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Toa - azda, PA., Thursday, May 8; 1879
TUE Doti" Bolt DYNASTY.
- There may have been some whO'
, r doubted the sinister purpose of the
Democratic party in its frenzied ap
peals-for reinstatement as the deposi
tary of power. The closing acts of
the 45th and the opening' -scenes of
the 46rh Congress, fntist have resol
ved all doubts into'certainties. The
former expired in the act of inaugu
„
rating resolution.' The latter came
into the power of organized,existence
to reyeal the revolutionary impulse.
That ;impulse is Very-strong.: It will
• overwhelm the conservative influence
• in the Tart} - ,.and sdeh men as B.e.v
. Aun - wilWke swept along with the
_ current, or, if resisting, they will -be.
stranded high and dry outside otthe
party. 1t is only, a question of the
statns,of negative and positive pow . -
ers,`and is alpiestion which' has been
settled a thousand times! Positive
power is always aggressive and must
dominate, where, as in this case, it
has the 'numerical majority. 'Those
Dmocrats who found their hopes of
peace and progress upon the ability
of the few, the very • few, conserva
tive leaders :in their party, may as
well dismiss their hopes. To cher
ish hopes so utterlytnifounded is to
be self-deluded.
-
The Ik.mocrats have .been a rni-
nority party in the nation forabout
eighteen years. And, they have been
a' minority party in le;1,•ely desirable
~,,:e n se of the oppo4tti term. They
have been a minority in. numbers,
whi - ch, though it may not be pleasant,
ie -.et tolerable, because it may be
remedied. But they hay,: been in a
minority of brains and of character,
and these are without remedy. By
• noproecss of action that we know of
can any set of men remedy that
Statesuien are born, not made, and
none have 4-en born into the Demo
cratic party for more than thirty
ears. .None have been developed
,luring that period. -The nearest ap
-pi•oach to a statesman among the
Demodratie leaders is seen in BAY
ARD. And he MaliCi a virtuous show
of denouncing revolution.only to join
.;‘ in revolution. The other great lights
are THURMAN, HENDRICKS and Tu.
DEN. The two -first named are sim
ply trimmers. Neither has ever ut
tered a sentiment or done an act that
will outlive them, .The 'last mimed
is a crafty, hypocritical old man, who
will go down in history as one who
attempted to steal the livery of an
honest .man to cloak the baseness of
hls purposes..
There is not a . man; among the
Demtierats in Congress who can
move the hearts or arouse the consci
ences- of ..the masses. Their hold
upon their : constituencies consists in
their appeals to passion and to preju
dice. There was a time when a dif
ference existed. between Democracy
and demagogisnk There is no .long
er any tlftferencei and when one is
face to face with a Deniocratic leader
, he confrontsa'demagogue, and gen
erally a trait -- or..` Starting with the
Speaker of ;the House, and—ontinu
ing down through the mass, you will .
not.stumble against anything !fisher
in this scald than.a fourth-ratean of
afLiirs. Men who arc great on ward
and county occasions, and infintisi
mally small everywhere beyond that.
The Sedate makes a better showing,
yet it does not begin to reach the.
mark as to ability and character that
.existed just prior to the war. VAY
ARD is, undoubtedly the brains,f4the
majority in that body, and l'Esrmx
rox will crowd him closely. But
BANAan has no magnetism and no
pluck,. De can hardly `be said to
serve as anything more than a foil in
• a Coitaict with EIME'6S, BLAINE,
CoNwso, or CauvENTEn. Of the
remainder how many arc there who
do not owe their prominence to un
'mitigated BourbOuism ? WALLACE,
. who is striving desperately to get the
lead, has failed as a leader every
where outside of Clearfield county.
• Ile did-inanage to lead his party like
- sheep to the slaughter in 1878. lie
will never lead the Senate.' When
the supreme moment arrives Mr.
'WALLACE wifl be set aside.without
cceturony. and the Senate, as a Dem
ocratic body - , will follow the lead of
some positife and daring man of the
&nth. All this coquetting is per
mittca Mpg as it does not inter
fere- with .the working out of the
Bourbon purposes.
Turns ' are, unquestionably, honest
and well-meaning people who cannot
understand why the colored people of
the South should be so arriions to
leave that sunny clime, and migrate
. to the bleak fields -of Kansas.- To
the attention of such we call the-re
. cent order issued by the Chief of
Police of New Orleans, by direeti m
of the Mayor of that city, as a sam
ple of the liberty and privileges. en
joYed by the enfranchised race. By
this ordei the preachers of the vari
ous colored churches are notified that
• .1
services whenever held must termi.
nate by ten o'clock, r. 3i., and it is
made the duty of all. policemen to
arrest as a disturber of the peace:any
pastor having charge of a colored
. church in the - who- under any
circumstances holds a - . service later
than
s that hour: This illegal order-is
an outrage - upon the rights of the
colored worshipper , violating the let
ter
and spirit of the Constitution,
•ind shows the animas which per
vades Southern communities in . deal.-
• :nd with their former chattles. What
.:ight has the Mayor of New Orleani
.0 say at *hat hour thenegyo church!
es shall close their service, holding
the pirtor, who shall become prolix,
liable-to arrest if he lengthens the
services beignd ten o'clock The
order sriiiairtoo much of the' ante
war times, when the auction • block
and the' whipwere favorite means of
controlling and punishing She hum4n
chattles, ;and when the right to wor.
ship, was at the pleasure of the own.
Cr.
MI
The fair fields of the South are in
great danger of being untitled, 'be,
cause the laborer has been cheated
and defrauded of Lis dues, because
he has been denied the rights guaran
teed him by the Constitution, because'
h.! has been hunted and bullklozed
until the slow-thinking colored popu
lation has become thoroughly imbued
with the tliebelief that still greater
wrongs and 'sufferings are awaiting
them, awakening a feeling of mis
trust, and causing then' by thousands
to flee from the presence of the op
presor. The Mayor of New Orleans
has added to the long list of griev
ances to. which the negro Las been
subjected, and given another proof,
if it hid :been needed, that tire
wrongs of which they complain are
real, and that there are abundant
reasons why they Should endeavor, to
esape from the condition to which
thby have been brought, through the.
cunning and dishonesty of the more
-intelligent and favored race, who
should be their protectors and' not
their oppressors. It will be worse
than useless to call Conventions to
consider the question of the negro
exodus from the South, and to de
vise .ways and means to convince him
that he should stay on the planta
tions where; he was born, and has
toiled, so long as such a tyrannical
and oppressive disposition is shown,
as is mandestedin the, order issued
-by the New Orleans Mayor.
, PETER. lIEJLDIC has at last emerged
from the voldntary seclusion which
he has been enjoying since his last
attempt to regulate the finances.
Financially, PETER is such a remark
able instance of Fagacity awl the
successful accumulation of indebted
ness, that he feels himself competent .
to straighten out the indebtedness of
States, counties or corporations. lie
states that, having been prostrated
by acute catarra of the throat and
lungs, he was compelled to seek re
lief in a more congenial climate than
that of his adopted .home, the Key
stone State, and that in. pursuit of a
proper climate he line wan bored far
and wide, and, what is almost incred
ible, "passed many hours and often
whole days 'without conversation."
While thus silently pursuing his wea
ry way his thoughts did not turn to
his disconsolate creditors, but his
mind was overwhelnied with the con
dition of the State, its cities and
counties, and, indeed, of the people
of the whole country, burdened with
debt contracted at the inordinitte
'rates of interest which *ere estab:
lishied by the necessities of the gov
ernment during the war. So, as PE
.
Ton has had laege experience in bor
row'ing, he proposes that "for the
purpose of funding atty outstanding
floating 'debt now in existence, or of
refunding any maturing - Or already
Matured debt of this Stale or qf any
con»ty or 'city therein, the proper
authorities may, and they arc hereby
authorized 'and empo*ered io issue
Coupon bonds of the denomination of
FIVE 'AND TEN dollars, to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding three per
cen tum," etc. The remarkable facility
Which PETER manifested in accumu
lating the repudiated ,'debt of Will
iamsport, affords an eXeellent oppbr
tunity for the authorities of that
debt-ridden city to •ptit his. plan into
Operation. They can thus show their
appreciation of his public spirit awl
their gratitude for his past services,
besides disposing of a question Which
seems likely in the nigh future to get
them . into contempt of Judge -EL
WELL'S court.
Tun situation of the Democratic
leaders in Congress would excite our
sympathy if their plans did not
arouse apprehension of danger to
the country. They have evidently
been misled by the idea that the
President could be coerced into the
approval of any measure they might
attach to the appropriation bills.
Now that they have learned that
President ll.kvEs was true to his
party and to the country, they are.
in a dilemma. To give way is‘to coVer .
themselves with disgrace—to perse.;
vere is certain and inevitable defeat
for the Democratic party. In any
event disaster is to result. The con-
sequence
. is that there is bad blood
and contention amongst the Democ
racy in Congress, and apprehension
and fear and trembling with the rank
and file.. The conservative, moderate
Congressmen .w-ho counsel prudent
and patriotic =thin, are denounced
'as traitors to the party.• The badly
reconstn►cted Confederates would
adjourn without providing for the pay
of the Army—(they, have no great
reason to love the Army )—and'would
slop the wheels of the government,
rather than to forego their desire to
wipe from the statute books, the laws
mode`neeessary by the Rebellion. ,
There - bas been much commotion
amongst the Democracy since' the
President's veto was read, and great
diversity of sentiment as the proper
course to be pursued. In one - thing
they were unanimous, .and that was
that they were in. a bad and indefen
sible position. So they have been
concussing with' closed doors; as lo
the best:manner in which the party
could be extricated from the difficulty
The last plan is to -introduce and
pass as a . jseparate and independent
measure, a bill to prevent the Presi-
dent and all other civil officers from
bringing troops t 45 the polls on
tion day to 'kee') the, peace," and it
I will contain delouse' that it is not the
intention of the bill to limit the law:
tel authority of the elvil oillceis who
may be engaged in sUparvising the
electicki. In the meantime the appro:
priation bills will be held back until'
it. is seen what the President will do
with th 4 molified attempt at co
ercion.
The Republicans will oppose :this
new bill as unnecessary and absurd.
Should the proposed measure tail,
the. moderate Decaocrats prob
ably join in eaten ling the appropria
tions for six months.
Tun ILiut Claims Investigation .
Committee cam meneed their work
by holding secret sessions, but the
clamor against, secrecy was so strong
that the doors were opined to the
public. Much ill feeling .has been
created by the charges of bribery and
the denials, which culminated in a
free fight on Thursday last, during a
session of the Committee in the Ilouse
'chamber. It is said that eyes were
blackened; clothes torn, and furniture
destroyed in the melee. &chi : scenes
arc disgraceful, and the House owes
it to a proper self-respect and regard
for reputation to deal severely with
those who seek by force to prevent a
full and fearless investigation Of the
charges of &irruption which have
been plainly and emphatically made.
The people of. the State will be satis
fied with nothing less than a thorough
sifting of the attempts at bribery.
If they are true, the guilty . should be
exposed and punislted ; if they are
false, the character of the Legislature
should . be relieved from the odium
which now rests' upon it:
• THE Gazelle and llnilelinovidell is,
an authority on matters of lumber,
says the report that there Is an un
usually; large stock of logs in, the
boom is erroneous. It is true that
there are forty or fifty million feet
more in the boom than there , were
last spring, but it should belremem.
tiered that there were fifty l million
. •
feet more of !Maher. on the yards last
May than there is now, or Lhan there
probably will be at the opening of
next season's sawing. There is no
excess of stocl . s.,noly on hand, nor is
there likely to be the pr4erit season.
ALL Russia. has . been proclaimed
in a state of siege; in:the sitreets of
St. Petersburg bombs are being ex
ploded daily, and - alreldy there are
in custody IZ,OOO prisoners, who,
with their families, arc-to be. sent to
Siberia as soon as the roads are pass
ble. These prisoners comprise some
of the highest classes, even persons
in the royal household. The situa
tion is extremely critical, and may
result in a general
.uprising which
will shake the very. foundations of
the imperial government._
THE lobbyist rho tried to seduce
Mr. WiasoN, of Merc i er, into voting
for the riot damage bill, put it on
the grounds that he was a good fel
low, and as there was,some money in
the bill, lie might as well have some.
Members were poorly paid, he said,
and he wanted him to go on with the
boys and betome a "-rooster." These
inducements were not sufficient, how
ever, in Mr. WATSON'S case, though
they seemed to have prevailed with
many of the "good fellows.'"- •
THE unconstitutional and reVolu•
tionary efforts of the majority in
Congress, have at least produced erne
good result. They have brought
about- the consolidation of the Re
publican party. There is no longer
division or quarrelling. The rank
and file, the'President, the Senators .
and all, are impressed with the bit.
pOrtance of a united front in opposi.
Lion to the usurpationists. The Re.
publican party was never more unan.
imons and in earnest.
Tiixr the -people of the County
might be famished with a full and re
liable account of the doings Of the
State Legislature, we have published
each Week a letter which gave the
proceedings of the Solons ‘ at. Harris
burg. If any of our readers have
failed to keep fully advised as to
what was transpiring, it has been
their own fault,. In this .as in all
other Matters we shall endeavor to
make the Ilt , :i•ottxun of value to our
subscribers_ •
iCIIETA ItY Ev MIMS is enthusiastic
about the brilliant political prospect
which the Union of the President and
his party opens up. - Ile thinks the
good result of the prevailing harmony
will first be seen. in the fall elections.
Great care ought to be exercised in
the -selection of candidates. in New
York and Ohio, for those Stites will
be the battle ground in 1880. With
the party on its present high national
ground,"he even hopes for inroads
in the-South.
'IT is A great mistake to suppose
that the Greenback-Democrat combi
nation now performing at Washing
ton- has done nothing for the benefit
of - the people. Da LA M.4ITYIL is go
ing to distribute a thousandinillions
in greenbacks, and Mr._ DAVIS, of
North' Carolina, is going to . abialish
the ! tax on apple and peach brandies.
An era of prosperity ought surely. to
follow .plenty of money and cheap
brandy.
J. MetNvoomEr Fosrzu has been
re-appointed and , confirmed by, the
Senate as Insurance CommissiOner°
of the State. This dipartment hus
been admirably managed, Mr. Fostia,
having great ability and unquestioned
integrity in his official conduct. Ms
re-appointment is eredital4e to the
Executive and a compliment to the
Commissioner.
Mil
lEDITORS will occasionally "let their
angry pas4ons arise," just like ordi
' nary martals,and when they do forget
themselYes, they are just , As unwise
as anybody. This time it was in
4idisimpolis, and, what is still worse
on Sunday evening, that C. HARD-
Ica, editor of the Herald, entered
the house of CALVIN A. LIMIT, edi
tor of the Democrat, and attempted ,
to shoot LIOUT, because of certain
publications in his paper. Hantirlio
was locked up until Monday morn
ing, when he was released on bail
!le soon went to , LIGHT'S, office, and
fired at him several times, but miss
ed him, hitting a 'workman named
_LiPsius u inflicting a serious wound.
Another) r oiliman-of Lcoufs , nam
ed W.turnits, jumped from a window
during the fusilade and broke both
ankles. IlAnnt,so is in jail.
A RAILROAD ear loaded with dYna
mite:blew up at the Grand Trunk
freight yard, in Strattpl, Ontario,
Monday morning, with tremendous .
effect. The Whole tow *as shaken
as by an earthgtiake. The freight
shed, the houses around it and about
fifty freight ears,- were blown into
splinters. 4bput fifty other cars were
dainaged and the window glass in
the business see' ion •of the town,
neatly a mile distant, was shattered.
Underneath the dynamite car a bole
was scooped out by-the blast : seieral
feet in'dep i lt. Two men were killed,
and four badly injured. The damage
to property is'eStimated at $250,000
THE St#te TreaSury being pretty
well depleted, Attorney General PAL- -I
aim is overhauling the Looks to find
one the delinquents who : have not
paid their taxes. Lock llaven,
toona and Sunbury have comeunder
his notice, and he - las_issued execu
tions.'against their), and now they
•
will have to "pony_up."
THE j colored people's National
Boaid• of Emigration, at St. Louis,
arc endeavoring -to make arrange
ments for the transportaticin of sev
eral thousand
, negro emigrantsnoW
seattelleil along the Mississippi below
Memphis., The regular packets- re
ruse to take them.'
TUE Press ' very pertinently says
that judging fro:n most of the Demo
cratic speeches on ther:army bill, the
only ineu who can be trusted to up
hold the Constitution of the United
States arc those who a few years ago
iiefi ed it.
ONE DAY recently the Union . Pacifle
road took west from Council Bluffs
.twenty full curs of passengers,_ in
cluding nine of emigrants, and this
is said to be not fur above the ',regent
average of business. A large share
of the passengers are destined for
Colorado and th% territories.
Tut fast business 'of' the House
Committee on Elections will be to
give ex-Governor CURTIN the seat to
which Yocum was elected. The next
businesS will probably be to unseat
the entire 'lowa delegation.
THE New-Orleans Picayune says
that the' Pioneer Grant Club of that,
city, which was organized. in - IS6B, is
still in existence, and is about to
commence active operations for. the
next eampaiern.
MERE is now before the Missouri
Legislature_ a bill to punish voters
who stay aWay from the polls - three
times in succession with a forfeiture
of their right to bold any oillee• in
the State;
THE Cincinnati Commercial' very
wisely concludes. that ith General
Gumqwould like a real reception in
Vale country, he should positively
fuse a candidate for the PreSidencY..
TUE Presbyterian General Assem
bly meets at Saratoga, N.Y.,June 15
CONGRESS.
nuriday—ln the Senate Mr. Bay
'ard moved that when the Senate ad
journ it be until Monday, but the
motion was defeated ; the Contagious
Diseases bill was taken up and de
bated without final action; Mr. Wal
lace' introdubeLl a bill in regard' to
bounties, and Mr. Maxey
.presented
one about mail service; the: Senate
adjourned without having done much
work. In the House, the Silver Coin
age bill was postponed; the' Veto
Message was then taken up ; debate
was shut otf by a call for the previ
ous question; the' House refused to
pass the Atifiy bill over the veto by
a vote of - 120 to 110, not two-thirds
in the athrmative; a numberof new
rules Were adopted, increasing corn
' mi ttees, etc., and the llouse adjourned
until Saturday. •
Friday—The Senate alone was in
session ; Mr. Johnston, of Virginia,
presented a new Texas Pacific bill,
against which Senator Edmunds pro
tested; the SpOtford-Kellogg resolui
,Lion was briefly discussed ,without
tetion ; the Contagious Diseases bill
Iwas supported in a speech by Mr.!
IGarland, of Arkansas; the Senate
adjourned- until Monday.
Saturday—The Senate -Was not in
session on Saturday. The House
transacted very little business ; Mr.
Stephens brought in a bill to apply
the metric system to exports. and im
ports, which was briefly debated and
laid aside; the Warner Silver bill
was then taken up; Mr. Warner Of
fered an amendMent and made a long
speech on the bill ; Mr. Claftin obt''
tained the floor and: the House ad
"Ourned. •
Monday—ln the Senate the Con
tagious Diseases bill was recommit
ted, after remarks by Mr.-Harris, Mr.
Mr. Conkling and Mr. Bayard ;
the question of iv -opening the
claims of Spofford to the seat of Mr.
Kellogg was postponed one day;.a
few bills were introduced, among
them thenew Democratic caucus bill,
and the Senate- adjourned. In the
House, a large number of new bills
were presented, amongthem the new
Democratic calms measure, - and
some extraordinary financial bills . for
the issue of greenbacks; the House
transacted_ some. 'District of Colum-
bia business and adjourned.
PEON HAIBEIIMIG.
Special Corespondenav of the lilMniniU':3
• ILSIMXBURG;iIn,y B.y-The. sessiOM
the Ileitis on hTondi►y Overthig thls the
seventeenth meek of, the Legttiatnre, Ina
prinolpally devoted to the , consideration,
of bills on socontland first reading.
A resolution pieviotutly offered by Mi.
Barrett, an intelligent memberTof :the
corps editorial horn the new county of
4ackawans, pteventing members_ from
speaking more" than twice on, ally ques
tion and more than ten minister, at any
time coming up, caused considerable de
bate, after which the further considers
-
Ken of the subject, was indefinitely post :
potted. d s long as that newsy andspright
ly publication, the Legislative Record,
prints the speeches of members, even if it
is a week or , more after they are delivered,
the statesmen will continue to orate, and
promptly vote down all propositivni look
ing to an abridgement of , that expensive
amusement.
In the Senate on Tuesday evening peti
tions against the union of Church and
State and.favoring religious liberty, pray
ing for the passage of Senate bill No. 133,
known, as the Seventh Day Baptist bill,
from the Sta,tof of Maine,'Ohto,
sin, Illinois, New York and lowa, were
presented. Two or threo new, bills were
introdneei, and the rest of the iession waft
devoted to the consideration of bills on
first and second reading: Among those
read the first time were the following :
An set aatlzorizing the appointnli ut of
women prison insteztois.
• An act autl.orizing the appointment of
a commission to ascertain and adjust the
losses caused by.the insurrection of Ju
1811. This is the new riot bill.
An act to repeal an act - to declare Good
Friday a legal holiday.
'Among the bills passed second readini:
was the following: .Thint resolution to
amend section 17, article 2, of the Consti
tution, by providing that the , whide num
ber of Representatives in the Legislature
shall be 101 instead of 201, the pregent
number.
In the House on Teesday morning an
invitatima Was accepted 'from the Peama
nirit Exhibition Company to be present
at the aniiiveis,ary of the
.openiag of the
Exhibition on 3laylo, 1879.
- Mr. Brook?, of Cameron county, intro
duced an act to repeal the law creating a
commission to erect a peniteutiarY for the
middle yeattentiary district, - paying the
expenses already incurred by the commis
sion and n'bandoning the project 'Hew
ever meritorious such a bill might be, it
will hardly got through. . •
House bill 107; which , had previcuudy
been defeated, was re-eoirsidercd and
prisEed finally, and sent to the Senate. • It
originally required - ititerent dentists to
take out county licenses ;• this section was
s'.ricken ont, and traveling jaw -breakers
are one ahead.
The vote by which-the House defeated'
the border mid bill on April 22d, was, on
motion of Messrs. Shear, of Putter, and .
Reynolds', of Philadelphia, re-considered,
92 members voting to re.eonsiclerl and Gf.
against. The avowed, object, was to
anpul the bill so that it would be satis
factory to the House. After considerable
discussion, and the insertion of an amend
ment to the effect that "live percent,of
these certificates of: loan shall be paid to
the holders thereof on the Ist day of June,,
15.8.0, and the balance, with lour per cent':
interest thereon', or such a part thereof as
may be paid by . theGeneral Cove6ment,
shall be paid whenever the General Gov
ernment sball have • aekuowledged these
claims and shall have paid the 'same to
this Commonwt:alth ; provided. 'that no
money shall be Paid from the Treasury by
or under .the authority of this act until
the Supreme Court of the' State shall have
decided the sante to be consatiitiona!,"
the bill was laid- over for printing and
.t
final passage, the prospects for wbiali lat
ter are by no means rosy.
Among the bills passed
_finally at this
morning sessionof the house on; Tuesday,
* were the following
An act for the Letter regulation and
treatment. of the female insane in any .
asylums and hospitals, by the appoint
ment of female superintendents..
• An act authorizing one vote to be cast
for each share of stock held in any turn
pike, plank road or bridge company.
. An act to enlarge the jurisdiction of .
courts of common pleas; relative to grant
ing, improving or amending the charters
of turnpike road companies.
An act requiring every person holding
an office under the. Slate government to
take and subscribe to an oath or William
.
tion. •
At the afternoon session of the Rome
o;:in Tuesday the general appropriation bill
was considered on third reading at length;
agreed to, and laid over for printin.
Among the bills passed finally weo the
following :
An act" extending the time for the col
lection of city, county, township and bor
ough taxes, for the payment of which
collectors 'hare become personally liable.
An act aparepriating '420,000 to meet the
annual expenses of the commissioners to
superintend the propagation of fish.
The anti-discrimirMitn freight bill was
then discussed until the hour of adjourn
ment, 6 o'clock. ' '
In the Senate on Wednesday morning
Senator Cooper, of Dblawate, offered the
following : •
Reantred (if the House concur), That
the General Assembly of Pennsylvania
gives hearty endorrement to the Presi
dent's veto of the :revolutionary riders
attached to Abe army bill, and hereby
instructs the' Senators and requests. the
members 'representing Pennsylvania to
sustain the course of President flaps up
on this measure, and any other calculated
to assure the constitutional prerogatives
of any blanch of the Goverirment'or to
opetilho door to fraud In the national
councils.
Mr. Holben, Democrat, moved that the
resolution be referred to the committee
on Federal Relations. Messrs. Schnatterly
and Craig, Democrats,. supported this
motion, which was not Agreed to-_-.yk,as
12, nays 26. The resolution was adopted
—yeas 30, nays 12. Mr. Parker, National,
voted with the Republicans in the affirm
ative. Messrs. Paulson 'and . Nelson, of
Wayne, elected by the Democrats and
Nationals, voted with the Democrats in
the negative.
The following among other bills passed
thTiifienate finally on Wednesday :
An act relating to judgment dockets,
designed to improve the present system
of entering judgments.
house bill to encourage the planting of
trees along the roadsides of the State.
Holism bill providing that tho fines for
selling clams and oysters out of season be
paid to the guardians of the poor. •
House bill providing for the transfer of
the Western Reform wheel at 31organza,
Washington county, to the State. z
A message was received froth the Gov
ernor returning. with his objections, a
concurrent resolution, which had passed
both Rousei; appropriating $6OO to pay
the expenses of. the investigation into the
Management of the State Agricultural
College, near Bellefonte., "The - Governor
took the ground that money conld not be
constitutionally appropriated by a con
cnrient resolution, but only .by a bill
passed in beth House; read ou three dif
ferent days, on which the yeas and nays
were called, etc. The veto was unani
mously sustained.-
- •
In tite- House On Wednesday morning
an act to provide for the (military expen
ses of, the execnt ire,. 14slative and judi
cial de outs of the COMMOawealth,
into thcpnblic debt and for the
support a the - common ielsools: for the
years Mond 1830 f, hatrisns as the "ApprO
priation bilk". on motion of. Mr. Hall was
taken tip and posed finally by 174 yeas to
2 napi: The rest a the morning session
was devoted to the Imnsideration of an act
to provide revenue by tass Plan of corpora
tions and associations and unincorporated
companies, associations and limited part
nerships, better known• . se the• general
revenue bill. The principal point debated
was the section placing a tax on limited
partnership associations. No vote was
reached and the bill went over.
At the ripening of the.afternome session
of the House on Wednesday, Mr. Nichol- ,
son, of Jefferson,asked permission to
make
a statement It was to the effect
that the committee which was investiga
ting the alleged corruptible in the case of
the Pittsburgh riot bib had decided to sit
with closed doors. He (Nicholson) and
other Western members objected trthis.
He asked leave to introduce a resolution,
in which reljnest he was sustained by Mr.
Wolfe, of I.lnlon, a gentleman who con
'seines more time in talking than anytotlz
er three members of the Hoare. At this
point-there were numerous objections and
demands for the "order of the day."
when the resolution was read For informa
tion'
as follows :
ne Jotted, That the committee appoint
ed to, inquire into and investigate ;the .
charges of -undue and improper influence
used in the efforteo pass the riot bill, are
herebrinstructed to hold their sessions
with open doors and that the examination
of all witnesses be pubic.
Speaker Long decided that.nothing was
in order for the afternoon except the con
sideration of Senate bills as provided for
by the special order made by t tie House,
and that the resolution wee not a question
of order. arid was therefore,uot in order.
Mr. Wolfe appealed from this decision of
the Spelaker, and insisted that the intro
ducticn of the resolution was a question
of privilege. The controversy lasted two
hours, at the end of which the valuable
little reformer from Union, who must.
verily believe in the motto "that lie who
bloweth not his' wn horn the same sl a'l
not be blessed," seeing that a large ma
jority were against him, withdrew his ap
peal, thus virtualls sustaining the decision
of the Speaker. This is a specimen of the
mintier in which tittle is worse than wast
ed.
Several Senate bills of a local character
were then disposed of, and the Senate,
reimhition endor,ing President Mayes' ve-‘
to'was concurred in by a vote of ytal 08, 1
nays I'9, after a good -drat of noisy filibus
tering by the Democrats.
In the Senate on' Thursday morning
Senator E - verhart offered the following as
an additional rule "That the vote on
concurring in bills amended in the
or on adopting reports of committees of
conference, shall not be taken until said
bills and reports have bleu placed on the
tiles of Senators and particularly referred
to on the calendar." After a discussion
of about an hoar it was , referred to is se
lect committee of five,Scnators. The idea
in to prevent the "snaking " through of
bills in the hurry incident to thelast few
days - of the .session, without afro:ding
Scna'urs an opportunity to know what
they me voting .or,
The nominations of James B. Neale to
bn Judge for Armstrong county, ri-e
Jackson Boggs, deceased, and . J..Mirrrison
Forster, of Dauphin county, to be 'emir
anee CominisAtmer, were uuaninmuCly
confirmed,
The nominations of a number of ,gcutle
men from Western counties to be tnatiag
ers of the Reform school at Morganza,
Washington county, were laid over until
afternoon.
' A snpplemenL, to an act increasing the
penalties for the'desematilm of the Sab
bath was called up on third wading. Mr.
Jones opposed the. passsge of. the bill,
claiming that it was unebristiau. Mr. Sey
mour moved that the bill •b 'postponed
for the presto': Mr. Davies moved to
amend the motion by postponing the bill
indefinitely. Messrs. St. lair, 3PNvill
and.Gilfillan siipporte I the bill, the Sena
tor from Indiana claiming that proper re
spect should be shown the numermis peti
tions in favor of the law." Me,Srs. But
tolled and Erm , :ntrout opposed it, the
former mainta'ning, that the lati would
not be enforced, and the latter declaring
it a horrible bill. To inenem-e the penal
' ties of the law of 1704 would be to make
it more absurb than it is now. [The nc
bill makes the tine $25, instead of s4.]
Messrs. Newell, Kauffman and Davies al
so spoke against the bill, but,no rote was
had upon the motion of Senator Davies to
indefinitely postpone before adjournment:
At the afternoon session the considera
thin of the motion tit confirm the nomina
thins of managers of the 'Reform school
was resumed. The it ernes of these gentle
men arc as follows: A. J. Keating, Jas.
P. Barr, Jim. M. Irwin, R. P. Nevin and
It S, Waring, of Allegheny county;. Thos.
Me Re 1113311, fames M'Cullough, of Wash
ington, and Jacob IVeigand, of Beaier
county. Three of tl ese gentlemen aro
editors:'Jrat of the Pittsburgh Post,
Nevin, of the Lrivlce, and Weigand, of the
Beaver Argils and Radical. Senators El
liott; and Seymour;opposed Barr and Nev
fu on account of their course &ling the
riots, but the nominations were all con
firmed, except that of
; Weigand, who was
tab votes short of the two-thirds, two of
the Allegheny lienatofs opposing him for
personal reason* MS nomination was
again on Friday, and will no doubt be
confirmed next week when there is a full
attendance of. Senators.
Governor Hoyt was kind to editors On
Thursday, conferring honors upon no less
than four of them; the new Armstrong
county Judge, vain is the editor of the
•Pree Press, the old Republican paper at
Kittanning, being the other. The &sans
sion on these conihmations occupied most
Of the afternoon.
Mr. Lamon offered a concurrent resolu
tion, which was adopted, recalling the
Mexican war veteran hill . from the Gover
nor. This is to keep control of the bill, so
that. the Governor will not be .compelled
to -let it become- a law, or veto it, until it
is known from the action 'on the revenue
and appropriation bills whether or not
there will be any money to pay the penl
sions.
. .
The House joint resolution to, provide.
for additional copies of Smull's Legisla
tive Hand Rook, passed finally.
In the House on Thursday Morning,
.among the petitions presented - was one
signed by 800 business firms of the city of
Philadelphia,praying for the pasage of
an insolvent law. This law is, also en
dorsed by the Mercantile Jobbers' Asso
elation and the Board of Trade of Phila
delphia. •
A rptather of rcruonstramccs agaluct the
passage of the act taxing oil were also
preßntei. .
The lions° then proceeded to the con
sideration of the anti-discrimination bill,
it— being the special order. It was dis
'Cussed until the hour of adjournment and
went over, to come up again net week.
A number of local bills were disposed
of in • the Horse on Thursday afternoon,
but none for Ilradford - conuty.
In the Senate on Friday *bids on final
passage and third reading were laid over,
when some progress was made on the sec
ond reading Cafendar, bnt no husiness of
importance was concluded during the hour
ant' a half session..
In the House on Friday morning Mr.
Smith (Philadelphia) rose to‘aqueition
privilege, and that in his absence in Phil
adelphia and during the session on Thurs . ,
day evening of the riot investigation com
mittee, serious charges had been made'
against him by a member of the House--
a member whom he did not have the
slightest acquaintance with. He said the
accusations-were false and m.►licions in
tliti extreme, and hoped the committee
Weald sit immediately after the adjourn
ment of 'the House at 12 o'clock to-day,
and give him a chance to be heard in Pub
lic and before the members of the House.
He was/ he" could clear himself
entirely from • any connection with af
fair in at least ten minutes.
Mr.Datebell (chairman of the commit
tee). The committee rill meet inun,di
ately after the' hour of adjournment for
the purpose of beariug the gentleman from
Philadelphia, 31r. Smith.
Speaker Long having announced that
tho revenue hill was now in order, Mr:
Davis (Philadelphia) moved to postpone
the zonsideratien of the bill'until Tuesday
next..and that it *I made the special or
der immediately after the thin' reading
calendar and anti-discrimination bill are
dispelled of, and be made the special order
as follows : The anti-diserimination bit
first, and the revenue bill forVed nesday'
Thursday's and Monday'a kemions, until
disposed of. • The motion was agreed id.
Mr. Hall offered the following , restgu i r
tkm, which was adopted :
Rooked, That the appropriation bill,
making approkiatiens for institutions in
whole and in part under thecoutrOlor the
State, on second reading, be considered at
the • sessions of, this House, on MondaY
nights after May DM • -••- •
The resolution for Snatailliourtirirlitar
the Legislature- on the 80th of May licit
CAM up, and after it was` dist:newt at
some length and attempts made to ittund
it,- a motion - .0-indefinitely postpone was
agreed, to by
.w ram vote. Mr. Hall
c.AUed the yeas and nays, but , was greeted
with loud cries of "no in "no I" where
upon ho withdrew the call, leavina, no
record of Unser whei -voted tor or aghast
the adjournMent resolution.
Mr. Souder's resolution providing kr
the appointment of a joint committee for
the purpose of welcoming General Grant
upon "his arrival in this country in • the
name of the. Commonwealth of Peonsyl-,
rants, provided there shall be no expense
to the State, came up, when a rambling
discussion ensued and ranch confusion
prevailed, cheers and hisses coming alter
nately from each side of the chamber.
The resolution was adopted by a strictly
party vote—yeas, 79, nays 71 -
Senate and House adjourned until Mon
day evening.
The action of the committee to investi
gate the charges of bribery and corrup
tion in connection with the riot bill, com
menced its labors this week with a secret
session on Tuesday evening. The decision
of the committee to meet with open doors
was not welt received, and the programme
has since been changed. Four or five
- witnesses,. inchiding Win. 11. Kemble, of
Phikulelphia, and John C. Barr, of Pitts
burgh, a newspaper correspondent, were
examined at this Tuesday evening meet
ing, and it is understood they all denied
any, guilty knowledge. = •
Additional meetings of the committee
were held, publicly, in the Hall of the
House on Wednesday and Thursday eve
ning, and on - Friday at noon, the latter
being a-very brief ()Ile to hear Mr. Smith,
as above indicated.
The testimony taken at the meetingsou
WedneEday and Thursday evcniugs is
very voluminous; so' much , so as to ren
der it impossible, though it were desirable
to do so, to give even a synopsis of it..
Three. members of the House, so far—W.
F. Rumberger, of Armstrong; the sec
ond,- Emile J. Petroff, of Philadelphia ;
and the third, George F. Smith, of Phila
delphia—have been charged by fellow-'
member with approaching them improp
erly, hutill dues n tt appear that any mon
ey was used ; it was only talked about.
Silverthorue, of Eric, says Itumberger
wanted to buy his vote, while Watson, of
lerecr, testifies that Petroff endeavored
to negotiate with hipi, and Knittle,_ef
Co
lumbia,avers that Smith told blip where
he cod get cash for his vote. _
Mr. Smith, in accordance with his own
request, was sworn on Friday immedi
atrly after the House adjourned, when
the committee met,-and, in the must pos-:
itive and solemn manner, denied the truth
of the testimony of linittle, saying that
the only conversation he ever, had with
him about the riot bill, he (Sontle). in-.
troduced the subject, and seemed anxious
to ku if' 111. 1 t1C:i R as being used to pass
the riot bill. Rumberger and Petrotf have
not yet been on the witness stand, but it
is undiirstocal that they will also deny any
criminal conduct. The taking of testimo
ny 'will be continued next Week.
ThM roil of deteetive,l which it appears
has been played by certain members, to
get ottient into tionble an(.t to cause them
to violate the law, is nut looked upon here
as a very honorable one; and-if those who
have been playing it, before the thing is
all over. Lind oat that,that they hare "bit
off more than they can ehriw, they may
not feel r-o good. If these fellows were to
take heed to the suggestion of Him who
spake as never man smile, when He said,
" Let him who is witlamt sin among you
cast the first stone,'? it is very certain no
pebbles would be thrown by any of there.
CUSSAWAGO.
A Father's Terrible Crime.
Of all the crimes caused by rag
lons fanaticism, none have ever been
more unnatural and horrible than
that recently perpetrated at Poeaset.,
Mass., by Charles E. Freeman.; This
man who. was a farmer, bei.Fatik eon-
Verted to the ultra views of Second
Adventism. about a year ago, and be
came a leader in that sect.
A eorrespandent of the—New York
Tinier gives the following graphic
account of this dreadful transaction:
"He believed it his mission to
preach, and was a zealous exhorter.
As time passed, he came to regard it
as his duty to make some great sac
rifice, which should result in a mira
cle and fix' the attention Or r -mankind
upon the new faith. Some time ago
he announced this 'belief to several of
his fellow-worshippers. Two - .weeks
ago, as he says, the long-expected
revelation of the necessary. sacrifice
.came to him in, the night.. It-was
then indicated to -him- that a Member
of his family must die by his hand.
Ile talked the matter over with his
wife, and persuaded her not to stand
in " the Lord's way," as they both
considered it. They had two daugh .
ters, Bessie, 7 years old, and Edith,
years old. The latter was a sunny :
haired child, the pet and idol . a' the
household. The father prayed long
to know who was appointed as the
victim lie says be _prayed that it
might be himself, but it was - not so
to be. After patient waiting the sec
ond revelation came, late in the night
of the murder. pet Edith was
, pointed out us the sacrifice. The fa
ther was taken. aback, out dared not
resist the command of. God. He
awoke -his wife, and told- her what
was demanded. Then the mother's.
heart refused to acquiesce in-fhe un
natural deed. She begged hard for
her darling's life. but, the husband
Was inexorable. Working. upon his
poor wife's fear of displeasing God,
he at last gained her consent. The
scene that followed is horrible be
yond precedent. After Freeman had
knelt and prayed that he might be
spared the test of his faith, he nerved
hiMself for murder. Ile felt that he,
was another AbrahaM, and that God
would either „Stay his hand or else
raise hisdaughter front the dead, as
a ieward for'hiAbedience. Then'-be
and his wife rent into the bedroom
where their o children lay sleeping
side by sige.,- The mother carried
the;eldest,/ tei her own room. Free
tnAn turned down the bed-eh:A(les
frOm the:form of little' Edith, raised
the knife, which he had provided for
the occasion, and - waited to see if
God would not interpose. After n
vain watch, he bent fOrward over the
child,- and. With great care plunged
the blade into Edith's heart. , There
was an exclamation and all was over
The insane father clasped his pet in
his arms, and held her till he was
certain -'life was extinct. Then he
laid down and slept by her side, sat
isfied WA ,he had done the will'Of
God."
A Boston. dispatch of Monday
night, says The funeral of little
Edith Freeman, the victim of her
father's fanaticism, took place in the
Methodist church in the village of
Pocas.set this afternoon. The body
was brought to the church in a casket
by Allen P. Davis, a sympathizer
with-Freeman in hisdetd and one of
his chief abettors who after deposit
ing the casket near the altar an.
nounced his intention of addressing
the audience, but -was prevented
from_doing by threats of arrest. The
,services were brief and appropriate
.and. were conducted by the Bev. Mr.
Williams, pastor of the Methodist
church. The Adventists who fully
believed that -the dead. child would
be brought back to - life or translated
bodily to heaven,are deeply mortified
that their prophecies should result in
so apparent - a non-fulfillment.. .
EU)M=B OT TBZ - MET CROP.
:-_,Wssittuorox, April 23.--The April
returns to 'the Department of Agri
imlture show that the average of win
ter wheat. is about one and one-half
per cent. greater than last year. This
average is due mostly to the transfer
of spring sowings to fall sowings in
the west and northwest. - Unless the
spring sowing increases beyond pres
ent espeetation, there will a re
dueed aggregate wheat acreage. The
wheat' the ground, taken as a
whole, is about two per cent. below
the average. The , crop in some Sec
tions was unfavorably 'affected by the
fall drought, and in others by the
absence of snow during the extreme
winter cold. With average growing
conditions, however, it will make a
very large crop of winter wheat.
Rye has fallen off about four per
cent. in acreage and is about four
per cent. betow 7 the average. It fol
lows the general averages of the
wheat crop.
.STATE NEWS.
Jolty PALMY, a miner, was killed by a
fall of the roof in the Diamond mine at
Scranton Friday. °
Wax. OSTERVEIXE, 2r . .7,C1i twenty-five
years, while duck bunting near Pittsburg
was shot and killed by the accidental dis
charge of his own gun.
TUE stone mairns of Pittsburg and
Allegheny went on, a strike Thursday.
They demand $2.40. • They are now re
ceiving 511.71 and $2 per day.
Annear 200 miners employed in Repel
and Ready shaft" Pittston struck Friday
against the reduction of ten per cent. iri
wages which Went into effect yestirday.
MICHAEL and Eopiria MPAndews were
arrested and .conveyed to the' county
prison at Pittston. Thursday afternoon
upon a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Elpiii
soil, charging them with the Murder by
beating of her husband, Thortils Elphi
son, on the 10th inst.
GEORGE- W. Ktnnv, an employee of the
Chesapeake nail works, south Harrisbarg
met with a siugular and very painful acci
dent, a day or two ago, which will. proba;
blyresult in the loss of on: of his eyes.
While emeaged•at one of the nail cutting
machines a ""slixer" or splinter of iron
accidently entered his eye, and -hit will.
front all appearances of the wounded .
member, lose the use of it. _
THE trial of Ephraim Snyder at York,
for murder has ended in a verdict of not
guilty, He was charged with murdering
Christina Herman, of Heidelberg -town
ship, List December. He was known to
have paid attentions to the girl, and
when last seen alive •she• was visiting
at the house who're Snyder lived. .11er
dead body was found on the road not, far
from her own home. The head had been
crushed in by a heavy blow. • The case.
was given to the jury at 4.30
.Friday
afteruoim, and the verdict was rendered
.an hour and a half later. ;__The prisoner
was discharged and there was a grand
rush to the bar to congratulate
HARVEY TmuxLEn, aged years, re,;
siding abutti three miles from Iletblehetn,
met with a singular and fatal 'accident
Friday. He had climbed up a tree to
trim it, but lost his grip and fell, striking
upon the sharp edge of an axe. = He sus
tained a decry), gaping wound in his left
side, just below the lower rib, some six
inches in - length.. The axe almost served
the liver, and portions of that organ pro
trndedlrom the around. Hemorrhages
followed, and though supplied zwitli,the
best surgical attention, the young man
died iu the greatest of agony.
SINCE the erection of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad bridge over the. Delaware at
Easton, three years . ago, it has been as
certained that the weight of the' two iron
spans which rest on the pier near the
Jersey shore had caused - the iron shoes in
which the spans: teat_ toa,sink about an
inch ; throwinaa , thestructire Out of grade,
With the certainty of a IStql, greater de
pression, owing to - the fact that the inside
masonry of the pier is riot as solid as the
outside. To obviate this the bridge
superintendent of the rt ad had" ail iron
plate cast, edges of which were to rest ou
the solid ston of the pier. The casting
was twelve feet long, three feet three
Melee wide, with ribs fifteen inches deep
and a'general .thickness of. three inches,
the whole weighing seven - .thousand
pounds. This was taken to the bridge
and lowered into position, the task being
accomplished Thursday afternoon. • The
iron spans weigh ISO tons each, and in
order' to elevate them hydraulic jacks
were used. After the spans were elevat
ed sufficiently the masonry as re-dress
ed and leveled, the huge plate placed in
position and the spans were then lowered
without 'the stopping of a. single train.
Thoi is cashiered a great feat in eugi
neering.
GENZSAL ITEM
TUE strike of mill operatives at East
Hampton, Na.,ss continues, with no pres
ent prospect of settlement. -
A. sn...m. boat containing three persons
capsized on the river above Hartford,
Conn, Sunday. and John flurry, twenty
years old, Was droivned:
AN inmate of the :jail .in Columbes
county, Wis., escaped Friday morning,
it is supposed in.company with the-Sher
iff's daughter, a girl of sixteen:
Tnr. court at Richmond, Va., has re
fused the application for a new trial in
the case of John E. Poindexter, convicted
of killing C. C. Curtis. The case will be
to th? Court of Appeals. - • •
Tne Het-. Allen -P. Beach, father of
.
Secretary of State beach, of New York,
one of the oldest. Baptist clergymen in the
State, died at Hamilton, Madison county,
on -Saturday evening, aged eighty-three
years.
. AT the animal meeting of the Universal
Peace Union, in Washin an Friday
evening, a refiolu,tio was at opted urging
',the appointment' otAkedmin ssion to con
fer with various In tri es relative to
a pc:lurid ; adjit t eat o existirg difti-
CUltieS.
R. C. Rankin, ono of the. oldest : , tele
graph men in Chicago and formeilly man
ager of the Westernlinion.husiness there
died at Wyoming' im Saturday . evening.
Ho • had held various responsible posi.
thins under the company; and was widely
known and respected in press and tele
graph circles. •
AT WARRENTON, Va., • early Friday
morning Eustace Smith, aged eiglitectr,
mil - ender - et' himself to the jailor,istating
that ho had shot and killed his father. It
is supposed that the boy, -impelled by.
cruel treatment, tired
. at his father to
frighten him, without any inteution of
destroying his life.
• A tie2tvv rain, 'extended all over Min.-
nokita and the northein portion of lowa,
and continued cool weather remove all
present apprehensions of a drought.. Ad
vices from all parts of the, State just be.
fore the rain - indicated tha the crops had
not - antlered materially.
=
A DISPATCH from'. Odgen,. U. T., says
• there was a terrible wind:Biotin along the.
Utah and-Northern railway on Friday.
A freight train near Round Valley, Idaho,
consisting of: sixteen cars, , come loaded
with silver bullion, were blown from the
track and some of thim =tried a die
taut.e of twentk-five feet..
' Art unoccupied Isvpistiory brick dwell
onnPike.:street, in Cincinnati,' fell on
Saturday evening, injuring four little
children who were passing. Their names
.are Mary Welsh, six years, both legs
broken ; MarY Flaherty, seven years, ono
leg broken; Patrick - Flaherty, six years,
badly bruised, and Katie Doyle, five
years, right knee.fractured. • -
M. D. VPSCRIcT, committed snicide by
shooting himself early. - Friday- mornin4
Two balls from a gun lodged in the - neck, -
under the right car. lid was head orthe'
firm of Vincerit & Co., clothiers, who were
rereutly sold out by Reeeiver Admt.
Graff, the absconding city treasurer. Was
also a member. Sickness and financial
trouble were the cause. He was fifty
years of age, and leaves a family.,
WILLIAM LALLAICCE and Georg Rhodes
who were on a hunting. and fishing trip,
crawled into the drum house of the coal
works at New Haven, near Pomeroy, 0.,
ou Thursday night, to .sleep. Atout one
o'clock Friday morning tte house caught
Are and burned to the ground; the sleep,
lag men being coniumed4n threes. Their
bodies were found in the morning, char
red beyond recognition.
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Medi per bbl
~ 5Mt4 25 5 774 7go
Platt per lock 1 1o( 150. 1 iniii 1 7z.
Corri Meal per - 100 Ms
... a
ors - RI 120
Chop Tem& 1 0050 7 hiros
Wheat. per bush • . -90 40 I. 00 7OAT io
Com 40445
.. Soo
Bye . 4SeiSO •- . Up 60
Oats ' .... 23340,10 M. 4 1,
buckwheat St. . 4n.qa so
Buckwheat- Tkair 1 Vigt - 1 scga. i 75
Closer semi 4ig 500
Timothy. trescom, - 1 Rata i 75
eXI3S. 631 ZS. ..... .f 000 540 1 140 57s
Pork. mesa - 44 MA. „,,,,
Dressed huts.. ....
~ Rip . 1..4-!"-'
Items • 6 14 6 • . . Kt 0
if huoiders - 5
'Chickens' 5010 - of 4 ;a
Turkeys ,• - . . Me
10 • 'Me .i:
fl Pu umks c '
a " -• 50 9 054 -• 1 i:
e 80
.
Lar4 - 714 •. 7 • mg ID
11011er:tube ' 0.“ . lift is
nails ....... •.-05 12 15iie is
rag. fresh MO v.
Cheese ' 150 11 12,.i
Green apples, birth ' 50 se 70
Potatoes per bushel... - . • ta uu. - to) I*.t.
Onlons .. ... ' 1 ocelt oo 1 2543 21
_
Reams = .
COIIII.ZCTED Or DATION k IMO.
Tildes -
•
ire:l3 skins
........
Sbeep Pelts •
Tallow
Wool . •
dew jibertisematts.
PECKK. it O.
VERTON • 1
ATTOINTS-AT-LAW, I
TOWANDA, PA.
.1.
D'A.Oraltros, - . • 11[XJ:I. H. Bug.
STRAYED.—From the piimises
the siittacrlbcr. April 214tAira Urfa Reel row,
about 9 jwani;o:d. high barns: The girder tw
suitably rewarcLoil by retnit3l99 *ante to t,o
ROYAL PRVYNE.
MonntAln Lake. .
DISSOLUTION
firm of Overton allereur Is dissolved this
thy by mutzst cousent.. •
TPA OVERTON..
RODNEY' A.....MERCU.I:.
Towanda, May 11...ty10.w2.."
ANNUAL; MEETING.—The 'an
nual Ince t Int of the Stock halite' sof t he, State
Line k SAlilivata Railroad Company , for the elMtlott
of President and Diretots, and fin the tranraetlaic
of such other business as may come before them,
kill be held at the 'office of Me Companyzin the
Borough of Towanda, ',Pa.. on WEDNESDAY.
MAY 22ST, 1879, at ten oWnek.
• " • 0. A. BALM O IS, 9:..erotary.
Towanda, Max I, 1141-w3.
T - • -
o THE. FARMERS OF BRAD
FORD COVNTY!
MAICE,YOUII tows SUGAR:
All that trill Interest themselves. in the Sugar
Beet business.—a crnp that will pay better than
corn, • may address the . undersigned, enelosit
10 cts 1n silver or postage stamps,. fora package
seed and information tu'regarl tfi culture and sale
of crap. This seed is Genuine Imperiat.; grown
by Fred Knorr. a'well-knburn weed grower or Ger
many. These Deets are superior to the "Rangel
Wurzel for feeding stork.
The time of plauting (from the 10th ti the Toth
of :itay) to at baud. and • all those t,hat would mad
theamelvea of this opywtaalty. Should apply at
one • .! to d. F. lieeretary. flradford (Amu,:
jt.et Sagas Afp.oetatton. Mrya!using. t'a.
Wyaluaing. May att.
FROST'S SONS'
WHOLESALE AND ,H,ETAIL
F TIENT T E!
We are no a- prepares] for the SPRING TlfliDE:
,alth a full line of
NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS
UP
LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST
whtch'w2 Mite the rublic to call awl examine
PAIZ.I.OIt SUITS ItAV SII K,
TELI.IttS.,.I)LUSIt AND
".- HAIRCLOTII,.
Is very !arr, add our prices as loir as the lowest
We baTe a fall Iltmlof
CHAMBER SUITS IN ASH,
WALNUTANDSOFT WOOD,
which we are selliug at a very lotv Klee. full
/the of •
SPRING BEDS, MATTRASSES
- AM) PILLOWS.
UNDERTAKING.
In this .Itpartnn•ni we 'always hav li e - bes.t. good
in the wacky,, and'are continually adding
. EW StYLES.
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS,
ES
while our prices the lowest,
J. 0. FROST'S SONS'
`Towanda, AJ.III.: 1 , 1,5'79
Islisceffaucou.s.
1
FIRE ASSOCIATION,
Of Philqdrlph ia
ORGAN" IzED sErrEIiBER. 1, 1417
CAPITAL,
ASSETS nearly - 54,000,000.00
This A 8 44 , e131 . 1.ft rontlimes to in - rmre from L.,
a ll
_/ )31 " 3 C: Vim, t ll, /iftg..ll.ouselmt.l Fut
attune, and , 11generally.
S. VINCENT, Agent.
Italia !Street, Towanda, riu
EW ARRANGEMENT
N
IN TUC
COAL B-USINESS
The undersigned bathig purchased from 3lr
McKean the COAL, YARD
AT TILE FOOT OP PINE STREET, NEAR THE
- COURT ROUSE, -• • .
Invites the patronage of his old frleinis and the
- public genendiy. I shalt keep a funas-sortment
•• - of all sizes, .
pITTSTON, WILRES.RAMIK AND LOYAL
SOCK COAL,-
.
AND lIIIALL Sl.tiL AT
• .
LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH
NATIIA 1 ; 4 TIM).
. Toy/ands. ra, Ang. 1871. . 12 3 1
TIE 4514 D MARBLg--Y-ARD.
STILL IN OPERATION.
Tbo wider/4:4nm) haidnc par/taxed tho 31,41:-
BLE 7Altllofthelate tlFalltllK asce A By, &-
atm% lb Inform the public' that haring reaploytit
experleurellmen, hn Ls prepared to do all kinds of
work In the line of .
MONUMENTS,
HEAD STONESI
la tbe:yery best ibitater and at. lowest rates..
Persons destrtng anything In the litarble tine are
Invited to ialland ozataloe Wort, and save agents'
coarmtvitoti. •
• 'JAMES Ilice.Attb:
Towanda, Pa., Nov. 18, 1079. =ur
Miifl4
..... 40a v)
)(43.1)
•... '
'11611:11
Aurnifure,
• r !
irr i CEO;
Our assortnier t of
.7101 all tizo
$500,000.00
MANTLES slid
S RELY E 8,