.the Poutroot ginnorrat.
5. B. lIAWLEI", EDITOR.
iticriv-Tuoik." PENNI% I
WEDNESDAY. £tGVST 23. 1871.
OEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
von AtTDIToII GENERAL,
GEN: WILLIAM BITAIsiDq.SS,
OP FU!LLDELPBLL
Too sonvioroa olurrium,
CAPT.JA.MES IL.CODPER,
or uvincsoro corwri.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
Yon Er=ATOLL
REICHtIT T. STEPHENS—Great Bend.
[Subject to decision of Conference.]
Pon zsPructssicTATlvE.
DANIEL BREWSTERr-Montrosa
FOR DISTRICT ATTOILIISY.
GEORGE P. LlTTLE—Mottuese.
TOE COUNTY TELBASUREA.
GEORGE B. McCOLLEM—New Milord.
• Ton ASSOCIATE =nom.
HENRY J. WEBS—Montrose.
GAYLORD CL RTlSS—Susquehanna Depot.
FOB CONMISSIONEIL
FREDERICK TAGGERT—Middletown.
FOIL COUNTY AIIDITOIL
L. C. S3llTll—Widgewater.
10' A Full Poll of the Democratic Vote _Ea
lar will Secure the Election of Our State„el
far Ticket by a large Majority. -6111
W Let Every Democrat Remember that,lirj
Wand Imprm the Truth of It Upon the jigi
ligr Minds of His Neighbors!! -4EI
American Protection.
The New York Bulletin defines Pre.-
tection thus: "What is American Pro
tection ? It is that extraordinary govern
mental policy which would grant to a few
favored capitalists, engaged in certain
branches of manufacture and production,
privileges at the expense of the great
mass of the people. It is that system of
legislation which would place such re-
DLL ictitma upon a oommotoo as shall deny
to Ameri. .
supplying their wants in the easiest,
cheapiest and best way, and compel them
to eat, drink, and wear such articles as the
government shall choose to designate. It
is that system which, under the pretext of
£stering the development of domestic
:ndustries, creates and sustains vast and
oppressive monopolies which prosper at
the expense of all classes of the commu—
nity, and which - arc lifted to financial
prosperity by means of an onerous and
burdensome taxatiqn, which none can es
cape but those who go naked and starve
out of doors. It is that system which
purporting to sea the welfare of the
American working-man, diverts labor
from naturally remunerative occupations
into artificial and naturally unprofitable
industries, which enchances the cost of
living in a ratio more than proportionate
to the enchancement of wages, and which
deprives the people of all natural com
mercial advantages which would be en
joyed were the productive labor of the
country employed in self-sustaining in
dustries. It is that system which seeks to
deprive the American people of all the
advantages which would result from un
restricted commercial intercourse with
other nations, and to deny them the en
joyment of those best able to supply their
manifold and increasing necessities and
desires. It is that system which, failing
to accomplish the ends for which is is pre
sumably devised, has paralyzed many
branches of industry to stimulate a few,
which has driven our commerce from the
ocean, rendered us dependent upon for
eign carriers, and deprived ns of our for
', mer rank among the maritime nations of
the world. It is that system, in short,
which, without benefiting the country in
any respect, levies the most burdensome
and odious taxation—taxation to sustain
and enrich monopolists—on all we eat,
drink, wear, have, or use, except the air
we breathe. Can such a system be based
upon any principle of right, justice or ex
pediency, or can it long be tolerated in
any country or among any people.''
Inadleal Dellslemtoll.
We think we do not " betray private
confidence" when we say that the Repub
lican leaders, including the Chairman of
the State Central Committeeare in nivel
of trouble just now, which will be demon
strated in a few days. The pow-wowing
which is going on in the East is serious,
but the murder will out.
When we published the above says the
Pittsburg Post, a few days ago, it was in
reference to the defalcation now announc
ed on the part of Republican officials.
Only three hundred and sixty-five thous
and dollars, one thonsand dollars per day,
for one year. There has been an extraor
dinary effort made to cover the matter
up, and save the party,, bat all for "nix."
A leading official, who has been possessed
of this information for some time, feared
that if this thing got out, it was all up
with them this fall. It is needless to say
itis out. Governor Geary has the door,
and "must rise to explain." We want to
know who bagged the spoil?
rr Our Radical neighbors aro sick
over the Kentucky election and do not
furnish their readers with the latest.news.
The latest returns show that Gov. Leslie
polled about ien thousand niore votes Man
any caudtdate . erer seemed in Kentucky
and that hie majority, is sitiont forty
thousand—a gain of seven thousand over
last year:
Loss OF LIFE BY EARITIQrAKES.—Not
lonzago . 6o,ooo people, k was estimate d, were buried by the earthquake which de.
atroyed Mendona; 40,000 perished at
Quito in 17971 . 60,000 at Lisbon in 1755;
74,000 at Messina in 1692; 300,000 by
two earthquake in Antioch - in the sixth
and seventh centuries; 120,000 in Syria
in the same country . upon another coca
elan a catastrophe in Mexico carried off
00010,000 personkiand ono ij Calabria, 40.-
Scandalous Allegations !
Weauncerrox, August I.
Mr. William l'..Wood, late Chief of
Secret Services of the Treasury' Depart
ment, published a card to-day severely SS
sailing Secretary Boutwell. He was for a
long tinac t in a position to know the secret
workings- of the department, and he
threatens to publish a pamphlet in which,
he says, he will prove the following facts :
First—That there are millions of dol
lars of government • bonds-which have
been or arc now in daily process of ex
change.and redemption, while the true
owners are receiving the interest due on
said bonds. The identical bonds on which
such interest is being drawn have been re
deemed or by the government
under Secretary Boutwell, as also his pre
decessor, through the connivanee of un
scrupulous bankers and ignoranf and cor
rupt officials of the government by eras
ures and fictitious numbering of genuine
bonds, the result of which will be that
the creditors of the, government will eith
er have to suffer the loss of their bonds.or
be relieved from loss by some special set
of Congress, in which case the govern
ment, will be losers of thousands'', and
thousands of dollars on the registered
bonds alone.
Second—lt will be shown that the pa
per transactions of the Treasury Depart..
ment are of each character they will not
bear a fair examination without exhibi
ting the Secretary's ignorance of the sub
ject or his connivance at the glaring
frauds or favoritism which has been in
practice under his administration of the
department. He will also show that fibre
paper for bank note or other purposes as
a preventive against countereiting is a de
lusive theory which will be established by
statistics, details, and mechanical exper
ience. It will alio be proven that the
honorable Secretary disposed of the valu
able papermaking machinery of the gov
ernmentat one-fourth its original cost,
and at leas than one half of the sum of
fered foethe machinery by parties not his
favorities.
Thera—That through GoOrge S. Bout
well's Want of manliness he stoops to pet
ty, mean resorts to defame those around
him who do not volunteer subservience to
his dictation, indifferent. himself as to
whetlirr such do ations are in accordance
with law or otherwise; and such exam
ales will be given as should make every
I 1. 11(11 ideal dema
gogue who now presiues overme
nry Department.
Fourth—A synopsis of his clerical mer
cantile, and political history will be giv
en, as well as his career as Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, and by examples an
inquiry will be submitted to know in what
other light than a defaulter to the gov
ernment the now Secretary Bontwell can
be regarded because of the amount ex
pended, malappropriated, or purloined,
equal in amount to -between two and
three millions of dollars, during his ad
ministration of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau, and which remains unsettled to the
present day.
Mr. Wood - closes his communication as
follows :
During the interval I may forward a
communication to General Phisonton; the
present Commissioner of Internal Reven
ue, inquiring of him under what law and
from what specially appropriated funds I
am to be paid the amount conditioned by
virtue of the commission and written
agreement which I now hold from Hon.
George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the
Treasury. It being a well known fact that
Congress refused to pass a bill giving him
authority as Secretary of the Treasury to
make conditions in such cases. I will en
close in the said communication of in
quiry the original commission to myself
from the Groton financier, by which the
Commissioner may comprehend the rea
son for the interest taken in that special
ty, and with the explanations and proof I
will furnish show the unblushing hypoc
risy and sneaking treachery of the man
who, unfortunately for the country, is now
desirous of running the Treasury Do
partment as if he owned the whole con
cern.
Goy. Geary Talks Sound Demoera.
A reporter of the New York Herald
has recently been interviewing some of
the Republican leaders Fla Pennsylvania,
among them Governor Geary. The Gov
ernor was willing to give his opinions to
the public, and from the tenor of them,
it is hard to resist the conclusion that he
is coming back to his old love, the Demo
cratic party. In answer to a question
what relations he held with General
Grant, be said,:
" Very good, so far as I know. * •
Perhaps Grant don't like my position on
the bayonet question, but I can't help it.
As the Governor of this Commonwealth
I was bound in my message to allude 'to
that. and I do condemn the action of the
general movement in using the marines
at Philadelphia during the election of last
year. I don't believe in that policy, and
I never can be made to believe in it, Had
I the power I would give the South uni
versal amnesty. Then I would say, 'You
are put upon your good behavior. Hold
your elections in your own way. Elect
yonr candidates. Let the elections be
conducted fairly. If you are not able to
maintain order, let your Governors or
Legislatures call upon me, and I will back
them with the whole power of the gov
ernmet: I believe that would have done
more to secure peace than anything else.
You can't govern this people with the bay
onet. Whenever it comes to that the re
public is a failure,rind we bad better con
fess it. Better have fifty fights at the
polls than to have the bayonet there.
—The Hartford Times tells of a Boston
man latel y in that city, who ate raw oysters
off the shell till the waiter nearly dropped
from exhaustion ; then looked at his watch
and exclaimed, "By Jore ! Fre only got
ten minutes to get to the cars in, and
mnst,break off right in the middle of a
lunch. It's too bad—too bad. Just my
hick. 'Can't never get enough' to eat out
side of Boston." Ile was only charged
the ordinary price of twenty-five cents a
dozen for nice, large, fat bivalves, and yet
his lunch cost five dollars and fifty cents.
He • made away with two hundred and
sixty-four oysters, which only served to
whet his appetite.
—A. pew-holder in Middletown, C o nn,
findings stranger in bid pew, on a recent
Sunday, dragged him out by the
and then joined devoutly in the bytan,—
" Come to the house of Prayer."
"Mercy to me, MiEBll4 what nice
biscuit I bare made from J. Monroe Tay.
lot's Cream Yeast Baking Powder."
Demeeistie County Coutrentto.n.
The Democratic County Convention
met at the Court House, Monday 21st.
hist., and organised by electing Oliver_
Lathrop, President; and G. Curtis and D,
Brewster Vide-Presidents, B. W. Smith
and S. E. Carpenter, Secretaries. Twen
ty-eight Townships and Boroughs were
represented in the Convention.
The following list of delegates were'
present:
Anburn.--CliakL. Loir; WM. E." Ben=
nett; Bridgewater.—E. L. Cool, 0. M.
Crane ; Choconut —Christopher Byrne;
Brooklyn.—Ansel Sterling, James Hewitt;
Clifford.—Henry Cuddeback, John Bol
ton ; Dundaff.—Jasper Witter, Oliver
Coyle; Dimock.—A. W. Main, Wm. Bun
nell ;—Forest Lake.—John Bradshaw,
haze Strange; Franklin.—O.M. Hall, J.
C.'Wheaton ; Friendsiille.—James Mead,
C. Hamlin ; Gibson.--Geo. Entrot, Geo.
Roberts; Geat Bend' township.—Robert.
Fergnson, T. D. Plays; Great - Bend bor.
—John H. Dusenbut7,, A. B Whiting.;
Harford,—Peter Williams. S. E.' Carpen
ter ; Harmony.—J. 13. Stevens, W. V.
Norton ; Jackson.— Ambrose Benson,
-Leander Griffis; Jessup.—John Smith, G.
H. Harvey; Lathrop.—D. Willmartn, M.
V. Bisbee; Lenox.—Sylvaiins Titus, H.
Marcey ; A. Tompkins, D.
P. Butts; Little Meadows.L.- B: Dond,
J. C. Maddox •, Middletown.—John T.
Buxton, Otis Ross ; Montrose.—E. W.
Smith, D. Brewster ; New Milford town
ship.—Oliver Lathrop, Elliott Aldrich ;
New Milford boro.—Cyrus Barlow,Wm.
Hayden ; Bush.—A. Carter, Jas. Reding;
Springville.—Fred. H. Bunnell, Myron
C. Hendrick ; Susquehanna Depot. —G.
Curtis, E: N. Smith ; Silver Lake.—Jos
eph Ward, D. F. Donavan.
The convention then proceeded to
nominate and ballot for the different offi
ces, with the following result:
FOIL SEXATOR.
A Lathrop, Montrose, 3 votes
Dr. LB. Lathrop, Springville,....3 a
R. T. Stephens, Great Bend. 50 "
REPRESENT ATI V E.
M. C. Sutton, Frieudsville...
D. Brewster, Montrose
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
G. P. Little! Montrose—Nominated by
acclamation.
(1 . D Le—column, New Milton' boro.—
Nominated by acclamation. ,
ASSOCIATE Junoes-Ist. ballot.
G. Curtis, Susquehanna Depot..so votes.
I. lleckhow, Great Bend 6 ti
A. N. Bullard, Montrose -4 "
F. M. Williams " 8 {I
11. J. Webb, 15 "
John Bradshaw, Forest , Lake....lS "
Williams and Bullard - withdniwn.
2d. ballot.
H. J. Webb...
John Bradshaw
COMMISSION Ell
Ballots-Ist 2d 3d
John IL Claflin, Gibson, 14 10 5
Fred. Taggart, M iddletow n, 33 25 27
Leander Griffis, Jackson, 16 17 21
AU )ITOR.
L C. Smith, Bridgewater.
A. B. Griffis, Forest Lake
On motion I. T. Stephens was empow
ered to select his own conferees at his own
pleasnre.
On motion Elliot Aldrich.
tnarth„C. Byrne were appointed illepre
sentatiie Conferee&
The names of the County Committee
will be published hereafter.
Terrible Earthquake Calarolly ,
Batavia papers contain details of a ter
rible calamity which has visited the' is
land of Tag°lauda, in the Malay Archi
pelago.
The volcono of Paiwang brake cut, af
ter a long interval of inactivity. It ww ,
preeeileehy a terrible earthquake, which
unroofed the dwellings and rent their
walls assunder.
The erruption was onto( the most
fearful character. Several craters opened
around the side of the volcano, and con
tinued their action at. the same time, the
rapidity of the explosion causing a tre
mendous roar, which was heard all over
the neighboring islands.
The outbreak -was accompanied by a
concussion of the sea. A wave forty yards
in height issued with lightning speed, and
swept all the human beings, houses, cattle,
and horses from the surface of the island.
From every crater proceeded Bashes of
electric lightning and volumes of smoke.
Red hot stones, disrupted fragments of
rock said currents of mud were thrown
with immense force high into the air, and
the earth was rent open all around the
volcano.
Besides covering the whole surface of
the island, the matters thrown out accu
mulated in some places, forming hills see
end hundred feet high. Amid the most
terrific explosion an island suddenly rose
up from the sea.
Four hundred and sixteen persons, all
Malays, are stated to have perished by the
erruption. Not a single being on the is
land could be saved.
Fanatical Leagues.
The New York Telegram, in an article
referring to the efforts being made in dif
ferent parts of the country to organize
secret leagues, Protestant and auti-Pro-,
testant, secretarian clubs, &c., says:
All these organizations, be they politi
cal clubs, sedretarian regiments of Catho
lics, or secret leagues of Protestants, are=
equally detestable to good citizens and are
a growing menace to our liberties and pro
gress. and we call upon the government of
the lJnited States, if State or municipal
governments cannot or will not repress
them, to use its utmost power to repress
each and every one of th esemovernen ts. All
citizens who are worthy the name of citi
zens we know will indorse our appeal ir
respective of creed, political sympathy or
nationality, for as sure as this spirit of in
fernal import is allowed to'grow we shall
have scenes of violence enacted in our
land before which all past occasions of
turbulence and riot will become mere pas
time. It is not necessary that we should
detail the horrors of such a situation in
advance; every intelligent mind will rea
lize them for itself and will recoil from
the reflection afterwards. But we want to
make our warning heard among the peo
ple of every creed in this land, and shall
counsel with our loudest voice the
a stamping out," by any and every means
that May beconr necessary of this dist*.
ly spirit of sedition. Citizens! Seepvib
flattt watch.on these social firebrands, and
wherever they show themselves, drawn
them with the torrent of your indignant
ostracism and contempt.
Another Appalling Disaster.
The great number of terrible accidents
occurring this seasoft\is allieme- of prir
found meditation. Pittston had but Ittit
partial recovered "frOM., the horribg
memories of the burriintOf the Lehigh
Valley shaft, when she is called upion to
witness fully as terrible a catastrophe,
I though not so large i l l its scope. w The
particulars of - IMO 6164 an r i loAhen
accident we condense from the Daily
Times:
• Prrrsrox"; August 12.
This morning at abort ten o'clock,, it
vas rumored that the fire damp in the
Eagle shaft had exploded, walling in.the
miners and laborers employed—twenty in
number—in the shaft. We ithmediattly
repaired to the scene of this dWtster, and
found, alas, that it was only too true.
When we arrived on the ground, which
was.about 10:30 A. tr., there were at least
1,000 persons assembled, many of whom
had relatives or friends at work in the
mine. The grief of the women. was be
yond description. Crowding aboht the
mouth of the shaft they gave vent Co their
feelings, and the air was filled with their
heartrending lamentations. Little' Chil
dren Clung closely to their mothers, sonic
anxiously watching every move, others
giving way in sympathy to the great grief
everywhere Manifest. Others clasped
their little hands and joined with their
mothers iu a prayer to God for the preser
cation of their fathers. •
Preparations to descend the shaft were
immediately made, and at thirty-five min
utes past ten o'clock about twenty men
descended, and in fifteen minutes return
ed, bringing the body of Benjamin Davis.
Ile was foundnear the foot of the shaft,
and was lying upon his face dead.
Joseph Jones, a driver, was also found
lid the foot of the shaft.' Ile was alive
and did not seem to have suffered a great
deal, although he was deathly pale.
Wurk was rapidly continued, and at
12:40 the body of Riau Jones was brOnght
u p e was found in the south ~eungway.
I about H 800 feet from the foot of Ow Shaft,
land 'vas lying on his back.
At 3:35 the body of Thomas Leyshon
was brought. Judging from the appear
ance of his countenance he died a very
hard death.
I lie resided on Oregon Hill, and leaves
a wife and four children. He was about
forty years of age..
liv 4 o'clock Tuesday morning all the
bodies had been recovered. The features
Of a number of them were composed, and
they looked as though death had come
ridiom them gently.
TUE VICTIM&
The folloe•hge is a correct list of the
victims, whether married or single, age,
etc.:.
David Owens, resided on Railroad
street ; forty-live; years of age. His son,
Richard Owens, who was also in the mine,
was the only child he had. A wife is left
to bewail the I ss of father and son ; Da- ,
I viAl Harris, Welsh Hill. forty-three years
lot age, leaves seven children :James Mor
gan, forty-two years old, leaves a wife and
three children ; John Morgan, son of
James Morgan, sivteen years of age ;
!1.1.7din Morgan and son were in the West
Pittston shaft at the time of the disaster
there, and barely escaped with their llves:j
! Robert it..iones, forty yoorp of age, wife
and three children ; Thomas Reese,thirty
six rears of age, wife and three
,philardn
Edward Owen, thirty-nine r ears of age.
„single. lie was the support of an aged
father and mother; Benjamin Davis, mar
ried ; Evan E. Jones. married ; Thomas
Leyshon, married ; Benjamin Williams,
single ; James Jones, married ; Patrick
Quinlan, married; John cave ; Martin
:Mangan, driver boy ; Robert ughes, sin
gle; Thomas Reese, mart* ; Charles
!'rice; Henry Harris, the mine boss;
Thomas Tucker, acting footman, and
James Jones, a driver, with John Mere
dith, a miner, and Robert Davis, his la
borer (who were working on a slope run
ning in another direction,) were in the
mine at the time of the explosion, but est
eared unhurt.
The Eagle shaft is owned and operated
by Alvah Tompkins, and has always been
considered a "tiro bole"--,to use the ex.-
pression of a miner- -asit has always
been with the groapit difficulty that a
sufficiency of pinT aft NAM be forced M-
Ito the shaft. We arc told that three men
lost their lives abort two years since by
the explosion of a fire damp in this shaft.,
The theories and cenjecturesaS to the
cause of the disaster are many. Some are
of the opinion that there was a great
fail of coal in the chambers or gangways
a mile or more from the shaft, which
drove all We pure air out of the mine,
leaving We men to die for want of air, or .
from breathing the poisonous gases arising
I from the debris. The general opinion is,
however, that the calamity was caused—as
stated above—by the explosion of the fire
I damp. The first intimation that anything
was wrong, had by those outside, was the
rattling and jostling of the descending
car. The air rushed out of the shaft with
such velocity as to stop for a moment the
descent of the carriage on which was an
empty car.
G votes
50 "
.. 54 "
...20 a
30 votes
.20 "
Rudlcat Discussion.
The Elmira Gazette has the following
little story: A few days since a large par
ty of Brooklyn Republicans were congre
gated in a saloon in that city. Among
them was E. D. Webster and Gen. I. S.
Catlin, Assistant - United States District
Attorney and brother-in-law of B. F.
Tracy, Esq , United States District Attor.
ney. The subject of discussion was poli
tics, and the state of feeling between Tra
cy and Webster was toucbed upon and
Webster becoming vehemently excited,
said to Mr. Catlin : "Tracy is °cock-eyed
thief. God Almighty has put a mark on
him just us he did on Ben Butler." Mr.
Catlin, nothing" tLannted, though ho has
lost a leg, andWebstefis a whole and able
bodied man, replied in iindication of this
assault upon the chameter of diitlh
guished brother-in-law t "He did, 'eh.?
Well, 111 put a mark on you." Forth
with he raised his heavy malacca cane
and brought it down on the side of ,N'eb
ster's bead. Webster saw stars innlnner
able, and was unable for a tiine.tO
retal
iate; but Robert PoWr,.anotber Ardent
Republic4n, and formerely. an Assistant;
Assessor before Gen. jout:dan cxuna • into
office, rushed upon General Catlin: Be
fore he reached him, hiorevef,Jas.ilanly,
an Assistant, Assessor Gen; &Mr!.
den, interfered, and hcistillitieS were not.
renewed,.
.;
—The abstaining Boston people • have
resorted to a tea-punch. They make it,
With "one bottle of ehatitingne, one of
whiskey, one of rum, two of claret, a
lemon, and a talAe 7 spoonful of black tea."
The Law or Marriage
In a recent article, the American Society
newspapertnakseveral startlingaunoun
eeMents: ; First; that is4inineht lawyer,
saps that marriagis felhl4ated on
Sunday aro: void, bs`minie maiitige
contractct II and civil contracts made on
Sunday are void; second, that the children
of a decased millionaire are going, for
this r,eason;:te.contest their)tbtber's will,
by which he gives his estate fo his child
'
len-1330'dg second wife, to whom- he was
married on ; anti, r,tbi rd that a
learned judge' has lately decided that
marriages between minors, or betwataLtin
adult and a minor, are void. To allay the
alarm and cOnsteniation caused by these
extraordinary statements, the Law Journ
al gallantly informs the ladies that—
• The marriages are all valid, everywhere.
Even in this state, although marriage is
held to be a civil contract, yet civil con
tracts made for lawful purpose, and tot
tending to disturb the public peace and
quiet are valid and enforceable, although
made-on Sunday. Now, unless it can be
made out that marriage is a contract
tending to disturb the public peace and
quiet, we see no trouble. Some marriages
do have that tendency, undoubtedly, and
we advise the female parties thereto to
look out for themselves. As to the Mil
lionaire, we fancy his will must stand ;
ho might have given his estate to Torn,
Dick and Harry, who aro not his child
ren at all, even by Sunday marriage, and
they would take it in spite of the children
by the week-day marriage. As to mar
riages of minors, in every community the
lawful ago at which marriage may be
contracted is fixed below the age of ma
jority ;.in this state it is fourteen for men
and twelve for women, the latter being so
much smarter, and, we may add, more
impatient.
(From the. Chicago Republican, Aug. 01
A Baby dies of Hydrophobia.
A little son of John McGinnis an em-'
ployee at the Stook Yards, died last Sat- '
urday morning of hydrophobia. The age
of the child was one year and nine
months. Thd case is a somewhat singu
lar one, and therefore we give it with
some particularity of detail. Very few
cases are on record of the fearful Com
plaint attacking one so young. The posi
tion taken by certain authorities that the
disease is simply of the imagination is
here proved to be untenable. An unrea
soning infant, just beginning to prattle, ,
is not likely to be so disturbed by the fear
of imaginary physical trouble as to be in'
this manner hurried out of the world.
The child was bitten a little over a
month ago. The mother had one day
seated it on the ground at the back door
of the house, when a large Newfoundland
dog belonging to a butcher named Sim-.
ler, living in the neighborhood, came sod
denly rushing - np to the child and bit it.
No-one about the house had seen theuni
mal previously.
Three ugly wounds were inflicted upon
the tender infant by the ravaging animal
—one at the side of the left temple, anoth
er between the oyes, and the third 'on the
top of the head near the edge of the hair.
The brute showed every symtom of mad-
Vt 39, foaming at the month, snapping at
everything it passed, without stopping to
vent its rage upon any particular object.
The wounds upon the child soon heal
ed, only one slight scar on the nose re
maining. The matter faded from the
reeolhetion of the parents. Last Wed
in-sdimmorning the infant begun to show
singular signs of irritation, and com
menced tearing off its clothes, at the same
time uttering low, wailing cries. and com
plaining of thirst. But when water wits
tittered to it the most distressing writhing
of the jaws and convulsive movements of
the face and throat followed, No one
seemed at first to know the real cause of
the trouble. The startled mother did all
in her power to restore her infant to
ease and quiet. Thinking it might be
suffering from the heat, she took off some
of its superfluous clothing. The wise
women of the neighborhood gathered in
and gave their diagnosis of the disease.—
Some -said the complaint was dipthcria,
and some said the poor tittle thing was
teething. All day Wednesday, the little
sufferer exhibited the same symtoms,
seeming, however, all the time to suffer
more acutely. It pulled and tugged at its
Clothing with such energy as to tear off
the buttons, and threw its arms about in
the most agonized manner.
This continued until Friday night,
neither the mother nor the child sleeping.
The infant took no nourishment 'during
all this time, and when water was offered
went into convulsions, seeming to reject
it with horror.
' Dr. W. W. Goodman, living at the
Rock Island car-works, was summoned
on Vridly evening. lie at once told the
grief-stricken parents that their child was
dying of hydrophobia, and nothing could
be done to save it.. The child was appar
ently in the last stages of the disease. In
its convulsions it seemed endowed with
preternatural strength.
The foam which issued from its month
was stained with blood. It uttered an in
cessant whine, which those about it com
pared to the whinnitig 9 r, a dog. When
ever the hands of those attending it ap
proached its face the efforts to bite were
manifestly canine. Although, but just
Commencing to talk it repeatedly uttered
the word' "clog " during the night preced
ing its death, as if it had, sonaehow,M its
deceased infantile brain, mysteriously as
sociated the idea of its present.sutferiugs
with itsbei bitten a month before.
n P
At eight o clock on Saturday, death
came to the relief of the sufferer. -From
Wednesday morning until this hour no
nourishment and not a drop of water had
passed its lips. The case is a peculiar one,
and should attract attention of the medi
cal world.
DRAWING.—"Canyon draw, at all,
young mail?" asked [Jude"l Raphael of an
applicant for private instruction.
" Oh yes, considerable," replied the can
didate. "At ten years of age I could draw
beer, cider, or a sled up a ; at twelve
a track fowled with cabbage; at fifteen a
prize in a lottery; at. seventeen en infer
ence; and at twenty , a bill of exchange.
If I were an actor, I reckon I 49Pi1l amp!
the largest kind of a house; but cm
going to be a teacher, awl shall have, to
be conted with drawing p Aigary-,the
bigger the ; better;" ,
you may dram tip a chair • and
aik down," eaid Draolo - Raphael,,"youll do
for a beginner," .
hearing the report that the shock
ing condition of the , firemen's hose , had
resulted in the destruction •of .a large
antoilat-of Property, a woman eat• up all
night darning her htn3l/and's stockings,
Foreign Gleaning
Scote t trcrops are all excellent.
.-The cholera has appeared on the Ger
min side ottlie Russian frontier."
HEAglifiiil !declares her intention 4
mAZn tainlitg the Mexican Treaty cif 0)42
_4 -Me diattutin Paris last treek,amotO
ted to eight hundred and tweuty4ir,fie
—The Roumanian question is proerress
lug favorably toward a peaceful solution
-Theb herring fishery on the , enattp,Of
Ireland has been unusually saccegsrul fbia
E ME
—Garibaldi,. Tr be ball recently been so
ill that his life Wan) de gyred of, is fast
recovering.
Gerifran
from the northern and, eastern fortifica
tions of Paris.
—Gonaez Pallid° bas been •apppinted
Captain-General of the island pt, Porto
Rico, in place of General Baldric k, who
recently resigned. ,
—The European Slodicate announces
the opening of subscriptions, for the new
five per cent. - Americhn loan.
—ln the English Singe of Lords the
ministerial supporters have been busy de
fending the Gladstone measures or this
session. -
—The examination of witnesses in the
court-martial at Versailles is closed, and
the argument for the prosecution com
menced.
—The French Army bill, making mili
tary service compulsory and no substitutes
permitted, has been recommended to the
Assembly for adoption.
—The Swiss Government has appoint
ed M. Jacques StaemPfli; formerly, Presi
dent of the Republic, as its arbitrator un
der the Washington Treaty.
—The report that the conference of the
German Catholic bishops was held at
Fulda on the 31 inst., proves incorrect.
The meeting is to be held in September.
--It is reported to have been decided
that the French Assembly is to remain at
Versailles. Certain of the government
offices are, litnvevOr, to be removed to
Paris.
—lt is reported in London that Russia
has hi come alarmed, as the result of the
late war places thai Power in the same po
sit Mn as France was after the battle of Sa
dowa.
gond iinteltigence.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
BAPTIST
ht.t h
snbh.ntli Schn.l
?r r Mreting, Wednesday Evenings
r.kTlif/Lie car ROI Ray. J. St-ATTE - IZr
Sablntlh Servicen Second Sunday In each Dlonth
Sabbath School Immediately before llaee
£Plsc•(P AL Clit'ltell..RtT. A. WAnurstn.nrctor.
Sabbath Srn'lcr.
nday
l%eek:L.;ny Scrclece—Fridnye
METHODIST EPISCOPAL. ...Rev. A. D. ALTAANIIER
Sabbath t.ervir.l4 . 10.430. m. nod 7.31 p. m
Sabh.sth Ft bOOl
Prayer Meeting. Thursdays
PRE:SOT? ERI AN CIIVIICII
SahhAth tiers Icee
SpbbAth .
.r Mcrilng. ThtsrodAy Evrsting+
Busines Notices.
—Bead Premium list Nicholson Fair, which
comes otr Septeniber Gth, 7th and Sth.
—Auditors Lathrop publish their Bounty
statement.
-1). 11. Snyder of Rush gives notice of a
stray cow."
--John F. Gorman gives notice of IliS ap
pointment as atiminimrutor in estate of Francis
Gorman, Frientlseillle.
—Those needing the services of Dr, T. S.
Weeks Dent bt, New York, will see from 'ad
vertisement in another column that he is to be
in Montrse from- !typist 22, to Sept. 2.
—Advertisement, Lackawana Valley Bank,
Geo. Sanderson & Co., published this week. ,
Rather "Buggy'" Potatoes,
We have in our sanctum seventy good sized
potatoes, taken front one hill, and also, the top
of the vines of the same hill upon which we
counted forty-six, not "Colorado bugs," but
genuine potatoes, ranging fora the size of a
hen's egg down, to that of a walnut, all in good
growing Order. This kind of " potato bug" will
be very acceptnbk to the farmers of this section,
but we are doubtful whether there are many such
to be found in this county. Mr. Isaac Babcock,
of Montrose, who raised "them would like to
know if any one can beat it.
New lifork State Fair
The Fair of the New York State Agricultural
Society, will be held in the city of Albany,
October 2d, 3d, 4th, sth and 6th, 1871. The
premiums, which amount to a large sum in the
aggegate, are open to all comers, residents of
New York or non-residents, on equal terms.
Silver Lake Ileum.
—The wenther--comfortable
—Ttio grasshoppers—dying slow, but sure.
—Mr. Thomas Buckley, one of our highly es
teemed townsmen and a "staunch Democrat,"
has built him a new house- lie is hating it
finished off as rapidly as possible.
—Mr. George C. Hill has erected a substantial
ot4lo fbot barn. His land, although but a few
years under cultivation, has proved Its worth,
and demanded this additional expense.
—On Tamar., the 16th instant, admirers' and
encouragers utlhe "National GUM," met on
the farm of Jeremiah Ilackloy, Esq. Two
Macs!' wore chosen, and thogamecommenced,
We mo not in possession of ant wore, hat the
grand total stood 22 to 16. It was consideretl
t very closely contested game, and a good score
for " Nines" to hold one another down to, who
have had no more practice than these boys have
had, that. played on this occasion. 015 w -ivy-Ity-It
Silver Lotto, A.ugust 19, 1871.
410-41.-----
Narrow Gauge In Russia.
_ Robert. I'.-Fairlie, the' chief projector of the
narrow , gauge system in Great' Blithln, in a
letter ~t 4 'The Railroad Gazette", of, Chicago,
The Imperial I,lvny Russian Narrow (3 feet
G. inch.) Gauge 'Railway is bun; mid worlied on
thourincikdo I liaye for so malty years mivocat
ed. 'file /me is a 7 Yersts (38 milt's) in 1641.11,
and4uts, very sharp curves and heavy gradients.
The worst gradient is I In 80 for seven versts:
The line and its equipment have beery com
pietedliir less than two-thirds the coat of the
mu* cheaply, constructed bread (5 iben gauge
line in . The ;train loads - are Wiens
i sieluslve of engine, and the dead weight
of finct a load m only 01. lona. 9his vivo
aiming 4, 1 4 if .345 1 0 IM; Of 58 to t, • te
compani this reitilt"wltil the ackkink or our
own lines, on . Witlelt the loads aro nearly,* ono
tonnksrou. Will find that to ' the 254 tons
of goOds:,-you• must, hay° 'at least 250' tons Of
wagons, Instead of the 01 ltula,;y1110 tri'.ll*Ain
daily Performs RIM duty,
gcnOnd Omit, ts - that 4.onlnw:itive•
Iy • light engine,tln light, Atily' ine**Nee
ParroW-grge Nadi !nneal Or a ttain carritng
more tones& gai,tlit#i aro, 'any' of
I*lol4,abtri bioanOttige ( "Tien;
doubt If any of 'yerii bp:akin:lgo p 4
America could do more. It must be remember•
ed that the Lim line has n gradient of I m 80
for the miles, with man} Unit! reversed curves ;
iii*Tiiho7irnil which Illave just described u Its
actual performance WllO short of what could he
tme-ter the Fatale gauge of only three feet."
Cop,mlikoce4~-11rfil week.
On motion, C. E. Lathrop, Esq., of Carbon
dap, wasadinltted as an attoiney of the several
Courts of Stmaehartna county.
Cortuttonwettliat vp:l3 Ether Steel, N. Settled
of Costs, Weave of Cart.
,C.gumpoptv.tmlth tet. Wm. Strickland.Amer
tiou. After hearing, the Court discharge defend
ant ami ditut; icto o each 'party piiy their own
costs.
On fiTing.titerecolumetufatfon of the metabent
of tho bar,awl on motion of lion. W.J. Turrell,
Edgar A. Turroil, esq., a member of the bar of
the Supreme Court of the. State of New York,
wasadmifted es an attorbey to-ptractice. la :the
trarendi comb of Busrpreharma malty.
Cortitneartreafth VB. Nehemiah Baker. 'llilimey
of the, peace. Defendant discharged, did each
party tv yap cmri costs.
Conlin:in wealth %IF; Ah tht D. Cable, A-11mA
gCribner, and John M. Scribner. I:Alen:nett
conspiracy to defraud. J. 11. Stahl. prosecutor,
Austin D. Cal& not appearing, the issue was
tried as to Albert Scribner and John R. Scribner.
Verdict, gully.
On motion, a member of the bar of Luzern°
county, was admitted to practice In the 'several
Courts of Susquehanna county.
Commonwealth vs. Manrire Flynn. Indict
ment, perjury. John Glover, prosecutor.
Grand Jury return bill ignoramus, and prokt
cater to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Geo. Gilbert. Intifettneur,
adultery. Grand Tiny return bill. ignoramus,
and prosecutris, Francis Often, to pay the
costs.
Commonwealth vs. Benj. Buchanan. Indict►
meat, malicious assault and battery. Bill ignor
ed, and prosecutor, Sylvester G. Oakley, to pay
the COst.S.
Commonwealth vs. 'Michael Voricrusienfinh.
Indictment, larceny. Defendant pleaded gully..
Sentenced to restore the property stolen, &e.,.
pay a fine of ten 'dollars and costs of piosecu—
tion, and undergo an imprisonment In the'
Eastern Penitentiary• at Philadelphia for tho•
period of one year and nine months.
Commonwealth sa. Samuel C. Sterling. Tnt
diettnerit,' assault and battery, with intent tea
commit a. rape. W. L. France, prosecutor.
Defendant pleads guilty of assault and battery,
as charged in the second count of the indictment,
and Court direct that a nolla pronerii be entered
as to tho first count. Defendant sentenced tw
pay a fine of ten dollars and costs of prosecu
tion, and to undergo an imprisonment In the
county Jail for period of two months.
rtz-v. L. B. For rn.tor
...toff am. vfd p. m.
01)Unary.
One the sadest events it has ever been our'
lot to witness occurred at Friendsville, on the.
lath inst. During the progress of a terrific
thunder storm which swept over the town orr
1 that evening. Mr. Frank Gorman. while sitting'
in his store quietly conversing with a neighbor,.
was suddenly stricken by lightning and tdrinitsT
instantly killed. Itir. Gorman was a young
11 merchant of great promise and ability. lie was
Alumnus of old. St. Joseph's College and after
the distruetion by fire of that institution fter
sought further advancement in Mercantile learn
the College in Binghamton, where in dim
time he obtained his diploma. - Entering bust
n4s immediately he soon establish for himself
a high name for rectitude and true moral Kind
!plc. So much had he-endeared himself to the
general community, by the sweetness of his
manners and honesty of his conduct, that on
the day of his burial was assembled to testify'
their esteem, a multitude of admirers such as
the oldest inhabitant never before witnessed.
Frank Gorman is gone. The happy, buoyant
spirit that beaded in his pleasant face has re
turned turned to its creator. The genial smile and
I cheerful look will not again he seen nor that
superb christian deportment that amid the
frivolities of a wordy age marked him ns a true
I hero, But to those who knew him and could
appreciate his noble diameter, his memory will
be ever fresh and green. No stain remains to
mar the beauty of that bright met:archon which
, he has lett as a legacy to his sorrowing, friends.
On the day of the funeral which took place on
the lith lint-, the deceased was born from the
residence of his parents to the church, where
the Res. J. Slattery celebrated Mass, and deliver
ed a few neat and appropriate remarks.
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