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NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENN'A.
Tuesday, June 3, 1873.
Iir-M!ni. E. P. Bnwmnii k Do., Nn. SO North th
street, r our duly authorized aavi-rlMmr awents for
l'liiladeli'liia. Advertisers can make contracts with
them at our lowest ratua.
Ben Botlkr is spoken of bs the ' centen
nial candidate for the Presidency.' An
exchange says : ' Centennial Is good, and
such a nomination once in a hundred years
would he about as much as the country
could stand.'
In 1800 when John A Andrews was
Ooveflior of Massachusetts the Legislature
passed an act increasing tholr pay and in
creasing the pay of the Governor from $3,
D00 to $5,000 a year. Governor Andrews
heard of it and sent word to the salary
grabbers who had the project in charge :
" If you undertake to raise My salary, I
will send back a veto within an hour. It
is not in accordance with my ideas of honor
to pass upon the question of my own com
pensation." And he was as good .as his
word. He did veto the bill, and returned
it to the Legislature.
Thomas Shuman of Catawissa, was
indicted for selling liquor without license.
After his indictment he succeeded in com
promising with the prosecutrix. The
Court refused to allow it and ordered the
case to proceed to trial, setting forth that
it was a crime against society, and no in
dividual had a right to compromise the
interest of the community. Ho was ac
cordingly brought to trial, found guilty
and sentenced to pay a fine of sixty dollars
and cost, and to be imprisoned in tho
county jail for ten days. We understand
it will cost him about two hundred dollars.
The Providence Herald, the only Demo
cratic paper in Rhode Island, after an ex
istence of twenty -three years as a daily, has
been discontinued, tho publisher closing its
career with some caustio allusions to the
party that failed to accord to it the needful
support. Whereupon tho Hartford Times
pertinently remarks that this may bo natu
ral and juBt on the part of the losing pub
lisher, but until he has learned ono funda
mental, vital fact in newspaper publishing
he need never expect success in that, direc
tion. That fact is the simple necessity on
the part of every real "live" newspaper of
making itself independent of, and Buperior
to, all cliques and all parties in its reliance
for support. The journal that is a mere
pensioner upon a political paity must nec
essarily be a poor concern, and in goneral
may count on a speedy end. Its days are
emphatically " short and full of trouble."
Affairs in France.
Another change has beon made in the
Government of France. President Thiers
not being able to get along pleasautly with
the Assembly, offered his resignation,
which was at once accepted, and that body
promptly elected Marshall McMahon, as bis
successor. The Marshall accepted the po
sition, and in doing so, gave the world to
understand that he should rely upon the
army for supporting his authority. So far
the change in government has had no effect
upon the finances of France, or upon the
money market throughout Europe. Mar
shall McMahon, was a strong supporter of
Louis Napoleon, and the selection of him
as the President, is looked upon as a victo
ry for the Imperialists particularly tho
ltouaparte faction. All the antecedents
and sympathies of the new President are
nionarchial, and the chances are that it
will not be very long before the mask of
Republicanism will bo cast aside.
Constitutionality of the Local Option Law.
Immediately after the election on the
subject of license, tho liquor men of Frank
lin county, organized to sustain a test case
on the issue of the unconstitutionality of
the law. A certain tavern keeper in Cbaui
bersburg openly sold liquor, after "no
license," as decided by the people, had
gone into effect, and this case was at once
taken before Judgo Hall, who at the time
was holding court in that borough, After
the most able argument on both sides, the
court held that the law was constitutional,
in an opinion brief and pointed, and which
was extensively copied by the newspapers
of tho Btato. The case was immediately
carried to the Supreme court, which, at
its session in Harrisbur'g, fully affirmed tho
decision of Judgo Hall, and thus sustain
ing the constitutionality of the Local
Option law. "
IW On an excursion train on Sunday,
the SSth, between Lexington, Ky., and
Winchester, an altercation occurred be
tween two colored passengers named Jack
Bradford and John Pearson. Bradford shot
Pearson, after which he out his head nearly
oft', and threw his body from the train.
iSi adford was arrested.
The Care at Delaware Gap.
Two or three years ago a Mr. Frear
bought 100 acres of land on the Kittatinny
mountain, near Delaware Gap. Ono day last
summer Mr. Frear, while cutting wood on
the mountain, discovered near the base a
wall ten or twelve feet high laid up against
a perpendicular precipice of apparently
solid rock. Ho took down a portion of the
wall, and came to an opening in the rock
large enough to permit the passage of his
body. Tho instant tho opening was un
covered a Btrong current of air escaped.
It was so cold that Mr. Frear was in a
very short time chilled through and
through.
Determined to explore this singular
cavern, Mr. Frear entered the opening.
He found himself in a large chamber, the
walls being of rough and jagged rocks.
The cold was so intense that ho could not
explore tho cave further than llfty fcot.
Since then no person has penetrated furth
er than sixty feet under the mountain. The
draft of air is so strong at the mouth that
trees thirty yards distant are kept in con
stant motion. One can stand but a few
minutes in the mouth. A thermometer
standing at ninety degrees above zero, will,
In a short timo, fall to thirty in the current.
A piece of pure lead, a gun barrel, and
a collection of bones were found by Mr.
Frear in the cavern. He threw the bones
in the river before ascertaining whether
they wcro human remains or not.
A dog accompanied him on his first ex
ploring tour. The dog jogged on into the
cave. Since then it has novcr been seen.
Hundreds of people have visited this re
markable cavern, and witnessed the mys
terious phenomenon of the cold current of
air. No satisfactory explanation has as
yet been given as to its cause. There are
a number of crevices in tho rocks near the
opening from which the cold air also issues.
Mr. Frear erectod a temporaty platform
in front of the cave. A person standing
on this live minutes would experience a
sensation of almost completo numbness.
It was the owner's intention to excavate
a passage way and erect a building over it
for tho accommodation of inquiring visi
tors. He was killed on the railroad, how
ever, before his project was carried out.
The cave is considered oneof tho greatest
curiosities of tho world.
Scene In a Smoking Car.
An amusing incident occurred recently
in the smoking car of a C. C. C and I.,
Railroad train between Shelby and this
city, says the Cleveland Times. A woman
with a poodle dog entered the car just prior
to tho departure of the train from tho for
mer point, and after depositing her dog on
one seat, turned over the back of another
one, so that each scat faced the other.
Together she and her canine companion
thus monopolized two entire seats. Ap
pearances seemed to indicate that the car
was ono exclusively for the convenience of
those addicted to the use of the "weed ;"
but of this fact she was soon apprised by
the conductor, who advised her to obtain
a seat in another car, informing her at the
same time that the accommodations in the
way of seats in the other coaches were su
perior to those where she was then. How
ever, she insisted on remaining, urging
that her presence would deter the occupants
of the car from smoking, and she would
consequently experience no discomfort
from tobacco fumes. Long before the
train reachod this city, however, a gentlo
man sitting directly iu front of her produo
ed his case, and, taking therefrom a cigar,
began puffing away at it iu a manner which
seemed peculiarly calculated to aggravate
the woman back of him. Instantly, by a
strategic movement, she wrested the obnox
ious cigar from his mouth and threw it out
of, the window, exclaiming, f If there is
anything I do. hate, it is tobacco smoke."
The passengers who had witnessed tho af
fair were convulsed with laughter, but the
offending smoker suppressed whatever emo
tions may have been struggling for expres
sion in words or action, and maintained
throughout the same imperturbable gravity
which had characterized him from the first.
Calmly rising from his seat, he opened the
window nearest him, fastening it up, and
reaching over the seat back, took that wo
man's poodle dog and threw him out of the
window as far boyond as possible, at the
same time saying, " If there is anything I
do hate, it's a poodle dog I"
Treating them Better.
Convicts In the Michigan State Prison
are hereafter to be treated with distinguish
ed consideration. The Legislature has
voted to free them from the the humiliation
of wearing striped garments, and also
given them permission to correspond with
their relatives and intimate friends. The
State also devotes funds toward tholr ed
ucation, and gives each one, when dischar
ged, f 10 worth of clothing and $10 In cash,
with such other money as he may have
earned by overwork.
t3T The residence of Col. Potter in Lin
den, New Jersey, was burned last Wednes
day mornlifg. The family barely escaped
with their livca. Shortly after a fuse was
discovered burning leading to a hay rack in
the barn, which was stamped out. On in
vestigation a can of flftoen pounds of pow
der was discovered under the burn, with
which a fuse was conneoted.
A mil Written on a Slate.
The West Chester Local Newt of Thurs
day says : This morning we were shown
a will written on a slate, which circum
stance is probably the first and only case
of the kind in the country. . The instru
ment of bequeath bears date May 0, 1803,
and is the will of Phebe Ann Wood
ward, late of Kennett Square. The slate
is a new one, and upon tho frame are the
letters " P. A. W," in ink, they being the
initials of the deceased's name. The cu
rious and novel writing was found by her
friends after her decease a few weeks since,
in a chest, under lock and key, and safely
ensconced in a pasteboard box. Register
Evans has decided to admit it to probate,
after which it is supposed its legality will
be tested in the Register's Court. John
Pinkorton is the counsel for the will, and
by whom the rather eccontrio writing was
shown us. Mr. P. states that this will
is the first "slate will"- to be found on
any records of which any knowledge is
now to be gained. Upon it's receipt in
the Register's office, it will be provided
with a wooden box, in which it will be tiled
for keeping updor lock and key.
A Story of Retributive Justice.
On Tuesday night last the coroner's jury
in the case of Dr. Baker, who was murder
ed at Warren on the 10th inst., adjournod
to Friday, for the purpose,it was supposed
of finding a brother of Misti Mink, who
owned the house whore the crime was com
mitted, but on Thursday last ho came
home, and the officers were informed that
he was in his house Sheriff Hobbs sum
moned him on Friday to appear bofore the
jury, and also another brother of Miss
Mink has been kept in the lock-up in this
city since Sunday last until yesterday,
when he was taken .to Warren. Public
feeling in that city is now in favor of Miss
Mink, tho general opinion being that Dr.
Baker brought his death upon himself,
having, it is said, not only ruined the girl,
but has followed her for years. He installed
another woman as his housekeeper, but
continued to visit the one he had wronged
for life, being wild and reckless, and now,
after repeated warnings from her friends,
he has been found dead in the bod chamber
of his victim. Tup jury did not conclude
their investigations, and Miss Mink has
been brought back to the lock-up in Rockland.
A Private Hospital for Female.
Medical Inspector Steward, of Washing
ton, reported to the President of the Board
of Health tho discovery of a private lying
in hospital in a central and prominent part
of Washington, to whiuh children have
been farmed out, to be cared for as long as
they live, by persons in the employ of the
hospital. Inspector Steward was led to
the discovery while making a sanitary in
spection in the locality known as Hog alley,
in a low hovel, he found a nogro woman
nursing from a bottle a white infant, about
three or four weeks old.
An inquiry led to the fact that a person
calling herself Miss Doctor Wilson kept
the establishment, where womeu were
nursed during confinement, attended only
by the female doctor, who, it is stated,
had been doing a good business. It is the
intention of the Board of Health to take
such action as the law will admit in the
premises in relation to this case, and at the
same time place the matter before the legis
lative assembly for such action as in the
judgment of that body the preservation of
life and public morals require.,
A Hon Trampled to Death by a Mule.
In the stable of the Georgetown Alms
house is a savage mule, which Alexander
Grumble, an idiot pauper, was in the habit
of tending. The mule was so vicious that
it would not allow any one else to approach
it. Hitherto the animal and its attendant
had evinced a strange affection for each
other, but on Saturday morning an es
trangement sprang up between them, and
the beast taking oil'ence at something while
his keeper was attending to him, caught
Grumble by the shoulder with bis teeth,
threw him violently to the ground, and be
fore he could recover himself began stamp
ing upon his prostrate body. Then, not
satisfied with its vengeance, the beast began
biting and chewing its dying victim until
its anger had been appeased.
Shooting Her Uncle.
Baltimore, May SO. Mrs. EmmaM'Kee,
who made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot
her uncle, Oswald Noack, on the 14th of
May, was more successful to-duy. Having
this morning obtained a warrant for the
arrest of her undo, charging him with
abusive conduct, she proceeded with an of
ficer to his place of business, 143 West Bal
timore street, to identify him. The officer
mado the arrest, and. while coming down
stairs with the prisoner, in company with
Mrs. M'Kee, she suddenly drew a double
barreled pistol from under her shawl, and
iired two shots, one ball taking effect iu his
back, and the other in the calf of bis right
log. His wounds are not necessarily fatal
Mrs. M'Kee has been arrested.
fif The town of Yarden, Miss., was
nearly destroyed by Are on Tuesday last.
The fire la sunnoscd to be Incendiary, and
spread so rapidly that very little goods
were savou. l ue man matter in tue posi
office was destroyed.
Miscellaneous News Items.
Two women were killed by lightning
on the 23th, at Ossawattomie, Kansas.
tSTMambrlno Temple, the famous stal
lion, died recently. He was valued at $10
000. -
tW Heavy rains in Canada have bo swol
len the lumber rivers that about five mil
lion feet of lumber have gone adrift.
tMT All the colored waiters of the Sher
man House struck last week, and left the
guests while dinner was being served.
tW An Ohio legislator has presented a
resolution forbidding any more babies
being namod John Smith, in the State.
tW A remarkable water-spout was ob
served at tho dam at tho Reservoir in
Blair county a few weeks ago. A large
body of water ascended in spiral form, not
less than twenty feet.
Chicago, May 28. There is much ex
citement at the neighboring village, of
Sermont over the fact that oil has been
found in small quantities at a depth of 473
feet. It is light, but the well is being
docpened, and it is believed it will be found
in paying quantities.
tW The contest over the village election
at Malta, 111., turns on a very fine point.
One vote decides it either way, and one
voter lives In a houso through which the
corporation line runs. He sleeps outside
the corporation, but oats inside of it. Has
ho the right to vote or not ? On this de
ponds tho election.
tW James Snyder aged about nineteen
years, living in Pymatuning township,
Mercer county, commenced bleeding at the
nose, on Saturday,the 10th inst, and though
physicians were summoned, and every .ef
fort made to stop the hemorrhage, the
young man died on the 12th, having blood
to death.
tSFIu Boston, a few nights ago, Patrick
Mahoney and John Sweeney had a dispute
about paying for drinks with Isaac Bayard,
a negro, in the latter's bar room, when
Bayard decided the question by shooting
both of his customers, breaking Mahoney's
thigh bone and Sweeney's arm. Bayard
was arrested, and the wounded men taken
to tho hospital.
t37 A women named Mary Wilson, of
Wilkesbarre, was accidently shot on last
Friday evening a week, by a man named
John Mulherron. It seems that Mulherron
hod accompanied the women to her room,
and in attempting to take a revolver from
his pocket, it was in some way discharged,
the ball lodging in the woman's abdomen
inflicting a mortal wound.
HTMr. E. B. Gould, a young gentleman
of Jacksonville, Fla., while llshing last
week, about six miles up the river, en
countered an alligator fully twelve feet in
length, and after a short tussel tho alliga
tor was killed by him with a ten foot oar.
The fatal blow was strcuk just back of the
neck. This is the second one killed by Mr.
G. within a month in that way.
San Francisco, May 27. The bodies of
three Chinamen, who died from small-pox,
were found to-day, concealed in the pump
boxes of the steamer Lord of the Isle, ly
ing'at her dock. The vessel was ordered
to bo quarantined at once. The passengers
are in the city, having all landed yesterday.
Chinamen say one of their countrymen,
who became ill from small-pox on the voy
age, was thrown overboard by them.
(37" The total loss of tho great tornado
in Iowa, is variously estimated in money at
$175,000 to $300,000, including thirty-five
houses, 1,200 Bheep, 2,600 hogs, 100 head of
cattle, 40 horses, and all the crops along
the track of the storm. The list of killod
and wounded shows twelve persons dead
and twenty-nine wounded. Detailed re
ports are yet to come in from Keokuk co.,
and several of the wounded cannot recover,
so that from eighteen to twenty-five names
will be on the death roll.
fW During the late heavy thunder storm
in Canada, the ligbtniug killed a boy at
Point Lewis and a young man at Island
Orleans. The tremendons rain which ac
companied the storm swelled the river, and
caused immense destruction of property.
The Gosford railroad bridge over Jacques
Cartier river is reported swept away ; also,
the government dam at the mouth of St.
Maurice river, and a number of oxtousive
saw-mills.
t2T George Link, of the firm of Link &
Black, terra cotta manufacturers at Gor
mantown avenue aud Seventh street, com
mitted suicide on Wednesday last by jump
ing off the ferry-boat at Shackamaxon
street wharf.
Deceased was about forty years of
age, in prosperous circumstances, and
no cause can be assigned for his act. Be
fore leaving bis office he left a note for his
partner, in which he announced his Inten
tion to commit suicide. He tbeu drove in
his carriage to the wharf and upon the
ferry-boat, and employing a boy to hold his
horse, jumped from his carriage upon the
deck, and going to the bow of the boat
plunged into the river. His body was soon
after recovered, and taken to the residence
of his family.
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