Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, February 20, 1879, Image 2

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L.O. GOODUICE,I
Towanda, 11., Thursday, Feb. 30,'1879:
LOOKING TO THE IoVIL'KE.
Looking forward; the skies' are not
clear. The country his passel thro'
great vicissitudes, and endured enor
mous. waste - of life 'and treasure, with
out any apparent impairment of its
recuperative powers. svery man for
himself feels that the greater possi
bilities of growth and t progress are
yet untouched. In • one sense the
civil war disclosed national strength,
in another it betrayed national
weakiess. It disclosed national
strength in its revelation of the latent
underearre.nts of patriotism,. upon
Which;;througli varying fi:irtune.s, the
rePUblie Was borne forward -to final
victory; and it betrayed national
weakness because it illustrated the
tendencies to disintegration
_which
have been a marked characteristic of
republics in all times. When the last
rebel army surrendered, we congrat
ulated each other that at - least some
of the vexed questions were settled ;
we Said •that at least the heresy of
paramount State Rights was disposed
of, and that the-alleged rights of a
State to _determine for itself ' whether
it would bear allegiance - to, the Con
stitution and the laws made . .pursuant
thereto, - : or east off that allegiance,
was determined finally in the neg,a
-_-_tive by the highest:of all
the people themselves. - Men are not
so free to affirm either of these things
now. : The utterances of Southern
orators and editors, kept in abeyance
for many years, are borne to the
ears of the people of , the North on
every' Southern breqe. The old
leaven leavens the lump of Southern
sentiment still. We hear the old,
familiar, ins4cnt tones of the men
who cracked their. • whip over the
- Northern doughfaces in Witmor's
time, and we see the leaders of :t„*
Vemoeratic party ducking their heaa . s?
to escape the - lash, just as they CV
then.
,Prophecy goes for little in current
history,' and the prophets must es-.
pect to•he stoned in life and eanori,
ized in death. Had any man proph.
esied fifteen
years ago that in the
,:yenr 1879 there would be more Con-
federate es-soldiers than Union sol-
Biers in Congress, lie would have
-been hooted out of the community.
Some men feared it, but We know of
none who ventured to say it. • But it
is to be so. The next Senate will
show nearly as many ex•Conl'ederate
soldiers as there are Republicans, and
not many of the* epublican-Senators
were Union Bricradiers. The House,
possibly, may show nearly as marked
a disparity. What does this signify ?
So far as we know, not one of the,
Confederate members of Congress
ever admits that be was in the wrong
when he rebelled and took up arms
against the Federal Government.
Most of them &dare , that they were
engaged in a holy cause. It is not
many days since Mr. EUSTIS, of Lou
isiana, said in Congress that the only
really loyal men. in the South during
the war were in the Confederate ar
my. Suppose any of us puts himself
in the place of Mr. EUSTIS ; then re
volt against the Constitution and the
Union becomes the highest evidence
of loyalty, and the men who led the
Union forces become criminals. That
is the point . from which the policy of
the nation is to be dictated for two
years to come. Yet these Southern
Democrats are positive and aggres
sive, and they. will rule the party and
dictate its nominations in 1880.
Perhaps the gentlemen who• a few
years ago discovered that' the Repub
lican party had outlived its. useful-
ness, may now return from their
pleasant stroll in the fealms of imag
f ination and look.at the hard and' tner
piless facts, Against this tide of re
abtion, what can be interfered and
made effective save a solid and ag
gressive party ? Is there anything
else in the arsenal of politics equal
to the-defense of the nation againit
this menace of -Democratic power re
gained ? We know of nothing. We
only know that unless Republicans
withdraw from the pursuit of a phan
tom, and stand shoulder to shoulder
as they did twenty years ago, and
determine to strike often and strike
bard at the-head of treason wherever
it - shows itself, we shall once more
find ourselves face to face with a re
volt to which the past will seem ordi
nary in comparison. , For these men
have continuallyigiven men to under
stand that they have done nothing
• wrong'; and if they have done noth
ing wrong, they have been defeated
in their effort to do right; and
they have'been defeated in a right
eons endeavor, then as -honest men
they are bound to make the attempt
to- retrieve their losses.' The appeal
to aims was denied ; the, next appeal
will lie to the
.three branches of the
Government. They have Congress.
Perhaps some may say that we have
the Executive and the Judiciary.
True; but should the Executive
prove an obstacle, theie men will not
scrurle„" to remove him and put a man
of their own in his place. They n•
not. afford to wait the issue of 1880 ;
for unless the Republicans literally
fling their chances away, the election
of a Democratic President in 1880
will not be possible. IL is just now
that the Republican party niedip to
stand firm and oeterMined ; watch
sful, ) active and uncompromising.
That' way lies our safety al a people.
TIE retunrof ZACHAILIAII CHAND
-I.Et- as United States Sehator from
I.ichigan will be hailed with delight
.3r every true Republican. ..Mr. C. is
, ne of those old-fashioned Reptibli.
.aa's who it the past has believed
ME
thai fidelity to the ' Union was mom:
honorablejthan treason, and:that the.
success of -the Republican party . WAS
essential to the peace and prospeiity ,
of, the country.. At a time when it
was fashionable to . decry and depre
ciate the stalwart and steadfast and
uncompromising leaders of the party,
and when.' the. belittleiug _proem
found abettors in _our own ranks,
Senator CHANDLER came in for his
full share elf their. Sinai and misrep
,,resentation. It shows that the public
sentiment of the, country is not de
moralized, when the , people turn with
entire unanimity to again
.recognize
the integrity and faithfulness of such
trusted leaders as Senator CHANDLER.
Senator CIIANDLEZ made a speech
to the . Republican caucus which nom
inated him for Senator, -at Detroit,
on Thursday Wight, in which he very
forcibly and. emphatically disposes of
'any charge that he used the telegraph
for improper purposes during the set
tlement of /the Presidential question
in 1877. He said : . '
"I had the honOr of having a little
something, to do with - the election of 1876.
It was an election on Me side of . fraud
and violence, and without any exception .
'—and I*.say it deliberately and after ma
ture consideration that the greatest
fraud, in Myjudgment, that ever was
seen on the earth was Samuel J. Tilden.
As I have said, I ran that campaign to a
certain extent. I was chairman of the
committee, and they howled fraud, fraud,
frand. There was fraud, but it was on
the other side. - Now, I wish to say with
regard to that campaign, ,as I have said
over and over again, that I never did• a
thing, wrote a line, sent a dispatch, either
cipher or iu the English language, or in
any other way, that I -would not be glad
to- see in print to-morrow morning in all
the. Democratic papers in these United
States." '
This unqualified and direct state
ment is in marked 'contrast with the
can't-remember testimony of l'EproN,
MARBLE A: Co., urfdthe know-nothing
position Of TILDEN.
Tun project of dividinethe State
of. Texas, . so as to make five' States,
is now being entertained and quietly
considered by the Southern leaders.
This was the. original design -when
Texas was ; acquired; in ordecto ex
tend the area of slavery, and strength
en and-perpetuate the peculiar instil
tution. The gain of eight additional
Senators would's° increase the South
'era representation in the U. S. Sen
ate as to secure a Deniocratic major
ity in that' body for years to come;
and the opportunity will not be-neg
lected should the 'Democracy have
the power to make . four new States. .
The area of Texas is seven times as
lake as Pennaylvania,•and it has in; . ?
creased rapidly in'population in the
list few years, though in 1870 its
population was less than one-fourth
that of Pennsylvania.
In order to effect the division of
Texas, the assent of its Legislature
and of Congress•will be required. By
the joint resolution annexing Texas,
passed March 2, 1845, it was provid
ed'as one of the conditions of admis
sion, that "new States, of convenient
size, not exceeding four in number,
in addition to the said State of Tex
as, and having sufficient population,
may hereafter, by the consent of said
State, be formed out of the territorY
thereof,l`which shall .be entitled to
admission under the proyisions of
the Federal Constitution." It was
further prcivided that thof4 States
south of 36 deg. 30 min. (the Missouri
Compromise line) shall be admitted
with or without slavery as the peo T
•ple oe each State may desire, and
that in those north of that line slav
ery should baprohibited.
With a Democratic Congress and
a Democratic President, the original
scheme would undoubtedly by car ,
ried out, ;and the "solid South"
made more solid by the increased
number of Senators.
THE near approach of the fourth
of March, which will give the Demo
crats the control of the U. S: Senate,
has already set in motion the column
of expeetants hungering for the offi
ces. Ttit.lean, lank, long-haired ex-
Confederate, and his compatriot; the
Northener, who takes his " whisky
straight," are invading the Capital.
They tome as . the. Assyrians came,
"like wolves on the fold," and are
clamoring for the prospectives loaves
and fishes. An extra session of the
enate is demanded, that the Demo
cratic majority may choose new
offi
cers And fill the subordinate places
with the faithful. This will give them
the benefit of the long vacation with
out work, 'which just Suits the hun
gry crowd who have been for some
weeks hanging around .the lobbies
and expectorating about the bar
rooms at Washington. The trouble,
however, is that them is only a place
for about one in a hundred of these
expeetants, and the ninety-nine will
be obliged to g o home and complain
of the hard times and the depressing
influence of carpet-bag rule.
'Vnz "Heathen Chinee f is taking
up much valuable time in , Congress.
A bill is before
. Congress to restrict
the immigration of the almond-eyed,
pig-tailed Chinaman. , It seems that
we have caught a Tartar. (a Chinese
Tartar) by, Making the Burlingame
treaty, and that .the Celestials got
much the best of the bargain. The
people of California , \ are seriously
alarmed at4the large number of Chi
nese landing in that State, who never
become citizens, but even Stipulate 1
to have their
, bones sent\ beck for
burial. It is Complained that they
invade all the avenues of Uncle and
industry, their frugal and inewen
%ive modes of life enabling them , to
compete successfully with the white
population, who, it is claimed, are
crushed by this competition., It IS,
proposed, therefore, to terminate the
:Burlingame treaty, in which 'it is
agree t 'that the Chinese shall come
as' freelres they desire, and pass a
law that no vessel shallbring a great
, er number of Chinese than Anion.
4
.
kr has been decided in caucus by
the Mules of the ValG`ePith3 Party .
thet r iti OiAeT tb#it they /114110;11041!?
control of both:houses of. Congress .
and elect itut next Preiident ofthe
.uiittid.state4,.in . tett takswinethe
interference of the Federal authori
ties at election polls must be repeal
ed. _Attempt-to carryout this de
sign will be made at once, it is said,
by attaching a repealing clause tO
each of the Appropriation bills as it
is passed - -:by-the House of Represent;
atives, and if the Senate strikes it
out it will be added to the next bill
in its order of passage, the last being
the "Omnibus" or Legislative, Judi
cial and Executive . Appropriation
bill, which failing by reason of such
amendment, will oblige the President
to call an extra session of the Forty.
Sixth Congress, in either House of
which the Democrats have a major
ity, and they can then repeal all ob
jectionable acts by attaching a gener
al repealing clause to the Appropri
ation bill,. for the consideration of
which such extra sessions may be
called. 'Coder the circumstances it
is said that the President will not
convene the Forty-sixth Congress
until nest autumn, but still the Dem
ocrats can carry out their scheme in
time to effect the elections next y ear,
when memtxiii of eongress, President
and Vice President arc to be chosen.
TUAT BEN. BUTLER should declare
himself in favor of pensioning Con
federate soldiers will not surprise any
one who hasoted the General's
position to 'throw his- "bricks"
around promiscuously. In the late
debate on a "war claim," he created
a sensation by declaring that the
time was not far distant "when the,
feeling of brotherhoecl would take,
into the charge of the government
the maimed and disabled soldiers of
the Southern army; remembering
their cou rage, their steadfastness and
their gallantry, and forgetting the
mistaken indgment which made them
fight upon the side they did." The ,
General in this deelaration hakevi
dently au eye single fog the Southern
vote for the Presidency, and does not
intend to be outdid by any 'Northern
competitor. But we judge it will be
a long-tilde before any Northern man
who has a 'reputation to lose will
openly advocate such . an outrageous
proposition.
Tun Commissioner of Pensions, in
suggesting certain amendmenis to
the Pensions Arrears act, estimates
:that for arrears chargeable up to
date of the .passage of the bill $34,-.
000,000 will be required; for cases
'added between that date and the
close of the fiscal year, $2,500,000 and
for arfearages chargeable to the next
fiscal year, $5,000,000. That is to
say, the present • Congress must pro
vide for an expenditure of —41,500,-
1 000 accruing between the, time the
bill became oporative and June 30,
1880, while the Average annual charge
thus created will for years to Ogle
not be less thanss,ooo,ooo.
POSTMASTER-GENERA.L KEY, illYe•
,ply to the request of Hon. W. H.
FOBNix for the re-establishment of
the Post-office at Spring Garden,
Ala., stated that he could not do so,
feeling such a course to be iiconsist
ent with his official duty. The office
was discontinued some time ago in
consequence of the outrageous treat.
merit at@ arrest of a special agent
sent there to investigate the conduct
of the Postmaster, and who discover
ed that 'gross frauds had been com
mitted by that official.
Is TUE United States Senate, on
Friday, Senator BaucE was called to
the Chair, and presided over that
dignified body for most of the ses
sion. It was a noticeable incident
to see the representative of a lately
euslaved and despised race presiding
over the United States Senate,—and
particularly remarkable as the discus
sion was' upon the Chinese question,
considering the claims of another
race to legal equality and treaty
rights.
FERNANDO WOOD was dennunced
by General GARFIELD in the l Ways
and Means committee on Saturday
as a,Greenbacker. Re =advocated as
a method to meet the twenty-seven
millions deficiency,,of which Secre
tary SuxameN gives warning, that
the Secretary be directed by law to_
meet any deficiencies that may arise
by drawing upon the coin. balances
acumulated for
_resumption. This
is exactly the position of Judge KEr.
LET.
• Tux nomination of Judge BUTLER,
of Chester county, as the successor
of Judge CADIVALADZII is 'generally
conceeded to be unexceptionable.
Judge Blirma is a gentleman of high
legal attainments and unspotted rep
utation, to which must be added'ripe
judicial experience. The nomination
is a fitting vile.
AT last the evacuation of Turkey
by the Russian troops is ordered to
take place within forty days after
the ratification , of the treaty. No
doubt the Russian troopslce as anx
ious to - get back home as: the Turks
are to get rid of them. The army of
occupation has lost fearfiilly by dis
ease.
Tama have been several reports
oflate that Govemor . WADE EARN
TON is again in a. critical
/ IMrelition.
The South Carolina ,papers do not
Confirm this bad news; but Senator
C.-Bunsa is, given,as authority
for \ the, assertion Plat the Governoi
will Iwo to submit to another opera
' tion. \ / •
OOa8B8_;
mojaity:...;.l4, the Senate s num.
:tier of bills. Wire reported sad PlOed
OA . the calendar -Mr. Cameron Offer
id s tesolutlon - tdr the :apprdntment
of iipeo*lticantglitidOn Or:ntne on .
Interstate commerce; -Mr, 'argent
tailed for elaborate inforquition on
the importation of spirits and beer,
mid Vie foreign . , markets for,. those
commodities: Mr._ Patters* made
his- report on the Indian Territory;
the bill for a new library of Congress
gave rise to - much ,discrissioii. The
House. spent the larger part of the
day debating the proposed change in
the method of making the National
surveys; no final action was reached ;
i L an hour was' spent on filibustering
motions. = _
Wednesday:—ln the Senate,the res.
olution of Mr:. Conkling for a special
committee on the Library building
was discussed at very great length,
was somewhat amended, and was
finally adopted; the Chinese immi
gration bill wastake.n up, so as to be
the unfinished business for Tfiursday.
The House spent the principal part of
the dsy in amending the Legislative,
and Judieal bill.; the bill Executive
was not disposed of finally; a tumul
tuous time was had over the question
of a-night session, and a night ses
sion was defeated.
Thursday :—ln the Senate, after
some 'miscellaneous business, the
Chinese Immigration • bill was taken
up; ,Messrs. Sargknt, Grover, Booth,
and Morgan advocated the 011, and
Mr. Matthews and Mr. Hamlin op
posed it; Mr. Blaine . took the floor,
but yielded to a motion to adjourn; -
the bill remains unfinished business.
In the House an effort was made by
the Democrats to take up the
Forida contested' election case of
Bisbee and Finley; it was defeated,
and there was a good deal of filibus
tering over it; 03 pages of the Leg
islative bill waa disposed of;
me
morial exercises were held in honor
of the late Julian Hartridge.
Friday :—ln the - Senate, some
miscellaneous business of no•particu
lar importance was first disposed of,
and the Chineselmmigration bill
was then taken Chinese;
and long and
earnestly debated ; Mr. Blaine Mr.
Sargent., and Mr. Beck advocated it; t
Mr.. Matthews and Mr. Conkling
offered substitutes for it; the Senate
adjourned withouttaking final action.
In the Heuee, there was "a great deal
of disorder over 'some private bills,
and a long debate • took place over a
war; claim; during which General
Butler made remarks favorable to
pensioning maimed Confederates.
turday :—ln • the Senate, the
Chinese Immigration bill has been
passed by a vote of 39 to 27, after a
very long debate ; the Repulicans
filibustered to prevent' the Internal
Revenue bill from being taken up ;
few Republicans helped the Demo
crats to take it up, and the Senate
then adjourned. The House has
made some further progress with the
Legislative Appropriation • bill; Mr.
Atkins has made an effort to attach
to it the plan for anew mode of Na-
Ilona( laud surveys, but action has
,not yet-been had on the motion:
MoreJudgeo or Eleettiin Sentenced.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 16—Henry Bowers
judge of election in the Seventeenth
Ward of the late Congressional elec
tion, was fined and sentenced...to one
year's imprisonment for refusing to
allow the United States Supervisor
to inspect the ballot box before vo
tingjoegun.
Eewis Coleman. judge of election
in the Third Ward, were fined and
sentenced to one year, for obstruct
ing the United States Supervisor and
stuffing the ballot box.
John Bullman and Dennis Cassidy,
judges' of. election in the Fifteenth
Ward, for obstructing the United
States Supervisor, were = fined and
sentenced to eight months.
Justus Odde and Walter Tucker,
judges of election in the Fourteenth
Ward, for like offence, was fined and
sentenced to one year.
John Poulton, for assulting a negro
voter and a United States Deputy
Marshal, was fined and sentenced to
one year.
fightlog . with flatslank
AMSTERDAM, N. Y., February 14,
The residence of Dr. Tilton, a dentist
of this place, was entered by masked
burglars this morning. They were
discovered by the doctor's son Will
iam, aged 18, who, • having occasion
to come down stairs about 4 o'clock,
found the gas lighted in the dining
room, and, upon entering the kitchen
therefrom, was shot in the face by
one of the teen from behind the half
open door. After effectively return
ing' the shot from a small weapon
which failed to revolve a second time,
young Tilton grappled with his assail
ant, but the other burglar coming to
his wounded comrade's assistance
dealt bird a murderous blow' upon
the head,stretched him senseless upon
the floor. The doctor, aroused by
the Bring, arrived upon the scene just
too late to sight the rascals,who made
good their escape, leaving • behind a
new dark lantern and the family sil
ver, with other 'booty, packed for re
moval.: No clue to their identity has
been obtained. Young Tilton lies in
a precarinna condition.
Fronk the Indian Countri.
FORT ROBINSON, Neb. Feb. 10.--
The battalion of the fifth, cavalry left
the camp on Snake river on the fourth
inst., fbr.i six days' scout through
the sand hills crossed Chifford's and
Boardman's Forks to Loan, and down
one day's march, thence back to, the
head waters, making a wide deto
_
to the left; and returning to camp n
the sixth day.
Two camps were made without
wood or water. The therulometer
stood 30 degrees below tri. There
is great suffering in j ih cpmmand
from cold and snow blindnesS. It is
impossible to follow_the trail of the
_Cheyennes, owing tolhe great depth
of the snow. /
Ono TYsasaad Dollars Awarded.
4 WlLkihmAssz, Feb. 15.—W. W.
Secanton has been' awarded one
thousand, dollars damagesl against
the Scranton Tfnies, which charged
Mr. Scranton, who was the leader of
the Scranton vigilants who suppress
ed/the: riot of '77 in Scranton with
the murder of three• men killed by
kigilants.
14riekesi wish PilawOwls.
Nsw Yeas, Feb, 16.—Rev, Reuben
Nets - on, D. D., senior publisher, and
book agent in charge of the Meth*.
dist Book
Concern in this city, and
Treasurer of the Methodist MisSion
ary Society, was stricken with paraly
sis- last evening. : His recovery is
doubtful.. •
Sonsenzprions to the four per
cents Tuesday, *4,605,9_00i '
Mi=========
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. :•"'ralliAbigrialh rek.P*.P.l:Mt -, :`'
"S O * _ _ ,
__ ?* dil 6ll ,2 o o. lll-tow
n ble annoyawear. Not it,mg'_illimi
the N w yodekosigteiiird its titter
los of isgtsitateoleile lipeelicmr ,
Twin, and now in ti re L egislature ' of rids , 1
State-it is`proresed to paii - a a law making
the picalty\tluee months imprisonment,
or's fine of $1, k, 000, to have; hold or ac
-661424 i `' its" dog; . Par contra sev
eral caies Of 'hydraphobla have recently
\ell
occurred here, by.. the bites of
these Welds. tim whale, it may be
fairly questkitUd, whettutr the
~j world
would not be genii habitable, if the
entire race of canines wasTiesterrninated.
On Second street, mkt. Spruce, there is
an enticing sign, with the "Lady
Barber." ' But s friend irlio Wasbegulled
into the establishment, sais it is all a de.
lesion and a snare. 10-lxtsuro, ladies
tuck a napkin under youl• chin, and
gently spread the lather over \per face,
but the stubborn stubble is mowed by
men, who flourish the-dull razorse„and de
light in We agony of their, victi*s t sur
barbers have done in :all climes a n d all
age*.
At
time th
. one , _ 4.ne mann sure of onto
margarine, proved to he a great sums .
aZ
and several manuf rie* were started
here, who madeand ut out an article
which they clabnod 'equal if not supe
rior to the best Bradford oz Orange coon
ty - butter. It was made of 'suet from re
cently -slaughtered cattle, by a process
which brought it back to the conditims of
.0.,
butter. The -praxis wan very cleanly,
and the article ' - produced , looked very
much like butter—so niuch as to de
ceive pied house-lteepers in. its appear
ance and taiite., .For n time_ the demand.
exceeded the supply, sq, large shipments
were made abroad, but lately the con: ,
gumption has fallen off, and there is an
evident prejudice agairist any - butter that
has not come from the churn. Our farmers
I may continue their dairies,'as there is not
the slightest cause for apprehension that
the patent butter will interfere:with their
1 •
I product. ,
The Supreme Court 4 the State is now
in session it their romps in the 'new city
building. Their chamber is a great im
provement over the dingy, badly lighted
. and worse ventilated room in which jus
tice was for so many years dispensed.
!the familiar countenance of Judge Mari
etta appearectupon the bench—(which is ,
a row of easy chairs)—in close proximity
to the Chief Justice—whose chair it will
be his turn, before many years to occupy..
Sedge_ lifiracon, by \ the way, ,is this week
spending a couple of days at Bethlehem,
presiding over a moot court, held in the
University at that place, by the law stu
dents, who did him the honor of urgently
soliciting his presence at their commence
ment. • , ,
A. barrel of whiskey exploded in -they
quer store, corner of Race and Maryland
streets, on Tuesday last, setting fire •to
the premises; and causing damage to the
extent of $5OO. If , barrels of whiskey
never did -more damage than .to explode
iu the premises, many a family would be
the happier for it.
Persona desiring to travel from Phila
delphia to New 'York, -or vice versa, will
do well to take the new line via 'Bound
Brook. Eipresis trains now run in !two
hours, passing through a beautiful coun
try, while theitrack is double, with steel
rails, ad all the equipment's are new and
elegant. Even in summer there is no
dust nor smoke, and the ride is free from
all the usual annoyances of railroad travel.
Commodore EDAVAIU) It.
.TLIOMPSON,
United States Navy, died from typhoid
pneumonia, on Wednesday, in the Ilst
year of ,his age. Be served for many
years in the navy, with distinction.- The
disease of which ho died has carried off
quite a number of the prominent citizens
of this city; within the past few years.
It would hardly' bo supposed that chil
dren were an article that could well be
"mislaid or lost," yet every day proves
how careless some people are with the
custody of their offspring. On Friday af- -
ternoon a bright boy about two years old
. was left in a car by his mother, who was
slightly intoxicated. He was taken to the.
police station, and at last accounts had not
been called for.
Tlie Baldwin Locomotive Works, of
this city, now have 1,600 men employed,
and arc running on full time. They have
orders for six narrow-guago locomotives
for railroads of Ceara, Brazil ; eighteen
for the elevated railway in New York
•
and other orders from the Macon and
Brunswiok, Missouri-Pacific, Oregon and
California, and Canadian and Pacific Rail
roads.
The Committee of the-Grand Army of
the Republic which has in charge the sol
diers orphans of Pennsylvania, make an
appeal to citizens for the , employment ,of
407 orphans who, hiving attained the age
of 16 years, will leave the schools during
the present year; The Secretary is Gen.
J. L. SICORITX3E, Chestnut street, below
Sixth, to whom communications may be
addressed. .
Annually, the Assay Commission con.
venes at the Mint in this city, and tests
the fineness and weight of the "coin of
the. realm." This body of expOrts and
scientists has just concluded its labors,
and they report everything as it should
be. So if any of your readers has a gold
coin or a silver dollar in his 'pocket ho
may rest.assured that it is of,proper fine
ness and weight.
• A young lad ed Zeigler, llyears of
age, hung hi , lf by the neck in the cel
lar- of his • owe on Allegheny avenue
, Thursday . mind was somewhat
affec • .y reading religious books, and
he been heard to express a desire to
go heaven. It is somewhat unusual to
'nicle the suicide of a person of such
• • der years.
Valentine's day kept the letter carriers
busy delivering the forty thousand tender
missives which were sent through the
mail in this city._ They at least . 'do not
bail the return of the day with u naffected
delight. •
One of the newspapers of this city sug
gests Governor Hartranft as a possible
and proper candidate for Sheriff. Unfort--
dtately, however, under the Constitution
lie is not eligible, as a residence of one
year is required, and the Governor has
taken up his abode here daring the present
year, while the new Sheriff to be elected
next fall will assume the duties of the office
an the first of next year. -Don't fear but
that there will be plenty of candidates who_
are eligible.
An adventurous man has started froml
New York, for Patagonia, by what might
be called the overland route. On Sunday
he rode up to the Continental Hotel, at
which hostelry he passed the night. 'The
cavalcade consisted of the principal mulled,
Tudor, a yOung man, as an attendant,
two horses aamia mustang. One
.horse is
loaded with arms and equipments: The
party are on an expedition to Pataionia,
traveling the whole distance on horseback
by the way of Mexico and Central Amer
ica, and 'becirpying two years' time. The
love of adventure must be strong to sug
gest such au extended and difficult jour
ney. .
Supervisors to tho number of 1,.470 were
appollata4 by the United litatia . ; • : • to,
iirc* . at tha•integrity of the tudititt4 . itix
10 1 0 1 1: :: ingfirce* laid,sl o iiigh' 1 ••: -
- ~ riiiire Co*lniaska*rsh**,f o o4 l 4 lo : 4
pist Maio; tii.fiii Bef** tvA;,:x; and '
101,:* - the,14**4Ansi, i,let:"go . 4eiter
, thia'aireit. 'kSiiavid aiddentsjailed 14
1 Surfeits driving • have bionght/mit Ads'
Wholesome regulation. . ,
..
A. Sunday morning breakfast is given
at -Month_ and,. Wood streets 7/bieb .
brings Ugother a motley collection ready
to talcs their rations. ' last Sunday about
050 men partook of breakfast, which wait
served at 8:15. After breakfast !roundly*
and interesting religious exercises were
conducted by several clergymen. It is
due to the, tramps to say, that the major
ity Manifested a proper . interest--in both
the breakfast math° services.
Ilill
Sited* Cormpoadouce of the Itsrown.n.
ninussovna; rob. 15. 1575.-
The mania for "'reading bills in place"
Still exi s ts, but the members are not so
grievcnusly afflicted' with it as they were,
and the prospects , are now - that the epi
demic will soon run out. There were only
nor ones introduced on Monday
night when th? 'statesmen" startecf in
1•on their' present week's work. At this
night, sesSion the resolution of instruction
`to the 11. S. Senators to vote for the Rea
gan Intar-Stato Commercial bill. again
came up as unfinished business, and after
a speech from Dr. Early, of Elk county;
against tiro- resolution, and nlittle parlla
mentaiy skirmishing, a vote was at List
bad, when the resolution passed. The
resolistis It passed the Senate request
ed the Pennsylvania U. S. Santora tows e
their iniluenoe in behalf of the ramie of
the luter-Stite Commercial "
,'with'
such amendmelds,. if any are necessary,
as will do justice to all parties and Pre
vent- disctiminatlon in freight." t The
fight in the House was over the la.stcclause
embraced in the question, and this-was
stricken out. The yea s and nays were
called three times before the questiouwas
- finally settled. The kevidus question
'was moved, and the question being,
" Shall the main question be now Ott?"
it was agreed to by a.vote 431\117 yeas to
50 nays. The question being \ now epee
the amendment of Mr. Emery, of Mc-
Sean, to strike out the words attie indi
eated,-it was agreed to ; yeas 95, r7s 70.
The resolution as amended' was then
agreed to by a vote of 117 ;yeas to 42 vs,
and it was ordered to be returned tone
Senate for eonenrrrence.
In the Senate,. on Tuesday, the 11th \
inst., 'Senator Buttetfield, of Erie, intro
duced a supplement, which will probably
be'of interest to some of the readers of
the • RsrowrEtt, • "to an act in regard to
the boundary monuments on the line be
tween- Pennsylvania and New-York, ap
propriating $O,OOO for the further prose
cution of the surveys and investigations._
The Senate this session passed the fol
lowing bills finally :
"A supplement to an act authorizing
courts to provide by rules as to return of
writs, and make all necessary rules for
the transaction of, any and all 'business
brought before them, and autheriiing the 1
Judge of a separate Judicial District to
do all acts which heretofore two or more
Judges were by law authorized to do, ex
tending the first section of said act."
Also, "An act relative to actions brought
by husband and wife;" which provides
that -in such actions for the use of the
wife to recover damages for injuriesdone
her, evidence maybe brought to show
the value of her services, but the husband
must file a stipulation waiving all share in
the damage recovered, and thia waiver
must be adhered to.
1' ell
tact,
The act to provide fOr the receiving,
opening and publishing of the returns for
the election of State Treasurer.and of Au
ditor Gene' al when elected at the same
election, was considered on third reading,
but after a brief discussion its fOrtber
consideration was postponed for the pies:-
ent. This bill is intended to'obviate the
necessity of holding a session of the Leg
islature next year and other years when,
under existing laws, it will have to assem
ble for the special purpose of opening anti
counting the returns of the election for
these Officers. Hereafter, under the now
Constitution, the sessions of the Legisla
ture are bi-ennial unless called for a spe
cial purpose by the Governor. Some of
the Democratic Senators are opposing
this bill under the pretense that they wish
it postponed for the purpose of perfecting
its details, when their real desire is to kilt
it. It was at their instance that it was
postponed on Tuesday.
The anti-disciimination resolution,,
it passed the House on Monday evening,
alas messaged over to the Senate on Tues
day, and' coming up about ten minutes
before 1 o'clock, the heir of adjournment,
there was considerable interest manifeit
ed, in the few moments of parliamentary
sparring which followed. Senator Cooper,
of Delaware, whenever the resolution was
pressed, moved that it be referred to the
committee on Federal Relations ; this
Senator Lee, of Venango, was opposed
to, but :Senators Greets, of Butler, and
Davies being absent he did not wish to
have a vote taken without them, and pro
ceeded to give his views against the mo
tion to refer.' Several attempts were made
by Cooper to . get Lee off; but it was no
use; the gentleman persisted in explain
ing hiiopposition to the motion to refer,
until the clock in front of the President
indicated tbe hour of one, when he brought
down the gavel adjourned the Senate,
the resolution going over to the next day.
A goodly 'portion of the session of the
House on Tnesilay, the 11th hist., was de
voted to the consideration and discussion
on second reading of Sherwood's salary
bill. After several amendments had been
offered and debated, fixing the Governor's
salary at six, eight and ten thousand dol
lars respectively, this bill, together with
another one reducing-the salaries of mem
bers of the Legislature, was recommitted
to the committee on Retrenchnient and
Reform.
The Senate on Wednesday concurred
in the House amendments to the bill ena
bling councilmen to be elected in Brd
ford City, McKean county. [This is the,
first bill passed, by the present Legisla
ture.]
Lieutenant-Governor Stone, President
of the Senate, announced that the subject
for consideration was the-motion of Mr.
Cooper to refer the resolution instructing-
Petinsylvania United States Senators to
-vote for the Reagan Inter-State Commerce
bill to the committee on Federal Rela
tions. Although tbe Lieutenant-Governor
announced that the debate to to in order
must be confined to the motion to refer,
the discussion by general consent took a
wide range, the whole question was open. ;
ed up, and everybody who felt like it.
"pitched id." The hour of adjournment
was - extended and the debate was contin
ued until twenty minutes after one
o'clock, when the yeas and nays :being
called the motion to refer prevailed by a
vote of 23 yeas to 21 nays. [Senator Da4..
vies, who would have voted in the nega
tive; was absent attending the funeral of
his mother-in:law. :
Among - the, bills reported favOrably.
PROM ItiaItIOITBAL
EZEII==I
... .. . . .. . . .. .. . „ . .
..thiHottsecin Wediteidarstaii - a gepor4
.telial-Option law, .by Mr.. Die&Siliotn .
General , Judielaryeeminitto. lir. Medi* .
idafiftitrodiced B ‘4liiiieololo - iiz,big the
610 of the several Cenits of this State
appoint .-stenographeratisWinonlidep
. to takntestimotiir:also, 'OAR eat to
to — ':, amend and consolidate'.: iming'
lain ortheassesamentof municipal taxes
and co ty and township rates and levies." . .
,_ A n ber of bills were considered and
pasiselfii isectind .inidiniziii iliellotinon
Wedneada . •„ .. - _- '- ,•- .
In the Se .to on Thursday , &joint. reso-
I
intim . : pet,litg an : amendment to the . '
) Censiltriticin, :. ncing the number of
ixs\ ect
members of th House to
. 101 from . the
year Hilir3, Was' . • . affirmatively. .- -
i At this session Senator. Emhart, of .
ohester; who was a ... • at, the day before,
asked -and obtained leave to record his
Veto --- on . the motion • referithe anti-dia..
crimination instruction , w: 'lotion to the
committee on Federal Hedons. He _ re
corded his vote in the ne ive, as Sena
tesgt Davits and Ermentroti i
asked a
\
per
mission to do, but wore not o wed, as it
ik
wouldhavo changed the resul and those
who favored the reference, takin adiant
age of the parliamentary rt l
.rule re ting to
te
absentees recording their votes, r re
anteing their seats, objected. .
, - Considerable time was . taken up in the
Senate on Thursday in the consideration_
of the bill filo establish the iron industri
al schools of Eastern and Western Penn
sylvania.'!„ After a - somewhat lengthy
and interesting debate, _several of the Sen
ators who are known ,to be favorable to
the bill being absent the further cotutider
ation of it was postpone& for the present
on motion of its author, 31r. llolhen.
While the`; Senators who favor the estab
lishment f . fit these schools admitthat it is
not the mot opportune time to take mon
ey ant of :tbs.; treasury,- they think the
great iMportance of the proposed institu
tions warritsts the appropriation which
will be necessary, and seem to feelcertain
the:bill will pass and the schools prive an
entire success.
The first 'afternoon session was bold in
,the Senate on Thursday, at which a num- ,
her of bills, were passed finally, and others
were considered on third and second read
ing. Among those on third reading was
the act to prevent the frequent changes
in common school books. "An act to
grant pensions to the surviving veterans
of the Mexican ;'war, - and to the widows of
deceased soldiers and sailors of said war,"
passed second reading. 1 - 4
In the lionse on; Thursday, among the
bills reported favorably from 'committee
sv•as ono taxing petroienn:i and boring pe
troleum wells, • and another imposing a
,
bt \ ate tax on crude petroleum. The first
named of these bills places a tax or license_
fee of\ $5OO the first yer and 4250 the
second\year, after a certain data from the
passagef c ' the bill_; the second one pro
-vides a ta• of live cents per gallon iny all
\ n
oil - now on and and that may hereafter
be produced. It. is supposed the repro-
Sentatives fro the oil regions will fight
these bills. \
The sessions. o .he Senate and house
were both very brief on Friday, and no
husiness of general \ r speckal importance
was transacted in cit er branch.
A resolution providing for an adjourn
ment from Friday untfl \ Wbdueeday eve
\
hing next, to afford allha ds an opportu
nity- to go home to the el ction, having
been passed by both nous e during the
week, they adjourned yester ay to meet
again at the time indicated, a d almost
everybody has gone, leaving the own sort
of lonesome. • Cuss:trAco.
• Ggonot W. 6. WeiI:DAM., Chief Clerk
in the Auditor General's office, ,tinder
Temple, desires 'his body, which he soon
expects to be lifeless, cremated in Dr.
Leinoyne's. furnace at Washington;
Jostint W.AnD purchased a Delaware
county bond in 1811.4. Last week it was
returned to the commissioners without a
single coupon detached. Tic bond was
for $50(1 and the interest , amounted to
ttiso. . . • . .
AT Sharon, last 'reek, George Scott,
while engaged in' putting on a now roof,
slipped and in trying to save himself from
fallingj plunged both his hands ins bucket
of holing pitch, burning them severely as
far up as the - wrist.
RUDOLPH Haucu, the first elected
Prothonotary of Lancaster county, was
buried-at 'Lancaster city last week, in the
70th year of his ago.. He was a nian of
tine clerical •and had much exper
ience in the official affairs of Lancaster
county. - • -
A FAITI was held at St. Michael's Church
Chester, .at which over ; thirty dollars in
spurious coin was taken. It has recently
been shown that counterfeiting has been
a rage in that county—ssoo,ooo counter
feit money was printed at a house ou the
Chester road; near Darby, and.at another
near Oak Lane.
Lan' week sixteen Bones owned by
miners, in Shenandoah. beg l n to sink into
the ground: Some of them have sunk.
two or three -feet ,and continue sinking.
The occupants Wave all ren eyed from the
houses with .their. furniture. The cause ,
of the disaster is the " robbing " of coal I
pillars in the Kohitioor mines, slirectly
underthat Portion_of the town. •
THE wickedest men who infeit the
anthracite .coal regions are said to be
tramps. "After doing one town," `they
pasS on to another, where . ' they 'mulish
cards assailing the people of the place
they have just left, as being deficient
in that courtesy and delicacy' of action
to a stranger Without which hospitality
is. worthless.. Could anything be better
"set up ". and adjusted.
THE Lehigh Valley Railroad' has 235 :
engines, and 24,414- cars inehiding all
classes. During last year GO coal cars
and 150 house cars were built at Tack
erten; and One engine at the . Easton
shops. The general freight traffic -in
1577 was 27,71 per cent greater than in
1878. The , receipts from passengers, 'ex
press and mail were $37,055.52 less than
the previous year. The corporation. has
639.36-miles of track. : •
• SIGNS of new life in the steel and iron
industries are making things lively at
Baldwin and Lochiel, - near Harrisburg.
At former place the great steel works
are to be much enlarged, the' plans for a
new rail mill of the largest capacity known
in this country being now in the course of
preparation with a, view of commencing
on its erection very soon, Besides this,
five now furnaces are to be erected.. At
the Locliiel. Iron Works it is understood
that n fulltanded resumption wifthe made
I about the • middle of February or first of
Math. .
\ Tun: public debt statement for the
Month of January shows 'a, redudion of
A. TELEGILAU from San Francisco says
the Stitio and mining companies Imo
compromised their difficulties.
JAatr BLOSE, Treasurer of Campaign
&minty, Ohio, is to be removed from office
for overcharging taxes.
IT is stated that all the credit Ors of the
American Print 'Works at Fail River,
(Mass.) have agreed to. grant two years'
extension.
THE steamer City of 'Mexico; with the
returning .excursionista from Mexico, has
arrived at Calvestou. AU are in good
health:
INniermerers have been found by 'the
Grand Jury of Re,nsselaer county, N. Y 4
against several Officials connected with
Alrnhouse, for rolthing that institution.
TUE President bas signed the act auth
orizing the - Secretary of War to erect
stones, over the graves of Union soldiers
in private cemeteries.. •
THE Grand Jury of New Orleans Feb.
4th, indicted 25 parsons in Caddo, Texas,
-Natchitoches and Orleans parishes •Tor
violation of the election laws. ; •
STATE Non.
GENERAL NEWS ;
_,_-:- - -Tuit:totatt elect!ciao . in Staten -Island.,
14 - of4- - idiowe a' Republican gain cit ' two
Supervisors, _reducing . tho :Demoeratie
Ma: jority, to one.. ' ; •
.
Titsteoal Miners. at Ashland, Ky., ate r
beteg - on a strike for several' months, :
resumed work without tiny concession by,
the employers. •
A zatirlercu from "
:San Jose, Cal., says
thden firo-denip explosion in the tunnel
of the Southern Coast Railroad, near
Alma, injured fourteen men. Nine China
men will dio.
Tun defalcation of ex-Treasurer Conk
lin, of Oswego.(N. Y.,) has been found to
reach $BO,OOO. It is Said . his friends are
endaivoring -to arrange a compromise at
from twenty-11r to fifty per cent:
_Tux commercial National. Punk of
Petersburg; Va., has gone into liquidation.
Its condition is said to be sound, and no
losses will result. This is the last of the
'national banks in Petersburg.
THE Orange County Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company, at Goshen, N. y., after a
successful career of over forty years, has
been forced to stop business on -account
of the heavy losses lately sustained..
:., Tax St. Patrick's Society of Chicago
:has taken preliminary steps ' toward .the
holding of a national conference for the
promotion of IriSh Immigration. A. dice&
ing will be held in that city on St. Patrick's
day. •
c, Y. Tosses, a prominent Republican
of Viiginia, who served in the Legislature,
and Constitutional Covention of that State
and also in the Forty-third Congress, died
in Henry county, Va., last week i•-
• Tun Ottawa Free Priis _denies that Sit
ting Bull has crossed the American bor
der, and , says he is encamped at The
Frenchman's Creek, at the head , of Wood
Mountain, 25 Miles north of the boundary
. ,
T is reported . that • the Delaware and
'li sun Canal Company's shaft No. 6at
Plyoath, Pa., is being-flooded by a sub.
terra can stream, and that it will be a
month befbre, mining can. be - resumed
there. , i
tn i\
. ..
THE Opera in the silk mill of Deiter,
Lambert '1 Co.; at PattersOn, N. .1.,
thirty-four. in number, have struck .for
higher wages.' It is feared the operations
of the mill will have to be suspended itt
(consequence.* f • . ~
WHEN Ashburton Webster was'buried
at Mansfield, 'Masi:, last week, the coffin
of his grandfather, Daniel Webster, "was
opened. The face Of the.griat,statesmait
was readily recognizable, his body having
been embalmed. ' , _.
. .
Tar, • schooner Cunard, which sailed
from Gloucester, " Mass., last June for
Greenland, has not been heard , of since
October 20th, when' she. touched at Port
Mulgrave, N. S., anil she is given. up fur
test. f
She had a crew of 12 men. - -.
..
TILE Boston, Providence and New Bed
ford creditors of the American Print
Works, of Fall River, Mass., are said to
be willing to grant the extension asked
by the company... The indebtedris in
Boston is $105,000, held by three banks.
TEE findings in the case of Lieutenant
Commander Kelis have been approved by
the President, and an order haS been
issued for his dismissal from the service.
Bells was convicted for selling his pay
vouchers and afterwards collecting the
money upon them.
AT Manhattan, Kansas, one nightlast
week a young .man named William - Peake,
who wars standing inside . the. Christian
Church, was shot. dead by an acting dep
uty marshal named' Bates, who was out-'!
side the building. Bates lied. Np cause
is assignled for the deed.
Anviens•-from Panama of the 25th ult.
report that trouble fis brewing between
Chili and Bolivia, on account of ,the lat
ter's taxation of the nitrate industries,
and between Chili and the .Argentine
Confederation because of an alleged tres
pass by Chiliati iron aids. ou disputed
territory. • -
A ummt in the McHenry cold mines on
the Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad,
in Yentecky; was filling a can of powder
in his house Feb. 4th, - when, he.' let - .a
spark drop into the can. An explosion
folloWed, which tore Out the side'of the
house mull:daily injured the miner, his
wife and child.
• IN January last, the jewelry store of
Na G. Wood & Son, in Boston, "iva-s found
open, with •OIM of the clerks: in .charge
'uotind and gagged,. and a small - amount of
property missing. It is now said that one
.of the clerks - has confessed that be com
mitted the theft, and arranged matters to
make it look like 'a
burglary.
PETEit Mcw.toAN; the messenger of
thq U. S. Post-Office Department, arrest
ed in Montreal for bringing stolen, prop
erty into • the Dominion, picaded
and was sentenced to five years' imprison
ment, in the penitentiary. The sum of
$1340 found in his possession was return
ed to agents of the Post-Office Depart
ment. • •
Mns. .TACKSO3; DYER,• who lired near
Fort Wayne, Ind., died suddenly a few
days ago. She had been xiriarried -but a
short time, and having willed all her
property to Dyer. - suspicion was aroused.
Strychnine was. found in Dyer's trunk,
and Mrs. Dyer's body baring been. ex
humed, poison was foundein her stomach.
Dyer
. hits fled..
A SIT.CIAT. cable dispatch front London
received in New York, says tlui Erie
Railway Company has leased the: Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad, the Erie
Company guaranteeing the -interest on
seven millions -Atlantic and Great West
ern bonds, and .making an equal division
of the Ournings of the Atlantic. and Great
Western road. This gives the Brie road
a perfect connection with Chicago.
COi N§Y.I. for the owners of twenty of
the Gloucester, Mass., fishing vessels
driven-from the herring ticking ground by.
a mob of .Newfcmilland fishermen in
January, IKS; have filed. with the Secre
tary of State claims for damages ranging
from to 45,00 per vessel;"according
to expensesond - anticipated profits of the
voyage. In support of the claims they
quote .from the British argument before
the Halifax Commission, from the deposi
tions of NeWfmuidland• fisherman, and
front the. Colonial laws.
Sow Publications.
Scninstett Eon. 31Ancu.—Seribner for 3tarett
contains the first of the Illustrated papers on the
Drama which were lately announced by the publish
ers, and it is stated; that two others hare been as • -'
signed to early numbers: This month the subject
is Modjeska, incidents of whose life and career on
the stage aro related in a. biographical-critical
manner and, with grzater fullness than' in' any
sketch heretofore printed. Especially interesting
Is the account of the pastoral lire which the actress
and her husband led for a titzte'cuin ranchoria in
Southern California. but which, she relinquished
With little regret to play in San Francisco fur the •
first time in English. The test is written by
Charles de Kay; and 'ls accompanied by three por
traits of 31odjostca; two belng'in character, one as
Juliet and the suborns Mt/paint, the. latter an
impersonation whlclt has not yet beik seetrip this'
country. •
Other Mus'tinted papers in this number are : A
College Camp at Lake George," a sprightly paper_
by It. R. Bowker, ifthjilustratloni, both humorous
and serious, by V..S. Church; "The Old Mill at
Newport," by IL G. Hatfield, an: architect who
makes a'now and 'Complete study:of this Treble.
matlcal structure, which he clihns was built for
another, purpose, the writer's array of plausible
arguments being re-enforced by reference to plans
and drawings; "A Buffalo Hunt in Northern
Mexico," by General Lew. Wallace. a narrative of
personal ids/mature,. with drawings by the yOunger
%nevi; Melly
• /so/list The passes of the
Slerrit," by John' Muir, the result of fresh and
ortglnal observation. by this promising young natu
ralist ; "Lawn-Planting• for Small I.laces,".prac
t %al suggestions by : art authority on landscape gar
dening, Samuel Parsons. The 'serials. Mrs. Bur
nett's "Tlaworth"s" and Mr. UOTeSen'S "Falcon
berg," are also Illustrated. Tile latter wlli•be suc
ceeded.% the May number bir • a:mitelette by Miss
Trafton entitled " Achsan." • '
tiAn Important contribution to Onancial literature
Professor Sumners paper on "The Commercial
`lists of 1837," which Is brief hilt fulPand. clear,
n 4 Includes an account of the dhastrons "Penn.
I
yiyanla experiment." A. paper on "Tho late
George Rapp and the liarntoulst," will reveal to
many for the lirat thee tho.pecultaritles of tilts In
teresting and now moribund colony of 311110-
ne:taus, who, under the dogmatic , gerernment of
yathoritapp, adopted culibaiey and 'relinquished
pair right to rote.. "servo Western Sch'eol-inas.
.tars," by 'Edward Eggleston, Is similar in charac
ter to the recent papers on the • clergY by the some
Writer, and the anecdotes throw ~ a good dell of
light un the progress of education in the West. "A
Glance Into 'the • • bummer :Alcove; flat Tail
Library,".by Miss Rat• V.rrimith, reveals sown of
the most unique bequests of Mr.Saniner, Including
a copy of. °Wan e owned by Byron and having one
of hlsliS. poems neveir before printed; a- volume
containing an Inscription by. Milton, which la ro-
Prod need in•fac.simile, etc: prominent in ilia nom
ber are a paper on taste likmannera and art. -sift
,the caption ••floGinitibus," cobirlbitted by-Charles
1 = 25152
I.z • Miethee of the-
41°11 nu444-r4-- A; Stec,:
ton,eotitled "Poniones Bridal Trtp." •
The poetry isreitideettibutes to Beiard Taylor
Sidney Linter: C. ii"..Cranch, rind 1 6# 1 4fiet and'
Marie Meson; and Other poems by Lathinp, .
luster* Atintitda
\ In his department of "Topics' of the Their," Dr, .
Behead writes of the lite d. Blair Scribner n . d of
Bayard Taylor, sad discusses "Social Drinkin . g. , .
"Items and Socletr contains something about s the•
Irtitles et a Matt-sermat and "A New ;Aid \o• -
lionsikeeplag." , "Culture-and Progress" baside\
usual. quantity of .bonklerlews. "Tile WoritrisN
Work" -follows tip the. stiblect of the "Electric ,
Light," - of, which it is keeplegrecord, and records '
a number Of Improvements and new. appliances..
compictei the numbeiwith.verse
and sketekes In a vein of sentiment or light satire. '
Tut MAtscit Atlantic Noah
ry for March Is In every way a rerilarkable number.
It gIYMY,Ita readers a new poem by Longfellow,
The Chamber over the Gate,•• one. of the . meat
graceful. sympathetic , and every ' way charming
poems he has eveY•written; and Whittier contil.
hotel some beautiful memorial verses on Bayard
Taylor, !mil a spirited poem, "'The Landmarks," In .
which de pleads with, all his ohi4lnie fire mei earn.
estriess . ' !or the preserhtion,of the "Ohl bouth.•.
Its "The Ballad of Christopher Aske." Rose Terry
Cooke tells a story of the Catholic Rebellion of
1334. and there is besides a charming littie po,n,
by Lucy Pleasants. ".Taint Reset." Prow this
.snnlMMly Of tide poe!ry for the month, we think
our readers may feel assured that the Atlantic 1 s
wit falling shortof the high standartft ‘ inas always
maintained in this- department.. The \ closineio
stantnent of the delightful " Lady of ties Aroos•
took" will be eagerly read. Mr. Howells I>.s., n ee ,
done better work than In-these Mat chapters, which
bring the work to a conclusion which melt , s •suldy .
the most exacting reader, though all will C4c,t. -
that the cud has come so soon. 11. 11.. K, ai m&
er collection of "
.Ghost Stories," and _Katharine .
Carrington's "-Rosamond and the Cmaluctor,"
original in conception and clever in eXeCllduM is \
the short story of-the number; ..Mark Twain'A ac
count - of "The Gnrat Revolution in Pitcairn " is
irresistibly hunsoressi,i and yet the hum o r hut par- •
Bally conceals a somewhat serious i)11
writers pert; „The concluding portion of W. w:
Stop's pleasant account of " A Roman- Holiday.
iSeenty Tears Ago" is even t and Richard Grant
White continnes to discuss " Ainericanisms."
There is a brilliant unsigned article on "Pre,ltlen-
Rai Electioneering in the Senate," and .important :-
..papers arc. given on'" The Natural Iflstor
tics." by N. S. Sbaler, and "Our Laud roues," by
George W. Julian. The Contributors' Clot, Is even
more bright, varty;„-ind entertaining than rs , tal,
and we would especiallyconsmend the• adiniranie
'contribution regarding Daisy Miller as perhaps the
truest - and- t most sensible. criticism yet given re
specting that much talked-of young lady. The re
views of itecturiAterature are, as always, aslinira
hie. Those on Meilen , edition of t• Uncle Tom's - 1
Cabin" and on the - Pos.:um of Matthew An:old'
might serve as models of what criticat writing
should be. Mr. Clarence Co'ok's paper in the Feb
ruary AI/antic was 'Ulm to call forth much adverse
comment, and we are. not surpilseil to find at rte
elm c of tilt magas:vie wine coriespunclence r;:gard- .
A LADr's Olr, how I-do wish
my skip svus as clear and soft as yours,"
Said'a lady to her friend. " You can eas•
ily make it so," answered the friend.
"How?" iniptired the first lady. "By
using llop Bitters, that makes pure rich
blood and blogniing health.. It did it for
me, as you ohserve." • - .- •
AD:%IINISTEATORS' NOTICE..
—N °We Is hereby given that all persons In
debted to the estate of dorm U. Montanye,• late ~ty
Ithaca. .N. Y. occeased. are requested ,to make
immedkate puvu-nt. nod all permms having clatim
against said ekateplust present them duly nuthen
tielte for settlement to our ittoriey : John
_W.
Ml; TOWftlida. - Pa.
ITI.WA RII F.L3IF:R. , /dministratur.
1:1.1ZA1IETIL J. 311.1.NTA NYE. 1
•
Towanda: P • Feb. G, '79. 'Adunnlstratri.i.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—Irk the
orphahs Court of Bradford County. 'ln thci
matter of lb , : ,•,,tate of Elhdla Barrett, late of thu .
town ,l,ll, of Spripaeld deceased
The under,igned, an - auditor appointed by said
court to di:4llunic the funds In the hands of I).
111110101AT:110r of -aid defendant estate,
arising -front said decedents real. and perFouil
estate. will attend tollte Ilut les of his appointment
at his-el: ice in Troy Dor". Pa.. on
MARCH 7... A. 1). at 10 o'clock it. It., of cold
day at. which time - and place ail parties Int%i.
claims un.sald funds are I.ereby notified to prei.ent
tiu:ni or be debarred from corning lee "„„, the
same. W. E. CIIILSON, Auditor.
Troy, ra Feb. 5, 1579. • 4 wk.
TNBANKRUPTCY.—In-the Pis
triet Court of the Untied States, for the West
ern in , :triet of Petunzylvauta.
John .1. G ridiths of Bradford County.; Bank rapt
under tge Act of Congress of March 2.1,1567,
applied for a discharge irons all his debts, and
other claimsprovahle under said Act, by order of
the Court. Notice is hereby gllta to all Creditors
%vi, have proved their debts; and other p..rsens
Interested, to appearon the ad. day of , M ARBIL,
1670. at 10 o'clock A. M., beffire It. A. 51ercur.
EN., Register in Bankruptcy, at. his ntilie, iu
Tonainia, Pa:. to Iu» - rause It any they have ;
why a discharge should not he granted to the ,ald
Bankrupt. S. C. 31ceA X DI. EsS,
_iv.-' Ckik.
ItAltpWAtlE`
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11. T. JUNE, AGENT,
Is nod , opening a Lugo ;wagoner:o assortment of
Cutiery, rotoves,
011 S. Varnishes, Tinu - ard, Matsu Furol,h
hig Goods, tc.. purchast:tl (or cash and - offered kr
sale at 11.trgal lib to theSo Rho pay rash for voo.l,
NO S - and Cool.intr Storc . :;, for
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rrlIE Graphic and New -Jewel, the
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tUe'World, at • • JUNE'S.
,
gE 'Gossip, the - 'best. low-priced.
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PrINWAIIE—a large and general
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_
ALARGE stock of. Bar s , Square,
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VOR Paints, Oils; and Vainishes,
g o to 'Jr E
WINDOW GLASS, froin 7.i9 to
21x34 at ITNE'.
SCREWS and Tacks, direct from
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tetail_ at re.ltired priers, at
TStuyAMPS, Lamp Burners, Chimneys,
4
les...and Wicks of every variety, at
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ROPE, Sash, Coal, .Twine and
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LANTERNS—a great varlets' flt
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(WKS, Latches, and Bolts, every
La variety and kind, at J
CAST awl. 'roe Corks (Steel)', at.
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D ISSTON'S (Vebrated Saws, at
JUNE'S
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-JUNE'S
HOUSE FurniAbing Grqods, at
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NORWAY and Sweed's Iron at
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A ill . find's:
j J . LARGE stock of
canlage MO Tire r JUNK:S.
WIAE , Cloth, a
POWDER, Shot andCaps;foi%ito
At. JUNES.
BLASTING Powder, at
LES ,and Rasps, a full assort-
A leut, at - arrNn-s.
•
TIMMERY Cloth and gaper, and
..u.4 sand raper. nt JUN it•S.
TlRASS'Kettles and 'Hollow Ware,
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Pl 3 QT. busiocas you can end:4olu. .0 torn per:
J. day ma& by any worker' of Wier arc,-
right in their own localities. Pardo/Lars
lam
idea worth L 4 free. 'lmprove your spare time at
this business. Address STINSON & Co.. Portistai,
' . utavao 17.
eeit a week in Our own town. Outfit free.
No risk. Reader. it „you want a business at
which Persons of either sex eau Make neeattay
ail the time they work, write' for particulars to it:
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Uran make money faster at work .for us than at
anything olse. Capital not required ; we Will
aqua. you - 412 per day attorno made by the
thous Men, %town, boys and Ohl wanted every
where to Work fur 113,. Now to the Mee CiodY
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