Gtljc imt0, Nero . Bloomftcliv Ja. NEW YORK CONTINENTAL let- Life Insurance Company, OP NEW YORK, STRICTL Y M UTUAL t "TSHUESallthenew forms of Policies, and pre J. sents as favorable terms asany company in the United States. Thirty days' grnce allowed on each payment, and the policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are nonforfeit ure. No extra charges are made for traveling permits' Policy-holders share In the annual profits of the Company, and have a voice in the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical fee charged. . W. FROST, Present. M. B. Wynkoop, Vice Pres't. J, P.Roubrs, Bcc'y. J. F. EATON. General Agent, No . 6 North Third Street. College Block, Harrlsburg, Pa. THOS. n. MILMUAN, 0 42 ly Hpeclal Agent lor Newport. Perry County Bank I Spoiittler, .In ii Kin fc Co. Til E undersign id. having formed a Banking As. soolatlon under the above name and style, are now ready to do a General Banking business at their new Banking House, on Centre Square, OPPOSITE THE COURT HO US Ei NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. We receive money on deposit and pay back on demand. We discount notes for a period of not over 60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and New York. On time Deposits, five per cent for any time over four months; and for four months four per cent. We are well provided with all and every facility (or doing a Banking Business; and knowing, and lor some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un der which the people of this County labored for the want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have (have determined to supply the want land this being ithe first Bank ever established In Perry county, we .hope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the business men, farmers and mechanics. This Banking Association ts composed of the fol lowing named partners: W. A. SpoNSLKB.Bloomtteld, Perry county, Pa." B. F.Junkin, " " " Wm. II. Milleb, Carlisle, . ' orriCERS: ' W. A. BPONSLER, President. Wiiaiam Willis, CaslUer NewBloomlleld, J 6 ly riJtUY COUNTY Ileal Estate, Insurance, CLAIM AGENCY. LEWIS POTTEE & CO., Meal Estate Brokers, Insurance, ii Claim Attn IN'ow Dloomfleld, I a.. ITTEtNVITE the attention of buyers and sell TT ers to the advantages we offer them in pur- Aliasing or disposing oi real estate mrougu our oi nee. We have a very large list of deslrab property, consisting of farms, town property, mills, store .And tavern stands, and real estute of any descrip tion whleh we are prepared to otter at great bar ffains. We advertise our urooertv verv extensive' ly, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllllKence to effect a sale. We make no charges unless tht properly is sola while registered witn us. w e aisc draw up deeds bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa .Ders at moderate rates. 8ome of the best, cheapest, and most reliable fire, life, and cattle Insurance companies In the United Mates are represented at this agency. Property Insured either on the eash or mutual plan, and perpetually at 14 and IS per thousand. Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims collected. There are thousands of soldiers and heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and bounty, who have never made application. Hoi. llers. If you were wounded, ruptured, orcontract d a disease In the service from which you are dis abled, you are entitled to a pension. When widows of soldiers die ormarry.the minor Children are entitled to the pension. Parties having any business to transaot In our line, are respectfully Invited to give us a call, as we are onnnueni we can reuaer satisfaction In any uranen ui our uuniuesn. M-Nocharuefor Information. 4 iiU ly . X-tWIH POTTEK & CO LOOK OUT! T" would resnectlvelv Inform mv friends that I In. X tend calling upon them with a supply ot goods of my OWN MANUFACTURE. Consisting of ' CASSIMERS. CA88INETS, FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) OAltPETH, Arc, to exchange tor wool or sell for cash. J. M. B1XLEH. CkntsbWoolemFactout. 6,lT,4m, PERRY HOUSE, New Bloom field, To. THEsuhserlberhsvlngpurchased the property on tlieooruerof Maine and Carlisle streets, opposite the Court House, Invites all his frteuda and former euntomers to give hlin a call as ho it dsteruilued to furuish Hrst class accommodations. TUVMAH HU1VH, Hf. proprietor. A Leaf from a Lawyer's Diary. 11HE fallowing graphto and remarkable narrative has been obtained by us from a prominent lawyer in one of the Eastern Kentucky counties. The faots In it bare not before been published, but for their entire accuracy the reputation of the writer will vouch. In 1805 I was the State's attorney in the judicial district in the State of Kentucky. I had gone to the county of O one of the counties in the district for the purpose of being present in the prosecution of the criminals. There bad been no court held in that county since 1801, owing to the civil war. 1 found everything in the worst con fusion possible. Men bad been murdered in cold blood, and nothing was done with them. Murder, arson, robbery and nil crimes in the catalogue had been commit ted with impunity,nnd the malefactors had gone unwhipped of justice, owing to the absence of law. During the war everything was in anarchy; there was neither safety to women nor innocent children all suffered alike. AVhen it was known that there would be a Circuit Court held in that county, the news attracted a very largo crowd. On Monday morning, November 8, 1803, I found a largo crowd in B , the county seat of O. Men, women and children came, some (he distance of thirty miles. Guerrillas and bushwhackers came with their guns and pistols, as though they in tended to overawe the court, and determin ed that none of their gang should be indict ed for the numerous murders of which they had been guilty. Court opened, and the sheriff returned his list of a giand jury The court instructed them as to their duty; they were sworn and sent to their rooms. I had determined in my own mind that every person that had been guilty of a felony or misdemeanor in O county should be regularly indicted, if I could in any way obtain the evidence againstthem. There was a case that was shrouded in mystery. A young man, who was the pride of a widowed mother, had suddenly disap peared from the county about two years before, and never been heard from. His name was Chas. Belknap ; he was an only child ; handsome, finely educated, and as brave as a lion. I made diligent inquiry. I had about one hundred witnesses sum moned. I examined them closely, and when I dismissed them I warned them to tell no one what bad transpired in tho grand jury room. In that way I hoped to keep the real murderers in the dark as to what I was doing. I could only gather the following circum stances in the case : That young Belknap had left his home in June, 1863, and was riding a very fine horse, with $1,500 in his possession. He failed to return at night, and his mother became very uneasy about bim, and the next morning set out to make inquiries concerning him. She went to the bouse of 'Squire Mosely, who lived about five miles from her, a leading man in the county, and told her story and made inqui ries concerning her son. The 'Squire told her that ber son was at bis bouse the day before, and left in the direction of the town of B ; that be left about ten o'clock in the morning. This was all she could bear of him. No one else bad Been bim, and she returned home a broken-hearted mother. She made inquiries of every person ; every stranger that passed was interrogated, but all in vain. She still kept up ber search for hor missing boy, and about twelve mouths after be bad so mysteriously disappeared she was returning home from one of ber searches and met . 'Squire Mosely. The 'Squire told ber he bad beard from her boy; that be was in Iowa, lie liad received a a letter from bim, and that be would be at borne ; that he had left the letter at borne, etc. Mrs. Belknap went directly to the 'Squire's house without communicating ber intention to bim, and inquired of the family for the letter that the 'Squire had received from her long-lost boy. The family seemed surprised, and knew nothing about such a letter having been received. This was all the evidence I could get as to the probable fate of her sou. What was I to do ? I went to my room and studied over the matter. How could I say that young Belknap bad been murdered ? His body had not been found ; and who would dare to accuse 'Squire Mosely of such a crime ? I lay in my bed that night think ing over the circumstances, and it was near four o'clock in the morning when I full asleep. I slept until eight o'clock. 1 got up, washed and dressed myself, fully de termined to Indict 'Squire Mosely for the crime of murder. I went to the grand jury room, directly after eating a hearty break fast. I told the foreman what my inten tions were. I drew up the iudictment, ac cusing 'Squire Mosely of the crime of mur der, committed as follows, viz : The said 'Squire Mosely on the day of August, 1803, in the county of O, did feloniously and with malicious aforethought, kill and murder Charles Belknap by shooting bim with a gun loaded with a leaden bullet, against the peace and dignity of the Com monwealtb of Kentucky. I presented the indictment to the grand jury, and they in dorsed it a true bill. I cautioned the mem. bent of the juryo say nothing about what we bad done, but to keep the whole thing secret, and if before the court adjourned nothing turned up to fix the crime on the 'Squire, that we would destroy the Indict ment. The grand jury found .indictments agiainst eighteen persons for murder, and so secretly was it managed that the Sheriff bad them all in jail at once. ' The indicting of so many persons natu-J rally produced great excitement among the citizens. I went to my room that night and double locked my door, examined my pistol and put It under the head of my bed. About 13 o'clock I heard a knock at my door ; I demanded to know who was there. A person answered; "a friend." I got up, lit a lamp, took my pistol in my hand and opened the door and demanded his business. He seemed very much fright ened, and casting a hasty glance around the room to satisfy himself that there was no other person in the room except myself, bo told me that his name was Colby, and Btatcd that be wanted to communicate a very important fact to me concerning the fate of young Belknap. I told him to pro ceed. He wanted to know whether he could turn State's evidence or not and save him self. I replied in the affirmative. He then told me that he knew where young Bel knap was buried, that 'Squire Mosely had killed him, and got $1,500 from his person, and had ruu Bolknap's horse off and sold him to some Confederate soldiers, and that he bad assisted Mosely in burying Bel knap. I told Colby to keep his seat in my room, that ho should not be hurt ; and I went out, hunted up the Sheriff and told him to 'get eight or ton reliable men and bring them to my room. He did so. I then took the Sheriff and Colby into a room and made Colby repeat bis story over to that officer. I then directed the Sheriff to procure a sack and take Colby and the men he bad brought with bim and go and get the bones of young Belknap and bring them to my room that night. The sheriff did as I directed him. When tho court convened next morning, and I stepped into the court room, 'Squire Mosely was the first man I saw. I had the Grand Jury called, and they presented the indictment against 'Squire Mosely for mur der. People looked at one another in blank amazemont, and looked incredulous. 'Squire Mosely marched up to tho bar and demanded a trial then ; that the charge was a base fabrication and false. I whispered to the Sheriff to bring in the sack. He did so. I told bim to empty the con tents on a bench in front of 'Squiro Mose ley ; and as the bones of the murdered man fell out upon the bench, they seemed to sound the death knell of the accused man. He looked the picture of despair, and drop ped in bis seat and covered bis face with bis hands. I announced to the court that all that was mortal of Charles Belknap, was then in the court, and I was ready to proceed with the trial. Excitement ran high, the mob shrioked and howled " Hang him 1 bang him 1" and the court was powerless to protect the mis- erable.man. The mob, with the mother of young Charles Belknap at their head, forci bly took the trembling culprit out of the custody of tho Sheriff, and bung bim to a limb of the nearest tree. Before he swung off he acknowledged his guilt. And as I passed by his lifeless form swinging from the limb of that tree, I was forcibly reminded of the legal phrase, "Murder will out." The Red River Raft. rilllERE is now a certain prospect that L the great raft, which has been an obstruction to the Rod river, in Louisiana, ever since the advent of white men in this oountry, will soon be' removed, and that navigation will be opened for steamers from Shreveport, La., to Jefferson, Texas. The history of the raft and the attempts to remove it are exceedingly interesting. In 1805, the obstruction of logs reached one hundred miles. Since that time rafts have formed at various points in the river near Shreveport. One of these was removed by Capt. Shreve in 1830, by the help of a Congressional appropriation, and another between 1840 and 1844, under a Govern ment contract, by Gen. Williamson. In 1855 the raft region extended only twelve miles, and nt that time Captain Fuller, aided by a Congressional appropriation of $150,000, attempted to remove it. At the end of two years, however, the appropria tion had been exhausted and nothing ac complished, and, the work being abandon, ed the obstruction began to increase. The present raft region extends thirty- five miles from a poiat forty miles above Shreveport to the Arkansas State line, aud contained before the pranent work com. menoed, nearly fifty rafts from one eighth of a mile to a mile in length, and occupying the entire width of the river, navigation only being accomplished through the bay ous around the raft ; but, as these were only available at very high water, naviga tion was insignificant. In 1871 the atten tion of the engineering department was again directed to this work, and an appro priation of $10,000 having bean made by Congress, the work of preliminary survey ing was intrusted to Lieutenant Woodruff, who completed it In 1873, and submitted plans and specifications for the removal of the raft, whereupon in appropriation of $150,000 was made. The plans were ac cepted, and Lieutenant Woodruff reached the raft region la January last with a snag boat, two oraneboats, and all the necessary machinory for his work. The following description shows the difficulties to be over come : . ' Logs, roots and snags of every descrip tion bad been crowded and jammed into a tangled mass, becoming more compact each year as the pressure from above in creased. Annual freshets bad brought down mud and deposited it on and over this mass until, in places, the iaft itself had become entirely covered with earth, small islands, or " towheadg," thus being formed. Upon those tow-heads were grow. Ing trees, usually willows, three feet and mora in ciroumference. In addition to the removal of logs by sawing and cutting, blasting powder was used, but it did not prove of any use. Dynamite was then tried, but failed, re fusing to explode even within an electrical exploder. At last nitro glycerine was brought into use, and it never failed to do its work thoroughly. All that remains to be done now is the blowing out of some tow-heads and improving certain points in the channel, which will be accomplished iu a few weeks. The obstruction of centuries will then have bocu removed by the skill and perseverance of Lioutenant Woodruff. The saddest part of tho record of the great work is that Lieutenant Woodruff has not lived to finish it, having died of yellow fever at Shreveport, October 1st. Buffer's Dog. 46 CAN'T see it," said Buffer. "No body reads all these little advertise ments. It's preposterous to think it." " But," said the editor, " you read what interests you?" ' Yes." ' Aud if there's anything that you want particularly you look for it." " Certainly." " Well, among the thousands upon thou sands who help to mike up this busy world of ours everything that is printed is read. Sneer as you please, I do assure you that the printer's ink is tho true open sesame to all the business success." Aud still Buffer couldn't see it. He didn't believe that ouu-balf of those little crowded advertisements were ever read. "Suppose you try the experiment," said the editor. " Just slip in an advertisement of the want of one of the most common things in the world. For tho sake of the test I will give it two insertions free. Two will be enough ; and you may have it jam med into any out of the way nook of my paper you shall select. Two insertions, if only two linos. Will you try it?"' Buffer said of course he would try it. And he selected the place where be would have it published crowded it under the head of " Wants." And he waited and saw proof of his advertisement, which ap peared as follows : WANTED A good housedog. Annlv to J. Butter, 575 Tower tit., between the hours of 6 and U p. in. Buffer went away smiling and nodding, On the following morning he opened his paper, and after a deal of bunting he found bis advertisement. At first it did not seem at all conspicuous.. Certainly so insignifi cant a paragraph, buried in such a wilder ness of paragraphs, could not attract notice, After a time, bowevor, it began to look more noticeable to him. The more be looked at it tho plainer it grew Finally it glared at him from the closely printed page, But that was because be was the person particularly interested. Of course it would appear conspicuous to him. But it could not be so to others. That eveulng Mr. Buffer was just sitting down to tea (Buffer was a plain, old fash. ioned man, aud took tea at six) when bis door bell was rung. The servant announc ed that a man was at the door with a dog to sell. Tell him that I don't want one." Six times Buffer wad interrupted while taking tea by men with dogs to sell. Buf fer was a man who would not lie. He bad,put bis foot In, and be must take it out manfully. The twenty-third applica tion was a small boy with a girl in com pany, who bad a ragged, dirty poodle for sale. Buffer bought the poodlo of the boy, and immediately presented it to the girl, and then sent them off. To the next applicant he was able truth fully to answer " Don't want any moi-e.- I've bought one." The stream of callers continued until near ten o'clock, at which hour Buffer locked up and turned off the gas. On the following evening as Buffer ap proached bis house, be found a crowd as sembled. He counted thirty-nine men and boys, each one of whom bad a dog in tow, There were dogs of every grade, size, and color, and growth, aud howl. Buffer ad. dressed tho motely multitude, and inform. ed them that he bad purchased a dog. " Then what d'yer advertise for ?" And Buffer got bis hat knocked over bis eyes before be reached the sanctuary of his home. Never mind abojit the trials and tribu latlons of that night. Buffer had bad no idea that there were so many dogs in ex. isteuoe. With the aid of three policemen be got through alivo. On the next morn. ing he visited bis friend the editor and ac knowledged the corn. The advertisement of " wanted" ; was taken out, aud in the most conspicuous place, and in glaring type, he advertised that he didn't want any more dogs. And for this advertise ment he paid. Then he went home and posted upon his door "Gono into the country." Then he hired a special police man to guard bis , property, and then he locked up and went away with bis family. From that day Joseph us Buffer has never been heard to express doubts concerning the efficacy of printer's ink ; neither has he asked : " Who reads advertisements ?" The tinker's Horse. 'r I MI AT black mare of yours is a flue JL animal Joseph ?" ' Well, yes, friond Leander, at least I think her a good mare." "Raise ber yourself?" " No, she was raised by neighbor Nich ols. I'll tell thee how I cot that mare, friend Leander. She was one of the band- somests colts I ever saw, and I tried time and ngaiu to buy her, but Nichols wouldn't talk of any sort of a price for her. She ' had only one fault, and that was a bad one she would bock at first when put In har- ness, but Nichols said she would outgrow that. One day the maro was five years old then, and had broken a good many things first and last, backing as I was riding past Nichols' and found him in the road in -a towering passion. The black mare was standing quietly at the fence, and Nichols' buggy was stand ingclose by badly smashed. The mare bad suddenly backed the buggy, breaking it and seriously injuring Nichols' wife and also two of bis children." " What will you give for the infernal mare?" shouted Nichols. And in five ' minutes I had bought hor and was on my way home with her, just about as pleased as I could be, for it was threshing time aud I wanted another horse very much." " What ! such a horse as that ?" "Ojes, I'll tell thee. It was wheat threshing time, so I harnessed three good horses iu the threshing mill, and the mare too, only I harnessed her iu wrong end fore most, so that when"! Btarted them and she commenced backing, as she did, all went along well enough. After going once around the mare felt inclined to stop ; but I just switched up the other horses, and kept her going backwards in spite of her efforts to go the other way, for half an hour. Then I took her out, turned her around, and I tell thee, she started right along, and has never backed unless made to do so from that day to this." " Good ! that was Bhrewd in you, Jo seph." " But thero is still one little trouble about her." "What is that?" " When she is harnessed now she starts up a little too quick." Max Adeler'g Military Experience. Parker was in our company when we were out with the militia. We always no ticed that when anybody fired a gun in the vicinity of Parker, be Invariably began to move off, and when there was a report that the enemy were approaching, Parker always picked up his gun and began to walk in the direction of British America with as great rapidity as if he had an Important engage ment with a man up there, and must be on hand within an hour and a half. We re monstrated with Parker upon this practice. " It has a bad appearance. It looks as If you were afraid. Now you are never any worse scared than the rest of us, and it Isn't right that you should pack up and leave before we have a chance to get our things together. It is your duty as a sol dier to cover the retreat of your superior . officers, and get between them and the enemy so that the bullets won't hit the lieutenants and the sergants." " You misunderstand me," said Parker. " My falling back is not an evidence of fright. When I do that, I am really thirsty for blood ; I am wild with anxiety to plunge into the Confederate ranks aud -bathe myself with human gore. But the fact is, that I have made a solemn promise to die with my face to the foe. Now a man generally turns over at least once when be is expiring In agony and I am afraid if I fall with my face to the foe, I might roll over and die with my back in that direction. Whereas if I start with the enemy at the rear, it is probable that when I draw my last breath I will have turned over and will be looking right at him. Do you understand ?" It was a noble purpose that was cherish ed by that heroio young man, but he never realized it. The next time an engagement -was threatened he struggled so bard to get into the proper position, that ho was twenty miles in the interior of Snyder county before the enemy fired a shot, ne is now in the grocery business, and to hear him tell the story of his vator, as he weighs out the sugar and measures the molasses, is to obtain a vivid impression that if Parker bad not been in the army the frat ricidal contest would be raging yet. tW A few days ago a resident of Detroit was taken sick and sent for a doctor. The doctor left a prescription, and with a re quest that one of the children should call at bis office the next day aud say bow the patient was doing. A little girl came, and when questioned she promptly answered, " Please, sir, father is getting better ; he's broke the stove all to pieces this morning, and beeu fighting mother, just like be used to."
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