mc0 Hctw.SloomfKl&v )ci. 3 , YORK t CONTINENTAL Life Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, SritlCTL Y M VXUAL I TSSUESall the new forms of Policies, and pre. 1 sents an favorable terms as any company In the United States. Thirty days' grace allowed on eachpayment, and the policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfeiture. Ko extra charges are made for traveling permits Policy-holders share In the annual prolltsof the Company, and have a voice in the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical feecharged. W. FH08T, PreMtfent. M. B. WrNKOOP, Vice Pres't. J. P.llooEKS, Sec'y. J. F. EATON, General Agent, No. North Third Street, . College Block, Harrlsburg, Pa. TH03. n.fclll.MOAN, C421yl Special Agent for Newport Perry County Bank I Spoiisler, JunKlii A Co. THE undersign 'd, having formed a Banking As sociation under the above uame and style, are now ready to do a General Banking business at their new Banking House, on Centre Square, OPPOSITB TUB COURT HO USB, 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 fordoing Banking Business) and knowing, and for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un der which the people of this County labored forthe want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have have determined to supply the want sand this being the 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 la composed of the fol lowing named partners: W. A. Hponsi.bb, Bloomneld, Perry county, Pa. B. K. Junkin, " " " Wm. II. Milleo, Carlisle, omenta: W. A. 8PON8I.ER, President. William Willis, Cashier New Bloomlleld 3 5 ly PK11IIY COI7KTY Meal Estate, Insurance, CLAIM AGENCY. , LEWIS POTTER A -CO., Rtal Estate- Broken, Insurance, & Claim Agen ' Now Uloonifield, Fa. WE INVITE the attention of buyers and sell, ers to the advantages we Oder them in pur chasing or disposing of real estate through our of. see. We have a verylargelistof deslrab property, consisting of farms, town property, mills, stoic and tavern stands, and real estate of any descrlp. tlon which we are prepared to oiler at great bar Brains. We advertise our nronertv verv mttMnslvii. ly, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllllgence to enecin sale, we inane no cnarges unless tut property Is sold while registred with us. We alsc ciiaw upaeeui, oonim, mortgages, auuaii legal pa Der sat moderate rates. Borne of the best, cheapest, and most reliable fire, life, and cattle Insurance companies In the United States are represented at this agency. i uinuicu ciini un uiw casn ur nuiiuai plan, and perpetually at U and IS per thousand. I'ensious, bounties, and all kinds of war claims .collected. There are thuusnnds of soldiers and heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and bounty, who have never .nade application. Sol diers. If vou were wounded, nurtured, orenntrant. eel a disease In the service from wWeh you are dis abled, you are entitled to a pension. When widows of soldiers die or marry, the minor Children are entitled to the pension. Parties having any business to transact In our line, are respectfully Invited to give us a call, as we are comment wcean renaeriausiacuon many VIBii, II ,' uur uunuinnn. No cliarue for Information. SiiOly . LLW1H POTTER ft CO LOOK OUT! ' I would respectety Inform my friends that 1 In tend calll ng upou lira with a suiply ol good of my OWN MANUFACTURE. ' ' Consisting of ' ' ' 0AS8IMKR8, CA8SINETS, .' ' FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) OAHl'ETS, Aco., to exchange for wool or sell for cash. . , . J. M. BIXLKIt. Cknthi Woolen Factory. - ,17,4m, 1fl t)f perdav. tents wan nted everv .T-l,u w lere. Psriieularsiiee. A B LAI It & CO., fit. Luul's. ilu. 7 loly TADIEB AND CHILDREN will And J splendid assortment of shoes' at the o price store of V. Mortimer. " V. Neatly exeeuted at the UlouwOeid Times HLa.m -lots tl',. A 1.1. ITt Vtttl tn till lilllvPinun Circumstajicial Evidence. HOW often do we hear men in other pursuits keen to dotect trickery In callings but their own denounce lawyers for defending peoplo whom they have reason to believe guilty. Did it ever occur to these critics that it is no more the lawyer's province than it Is theirs to pass judgment on accused persons? 1 hat duty is confined to legally constituted tribunals, bound to hear both sides ; and so Important Is it doomed that none shall be condemned unheard, that if a prisoner be too poor to e mplov counsel, the oourt must assign it to him, and he upon whom the burden is laid is not at liberty to de cline it. What a lawyer may thus rightly be compelled to do, it scarcely is wrong for him to do voluntarily. So, at any rate, I reasoned on undertak ing the defence of Walter Warren, against whom two indictments were pending, one for theft, the other for attempting to put off counterfeit bank notes. . The proofs against him , left scarce a loop-hole of doubt. Ho had worked his way to bo Mr. West's chief clerk, and had completely won tho confidence of his em ployer. The latter having occasion to for ward a large sum to a place of some dis tance, selected young Warren to carry it. When ready for his journey, the money, inclosed in an envolope directed to the person to whom it was sent, was handed to Warren, and placed by him in an inside pocket of bis coat, where, he insisted, he bad found the package safe on reaching his destination, when be immediately de livered it to the proper person. On being opened, the envelope was found to contain the correct amount, but mado up entirely of forged bank notes. Mr. West was positive that the bills he had inclosed wcro genuine a point on which a man of his experience could hard ly be mistaken. Besides they were on a different bank fiom that by which the counterfeits purported to be issued. lie further remembered that, before inclosing the bills, he had, in Warren's presence, written the address of the gentleman to who they were to be delivered on an en velope in which he had intended to place them, but having laid it aside temporarily, he was unable to find it afterward, and used another. The inference was that Warren having secretly possessed himself of the mislaid envelope, after sealing it up with the counterfeit notes in it, had substituted it for the genuine packet, whoso contents he had appropriated. Mr. West's statement was fully corrob orated by that of a gentleman present at the time of the delivery of the money to Warren, and who had seen it counted. In my conferences with the prisoner, he strongly asserted his innocence, but could give no explanation of the mysterious transformation which the money had un dergone, from good to bad, while in bis possession. He had gone, he said, directly from Mr. West's office to the railway sta tion, whither he had been accompanied by the gentleman who had seen him receive the money, who had occasion to go a short distance by the same train. Mr. .Allgood, the gentleman In question, had for a short time, occupied the same seat with my client, conversing with him on different topics. With that exception, Warren had bad the seat to himself during the entire journey ; and he assured me that he had not, at any time, suffered half an hour to pass without ascertaining that bis charge was safe. Mr. Allgood was a person beyond sus picion. True he had ' lived but a few months in the town, but he was a man who carried a certificate of character in his face It was long thin and melancholy. It wore an expression of satisfied sadness, often ob servable in those having no faults of their own to be sorry for, overflowing with sorrow for the sins of others. He lived in a small house by himBelf ; led a retired, exemplary life ; was devoted to his books ; taught in two Sunday Schools ; and was a oandiate for the next vacant deacon ship. Warren himself would have scorned to hint at the possibility of the contents of his pocket having been tampered with by such a man as Mr. Allgood. At hut the case came on. It was called late in the afternoon, and when a jury had been obtained, the court adjourned uutil next morning. The county seat at which the trial was held being several miles from the town at which Mr. West and Mr.' Allgood.principal witnesses of the prosecution, resided, they were obliged to remain over night. Of course I bad no hope of a successful result.' I believed my clieut guilty, aud i . .. 1 1 . ..i i i , i ... mat u aiiupi; Jiou wueu iio sum lie was not. " 'i I was wending my way to the court bouse next morning, not more at a loss what to do to save ray cliant, than puzzled what to say to save myself from looking like a rooj, when a stranger tupped me on the shoulder. A few words from him brightened me np considerably, What they were will come out presently. ' 'IJie first witness was the gentleman to whom the prisoner had delivered the fulse bills, which were produced, identified, and their spurious character proven. I allowed the witness to go without cross-examina tion, as I did Mr. West, who was callod next. , My client looked despondent. lie evi dently expected a better show of defenco than I was making. Mr. Allgood was then put upon the stand for the prosecution. His evidence tallied exactly with that of Mr. Wflst. For the first time I rose to cross-examine. By a few common-place questions I drew out the facts of his having accompanied the prisoner to the station, and having for a time shared his seat. I paused as if at a loss what to ask next ; then, as if suddonly recollecting the circumstances. " By the way, Mr. Allgood," I inquired, " were you awaro that your house was en tered last night?" The witness started as a man naturally might at such a question. " I I was not aware of it he stammered. " It is nevertheless true," I answered, "and a considerable sum of money was taken from It." Tho witness looked pale and anxious. "What is the relovancy of all this?" asked tho Judge. " I trust I may bo indulged a moment," I said, giving his Honor a significant look. " Go on," he replied, evidently under standing that I had some object in view. ' Permit me to relieve your apprehen sions, Mr. Allgood," I resumed ; " I believe it is in my power to restore your money. You will probably be able to identify it." His hand shook as I handed him a goodly roll of bank notes; but his eyes bright ened as he turned them over. " I recognize them," ho said ; "thoy are mine." , He was about to put them iu his pocket, but I requested him to band them back for a moment." " I have finished with Mr. Allgood," I announced. " Have you any testimony for the de fence ?" inquired the Judge " I have a singlo witness," I answered. A messenger, whom I had dispatched, returned at this point with a stranger, who at my request,camo forward and was sworn. " What is your name?" I began. " Thomas North." " Did you enter Mr. Allgood's house last night in his absence?" "I did." " By what means?" "A skeleton key," " Is the witness aware that his answers may seriously criminate him ?" asked the Judge, sternly. " He is quite advised of their effect," I replied. " Did you find this money in the house ?" I continued, exhibiting the same bills al ready identified by Mr. Allgood. "Yes." " Did you find anything else?" ( The witness opened a valise from which he took an engraved plate, similar to those from which bank notes are printed, togeth er with a bundle of new notes, exact copies of those found in the pocket which had been delivered by tho prisoner, and as base ly spurious as they. " I found these articles in Mr. Allgood's house," the witness answered. " You may now tell ' how you happened to go there." "This man," said Mr. North, pointing to Allgood, "has loug been suspected of being a note forger. The authorites had lost sight of him for some time, but recent ly his trail was discovered. I am in the detective service, and entered his house last night by authority of the warrant which I here produce. An examination of tne premises soon revealed the proofs I was in searou oi." 1 That it was Allgood who had gotten dos session of the mislaid envelope, put the counterfeit bills in it, and, by a little dex terous manipulation, substituted It for the one in Warren's pocket, was made addi tionally evldont by Mr. West's identifica tion, by means of a private mark upon it, of one of the genuine notes found in All good's house, as one of those placed in the original packet delivered to Warren. Warren went forth a free man at once. while the authorities took charge of All- goou. Finishing the Job. T A Melbourne paper gives the following as the latest bushranging gossip. , Recently a certain person was traveling along the road, when he heard a great noise and an outcry. Thinking bushrangers were at work, he fired off a pistol, to intimidate them and presently the noise ceased and a scrampering was heard. On coming to the "open" the traveler discovered a man tied to a tree. "Oh, sir!" cried the victim! I've been attacked by ruffians, and they were rob bing me, when thoy heard your pistol." " And couldn't you get loose, my friend ?' asked the traveler. "No ; they tied me so very tightly." 1 " And did thoy rob you of nnytliing?" " No ; only of my watch. They had not time to search for my money which I placed iu my left boot." ' "How fortunate I" observed the traveler, " Was the sum considerable ?" " Over a thousand, thank heaven I" said the poor man. " Are you suio thoy are gone ?" asked the other. " Oh, certain." The newcomer' looked round and round, and seeing the coast clear, said, oooly : "Well, as they're gone, I think I'll finish the job myself 1" And be proceeded to rob the unfortunate victim. ' SUNDAY BEADING. ,, .' Preaching by tho Job. . , I' CAN'T put down 'anything," said Mf. WatsonJ' pushing the paper it back toward Mr. Williams.' "I have been thinking the matter over for some time, and I bave concluded to pay for preaching by the job." ' : ' " "Pay for your preaching by the Job?" Mr. Williams, repeated after him. lie was astounded. ' . Yes, sir," repeated Watson, " I got what I pay for then. And now we will drop this matter. ' At the end of the year I will square up." i, "But Mr. Watson" "Not another word," said Watson. And Mr. Williams well knew that it was useless to argue the question, so he went away. . . The two men attended tho same church, Mr. Williams as a member, Mr. Watson as one of the regular attendants, and the most liberal supporters of preaching, Mr. Watson's refusal to subscribe anything for the next pastora I year was therefore very unexpected to Mr. Williams, and the idea of paying by the job was so new and strange to him that he really thought him demented. He . consulted with several members of the church and congregation, but they were all ns sorely puzzled as he. Then he went to the pastor and related the whole story ; but there he got no light.. " It is beyond my comprehension," said the paBtor. " I cannot account for it un less on the score of personal animosity. But, Brother Williams, we will wait. De duct from my salary the amount that Brother Watson usually gives, and go on as usual." Bo tho matter was loft, Mr. Watson was always in his pew, morning and eve ning, rain or shine, and for extra expenses of the church gave freely, but in relation to the pastor's salary he always replied : " I am paying for preaching by the job," The year passed as all other years had done, and during the whole time, Mr. Wat sou gave no hint of his plan ; but at the meeting of the finance committee, held as the pastoral year closed, Mr. Watson rendered his account. "Here it is in due form," he said, pre senting a paper to tho chairman, Mr. Wil liams. It is not strange that Mr. Williams was somewhat curious about that account, and if he took it up a little out of order, no one demurred. As bo looked it over, his eyes opened wider and wider, and presently his mouth opened too, with a broad grin. "I will road the account," said Mr, Williams, " and I want to say beforehand, that I, for one, accept it." He read : John Watson, in account with Parson Hereford. Dr. $1.00 75 Cr. Jan. 4. One good sermon, " " one lair sermon, Jan. 11. One miserable sermon that had no life in it, put half the congrega tion to sleep, and did more harm than good, ' : 1.00 Jan. 11. One evening sermon fair but not firstrate. Wasn't worth a cent to John Watson, but it might have been a tri fle more valuablo to somebody else, so I set it down, ' 25 Jan. 18. One rousing sermon, John Watson.will not forget for yeans, ' 5.00 Jan. 25. One sermon read slow ly and wonderfully uninteresting, , 10 " " One evening sermon that made the church ring. An off band ef- ' fort worth a dozen of those spiritless affairs called written ser mons, and John Wat son will pay accord ingly, 10.00 do tne mil reaa an through, Home poor sermons that did nobody any good, soma that were so terribly dull that they were positively harmful ; but many that were good. The account was balanced, and Mr, Watson bud brought himself iu debt to the pastor more than he ever gave during oue year. He paid it like a man. "It is all right," said he. "I got all that I am paying for, aud at my own val uation ; I am satisfied if you are, and I will bind myself to pay in the same way another year." , i . , , " I accept," said Parson Hereford, who bad entered the vestry unnoticed. " And I also accept the merited rebuke in all kindness. I shall take good care that when you render your next bill, you shall bave fewer of those cheap sermons ; to my credit, and none of the harmful ones charg ed against me." " All right," said WaUon, cheerily. I'll advauce you fifty dollars on the next year's job." .i ,!.: After that Parson Hereford improved wonaeriuiiy. lie discarded written ser mons entirely, and the effort and thought that he found necessary to enable him to preach without a manuscript before him kopt him awake and his bearers also ; and if he ever heard the members of other ehurobes complaining of tho dulness of their pastor's sermons, he always told them to try paying Llui by the Job, for Just one year. A (Juccr Wedding. 1 . A DAY or two ago Justice Jecko, of St. Louis, received a call from a young man and a young woman, each of . whom was the bearer of a portly carpet sack. Their appearance indicated that they had just arrived on a railroad train from the rural districts of Illinois. "Be you the 'Squire?" asked the young man, with an air of diffidence. . " I be. Do you want to got married?" ".Yes. ' now do you know ?" " I saw it in your eye. There is a certain sort of scintillation in the loft eye of a man who is about to commit matri mony, that betrays its purpose as truly as a spot on the sun indicates fulling weath er." " Do toll I 'Squire, you're pokln' fun at me, ain't you ?" "Not at all. It is a part of the Darwinian theory of selection.' You'll find it all out before you bave been a year in the traces. Are you in a hurry to have the knot tied 1" " Yes. sir. We want it done right away,don't we, Mollie?" "Yes, 'Squiro," said Mollie; "but hain't you got a dressing-room, where I oan put on my bridal dress and titivate little ?" " I am sorry to say my bridal chamber is crammed full of hobby hoises, toys, trinkets and stuff seized by the con stable from a fancy store. However, there it is, if you think there is room enough in it for you to dress." Tho bride looked into the room adjoining the office, and declared that she could make out to slip on her wedding dress in it. With carpet-sack in hand she entered the lumber-room and closed the door. The bridegroom asked for another, dressing room, saying he had his wedding fixtures in his valise, and would like to put them on. Ho was told there was no other room vacant, and that he would have to take a seat and wait until the bride bad enrobed herself, and then he could take his turn, What followed is thus told by the local paper. The young man sat down with an air of impatience, holding his carpot-sack be tween his knees, and twirling his thumbs. Constable McGeary, whose appearance is that of a Don Juan of the killing type (although in reality he is the chastest man that ever chased a juryman or teplevined a widow woman's parlor furniture), had been writing at his desk when the bridal party entered and now arose and passed into the passage way leading down stairs. The young man with the carpet-sack turned red in the face ns he saw the door close upon the constable. Ho evidently thought McOeary had gone into the store room where the bride was making her toilet. He becamo nervous, threw his carpet-sack into the corner, arose, sat down in another chair, and was extremely fidgety. The more be tried to concea bis emotions tho; reddor his face grew. At length, unable' longer to endure the agony of doubt and mistrust, be ran to the door of the store room and entered. A ' scream was heard, and then the young roan came back look--ing very sheepish. This rash act of the bridegroom came very near breaking off the match, but the Justice explained to the bride that it was all a mistake. "Are you a married man, 'Squire?" asked the bride, putting her face to a crack in the door. "Yes, I have been married ever so long." "Well, then, I wish you would come in here and hook my frock." The Justico complied with the modest request, and iu a moment the bride came out in gorgeous attire. The bridegroom then entered the room and made his toilet, and when be returned the ceremony was performed without further delay. Then the' bride re-entered the store-room and chang ed her dress, and the happy couple marched out with their carpet-suck, highly elated at tbo succcbs of their mission. Chubb's Chimney. We had quite an excitiug time over at Chubb's' the ' other day. His chimney would not draw, and he sent for a man to e Amine it. The man went out on the roof and tying a broom to a rope dropped it down to see if the flue was clear. Mean time Chubb got inisldo the fireplace for the purpose of examining the flue below, and just as he did so the soft end of the broom touched his head two or three times, as the man jerked it up and down. Chubb sprung out into the room in a condition of frautlo excitement. He was certain there was a wild ' animals of some kiud in the chimney choking it up. He seized his gun aud determined to kill it. So, holding the muzzle in the flue he pulled the trigger. While he was getting the gun, the man on the roof completed his investigations, and sat down on the top of the chimney to rest himBelf and enjoy the scenery. As soon as Chubb's gun went off, the man knew about it, and he did not wait for further suggestions. He suddenly slid to the roof and from thence to the shed, where he rolled about in agony.' IIo weighed one pound more when they took him home than he did when he came, and the doctors considor it doubtful if they cau ever dig all the shot out of his flesh. The next man that comes to examine Chubb's chimney will probably bave hira locked up somewhere with bis gun nutil the experi ments are concluded. ' ' V8 It is apparent that a great many children got on the wrong track because the switch is misplaced.
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