I, l ,lldfoti ttlifinict
E. O. poomucit, EDITOR.
Towanda, -Pa.; ,Tharsday, June 19, 1879
Republican State Convention.
Thchtepublican of Pennsylvania and all others
in favor of an honest currency and the faithful
disch,trge of National oligationa, and o pposed t o
comet untrin and the restoration to ',ewer In the
Nattimal government of the Influences which pro
duce.ftho rebellion of 1.541, arc requested to semi
deiegates apporthmed according to their repre
sent:atop in the tegislatutc. to a Convention to
meet at Harrisburg, at 1: o'clock, noon, on tho Sid
day of-July next, to nominate a candidate for State
Treasurer; and to transact such otherimsiness as
may he brought bt fore them. 'M. S.
Chairman Rqm'dfcan. Side Committee..
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
At the Democratic State Conven
tion of Ohio, On the 4th instant, the
.followink resolution: was adopted :
Resoleof, , That:the efforts of the Itepub,
liean ' , arty to (wen and keepalive the war
\c.elin,:4 between the North and 'South are
to be condemned by every - lover of his
country.
At:WinelMster, on the Oth instant,
the Conft;(lerate monunients were
unveiled witli':imposing ceremonies,
amidst the clangor of , nartial music,
the parade of military, and the dis
play of !lag's. Dia the strains i ,of mu
sic were, not the national tulles, the
uniforms were of the gray, and the
banners that wooed the brefz l .e were
the 'bars and stars,--many of , which
showed the marks' of loyal bullets.
The reliel yell which applauded the
treasonable sentiments boldly spoken,
• might well have awakened the. five
thousand loyal soldiers whOse re
mains slumber in the cemetery near
by. Could the dead heroes, on that
_ June day, have burst the ceremea6
of 'the grave, with what amazement
would they have witnessed the scene...!
Could they have heard the peeelies
made on that occasion by a U. S.
Senator, they would lihve either
dunbted the evidence of their senses.
or bee? led to' believe that the he t
bellion had been victorious, the 1311,
ion. fur which they had laid down ;
their lives had been overthrown, and
th 2 Southern Confederacy established._
We are assured that the rebel yell
was hetail again and again, that Con-
tolerate flags dppLared in the prbees
,ion, ti rit the most disloyal. senti
meals were frequently expressed, and
that the gray uniform was not an un
-I:ropient sight. Not an American
:!.Ig, witl.+one or. two exuegtions, was
to be seen, while Confederate flags
were.numbered by the hundred:.
nator llonuAN was the orator of
the 41:‘y. '•l.lis remarks were not only
au tz,ioyy of the dead Confederate
hero, : ;, but an impassioned defense
and vindication of the cause in which
they Ile defended not only the
.Inemory of .the departed, 'but pro
claimed the cause in which they died
as the cause of the couatry ; he ded
icated the monuments then unveiled
as- the "memorial Of 'a people's love
and gratitude toward; every soldier
of the Confederate Stcltcs of Ameri
ca," and Said "ilatit.was not because
these men had died that we were
p - assiii-- them these honors—it was
the cause iii- which - they died that
i.Linied our reverence." And that
the only fault of the departed hirocs
they.had inetto honor, was, that they
were not conquerors!
y - ernor ILatio.tv, who delivered.
b. brief address, referring- to the five
thousand Federal dead whose remains
mere within
,sight, was maguanhnous
enough to say : "Those were, I doubt
not, as earnest ; as the4e ; those died
fur the rigbts of the Union, these for
the rights of the States."
It is with no feelings of satisfae
-1 Lion that iv't read these accounts, nor
;::lark the. unusual and un riotie
sentiments express - ed.. We adv . t to
them tti show how false is the arraigi:-
: !Lent, of the .Republican party when
is ehai•ged with a desirci to : , open
I.nd keej alive the war feeling be-.
twevn the North and the South
Nothin: could be farther from the
truth, evider . c'ed by the histcßy of
that party sine::: laid down his
-“•,•ord Appomattox, and by the
i•-•',..tion of the country, inspired
th.it party when it had control of
los , :t.yernment. With a :vacancy in
• . every household North, stmt . , -
nmicr luml of debt-and taxa
can.-ed by the unlawful acts
the-c v, - ho ynnle War 121),T the Uni o n,
the I •atient and for;:ivintl• people of
tile North 'milt-a with joy the end of
wai.; :anti 'froly
42:1;?. of iu ntance on the
reIICIS, f',!lg!lVe with tin :
iapied anal won .e.rftil acnerosity
the w - hieii struck at
i,:: ~;. ,
the integrity anti perpetuity of our
fiee institution-:. The Republican
party has sought, by . kindness and
• conciliation, to obliterate all the ani
mosititH arid asperities caused by the
Rebellion ;, it has extended the hand
of voneord and brotherly feeling to
those who but lately :dined a deadly
blow at the Union. It has overlooked
the want of cordiality and fraternity
manifested by the conquered Suittly
hopintlatt time would allay all the .
had feeling-s' eni . 2;endered by strife.
and that a repipl'ocal feeling of amity
and gratitude would prevail. How
theq-c concession haNte been met, is
answeted when the rebel yell is raised,
and 'the (.7j.nrederqte !lag is proudly
and dellantly Ilannted in the laces of
the loyal. 4. The Republican Party
• would gladly bury out of sight all
.evidene;ls of the Rebellion, and for
getk evttrytlnog except, the gallant
: deeds of the loyal inen who died' in
defence of the Union. We would
forgive the men whom they met on
the battlefield, -but we would ever
. hold 4i'n grater.til remembrance the
inciadry of thc,- dead heroes whose
fre'ely.pourtal out cemented the
lTnion-of. the States.
The * Ropubliean party - needs .110
4 —rirniication from such an unjust ac
:=;how,-i the ilt•pth: to
v1de1.4 , •74.11c Democracy have fallen,
when. it (,'7,pulti put forth such A.n.ar-
raignment in the face'of the late pro
ceedings in Congress, and the bold
-and defiant front assumed by' the
Confedefates in that body. The
Northern Democracy has become, as : '
in . the past, the mere adjunct andi
titol of the Southern Democracy, and :
follows with servility the dictation of
those who are • now endeavoring by
legislation to effect what they failed
to achieve by the sword.. And yet,
with the rebel yell Sounding in their
ears, and Confederate Generals pro
claiming the Justice awl 'holiness of
the cause in which they fought, the
Republican party is accused of - an
effort to open and keep alive the war
feelbig between the North and South!
SO FAR back .as . 1855 ASA PACKER
was a partner with NOBLE, lIAMMITT
& CO., in the coal business. Mr.
PACKER had-also offered them an in
terest in the building of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, which they declined.
When, in 1857, Mr. PACKER desired
to lave a settlement of the partner
ship, they demurred, and at the Oc
tober. sessions, 1857, Mr. PACKER
brought an action against NOBLE,
et al., in Carbon connty, for a settle
ment. SAMUEL. Ronn, Esq., of Phil
adelphia, was appointed master. For
twenty-two yeltr i s the suit has been in
progress. *Thedefendants set up the
plea that they had been partners
_with Mr. PACKER in building the Le
high Valley. Railroad, and that he
was largely indebted to them. The
master has just made his report. It
is a very voluminous document, cov
ering sderal hundred closely-printed
pages. It makes a settlement of the
partnership, showing a balance, due
Judge Packer of $32459..08. The
case involved not alone a question of
money, but Judge PACKER'S honor
in the matter of building the Lehigh
'Valley Railroad. The report not
only vindicates his honesty and in
tegrity, but makes the award of a
very handsome balance
A NOVEL sqene took place in the
U. S. Senate on Thursday. When
the hour for the commencement of
the Senate_ session arrived the mem
bers of_ both political parties were
still in caucus, and 'not a single Sen
ator was present hi- the chamber, ex
cept the President pro tempore (Timm-
MAN) who nevertheless commanded
silence by a rap of his gavel and
the Chaplain offered prayer invok
ing the devine blessing upon the de
liberations of this body. During the
prayer Senator Him. came in and at
its conelyasion the Presidentdpro tem
pore glancing at the empty seats
made a novel variation in the cus
tomary formula to adopt: it to the
occasion, and said : " The Senator
from Georgia will now come to order,
and the Secretary will read th'i jour
nal of yesterday's proceedings."
Tiraorou the carelessness of the
Senate message clerk, who left the
bill on the drawer •of 'his desk, the
Dixmont, Insane Asylum, at Pittsz
burg, will be deprived of the State
appropriation of $70,000, the bill not
having been messaged to the House.
This institution seems to be ill fated
in regard to its Slate support, as
once before, in 157,1, it failed to re
ceive au appropriation through the
bill beincr lost in its transmission
from one house to the other. • Other
hardships have been afflicted through
the carelessness of employees of the
Legislature, J udge BENTLEY, of Lack
awanna, snifering, a loss of three'.
-months' salary because of the negli
gence of the transcribing clerk to
insert ,a verbal amendment.
IlEsai W. BLAIR was on Thursday
nominated by the Republicans of
the New Hampshire Legislature for
United States Senator, on the ninth
ballot, his competitors being ex-Sen
ator IVADLEIOII .7.11(1 MCSSI'S. MOORE
WO STEVENS, prominent-Republicans
of the State. Mr. I%Aut is compara
tively a young man, but has seen
intich public , ; service, having been a
member of fife XLIVth and XLVth
Congress and of both branches of
the New Hampshire Legislature. Ile
was also a Lieutenant Colonel in the
Union army, and is . a lawyer of
marked
THE Republican Senators have de
cided to oppoe the Army Approp
riation bill anal the bill for JudiCial
expenses, in the ground that they
both impOse conditions upon the ex
penditure of the money appropriated
inconsistentent with the existing laws.
If the President should take the same
view, two more vetoes may be expect
el and adjournment will again be
postponed.
JAMES ORTON AV °einem', projector
of the Woodcut' Scientific Expedition,
died Wednesday morning, the 11th
instant, in New-York. He was a
native Of Auburn, N. Y., and was
thirty-nine yeam, old. He contracited
a disease in the army from which he
never entirely recovered, and which
caused his death.
AT the Cabinet meeting Fridiy,
petition, signed by thirty thousand
persons, asking that , executive cle
mency be".extended
. in the case of
11ErNoLns, the Utah polygamist,
whose sentence to the penitentiary
for that -offense was recently confirm
ed' in the Supreme, Court, was under
consideration, but no decision_ was
reached. ,
Mb : lol'4s of acres of valuable lat
Wasbingten ''territory, along t
line o 1 the Northern Pacific
have just been throWn on the market
by_the Interior Departmept4 There
is a comfortable home in tile great
WisQt for any - man who (ir]gires to
oval n place; and there is nir infinite
of soils and climates to choose from.
Tax Dethocracy has its
troubles—
and it is now in dangerous proximi
ty to.disintegration on the • financial
issue.. The radical soft-money . lead-,
era in-the West flushed with.their re
cent victory in Ohio, are arrogant
and openly boar;ting that they will
either force the Eastern hard-money
Democracy , to consent that party.
shall be run on the Ohio idea, or else
they will force the hard-money
. cle.
ment out of the party. For a week
past they have been attempting to
bull-doze Senator BAY RD and his
hard-money
_toilet** on the . Senate
COmmittee on Finance Into submii=
slot' to their dictatioa, and, failing
that, have attempted to take. thc.
Warner ,silver bill outof the hands
of Senator-BAYARD's committee. • The
DelawareSenntor tendered his resig
nation as' Chairman of Vic Finance
Committee, and revolts generally at
the action of his Democratic friends.
A caucus teas held Friday, to recon
cile matters, but nothing was effected
excepting to refer matters td a COM ,
mittec for consideration. • •
, t
INTELLIGENCE received from ttiti
eral GRANT is to the effect that 1e
will be much displeased at any de
monstrations conceived to receive
him, upon his, arrival upon the I'mA
fie Coast, such as have . been talked _
of for some months past. There can
be no doubt but that any such ex
peditions as have _been projected
would be cY.tremely distasteful ter
him, as indeed they would -be to any
person, even if unusually susceptible
to flattery. General GRANT is a plain
man, disliking. ostentation, and it
would certainly' mortify him exceed-
ingly to have thousands of adven-.
turers, curious aazcrs,,and a rabble of
:politicians to hail tiM as he stepped
once more upon the soil of his native.
country. Those who favor his nom
ination for the Presidency could do
nothing that'would be more damag
ing to that interest ,than to execute
such a design s .for it would not only
be the subject of the most caustic
criticism, but of tln most deserved,
while it would be anvxhaustleSs fund
of-ridicule.
.
. _
Ta.6E prosperity' is moving on
ward with slow but certain strides.
We are advancing all the time. All
that is now required is a patient
tpirit. l 'The revival• of business is
like restorAion to health after a ser-
ions and prostrating sickness. -The
process is not accomplished at a sin
gle bound: The patient nurses him-.
self, is prudent with his diet, careful
about exposing himself, in tempest
uous weather, lives temperately, etc.
Just so with business. We must get
over the burly burly of the infla
tion period and content ourselves
with moderate progress: It is esti
mated that a Year ago five persons
were out of work where there is one
now
, GEN. TOM EwiNii, the Democratic
candidate for Governor in OhiO,.
made a speech at Columbus, July 3d,
1473; in which he said "The Demo
cratic party is powerless and ineffebt
ual as-an ally, and not a -fit instru
ment of reform in American pOlities."
This estimate of the DeMocratic
party has been 'proven to - bea true
one, by its record since. It is no
More fit to be trusted now than it
was in 1 X 73, and the people will ren
der a verdict by defeating. Gen.
Ewiso - in October. •
HORRIBLE and startling crimes are
perpetrated in New York city with
alarming,frequency, and the perpe
trators are . rarely discovered
and brought to pay . the' penalty of
their deeds. The latest: . is the case
of a woman named I.InLL, residing
at 140 west 42d street, who was
found dead in her room, having been
strangled and robbed; the rings on
her fingers torn,oti leaving them
bleeding and mutilated. No.arre4s
have been made though there are
"theories" in abundance, implicating
parties residing, iii the house.
• THE ceremonies of unveiling the
memorial to BAYARD TAYLOR, pre
sented to Cornell University, took
place at Ithaca, N. Y., Monday. The
memorial consists of a flue gray mar
ble statue, the "upper part which is-fit
ted with an accurate medallion of the
lamented poet, while the lower half
contains the following inscription:
" Lecturer on German Literature,'}
together with the dates of birth and
death.
(lEOUGE R. REYNOLDS, the convict
eir'bigamist of Balt Lake City, was
Saturday Sentenced to two years' im
prisonment and 'fined five hundred
dollars. Ile is the first Mormon con
victed of bigamy since the passage of
.the Act making polygamy in Utah a
penal offense. •De is to be confined
in the Detroit penitentiary...
NEARLY every Southern State has
wholly_or 'partly repudiated its debt.
This being the case; if the men who
have brought it about are - given full
power in .)Tational affairs, can it be
expected that they will be more care
ful in regardini the credit of the na
tion-thari they are of that of their
In States?
•
HAVING thoroughly established the
kistice and righteousness of the lost
cause, the nest step which. naturally
. and logically follows will be to re
ward the Confederate heroes With:
pensions and indemnify the Rebels
for the losses occasioned by the " late
unpleasantness.". Why not?
CIIANDLEII; of Michigan,
will take the stamp iii_Ohio for Fos
ter as soon as Congress adjourns, and
Representative" Jumus Ilunnows,of
lialsnalzoo District,. will also "take
the stump, and will give two weeks
each to Maine, Ohio and No! York.
ECIIETAUY SHERMAN -1 S growing
strength as a Presidential candidate,
is being recognized and acknowledged
on all hands. Should the Republi
c:m candidate for Governor *of Ohio
;(posTr,a) carry the State in October,
as ho is almopt certain to do, SUER
AIANIS cause would boom. - _
THE Memphis Advocate, a Deino . -
crittle, pUper,, admits that the only .
ditrcrence between the Okolona,Miss4
Stales and some of the Bourbon Dem
ocrats in .Cobgress is, that " indirect
ly they seek to accomplish what it
advocates boldly." "
Tun House Committee on Eke
dons, by a vote of 12 to 3, hasngreed
to report in faior of the I ,, gality of
the October elections in lowa. Mr.
SPRINGER was in favor of declaring
both the October and November
elections illegal. •
' • Thescift-inoney Democrats find it
almost. asidifilcult a task to. coerce
Senator BAYARD as the President.
We would suppose their want of suc
cess in the latter case would lie a
warning against further attempts.
Tux SenatePommittee. of on App.(
priations Monday voted down a res
olution to adjourn next Friday; and
agreed that no time could be fixed
until the Appropriation bills were
disposed of.
THE Harrisburg Patriot - comes far
ward with the story that . all the fish
u ln the Susquehanna about William,
sport will be killed by the refuse
from the oil refineries at that place.
MIL ROBERT A. PACKER. has been
elected a director of the Lehigh Val :
ley RailrOad Company, to fill the va-
Caney caused by the death of Wan
r..tm. W. LoNosrarru.
lION. SAMUEL. BUTLER, of Chester'
eounty, will be urged as a candidate
before the Republican State Conven
tion for Treasurer. .
CONGRESS
Friday :—ln the Senate the Army
bill Nias, read a second time ; the Leg-
istativc bill was taken up, - and Mr.
Blaine made it the - objector much
criticism, which irritated the Demo
crats and filled. the Chamber with
roars of laughter; general- goad hu-
mor was finally restored, and the bill
was passed ;, Mr. Wallace called up
the Supplementary Judicial bill, but
on motion of M. Conkling the Sen.
ate adjourned, In the Rouse several
new' bills were introduced, including
one in relation to ocean cables by
Mr. Morton, and One for the sale:of
the old New York Office by Mr: Mb
son: .
Saturddy the Senate, ihe Ju
dicial billsmas discussed, Mr. tlaine.
and Mr. Conkling being forpluost in
opposition; no action was taken.;
In the llouSe several bills were pass--
ed, including one fur a survey of the
Detroit River to discover if it can be
bridged or tunnelled ; the Republi
'cans filibustered against the PoliticA,
Contributions bill, and prevented ac
tion upon it;- the dleuro-rneumbnia
bill was discussed - and recommitted`,
for amendment ; a good deal of rou
tine business , was transacted.
31;inday:—In the Senate the time
was spent chiefly upon the Supple
mentary Judical bill ; Mr. llill ad
milted that the present jury law
would be:sufficient if amended,, and
Mr. CarPenter thought there ought
to'be a new jury law ; Conkling
opposed . the proposed. changes; the
debate was a long-one, and the bill
when passed was carried by a party
vote. In the Hone, Mr. Cos intro
duced a bill to protect certificates of
naturalization; Mr: Samford, of Ala
bama, introduced. one to forbid the
hoarding of money in the Treasury ;
Mr. Springer moved to suspend-the
rules and pass a bill forbidding the
use of troops to preserve the peace
at the polls; fat, not a two-thirds
vote in the affirmative; a numiier of
new. .measures were :then introduced,
and the House spent the rest of the
day on District of Columbia business.
LETTER 1 1 30 M PEILADELPRL9.
PHILADELPIIIIA, June IC, 1879.—A thun
der storm passed over• this city on Wedl
nesday last, accompanied by lightning.
The spar of the Austrian bark Fa laden
with oil, lying at the wharf of the Atlantic
Oil Company, Point Billeze, was struck by
lightning, and igniting the oil, in: a few
moments the vessel was a sheet of flames,
which spread to the wharf and buildings,
all being completely saturated with petro
leuin and as inflammable as powder. An
exciting scene followed," as lying in close
proximity to the Fa Nero numerous other
vessels, loading or loaded with petroleum,
vveral of which took fire and burned.
On the land the fire spread with great ra
pidity, throwing out an intense heat and
a thick, dense, sutlocating smoke, which
hung in a black cloud over the city, oh
searing the blazing ruins, and combined
with the offensive odors, making the task
of subduing the fiery element both diffi
cult and dangerous. The blazing vessels
were towed into the
,stream, but as-the
Schuylkill is a narrow stream, this was
but partial and,temporary relief, a$ the
oil spread upon the water, and the river
was literally on 'fire. Five large vessels
were burned with their cargoes of nil.
The destrnetion , orr the wharf 'was . very
serioas, , the loss probably reaching one
million of dellaq, the property destroyed
being petroleuM, buildings, tanks and
wharves.
On 'Friday, oho of the vessels which
had been burning since Wednesday was
capsized in the riverc.aud the burning nil
*as driven in the direction of tim Compa
ny's wharves, to which it communicated,
causing the destruction of about 1,800
feet in addition to that already burned,
'and destroying a largo amount of :oil and
other valuable property.
Governor Host met a number of en=
zons at the Continental Hotel, Saturday,
to obtain their views in reference to the
bill transf?rring the work of cleaning the
streets from• the. Board of - Health to
CounciL3.
Solomon W. Roberts has - resigned tiro
rosition of chief engineer of the North
Pennsylvania Railroad on accontit of its
lease. lid was appointed chief engineer
of the ithul in 18;iti, and has , therefore
held the position for 23 years. The Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad Company
has appointed him consulting engineer.
S. -Assistant Treasurer Eyster began
rreoiving at the sith-Tsiny in.'this city
the subsidiary Coin for exchange,. pursu
ant to an act of .Cr tigress requiring there
to be redeemed in lawful nioney. There
t i ro $815,000 of subsidiary silver coinivin
the sub-Tresusiny,- and by the ekes of
next week it will' contain over 4,000,000
new standard silver dollars. .
The Democracy of this city are in a bad
way, and the leaders are endeavorhig to
patch up the breach between tbo two oOn
tending factions. A circular directed to
every Democratic organization has been
sent out, inviting them to send delegates
to the Couvertion to revise the rules.
Post No: 2, 0. Mi., will start to-night
on an excursion to Albany, to attend the
national encampment and army reunion.
Goiernof Hoyt and General Hartsrudt,
with their respective staffs, are announced
to accompany the Pest. They will return
on - Thursday night.
An unknown Mail was found drowned
in the Delaware, oppOsito the Lazaretto,
on Saturday,, and the body of a drowned
man was picked up at South street wbarf
during the afternoon: An unknown
drowned, man 'Ras also -fourld thh
Schuylkill in the morning. Saturday was
"drowning day," apparently. As the
steamship Illinois was leaving her dock,
a sailor, fell overboard and was drowned
,in the presence of hundredsof spectators,*
yam crowded the deck and prevented the
proper assistance be:itg given him. When
recovered, the drowned man
. was standing
upright in the' water, a circ umstance nev
er imetwith before in the river. ' •
' Twenty out. of the thirty six foreign
-cargoes cleared -during the !week were
'grain—eight of wheat, making 346,389
bushels shipped tai Cork,Dunkirk,Rouen,
_Barcelona,Marseillr s, Liverpool and Ruch- .
efort; and the icst of corn ; 636,991 bush-
els in all went to Glotceater, Bordeaux,
Belfast, Avonmouth Docks, Galway, Al
loa, Bristol and Oporto. Four cargoes
went to Belfast, Ireland.
Philadelphia will doubtless be well.rep
resented at the coining Exhibition at Syd
ney, New South - Wales, next September.
Many manufacturers aro arranging to for
ward some flue exhibits.
At a special meeting on t:_3aturtlay the
stockholders of the North Pennsylvania
Railroad Company unanimously ratified
the lease to the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company.
So much hail has fallen in the vicinity
of this city, and the daniage thereby has
been so great, that our wholesale glass
dealeis arc ruu down with orders.
The tobacco crop iri surroundik comi
ties ha.s suffered incalculable damiige from
hail. • The.fruit has been much damaged,
also.
At the Point Breeze conflagration, flre
was called in a dozen tongues—English,
ItuFsian,- Danish, German, Dutch, French,
Spanish, Italian, I; reek, .ete.,there being
vessels about representing 101 these na
tionalities.
Three, thonsand nine hundred and nine
ty-one hogsheads of .molasses 'and 5,01 S
hogsheads of sugar were teceived at this
port last Week.
TILE POOH. HOUSE LAW.
THE following is the full text of the
law in regard to poor houses, passed by
the last legislature-: -
AN ACT
TO CREATE POOR DISTRICTS, AND TO AU
THORIZE PURCHASE OF LANDS AND
ERECTION OF BUILDINGS, TO, FURNISH
RELIEF AND GIVE EMI;LOYMENT TO TILE
DESTITUTE. POOR. AND PAUPERSIN TLILS.
• COMMONWEALTH. .
Svectos 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Uom
monareallk of Peainsylounia in General
Assembly' met, and it fr kereby enacted by
the
. authority of the • sanie: That foi the
purpose of furnishing relief to the poor,
destitute and paupers, giving thorn em
ployment and carrying out the proiisions
of this ac each county of this Common
wealth is s hcreby created A district to be
known as " county poor dis
trict." •
SEC. 2. That the commissioners of each
county arc authorized and empowered to
select and purchase real estate within Said
district, elect thereon buildings, provide
tools, machMery awl stock, as they in
their judgment may dean necessary,
proper and sufficient, to carry out the
design and purpose of this act.
SEc. 3. The said county commissioners
shall not purchase real estate for the pur
pose of •this act until reccommended so. to
Alo by petition and votes as follows : That
is at any time after the passage of this
act, on petition and recommendation of
two-thirds of the overseers of poor then in
office within such district, the court of
quarter sessions of such county shall sub
mit the question of such purchase to the
vote's of OM qualified electors of such dis
trict. Such election shall he held accord
ing to the direction of said court, at
either the election for township officers in
February, general election in Novemixir,
or at a special election ordered by the.
courtfor the purpose, and shall be held
and conducted by the officers provided by
law for holding elections in the respective
voting districts .and precincts within such
disitiet and according to the laws govern
ing municipal and general clectipos_with-
.
in this Commonwealth. - At least sixty
days' notice of such election 'shall be
given by the sheriff of said 'county by
publication in two newsletters published
within said county.
Sac. 4. The election officers shall, at
such 't lection, receive ballets from quali
fied electors; written or printed, as fol
lows : Chi the outside "poor house," on
the inside 'either "for_ poor house" or
"against poor house." At the close of
the rolls the votes shall be counted and
duplicate certified tettirns of the result
- thereof be made and, sealed, ono copy of
which shall he deposited with the com- -
tnissioners of such county, to be opened
by them, and the other with the clerk of
the court of quarter sessions of the
county. At the first meeting and session
of the court of quarter sessions thereafter
the.said retains deposited. with the clerk
shall be, opened and counted anti a nee rd
made of the result of said election. ' I a
majority of the votes cast are for a 1 or
house the county coimnissionem-s1 all
within a reasonable time, at,their disere-
Lion, proceed to purchase real estate and
erect buildings, as provided in this act.
If a majority of the votes so cast are
against a poor, house no land shalli be
purchased until an election is subsequently
held, not less than two years thereafter,
in the manneras before provided, a ma,
,jority of the votes. cast shall be in favor
of a poor house, and the expense of such
election shall be, borne by the said County.
Sac. 5. At any time after 'a vote in
favor of 'a poor housethe county commis-'
sioners are authorized to borrow money
and issue bonds therefor, and negotiate
the same for the purpose of raising
money necessary to carry out the pro
visions of this not. Such bonds shall not
bo of a denomination less than one hun
dred dollars, nor bear interest of a higher
rate than six per centum, They shall be
payable by the said poor district; shall
not be sold below par, and shall not bo
subject to taxation -except for State pur
poses.
SEC. G. The county commissioners, and,
theitlsuccessors in office, shall have con
trol, management and ection of the
property purchased, as aforesaid, and
shall provide all things necessary for the
maintenance and employment of the poor
of their said district,
,make necessary re
pairs and improvements of buildings,
cultivate the real estate and use the pro
ceeds of labor of the. poor under their
charge in theM support and maintenance.
SEC. 7. The leounty commissioners shall
elect ou the firiit Monday of January in
each year the following officers to servo
for ono year and fix 'their compensation :
That is, ono person to servo in each of
the following positions trunely : ono as
superintendent of poor house and ground ;
One as physician and surgeon ; they shall
shall also elect and fix compensation of
all other necessary employees and assist
ants, all of whom shall be subject to re
moval said commissioners at any time.
SF.C. 8. The treasurer of :each 'county
shall bo 'ex-officio treasurer^of said pcor
district; lie shall - receive all moneys be
longing to the district and pay .otit the
Saint! Inl wart ants dr:tai by the commis
sioners, who shall fix his compensation
for such service. 'The 'accounts of the
treasurer with the said district hallbe
anditekl by the auditors of said county
accordance with , the laws relating to
accounts of county_ treasurer.
Sgt.. 9. - As soon- as the buildings arcs
completed, and the said, county commis
sioners ate prepared to accommidato the
lour of said district, they . shall give
notice of, the °same by persowd notice
upon each of the overseers ot IpoorOf
eaplrtownShip' and borough within said
district,' and also by publication in at least
ono newspaper published in said county.
Sue. 10. immediately after notice that
the commissioners are prepared to accom
modate the poor of said district. it shall
lie tlto duty of the: overseers ofi poor of
the 'respective townships and. bow ighs
within said district to remove all poor
persons entitled to • relief to the said
poor house , = and deliver them to the Cut
tod,y of thei director or superintendent,
and from, and after such time no expense
for help, assistance and maintenance of
poOr persons shall be incurred by such
overseers. [When by sickliest% or any
other suilicierit muse, any poor person can
not be removed to said poor house the
overseers Wall represent the case to the
nearest justice of the peace, who, being
satisfied that said person can - not be re
moved, shall-certify the same to the com
missioners with an order directing the
commissioners to maintain-such poor per
son until he or , she can bo removed,' and
the charge and extra expense of such
maintenance shall be paid by said com
missioners. -
• SEC. 11. The said commissioners shall,
from time to time, receive, maintain, pro-
Vide for and employ all paupers, poor and
indigent persons within their diStrict en
titled to relief, and having a settlement
therein. The duties heretofore perform
ed by overseers of poor within such dis
trict shall •be done and, performed 14 said
commissioners, with the same rights and
subject to the same penalties. . Orders of
relief and removal shall be granted by
any two justices of the • peace, or alder-
Men, to and upon said commis.sionerain
the' same manner, and subject to the
same rules, as are now applicable to over
seers of poor within said district. Said
Commissioners may, in exceptional and
special cases, -grant out-door 'relief to
poor persons if they deem it best, but no
person shall _be- entitled to claim relief
who refuses to go to.said poor house.
SEC. 12. A majority of said commission
ers shall be a quorum for the transaction
'of business. They shall meet at least
once a month at the poor house, visit-the
apartments, inspect the management of
the work upon and about the real
_estate,'
see that the poor aro properly treated,
hear all complaints and cause all griev
ances that may-happen by-neglect to be
redressed. They shall keep a record-of
their pi oe-ceding's, which shall be evidence
of their action in any subsequent judicial
proceedings.
SEC. 13. All fines, forfeitures, bequests,
gifts and devices, for the use of the poor
of said district, shall go to midis) receiv
ed by said cominisssioners who shall,tle
mond and receive the same - and use
invest, or expendthe same, as they, in
their judgment, .deem best for the pur
pose of providing support and employ
ment for the poor, and in paying the
debts of said district.
SEe. 14. The basis of taxation for poor
purposes shall be the last preceedire , as
sesment for county rates and levies. 'The
commissioners shall have authority to
levy and collect a tax, imt exceeding in
ocas year ten (10) mills on the dollar, of
the assessed valuation for the purpose of
supporting the poor, paying officials and
employees, and the current expenses of
managing the - Our farm and work upon
it. Taxes shall be levied on or before the
third Monday of February in each year,
and shall be collected in ttie same manner
as other county taxes.
.SEe. 15. For the purpose. Of paying
debts incurred in purchase of real estate, '
and improving it, and to redeem bonds
authorized in section five (5) of this act,
and also for the purpose of making per
manent improvements on real estate, the
Commissioners May'levy a building tax in
addition to the tax .for current expenses
and to be collected - in 'same manner. The
building tax shall in no year exceed in
amount one-half of the amount levied for
current expenses.. •
SEC. 10 . . The commissioners may'renew
any of the bonds, provided to be issued
in section : five 1-5), if they have not
money in the treasury to pay them when
they become due mid do not deem it ad:
visible to levy tax, sufficient to pay them
in full.
SEe..l3. Thu county commissioners
shall keep accurate accbunts of all money
received uy them, iu ai.v way, for the
pnrposes'of_this act, as well as all paid
°Ur, including such reasonable expensci
as they may incur in carrying out the
business, and which they shall be allowed
credit fur. All accounts • under this act
shall be audited by:the county auditors..
Said commissioners shall be entitled to
charge in their account, as compensation,
the same rate per day for time necessarily
employed about the business that they
are entitled to receive as county commis
*sioners.
SEC. 18. After delivery of poor to the
.commisioners, as before provided, the
overseers of poor in the townships and
beroughS embraced in said district shall
cease to act as overseers of poor, except
so far as ma? be necessary to levy and
collect tax, settle the accounts and pay
debts already incurred.
SEC. lib The commissioners may re:-
quite bonds with security from any officer
or employee appointed by them under
this act. It shall be their duty to see
that the countly, ;treasurer gives bond
with surety to secure the safe keeping
and proper payment of all moneys that
come into his hands on account of said
district, and shall fix the amount of the
trcasmer's bond. -
SEC. 20. When any county embraces
within its limits an -incorporated city,
such city and Mc territory embraced with
in it, shall not ha included in such poor
district, and such city shall not be in any
way effected by this law, but all the other
parts of such county shall in such cases
compose the poor district of that county.
SEr. 21. This act shall not be construed
to repeal any local' act, or acts under
which poor houses, or homes for relief of
the destitute, have been ,erected, - or arc
now managed or controlled, nor l repeal
any general law under which lands haVe
been purchased, or' poor biases h. vi been
commenced to be built.
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STATE7IZE77,S
JAMES E. ITENDRICK, a freight break
nun on the Northern (Antral Railroad,
was killed by falling from a train, "near
;onewago siding, &Imlay morning.
POTS-OFFICES were established in this
State, last week, at Berkly,' Sommet
couLty ; llrandtsville, cumberland county
and Springvale, York County.
Jens RANnEurstr, aged 21, was acci
dentally shot dead while taking a ball
from his revolver,. near' Phoenixville; on
Saturday.
CIIAILLES 0. SIIYMEIR, Cashier, and P.
S. Shy mer, bookkeeper of the Millers
town Savings Bank, Macungie, were ar
rested Thursday on the charge of embez
zling nearly $12,000 from the bank. They
were held in $2OOO each for trial.
''Mils, Manumtrr McGo was arrested at
BinierSburg, Thursday on the charge of
having imisoned her husband, who died a
few days ago. Ills stomach has been sent
teritisburg fur aliislysis. McGo is
_the mother of seven children, but was in
love with a young farmer in her neighbor
hood.
THE following is a synopsis of tho act
in relation to the National Guard, passed
by:Alui Legislature and approved by the
Governor on Juno 9th ; A Chief of Artil
lery shall be added to the stair of the
Commander-in-Chief. There shall be a
Judge Advocate to each brigade. • Regi
mental and battalion non-commissioned
staff officers are - allowed the pay of first
sergeants. Officers shall be furnished
military publications at • the expense of .
State. For voliatin& company by-laws
enlisted men may be expelled and officers
tried by court-inartial. Militia tax col
lected by • county treasurers shall be-ap
plied exclusively for military purpoies iu
the county in which it is collected: When
money' is collected ml fines, forfeitures or
penalties from individual members of com
panies ono-half goes to tle .company the
other to the county military fund. Divi
sion Inspectors and Brigade Majors aro
made Assistant Adjutant Generals. The
act (If ,April 2, 1822, is-repealed. Courts
martial for the trial of - all officers except
gem:tat officers, shall, be ordered by the
Brigade Commander.. Departuental offi
cers on the Major General's - stall' shall
rank- as Lieutenant Colonels; and division
Commanders shall appoint ono oiAianee
officer and one inspector of i•itlo practice
Assistant Quarterlievacr (ki-t al and As
sistant Connnissary and General shall
rank as Lieutenant Colonel.
GENESSL NEWS.
Tfin roof and part of the thiid story 'of
the Columbia House, at Cape'May,. was
destroyed by an ince ndiaryllrelThursday
•
night. • • • : . •• -
°Lavin Farms Was shot dead by Rich
ard Drown, his, brother-in-taw, in a tam=
ily quarrel, at CentratCity,
day afternoon. , •
Tun practice ships_. CouStitution,
flower and Standish left Annapolis Fri
day, with the . eadot midshipmen and en.
gingers, for their summer cruise. •
A Tonssron passed over Sindersville,
Oa., Thursday, upriiothig- trees, levelling
fences and blowing down a church. The
crops wore considerably damaged.
A. Finn in Louisville, Ky. i .on Thursday
night, destroyed tho whisky warehousoof
Milton .1 Hardy d; Co.. and J. S. Wiilet's
tobacco factory. The loss is about 145,-
1 000. -
Tuz Treasury Department is now ready
to till orders fur standard silver dollars in
BUIII3 of Vioo. Under previous regulations
not less than $lOOO coillt be procured on
orders. :
IN the Republican caucus of the New
Hampshire 'Legislature Thursday. night,
henry W. Blair was notnivated for U.' S.
Senator ou the ninth ballot.
TUE
_Grok.nbacii State Committee of
New *York met in Syracuse Friday har
monized the differences of the New 'fork
city factions, and decided to hold the
State Convention in Utica on the 28th of
AugusL •
IT is announced that the pay of the
postal clerks in the railway mail service
will be cut down for the present month
to bring the expenses of this branch of the
service Within the appropriations. -
TELE Juno report of the Board of Agri
culture of shows an increased
acreage of corn of 'shunt 200,000 acres,.
and au average condition of the crops 15
percent. better than-at this, time last
year. •
BY a collision of - freight and switch
trains, at a Lako Shorn and Michigan
Southern Railroad' crossing in Chicago,
Thursday morningr,,an engine and several
cars Were wrecked, and an' engineer was
killed.
A PETITION, with 30,000 signatures,
was presented at the • Cabinet meeting
Friday, asking Executive eletnency-tor
Reynolds, the polygamist,whose sentence
to the Penitentiary was recently confirm
ed by the Supremo Court of 1.4.111. No
decisiou was reached.
R EWEN IT I'•. Agent Warner reports to tliA In
ternal Revenue Bureau the,seizureiu Jack-
soucouuty, Ala., of t4io
belt ng :d to Rev. Albert Esmon (''a niie
tster or the Gospel in good standing,"
says Mr. Wagner), but the Rev. Mr..
Esraon escaped capture by lleein:t to the
woods. .
A PASSENGER coach which left Sydney
for Deadwood, in Dakota, Monday
morning of last week, was'stopped near
Cheyenne river on Thursday night by live
masked highway Men. All the passengers
four in number, were robbed of their
money and valuable, and the registered
leters were taken from the mail bag.
SAMUEL HAINES, under arrest for sev
eral robberies iu Rockland, Me., murder
ously assaulted his keeper, John Robbins
on Wednesday night of _astl • week s and
escaped frOm he police . station.. Robbins
carelessly allowed Haines to remain in•an
outer room or the station house, and the
prisoner, securing an iron stove Wrench,
conunitted-the assault. Robbins is fatally
Mimed.
,
VlOLENTBorden
town
storms passed over oruen
toWn and Trenton, N. J., and Allentown,
Pa. Thursday aftneroon. At Trenton
and Bordcntown trees we're uprooted,and
buildings unroofed, and levelled.. Heavy
rains fell along .the Lehigh Valley and
Northern Pennsylvania :Hain-mils. A
freight train was wrecked ar Lehigh Gap
by a livid slide, and a coal train was
wrecked at Centre Valley.
A DESTRUCTIVE storm planed Oyer
54.41literii Ohio on Wednesday night of
last week. Several dwellings in Salem,
Intl., were struck by lightning, and Dan
iel Mitchell was killed_ by lightning while
standing under a bee. At Christiausburg,-
Ky., the railtoad depot was demolished
and two hundred trees were uprooted.
A dwelling in Madison, Ind.., was struck
by lightning and several of the inmates
were seriously injured. :Considerable
damage was done to crops and fences in
Kentucky.
THE Cleveland ica;iar of Friday pub
lishes crop reports froniall the important
points in Northern Ohio and several places
in Western Pennsylvania,. 'which show
that very little damage was done by last
week's frosts. The corn crop promises
to be a failure, owing to the long draught.
preeeeding the frosts. There is a prom
ise of two-thirdS of the usual yield of oats
and wln. at. The hay crop be very
light, the fruit crops light, and potatoes
fair.
WOMAN'S Wlsnom.—" She insists that
It is of snore importance, that_ her family
shall be kept in full health, than that she
should have all the fashionable dregsds
and styles of the' times. She therefore
sees to it, that each member oilier family
is supplied with llop Bitters. at the first;
appearance of symptoms of ill health, to
prevent a lit of sieknes.s with its attendant
expense, care and' anxiety. All women
should exercise their wisdom in this way."
"Pliocctintteous.
•
T lIE 0 LI) 3IAR.BLE YAItD
STILL IN "OPERATION:.
'-Ttio itii , lersiLned having porehasod 11w MAU
-17.T.0 YA1:11 of tit(• :.tte t; I: Th CAlth., Ale
to irform the 1.111,11 i. Ul.lt lis h amplo)eul
rznerhloool men, Ito Is pmeired to do ail kinds of
"work 1:t the 11. to of
MONUMENTS,
•
t II
•
EA I) STONES,
,•
MANTLES and .
•
SHELVES,
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In
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theCvery best minuet and at lowest rates.
Persons desiring anything In the Marble line aro
invited to rail and examine work, and save agents'
confab...l,ot.
JAMES Met' ARE, .
Towanda, Pa., 1.70 v 'oh 1s s. gitf
AMIANGE;IIENT
IN TAUT
COAL BUSINESS.
The undersigned having purchased from• Mr
McKean the COAL Thin) -
AT TIIE-FoOT OF PI N F:STREET, NEAR TUE
COD= IROISE,
Invites the patronage of hls old friends- and tho
public gtnrcrally, I• shall keep a full assortment
PITTSTON, WILKES 13 ARRE AND . LOYAL
S. Cli COAL,
AND SIIALL SELL AT
LOW EST PRICES FOR CA Sit
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NATHAN 'MD
Towanda,An g , - 21,11;78. . 32y1 •
pgOVERBS.
"The Richest Itiond Sweetest Breath and the
Fairest Skin hillop Bitters."
"A little llop llittar saves big doctor bills and
long sickness. ! • •
"That wlre,,'motber, sister or cbthl can
be Made the plctuti: ot heaiiit with Ilop Bitters."
• "Whon worn dolvn acid ready to take your bed,
floptlltterd t you need."
• ..I)en'tphysic flint rhyste, tor It weakens and
destroys, but take Hop linters, that build up cute
"Physicians or all schools use and recommend
Bop Bitters. - Test there."
-
••Ilcalth and twenty is,a Joy—ifop Bitters gives
health Mel beauty,"
"There are more cares made NA ith Bop Bitters
than all ether medicines."
. .
"When the bruin Is wearied. the nerves unstrim
the muscles weak, use flop 'litters:"
"That IoW, norvmts fever, want or Sleep and
weakness, calls for hop Bitters.
HOP COM:II CURE AND PAIN RELIEF I 3
-PLEASANT, SURE, AND CHEAP,
Fon SALE TIT ALL DROUGISTS.
ADMIN'ISTIiATOII,'S NOT,ICII.
.—Lettersyf Atimlntstialon cum' tr , duaneato
4in u.xu, having loom granted IU the undersigned,
uptut the estate of Darius Bullock. Late ut. the
tovenahlp ut Smithfield, 11-Fused, all' personale
flettted to said estate are requested to make pay
telly, and thoseharjag elalets to present the sam
without delae to
dIACt+ItAiI:CILIA - leg, Adietelstrater..
:tray 29,
$
nr, amoral, andexpenses guaranteed to A gentm
Outfit fret , . SHAW St Co., Augusta, Matsu
SPECIAL' BARGAINS!
POWELL dfic, CO.
OFFER. THIS WEEK A LINE 010
UMMEIt- : DgESS/..._SILKS,
At 50'' cents par yard, worth- 75 cents.
.WORSTR# . IMESS:- . 1, GOODS,
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At,l6 cents ,per yard, worth 25 cents;
COTTON
.& WORSTED DRESS GOODS
IN.VARNUS STILES AND COLORS,
At One Shilling per yard, worth Twenty Cents.
Two Cases raitoy Dress Goods,
At Six and one-fourth tents per yard, worth One- Shilling
Also, a lar_te assortmenttin a great v.arktyof maiii , =!,i of
ain and Lace Buntings,
Mourning bress Fabrics,
. Organdies,
Laws,
A 4.,
.t..OUALLY -Low Picks
•
Towanda, Pa., May 26th, 1. T 9
Suirbwarc, inmate, &c.
LtEcINTTRE 13110TECERS 9
Successors to Mclntyre to Russell, Deftlc-rs iii -
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HARD R E
• STOVES AND TIN IP A.ItE
9 A
Main. Street, • 1 - TOWANDA, PA.
MAABLETZETY 7.811 AN
Plain Mantels, Complete 515.00 White Mnrblo for, Children 85.00
I
Extra Fine - - - 20.00 " Extra Fino 10.00
Cranite Monuments - 150.00 1--Suitable for Crown People 8.00
" Extra Fine. for Family 225.00 I `;' - Ex.Finels.(o
Sri would recommend especially the and far MOW durablx for
this climate, Will not stmt. or DI:±COLOIL tl ith 'ago like other manse. .
• A. - . VT. AYERB , •
BO and Granite . Yail .160 itf2 East Water Street, MIRA,- Y Y
isaffancous.
A DmINISTRATORS"NOTICE.-
4.. a... Letters of Administration having been Want
ed to the undersigned, upon the estate of J. 11.
Reeve, deceased, late of Athens township. notice
Is hereby given that-ntt - persons indebted to said
estate are.reonested to make tinutedlateleiy Went,
and all permais having claims to. present the sane
without delay.
T. PAGE. Admillstrat"r
ELLEN I'. E E, A dturtilittratilx,
Atboas Pa., J atm 12, 167'J.
FIRE ASSOCIATION,
Of Philadelphia..
ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER 0817
CAPITAL. -5 - 6500,000.00
ASSETS nearly • $4,900,000.00
This' ANalri3lloll . 17010111.1('S i , l fn.tit Loss
and Imurtago 111.V1m. nulhliogr, !lutist:bold Fur
ullutiraud 31archaudise gvuerAlly.
WM. S. VINCENT, Agent.
ldala Street. Towanda, Pa.
Voted( & go.
in various styles and alreolurs,
ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF
ALSO,OA LARGE
. LOT cJF
A Lso,
Hernani Cloths,
Geenadines,
I. °JUST RECEIVED
IS CUI:ED Sl
ELY'S CREAM BALM
HAY FEVER IS RELIEVED BY ITS tr.4l.
A 11 , 17-mle,B, Erc d nal and Sini2!le Rone , p:
~, I pplfration Easy and .Iyra ea?, e
The effect Is truly magical. giving Instant relict
and as a curative is 'without air 14 . 11131.
t Is aJoral remedy substituting the disaareeal . . • o
Ilse of liquids and mon that c-nly excite and give
tempontry relief.
CREAM . BALM has the prolvrty of
re,lttrlng local Irrlta
tk Sores In he n 11,11: passages are !waled In a
Yee: days. Iteadare , , the effort of Ca!arth, b
slpated In an alntr.t magical Inanner.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR CI 1tC1.71..% It. -
Price 50c. • • ' F.I.Y liniyriirms. Owego. N.Y.
For gale by CLARK Ir. PORTER,
Druggl,t,'
.11egsrs. A. J. IsLoEs &CO., Hinghatnten,
Getithuett,4 fund su Innen relief trdat using . the
sample bottle of Fly's Cream Ital,atn, tor Cznarrh,
that I purchased three bottles of large size, w hich
'has 1111tIObt cured we. I had suffered with cal:writ
for ten yearn.: at times the pain a - weld to ,o t.nd
that I was 01dig..1.110 stay in the house and stud fur
a doetur.. 1 had entirely lost all sense et,sinef
Time Imam Balm hats worked a miracle tor tne;,..
shall lierseVere in Its tee, for I nun eenvloced it 55111
effect a ewe.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
—Notice. Is hereby given that all pors.ons In
debted to tbo estate of I.uko Dolan, late of tho
tout' zhlp of norrfek. ileeeassl, are rc.ioo•oe , l to
make lit. :mil all wr o u< wo tog
rialtos agaiost:•ahl mesa., 111i1:4 'l'd) .
3111111 . 11ilit:t1o1 for setilem, nt.'
• *. A. Wt.:THOU:E. Ailuilulstrator
Ilertiel 1110, Pa., may It), 1371/Z5l-wG.
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HEM
REDUCED PIIICE
EIMED
Januan lit, 1579.!
GOODS ARE.
CHEAPER
TWENTY YEAI6!
Nioceffancolts,
CATARRH
MD
Interesting Item.
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