43tatifori gepottet Towanda, Pa., April 27, 2882. E 'lt RED IN THE POSTOFFICE AT TOWANDA AS MAIL MATTER 01 , THE SECOND CLASS: BUSINESS LOCAL. • By all means buy _the White Sewing Machine of M. C, WELLS, Agent, Towan da, l'a. 'NE Davis Sewing Machine with its Vertical Feed does a lame range of Ow, tie.ll work not poissible on any under feed machine. - tf. T,. B. RO DG En§ eliallmgesedmpePtlon for tpi ility of goods and low prices on Saoi, not.rs, Blinds and Mouldings, and at building material. Sang-tf. ELEGANT ' SING !NG ',CANARI Itit--G Finches, Linnets and Whistling Bull Finches—all fine, imported Birds—at e'. '. Crockery Store. 16 mar. • Miss S. D. BLACK, Agent for the Dress Milkers' Magic Scale, will be at camp ton n April 20th, where she will -exhibit We invention"; All ladies are cordially in vited to come arid bee for themselves" its iisefuluess and convenience. april2o. AZIF.MovAL.—J. S. ALL has removed his Undertaking Establishment from Bridge street to - rooms on Main .street, over TURNER & GORDON'S Drug Store, WOOpFORD & VAN DORN'S Boot & Shoe Store. A full line of Undertaker's Goods • from 'cheapest to. the best. jaw27,'Bl. 3. S. Aza;TN, Agent. J. H. Kimmins. yoti want a well-fitting stylish pair of ,hoes for summer wear,,go to Simmins awl leave your measure. Mr. Simmics is a !hie workman himself, and employs only such to work for him. lie puts the best stock into his goods, and is confident he eau lit you if you lot him try. His prices :lie very reasonable. Pattous blOck, over tore lately occupied by H. Jacobs. April 28,'S:?. NORTHWESTERN HAND CORN PLANTER. —This is a new and perfectly 'reliable corn planter,' and is the best and c t, , ;ipes . now in the market. It will r! ut c‘nai, beans and peas, also pumpkin or not, at will. It will pay for it in one day's use. ONLY $2 50. AND. WARRANTED. Tell your n,•!,. 4 iihors about it, and!not to pay from to $4.50 for a planter not as good. I.',a• rash with the order I will deliver two planters in onelot at $2.50 each, .ioy railroad station or by any stage Lac innning from Towanda, freight pre- Farmers can get up clubs and send t',.l planters." --- -For sAlis at wholesale by ' • R. M. WELLES. Towanda, April 20.--3 w: LOCAL. AND GENERAL. W. G. TIIAT-X - has a new sig.], TPIST t(l ' dust. Ashes—to the river. Troy u post-office Ints . been improved Th,orito had a three dollar foot race Iteently.- TUT: East Troy band will have new uni f.i n this spring. 111 . 4-E:. and wild geese are reported on t I.tke at Eagleimere. =CO W astsro ItT and Lancaster., arn - hay ilvely newspaper wars. - Burs are arrested-in Monrootou for , ball oiNthk street. • .11 - sTt( es commissions ate now ready at the Ite:tister and IteZi)rder's officer. 1. " L TEST Nims stiid there would' be a ‘1,..1.11114 in Waverly onlWednesday. . . .1r last we bare seenl evidence of the •l:ucmcnt. that al !Mt us is in blossom. Till: man wihnut a coat nom ). invites r. 1 s, ealarrlial fever and pneumonia. Tii Golden-HornedMinstrels are-corn in M:ty ;at leapt so says the /Ovine. • •.\.,_;:loo • !pipe b'folofiging to 1411%1 - Guy 1101100, droiiped deiorat Liberty Corriers t eck. EM it EW ARE of pethit:.rs; turn from -, them patronize home merehaLts whom you ~.11 trust. Tiff , . second Institute •nine got away th , first nine, the other day, by a , o" , ry of 13 to fi. . Waverly ..4drocat4 asks if all " but -1!••• of whiskey are not alike?" Such af : fc.ete , l i;!,.nortnee is pa,inful., THE camptown woolen mill is not 1% ; . - 11, bat is iunninr. on full time 'with ~ litional help and machinery. r T ANT GENERAL LATTA has issued ges tomilitia organizations through t!... State fon use in quelling riots. Dn. Ih•Lt., of Owen, 'preaclted a Bei= mo:: last Sunday on Going-a-fishing. It hineli more proper to preach it than to ).: - .o.tice 00 the Sabbath. A M BF - Attu:yin; boy bad his nose bit !co Icf recently, 'ny a pet doz. That boy w.il.tprobanly keep his nose out of other businesi as long as he lives. Amur...showers are not bringing May 11., ( • rs.-- ReprilJlicon. We should s just yet. It is rather premature 'or !lowers, or our almanac misleads 171:ot-spats can't be. too tight for the de- LI:ohls of good society: H.Exehange. The wooers can. This is one of the minor fiolerences between a man and his trou st•l =I Fly ? , •Qr::.., .1. P. JoNEs and .L A. Swart:- IV, I V,j, of Towanda, have leased the McKinney giist.mill, located abort four IT 11 . 41.1t9rth of this place.— New Milford .1(1, Mixer. Tun 14)st OfTioe Dejiarinent haw ruled th.it mi advertisement or hand -bill shall h,• allowed to be pet on the wall or any- v.1 , 0:e in a room, the rent of which is paid I.:, the Government. THE Wyoming Mniorral is becoming by the chronic insanity, of the II ri.barg Prf riot, and last week prints ;i ailide on the Jeffersonian revival taken fiolit its leader. - • Ssow banks are still visible along the line of the Gravity, on the'lloosie moun 13ins, above Waymart.—llonesdate Citi, ~I . They were visible here in small c;;latitities Friday last. WE are informed', that, a ncw• diseate kn.,..rn " fence shows," is becoming ep'•lemic among editors in remote part the West, for which the only known remely is press tickets. Wayue County oil well is slowly di-seendiuw• Chinaward, having. at thiM reached a depth of 1,740 feet ithout striking either Venango sand or oil.—Wayne Independent. • , Wutr.r. tearing down an old lionsti,in ( Lathan towns' ip, Tio a Coliiity, I.llla sit;ce. one of the workmen found . a 11:1! set Of dies . for coining bogus silver 'l ll :itters.—.ltiorthern Tier Gazette. \Vm. Cnuts.rt %a, who zOmmitt, d the dangerous; assault uflon W. F. Coburn, had a hearing before Justice Codding Monday. Rail in the sum of $1,500 was taken for his appearance at court. THE Bradford County Medical-Society "ill meet it the office of Dr. D; N. New ton in Tow•an-la on Wednesday, May 30, et 1:30 P. M. - ertA . s. K. LADD, Secretary. E. D. PAYNE,9Premident. Turs had a German down to Policeman (corge Weiler's yesterday ,morning ; aright pounds.-.—LuteAt Neu% %IF weighed on a standard scale? The Nht.i;zitt reuses rather too much fora girl baby. MAPLE; b agar tbieves are - reported quite plenty at Cherry Flat s.-- Weliaboro Gazette. - The day for female pillars of, salt is past ; tut maple stigar individuals still flourish , if our trustworthy exchange is to be be cvetl, Tan itaMni4.• Bays; "Ovbr a hundred A ittettoui correspondent of the Adver- Sutioupassed through Milton last week, Hier says : "There aqui a rtlll3loll of the on foots in search of some delightfni,heal large and' respectable family of the 'Wa thy spot, whet° they will go on the town , termans, at the home of John Waterman, ship, and make it interesting to the tax- I cote of the brothers, oa Saturday last. payers." '•I About thirty-flve persona were present, - representing the families of six brothers and three slams. A :substantial and ele gant- diui er was dispotiii of, and the af ternoon spent in mtisle, conversation, etb. The oceaston that called them together was the departure of one of the trotherii for his Western home." Tice witching season of the year has come again when the frisky tramp takes uis bundle and ci , dghl and starts on. -his annual ;summer - excursion. Handle him gently ;,he is a sensitive plant easily kin , ed by harshness. - - PARK . I, üb . urcb, was crowded last Thursday evening with people attend ing the exh,bition, of the Microscopical Society of that city. The work of the So ciety is receiving recognition from scien tists in other cities. "You are about as honed a looking man - as I am," remarked an inebriated individual who invaded our sanctum last week ; and Koine way we •haven't felt at :dl proud since. Compliments don't please us much anyway. Ttte Tioga County Record warns New Yorkers against indulging in profanity af.. ter May 6th. The new statute against Swearing ,takes effect on that- date ; and evil men will spend their spare time this week swearing ahead. MuITATED stockings, or stockings hav ing a separate compartment' for each toe, is the latest feminine foolishness. Between putting on stoCkings o that kind and working on tight gloves- the belle of the future will never bb able to catch a train. bin. D. F-CLAIIK, of Towanda; wns in tcwn on Monday, last. Mr. Clark, being a tiFenian, made the acquaintance of some of the Owego flie 'addles, and he learned fOrthe lirst time Unit Towanda money was not good in Owego.— Tiogn County Ikeord. A WOMAN in tinsquebanna County struck and killed an old man named Don ahue, because ho would nut allow. a girl living wall him to ~ z o to church with her. The case has j:ist been tried and resulted verdict of murder in the , second de g re! ' . . IM=11!ISI Tile ladies of the Baptist Church, -at Waverly, evidently know how to run it church fair. The fair and festival held last week realized over six hundiei dol lars. The fancy work is said to 'have been very tine, and:. - judging from . the amounts realized we should say it was ra ther expensive. .IrsTtetgets ougler glolw+ sights when a jury duds the defendants not f4uilty, but. to pay nine -tenths of the costs and the prosecutrix one-tenth. This is what a Luzeruc- County jury did recently, and who can guess what they 4 bought, or on what basis of division and right the .ver dict was framed" OVER in, Weeds Port, Cayuga Connty, N. Y., there seems to be a bitter light over a petty post-office between ; IX 0. Bowen, of the Cayuga Chief; and a man by the name of Van Gelder. Tue latter gentleman we do nut know, but the name is enough to defeat him. Put him Mit.— Rayevitie Adrertiser. A BLACK mare, s abont live years of ago, was stolen from the stable of Sir. Jere - 3T: Bittner, in Gni!ford township, last SllO - night.. For recovery of _mare and c:mviction of thief a reward will be paid. Any advice coirct!rning the whereabouts of either should be forwarded to Chief of Police Cwft..—Vait4w Tun Lebanon Jail, from which two prisoners recently escaped, most be a very . unbafe place for a man having niOili ey to sleep in; if it can be as easily enter_ ed as ‘ the 'Courier statci. It might. be a good'plan,to lock the old gaol occasional: ly to keep..thieyes from stealing the pris (niers clothing. THE cards are-nut for the wedding re. r.eptiou of BenjaMin Maurice and wife, formed; May Adams: The reception take 4 ',Lice May 4tt„Tbe marriage which we understat d took place in February, has for some reason been kept, secret from all e,cept a few relatives and intimate friends. TnEjurors in the .case of the Athens bridge, after an e. amination of the struc ture, and after hearing the evidence re ported that in their opinion the .bridge should I e made . free. They vatted the bridge a . $12,500„an amount higher than the lirSt4urk found, and lower than the valueiplAced by several bridge builders. .a. Miss DARR had a narrlw escape from a dangerous burning Tuesday thinning. She was emptying ashes in the yard.when her eh,thes caught, lire and she :vrould undoubtedly have been seriously injured if she had not thrown herself on the :,•round and remained quiet until the flames were smothdred by Reed. Smalley. Timm: are. already five hundred men, Ititdi, Swedish, Italian, and Spanish, at work on the new Pine Crick Railroad, and more are coning every week. The home life of thet3 men is not very invit ing,-Most of them Itvim in - the shanties, as thiek'as a drove of cattle in a yard.; and not much eleanfier in same cages, if the stories toll of them.artArue. Tut: Germania Bop given - Priday ; nighi. wtbi a success. There were about fifty couples, several being from other towns, and Inc ‘,‘ mazy " w - as indulged in until she early risers were thinking of building iheir morning tires.- Au exchange in speaking of the dance says the Towanda girls arc pretty, but that being a matter of history and not strictly a part of the affair proper, ,we omit the statement. Ws.. have received .from East Smithfield a communication relating to the post-Of lice appointment from a " iend of :both applicants" which we omit, because it would lead to more 'dirtussion of the ques tion, and would not result in coo& to ei ther party. From the statement of our correspondent we judge both .applicants are deserving men, aud• it apvears 'that both are more or, less disabled. _ T. liArmoxn tojbAntionx; the President. of the State Line ina'Sullivan railroad, is entertaining" Robert • Glendenning, Robert Buist, Reuben Lukens' and Win. B:, Bullock' at Bernice. The gentlemen are li-reci by both bdsiness and_ pleasure, and the inspection of railroad :Property, examination. of timber lands and other matters of business will altegfate with fishing and pleasure excursions. Wonuin's Journal says : Why have we nut mbre girls called by the no ble or graceful appellations- of Agatha, Alethis, Arabella, 'Beatiice, Bertha, Ce celia; Evelyn, Ethel, Gertrude. Isabel, Leonora, • Florence ? ' M ildred, Philippa, Pauline, Ilthla, Clarice, AnnabPl,. Irene, Zoe, Muriel, E feile , Eugenia, Eupbetnia, Christabel,- Thete4a, Marcia." Antotiiii, Sibylla, Hosabel, Rosamond, etc. Wi. don't know, but. if we have a thousaml g:rls we wouldn't call one "etz." _ A (71. rm ER cow died recently, - and upon rxamination an axe was fond in the ani, mars - stomach.—Agitator. This and sim ilar stories are going the rounds or our euehangea, and we wish to state that a Bradford County cow was recently killed,, that hid in her stomach seven lengths oil stove pipe, a portion Of the Andre monu- i meta weighing two tons, fair coal dumps, :a brick :church and a small steam saw mill Vt-e have another cow in mind to be killed main, which will probably beat this recert IT isn't often that a horse loads himself into a -wagon ; but that is: what one did last Thursday. A team was bitched to a wagon opposite- -the green, and.-being frightened by the -cars- the . horses com menced jumping aturat last one . of them climbed entirely intaithe wagon where he lay struggling until the wagon was tipped over and he was releaied. Ilitching horSts in the street. is a practice which ,in many cases is poor economy, it is always an annoyance. Cannot something be done to prevent it? • General Orders No. 1: • 1. The folio-Wing named Comrades are hereby appointed committees to-repare for the proper observance of next Decora tion Day, Tuesday, -May 80th, viz ' Colman e of Arrangements—J. A: Willi A. D. Albert, O. D. Lyon, C. T. Vallow•. - ell, L. S. Blasdell: • - • . On Roteera—G. V. Myer,• Chairman ; C. F. Crotis, E. G. Owen, W. Gale.. orilnritation*-11. B. McKean, Chair;- - man ; E. Overton, D. - W. Scott. I On Finanee—E. A. Thrinispon, Chair- ESMEItALOA will not be, played here' man ; B. } M. Peck, George W. Kilmer. - • next week as we announced. The ladies i 04 Musk—S. McClen, Chairman have received notice from the Madison J. M. Hatt, G. W. Kilmer. ' Square Company - that they. will not be To take charge of eeremonies'at Hellen I emitted to produce the play, and conse- A. 'Thompson. S. V. C. quently they will have to give it up. The At Ghent and Horn' Brook—ll. B. Mc. foolishness of the refusal is on a par with •Kean, J. V. C. - with its meanness, for the people of To- I , Cominittee of Arrangements at. Hollon %%midi% will - remember the discourtesy ; W. Gale, George W. Kilmer. when tne company come next year, and !.Committee Of Arrangements at Ghent • • the many who would have gone to .Com-, —W. E. Stephenson, 0. G: pare professional :acting with amateur' Committee of Arrangements at Horn will now stay away; and a feeling of IV- Brook-.F. Cortez Rockwell, Surgeon.• sentment will keep.many more from a t -1 Ensost, ' -A. A.. PralltN, . - • kip:stank Commtaden WE wore shown through the fine atom i-of Powell f& Co. yesterday, and we think the display of g oods the bestme ever saw in a store outside.of a city. Ths stock in the dry goods, carpet, dress goods, ladies furnishing goods, and Win and shoe de partment, is.' large • and selected:, with care, and everything was convenie ntly ar. ranged for examination.. The stole is one thaw the town ought to be prohd of as well as the owners, and the fact that the sales . were+ unusually large in March, shows that the people of the county ap preciate their efforts. - " BRICK " POMEROO4 old press. used so many years in publishing the REPOR TER, was shipped by us last week to Da mon &- Peets, New York. The press-Was used by the' irrepreisible a' Brick "' in printing the Alhenrilin at Athens,• and many of his brlliant mtterauces were:giv en to the Wqrld through the mediutri . ' of the old WPshinton priess, whicht.hasltone into rirraw'r• bands. WO gave Mr. Pom eroy a clum6e to par base ,the: old relic of his younger days when: neither . fame nor a frequently disrepittable notoriety were so common with him as now ; but he is evidently man devoid of sentiment, that is rentiment , lett costs something, us he lefuses'our o lir— - • T.IIE causes of the " northern lights," so called, are not difficult to understand. The longeoutinued north winds have brought along with 'them their surplus electricity which always prevails Wore as coolpaied the South istud as the South ern atmosphere, in its regative condition, looves northward in the higher regions to restore atmospheric equilibrium, .nature makes an effort to also restore the electri cal I.quilibrium. The passage of the elec trical element from the lower to the high er atmosphere to accomplish this end is attended with all the phenoMena we call 'anthem lights. IVhen the electrical equilibrium, which has beet' disturbed, is restored the plieuomena Ceagb• - •'' Wafierly 11 droerte. • . THE Athens correspondent of the Elthi ra Gazette says: Our side-walks are in a horrid condition; and as yet no st .ps have been taken to have them.repaired. Would it teit be SA ell 'for our officials to take the subject-into consideration, and have them put in proper shape before the borough is called upon to settle a bill for. broken Hon. John Keller is selling a large number of buihing, lots near his res idence, at Olen Valley, and building has rapidly commeleed ....Charles Parks has fitiishee and tog occupies his palatial res idence which adibi: largely to the beality of that enterprising. hamlet... . Among the _manufacturing interests about to be established, there is a mammoth pretzel factory-to be put up by a- stock company and surietintended by Keller.... A brew ery is now talked of, and will probably be built during the summer. Leis ARNOLD Imt with a serious ac cident on Monday while goinz with his stage between Potterville and Leßayii yille. lle was lixina a tug when his hOree kinked, striking him on the right side of the face near the nose, inflicting serious wounds on both upper and under jaws. Po, tunatelylust at the time of the. acci dent his brother Seneca, Mr.. Wilt of this place, and other gentle.nen came along and cared for the injured elan who •con tinned senseless for soma time". Mr. Arnold was placed- in his stage and his brother went as-fast as possihlel for a physic:an, while the stage was dritien in the . direction of medical- assititanse. There oral considerable• excitement for a few. moments, and the prompt, action of Mr. Wilt prevented a runaway, and the care of all' the , gentlemen present was given in making;Mr. Arnold as comforta bleas circumstances would permit.] . I. A CONSTITE:CIONAL Amendmen# Mass County Convention, will be held in Mer cur Hall Tuesday, May 2, 1882, at 1,20 r.. 11. Called in pursuance of a resolution of the • Towanda Auxiliary Assodiation. All iriendsi of the measure are earnestly iirgv.l to attend. Clergymen. and Ladies especially invited to engage in the' work and be present. Ex-Chief Justice A:gnew, of.the - Supreme Court. and President of State Association, has been invited to be present and address the ConVention. .Judge Jessup, of Montrosn,. was , alSo in vited, but will be unable to atteno on Re- . : count of professional engagements. _ln. expressing his regrets, the Judge. adds "The people are beginning to awake .to the importance of this tnatter. It ought to have the sympathy of every tax-payer, and the hen co-opertion of every right minded man in the State." Hon. George Laudon and others are expected to 'be present and address the. Meeting. 4 Conte out and hear this important question fair ly discussed. --0. J. CIIMIBUCK, - Corresponding Secretary. 1 - 17'g received list Saturday the following letter from " " POmeroy "1 - ours of Bth at hand. As I am!work-. fug out of the printing business rather than into it, and hive no use for any eth er than a fast power press, I do net care Ito purchto•e the hand press you spqnk of, althon