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NEW IJLOOMFIELD, PENN'A.
Tuesday, February 15t 1S70.
Paius has been the scene of serious
riots during the past week. The mob
seize 1 (several points and raised strong
barricades, but were eventually overawed
by the police, though the military were
called out roady for an emergency. A
large number of arrests were made, and
several lives were lost.
Commissioner Delano has been be
fore the Congressional Committee of
" Ways and Cleans," and there asserted
that the country could not stand the re
moval of the Income tax. There is one
thing the country could stand, and that
would be the placing of some other man
at the head of that department.
We have seen it nssouod that he had
decided that ' Joard':ig-lIouse-kecpcrs"
who furnished " hash," must take out li
cense as manufacturers. We always sup
posed this was only a joke, but iu view of
.some other decisions that have come from
the Department, the above decision is not
in the least improbable.
Veto Messages of Gov. Geary.
The Metropolitan Police bill which had
passed both houses, has come to grief at
the hands of the Governor. This was
purely a partisan bill, and is a class of
legislation which neither party in power
should ever attempt. We believe in al
lowing the people of every locality to
govern themselves as far as is consistent
with Constitutional law, and to have their
affairs administered by officers of their
own selection.
There is no doubt there is need of a
chango in the l'olico regulations of Phila
delphia, and had a bill been passed allow
ing the people at the next election to
elect their own Police Commissioners,
with some restriction as to their powers,
it is probable the Governor would have
signed it. In his message to the legisla
ture he closes with the following remarks,
which will find a hearty approval among
many men in both' parties :
'The election of every local officer
with the duties of executive authority, or
with the execution of the laws, should be
submitted to a direct popular vote, and I
can see no reason why the people of
Philadelphia should be made tin exception
to this rule, and be deprived of the right
of choosing by their own votes those who
shall constitute their Commissioners of
Police, as well as who shall be their
Mayor Select and Common Counsels, or
their representatives in the Legislature.
It is an elementary axiom that every
Government should have some responsible
jibuu, auu m a rcpuDJican ( joverniuent
that responsibility should be left to the
people the source of all political power.
Heretofore tho Mayor of Philadelphia
has occupied this position of trust and
responsibility. To him the people looked
and had a right to look for the proper
execution of the laws and the preservation
of the pAco and good order of tho city
If he has failed to meet their expectations,
they have their remedy at the ballot-box,
and it is fair to presume they will avail
themselves of it at the first lawful oppor
tunity. Would it improve tho existing
condition of things to divide this responsi
bility among six Commissioners of whom
ine mayor would be but one ? To whom
could they look for a proper discharge of
duty? Ilardly to the Legislature of the
whole State, which changes annually.
If the people of Philadelphia desire a
Metropolitan Police bill, let the Commis
sioners bo of their ovi choosing at the
ballot-box. Let them be "of tho peonle
for the peoplo." , '
The Governor also vetoed tho bill al-
lowing Writs of Krror to the Supreme
Court, which bill was probably introduced
for the especial benefit of Dr. Schoppc.
A ConlMontlnl Offer.
A Baptist Minister at Emporium
Kansas having a suit as to his titlo to a
piece of land, which case was to be decided
by Judge Watson, called at his residence
and placed in the Judge's hands a letter,
and departed. The letter was addressed :
I Ton. J. 11. Watson, present, confiden
tial," and the inside was as follows, or
thography and all.
lion M. Watson Dmr Friend ami
Briithrr in Christ: Having made the
decision of this suit of II. K. Norton and
Dr. J. II. Wyatt. to which lam a party
defendant, a subject of earnest prayer to
God. I have been constrained to inform
you of the conclusions to which I have
arrived, which are these: That if justice
is done, the disputed land is mine.
This is not only my opinion, but the
opinion of every one with whom I have
conversed. And if it is so decided by
you if your honor will be kind enough
to accept l will make you a present of
$50. Permit me to say, also, thai one
haT of tho value of the conic. .ed hind I
nave promised the Lord, and now promise
you. should be u.-ed lor the benefit of
His cause in Ivi.poria. Please accept as
confidential, from your true friend r.ud
brother in Christ,"
" M. A. Wixox."
Judge Watson did decide iii his favor,
but after pronouncing his decision be re
lated the circumstances under which he
received the above letter, and then hand
ed it over to Col. Plumb county attorney,
for his action in the premises. Colonel
Plumb imm iiiately had a warrant issued
for the arrest of the aforesaid messenger
of God, and he had his preli'.ninary ex
amination to-day, and was held to bail
in the sum of 1.'200 for his ap
pearance at tho district; court on the 12th
inst. He couldn't give bail, and is now
enjoying the hospital'.ty of our new sher
iff in the county jail. His flock wanders
without a shepherd. He will probably
withdraw the proposition which ho made
to the Lord, and use the money which he
had promised to Him in keeping himself
out of the penitentiary.
A Minister Llopes with a Young (Jirl.
On last Monday, a minister, the llev
Samuel A"u,lls, who has a charge near Van
Wert, was arrested and lodged in jail at
Ceutrcville, Ind. Tho charge against him
is of the most revolting description, and if
true, pvoves him to be a villiau of the
deepest dye.
On Saturday last, this man Walls
shipped a corpse from Ceutrcville, under
circumstances which gave rise to suspi
cions on the part of the people of that
place that all was not right. Following
the matter up, ho was arrested on his re
turn to that place.
The corpse was shipped Saturday
and got through to this city Saturday
night. lie called on the agent at the
Dayton and Michigan Depot Saturday
night to have the body shipped forward
to liotkin's Station, directed to Jos. Lam
bert at that place. On being asked by
the agent, " whoso corpse was in the cot
fin." he said it was his wife (or compan
ion, as ho called it). Iu response to
several questions he returned but few
evasive answers. Ho said his business
would not permit of his Kointr to liotkin's
himself, but left the corpse in tho care of
tne agent and left on the western
train.
Tho coffin contained the dead body of
tne daughter ot Jos. Lambert, a young
lady 20 years of age. who ran off with
this creature, Walls some four months airo
since which time nothing has been heard
of her until Saturday. Walls placed a
letter on tho colli n to Mr. Lambert,
stating that the body was that of his dead
daughter, and that he would send her
clothes, with tho particulars of tho death
to him in a short time. There was no
signature to tho letter. (From the
Fitjua (Ohio) New 28 vlt
Jteiy General Spauldiug, engineer in
chargo of the Eastern Division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, f.om Lake
Superior to the Missouri river, is being
fitted out in Minneapolis with all the
necessary auimals and supplies for com
mencing a new survey ou that part ot tho
Northern Pacific Ilailway. Four parties,
of sixteen men each, were to have started
last week. Their work is to bo a prelim
inary survey of a route from Lake Superior
to tho lied River of the North, further
uorth than heretofore surveyed and a line
from some point to the Lake Superior
and Mississippi Koad, easterly through
Wisconsin, with a view to an outlet in
that d ircctkn.
Infatuation of Gambling.
The infatuation of gambling is strongly
illustrated by tho tale told by one Collins,
an employee iu the Huston city treasury,
who had been arrested for stealing from
the Department nbout $10,000, mostly in
gold. Colliussuysj
" When arrested I had $2,400 in gold
and some few greenbacks some 170 or
180 odd dollars. I there acknowledged
that I had been gambling, and also that
it was with money belonging to the city
of Boston. No one induced me to play ;
the cause was as follows : I have played
before and won. A few days ago a near
relative asked a loan from me of $150.
I had but eighty; I gave fifty and took
the other thirty, and played at 135 Court
street; I lost it, I thought I would try
! !lir!i',ll tmilr frmn tlm f iniuii..r .....I r
lost, that; I next day took $150 with the
same result; next day $100, with no bet
ter luck ; I saw no way to recover myself,
and day after day I drew and lost, lost,
lost; 1 had gambled before; I played
when I was in the water board at city
hall, and lost $100 but this was recovered
forme; iu California I made money, and
returning, I took an oath to myself that
I newr would again gamble ; but I have
broken my resolution ; the amount I
have taken, which is about $9,000, has
been lost in gambling; hardly $50 has
been spent for cigars or hack hire.
The day he was arrested ho secreted $5,
0UO in gold in his desk, intending to take
the night train for New York and the
steamer for Europe. The $2,400 on his
person were to ' pay expenses" with.
Exciting CIiusc after Thieves.
The quiet town of Lehighten was the
scene of much excitement on Tuesday.
It was rumored during the day that the
Wilkesbarre bank robbers were in the
town, but the statement was hardly be
lieved till constable J. T. Westen ap
proached four suspicions looking charac
ters who had been loafing about Slant,'
Hotel, with the intention of arresting
them. The constable had no sooner made
this attempt at se ' ring the scoundrels,
than they pulled out pistols and prepared
for resistance. 33 ut seeing how futile
such a course would be, the robbers tried
to escape by rur.uiug.
They crossed the Lehigh Valley Rail
road and plunged in tho river, hoping to
find security in the heavily wooded moun
tain on the opposite shore. This cer
tainly was not a pleasant undertaking, as
in some places the water is deep and
swift. The terrible snow storm that was
raging did not make the journey through
the black waters any more pleasant than
it would have been otherwise, and we
should suppose Tather added to the dis
comfort of the whole party after they got
out and began to climb the mountain.
The constable summoned a posse and at
once began the pursuit. Nearly all of
both parties were armed.
After a long chase through the snow
the robbers were overhauled. At first
they refused to surrender and again drew
their pistols, which could not be fired, as
they had got wet in tho river. After
some show of determination from the con
stable's men the thieves gavo themselves
up, and the whole party returned to Lo
hightou to recount their adventures to
the eager citizens who crowded around
the hotel. The prisoners were kept over
night at Slantz's Hotel, and sent to
Wilksbarre.
Phenomena at Lake St. ( lair.
Ou Thursday of last week a most ex
traordinary and sudden riso of tho waters
of Lake St. Clair occurred, and was par
ticularly observable in the vicinity of the
mouth of the river Thames, and along
tho south shore of the lake to and beyond
the river Rusconi. Parties resident on
the lake shore say that at first two loud
reports were heard, resembling tho reports
from cannon fired at a distance, after
which was experienced ascusation as from
a gentle swaying to and fro, as though an
earthquake had been awakened from a
century's repose. Upon visiting . tho
water line it was discovered that the ice
had been suddenly shovel upon the shore,
and piled up several feet in height, car
rying with it truuks of trees and logs,
which had for a quarter of a century lain
imbedded in the sand of tho beech. At
tho mouth of the river Thames and vi
cinity the ice was thrown to the height
of two or three feet, while at tho river
ltuscom it was raised at least four feet
above ita ordinary level. So sudden was
the action of the water in tho lake that
ice and trees and logs were absolutely
piled iu a jumbled mass several feet in
height along the shore for a distance of
several miles, but was most observable in
the south and southeast quarter.
Miscellaneous News lteniH.
KW Naturalization is to bo made uniform
by Congress throughout all the States.
US'" A woman has been elected Justice of
the Peace in Jersey Landing township,
Illinois.
CfT" Tho Virginia Legislature met Fri
day and tho Governor's message was re
ceived. C3T Small-pox is carrying off about twenty-five
Indians a day in the camps on tho
lnaras.
C2TA resolution passed tho House for
tho payment of the balance of one vear's
salary for "War Secretary to tho family of
tho late Mr. Rawlins.
fcW Whisky frauds to the extent of two
million dollars aro nlleged to have been
committed by A. Stevens, an cx-revenue
oflieer, and a number of business men in
New York. Stevens has been arrested.
KIT II. Salle and Fred. Mohrman publish
a card in tho Chicago Tribune, saying they
are the makers of the Cardiff Giant, and are
ready to make any number to order. They
claim an interest in the present giant.
tW For some time past it appears that
a large a mount of smuggling has been
done through the mails. Tho discovery
was made at Chicago. Amon the goods
seized were some addressed to Urigham
Young.
Cirjiulgo Bedford in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions, denied tho motion to transfer
the trial of McFarland, for the juurder of
Richardson, to tho Court of Oyer and Ter
miner. Tho trial will commence on .Mon
day, the 7th of Maich.
tS" They have a cat in Augusta, Me.,
which can open doors having glass knobs,
and moreover, frequently with her paws
wipes moisture from the windows, orscrath
cs oil- the ice to enable her to look out and
see what is going on.
In the court of Oyer and Terminer,
N. Y., Judge Ingram charged tho Grand
Jury to the ell'ect that all agreements with
persons who have committed felonies not to
prosecute them if they return portions of
the stolen property are illegal, and tho of
fenders should bo brought to trial.
HSF" Several officers interrupted a prize
fight, last week, in tho basement of a liq
uor store of Thomas Mullally, No. 027
Court street. About sixty men were crowd
ed in the room, and it was impossible for
them to discover who the principals were.
Several of tho ruffians were aivested and
locked up.
fcW It is now currently reported that the
live men engaged in the Boyston Bank rob
bery having failed to make through the
Boston detectives, a satisfactory compro
mise with tho losers of the bonds, ha ve di
vided the plunder, each share amounting to
about $72,000. Tho division is said to
have taken place at New York early last
week.
U3F" J. IT. Clark, cutter in tho wholesale
house of Moore, Loomis & Co.,of St. Louis,
has been arrested for robbing his employers
of goods to a largo amount. The value of
the goods taken is not known, but $4000
worth have been recovered, lie was con
sidered one of the best men in tho estab
lishment. tW Valentino Klein of Cincinnati, has
been arrested on the chargo of murdering
his own child, aged seven months. The
testimony before tho Coroner showed that
Klien came home drunk, and when his wife
asked for money to buy bread for supper,
he became enraged and took a pot of boil
ing coffee and poured it on tho face and
bosom of the child, which died of this
maltreatment in a few hours.
tW A train coming north on tho Utica,
Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Rail
road was uncoupled at Claysville, and two
passenger cars seized by Collector DeGraff.
A special train, carrying tho President of
tho road, Lewis Lawrence and Deputy Uni
ted Sates Marshall West was also seized.
Tho passengers wuro delayed about five
hours and were finally brought away by an
engine and some cars from tho Utica and
Black River Road. Tho Southern mails did
not reach Utica until tho next morning.
As one night train was going through
Claysvillo stones were thrown at it. There
is intense excitement in Claysville jmd
throughout tho town of Paris.
Overcoats.
For real service and comfort, there is
nothing like a good overcoat. Nothing
helps us so well to defy tho cold and
storms of winter, and nothing is so great
a protection to our health. Wananiakcr
& Drown have "spread themselves" on
their overcoats this season, and offer a
rich variety of gloriously warm overcoats
at very low brices.
$8F What's tho use of saying Catarrh
cannot bo cured when Dr. Sago's Catarrh
ltemedy is so suro aud positively certain
that tho proprietor offers $500 reward for
a case of Catarrh which he cannot cure.
A full pint of the medicino is made by
desolving one fifty cent package of the
powder in water. Sold by Druggists, or
send Sixty Cents to Dr. It V. Pierce,
Buffalo N. Y., for a package by mail.
WILL, AI L THOSE AFFLICTED WITH
Cough or Consumption
Item! the following ami Irani the value of
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.
Dr. LLOYD, of Ohio, Surgeon In tlio Army dur
ing the war, from exposure, contracted consump
tion. Ho says :
"I liavo no hesitancy In statin1? that It was by
tlic use of your Lcno Balsam that I am now alive
and enjoying heallh."
Dr. FLETCIIEIt, of Missouri, says:
" I recommend your IUijum in preference to any
other medicine for Coughs, and It gives satisfac
tion." ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM is the reme
dy to cure all Lung and Throat difficulties. It
should be thoroughly tested before using any other
llalsam. It will cure when all others l.iil. Direc
tions accompany each bottle.
J. . Harris & Co.,
Sole Proprietors,
CINCINNATI, O.
Sold by all Druggists.
Terry Davis & Son,
riiOVlDKNCK, li. I.,
General Agents for New England Slates.
-Sold by Dr. M. B. Htrickler, New liloomlleld,
Pa. Feb. 1870 lin.
-jpAIX KILLEK Cures Sore Throat.
A Favorite Medicine with all classes.
Is Davis' Pain Kili.ek.
IF you have the Painters' Colic.
I'se the Fain Kn.i.r.u.
"T"0 Medicine Is so popular
As the Tain Killek.
JEEF the Tain Killek always at hand.
IF you have a Coinnor Coi.n.
L'sethe Pain Kii.i.ku.
LOOK out and not be caught without a
Bottle of Pain Kii.i.i:ii iu the house.
LET evey body use the Pain Killer,
For Si-kains and Buhsks.
EVEKY sailor should carry a bottle of
Pain Kii.lek with him.
1 EMEMBEll, the Pain Kii.i.ku Is for
X both Internal and External use.
S- The Pain Killer is for sale by medicine deal
ers generally.
rKold by Dr. M. 15. Strickler, New P.loom
lieltl. Pa. Fel). liu.
$ $ $ $9
TO THE WOKKINO CLASS. We are now pro.
pared to turnisli all classes with conslant employ
ment ut home, the whole of the time or for tlio
spare moments. Business new, light mid prolita
ble. Persons of vlt her sex easily earn from fide, to
8S per evening, and a proportional sum devoting
liieir whole time to the business. Boys and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That till who eo
this notice may send their address, and test tho
business, wo make tills unparalleled oiler : To
such as are not well satistled, we will send SI to
pay for the trouble of writing. Pull particulars, a
valuable sample, which will do to commence work
on, and a copy of The J'enile'x IJterani Itomimn
lun one of the largest and best family newspa
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Nervous 1 ability. Premature Decay, and the effects
of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of Holler
ing humanity, send free to all who need it, the re
ceipt and directions for making the simple remedy
by which he wax cured. Sullerers wishing to proll't
by the advertiser's experience, can do so by address
ing, with perfect conlidence, JOHN B. OGDKN,
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Mibhler's Bitters for sale by F. Moktimek
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g. ir. nrssELL,
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Importer and Dealer in
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GOLD JEWELRY
AND
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. Particular attention paid to Flue Watch
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S-Agent for STEVENS' PATENT TlTHltET
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I, lilted States.
,,," Inquiries by mail for Information regarding
Clocks or Watches will be cheerfully answered.
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and a full vsortment of the latest
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