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flomnfiflfc Simts.
NEW BLOOMFIELP, PENN'A.
Tuesday, July X4, 1S74.
The money editor of the Philadelphia
Ledger says : " We learn by a letter from
one of our largost iron workers, recoived
here by an officer connected with ono of
our principal railway companies, that more
orders had been received for iron within
the last ten days then in all the six weeks
previously. We have hoard of similar re
vivals in various directions, and from these
manifestations, marked encouragement is
folt of an early revival and an active fall
business, especially iu iron, and if in iron
necessarily in coal, and if in coal and iron,
then, as a consequenco, iu transportation
for which the railway companies are anx
iously waiting."
Doings of Congress.
An exchange rather sarcastically sums
up the acts of the lately adjourned Con
gross as follows :
"Wo have looked with some care upou tho
work of tho last session of Congress to
lind if possiblo tho good accomplished by
our virtuous, intelligent and patriotic
colons, by somo malicious people called tho
delegated stupidity of the land. Tho
ijuestions agitating tho country, upon
which they were culled to legislate, were
cheap transportation, financial and rigid
ocouomy in tho adminiHt'ration of tho Gov
ernment. Tho cheap transportation re
mains whero the solons found it unsolved.
Tho financial question was so muddled
that no man can understand it : and as
for economy, Messrs. Garfield and Dawes,
iu a sort of love-feast held between thorn,
thanked God and thomselves for a reduc
tion of tho appropriations somo twenty-
seven millions. As this last, howover, can
lo verified only bv tho deficiency bills of
the next session, tho thanks are somewhat
premature After a painful search
through all tho acts of tho Kepublican
apostles, wo find but ono upon which they
can go to tho country. They have discharg
ed nearly a thousand clerks from tho Gov
ernment sorvico iu Washington. One
thousand poor fellows, malo and female,
principally female, have been turned out
to starve, from a service that to bo well
donu really called for that number in
addition. The starvation is aggravated by
two months' pay, a gift made the wretched
clerks by an economical Congress.
To accomplish this gigantic work of
economy Congress sat for nearly seven
months' at an expense of millions over and
above tho pitiful sum saved by economizing
labor in the departments. Tho transpor
tation problem was left unsolved. The
financial dimculty, never understood, was
simply muddled. Tho economy foots up,
then, in tho magnificent result above stated,
The Hon. Lycurgus lieathorluugs,upou tho
stump this summer, soliciting a re-election,
can say :
" My fellow-citizens : I could not compre
hend that matter of transportation. I know
that vou nro rohhed by irreedy monopolists.
and that the hard labor of life U taken from
you without recompense But I could uot tlnd
a remedy. I know, too, that when your pro
duce is earned to market, tne price oittaiucd
i taken from yoa in depreciated money and
iieavy taxation ; tneretore yoa needed a sound
currency based on coin and more economy In
the (iovcrnnicnt. I could not find out how to
remedy the first i nor am I certain that we
have done much for tho hist. But, my fellow
citizens, I'll tell yoa what we did accomplish.
We turned out uearly a thousand clerks in
Washington alone. Taking these vile creat
n res vile because they have no political in
fluence ny the tnroat, wo kicked tliem out.
Never paid more than enough to keep soul and
body together, wo made them a present of two
months' pay and bade them 'ifo West.' Many
wcro crippled soldiers and sailors and toe otn-
era were women. But we got awuy before the
thing was done. For this uoblo work I claim
jour approbation and a return to ofllce."
A Reverend Wife Wlilppcr.
The Alexandria (Va.) Gautte gays : The
Presbytoryof Chesapeake met in Baltimore
on the 1st inst.,to try the case of Hov. II. E.
Uaskervillc, of Laurel, chargod with whip-
ping his wife. The specification is that
one Hunday a short time since the reverend
gentleman, who I the provider for tho
household, having failed to procure any.
thing for breakfast except bread and but
ter, was surprised to find somo eggs on the
table, and being informed by his wife, in
response to an inquiry, that she bad bor
rowed them of a neighbor, told her he
would "teach her how to break the Bui
nam, ana am so ny slapping lier jaws
ono of the slaps striking her on the eye and
blacking that orb into which bo had so of
ten fondly gazod.
tf The Uoehester tumbler works de
stroyed by lire ou Tuesday, turned out
eighty thousand dozen tumblers per week
and was ono of the largest m an u factories
ui' the kind iu the world. The works are
to be rebuilt ; but In the meantime eighty
five men are thrown out of employ.
The Tornado in Mifllin County.
Pnrllcnlarg of the Damage Done.
A friend in Lewistown, sends us tho follow
ing particulars of the terriblo storm that
visited that section of the Btato, en the 4tU
inst., and to which we briefly referred last
week :
" On Saturday afternoon of the 4th lust.,
a most terrific tornado swept over this
portion of the county, doing great damage
to property, and destroying Beveral lives.
A match game of ball between a club from
Mifllintown and a club hero, had attracted
many persons to the vicinity of tho rail
road bridgo, whore the greatest loss of life
occurred. Just as the storm began four
young men from Mifllin and vicinity enter
ed the Juniata river bridgo from this end,
and Mr. John Swan and Conrad Ulrich.Sr.,
of this placo, with Louis Plleilsticker, a
former resident, entered it from the other
end. Joseph Crawford, a railroad em
ployee, residing near the junction, was also
on the bridge, having entered it either to
cross or to seek shelter. Whon tho storm
reached its height the bridgo began to
rock, and Mr. Swan Btarted for the gate
house, calling to his companions to follow.
Ho had scarcely taken a stop, however, bo-
foro the tolograph wires came down, en
tangling his foet and throwing him upon
tho floor. AYhile endeavoring to release
himself tho whole structure fell ; carrying
down all who were Upon it. Mr. Swan
sustained but slight injuries, aud succeed
ed in climbing up from beneath the water
through the timbers to a place of Bafoty
and gained tho shoro unaided, lie had a
gash in tho back of tho head, a finger near
ly severed and his back somewhat injured,
" Father" Ulrich was very badly injur
ed, but was soon extricated and conveyod
to his home, whero ho lies in a very criti
cal condition.
Lewis Pileilstickor was instantly killed,
and his body bo wedged in among tho
heavy beams that it required hours to re
cover it. Ho was a German-, well on in
years, and worked in this placo at sboo
making for somo time. Ho leaves no
family.
Whilst those three wero within one span
of this shoro tho fivo others mentioned
abovo wore near tho opposite sido and
were also precipitated among tho crashing
timbers.
By what seoms a miracle, Clayton Woid-
man, near iuilllm, escaped with only a
sprained ankle and swam ashore.
Harvey Shork, of Patterson, was very
badly injured and was rcmovod to his
father's home, whero ho now lies in a very
critical condition.
Charles Goshen, of Milllin, was horribly
crushed aud mangled and lived but a short
time after being takon out of the wrecked
mass.
William Hartley, of Milllin, was also fa
tally injured and died ou Saturday evening,
as he was being put upon tho train for con
veyance to his homo.
Joseph Crawford was very badly hurt and
is lying at his home on the opposito sido of
tho river. Thoro is somo hopo of his re
covery. It is difficult to estimate the loss occa
sioned by tho destruction of the bridgo, but
it will not fall short of $23,000.
Tho bridgo was regarded as a substantial
structure, having been used by tho Pennsyl
vania railroad company for tho running of
their trains between Lewistown Junction
and Sunbury, as woll as those of tho Mifllin
and Centre county branch. Its length was
029 foot, and the height of tho floor above
low water mark about thirty-four feet. The
force of tho storm was exhibited iu tho lift
ing up of this immense structure and its
being hurled bodily from its piers. Tho
timbers of which it was composed were
stretched from shoro to shore in a mass of in
doscribablo confusion, but so firmly packed
by tho fall that they could be safely travers
ed the whole distance
A full force was put to work, soon aftor
the storm had subsidod, to cloar away tho
debris, and a temporary bridge is now in
progress of erection, which will probably
be finished by the end of tho week. In
the meantime passengers are transported
by means of a ferry, established by the rail
road company.
At tho furnace tho work of destruction
aud death was comploto. One of the largo
chimney stacks, over 100 feet high, gave
way beforo tho tornado and fell directly
across the works, demolishing tho boiler
house. Tho walls of tho casting house also
collapsed and buried in their ruins, throe
boys who bad been eugagod at play within.
Two of tho bodies wore gotten out from be
neath tho heavy mass of stone and mortar
In the course of an hour or two. The body
of Henry Illoomcstaiu was not recovered
until Sunday noon, ho having run to es
cape tho falling walls aud bocame separated
from tho others. Two other boys wore
standing at the entrance of tho same build
ing about the time it fell, but made a for
tunate escape.
Tho loss sustained by the Olauiorgaii
Company will amount to from $20,000 to
2n,000. ' . '
Another seriously Injured was Jacob Sides
of Valley stroet, employed as watchman in
the " deep cut" along the high bank of tho
river. Tho watch box in which he had ta
ken shelter was blown over the bank Into
tho river, carrying hi in some distance down
the rocky deolivity and Injuring him very
severely. A young man who was with him
at the time escaped by rushing from the
door as the box went over and throwing
himself flat upon the railroad track.
Tho number of houses either destroyed
or damaged was about fifty.
Tho damago to the Coloman house was
$2,000; Presbyterian church, $3,500; Lu
theran church, $1,000; Coal shutcs, $1,000;
Blymyor's mill and house, $3,000; Appren
tice hall,$500.
Tho Lutheran spire, 120 feet long, was
blown down.
Express and Mall Car Burned.
Norfolk, Va., July 0. Tho mail aud ex
press car attached to the eastward bound
train on the A. M. and O. railroad was en
tirely dostroyed by fire this afternoon,
about niue miles cast of Petersburg. The
mail car contained an unusual heavy north-
ern and southern mail which, together with
the express matter In an adjoining apart
ment, was entirely consumod. Route
agents C. L. Jones and J. N. Jennings, tho
only persons in the car at the time, wero
badly burned about the face and arms.
They were unable to givo an alarm owing
to tho burning of the boll ropo, and after an
ineffectual effort to save the most valuablo
part of the mail, thoy both jumped off and
wero afterwards picked up in a bruised
condition. The fire was not discovered by
thoso on the forward cars until the train
run several miles, and tho car was burned
down to tho wheels. The origin of the flro
is not known.
Miscellaneous News Items.
Es7 I he boiler ot Susuro s mill, near
Braddoek Fields, exploded on the morning
of tho 0th inst. Tho engiueor named Bal
langer was so badly scalded that ho died
Boon afterwards.
t2? William Harris, nn old man, and
Lizzio Martin, a young woman, wcro struck
by a railroad train at East Hampton, on
tho night of tho 0th inst., aud fatally
injured.
Inspector Blowett, Eastern district,
Wyoming coal fields, reports ten sorious
mannings and six deaths in tho mines, for
tho month of Juno. Truly, our comforts
are purchased with a price.
tW Tho two negroes Lewis llosenstino
and John Moody who wore arrested, tried
and convicted of tho murder of old man
Bchm, in Londonderry township, Dauphin
county, were hung in tho jail yard at liar
risburg on Thursday, tho 0th inst.
E2S" Last week, Thomas Kemp, residing
at Now Brunswick, Hung his throe chil
dren iuto the canal, and jumped iu after
thorn. The eldest child was drownod, but
tho other two with Kemp wero rescued.
Kemp is not expected to survive The two
children nre out of danger. Domestic
trouble was tho cause.
tW About half-past three o'clock, on tho
10th inst., while tho yacht A. B. Thomp
son, Captain Frank Steelman, was return
ing from a trip and in tho act of crossing
tho bar opposite Atlantic City, a heavy sea
struck aud capsizod her, and flvo persons
wero drownod.
Sandusky, O., July 8. Tho trial of Jesso
Gregg for Bhootlng Dr. Ashcraft, a year
ago, has been progressing for two weeks.
Tho jury yostcrday disagreed, being nino
for acquittal and throo for manslaughter.
Gregg's father was mayor of this city for a
number of years. A feud existed between
Grogg aud Ashcraft, an attractive young
lady boing the subject of dispute Grogg
shot Ashcraft dead whilo tho lattor was
was walking with tho lady. Gregg claims
that the shooting was accidental,
Indianapolis, July O.Seven boys whilo
crossing the fence immediately under tho
telegraph lines in tho driving park this
afternoon were struck by lightning, and
ono named Johnny Shay was killed out
right. The others wore all seriously in
jured but will recover.
Madison, July 10. Considerable excito
mont was caused yesterday by an attempt
to bribe Chief Justice Ryan, by a man
named Zaun, of Richfield, who had a suit
ponding in tho supremo court. He enclos
ed $100 in a letter to Ryan, promising to
doublo it if tho docision was favorable
Attorney Gcnoral Sloan has tho matter in
hand.
Foreign Items.
From the latest advices from Panama
per paoiflo mall steamship company wo ob
taiu tho following : Tho nows from Cen
tral America is generally of a paoillo char
acter. Honduras Is threatened with fam
ine, owing to tho partial failuro of tho crops.
Six hundred thousand Chinese laborers
havo been imported at Costa Hiea.
It is proposed to establish a national bank
at Guatemala.
S6tith America advices aro generally of
an interesting character. At Coplupo,
Chili, two shocks of earthquako occurred
on May 19. Sovero shocks, attouded by
heavy rain, occurred at Curico and Connti
tuclon ou the 21st of the samo month.'
' At Bogota, Columbia, Queen Victoria's
birthday was eelobrated with unusual ttiat
at the British ombassy; Tho relations of
the Argentine republio with Brazil ate be
coming every day less amicable. Uruguay
has suspended relations with the Argentine
republic Yellow fever prevails to an alarm
ing extent in Rio do Janeiro. ,
A Singular Occurrence. '
An extraordinary phenomenon occurred
on the 4th of July at the village of West-
wood, Bergen county, N. Y. At 6 p. m.
tho sky darkened, and a violent shower of
hailstones, some of them two-and-a-half
inches in diameter, doscended, killing hens
and chickens, and stunning cows and
horses. A young lady, Mist Bogart, had
her wrist and arm Beriously injured by
hailstones. Several othor persons were
struck. At the Ridgowood House hardly a
singlo pane of glass is left whole The
storm- covorod an area : of twenty-five
miles, and stripped fruit troes, leveled
crops, and caused a tremendous excite
ment. Sad Death from Lightning.
Rev. Richard S. Shreve and wife were kill
ed by lightning on the 2nd inst.,in Fairfax
county, Virginia. Thoy with Rev. John
Shrove, brother of Mr. Shreve and othor
members of tho family wore about to en
gage in a family prayer. Mr. Shreve sat
on one side of a window, Mrs. Shreve. on
the other sido, Mr. Richard S. Shrove iu
front of the window, and a servant girl
near a tablo in tho centre of tho room.
Tho Bible had but just been passed to Rev.
John Shrove to commonce the service whon
tho electric stroke camo, instantly kiiling
Mr. and Mrs. Shrove, and leaving the oth
ers uniniurcu. .
Killed by his Brother. .
In tho vicinity of St. Augustine, Cambr ia
county, on Saturday, a youug man named
Duraui was accidentally shot by a gun in
tho hands of his brother. Tho young men
had gono to tho woods ou a squirrel ex
pedition, and whilst ono of them tired at a
squirrel the ball accidentally took effect in
tho person of his brother, injuring him 80
badly that ho died a short time thereafter.
A Famous Medical Institution.
" The name of Dr. R. V. Plereo has becoma
as familiar to the peoplo all over tho couutry
ns household words. Ills wonderful! remedies.
his pamphlets and books, and his large medi
cal experience have brought him Into promi
nence ana given mm a solid reputation, rue
Buffalo 2'ime,ln a recent issue,prcsents awholo
pace communication from Dr. Pierce, and our
readers may gain from it some idea of the vast
proportions of his business and the merits of
his medicines. Ho has at Buffalo a mammoth
establishment, appropriately named, "The
World'B Dispensary," where patients are treat
ed, ana tne remedies compounded. Here near
ly a hundred persons are employed in the sev
eral departments, and a corns of able and
skilled physicians stand ready to allcviuto tho
sutiorinirs ot uumanity uv tnemoBt approved
methods. These physician are In frequent con
sultations with Dr, Pierce, and their com
bined experience aro brought to boar ou tho
successful obstinate cases. The doctor is a
man of a largo medical experience, and his ex
tensive knowledge of materia mcdlca has beca
acknowledged by presentations of degrees from
two oi tne lirst Medical colloircs lu tho land,
How meretorlous his works a re may bo inferred
from the fact that his pamphlets and books
have been translated Into German, gpauisb,
and other foreign language, and have been lu
neavy demand. As au evidence ot tlio business
of tho dispensary ,it is only necessary to state that
lor tne quarter ending March of, 1874. the sum
expended for postage alone, not to speuk of
that paid on newspapers received was 1:3,080,70.
A perusal of the communication will bo found
interesting reading, and will show to what pro
portions a medical institution can grow undor
able management and well-directed effort.'
Thirty Years' Experience of an
old Nurse. i
Mrs. Winelow's Soothing Syrup Is the
prescription of ono of the best Female Physl
clans and Nurses In tho United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never falling safe
ty and success, by millions of mothers aud chil
dren, from the feeble infant ot ono week old to
the adult. It corrects acidity of the stomach, ro
lievos wind colic, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We
behove It to be the Best and Barest ltemedy in the
World In all cases of DY3ENTEHY and DIAlt-
1SIIUJA IN CHILDREN, whether It arises from
Teething or from any other cause. F'ull direc
tions for using will accompany each bottle.
None Genuine unless the fae-shnlle of CUHTI8 &
PEUKINSis on the outside wrapper. Bold by all
Medicine Dealers. .27 b lyr
OBSTACLES TO MAllltlAGV.
Hannv Belief for Young Men from the effects of
Errors and Abuses In eurlv life.- Manhood Ho-
stored. Impediments to Marriage removed. New
inetnou oi treatment, new una reinaiKanio rem
edies. Books ami elretilars, seat free in sealed
envelopes. Address, llOWA HI) ASSOCIATION,
No. 2 South Ninth St.. Philadelphia, Pa., an In
stitution having a high reputation for honorable
conduct and professional sk.il. 4-ip 1 y
V3 The relaxing power of Johnson's Ano
dyne Liniment la truly wonderiui. uuscs aro
already numerous whoro bont and stiffened
limbs have been Umbered and straightened by
It. When used lor tins purposo, tho part
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply tho liniment cold, and rub ft with the
band.
Stone and Earthen Ware. The sub
scribers, proprietors of the Juniata Pottery,
near Newport, desires to give notice that
they are keeping up a full variety ot stone
and earthen ware, and nro prepared to
promptly fill orders for all goodB In thoir
lino at low prices. Post ollice .address,
Newport, Perry co., Pa. i
tlm. Jit.' & 1 . Milllu. ,
Wanted. A lady or gentleman Agont
to sell "Tho Howe Bowing Machine" in
each of the following towns : . JUillorstown,
Newport, Duncannoii, New Bloomflold,
Landisbnrg, Loysvillo, Klliottsburg and
lilivin. For terms uud particulars address,
J. IS. MuIntike, Agt. for Perry Co.,
20 at , Kschol V, ., Pony Co,, l'o. ,
tW Bin is often the result of physical
Ill-health and feeble stomachs. Duringonu
third of our time the process of digestion
continues. To be dyspeptic is to bo miser
able ; dyspepsia is tho foundation of fovors
and all tho diseases of tho blood, liver, skin
and kidneys. Dyspepsia yields to the vir
tues of the vegotublo ingredients iu that
great purifyor of the blood and restorer of
health, Dr. Walker' Vinegar Bitten. 28 4t
JOTICU.
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Companies:
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NEW BLOOMFIELD,
8 21pdD Perry County. Pa.
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wntt c mm,
CfPIHNG JJIiETTY
OTYEES J. A TERNS
Havo just been received by
F. MORTIMER
1
Mil) It ICE HOl Ni:,
(Formerly Swecer's Temperance House,
and
kept by Amos Itolilli.tmi),
3Tcw Itlooifill, la.,
IIKNItY KICK, ' ". - Proprietor.
A share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. 8 l-'ti
T
New lHoomfleld, l'a.'
C. ;IEREI)lTlIr Proprietor.
ii.
Having teased and relltted tlio Eagle Hotel, on
CurlisleSL, North of tlm Court JIdiihu, I am now
prepitrad to arxoni moduli Mtuum boarders or
iransieut guests. A good livery is kept In con
nection with the house, and no pain will be
spared ro insure me eomioi t m my pini ons.
if. C. ML-.KL1HTII.