NEW BLOOMFIELD, TENNM. Tuesday, August 5, 1873. Mmwiti. E. P. Bowmaw Co., No. 00 North 8th , nut Hniv iHhoi1 Hilvitrtjfiliitf lumnta for Philadelphia. Ailvi'rUnt'n can nuke coutmcU with them at our lowest rate. General J. B. Kkrsham, W. D. Porter and R. M... Sims, a committee of South Carolinians, have had a conference with President Grant at Long Branch, the pur ' pose of which was intercession for the ku klux prisoners of South Carolina. The President said he was desirous of pursuing a very liberal policy towards all the con victs except those guiltyjof violent crimes, and towards all acousod except those charg ed and probably guilty of similar crimes. It is understood that the President will ad ' dress a letter of instruction immediately to Attorney General Williams in pursuance of these understandings. The Buoks county Mirror published at Doylestown, and edited by Jos. M. McClure Esq., of this county, evidently does not like some of the candidates nom inated last week, if we may judge by the following which we copy from that paper: "The Radicals of Perry county have adopt ed as their standard for legislative can didates that of Philadelphia. They nom inated on Saturday last for the Senate a dead-beat member of the " Third House," named Kirk Haines, compared with whom George Handy Smith wouldn't cut a bad figure For the House, they nominated a little Cameron cur of the poodle kind, whose whole stock in trade is made up of impudence, assurance and obsequiousness to the dirty politicians who own him, and who, when they purchased him, got mighty little of either soul or body. His name, it is John U. Sheibley. The honest men belonging to the Radical party in Perry will have a fine opportunity next fall to show whether they deserve to be plunder ed and misgoverned. If they elect the men on their legislative ticket they will have done all in their power to have themselves both plundered and misgoverned." A Lawyer in Trouble. TRatLer a curious case was brought be fore the Supreme Court, in New York, last week. 0 The plaintiff, as widow and administra trix of Ezra R. Goodridge, applied to Fredorlck A. Lane, then . counsel for the Erie Railroad Company, and a friend of P.tSr deceased husband, to act as her at torney and supply the security she was un able to furnish as administratrix. Defend ant made his coachman, John Roony, se curity for her in $10,000, and the defend ant claims to have paid himself $57,000 out of these' judgments. Plaintiff states that, under the circumstances, and as de fendant's business is a precarious one, she requl res, as security, to have a receiver ap pointed. Plaintiff further alleges that he acknowl edged having received for her $07,605.10, but that he claims to have paid out of it 29 per ceut. on $220,000 of debts. Plain tiff alleges also that of the said $220,000 a sum of $101,000 consisted of two judg ments obtained against her by defendant without her knowledge ; that she trusted him unreservedly and signed all papers without question ; that the judgments have been opened. Defendant, in reply, denies that he ever took any proceedings without fully explain ing them to the plaintiff; he states that his means are amply sufficient to meet any claims, and says that his business is not a precarious one, and that the case is not one in which a receiver should bo appoint ed. Decision reserved. A Hood One. The Madison Courier tell this of a rev enue officer who was sent into the illicit whiskey distilling district in Kentucky, He know illicit distilling was going on, but he could get no basis to work from. Com ing to an Irishman ; who was tolerably drunk, the officer tapped him on the shoul der, and said, "My roan, do you want" to make ten dollars?" "Is it ten dollars?" said Pat, " sure and I do." "Then" said . the officer, " show roe a 'private still.'" " I'll do the same ; follow me, yer Honor." The officer followed across lots and fields to the camp of a company of soldiers that hud been sent there to aid the revenue oni- eem. The toldiers were in line dress par- ado. Do you see that redheaded man ?" " Yo" repliod the oilicer. "He is," said Pat, Mmy brother. He's been in the ser vice twelve years. He'll be a corporal af ter a white, but he is ' a private still.' " " Ten dollars gone, and no illicit whiskey found," moralized the officer as he wended his way back to bis hotel. ,- tW A young man has been arretted at Hudson fur spitting tobacco juice on the back broadths of a young lady's dress. She had decliued his company from church, and so he walked behind and had his revenge, ySCHOOL REPORT. Annual Report of Silas Wright, County Bu- pmnwnucni oi acnoois or retry uouuiy, . for the year ending June 2, 1873. In submitting this annual report to the public it should be borne in mind that it exhibits in the main so far as it relates to work done, the labor of my predeces sor Geo. CJ. Welker, Esq., whose death on the 11th of last March left the visitation of the schools unfinished, and before my appointment, commission and the papers were received in April, the majority of the schools had closed. I wade short vis its to seven schools. i Houses1 New houses have been built in Liverpool, Carroll, Centre, Oliver and Seville townships, four of which are brick and one frame building. The di rectors oi Newport made one more room in the brick building and furnished it fur a high school with new furniture of the Gothio style. Grounds. Ihere is not in tbo county a school-yard or school-grounds that fully answers the following description, though upon fair representations of what was in tended, which we presumed dono, three have been reportod first-olass. These were presumed to conform to the follow ing description in order to be entitled to first rank: "School grounds of sufficient size in the country are intecdod to have an extent of at least half an acre; and in towns should be large enouih to allow all the pupils to enjoy exorcise in the open air, with proper gymnastic apparatus. School grounds suitably improved, means neatly fenoed, tree from rubbish of ail kinds, planted with shade trees and prop erly prepared as a place for the plays of children." Graded Schools. In each of tlie fol lowing towns: Jlillerstown, Liverpool, New Buffalo, Newport, Duncannon, Marysvillo, Bloomficld, Landisburg, Loysville, Rlain, New Germantown and Ickesburg, are graded schools, but with a single excep tion they have all been separate, distinct in government and different in the mode of teaching, and yet those schools have a preparatory and a higher department. In view of the objects for which graded schools were establishedMore tiiohouuu and higher education it is recommend ed that hoards of directors in these : dis tricts adopt courses of studies which may bo. divided into studies for Primary Schools, Studies for Grammer schools and Studies for a High school, and that pu pils be promoted from one grade to an other when upon examination they shall have been found proficient in the studies of that grade. Over the graded ' schools of each town there should be elected a principal to teach one of the grades and take the general control of Bchool affairs subject to such regulations as may be adopted by the school board and suggest ed by the county Superintendent. It is further recommended that instead of se lecting the youngest and most inexperi enced porsons to take charge of .the Pri mary sohools, that the ripest experience, most successful practice of teach it g, to gether with all the other qualifications that teachers are required to possess, be considered requisites of the one who is elected to this position. We apprehend the highest art ot teaching w the ability to teach a primary school well. Visitations. A number of schools in the districts east of the Juniata river were not visited on account of the illness and death of the County Superintendent. The sohools west of the river were visited bv Mr. Wm. E. Baker, as Deputy, but the notes of these visits are believed ' to have been mislaid or lost, as nono came into the possession of toe present oilicer Institutes. One hundred and twenty-two actual teachers only attended the last Teachers' County Institute whioh met at Bloomfield on the sou ot December The instructors from abroad were W. W. Woodruff. A. M.. as Deputy Superintend ent, to whom we are indebted for much that is valuable in the actual work of in st ruction. Miss Emma Garfield of Now York, gave readings and instruction in Elocution. Rev. Geo. W. Smiley D. D. oi Pottsvillo, Pa., gave his celebrated lec ture, Subject: Origin of the North Amer ican Indians, on Thursday evening. Valuable assistance must be acknowledg ed fiom a majority of the teachers pres ent. Itev. John Edgar, Principal ot the Bloomfield Academy, gave a lecture on Monday evening. Other lectures were given by II. B. Zimmerman, Wm. E. Ba ker and Silas Wright. Buffalo township teachofs have the credit or maintaining the only district In stitute in the county. ' Attendance. Aggregating e'sti motes' of non-attendance during the" year we- have six hundred and sixty-one (Qui nearty ten per cent, of the entire school going population of the county, who woro not in school. This estimate is believed to bo very nearly correct, and calls loudly for attention from school officers and pat rons. ' . To ascertain accurately the whole num ber of pupils who are of school age fur the year ending June 1873, arrangements are being made and instructions prepared for taking by the teachers of the several districts what will be oiled ., Tho Teach er's School Census of Perry County, which when completed and taken as a ba sis, a calculation of ncn-atteudance can bo made that will BE statistic School Directors. The frequent de lays in sending in the Annual reports calls for special mention of the fact that it is the duty oi the outgoing secretary to fill out the report for the closing year and then hand it to his successor to fill up the blanks with the names of the officers elected for the next year, aod forward to the County Superintendent. examinations. At mueteen public and several special examinations 252 pro visional and two professional certificates were issued, the latter upon examination to John $. Cumpboll and II. B. Zimmer men, both of whom were found proficient in the long list of studies named in their certiucates. Recommendations. 1st. Tliut courses of study in accordance with the general principle explained be adopted, and that Principles be secured for the graded schools. 2d. That a "Teacher's School Census of Perry County" be taken by the -teach ers during the first month ot the next an nual term. 3d. That the best plans be secured for the houses about to be erected, and that none but the best furnituro and appara tus be placed in these houses. 4th. 1 bat each school board engage their secretary with the understanding that he shall at least pay monthly visits to the schools in the district. 5th. That visitations to the schools by patrons, ministers and other persons be enoouraged by the teachers by frequent personal invitations. bth. 1 hat the services of the best teachers that can be afforded by the dis trict be secured. 7th. That every teacher attend tho next County Institute to be held at Bloomfield during the week commencing Deo. 1, 1873. 8th. And finally that each teacher and member of a school board become a subscriber to and a reader of the "Penn sylvania School Journal." An Extraordinary Rat Trap. As an evidence that the quantities of nerve and downright pluck are not con fined exclusive to the heroio men of cre ation there is herewith offered the narra tion of a circumstance wherein a young girl bore herself bravely under such try ing circumstances as would have severely tested the mOBt dogged determination ever shown by the averago genus homo. On Sunday last this young lady was at church, when, during the delivery of the sermon, she suddenly became aware that something of a crawling nature was making an expe ditious journey up her leg. Startled as may well be believed, she was for the nonce bereft of the power of action, and there forthwith chased each other throngh her mind extremely lively and fearful appre hensions touching snakes, rats, and a host of digusting creatures, but with a determ ined effort she recovered her presence of mind and by the time the " thing" had got a short distance above her knee she clutch ed it through her dress, with a vice-like grip, and held on like grim death. Since the first revelation of the distressing cir cumstance she had not uttered a sound nor Indeed given any outward sign of the mental torture which she must have suf fered, but sat rigid and composed, firmly grasping the " horrible thing" which she knew was some living creature, when upon being clutched, it gave forth a squealing sound. For full three-quarters of an hour the brave girl sat there, as composed as ever, still retaining her hold until the close of the service, when she departed home wards, never relaxing her grip until reach ing home, when, giving hurried explana tions to the mother, she fainted dead away. A quick examination revealed the pres ence of a rat, dead as a door nail, as the cause of the unhappy adventure. Fearful Scene In a Rolling Mill. A terrible accident occurred on the 80th ult., at the North Chicago Rolling Mills, situated in the extreme northwestern sub urbs of the eity. About a dozen workmen were engaged in removing an imperfect blast from one of the furnaces, when sud denly a large mass of clinker was detached, making an opening in the furnace, and there rushed out an immense volume of gas. which, coming in contact with the outer air, exploded, filling the place with a sheet of flame which completely enveloped eight workmen. Five of them, were so horribly burned that not one is expected to recover, Three workmen, Owen Corbett, Thomas Conner and Nicholas Schevelin were seri ously, but it is thought not fatally burned. The loss to the Rolling Mill Company will be considerable, but the amount hat not yet been ascertained. Severe, but Right. At Rogersville, Ohio, on Saturday night, diirinir the trial of a man calling himself Jeff, Davis, for raping a nine-year old girl, the lights in the room were put out, the prisoner draaired out of doors and shot twice with revolvers, and then dragged by the heels two squares and buug to a tree till dead. ; .., ; - . Fools not all Dead. A young man named Zuber, was drown ed in the canal at Leesport, Berks county, a few days ago. The body was left In the water three hours because the people in that vicinity thought that no one had a right to touch it before the arrival of tho coroner. A Troublesome Convict. Among the cluster of convicts that ac companied Frank Walworth from the tombs to the Btate Prison was tho notorious Wos" Allen, and be has added another Incident to his very notorious prison record by refusing to join a draft of prisoners, to be sent to the Btate Prison at Auburn. When preperatlons were making for their departure he rushed to his cell, and car rying with him a largo knife, which he had evidently surreptitiously scoured from the dining hall. With this terrible instrument he rushed to his cell, and brandishing it over his head, he defied any one to approach him, and threatened death to any man or men who allowed any disposition to capture him. It is scarcely needful to say that there were but few signs of that disposition shown, and " Wes" was allowed to display his knifo without much molestation. Formid able as the carving knife was, " Wes" evi dently did not think it terrifying enough, and from the stone quarries it is supposed he obtained a pound of nitro glycerine. lie pointed with a demon-like derision to this glycerine as keeper after keeper ap proached his cell, armed with tho carbine or the revolver in use in the prison, and defied them to fire at him. With a sav age leer in his one eye, tho other having beon destroyed in an attempted prison escape, and a Satanic fierceness that gave reality to his terrlblo threat, he announced his Intention to destroy the entire prison by exploding the nitro-glycerine if they at tempted to main or kill him by shooting him. Warden Ilubboll and the keepers thought discretion the bettor part of valor, and left him behind the bars, secure in the posses session of these fierce and deadly instru ments of destruction. The draft weut on to Auburn, but " Wes" Allen did not form one of the party. He still remains at Sing Sing, a living manifestation o f what can be accomplished by a convict who dares. A Business Chap. There is an air of business in the follow ing which one cannot fail to admire. It is from a Detroit merchant whose wife died the other day: "Dear sir: I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am well, but my dear wife, Insured for five thousand dollars in your company, is no more. She died to-day. ner policy is No. . I can truly say that she was a fond wife and a good mother. I have the doctor's certifi cate, so that there will be no trouble about the policy. She was sick only a short time but suffered much. Do you give a check in advance, or must I wait sixty days for the money?" Grasshoppers. A despatch from Sioux City, Iowa, dated the 28th ult., says : During the last two days the grasshoppers have been visi ble in the air. At this hour countless mil lions may be seen. Their general tendency seems south-west. Grave apprehensions are expressed by those familiar with their rav ages in other parts of the country. The re sults cannot be other than disastrous, should the clouds of grasshoppers now hovering over this vicinity settle here. Miscellaneous News Items. tW A prohibition war is being waged at Ypsilauti, Mich., with considerable success, the guilty parties are doubtless those opposed to the efforts to close tho saloons. fW 3. Dixon, living near Battle Creek, Michigan, essayed to load hay and smoke a pipe at the same time. The hay mado more smoke than the tobacoo did. t3An old couple living near Sparland, 1111., were recently dlvoroed. The husband has since married the hired girl aud the ex-wife taken the hired girl's place. CBT At a picnic near Muscatine,on Wed nesday, a black snake, six feet in length, fell from a tree into a little girl's lap. She demonstrated a wonderful agility in rising to her feet. t3T On Sunday night the offioe of the City Clerk and Justioe of the Peace, at Ypsilantl, Mich., was entered ami all the city records, 1,100 ohattle mortgages publio dockets, papers and books belonging to the office taken. tW At Westerly, R. I., William Cran dall, oommitted suicide on Saturday night by drowning himself. He was seventy seven years old. He hod set some hay on lire, and boing afraid ho would be accused of Incendiarism ho drowned himself. I3T On the 28th ult., the Colfax aud Grass valley stage was stopped by four men near Grass valley, who blew open Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure box and decamped with $8,000. None of tlje pas sengers were molested. tW It Is said that a Nevada lawyer had as a cliout a man accused of murder, and that the principal witness in his favor being his wife, who was incapacitated from giving testimony by reason of her relation to him, he got the murder trial postponed, brought suit for dlvoroe in her behalf and secured it, and then triumph antly placed her on the stand to secure the acquittal of her husband. That being se cured, the oouple were again married. 13T At Baltimore ow the 20th uK. a f- spectable Gorman, named John Bchwarta hung himself. Ho married his third wife, a young girl 10 years old, two rtefc agov He was 70. The disparity in their ages was the sub ject of ridicule among foolish friends, and the old gentleman was so much annoyed by thoir taunts that he was driven to des peration. He only knew the girl two or three days before he married her. tW At Philadelphia, on the 27th ult., a most singular accident occurred. Mary Truitt, aged five years, was sitting on the front steps of her residence in tho southern part of the city. Mrs. Cooper, an occu pant of the house, went to the attio win dow with a child's flag staff some three feet long with a spear head, engaged in cleaning out the water pipe. The ' stick slipped from her hand, and falling perpen dicularly entered the child's skull, causing instant doath. ' t3T The Rev. Mr. Thompson, In speak ing of electrical peculiarities, said that he , had a man in Wisconsin, sowing grain, who suddenly stopped and declared he could not move the guide stakes. Mr. Thompson laughed at him, and approached to move them himself, but the moment his hands touched the wood they were powerless. A current of electricity stream ed from them, and it was some time before they could be moved ; and it was clear weather, too. ' Dublin, Virginia, July 29. Mr. and Mrs. Shopherd, a bridal couple from Montgom ery county, on their way to the Pulaski Alum Springs, while crossing Cloyd's Mountain in a buggy during a thundor storm, the horse 'shied at a flash of light ning, and threw the party down a precipice one hundred and seventy feet. The buggy was destroyed, and the groom badly brais ed. The bride had her collar bone and ankle dislocated, teeth knocked out, and was otherwise badly hurt. A tree in the way stopped them from going to the bot tom. BTMr.H.6, Scofield, of Bridgeport, performed rather a notable engineering feat on Saturday, on the new division of the New York and New Haven Road, from Harlem to New York. It became neces sary to lift the draw of the new bridge across Pelham bay, on this line, a structure weighing 1C0 tons. To effect this objects Mr. Scofield devised the plan of building. trusses, placing them on heavy scows, floating the latter around under the draw at low tide, so that the rising of the tide- would do tho work required. This was successfully exeouted Saturday. The tide rose 4 feet 0 inches, and the scows settled in the water but two feet, raising the draw sufficiently to make the repairs required. Of" It is stated that unofficial advices have been received at the war department that the court has found all the Modoo Indians on trial guilty of murder and or dered all of them to be shot Gen. Davis is said to bo only waiting the endorsement of the verdict to carry out the sentence. The findings in the military commission in the case of the Modoo Indians recently tried have not yet been received at the war department. The proceedings, after being' reviewed by Gen. Schofleld, will be for warded to Judge Advocate General Holt, who examines the testimony and findings and then transmits them to the secretary of war and president for approval, before the sentence can be executed. Children often look Pale and Sick from nootlier cause than 'having worms iu the stomach BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without Injury to the ehlld, being perfectly WHITE, and free from all color ing or other injurious ingredients usually used la worm preparations. CURTIS St BROWN, Proprietors, No. 215 Fulton Street, New York.. . Sold by Drugglttt and Vhemit, and dealert in Ifedlclnei at Twbstt-Fivi Cents a. Box. 27U Ijt. The Household Panacea, and Family Liniment Is the best remedy In the world for the following; complaints, viz. t Cramps in the Limbs and Stom ach, Fain In the Stomach, Bowels, or Side, Rheu matism In all Its forms. Bullous Colle, Neuralgia Dysentery, Colds, Fresh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and: Bruises. 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