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0. 000DRI0H, EDITOR.
Toinranda, Pa., May 6, 1880.
Republican State Ticket.
.TCDOE OF SUPUEILE corn;
Mi. HENRY GREEN, Northampton.
AUDITOR GENBRAL.
Han. JOHN A. LEMON, Blair Omit,.
Hoic. HEISTER CLYMER, of Berke coun
ty, was married in St. Louis on Monday,
to Mrs. CLEstms, of that city.
- • WitirruEn or not Titntx is a physical
wreck, he certainly has strength enough
left to maintain his grip upon the Demo
cratic -party. The most desperate efforts
to shake.him off, only end in tightening his
hold.
. TEE President has' concluded to defer
Making any. appointment of a successor to
Postmaster General KEY until after the
Republican Convention, for fear of being
accused of favoringine one of the can
didales for the nomination but be will
allow the successful:. candidate to name
the man for the place..
JUDGr TRIGGS, of til t . United States
District Court for Tetivessee, died on
Sunday, the 25th ult., Ind the vacant
Judgeship has been offered to and accepted
by Postmaster General KEY, which makes
a vacancy in the Cabinet; the second
which has occurred since President
-- 114vES's inauguration.
amnufit of money spent abroad by
Anit.rican tourists is immense. This year
the number of, people going abroad is
larger than ever. The New York Herald
estimates that 441,009,000 will be expend
ed abroad- by traveling Americans. ;The
extravagance of onr people has increased
the'price'of everything on the Continent.
• - •
- I TuE Ohio State Convention met on
Wednesday of last week, ' the friends of
Secretary SHERMAN' being largely ih the
majority:- A resolution was adopted which
instruts the delegates at large and' , re
quest/3,th° district delegates to vote at
Chicago for 51r. SHERMAN, and use all
honorable.means to secure hch election.
TiE Chicago Tribune is not far out of
the way when it says that "E. B. NV ASH
MAN hir President.and General STEW ART
L. Woonsono, of New York; General
JOE B. HAWLEY, of New England, or the
Hon. GA 1.17511 )1. GROW, of Pennsylva
nia, for Vice President, would be a ticket
that no Democratic ticket could come
within 1,000 miles of beating."
MAJOR GENERAL. SAMI:EI, P. lIED;7-
EL3eAN, retired list, United States Army,
died in ; Washington, -Saturday morning,
in the s eventy-fourth year of his age. nd
was a native of Lancaster County, Penn
sylvania, and graduated from West Point
in 1826. lie was a gallant and distin
guished officer, and had' se6 - ed° his coun
try well and faithfully..
THE inevitable annual trouble between
the Indians and the millers is beginning
to show itself. • This time it is with the
Des, in Colorado, whose reservation the
miners are about to invade. Nothing can
stop the rush of emigrants to the prospec
live gold fields, and there is probability
of a collision, which will load to outrages
and bloodshed anti, immense ixpenditure.
TEN State Conventions this week will
keep the pencil's busy figuring up the
situation, and calculating the 'chances.
Republican Conventions were held yester
day in Mississippi. Tennessee and Nis•
consim-to-day in New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware and New Hampshire. Yester
day the Democrats of New Hampshire .
and Nevada elected delegates, and today
the Democrats of Ohio follow.
THE. Press is a bright newspaper, and
makes sonic astounding discoveries and
revelations, but it outdoes Itself when it
announces that- "the significance Of the
result of the Democratic State Convkition
is that Pennsylvania is opposed.to the
ruIP of one man. Everybody elie looks
at it in another light, as being the Certain
evidence of the power of one man—who
resides in• Gramercy Park, and rules by
the virtue there is in t 4 open barl.
TrtEar appears to be some question, as
whether RANDALL or 'WALLACE was the
: victor at Harrisburg, but there is no
doubt about, McMuLt.m. tie first cap
tured the hall in : which the Convention
_ .
_ was to be held, and then took possession
of - the Conv'ention. His Fourth Ward
crowd was invincible ; the only drawback
was that the Harrisburg police didn't ap
preciate their humor, and some of them
• got into the lock-up, with a fair prospect
of the Penitentiary.
FISICWAIMEN life is not a happy
one—at least when he attempts to execute
• the laws: Rect,ntly the Fiidit Wardens
started out to see who was baking the
law above Columbia dam, and iwere quite
surprised at an. attack in force by a party
of men, who, summtrily* capsized their
' boat and proceeded to cut it in pieces,
leaving the astonished Fish Wardens to
get back to Wrightsville the best way
they could after a ducking in five feet of
water.
•
THE ltbodist General Conference
Which Me at Cincinnati on Saturday is
'so largely attended that the hotels and
boarding-houses are more than tilled. It
is to be' hoped that it will continue in
session until the meeting of the Demo
cratiif Convention„as it is possible that
the presence ofso many of our Methodist
brethren might have a restraining and
purifying influence upon the unterritied.
( But if Harrisburg affords an'illustration,
it will require a regiment of soldiers to,
keep"the peace.
INFottmArtois; has been received at the
Census 3ureait to the effect that, • under
an act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania
passed iin . 1874, justices of the peace and
notaries public are not eligible to the po
sition of enumerators of the census, under
,a • penalty of from $5O to t.,500. Supervi
sots have been notified not to appoint
enumerators holding such positions, unless
they have the positions indicated, as there
is- no , desire to have any embarrassment
attend the operation of the census-taking
after the work shall have begun.
NOMINATING a favorite candidate (on
paper) is the easiest thing in the world.
All you bare to do is to put in the col
umn of votes.claimecl for him, a sufficient
numbel', and the most satisfactory result
can be obtained. Just now this is 'a favor
ite pastime in political "bureaus," and
with partizan editors. It keeps up their .
courage, don't you know, and then it may
majbintluence those weak-minded individ
'mitt who like to be on the. strong side. If
the 'figures -which are now 'daily given
don't lie, there will be at least three suc
cessful candidates at Chicago, with a
dozen possible "dark; horses."
•
• LET Ilminnics 13. WRIGHT take fresh
courage, and a new• start as regards his
projef,t for improving the navigation -of
the Susquehanna river. ' , The Upper Del
aWate, however, ha'' got. the start, as the
steamboat, Kittatininny, the first that
ever reached Port Jervis, arrived home
at the Water Gap, oil Wednesday night,
vialsoht accident having run the fifty
roiles!in less than five hours. The steam.
boat is sixty feet long, fourteen feet wide
and can carry seventy persons. The neV."
igation of the Upper Delaware has thus
Leen proved feasible at last. Great ex
citement prevailed throughout the region
traversed, hundreds flocking to see the
boat.
flow it manifs to date: There have
- been thus far chosen 478 out, of the 75t;
delegates composi n the Ciiicago National
Reptib!ican - Convention, Of these. there
are, either by disco. - instructions, or by
personal preferences, 277 reported for
General GRANT, .112 for Senator Hi.attcz,
55 for Secretary SnenuaN, 2r, for Senator
Et...tit:Nu:i t and it for Mr. Waattinottrx.
There are yet tri be. chosen H &legates in
Massachusetts anti in North Gtr 'l ino,
which States are partially inefatled a Att.
The majority necessary to nominate A
President is 879. There have also been
a m en ZS out of the 738 delegates com
posing the Cincinnati National Democrat..
k Convention, of which 1 , : are reported
for Mr. TILDEN, 64 for General Hssooce,
14 for Senator BAYARI:‘ and the prefer
ences of 8 are unknown. The majority
necessary to nominate a President, if the
"two-thirds rule" is adhered to, is 492.
In making this computation, the Penn
sylvania delegation is taken at 2e for TIL
DEN, 22 for HAICOCK and 14 for BATARD,
and the entire 6 Oregon delegates, with 2
from Connecticut, are classed as unknown.
A BILL has gone through both houses
Of the New York Legislature, and is dow
before the Governor for his signature,
imposing a tat upon all foreign
_capital
employed in that Slate. The threatened
hostile legislation is creating quite an ex
citement among Canadian and California
banks, and will have the effect of driving
away about thirty millions of capitaL If
the bill should become a law it is said
that the foreign banks will withdraw
their funds and then contest the bill. In
a similar case about six years ago, when
foreign banks were taxed under the laws
of X 855, the Court of Appeals decided in
faddr of the banks.
Tue Times is forced,to admit that "the
exhibition of political rodwylim given at
the late Democratic State Convention was
the most disgraceful ever witnessed by
any representative body of the State, and
it was almost entirely from PhilaclelphiaJ'
The Convention was ruled by the hired
rowdies, while outside, assaults, pocket r
picking and larcenies were fearfully pret
valent, eight of the thieves and roordips
having been indicted by the grand jury o(
Dauphin county. It was a demonstration
of what the people of Philadelphia thight
expect shoull the Democracy ever again
get control of the municipal government.
• THE "harmony" outbreak at Harris
burg was fatal to our friend HERRICK.
The rounders, and heelers, the Maltivt,
LIES and JOsErtis of Philadelphia, suc
ceeded in nominating their favourite, DE
CHER; as the candidate for Auditor Gen
era). The honor of being up for_ defeat
was' an empty one—and the Derpocracy
would have brought more credit to their
ticket by having HFittileg upon it, than
they would have brought to him. NEB.
may congratulate himself that i.e will be
spared the worry of the canvass, the tap
ping ofNis bar% and the humiliation of
eertainAtfeat. He's too decent' a man.
anyhow, to be mired up with the crowd,
which lately broke the peace at Harris
burg.
THE OEMOCSATIC LOVE FEAST
The . Democratic gathering at Har
risburg, last week, ended in recon
ciliation and harmony.. After more
than the usual amount of ruffianism
with a liberal display of revolvers
and the free use of 'black jacks, the
factions were welded into a single, if
not homogeneous mass, amidst the
wildest enthusiasm. It must have
been an edifying 'spectacle to have
witnessed the embracing of the round
era and repeaters as they clasped
hands and kissed in fraternal con
cord, notwithstanding the conten
tidns of the previous hours, and the
blackened eyes and broken heads
which fitly added variety . and em
phasis to . the scene.
•It matters but little which of the
leaders has gained a victory in this
faction of the 'Convention. Whether
I Mr. WaELacE should be crowned
with the victor's laurels or Mr. RAN
DALL be hailed as the' conqueror, or
whether it is to redound to the ad
vantage of TILDEN or HANCOCK, or
some "dark horse," is not 6f the
slightest consequence. Neither is it
worth while to consider whether or
not there is any sincerity in the pro-
fessions of the leaders of- the differ
ent factions. Probably there is still
the Same feeling of enmity and
jealousy rankling in the bosoms of
the men who joined _in declaring
peace at Harrisburg, and agreed to
bury for.s time their prejudices and,
1 - forget their personal grievances. Be
-that as it may, the action is signifi
carft, and full of warning to Repub
licans. It slaws that the Democracy
are determined not to permit person
al preferences or private grievances to
stand in the wiiy of united and vigor
ous action. It was apparant to both
of the controlling spirits in the Con
vention, that as
on
as was their
personal hold on their followers,
there was a still stronger feeling pre
dominating, which was the success of
the Democratic party in the coming
Presidential election. Our Republi
can friends may as well awake to the
consciousness and proper realization
of the fact that there is to be a bit
ter, unscrupulous and desperate effort
made by the - united Democracy to
elect their nominee for the Presi
dency, whoever be may be. It is
sheet folly or madness to count upon
disaffection or division in the Demo
cratic ranks. Should TILDEN be
nominated, he will receive the united
and cordial support of the Democ
racy, and none of 'theta will be more
active inpromoting his success, than
'the malcontents who are now growl
ing and threatening in the prospect
of his nomination. The not unreason . -
able hope of victory, made possible
by a solid South,,mill have the effect
to consolidate the Democratic vote,
and will inspire the rank and file,
eager for the spoils, with a-degree.of
confidence which will add immensely
to the vigor 'with which the canvass
will be conducted.
Republicans should heed the warn
ing conveyed in this action of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Conven
tion. They should see and properly
appreciate the tremendous struggle
which is coming, and , the danger
there is in allowing the partizanship
of favorite candidates to be carried
to extremes. i With the alarming fact ,
staring us in the face that the united
Democracy are ready to make a vig
orous fight to get possession of the
government, that they are willing to
sink all personal preferences, and to
forego all private animosities for the
sake of success, it. becomes Republi
cans to stop their petty bickerings
about availibiiity of candidates, or
abstract theories, or whether one
term or - three is proper, and profiting
by the example of our adversaries
unite ink league whose common ob
ject shall be to save the nation from
the control of the Democracy. The ,
small matters about which we are
flittering arid wrangling, and threat
ening, are too frivolous for serious
conaiderat,iori efeusithwleg the To
raentotte Wrivivielle4o 10144 lIMIM
certainly result from division and
lukewarmness in our . ranks in thi
coming; conflict. Common-sense,
should teach us that the time has'
come for putting aside, personal pref
erences, for the, ending of pointless
discussion, and 'forawakening to the
full realization of the situation, and
the knowledge that the dangers which
threaten demand Vie active, cordial,
and energetic exertions of every Et=
publican.
There will be - no bolters from the
Democratic party; there will be no
disaffection or halting; whoever may
be named at Cincinnati will be ac
cepted not only with unaminity but
with enthusiasm. The determination
of the Democracy is td elect their
candidate. and if Jons KELLY or any
one else should attempt to stand in
the way they would be overwhelmed
and extinguished in the absorbing
alicl,general desire for success. Re
publicans can with profit heed the
lesson, and imitate the example.
Toe Board of Pardons met on
Friday and recommended that the
Imprisonment ; of Messrs. KemuLe,
SALTER and others under sentence for
corrupt solicitation be remitted, leay.
ing in force the fine and disqualifica
tion for holding office. The recom
mendation was at once approved by
the 'Goiernor and the five men set at
liberty. The action of the Board
was unanimously made, Attorney-
General PALMER not being present,
but acquieseeing. No protest was
made on the part of the Common
wealth. The reasons given. l inay be
briefly stated : The sentence of one
year in the penitentiary goes beyond
the law, because the act of the Legis
lature which defines the crime of
corrupt solicitation does not provide
for rigorous penitentiary imprison
ment at -labor for that crime, but
simply imprisonment. It was claim
ed by the convicted parties that the
unnecessacily" sev'cre sentence fm
posed by Judge PmasoN was , not
justified by law. This view was ac
cepted by the Board of Pardons, and
in a measure acquiesced by the Com
monwealth, as 'no appearance was
made by the counsel who - Were active
in the prosecution, and no attempt
made to procure an adverse decision.
This unanimous action Of the
the Board will meet with gene ral ap
probation. That the severity of the
sentence pronounced upon the Offend
ers may have had some effect in
reconciling the' public to a pardon,
is possible, but there hag been a
universal recognition of the faet that
the condition of the men who had re
ceived the sentence of the Court was
anomalous, and not in the category
of criminals who are usually brought
to the bar of justice to receive the
penalties of the violated law. The
majesty of the law has been asserted,
the purposes for which the statute
was created has been fully, carried
out, and the present was no occasion
for the gratification of personal vin
dictiveness or for the infliction of ex
traordinary and unnecessary punish
ment. Public sentiment had already
declared the perfect vindication of
the law, and the efficiency of the ex
ample made to prevent in the future
the repetition of the offense, and
and there was no desire nor expecta
tion that a punishment should be en
forced, which was , not sanctioned by
law.
THE Fourth-Year Conference of the
Methodist Church commenced at Cincin
nati, onSaturday, and is expected to con
tinue about a month. It will represent
one of the largest daieminations of the
country; for reckoning by households and
families, some twelve million of people
more or less, are supposed to be withi
the pale of the ' ?lurch. The actual en
u
rolled membership of the. Method'
church, in ita various branches, is not f
from three and a-half millions of peep
(3,400,000), and those indirectlynnder i#s
_wing are probably four times as many.
The Methodist Episcopal,. which is the
original body, and much the largest, is
superintended by nine bishops and 4.50
presiding elders or sub-bishops. The,Con
ference elects the bishops as required ; it
also arranges for 'the (affairs of its two
great publishing housei, the agents and
editors of its journals, and provides fur
missionary work. Among the other sub
jects to be discussed is the restriction of
the three years' pastorate; which limits
at present the contimeince of any clergy
man for mote than that term over auy
one church. As there are 11,500 regular
ministers,, this is a moving matter indeed.
It prevents the strong-rooted attachments
that grow up between a confidential and
trusted clerical adviser of many years'
standing ; it alsto prevents any overshad
owing growth of ocal fame. The greatest
good of the greatest number is the theory
of these triennial removals, of which the
spcial and domestic inconvenience is stare
ly very great. The families of the minis
try, at least, can appreciate the nomad
life and the sentiment that man is but a
sojourner here below, gets divided up
amongst many sojourns and is accented
by the packing up of personal belongings
every third year. The. Methodist Church
has been the church of the White House
for ten_ years, and some of its leading
bishops have been warm friends of 'both
the present and the last administration.
PATTERSOIC, N. J., had a first elassfrow
an Sunday morning, growing out of the
cdstom of the Germans to greet the
rising sun on the first . Sunday in May.
The German Societies went up to' the tbp
of a mountain and in so doing trespassed
on the property of WILLIAM DAZZELL, a
farmer owning property on the mountain
top. He ordered them off, bat not being
obeyed, be discharged a gun loaded
heavily with buckshot into the crowd,
killing a young man named VAN Mums.
The party then pursued DALZELL to his
house, where the:police were powerless to
protect him. They fired the barn and
house, and when • be came forth seized
him and were about to hang him to a
tree.. The rope was in position, when a
reinforceinent of policemen arrived, and
DALZELL and his son, who was also im
plicated, were 'rescued from the crowd
and took
on
in the house of one
Cannata., on the mountain near at hand.
Subsequently. Sheriff VAN VOORHEES
succeeded in taking him to Newark..
Tee Democratic State Convention
which met at Harrisburg, on Wednesday
of last week, was called to order by ;the
Chairman of the State Committee, MlL
um, and Hon. A. Dmi. made temporary
chairman. t After the appointment of
committees, on resolutions and organiza
tion, R. E. MONAOLLIN was nominated
and elected as permanent President: Af
ter considerable wrangling a truce was
agreed upon , and' .a compromise effected
between the contending lactions, by which
the contesting delegations from Philadel
phia were each allowed one-half of the
representation, and the delegates at large
were equally divided between the friends
of WALLACE and RAEDALL. They are :
Wnmalt L. Seem, of Eiie, W. B. Sum-
ORB, of Franklin (Timm) ; Lime C.
Cassinv, of Philadelphia, B. Mnvow
Seaga, of Huntingdon (anti-Tmozsr).
The Conve
great contest in the nti was
On the resolution instructing the delegates
- gates
to vote as a unit and in favor of abrogat
ing the two•third rule. The proposition
was supported by Wazzsca and opposed
by R&RDALL, but was decided against the
unit resolution by a vote of 123 yeas to
strike out to 122 nays—a victory for the
RANDALL side. GEORGE A. Janes, of
Jefferson county, was nominated for Su
preme Judge, and 061. ROBERT P. Du.-
REST, of Philadelphia, for Auditor Gen
eral, receiving 133 votes to 83 votes cast
for Haerizet—Philadelpfils turning the
scales with her 46 vote& Mr. Dit.t. was
elected Chaiiman of the State Committee.
The delegates from this Congressional
district are ROBERT A. PAcnan, of Brad
ford, and L. Guam; of Wayne. They
may be safely counted on she Tamen
side. The elector is. GEORGE A. POST,
of Susquehanna. There is all kinds of
counting with reference to the predelic-
Mons of the delegation. One side says
the majority is for TIMER, the other
claims it equally as confidently against
him. We won't pretend to decide. It '
depends somewhat upon the barl.
LANCAST COMAa gnat county:
It has the tiel and raiset the most
tobacco in. the State. Usually it gives the
largest Republican majority. It has the
most reckless editors and the bitterest
political squabbles. Notwithstanding the
efforts and influence of our good-natured
and peaceable friend HrESTAND, who
would not .willingly tread on anybody's
corns, ,but would always pour oil on the
troubled waters, the newspapers are con
tinually wrangling—" sweet bells jangled
and out of tune." The Era seems to
have a chronic disposition to antagonize
and misrepresent, and has been assailing
the Court and the District Attorney in
such a false and unjustifiable manner that
a grudging retraction became necessary.
The Infelligencer editors have been dia."
barred for uncalled-for reflections upon
the integrity of the Judges. We are sorry
to notice, too, that the newspapers are
filled.with accounts of- rowdyism which
do not speak well for the character of the
population. Unprovoked and brutal as
saults and faction lights are common.
There is evidently something in the Lan-.
caster whisky or, beer which excites the'
belligerent prope,naities of the average
Laticasterian. ,The matter should be
looked into. The Rog ring and the Bull
ring should drkrp their quarrels and join
in an investigation of the cause for so
much peace-breaking, and unite for its
suppression. -
Tug Wilkes-Barre Record of tIUS Times
is authority for the statement that Ron.
nR-r A. PACKER aspires to the Democratic
Congressional nomination in this district ;
RAWLY E. PACKER has designs upon • a
similar- honor in the eleventh district,
and Dr. G. B. LlNDEttlaws, a hrother-in.
law, will take the nomination in the Le
high district if tendered to him. We
would suppose that
. WOBERT E. PACKER
had already achieved sufficient renovin
and honor, by his gallant and successful
fight in overcoming the opposition to his
selection as a delegate to Cincinnati. He
would be badly beaten in •this Congres
sional district,,and he is too shrewd to
put himself in the wad of such a result.
But as he would make a lively canvass
and submit to defeat gracefully and good
naturedly, we would not regret seeing
him the Democratic candidate— if he
wants to be.
tITE WHITTAKER. case at West Point is
one of those things :of which we would
glkdly give our readers some reliable and
intelligent account. But we al o confused
and bewildered in reading the daily re
ports. Whether or not the colored cadet
wrote the note of warning, and followed
it by assaultin4 himself and slitting his
own ear, appear to be' questions which
have not been definitely settled. The ev
idence, however, discloses a condition of
affairs at that institution not at all cred
itable, and which overthrow the general
belief heretofore entertained as to the
high-toned and strict discipline' maintain
ed there. The colored cadet has been os
tracised socially, and treated with indig
nity, and there is an evident disposition
on the part of the Board of Inquiry, . and
the officers and cadets to disgrace him if
possible. Their chivalry and sense of
honor don't extend beyond the color line.
Tux following paragraph from the
editorial columns of. the Pr.'s' contains
the covert endorsement of an assertion
which the editor must know to be News
and its endorsement by the Press is inju
dicious, unjustifiable, and out of place in
a paper professing to be Republican. The
objectionable patagraph is as follow i':
"Editor Hensel, albs Lancaster Intellfgeneer,
made the bold assertion in the Democratic Con
tention, that If General Grant be nominated at
Chicago the Democratic party will' carry Pennayl.
crania: Mr. Ilensel t6ay be wrong, but there Is no
doubt that the nomination of General Grant would
give the Democracy in Pennsylvania a confidence
to which it has been a stranger for years."
TnEng was a conference ire New York
City last week, it is' said; of about one
hundred leading Republican business and
professional men ,for the purpose of Con
sidering what course they should pursue
if GRANT was nominated at Chicago.
Among others present were Mr. JosErn
H. CHOATE, Me. GEUROE WILLIAM CUR
TIS, Mr. JOSEPH HARPER, Mr. BENJAMIN
H. 13RISTOW, and others equally well
'known. Surprise was created by Mr.
CURTIS indicating that ho was not pre
pared to say that if GRANT was nominated
he would be Willing to bolt, himself or
encourage others to do so.
, TUE DemocratS in Congress are said to
favor an early , adjournment, and there is
talk of getting through by the first of
June. The leaders are anxious to get
away, for while they have succeeded-ad
mirably so far in restraining the Cofifed
orates, and keeping "revolutionary de
signs" in- the background, yet there is
imminent danger at any time of an out
break, which would have an exasperating
effect upon the now quiet North, and
damage the prospects of Democratic suc
cess in November.
Tug total debt of the United States, it--
chiding bonds, greenbacks, gold and
silver certificates and all other forma of
indebtedness.was on Saturday last just
$2,167,779,147.59. Deducting from this
the cash in the Treasury, including the
accun-ulated Bland dollars, wo have wnet
debt of $1,068,314.753. The decrease of
the debt in April was, $12,018,070, at
which rate, if continued without inter
ruption, the debt would be extinguished
in less than fourteen years.
PRESBIDEICT HA YES has vetoed the
Immediate Deficiency bill. The clause to
which the . President especially objects is
that giving the Dower to appoint the
deputy marshals to the judges of the Fed
eral courts; but he, of course, takes occa
sion tditspums his disapproval of the pop
ular Democratic . practice of attachi ng
" riders" to all appropriation bills.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PIIILADLLPHIA, may 3, 1330
The announcement on Saturday that
Colonel Scott had tendered his resigna
tion as President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, took the community by stir
prim, though it was probably known to
his flriends that it was to be done, and
was not'entirely unexpected to those_ who
were acquainted with him. His health
for a year past has been such that be has
not been able to give the road that atten
tion which it demanded, and it wad with
a view to recuperating that he ' went
abroad. over a year since. He returned
home very Much improved, but the work
which he has been compelled to 'undergo
has been destroying the plod effect of the
tour. Following out the advice of his
physicians Colonel Scott, on the Ist . of
June, will withdraw from railroad duties
entirely, not only relinquishing his con
nection with the . Pennsylvania Railroad
Company proper, but also from its later
al connections and the independent corpo
rations in which be acted as executive ofrt-!
cei. These latter include the Texas Flo - -i•
eine and Northern Central Railroad Com
panies, of which he has been the Presi
dent for a number of years. The stock
of the Pennsylvania Railroad prior to the
announcement of the dividend was selling
at's4 to j. The effect of the declaration
was discounted, and when t h e announce:
meut was made the sold at 53) to 514 ex
dividend, which indicated that the shares
were holding their own. When; the
news -of COleinel Soott's resignation
reached the street; however, the steak
was depreesed to 531, and quickly ran to
521, where it wavered, -and slowly oom
nurneel to rally. •
The Salvation Army is Moe
only upon the works of Westhlibarsl
phis sinners. Their plan of -setion as
sists of sending out a skirmish line about
seven o'clock F. lc,, which, with their pe
culiar dress, together with their musical
voices, attracts the attention 'of all on
Market street,whichnvenne they gener
ally visit. When they find tiu3y, have se e
cured a sufficient number they will halt,
and one of the male members will address
those assembled, and - by singing and
preaching will draw an immense crowd.
They will then suddenly form into line,
and, while singing at the top of their
voices, march to their ball, Fortieth and
Lndlow, carrying with them, as a general
thing, a large number of prisoners, and
they very seldom fail , in inducing one or
more to join their standard.
In the case of McGurk, convicted of
murder in the finst degree, for the killing
of the porter in Whites dental establish
ment, in 1865, Judge Elcock granted the
prisoner a new trial. The case was a no
vel one, from the fact that the murder
was cummited fifteen years ago, and tit ,
confession made within a recent date, at
a place hundreds of miles from +he city
where the killipg took place. The, evi
dence which convicted was a confession
made by the prisoner.
The seventy-two hour gom-you-please
pedestrian contest, started at. Industrial
Hall on Monday morning last with thirty
one entries, colosed at 11:30 Saturday
night with five men on the track, and was
won by. Jameii Albert, of this city, with
the remarkable score of '412 miles,
Hughes 'being second with 404 miles and
seven laps ;.Redding, 387 miles, and two
laps ; Harriman, 378 miles, and eta laps;
Collyer, 295 miles.
In a special presentment Friday, the
Grand Jury . implicated Isaac Mcßride,
Edward F. Glenn, Samuel F. Clemments,
clerks in the office of the Clerk of the
Quarter Sessions; Charles W. Schell,
clerk in the Recorder's office ; Joseph Mc-
Kenney and Edward Waldron, Consta
bles, and Augustus Harman, occupation
unknown, as being all concerned, through
and otherwise, in what is
known as the tavern license bonds frauds.
The Grand Jury censured the Clerk of
the Court bf Quarter Sessions, and the
Recorder "for the loose manner in which
the license business seems to have been
„conducted," and exonerated the District
Attorney from au , blame in the matter.
The practice thus censured r is the forgery
of the names of bondsmen upon the bonds
of the tavern-keepers, which seems to
have been the ease in almost every in
stance.
I A peculiar individual, - giving his name
as Rev. A. N. Exeridon, and claiming to
be a religious of Mohammedan faith, has
made his appearance in several
_parts of
Camden County, - New Jersey. He wears
the Turkidi gown and turban and sleeps
at night under a Pm-ill tent, which he car
ries around with him in his tramps. He
steadily refuses to enter any inclosure or
house if it is possible - to avoid it..
While Mrs. Mary J. Miller, aged 60, of
No. 737 Eneu street, was preparing sup
per on Wednesday evening, she became
faint and fell upon the stove. Iter cloth
ing ignited, and she ran to the yard im
plonng assistance. 'A neighbor extin
guished the 'flames, but not before Mrs.
Miller was so badly bunted that she died
eight hours afterward.
That grain dust is explosive has been
demonstrated on Several occasions, and
fresh proof was added on r Thursday, at
Baltz's brewery. A fire occurred in the
lcupalo which was followed by an explo
sion of grain dust, which shattered the
;windows.- About 5,000 bushels of grain
were destroyed.
The proposed construction of an elevat
ed railway on Market and Front streets,
has created considerable excitement
amongst property owners on those thor
oughfares, as it is feared it will materially
depreciate the.value of their real estate.
The matter is uneergoing discussion be
fore-the Council, and there is much dis
' cussion pro and eon.
It is proposed to use convict labor for
the purpos e of cleaning the streets of the
city. The inmates of the House of Correc
tion are to be employed, and the work will
be done at night, requiring 200 inmates
and twenty extra guards to clean the
streets and remove all the garbage in a
satisfactory manner. If done, it would
save the hity about $150,000.
A self-counting ballot-box, designed to
prevent fraud or mistake at elections,. is
on exhibition at the rooms of the board
of education. It is the invention of Mr.
Birdie, of Texas. The "bays" would
quickly get the hang of it, and make it
register as many votes as they thought
was required from their precinct.
It is estimated that 50,000 men and
women are employed, in Philadelphia in
manufacture of clothing.
The oleomargarine dealers say that
Since the Agitation about that product be
gan the sales have largely increased.'
There was no ice saved in this vicinity
during the late winter. But there will he
.no scarcity, as it is homing in large quan
tities from the East. Thirty cargoes ar
rived last week.
Germantown is a hair-pin place, as a
factory there turns out 500,000 per week.
What becomes of all the hair-pins, any
how 7
Pennsylvania tobactlo of the two last
years' crop, is said to be superior to Con
necticut, and commands higher prices.
A sale of machinists, miners and manu
facturers tools has been made tO ,the Ja
panese Government by a manufacturer of
this city.
The American line is making a • hand
some record with the immigrants.' The
Pennsylvania brought over 600 without
losing a single life, and with not a word
of complaint.
Saturday being the anniversary
_of the
first running of the Continental Railway
line, the cars were decorated with flags.
A great ninny people supposed that it was
in honor of the release of the President
of the road from prison at Harrisburg.
The Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company on_ Saturday declared a
semi-annual dividend of three per cent,
upon the capital stock of the company.
The increase in revenue duties at this
during the past month, over that of the
same period last year, was nearly half a
million of dollars, mostly derived from
the duty on iron..
"The Queen of the May," had she been
called early Saturday morning, would
have discovered ice half an inch thick in
this vicinity, and the grass white with
frost.
Honors Donald fell from a second-story
window of the house No. 832 Charlotte
street, Saturday, and sustained serious
injuries,
Isaac It. Jones 'aged seventy-five years,
of Malvern, Ches ter County, was run over
by a truck laden with iron pipes, at Tenth
and Callowhill streets, Saturday forenoon,
and was so severely injured that he died
in a short time.
The steamship Pennsylvania, which
sailed from this port for Liverpool, Sat
urday, carried out 40,000 bushels of corn,
4,326 sacks of flour, 500 tierces of lard,
413 bales of cotton, and 654 packages of
provisions.
lion. John Robbins, an ex-member of
Congress, died at his residence in this
city, on Tuesday last, of •congeetion bf
the lungs, aged seventy-two. Deceased
was elected to Congress in the Third Dis
trict in 1840, and remained there six
years. In 1875 he was re-elected fm-two
years from the Fifth District owing to a
split in the Republican party.
Scarlet fever, mumps, and, measles, de
cimated the attendance at; the public
schools last:week. In some sections of
the city the 'alarm has been so great, that
the schools were closed.
Neighborhood Notes.
—Diphtheria is raging to an alarming
extent at Charleston, Tioga County.
—Typhoid pneumonia prevails to an
alarming extent in Elkland, Tioga
County.
—.Work has been begun on bists' tan
nery at Roaring Branch, Lycoming
County.
—The Express trains on the Eria, Npa.
4 and 5, now consist solely of narrow
gouge cars.
—The Elmira and_ Horseheads street
railroad is going to put on steam engines
to propel the cans.
—The Covington glass factory has bcen
purchased by Hisace, FLY .CO.;! of
Blossburg, Tioga County,;who will put it
in operation.
—Some of the farmers Of Tioga County
are nod feeding potatoes to- their cattle.
They say it pays them better than to sell
them at the present price.`
- 7 A spaniel pup, belonging to Mr:'
IL Jonas, Waverlyr , was takes) with the
hydrophobia on Wednesday last, but was
Wore he had bitten anybody. -
--Mrs. &tux arisczn, one of the old
est imddents of Union - township, 'Ma
County, died on Saturday evening, the
11th ult. She celebrated her ninety-illth
birthday in Nay last. - -
—roe twenty-ninth anniveriary of the
organisation of iluslinehanna .- Engine
Company, No. 1, of Owego, win be cele
brated by a reunion and supper at Wilson
Hall, in that place, on Friday evening,
May 21st.
—E. A. LIMIT, who has been engaged
in'the drug business in Forksville, Sulli
van county, during the past year, has
sold out his store of Roods at that place
and returned to Smitbboro, N.t Y., his
former home.
—The Bulletin says that there are
thirty-two prisoners in the Lycoming
county jail—five of them are committed
as horse thieves and three as murdereis.
There are 26 males and 6 females. That
does very well fur Lyoiming county.
—The enirig Of the Hiawatha. Hotel
and Island, for the summer, says the
Owego Times, will occur about the 16th
of June. Numerous. changes are being
made in the hotel, and venous improve
ments will also be made about the
grounds.
—The Elkland Journal says that - .Mr.
KNOX, who lives just west of Knoxville,
Tioga County, has a curiosity in the
shape of a young calf with only three
legs. -It is now about two weeks old,
well and hearty. It wam born in , that
shape, having no signs of the fourth , leg.
—About five o'clock last evening, a lit
tle child of Jour( STEELE, of Delmar,
pulled a kettle of boiling water off the
stove. spilling it over its entire body, and
scalding it so badly that it died in the ev
ening. In removing the clothing from
the little sufferer it was found that the
burns were so severe that the flesh adher
ed to the garments.— Weilsboro Gazette.
'"-0n Tuesday, the '2oth instant, says
iFfe Williamsport Banner of last week,
Mrs. Erazafivra WALTMAN, Of White
Deer Valley, was ninety-four years of
age. She lives with her tam, VALENTINE
WALTMAN, Esq.. where her relatives and
a few friends gathered to celebrate the
omaron and give some expression to the
high esteem in which she is held by aIL
She is in good healtk, and enjoying life
about as well as File Sid twenty-two years
ago. Sheds the mother of twelve cbil
dren,'has thirty-two' grand-Children, sev
enty-seven great-grand-children, and four
great-great-grand-children.
STATE NEWS.
—State Treasurer Butler assumed the
duties of his mice Monday.
—A. colored funeral in Weat Chester
had to be postponed until the, mourners had .con
eluded their fighting.
—An average of 150 ear loads of live
stock are being shipped eastward from the Central
Stock Yards at. Pittsburg daily.
—George Kenning's Lehigh Mountain
House, at South Bethlehem, was destroyed by the
on Tuesday night. Loss ir.looo.
—Burglars blew open the safe in the
Columbia Post ()Mee on Friday night, and secured
we In money and 1100 In postage stamps.
—The Greenbackers in Venango county
Have nominateda straight out dicker of their ow
having failed tie come to terms with the Democrati t
—TheDelaware,Lackawarma and West.
ern Rallniad and Delaware rind, Hudson Canal
Compaules have advanced ruiners` wages 10 pet
cent.
—Maud Sehner, S year old, of Stras
burg, Lane - aster comity. boo been efllicted with
something resembling St. Vitus' dance from execs.
sive rope Jumping.
—The trustees of the Le Moyne Crema
tory bare derided that toe charges of cremation
abail be Ire, and that'the body of a suicide will not
be Accepted for ticmation.
—Ann Eliza Arnold, residing near Cur
ry, Pa.. committed suicide on •Aatorday morning
by hanging to a bed post, Her brother hung him
self years age in the same room.
—The latest report of William English,
the Elk county.murderer, forwhom a large reward
is offered, Is to the effect that be has been seen In
the northern part of Lycoming county.
—At Byrom Centre, '!McKean county,
on Monday, J. J. Goss, a baker, was burned to
death.. A lamp left burning' at his bedside ex
p/uded, scattering its contents over the bed.
—Henry Harris and William I3uckeley,
atlas Geiger. have gone to Jail In 11, fault of 11000
bail forturging the name of E. H. Prutzinan to a
check for !Won the Pottstown National Bank.
—A fire at Franklin 'on Monday night
destroyed J. M.Hewer's, Colonel. Meatier'
and
H. Garlin's'buildings. and damaged Snowdon sand
Haymon's blocks. The total loss to about woo.
—The Easton Express thinks that Gen
eral Charles Albright. of Carbon, is a big enough
man to represent Pennsylvania in' the; cabinet i t
Blaine should be nominated Without the aid of Don
Cameron.
-Cornelina Van Buakbk, a bartender
at the American Hotel, at Easton, committed sui
cide on Friday night. Ile lost his wire several
months ago, and bas since that time. been very
despondent.
•
=Dr. P. Neff, of Centre Hal), • was re
cently stricken dead at the bedside of a patient,
Mrs. Baumgardner, wtrose babe was already dead,
and who was herself dying when the physician was
stricken down.
—There will be but little increase iri l the
tobacco acreage In Lancaster c okay thla year, ow
ing to the sea-city of labor. The plants are com
ing up nicely, and will soon be ready for planting,
which has begun already.
Now that the forest fires have become
So numerous and angerouri, It Is worth while re
membering that the penalty for the firing of moun
tain rind coal lauds Is five hundred dollars flue or
one years Imprisonment, or both.
•
:—There is a sparrow's nest right inside
the ktrwiter of the big gong at the Williamsport
station, and the deafening sound of the gong when
giving notice of the startles of - trains has no effect
at all upon the bird sitting on Its nest.
. - -TLizzie Pyle, a girl ot sixteen, left her
home In Derry to enter upon a life of shame, but
was found by her parents, mhos entreaties proved
unavailing. and she has therefore been committed
Ito the Allegheny County House of Correction. ,
—The four weeks old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Downs, of Bear Lake, Pa., measures but four
and a half Inches in length and weighs two and a
halt pounds. Its bead will go lutes common wine
glass, yet the ehlid is a perfect one.
.Franklin, a few days ago, while
two trains were moving out In the same direction
a few feet apart, the passengers were much amused
at two lovers trying.to got a farewell kiss by lean
ing ont of their respective windows. The aim was
uncertain every 'time. •
—The Republican Convention of Adams
county on Saturday passed resolutions requesting
the district delegates to Chicago to vote for James
G. Blaine. Cumberland and York counties which
with Adams comprise the district, have already
declared ter Blaine.
—John Kempt, a watchman at Sheet's
mill in Reading. on Saturday afternoon struck an
unknown drunken man with a "bil.y" white trying
to eject him from the building. The man was tak
en to the station house, but soon afterward died
from the effects of the blow.
—The trial of Ned Burley, the 'Colum
bia county Mollie Maguire, who committed *brutal
murder near Centrallla some time ago, commenced
at Bloomsburg Monday. lion. F, W.Mughea has
been engaged for prosecution, and lion. Charles R.
Burkalew, for the defence.
•
—John Fleury, alias " Ohio Jack," the
notorious thiPf and desperado, who escaped with
the others from the Lehigh County .Prison on
Starch 30, MO, was arrested on 'Friday at Detroit,
Mich, by Officer Sniitb, of Allentown, who la now
on his way to that city with the prleoner.
—A Bradford (Pi.) dispatch states that
John Toller and Luke Kane, of Olean, went to the
house of John Smith, an old man, on Tuesday.nlght
and beat him terribly. Ills thlrteen•yoar.bld sum
came to his father's rescue, and with a shotgun
killed Kane. Subsequently Tully had the boy ar
rested.
—Henry Messner and Emaintel Smith
were fatally Insured by a fall of slate lu the Will
tatnstown mines. Frank kfixsell, a boy of ten, died
from lockjaw in Easton, the result of running a
splinter Into his thigh a few dos previous. John
Maguire was run over by the can and killed at Al
toona Saturday afternoon.
• -
—The wife of William E. Udderzook,
who Is now Mrs. Carrick, of Baltimore, is visiting
relatives to Jennerville, Chester county. She Is
accompanied by • la-year-old daughter, who has
been kept In ignorance of her father's fate.Mra..
Carrick pronounces the posthumous as a falsehood
from beginning to end:
—Dr. B. B. Smith s ', a physician at the
Allegheny City Home .- had a lively tussle with T.
J. Grubbs, the steward, the. other day, Smith
charged' Grubbs with perjury in regard to the mur
der of Goehring, the pauper, whereupon Grubbs
choked and beat Smith until the female of Grubbs..
household interfered and separated them. Sults
will follow.
:---Godfrey Angel, a .wealthy farmer of
Beaver township, Clarion county, got very • drunk
on Wedneidsy last. and going to his son David•s
house that night commenced destroying the latter's
property. The son took his father's arm to lead
him home when the old Man plunged **cafe Into
his side, killing him almost instantly. -The father
Is 66 years old.
—Anderson Wold, a Swede, was shot
and killed at Johnstown on Monday night by Clem
Burke, a fellow-boarder. The Swede had been out
drinking, and returning home late; tried to enter a
woman's room. Burke, who slept In an adjoining
room, and who was awakened by the noble, called
out to the Swede to be more quiet, and immediate
ly afterward rushed out of his room and area upon
him. Burke escaped.
. —William L. Foi, a prominent lawyer
and business man, of Clarion county, died sudden.
ly on the train between St. Petersburg and Clarion
on Thursday of heart desease. Ile Mares a young
wife, Dias Hollingsmith, of Philadelphia, to whom
he was married about a year ago. Deceased
been prominent in Republican politics. and we
on the Largest oil producers In the region.
—The elopement of Mrs. Harris, a bux
om woman of SO. and wife of a miner at Hazleton,
with Robert Williams, had a brief existence. Mrs.
Harris met Wilbams, and they stopped over night
In Sunbury where he lost nearly all the money she
had drawn Drat of the hank playing at faro. Ile
then tort her on a train, raying that be Would fol.,
earlow, but Instead of doing so hsi t userted he=
s overtook the mammy at a& am ret
her to her husband a sadder and what' woman.
GENERAL NEWS.
. —Mr. W. IL Vanderbilt two
Udna
ca Saturday for Sumo.
y—There were 442 bhths, 182 Marriages
and sa deaths tu Nair Tips city bat weak.
W. Salter, clerk to Naval Paytnas.
tar Bacot?, died* 1110JaziatoceR tiler/tile Wank
--Cattle are perinkin , g In parts. °rarer'.
boron 1i =MY, Nets neons.. fodder being vary
—The strike at the Vele= Steel Weirks,
in St. Lads, has ended at the prime dud by the
Company.
—Di. Samuel . Choppin,- a distinguished
New Orleans surgeon, died of ptiednionia, after
Mee days Hines& • . . •
• —The. striking employes ,'Or the Read
ing Hardware Works remain cat; WI are still"re
oelviog from Philadelphia.
—Six miners were_ drowned by the cap.
sistag of a ennoe la the rapids of the Bart river,
Washington Territory a-few days ago.
—The Supreme Omit of Califoraii has
ordered a writ of habeas corpus in thq case of Den
nis Kearney, returnable to the Court on the 111.11
inst. - .
—The Poet Office at Psiir . Paw, Mich.,
was entered on Friday night by burglars, the safe
Mourn open and il.OOO lb stamps and currency tat
en.
—Crop reports from Mite= are to the
effect that all the growing crops are *avant weals
behind last year, and the . t weather Is still untarcit ,
able. -
..The report:of the", murder of ex.hfay
or Brown and party, of Br. -Louts, by Indians, in
New Mexico, Ls contradicted by • despatcheit from
Los Vegas.
• •
—liepresenatives of Antwerp (Belgium)
Curia are at Montreal negotiating for cargoes of
Canadian produce, to be shipped during tne pre
sent season.
—A fire at Omaha on Saturday morn
ing destroyed IL block of stores on Tenth street,
north of the Union Pacific ltallroad track, Involv
ing a toes of 014000. _ .
—Samuel M. Janney, a prominent mem
ber of the Society of Friends, and formerly one of
the Indian Peace commissioners, died at his titan
In Loudon county, Va., Friday.
A large number of citizens of Galeha,
111., wafted on General Grant aehis home on Ttles
day erening.to congratulate him on his fifty-elgt.th.
birthday, He left for Chicago Friday morning.
—Joseph Segar, It mein, er of the Span,.
ish Claims Commission, dropped dead on a steam
er near Norfolk. Va., Friday. Colonel W. Hemp
hill Jones, Clerk of the Wars . and Commit
tee, also died Friday to Washington.
—Aaron- Feutan, a retired provision.
merchant of Baltimore, died In that city Friday.
In the 81st year of his age. He was ;born In Wash.
loran County. Pennsylvania, and refaced to Bala
`more forty years ago.
—The President has nominated Orange,
Ferris, of Now York, to be Second Auditor cf the
Treasury. Mr. Ferris is sixty-five years old, was a
member if the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses,
aud.ts now a member of the Southern Claims Com
mission. I
—A Nevis'.-Special from Austin, Teias,
says Mrs. Houston. living in the country, in a filet,
Insanity, attempted to murder her five children by ,
driving knitting kneedles Into their brain through
their ears. Otse was kWed, and two others are
seriously Injured.
.
—The,Proprietors of the mines in the,
Belleville, settion have formed a combination
and decided to stop operations, on account of what
they consider the unreasonable demands of the
miners. Troubleis feared, and the Governor has
Instructed the-,Sheriff of The county to use every
means in his pciwertopreserveorder.
Nam mitt 'toadyism.
It—
The worst gang of cut-throats,
thieves and murderers that ever in
fested Harrisburg and attempted to
" run the city," to use their language,
accompanied. the Philadelphia dele
gates to the Democratic Convention.
It comprised - bruisers with half a
nose, an eyh out and part of an ear ;
.roughs with fingers shot, off in pre
vious fights; pnze-fighters, shoulder
hitters; women insulters, pickpockets
and highwaymen, and was the most
frightful filth from the Philadelphia
slums that has ever been emptied
into Harrisburg. Drunken, besotted
villians flourished revolvers and
threatened death r to those who should
attempt to'arrest them ; huge brutes
imposed on weaker persons, and the
cut purse and robber took deftly
from the pocket or the sleeping apart
ment. It is a satisl'action to know
that about seventeen of these . villians'
are in jail. • It is creditable to an
nounce that some of them are under
bail for their misdeeds in this city.
Mayor Patterson't police force was
small, but it was adequate. It will
be greatly to his credit now if he
shall succeed in convicting, by the
District Attorney's aid, all -of these
men and sending them to jail. The
respectable citizens of• Harrisburg
demand that this gang of . Philadel
phia roughs, arrested with revolvers
and billies in their pockets, shall be
dealt with without mercy. They
should be dispossessed of the idea
that they can run Harris.burc , as they
see fit.. The progress of their cases
wilt be carefully noted.--Harrisburg
Telegraph.
TOWANDA MARKETS. ..
REPOATEDRY STEVENS
.& LONG,
General dealers in Groceries and Produce, corner
Main and I'lne Streets.
'WEDNESDAY T.,YENING,-RAY 5, 1880,
PAYING. FELLING
Flour per bbl '.. 88 Th 0 8 00
Flour per sack ft 65 0 „ 10
Corn Meal per 100... fl 40 06 150
Chop Feed,• @ fl 40
Wheat, per bush—. ; ft 20 0 1 25 ft. 25 0 1 30
Corn 50 (d) 56 - 611 65
Rye 70 0 (de 75
Oats.. 38 4i) ' 0” 45
Buckwheat 4.1 6J .50 63 55
.
Clover Seed 05 00 (if 5 40
Tlmotly, western,.. (d/ 1 1 3 00
Beans. 621bs, • ft 00 a 125 ft 20 (de 150
Pork. turns 635 bbl. fis 00 @ 17 00
Dressed hogs 05 611 05S •
Ch , ykens , 64 ,OS •
Hams 07 0 09 09 @ It
Shoulders 05 @ 06 .• -(3 88
Lardo4 o 8 , • go_ 10 .
Butter, tubs 18 0 20 • 20 gie 22
Rolls ' 17 655 18 20 (3 ' 22
Eggs, fresh . 10.0 0'; 12
Cheese 11 (4., 15 0 ' 18
Potatoes. per bush.. 25 60 30 (4,
.15'
APPles 75 0 SO '@ft 00
Dtled apples 05 a 06 @ 08,
.
Onions ob 01 1 00 64 41 20 1
Beeswax 20 @ 22 0 . 24
CORRECTED By GEO. A. DAYTON
. .
.
Hides 4... 05 (al 06 S
Veal skins ", • 50 Rk, el 2.5 •
Deacon Skins • • 40 (4 60
Sheep Pelts el 00 0k 2 00
CNIMMECTLD BY U. DAVIDOW .1k BRO.
if Idea . 05 (at 06S
-
Veal Skins 75 a el 25
-
Deacon Skins 40 Ea • 70
Sheep Pelts it 00 (4 225
troj Abverfisements.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the First National Bank at Towanda,
lu the State of Pennsylvania, at the close ofibusl•
ness April 23,1880 :
=3!
. i
Loans and disfounts 4 1427.181 as
Overdrafts.. 1 . . . . 3.40 Is
U. S. Bonds td. secure circulation r 2.5,000 00
U. 8 . . Bondiion hand - 500 00
Other stocks, bonds. and mortgages 1:5,264 00
Due from approved reserve agents 77,892 41
Due from other National Banks 1,435 07
Duo from Stat.:, Banks - and bankers.....- 4,174 03
Real estate, furniture, and fixtures 29,460 00
Current expenses and taxes paid" 4,246 84
Checks and other cash items 11,403 57
Bills of other Banks 861 CO
FraCtlonal currency (including nickel;s -64 15
Specie - 3.10? 46
Legal-tender notes - 20,000 CO
nedpi fund with IT S Tr. (5 pr ct. of.cir.) 5,62.5 00
Due from U 8 Tr., other than 5 p.c. R. F 400 00
---
Total..
....1762,062 15
LIAIILLITIE,S
Clapltsl sloes pa.d 1n.....i
Surplus 'fund
Undtvi,
Judivided profits . 9.6*7 76
National Dank notes outstanding ' 112,500.00
Indira/es deposits subject to
check 1300,7101 53
Time certificates of deposit.. 10,487 75
• ---.--- 412.274 28
Due to other National Banks - 7,630 11
Total.lt
State of Pennsylvania. County„of Bradford,„ss:
1, N. N. BETTS, Cashier of- the above named
bank, do solemnly swesr that the above statement
Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
N. N. BETTS', Cashier.
Subseilbed and sworn to before use this Arstilay
of May, 1880.
___
W. IL DODGE, Notary Public.
Cottuzer—Attest :
- JOSEPH' POWELL.
GEORGE STEVENS; Directors.
• E. W. HALE.
Towanda, *ay 6, IsSo.wl. '
nth sea-
NOTICE. -This my eleveN OTICE.--This
von In Towanda. I again oiler for sale a large
stock ofA BEDDING PLANTS, comprising Fuel'.
alas, Geraniums. Heleittopes. Carnations, Verbo.
nas,, Pansies, he.; also, a largo stock of young
EVERBLOORINti ROSES. 'All at prices as low
as elsewhere. Please call and examine stock sad
ascertain prices - . Early cold frame Cabbage Planta
now ready, and other vegetable plants In their Sea
amt. GREEN-HOUSES—Main. street, north of
Episcopal Church. JAMES C. IRVING.
Towanda, April 11180.m2.
lISQUEHANNA coti*ctrATz IN•
A naLiStrirrna..-814paorin. gETzepertuntelifober'aboltia3la,Ntlt-AntuoYn,
and furnished room. from #l7l to .1180 per year.
For Catalogue or farther particulan addreaa the
Principal, -
. EDWIN B. QITI.NLAN, A. M.
TowaLda, dn. 11, 1830. , ' 73 , 1 ,
• .t .
im,awmgtsh‘
A. NWITL
sod Illeetleg •of the Stockholders of the
t fa Z LINZ A SULLIVAN R. IL Co. for the
deeded at ?reddest and Directors, and for the
transaetion oflench ether badness di may come be
fore them, will be held at the Nice of the Cora.
pony„ In the Borough of Towanda, Pa.. WED.
JIMSDIt?, NA I" ie. fald. at 10 o'clock A. gr.
O. A. BALDWIN, Secretary.
'Zanotti, Pe,. Arun. MO,
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.
-The e riPerti /Mown es the - Berry tarn,
one toile ow Milan .Ststion; consisting of 110
sores, One butidthgs, Mit trees and rich proctor-
Uri land ; will be enkt on the best of term t and
possession given Immediately.
Address IL A. ELME*,
• 'Waverly; X, 7.
VOTICE IN PARTITIO
State of Pennsylvania.-County of B forst,
as: To George Cornell. Phoebe Cornell (now ?hoe
be Doin. Hannah Cornell (now Hannah
all residing In the township of Litchfield. B ford
County. Pa.; Julia Ann Cornell (Dow, Jul Ann
Merrill). of Belmont. Allegany County. N. , Y.;
Phoebe Spear, relict of Mathias Spear,. - deceased,
of Ithaca. 'Tompkins County. N. Y..;- Mary Z.
'Lynch. Intermarried with, Charles 0. Lyrnell, of
It Tompkins Co., N.Y.;Manson B. Carr and
Peter .. Carr. residing at tholes, Tomplqui Coun
ty, and Wi'llarn Carr. residing at Lisle,
Broome County, N; Y.--Please take notice :
Whereas, at an Orphans'Coort, held at Towanda
In and for the said County of Bradford, on th 6 16th
day of April, A. D. 18e0. before the Hon. Hugh H.
.Commis. President Judge of the said Court, In
the inatter of the estate of Moses W. Cornell, de
ce_seil. the petition of John Cornell, brother of the
said Moses W. Cornell, late of the township of
Litchfield In said County. deceased, was presented,
setting forth that the said Moses W. Cornell died,
on or abort the 26th day of September, A. D. 1878,
Intestate, unmarried. and leaving neither father
nor mother smelting him. but leaving brothers,
'sisters. children and lineal descendants of sisters
as follows :.. The petitioner. John Cornell, residing
at Barton, Tioga County, N; Y., a brother; George
Cornell. brother ; Phoebe D
Doty, widow of • John S.
Doty, deceased, - Mete!. ; Hannah Parks, wife of
Moses Parke ; sister, all residing in the township
of Lite/Meld aforesaid; Julia Ann Merrill, wife of
Abraham Merrill, slider, residing in Belmont, Al
legany County ' N. Y.; Phoebe-. Spear, relict of
Mathias Spear . decease d. sister, residing at Ithaca.
N.Y. Also the following children of Jane (Car
roll) Carr and Alanson Cur her husband (alder).
both now deceased, to wit : Mary E. Lynch, Inter
married with Charles 0. Lynch ; Gilbert. Carr.
Manson B. Carr and Peter B. Carr, residing at
Ithaca, N.Y., and W llliam Carr, residing at Lisle,
Broome County, N. Y.
That said decedent, -Moses W. Cornell. died
seized In fee of and Ina certain Mt or - parcel of
land, situate In the township of Litchfield, County
and State aforesaid, bounded and described as fol
love: Beginning, at apost the northwest corner of
said . tot acid in the south line or the late , Charles
Kinney lot; thence south itio 25! east (according to
the magnetic variation May 20. 18711).1472de rods
to a post the southeast corner of said Charles Kin
ney hit: thence north so originally run 18 rods to a
slake the southwest corner of what was the Azub
Sherman lot I thence east as originally 'run along
the south Sue of the said AtubStierman lot 60 rods
to a post the southeast corner of said Sherman lot
In the we'd line of what was the Wm. - K. Walker
lot ; . thence south as originally run 108 rode to a
stake the northeast corner of John Loveland land
thence by the north line of the same west as origi
nally run 227 7-to rod ito a stake corner ; thence
north as originally run 36 rods to the place of be
ginning ; containing 147 acres and 73 .erches of
land, more or mesa.
ALSO--One other lot of land, 'Mute in said
Litchfield township, bounded north by lands of
Moises Parks, east by lands of Henry Morse. south
by-lands of Samuel Lee, and west by lands of Pew
ee/ r. Wolcott ; containing 27 acres, more or leas.
That no partition or valuation of said estate hav
ing been your petitioner requests the Court
to be pleased to award an Inquest to make partition
ot the premises aforesaid to and among the repre
sentatives oft he.said Intestate in such manner and
In such proportions as - by the laws of this Common
wealth Is directed; Ift such partition can be made
without prejudice to or spoiling the whole ; but If
such partition cannot be made thereof, then to
same and appraise the same, and, to make return
of their proceedings according to law. And where
'mob the said Court, on due proof and considera
tion of the premises. awarded an 'wiliest for the
purposes af , resald. We therefore command you
that, taking with you seven good and lawful men
- taPyour bailiwick, yuu gh to atilVtipon the premises
aforesaid; and there, In the presence of the parties
- aforesaid. by you to be warned. (If upon being
warned they Will be present), alai having respect
to the true valuation thereof and upon- the. oaths
and agirmatiens of the said sew/to good and lawful
men. phi make partition to and among the belts
and legal representatives of the said - intestate in
,such manner and In such proportions as by the
laws of this Commonwealth Is directed. if the same,
can be so parted an.: divided without prejudice to
or spoiling the whole; and if each partition cannot
be made thereof without prejudice to or spoiling
the whole, that then you cause the said inquest to
fnquire, and ascertain whether the same will con
veniently accommodate more than one of the said
heirs - aMpfeetil represeniativesof the said intestate
without prejudice to or spoiling the whole, and if
so how many it will as aforesaid a•comototiate, de
scribing each part by bounds, anti returning a just
valuation ofthe same. But if the said inquest by
you to sat luminoned as aforesaid to make the ; said
partitioteor valuation shall be of eplition that - the
premises aforesaid with the appurtenances caunOt
be so parted and divided as to accomentidare more
than one;of the said heirs and legal tepre - sentatives
or the said estate, that i then you cause theit.quest
to value the whole of the said real estate with the
appurtenances. having respect to the true valuation
thereof agreeably to law. And .that the partition
or vainaltt.n so made you distinctly and ,openly
have before our said Juttge:at Towanda, at an Or
pans' Court there ttebe held on the regular day of
sessions thereof, after such Inquest shall be mule
under your hand and seal, and under the hands
anti seals of those by whose oaths or aftlrmatlutts
you shall make such partttiOn or valuation ; anti
have you then and there this writ. .
Witness: Hugh H. Cununin, President of our
said Court at Towanda aforesaid, the 16th day of
April, A. D. 1880. A. C. FIUSBIE,
Clerk of Orphans' Court.
In cenformity with' the abotie order, I hereby
give notice to the above, awned heirs soul all tither
persons interested, that an Inquest will be held on
thestove estate. 07/ the premises, on SA T UR D A Y,
JUNE 19th, A. 1). ISBO. at 11 o'clork..A. M.
5.6. PETE It J. DEA IC. herll7:
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES
of Columbia Township from April 14, 1879, to
April 12th, 1880:
RECEIPTS. ' •
Aniount In Treasury AprllltisT9 (110-33
I)uplirate.lb79 ' 1,254.98 .
oni Tt.ga CO, Welch SO tai
M. H. rent 2 00
Mack road las collected 35 01
X 41,812 32
EXPENDITURES,
Paid for rent of ball
Town election
Town clerk
O. 0. fteiley, commbsioner
.1. 11. Strunk., commis:4.lller
C. H. lialtard, commissioner
Auditors
Collector
Treasurer
Stationery', stamps, etc.........,.
T. Prothonotary
For building road
For plank and bridges
Constable adv.„atteuding elec.,&c
Fur support of p00r....
Town tax eionerations.
Expenses Welch burial
Balance In Treasury
.---741,312 32
P.B. SfiEk3lA2C
A. PAI.3IER. Auditors
J. R. WATKINS,
F. F. Mouwor, Town Cl..rk'
,NOTlCE.—Auditors' statement of
accounts for Terry Township, for year end.
trig April 12th, 1860: ,
.
Clothing the poor - - r 02 OS
Boarding the poor 4 463 40
.
Medical attendance for poor .;.. , 3 On
Funeral expenses J, 31 15
Roads and bridges . . -327 Ili ,
Town clerk—serriaes, statiotery, etc is on
Paid interest on outstanding orders • • ta 01
Exoneration of tax, duplicate of 1679._ .. 450
Election expenses — l .- 3-
' 61
.
Percentage for collecting 3 a 30
Auditing accounts, 2 years • . 21 (0•
1.). 12..1, nes and 11. L, Terry, t‘aierstroughs In 00
U. Terry,, 2550
Nelson White, Corunds.slotiere fees: ._... 'll 75
Jacob Iforitnan, S 2:
Sundry expenses ''22 NI
• -
Amount orders Nailed during-year VMS 26
Old orders-outstanding i 220 26
Total
Ordersir' deerned (luring year
Calanee of tax with collectors...l.
Town frolebteduesa
Total
Terry Township in nerount mith henry Fetter,
To bal. of tax In handy of Frritchey.t6o3
- To duplicate of 1579 (Terry).. ers rit
Cr.
By amount orders redeemed—. —11,090 ad
By exonerattim. duplicate i57q.,11. 4. to
By bat. of tax hi hands of collecXs 453 'Oa
L. A, JONV.t,
JOHN A. RI FiNER, AtlitOrs.
JOHN LAYMAN,
Terry Township, April 22,1880. •
- ; - -3,Alk, - TESTLNIONI-
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- „"*. , education and protni
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of
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1.a . ,..•• ..e , .. '..1.1-- .. — ...i. to the wonderful curs.
... ./ 51r:iv, •4 0, live propertleauf this . .
..5,,...-r. -..., great medicine. ,• No
'--,,
other preparation but
the REGULATOR has ever been discovered that
would effectually cure Dyspepsia and Its kindred
eviis. and restore the patient to a peFfectly healny
coniption of h dfand mind. The rpptdly inertias.
log demand for this medicine and our large sales
in consequence. is indeed suittlent .eyttlence in
itself of Its great popularity.
mi
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,
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erfectly NO EQUAL miltt le ss.
P
1 1 2 5 ,000 00
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'lt can be used any time without fear by l the most,
delicate persons. INo matter what the ailing, and
may be given to children with perfect safety, as no
bad...reimilk follow Its use, doing no possible Injury.
As a mild -Tonic, gentle Laxative and harmless
Invigorant It Is infinitely superior to any known
remedrfor
Jfalotions Fero% Doted COMplainte,.
Jaundice, Colie, Resti•ssness,
Xenia/ Depression, Sick
Constipation, Nausea, Bi!Meanest
.DTSPEPSI ,fc
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Read, the following names of persons well and
widely nown. whO testify to the Valuable proper.
_ties of SIMMONS ELVER REGULATOR . Olt
MEDICINE: Hun. Alex. H. Stephens; John W.
Beckwith, Bishop of Georgia; 'Gen. John B. Gor
don, U. S. Sena: ; lion. John Gill Shorter, lit.
Bey. Bishop Pieree, J. Edgar Thompson , Hon. It,
11111, Hon. John:'C. Breckinridge; Prof. David
D. D.; Hiram Warner, •Chlef Justice of
Georgia; LeslsMunder, Abet Phila., and
many others frOni whom we have lotteri ennunent
lng upon this medicine as a reost valuable ho.ase.
Jioldoemody.:
,
The Cheapest. Purest and Best ivnitiv
Dine to the World. Original and Genuine.
I.lANtriscruNto ONLY
•
J. M. ZEILIN a CO...Philadelphia.
Pricey $l.OO. Sold by ill Druggists.
X 4.5 00
20 31
43 31
49 50
36 50
43 50
7 2i
03 99
47 24
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317 41
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H. DORMA.trii, ' i .--
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325 East Water St., Ihalra - , N.Y.
• ,
tit Moor DRY 000DS
24 floor MILLINZRY
Id floor CARPZIS
4th floor CLOAKS * SHAWLS .
Upper floors accessible by elevator.
• Kir A visit of Inspecthm Is respeettally,solielte4
TRIAL LISTFOR MAY' TERM
of Court, MO, to be held at Towanda:
•
Z. C, Kelkggvti. S. it a B. R. co time .
Fanny O. Burnham vs. Robert Golden issue
First Pirati Bank or Athens vs. O. W. Morse..debt
Coddiog t B. vs. Towanda Born , School Dist. debt
Threats Lite Ins. Co. vs. H. A. Burbank et al.sci fa
P. kN. A. Co. vs. J. D. Mentanye et at. eject
Jackson, Lewis vs. William Whitney trespass
Beth Done's adiu'r vs. C. W. Doane. ' tamer T. J. A:Linderman vs. Watertown Finales. Co. debt
Z. T. Fox.naslgnee,tlf. Madill assmpt
.7.F. VanFieetn one vs. C. D. Ncrtlfrap et al—sel is
Sarah Jordan vs. Olive P. Elliott lane
Harrison Black vs. II !rem A. Black-- .—...ejeet
Win. M. Reeler vs. Barrett 8. - Keeler ..nismpt
,J. C. Ayer It Co. vs. Levi Morse et al appeal
I. I... Morton vs. Robert Bennett et a 1... •:..sesmpt
WM. M.-Plitt vs. Charlotte Wad's ex'r...assmpt
Lydia Le_wieschse vs. Peleg Peck's erra...ammpt
H. B. Ingham vs. A. J. Layton. trespass
T. G. Mars nee vs. George Piste et al lame
B. C. Hall's use vs. Wll3.lBragne appeal
S. Kirby vs. H. C. Carpenter eject.
Wm. H. storm., assignee, vs. T. It Jordan.. assnipt:
Daniel Beasley vs. Stephen Evias et at eject
John Munch,. guardian. vs. P. L. Ward eject
Siabixenaa returuabic on Monday, May 1eth, 1550,
•
at 2 o'clock, P. x.
GEO. W. BLACE4Aii,-Protbonota7
Towanda, Apd
JAMES MOCABE
- 11aa'removet; to headqualteiti • •
CORNER MAIN. & BRIDGE-STS.
CASH PAID. FOR,
BUTTER, EGGS, ikc.
FULL STOCK OF
FRESH GROCERIES:
GOODS SOLD AT
LOWEST LIVING RATES.
JAMES 31(lp.cABE
Toviind4,April 29, 1860-y1
A. : BEVERLY
.SMITH,
BOOKBINDER AND, DEALER
IN SCROLL SAW GOODS:
NAG A itNt'S bmt. d neatly and promptie. ,
BLANK BOOR t made to order and trarrrrnted
AMATE(RS' SVPPLES
This J. pattmrnt .5 my 'buslpess Is very coin-
pleCeZ A full llrie of
WOODS,. SAW BLOCKS,
CLOCK
. 310VEM.h.*TS, &c.,
.
Constantly on hand. , au4 for gale - at lower prites
than elsewhere-.
. .
Sr. 81.31 Wlllll OF DESIGNS 'FREE FOR
81.00. ..Sez.d tor price lists.
REPORTER BttILDIG,
4. 50. TOWA:NDA. PA.. P.O. 802 1.511%.
HENRY HOUSE,
. i
.-, 1 • ,
COR. 31.1.1 N & WASHINGTO.N-STS.,
FIINT WARD, TOWANDA,rA
The Pr6 , ,a1 ,, t0i of this favo l ite . ilou4, .duly
thankful f.•r •the very liberal patronage received
since Its or.ning, again invites the attention of
Jurors, esses, parties attending the Coerts,
and tuners visiting Towanda on business ur pleas
ure, to the great inducements be is again able to
offer Insuperior accuruniudations and liberal pr:ces
The boos furniture, betiding and other appu
'ances are tirsr-class, a .d, entirely - new and fresh
,Ihroughont.
- ,
Ile has Jut finished a szationa,.ftre.pitoof. brick ,
barn, protutineed.t be finest in Northern Pennsyl.
rania, and is. now ready to supply his guests and
all others with safe and superior stabling. -
, -
•
Boarding by the day and week. Single meals at
all hours.
•
The ffori , e wilt he well supplied With pleasant
and atientivs waiters. -
WILLIAM HENRY,
Towaiida, April 29, 1880
CHAS. JOHNSON & CO.'S
Foundry & Machine Shops,
TOWANDA, . PENN'A
We claim to make the'
BEST CIRCULAR SAW MILLS
In the niarkete
SHINGLE
Parnell's Invibred Feed Cutter,
Stroud's Keystone Fire Sttrinker,
Griswold's - Bliss Water Wheels,
Ward's i l ateut Buckwheat Cleaucr,
Sc:,cc., &c.,
ENGINES AND BOILERS
Ifade.tu order. Repairing of all , kinds done on
allori notlee. I ..sallsfact tun guaranteed,
manufacturers of and de.ilera to
JOIINSON'S .PATENT
Polishing and Fluting Irons-i
The hest In the world, Agents wanted
CHAS. JOIINSQN At; CO.
Towanda, a Nil 15, ' tl SAO
Agricultural' Machinery I
R. M. Welles, Towanda, Pa.,
liVtiolettale awl Retail dealer la
IMPROVED FARMING I3.IpLE ,
. MENTS AND MICH_INERY.
WIRAD TRUE CHILLED PLOWS,
• Gale Chilled Plows,
• . Best Reversible Plows,
Adgate and Enterprise-Churn Powerii,
- - Corn Shelters, Farm Wagous,
.Platform Wagons, Bu
- . Feed Cuttei Grain Drills,
ACM PTILVZEIZMG IiBBIIOI7,AND CLOD
CRUSHER,
Builard's Hay Tedders, Leader and Gale
Wheel Rakes, Tompkins County Improved -
Cultivators, 'Sinning Machines, ktlt
.„. Realms, I•luw Sutitys,
.. .
-
Sprout's May Elevators and milipoon
- Forks.
. .
1.
• Liqt)id, paints,. mixed 'ready for 60
brush. of best brands. _XX STAR II YirliA MAC
CEbtESIC, dtc,, &c. Call hud We ray strict or send
for 'circulars and prices.. Office its C. P. iVelles
99-Cent Store. WaraboUSo directly lu tar of ...me
!Ups' alley. it. M. WELLES.
ToWanttaililatch 11, 18tO .*.
PROP RIITOR