ght pontroot lentotrat.
11,1WLEY, EDITOR.
NKONTItOSI6. POlZltrim.f. t
WEDNESDA W. JOIE 12. 1871.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
TOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. WILLIAM WCANDLESS,
OF PRILAGELPRIA
....—.
PGR srnvEyon. GENEnat.,
CAPT. J A3iES 11. COOPER,
OP LAWRENCE COUNTY.
Dr A Full Poll of the Democratic Vote All
pr will Secure the Election of Our Butte ,a
or Ticket by a Large Majority. JEJ
rer Let Ecery Democrat Remember that,tn
Wand &press the Truth of it Upon the _EI
lar Minds of His Neighbors!!
Went Beek on , the Soldiers.
'Some of the Copperheads ore trying to
make Totes for their candidate, "Orenend
3l'Candless, for his early service in the
war to ci tingnish the, Rebellion. But
the soldiers should and will remember
that he deserted them when the tug was
hardest and most desperate. Aye, "he
thought the post of honor was the private
station." That will not take with the
soldiers who fought in earnest to the end.
Bat "Ducky" .11Tandless left the army
wouldn't, &Olt in a "nizw•
Inu',"'ltint to place him upon such a pint
form as the late Harrisburg abortion,
shows a want of regard for "Bueky's feel
ings painful in the extreme."
The above which we fonnd in the last
issue of the Montrose Republican, is
abundant proof that we have verily found
a subject worthy of the name of nigger.
Any journal. that is so void of honor and
manly bearing as to stoop to such palpa
ble niggaidly warfare, and will so grossly
misrepresent as true and noble a soldier l i
es General M'Candless, by such base and
influnons slang as the above quotation,
fully demonstrates the fact that the attri
butes of the party in whose interest it la
bors,are neither principles, honor or justice,
bat expects in the future as in the past,
to maintain its power by vilest slan
der, fraud and deception. 11 e care not
whether the above was original with the
editor of the Republican, or copied from
some cotemporary, the law makes each
equally accountable. Does the Rtpublicon
rely upon the ignorance of its readers, to
deceive them and make capital for its
candidates, by such base and false mis
representations? The history of the war
is too familliar to intelligent whitemen
and the long an brave career of General
M'Oandless is too indelibly written in the
hearts of every soldier of this Common
wealth to be effected by any such palpable
falsehood. It is recorded in history and
known by all reading men that General
WCandless was with the grand old army
of the Potomac, from the Peninsula under
General McClellan, to Spottsylvania nu
der General Grant, and that was the last
pitched battle fought by the army of the
Potomac.
In the face of history which is open to
inspection by all, to prove the truth of
our statement, it seems to us the most
fool hardy presumption, on the part of
our cotemporary. upon the gross ignor
enco of his readers to attempt to practice
such a base deception. lie will not only
find that General M'Candless, but that all
honest men and true soldiers will refuse
to fight in any such laterally nigger war
fare. The "post of honor" most emphat
ically is with all, both private and public
citizens, who assist in the overthrow of an
organization - that has so ignoble a fon nda
tion.
Tha Alapublican parts in
_New York
nem" to be hopelessly divided. Senators
• Penton and Coukling are each at the
Lead of a wing, are each fighting for
the ascendency. The Conkling wing is
- for Grant, the other is utterly opposed to
the renomination of Grant. They have
" now two Executive Committees, and of
course the State will be lost to tbe Re
publican candidates. The cause of the
• present split is the appointments of Presi-
dent Grant. Ile has thrown the Mubeats
overboard, and appointed those who facor-
ed the policy of Andrew Johnson, or
•what was known as the Johnson wing of
the party. Horace Greeley's sympathies
are with the anti-Grant division.
Bigamy Bowen Pardoned.
president Grant has made indecent
baste to pardon Bigamy Bowen. The
-71- 40 2 4 .21a1Enaa no other claims upon em
anative clemency except such as aro bas
al upon the fact that he is prominent as
a Radical politician in South Carolina.
He has been a most disreputable and
despicable creature all his life. One of
the three women to whom he was mar-
tied was a notorious courtesan,.and he
married her with a full understanding of
her character. No one of the men who
preceded Grant in the Presidency would
lasi, interfered to shield such a wretch as
Bowen from the punishment he so richly
;deserves. Bowen claims a seat in Con
.:gress: The sitting member is a negro.
We shall see what will be the decision o
the
reference to' the matter.
Or The Hon. Asa Packer has corn-
pleted big noble bounty of endowing the
Lehigh. University with s sufficient sum
:43m:stain it vritbout expense to the gm-
—deuts. Henceforth the" instruction will
be free, - while it will bo improved mid ex-
'tended, and an edition made of new pre-
Trfeasolthips. This is a noble example of
li6erality, and exhibits the
hest use of wealth, by a Public-spirited
'citizen; who crowns a long and honorable
lifc with this act of beneficence, the ben.
efiii of which will extend lo generations
pnbctrA, ,spd- bestQw tbOnends the
blessings of education and culture.
The New Nairrow•Gange Engines,
The Baldwin Locomotive Works of M.
Baird & Co, of this city, arc now build
ing some narrow-gaup locomotives for
the Denier and Rio Grande Railroad, on
the new principle of •the very narrow.
three-foot gauge. The first of these en
gines has just - Weil completed, and is now
at the works, from whence it wilt be. for
warded in a few days to its final destina
tion. It is culled the Montana, and is the
first locomotive of narrow-gauge for gen
end passenger or freight service ever built
in the country. Its completion signalizes
the "new departure" in railway * . practice,
land consequently great interest is natur
ally attached to it.
The engine is six-wheeled, font' of the
wheels, forty inches in diameter, being
coupled as drivers, and one pair of leaditio
wheels in front having a swing bolster ana
radius bar, forming what is known as a
pony truck." This arrangement enables
the engine to pass short curves readily, as
the rigid wheel-base is only six leel three
inches. The general plan is similar to that
of ordinary full-gauge locomotives. The
cylinders are outside and placed horizon
tally, and are nine inches in diameter by
I sixteen inches stroke. Its total Weight in
running order is 25,300 pounds, of which
20,500 are carried on the four driving
wheels and so arc available for adhesion.
A four wheeled tender, having a capacity
of 500 gallons and a coal capacity of about
one and one-half ton, is attached.
The proportion of driving-wheels rela
tivel to the stroke of piston admits of a
meatsuet of 30 t mi les 40 mles an hour. with a
erica to thaon the full gauge.
In addition to this, two other locomo
tive of the same gauge-are -40w finishing
for the same road, which are intended for .
freight service exclusively. They have
each three pairs of drivers and a pony
truck.
As an evidence of the great interest now
prevailing on the narrow gauge question,
us well as of the great business con
nections and prominent standing of this
Philadelphia manufacturing firm, this
establishment holds contracts to furnish
locomotive for quite a number of narrow
gauge roads both in this country and
Canada. The firm also receive by every
mail letters and inquiries for information
on the subject from all parts of the Uni
ted States, from Mexico, from the British
Possessions, from South America, and
from Americans residing in India and
China.—Philudelphia Evening Megroph.
Drying up a Canal.
July 4.—Disa,greeables
of various kinds seem to invest the min
ing business in the northern portion of
the anthracite coal fiehL Some two weeks
ago a caving casualty occurred at the
Empire mines, near this city, and caused
great excitement and consternation, when
tt was supposed forty men had met ultime
ly deaths by the accident. To-day we
hare a second edition of the phenomenon
which was lately exhibited in New jersey
at a point ou the Morris canal, with the
addition that not only has the bottom of
a canal tumbled out, but several coal
mines have b-en rendered for a time We
less by the freak.
_About six o'clock this morning people
residing in the vicinity of the Burroughs I
Mine, on what is known as the plank
road, were startled by a loud rumbling
I noise, and equally surprised to notice; that
the water in the north branch of the
Wyoming canal had begun to run up
stream. It was so_pji ascertained that a
portion of the botTdru of the Mills creek
level of the canal over the Burroughs
mine bad caved in, causing a hole fifty
feet long, and of the width of the canal
and two-path. The casualty involves the
flooding of the Enterprise mine, of J. H.
Swoyers slope and shaft, the Mitchell
mine, part of Bowley mine, the mine of
Elliott & Co. and probably the works of
Mr. rifleman, as these mines are all con
nected with gangways.
All the water of the level poured into
the opening, and it may be said that the
mines have received a tranity of liquid
two miles long, and about four feet deep.
The accident ocerred at a point over a
portion of the Burroughs mine, which
had been worked ont, and was caused,
most likely, by the robbing of the supports •
of the roof a practice which sometimes
prevails when chambers have been exhaus
ted. The amount of damage cannot be
estimated at present, bat will be heaviest
in the stoppage of the works—probably
for some weeks. The canal will also be
useless for a time.
Preparations for an artificial bottom of.
the canal will be commenced.at once, and
the mines be pumped out. The latter op
erution
can go on while the repairs are
being made, as the entirely level is now
clear of water. Fortunately, the event
took place to-day, when all the employees
of the mines were celebrating the nation
al holiday. Great loss of life must have
occurred, had the mines been working as
usual. As it. is, we have nothing but a
vexations delay in the business of that
part of the valley to regret.
Defdleatlona of Es-Collectors.
A circular was issued from the Internal
Revenue Bureau on Tuesday morning ,
last, in 'which it attempted, by ex-parte
statements, to reduce the defalcations of
ex-Collectors within fo,octopeo. In au
.atfieial document communicated to Con
gress by the Secretary of the Treasury.
these defalcations are represented to ex
ceed *20,000,000, and yet no ease has
been prosecuted with vigor and success.
The bondsmen are either straw lrailorare
politicians in collusion with the Collect,'
ors to rob the Treasury, and hence they
arc not prosecuted. Some Radical Sena
tor or Representative asks for postpone
ment, and that is usually the end of any
attempt at legal remedy. Take a case
which recently occurred. Collector Speer,
of Kansas, defaulted for *158,000, when.
a prominent Western Senator and an ex-
Representative had the case compromised
for *ll,OOO, thus making a clear profit of
$148,000 on the speculation. It is bs
liered that if the secret archives of the
Administration, could be explored $lOO,-
000,000 would not cover the defalcations
of Government officers since Grant's Ad
ministration came into power.
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NEW' STATE HOUSE 'IS r[3.11170111).-
11Arr80n9, June 29.—The Senate; to-day,
by a yoteof 12 to 6, passed a resolution
appropriation $500,000 for Et New State
House in Hartford, and authorising the
city of Hartford to appropriate a sum not
exceeding $1,000,000 toward the same.
The State appropriations will not be used
until the city has furnished 'au equal
sum. _
A reenlntion appointing Governor Jew
ell, Senator Bucinnghatn, Hon. William
D. Bishop, Ron. William R. Barnum and
..Tu4g? W. D. Shipman commissioner-to
anpenntend the erection of the -State
Home, was also passed.
VallandlghamTragiediesßoennoted.
Ou Thursday, about one o'clock, at the
residence of Wm. Carr, near Hamilton,
Ohio, a German farm laborer shot and
- fatally wminded himself while demonstra
ting how Viii/endi,gham did. the same
thing in trying to show how:llyers shot
himself in the fracas with M'Oehan. Mr.
Carr was doing some harvesting and the
hands about noon were sitting on the
porch at their leisure just after dinner.
The man who shot himself had a pistol
belonging to some one, and was flourish-
IN . & it around in a careless manner, when
one of the boys remarked he would shoot
himself. lie replied by saying that he
would show them how Vallundigham shot
himself, and immediately proceeded to
illustrate the manner in which the pistol
was held, with the hammer raised and
half out of his pocket. In an instant
the Weapon was discharged, the contents
lodging iu the bowels of the careless de
monstrator. Ile fell as one dead. His
companions picked him up and carried
himinto the house, the crimson tide flow
ing in torrents from the wound. A cour
ier was immediately dispatched to-Ham
, itton for Myers, ma at last accounts the
! man was iu a dying condition.
The Curiosities or Low.
A Brooklyn judge has been found to
grant a Stay of Proceedings in the case of
Poster, the New York car-hook murderer.
The certain effect of this will be to delay
his execution until November, probably
to postpone it altogether. It is as if a
Camden judge, whose jurisdiction extend
ed across the Delaware, granted a stay of
proceedings in the case of a murderer
convicted in Philadelphia, and after such
stay had been refused upon the adequate
grounds by one of onrown judges. That
this is a clear ease of a member of the
court tampering in a most reprehensible
manner with justice is too obrions for
comment. As a matter of public morals,
it is inexcusably bad, for it takes away
from the class of ruffians, of which Fost
er is the representative, all the terrors in
spired by his speedy trial and conviction.
His trial was as fair and impartial a
one as was ever probably awarded to a
criminal; his offense was proved, even
admitted. It was a cold-blooded, coward
ly assassination, done with malice afore
thought upon a reputable unoffending
citizen. tpon what pretense of good
policy the trial had in New York is virtual
ly set aside by the dictum of a Brooklyn
judge, it would be hard to explain, though,
coming nearer home, it would be equally
hard to explain why a judge of our Court
of Common Pleas
. granted, in effect, a
I stay of proceedings in the case of three
politicians, who were confessedly guilty
of extorting illegal fees. Foster, the
murderer, is not even a politician, which
makei his rase rather harder to under
! stand. However, he and the deputy
sheriffs hare a respite until l'corember,
owing to the plastic nature of judges.—
Phi/ode/ph ia fiia;rer.
, That model Radical and carpet-bagger,
George C. Cahoon, ex-Mayor of Rich
mond, Va., has just been reconvicted of
forgery, and sentenced to two years' im
prisonment. In the early days of recon
struction, Cahoon was elected Mayor of
Richmond. He was renominated for the
same position. but pending the election,
he was i n di c t e d for forgery, tried, convict
ed and sentenctil to imprisonment for a
term of Tears. Forthwith, Cahoon and
his friends raised the cry of political
persecution, in which most of the Radical
newspapers joined, and at length a new
trial was granted. The trial has now
ended as above stated. Cahoon, like
Bowen, Blodgett and other Radical had
era, is likely to spend a portion of his
time in the Penitentiary.
A Near Paper.
There is to be a new. candidate for pub
lic favor in the newspaper line in Wilkes- ,
Barre, or at least such is the talk. The
ring of corrupt officials and politicians
who manage the city government, now
essay to govern the county, and having
no organ (not a paper base enough to
espouse . their cause} they propose to
establish one, The._ Republimin portion
.of the ring of,vshich Judge Hording is
the 'head, conceived the idea, and Mike
Philbia, the, head of the Democratic
portion, is engineering the business. Mike
is to wheedle as many Democrats as he is
able into contributing capital for the
enterprise (!) and the Rads are to con
tribute the balance. The paper is to
profess to be Democratic and will advo
cate the nomination of candidates by the
1 Democratic county convention who are
in the interest of anti controlled by the
mongrel ring. In ease of the failure of
that part of the programme thepaper is
to renounce Democracy and aid - in the
election of the Republican ticket, by
carrying over to that party such Demo
crate as commit themselves. This will be
the first paper within our knowledge es
tablished in this place by contribution,
for the purpose of carrying out the designs
of corruption, and wo beg to suggest that
T
it be christened "The ie v est Own" as
indicative of the interests it is designed
to enhance.—Ltizerne Union.
A Negro Jury.
A startling evidence of what the coun
try is coming to under negro rule has
shown itself in New Orleans, where, as in
New York, intelligent men are debarred
from sitting on a lury because they arc
said to have formed an opinion. But in
the new order of things in the South it
is not necessary to spend three or four
days drumming up illiterate, ignorant
white men ; they can step outside the
court room door and in five minutes the
sheriff can gobble np a dozen Degrees who
have formed no opinion because they can
not read., Thus at a murdertrial in New.
Orleand.recently no white man could be
found who had not read the papers, and
necessarily formed an opinion, and the re
sult was that Charles Bailie and John
Carney, white men, were tried and con
demned to die by a pry composed wholly
of negroes who had- formed no opinion.
If this is not catering to ignorance, and
making mockeries of justice, what is it?
If Lotusiana has arrived at lie point that
white tnenrcan't be tried before a white
jury, because it is too intelligent, is it not
about time' for white' men to leave the
State and permit ignorance to enjoy its
own darkness ?,
nr Under the Radical statutes of
Alabama, there is a punishment for - any
person who, challenges a voter, halbert:),
is no punishment for au illegal yak:.
Here is a premium for illegal voting!
—The Emperor, et, Gennapi • 48, left
for Era&
Foreign 'Gleanings.
—The small-pox is decreasing in Paris.
—The census of Paris is to be taken at
once.
—The Popo has writtOit to Presideat
Thiers that he will relonia,ip Rome.
—Prussian Military law will be'3liceilly
enforced in Alsace and Lorraine.
—The reorganization of the French ar
my is completed, and its effective strength
is 320,000.
—The Paris forts. will he abandoned
when fifteen hundred millions of the
idemnity have been paid.
—A proposition or geneiatninnesty in
Spain and the colonies is under considera
tion in the Corte&
—Numerous Algerian tribes have given
in submission to General Talemantl, and
the end of the insurrection is near.
—Women have been shot in the De
partment of Jura for complaining of the
requisitions mhde by the departing Prus
sians.
—lt bas been proposed to lend. Resi
dent Thiers the Palace of Elysee as res
idence on the transfer of the goveroinent
to Paris.
—Six conductors of the trams'' cars
in London hare been fined for titling
more passengers in their cars than4he law
allows.
—The debates upon the bucket and
the organization of the departments in
France, trill prerent l the Assembly taking
a vacation until the end of Julf.
—Ami e ns has been declared in a state
of sage in con /3 e 1110 mo of tho ;ampler of
a Prussian. and the failure• of the( local
:authorities to discover the murderer.
—Great freshets have occurred in the
Derwent, Wye, Severn and Costa fivers,
and have caused heavy loss to farmers by
the th struction of buildings and crops.
Unusually severe thunder 'storms
have visited the suburbs of London. - Kam'
churches 'were set on fire by lightning and
destroyed, and a number of lives were lost.
—A motion was made in the National
Assembly on Thursday having for its ob
ject the taxing of passports, httt receiving
Much opposition from M. Pam it was
withdrawn.
—Only forty-five Tier cent. of the
amount subscribed to the new loan wa.
alloteil to subscribers. Three hundred
and twenty-tire millions were raid before
the issue of the loan.
—The Bank of France on Thursday
despatched '104,000,000 franca iu specie to
Prussia. Fourteen dray carts were need
ed for the Iran svortatiou of the amount
to the, railroad station.
—The Waverly celebration, held hi
London on Thursday night, in aid of the
fund for the erection of a •mon amen t to
the memory of Sir Walter Scott, was a
brilliant affir, and £2,30 was
—Count De Chambord has issued a
proclamation 1111»onnei ng that he is about
to leave Frarce in order that Lis presence
in the country may no longer gibe coun
tenance to agitation, and he asserts that
when Frenchmen arc willing they can form
a government with decentralization,liber
ty and universal suffrage.
Government at Long Branch.
The Detroit, Fru Tr.ss draws the fol
lowing picture of the Chief Magistrate
of the United States, who, deserting his
post at Wa.llington, as no one of his pre.
doec•ss,rs has ever done, is splurging at a
watering ptaen. ; •
Grant draws considerable attention at
Long Branch. despite Ile other attract
ions. lie rides out in a carriage present
ed to him, behind a span of horses pre
sented by an office seeker, harnessed up
in gear presented by a Philadelphian,
driven by a man in the service of the
government, and returns hOme to a 'mit
tage bought by his admirers, sits on chairs
presented by a New York house, walks on
carpets sent him by Stewart, eats from
dishes .the gift °ea B4nton man, and rises
from the table to go to bed on the gift of
a cabinet maker of r imy.
And this is the ni,th whom the Repttb
licens intend to agak run for the Presi
dency ?
ito*en, the Ogallala .1a JAL'
WASHINGTON, Jute 20.—Ex-Congress
man Bowen,.who was CenCieted of bigamy
and sentencelf,to twayeani imprisonment,
is still confined in the conutyjail hereand
does not stiffer Much from the rigors of
confinement, being furnished with the best
room in the building, and allowed' the
freedom of the jail and grounds. He is
furnished with meals from his own home,.
and is daily visited b 7 members of his
family and friends.. The general belief is
that he will be speedily pardoned. The
case was favorably considered in the cab-
Met meeting on Friday and the District
Attorney recommended that the pardon
papers in the hands of the Attorney-
General be forwarded to the President to
morrow.
..
The friends of BCPWCTI express their
positive belief that he will get his seat in
Congress from the Second District of
South Carolinaiover Mr. Delarge (color
ed) tl,e sitting paember. His friends also
say that three pause:era of the elections
in the county Where 31r. Delarge was giv
en by them a najority of 5,000, having
been tried upoi an indictment for (rand
and convicted, tier° can be no further.
difficulty. Theyalso say that a wholesale"
stuffing of the bffiot-box of the election
was proven beyold doubt, and that still
other evidence rennin& Also that the
other managers fre now cm trial for the
same offense tvilb,a strong likelihood of
1 1
electiononvicio invalid.
nw ali bi i th will go to make Deluge's
TWENTY YEA 113 IN THE PENITENTIARY.
—Lewis Roberts, alias John B. Altic, in
dicted for passing and having in his poi
session counterfeit notes, at Harrisburg,
has plmtledguity and received a sentence
of twenty years in the Western Peniten
tiary, with a flu, of $lO,OOO. Ile is said.
to have been the prince of counterfeit
money dealers it this country, havin.' b cir
culated tens cr: thousands of dollars
monthly, much of which found its way.
into Dauphin and. Lebanon ,counties.
I Roberta is now shont.fglY .YerTa
I which added to.,the tireoty years of Peni
tentiary life in stn for him_ will make
.his age rather iulvanceithv the time his
term expires, if Ito, should survive .until
that time. - -
—ln one of the pleasant •Tillages in
Western New York, the other day; a
certain worthy housekeeper thought she
would call on he{ nearest nciglibor... She
-was about enterihg the door, but hesitat;
ed, thinking tbht Abe . family might be
taking, theirsupper. Vorriein," said the
hostess, "we are bairig, , tableaut. ",Yes,.
replied , ?!.1 :thought mien
taca."
gorat ontelligence.
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Bu■inesa Notices.
—Rouse and lot for sale In New Milford Born.
Lot six rods front and eleven rods deep. Bun
ning spring water at the door, a new waggon
barn, and one of the flnest,dwellings in the bore,
all In excellent repair. For particulars enquire
of 0. DI. Hawley Nczv Milford, or at .his office.
—Fresh Oysters in tho Shell &e r a& the Key
stone Saloom'
—IL C.- Tyler Insurance. Milne removed to
"Brick Block." See advertisement.
—.We have never failed to receive all money
enclosed to us through the P. 0., but we lave
failed to receive a large amount due by a failure
not to send It. Oar dues wo want and nomore!
Will not our Mends respond AT mot I'
House Burned.
The house of Oliver Perry, in Jackson town
ship, was destroyed by fire on Friday last. Ills
toss ts c01:32.10d at V.1,e00 ; insured for $l,lOO.
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
House Blown Over.
One day last week while a thunder storm was
arising a man and his wife in Biker Lake town
ship, were sitting in their house abseiling its
approach with one of the doors open: The
wind began to blow and the man Immediately
arose to shut the door, which he found he could
not do on account of wind, and his wife went
to his assistance and both were unable to close
it, and while they were thus engaged the hiluse
was overturned. Neither of the parties were
injured, but we believe they concluded that the
house was not worth setting up again.
A Patriotic Fight.
Mn. Elerron:—.o affray took place at n pic
nic in South Gibson, on the "Fourth," between
Collins Fmk of South klarford and Joseph
Brundage of Gibson, two brothers-in-law, and
both good Republicans. The bone of conten
tion was the possession of a U. S. flag. Mr.
Peek made three stabs at the heart of Mr.
Brtuainge which undoubtedly would hare prov
ed fatal, but for his wattling them off and re
ceiving them in his arm and shoulder. Mr.
Brundage was severely injured, receiving a large
gash in the shoulder about three inches deep,
besides eutt ins; his arm and clothes conaiderably.
leis supposed that Brundage is used up for the
suinmer. Peck is bow under arrest.
ittrrorrreu.
Look Out for the Cars 2 t
The late stireey on the route of the Montrose
Railway, demonstrates the Thet that Natore,has
placed no obstructions in the way that cnimot
he ri 4 ry easily overcome, and that nothing is now
neeme.ary but a little practical zeal on the part of
those interested, to have our long talked of rail
way in immediate operation. Ihni. Asu Packer,
and J, L Blakesice, E.sq, President of the road
were here on Priddy lust, and spoke of it in the
most favorable terms, Judge Packer said he
had talked with the engineers and he considered
the grade an unusually easy one, and that the
stock would be goad paling stock. The road is
a fined fact, the time of commencing ;work and
securing its early completion is k the hands of
those personally interested. Let us have no
more "dogs in the manger."
Suicide.
'On Friday afternoon, July 7th, Mr. Win. IL
Cobb, of West Lenox township, committed
suicide by hanging himself under the following
circumstances: lie went up stairs into a front
room or Iris house, attached a piece of an old
clothes . line to a length of stovepipe passing
the rope through a stovepipe hole in the ,floor
and laid the pipe (terms theistic. ilethen went
below and placed a chair and a churn under
where the rope hung, and got upon them stand
ing one foot Italie chair and other on the churn, it
1.4 supposed, and adjusted the ropeabont his neck.
stepped off - from the churn, and launched him
self into eternity. Ills' wife was In the field
berrying nt the time and when vhe returned she
found 111111 hatigini, one foot still in the chair.
She ascertained brat - he was dead And litreedl
ately alarmed- the 'neighbors, but when they
came the repo had broken and the body lay
upon the flder: The rope was it piece of small
rotten clothes line. Mr. Cobb has been very
feeble fur a number of years unable to do any
kind of work, without any prospect of being
any better, and it 'is supposed that life had be
come such a burden to him as to be the cause of
his selfttlis' truetion no leaves a wife and duce
children. A $111P.52111742.
The "Totirth" at New Milford.
The celearatlon of the natal 63 , of our
National Independence at New Milford was a
decided success, and reflects gnat credit apart
those who were its managers. The whole pro-
glammeas announced was carried out to the
letter, and the very large assembly that was.i
present seemed well pleased with the demons
tration showing chaffy that New Milford can
he styled among the "live" towns. Whisky,
that disturber of the public peace generally
made "cattle" eta few Individuals,-but as the
authorities hid a cattle ete upon the .switch at
the Railway depot for tho reception of subjects
of that Class,. the very efficient police, detailed
for the occasion, began to fill said cur with all
such furious 'beasts" and quiet was soon re
stated. A lockup on wheels was certainly very
usefull as well as novel. Ono of the pleasant
features of the day which drew a large crowd,
was a game of base ball, between the Contest B.
B. Club, of New Milford and the Independent
Nine of Scranton, for a prize of a Silver ball
which resulted in the following score
CONTEST. latvEreamerr NINE,
O. rt.
Cunnin, , diana : : : 4 1
:Stantonuller, E. L • • • • 2 3
n
O'llems, John : : 2 2
Watres : •• • • 8 1
Penman : :; :2 2 ,
Ilotsard • • • • • • 3 1
: :`: :3 1
10'llarra, Jantat . : 3 2
in 14
Teel*ll ..... „ 0 5
11a.cr, DL : : 3 4
Rose ...... • . 3 4.
Backus ... 1 5
Tingley ; - 8 2
Hayden
blekennen :: ; : 4 2
,Be . yle, ..... • r, 1
Mager - , El: S. s 5 1
Score by Innings :1 2 3 40.9 41.9
Contest; 11 0.4 - 03:0 /
indeppown ; ::11 2 :1 9.3
Flya..Citug,lst-7/490fiqi.
Ci'Hatot, , Contest, Tathell, 3;:;gose, 4
Ilackus t Tingley, 1; Hayden, 2; Dleietin,
I—n,_ muffed Hails, Independent 4 :;;Ctipteit 4.
arA troy fultdisplay of fireworks in the,evining
elosed'the scene. d, patty of eighty loni,e9uPlei
we,ro in tuteadance at. tho Eagle Phinnrs)
Mali and danced itle..44ttrth7 auj tihd, the
fifth in. • ,
;i3t zikeci= h o gs ,Ovit
A New Railroad.
- Th'y last ntir:ln - the Danville, Hazleton &
Wilimbarriejtailrotni, between Bunhuryand
Hazleton MIS been laid, thus conapleting
neW line otthe 'Lehigh Valley Railroad (*-
Patti to *West and northwest. At &nib*
the:prd%Mae* with the Northern "Cerdrial,
no .v under the - tiiiiitrol of the Pennsylrinsia
puny, affording a new line to the west. Besides
these through connections the road Is of local
importance, in that It opens up a vast awl field,
heretofore undeveloped, and will douldleiat prone,
a valuable acquisition to the Lehigh Valley
Itaiiroaa eammtity.
Railroad 'Mine Rorker.t ; •
An instrument haa been -invented that. marks
"the ebb of timershowlng how; many minutes
there are prior to antetent. It placed in the
post office it reads: "Mails open in thirty
minutes ;" - one minute later it reads: "in twenty
nine minutes," then In twenty-eight and ..so on.
At a railroad station It reads: . "This tiain leaves
in ten minutes," then In eight, etc., and when
the index reaches 0 the train starts. Tints any
passenger on entering a station knows just how
much-time Le bawfor getting tickets, checks, a
newspaper and natant without consulting - a watch
or aelot.k to ascertain the hour of ;Ito day.
Oldest Locomotive Eugiueer.
Barney Buti, Who runa'n passenger train on
the Philadelphia and Raiding railroad between
Harrisburg and Reading,-is said to be the oldest
locomotive engineer in the United States. In ,
1837 he ran an engine on a small line in Lu
zerne county, long before any portion of the
PenuaylEnnia Central was built and whets rail
roads In the State could be counted only by the
dozens of miles to the thousands now in exist
ence. Mr. Rutz has Seen employed on' the Leb
anon Valley 'branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad ever since its completion and
at all times has displayed grad coolhemc stmdi
nms, sagacity, discrimination and general effi
ciency.
Serious; Accident.
On Tuesday afternoon last, says the Union
Nina, while engaged in celebrating the Fourth
in company with a number of ladies and gen
tlemen who had assembled for ther . Purpose at
the residence of Mr. Hallett, in Vestal; Nathan
W. ('handler met with a serious tier:Went. Our
informant says: "Chandler was touching off a
small cannon," the powder flew into Lis face,
burning and injuring him quite seriously. Dr.
T. P. Knapp was caned. and utwat,esaminatiort
found and removed from Chandler's face nearly .
one hundred grains of powder, one grain' being
removed from the eye trill As serious as the
accident proved it is a matter of congratulation
that it was no worse. Under the care of a skill
ful physician Chandler will, we trust, soon re
cover,
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II Ist ory of Jlttly.
July wits originally designated Quiot,7lna, in
referuneieicrits fifth place In. the pitleinkfr. It
Haring been the month hi whieb .inlius Cesar
was born, after the death Of this emperor the
name was changed to July, in bettor of the
groat trarior. Our Saxon, ancestors called it
hey monath, , "betatuae, they therein usually
I/WM.(I and made their hay harvest. - July is
allowed ail over the northern hemisphere to be
the warmest month in the year, and its great
heat led to a superstition among the Romans,
which still prevails. They conceived that the
great warmth and the diseases and other ea
, amities flowing front it teem somewhat eon
: fleet t. l with the rising, and setting of the star
Canieulathe little Dog—in coineidence with
the sun. They accordingly conferred the name
of tlog drys upon the period between the ;Id of
July and 11th of August- This star doe.: n o t
rise now in coincidence unfitly] sun until the
latter part of August.
A Terrific Storm:
One of the hearieSt rain storms, accompanied ,
with one of " Old Borps' " severest blows. pass
,cd over Montrose and vicinity on Sunday
evening last, giiing " Natures' face" a decidedly
copious washing, the traces of which are and
will remain visible in the ravines when it is
forgotten. 'lite most serious effects of its fury
1 anti apparent spite arc to be seen on the farm of
Rufus S. Merriman, Bridgewater township, near
1 this born. between live and six o'clock p. in.,
a black mass of rolling clouds eame-flying over
1 1 the hills, south-west of the valley, launching
forth volumes of maelstrom, drifting masses of
water, creating an almost instantaneous flood,
while soloists ran in crouching fear UV: um the
storm-king's fury, in search of shelter. After its
passage, it was found to hate. uprooted seven
largo and venerable as well as Valuable appib
treea,'ttristing beige limbs from others, Ind hurl
ing theiii thirty or forty feet from. the parent_
trunkaudyr soma oases scathing and seriously
marring other trees in a ruinous manner, other
ornamental trees tottering tlie same fate; and
to cap the climax, the witupuld raised a small
1 hay-barn, containing about thirty hundred of
lutyommtng It several feet from its foundation
and literally smashing it to pieces, besides un
rotating another shed, same twenty or thirty feet.
in length. We, however, congratulate friend
Merriman and family on their escape from hod.
Ily injury.
Tito footprints of this tornado ate visible be
tween Brooklyn and Dimock townships with
evidences of unabated fury as far as heard from..
A barn and dwelling house belonging to C. A.
Giles, of Dimock, were both unroofed ; a thirty
by forty feet barn belonging to Mr. Strickland,
molished„4o a larn.corn house„ the property
of. t: :A largo coin hMi o had been
blown down before on the same site, and ithad ,
bden rebuilt much larger than the previous one,
hut seems-to have met the same fuze. We ore
informed that the track of the storm is marked
i still fitrther by upturned trees, unroofed and • de
reoll,thed buildings, the particulars of which we
have not yet learned, During the minas storm
the lightning struck in seven different places,
In Great Bend Mom. The only serious damage
done, so'faras we have learned, wits the splin
tering of the steeple of the Presbyterian chinch.
From all accounts It wits one of the most ter-
Mlle blows that has visited this section for yam',
if Ever.
A. Lesson In Moral*.
~,.n oltHady residing at Bradford
county, who is greatly respected .for L ber high
-christairyntaimuents and good example . genes
informed hymn of-her sons that , be
Intended to visit n neighbor's orcherd that. evm .
Mpg for the purpose of getting An few ,apples
and togekthn /mother personally intcresptut In.
the matter, and to show. bis goi4iinlcntions t 3ne
Ind ..saPl i .t . lun. he should bring getup as
- goOCtintlSits he ceu 4 find. Thniddlndy,remon
ate tcd-wills her boy, telling hintAluttkis , go(ro
_9o*,l4,9tich, says, "Ulm. shalt not steal r •
antl f ,talitedesgoeit mothers will who - urn '
ous that ,their childrin should grow: tkp Lt
, : the
knovilOgre and fear of pod.. But the.child,
nisi y tiitiere of till age was not hsti,'„ea l olY Per'
/4tnicti of ;trio' Wroti,g - there Would he, In taking •
a fen itpples. ._"Well," Saye r the, ninthir, after
At*ioiit.44 l o.:bay, a atotnent,"if ynt.t gc/11`,.1111
; but if yOu'roti4t 4n t .d9n't
forget - to take a bag alOn4 w4ll, rybe
that 14 gun
ounday uvarutp?, -71
Brooklyn Items.
The festival announced some two weeks since
and held by the members of the Prsbyterian
ektirch, Considering the shortness of the time It
was got up in, was a grand thing, and a decided
success. '7the Nicholson Band helped to elate=
the occasion. Net receipts about $lOO.
-- - =''-...-Thilist' Avid held on the 4th instant, In the
interest of the Sunny School of the DI. E. church,
was well _attended through the day. Rev. A.
D. Alexander, of Montrose, and Rev. Mr. Weit
inke; of Su.airehanna, made speeches hi the
grove. The meeting was adjourned to Rogers
-Bali, -for: tho,evening, at which place Moses
Caldwell and others, were listened to. The
good thine' having bcoe disposed of, the affair
closed a little. atter 10 o'clock in the evening.
One cake, Made by Mrs. James Adams, , Senior,
brought $8 00. Net receipts a little over $lOO.
—According to previous agreement I met the
friends in a family gathering, on the 4th, at the
'iodic of Ansel Sterling, where a goodly num
ber gathered around a long table ladened with
everything delicious and inviting. Near the close
or day, we returned home to listen to the boom
ing oiA:aelquha'sartineq 0 111 , 3 4 non bro
in. the evening.., . .
..-.A person in the employ of W. R. Page, in.
widening, the track oa, the D. 1.. Br W. Railroad,
above Daniel Oakley's, went with his comrades.
'try' Ontly's pond to bathe; while bathing, the
young Englishman was noticed to turn on lila
hack and. float,,suililenly Its went tinder water,
1 but tome up as fn, his companii3ns thinking
him in sport; after seeing him going down a
second time, they became so alarmed that they
could render no assistance, and he was drowned.
A. M. Wilniarth was sent for, and after about
4. hotirs, by diving, brought the corpsoon shone.
Wr:Page bad tbeycsang man properly interred,
in the Cemetery near Mr. Wilmarth, In idarford.
The young man's name was Frederick Lovejoy.
It is said he was 19 or 29 years old, and had been
"veer from England but a few weeks, only ex
pecting, to remain buf a few months, when he
ProPus4to return to his native land. I believe
. ~ .
this Is the third person that has been drowned
In this pond. I have heard that Asa Fish cameo
very near losing his life lit this same pond.
—What about grasshoppersi=7Farmer A. says.
I, My Meadows are being Minified of every head
of timothy; I will cut about five tons of bay
mere fifteen might be cut in ordinary seasons,"
Farmer B. says, " the innumerable army of
_
grasshoppers are now going for tny wheat lick!,
.eating every vestige as far as they have worked
in; except the bare stalk."
Farmer C. says, " I minnot give anything like
1 a fair description of the destruction these pests
i are now making on my crops, they are eating
on nay .potatoes, trimming the stalk of every
leaf." 3L
Annual gioport or county - Superin-
tendent W. C. Tlklen.
Sixteen school houses have heed', built, nil com
fortable anti fairly seated,sorne of them well fin
ished, especially one in Ilarford, one in Dimock,
and one in Forest Lake, the latter containing
Modern seats, and is in many respects the must
permanent and hest finished rural house in the
COutity.. The location for new houses is larger
and more pleasant than in former times. In
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several Districts solar charts have been pus ,
chased, and globes added in a few others.
Director an taking more pains to secure school
property from han», and also a deeper intermit
in the grade and teaching ability of those cm
pif ,yed in the schools.
We hare many earn- t, wide-awake teachers,
but too many teachers only in name. A. desire
for longer school toms is utinitest in many
parts, gnil some Districts porpcoe to have long
terms the eiraing, year.
Wt.:* o - Superintendent.-1 have hell thirty
seven public and eight private examinations;
gave four hundred and forty-seven provisional
certificate and one professional, also renewed.
_four professional certificates; twenty-seven ap
plicants were rejected.
' :Many of those certificates were given for a
SUllliner Lain only, or for six months; especially
1
was this the case with a large number of appli
cants who had Lever taught. All the private
examinations were held by request of Directors
• employing teachers who had failed for various
masons, to them good, of attending public ex
itininations: anti in nearly every instance the
lowest grade of certificate given was to '
, those
for whom special request was made 113 r employ
lent.. And I have very clearly discovered that
Ito certificate is so poor but that the individtml
holding it may obtain a school, anti therefore
'<Alga to be much more careful in future to re
ject ail who are very deficient in the studies
;taught, A certificate with threo or more as the
grade Shows that the Prospect of a good school
Is very small, yet Directors in some Districts
continue ra -6 n l P/Ctr 5 1 1 6 h, and Without looking
at the certificate, then du not hesitate to com-
PLifir of the Superintendent fbr giving such
certificates.
Tbe,reruedy, as it now appears, is to Mine to
give at all such eertitleatea.
Threchundred and twonty-tire school visits
were simile, with en average time of one hour
twdety-ffsce minutes, At most of these
visits, sim , tt, addresses were made tlr the per,
poseerefieoumgement to teachers and acholars„
:and to give snore perfect k,ouwkdge of the;
dullei of each, that the schools may he mom
efficient, not only as sources of mental culture,
but that the right spirit it to the work of life
arid rrhigb moral tone may be imparted to the
children attending the schools.
`Two educational meetings were held; one
County Inatituts 'or tire days, at Montrose, at
'tended by one hundred teachers, in which I was,
aided. ISY Prof. Chits. 11. Verrill, of Itransfield
,Naftrial School, Prof. Henry Carver, of Blooms
, bnr,glionnal Sellout, and Prof. Selden
of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., as. chief in
structors andlecttwers, besides efficient workem
front- our own schools, and may encouraging
and Instructive remarks from Physicians, Min
inters, etc., in attendance; four Institutes lasting.
Awe . days Were held in separate localities, ha
which teachers'of graded and select schools in
the county took prominent part as instructors.
Two hundred and forty-five official letters
I were written, and twenty-two hundred and
fifty miles traveled within the county In eim
nectlon with the school work. Several schools
have not been visited during the. ear but, with
-the - exception of eight or ten, arrangements
,were made, and In most cum, the travel per
formed needful to the visit, but the visit was
hindered because of the absence of the teacher
by - Mason of sickness, for a visit, or sumo casual
circumstance; and in other cases - schools were
not. In session when the Superintendent had
reason to suppose they were, My intention is
to'VlSlt'every one, and asManyes pOialble the
second time. Thirty-six Directors have been
- witls' me while visiting schools, and hs Jenny
Call4slSorne'Were pfesent at - the examination of
least' 4rsi, nird 111'4 few • Places'. the patrons of
of Tetrads hare taken an interest litexamine
tines-and cheerfully gone with me to the, school. -
'aktiastrstirt7f remain so long mrschtietDirct!onk
are - elected whose interest set:l:o44: to. keep
the tax and wages as low as pOssible f paying
the same its each teacher trhatever'llni: expert
cope or past success, and era unwillii;g io have
'Good b`uiltlisw and'esnivenienCeS
g,010; its parents do rtc!t, encourage itmehers in
accutsgpimetuallty, oFder, rlig4etteo,ittdobodi
, euch-!;-holoig-,tis. kind gtrico - AtF,74hpld,nd
cv:epls'of cOmpfalnt ttod (fetraetto4 te:4o.ad
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