4 Stljc imc0, Uttxv Blcramftelir, J)a. ht juloomficlb flints. ADVERTISING KATES I Tranticnt 8 Cents per line for one Insertion. 13 " " . two insertions 15 " " "three Insertions. Business Notices In Locnl Column 10 Cents per lino. Notices of Marriages or Dcntlis inserted free. Tributes of Respect, &c., Ten cents per line. Obituary notices over five lines, 5 cents per Hue. YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. One Sqnarc, ono year $13 00 Two Squnrcs per year 20 00 For longer advertisements a reasonable dis count will be made. Ten Lines Nonpareil or one Inch, Is one square. NEW BL00MFIELD, TENX'A. , Tuesday, April 4, 1871 In Connecticut an election tukes pluco to-duy (Monthly) for a Governor and other State officers and 'for members of Congress. Great exertion lias been made by both parties to elect their ticket. On Wednesday Rhode Island has an election for members of the Legislature and Stato officers. The fact that Gen. Butler listened at tentively to a speech from Senator Davis of Ky., and looked steadily at him at tho same time cauio near raising a muss in tho Scnato nnd has been telegraphed over the whole country as though this at tention Was really an insult to Ihivis. The only wonderful thing wo can seo in tho statement is, that Uutlcr should have had the patience to listen attentively to so poor a speech as Davis generally de livers. TriK Uorper Raid Claim is before tho Legislature again this winter, and a determined effort is being made to i'orce it through.' AVhilo a few person3 in tho Stato may believe it an honest claim, we think the largo majority of tax payers will look upon tho passage of tho bill as an outrage. Col. A. K. McClure and Judge Black are busily working for tho claimants. A Murderer, named James Wilson, who is in prison in Hartford, Ct, waiting to be hung, has been trying to starve himself to death.. He had so tar succeed ed that the only hope of keeping him alive, was by forcing food into him, which was done successfully by injecting beef tea into his stomach. Better let bim starve, we think, than to forcibly keep him alive for tho sake of choking him to death in a few months. Affairs in Paris remain in about tho same condition as they did last week. The revolutionary mob still retain pos session of the city and have inaugurated a reign of terror. A dispatch to tho New York papers, says : "The watchword of communo is death to the rich, death to tho land owners, and death to the priests. Decrees con fiscating the church property has been prepared. Denunciations of suspects are made hourly, and many have been arres ted. The guillotine soon to be .erected. Tho inmates of many houses marked as good for guillotine. Drafts on the treasury are not paid cither in Paris or Versailles." . , The House has passed, by a la rye ma jority a bill forbidding tho sale of liquor on election day. The following is a copy of the bill: Section 1. Be it enacted, i-e. That from mid after the passage of this act it shall not bo lawful for any person in this Com monwealth, whether licensed to sell liquors or unlicensed, to buy, tell or give away to be usod as a drink, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, or any other sub stance containing alcohol, or any part of any day set apart for any general or spe cial election by the citizens in or ' within any of Uio preciuts, wards, townships, counties or other election divisions or dis tricts in the Commonwealth. Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of tho first section of this act shall bo doomed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to imprisonment in the proper jail of tho proper county for a term of not less than 10 days nor more than 100 days, in tho discretion of tho court, and shall also, in addition to the above, be sub ject to a line of not less than $20, and not more than $500, in the discretion of tho court. ...it,. J .. , , ; I Tho Senate does ; not .scorn to take kindly to temperauce bills. Judging by tho length of time it takes to get actiou taken on tho " Local Uptiou Bill," and therefore this very worthy act" may fail to become a law. The bill, as passed by tho House, was mounded so us to al low the salo of liquor after the poll wero closed on tho day of election. i H5T On tho night of tho 28th ult., the rusidence of Mr A. S. Nelson in New York city was entered by burglars who administered chloroform to Mr Nolson, and then robbed him of his pocket-book, containing mouey and demands to tho value of $3,000. There wore $10,000 in bouds iu tho liouso which the robber did not discover. This is tho third time the sumo family bus been robbed ill tho three years past. - li-iF An Indiunupolis gentleman's claim for divorce is based on tho ground that when he married, lour weeks ago, his wife's hair was black, but now it is red enough to eutitlo her to u front rank in a torchlight pro-JWion. " V A Xnrrow Escape from tho Gallows. A rcmnrkablo case, showing the danger of trusting implicitly to circumstantial evidence, has just been concluuod in Toledo. Nearly throe years ago Robert Sharp was fouud dead, with shot and slug in his brain. A man named Har rington, who had been on intimate terms with tho deceased, was arrostod for the murder. Tho testimony was wholly cir cumstantial, but so skillfully "worked up" by the detectives that Harrington was convicted and sent to tho penitentiary. His lawyers had beconio interested in tho case, nnd, although Harrington was a poor man, they determined to light his causo to the end. After a long and ar duous strugglo through tho district and Supremo Courts, nn order for a now trial was obtained, and that trial has just closed. Tho main poiuts in the evidenco on which he was convicted were tho aniiarcnt correspondence of tho shot in tho body of tho dead man with that in tho shot-bag belonging to Harrington ; tho correspon dence of pieces of a newspaper found near tho sceuo of tho supposed murder, and assumed to be part of the gun-wad ding, with a torn paper in Harringtou's residence and a picco in his vest pocket and that tho motive for tho murder was to bo found in the alleged fact of Sharp having como to Toledo with several hun dred dollars of money, which Harrington knew, and that no ono else was so iuti inato with him. On the second trial it was rendered doubtful whether thero was a similarity iu tho shot. It was clearly proven that the pieces of paper alleged to havo bceu picked up at tho scene of murder were not there at the tinio of the finding of tho body, nor lor a day or two nlterwards, and tho inference was unfavorablo that they wero put there by the detectives to aid them in "working up" tho case against Harrington. It waslurtherprov cn that Sharp was destituto when ho arrived in lolcUo, and that Harrington was doing his best to aid him in procur ing employment. To crown all, au alibi was clearly and satislactonly , proven Harrington was declared innocent, and tho jury voluntarily gave him a letter, signed by every member, repeating iu cmphatio terms, there belief oi his entire innocenco ot any knowledge oi the sup. posed murder, and bearing testimony to his uniform good character. The public sentiment unanimously coincided with this verdict.' Tho former ' employer of Harrington immediately took him back into his service 11 It causes an unpleasant shudder to re flect that a perfectly innocent man, of good character, suffered two years of de grading punishment, and narrowly escap ed an ignominious death for a crime of which he kneflK nothing. It is another warning of the"'dangcr of implicit trust in wholly circumstantial evidence, and a protest against tho detectives in ' working up a case against one they chooso to bus peek Cleveland (O.) Herald. An Important Decision. In the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia, the following decision regarding the filling np of a blank promissory note, is worthy the attention of every person who ever expects to be obliged to fill out Buch a document: ' An ordinary promissory note was filled up for the payment of one hundred dol lars. After tho note was made, the payee, it is asserted, added tho words ' and fifty,' thus making it a promisory note for one hundred and fifty dollars. This note was passed into the hands of an innocent third party, who claimed the full sum named in the note. On an appeal to the Su- Sreme Court it was decided that the rawer was liable, ho having invited the fraud by his own negligence. ' It is well known that there is a blank space ou all printed promissory notes where the full amount of money to bo paid ' is written, and that at the end of this blank space the word "dollars" is printed. '' : Tho Supreme Court declared that it was negligence on tho part of tho drawer in not drawing a lino between tho written word " hundred" and the printed word " dollars," and that where such negli gence existed, nnd there was nothing on the face of the note that showed any al teration, tho drawer was liable. The Chief Justice added that tho Supromo Court deemed such a rulo necessary to facilitato the circulation of commercial paper, at tho same tiino to increase the caro of drawers. This 'rulo ' is' only to apply, however, where an ultcraliou' is not apparent on tho faco of the ' paper. A Remarkable Hpi'lnR. A correspondent sends us tho account of a rumarkable spring in Texas: About sixty miles north of Galena, near the town of Liberty, there is a spring, the wutcr of which is quite acid, simulating lomonudo, bud thoho who taste it like it so much that they drink it almost im mod erately. When you feel hot, it is quite delicious; and under any circumstances, whether you aro hot or cold, the drinking of it produces perspiration, with no un pleasant effects afterward. The spring has nn apparent outlot or inlet. It is probably sixty feet across it, and is cov ered with a white froth or foam, which upon a close examination uppcars like cream of tarter on a wino cask. It kills insects, worms and other small animals that come near and use it. No fish or other evidence of life is seen within its wafers. t A Clinrch Incident. A few Sundays since, just as tho offici ating priest in a Catholic church in Now York, was commencing his sermon, a burly Irishman, named Sullivan, with a terrific yell rushed up tho central aisle. As ho advanced ho shouted at tho full bent of his voice: " Ah 1 yah ! yah 1 Ho ! ho ! Yah ! I know who killed Nathan!" Tho cntranco of tho madman filled tho congregation with consternation. Tho priest leaped from the raised steps of tho altar, and tho pcoplo in tho gal leries added to tho panio by Bhouting loudly and rushing for tho door. Sulli van ran up tho aisle, and had grasped tho iron railing preparatory to jumping over, when Detective Mahoncy and Officer Sweeney seized him. They hustled him out of tho church. Sullivan tho whilo uttering tcrriblo cries and moans. On the sidewalk in front of tho houso of worship, Sullivan suddenly turned on De tective Mahoncy, nnd seized him by the collar, and a desperate strugglo followed. Tho lunatic at first threw Detective Ma honcy down, and kicked him severely in tho side, but tho officer recovering from tho fall threw tho lunatic, and took him to tho Fourth Wnrd police station, nnd thenco before Justico Ilogan, by whom bo was committed to tho Bhickwcll's Is land asylum for tho insane. Duel In a Crowded School Room. Tho Bueyrus Ohio) Forum, of the 21th ult., says : Last Saturday, in a crowded schoolhouso in Sandusky town ship, threo miles cast of Annapolis, at tho closing of a school, a duel was fought with pistols. James McCasky and V. S. Grecno had cultivated a grudge and both had been carrying loaded pistols. After tho examination of a class, the teacher allowed spectators to ask questions to test tho proficiency of the pupils. U. S. Greene began asking questions, and Mr. McCasky drew bis pistol nnd fired. Five or six shots were fired, ono of tho par tics receiving a severe flesh wound. It is wonderful that so' many shots wero fired iu a room crowded with men,' wo men, and children, and so little injury done. ' Ono little girl, seeing how the pis tols wore pointed, jumped away from her scat, which was immediately afterwards pierced with two bullets. Ono of tho shots blackened the sido of the teach er's faco. Mr. Greeno is in jail, and Mr. McCasky is under recognizance in $1,500. A Ferocions Woman. Tho following petition has been receiv ed by tho Michigan Legislature. It is written on perfumed paper, and is signed by Mrs. Surah Martin, of St. . Joseph. Gentlemen : My Bible tells me the le gend of ' a life for a life,' but modern law makers have a legend of their own, entirely disregarding tho commands of the disciples. I am iu favor of hanging murderers, and of partially hanging those who assault with intent to kill. 1 think the time has como when all mock senti ment should be done away with, and tho sacrifico of life punished to the fullest extent, I am no enthusiast on this idea, but, in case such a law was enacted, and there was any difficulty iu obtaining a hangmanj would willingly act in that ca pacity, without pay or hope of pay. In fact, 1 hereby put in my claim to be ap pointed Stato Executioner,, and to exe cute all the murderers to bo executed Un der tho proposed new law. ' I have attend ed several executions, and will, guarantee to make no blundors.. . Romantic Suicide. Miss Mary Jano Lovcll, a bcuutiful young woman who fur somo years , past has been the mistress of J. S.Blackburn, a pork morchunt of Greenfield, Ohio, committed suicido on tho 22d ult, near that place by taking poison. Blackburn is a man of family, forty-fivo years of age, and his iutimucy with the young woman bad created such scandal among their respective friends that it is said they both determined upon suicide They provided thomselves with poison, and having arrayed themselves neatly, drove out eight miles from Greenfield, and went into a wild wood called Cliff Run. Tho young woman swallowed her sharo of tho poisou and died, Blackburn's hcurt mis gave him, and he returned to tho town and informed tho young woman's friends of tho circumstances and they proceeded to the spot nnd found her body., Black burn, it is stated, has ( become hopelessly insane. , . JKS'Two brothers in Providence, living about 500 feet apart, havo established u communication in a somewhat novel man ner. An ordiuary half inch gas pipo hus been laid under ground, terminating in tho front hall oi the bouse, in each end of which is a whistlo, such as is used in speaking tubes. .,... They have a code of common sentences, numbered from one to thirty, and cau thus converse easily.'. Tho distance seems to be uo obstacle, as with nn ordinary effort the whistle can be heard distinctly in any part of the houso, nnd tho owners express tho opinion that it might be suc cessfully used for ten tiinoH the distnnce, or even more. Waff' A Fisherman in Blair county caught 4U pike in tanoe creek, In one in oi day. Tho largest weighed fiv e pounds. A Valuable Discovery. En In almost every section of tho country our farmers aro troubled with tho weed called " mallow," nnd in tho rich land of the West, it is particularly troublesome. Tho vitality of this plant is truly won derful, and all tho efforts of agricultural societies to deviso somo method of repel ling its advances have resulted in utter failure The Sringfield Itegittcr says that this obnoxious weed, which persists in defense of nil nttemps to exterminate it from tho soil, is destined to becorno ono of tho most valuablo productions of tho State. A youtig ninn named J. II. McConnell has discovered that tho fibrous formation of the stalk of the mallow is capable of being brought into use, and has taken out a patent covering tho right to use this plant for manufacturing all kinds of cordago, tcxtilo fabrics, nnd paper, and has exhibited specimens of tho fibre and cordago mado therefrom. The fibre, which is from seven to ten, and,jlomctimes even twelve feet in length, comes from tho stock with less labor than is needed to dress hemp. Wheu rotted, tho fibre, separates entirely from glutinous and wood matter, so that tho tedious nnd ex pensive process of hatchelling is not re quired. It can bo blenched to a snowy whiteness without losing nny portion of its strength; nnd it readily takes and firmly holds any color, which flax will not do. It is said that tho new fibro will yield twice ns much as hemp, say a ton to tho acre. It will grow readily on me dium soil, and after the first year will need no cultivation, ns once established on the land thcro is no method known by which it can bo killed out. If the merits of this fibre are not exaggerated, Mr. McCon nell has made a discovery of incalculable value. Miss Capron, a teacher at Union hall schoolhouso, Lincoln township had occasion, iu her judgment, to correct one ot her scholars, James McCracken, boy about 12 years of ago. Whilo sho was punishing him ho turned his faco in such a position as to receivo a stroke across the lips, which was not intended Miss Capron, as soon as school was dis missed, accompanied tho boy to his foster father, David McCracken, and explained why slio had punished him, and how he had received the injury to the lip. Mr. McCracken would not except tho expla nation as satisfactory, and a few days af ter called a meeting of tho school Board to consider the matter. Tho board how ever, after hearing his statement, re garded the case as " too trifling for ac tion," and dismissed tho complaint. Tho mother of the boy, Mrs. Bradley, became quite indignant, and determined to avengo tho wrong by taking tho law into her own hands. On . Thursday last she went up from her homo to tho school house, and having assembled a fow female friends at a convenient distance, called Miss Capron out and beat her with some rods which she had pluited together for tho purpose. Pitttbunj Commercial. A colored man resident of Jersey City, named Buyans was awakened ' on Wednesday night by loud talk. Missing his wifo, he jumped front bed,- and dis covered her in a paroxysm of religious frenzy . seated on the window-sill exclaim ing : " Fetch mo Elijah's chariot of , firo, for I want to go to heaven right away." Before he could catch her sho jumped from the window to tho ground, over 20 feet, and was, very dangerously injured. She had attended clinrch that evening, and returned homo about midnight. JfcayMr. Bergh complains bitterly of tho quantity of nails that are found lying about in the streets of Now York, 'f he officers of his society are constantly com ing across lame or othcrwiso disabled horses, mado so by nails, in the streets. Ono vnlunblo horso was killed last week. On removing his hoof a nail was found to havo penetrated tho frog of tho foot somo threo inches. In ten days the an imal's hoof was completely decomposed. This ho says makes tho ninth horso de stroyed solely from this cause within tho past month. BfcS""Tlio Philadelphia lite says u man named Goddard Wagner, residing in this city, wps takon to Contrulia on Thursday lust in a very mysterious manner. Ho was found lucked up in a freight car, and upon being questioned about tho matter ho said that lie was knocked down, beaten, and robbed, near tho railroad, and then thrown into tho car. The matter will bear investigation. tfST Mrs. Willis residing ut Middlo town, this State, recently plead guilty bo foro Judgo Cadwaludor, of Philadelphia, to passing counterfeit money, and was sentenced to fivo years inprisoumeiit in tho Penitentiary. Sho asserted that the notes wero given her by John Mcngis, formerly of Muncy Dam. JlSaarTho houso of Yv'in. Hopkius, iu Iodiunu couuty, was destroyed by tiro ou tho night of tho 17th ult., with all its contents. What niudo tho nfl'uir the most sad, is tho fact that two daughters, both young ladies, and a small boy wero burn ed to death, Tho father was nlso serious ly injured. BtSf" Pittsburg hus adopted tho Craw ford county system, and candidates for city offices will bo chosen under that system. IS" 112 "W STORE ! CHEAP GOODSl TH K subscriber having owned a new Star, one door East of Swell's Hotel, solicits a share o( the public patronage. Ho has Just received a full supply ot iV i W Cjr O O 1 H , nnd will constantly keen on hand, a Complete as sortment ot DRV-UOODS, ., UROC'KBim ItAllDWAJlE, JIATS&CArS. QVHIiNSWAJlK BOOTS & SHOES, i . And Everything else usually kept In Stores. S" Call and seo my stock. JROB'T. N. WILLIS, ,; New Bioomlield, I'a. 42 SEE WHAT $2 WILL DO n A Jlamhome New So Steel En'irartno on1 ttTrlxe north from 81 0U to g,ooo, . " hotu roic 93. Every ticket draws a prize, No blanks. AVIth each ticket you get nt the time of purchasing it cither Lurlcv, a legend ot the lthlnp, the Disinher ited, or the (1ild Christ which are regarded by denim or experts the handsomest and best Steel Engravings ever ollcrcd nt SS.IH). They aro ltx24. Knch of them Is a gem of art. Remember every ticket holder will positively draw one ot the fol lowing prizes. THE LaPIERRK HOTEL, DBNTON, MI)., containing twenty-six rooms, all modern conven iences, outnt stock, ic worth, cash, - . 6,0O0- THK PICTURE HILL FARM, of lffl acres on the Choptank river, having a stenm Imat wharf on It, with a lime kiln. - - sio.ihio.. Tho fold Spring Farm I of 50 acres; worth ss..icm. The Carter Farm I with 80 acres, choice laud ftl.uoo. A House In Denton I - - - 8J.O00.. 2IKJ STANDARD SEWING MACHINES I Worth from - . . s-10 to S100.. !) WALTHAM WATCHES I Each worth from .- . - !Olm Sino. 4 I'lanos. 10 Organs ami SleliHleons. Ono cash Sum - - - - SB,tm. one Cash sum ... . si.ooo. One Cash Sum .. . . . joim. Three Cash Hums each . . . - . gloo. Four Cash Sums each - . - - tfi) 4IM170 GIFTS consisting of Washing Machines,. Wringers, Standard Hooks, Works of Art, aud other household and valuable articles! none of them can be purchased, at retail, for less than (11,00, while some aro worth S!f,00 and more. The drawing will tuke place as loon as en gravings enough are to distribute the tiukcts, be foro as many tickets holders as choose to bo pres. ent. and to be under their control, at Denton, Md. The Caroline County Land Association is a cor porated body, chartured In the State of Maryland and has a subscribed capital of g.00,oi0. Win. Fell, of Denton, S. K. Richardson, Sherlll of tho county. Denton, Maryland: Jacob Alburgor, l'ost master, 1 enton, Maryland, and others, aro among Die stockholders. , The purpose of this sale Is simply to realize tha easli ou merchandise ou hand, and on I lie real es tate. OFFICERS, .lames E. Hlgnutt. Attorney at Law, President. Henry H. 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Tho primary purpose In the preparation of STELLAR OIL has been to make It PERFECTLY SAFE, thus Insuring tho lives and property of those who use It. 2I, llccauso it is tlio most BRILLIANT liquid II luinluutor now known. 3D, Uccausg It Is more economical,, in tho long run, than any of tho dangerous oils nnd fluids now in too common use. 4TH, Because It Is Intensely BRILLIANT, and therefore economical, giving tho greatest possl bie light at the least expenditure to tho consum er, lis present standard of SAFETY AND ' BRILLIANCY will ulways bo inalntnlued,-for upon tlds the proprietor depends for sustaining tho high reputation;' thn STELLAR OIL now enjoys. , To prevent t lie adulteration of lids with the ex iiIohIvo comiHiundii now known under tho name of" kerosene, tc, &c. It Is put up for family uso lu Five Gallon cans, each can lielng sealed, and stumped with the trade-mark of (lie proprietor! it cannot bo tampered Willi between the nianufnc- 'i'mS'i? V'!l,,i,,lul'- 1s ,,ml without Uio I K A J )jvAi A it K, STELLAR OIL Is sidd only by weight, each can containing live gallons ot six and aliulf pounds each, thus securing to every purchaser full ineas. uro. 11 is the duty uud Interest of all dealers and consumers of Illuminating oil to uso tho STELLAR OIL only, becuuso 11 oiouc Is known to bu safe and reliable. - All orders should be addressed (o j.iitir.. & co., WHOLESALE A&ENTS, l.'Kt South Front Street, 1 5 ly I'lilladelphla. Try It. Every persou w ho Is troubled with tlysicpsiur debility, or tho discuses consccjucnt upon tlio Spring changcs,should use Rohror' Cherry To nic Hitters. It will luvigorato, restore tho ap petite, aud generally Improve tlio health. Try It. For salo by F, Mortimer & Co., and tbi' ttores (ronorally throughout tho United States.
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