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2.. 0. , 009D111011 2 ' ZDTTOII.
T9wanda, Pa., IYe c . 30, I'M.
A sr scut. electiow was held in the
Third Conicrissionsl &Nixie! of New
Hampshire, on Tueday, to fill itto vacancy
occasioned bylhe death of 'Ron. Evswrs
W. Fkun, which resulted in the election
of OSMAN W. MY, Republican.
Govaaxim annual pmclamation
shows a reduction of the State debt din
ing the past Moil year of $600,0001n the
redeeming of five, and six per cent. bonds.
tast year the redaction was $1,000,000,
but this was owing to the refunding of a
part of the debt at a less percentage.
THE Senate confirmed the nomination
of . Judge *ti.t.tem B. WOOD to the seat
on the bench of the United Stites Su
preme Court made vacant by the retire
ment of Justioe STRONG. 'There was some
opposition, principally because an Ohio
man had been chosen for the promotion.
• ONE swallow doesn't make a spring,
arid the Lancaster New Era says : "One
little caucus of Allegheny politiciaba isn't
likely to make lifr.,Ouvnit United States
Senator, when threolourtbs of the Repub.
licans• of the State want Hon. G. A. Gitow
mad liave said so with more than ordinary
emphasis." .
WALLACE, J. BOYD, of Montgomery
county, an ex-Chief- Burgess of Norris
town and a - member-elect of the Legisla
ture, diedien Wednesday of last week
from the effects of a cold sontracted while
participating in a firemen's parade. A
special election will be requireeto fill the
vacancy occasioned. by his death. He was
a Republican.
AT the last meeting of the directors of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, a
resolution was adopted to uniform the
conductors, baggage-masters and brake
men employed by the company. The first
suit will be furnished by the company
free of cost to the employes. After the
first suit the employes will be compelled
io pay for their r
" WHEAT has tafien a tumble," says
the' telegraphic reports, which means that
pricelhavu 'declined; and operators come
to grief. - -There has been wild specuhi r _
tion in wheat and pork, and the prayers
of the poor for daily bread, will not be
mingled witiC t fervent 'aspirations for the
relief of those who have deservedly suffer
ed from attempts to enhance the cost of
the staff of life.
Taß, Cincinnati Enguirtr • makes the
pea : in - era suggestion that " When Gum
50A ' X. Gaon was in Congress 20 yeais
ago he knocked down a member (KEITT)
who left hiiseat Ito brandish his fist in
Gnow i s fee's:: We think Pennsylvania
will make a tilistake if she does not send
Grow to the United ptates Senate. Sorn'er
of the,mem'bers are likely to require just
snpli heroic treatment;" , I
- PETMOREt are circulating in Reading
and- being numerOusirlsigned, proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvtuila - Prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of distilled liquors, except for
medicinal. mechanical or scientific pui
poses. The petition asks the Legislature
to allow a vote to be taken in the State
on the proposed • amendment, and that
would be a pretty fair way of settling it.
Mn. WEAVER, who, watihe Greenback
candidate for President, and Mr. §EARES,
of Illinois,, called'each other liars and vil
lains in the House, one day last week,
and then peeling off their coats, endeavor
ed to have a rough and tumble tight.
They were restrained. by their neighbors,
and the next day both meekly apologized;
and the, repo ) r of the tranitiction. was
stricken from th
e journal. T h e House
failed to viiiiiieste itself, by not promptly .
expelling the belligerents.
Solis of - the PhiLldelphia papers are
presenting the name of BENJAMIN Hen
sus BREWSTER as a candidate for the
United States Senatorship, and calling at-
tention to the fact that a citizen of Phila
delphis t has not been selected for the place
for many years. Desirocie as we are to
see the State represented by Mr. GROW,
we cordially agree with those who `claim
for Mr. Beswersa all those qualities
whi - ch would, grace the Senate and re
dound to the honor of ithe State.
-4
KEt.t.r is experiencing the truth
of th 4 saying that]politiciaus are ungrate
ful. Tammany Hall making up its
general committee fqr:Nthe coming year,
and there is insubordinatidn all along the
line. "Isfany of his hitherto most faithful
henchmen have deserted It looks
very much as if the big Indian would be
turned out of the wigwam. In fact, it is
a bad year for bosses generally, and the
signs for the future are not encouraging
for the self-constituted and arrogant
leaders. -
A HIDEOUS tragedy at Bethlehem, on
,Monday; was followed by the summary
'and lawless execution of the man guilty
of the horrible murder. This is said to
be the first case of lynching that ever oc
curred in Pennsylvania, and we hope it
will be the last. There seems to be a just
retribution in the swift vengeance which
'overtakes such a savage murderer as
SNYDER, but those who are the avengers
of the 'crime, are 'equally guilty before
'the' law. Probably the excited state of
public feeling in that neighborhood will
gave them from the penXlties of the out
. raged law, but such oocurreaces are
nevertheless to be greatly deprecated.
Ex-Arrounas General Assurcks, who
died at his home; in Georgia on Tuesday
night, was_ one of .the most upright of
Southern Republicans, as well as one of
the most reputable Of those of Northern
birth. Although a native of New Hamp
shire, ho had been for•upward of thirty=
tire years a citizen of his adopted State,
suecessfully practicing his profession and
maintaining an enviable social position
and a high character as a man. There is.
notiliere, any stain upon either his public
or his private record. As a supporter of
the two
,astminisOations of General
Gnswr it is without dispute that he Was
as honest as be was able, and that con
scientious conviction rather than greed of
personal advancement was the controlling
motive of his political career..
MITER three result less weeks C.Oiagruss
adjourned fur the holidays. Nothing
whatever has been amomplished, unless
the empty debate and idle declamation,
the filibustering and the personal alterca
tions that have been indulged in may be
regarded as a neeeesery . preparation. to
getting down to actual work. In that
point of view Congress has done limo-
thing which, if it had to be done, might
as well be done first as last. When the
two Houses reassemble after their Christ
mu junketing it is to be hoped they will
rooeed to the transaction of the public,'
business. But two mouths *ill remain of
their closing session, and it is only by
exercising.s good deal of industry that
indispensable measures like the Funaltig
bill can be passed, to say nothing of legis• .
latien upon other subjects which demand
attention, but will probably not receive it
till next winter.
WILTED STATES SIESA1011.•
The situation in regard to candi
dates for ;
.United States Fenatof was
somewhat changed. by the action of
the ReiMblican theinbers of the Leg
islature from= Allegheny county, who
met in caucus on Tuesday last for
the purpose of.determitiing whom to
support for Senator. .After a great
deal of. figuring, and Coaxing all the
members,' excepting Messrs. FLYNN
and KNOWLTON, who . rime instructed
to Vote for Mr. °Row, were persuaded
to go into the caucus with the under
standing that those present were to
be bound by its action. On the first
ballot dine voted for Mr. OLIVER and
four rot Mr. BAYNE. :Subsequently
Mr. Ouvitt's nomination as the
choice of the Allegheny • delegation
was made . unanimous. Mr. 0. ap
peared before the caucus and made
some remarks, declaring his determi
nation to make a vigoroa campaign
and'secure the election if possible.
Of course there cannot be any rea
sonable objection made to Allegheny
county presenting the name of a can•
didate, nor that candidate entering
into the contest and succeeding by
legitimate means. W 7 e--lielieve Mr.
Ouvra has the respect of the people
where he resides, is /looked upon as
an honest and capable business man,
and .is rich. But what has brnught
him prominently forward, or why he
should be chosen to represent& this
'state in the IT,nitecl States Senate, is
one of the things that- can only be
onseeend by Ott , select few who are
in the secret of his sudden appear
ance upon the stage. •
Those who are so anxiously look
ing around in search of some availa
ble,an,l unknown candidate , to "beat
Genw." will be wise to learn a lesson
from recent occurrences in the neigh-.
boring State of Ohio. There' the
politicians haw yielded to the popu
lar wish, and Goe. Fosrze has mag
nanimously withdrawn from..the - con- \
test in order that Secretary SuzaNtAX
may be harmoniqu'sly chosen United
States Senator, thereby avoiding,
contention and ill-feeling. - It would
be a graelotut act, acknowledgingand
yielding to the popular voice in this .
State, if all the different elements
would defer to. public sentiment, and
instead of end l eavorinff to thwart it
would" give it recognition and sup.
port, by the unanimous expression 4 of
the battens in 'faior of Mr. GROvi !:
Of all - the numerous candidates.
Gitoiv aldne comes up
to the_ st andard•and., to the . expects;
tion of the country. What Republi
can but, what remembers with pride
his career in Congress Y As the
leaderi of the Republican phalanx
during exciting discussions, battling
with the ablest•and moat experienced
of the: slavery propogandists, he. bore
himself with credit; and as .Speaker
discharged its ; espOnsible duties so
:tts to gain thdrespect . arid esteem of .
all, making for_ : himself a national
reprit4tion. Se - apprepr ate is his
selection for the Senitte,-that Outside
of Pennsylvanii it meets With general'
aPPlatiefT le— and his election will Jae
favorattly received by the . Republi
cans of the Nation •
It is not creditable' that there
should be - a disposition, much less, an
attempt,' to organize •a scheme tOlde
prive the people of their choice, when
it' has been so.clearly and unmistaka,
bly expressed as it has been in the
case of Mr. GROW . for United States
Senator. WC should suppOsd ; that
. common prudence would. dictate that
occasionally the people • should be
all Owed to have'their way: We have
already Said; that Mr. Gam cannot
be defeated. by any legitimate Re—
publican methods. Pennsylvania is .
nnt i a' Nevada, where the size of the
bar'l Settles the question. Nor are
our people so meek and patient and
long-suffering that they will forever.
Nubtnit to have theirvoica disregard
ed and their wishes treated with eon
tumely.,llhe Republican. members
of the Legislature have,a simple duty
to perform—to respect the . instruc-,
tlons and carry out, the will of their
constituents. By'so doing they will
meet with approbation at home—
serve their country and their party
faithfully-.—and electing •Mr.- GROW
to the Senate, honor the State.
DISTRESSFUL IR ELARIL
They are not exactly hanging, men
'it Ireland for the wearing of the
green ;... 4:out they are gathering tur
nips with bayonets, and harvesting
oats with broadswords. That unhap
py country is now' in a , state of ex
citement which has net been so gen
eral nor deep since the years when.
O'CONNELL aroused the green isle
with his. agitation, and by his adroit
ness and' persistence forced the En
glish goiernment to submit to the
Emancipation measures. Adopting
the plan pursued by the great agita
tor the leaders of the present move
ment have carefully advised abstenta
tiOn from illegal' or violent measures,
so!that while there are twenty thous,
an troops in
. frelati, yet the arm
of-ihe law is paralyzed, and they are
useless because there is no open in
surrection. As , natutally might be
expected from such an excitable and
belligerent people there is a deplora
ble' prevalence of erime,, including
assassination, and an abunditnte of
threatening letters, but in tlie wain
the favorite expedient seems to be
"Boycotting "—a sort of perseeu
,tion whiCh can be _adopted and pr
imed within the limits of the . Ir.
The marked individual, under this
jamb:Ant plan, • Ibida4lEnsegatiabln
to hire a servant, :or purebase. - -tha
necessaries of Hi.. He is sintplfand
lnt 'alone:,-oso
public feeling - abitipkeepertiand
others- wh6 would gladly deal with
him, are restrained 'through fear, and
he is compelled through Sheer neees
sity to quit the apighborbood.
The failure , of the government to
take any practical seps for the pro
tection of the: landloids against the
combination which has wrought such
sad haioc with interestsand profits in
Ireland, is loudly-, denounced by the
suferers, but is equivalent Loa con.'
tession that the popular demands arie:.
reasonable, and must in the end be
meqsumbly conceded.. The situation
of irelabd is somewhat analagous'to
the condition of this country, during
years the preybatts to the Revolution,
when so many petitions -were seitto
ihe -mother nation for u redress of
grievances. Then, as now, there were
grievous wrongs which cried aloud
for notice and' redress. The - :people,
driven'to desperation, but anxious,
not to commit illegal or treasonable
acts, banded together for miltut4 pro':
teclion , ; courts of Justice weiti or
gartized; oppressivelaws , were quietly
unobserved ; and only wail coercion
was attempted, was resistance inter
posed. England unquestionably
could, by the exercise ofther mighty
power, stamp out ever; symptorn of
insubordination and agitation in Ire
' land, but she will find it - - much more
in accordance,with the spirit ( k t the
times, to yield to the reasonable de
rna,nds of the masses than to maims
cre them,
- The nature of the' essential propo
sition of the - land reformers hi, if
calmly considered, perfectly, reasona
ble, and perfectly practicabb;., it is
not a'proposition , for confiscating the.
property of one elass„ and making a
gift of it to another. It is true that
in that way precisely the Pecipli of
Ireland were deprivtd, of the soil of
"their own country. It was confis-
Cated. It was. confiscated because
'they refused to accept a state-made
religion in lieu of the one they had
already. It. would seem ii monstrous
_offense against civilization in oirr
day to rob
_a man and his heirs for
ever of all their property,, and all
- right to acquire any, merely . because
he preferred a religion which he al
ready 110 •to the one offered= by tbe
power which could rob, him of his
property if' he refused. 'Mit in that
way the owners of the soirof Ireland
lost it, and most of the present own
ers obtained it.. But'd - wrong in one
age does not make the same wrong
right in another. Confiscation pricier
the monarchs of the past does not
amount to a right to confiscate again,
even to restore to heirs of those- rob
bed in the, 'first plaee. But, it is not
confiscation Which the Land league
proposes.
It proposes that the land of such
landlords as are*illing to sell, shall_
be bought by the government-at a
fair valuation, properly determined.
It does not propose to compel any
landlord to sell, against his will; and
the!e are some landlords in Ireland
whose tenants.are perfectly content
ed, because they have been justly
dealt with. The Land league pro
poses that the goveinment shall buy
of those willing to sell ; and then
,
shall dispose of the land to tenants
who will occupy, and tilLt. But it
is not' to be disposed of tszk . hese ten
ants as a gift. They; are only to
have the first. right t purchase it.
It is to be sold to actual occupiers,
not to middlemen, or speculators,
with such ( -arrangements as will :se
cure the payment in time. Of course,
such a procedure is not in, accord
ance with our ideal of governmental
dutieS, but the Enalish government
hai many.precedents for such a course:
With all the -British disposition t 4
enforce the:law,* there is , an evident
hesitation on the part orthe "binet
to proceed to extreme and harsh
measures, and the time seems to
have arrived when it will be found
necessary to do something - to allevi
ate the sufferings of distressed Ire
land.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PILILADELPIIIA. December 29, 1880
There is in this city, amongst the bet
ter classes, a treling that some sort of re
form is required _in the administration of
municipal affairs. This grows out .of the
bad management of those who are at the.
heads of the different departments, whiCli
shows itself in the scarcity 'of the water
i•
supply, the filthy condition of the streets,
and the peculation in all the different de
partments. Much of the eatery against
dive
the city Officials is undeserved, b there
is enough cause of complaint, to col
or to the accuaatious of the chronic grum
blers, and to excite those unhappy mor
tals who`always imagine that everything
is going wrong, 'becatise they are not at
the heln:i and have the direction of affrirs.
Out of this desire to elevate' the chaise;
ter of the public service, Mal remedy the
evils under which the' tax-PaYers groan,
comes the formation of the Committee of
One -Hundred, compose& of respectable
and imPricticable citizens, which at -a?
late meeting placed in nomination caudi
*dates for three ciffices to be - filled at the
February election. The contest over the
Mayor was, exciting, but the committee
by a decided majority Passed thel-resolu
tion that Mayor Stokely be recommended
for re-election. - Had the committeedone
otherwise, they would have failed; in their
ditty' to the people whose interests they
weft= to desire to serve. Mayor Stokely
deserves the support of every citizen - of .
Philadelphia.. :He is an excellent officer,•
and his policeqs the best regulated and
most efficient 1 in the country. He is a
•
strict disciplinarian, and by, the . most en
tiring efforts belies made life and proper
ty as secure as possible in a city with a
population of nearly a minim% of souls..
He has broken up the gambling places,
and so,fitr as the law gives him the pow
er,lars suppressed the disreputable haunts
of /ice aid immorality, so ilerribralizing .
to 'the young.
.His last attempt to enforce
the•Stinday law, by stopping . the open.
sale of liquoion thOlablet t ijk=fahtsuld no
dare for.him the 44#414 - every orderly'
11 4 410 T:# 1 4Pg I l ei k* Idi nr e to sus.
iii*ibtmAior lit,,**olo4: , _itffurta to
"Preteet the Ozer( jet Ores the laws,
.b,r444Y0:11Y "eniione
fallelaoo4
INCOUT.
*Abe la4lesa. IroiVitiTiolleitor,
legit L. Caven, a*e)!-Icri,spyar 'reformir,
wai•nominated, and far lieceiver of Tax.
ea, Joint Limiter... It remains iik.be seen
what effect these nominations 'Will have
on the action of the IteAlican:Convee.
tiun. There is'a_disp ktion on the .pArt
of some to adopt them, and tons choiv
that the party is in-favor of reform; hot,
otheh bitterly ono° any aincessionkto
the reform element— couree_the aapi.
ranni fur the of repudiate the action
of the Cennittee, land clamor for a'
etraightout ticket. -
Tlte ~" beautiful show " began nail)?
31ondayevening to &rime down, and
United without cessation- Until Tuesday
afternoon, covering the ground 'to the,
ilepth'of ten inches. No such storm .-has
visited us since January 1, 1877. 'The
sleighing was excellent, atareverything
on mutters was put in moion. Broad
street was especially lively, and the mer
ry e - xcursionista made the most of the un
eipected and unusual opportunity. • -
A poor unfortunate, named Ellett
er, thirty-eight years old 'and homeless,
.went iota the Cathedral 'Cemeteri on•
Tuesday afternoon and lay down on one,
of the graves. When found she bad a
span bottle of laudanum in her pocket,
ivhich she had partaken, beingtire*of
',flying, she said: . was taken tai the
- Philadelphia lospital.
At a meeting of the,. Bi-Cent enniat
sociatiai of. Pennsylvania at the Conti.
nental Hotel, on Tuesday, a , resolution
was adopted 'instructing the oiricerajo
confer with the Mayor, to urge upon him
a dioposition looking to the ptuuhase of.
the old Perin property op Letitia. street.
The idea is to place the buildirig iri• good
repair at its present site or. remove it to
the Paik. gefore the, stibirct is urged
upon the city a coMmittee will ascertain
the cost of the building, tilicondition and
whether the Park CommlloOn will allOw
I it to be removed to the Park.. John W.
Forney has resigned as president of the
association.
i The head-light of the engine on a train
on the Philadelphia and Readiiig Railroad
struck a horned owl a few. nights ago
With sufficient force to break the glass,
put out the light, and kill the bird. The
owl has been stuffed, and 'will be mount
ed on the top of the cab of the engine
that killed it.
A. fish-preserving company has been or
ganized in thif city, with a capital of
$200,00.0, whose object is to freeze and
keep in a state of preservation - shad and
other salt-water fish in the United sates
and market them: at timed when such hsh
are not in seas+ The iximpany expects
to procure enough shad during the reason
from 'the Delaware and Potomac 'Rivers
to enablelt to carry on the business stic
cessfully.'. i .
The Centennialtoaid of Finantp Will
wind up itiaffairS on t 31st instant and
will then give..up thp, off; e at 308 Walnut
street. The books, vouchers and rhcords
will be deposited with the Guarantee
Safety Deposit Company, and a clhrk fa
miliar with the Centennial financial ac
count_ will be on.dnty at the, deposit com
pany to answer questions and give infor
mation. Dividends aggregating $7OO
are still due to X3OO holders of Centeniii_
al stock. ; . ,
• - 4.,-•
• That there may be toolinch of a 7 good
thing was demonstrated by another fall - ot
snow, which commenced yesterday, and
continued all darand far into the night.
Christmas day was unpleasant, and in the
eVening it began to changing during
the night and falling thick and fast; so the
streetis were in a decidedly unpleasant
condition for promenading. As a cilbse
quence,tlib streets were almost deserted,
and nano but did faithful sought the
churche.• The snow plowtVabd sweepers .
were busy all day, getting the tracks col
the street cars in condition, but the trips
were ` very irregular. If the clerk.of the
weather would distribute his- favoretof
snow over a wider extent of terrijory he
would 'very 'much pleaie the. people in this
latitude. • • • •
Early. Saturday eight a palace Citr
which was standing upon a siding of the
Germantown and Norristown Railroad at
Dauphin street, took fire froln a super-_
heated stove, and . "madel-a. pretty, object
for the speetators who gathered antkalso
illuminated the dense atmosphere., The
firemen extingUished thO flame's after
$l,OOO damaga.had been done.
A ear load of silk worms andsilk worm
eggs valued at sl,2oo,ooo,liassed over the
• Pennsylvania• Railroad to—New York on
Tuesday. ; .They are packed in soft mate
'dal in trays, which is to4Carefurly done
that there hi very small loss in tsanspor
tation. :The worms come-from China - via
the Pacific Mail Steamship Lin*, and are
'consigned to parties at liavie anti Paris.
The consignment tectuited a speatl train.
I
STATE NEWS.
,
•
—Tho city of Bradford is lighted and
heated by natural gas.
—A narrow-gauge railroad is to be built
fronilCorry to Nort'a East. •
- -=There are 4,000,000 feet of logs stock
ed, up at. Kane, 'McKean county..
1. —Bear meat is served upon many of the
hotel tables in Northern Pennsyßrania.
—William McCoy, of Pittsburg, has
steer 4:I years old that weighs 2480 pounds.
—Asseinblyman-elect Wallace J. Boyd
died at his residence in Norr 9 istown on
Tuesday. ,
:—Tencars'are. being built at Altoona
for
,carrying oyster., betWeca Baltimore
and Pittsburg. • ' °
—WI. John Eberly, of Petersburg,
Iluntipgdon county, killed a pure white
deer bit week.
—The Grand Jury of Pike county has
indicted Thomas Burns for killing his son
three Weeks ago.
=lt *as , so dark in PittsbnrgenThirm
day, at! midday that the gas in the streets
had to be lighted. - - •
,77 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run a route betweon Beaver anct ISOM
eraet in the spring. ,
i ,e,
—Thirty-five per ns have been killed
in the mines of the' ranten region dur
ing the present year. ' '
Many of the hat actorics at Reading
are compelled to work night and day tr,
keep up with orders. •
—A gold coin, valued at 25 cents, was
found by Mr. J. F. Trout; of Ilarrisburg,
in the crop of a cliicken'. ' _
—A number of young min have been
arrested in Tyrone and fined hesiVily for
playing ghost in a cemetery.. - . - •
• --James O'Donnell's liquor More, in
Allentown, was burned out Friday morn. .
log, 'Lim,. $6OOO ; insured for •ir04000.1-
-Mrs. Lavine; Slam* of Slocum, Was
burned to death by her dress catching
fire while rendering lard a day or two ago.
—The Oliphant Furnace, :in Fayette
county, has been purc4aseirl •by Pittsburg
_parties, and, will be pat it order for work.
—Charles De Hawn Manley, a well-
- .
to ft 64.M14.....
known lawyer of Delaware county, is dead
at the., ay of 111 years. He milled at
MedW- ,•L :An - . * 5 `MI ' \
. •
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Diaz "
V l .p
V ill T A * `I,
Willi 111 uffsla & UN,
' -4' • t - -4-i littt 'l l 1,4 t
°Q u u t W4 i r I -1 t i , 4 - , Pt' I ',2-4; ,
i r
- gafift*setilte:Pf MOit' i _ * uik
ed grouno in that cilty upon virtue tort
a grain elevator with a capacitysof ,-
" . 000 bushels. ' .
Frisbli_MffPtot,&ll3 a E l ._tle • :.
man in that city Ime - an old turtle that
seldnurgoes,wrint sActidttaPtiol l sOstak.
.en a mild winter.'j •
—the dLstenee - between White Haven
and Rittetou on. tito Lehigh yage 7
tidied 'b
road 14 being ebo y?entei ing tbb
t -
- - ;-SaloouiPurkett i , who it WWI atleged
I mas, , andtteted last somber from bet hOnW
nt Ligonlar; Westmoreland county, diet!:
few days ago 'or diphtheria. • • .*7
sayer' . months favnera in Sem
'aria. county furnished Chemin iaotoriea
that county with 3,873,003 poundiOf
for which they received '551,321.91:,
iloffiddysburg, on Wednesday
Morning,, ex-Sheriff Funk had a light
with a vi s ions horst; but escaped - with
severs bruises. Ho conquered the antral: •
•
-L-Jobn •Dunstan, a driver b0i,:14 years
old, enip'.oyed by. the Susquehanna Coal
;Company at ; Nanticoke, was on Wsdpes.
day killed by being thrown wider a. Car
Wheel: • `
—Colonel J. Carter, of Bradford, has
purchired 100 acres of.!oil territory. near
.Row9ty, for which he paid $90,000. The
'purchnse was made from
Bradley it Co.
—Theconnellsville Coko Company in
.
tends erecting :200 ovens in addition to
• those now in blast, building 35 blocks of
houses and improving iinprovingf its shaft to a capa4
city of 1000 tons per clay. _
L —John Drextell, ' a
Germ4n, aged 53i
years, residing in Pittsburg, committed ;
Ruieide by - hanging on Sunday. The act
was caused by .distress over being charged
with theft by his employer: 1 . :
In the. trial of Jonathan Moyer at
, Middlebnig, Snyder county, fur the mon:
der of Gretchen Kintzler, Sallie Benjamin
testified that. the prisoner had several
times 'confessed the Murder to her: •
—The Pittlurg Telegraph' sates that
a company has been :formed to trace a
supposed oil belt' from the northern part
of G icene county through Washington and
Allegheny counties into Butler county.
—Sheriff Bastiantreceived at Williams.'
port, from Governor Hoyt, the documents
changing the time df the, execution
George Smith and Catherine' Miller from
the oth. of Januarytn i the 3d of',ebruary.
1881. •
—The Scranton R epublican says that
smallpox has broken/out quite alarmingly
at Wapwollopen, across the River from
Flick's ferry, a station on the Bloonisburg
division. One death is reported, ancTsev-
Anal persens Lave I been stricken down
with the disease.
'—About 0 o'clock last 'cveping - fear
new, houses at Lermi, on the West Chester
and Philadelphia Railroad, were burned,
and another house in the same row was
on fire. 'There was no isater, and fears
were ,felt that _the 'whole row of eight
houseP would ba destroyed.
—Engine No. 1 1 ;sl of the Reading Rail
road exploded its boiler last evening at
Belmont, two miles and a half above Pa
lo Alto.,' Patrick ' Donohue, engineer;
Thomas Kenvin, conductor, and William
Ash' and John Maher, brakemen.' weirs
killed. All men of,iamily. •
—The Greensburg Argus states that a
delegation ofeitizena fromWehtmoreland
and Armstrong counties), beaded by Judge
Hunter,. have just returned from Mentor,
Ohio, whore they asked General darflcld
to appoint General Harry White Secretary
of War.. Mr. Garfield promised to consid
,
'er the matter.
—Nineteen years ago - Miss Maxy. Sh
afer was abducted from , Woodcock, Craw
ford county: Several day ago she -is
turned there for the first -time since her
departure; "found all her relatives dead,
and after; receiving $OO6 'left by .her
or returnel to; Lowell, Mass., where she
has a family. •
, GENERAL NEWS.
-Jesse James, the mitoribus outlaw, is
said to be robbing Texasstage coaches.
---,Diphtheria and small -pox are'
crea*g at Chicago to an alarmillg extent.
—A fire in 'Bamberg; B. C, on Monday
night last, destroyed property and stocks
or stores valued at $12,000,
!--The Governor of Nermant has !geed
the "nuisance" bill, which is vt ry strin
gent against liquor dealers. -
-Art English company has offered the
Government of San Domingo a loan of
$3,000,600 on favorable terms.
7 --The bursting of a water main at Buf
falo, N., Y., Thursday, ; - caused a serious
deeding of many Vastness houses.
—Hiram 11. Hayden, a resident of Ith..
aca, for. many yea, and at times
insane, hanged him Self Thursday, :
—A. jury of two colored wad ten white
men havb been, empanelled at Jefferson,
Texas, to try Atio,Rothsebild rot:mu:der.
William J. liblnies, the Chicago" re
ligions publisher,. died Thursday. from a
calbuncle oti the net*. lie was 1.t6 years
old.
Marshall nolise, at Ludington,
Was burned on Tuesday night of
last week. TEM lt6,oocl; insurance,
$2,700. •
:--The first trial - of the electric light as
a mgans of illuminating the Homan_ tun
nel was made Thursday afternoon with
sue,ces.
. .
—Michael •Foley, aged 40, last . week
discharged from an insane asylum appar:
ontly well, Thursday hanged himself at
Fairfield, Ont. •
—James Newton has been sentenced in
Jefferson county, Georgia, to bo hanged
February 4, 1881,..f0e the murder of one
Cornwall - in 1877.;
—The Oklahoma colonists at CaldWell,
Kansas, have resfilved to reniain in 'camp,
despite the .severe Weather, and maintain
their organization. . _
—A fire at Auburn, Me., Thursday, ,de
strayed four houses occupied by eleven
families, causing total losaof $6,000 ;
insured for $3,000. . .
..-Three.stores in the principal-business
block of Corsicana,. Texas, were burned
Friday, involving a loss of $50,000 in ea-
cess of the insurance. ' •
—The Treasury DePartment Friday
purchased 125,000 ounces of fine silver for
delivery, at the Stl Francisco, New Or
leans and. PhiladelPhia- Min ts.
—John Kroneritlml, 50 years 'old,' com
mitted suicide at East New York, Friday,
by swallowing Paris green. Lack of em
ployment is the, cause assigned._
buildingaint Hyde. Park, L. 1.,
were burned Thursday. All belonged to
John Christ, and one Was.nocUpied as a
hotel by the owner. toss, $15,006.
—The office of the /dour/olds Bentinel,
published at Burkesille, Va., was destroy
ed`by fire on iWedneaday, together-with
the type and flatnres. - No insurance.
Nathan P. Cook, a prominent
physician ,at Bansetiville, Niagara anni
ty,
,11 died on- Thursday night (coin
an MOON of morphine taken bymialaite.
—Frank Hamilton•lla - '411a014-
,pis, Member of the ~
are .
11gt, ‘.
fig e i
I`,. at s- emit
t 5 . : 4 . * ,411 1 1 411 ' MO* .- # l44 !* 11 4
, eti-111110,
imp i risondedi f*.k for oliet t ragipfaiglif 6r Is
years.
• spr?'
. "'GfOrge VPingtOn was
,on Wite day
Sped 1,511X1
,tit i):e,ajiitic for tmnAlug
tery circulars thiough , mid Man,
,ning:!_l/tifites was fined $l,OOO for the
same offence. _
---The Brush electric light was burned,
441 ; fifteen,.letups Monday
'Neil 4 1'itrIrf' between 2Volie.
Acentkand.Twentrsixtlistreete, and 4ave
golet al satifiraotiao.
• 14.0. fire at Brownsville, Tenn., 'Th‘tit..-
tuorning daiiiaged binidlngs 'and
goods of various mar - chants to atuount
"Of $30,009, about one:lialf of which is
coveted by insurance. . •
Belmont, Cal., Friday„ Sir•tbomas
Ilesketb, of , England, was married ,to
FloM, youngeat t daughter of Senator Sha
ron. The reception was the most brilliant
ever seen in California. • N,
—James Watson, of licitipstead, L. 1.,
was killed Thursday by being struck by
an engine- at Merrick. He was e f ariyipg
some 'candies in hitrarms across the track
and did not see the engine.
—Richard. li. ['orris, Superintendent of
fit.. W. Whitelock's farm at Middletown,
N. Y., was ou''Tburiday struck by afaW
ing timber while engaged in raz,ecing a
building, 'and died in a few hour!,
Chatham, Pittsyl va nia unty, Va.,
oraliursday night. the
,telegraph office,
' passenger depot and 'express office were
hurned,.together with a large 09444 of
L
express freight and $4OO in money; •
1 -- - -A licorice-extracting Machine in the
tobacco . factory of 'Buchanan &LYsill, at
Brooklyn;exploded 'Friday, seriously in
juring, James Harrington, ,a workman,
The damage to the building was $5OO.
.-121, Hayes, Chief of Folice of Ansonia,
Conn., 'in attempting on Thursday, 1414
to arrest a disorderly character known as
"Chip" Smith, was shot in the abdomen
by Smith, and, is not expected to recover.
—The big flouring mill of Alesandei
Afair, at- Lapeer ? Mich., ;. was" Thursday
destroyed by firei The 10s is $.:5;000 ;
insured for 1.10,k)00 in the - Millers' Asso
ciation, and $5,000 in the North A ruericlut.
—Some time after the- arrival of -the
Pullman train at Bangor, Me., the mail
car, caught fire and the interior wasim
ti4lY hurried. Therftwas no mail in the
ear, but several pouchds were destroyed.
h the case of William K.
porter, inflicted in New York for sending
lottery circulars througlfthe mail in vio
lation of the postal law, brought in a ver
diet'of guilty. • 'The >penal'. yis a tine of
$4. 00 . • ?, •
r.
—The Milburn Rotel, satiated near the
suburbs of Toledo, C.7.lwas burned Friday
morning, and Deniy, Seaman, employed
in a wagon works in 'the vlinity, jumped
from a third-story window of the burning
building and was killed.
—Gasper Tothniann, - Who . was 'exiled
from Poland fOr participating in the revo
lutiqn of t 1830, and who was a Brigadier
General in . the Confederate_service, died
'last week 'Tuesday, in 'ltis 85th year,' at
Bpocatsylvan i & county, Va. -
—The Pacific flouring mill of Kepler
Bros.,' at 3t. Louis; was burned • Friday
evening, involving - a loss of $lOO,OOO.
Henry Carroll, a ireman, was killed by a
falling floor, and-Patrick Larkin, another
fireman; ivas'badly
—Eight of the crew of the British bark
Nile, Captain Dix_ou; from Quebec tb Car
cliff, which. 'capsized at-sea November 22 - ,
were drowned, includin;; - the master and
the second ' mate, and - Wo or the men
hied after they were rescued;
• —David Provost has ConfesSed to hay.
inir l inurdered *Pierre. Brunet, ',at Planta
_foinet, Ont,in September last. sProvost
says ')amos Brunet, a son, first broached
the matter tcihim, and stood bY. while his
father was-being choaked to death.
—Jesse Smith was! arrested in Oneida,.
N. Y., Fridayiron the charge of poise in
Hitam :Vedder, a hotel keeper of
.Kortb
Bay, Oneida county, with whom she has
beeri living as his wife for some time past.
Vedder died suddenly on Thursday night.
- Archer Paul Davis, who, with
her husband, the. notorious abortionist,
was emiderpned to acath in Toronto, Ont.,
some years ago for the murder of Jennie
Gilmour. but:whose sentences were com
muted to imprisonment' for., life, has been
pardoned.
.—Track-laying from both
.ends of the
New Orleans Pacific Railrqad "will begin
by Januari..l, and the of the South
west extenlien of the Missouri, Kansas
.and Texal Road from Greenville to Mino
la will be edinpleted and the road in . ope.
ration bylfay 1, 1881.
—Eugene Fairfax. Williamson, the de
sed "per,ecutor" of Rev. Dr. Dix, was
a native of Baltimore, and wag a secretary
tn Mason . and SlidelP, the. Confederate
commissioners to European Poivers dur
ing- the war. Ms fluidly think he war
insane in . hislatter years.
.-i-The census . of the Dominion - of Cana
da is to be taken on the first Monday of
April next,,,aial the population. to be re
corded is to be the Population in existence
on that day: Every persowis to bo Count
ed as belonging to the place where beds
found on the 4th of April.
—Rebecca Uaacs,:age4 13 years; a New.
York school girl - , died suddenly on Thurs
day, and . the attending physician thinks
shewas poisoned liteopperas used' in col
oring a. Cucumber ick!e which she pur
chased and ate with
er lunch . at 'school.
A chemical analysis*will bo made of other
pickles from the lot of •which she bougbt
ono,- -
,
Hart county, Ky., - on Thursday,
J. A. Gardner, ; a -prominent citizen, Was
decoyed to his stable by a story of a sick
cow, and upon his arrival there was as.
satilted and rem insensible by two
colored boys naiked Campbell, brothers,_
and then robbed of a small sumpf Money.
The boys were seized by a mob, confessed
theirgnilt and hanged to a tree. Gardner
is in 'a critical co,nditioT
Matters ;of General interest.
A Stir Auto Ilailueinitton;
Eai, Pa., Dec. 26.—William Car
'lei, of this city, was under hallucin
ation that he would die at two a. in.,
on Friday. He says he had a vision
on Sunday•• last, in which he was
Old of his approaching decease. He
took to his bed, although apparently
healthy, continued sinking and grow
hag feebler as the time drew • nigh.
On Friday morning he made his will,
and was prepared for death by Bishop
Mullen; the Catholic prelate of this
diocese. His house was filled with
People watching the result: But,
alas!. the-death prophecy turned out
to be a fizzle. Much disappointment
was manifested at the failure of the
miracle, Which his friends attributed
to 'the officiousness of - Judge Gal
braithand Dr. Brand. They believe
that the will of God would have been
carried out but 'for_ the' cunning of
the lawyer 'and physician: The Jiidg
==
,
persuaded Carnefoltrother to turn
tet,
back the Wide of thueloelt ottin,A,-
aturthe doctor fulminis „ail
. 11110,„
n iti
ate ;;at aqui
~whiib,,,:, _
mundane in - AlrontiftlYton
corpse for alc sofirsi: ,
_IL:O.IW' ,
nounces the, fii4d , pilletiOeci 'tr WA,'
him as lambing:l!: a . c .;• -'s , - 1, 1
4 1 .7.1.- - V, 14 4 . ,--'" ~±..-
Horrible Harder of eisrAgioa Colusilte.,
ALUNToWN, Pa, Dec. 27.—Jacob
Gogel and wife, an - aged couple; Hy
lag Soura k iles,from.llethlettvn t were
found dead in bed this morning, with
their heads nearly sevAtrottrottithelr
bodies. A lsloody Rio-wail found in
the apartment. The walls were
AgIA
.slked with , blood,. Slid' the room
fiebted a shocking sight. James
Snyder, who boarded with the go.
gels, was tieliiied ici IS itie - murderer.
Re was cadet; britti Infuriated mob
'soon after the discovery of the crime,
and hanged . to the nearest tree. The
Motive! for the murder is unknown
PURVIER itARIICULAILS.
Afternoon—Joseph.. Snyder, aged
.24, the murderer of Jacob and. Anna;
Goat 1, near Bethlehem, was foUnd in
a neighboring barn under some straw
at nine this morning. He was imtne;
diately taken back _Co the house, of
his victims, and questioned as-to the
murder. He was cool andcollected.
He • was interrogated by Rev. i Mr.
Brendle,of Bethlehein, and at once
confessed-to having committed
.the
critneo telling the story with, great
deliberation. He was. -in love with
_the eldest dauktiter of the Gogels,
aged 16, bv. was oppuied'by her pa
rent% He believed thaV by killing
them all opposition:would be remov
ed to his suit. He had scarcely con=
fessed before a ropy, taken from one
of the beds up - stairs, was placed
around his neck, and he was dragged
outside of the house and hiing to a .
larg chestnut, tree,
_After being
suspended twenty minutes, the body
wsrs cut down by the poor-house au
thorities. .The authoritiek made - a
vain_ endeavor to. restrain the fury of
the mob, detective Yobe, of Bethle
hem, firing at one Of the ringleaders
without Effect. = Several thousand
people visited the Scene of the trage
dy, during the day; and. the excite :
-client is intense.
A LLENToWN, Pa., , Dec. 28.—The
District Attorney has issued warrants
for the arrest of all who participated
actively in the lynching of Joseph
Snyder. He says he will do his duty
fully in the matter; but fears that no
jury can be found willing , to convict.
Boller Explosion.
NiArlicitYPOßT, Mass. ; Dec.
The boiler of an e.ngine . eiploded at
noon in Dodge's shoe factory, killing
James Huntington, Daniel Bridges
and jobn : Bailey. Clare's • heeling
establishinent, , Sinitb's beeling facto
ry and the boiler-house were nearly
demolished. The boiler was thrown
two hundred yards into Greeki street,
breaking thousands of panes-of'glass
the vicinity. Several:Men were
slightly injared,_an& the fireman is
reported missing. Had the help been
at work, , theloss'of life would have
been terrible::‘
harder by an' Ex.;Goirejnoi
'NAPOLEON, Ohio, Dec. 25.—Last
night, Gen. R. K. Scott,,ex-Governor
of South - Carolina, now a resident
Here, shot and killed a young man
named Drury. 'the was the
result of a quarrel relation to the
son of Scott. Drury *as a man of
good' standing, and was to have been
married on,Tuisday.
Gen. Scott was fortneily Colonel
of the Sixty-eigbth Ohio Infantry,
and afterward Governor of South
Carolina. Intense • excitement pre-
Tails, and the danger , of lynching -is
so great that a company f military
to-night.guards the hotel where Scott
is detained by the sheriff' under ar
reit. ,
Blown, OD Ato
BRADFORD, December 24.—Between
2
and .3 o'clock this morning Albert
Magee and • Thoirias .Perry, moon
lighters, went to an oil *ell a mile
north of Bradford for the tnrpose of
treating it with a torpei - lo.:lTbey bad
seven cans ' or thirty-five4ounda of
nitro-glycerine. It was 'frozen, and
to liquify it Magee places he cans
in a tub of warm water rnder the
Steam .exhaust-pipe and thOi told the
engineer to turn on steanilthough
not known to a eertainty,' a is 13cliev
ea that one of the eans *as not en
tirely submerged' and thatibe steam
struck the tin, causing, thO r Oongealed
`glycerine to Inelt - tOo f rapidly, and : in
expanding Lt, exploileu'l with six other
cans. The concussion made the earth
trembled and brifke windows and
threw open.' and shut the doors fully
a mile away. The. windeiws in the
-houses near the scene were all rid
dled. Alticiee was torn to Fragments;
a leg was ''found two hundred feet
away, and 'a' piece of breast bone,
heart and lungs at, itnother point tifty
feet away: The crushed remains of
the'left arm were discover&l 'partial
ly buried in the earth.- The other
parts of the, body were found in
pieces- smaller than one's bands.
Perry, who was standing forty feet
away, was hurled :tigainst a- small
butlding with such force as to break
in , the boards. IHis . hearing was
destroyed and the. side, of his body
terribly bruisedt?.. The derrick was
- reduced to splinters and the engine.
'house, tank-house arid hand-home
fell like reeds before - a tornado. The
earth about the spot was torn up and
scattered in all directions; Perrs , lay
unconscious, for half an flour after
the explosion,lhen recovering mana
ged to walk to this , city and report.
ed disaster; Although the explosion
was -Win Bradford as distinctly as,
if it had been in the 'centre of the
City, it was , an hour and a half be.
fore the exact spot 4as discovered.
Magee was aged 24 years and had
been residing in the oil regions two
years; his native place is in'Canton,
Ohio. The persons who saw Magee
and Perry several gears before the
casualty - say they ' were intoxicated.
To-day the remains will; be buried
here by Company C, National Guards,
of which organization he was a mem
ber. Perry is dangerously injured,
bakit is thought may recover..--Phil
adelphia 14eirs.
Death ot,liev. Dr. Chapin.
i
.
Nzat YORK, December 11.—Rev.
Dr. E. ll:Chapin died this morning,
after a long-illness,- aged suety-six
years: 114 bad been the _ pastor of
the- Fourth Universalist Society here
since 1848; and was a trustee of the
Bellevue Medical College; member
of the State Historical- Society and
Century Chub, He was heroin tin ,
ion Village; inN \ Washington' county.
lir 1887 .he was ordained at Utica in
the Universalist ministry. - His first
call was to Richmond,`Va., where he
remained, until • 1:),40, when` he went
to the Universalist ,Church,_ Charles
ton, Mass. Sii years later ,be accept
ed a call from the School StreetUni
verialist Church, Boson;wher he
remained until he eame to New Yo lc.
\\
For many years- be was.poindar as 4
:=
lectuier. upon the principal platfarmil
country. 1n4850 be attended
',Peace Congress it Frankfort-01-
•e• lain, where he Made an address
• attractod great - attention; lie
•• ' bed several volumes of lectures
sermons. The degrees of A. M.
01
D. D. were bestowed upon him
Barvaid College. ' Dr.. Chapin
leaves a wife, two sons and daughters.
Last April be went . to Europe for
his health, and returned in August,'
after-which bo gradually grew. worse
until last night. NOne of his physi
tiill943oOblielli the - fiXeCt. -Aaterc,,of
his ailment, which, it is said, bas
been primarily caused by over-study,
and .was undoubtedly germr4 l -ciehilitY.
'Funeral Oa TheMday;
-
• Ctstkarsam Deemikber ;
Steubenville (Ohio) despatch to the
Commenrial says:. "A bloody trage
dy took place 194,,night atqtyan's
boarding-house. , Dfi;lipnry,npnng
dentist, while: intoxicated 'VinS using
profane - language at"„th.i. table in the
presence of : tadifsi !Dr. Schooley, a
young physician, iebuked him. Soon
a fight began, when a farmer named,
BilekingbAnil, who . bad, ,a grudge
against Schooley,interfered. Schooley
drew* revolver and shot Bucking
ham in the right eyeB. Henry then
seized a shovel and crushed Schoo
ley's skull. 43uckingluirn and 'Schoo
ley were aliyp at the last report, but
could pot long survive.
Cool Moo Accident.
RICOMOND 'Va., Dec, 27.,-Three
i
working ns the Union coal
Mine in= Chesterfield . county; were
caught by 'the caving in of a portion
of the mine on Friday, and at last
accounts one' dead body had been
recovered. : There are no hopes that
the other two will be found alive.
The accident occurred at the dinner
hour; when all the miners, except
these: mentioned, were out 'of the
shaft, otherwise the loss of life would
be very great. The victims were col
ored, and all leave large families.
Railway Co
NEW OBLEANA, Dec.' 27.-4 colli
sion occurred!' on Sunday
,frnorning
between the south bound passenger
and a. freight train, at State Line, on
the Mobile and Ohio road Two en
gineers andtwo brakemen were kill
cd, and several otters fatally wound
ed.
Disastrous Fireut Willisuniport. 4
W I LIA ANI SPORT, Dec. 27.—The Bon-,
nt,r of to-day gives •an account of a
serious fire here early on Christmas
morning. The conflagration broke
out in what is kn'own as the Ulman
Opera House block, a large three
story brick, with - a fourth story,Man-.
sard roof. It. was built about' fold
teen years - a,go r aial for several, Years,
and until the erection, of the Acad.;
emy of Music, was the leading place
of amusement inthe cit‘. Since the
erection
_of thel larger and finer
Academy of Music it was used for
balls, fairs, etc., ':until last smm '
er
when Company o,Tsielfth Regiment,
rented it for an armory.,, At the time
of the breakina out of the fire, Oka-,
pany G was holding a. fair and festi
val, and bad theiperii. House proper
stored with several thousand &Hari
worth of such goods as to go to make
up the stock-in trade of a fair.'
,The
Opera House was in 'the third story.
The corner - !building, first floor
-was ocenpied by Mr. M. Levii cloth
ing merchant. He carried stock
valued at near $25,000. Then mov
ing along . the square eastward was a
hallway, or entrance to the Opeia
House. Next to this a large • store
room, which was occffied by the
Williamspo*t Boot and Shoe Store,
Mr.. Hamilton, proprietor. He car
ried a stock 'estimated at $22,000.
Next this, Mr. Sadoc Ulman , owner
of the building he occupies, had a
clothing store on the first . floor, and
a wholesale liquor store in the cellar
beneath. -
;At is thought that the fire originat
ed from the heater, in the cellar tin
der the Williamsport Boot and Shoe .
Store '
The darna,ges.to the building
hardly exceed $3,000. Insured for
slo,ooo'.
Mr. M, Levi is'insured for $9,000.
The loss Will probably ,reach
Mr. Sadoc Ulman 'is fully, insured'
His loss with that of his son Simon,
who runs the- clothing house, will
hardly
,exceed s2,so}►.
The loss-of the Williamsport Boot
and Shoe Company will - reach near
$lB,OOO. Fully insured. ,
sore Affliction of a Peonay:vanta
PITTEIBUno, December 23.—Scarlet
'fever is killing _off many childyeli in
Houtzdale,_ Clearfield county,
Eighteen - died yesterday, 'and about
thirty during the week. Three years
ago the 'town .was almost destroyed
by fire. Then a flood, occurred which
d'estroyed alarge amount of proper
ty. Five months ago the coal miners
went out on — A strike, during which',
the entire region was'. swept with
conflagration in which millions 'of
dollars .worth of property was de
strayed, besides . some lives lost:
. Some two months ago another flood
occurred,_ destroying jtramroads,.
dams,bridgeS,.railioad tricks; lum
ber and mills: Scarlet fever-i.s.nOw
adding to the T v q iit 3 •of .des.tb.and
desolation.
A Competent Wife for a Sheriff.
A striking incident, of great cour
age and self' control in a lady was
,exhibited by the 'Sheriff's wife, ,
lonia in preventing the escape of,
several prisonersfrom . the county
jail. Owing to the ensafe condition of
the jail it has been found necessary
to. employ a 'regular night watch.
Sunday night, the weather being
stormy and rough, the night watch
reached his post a little after his
usual -time. The sheriff and his
dephty. had -both stepped out, and
two inmates who bad been sentenced
to prison, assisted by three or four
others, lifted the inner cell door from
its position, and used it as a wt light
go force the outer door, the latter be
ing bolted and braved by
,a two-by
four scantling. Mrs.—Mattison, the
sheriff's wife, overheard the noise
and placed herself at the door. The
prisoners forced their heavy weight
against the, door until the bolts•and
locks-began to fly. Mrs. Mattison,
who had placed beiself on the scant.
ling to hold- it firmly, foresaw that
other means must be used to keep
the villains back and hastily got a
reVolver, at the same time dispatch.
ina a prisoner, whom she had learn
ed"to trust, for her husband. The
sheriff returned just in time to see
six or seven men completely subdned
by a woman and tho doors to the cell
in which they were confined badly
shattered.—Bay City (Mich.) Trib
une.
Irom Eike'aka.
NEW. Yogic December 26.—The
Tribune's London Cable says:
The catastropheoa South Africa
Top n.
I=l
occanitiltiilmiaturaii6traipti6..
troop; inlittentlar leade rs
Striong y disapproving alike of the
Origthartinnekation Of Trantivaal, and
Ilisditone's decision to • retain that--
ill-gotten r bOoty, , jtuttlY considering
the, seizure of the Beier's country an .
act of - lawiesit'ilolenee, the. People of
ttie_afincxed "*,ritory almost unani
tuously opposing it. Now, unhappily
the.nseritc of the questintv are` imam
terial., No government,. however
convinced of the injustice of using
foice against a,' formerly free people
dare decline to-reconquer a revolteti
pievinCe. It is Intimated that the
C4pe people VII view- the disturb
ance: with satisfaction, hoping to se
cure: heavy reinforcements in the
Basuto war.
Tin SITITiTIOS IN IrtELViD
.1011dily glowing' storse,' as- the
tyrannical 'conspiracy of the -Land
League tightens its grip on the com
munity. iltepoits Ave daily received
from the inagistrates and officials an
nouncing the impossibility otexecut
ing the ordinary processes 'of law.
ate Fitzgerald, among the Most
learned and. respected of Irish
Judges, expresses from thebench
doubt of the possibility of continu
ing the administratiOn of justice un
der the present:jury sytitetn. "Boy
cotting" has reached the jury box, a
majority of the jurors securing ver
dicts of acquits' by the threatening
minority. • -
The Tinie.l declares the absence of
outrage among, the worst symptons,
it in truth being an intimation of-the
terror now general. The agents of the
League no longer resort to violence
to insure - obedience to the League's
decrees. ,'
TOWANbA CAB
BEPOItTED BY STE7E,
Generaltlealers lu Orneer;es
' Main and P!ne St
WEDNESDAY .E'VENTY ,
ME
Flour per bl.l
FlOitiper nark
Corn Meal per MO.:.
Chop Feed •
Wheat, per 41 00 4
Corn ^F rity
Rye - • • '
Oats 3s 41
Buckwheat . • 4c kfai
Buckwheat F10ur.... 01.75
Closer seed ...
Timothy. western,.r.
Lewis, 62, 00
Pork. meas . ...
Lard " 69 64
Cutter, tubs F 210
' Bolls . .... '2O
Eggs, fresh 23. (2.1
Cheese ' '
Pikato6. per busb.. 46.
• 20 (4,
Hides
Veal.sklns...
Deacon - Skins
Sheep Felts
ME
CORI E . - CTI:1) DT If. LA.
Hides
Teal
Deacon tikl
Sleep Pelts
11111
!rem Ativertir,emeufs.
STRAY.—Came to the enclosure
E
of Datdel liniferly. In Overitii towrishlp, on or
about Noveinher (die red Yearling.' The
owner Will ,come foreard, prove proketiy, i•Ay
charges an i take It away ; otLerwlse it 'Will be 66 -
posed of according to-law
)Icf: . ."..NN, T. C.
-Oierton, December 30;-10.••• • --
•
NCORPORATION ELECTION. -
—The annual weetlng'of the Grange 'Mutual
Ire.trtwire Conirihr, will he held at tise
Grange HA in Troy.on the TII Rt.DAY of
A.N C.l TIV, 1481, at le o'cleck a. at., for tlir piirpome
of electing thirteen Direetors,'a Pre4ident, Tr . ..a:-
liter and Secretary, wit! •trat.sacting tech othe'r
buslt.era Ay may be necel,ary.
H. 1.11.1. gr.
B. 'I , ,I.C.E.WitEIt.Y, Secretary.
Doc. 9, lieo.w3. 4 • •
r RE Annual ,34pting, of the Stock
-11 'holders of the Troxnada Bridge Company for
the purpose of eleetlng-n President. Treasurer and
slx Managers; to serve the ensiling year, VIII b
held at the , flier of the Treasurer in Towantl:3, on
WEDNP4ttAY. JANUARY- 6th, i6Bl, Lmneen
the Lours of 'I and 3 r.
• . ' 1_ N. -N. BETTS, S , !crelary
Tuvraik ' l! December 4, Mut
TjETTER .
S PATENT: - • • .
a Notice is hereby given that inplleattt n will la
made to the Governor of Pennsylvania ender the
proVlstOro,,rttel. Act of thio twentieth of April,
1474, after three weeks' publicatiotiof this hot tee,
to ts%he !otters patent for the creation of a vorpora
lion for the forging of iron and steel in the•C,unty
ttf Bradford. In said Commonwealth.. The object
of the sald.corporition will 1.2.. the tpaiinflulure
and Fish, of car 32LeA and other iron anfri.teet fore-
Lugs. and the'prinelpal business of the owl/oration
Rift be conducted at Sayre, in said County of' tittul
!ord... Dee. 2a-w3:
. .
SHORT -1101 - o . l' CATTLE
AND BERKSHIRE PIGS.
, -
We Itaye, a . tew-ehnieta fulls anti lielfers atilch
we offer at very r.asonaOle prices. Also pare-bred
Berfcshlres.. ,
. • G. 11. 'WELLES.
Wyalublng, Pa., Nov. 11, tact.
ASSIG E E
NEE!S
matter of the estate Ai Alonzoll ill. tit toe
Court of'Commoit Please( I:radford eotrrdy-
Notice Is hereby given, that , applicants!, having
lie s en made to said Court on the .9th day of loves;..
her, A. ). 18ailt, by dames assignee fer
the Itenellt of creditors of the estate of the said
asslenor, In order that he may cerry out the agree
ment'lie has tnatle.willi his creditors. and also that
he,'the `raid James I. Codding, he dutch:aged as
a , !•igttee of.said estate. the said Court . ordered and,
directed that notice be ...given of. the same to all
persons Interested by publication In the FinADVOILD
REPORTER an 4 Brattfurd.Arßus for the sit re of
three weeks.. after hich .said assignee will ask
that the granted, uniesa rause be shown
why the 53010 ShMO4l Red be dow.,
Asrlgnee
Ttiscands, Dec. 2:I,ISSU-151.
311.1 S —The' d *g l' ha Tinglle4 ,I;he
(d
the patronage or the ccuitt.nnity. Gateau Wort
tintie Immediately and lit botpi tinier. All leak In
titi h
avibeen repaired-a ' d bete:titer It. %111
lie kil i
n n goo 4 order: Floury Meal and
Itran constantly on, band, Caab vitd roi graln at
Nis.ointown., - HENRY W. W1:14.5.
Nlenroo.m, June 17. iSsnt. \
YOTICFf.—.I:II persons are forbid
cutting Timber 4in the Ir.ici4 Cthe
ward , Meti,n, , ern. in triierton T., , ,rtishlt. without
the tertilen rnn.rnt of the undersigned, Under tle
pea ocy of the taw;
JOUN McGOVEIk, Fxecutor.
C)vort,n. Mar IA.O-13
•
A1)311.N I ST RATOIVS ,
1,, tr,;is of ant.nlakitmilim having tieeu grant; \
rd to the tineer.:llted, up:4111:e estate of
Lmsd: laie ni Wsalustag toeamtdp, deeeased,•r
notice Is hereby given that all persons hetetd,.l to i
•the said estate ate. toweaied. to make Item-diate
'pay Went, aa.l all pers •ns havh.g ',lain's against
said estate twist mt , sent the samelluir authenti
edicd to the unlets4,tted for •
.11)SEP it H. 51AltS11,
teTtsysvi".!" . •" Y, BE I!. ) 1 / 4 (1011111'kt rator
N . . .
OTlCE.—Notiee is hereby (riven
r.
'that an applieation will be ina4;•• to the Geo
eral'Assembly-of this Common% ealth ';1; IS% ituxt
session for the pass.r.ge of a special 'aw pr. , 1111,1111 g
the running at large in the County of Uradfinil,
Pa., of horses, cattle, mules'. sheep alobsivin,
- . • • .1. A. HECt.)I:I). •
and many other eltizensef Bradford 63., l'a.
-Towanda, Dec. •110-w-P . r .
—•I r •
Will citizens please send me their psditions to
present to the Gomm] Assembly. .
FO •SALE.—As I wish to go
Vest. I offer for sale my. Nnrmau Statium
•• tianthettap" lie ts'.young, kintl atm sottiot ;
weight front 1,400 to I ,00 ; is a very sum flaai
getter imp, ols colts are very &Arable. lie will be
for sate until the first of March tytr..
H. S. EDMISTON: Ownes:
Bradford
FA-RM FOll. SAI.E.—The Su} scri
her offers for sale hls'farm of Fel arses Ineated
In Orsell township '•- ituprove., with k -,.0.1111/11,t ,
and barn 31 d orch . td thereon. Time, gleet. - to
purchaser. Also-sill is-II his lionie fans =y mlMn
northwest of Leltaporille, of :3 ,acres. For further
particulars tall oikur address.
••;, • -,
NOTlGE.—Notice is hereby given
that an applital ion Wilt be made pi-the-Gen.
eral Miserably 01 this commi.uw.mati,..at Its pelt
sesstou, for the ristiCeigeof 3 I.lv •clal law prohibiting
the running at largo in the township of Terry and
county of Stadtord of horfeit.!cattir'. mutes. iiheep
and twine. Ultl.kti TERRY.
Dec. 24w4 . and otber'ellizetts id Terry.
FARM COR SAI,E.—To close
out an estate. The Watkin4 and SI 3lertan
farm In Athens townahlp, lately belengthg to th e
estate of Col. Welles:: 21 9 acme, mostly Im prove.',
with •fatin buildings, etc.: excellentl3 watery d.
and well adapted to grazing anditlie daisy. Tertits
liberal. Apply to .)t P. MIIIIRAT, Athens,
or E. WELLES, Wllkes4tarre, l'a.
December 2, Iluines
ADAHNISTFIATRIX'S NOTICE
—Letters of adroinlstritlon, having been
granted to the undersigned upon the estate of
John Cole; ate of Springfield ton nsbip; deceived,
notice le hereby given that all persons Indebted to
the said- estate are requested to utak., Innuitdiste
payment. awl all pereous lisving claims to pro.rut
the atone 'without defy.
MARY-1). Ale. Aelnaititstratitx.
Lai Smit4Dakl, NvT. 23. loiso-wir.
ETS.
YS k LONG,
(I Product, comer
reefs.
; DEC, 18S0
•43. 111IL1.ING
45 ; so
• $1;4) tiB '1 85
• : 40
..1 40
OS 00
CO • 0 ,
98
115 50 04 a 00
1 ' 25. $1 20 . : °
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10 00 12
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J:OHN MACK.
LiAtaysv(lte, Pa