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NEW 1IL00XFIELD, PEXX'A.
Tuesday, June 31r 1&70.
Sknatoks Klkcted. New Hampshire
has re-elected ISeuator Cragin to serve as
Senator for six years, from Match 4, 18.71.
llhoJe Island has also re-elected fcieua
tor Anthony for a like term.
Ik Congressmen were to follow the
exafnpleset by Senator Hamsey, they
would be able to lnuke shorter west-ions.
Lie made the best speech on record, and
it was composed of the following seveu
words :
"Let us quit talking and commence vo
ting." The Coloiied IJdys who were appoint
ed as cadets to West l'oint, failed to pass
the preliminary examination required of
every applicant. Thc'coiisenjueuee is that
they were rejected, and ISuinner and But
ler will have to make another appoint
ment. Perhaps they might find some
some white lad who would be able to pass
the examination.
McFaklaxd is now trying to have the
divorce obtained by his wife set aside, lie
says he is not, and never has been insane.
If that is so, the jury who recently tried
him must have lied under a terrible mis
take. Alter being slandered in such a
manner by their verdict, the poor fellow
ought to insist on another trial for the
murder of Richardson.
Theue has been no death reported in
a long time in this country or Europe,
which calls forth so universal regret, as
the death of Charles Dickens. There are
few families in this country or England,
that do not possess some of his works,
and in his death every such family will
feel as though a personal friend had been
called away.
At the time of his death, lie was em
ployed on another work entitled " The
Mystery of Edwin Drood," which he ex
pected to have ready for publication in a
lew weeks. It is now announced that the
lory will be completed by Wilkie Collins.
The Trice of Wheat is a subject in
which this community is deeply interested.
The year past the price has been so low
u to make farming a losing business.
The present prospect is however much
brighter fop our farmers, as while there is
every indication of a largo crop iu this
country, the foreign demand is largely on
the increase.. Tho reason for this seems
to be, the prospect of a very short crop
in many parts of Europe, and particularly
Erauce, caused by the long continued
drouth, and the season is now so far ad
vanced that even a change in the weather
could not be of much advantage tothe crop.
The consequence is, this country will be
called upon to fill the deficiency.. Already
large orders have been received fr-om Eu
rope, and the advance in price has been
quito decided, while the market is firm,
with prospects of further advance.
Cabinet Changes, which have so
ltmg been rumored, have at last become a
reality. On Thursday last, Attorney
General Hour handed in his resignation,
whhdi was accepted. The President at
once sent to the Senate the nomination
of Hon. AmosT. Ackerman of Georgia.
The selection of such a man for this po
sition took the Senate and the .whole
ountry by surprise, aud cun hardly be
looked upon in any other light than moth
er Presidential mistake. J he oihco ol
Attorney General of the United States
should be filled by a man known to the
whole country, as a statesman, as well as
a- lawyer of decided ability. The man
nominated nut only lacks those important
qualifications, but was actively connected
with the rebellion, having served as a
member on Gen. Toombs' staff, during the
wholo war. The nomination is certainly
not complimentary to the many ablo meu
who were actively engaged iu supporting
the efforts of the Government during the
Jark days of the rehclliou.,
hunts
The Oorernor'8 Address.
Governor Geary's address to the people
of Pennsylvania is meeting with a very
good reception from men of both parties,
who were not directly interested iu the
passage of the Omnibus Hail lload bill,
which would have become a law if it hail
not 1ieen for the faithful uso of the veto
power.
The nature of the Governor's address
is an appeal to the people to support the
veto of that bill, aud in order to do so,
he urges upon thciti the importance of
electing men for the next legislature who
shall be pledged to vote against that
scheme, which is sure to be againbrought
forward.
At the time the bill was passed, we
called attention to the outrage that was
about to be perpetrated on the tax-payers
of the Commonwealth, and admitted to
our columns communications on the sub
ject, so that our readers are well posted in
regard to the merits or rather demerits
of the measure referred to. We trust
this timely warning of the Governor's
will have the desired effect, and cause the
selection of candidates, by both parties,
who will be pledged to defeat this bill,
should its passage again be attempted.
Ileaiy Bund Robbery.
AV. 11. Hoar, who has just arrived
from Chili South America, on Sunday re
ported at the Central Police office, New
York, the details of a robbery perpetra
ted upon him. It seems that on Thurs
day last he drew from a banking house
inChicago, 810,000 in 5-l!0 bonds, a lew
moments before starling for that city.
Proceeding to the Sherman House he
found his baggage in the office ready for
shipment. Stepping to ono side in the
rotunda he drew out the envelope contain
ing ths bonds, put iu with them $100 in
currency, and turning to his valise, then
iu charge of the porter, opened it and
deposited the envelope and contents there
in, lie proceeded direct to the cars,
keeping the valise in his own possesssion.
The following night, on retiring, he
placed the valise in his berth, and he
avers, with the exception of while he
slept, it was not a moment out of his
sight. On arriving iu New York on Sat
urday he discovered that the bonds had
been extracted. It is probable that he
was followed from the banking house to
the hotel and the train by a thief, who
opened the valise with a i'alsc key while
ho slept. Mr. Hoar is a partner of tine
of the United States Consuls in Chili and
has lost by this robbery nearly all his
worldly possession.
A Daring Youngster.
A gentleman, who was a passenger,
stiites that when the train coming east
arrived at Jefferson City, Mo., on June
7, the inspector proceeded, as usual, to
tap the car wheels, to test their soundness
when he discovered a boy under one of
the cars, who had been stealing a ride
from Kansas City. He had formed a
sort of net of rope in which he lay sus
pended like a spider in its web, between
the axle of one of the trucks and the floor
of the car. The boy was routed out of
his place, and quite a crowd gathered
about him on tho platform.. He was dis
posed to be saucy, aud said he had no fa
vors to ask of anybody, lie stated that
ho had ridden in this way thousands of
miles. As the train was moving off slow
ly from Jefferson City tho boy got iu his
old place again under the car while it
was in motion. The conductor was noti
fied and stopped the train. The boy was
hauled out from his lurking place, and
taking up a stono was iu the act of hur
ling it at the conductor when the latter
knocked him down. Ho did not ''dead
head" it any further on that train.
Hearth & Home (dated June 2."th)
contains the first of a series of sketches
entitled Jethro Tnoop's Niijht Tliomjht,
by John Thomas, who is no other thau
Petroleum V. Nasbv. Tho great hu
morist -will take an- houest country boy
to the city, conduct him through the usual
experience, and restore him to his home
a sadder and wiser boy, satisfied that the
peaceful, honest, aud temperate life of the
farmer is tho best and safest life that
can be lived. This is a lesson greatly
needed at this time, and Nasuy is the
tho man to teach it.
Send to Petteugill, Datemt Co., publish
ers, for a copy, or enclose them $1 for
a year's subscription as you will be sure
to like it.
Altoona now can really claim to bo a
city, since they are trying to support a
daily paper.
The Alaona Sun has commenced to
issues a daily edition, and comes to us
looking remarkably well. Long may it
shine..
Sunset Cox on Corsets.
lion. S. S. Cox, Congressman from the
city of New York, thus objocts in the
House against the proposed tax on cor
sets. Ladies reward him :
There is a bill before the House of Rep
resentatives, reported by Messrs. Scheuck
Kelley, Blair, McCarthy, Hooper and
Maynard, to impose a national tax on
corsets and hoop skirts. Against this
tax the free women of America should
promptly protest. Is there to be noth
ing too sacred for the searching band of
tho tax-gatherer ? Is there no limit to the
Assessor '
Pid the committee who reported this
know what they were doing? Did Gen.
Sehenek intend to direct the Commission
er of Customs and his deputies to thrust
a baud into every gentle bosom and gath
er u tax therefrom t Did he not know
this was a reverse of all the best laws of
mankind in every age and iu every
clime '(
Did any member of that committee
not raised On a bottle willingly propose
to collect this ud valorem tax in districts
rendered dear to human memory since
Eve nursed her firstborn, or V initio Ream
shaped the bust of Helen '(
Are there no men in Congress who
will lilt their voices iu favor of the un
taxed corsets, aud untaxed hoops?
AVill the gentlemen from Onondaga
Mr. McCarthy , iu his ze:d to protect
salt, impose this tax on the great dairies
of nature? Will the great champions of
American labor and production vote for
this bill to encircle with Sj3i(i3 an 1
ud valorem taxes tho infant manufacto
ries of the land ?
It will not do to say that the House is
not aware that corsets aud hoops are of
universal use. Members know that the
Treasury Department can furnish all
needed information on this subject.
The women of America hive no rep
resentation, and they have a right to
protest against this unprecedented taxa
tion. They have submitted to be taxed
upon their shawls, hats and feathers, and
every bit of lace and ribbon, but there is
a limit toeven female submission. Around
the sanctity of their corsets Liioy will
draw the line.
Let the woman's conventions take ac
tion. Let them add to the demand for
the ballot the cry of " free eor;iets, free
hoops!" and, until they gain the latter,
let the men who vote this tax be denied
all knowledge of female habiliinonts, save
what they get from the clothes-lines.
A Tragic Court Sonne.
On Friday the 10th ins1;., a case was
being tried in the court rooms of the
Tombs, New York, in which Miss Ada P.
Myers was complainant, ami Mr. Robert
Shroeder, a respectable merchant the
defendant. Miss Ada had. lived with
Shroeder as his wife, and the suit was
brought to recover damages on the charge
of her having been seduced by Shroeder
into a mock marriage. Wh ile tho com
plainant was on the witness stand, Mrs.
Caroline Vreeland, the mother of Miss
Myers, suddenly rushed upon the defen
dant with a large knife, and striking with
it at his breast, did serious injury to his
coat and vest, but inflicted n.o more seri
ous wounds. The court was, of course,
thrown into a terrible state if excitement
which ended in the suit being summarily
dismissed. Mrs. Vreeland i;heu attemp
ted, but very unsuccessfully, to play the
role of a maniac. She was bound over to
answer for the assault. It is tho same
Mrs. Vreeland who some time ago figur
ed iu a New York court, iu a suit brought
by her against her third husband for
abandonment, in which she exhibited the
qualities of a strong-willed, active and ex
ceedingly persevering woiuaiH. Shroeder
was dismissed, and the fair Ada was han
ded over to the care of the matron of the
Tombs until she can be sent to one of the
inst itutions for the care of young girls.
Kay On Thursday last Chailes Pressor
keeper of a largo lager beer brewery at
Thirty-sixth & Sycamore st.s., Phi la., em
ployed a German, and on Sal.arday dis
charged him lor incompetency. About
eight o'clock on Sunday night the dis
charged employ cc went to a stone quarry
near by, and procuring a twenty-live
pound keg of powder placed it within 20
feet of tho brewery. A couple of men
saw the movement from a distanco and
hurried up to ascertain the cause. Mean
time the Teuton, with two companions,
made another visit to the quarry in search
of more powder, firing a fuse sixteen or
eighteen feet long before so doing. Offi
cers Kelley and Dunn arriving at tho
roper time, cut the fuse ore the fire
lad time to reach the powder, aud thus
saved not ouly tho property but perhaps
somo lives.
Sad Occurrence on the Schuylkill.
On Tuesday evening Albert It. Raker,
and William C. DeAnnoiid, accompanied
by several ladies, went on a boating ex
cursion up the Schuylkill. They proceed
ed as far as the Falls, and about eleven
p. m. started on the return trip. The
party were all in a small boat. Just below
the Falls the boat struck upon a ruck,
and a bole was stove in the front nud wa
ter poured in ut a fearful rate.
DeArniond went forward to endeavor to
stop the leak. Ilis in'A, got entangled in a
rope and he was pitched overboard. The
sudden movement caused the boat to make
a lurch and the three other occupants
were thrown out at the stern. The young
men were good swimmers. DeArniond,
however, could not got disentangled from
tho rope. Raker seized one of the ladies
around the waist and the other by the
the dress. DeArniond told him to hold
on, that he would be there iu a few sec
onds. The whole party drifted down the river.
When near tho Falls Bridge, B.iker and
tho two ladies suddenly sank, aud were
seen no more. The current swept the'
boat against one of the piers id' the bridge.
Then the rope which had held DeArniond
fast, broke and be crawled up on the
stones, from which he was afterward res
cued in an almost exhausted state.
The Schuylkill Harbor Police have
endeavored to find the bodies cf the un
fortunate victims, but to no effect.
A Family Huicide.
The journals of Berlin publish accounts
of an extraordinary suicide in that city.
A small dealer named Kuth, resided in
the Strasse Sebastian, with his wife and
four children, whose ages ranged from
10 to IS. A few days back a relative of
the family received a letter from the el
dest son, written iu such terms as to fore
shadow .. catastrophe. The persons to
whom the communication had been ad
dressed, went and in firmed the police of
his fears, and an entry into the house was
effected, but too late to prevent the trag
edy which had been consummated. The
mother and four children were lying on
a bed dead from strangulation, and the
father was hanging by the neck behind
the door. According to the letter of the
son the entire family had consented to
die together, but the motive for such a
resolution remains a mystery.
B"" The diamonds and bonds found in
the possession of Richard Sweat, alias
John Williams, a notorious English thief
who was arrested on board an ocean steam
er and committed to the- State Prison
for smuggling, have been claimed by
William Hart, the owner. Mr. Hart is
an Englishman, residing in Paris, and he
was robbed of the diamonds and bonds
during a temporary absence from his
house. Williams was aided by the girl
Martha, who pretended to be bis wife
on his arrival here. The property is
worth in all about $30,000, and is at
present in the possession of A.D. Keasby,
United States District Attorney for New
Jersey, to whom Mr. Hart has presented
his claim.
AST" An exchange says, tho "Treasury
Department is now trying, a plan that is
expected to render counterfeiting the
currency almost impossible.. It consists
of covering the face of tho bank bill with
printing so finely executed that counter
feiters cannot afford to copy it. In one
case one word is repeated thirty-two
thousand times."
This is a good idea for all a person
need do is to count the word and if it falls
short of tho requisite thirty-two thousand
of course the bill is bad, aud will bo re
fused. ' Jfcy A young Baptist clergyman named
MeMullon, has been arrested in Philadel
phia, on the Jlth inst., on charges pre
ferred by Mary L. Search, of Lcwisburg
Penn., of seduction aud breach of prom
ise of marriage, while he was a student
in the Lcwisburg University. She is now
the mother of an infant, whoso paternity
she ascribes to the prisoner.
5S"'A Swedish farmer who was breaking
land near Paeilio City, Kansas, bared with
a plow a hugo log of antediluvian timber.
Further research shows that an immense
forest has at some former time been sub
merged, and now lies about fourteen inches
below tho surface; Tho trees are all lying
in one direction, their tops toward the west.
They aro black as jet, and capable of re
ceiving a high polish.
At Chicago at threo o'clock iu tho
morning of the 14th inst., a burglar tried
to enter the sleeping room of J. Kinsley,
at No. 514 W. Twelfth street. Mr. Kinsley
being alarmed, placed himself close to the
window, and the moment it was opened by
tho thief, tired, and the man ran oil', lie
was found dead beside a fence near at
hand..
IW Annie Troyman, a married worn:
wit li two very pretty and interesting litt
children attending her, was convicted
assault aud battery wit h intent to comn
mayhem upon Charles Neil, at I'hiladelph
last week and was sentenced to two yea
in the penitentiary. The evidence was
the effect that her husband was in dang
of discharge from a factory at Second ai
Tililllin streets, where Neil was foreiua
and she believing him to be I lie cause
the trouble, purchased a quant ity of vitri
and when an oppoitunity offered, dashi
it into his face, lie quickly applied tl
remedy, of milk, which saved him, but 1
clolhing was badly burned.
E3' A story affecting the chastity of
very wealthy young lady at Davenport, I;
being circulated, she quietly watched un
she could lind some individual repeating!
and at last lixed upon tho mayor of V.
city as a guilty parly. Thereupon si
brought an action for slander against bin
hut. the jury disagreeing, he wasaciuitte
but bo says that that shall not lie tho ei .
of the suit ; she will not rest until a verdic
has been given for or against her, and tin
sho will set not only her own, but all sla,
ders of innocent girls an example.
EL'S' A fanner in comfortable vircuinstaj'
ces named Simmons St rubble, living i
Sussex county, went to Newton oh Monda.
week with a load of produce, which he dis
posed of. lie then purchased a vial o
strychniuo for the purpose, he said, r
killing tho squirrels that infested his cor:
lields. When he was within sight of th.
house, on his return homo ho swalloweo
the contents of the vial and died a few niin
utes afterward. No cause can bo assigned
for the suicide. Hunterdon Demoerat.
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FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF TUE ISSUE OF
$1,500,000,
DY THE
St. Joseph and Denver City
RAILROAD COMPANY,
In denominations of ?1.000 and coupon
or registered, with Interest at Eight per cent per
annum, payable l.Mh Fein nary ana August, in
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Fanners' Loan nud Tmst Company of New York.
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