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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Pa., May 20.,. iBBO.,
Republican State Ticket.
_ JUDGE OF SUMER!. COURT, •
Hot. HENRY GREEN, Rorthairipton.
.AL'DITOR 'GENERAL
Hon. JOHN A. LEMON, Blaii County.
PRESIDENT HAYES says very decidedly
that he mmiX, be counted Out of the list of
possible Presidential candidates. If a se
cond term was tendered him on a silver
platter he wouldnottake it.
THE.New York Tribune says: "The
'Republican party always did have a way
of bossing its bosses." . Exactly : as was
shown in 1872, when it bossed GREELEY
and the rest of the bossing bosses.
To.wssiND has retired from the
WrifrrAKr.n investigation at Wept Point,
not from any belief in the guilt of the col
ored cadet, but.he feels his presence from
tie first has been irritating and 'obnox
ious to the officers . conducting the case,
and discourtesy tith which be was treat
ed has been extr mely unpleasant.
A YOLIiC girl was tried , last week. at
Lancaster charged with poisoning her
step-motber's infant. She was acquitted,
the evidence showing that 'in the same
cupboard was - kept arsenic, corn starch,
clear starch, and whitesugar. They have
a way of mixing things up in Lancaster
county, which is not confined to' politics.
TUE P4iladelptia I:Peord tries to start
a BAYARD boom, with the promisethat if
he is nominated by tho Democratic Na
tional Convention'a har'l will be opened.
In, plain words it says :--‘qici.can tap
the purses ,of .thousands of patriotic
friends;" A great inducement, while
TILDEN can play that gamo much
stronger.
Tna New York 77737.0 publishes a let
ter from Hon. E. B. WASIIBUILNE, declar
ing the reports of his alleged duplicity to
wit-as General GRANT utterly false, and
thatiall combinations reported to have
beeillinade in Chicago by his friends and
those of other candidates have been en- .
tercd into without his knotitedge or nit
probation.
STRAN . “ Fr:antics the cyclones play Ritl
the pe'ople of the West: On Sunday night
Mr. EDWARD Ithsr. and his wife, of Mc
Lean County-, Illinois, had their dwelling
house blown to pieces. They had retired
for the nightf and were lifted in their bed
and borne upon the wings of the wind to
a 'lim one-miatter of a mile distant, and
set doWn in a Wheat field:
THE Chicago Journal, referring to the
action of the Cook' County Convention,
says it shows the wisdom if not the ne
cessify of retiring both - GUIST And
IiT.A INF: from the Presidential' canass.
if there is anything an organ is thorough,
ix convinced of the propriety of doing, it
— is that all the other candidates should re
tire and give its favorite the field. •
THE Cumrix-YocuNt contested election
ease wa l s decided on Tuesday, by confirm
ing Mr.T . -'locum's right to the seat he' has
occupied. Mr. CURTIN was defeated by
.the defection of several of the Democrat
ic menabers, who the Times styles:!" Com
federate BrigMliers;" and who "gagged
at the admission of one of tho first,--74 our
war governors." The vote stmxli'lls for
Youiim to 5 for CuRTIN.
-Tut: New York State Senate has pass
ed the constitutional amendment admit
ting women to the right of sufTVage. Un
til this action is approved by the other
branch of the Legislature, ratified by a
succeeding Legislature, and passed upon
by a vote of the people, it is of no avail :
but it is nevertheless something accom
.plii,hed, and shows a remarkable change
in public.opinion. ' •
'Env now-and-then we read the ac-
Count of s,:nee vast estate in England,
whose .countless millions have laid for
years in the Bank of England, waiting
fur the legal heirs. The last which has
cometo our notice, is the JENNINGS Cs-
We, which has interested all the JEN
NINGS' in the country. It ls hardly need
less to say that there is no money in the
hands of any Court in England which is
unclaimed, belonging to this estate.
Ii Denuieratic org, , ans are to be believ
ed, TILDEN is not a tit candidate for
President if Republican Organs speak
the truth, neither GRANT nor!IILAINv. nor
EnNIAN Ore proper - nofniuees, and
would only 'make defeat certain. This
-indiscriminate and general mud-throwing
is altogether too much in fashion. Isn't
h barely possible that the "dish of crow "
may he made too strong for digestion,
and that seine of the mud thrown may
stick after the nomination is made?
V . INv.ED from any standpoint, the trou:
lilb in Illinois is unfortunate; butit is ev
ident that there was no course ()lien to
"the GRANT Republicans , except that
• adopted b them: : 'The refUsal to: recog
isniie the rule which had been so long fol
. lowcd in Cook County of allowing dis
triets to name their delegates, was so pal
pably wrong that resistance wasthe no
eessity of the botr. It is •to be hoped,
how :r, that the trouble may be equita
bly settled in. tbe Springfield Convention.
It is not a propti"subje4 for the Nation
' al Co,avention..
Ati'mcDlNG to the reliable tables giving
the Presidential preferences of
,delegates
• tir the Chicago Convention, every one en
.tered for that " race," as the paragraph
.ers delight to call it, is to win, including
the fatriTilis "-dark horse." And what is
_curious about it is that every delegate is
- for hir. own particular favorite, "first,
last and all the time." If we are tb cred-
it the estimates put uut by the Rresiden
tial clubs and bureaus, then" are to be at
least three winners, and possibly four.
But it is well understood that in all these
prognos'ications the wish is father to the
prophecy. .
Tim Spanish Consul at New York, -
General livroLrro D'UWIARTE, had a nar
row escape from death from an infernal
machine on Wednessday. Among his let
ters he found %package eight inches long
and two or three wide. He cut-,it open
with a penknife, - when there -was a loud
"explosion and balls of fire shot out, The
Consul as badly burned about the
hands. The box had contained powder
and nitro-glycerine, ingeniously arranged
so that the friction produced by taking
off the cover would cause an explosion.
The postmark on the package was Phila-,
. It is suppol to have _been a
plot of some Cuban tdkill the Consul.
Bowe of the prominent citizens of Phil
adelphia, Without distinction of party,
tendered to Hon. Camila:a S. WOLFS, a
public dinner, in recognition of his ser
vices rendered to the community in in
vestigating and prosecuting the bribery
cases. Itlr. W. declines the proffered
eomplinient, bn asks the influence and
counsel of the signers in any future ef
forts to ruleem the honor_ of the State
and establish "Virtue, Liberty, and Inde
pendence " : in truth antract as they are
in name and motto oil our grand, but
much-dishonored Commonwealth.
'TIIE greater part'of the town of t Mil
ton, Northumberland County, was de
stroyed by fire Friday. The flames start
ed in the car works at the Northern' end
of the town, and swept from street to
street until; the open country at its South
ern, end was reached. The buildings de
stroyed include all the hotels, all the
churches, j two banks, the opera house,
telegraph office, two newspaper' o ffi ces
and all the stores except two. 'Several
hundred families were rendered homeless
and destitute of the necessaries •of life.
It-is reported that several persons i>erish
ed in the flames.
SANFORD E. Cnunctr,, , Chief Justice of
the New York Court of Appeals, died
suddenly, of apoplexy, - at his residence,
in Albion, N. Y., Friday. He bad been
slightly unwell for several days. Thurs
day forenoon: while in the Orleanii Coun
ty National Bank, hi was seized with a
pain in his chest, and was driven home.
He alighted and walked to his room with
out assistance, but his physician was at
once sqmmoned. When then doctor ar
rived .Fudge Ctruncrt was in terrible pain.
and before medicine could be administer
ed, he - struggled a little, turned slightly
purple; fell on his side atd expired. His
death has given a great shock to the corn- ,
munity in which lie lived, for he was lov
ed and esteemed by all..
IN December, 1878, an old wood-chop
per named RABER, was murdered near
Indiantown, Lebanon County, for the
porpOse of securing a life insurance of
several thousand dollars. Six persons
were implicated, tried and convicted for
the mur&r. One escaped the gallows on
legal grounds—two were hung some time
ago, and on, Thursday last• three others
adorned the gallows tree at Lebanon.
They were alJ—victim and murderers
illiterate people, and the great
wonder is that RARER'S life should
have been insured by any reputable In
surance Company for the large sum, the
possession of which seems to hay? been
the instigation and motive of the plot and
caused the violent death of the poor, fee
ble old man.
Tilt; danger of the carelss handling of
fire arms received a fresh illustration last
week,' though we doubt if 'even these
striking examples will suffice to prevent
victims from being offered up.. At Balti
more, some men were engaged in break
ing uP ord shells,. when one was struck
which exploded with terrific effect, in
stantly killing six persons and wounding
two others. An unknown German, who
was a spectator, was literally blown to
atoms. Portions of his lxxly were found
in every - direction, and the largest part
found was - an arm. At Philadelphia, a
young man named PLATT, engaged in
sky-larking with such innocent playthings
as a gun and revolver, slipt and killed a
friend named Wll.r.rAms. Of course be
was sarry for it, as he didn't mean to do
his friend any harm.
DO INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCT ?
One of the most remarkable and
not most creditable features of the
present contest for the Presidential
nomination is the, altogether strange
and demoralizing code of , ethics put
forward as the new political dispen
sWon. According to the political
evangejs who are preaching the new
gospel, instructions do not instruct,
promises have no binding obligation,
but both can be set aside as an idle
mockery, to satisfy caprice, to gratify
animosity, or promote private inter
est. Respectable newspapers are
daily announcing that delegates elect
ed to the Chic ago Convention will
set at defiance the instructions of the
power which created them', will prove
false to the implied if not expressed
obligations which were part and par
cel of their creation, and in violation
of all the rules which control honor
iable men, will traitorously do the
thing they were chosen not to do.
We look upon these demonstrations
and declarations with regret, not con
sidering whose prospects of advance
ment may be affected by them, but
because we believe the doctrine thus
advocated and applauded strikes at
the very root of political moiality
and fair-dealing, and if encouraged
and established would break up the
Republican organization.
This is no time for . discussing the
necessity there is for organization
and discipline in any party which
merits or desires success. There arc
certain preliminaries necessary, tvith-
out which it is a helpless, boisterous
mob, numerically strong, perhaps,
but incapable of great . etfort, of ac
complishing any good. results, unless
controlled and directed in AI proper
manner. This calls for leadership,
and what it is now fashionable flip
pantly to call " the machine." This
acknowledged principle, has created
the caucus and convention system,
which are approved as the best known
plan for crystallizing and expres4-
ing the popular will. Grant that it
may be defective, often perhaps
abused, yet no one has• been able to
devise a better system. Though all
power is inherent in the people, yet
'we of Bradford County, delegate our
power to the County Committee,
who a f e understood to be invested
with authority to appoint Committees
of
. \ - igilance, to call a County Con
vention of delegates, whose action
fairly expressed, should bind ()Very
right:minded, sincere' Republican
voter.- There never was, nor never
can be entire unanimity in a politi
cal party, where widely divergent in
terests and manifold prejudices exist,
but it is the duty of the minority to
yield to the expressed will of the
majority. If our County Convention
eleas delegates to a State Conven
tion and instructs thein to support
for nomination
. a certain candidate,
shall oue of those delegates whore'
sides in Athens or Canton, refuse to
obey those instructions because be
believes, or affects to believe, that
the people of his distiict do not
agree in sentiment with the express
ed preference of the Convention ?
No one, except in the blinding heat
of an excited political controversy.
would assert such a monstrous and
dangerous doctrine. Yet there are
respectable papers which_ are
nouncing with great glee, and every
mark of approbation, that delegates
elected by the late State Convention,
will disobey their instructions. That
Convention, was called for the pur
pose of electing Delegates to the
Chicago Convention. It hid the un
questioned right to instruct those
del g ates to vote for the choice of
the [Convention, and further to in
struct, them to vote. ''as a unit.
Whether or not that preference is in
accordance with oar feelings, or was
politic or proper, is not now matter
of controversy. As there was anun-
doubted power and right in the Con
vention so to act, the assumption
that a delegate created by that Con
vention may set aside the instructions
for any avowed reason, is false in
theory, malicious in practice, and full
of peril to the party: Honor. and fair.
dealing are, as necessary in Tolitics
as in the every day transactions of,
life, and cannot be disrexardo — with
)safety. The straight path of rectitude
leads to the happiest results, even in
political affair?. In our humble
judgment, the delegate who accepted
an aßpOintrnent at the hands of the
State Convention, 'cannot do leas
than carry out the instructions of
that Convention, whatever may be
his personal preferences, without for
feiting the •good opinion of every
fair-minded and 'honorable man, and
without establishing, a principle
which will inevitably lead to disaster.
WE bare sometimes had our doubts
about there being any such man as. Tu.-
nEs. We have looked upon him as being
a myth—an imaginary individual, made
-use of to serve the purposes of the Demo
cratic party. Lately, hoWever, there has
been simile evidence that -there -is really a
person of that name, actually living in
the flesh, though the physical condition
is a matter of controversy. Evil minded
people there are, who assert that he is en
feebled in Abody, though strong , in mind ;
that ho is ifara!yzed to such an extent
that he halts - in,his gait, one arm swings
useless at his side, and his articulation is
but a whisper. Against these malicious
insinuations is now offered the evidence .
of- his friend MOIAER, who. testifies that
-the Sage is physically a Hercules, athlet
ic, vigorous and sprightly, and capable
like Atlas of bearing the world on :his
broad shoulders. To make assurance
doubly sure, to set . all doubts at rest,
comes forward Editor WATTERSON, who
had the great privilege of enjoying-tile so
ciety of Timms, and feeding at hid boun,
tiful board. lie does not make him sucli
a-giant in strength, nor the. possessor oi
such rugged health ; in fact ho admit*
something of a lack 'Of robustness in he
physique of the Sago, with a possibility
of the debilitating efforts of a paralytic
atMek. Still he has dined with him of
ten, and has never seen him under the
necessity of having his food cut by some
otheryerson. It is gratifying to know
that able to carve his chops. It
would be very humiliating to the Ameri
can citizen to acknowledge that the occu
pant of the Presidential chair was placed
at the tabln like an infant, with A bib
around his neck, and his food cut and
carried to his mouth by an attendant.
THE following statement as to the I
ibis delegation is from the Philadelphia
Tinos, which would not be suspected of
coloring it for GRANT. It is probably not
far from the truth :—" The delegates to
the Illinois Republican State Convention
have new. been chosen in all but three
small counties, which will not materially
change the result. The' GRANT men
claim more than 100 majority over the
combined BLAINE and WASHBURN forces,
outside of Cook county, which would give
GRANT a clear majority with the entire
anti , GuANT delegation from COok county
admitted.
The Chicago 17711811, strongly anti-
GRANT, classifies the delegates omitting
Cook county, as follows: GRANT 330,
BLAINE 214, WASH nr.o; 47—giving
GRANT a majority of (19 over all opposi
tion. This estimate may be regarded as
in no degree partial to GRANT, and it is
safe to assume that the GRANT men,
under the lead of LoGAN, will control the
convention. They could throw out the
entire anti-GRANT delegation from Cook
county, but that would cause a bolt and ,
double conventions, With a contesting
delegation to the National Convention,
and it is not probable that ,it will be att
tempted. They .will be more likely to.
Obey the established usage of the party
in Cook county by admitting the delegates
as they would have been chosen by the
several local districts, which would admit
nearly an equal number for GRANT and
WASURURN and about 20 for BLAINE,
thus adding about 20 to the anti-GRANT
side of the convention:, With the Cook
delegation thus divided; thdGßANT,Ma
jority overall would be about 50.
EXTENSI%;E forest flies have' caused
heavy losses, this month, by the destruc
tion of valuable limber .and the burning
of wells, houses and barns. In the Brad
ford►oil district, towns, tanks and wells
have been involved in a common destruc
tion. The loss is estimated at over half a
million of-dollars. In Northeastern Penn
sylvania, forest fires' have raged with un
usual and destructive violence. Millions
of feet of lumber and thousands of acres
..of valuable timber have been consumed.
The pine forests of Southern Now Jersey
have been on fire in lleveral counties, and
the flames have swept, over the country,
burning the timber and destroying cran
berry bogs and vineyards. Several towns
have suffered, narrowly escaping total de
struction. Fences, buildings, and barns in
the path of the destroying element have
been swept away. The losses are very
heavy, and in many instances will cause
suffering. It is said that more damage
has been accomplished by the April and
May fires, than by all the fires occurring
during the past twenty years.
.Tusn; have thus far been chosen 050
ont of the 750 delegates composing the
Chicago .liational Republican Convention.
Of these there are either by direct in
struction or by personal preference 313
reported as supping General 911AfiT,
214 Senator BLAME, 72 Secretary Snza-
XXII, 84 - Senator EDMUNDS, and 17 Mr.
WA.BIIBURNE. In this enumeration the
entire 58 -votes of Petmsylvania and 70
votes of New York are given to (hoard
Guazrr. ,Them are to be added' to this
calculation, 106 delegates as folknra
rilidoia, 42; Minnesota, 10; Nebraska, 6
which were chosen in these States peter'.
day ; Alabama, 10, elected to-day ;
Lonis
tans, 16, (May 24; Colorado, 6, (May 25);
and Dakota, Idaho, and Wyoming each
two. The majority necessary to nomi
nate a President, is 379..
There have also been chosen 298 out of
the 738 delegates composing the Cincin
nati Natiorial DemocratioConvention, of
whom 148 are reported as supporting Mr.
TILDEN, 64 General DAwcoeic, 44 Sera
tor TIICIIMAIO4 Senaior BAYARD, and
the preferences of 28 are unknown. • The
majority necessary to nominate a Presi
dent, if the "two-thirds" rule is adhered
to, is 492.
TELE New York Tribune is now "get-
Ling even" with General GRANT. The
d isamintments and thwarted hopes of '72,
which have ranked since that memorable
campaign are now being gratified and re
venged by daily attacks upon the Ex-,
President. Failing to defeat him then,
the Tribunelis now wreaking its venge
ance by ind r Ulging daily in remarks and
insinuationi4; which ; coming-from a pro
fessedly Republican paper are ill.timed,
to say the least. It is attempting - to do
Under the guise of friendship to the par
ty, what it failed to accomplish by open
defection.
The New York Times is engaged in' a
similar disrepUtable work by assailing
both SHERMAN' and BLAINE.: It is pub
lishing malicious and Unfounded' attacks
upon the Secretary of the Treasury, in
volving. his official and Political character.
Its hostility to BLAINE is Manifested by
allusions to the Mulligan letters, to his
'Chinese speech, and to the "Little Rock
Railroad," , witlr characteristic sneers
about i` corruption." We have no pa
tience with such professedly Republican
ournals its are engaged in vituperating
possible Presidential candidates, or en
deavoring to convince people that they
should not be voted for, and cannot be
elected. A little more of this disposition
ou the part of Republicans and it. would
be a waste of time to hold the Chicago
Convention.
TILE New York Tribune is hotly engag
ed in the defense of ROBERTSON, WOOD- .
IN, -Bt. al., as against the charge of dis
honor in violating the unit rule. The t'e
fense is that the convention had no right
to instruct district delegates, and, hence
the bolt is luinorable - and rights This
leaves several essential facts out !of the
case. The
_gentlemen referred to
_were
part and parcel of the convention that
did the instructing, and WOODIN made a
speech declaring the right and power of,
the convention in doing so, and• affirming
his intention to obey. The case, then, is
as ffillows : Both these gentlemen, and
all the bolters in the New York delega
tion, were members of the State Conven
tion, and joined in the very instructions
they now bolt, from. That their course
is honorable no sensible journal can af
firm.
TILE Philadelphia Times isn't happy
because of the triumph of Yocum over
CURTIN. It has many reasons to give
why the unsatisfactory result was brought
about. Part of the _defection," says a
correspondent of that paper, "of the
Southern Brigadiers was intended as a
direct blow to RANDALL." And ALEX
ANDER 11. STEPREI , III, "ex-Vico President
of the late Confederacy," is, accused of
ingratitutle in oliposing CURTIN, because
the great War Governor interceded to
have the arch traitor released from Old
Capitol Prison in which he was imprison
ed in 1865. Poo4:)r CU'RTIN'S political apo
stasy has brought him no benefits, but
has lost him the respect of his friends
and gained him the contempt of his new
associates.
A SENSATION was created in the WHIT
TAKER case at West Point, on Saturday,
by the experts reporting that the letter of
warning received by the colored cadet *as
written by himself. Another expert made
a still more important discovery, that the
threatening note had been written on a
slip of paper torn from the letter begun to
the cadet's mother. The evidence thus
adduced seems to be conclusive against
_WHITTAKER.
THE 31.. E. General Conference last
week elected four new bishops—Revs.
Drs. WARREN; of Philadelphia, Foss, of
Wesleyan Uriiverhity; Masi., of Drew
Theological Seminary, and HAVEN, of
Syracuse University.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER
PHILADELPHIA, May 17. 1550.
When the bell at St. Peter's ChuDit,
at Fifth street and Girard avenue, pealed
forth the hour of 2 Thursday afternoon,
between thirty and forty strangely-attired
men and women emerged from the " Old
Chair Factory " at Sixth and Oxford
streets and quietly wended their way
down the former-named thoroughfare.
They were the privates of the Salvation
Army, and their mission was that, of
" raiding " the drinking saloons in the
neighltirhood of Eleventh street and
Girard avenue. About the same hour a
squad oP Twelfth-district - police, under
the command of Sergeant Brode, left the
station, Tenth and Thomson streets, their
mission being to raid anybody who at
tempted to interfere with the salvation
people. Arriving at their point of desti
nation, the latter halted in front of the
saloon of George W. Metzger, southeast
corner of Eleventh street and Girard
avenue. Mr. Metzger interposed no ob
jection
to the " army " entering his
place, but tapped a couple extra kegs of
beer. The ." army " entered, and several
of the more active members took Up a
position in the centre of the barroom,
and began operations. Daring the three
hours that followed religious sentiment
beer llow&l,freely ; but the latter, it was
apparent, made the deepest impression
on a majority of those present. It was a
big card for Metzger, and when the:ser
vices concluded he invited the " army "
to drop in jast as often as it was conven
ient to the members. •
When the Washington express arrived
iri the West Philadelphia depot Wednes
day monai4 )g, the dead body of an un
known man was found onAhe top of one
of the sleeping cars: On the side of his
head was a deep gash, which had Svi
dently been received While the train I Was
pasiing under a bridge, which was "the
cause of his death.
The latest case of absentmindedness is
reported in the papers. It is thiti of a
well-dressed lady who rode down Chest
!lnt street in a summer car. She had'a
parasol in one hand and held a baby with
the other. While gazing intently at a
gentleman, with checkered pants and a
'red necktie her sun-shield slipped from
her grasp and slid coolly down on - the
track under the wheels. As the huge
bind wheels rolled with a or-r-ack , over
the doomed article, the mother dropped
her infant on the seat beside her, and
gazing wildly down upon the dusty street,
shrieked, in terrified tones : "My child
my ant !" The car stopped, an excited
crowd ,quickly gatherer} , Wand, -kkini
when the torn and broken parieol was
picked up and exhibited the owner fainted
awajr—torn mortificatiou—ind the -pea
pie who had , collected to witness a pa
thetic scene began to realize that the
gayly-kin:BmA woman hid involuntarily
sold them.
A Nisw York pickpocket, named Jones
with a dozen aliases, undertook to ply
his vocation in this city. He was arrested
on Tuesday while attempting to get away
with a wallet containing $1,036, which a
confederate had passed to him on a car
at Eleventh! and Girard avenue, after
taking it fiom the pocket of William
Kneissel, a brewer. He was taken be
fore the grind jury Wednesday morning
and indicted, and then arraigned before
Judge Thayer. Upon entering a plea of.
guilty he was sentenced to two years in
the Eastern Penitentiary.
Some of the soldiers who enjoyed . the
hospitalities of the Cooper Shop Refresh
ment Saloon, in this city, have not for
gotten those who were at the head of the
establishment, and have expressed their
lgratitude in a proper manner. Three
thousand six hundred dollars were receiv
ed from Boston last week, for the benefit
of Mrs. Cooper, wife of William H. Coo
per, who established that noted charity,
and whose family is now reported to be
in straightened circumstances.
It is announced that six Peaee Com
missioners, who brought harmony out of
discord at the Harrisburg Democratic
State Convention, are to meet in this city
ou the 21st instant 4 to adjust the differ
ences:between the two rival local Demo
cratic organizations known as the Regu
lar of the County organizations.
The celebrated Whittaker will
_case
was decided on Thursday, by a verdict in
f.tvor 'of the heirs, and against •the genu
ineness of the will presented by Lawyer
Dickerson. Thecase has attracted much
atteutiOn from the amount of property
involved, and the time occupied in the
trial. In 1878, Robert Whittaker, a mi- -
serly old millionaire, was killed while
crossing the railroad track near Holmes
burg. His heirs presented a will for pro
bate, and William R. Dickerson, a lawyer
formerly of this city, wrote from New
York, advising the Register that he had .
in his possession Whittaker's last. will
and testament.: r After various hearings,
an issue was joined in the Common Pleas
and the trial commenced before a jury,
January sth, and was concluded Thurs
day, over one hundred and fifty witnesses
being 'examined, and eight thousand
'printed pages of testimony taken. It is
now expected that DickersOn and his as
sociates will be prosecuted criminally.
There was.a great outpouring of the
• friendtor temperance at the Academy of
Music on Thursday evening, to welcome
and Icompliment Francis Murphy. The
speakers were John Wanamaker, Henry
Ward Beecher, and Francis Murphy. The
appearance of the far- - fameci Plymouth
preacher was hailed with the most up
roarious demonstrations of applause. The
clapping of hands continued for some
time, during _which tho . robust orator gaz
ed complacently upon the excited assem
blage. There is a charm about Mr.
Beecher's manner and matter in speaking
• which delights an audience. His remarks
were practical, with occasional sallies of
wit, keeping his hearei:s in good humor
from first to last. Miirphy spoke briefly,
telling some ludicrous anecdotes, and end
ing with a
.glowing peroration which
nearly carried him '" up in a balloon."
The burthen W i th° speeches was toincul
cafe the golden principle which has been
the marrow of the Murphy movement—
"charity toward all malice toward
none."
DESTRUCTION OF MILTON
Over Six Hundred Buildings Burned.
Two Thousand People Made Homeless
A fire commenced in Milton, North
timberland .Countv,: this State, on
Friday morning at a few minutes
before noon which desolated the vil
lage. Hardly any part of the doom
ed village escaped. Over six hundred
buildings succumbed to the flames—
many of them being stately Offices
and extensive manufacturing estab
lishments. Not a church building,
save 'The Episcopalian and a small
structure used by the colored people
for religious service, is left standing
out of nine ; only one hotel remains;,
only two stores, a small grocery and
a drug store, are Standing ; both
banks arc gone, and: the Postotfice,
th4.3lilionian and M'ependent print
'hie. offices also.. Si complete has'
been the devastation that scarcely
anything outside of the tolling mill,
at the iciwer end of what was Milton,
is left to make a show of business
life.
The fire broke out in the large ear
shops of Murray, Dougal & Co.,
and a high wind prevailing at
the time, the fire soon destroyed
this monster establishment. The
wind carried the fire in every direc
tion, and soon spread over the en
tire town, sweeping everything be
fore it like a tornado. There was
no use trying to stop its headway,
for it rushed with resistless fury to
every point, baffling all efforts to
fight- it with ' the means at hand.
People were compelled to fly for
their lives, without time to save their
valuable private property. By three
o'clock everything from the depot to
the canal and from the canal to the
river was burned to' the ground.
Out on the open ground. in the
fields, graveyards, and along the river
shore,
are depoSited household goods
saved from the flames ; and huddled.
together in, little groups among this
furniture were weeping , women and
children homeless and desolate.
Such a scene as this' presented is sel
dom witnessed—almost a whple town
of thirty-two to thirty-five ;hundred
inhabitants with nailing to Shelter
them from the chilly air ; The flames
rose to a great height as they Kited
upon the light frame buildings in
their conrse, and devoured every
thing combustible in an incredibly
short space of time. The heat from
the burning buildings was intense,
and the frightened inhabitants fled in
terror from the onward march of the
dread destroyer. Many persons were
unable to save all their effects, 'so
rapid did the fire progress. Terror
and consternation were depicted upon
all countenances when it became evi
dent that the fairest part of the town
was doomed to destrUction, and as
the sea of flame rose and fell like the
angry waves of the sea, the cheeks of
many persons. were blanched with
fear at the appalling spectacle which
greeted 'their eyes.
Frantic people blinded with smoke
and - burning embers rushed through
the streets terror-stricken in every
direction. Towering church steeples
tottered like drunken men and dash
ed themselves into the streets with a
tremendous crash, adding horror to
the situation. Heavy streams of
water were of no avail. whatever, and
the Bremen were compelled to retreat
from ..almdst every ,position taken,
and it was only after the destruction
had been completed and there was no
more. food for the insatiable monster
to devour that its appetite was ap
peased and the strife ended.
1 Heads of families who hid been in
tt morning in comfortable circum
stances looked upon the ruins of
their property with tear-stained
cheeks, and swollen, eyes, penniless
and without a roof to cover the
fortunate heads of , Ithediselves or
families.
One of the saddest affairs connect-
ed with this fire was the burning of
an aged man named Angeny. Ile
was about seventy-five years old, and
it is supposed he was suffocated by
the awoke and fell aft& escaping
from his house, as his charred re
mains were found lying between two
buildings back of Cox's hotel.
It is impossible to say how much
territory has been burned in acres.
It is thought, however, that the space
is larger than the great Chicago fire
sgverat'years ago, and it is no exag
geration to say that. the 'space burn
ed over is not less than one mile in
length by one-half mile in width;
The following churches, some of
whicii were, fine brick edificea fell
victims to the flames. The Presby
terian, Reformed, Methodist, Catho
lic, Baptist, Lutheran and Evangeli
cal. There are but two edificea sav
ed, one being a small Episcopal and
the other the African church. A
small school house, one story high, is
the only building of the kind left in
the place. Every store with two ex
ceptions ; every hotel and saloon
save one have been swept, away.
Steamers from the following ulaces
were sent to help subdue the flames;
Lewisburg, WatsonVide, Sunbury,
Muncy, Williamsport, Dan Ville, and
two railroad steamerstfrom Sunbury.
It is estimated thatAhe loss by this
fire ifiCabout one Million eight hun
dred. thousand dollars. The insur
ance is probably4ight hundfd thous
and dollars, divided betwedn "yen
ty-five to one hundred companies,
MILTON, May 17.—The locattelief
committee has issued an app .n al to
the public, which says:
After a careful personal insp4ction
of the situation, we submit to the
people of Pennsylvnia, and the be
nevolent everywhere, the following
statement of the extent of the losses,
the condition of the l inhabitants, and
aid that is necessary for Vat: proper
relief of the town.
the losses-;-The fire swept
with total destruction in the brief
space of. five hours an area of c:ine
mile long and . a half a mile wide,
compactly built, covering the entire
business and. the best built pOrtion , of
the town, and including with a very
few and minor -exceptions all the
Churches, stores,• banks and manufac
tories, involving a loss of about
$2,000,000; insured only to the ex
tent of about $500,000, as nearly as
we can ascertain.
Second, the efindition—The immedi,
ate necessities' of the inhabitants fort
food ,have been - met by the prompt.
and generouS contributions of pro-:
visions from the surrounding country
and towns near at. hand. Still more
supplies of foofl will be necessary be
fore the people can relieve them
selves. Hundreds and hundreds of
people—men, women and childrep—
are houseless and penniless, having
nothing left but the clothes on their
backs.
Third, The needs—At the present I
time cont r ibutions of medical sup
plies, clothing fur males and females,.
of all ages, are much needed.
In five short hours this beautiful
and flourishing town has been laid
in -astie , -.` The accumulation and es
tablished business of ' generations
have been' totally consumed. Those
who arOse in the morning from the
beds in elegant -and comfortable
homes, as well as more humble dwel
lings, found themselves at night
without homes, without property
and without business, or occupation.
- Everybody is looking anxiously, into
the dark and uncertain future; and
while in one thought they bewail the
loss of everything dear to them, in
the next they are asking themselves
how it will ever be possible for then'
to retrieve their ruined fortunes. To
the generous hearted public we
would say that in our opinion, the
mere supply of food, medicine and
clothing'will come far short! 9f the
measure of relief required of you.
These are much needed and highly,
appreciated by this stricken commu
nity`. • If, howeVer, this prosperous
town, with its enterprising and lAbor
employing industries, is nut to sit in
its ashes, desolate and , despairing,
large contributions of money are
mach needed to enable its people by
their own industry, economy and en
terprise to re-establish themselves.
All yoiir contributions of money or
whatever else, will go into the hands
of reliable and discreetlnen and -be
dispensed in the fairest:and most ef
ficient miinner. All contributions. of
money will be sent_. either to R. M.
Frick, cashier cif the Milton National
Bank, or John M. Caldwell, of the
First National Bank ; all contribu
tions of food And clothing will be
sent to the. relief committee. Let
your contributions be large and free.
The committee would, be glad to
have the above read in the, different
churches,- and printed in the public,
press every where.
COUDERSPORT CONSUMED
i pv,
Ov r Forty Buildings Bur i ned.
Every elling House and BUsiness Place
Except Three Destroyed.
1 1 - J.
LOSS OVER 8200.000.
WI LLTAXSPORT, Pa.. May 18.—At
three' o'clock Stebbins' store, in Cou
dersport, Pa„ was burning and it
was feared the mein part of the town
would be burned. Telegraphic com
munication with Coudersport is in
terrupted.
LATER PARTICULARS
COUDERSPORT, Pa., May 13.L.A.t
three this afternoou a lire broke ma
in Stebbins Brothers' oil store-house.
The town is without a water supply
or fire apparatus. The fire burned
rapidly. By five o'clock every dwell
ing and place of business in the town,
eicept the court house, Baker's ho
tel, insurance office and Journal
printing office, were in ashes. About
fort'• buildings are destroyed. The
loss
.is $209,000. No lives are re
por •d lost.
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DON'T WANT THAT STUFF " -I6
• t a lady of 'Boston said to her hug.
when he brought home some medi
e to cure her of the sick headache and
Igia which had made her miserable
fourteen years. ' At the first attack
• fter, it was administered to her
such good results, that she continw
to use until cured, and made so enthu,-
tic in its praise, that she induced
:nty-two -of the est families in her
le to adopt it as their regular family
icine. That "stuff" is Hop Bitters.
STATE NEWS.
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1 . —Pint Carbon fornaoe will be blownin
about tee lit of June. .
—Papers all through the State are pre
dicting a large fruit crop.
—Hardly a night passes without ai haul
by burglars In Chester county.
—A: twelve year-old girl has attained
motherhood at Conemangh. this State. ' •
-The recent, lurotoir fire in Williams
port burned over tetraeres of grounds •
- -One firm' in Chambersbnrg recently
skipped to Eastern titles .1,880 dozen eggs in one
day.
, • :t-The snit of Father Stack against Dia
-1 hot) O'Hara. at Willhunsport. has resulted in !silo
of the Bishop.
—Hon. George A. Jenks. Democratic
'nominee for Supreme Judge, la a carpenter and
joiner by trade.
•
—Large forest ares are reported in por
tions of Berks county, one of which threatens the
Penn Furnace.-
—A new blast furnace, said - - to . bo the!
finest In the, State, has been blown In at Dunbar,;
Fayette county.
A Bradford saloon keeper has placed
a steam engine in his 'cellar to furnish the power
for mixing drinks. • .
--John B. Gough will talk temperance
at Philadelphia without money and without price,
during the -rummer.
—Robert Adrian, the oldest Mason in
Western Pennslvania, died at Meadville on Wed
.nesday, aged 83‘years.
Services were disturbed Sundity night
In a church of Mahonnoy City, be a young man at
tempting to shoot himself.
—Hon. S. Newton Pettis has published
a card In the Meadville papers, stating that he Rill
not be a candidate for Congress.
—Orlando Brasted, a boy of Bradford,
ran a nail Into tile hand on Sunday last, and died
two days afterward from lockjaw. '
—T.be Harrisburg T4legraph has put
the name of General P. 5. Grant at the head of
its editorial milutniis for President.
—A little girl was born in tbo Norris
town Jail. The mother is serving a term of ninety
days for selling liquor without a license.
—The bode of alailes Poetz,
brought from New York, was cremated at Wash
ington on Wednesday night in two houra.,'
—dames Kearney, a laborer at Eliza
Furnace. near Pittsburg. committed suicide on
Tuesday evening. Disappointment In love was the
cause.
—David R. Daniels, a wealthy and
prominent citizen 'of Union township. Lawrence
county. W 34 fatally Injured on Monday last, by a
tree failing upou him.
—Miss Anna Hammond, of Elk City,
Clart r fluty. having been disappointed In love.
shot her-•!f through the holy on Monday, with
suicidal Inteut,.bot 11 lllrecover.
—Ned Curley, convicted at Bloom
burg. of the =wrier or John Gunning. at Centralia
during the reign of Nnllle Maguireibut. was sen
tenced to ostdve yeain In the penitentiary.
—The Pottstown post office was cn
tered no W•Aue%day nitht by burglars. who blew
own the safe. The exploslnn aroused the neigh
twrhod, and the burglars, fled without securing
anything.
—Mrs. Drill, an old woman, was kill
ed near Shantokiniby the explosion of. a coal oil
lamp on Sundarolght, and David It. Datilels. atte
sivacteit cltlztia of Union, Lawrence county, was
killed by a tree falling upon hint,
- r • Aaron Nedron and , hie son have
been arrested at 'Dunbar, Fayette county, for
shooting and attempting to kill a neighbor. who Is
charged with seducing the 14-year-old daughter of
Nedron. The girl died in the encouchement.
—The snit of Father Martin P. Stack
against' Bishop O'Hara for 3e,000 damages was
commenced at Williamsport on Tuesday. The
Supreme Conn sustained the action of the lower
Court that Father. Stack had been dismissed froth
his , charge at Williamsjx,rt without cause.
—ln the snit of Pike, county vs J: W,
Quick and' R. H. Rose. C. F. Miner and George
liodindu, bondsmen, to recover money embezzled
by quick, the county has obtained a judgment of
$10,42.2.26. Rose Is worth about ;25.1D00. and as the
other two bondsmen are worth nothing Mr. Rose
will have to pay the entire judgment.
—Considerable property has been des
troyed near Trout Run; Fa., by a fire within a few
days past. Two houses at Crescent. one owned by
Mr. fleylman and the other by Mr. Botts. were
burned. A. S. Turner & Son. of Elmira, have a
saw mill and a large lot of logs and lumber not far
from Trout Run. On Thursday they lust a large
number of logs by fire. About five hundred cords
I of bark were also destroyed.
—George Morris, a large, healthy man,
was found in'his bed in a Bradford hotel on Tues
day morning with his eyes open but sightless. and
:his body rigid and' insensible. lie no remained
until Friday. when he expired. Physician., who
have been attending blot declare the ease unpre
cedented. A small amount of food was forced
down his throat during the time with no visible
effect.. lie was emacia,ed beyond recognition.
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GENERAL NEWS.
—The Billings trial has ended with a
verdict of not guilty.
—Portions of Virgi•iia kayo been lAsit
ed by a hall stcrm which did considerable damage.
—Two whites and five negroes were
publicly whlppt,l at . Newea,tle. 'Delaware, Satur.
day..
W. Reen,A well-known tobacco
dealer, planter and 'speculator, diedat Dauvilk.
Va., Thurs,lo.
-The griwes of the confederate dead
In Elinwooil Oeinctcry, M..,111,td5. Tenn.,.were dec
orated litinday aiktrtbe usual ceremonies.
IT.l'Delahantv. the once popular
.
song and dance man, 14 dying of consumptlop at
New York, under circumstances of extreme pov
erty-.
—A detachment of the First regiment
of I.olilmaon troop has bvvo, si•nt, by ord e r of
Governor, Whiz, to 'Plaquemine parteh, to suppress
tue.labor troubles.. _
—Edward Peck and Frank Watson,
thirtmm-year-ohl boys, have been arrested at Toron
to as vagrunts. frr.y. o! .to, to have walked from
New Volk ni ten days.
—The court-martial sentence of distnis
sal recently found agalitqt Lieutenant .I ~ G ranville
Gates. of the Twentieth Infantry, has heed approv.
ed and the officer dlstnissed.
—Charles Tully, aged sixteen years,
fell through a hatchway from the fourth,story of
store hi Ne* York. where ho was employed, Situr
day, and was Intstantlyllled.
—Tho„Zlorida Republican Convention
n the ilith eNtlot nominated Iton. S. IL Conover
Tor tioverawr, and, by acclamation, Cieueral W. M.
Lettwtth for Lieutenant-Governor.
-s-31r. Samuel H. Glen, a veteran jour
nalist, long (onnooted with the Now York He raid,
and will. ty known throughout the voontty,
Thursday al New Vol k, aged years.
—The wife of Dr..l. Bryari, of Lexing
tim. Ky.. In a fit of Insat.lty pob.med her 11-year-old
child and her=elf. The child died. but the mother
recovered and was taken to the asylum.
,Wednesday .eight bents sr the
ittitigv under construction on the Charit4teville
and Rapi.lan Railroad teli. killing Alfred Madi
son and set - tonal) , hdarlng •Vllllatn Pergry, etn
ployett on'the work.'
—The. Senate - eonnitte on ptliblie,
and gronniti . has agreed - to report with.a
reernumeniial:ltiti for passage the Illbuse appen.
piloting .V.iLtinn.for the cruellon o'c a government
building al.
—.Johnlendorf, whoAnitietrated into
tte Ute rti , sirvatlon With 'seventeen prospectors,
ha.; renrlwo Leadvtiln. 110 tell; a,terrthle story of
the massacre of thr in his party by the Utes.
lie was thO only ode hit alive. .
en-Itor James A. Bayard -is ap
parently sinking raptille. lle i, ,, dsts the efforts of
his attcmlauts to gtv••• Lim 0010 - Isiinient. and It Is
feared that, mithout an 'hr. , rt !)14 p4rt4.
hit. life eau I.e proteog but at, •.v days. . •
—The staiemetn that Julia Hoover, who
sta.; acquitted ou I , ;rlday Of poisoning her Infant
sister, prepared the,food of which the babe partook
.a,nd died Is Incorieitt. Mrs. Hoover, the mother,
hi her testimony said that she herself mixed it.
—Two men named Iloben and Chain
lgne. who took passage on the steamer City of
Lawrence at New London on Wednesday night.
were missing when the boat arrived at New York
Thursday. and it Is supposed they fell overboard.
—Siiteen cows belonging to Mrs. Ro
sanna ljoyle. of Brooklyn, were poisoned Thurtsiay
with a mixture of paint and feed. and fifteen of
them died. Mrs. Myles son James and a tom
panlon were arrested on suspicion- of committing
the act.
Giratul Wright, a wealthy mem
ber of the Baltimore City .Council, - .has been
arrested upon the charge of attempting to assist
nate John Hough, a wealthy contractor and politi
cian of that city, by stabbing him In the back
during a ',Witten disagreement.
—The German Roman Catholic Associ
ation of.the United States, Which embraces simie
33S separate societies, haring a membership otover
25,e00, met at.'St. Louts Sunday in the twentr•ttfth
annual session. , Twenty-twc, States are expected
to be represented by about 200 delegates.
—While workmen were engaged in
raising a coal car which had run off the,track at
'the I.ehlgb coal chutes at Buffalo Sunday, the der
rick gave way, and the car fell upon Albert BlifnAs,
crushing hisli ad from hie body and Until: 00m
Instantly. Another workman was seriously Injur
ed.
—On Wednesday evening a ldad of hay'
belonging to Daniel Cornwell, a farmer and lee
dealer near Auburn, N. Y. tipped over, severely
injuring Cornwell ; at midni ght his house sad barn
with contents were destroyed by an incendiary
fife, inv O lviidc a loss or $1",000. and Thursday
his team isn away and demolished his ice wagon.
—A dispatch' has been received at the
Post Ottlre Department In Washington. from Spec
ial Agent Ilan, at Eureka, tintless, stating that be
has arrested L. J. Whitmitl, an absconding mall
carrier, for embezzling' a registered package con
tattling t 607 in Septetnber, 0:9. The .rent of p 533
anti a gold watch was recoVcred from Whitson.
—George Jones, a notorious character,
of Nash county, N. C.. went to the( house of fill.'
Hard Bryant, near Whitaker Mills. and demanded
admission, swearing be would kill iltryant. The
wife of the tatter opened the door.and while warn
ing him to leave was assaulted twith a dirk; and
severely stabbed. Bryant seized a :grubbing hoe
and struck the Intruder dead.
—At Ray, on the State line. betvteen
Indians and MiChigar. Carrie Henry was Amsted
on charge of murdering her Infant and is in jail
at Angola. The body of the child was found In
the lake, stabbed to death with scissors. She says
her home is fn Deft:Luce, Ohio, and charges the
paternity of the child to a Toledo bookbinder who
RIM engaged to. her, but after ruining refused to
marry her.
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—The President has*pproved.tbe joint
resolution authorizing him td call an International
Sanitary Conference to meet at Washington.. The
resolution directs that there shall be Mvlted to
send delegates to the conferenc the generil powers
having Jurisdiction of ports likely to be infected
by yellow fever and cholera. The object of the
conference Is to secure an lamnational system of
insermatiou in regard to the actual sanitary condi
.tion of ports and place. Infected or liable to be In
fected. _
Flames Twenty rest TlM!eh.
One who suffered severely from the,
fires in the ,Pennsylvinia forests' ear
Ridgbury, 'last week, writes to the
Elmira Free Press that the morning
opened very fine, with a wind north
west, that about nine o'clock in the
morning had increased almost to a
whirl-wind, keeping it up until noon. .
At that hour a cloud Of. smoke sp.-
peared in the west that seemed to be
traveling as - fast as the wind could
carry it. Beneatir the smoke were
flames of fire that swept everything
before them". They went thiough an
old wood lot of some two hundred
acres as a man ' would swing his .
,scythe in some tall timothy„ and
reached the cleared land of WON
mick, Gonzales and' Tubbs. They
jumped across this place about thirty
rods in width and caught in the
woods of H. H. Marcellus: They were
'-certainly going there before the wind
at the rate of at least sixty miles an'
hdur. They went through a choice
timberlot of Marcellus's and reached
a fallow of about six acres that had
recently been cut there. Here, our
correspondent says, he saw the larg
est flames that - ever his eye rested
.
upon. The whole six ;acres' seemed
-one vast sheet of fire, the flames be,
,ing twenty feet thick at least.
Here too, the - burning mass seem
ed to he' struck by the whirl-wind,
and flames, timber, burning chunks,
coals and ashes -flew, about in the air
for hundreds of rods as though there
was a conflict, in the elements. - The
inhabitants living in houses far re
moved from the conflagration, bad to
stand for hours over their buildings,
with water at hand to keep them
from taking fire. Right in the face
of the wind the flames crossed over
to a timber lot owned by Mr. Owens,
devouring everything they came in'
contact with, and continuing their
fierce attack e as long as there was
anything for them to feed upon. In
that afternoon, in less thhnixhours,
Marcellas and Owens lost- by fire
more than $2,000 worth of choice
pine, oak,' chestnut; and henalock
i
timber. ,
. 'gem Abnertistutents.
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Forinfiry & Machine Shops,
TOWANDA, PENN' A
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In the market
SHINGLE MILLS-LATH MILLS
Parnelrs Improved Feed Cutter,
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Griswold's Boss Water Wheels, ,; I
Ward's Patent BuckwheatCltanr,
&c., &c.,
ENGINES AND. BOILERS
Made to order. Repairing of all kinds done on
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manufacturers of and dealers in
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Totvamli April 15, isin
EcEirrs AND EXPENSES
Columbia Township from,April la, 1b79, to
April 12th, 1680:
RECEIPTS.
Amount In Treasury April 14,1579 $l4O 33
Duplicate IS - 9 1,2"54
From Tioga Co., Welch burial... 90 00 •
M. B. Utley. rent'
,29)
Back road tax collected 35 01
7--7—51,512132
rk:intit7itEs.
Paid for rent or ball •
.W (}O '
Town election ... 29 31 .
Town clerk • 43 33
0.11. 'lnsley, commi•sioner . 49 50
.1. H. Strut,le, commissioner :36 5o
C. H. Ballard, commissioner 43.50 ,
Auditors 723 ,
Collector - - 63 Os
Treasurer 47 24 ; - '
Stationers', stamps, etc .....1. .... 1 25.
To Prothonotary to 50
For building road ' 96 90
For plank and bridtes 317 41
Constable adv., attending elec.,Stc it 50
For support of poor ' 87u 72
Town tax exonerations. - 5 42
Expenses Welch burial .... 50 no
Balance iu Treasury 110 96 •
. ..-----11,512
..3`j.
13j B. SIT ERNIAN, .
A. PA 1.91 ER, Auditors. • .
J.' R. wATlcuxs,
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F. F. MonG.A7q, Town, Clerk.. . 5.6.
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Agriculiural, Machinery!
R. M. Welles, Towanda, Pa.,
Wholesale and Retail. dealer In
IMPROVED FARMING.
➢TENTS AND MICIIINERY.
WIRAD TRUE CHILLED PLOWS,
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Gale Chiiled - Ploics, .
Best' Reversible Plows„ •
Adgate and EnterpriSe Churn Powers,
Corn Shelters, Farm Wagons,
.Platform . Wagons,uggies; -
Feed Cptters, Grain Drills, •
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ACM PTILVEDIZIF4 .11Annovi AND CLOD
0414113, ~ i
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. •
Bullard's Hay Tedd Ors, -Leader and Gale'
Wheel Rakes. ToniOkins County Impinyed
Cultivators, Mh - wing Machines,
healers, Dow Sulkya, 4
!
Sprout's Hay Ellin;stars and Harpooni
Forks.
Liquid Paints, mixed read• for . tho
brush. of best brands. XX STAR HYDRAULIC
CEMENT, &c., &c. Call and see my stock or send
for circulars and. prices. Ottrce In C. P. Welle's
S9-Cent Store. Warehouse directly In rear of Fame
In the alley. R. M.,WELLES.
Towanda, March 11, 1880
PATENTS
and how to obtain them. Pamphlet
free, upon receipt Of gtamp for post
age. Address—
GILMORE, SMITH rt co.
Solicitors oj Panda,
Near Paterf t. Office, WasAiagtcrn, D. C.
USQUEHANNA COLLEGIATE IN
wriTers.--Spring Terin will bo . tdu MOND At
A •RIL ant. IMO., Exiautsee for hoard,' tuition
and famished room. .from 11:2 to 9180 pur year.
For catalogue or farther particulars address the
Principal, ~
EDWIN E.iQUINLASLIA. M.
' Towar.ds, Jan. 15, 1550. . . 171
Frril
'MEASURER'S- SALE OF
SLATED AND SEATED - LANDS:— In
IMes of as Act of Aasmobly passed Muth
:0 1 . ISIS, and of other Acts of Assemply,ttere
will tie exposed to public sale, at Mil Commlasion,
era' Office• In the Borough of Towanda, on the
SECOND MONDAY OF JUNE. A. D. ISM the
tracts of land named in the following list, unless
the tames are paid before that time.
Unseated, List.
Warrantee tiameo.
Barelay....Canntaghatn. D. IL
Hardy. James
ACTS/.
96
400
Hall". btstew
Simon
Thud', Paul
Hardy, Andrew
Siddent, Samnel
Bidden*, Joseph '
Siddelni,-Jattien
Mildew', Peter
Edge, Saihuel . •
Raga George
Blltthrittler. Jaco'J
Ladley. Andrew -
Ladley, Peter .
Joseph
Stewart. Walter
400
150
400
400
325
- Stewart, Deborah
200 ' Leßoy—Beek. Henry ,
' Bretea. Fredrick
402 • - ' Barron, John; Jr.
139 • Pfeifer, ecerge
361 Monroe—Benner, Jacob
Fenner. Jacob. Jr. -
Gray., Wlillatn
Hopkins. R',bert
Ilaga. Peter •
Ladtek. Hugh
cAdatua,-Eph!alm
North. Jabins
Rck , e, DaTld ,
Stewart,-Walter
400 . Wils6u, William
185. • Wallace. Samuel
200 - Young. Samuel
343 ~,-- O velion—Betz. Henry
343 , , Heti. John
Betz, Joseph
EIEMI
Betz; Jamei
CM
00 . , • Dyson, Henry
57 , Cooley, Henry
Cooley. Joshua
00 Moore, Paul
131tIdens, Peter
75 - Slddens, James
39 - Temple, George
;43 ; Edge, Peter
57 • Fritz. John ' '
.43 , Fritz, Samuel,
.00 }aga. George.
Hags; Nathan 'I
Raga. Peter
00 Hardy,-Samuel "
Hardy, James
25, .- hardy, Henry ,
- Hugh
.00 :- .I.adley, Andrei
75'1 Alo o re, Georpt
00 Moore. Pant
'
Palmer, Thomas .
400 Seeley. Henry •
375 , Seeley, Jonathan
400 ; Seeley. Peter
400 Slddens, Andrew
400 . Shiflett!, George
225 - Siddr us, Peter
75 - • Slddens, Jamml
41 , 0 Seeley. Joseph.
29S Temple. Peter ,
401 Temple. Samuel
.60 . Woodruff. Hannah
39 . ,Temple. George
56 - TUscarora--tFleld, Henry
100 ' Hunt, Job
35 - ; Porter. James
:56' - :Wllmot—Allen, John
75 • • 110 l lenback, John L
97 ; Marsh. Samuel '
2 0 Stimell, C.
254 Stowell, D. 11.
Seated List.
ALSO—In pursuance of the provisions of the Art
of General Assembly, pans, d the 29th day , of•Aprtl.
A. 1), - 1841, Sret inn 414 t, at the same time and
place, will be exposed at public sale the tract or
parcels of -land or real estate 'designated In the
lowing Ilst, unless the taxiis and costs upon the
same are paid before that tithe. '
_Vont,
ITEEE3
1677 Wm. 3C. Kellam co 35 ZS 110
Ib7B SCui. &. C. Kellogg, 50 38 45. ao
MEM
1877 Joho A. Hever
IMEDZEI
H. E.. Vase, 87 157 3 sc. 7,2
Estate ewe,. 69 124 211 4.1
R'& G. Ray:king, 65 ''l 54 356 217
John 3talt , uey, 20 54 135 19
lA'HLINOTON TOWNSHIP.
OS -2 OS 2 1 4
2
69 2SS J.
1878 Royal 1, rion.
A. B. Alen,
FRANKLIN
1977
.Stewart'RObertB,
1677 arhin
• Benjmnii , Ran.
Ainasa
=ll
B7EMEI
George Ileninilnger. - 1502 10 300 - 1 ‘') •
George Ilernmloger. 150 . ,
1 SO 1 50 I. 5 , )
F.dward F'nulk. I{l . 69 56 is, J.
Reutivn WClt.llan, 24 120 100 1 44. 1 ':
Antlions!liarllLg, ed 441 345
@OM
ISM A. W. Alger
BIM
I=
1577 Andrew:Tack. , on til 00 51 CO fl 40 r.t 00 . 1 -2 0)
.... Owens & LaTlt7... 00 9) 125 i "50 1 00
•. • • Corne's Sullivan, 1 N) 1 00 1 40 2 (0 2 N)
.... John Su'llvan, • 225 225 3-15 450 450
..... Wilcox. & Elwell, i 40 40_ 50 SO •0
...,.. Jaines.Wood,2 50 2 50
..
.... - 011a Wanion, 37 . 37 52 75 75
.... Jpn Wlllle. 40 • ,40 55 • SO - AO
.. L. S. Holland, 5u 50 :", 70 1 00 1 00
..:. John }.'Means, ' - " 25 eil 25 50
.... NI. C. Mksrcur • 1200 12 oo
.... Jos. 310.0.ackei, 300 040 4 20.41 00 0(0
.... A. I: T. W.litlllail.. 0 MO I
.. I)ennls Keefe,, 2il, County Tax, ei Ss
1078 J. T-. Cahill, t 17 51 37
.... L: G. it,r11:10,1, 30 -5) 30 1 00 I'oo
Farah A. Keene, 270 4 50 2 70 .
.. Philo Mlngos, . 45 75 45 1. 50 1 50
~ Owens & Lantz; . . 50 51 . 00 Iso
.s 4 40 24 00 00
Wilcox A: Elwell, '2l 40 24 n 0 SO
Mary - Wniqs. 40 75 45' I'so 150
OelLa Whan,n, 22 24 22 , 75
EMI
12112
.677 .1..1. Bartws St Co., 35
-.. Mary reppor estate, 2C.
... George 101g:ht.'.
S7B Henry Ceppet• estate, 210
EL=lll
877 Baniey MFgppil.
SOrTII:CIMEX.
5 62
5 32
4 (511
4.5
1:177 E: Batterson.
J. K. Ame
1578. J. K. - Atneigh
E. ltatters.,ii
EIMITI
1677 t.. M. Bixby.
...._Chas. Northrup,
I=l
1477 Williston & Itaird.. 231 5 13 198
...., S. 1). Madden. ' 1 16 99 94
.... Anani "Bennett, 193 1 65 1 61
.... Hiram Raker, 44 31 36 -
.... ('adding Sr. Russell , 1 16 1 -99 99 j
.... Ai, I). Montanye estate. , 3 31,1 496 168 - I
....-Satterlee & R u ssell, 77 66 46
.... Patrick Sullivan,'. 77 4 PI • 66
.... S. C. Steven,. " • 39 33 33
.....Miles Mack, '. . :7 toi 66
.... Towanda Iron 31 - k,CO. 46 23 39 60 33 60
....•Armlnila Northrup, 11 14 99c 99
.. E. Morton. . , 4 62.10 90 396
.'Ann Monahan , ' 92 - 79' 79
1.78 AimH Itennetl, '1 G 5 2 20 16.5
.... Catherine (:barn, 39 44 93
•
.... 511. es Mack,. 66 Si 66
.....laniv Boyle, 33 44 . 33
.. Sattertee & Russell, - 66.. 'SS. ~ 6 6
.... 1). N. Newt._ e 4 29 1 ' 5 74 4:29
..... S. C. Stevens , . , - 33 - 44 33
....•; John Whitney - ,. 33 , 44 33
....'Nettie lleGlti. 33 J 44 33 '
.... George ETD ery 33 , 44. 33 ,
=I
- . Bon, P;or. ~
1877 (10 Ming St Russell, 66 98 43 49 30 43
..... F. A . Cash , 2 52 7 20 3 60 2 - 57,
.... 'Kirby & It..lines, 3 lots 3 93 IL 00 SP 30 :t 9'.
J... j. W. Allen. 2 s 9 8 WY . 400 2 - 60
.... Strs..lonn 3teehan, . 61 3 00 1 50 94
.... Davies Si El;lott, - 1 40 4 (44 2 00 1 44
.. A. : 4 . McDonald, 1 36 3 90 2 95 1 3
Frank Prince., .56 1 . 60 90 ...;
1874
_Coddlot & Russell, - 66 42 43 49 23 3
.... Charles Mercur. ' 4 1 92 16 40. 920 6 : 0
.... Wrn. Sprague, '44 1 , 60 1 80 64
.. Frank Prince, 44 1 60 'l3O 64
1.,. Holmes & lilrhy, 3 lots 3 30 11 00 S so . 4 40
...,. J. D. Montatt.yee store , 4e84 2 43 - 191
....' J. D. Mot - 11311yr, store 15 00 50 00 25 00 20 0 0
~... J. .1. (iriffit h, store .4 e 0 12 00 9 60.
'..... J• J. Griffith, 1 ~ 800 400 320
.::—.l„.l.4:rilllth, ; 8 60 4 30 340
.... J. D: 31tattanye,. ; 7202400 12 (10 9fo
.... A. :11. MCDOII3ItI. -.. 75 2 50 123 i e.)
TUSCAAORA
ISM Cyrus Arory,
.. t . Stark.S: Vnsr,
1878 Jan Owens,
101137E1
1978 Orrin D. Nichols, , 465 5i 43 488
wiLltOTl. 3' I
. .
1877 Edward Ovortofe, 1' 73 • 1 1 50 2 CO
.... A. Stone. '" 11 180 2 - 10
.... lidary ituolf, ,
! 4. 210 2NO
...,. NV, 11ariowelltr„• . 1.5, , 150 200
1878 A. , J. stooe, • - .
--, , /60' 2 40 360
• ..... IV. BarroWellft, 1'591 2 00 3 co
N. B.—Notice is hereby ffiverOhat an amount
sufficient to pay taxes and costs will be miulredin
every case when land Is sold at the time of 5a o.
and unless these terms are complied with the Lunt
'wild be agate exposed to tale.
- . JOHN 11. GRANT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's oMre, April:,
A. BEVERLY SMITH,
, •
BOOKBINDER AND DEALER
IN SCROLL SAW' GOODS
M A GAZ I N ES board neatly and promptly.
Bt. AN K BOOKS made- to order and tau rrant,,t
Alk&T E CRS' SUPPLIES
This &partial, nt or t my 'busluessls very cool
plot*); A full lino of
WOODS, SAW V.OOKS.
: -• CLOCK MOVE3I67I ; S, '&c.;
Constantly on band, and for ludo at lower priers
than e lacy, here
~ .
air 'S W )RTH OF DFSIONS FREE FOR,
,$l.OO. Send for price Mts. :•
lIEPORTER. }MILDEW,
•.29.80. TOWANDA, PA., P. O. Box 1112
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142 60
• 14260
142 60
6.3 15 '
1140.4
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142,90 .
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62 73
23 26
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