4; tats. r i ADVERTISING RATES t . Transient 8 OnU par line for one Insertion. 18 " . " twoinsertlons 1S "three Insertions. Business Notices In Local Column 10 Cents per line. . ., . Notices of Marriages or Deaths Inserted free. Tributosof Respect, &c, Ten cents per line. YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. ; i One Square, one year . $11 00 Two Squares per year, 20 00 For longer advertisements a reasonable dis count will be made. Ten Lines Nonpareil or one Inch, Is one square. NEW JJL00MFIELD, PENN'A. Tuesday, August 8, 1871. ' The total numbor of physicians who paid taxes to the Government for tho year ending April 80, 1871, was 49,708. Of these there were regular or allopathic, 89,070 ; homeopathic, 8,971 ; hydropathic 138, eclec tic, 2,800 ; miscellaneous, or not classified, 4,770. These figures show that the number engaged in the profession has been over estimated. The usual guess at the uumbor of homeopaths has been 10,000. It is be lieved that the Government list is very full and accurate, as it is not easy for a .doctor to keep out of the way of the assessor. k Great Enterprise. The Chicago river, emptying into Lake Michigan, has for many years been a great source of annoyance to Chicago, in conse quence of the intolerable and unhealthy odors caused by the filth drained into it from tho city sewors. In 1863 it was pro posed to open a passage to the headwators of the Illinois river by means of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. At the lovol of the canal, however, was too high to make the desired change of current, the legislature passed a law authorizing the deepening of the canal, and in 1808 tho work was com menced. A few days ago the deepening of the canal was completed, about throe mil lion dollars having been expended In carry ing out the proposed plan. At noon on" July 10th, the workmen oommenced cutting through the olay dam which held back the water of the Chicago river at a height of six feet above the level of the canal. In about three hours the dam had been swept entirely away, and the water had fallen two foet in the river. The dark yellow; water from the clay bed of the west branch was succeeded by the black and offensive water of the Chicago river proper, and the second day the blue water from Lake Michigan followed, resting for the depth of two feet upon the denser water of the river. Ac cording to the last accounts the current of the river could be plainly distinguished running " up" at the rate of a mile an hour. The legular current," it is estimated will run about throe quarto rs of a mile an hour, which it is believed will be sufficient to cleanse the river thoroughly and keep it pure and fresh. Although the people of Chicago are highly dolightod in view of the complote purification of the river, the per sons living along tho line .of the Illinois and Michigan canal are complaining at tho pros, pect of having the offensive odors of the Chicago river brought to their very door. After the dam was cut, along the line of the deepened canal the approach of the water was announced by a highly disagree, able smell as the accumulated filth of Chi cago was pushed along. 1 " i i -- ; Fall of Church. , : . At Enterprise City, Nebraska, One night last woek, between the hours of 11 and 13 o'clock, tbe Methodist Episcopal church, a very large and fine brick edifice, built at a cost of at least $75,000, suddenly foil to the' ground with a tremendous crash. The noise of its falling was heard all over the city. ' -' ' . The ends still stand, bnt the greater part of the side walls lie upon the ground. A great mass of brick and mortar filU Taylor street, where tho north wall came down, and the south wall in falling crushed tbe roar of Mr. Savago's house, a frame build ing which stands close to the church on that sldo, and also crushed in the roof near tho middle of the building, depositing a lot of bricks in tho bod-room occupied by Mrs. Savage and her little daughter. Although a numbor of persons were in the building, no one was killed or even in tho slightest degree injured. It is said that tho walls of tho church were badly cracked by the last heavy earth- quako, and the supposition is that they were pushed out by the weight of the roof sotting upon them ; others are decidedly of tho opinion that there was an explosion of some kind within the building. dr The Clarion Democrat says that "oue day last week a hand in tho omploy of Mr. Crismiw, of Newmanvillo, Clarion county, was engaged in sinking a well. He bod sunk It to the depth of seven feet, and while out at his dinner, a lady heard a strange noise in the well, and going to ascertain the oause, found a stream a water issuing from tho bottom of tbe well, about six inches in diameter. In a few minutes the well was full, and the adjoining lot overflowed. It still cotinues to flow, and quite a largo run is formed, where buforo was dry land, The water is strongly omprcgnutod with min erals of some kind. t plomn&tlis. : A TERRIBLE CALAMITY. Four Hundred Persons Blown up Eighty Killed and Two Hundred Wounded. On Sunday, the 80th ult., at 1.80 p. m.,one of the most terrible accidents on record, happened in New York oity. At that hour tho ferry-boat which plies between the city and Staten Island exploded her boiler, just as she was loaving the slip. There were on board, as near as can be ascertained, about four hundred passengers, many of them women and children. In a moment noarly one half the passengers were flying in the air, many falling into the water, and many dropping back into the hold of tho boat, amid the wreck and escaping steam. The fire alarm was at once given, and in an incredible short space of timo the fire men were at the scone of the disaster. As soon as it was ascertained that there was no danger of the boat taking fire, a portion of them turned their attention to assisting the wounded from the hold of the boat, while the others assisted in getting the living out of the water. ' Many small boats wore also quickly brought to the assistance of the unfortunates in the water, and In a very short time nil tho bodies of the doad and wounded were brought to shore. ' ' A Btrong force of police nnd all tho city ambulances were then occupied in taking the wounded to the hospitals, and in a short time two of them were so badly crowdod that temporary accommodations bad to be prepared in the stables. , , Tho shrieks of tho victims were terrible to hoar, many of them being perfectly crazy with pain. A large numbor of volunteer physicians and nur ses promptly offered their services, and were soon busily employed in trying to al lay the sufferings of tho wounded. Within half an hour after the first load was brought to the hospital, death began to relieve some from their pain, and as fast as possible the bodies wore taken from the rooms occupied by the living. ; During the afternoon and evening twenty-five died, and were removed. ' ' In a short time after tho accident happened, thore were probably ten thousand people crowd ing around the battery, at the lower end of which the ferry slip was located.'. Many of them had friends and relations who they knew had taken that boat, and as the bod ies were brought out from the boat or res cued from tho water, the rush of. such to see if the unfortunate victim was that friend or relation, was dreadful., ...... , , Very many narrow escapes and singular instances are recorded, among whloh are the following which we copy from a letter received from a friend, who was present at the scene of the disaster five minutes after the accident ocourrcd : : j j .-u .a , "New Yokk, August 1st.; 1871." .- ;. I was crossing the Ham ilton Ferry from Brooklyn and the boat I was on was justontering her slip as I saw a portion of the Btaten Island boat lift np, and amid the steam which like a heavy fog for a moment hung over that boat, I could see bodies of persons and pieces of lumber which instantly disappeared many of the bodies falling into the water. This was only a momentary view, and was seen before the sound reached us. It was not more than five minutes after the explosion before I was there, and even then, the crowd was so dense that I could hardly get near the wreck. I ran around the side of the slip to wards the Battery where a! woman was clinging to one of the piles holding a child about a year old up from tho water. By great exertion I suoceedod in reaching the child and placing it on the dock, but when I turned to aid the woman sho had disap peared, and I saw her no more. Floating near, was the body of a child which a fire man and myself succeeded in getting out and had hardly placed on tbe dock before a woman who had been frantically running around searching for a child who was blown out of her' arms, ran np and claimed it, and carried it away, whether the child was dead or only insensible I did not know. Many sank before any aid could reach them and there is no doubt but what some bodios were floated out and will never be recover ed. . The saddest sight I saw during the three hours, I remained was an ambulance loaded with little ones none of them over 13 or 14 years of ago, all of whom were frightfully injured, some of them being scalded so badly that even a mother could not have recognized her own child except by the clothing. Tho little things bore their pains better than some of tho adults. On the way to tho hospital I learn that one or two of, them died. Small boats ; were busy all the time picking up thoso who were not able to reach the piles to cling to, and had it not been for their presence, many more would have been drowned. ! One, young man who was floating on a peioe of wreck, was apparently but little injured, yet we hardly got him safe to tho dock before he laid down and in a moment was dead. Many of the wounded looked like boiled meat the skin being peeled off ana the tlesn all wrmlcleil up. 1 might tell many more incidents, but I am tired and sick of thinking about them. It was a ter rible scene and God grant I may never see anothor such. At this time the number known to have been killed on that have died from their injuries is over sixty and crobuhlv many more will die. You will probably get full particulars in the papers of the inquest which will be hold, which may show who is to blame for this dreadful sacrilloe of lifo. Men are now engaged in dragging for bodies and so fur have found six or seven." The New York papers give very many Interesting paiticulars. Three entire fami lies were swept out of existence, every member thereof being oither killed or so badly injured that they have since died. Sovon other families lost from two to four persons each. Tho bod of the bay has been thoroughly dragged during the week past hi search of bodies, and twelve have been thus found. Many who were only slightly hurt are at their homes in tho city and Brooklyn, and no doubt some bodies have been carried out by the action of the tide, so that the correct number of killed nnd wounded will never be correctly known. So far oner eighty deaths have resulted from the accident, while more than one hundred are still undor treatment at tho hospitals and private residences. Crushed to a Jelly. A dreadful accident, resulting in tho in stant death of a woman, occurred on tho Philadelphia and Trenton railroad, last week, at Tacony Station. As the 3.15 P. M. train from Philadelphia for New York came thundoring around the curve between Wissanoming creek and lowor Tacony Station, at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the engineer discovered a woman walking leisurely along the track. . As she faced the locomotive he at first only sounded the usual signal of danger, but finding that she did not heed it, he whistled down brakes, but before the train could be checked the cow-catcher struck the female, and instead of throwing her from the track it cast her underneath the wheels. The engine and five passenger cars passed over tho head and body, mangling her in a most siokening . manner. Every principal bone in her body was broken, and tbe entire back portion of hor head was cut off. ' Her heart was torn out and dash ed fully six feet from the body.' , The shapeless remains were gathered up and placed in a wash tub, whoro they re mained until next day, when they wore sent to the Morgue for identification. L Al derman Day, of Ilolmesburg,' viewed the body and adjourned tho inquest until morning. ' ' . The deooascd was apparently m hor 70th yoar. She was neatly clad . and was a stranger in tho neighborhood r where sho met her death. A few minutes before the accident she stopped by the roadside and inquired the road to Frankford, remarking that she had gone in the wrong direction and would have quite a walk before sho would reach borne. . Capture of a Monster Drum Fish. Some Now Yorkers went out on a fishing expedition, recently, to Boston Point, to catch weak fish. They caught one Btrong enough to pull the boat, . containing three men and a boy, around Newark Bay, for a space of fifteen minutes. The monster of the deep proved to be a huge drum fish weighing fifty-eight and . a half pounds, measuring about four feet in length and two feet across the centre of its drum-like body. Its head was about twice the size of a man's head, and its mouth was big enough to admit a Scotch terrier. . The scales of the fish were of the size and thickness of a small sized clam-shell. The fish was cut up and distributed among twenty persons in pieces large enough to make a good sized moal for a family.- .The decapitated head is displayed to the wondering gaze of fish. ermen on the piles at Borgen Point landing. . : A Shoemaker'! Luck. .' i , The Titusville Herald tells this story of a shoemaker's luck ; , "About twenty-five years ago, Mr. Robinson, tbe present owner of the famous Robinson farm, near Parker's Landing, which has yielded thousands of barrels of oil and dollars to its owner, sold 100 acres of the farm to a shoemaker nam ed Grant, residing in the vicinity, for $100, to be paid in boots and shoes for 4ils (Rob inson's) family. Within the last two years this tract has proved the most valuable' oil territory, and Grant, as well as Robinson, has not only been made wealthy from Its oil, but still receives a handsome revenue from tho same. A few weoks ugo, ' Mr, Robinson received the last pair of boots on his contract, the $100 worth of leather hav ing just boon used up. . , Curious Effects from Electricity. i The Baugerties (N. Y.) Telegraph says that a few nights sinoe Jacob Mower and wife retired,, loaving two window in the bedroom, nearly opposite each other open About twelve oclock Mower was awakenod by his wife, who informod him that she was suffooating. She at once commenced vom iting, and each discharge loft a strong sul pbury taste in hor mouth. It was raining quite hard at the time, and the room seem ed ablaze from the sharp and repeated flashos of lightning. - It is thought a cur rent of electricity passed through the room with the above effect upon Mrs. Mower, out witnout injury to Mr. Mower or any part of the room. She has not yet entire ly recovered. t2F" Patrick Riley of Brooklyn, went home drunk recently, and asked his wife for some more money with which to buy more liquor. . She refused. Riley then beat her over the head with a stick, and picking up an axe, threatened to kill her if she did not accedo to his demand. But his son James aged 13 years, struck his father in the face with a stono, knocking out throe of his teeth and laying open his cheek. Then the boy ran into the street crying "murder, The father chased him until a polioceman interfered. XiT vr. George Howe and wife, Mrs. Charles T. Tilton and Miss Waloott, all of Boston, while taking a pleasure drivo last week, in Charlestown, N. II., wore run into by an express train on the Vermont Cen tral road, and the throe first named instant ly killed. Miss Waloott escaped with se vere bruises. ... Suicide A Mysterious Case. On Sunday a week, a young woman hung herself at the Union Depot Hotel in Pitts burg. Facts so far as elicited tend to show that sho bad been wronged, and in order to hide her shame had committed Buicide. Sho had evidently been in good circum stances, for the jowelry in her possession, together with what sho had pawned, was worth over $1,000, which shows it was not actual necessity that led to the act. Sho refused to give any other information to the pawnbroker or any one else, except that her name was Clark, and that sho was from Huntingdon. There is no name or initials ou the jewelry to give any clue as to whether or not she has given her right nanio, and it is generally believed that the name she has given is fictitious. Pittsburg Paper. A Singular Affair. About six weeks ago a young lady named Robinson, residing at No. 113 Jefferson street, this city, whilst engaged In baking, fell over, and since that timo has been una blo to speak, move, hear or recognize any ono. Up to that timo she had enjoyed tho best of health. A number of physicians have attended her but they havo boon un ablo to afford her any relief. In fact thoy are at a loss to know what to do, as they have never mot with a similar case before. It is one of the most singular affairs we have ever heard of, and is well worthy the attention of the. most scientific medical mon. Reading Timet. . ., - Singular Rail Road Accident. Tho West bound freight train, on the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad, was thrown from tho track three miles west of Palmy. ra junction at 6 o'clock on the . morning of the 2nd inst., smashing seven cars and tearing up the track for 800 feet. Tho ac cident was caused by seven long bridge timbers falling off while the train was in rapid motion. The forward end falling off first, stuck in the ground, which had the effect to send the cars spinning ic every direction, piling them up in a frightful manner. ' Fortunately no one was hurt. tS" Miss Elletlne Taylor, a young lady residing at Kelly's station, on the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, has come back to earth again, after remaining twenty-one days in a trance, eating nothing, and hav ing nothing pass her during that time She got up, and looks hale and hearty, '' Thirteen eminent physicians visited her, as well as a number of the clergy, , and none of them have advanced an idea as to the cause of hor strange situation. ' THE NEW DISCOVERY . ; la Chemical sal If edlcal Bolano. . Jr. EsFGAItVIN'S SOLUTWHi COMPOUND ELIXIR FIRST AMD ONLY SOLUTION .Tor tnmAt is on mixture of ALL THE TWELVE vmiuble active principals of the weUkaos eurative agent, f PINE TKEH TAK, UNEQUALED In Conghi, Cold., Catarrh, Aethma, Dronchitls, sad oonramptioo. 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It la n Bpaoifle for auch diaeaaea, and ahould be . kept in the bouaehold of every family, especially during thoaa monthe in which CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER ra liable o prevail. A email yeaatHr taken daily will prevent contracting these terrlbl 7 . Wi,F 1 JL mjbkm JzKi Solution and Compound Elixir, fLM par Bottle Volatile Solution for Inhalation, pt.OOper ox Tar and Mandrake Pill, socta per box. BendforCiranlarof FOSITIVK Cl'RES o rvwr iMuggiat, or to L. P. HYDE te CO., HOLM fBOfBIKTOBS, 11 JE. 9S fit., 2fw York. Vor sale by Dr. M. B. btrlckler, hew Hlooui 0.1U, 1'a 63262 2few Advertisements. ' Merchant & Ovist Mill, ,,,, ALSO, , . .. , 8AW-MILI, AND LUMBER-YARD' ' AT PRIVATE BALE OB TO RENT.- 'I' T WIS TO KKIX MY MILLS. X At PUNOANNON, ' 1111111 WKK11,1'A., Or, It not SOLD, to KENT them. Pmseulon nlven at any time on thirty days" ' notice. The Mills are in thorough repair. per day. 1 nc mciviiuiib mill umnca wmiwo w. iwm ji no tuns oi Kriis aru uuo uiuunuiiu uuuuis yci year. The Saw Mill has cut Eight Thousand feet in a day. . . Excellent home marKct for Flour ana rcea . Kallroad facilities unsurpassed. A ttrst-clans Tannery can be erected. There are one thousand cords of Kock-Oak bark shipped ' urn horu per Tear, and two thousand can DC uau. I will sell iny , , , , Dwelling and Lot, ' with or without the Mills. Also, a number of LOTS, 50 by 125 Feet, i . on Carver's mil. . Title Indisputable. W Write or apply to . . i GRIFFITH JONES, i . 5 30 tf .,, Duncannon, Ia. Valuable Ileal Estate v. At Prlrate Sale. A HOUSE AND LOT, v , , Situated In the village of Roseburg, one and a-hall miles from Ickesburg, ferry county, 1'a. . The house Is Two Stories high, also a Cellar and Cellar Kitchen, with a Well of water at the door. ine lot comprises . . SIXTEEN ACRES ''i,':. of land In a good state of cultivation, on which Is erected A GOOD 1AKI BAUM, twenty feet in width, by fifty feet In length . This property will be sold low, as the owner has removed from the neighborhood. For terras apply to DAVID M. HARRISON, i or Ickesburg, ROGER HARRISON, 5 30 tf Duucunuon Woolen Factory. IN BANKRUPTCY Jantern DtftrM of Pennsylvania ts: At nioomfteld, the 10th day of July, A.D.im The undersigned hereby gives notlceof his ap pointment as assignee of Henry Kleckner, of 8a ville Township, In the county of Perry, and state of Pennsylyaiila, within said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his own petition by the District Court of said District 8. H. GALBRAITH, Assignee. July 10th, 1871.-3t. B LAIN ACADEMY. FALL S E9SION 12 WtEKS, OPXXIXG , A.TJGTJNXjotli', it71. J OARD C. PALM, Principal. W. F. BRICKLEY, Assistant. ,. 39 4t. . ,, ,., : . ... jxvw Jiuvenmemenis. , "tuscaeoea acadeliyT AOADEMIA, PA. The 30th school year begins September 6th. Lo- physlcal development. Free from loafing places and saloons, the Influences are moral. - More than ft OOO vim, n l m.n li.uu ..... himn nmnaMil . .1 i lege or business. " ' Terms moderate. Apply for circular to 29 Mw J. J. PATTERSON, A. M. Mutual Fire Insurance Company, At Woodstock, has been doing business thirty-one years. Six years It has laid no assessments, and the average rate of ossessmeut during tbe thirty one years has been 2 M per cent a year. The as sessment for the year Just ended Is 2 1-4 per cent., and the company nai a clear surplus over all lia bilities. 89 r tw TplOR BALK. 209 acres superior white-oak tlm X? ber land, near Lock Haven, Pa. 6,000 acres , Hemlock Timber land, Potter county, Pa. P. W. HHKAFEU, Geologist and Engineer, Pottsville, Penn'a. . . 29r4w r . i.i V-. J. TRANSMISSION OF LIKE. '. '.,',','.., Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the mas culine function. By Dr. Napheys. author of "The Physical Life of Woman." It relates to the mala sex; Is f nil of new facts: delicate but outspoken i iraotlcal and popular ; highly endorsed ; sells rap illy. Sold by subscription only. Exclusive terri tory. Terms liberal. Price II Address for con. tents, etc., J. . FERGUS & CO., Publishers, Phlladhlphla, Pa. 29 MW AKNT. WiKTKD H1H TflH ROOT BEER , This wholesome, agreeable, aud refreshing summer beverage can easi ly be made at about 6 cents per gallon, with Aschlenbach li Miller's genuine Root Beer Extract. Ask for It at your store, or send 2o cents for a vial and directions to 400 Noith Third St., Phlladel. plila. 29r4w Agents! Road This! WfiWLL PAY AGENTS A SALAKT of UO per week aud expenses, or allow a lame commission, to sell our new and wnnderfnl Inventions. Address M. WAGNER &CO., Mar- ' shall, Mich. 29r4w A MILLION DOLLARS. Shrewd but quiet men can make a fortune by revealing the secret of the business to no one. Address, KIMJAK SIMS, - 29r4w MS Broadway, New York. 100,8 am. GRAND CIPT CONCERT and Wrl bullou for the Beucflt oftlie Foundling Assylum of the Sisters of Charity In the City of New York, and Soldiers' and Sai lors' Orphans' Home, Washington, D. C. to be held In Washington, D. C. unilur and by virtue of a permit from Hon. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on Thursday, July 27. positively. After the concert, the Coinnilasloiieni will awanl to the successful ticket holders, 100,3 GIFTS, AMOUNTING TO 1200,000. 52,000 Tickets only will be sold at 15 each. Hon. II. McCullouKh, of Elkton, Mil., Major Geo. T. Castle, HLItlmore. Md., Commissioners. Hon. J. S. Negley, M. C Pittsburg, Fa., Trustee. References: Major Gen. I. Hunter, V. 8. A., Washington, I. C. i Hon. Jas. S. Negloy.Plttsburg, Pa. i First National Hank, Hagerstown, Md. ; Ap pleinan Si Co., Bankers, Hagerstown; UHlegralf tt Sons, Hagerstowu; Hon. R. J, Brent, late Attor ney General, Baltimore: C. F. Abott, Esq., 20 P. (). Avenue, Baltimore : John H. Fowler, Esq. t W. H. Myers, of W. II. Myers A Bro., Exchange Place Baltimore. Deeds of the real estate certified to by counsol. In hands of the Trustee. The tickets and circular can be had of P, C. Del. vi u. General Agent, Stationer and Printer, No, 111 Nassau street, New York. Ticket sent O. O. H., If desired. Send for circular containing descrip tion of prices. Tickets for sale also by Riley & Sargent, at their News Stand.Phlladelphia, liar, rlsliurg, Pittsburg, etc., and ou lino of I'enn. U. R. andconiiuctious. 29 r 4w ; ( ALL KINDS of PrlnrliiE neatlv PRINTING! J executed at the " Bixkmvihi.U t una - Drraaai rfua uvricx