods heretofore imuse• for • the
carriage of live stock.; In the no* cattle
cars feeding and watering' can be attend
ed to, and the • result is .not only to be
commended upon principles of.humanity,
but also for its effect and benefit to con
sumers of meats, by improving the quan
tity of our food. . . . .
CnosE : to St. Michael's cemetery chapel,
In Union terwminip; Barks
.comity., there
/stands 'a . - niagiiiiicent - elm tree, whnse
dense branches extend over a diameter of
more than- tam hundred 'fret, 'shading a
quarter Of .an acre, of ground. It, is 1.14:
yowl doubt O, c. of rho linvst trees in the
country, and is a well-known land -murk.
The oldest'citizens' recollect thisvelin as
havifig heen a largt).tree in their 61111 - .0,
and although itha'S withstood the storms
of liquify yea rs it sb6ws no signs fifiltn,a,
but stands as vigorous and *erect as ever.'
THE GRAVE' OF THE FIRST TREAS-
MR OF THIS NATION
In a wild spot - on the southern
slope of the Idooaie Mountain, in the
northwestern part of Wayne Co , Pa ,
neglected, , Sunken, - and hidden by
rank; growl hs 'of i nnderbrush and bri- -
ars, is the .grave of Sainuel Meredith',
the first - Treasurer . of - the Uniti / 41
States and - that of his .wile, Margar
et • Rea Ci. ' Mr.. Meredith' was appOint
ed• Treasurer by General - Washing-•
ton, when ho became President, In
1789. Meredith - 'was ' the son of
Brees Meredith, a wealthy Welsh no-'
blemen, who aided the American
cause with both. counsel and treas
are,. orrone - Occasion presenting • the
Continental Govarnment..'..with - $25,-
10 -to ameliorate the 'condition of
the; then Buffeting' army. The elder
Mer ith and Washington had been
o \o\
intima friends befoin the bitakin,g
out, of he war. Samiael. Meredith
screed as reasurer' under Washing
ton - eight a d Mr: Adams four years.
In the-Mean ' , la he became interest
ed in Oxtensiv: real estate specula
tions in this. 1 ; -tic) and Susiliie
lianna counties, laving purchased
31),otip, agree of lan ' lying in btith.
Emigration was then setting in that
direction. , Ins idea w - to found a
-town pear the Surinneha , da COunty
'line, and hi. 'obtained ' a
. c arter for
one. It was. bb .be called -', elmont.
When o TeMrsou caulejuto O' ice; in
.1 • .
.• ; .
. . .
in 1801,'Ideredith •reslanVoP l -1
tiotragainst.the. wiNaelk olr: , ' , IIOIIIIII.
Presidekt._ Ho crept - 0 a p :-, • 0 04
I
tesidettolltAke,*44kne :-li ,' '
piirchaAed, .00. railfko 0 r . : ' I
kis. familyolliat ! . , .d , ',':- i 1
and-,000 '":'' - i . ':-.*::,.::: i ~..,.,.. !
engagett
~..,' . :1 -- „,..ii. TM
ing away is • ample fortun%- -- el
pont, inkhe called. his 'residence in
the wona t Was all that ever ,came of
. itr.propesektwww4 ,-- ft int* . --• . . .
at tittles 'by: Robert Mcirris, Dr.' ti
jamin Rnsh,'aad others, • faikoui in
American histoth s . but Meredith and
his wife were forced to. resign. the
ligliliminLymilibut ‘l-114 . --.4sid.---ciceil.
'pied' in Phllailelphia, and 'lied In is-.
oiation iftti-reinainder of4heitdays
Mrs.: Meredith Was ...ii Member Of
the Reed faMily or. Philtitlelphia,
which is still a prominent ofie:;;Johti
MerOdith Reed,presentniited States
Charge d'Artfairs at Athens; is\ a
representative of it,. • She was n •fas
moits and accomplished- helle Of -the
Revolutionary - days. ' I'liC residence
of the Meredlths was - the resort .of
the *it and fashion of that golden
age of American society. :Vol. Cal
;rally Freeman, an -aged 'native' of
Mount Pleasant township, was a
page in the Meredith family when
they took up their residence at Bel
mont. - Although in the midst of a.
wilderneSs [and . reduced in e ircinm-
stances, they -maintained ' all their
aristocratic'customs, keeping liveried
seryants and a carriage, and Insisted
on a strict Observance of a.ll the con
ventionalities of the cirClCs in which.
they had been reared... Samna
Meredith die4:lk 1817, aged 67 .years.
His wife die 4 ithree. years inter. The
spot in which _they were burled is-a
small enclosure \a few rods from Bel.
.wont. Two . ekumbi inp.o•' .
stones mark
the fir 'll • ' - 41 , - upon,
them , ,nt, the'
reside mt. the
propel out of
the ha
of M.
w
tend
tulles:
tridus
cue Lb
ktion
Timex
lts: the sill'Ort +period that • Tohn
Sherman has been Secretary' of he
TreasUry, he has earned the ere( 't
of the Government to a higher point
than it; ever before reached. Duti,ng
his longterm -of :public,' service . Mr.
:Sherman has made finance : a special
study. l lie OveValuable . aid to Sec
retary Chase during the - rebellion, in
the advocacy of the financial schemes .
which stipplied,the Government with
money. !When the war over no
one was more influential. in" the,' pro
motion of legislation - for. the elttiti
guishment of the public ,debt and . the
niaintenance of "the national credit.
A man .of nice "sense of honOr in .pri
vate life, he has been 'distinguished
for patriotic sensitiveness ; in 'everp
thing that .relates to the financial
credit and reputation of the Govern
ment. ,lie has never tampered with
the plighted faith of the nation, qua.
he - has tthiformly resisted . measures
that were not identified with the
id business interests of the country
or that imperilled" the 'restoiatibri 9(
the national credit. • in the Mtmlwof
a statesman of such - honor:tale ante
cedents the Treasury 'Department
cannot fail to be administered : with
wiJlom and discretiom—PresN.'f .
• STATE NEWS
TROMA.O.TO BE COLLECTOR AT BAL.
John L. Thomas was last Friday
appointed Collector of Customs. at
Baltimore. ',He was, tour years ago,
removed from that position in viola
tion of the civil-service rules against
the protest of all, the imp orters in
Baltimore, and his restoration to the
place is considered a vindication
,of
re-Vhowmig will
erttifivonAtokotios oiNtho "Ist of
- ' •
• • • • •
TITg ifoooittlifgj IS -34 e; Ilpidettt's
.tcleaastone_tor_CiYil_Ser-vice
•, , -
Reform. If, ealoWetil it will afford
, .
great relief to offieiala: • •
• ~s Art
• one 12;1 "
,
"FlrtA destre to call your attenttlnn tertbe ref.,
lotrfng telfngtitplit In*)ettets addressed by tne to
the Secretarettl,e Trefoil:try -on' the etniduct. to
be observed by officers it the general , gpverninent.
In rotation to the elections ,f 'fit) officer should be
Atrirettnittedflot take. ittft :in the man
.agetuent of political oreeizationx, eaut!tig*.p. CM*
vendetta or election rarapalgns. Their ?VW to
vote and to express their views. on' public guts.
ttoulk ‘ elther orally or through the press; is net de
nied. provided it dttes not Interfere Itrlth.their OM
dal duties. No assessment for political penstock
on orlicerentinitordinates should fro allowed. This
rule Is applicable to every department or the civil
service. It'should he uudersteod by every officer
of the generatgovernment Shat he Is expected to
cobrortn his conduct ro its.requtrements.
" N:ery Respectfully, • IC, It: lIATV3.”
.
A-Wonderful Dprrovery.—Our numerous,
exclsauges are Mimi with accpunts:of most we,Cder
ful cures' effected °by Gift El; " MY.DICAL ,
ti tlt.tt." It is said to iM,the greatest vitalizer
yet discovered, giving bapyat;cy to the spirits, elas
ticity to thtt step, and ° malting the itivalidltearty,
courageous and strong: lit cures aft diseasesof the
Liver, Stomach, ffichitili,and spine;. Scrotula and
all MANI I ceases; emus tiervoni i'Majration,atl.
.Ny . eak, i nesti of either ans, resterlpg Tese.'and.Viger
to the ramie - System.'. li4ad fife foliciWing'cuires:
''.110.1c31 AN AUSiri Sheds Coroprp, Wonder
ful cure of dyspepsia anti heartAlsea.se. •
White,.filreels Corners, ,ti..Y"-terrible
Scrofula and }Clancy Disease: gained 4A poinds.
A.. IL fiaraiPlP 1 / 4 says that i 4 tAlcilleel
Wonder" gave Idea hetilth, streaph:arat appetite.
,Ttute9ol, S. loath
some, FcrofulA; iupposeg . to tk., In , ccilittitution;
I , t !..
Prof. 11. A. llit.soa'',.9aratetta; R. Y'„ widely
known aq Principal of one of trait firtitlltig Institu
tions of learalliq, hay:s that his. wife has- tilted the
•'Medleal IV Mulct"; fur a complication of disenirt
with the 'mkt 1131,6 , effect. ' Noothpr remedy titer .
touched the cake like It. - '
people
near
r them,
.e
yn't res
(l (IPSO-
t:r.o.JlAltii , ;.. Oneida: coredot terrible catarrh:
Et.tz)}ltErlt WOOO, Shols COITIPtS,' , ..N:Y., ovarian
tuolornbil dropsy. rethicod'ls s inch . Cs body.
Mr.:, 1. S. AI'i'LXTON, Hillsboro, N. H., spud
dl svAse-
Dr.. 1.. 1 . /ALVIN, SiSter in bed
Iwo years with fernado and nervous diseases: cured:
Mrs. C. I'. Onnw.tli, Concord, 'confined
to bed with female and kidney dlsbase; cored.
No sra.T!efor 1,009 Ober c'nres.
Ask your Druggist for •• Wonder,:' and
be, cured. repared by Dr. IL: Aur.,..li Co.,sarattva,
V.
v,*.r Nalu In Towanda by Dr. 11. C. , polciAß:
whet}•sale, y HENRY CunitA,r4 Co.. N. V..,
. .
• , .
Vow Advertisements.: •. ,
-,..,-_-_- - -•-, -----..-..--,-,c,_-.•_ ___:___-•----, ..._ _____
ItirOOL - OARPING,—The sub.
• serther ill aril rolls the piesent. season .
..., • .
at MS 01 estabilsic l tetst in eithidOWN l'i• From
Ills long experience he pull le may he :qtre'ot hay
lnit their work done tk l the • hest possible wanner,
*nil with diqpateli. as e will give his personal and
-clo,:e atteutiou to ttle tti,lpess. Price“; Cis per
potinq; - Wool taken in tet tii \ e ‘ tit when desired.
ilan • ,
apioik'n, June 5, Pri. It X ING UAW
y .IST OF LETTERlYem . iiiining in
4- A Post tbniee.at Towanda, I. tifot'd .Co., ..ra.,
ftor.the week ending June 28, Pen ''. ,
Aley. hector , Cockle:C*l " • • .
David it ..,•:
~. ' 'Donovan. A Me •
Fegicy, T1i0....) . A:11.1, , , Ilayto .
Grant,. Katie F . 'llaytier, Sarah I •
.faek, ,, n. Ilattie June, .1 II • __,
Kamer:A I. • Quigley. Mary ,
;tiny, Miry A . .Regnault, Philp I
Ray, Annie - --' Scannell, Michael..
Vaught, J 0 ' Vought; Jewell -I,
HELD YOU I'oSTA4t L. • ' •
,
, Henry A (: rein, Mt Whitehall Slreete N V.
.. .
Persons calling for any of thrtahove, m,lll pl ii....•
say "advertised," giving dale of list.
. ' ' S. W. A INORD, P. M.?
.. .
I 1 - --- -
I( N oTI cETO BP ILDERS.—Pro
r,sais for tollltling a Srhtof llons,' at yin..
I. !:rove, in North , TmVatilia s Ti r ,Wl3Milip. Win
be received by .1 he School liirertors of said Town
ship at 1. o'clock P. m., rtaturdat. June, 23(1, .1.: , ,77.
Prang and stweiliettions to lie ..:VII 011 . •
tIIP -gninund
at the time vr letting. - Tllens. CLANCY, .. .
. North Towanda, June,. :Seey 'School Board. ,
•-MST NATIONAL - BANK
CAi'ITAL . . -$125,000.
SURPLUS FUND. SO , 000
This Bank offers UNUSUAL FACILITIFS•Iot
the transaction of a, -
ENERAL BANKING BtTBlsEss
INTEREST PAID oa DEPOSITS AC,CORDINti
TO AGREEMENT
SPECIAL CARE GIVEN TO THE COLLECTION OF
Sorus AND CIIKrKS
. .
Parties wishing to SK"..II)IIIQICEY to attyl - iart of
the States. England, Ihatiii, 'ticotiantl n .pr
they principal Titles and .towns of Europe, can here
prucura /rafts bar. that put ruse. . • • ••• - •
PASSAGE TICKETS
To or from the Old Count ihs best•stezth or
7,,:a111ng Aux, always on Itand.
ir,ANITLIER.Intot7GIVr OVER AT REDUCED RATES;
highest , rice paid for U. S., Bonds',
, .
• Gold and '• •
jos: rOWELL,
President
riga: SUBSCRIBER: TAKES
1. • l'lt , astire In callipg the atietittoft of hlsJottner
otts pa trolls autl thwituhile general lc, to. the, tact
that he still cotttliittes a
GENERAL MARKET BUSINESS
'At the OLD STAI4III nt MIEIt Sr. In
Carrells ftioeit, oearly opp4lslte the Mans I.louse.,
and that be Is prepared to famish
_
.SALT AND 1. - 11. -- ESII MEA S
, .
MatiLTRY,-
VEGETABLES 'AND BERRIES.
of the very bestiptallty. at as law rates:l,smq other
est3blißhnlent. L
.lnno I, 1576-tt
'TIRE- GREAT
i
WEDDING CARD I).ENYF
,
\. , •
. \.. The late,t styh4,An
, _
WEPR \, ING IN - VITA-LIONS%
•
irriet, L, ,r 1I an ,any llou,e. In the Countiy
f.i----I ? C
•
• : re"
- • ()lawns py MAII,
PROMPTLY .A TTENPED
TPJI. 11. HO SKINS,
sTATIONFt . ,kNI) ENGIt.IVEI:,.
Aptll 12, 1877
lI.:DODG E,
" •
S",,ATI9NAL..4AN TOWAN DA, PA.
11.011ESF.'FitA .
GIRAItD TICSURANCE / 460., of ffhtlalt.,
i'IDENIX. MU UAL - LIFRINSiIIt/NCE to.,
of Hanford.
Over .1;0,000 Insuranceion Ilvca •Bra4lfcird Co.
• Towanda,, Pd, Fah: r, 1577, •
ITAIGII• &AIR° DLEY,
1111 Mannfturera of *ciolen Goads, Varam l ac
CAU:IIiNG ;AL "/) . "I..SS/25d, •
•• : 4 - • •,, Dona to , ordar. -
Cash rohi for wool, also elotas eauhallud (sr wool
TAM YSV
Intl!
EMI
0 ~.;. .__. _ __c _
!V ;Ili 4. iTTPA: .h_Ti.)V fr: Taili;;. 4 i pius. CO" : ER;
\ \t.
1;i1110 !Mgt plan Lu Tewieellte bey Reo4 \' '
CfGARS . '.AND TO BACCO, \i
• :• .."
at lets Teter., Remember, ' -.'
e. 4,3 vtilit.)4; ofpoii)ter ROUSE.
torn': .OF 7 . 1116 "Iti)1 A 164,11TAW."..? •
• "
•
irr29.7.
OF TOWANDA.
N. N. BETTS ,Jl.
Cso3l.r.
C. M. .M.) F.R. -
913 Melt Street, rlillade,ll4lll.
-
/
Clothisg.
BPIIII4G AND fitatMEß CLC4III.:Is!
STOCK-.
IIit3tENSE-;'
JuitOphieckst the °id stool of
qtr soComos a sox
A greeably with aranouncentrat,
MR: a. DAVIS
Ny Ailed the store litely occupied by Solomon &
Soo with the most complete aiseortment. of. •
4EADY-M4bE - 6LO . THING !
OK - eserrtlesiripitoe ever offered Is this martot.
Ply stork comprises everjthing in the line of Read/-
Mae ClOthidgsOT
J(EVEI, YOUTHS' AND CHILDREN'S WE All
FURNISHING - GOODS, 1,
.cArs, TRUNKS,':
VALISES, UMBRELLAS,
CA VS,
.4e,
.i desire to annnoneo to the peoPle nt Itriolfimo!
County. that.l hare permanently Ocated to Ttlsrun
da, and-shall entleovor, by close attention In tia)4
nem: *Mill profits and falr (leallog„ Mel Vati4
secure ray-strafe of patronage.
My stock Is N W. hairlng heen parchasett
the pa two wockslor CASII. •
. „
'Towanda, April's,
DON'T YQV FORGET" t':
- " :_WLEAT ?
Why;the fart that
IZOSENFIELD
'• • ; contuittoctogett,
READY-MADE ',CLOTHING
AT THE ((MD STAND!
• ' that .
HIS -PRICES _.ARE LOWER !
THIN -iikr OMER F.;ITABLISIT'3IEr
-THISIIIIDE DT THE. OLD COUNTI:I
It I. goods arc 2.lvrays
BOUGHT FOP. CA. Scf r
AND GUADANTEED Td 8i:"..0179T
WHAT THEY AWE NACChilHAtENlikt
• • .111s-stt,:rk comprise3eyerything!'
TirE CLOTIIiii6' LICE r
FROM TILE CREAPhS.T. TO
•- TILE MOST COSTLY GARM
A nice assortment of
•
BOYS! ,CLOTHING. : •
NEATLY ANI) S63gIANTIALLY - MADE.
- AT- ABOU T TIkE.COST.OY SIATIALIAT;,
SPRING- RATS •
: - SPRIN(VPVER'CQA TS,
'l-ti UMBRELLAS,
... And the . .
BEST LINE OF FURNISHING GOOD'S
. EVER OFFERED IN 'THIS 3IAREET
y customers knoirillat t am' •
PERMANENTII-1.04•ATICI) IN TuWANI)I...
herefore run no risk of being ebeste,l
f merely tramlimf dealers, who nevi
In one place. ; -
•
•
as In eases
contjniie leo)
31. E. 11.1:1SENFIELP
NMI
Towaudi; 'March
ENO VAT
ff 1.741:
REPL
. •
During th past winter I have by clop
lion
CLEA:IkED Orl:
My old sioek , of Ready-Made Clothing, and ,non •
offer tarry cuitorfiers •
AN ENTIRELY N):«ASSQRTNENT,
,
Purthased with a peciakview to the wants et
. . .
. ,
TOWANi)A . VICINITY!
Ittleng experience In trade herr. I believe 1 tut:
4er4tand-wltat thopeople dt.stre In the
cLOTIII).TG LINE,
And foet my Mock, now being opened
CANNOT- FAIL:;I4.) SUIT ALL.
PRICES WEl4l ' 'N KV EIC SO 1.44 W
Aud I can p*r eierything
TIIE LINE (sr
D .ti'ENTSF:
At prices srlitchiili'Q corn ptt I t i..n
WE WILL NOT E;E
Rnmemllcr this wl4want 4,f-Clot,tlLug
•"g .11. J ACOI3,'S.
Towanda s 'Aptil 12,•1.;;-:
Furniture
A CIIANGE . IN Tin
rininur.
•
FURNITIT'RE ST-0111;
• Tho'inu erslgued has purchased this e:dahlidk
meat of - S—ALLYN a ipo., keep .
113,
• :
F • L. STC,CK OP , I
GOOD I:I.7RNITt7II,Eti
WH.H.II . HE .W►K►. SELL. LOW!.
Min
ALLVS may still fouild at.the 01d . 1.13re . •
3/114 will hare charge' of the I
fiii`DERTAXING 15E PA I? NEN T
All funerals ell) he Conducted In good lane, xud
the charges wilt v rtwutiable. •
. .
caierui attention will be gluon it)
J fEpAntrNo AND riismt 31
- N. P.AITCKS,
driceesmnio J: S. A Hifi a c
‘N)) . %
diftrida, - ,Mareb 2 0 , 1577.
\ „
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IS
X. DAMS
I ` , ;rlSllEDrr'f
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