.o:aitfeTtl %eportet cuAlt. 8. ALI,OI, LOCALAiDITOK. Towanda, Pa., May 5, 1881 ENTERS) IN TEE rosToF VICE AT TOWANDA AS MAIL MATTER OF THE SECOND CLASS. LOCAL AND GENERAL. The expirtition of subscription is print- Td on the colored label. By noticing the date- ecery subscriber can tell when Ail paper scill'be stopped unless the subscrip-' tion is renewed. A TOU;iG - man restd!ng In Keene Kissed his swcetboart lebind a large sereien, He made too mucqt'nolse, ,nd was heard by some boys, who Informed tlif gills pa—which was mean THE trees ale leaving 111N(.IIAMTOI'i Ims the small-pox (WU. IN tr. fishing' Las been inaugurated VENNOII predicts warm days buckks seem to be quite tony at present. Foci: weeks fruni next Monday will be Decoration Da COSI= Now. is . the time to get your fences and trees whitevaishad TREE trimming - ilervapies the attention of the property owner. Tut: s}n•ing etyla at• hair cutting is a call upon the scalp. I== both Ittutuy',4 income iv ;:10,000 lost one cipher larger than ours. t' AroN has his hotel near tho Bar cl.ty depot almost ready for.bttiness. IioN.J. D. CAMT-ZON will accept our lo.uks. for valuable public documents. ke Crean' Parlors were open ol en Tues(Lay eveninz for the season. Os the day of May,. this year, liere will he a partial eclipse of the sub. Mis,l7.; GpAltAlr have oi , vned a niillineq sthre at WFst Frauk- Stmt.: qu.ite extensive improvement:: a -being made in an,l about the Athens MIMI Trd:in: trill be a tot,l eclipse of the 11:.,on on the 1 Ith_mul 1:1th of dune. Vis- Wlt. fit lc . 4 ( ,) I atACSOII, r noga County, :1 - 1 , 11;.: With t cvo human Lac& in place ~ f fret - -Tur..Grirnania Band will give an (,pen air (.. ,! :,144..r, -t Park, to-morrow Dvi: ( . 6., have connected Gas ri;ti t ), their Ihtrd- ,' ~ S I';dlcy IZond is ascertaining I:44t6er au , l firemen can 111111 - ‘ , N has pllt (1 . i;Ill11 n :.-411.”..1.:111- I '..11 slotic•kA ill flout of her relaidence 11111111111 1 - ur ffz innocellt soda ~,.•e y I).•zii`r.Y.:ovz to be heard.. RU qti, 15 ;I wk)11. PAT, it 'V R.% , floali:t i z: of tltcHrialia .10z. en , 40 - c•-P: m„nt it. )1A1,1,61:y\ rimuds "I , wralay last. The dli'ver wore a•u,uls lcr a:1.1 wm.len niittens. ; ('. Vi - r 4 Ilk, handsome bay 1;,.,t 7vi 1,1.7:1:, the ltael;- if..;•2lrt) . 41N zu two couples attended Professor ft\ NIEL:J.I . s rmo , que ball :It few evenings.ago (l'oonty at Millington 1, no'111):: (.11. Team.; crossed on 11. k! Wt'ek. • , t•it neieLL nin , villa r iZe of 11421.er1y nine stores.• ('ertai~ili: ail eL:w?l hr cio!lo.7,:l. that to3vo. that the tqtal value .O;tL estate , late ASA ER. has 1“-.11 ;I`:VVltaine , l - t4, 1 , 2 $1;,413:t7:411:7.4. 1 ) 1:. C. 1)1 r..C" tAySville, VollIPIVIIri : 11 OW t ' Vi2t ;001 of a b u ildi ng in that i0;10(. to I.c. Itsol as a -I);tital of: .totr , ‘N tteated his residence F4i. ,, nd•stlect e. , at nE taint. which , r , rr•.req appearance wonder ' ES r is 4. '4 illlatl • 11 . that over a in life ins rams! is livid in this l'!..tate i• : ilupers. by people no way related tit ENE FIT; the ('‘ , l.leelionev, does COI:SI ;chic of a bu-Euess in the fruit line. On -eviming ived a' full 11 1 )14 - April. situ' storm hich was to uh ,, .e the 'whiter season SO( to b.l\ 6,1 gOtt.Cll tO lOtt in an ail- =EMI ('onlity Union Sinulay . Atzsociii . tion hare a coni . .-eiltion in '.cninni.r, on Wedne.,(lay an'i Tinirtlay, !‘•!. iN building quite. an addi-• Or: house rechitl3 - bought of um-, at Mi6n, , and otherwhi:e wa, a meet inff of the 11(1100;4h 011 Monilay evening. For s'onie i , ave been furniOleti with a py 11:0 pre. Tur. it alrtl)) , lity f )1' the state -1:r11- that AI)),N.! : 1.4 ‘at, aged '1!. has tak- out a !•17 , ,0rii . i .111 his life itr'the ,zrvctl.4 I Aid, - CBI I. , i;l...sT tires are.• c.-alsitlerable to standing. thnber in Wilmot destroYing con.iderable . 1 .11 n: ies of Lark already peeled. Tit:: of the Climeli of the 31e55i ..!.1 :ave a %cry eiljoyable Sociable at the :larch Pat lot's, Tudeschty-evping. The teceipt, aniotinted to .$1;0:11. 1, { A t' ofAthens. had one his lingers badly mangled by being 1 , ;(:)1t in a derrick while working on the 3 . ...-.. o pp on hi idize a rcw days since. c:lyuti; 11 heel and Foundry Com -1.4:.y, of them:. township, is now running its fuiii r capacity. Manufacturin orr inn:fired ear wheels per day. ]ire TI - TTLE, of the American t'aiion has recently purchased a " '' coach, to convey pas h-tween the hotel and the depot. ptcdiet'on that . April would wet. was not far from being, is „It wourd have been ;perfectly I Lail be said May would commence Ozone): W. Bniu Mg., of Lona*. ville, bought the public school house and lot which was sold in that place at public sale on the 21st ult. The sum paid was $408.00. - I Tim Tioga County (N.Y.) Sportimen's Club sent to the State Fish Hatchery, near Rochester, for 20,000 young trout, to be - placed in the - small trout streams in that vicinity. ON Thursday of last week, at the re quest of Couosl, Judge LINN adjourned the further hearing in the 'Haunts vs; PACKER equity case until the latter part of this month.- Drrtnicu has iucently been-mak ing :improvethents to his premises on York Avenue. A. handsome new fence, on the York Avenue front; being 'not among tiw least. Crtuitcu of the -Diessiah (Unitersalist), iter. WILLIAM_TAYLOR, Pastor. • At 10.1 subjc-oti Love to God and Man." At S f r. Can there Le heaven it end less ini.ery is true?" - EvEitynoui is at . work now except the profess' ional loafers, and they must cer tainly feel ashan.ied to be seen lounging about the streets when the demand for laborers is so general. • . • Owego man has niade a bet of a box of cigars that a•tonstruction train will run over the new Delaware;.Lacka wanna & Western I.tailroad between Binghamton and Owego before July Ist. T'ttt old wOodeu awning in front of the BEtor.r. - )TAN Block, Bridge street walre morOlast week. Its removal adds ma terially to the loots of the street, seem , " iogly adding a • nimlber of feetto its width. • Piton tfANti:s ofthetoncert to bo given on the Oth instaJ, 4 for -the benefit of the Libraritwill he printed and distributed next. we There will be solos, duets, and ehtirus by our best singers: 'Be -sure MEM TII - E farmers of green's Landing and vicinity, are talking up the question of t► Farineis' Club at that place, :A - -meeting was held cut Saturday evening hist, to take the preliminary steps for the organi t loni _ 'Cu Treasurer af Columbia, county is allowed live per cent. comutissiun for re ceiving and pat•ing ont the moneys of the county, No one has ever' - disputedthe fact of Columbia being - Democratic in game of ;base ball between the Stars and a picked nine of clerks, on last, resulted disasttously to the '!_linights of the Tail Stick.'' score toed at the end of the game :- Stars -311,- . Clerks 14. Tnr. Well9oro Gazetle •F , ays that .a pe culiar and -- "ur - Fritt, ofortN unknown disease has inoken out among the-young switre in that locality. It begins with sort of:elog: ging up of the throat; which..after a few days; tines causes death. IT is rumored:that the , Prin t ters and a Nine from' the Nail Works will engage in a game of base ball on Saturday aftertioen next. We trust. the gentlemen - are :mate of the penalty for Sabbath breaking. But perhaps the game is to consist of-but 'one • A END of ours, who. has "kept tal ly." says that duriug .the past ; winter inches of snow. fell: in this section. lie b'vs the heaviest fall took plit'ee in be ceniljer, wlien there came thiwn enough of the:l3eautiful to Measure ten and one half hielles. • '--- .11, A.- MERE wilt he au tiki Folks Concert in Mercur c ed:- . Fritlay evening, the Ilith Of May, for the benefit 'of the Towanda Library. Tickets 51„1 cents. 'Reserved seats may be secured, without extra cinrc,e, three days before the Concert at C'. T. {ikon's. E1:13211=1 THE tishiu ,tunics have . commenced ' early this sprinc. ::The 3tuntrose Repu!..- 7 ietel, of last week tells this One ••1:„..1.4(4 - 24:1; caught a 'trout in:. Wyaiii sin^ creek, near 3losEs TvtAn's, on Wednesday last, which: measured twelve inches in le,vgth." 13.,PoTTrAt a.nd wife, fir wiimot, vkiting . Mrs. l'iirEn'S parent; oti .Sun day last: When - they returned they found 1:one, barn, 1110 contents had been destroyed by tire:during their absence. We le:tin there was no insuranee.—Thi, ~h ore ilreirx; . Ttiv Franklin Reposiorii judges from the fact that twelve applications for di- Ce are to be heard at our present term of Ciart, -- ttiat there is "more than tbe ‘isual prnrortin of matt imonial intend in this rotinty. Well, really. w are 11 ,, t sure but that may be - the ease. ' 4 Tut: Tioga correspondent of the Owego I ; , r:rtte, in ills . letter of Ittit week,. says !hat investi! , ation has iihown that lie ter! 11.1 c railroad accident at Tioga l'entyd Lasts hiter wa'6 . oe . e.asii.eed by the 'care kssnis of kome . employes of the conipa _. n iieaving; a svi it'll misplaced. • t - - TnEttr. we two hundred and four li eem:ed liquor .sellers in Lackawanna County, and .I,l,ulge lIAn thinks that with the unnumbered cellars that ary not licensed, that county is amply provided with places in.whieh - to obtain wet 'sup- The Judge, therefore, refuses . any Outlier licenFos - to dispose of the "at': dent." IV ,- Cuant:Et, OwEN, of Mansfield, Tioga county, was . arrested and. brought iLis place, on a cltrage of stealing a liQrse from 1. 'k of Greenwoood, !lid a bearing before Julitih ('ount:if; on Thursday last, and discharged. The whness called to -ident it) the guilty par' f 3", swore.positively that ;11r. OwENWas not the man. . IF there is another town in PeitnsyWa- Ma, the size of Tovranda, that has as long_ a stretch of horrible sidewalk as is that along the east side.of `fain street, south of BEIfir.r.SIAN'S Block to the Aurora flousF, we certainly are not aware of the name of , :atc•li village. The walk mentioned is not only a dii‘grace to our town blit it is'posi tively dangerous. ' B!S • SAv the the Canton .S'entinel of Friday last : '• MoNitoEsFtmcusos, a Nuugitnau 'l4bout twenty-three years of. age, was I thrown from a carriage and instantly -.kill last Saturday ,as he Was on bikway home fromplossburg.. lie was inioxicat c. cd and while - attz.mptingtopas another carriage his rig struck the other, throw in out. The fall broke neck. Tins is about the time of - year when the head of the house experiences - the de- , lights of making garden and applies him self diligently to the tvork of removing ottheans and things to, make roomfor the beautifully illustrated packages . of seeds that never grow. If there is anything.be side's a book that should not be. udged by the cover it - is a - package of . garden bead. I Tiw. Lenay'SVille Aricertioer has cow • 1 - 00. i d two years of its existence, and its editor claims flat it is in aprosperous condition. Durini its two years of pub lication many funny thinga have appear i in its oolimms, and the edibn promisee to keep it up in the future to Its previous standard. We wish it success. Its consequence of altering the grade at the head of the plane, BO as to permit the running of Erie eight-wheel cars over it, the Barclay road shipped but little coal last week, and the employes on the coal trains were treated to a number of holi days. They have krul work enough for several mouths past to appreciato the lux ury of a brief respite from labor. - VENNott'says we will experientie a heat edtterm- after May 10th, and after the lath bush fires will TrobablY•break out in districts, although - thunder storms are probable on the 13thhuid 15th. Between - the 20th and 25th there will probably be cloudy weather with Mins, and vegeta -tion wilthave advanced considerably by the 24th. Between the iltitlrand 25th the weather Will be cool. ' The month, will end hot and sultii: . . . . Wt advise our citizens to give able-bo 7 died tramps the cold shoulder. There is no necessity for strong, heal l illimeti wan dering over .thc country, begging . their foOd froth door fo - door, and saying they can get no work. Work is plenty, wages reasonable, and those who have ao work are profes,sional tramps. They should be refused cold victuals and made . to go to work, or do their sleeping in lockups and eat prison-fare.. =CI Tilt teachers and scholars of the Sun day School of the Church of theilfessiali, elected the following officers .on 'Sunaay last • , "Suee.rintendent—Dr. TAYLOR. I Asst. AS'apt.—Mis. O. D. KINNEY . Seerititry and Tretutit rer —ALnEwr Luse. • • Libra)" fri/1.--Mrl3. M. J. toN . 9. COVEILDALr. pEdtstoss in the: following Bradford County eases were announced 'by the t..4u preTe Court altabisbur on Monday : _ . tiViprs appeal. - 1/Aree yeversed. ESAlowing. Insnra'n4 ) -- Company vs. Stots, { Two cases ; writ quashed' and re versed on the second. • . • . . Minnequa Improiement Company vs. Kuhn, affirmed. . 1' . Packer vs: Schrader Mining CoMpany ; reversed. t'.:031) Men are marksmen, and then 'again some men are not. An. L.tPLAIST bagged ten ducks on the 'river Monday moining in an hour's shooting, and it was not much °Pa morning for ducks ei ther. Wo Lust those of our . "shootisti" who have been : "blazing away . " every day for-the past two weeks, without rail, ing a feather, will not consider anything M this item as a - reflection . upon their skill, as it were. A - GREEN's Landing correspondent writes the following to the Athens Ga 4. zette : "We are • pleased to Team' that some of the sick aro improvhig, and they are doubtless pleased to think they .no longer require the serviCee, of watchers. One farmer, whO has been 106,g5 - troubled with rheumatiiiini-rides . to 'his field in a CliaAr upon a stone boat and plotiglis all 'the same,-being-able to travel aid of the plough handles. That would sound well along with the trials of the early set tiers." le • • UP to the hoiir of going to press, N , N lave,hot been informed.of the sudden -de miseof Bums, of the Athens Guyette, and yet in his paper of last week appear ed the following item : "If some of the fashionable' young la- Ales of .\hens should follow the example set by Mrs. N. Harris. GI - Cy:would dis play the color of health in their faces and add to the beanty-and eleanimess.of their_ homes, and the street-gazers would see less of them , ,and; too, they would exam plify the ol song, t' Who will rare for mother now?" Girls don't, keep the old woman out of the kitchen nor trontelean ing the front 'yard in this age of the world, much." Mn. C. P. Wnicurr, the gcntleiriau Who has had agents in thiti vicinity coutraet ing for wood for the parposeof opening . an establishment for. the manufacture of wood extracts, acids, rte., near Gaines :mills, has abandoned the project on ac count of not being able. to get a s:ullicient 'quantity of wood to *arrant him in locat ing there. Mr.•Witioltr we learnbas par chased several thousand acres near Car bondale ani will put up his mill there. It .is to be regreted that this vicinity did not secure the bu - Canlo Sena -71(4. tuAnt.F..s E. Tr:ituv, who has been ;as late editor ma j Ertblifilter of the Tura:- baunock peutocrat3turittg the past- year, retired from the paper last' Week in order to give his time More fully te 7 the practice of the.laW. lUnder -the maiiagement of Messrs. I.).‘i t TE. - unv the DenzoTyra ha's been - the neatest printed and beSt edited paper of the 'democratic faith •that came to littr, table.. We :have no doubt it will continue s'o-te be, under the guidance of its senioceditor, Mfr. DAY, who made it - au excellent paper for a number of - years previous to the late partnership. Barring its politicS, we wish the Demoiyat ccintin tied SUCCOK. THE Waverly correspondent of the Owego Ttntet , g, in the latter slit of last week says : ." The toy factory Which was destroyed by fire a short time , age,, has or will he soon running at Athens. It seems a shame that the citizens of this village Have not as much money or willirirness to venture into anything as Athens, but seems to he the case, for 'Jo y less than five different and now thriving . entrpris ing mandfactorieihave been taken there simply because the Waverly people did not wish to make a venture. We would suggest, if we did not want Athens to bo . more thriii - ng of the . two villages, that some effort he iii4de to keep Our Manu factories that 'are started, -anti not let Athens take them all." =I Tim )4:earner "Lyman - Truman" was anchored fora ton - minutes to the Eastern shine of theSusque,ianna, opposite' this village, op Thrsd Y j afternoon last. Numerous if not numberless "small boy . " —and Several not 'so small—went across the bridife . jind viewed, : the "tying pal ace," as he calmly lay • on the bosom of 'the placid stream. The steamer was for •merly t1i1,..!. property of the Owego Steam, ;Nacigatiron Company, but not proving a piofitabl i e investment, it has been dispos; ed of to parties at Pittston, and will here after plow the raging Susquehanna be twcen that place and Wilkesbarro. The boat; when it anchored off this port, was on its way to Pittston and had on board quite - her of ladies, and gentlenien of C 'io to all, appearances were hat iltful and enjoyable trip. Mitrose the hotel men and restaurant keepers, just at present seem to be engaged in a strife, as to ivhiali eau furnish the priterm of ,that village with the Most elegan ottep supper. The t‘ kg ,"boys" have already "discussed" the 4 viands " at several of the houses', and Seem to have eajoye the occasions. We bairn no .report .from the bmdlord!. the contest has bit just ipined, we opine that Judge Nil/30214.0t the Amur, and or the Waverly 4tideesafe,- 'cease to be the fat men of the "rotes widen," ere peace sball be declared in the' village on the anti!, o r a typo goes back on. the "hash ." Strange u. it, may appear, the newspaperti of the village publish glowing accounts of each "supper;' with a r‘cklesancss in regard to the spade occu pied thereby that IS really nsteniibing. P. M. dOMBAuGit, who runs the en gine it Jonsson "fc.; Co.'s foundry, says the Review, has just completed an engine of diminutive ptiotxmtions. The - boiler, which is airupright,ls two feet in diame ter, and twenty-eight inches high ; con thins 99 flue.s, aggregating 130 feet of pipe. The engine,•to which is attached :a wimp, is also upright and occupies but little space. The machine was fired up for a trial the • other night., The boiler was tilled with ten - gallops of cold water: In live minutes after the ° fire was lighted there iris sufficient steam to blow the whistle; in eight minutes the engine was started_ and in ten minutes the steam gauge, indicated thirty-five pounds. Ev ery stroke of work ou the unique little machine wax done by Mr. eiXOLUAIIOII just as he could get opportunity to use the tools, but the job is as perfect as it • could have been_ made by - a machinist'. The engine is to be place44iu a small b l oat to run on the river. 1-• • .. . w THE -followiug-iranked gentlemen w ere elected ofticers!of Nl'►lad 'Fire Compin4; on Tuesd:iy evening : i , . • President—L P. SPILIM3G. - -.Vice President—A. 11. W. :4: Secretaiy- 7 -GEoimE C. Bunn.aaih• Putantia Secretary—E. L.: SMITH. Tretipzrer—TnoltAs MEREDITH.. Fvetilan—O. E. I.I.E.iiNF.T.r. • • Ansi/clan/ Foremen-Ist„ SIMMEHS ; 2d, P. EARNER. Pipehyri—,F. WHIM, E. IL Pirmcz, 11. 31,..TAYLOlt, P. ROSiNFIELD. P. IVKLLEs, .G. E. Fitosr. • - 1 Trusteeo-0. E. BENNET'S, A. D. VOW.- ISAI7OIf, 1 / .. , 'WELLEg.' t lb° conclusion of the election the COMpany repaire4 to Erren's," and partook, of ice cream, etc. tleveral speee . hes Were made, and a pleasant and enjoyable even iflcr httd by all., that you know ht papa goes to Europ to;morrow for six Weeks ?". " No, 1 hadn't heal d a word of it it must he a very sudden . move." '.'Very. He only made up hit mind last night.". " You are not going, too, as iyot thought you would on his next trip?! "No, 1 can't get ready." • • • • " Ettic,". says Simtnie, - after . a mo tent's pause ; 'have you the courage for a hold step while be is away ?'!. "No—oh, 'no r' cries the fright cued girl. I can't do • it; Will don't you a-sk for his consent " • " Because • 1 would never get it lle will only give you to a rich 'mat) and that ',won't be for some time it' you, marry me new- he will uasilS give 1n;, and will then have an inter est i» _pushing , its on, and will hell us more than he would help me alone "t rests with.y . on, and if yOu agree to th,is, we:mayas well give if all our hopes." ;. - • THE city editor of the Elmira Ativer.: -tiNer speaks as follows of the, ,prevalent fashion in bonnets.. The editor possesses _wonderful powers of description, but he should visit-ToWanda--here all the wo men' are hatalsome—on Sunday afternoon, if he desires to see the full "dressiness and beWitchiness'? of the poke i The ed itor who _has .never seen but the plain faces of Elmira girls in a "Ipoke," re markS thusly : • "Of all the queer shapes which fashion hasslevised for ladiesl head wear, the poke bonnet of the present spring "series," stands without - a rival worthy of the name. We presume . it is called poke because the -front peak pokes into :the : air. IL turns -up-atlitont, !down behind, and half and half at the sides—its -shape was never.bc ,fore seen on !the earth'. or the waters un der the earth. It is sold by all milliners and is warranted •to l'become' any sort of physiognomy, from; a Grecian profile to the bewitching front •view of an Irish lass. It is progre sive,• and costs any where from sixty-five cents to seventeen dollars.., There is ample space under the• front verandah for any quantity of bang; friz, or curled hair, while the room tin der the rear• portico is- too limited. for great expanse •of. waterfall. The poke bonnet gives the wearer an air of gallus: ness, so to speak, and •at the same . time is dressy and bewitching. .It were better had .the inventor not decreed that the sides should incline downwards but her ,disinclination to•make an article resem bling a wooden butter diXh, was probably the racto'r that sends theawnitiglover the .earx. It is toething this year to wear a poke, and-no- lady who would not• be thought to have just conic from -the brek woods, will be seen without one. Great is the "latest stYle,"- and the poke hat is • its - profit." .' G. A. R I ItAt)grARTI.:IIS WATKINS rosT No. flb, G. A. H., TowANDA, April bO, lbSt. Spreial Orders No. e 1. The following named members of this Post are detailed to arrange for the customary observance of Memorial Day, at this place, on the 30th day of. May : Committee of ngempo ts,Con!rales .f. ANDREW \STILT, lirrratnr!, J. A. Dnain.tv, .1011 N HENLEY,. NEWilf. BnoWN.. Committee on :MO nee Com - rades CIIAECES P. Caoss,• BF.x.t.uktlN 31. PECK, GEORGE W; - ;KIT,SIER, L. Muftis. • • , Cominitter on In rittiefons.:-Conirades E. OVERTON, Jr., It!. W. SCOTT, J. N. CA vivr. Committee on Flowers—Comrades3. 14: MATT, C. W. ALE, WILLIAM E. STE PH EN SON, WILLIAM . H. NUTT, HARVEZ C USIMINGS, `WILLIAMYONTZ, L. S. DILA IS• PELL. • Committee on M . wie—Comrades A. A ST. .lott, 11. L. POWELL, M. McCtr.s. H. The Chairman.of each Committee named is requested to convene his Com m!ttoe as soon as practicable, and report the result of the meeting without delay to the Commander. By order of (.4.EonGE V. IlvEtt, Commander. .1. 'H. KITTRIDOE, Adjutant. =ICC= A SILVER MINE. • - . . Levis WEED is "a claraVoyant ancl a seer who not long age insisted that there was salt at the inlet of Cayuga Lake. He bas now revealed a silver - mine. It is located' about three miles south of Waverly, just over the Pennsylvania•liiie.• WEED clifin ed that by following his directions the precious metal would be found in paying quastitjes. A few believers have beep at work at the spot designated for several days; they have sunk s abaft about thir ty feet deep, and they say that the sever al strata of earth and , rock which have been passed, answer exactly the descrip tion given them by th‘seer before the hill had been probed. The Ithaca Journal says that-specimens of the rock from the "hole" have Veen taken to Ithaca and submitted to the inspection.of a professor of Cornell, who sass that . traces of the Metal sought for are apparent in them. It is expected that the final result of the digging will be made known the. latter part of this week...Etosirs Frei Pi m. I PERSONAL. ts. Dt.citra f is dangerously MOf rhisuoiatiim. neon b confined to - Ile !louse, by an attack i)trhe' oinatisin. --3Ers. Jolts ROILAY is suffering frOm a sevens attack of rheumatism. At.ustyr Lono, who was -quite sick last week, 'alibis to be (nit of doors. • -lion. E. L. lbws _spent,, Satinday and Sunday at his hothe iu this plaCe. DAvirs is spending the present Week - at his home in this. place. =SENzcs. AnNoLn now wears a gorge- Otis hadgewhereon is inscribed " Ildugo Police.” • • -FRED C. GORE hits recently been Pro moted from a first to second class.clerk ship lithe Postal Service. —lion. li. li. Cram, of Towanda town ship, has been confined to his :house by illness for several days past. • -.l . .tatzs 11. Conorno and'W. li. DonoE have formed a co-partnership, and will en gage in the Insurance busine s. -4ORN WARD, Of Towanda township, dieil ; on Tuesday molting of pneumonia, afteir an' illness of but a`few days. —Mies LrLi is MimeFt:, who has been visiting friends in Buffalo for some weeks past, .returned home last week t —Hon. Gionot.: LANDOS . is to deliver the Decoration Day address at Montrose. Coos; many montliii em plyeckat :the tannery left for Atbeini, Bradford County,. on Monday.—Sullivan Demoetat. —E. W. LeenritEs . a proniinent citizen of Alba, died suddenly Monday afternoon of appoplezy. Ile leaves a wife and live children. • . —Our old and genial friend, -DAvio GAnn. , smt, formerly of Oicutt Creek, now ofWellsboro, gave.us a pleasant call on Monday last. 1 I —Bon. 0. 11. P. KINNEY, -editor of the Waverly g:Adroeale, is ill. ilia many friends here wish him , a speedy restora tion to health. • - 7 -Joits E. avviEs, formerly- of :ti'Vath, who went to Hiawatha, :Hansas, about -a year agQ, is visiting friends in thii 'coun ty. He says he is well pleased with tlic West; - • • .Itev.• H. G. BLAili, formerly of ingville r tas become settled in - Litchfield, Pa. Mr. 131..tift understands the "art preservative" and; is an able pre:idler.— Owego Ikea rd. - Presiding Elder WlLimn occupied the ptdpit . of .the 3j. E. Church on Sundiy evening, - and preached an. interesting ser mon from the - text : is appointed unto all duce to die." —Junsos E. ConNEt.t., formerly . of Athens, died in ElMira, on Tuesday of Consumption, at the age of :18 years. Ilex leaees a wife and two ,daughters to mourn his early -death: —Oviing to the. :loss of voice, Bishop HOWE who - was fo have visited Christ Church this Wednesday, evening, has been compelled to postpone the Visit until some time in the 'future. •:--I.Awt,.eldest, son of. A. 1.1.av0 and IDA B. MouroetOn, died Tuesday of last, Week, after a severe and painful illness of ssiveral weeks' dnration. fie was abont four years —Mrs. and Mts. FtutDEttnait ,sox, Miss, llArrrx Cant. arid GEoncs: LAMOREUX, of Burlington, N.; are visit-. ing - their friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. CA ' lll'; for a few days.—Owego Blade. —TIMNew Milford -Afirertisy of last week. says that 0.N., WORDEN, of thitt place, well known to many: citizens of this . county; is seriously ill, and that • but faint hopes are entertained of his teeny: ery. -WIIA PLUMMER: will teach the sann flier term of school at • Green's Landing; commencing next. Monday. - llanity GitmEx retnrns to Sayre at thnsame-time. They ate both good teachers, and, pretty good kind of fellowsr, too.—Ailvas Gq zeite. _ • ' 711 r. FRANK A. WIIITAKOt the Sindoi. Proprietor and Editor of the lleratd,.has been obliged to leave Mil'villa on account, of failing health, and is • now engaged on. a. paper in Philadelphia.--:-Milluille :Thrahl. —M. C. Miucuu,. J. F: MEANS; and IL A:. MEnctit have been elected delegates from Christ Church to attend the General Conference of the Diocese of ContraLi Pennsylyunia to meek at Mauch Chunk . in June next.—Joursid. —Mrs. ---FmtousoN, mother of Mrs. D. W. 3foonv,'of this .place, died at . ithe residence of her daughter,....ifrs. MINCNIN . N, in Toivailda township, on Wed nesday of last week, after a. brief She was. about $0 years of age. - • —The funeral of G. U. DRAKE was largely attended 'from his late residence Sunday afternoon. 'Revs. Dttpowit, Snr.nWOOD and MILLER took part in the services. The deceased had been a mem ber of the Methodist Church for neatly half a century.—Montrose Denicrat, DePriv`died Thursday af ternoon at his residence about to miles from - Waverly, in his eighty-third year. Mr. DEPtir was one of the earliest set tlers; in that section. having located on tir farm on whlch he died in • the year IS3B, 'liver forty years ago. lie was a mail extensively known and loved and re spected by all who knew him. I=l —Says the Sayre correspondent of the Elmira ,thivertixer,. under date of the 27th instant, "Mrs. Ilurri, wife of GEounu litrrust, of this `place. died Tuesday morn ing after an illness-of . only four days. She :Vas a most estimable'ladly, and her sud den death was a terrible blow to her fam ily and a - large circle of. friends. The . fti. neral will take place at Wyalusing Thurs day." • • —;;Wlta, WOODRUFF, accompanied by his sister EuiTulare visiting friends at Montrose., They attended the 'Grand Masquerade Ball; given by Professor DANIELLE, at Scranton, week Wore last. Miss EDITH was - acknowiedged.to be the most-graceful and finished lady Iclancer of the assemblage, As a matter .of . coursc,• WILL was accordedfirst place among the gentleman participants. —Mr. Ii t C..GIitSWOLD, of Susquehan na; was in the city a day.or tyro* ago, ,the guest -of Mr._ THOMAS JOHNSON. For .vitie years Mr. ClutswoLo was in - the cm: ploy of Mr.. JoussoN, becoming in that time a very proficient jeweler. Ho left Elmira in 1871. He married a very wor: thy lady'ef Tonratitla, 'a Miss CASH, who had about $20,1.100, of that commodity. We are glad to hear that l Guttivrout is prospering, and wish he !would conic oftenev—Elluiro Adrertiier. " ' —Few people . in this vicinity under_ stand better than Mrs. 0. A. BALDWIN the beautiful art of music, and wo are certain no ono takes deeper delight in it. That she is not selfish