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T. D. DAWLEY. EDITOR.
MONTROSE. PENNkt I
WEDNESDA Ire AIDITUITE 9. 1911.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOE &corroa onNms,
GE;Z. 'WILLIAM ItCANDLESS,
OF rutLARELrarA.
roR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
CAPT. JAMES IL COOPER,
OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.
A' Full Poll of the Democratic Vote JO
Lam' will Secure the Election of Our State _fa
fgr Tielterby a Large Majority. —IEI
CO" Let Esery Democrat Remember that,..ol
L and Impress the Truth of it Upon the Sal
Or Minds of Ills Neighbors !
Democratic County Convention.
The Demperatic voters of Susquehanna
county are gequested to meet at the place
of holding elections in their respective
districts between the hours of 4 and 6
o'clock r. u., on Saturday the 19th day
of Auguststatkttnless otherwise ordered
by the Township Committee) and elect
two delegates to represent said districts in
the Convention to be held at Montrose,
ou Monday, August 21st, at 2 o'clock p.
for the purpose of nominating candi
dates to be supported at the ensuing elec
tion.
TOWNSHIP COMNITTEE.
A ununr,—William White, D. Linabury,
I )aniel Seely.
Creigh, P. Fitz
martin, Timothy Kane.
ARARAT.—B. Dix, N. J. West, LO.
Baldwin.
BRIDGEWATER—GiIbert Johnson, E.
Beebe, Simeon Lewis.
Buomirxx.—E. G. Williams James
Hewitt, P. H. Tiffany.
CIIOCONLT.-11. J. Golden, M. J. Don
lin, M. Stanley.
CLIFFORD.-J. Stephens, Martin Deck
er, I. J. Cobb.
DUNDAFF.—C. C. Church, Dr. J. C.
Olnistead, T. P. Pbinnev.
DruocK.C. C. Mills, L Main, William
Bunnell.
FonEsr LANE.—lsaac Strange, M. Grif
fin, E. Griffis.
FRANKLIN:—.J. )I . J. Merriman, N. P.
Wheaton, John Watson:
FRIENDSVILLE.—James Meade,' Hugh
Duffy, John Foster.
GinsoN.—J. li. Claflin, E. Clinton,
George Roberts.
GREAT BEND TowNSTlTP.—William. K.
Ilatel3, 8: Barnes, I. li. Smith. •
GREAT BEND Bono.—l. Ilicklimr, It. S.
Bte_phens.,..
HEnincii.—J. M. Myers, E. IL Barnes,
Henry Lyon.
IlauFono.—W. B. Guild, D. M. Farrar,
Jackson Tingles. _
liAßMONT.—itichard Dlartin, 11. H.
Hobard. J. Storer.
JACKsog.—L. Gratis, T. W. Clinton, J
L Dix.
JEssrr.—Zenas-Smith, W. C. Ilandrick,
G. H. Harvey.
LATIIROP.—AIvin Brown, Lyman Saun
ders, William Gardner.
Laimx.—Hiram White, Michael Whit
ney, A. L Jeffers.
LinrirrY.—M. L. Truesdall, L. W. Al
len, William M. Bailey.
LITTLE MEADOWS.—L B. O'Doud, T.
Cunningham, J. R. O'Dond.
~,,X) . 4l4,Aggric,77;boampolford, Tim-
MONTEOSE.—A. IL McCollum, C. D.
Lathrop, IL J. Webb.
Tlgra . MlLFOUDrowNsair.—Ezra Beebe,
L D. Foot, E. Aldrich.
`Nair MrLFor.D Bono.—F. W. Boyle,
Win - . in T. Ward, George Hayden.
OXKLAND.—J. Tillman, L. E. Shutts,
E. C. Legget.
Iltsu.— Albert Pickett, A. Carter,
James Logan.
SrniNuvinx.—Williain B. Handrick,
S. A. Shook, S. Quick.
SrsormlAsica DEecrr.—C. Curtis, Wil
ham Post, W.Harber.
SILVER T.AKE.,--Joseph Ward, L Stone,
D. T. Donovan.
Tnouscac—C. Stocld.snWL. S. Aldrich,
J. P. Whitney;
C. lii. GEM, Chairman.
More Ku-Klux.
The municipal election last Wednesday
m the city of Charleston, South Carolina,
shown clithily that the Hu-Klux have been .
ttctive_in that section.. and as IL large ma
jority of the citizen of that State are ne
groes, it proves that these bands are not
wholly confined to the white population.
'Here is apsstract from the Philadelphia
Inquirer, a Repnbliean paper which
speaks for itself:
" The recent municipal election iu
Charleston, South Carolina, has resulted
in the election of the Citizens' ticket over
the re t edar Republican ticket by more
than ven hundred majority, and - if sim
ilar success attends the Citizens' move
ments in other portions of the State Re
publican ascendancy will be seriously
threatened in a Commonwealth contain
ing marrcolored than white cotes.
We can see no remedy, cYcept that the
Fifteenth Amendment shall be interpre
ted so as to allow negro suffrage.prorided,
always that they vote the Radial ticket..
This is the interpretation of the rights
under the Constitution of the white peo
ple of the south by Radical authority and
tRe military has been employed to enforce
it. Let ps hear from the Montrose RE
pladican on this point, and we can better
judge whether it is upholding "political
dishonesty or trickery' or whether it is
honest in its late cry of reform. Might
as well tell your . readers the truth, fur if
you don't they will read it in the DE3IO
- •
*ph Stoneman has been removed from
the command of the Department of
Arizona by orders of Gen. Grant. Why ?
Who influenced the President in this case ?
Answik
• Agana of settlers and con
tractors; rho ivere•opposed to Stoneman,
because he would not permit them to
swindle the government Instead of pay
ing tfiese men thirty-five dollars per ton
for haY; "!:to purchased it directly from the
Indiana it from nine to eleven dollars,
--'-whicb. may tteconnt for the fact that at
• the Oamli Grunt massacre, of one hulk
- dyed:lt:lad turenty-five Indians killed—
.mosUy squatssiiud children—ninety dead
- bOdies Were foniid,.each with a bundle of
-12ay at its - side. The removal 'of Gen.
litoustaan is i4iegrace to the administra
tion, and a fit ' 4:11 its Indian
policy.
THE COOING I/EVOLUTION.
We touch bottom. The descent has been
long, and to lovers of the Constitution
most painful. But there is a point be
yond which the American people will not
allow their liberties to be invaded, their
supreme law to be violated, by any party,
under any pretext, or in the name of any
cause, however specious. We believe that
point has been reached and passed. The
powerful resistance made by some of the
ablest Republican leaders to the usurpa
tion of power by the Executive, to the
proscription of men like Sumner, to the
abuse of patronage, to the refusal of a
Republican caucus to permit bills for re•
moral of taxation to be even considered,
and finally to the utter prostration of
civil Power at the feet of a soldier who
would be dictator if the people were as
cringing and subservient as the majority
of "his faithful Senate," proves, we feel
assured, that a large body of the Republi
can voters will no longer sustain the usur
pers at Washington in their assaults upon
the rights and interests of the people.
These leaders, hmve as they may be, have
not so sharply contended against the
majority, in the face of a proscription
never surpassed for bitterness, without
ample 'assurances of support from the
people. They are not merit to speak thus
strongly without arousing public attention
and fixing the convictions of thousands
of thinking men. The measures which
they denounced were so extraordinary
that only a plain exposure was needed to
arouse against such deeds the indignation
of all thoughtful and patriotic citizens.
That exposure, if made by Democrats
alone, would scarcely reach the mass of
Repubiicau voters. But it will reach
them when made by Republican leaders
so prominent and influential. We look
forward, therefore, with confidence to a
general and overwhelming reaction against
that power which has so misruled the
country.
It is high time. Year after year Radi
calism has become more daring in its dis
regard of every constitutional obligation ;
more open in its assaults upon the rights
of the people and their local self-govern
ments ; more rapid in its strides towards
centralization of power; more shaincless
in its defence of monopolies and contempt
for the interests of the millions who labor
and are robbed of their earnings. Start
ing with a false policy towards the South
—a policy of represSion, severity and force
—instead of that statesmanlike liberality
by which alone the bitterness of feeling
left by a civil war can be removed, Radi
calism has tried one expedient after anoth
er in vain. Each measure has aroused
greater irritation of feeling and ended in
more conspicubus failure; each failure
has forced the party to choose between a
total reversal of policy and the adoption
of measures still more harsh. Shame to
confess that they had blundered drove
some forward vindictive feeling some,
. ,
ignorance, misinformation,and litter want
of statesmanship made many the facile
tools of desperate demagogues. There
are men who deliberately calculated upon
the irritation and violence which harsh
measures would provoke at the South as
a means of reviving the war spirit at
the North and as a pretext for resort to
more shameful abuse of power. Under
these influences Radicalism has been hur
ried forward in a mad career which, in
the nature of things, could end only in
its overthrow or in military despotism.
Each new measure of repression strained
the Constitution still further. One after
another the safe-guards of individual liber
ty and the rights of local self-government
have been broken down. Between the
Ku-Klux bill, which empowers the Presi
dent to suspend the habeas corpus and use
for , ‘ , . whenever be pleacm, and a military
despotism more absolute than that of
linssia, there is but a single step and a
narrow one. Let the next Presidential
election pass without reaction and rebuke,
and. that step will also be attempted.
We rejoice, then, that reaction seems
sure and near at hand. We speak not as
partisans. Dearer than any party is the
country. Higher than obligation to any
party is our duty to the republic—to that
experiment, of self-government which,
within a few short years, will either vindi
cate itself or end in failure.
That it may not fail Radicalism must
be arrested in its mad career. If the re
action be thorough it was of minor con
sequence whether it came under one ban
ner or another. Possibly public opinion
might bar been so rapidly aroused that
the Republican party itself could have
cast out its evil spirits ; but the Ku-Illax
bill settles that question ; it is the clutch
of despostism upon the throat of that
party which will not be Shaken off, and a
wise Democracy has now but to invite and
welcome the aid of all honest and patriotic
men. A better day will dawn. Lawless
soldiers will be dismissed from halls of
state, to make room fur men who respect
the laws and know something of states
manship. Political freebooters will be
I warned to seek other lands where Saxon
love of liberty does not forbid chronic-re
volution. The „ ,inaAness of partisanship
will cool and give place to It reasoning
and candid patriotism. That horrible ap
parition—the man on horseback with the
naked sword—visible now these 'six long
years.in the political horizon, and grow
ing ever nearer and - , more distinct, Will
vanish forever. Justice, with' her equal
balances, will once more appear?
Hasten the day, brave Republicans who
battle against the wolves of party to save
liberty and justice from their jaws. Hast
en the day, staunch and patriotic Demo
crats, who can well afford to forget how
long you have denounced this fatal policy
if in the end your country may be saved.
Join, bands, both, in one vigorous and I
resolute effort, not for this party or for
that, but to arouse the people of this land
to a sense of their danger and their duty.
Bring it to a vote whether -the "peace"
which we are promised shall be such as
the Czar gave to Warsaw. Bring it to a
vote whether free America means to build
up thirteen Irelands between the Potomac
and Ohio and the Gulf. Let it be at once
adjudged whether all the industry of the
land, shall be at the mercy of a few mono
polists, and all its liberties at the mercy
of a few demagogues and one soldier !—
Exchange.
An Unpicannit Situation.
"When K B. Hawley accuses us of fa
voring political trickeg or dishonesty, he
knows, and every othel man in the coun
ty knows, or ought to know, that be lies.
But in the present debased and humilia
ting condition of the Democratic party,
lying seems to be a necessary qualification
of its editors, and any sins of that kind in
the Montrose DEMOCRAT du not surprise
mi.—Montrose Republican.
Well, perhaps the above which appear
ed in yesterday's Republican is the best an
swer, as it is the only one under the cir
cumstances, that the editor could make
to our "Soft Impeachment," of last week,
but still from our stand point and from
the knowlege of his readers, who re
member the facts, we think it bad
taste. We know it is a hard place to be
in, to have the facts against him and to
feel called upon to say something, when
he has nothing to say, but we are of the
opinion that the adopting of the style of
a pot house bully, because he thinks he is
large and powerful and can whip some
body, and meeting facts which he cannot
confute, with their usual arguments "you
'are a liar" will not go far in establishing
his political honesty or in demolishing
ours. A Radical journal that has support
ed the "Ring" leaders of its party in Sus
quehanna county and basely denounced
all others who have been the victims of
their knavery, only makes itself appear
ridiculous in the eves of all lovers of
truth iu attempting to regain a lost rep
utation, with the use of such paragraphs
as the above. The files of his paper of
the Campaign of Is6q, and the memory
or the facia to whirl); Leo alluded are to
fresh in the minds of Ole people to be
thus summarily dispord. of. Our ad ice
to our cotemporary is, 'to profit by exper
ience, and not make any pictures. this
campaign that he will be ashamed to
look upon two years hence. 'Not only
adopt the Radical tactics of preaching
honesty, but verify it by action.
Lewis S. Cassidy, sq., of Philadelphia.
iieneral Georg,. Wntass. of Allegheny.
L. A. Mackey, Esq of Clinton.
Stenger, Esq. of Franklin.
lion. William Mee land, of Lalverenee
county, was chosen S retavy. The men
named have ability at are entitled to the
confidence of the De ocratic party.
And, now, gentler n, the work of a
According to the figure's printed in
the Congressional Globe, it takes 81 most important carol ign is before you.
4-
Pennsylvania can be .scued from Radi
-800 per annum to run the white House
cal znisruW, and Mel'. idlcss and Cooper
under the administration of General Grant.
The items embrace all classes of offlucrs triumphantly elected. I What is needed is
from Majors and Brevet-Brigadier-Gener-
perfect organization inal a full poll of the
als, to laborers on the sidewalks and fur-1 Democratic vote. Tl4tt can only be se
nacc keepers, uld the items arc made j cured jffinci"" elldi
an
Coniteitf4 t . of nine has no
sufficiently large to carer the bills for " jrt.
light task iniiosed upon it, but we believe
barber and a variety of other items which" Ti rot Ta
Crirnri un'-
The nuasbes of the party must be aroused
Grant's predecessors were considerate
and inspired with a bon rdence. Let the
enough to pay out of their salary of $25,-
work begin at once lid let it be prusecu
-000 per annum. Our Radical Court is I
pretty expensive, but is a mere trifle coin- ted with ""retnitti ' energy throughout
pared with the larger leaks through which the campaign.
the public money' is constantly escaping. -
If the people think a Radical ridministra-
tiou is a luxury, they Lutist not object to
paying fur it. Luxuries are always costly.
"The Montrose Republican says
this week that the contrast between the
two political parties of to-day is the same
as "that between light and darkness."
Yes, ire think the "dark" party has been
still more visible since the passage of the
Fifteenth Amendment. But according
to the late returns from Charleston South
Carolina, some of them are running to
wards the "light" party..
A Lively Corpse.
The very individuals who have aided to
bury the Democratic party so many
times now sing a different tune. head
what they say of the Democraic party
now:
The Democratic party is stronger than
it ever was in its history. It means now
to win, and I do not say it cannot win.—
Horace Grceley at Vicksburg.
You may make light of the Democra
cy, but to-day, in the State of New York,
there is a clean Democratic majority of
90,000. We never did have the Irish, and
now we are losing all the Germans.--.N.
Y. Times, Radical.
Grant, with his Kit-Klux bill, thinks
be can kill the Democracy. It will take
more men, by a million, than he had at
Appotaatox.N. Y. San, Radical.
A great deal has been eaid about the
dead Democracy. Those who think it is
dead surely never have read the story of
the resurrection. There will be signs in
the heavens and on the earth in 1872
when this Democratic party gets its
soldiers in the fiehL—Spruigfie/d, glass.,)
Republican, Radical.
He is , a fool or a traitor who expects to
win an easy victory over the Democratic
party in 1872. Grant can never do it,
with the lrayonet.—..Y. Y. Evening Post,
Radical,
—A late resident of Hartford, who died
leaving his holy in a condition which it is
hoped her love for her lord rendered con
sonant with her wishes, also left a will
providing that if the anticipated infant
turned out to be a boy two-thirds of the
estate should be his and the remaining
third go to the widow; if, on the other
bAnd a girl should be born, the widow
was to have two-thirds of the property
and the child one-third. But with a
woman's peculiar aptitude for nnnecessa,
rily complicating questions the lady saw
fit to bring forth twins, of whom one is
male, the other female. And note all the
lawyers of the land are at loggerheads to
decide whether the boyfiliall have two.
thirds and the girl one-third of the es
tate, 'leaving nothing for The mother, or
whether the mother cau claim one-third
for. havina b born the boy and the .other
two-thirds for having borne the girL Dr.
Butler is reported to have suggested that
the simplest' way out of the difficulty
would be to,divide the property into six
thirds—or say seven, and give him one.—
.Y. World.
Ben Butler Overboard
The doughty hero of Big Bethel, Fort
Fisher, etc., met with a mishap in New
bury-port the other day which nearly de
prived the country of his services.
Butler and Col. French were pacing the
quarter-deck in a style worthy of Admir
al Jim Fisk. The yatcht 'minded to and
oft' went a gun that made the Newbury
porters think of powder slips. The yawl
was brought alongside ad Butler and
French seem to have attempted to get iu
together. Now. it is well established fact
that two locomotives with "steam" up
cannot pass each other on tho.same track.
Butler and French could not, nor could
they both go down the steps at Alm same
moment without damage to their econo
my. French pitched forward era landed
half in the water and half in Or; little
boat. Butler was less fortunate. Ile dis
appeared, and the murky waters )f the
Merrimac closed over his bald wad busy
head. But not forever. Ben appe'ed on
the surface directly with a spout - bat is
represented as a cross between tNt of a
porpoise and a hump-backed wh*. Ho
thrashed about until the water frothed
like yeast. His jolly tars made li'roio ef
forts to rescue him, but Ben's bdd plate
left them little to clutch at, an! it was
not until the honorable gentlenan from
Massachusetts had gone (low! for the
conventional third time thst he was
dragged out, half-drowned, filapidated,
woe-begone looking statestrum and war
rior as ever tumbled into the drink. He
did not go ashore that night, and is un
derstood to have taken uti,hoard more wa
ter than the average Co tiOmilin requires
for a whole season.—Easloa 4 rgua.
State Executives Committee+.
The last
, State Convention odopted
resol n lion making the regular Slate Com
mittee to consist of the Chairmen of the
several County Committees, and requir
ing Mr. Wallace, Chairman of the State
Committee, and the two :State candidates,
to appoint an Executive Committee of
eight, on whom should involve the ac
tire work of the campaign. The mem
bers of the Execurve Committee have all
btpii appointed, as follt;wi:
William A. Wallace, of Clearfield,
Chairman.
Mutchle, Esq., of Northamp
ton.
lion. Samuel J. a ' andall, of Philadel
phia.
C. 11. 'Brockway, , of Columbia.
Hobert 1....10hn5tp,,0f Cumbria.
.11 on. Charles 1,-J4,11.14.1e, of rhuada
nhia.
Conservative VI o
4.—The at Charleston.
N
CriAittEsTo, . C., August .— Th e
T
official count shot the municipal election
of Wednesday last; esulted in the choice
of du.? Citizens ctu itlates, General John
A. Wagner, by a n ority of over 777 rotes
over Gilbert Pilltifury, the present Re
publican Mayor. 'T tit entire Citizens'
ticket is elected byabott the same ma
jority. ,
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Snow Storm hellylw York State.
The Dunkirk (dautauqui county,
N. Y.,) Journal is tie source of the fol
lowing item :
"We have on ctilible authority, the
statement that snottfell ia..,the southern
portion of the Cii.salaga Valley, in this
county, on the nigh of the 21st of July,
1871, to the depth if six inches or snore.
We are told that. thi crops in the vicinity
of Levant, have been thereby greatly
damaged, and some of them enti l y de
stroyed. Captain sinith, of the ~ W.
and P. railroad, reported snow ?ii the
Casadaga Valley at:7 o'clock on S.btarday
morning, 22d, at an,inch or mtg.. The
snow fell in the vilhge of Foresttille on
the morning of tlit 21st so generously
that the boys in tin streets snow-balled
each other for full Ifteen minutt.s."
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A Singcltu. Case.
o The Reading Bays says; A young la
dy, aged about 21 years, nstned Mary
Robinson, residing with her tnother at 112
.Jeffererson street (ticktown,) this city,
whilst engaged in baking early in the
morning, sic weelo ,ag,p,,compiained of
sot feeling welL Sion thereafter she was
observed standing tt the kitchen closet,
where she remainel entirely motionless
from 6 o'clock mill li, o'clock, a. • tn.,
when she was carnal to bed.' All her
senses have been nursb ever since. Iler
eyes are. closed nearly all the tune andshe
appears to be in a thine°. She is unable
to speak, move or bear, and recognizes
no one. She eats a mouthful of bread, or
drinks a little beef lea three times a day,
when she is fed. At one o'clock to-day
she was sitting on the lounge in the sit
ting-room, with her head proppel on her
hand, where and in which position her
mother had placed her. ller breathing is
scarcely perceptible, Iler eyelids have a
slight tremulous motfon. The physicians;
of whom there are three attending her,
say that she is daily becoming weaker,
but they are unable to atTord her any re
lief. A few days previous to being afflic
ted with this strange,spell she had recov.
ered from an attae.E miroloid, and it is
supposed that hek - present helplessness has
been produced.b,y that disease. Previous
to . that she had. 'aitvays enjoyed good'
health.
Independent, edited by 3lr.
Steele, says: "A muter last week pro
posed to go into partnership with us.
His name is Doolittle. The firm name
would sound very bad, either way you put
it—" Steal & Doo little," or "Doo little &
Steal,' We can't join. pee of us . would
soon be in the workhouse and the other
in the penitentiary.
gocal Ontelligenct.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
BAPTIST CTICRGTI BAT. L. B. Fonn, Praetor
Sabbath Services lON a in. And 7 p. m
Sllbb4th SchooL 12 m
Pram Meeting, Wednesday Evenings 7.4
CATITOLIC owner' Rs,. J. SialrrienT
Sabbath Berrie. Second Sunday In each Month
Sabbath School blamedlatcly before Masa
EPISCOPAL ..Rev. E. A. WAnnmen. Rector.
Sabbath Servtcce. 101,4 a_ m. and p. m.
Sunday School 1Y m.
Week-Day Services—Fridays 4 p. in.
METTIODIPIP EPISCOPAL ....Rev, A, D. ALraarruzu.
Sabbath ......... a, m. and 7.3) p. m.
Sabbath School ........ 4p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Thursdays. 7.30 p. m.
"PRESBYTERIAN. C 4 lu.rn
Sabbath Services 10.45 a. in. and 7S p. m
Sabbath School 111 15 p. m
Prayer Meeting. Thursday Evenings 1 .3 a P. m
IN Ines Notices
—The accounts of E. L. Weeks & Co., arc
lett with Crusstnon & Baldwin fur collection.
See business local.
—We would call attention to the notice
of Ilarford Fair which is held Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 27, andr2B.
Posrrouttstrr. The Goodrich Dramatic
Constellation, who are advertised to appear at
the Gond Templars' Hall, August Bth, will defer
their visit until the following week commencing
Tuesday, August 15th.
' , garlour+ Items.
—The weather has been excessively warm fur
a few days past.
—Those who read the last Republiean are of
the opinion that Homer and Charley have had
another /kVA turn.
—Lyons & Drake and F. B. Chandler have
commenced the work of repairing their store
building. They are making it three stories with
a fiat tin roof.
—Eighty victims of the terrible Westfield ex ,
plosion at New York, on Sunday July 30, were
killed and have since died.
—The Sabbath School of St. Paul's Chnrrh,
Montrose, will hold a picnic at Heart Lake to
morrow (Thursday.) All are cordially invited,
and requested to meet at the House of 11. J.
Webb, at 8, o'clock,
—The Wyoming Democrat has been sold by
Harvey Sickler, Esq., who has been its editor
for ten yea's past, to Mr. Alvin Day late of the
Northumberland Denoxrat. Mr. Day is a native
of Susquehanna County, and we believe learned
the printing art In this office.
—The dogs of our born held a grand jubilee
yesterday in honor of the repeal by the Council,
of the muzzling law. It is thought that it was
brought about by some of the Radical office.
seekers in order to secure their influence. Some
of them certainly need the good will, even ~ 1 a
slog.
Man Lost.
Information is wanted as to the whereabouts
of Charles Oise, a deranged man of Thompson
Centre, Susq. Co., l'a., who lot his home a few
days since. Wore tan-eolored linen pants and
white vest, Ifad no coat and was bare-footed.
Talks a great deal to himself. Any person who
can give any information in regard to him, will
confer a great favor by writing to IRA Hrsins,
Thompson Center, Susq. Co., Pa. Exchanges
please copy.
More about Grasshoppers.
Mn. Ennuis :—Years ago I first observed the
worm like appearance in these insects, when
using them as a bait for the catehing of fish.
Shortly after (say for illustration) in the ensiling
spring when I Was breaking sod land tar corn.
I observed this same appearing little WfWal
nes, th.ri atipth of two inches
in a compact manner resent - ming:l oso
as if slipped from a pen holder. Alder reading
Mr. Wells note on this subject my son and my•
self while in the meadow had an examination
fur further sato:tat:lion. We not only found the
throad like worm but also a white grub of the
size of a grain! of wheat apparently lifeless.
which upon exposure to the air, soon assumed
life and action very much like the larvae of
flies deposited in decaying flesh of dead animals.
dorm' BRADSHAW.
Aug. 4, '7l
Correction.
We have been inforrped that the " duel" men
tioned by our Lathrop correspondent as happen
ing at llophottoin, July 4th, was entirely false
in that particular, as the 4hole transaction as
described, happened on board the train between
Hopbottom and New 'Milford, and we hasten to
make the correction. It is believed by Mr. Wil
mer* the proprietor of Wilmarth's Hotel, Hop
bottom, that our correspondent gave it that lo
cation for the express purpose of casting reflec
tions upon the place and his hotel. If such was
the case we consider it the most vile and con
temptible method to vent personal spleen of
which any person could be guilty, and we can
not employ language that is too severe in de
nouncing such a course, Any person who will
he-thus guilty of imposing upon the confidence
of an editor and his readers must rank among
the lowest order of society. We have taken
pains to enquire respecting the reputation of
Wilmartles Hotel, and we find that it ranks
among the first class of country hotels.
Another Bail Road Link.
The Scranton " Republican" says that on
Saturday afternoon, August the first train of
cats that ever passed over a locomotive railroad
between the cities of Wilkes-bane and Carbon
dale, passed through this city, via. the L. & S.
railroad, to its destination. This train consisted
of forty-five cars loaded with coal, the locomo
tive and caboose. Mr. John Campbell was con
ductor, and 31. li. Besecker, engineer. Super
intendent Manville, of the D. & IL C., was on
the train, and took charge of Its passage over
this route, which a through train had, never be
fore traversed. This is en important event in
the railroad and coal interests of these regions,
and will make an interesting era In the history
of railroad operations m the Lackawanna and
Wyoming valleys.
Questions for Boys.
Boys who arc just starting out in the world
to do for yourselves, to make your mark and ac
complish sonic good, thereby obtaining the hon
or and respect 'Of all with whom you come in
contact, how 4 do you spend your evenings ? /Sit
at the saloons, theatres and in loafing on the
street corners, or is it at home engaged in study
or reading some useful book f Now we take it
Air granted there are no young men having re
spectable parents but that, when they drat sot
out in life, have a desire to be thought well of
and to gain some point of distinction in the
world, but the important question Is how to do
it. The boy who spends his evenings upon the
streets or frequenting saloons, beer .gardens or
theatres is pretty sure to yield to the giant temp
tations to do evil and be minded, era he is aware
of it, Into the whirlpool of dissipation and deg
redation and end with a life of crime and mist
ry, while the instance of taro occurrence where
the one who stays at home and employs his time
properly falls into &gra& of any sort, but on
the contrary generally grows up to be distin
guished by ail who know him as a model after
whom they should pattern; •
rgrA. tomato from the Garden of Mr. IL P,
Tunell, is upon oar table, weighing ono pound
and three (meet
Efficient Labor.
Democrats who..wish to see their party suc
cessful should aft assist their home paper, to
strengthen the,bands pc its editor, contribute to
its columns every item of local interest:eruleav
oring to extend its circulation as far as in their
power, assistp dispeminating democratic truths
in every part of thepolitical vineyard,r4ulial*
to build up a paper that will be a credit to them
at home and abroad. This done and they will
have accomplished more for their party and its
principles than anything else in the line of po
litical duty that could be allotted theca to per
form in .the ,most liotlysonlSsleti
Every paper they arc the means of sending to
another is a messenger of truth. It l?likc cast
ing bread upon the waters and will return to
reward them and benefit the party. Let the
good work go on.
Effects of Smoking.
Here and there about the street corners you
will see a lot of urchins, some of them decently
clad and presenting a respectable appearance,
who arc engaged in asserting their manhood by
puffing away at execrable cigars. It is fair to
presume that their anxious mamas are not aware
of the foul habits theit darling boys pick up and
practice outside of the parental root, but for
their benefit they should know that it is stated
that a French'physiclan has investigated the ef
feet of smoking on thirty-eight boys, between
the ages of nine and fifteen, who were addicted
to the habit. Tent-seven presented distinct
symptoms of nicotine poison. In twenty-two
there were serious disorders of the circulation,
Indigestion, dullness of intellect, and a marked
appetite for strong drinks; in three there was
heart-affection ; in eight deviled deterioration of
blood; in twelve there was freynent epitasis;
ten had disturbed sleep, and four had ulceration
of the mucous membrane of the mouth. It is
cagy, then, to see how the ranks of the drunk
ards and dissolute men " aliont town" are re
cruited, when there are so many boys In train
ing for deliritina tremens and the horrors of dis
sipation.
Dbitroming Suicide.
On yesterday morning about balfpast nine
o' c lock, our town was thrown Into a feverish
stale of excitement, from the announcement of
a suicide, by taking strychine, of Julia Tuttle.
aged about 17 years, daughter of Mr. Horace
Tuttle, saloon keeper, on Troy street,- The only
reason assigned for this rash act of self-destruc
tion is, the proposed removal of her parents to
lilossburg, Tiop county. Julia bad said e:.-
eitedly to members of the (tinily, and others,
"Ill:It she would remain in Canton, if; she Itad
to be put underground in the grave-yard." This
threat was regarded as nothing more than ex
treme regret at leaving the presmt place of
abode.
Miss Tattle W. 15 a young 'lady of genial.
nrlm-.3.40,ing in appearance, anA
many warm trienth.
No blame c.,n properly he attached to the
clerk in Mk & Whitman's drug store, as the
representations made to him Ifv the young lady,
on inquiay wits, "that the strychinc was needed
to exterminate rats, with which their how.: was
much infeted." On this plausible pretext the
deadly drug was prepared, properly
and delivered.—Cotton Maine/.
Slltsle Lake Items.
J 1 n. EDITOR : —Thinking that some of the
readers of your valuable paper would be inte
rested in hearing trim this part of the ektitry
is what prompted me to pert you these few
—With retard to the crops, as a general thing,
they u ill fall t low the average of other 3 ears.
still we have not as mind' reason to complain
' fanner. - of adjoining towns and coun
their " s-bury." fti
not to pay us a visit. "Destroy as you gn,"
must have been the motto adopted by them at
their last meeting ere they started on their " an
nual %WC for they had, as far as heard from,
evinced a desire to and do lire on the "fat of
the land." Tlie hay crop Is not up t 4 the usual
standard. The unusual drouth in May, it is
thought, has chiefly been the cause of producing
this apparent decrease. Corn, that staple Jiro.
duct, will in most cases prove a decided success.
Oats have thirty won a triumph, and the old
grumbler, at this crop are forced to admit that
they ate agreeably disapPointed. Totatoes will,
if appearances do not prove decePtive, be up to
their Usual yield. 'Buckwheat will I think front
present indications warrant ins in saying that
slatrjacks"'will be full and plenty for the com
ing winter. Fruit, though not as good as the
early part of the season seemed to Say. It would
be, will nevertheless prove a very fruitful yield.
"The unsettled state of the weather hes deterred
many of our farmers from saving and storing
their hay in as good 'condition as they would
wish to. Bat, when we consider the fact that
what they lose in one crop they gain in another,
we must allow that it "might be worse." ,
—The many fine,structUres in course of erec
tion throughout the town is abundant-proof that
our farmers realize the benefits and pleasure to
be derived from having "comfortable homes."
Mr, E. K. Dill, whose dwelling was totally de-
molished by the " whirlwind" which visited this
part of the town a few weeks ago, is making the
necessary preparations to erect a more substan
tial edifice on the site of the old one—one which
if it does not wholly withstand the storms which
the future may bring, will at least oiler a more
formidable resistance than the one did which
this storm destroyed. Mr. John Shea has built
him a very good " bant." The fertility of his
land made it necessary for hint to do set, in or
der to accommodate h 1.4 crops. The Catholics
of our town are rebuilding their church, which
was consumed by the' a fiery clement" more than
a year ago. The one in course of erection will
be nearly opposte the site of the former one; it j
is to bo 40w 80 feet, and will he when finished a
noble edifice. The contractor is Mr. L. 0. Day,
an creterprisitrg young builder; he is rapidly,
pushing the work to completion. It will seat
nearly one thousand persons:
,—There arc many other things I wouldspeak
of hut for fear of Intruding on your columns.
If anything of fhterest transpires, yommay hear
from me again. onskitvr.n.
Silver Lake, Amos& 8, 1871.
Fruit.
One of the greatest luxuries of the summer is
its frdits. 'ft is indeed not only a huniy, bid a
provision of nature for the promotion of health
during the season when there is supposed to be
the greatt-et liability to disease. If. all the fruits l i
are property usixl in their season they undoubt
edly tend to promote a healthful condition of the •
system and ward off fevers and other forms of
summer disense. But everything depends upon
its proper use. It should be perfectly
,ripe,and
perfectly fresh, or at least perfectly sound, It
should not have any taint of decay, - To gel
fruit that is ripe and sound is not so easy pipet
ter in the city as It ought to be, writ especial
tare Is necessary on the part at housokiceltc4
sge that no green or rotten Neches MO put on
the table, as nothing Is repro detrimental to
health than ,fruit ht . thesu 'Conditions', rfliother
berries or the larger varlettp, Iq thg country
there is no excuse for our but the freshest and
best, as their:Mt - Cid' be:Loki:lt Item the bushes or
trees as witutA auti
. 4;9404 tq the table per
fectly ripe and fresh, forming a delicious amnia
panitnent to the ordinasy real; but too little
llitgatiQO bas 0 4 1 tivatien, of
fruit In the rutul tlitstiicts ocept cut: truuket pup
poses. If the teachings of the doctors Is true
there is prevalent error concerning the time foil
using fruit, which must also have some effect on
the health. An old adage pronounces it "gold ,
en at morn, silver at noon and lead at night ~
and the, teachings of hygienic writers strongly
support thosame view. But in most families it
isptirbably i :inore freely used at evening than at
any other time. If used but once it is for tea,
while those who make a more frequent use of it
do not omit it at the third meal, making It lead
instead of gold. If any ore disposed to experi
ment or test the theory they will certainly find
that a free use of it in the morning and a very
sitting itie of h - at night will be followed by
very pleasant effects:upon the health. But pee- ,
ple will generally consult their tastesin all these
matters rather than the rules of the doctors.
Catholic Church Dedication.
We are pleased to learn of the success of the
energetic efforts of our Subscriber Rev. J. A.
McCabe, of Erie Pa,* native of this county * ,
'bo bas a large circle of relatives and fdends
among our rcadm, Mr. McCabe has been
building a new Catholic March, the pioneer
church, in the city of Erie which has lately been
completed in all its parts, and which is entirely
free from debt, all amompilehed by his own
Unassisted efforts.
To give our 'cadets an idea of fftehlgfreuteeml
in which 31r. McCabe is held in that section, wer
copy the following particAirs of the . dedleatloni
and complimentary allusion to Rev. Mr. McCabe,
front the Erie Divnich:
"On yesterday at half-past ten o'clock a. m.,
the new Catholic Church, on West Sixth Street ?
near the Pittsburgh dolls, was dedicated to thy
worship of Almighty God, by Bishop-Mullen,.
assisted by Rev. Mr. Phelan, of Pittsburg vlienr,
Mr. Briody, of Forestville, N. Y.; lieve:
Cabe, from the Cathedral and other elergyment.
The church was crowded to i etceTs. Al half ,
past ten precisely, the Bish9rfentered the church'
in full pontifical robes, followed by the clergy,.
and proceeded to the Wilt altar, where the
Litany of the Sainte was !intoned, invoking ei
blessing on the edifice. Mier which the Bishop..
accompanined by the clergy went around the .
church, sprinkling it with holy water. Thee
Mass was then commenced, which was celebrat
ed by Rev. Mr. Briody, of Forestville, N. Y.
After reading the gospel, Rev. Mr. Phelan, of
Pittsburgh, ascended the altar, and preached a.
beautiful awl impressive sermon on the dedica
tion of the new church, after which Bishop
Mullen made a few remarks, congratulating thG
' Catholics 01 this city, the adding another church ,
I and paid a high compliment to Rev. Mr. McCabe,.
, of the ('athednd, for the untiring -zeal and en
erg)• he displayed since he commenced the con
struction of this church, and which he has now
brought to a successful termination. The MA-
I !!!, !lid not forget the men, calling themsdres
Cith”tio, who bring disgrace on themselves,
heir country, and the Church, by rioting and
orunkenml,s, and never paying heed to the
nd
vie, .4 . their Pastors. These men were not
Caihol;es, as they were disowned by the Church.
After the Bishop's address, the Mass was con
fueled, at the conclusion of which the Mho()
gave the benediction.
Purt of the choir of St. Mary's Church were
present, under the leadership of Col. Schtian
decker, assisted by Miss Dutlinger and [Miss
Katie, sopranos ; alto, Miss Frey : tenor, Charles
Mehl, and Cod Schlautlecker and Frank &Wan
decker, bassos. The melodeon was presided
over by Mr. Lejeal, of SL Mary'A, Elk county.
The Mss: was in D, and was finely rendered by
the choir.
Abduction of u Vousia Girl
on the niorning of the 19th of .111,gust, Mr.
dos l d, I'a7e saw a girl beckoning to Mtn from
kland in the Delaware river. Ile procurM
. host. :and trunk the girl to the mam land, 614
said her name w•as Ileten Slater, and that she
hail been living in the family of David Fertman,
Tyler Hill, Warne county.
On the previous evening she was visiting a
neighbor, and on returning home was kidknap
pest by f o ur men and taken away to a "lonely
place in the woods, where the crime was com
mitted. She was then taken to the Delaware
river, about two miles away, where, in strug
gling and serkming for help,. she was beaten
about the head and shoulders until insensible.
She. was then taken to the island. Mr. Page left
her on the main land.
hearing of the circumstance, the neighbors
started in search of her, but the girl was not
found until Sunday rooming, when she appear
ed in Coebecton, in the vecinity, presenting a
pitiable appearance. She said the had had
nothing to eat since Wednesday morning, and
had slept in the woods at night. A severe cut
was found on the back of her head, and her
shoulder was badly bruised.
On the evening previous to her reappearance
two young men, named Thomas Keats and John
Gun, were arrested in Coebecton on the charge
of abducting the girl and attempting to murder
her. Several other persons suspected were sub
sequently arrested. At the hearing on Monday,
Keats was committed to await trial, and the
others were discharged for want of evidence.
Magazine Notices.
Wiwilhouse's Household Magazine" for Au
g-us!, continues to demonstrate the wondennal
success which has attended this periodical during
the past four years. Its motto seems to be
"How much for flow Little ;",for there is no
other Magazine in the world, which gives so
much for so little money. James Parton, Phce.
be Cary, Dr. Din Lews, Rev. Thomas K. Beech
er, Dr. W. W. Hall and Gail Hamilton are reg
ular contributors. Among its occasional con
tributors arc Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horace,
Greeley, Brick Pomeroy, Mary Clemmer Ames,
Joel T. Headley and John G. Saxe.
The publishers have not only procured the
very best literary talent, but they have wend
such a variety and adaptation of matter as make
it a general favorite among all classes. It blends
amusement with instruction in a way to enlight
en the underrdanding and develope the affec
tions ; and its monthly visits are welcomed alike
by the young, the middle-aged and the old.
We would advise ever? one of our subscrib
ers to at once address the publishers S. S. Wood
it Co., Newburgh, N. Y., who will mail thew
months numbers of the Magazine free to every
person who will furnish his address..
Christian -Weekly.
We commend to our readers' earnest alert
'lion Ilex. Dr. Curler's ternpentnee appeal in tho
prostrated Uhrbat r att IVeck/7 of this week. It is
entitled, " Over the Falls.,'"aed is illustrated with
a fall page view et the Falls Qi . .S. l ..ualgs,he3UlA,
hilly designed anti printed,
Other illastrated articles are on etha Cityy op
Jorlehc the "Velocity of Light
ed," showing the need, of every younßChr*tictu,
for lounan help; the "Grain Fleet of the tittilSO e l
like? ;"' and the "Loa Sheep, Fourul," besid
'numerous general articles., Fox, solo by 134
ackvstica(d4 At oXtly A.v,o 44t$ cc
eutuvron .I'LEASANTO.II REMOVED.-.
At' tho CAbinet tgeettPil held al' 12 kw
Tuesday, Counnissionor Pleasanton's
tlioyat tas agree() neon,
Dough - ks, First Doputy Commis,.
sioner 011.14teinul Rayeage, nets in MI
place RAW Lis sueeessouis apriutetl :
R. liTanot ltas bon .
4P1) 0 /44 4 .1
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
His al) . paintatentplaces all tlo maflage i
merit of 1u lirsu 411101 . 0 A the hada attha
Peace Commissioners, : o which he is 4
member,
—A divorced wife returns tq the bosom
of her family, by assuring her ungrateful
sponse that J. ?4onroe Taylor's Cream
Yeast Baking Powder will remove lir
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