The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, September 13, 1871, Image 2

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3. B. 'HAWLEY, EDITOR.
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WEDNESILII lt. SEPTE2II3BO 6, 1.671.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOB AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. WILLIAM M'CANDLESS,
OF PIILLADELPILLk.
'FOR struarron GENERAL,
CAPTA AMES H. COOPER,
OF LAWRENCE COITNTT.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SENATOR.
REUBEN T. STEPHENS—(rent Bend.
[Sub]eet to decision of Conference.]
FOIL BEPRESEITTATIVR.
DANIEL BREWSTER—Montrose.
YOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY..
GEORGE P. LlTTLE—Montrose.
TOR COUNTY TREASURER. '
GEORGE B. McCOLLUM—New Milford
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGES. •
HENRY J. WEBB—Montrose.
GAYLORD• CURTlS—Susquehanna bepot
FOR CONIIIIe-SIONER.
TREDERICK LIGGERT-31idclletown
TOR canny AUDITOR
L. C SMlTll—Bridgewater.
Eir A Full Poll of the Democratic Vote
Fir trill Secure the Election of Our State
or Ticket by a Large Majority.
or Let Every Democrat Remember
rir and Impress the Truth of it Upon the Jr;
lar Minds of Ilis Neighbor 3 !!
a`Election Tuesday, October
Evans not Arrested
Although the . Harrisburg Telegraph
(Republican) stated on the 28th ult.,
that a warrant for the arrest of the em
bezzler, Evans, had been placed in the
hands of the Republican Sheriff of Phil
adelphia, Cram hers not ye: been arrested.
Wednesday morning last Deputy Attor
ney General Joseph M. McClure was re
moved from his position by Attorney Gen
eral Brewster, in obedience to the demand
of Governor Geary!
.The Harrisburg correspondent of the
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph (Repub
lican) says:
" The reason given for the removal was
that McClure publicly and privately
plicated Governor Geary in the Evans de
falcation.
Some days ago Mr. McClure was re
quested to resign, but be declined to do
so, unless Mr. Brewster would state in
writing wherein he had been faithless in
his official duties.
Some rich .developments are now ex
pected touching the administration, espec
ailly relating to the origin and operations
of the War Claims Ring, and also con
cerning certain pardons granted by the
Governor."
Cpl. James Starr, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed ad interim successor of
1/flock , ra on h.la ororttA F h . appoint
o It - will be remembered that Deputy
Attorney General McClure was the official
whet, in the discharge of his duty, exposed
the Evans embezzlement—hence his re
moval by the Evans " ring," composed of
Governor Geary, Auditor-General Hart
ranft, Attorney General Brewster, State
Treasury, Mackey, and other prominent
Republican officials.
The State Treasury plundered by the
State officers, the plunderers at large and
defiant, and the only official who dares to
do his duty ignominiously removed from
office! Such is the condition of affairs in
Pennsylvania to-day, under Republican
tale!
It is to be hoped that the people will at
last have their eyes opened to"the wisdom
of electing Republicans to office."
WHY THEY WART TO DEFEAT MC
CAHLH•rq-• —The reason why the Radical
leaders are so anxious to elect Stanton
Auditor General is apparent when it is
known that through -his hands passes
all the corrupt and swindling bills like
the Evans swindle. If General Mc-
Candless is elected, the Democracy .will
place a guard over the State Treasury,
and all the robbing, plundering schemes
will have to pass under his observation
before they are settled. Ile will be in a
position then to head them ox and choke
the leeches. No wonder thewthat Evami,
Bergner, and the other vampires who live
and thrive by gorging themselves with
State plunder want McCandless defeated.
McCandless election voauld be the death
knell to their raids on the Treasury.
How THE TAXES ARE REPVCED !
The Radicals are constantly claiming
that they are reducing tuxes. They well
know that there is scarcely a word ef
truth in the statement The people know
that there is not, because they pay more
taxes every year. The Rochester Union
puts these two facts side by side as an
' - 'evidence of the way taxes are being re
" 'duped :
Tariff Mies paid in 1871.
Tara!' axes paid in 1870
Increase nearly twelve millions of dol.
Jars for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1870. This statement dims not include
the millions paid that nertr go into the
treasury. That is the way taxes are, re.
• duceti.
NERIHOTS OF THE Gut. Nit
UE WEsirittn Casz—The giandlury
has found bills of indictment for man.
slaughter in the third degree .against
Jacob H. Vanderbilt, president of the
Staten IsLaid ferry company, James H.
Unlisted, Superintendent, cad H enr y
Robinson; engineer, and an indictment
for manslaua - hter in the 'fourth . degree
wag presented ligninst John E. Mathews,
United States inspector of boilers. Math.
ewslas not-'yee , been arrested. bpi no
doubt the tittion of tho grand' jury - mul
commtkitttted to film, rind Ina Probliblo
*he reniiiifte l!romPtlY,tdr-
"No New Departure."
The following fundamental jmd vital
principle of pore Democracyvvasdeclared
by llon. Wm. A. %Race chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee iu a
speech made at Ebensburg, Pa., Sept '4th
and takes all the "mares nest" out the eve
of our Radical neighbor of the Montrose
Republican, and the whole Radical "pack."
Our enemy plumes himself ' , upon our
alleged distractions and divisions, and ar
gues hence an easy victory. Let met tell
him to "lay not-this flattering unction td
his soul." The so-called distractions and
divisions of the Democracy are settled in
their own ranks and in their own way.
They will bring neither aid nor comfort
to the enemy. That which they are
pleased to call "a new departure" we do
not so regard. There is no such word in
the vocabulary of Democracy as abandon
ment of principle. Their % alleged "new
.departure" is a simple recognition of the
doctrines they have always maintained:
to obey that which hat. the forms and
sanctions of constituted authority until
relieved from their obligation to obey by
the constitutional tribunal or the power
that enacted the law. In this we differ
now as we always have differed, with our
antagonists; we obey law; they nullify
their obligations, and preach a higher .
law. We have made no departure from
our universally received and recognized
doctrine, that the control of the question
of suffrage within the States ought to be
long to the States and the people, nor
does either our practice or onr theory war
rant the charge that we would nullify any
enactment by fraud or violence. The
principles we advocate are those upon ,
which the government ~arew to greatness 1
and to power, and which the Democracy
has always enunciated and maintained :
obedience to law, the right of local self
government and sound practice of consti
tutional government, economy in public
expenditure, and the just rights of the
States afid of. the people. The Democracy
of Pennsylvania have closed up their
ranks and will come to the polls with un
broken front, buoyant with hope and in
spired with confidence, proud of their
candidates, who belong to no ring and
have no affiliation with corrupt cliques,
whose personal, civil and military record
are above reproach, whose gallantry has
been tested on many battle fields where
they were trusted leaders in a fighting'
corps that has been and will be the pride
of every true Pennsylvanian. The De
mocracy will-be at the polls an harmoni
- one, united and determined party, ready
to meet an effete corrupt and degraded
.t
organization, whose chief boast is that
they have made the negro their equal,
whose great power is the corrupt nse of
the public moneys, whose most trusted
leaders are disgusted and recalcitrant.
whose many leaders are mainly federal of
ficials and whose organization, in almost
every leading Republican county in the
State, is broken into fragments, clique and
sections. It is a shell, full of emptiness,
fad it ; vrill collapse and stink when punc
tured and broken by the serried ranks of
a victorious Democracy.
Too Honest to Hold Office
Below we present some extracts from
of Deputy Attorney General
Joseph \1 u-r'lnre to Attorney General
Brewster, upon the forum,
order of G overnor rit'l+s ll •
It appears that Mr. McClure's only offense
was that he made an grpese of the nefari
ous scheme of plunder in which Evans
and the leading Radicals of the State
were either directly or indirectly engaged.
In his letter Mr. McClure says:
"1 folly expected to be removed. First.
Because at our interview, at my house, ou I
Tuesday night, the 15th inst., you inform- I
ed me that-Governor Geary fervently de-
minded my removal. Second—because I I
believed such would be the result that
would follow my exposure of the nefari
ous transaction of Governor Geary and
his miserable Special Agent. Yon will
remember that I so stated when I sub
mitted
the papers to you at Atlantic City.
on Friday the 11 inst.
At our interview on Tuesday ni,..crht
above mentioned You informed me that
Governor Geary demanded my removal;
because I had used my official or semi
official position to procure official papers
from the Treasury of the *United States
and from the Departments of this State.
True it is I did not state, when I asked
' for those papers, that they were for my
private use, simply because such state
ment would have been false. Nor did I
purposely conceal the fact that I intend
edr topublish them, as Governor Grr
would testify, if he could in any Iva/be
indnc d to speak the truth. Governor
Geary himself informed me, at our con
ference. on Tuesday evening, the Bth inst.,
that•he bad heard from persons in the
Auditor General's and State Treasurer's
!Departments that I was preparing a state
ment for publication in relation to the
collection of State claims against the
United States.
The very first use I made of the origi
nal papers in my possession was an offi
cial or public one. Immediately upon
inst.) receiving them (on the Bth or 9th I
exhibited them •to the Auditor General
and suggested to him that immediate
steps be tiken to investigate the matter
and seenre the mono clearly owing to
•the State.
I also submitted the papers to the cash
ier of tho State Treasury, Mr. Nicholson,
in the absenne of Mr. Mackey. Almost
b e f o r e the ink was dry upon the e6rtifi
cute of the State Treasurer, and upon
that of Mr. Weakly, Deputy Secretary of
State, to the copies of the commission
and bond of Mr. Special Agent Evans., I
took the cars for Philadelphia ibr the pur
pose of submitting the document - 6 to you,
as I felt in duty bound. You were not in
Philadelphia, and 'I at once, on ascertain
ing this fact by going to tour office, tele
graphed to yon at •Atlantie City,' asking
where I could meet you. Your reply
reached one too lute for the train that eve-
Ding (Thursday evening, August 10th,) I
then telegraphed you that I would be
with you nelt morning,. I e;niblted the
papers to yop before twelve o'eleek, noon,
•
Of Friday, the 11th inst..
oh 9 rn * *
$21T7,?70,408
.191,98A,36-1
Why is Governor Geary so much incen
sed at the publication qf dips', mere tran
scripts of the public • renortls? Why did
he almost or altogether curse the Auditor
General .and State Treasurer fir giving
me their ccrtitiotites, which 'sitnpli certi
fies what was part of their recur s, 'and
in addition thereto, that no demand had
heep made' for commissiop or percentago
on the arnouuts paid by tit!yeruor Ifetiry
into the 4 Statp Treasury, auh that op (lulu-,
'Minion or percentage NA b i p9h4 ? Wby
did governor +Geary complain so Velleni*
• - • +.1‘,...34 amAtiiinAtAs P
They contained nothing but naked facts.
Does it become the Governor of a State
to complain wbrn the people are permit
ted to seen portion of all of their public
recordi?,
• •• • * •
GovernOr Cleary - has never alluded to
this matter of the collection of the State
claims in any of his annual messages to
the Legislature.
* *—• * * • •
Why did. not Governor Geary bring his
POW Agent -to : account. long ago? If
not before, he certainly knew two months
ago' that this agent had in his hands
money belonging to the State. I know
that a certain individual called upon him
in June last—securing Governor Geary's
presence in Harrisburg after repeated ef
forts—and demanded a share of these
spoils gathered from this State Agency. I
know that he came away from that inter
view perfectly satisfied with the arrange
ment then made by or between himself
and Governor Geary. I know further
that the individual aforesaid received
about 83,000 as the result of that interview;
whether from Governor Geary or George
0. Evans, his very Special . Agent is not
material. . •
* * • • * •
For my successor permit me to suggest
your sou, F. Carroll Brewster, jr. . While
I was your deputy, you carefully appro
priated to yourself the 83 Attorney:F fees
—which former Attorney Generals gave
to their deputies—all of the 5 per cent
commissions collected since April 6th,
1871, and all fees fur approval of charters.
Having your son in my stead, you • could
swell your limited income by adding his
satiny to the. before mentioned per
quisites, and thus in a measure relieve
your straightened circumstances.
The Evan.' Swindle.
- In the course of an article commenting
on the Evans embezzlement, the Wash
ington Patriot says
In regard to this particular case, a
donble fraud was committed. Many of
these "war claims" paid to Pennsylvania,
as to other "loyal" states, had no legal ex
istenge:trhatever. They had been -disal
lowed," or, in• plain terms, rejected for
want of any foundation, and su remained
in the pigeon-holes of the accounting of
ficers,until a ring was formed to carry
them, by partisan, and corrupt influences.
The ring embraced officials of the State,
lcpding politicians in Philadelphia, as
well as bankers, editors, jobbers, and
clerks in the treasury here. They are all
well known, and can be named if neces
sary. In one or two cases of officials,
threats of removals were employed by this
powerful combination, to compel acii uies
eenc-.2 in fraudulent allowances. All the
parties engaged in the conspiracy are
! prominent radicals, and sonic of tin-in now
holding high positions ia this city and
elsewhere.
These operations have been by no means
confined to O'eunsylvania. her three
millions are but a drop in the bucket, fur
the same system has been applied to all
classes of claims, and the plunder has
b'een enormous. Nor is it any secret that
at least one of the accounting officers,
who is notornmsly connected with these
frauds, has been repeatedly brought to the
notice of Mr. Bontwell, without the least
effect. Find for the simple reason that he
is protected by the Speaker of the House
• ,R+4-g-KCIVO - FiMr..IiTF: I TT suri7rl;-
ing that numbers of leading radicals have
suddeuly becom2 rich, or that they sub
scribe liberally to the - cause" and Ti
churches, in order to conceal their ra.sea
ity undsT a sanctimonious guise.
The honest claim of Kentucky, W1111:11
passed through all the accounting flies
in spite of the efforts of the inside ag , tits
of the ring,, because' its justice was Mills
putable, was finally arrested in the secre
tary's office by an tirbitrary abuse, of pow
er, throng,h the very men'' 'who' did not
venture to dispute the allowance. If the
agent of that state had consented to the
course'which was pursued by others: and
allowed the accounts to be manipulated.
so as to magnify the amount three or four
fold, with a liberal slice of the -commis
sions," every obstacle would have disap
peared, and the claim have boon paid
' without objection.
-.0. IN• -eni -
The Congaed of America.
Ton ask me to tell you, my children, of
the e‘ents which immediately preceded
the destruction of the great American
Union, and the capture of the country by
its present European rulers,- and to say,
something, of the cause which led to these
deplorable results. I undertake the task
with a heavy head., for when I revert to
that terrible time I cannot help contrast
ing our prima condition up to that fatal
year, with the humiliating position occu
pied now bythe American people. The
story is a short one. In the fall of 1872.
Llirae.e Greeley, the editor of a newspaper
in New York, was elected president of
the Butted States. The people voted for
him because they thought he was an hon
est man, And so he was, But he was
alio vain and weak, and he entertained
certain fanatical and preposterous notions
—about agricultural matters for instance
—which he was determined to force upon
the people at all hazards and despite all
opposition. tie lklie‘ed, among other
thin„,, , rs, that every man ought to go to,the
W ' est, earn his bread, and, low , before - lie
was chosen president, he used to adrise
everybody to move to that region, as a
cure for all the diseases that could befall
the human family.
As soon as he reached the executive
mansion, which we used to call the White
'ouse, President Greeley organized an
army of two hundred thousand men, and
proceeded to force the entire population
of these seaboard states westward at the
point of the bayonet. The utmost vio
lence was used, Those who yesisted were
shot down, and their dead-liodies .were
carried to a national factory which the
President had , established for makiiig
Some kind of furitastie fertilizer. All the
large cities of the east were depopulated,
and the towns were entirely empty. The
army swept before it millions of men,
women and children, until the vast plains
west of F.,ansis were reaolte4, when the
ptirsuit msed,and,tho army was drawn
up in,a continuous line, vath orders to
shoot any one who attempted to visit the
East;
Of course, hondreds of' thoUsands of
these poor creatures perished front starve,.
don. This seemed to frighten President
Gree!ey, and he sent a message to Con
gress reeonmneucliqg that §eyen ,hutt . dred
thomiand volumes °fa boolt of . hjs,en
"What I 'Know 4.bout Farming," should
be voted for'the relirf pf the elary . i4g suf.
ferer. wqs atm:, 4114 Nfiilln&
PiPtiellt4 'FPFP slip lied, . and
then the of wretched outcasts
made en effort to till the giound. Of the
result of this I will scKieli farther
In the meantime the president was do
ing infinite harm to the,country in anoth
er way. His handwritinr , .
wao.,so fearful
ly and, wonderfully bad that - Imo living'
man could readit. And so whien he.sent
his first annual mess* to Congress—the,
document tees devoted wholly to - the tariff
and agriculture—a sentence appeared
which was sabsequently ascertained to be, 1
" Large cultivation of rutab,uga and beans
is tbetonlYinipe Of the Amerman•• nation,
lam sure:" The printers, not being able
to interpret this,- put it iin-the- following,
form, in which it went. to the world:
" The Czar of Russia couldn't keep clean
if he washed himself with the whole At
lantic ocean once a day!" This perversion
of the message was immediately telegraph
ed to Russia by the Russian Minister, and
the Czar was so indignant that he imme
diately declared war. Just at this time
President Greeley undertook to write
some letters to Prince Bismarck upon
the subject of potato rut, and, after giv
ing his sineular views at great 'length, he
concluded with the statement that if the
I Emperor William said that subsoil plow
ing was not good in light soils, or that
guano was better than bone dust, he was
a liar, a villain, a slave!" 01 course,
the Emperor also immediately declared
war, and became an ally of Russia and
of England. against which latter country
Mr. Greeley had actually begun hostalites
already, because the Queen, in her speech
from the throne, had declared the Tri
bune's advocacy of a tariff on pig iron,
incendiary, and calculated to desturb the
peace of nations. Unhappily this was
not the full measure of our disasters. The
President had sent to the Emperor of
Austria a copy of his book What I
Know," etc., with his autograph upon a
fly-leaf. The Emperor mistook the signa,
Lure for a caricature of the Austrian eag
le, and he readily joined in the war against
the United States: while France was pro
voked to the same act Icy the fact that
when the French Minister - fame to call
upon Mr. Greeley to present 1118 creden
tials, the President, who was writing an
editorial at the time, not comprehending
the French language. mistook the einbas
sador fur a laggar, and, without looking
up, handed him a quarter and an order
for a clean shirt, and said to him, "Go
West, yoking mail—go West 1"
So all these nations joined in making 1
I war ilium the United States. They swoop
down upon our coasts and landed without
opposition, for those exposed portions (I
our Unhappy country were absolutely de
: sell( d. president was afraid to call
away the army from Kansas at first, for
fear the outraged people upon the plains
would come east in spite of iron. But, at
last he dal SUillmon the army to his aid,
and it moved to; meet the enemy. It was
' too late, li.•tore the troops reached CM
;
cmhatt the foreigners had seized Wash
; moon and the country east of Ohio, and
had I.nog the President, the Cabinet and
every moinher of Congress. The army
disbanded in alarm, and the invaders
inmed to the 14r West, where they found
the pepulatem dying of starvation, be
t cause they had followed the advice of
Greeley's Leek to - try fur your lint crop
to raise lino : and don't plant more than
; a bushel of quicklime in a hill ()f course
these wretched people wore at the mercy
of the enemy, who—to his credit be it
said—treater] them kindly, fed them and
ought them back to their old homes.
iYou
t rho American throne, and the other hu-
m hat ions that ensued. It was a fearful
blow at r puldicanism—a blow from
which it can inner reorier. It made us.
who were freemen, a nations of sates. It
I wit,: all the result of our blind confidence
Hi a rnil.guided old man, who thought
h:inself a philosopher, but who was ae-
Luiti; v a fool. May heaven preserve you,
my elilditen, from the remorse 1 feel when
I remember that I voted for flat bucolic
I old ed,tor.—Springfield Repubiican.
THE TrE,P.—VILW A l'H EF, S:eptember
G.—The race at Cold Spring to , day, be
tween Goldsmith Maid and Lucy. was
one of the most remarkable in trotting
annals,'Groldsmith Maid making the fast
est single heat, also the best three heats
on record. The 1-ace. - was witnessed by
abont four thousand persons, who were
fairly carted away with excitement The
time of the race-Was 2:20-1,2:17,2:20k. In
the second heat the watches of the judges
did not agree, one making it 2:IG anoth
er
anoth
er another 2:17. The last time was
adopted to dispel any doubts which might
result from complications.
A WILD MIN IN TEXAS.—Gatesville.
Texas, is excited over the appearance of
an immense ourang-outing in its• vicini
ty. The animal is described as being
seven feet high, and covered from head to
foot with a thick coating of hair. Its
eyes shine like fire, and it boasts a double
rote of marderou,4-looking teeth. When
last seen it had in one hand a large
crooked stick, and under the other arm a
young calf, apparently just killed. A
hunting part has been organized to cap.
ture or kill he monster.
COUNTY 'COMMITTEE,
The following, persons were chosen by
the last couviiation to act as County com
mittee ter the ensuing year.
Auburn . „
Apolaeon..., .., , Patrick Welch.
Bridgewater -Kirby Bunnell.
Brooklyn P IL Tiffany.
C1iff0rd.....,.. .......,....... John Bolton.
Chciooinit... I ...... Cliristopher Byrne,
Dimock , (2 C. Mills.
Dundaff bora Jasper Witter.
Forest Lake A B Griffis.
Franklin ... . F A. Smith.
Fricadsrille ~,. _John Foster.
Gibson John IL Claffin.
Great Bend boro .V. Reckhow.
Great Bend tp -: Win. K.lllatch.
Hetrick E It Barnes.
Harmony , W. V. Norton.
flatten] . John Leslie.
Jessup ,- „Min Steger.
Jackson., , A mbrose .lienson.
Lkn0x,,...„. j .„... . . H. Marcy.
Lathrop . ' Alvin Brown.
Liberty. Richard Bailey.
Little - Melaka - 4, _ J C. Maddom
Middletown„ i 4:. i..„ i, ..., a...otia ilicq.o.
Mo,ntrose., , E B. Hawley.
New Milford tp - --.- Oliver Lathrop.
New Milford boro, Cyrus Barlow.
Oakland ' ; . J M. Tillman.
Rush , ' . Abraham Carter.
Spiingville Byron C. Handriok.
.Susquehanna..; ..i..:- , 4.:: ..',8.1+7. Sktith:
Silver Lake ' ' D. P. Sullivan.
Thomson - ' J B. Whitney.
13. :11,twi.mr, Chairman.
—Polities is Ole. food- or.sonso epos.
ed to the
_hunger of folly., J. Mon.
roe Taylor's Cream Yeast Baking Powder,
creates healthy food for the Million. Try IL
goral Ontsittigtrat,
BELIO;OUS. , 4I);RVICES
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sabbath Services....
z.sbbath ...
Prayer ]feeling, Wc.lit:ltlnv Evening.
MIM=E
.EPISCO . PA 1,1;111'1U:11.. RAT, E. A NZAlllll , zrn
Sabbatb Streit*. 10X o, m. and p m
Stittelny 9rLnol.. 12 m
eck•Day Sumicm, Friday,. p. m.
ETITODIST EPISCOPJO.
Sabbath St.r 4 iJcep
Snl,bal tictlut.
Prayar Ircoting, l'huntlnp,
PRESIITTEit/AN cuuacu....._...lte.. J. 0 MtElam.
Sabbath Serviced ...10 45 a. m. and 4ti p. m.
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Prayer Meeting, Thitiad4y ILva;nlogi
Busines Notices
—Our paper is delny&l this week on account
of sickness with our printers.
-W. W. Watson Esq., Auditor in the estate
of James and Bridget Crimmins, gives notice of
meeting at his office Wednesday October 11th.
—Montmse 'Railway Company give notice of
the call for the second instalment from the
stockholders. Sec Local Notice.
—Wm. Ilaugliwout advertises Stale Roofing
ot" ail tin: rims. See advertisement.
—Miscellaneous advertisements !lom Geo. P.
Powell & Co., New York.
—it is unnecessary for us to call attention to
Guttenberg, Rosenbaum & Co's advertisement,
for "he that runs may road," and we have no
doubt that all who read will run to their new
store and new goods to secure bargains.
Various Items,
—Mr. Win. White, of Auburn centre, is tear
ing down his old Store house for the purpose of
erecting a new one,
—We are to have a new County map. The
various townships are being surveyed. A sur
veying party was in Auburn last week. We
saw them at work in this place on Monday last.
—Mr. (Jailor, former editor o f t h e
~),;,rhe
rn Pennvfiruagn died at the residenee of
his mother, in Culon, Broome county, New York
and was buried on Monday Sept. 4, the cere
monies being conducted by the Masonic Fru
ternitv.
—The Northern Pennsylvaniau comes to us
this week flying at its Editorial head the name
of our old frivol, Capt. H. F. Beardsley, and we
cordially welcome hint among the editorial
Frn
ternity with our best wishes for his success.
—The Republican conferees of tkis Senator
ial district met at Scranton on Thuisday last and
nominated L. F. Fitch Esq., of Susquehanna
county for State Senator. We believe however
it was a majority nomination as the firadtbrd
delegation relused to make it unanimous.
—We notice that the improvenwnts In New
Milford Born. are still going, on, in the way of
repairing, and also several new buildings, but
our attention was particularly called, as we
passed along, the other day to the foundation
and part of the superstructure of a new bridge
across the creek on Haia Street. It is to be up
on the plan of canal bridges, iu a style neat and
substantial and will be another evidence of a
growing enterprise in that bore.
—The corner Stone of the first Universalist
church of Lanesboru and Susquehanna, was
laid on Tuesday Sept. sth. We received a no
tice announcing that it was to take place for
our last issue but it came too lute for publica
--Travelers in passing aloNilt77)tlltßt
been somewhat startled at seeing, a board posted
up on the lin^ of the Montroce !tail nay in
hearing the usual caution - Look out
for the oars when the hell rings" and it means
that about a quarter of a mile of the road Ims
been graded by some enterpri,ing, citizens of
that town, and that the day is not far distant
when the bell will ring.
Senatorial Confereem.
Me.t:ra. William II Dirmnielt, Thos. Coyne,
and Gen. S. Purdy have been selected as Demo
cratic Senatorial Conferees for Wayne county.
Montrose Railroad
The engineers on thelfontrose railroad have
been examining into the feasibility of running
the road up Swail Brook from this race. They
were out on Friday or Saturday last viewing
the ground along the stream. If this should be
the route adopted, the farms of John and Gen.
Bunnell, and Daniel Bardwell, will be run
through in leaving town.— Wyoming Demoorat,
Important to Hotel Guests.
Judge Allen of New York State Supreme
Court has lately decided that hotel keepers are
liable for watches that may he stolen from
guests occupying rooms where are posted noti
ces of a safe for the keeping of money jewels
and ornaments, the judge holding that watches
are not an ornament, but as useful during the
night CL9 during the daytime. This will interest
travelers.
Fire at Spring Brook.
The Spring Brook Tannery, of John B. Sny
der, located about five miles south of this city,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning Aug.
30th, together with about SS,COO worth of hides
and lather in process of tanning. Through the
efforts of the neighbors, the most of the bark,
sheds and outbuildings were saved. The loss
is estimated at between $14,000 and $1.5,000.
Insurance sl2,ooo.tranton Journal,
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Lazerne Republican Convention. ,
This body met on Tuesday last, says the
Scranton Journal; and made up their ticket
which they have thrown to the breeze. Both
wings - or the party are represented by extreme
men: men of extreme temperance views upon
one side, and liquor dealers and drinkers upon
the other. It cannot be claimed that Temper
ance men must sacrifice their principles on this
subject when they come to the ballot box.
They cannot much longer pray and talk for
temperance and then vote fur whiskey. They
must vote as they talk and talk as they vote.
The time has fully conto ivhen we shall vote our
temperance principles at the polls, in the Re
publican party if we can ‘ out of it if we must.
Wm. White
B. 11. Dix
For !lie Ladles.
In.itead of cultivating strong- whaded notions
and contending fur a right to dlvidh their time
between the ballot-box and the cradttlwomen
will rind it an advantage to school their nervous
system and assure themselves against panics
even upon gre!at occasions.. The latest bloW at
women's rights Wales Omit the Insurance Com.
pardes, who lutve concluded .not to insure fo•
males against accidents on railroads and steam
boats. The excuse. of the cempanies is that;
when an alarm of fire Is mired an a railroad car
qr steamboat, the ladies aro usually thrown 'in--
4) such a state of terror that accidents are al
most spiv to hallow i and that the losses la the
past, under thistead, has been very much great
er than the gains. • !Mks against killing outs
right they still accept, while declining to insure
against partud injury, the seemingly arbitrary
action of the contpanks is regardod with con
siderable disfaver by hnSbands who have here-,
torero taken butvolinietribr their Wives, so that,'
in the event of injury they aught' tie enabled to'
pay nurses' and doctors' foe, without having to
draw on their hankers.
Trial atlitnry Ward.
Before the court of Oyer and Terminer , held .
at q'unktannock last week, the..'lnattet: of the.
Coin. Vs. Henry Ward which was removed troth
Bradford to Wyoming County for:lila]; alma
'up and the cause was certified from the iiiourt of
Oyer and Terminer of Bradford vottritY. On
filing Act of Assembly changing venue in this
cause, corm fis the first Monday of November
as the time for trial of defendant.
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Lc, B. Fonrk, Pi star
log a. so. and 7 p. m
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.Rsv .1 SIATTERT
Second hominy Iu ench Mouth
. Immediately before Mots
"Some fore Potatoes."
I --I.l4..diskiri...,Stiles,„ ..ntliew,,,Mlliford... Borough,
on the 15th, day of April planted. five quarts of
Early Romiiiottitcies; digging the 117th
day of June, used all they wanted in the family,
(three metnbere,iguvo'reway-abnfil half iibushel
and on the lothiinint August harvested eight
heaping bushels of potatoes, With the fear of
the Montrose DEllocnAT before my eyes, and
the tenth commandment staring me in the face,
I solemnly declare this to be a fact. Cog.
.11cv A. T). ALczANDEn.
10:45 a. m. nod I 30 V. m.
7.39 p. m.
To Kill Thistles..
The best way to kill the thistle in patches and
fields, is by the copious application of salt. II
before a ruin the stalks are cut off close to the
ground and salt poured int9,thesaviticn, it will
be sure to destroy them. ffut even a heavy dose
of salt, applied about or nearly in the same
proportion as upon the asparagus bed, before a
rain, it will do the work thoroughly. But nand,
there must be no sparing of the salt. Nu mere
sprinkling.' The ground must be covcre&L It
will of course kill everything else for that sea
son, but it will hardly be perceptible the follow
ing season, and will actually pay as u fertilizer.
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Third Batt.
The third rail of the Albany and Su.squelian
us railroad is bring put down as fast as possi
ble, and not interfere with the running of trains.
About twenty-five mile altogether—though on
ditTerrent sections of the road—have been laid.
The rail is of the finest quality of steel, known
as the "fish-bar" rail. It is thought the third
rail will be down by the Ist of October, the en
tire length of the road, so as to', admit of run
ning narrow gauge cars over It.
A Care or Bigamy.
A man named Whatt,Several years ago, came
to Great Bend with his supposed wife and a lit
tle boy, whose cruel treatment attracted the at
tention of his neighbors. Last week, "the girl
he lett behind him"—avery respectable looking
woman, with her father and Constable Buek,
surprised her faithless swain, who and his En
dora were lodged in Montrose Jail—while the
happy mother left on The nest train with "her
darling boy," who had entirely forgotten her.—
Scraatoa Republicaa.
Profits From Datry
William M. Paxson is a dairy farmer residing
in West Brandywine, Chester county. At a
late meeting of the Farmers' Club in his neigh
borhood, he submitted the following statement
of his profits arising from that business: He
reports that from July 11th, 1871, to January
Ist, '7l, total number pounds of butter made
from fifteen
. eows, 15,115. Average yearly pro
duct Of fifteen cows, 2,335 lbs. Average yearly
product at each cow, 15.i"-a pounds. The entire
amount realized from sale of butter clear of
commission and freight, $7500,51. Average
yearly amount of lip.eencows, $1143,-13; aver
age yearly anidunl frimi each cow,
$76,23.
The Temperance Republican Party.
The party of "grand moral ideas"—of "all the
virtue, temperance and morality"—which as
scudded in Convention at the Court House in
Itre.t,,, e l a st had nht onp worri
say •m the subject of "temperance or decency
and no resolutions in favor of temperance were
introduced. On th . e contrary, Mr. Walker, the '
temp: ranee candidate was defeated by a decided
majority, and contrary to established usage, was
tr,rnsformed into a "yearling," being allowed to
serve the dear people only ono terra in the Leg
islature. Nyi, much temperance in that Conven
tion, or "decency," either, judging from the style
in which business was done:—Turk. Democrat.
Another lituilrond Project.
The project of building a railroad from the
Lazorne coal regions to the Hudson River, to
connect the eastern roads, is now assuming a
tangible forin. A company has been formed,
known as the Lehigh and Eastern Railroad
Company, and a board of officers and directors
elected. The President is S. P, Kase, of Dan
ville, Pa., acid among the Directors are Homer
Ramsdell, of Newburgh, the Hon, C. Burnett of
Stroudsburg, Pa., and the Hon. Harry White,
of Indiana, Pp. The line of the road will be
From Halton to Wilkesbarre, and thence in an
air line to Port Jervis, through Ulster county to
FislikilL This will bring Boston into direct
connection with the coal regions.—Burgirk In
dependent.
ri Ing ort the Inside of Newspapers.
The following Is being circulated by our es
changes, and may he of interest here:
United ,qtntes ftatt!tes, Se. 319. —lf any porson
shall enclose or Conecal a letter, or, other thing,
or any nienioranduiri in a newspaper, pamphlet
or magazine, or Make any writing br 'nen-loran
darn' therebh", Sidilealt Lie shall have delivered in
to any post office, or to any persob for that pur
pose in order that the same may be carried by
post free of letter postage, he shall forfeit the
sum of Vi for every Such offense—and the let
ter, newspaper, packages, memorandum or oth
er things, shall not be delivered to the person to
whoindt is directßi until the ntnonnt of single
letter postage is paid for each article of which
the package is conipoSed. •
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To Can Poaches.
We find the following modoof canning peach
es in Tilton 't, Journal of Horticulture:—Take
large, ripe peaches—not over ripe—balve anti
pate neatly :tad 1ay,0n.41 large cask. To a three
peck basket of fruit allow four pounds of sifted
sugar • sprinkle it over the fruit as you lay it In
the dish , when done set in cool place over
night ; the neat mernlfig put each piece, one by
one, nicely into the jar, draining them from the
pies. When the jars arc tilled put them close
together in a kettle of cold water, putting a
double towel or something of the kind under
them; In thelettle, to prevent their cracking,
and set over the lire. Let the water heat 'grad
ually till it boils, Whillsy6u prepare the syrup
from the juice that has bqen formed front the
peaches and,sugar over night, theri fill up the
jars with it, being careful to let the bubbles of
air 02.C0P0: they will be rising to the top ;
If auy are in the lower part of the jar.they will
go up on the insertion of a fork. NVhen•all are
fuU ticgia to, seal up; and have a large pan of
hot water standing near to put the Jars in as
fast as sealed, 'where tley,can cool, off gradual
ly, Where (me has glass jars or bottles, with
out tight-Ailing-covers, prepare a cement of one
Pound of rosin 1 0 4 0 •ImundS at mutton suet
melted together and well fixed ; have pieces of
strong muslin cut largo enough, to tie over the
mouths of thpinti or liPttles ; lay the is Mt
board and with it spoon"ipread a thick coat
ing of cement; talte up the muslin quickly be.
fore it has time to cool, and put it on the jar
with the cement side downward, pressing it
closely over the tiocs If the muslin b not very
tiOt t it is well Spread mom cement on top at
ttd,first cover awl IV fivfl OA a secanli piece
orrauslin, theri tie down with twine and finish
with a good out of cement oveiall.: , thia is a
good wayto use up old jars whose covers have
),,-.An iv-4.m or Inst.
nigh Priced Hones.
The Prices paid by Robert Bonner for the col
lectiOn of renowned horses which his stables
contain, are stated by a gentlemen, who is said
to have received his information from Bonner's
own lips, to be as follows: Dexter, $33,000;
PeCrless,l4s,ooo; Pocahontas, $45,000; Bruno,
$25,000 ; Thintern, $lO,OOO ; Everett, $20,000 ;
Joe Elliott, $10,000; Flatbush Maid, $85,000;
Star, $20,000; Lady Palmer, 05,000. Total,
$2,78,000.
Lenox. Items.
The following, came too late,for our last is
sue hence was deferred until this week.
The grasshoppers have mostly made their dis
appearance, though there are some stray ones
left yet, which have not "shaken ofl this mortal
coil," and gone where they will not be gnawing
peoples' crops any more. After seeking what
they might devour, and after devouring most
extensively what they sought, the poor gnus
hoppers thought it was about time to take their
final exit—especially for this year. I think tha
people throughout thi section, and other loco*.
ties also, where the grasshoppers have made
those places their paitiCular rendezvouse, (es
pecially throughout ails portion of the Towel
ship,) will long hold in remembrance Mr. Grass
hopper and his hbfiping tribe.
'ln another section of the Township, the hail
storm which occurred in July did a great deal
of damage. .Taking it all, and aU, we have suf
fer...Nl here from one cause and another to quite
a large amount.
A disease among cattle has made its' appear
ance here in different places. ,It seems to prove
fatal to those cattle attacked with it. Mr--,11.
Millard has lost five head, four cows, and ono
yearling. Mr. D. S. Powers, has lost one, a
yearling, and has another sick. I have been in
formed that Mr. G. 0. Loomis has lost a cow.
We have had some very hot weather here un
til within a few days, when cool winds came'
rushing along, which makes people feel a little
more comfortable, Truly yours,
Town Election Law.
Below we give the law restoring the Spring
elections. It will be observed that township
and borough elections will be held on the same
day they were before the enactment of the law
providing that the said elections should take
place In October; consequently, officers elected
in October last will hold over until January:
SECTION L. Be it enacted, etc., That the fif
teenth section of the act, entitled "An act far
ther supplemental to the act relative to the elec
tions of this commonwealth, approved April
seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine," be and the same is herebyrepealed ;
and that in the year Alum Domini one thousand
eight hundred, and seventy-two, and annually
thereafter. all elections for city, ward, borough,
township and election °Ricers, In the different
cities and counties of this commonwealth, shall
be on the days and at the times they were
held us provided by law in the different cities,
wards, boroughs and townships in said coun
tie., prior to the seventeenth of April, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
nine, the date of the - passage of the act afore
-said.
SEcTrox ii. That the terms of the different
' city, ward, borough, township and election of
ricers in said counties, to be elected at the elec
tions to be held in one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two, shall begin when the terms of
such officers heretofore elected shall expire, and.
so with such officers annually thereafter as pro
vided by law, prior to the passage of the act of
seventeenth' of April, Anno Domini one thou
sand ei..ht hundred'and sixty-nine: Provided,
The terms of es.semirs fur the present year Shall
extend until their succe ss ors are duly elected
and qualified pursuant to this act: Prorided
furfleer, This act shall nut apply to any eke
tions provided for by special laws, since the pa5 .....g.
..... g . ~/' else act of April seventeenth...Cighteco
Intatlrcd and sixty-nine ; and the said elections
in the county of Clearfield shall be held on the
last Friday in-December of each year,
.eats 11. Wane, .
. Speaker of House or Representatives.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Speaker of the Senate,
Approved—The twenty-eighth day of June,
Annu Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one. JNO. W. GEARY,
- Cheap Portable Fence.
We find in an exchange the following incrip
tion of a cheap fence that may be eroded for
permanence, or can be easily moved :
"Take a full fence, four pieces of boards six
inches wide and of the common length, sixteen
feet. To those put on three cleats, one at each
end and one in the middle, nailed with either
hammered or with good eightzpenny cut nails
annealed, or ut least those that will clinch good.
These ;will make panels Clpily handled, and
when set ur..in the desired place, let each alter
nate panel have cleats face in opposite direr.
lions. The ends of the boards att one panel
would hptt op to the cleat on the other; the
boards in this little space are double. .41, pair of
stakes are then to be driven into_ tho ground,
the top boards resting on the stakes where they
intersect; they also rest on the top edge Of the
second hoards from the top. In this way the
stakes serve as a vice to hold the whole togeth
er. The stakes can stand straight enough, so
that but little ground will ho lost from math-a.
Tax on Incomes,.
A private letter from RussellgaTett to a gen
tleman of this borough, says-the Honeadak GYM
men, gNes the fbllowing information respecting
the legislation of last winterin relation..to the
tax on occupation) and incomes :
"The law referred to was passed July 241; and
repeals that part of the act of April 29, 1844,
which Imposes a tax of 2 per conthat on sala
ries and:emoluments, and 1 per cent, on in
comes of tradesmen, occupations and profes
sions over $2OO. It seems, however, that there
was a prior act, passed in 1834 authorizing , a
county tax on incense and professions, which
this act does not,repeal. It simply repeals so
much of the act;of April 29, 1854, as is above
deferred to. The intention was, probably, to
sweep Both State and county taxieway; hilt the
tramer' , of the repealing act overloulted
statue of 1834, and left 3t atUl fA Threq."
New Fishing Law.
Some mceitement, has, beim created in 4 tha
coon flea adjacent to the Susquehanna river, over
the contemplated enforcement of the new flab
law passed last •winter. The law niikes,At
perutive on the Sheriff of each county that
borders on,'gr dir.ingh which flora the &wine,
henna or.pelaware rivers and tributaries, vyhett
be discover° or is Informed that fish baskets, eel
,facincs, nets or any other per.
manenqy sat contrivance for catching tlikb eilAt
to give tettgays notice through two newilpapcfs
of the roi,pectlve cuuntles, declaring- that these t ,
contrivane.es are nuisances, and must • be' dis
mantled by the owners, or managers. 4w it
not dismantled within , ten daymalci sheriff shall
pr4mloti`vithill4ie,and de tFay air piclx wart
vapcki alterit kaotl. ird if tint sheriff shall neglect
or rofttsglq perlltrm such duty .siter being nog 7
tied; he *lll be liable to a tne toot lesa
-than
tOQo„tiOr more than slooo.—/lonearkste
..7 ..!
1 41
— ; 4, doin g mother of a waggish . pp' . /ATif
bottled uP a lot of oleo Piderves, lobe pi :
', Put up by Mrs. D—..,johin,isr, 4 VI •
covered them , won ate the pi:Ott:pip 4 t e bot
tle, tind4rate on - the bdtfora of . the label; ."Put
dowt hy...Tphuoy . -I) --,,--,"
—;At a Boston church; when3.the choir
sing the "Attlee after the benediction
the efrioiatiug clergyman was surprised
on Sittiday to hear the musical response
riven at the end of a noties las had read.
OBSEIITEIL