t. It/ ntroor gemount.
E. it. HAWLEY. CDITOIL
VIONTHONIII% PENN'A I
Vernvr.lib.l V. JANUARY I. I 1r73.
Now&Year.
enmea
g , triiNts were-'hmrses, beggars m might
ride," and ii wishing people a "Happy .
New Year," carried the shbstance with it,
bow happy mankind would he. It has
become too mach the case with mArneii- •
cans to wish people luippy, or pray that
the 4;Mmgry may be fed and the naked
clothed, withonffurnishing the bread and
blankets tam secure an answer to the prayer,
1 . 4 we sine rely &s mite a thing and have
tha means to twittg tt about we will see to
it that the want is supplied. A little
practical thjmght at this time will do tin
all g ktmd. Are th,-re any in our midst
who have not It hat py New Yrar ? Have•'
we done or omitted to do anything which
m haro ai Irtl to bring alma their dis
comfort ? litre wean followed the gold
en rale " D m Onto ol hers as ye would hare
others a., not, con ?" If any can look
hick and solt.4mbe to this, then indeed
sin mall them, hapey. Wrks, not faith,
bring tt,Filp m;ppitmessm.Deedsmot words,
i•I r. lim me mh • tosmesSities of the :meetly.
The year ape n which we to-day have enter
a happy one to as all, just in
r gr,.rtion as we contribute of our good
needs atel vtral ass itn: to make it so.—
L mve (I s m with all the Mad and with alt
thy strength. mtaml the neighbor as th3self
If tins eh tlt be our guiding principle
0.1 mar tmeneororward, not only a hap
pr ys.mr is immmfmre us, but we are
pr.,•::sed a blitsfol eternity. It is no use
t m over, the, past. Time record is
made aral Cum books are closed. A new
necouaL is ahJot to be opened wherein
hes a:r Sear rmmm dy. Catm we make it
balance —tme evi: wm 01 the pod ? Let us
7i:treaty Gauge for the Erie Illaitsvai.
jit a et4,:c I that, the at iney deritied from
5E.•,t;4..3 surrender, d Le
Giiiald to the Erie Litilway Company
will be us,' in laying a third rail, whin--1
by the nxrr iw gauge roads of the West
in lia‘e another 0ut.14 to New York
with out breaking bail:. The Britfalo
1:• irciiit rites Eagliteer R. N.
Picowit has rec e ntly con:1110.rd and .sub
mittal to Jae lirect4;r3 a special report
npvu the stilij.ict of clninging the gauge
that read to COLT , Frtrfla with the ordin
ary Tile report 'reel-omen&
the 01 a rail. and the use cf .
Lot'
E muv:vs ti.e. present roiiing
oi out. Mr. Drown advises
this i,s a mailer if economy, and as avoid
a grt-at if not serious
f Winn tto the road. The Ohio
r.!I I 74 .0:1.;,3 . 1 . +11; the Great Trnnk
lmve aitr..rmt view to the Ellbj"Ct.
Th.- f m r p•ar agi , changed its gauge
is lose mu; day's time, by the
enii.l..ym , fit of an extra flre-, and the
e:.m i ll-;{.l a similar worn.
Mr. .n n argues that the immense cost
(,!. -4 1,11( . 1i1g the rolling stock to the liar
r.‘w gauge will rot ju , tify the Erie in
a-bm , ing this plan. One great objection
to doing P , O td that the boilers of the loco
nap so large that th.'y could not
well he used on the narrow gauge, and,
tin refor , i, would become a total loss. The
r'p •:1 atinsr:.s that in addition to laying
the third rail, two hundred locomotives
and f0 , 4,r thousand cars he constructed for
thr narrow tr"ug'', and that the old rid
lingstock• he thr,wn aside without repair
:st .ts it h,•c .noes useless. In this
mina , ..- the roa.l will Ix , gradually trans-
Lrrne,l into u a tterrow g-,ange. The esti-
m1.N.1 cost Of I.tyinz the ev.tra, rail and
1,17, , Ting pr0pi5 , ....1 ro l u etoclz is
ta•entv.co. dollars. It
is na,lc”st , totl ~ qa the E.rpress that the
',irectors tipjirore of the ‘ieirs of the engt
,-neer itud w",il at once undertake to carry
th. m It. has bees clearly tletnon
el:•ate-d th,it there is an actual excess of
cost , t f 1,,p, wing a brood or a narrow
gauge of at least tweritytper cent. It is
teli,..frd that four millions annually
tni-gbt hare Irett sated if tile road had
1,-ro constrinti-d arum narrow gauge at
first.
Taos:F:lom are iteemtomed to the use
of 4. coo:fold Irish whisky" fur certain
imce:cal corip`ailits with which they are
Rizted, may be iiiterrited in the infor
mation that Dr. 11-tilges. of Belfast, has I
recently had nee ision to analyze several
FaMples of whisk); and has published the
r.salts of his examination in one of the
pap: ,, re. A bottl.2 of whisky. de
scribed as a fair sample of the drink sold
• in low crass public houses was on examin
ation found to ba hearty adulterated with
n'tPll3, c•lYenrle pepp , r, and vitriol. An
other 'sample was composed iihnost entire-
ly raptirs, slightly colored with gen it
4ne wltiskT; and - 3 third delectable cont.
pound had not even "a coloring,' of the
Fpir - it. Wing a pleam:ng combinL•
1./011 Llf' cayentie penper, rill of vitriol, al
cohol, sad salpitate of copper, which ro'd
be produee44,y a•ly atnatenr chemist at
..the rate of 'cisie penny per gallon. The
physical result; to the consumers of such
a tleeuetiou .c;ta be lisagined.
-Tat Prsas remarks: "If the pmee
policy of the Adrn'nistration is ever nb
endnned. it will not be because of the des
ertion-of iti religious friends." Then by
ell_ inlains:,l .t its "teligiono friends,' if
`s!ly right utvay....tO .ita sup
port. -".lt wiltia.he a pity to have. it ahan 7
f tr,ott 0f,41t , 5: A li.,fee of its
"p•Wie policy 3 ie titirte , luired in Louis-
i 41 1 ! rota on /Ifniltiy of 'Ol Lt.
The Bane of o Newspaper.
Tn! remLPke of General George' P.
Jones, of the-Nashville Union • and altp
eriean, before the Press Association of
Tenneseee;are so truthful and apply with
finch force to this community, that we in
sert their' fur thelianefit of newspaper
proprietors, and those persona who think
they have the privilege _of gratuitously
using the. columns cif a journal to licher
tise.their business whenever ,
.they, feel so
disposed : .
"We do too much work without corn-
pensation. We pay too much money
without any teturn whatever. We estab- I
lish an eleemosynary institution at our
own expense. ' We keep a charity school
on'eur own hook. , We conduct -tininess
as if ire owe everything to the public and
the public are not indebted to us a far
thing. Wetare preyed upon by tke shar
pers and the innocent alike. We adver
tise gratuitously every week, abet; We
should have the money for it. The gen
eral public are entirely ignorant—proba
bly we ourselves are not fully aware—of
the extent to whisk ne*spapers lire bur
-1 dened by the insidious drain upon their
resources. It insinuates itself in every
cmiceivahlt, form. It dues it through , re
porters, through agents; through corres
pondents, through business managers,
the ugh proprietors,' and generally, too
with as much disadvantage to the Public
as the press.
There is not a InisinesS, from the' dis
penser of ginger cakes and eider, to the
largest manufactory, which will not ad
vertise a ith you gratis; which will not,
if you listen to it, end sivor to convince
you that it is your duty to the public to
do sa. There is not an aspirant to public
station—and when I contemplate the
numbers of these, I experience an over
whelming Brine of commingled amaze
ment and disgust —from constable tc the
senate of the Union, who does not con
seientiously believe it-to be the imperitive
duty of the press. daily and weekly, to
Speak with p m of teloscopic power, of his
microscopic deservings. Even that army
or strollers which infest the country and
the people as a sort of visitation of prov
id. nee fir inir iniquities, from the street
corner seller of nrize candy or magic oil,
to the dperatic impresario, wi I expect
von to write an indefinite number of edi
torials on a three iquirre advertisement
for five days, changeable daily, without
charge. We are reqnired to write np, urge
np, and Tint through, every enterprise,
great and small, that seems to have a pos-
I slide connection with the public. But
we never hear of a share of stock or a 1
dividend. The church, the state, com
merce, industry, art, invention, and hum
bug, alike seem to regard the press as
their 'servitors, and to be run and sustain
ed for their advantage.
There is a line of deman-ation in all
these things between public demand, pub
lui utility. newspaper duty and individual
gain. That line should be defined and
held, as it in reality is, the dead line.—
Not a letter, nor a space, nor a figure, n'''Or,,
a comma, nor a period—nothing of all
tne innumerable particles that enter into
form or structure of a daily on weekly
newspaper—is there that its picking up
and Liyin&down does not cost cash mo
ody. Not a revolution of the pmts., not a
square inch of paper that does not cost
something in cash. This should be un
derstood by the public. IT it is nut its
corrElatire should be practiced by the
I press, I do not mean that the press
should abandon its position of being the
formic , st charitable institution in the
world. It should hold to that, for its inn
si ¢ hberality, after purging itself of
nine-tenths of the daily swindles practic
ed upon it, will exceed that of any other
business.
To get rid of this stupenduous fraud
of gratuitous' advertising, this cancer,
canker- —call it anything provided you se
lect an epithet that characterizes it strung
enough—l can prescribe no other rule
than this. Put voluntarily and without
charge, anything and everything into
your paper that you deem advantageouP
to it in being beneficial to the public.—
All else exclude, being of advantage to
Owe who wish to make money on your
capital and enterprise.
Mad your epace at it' value. Fix your
rates at a fair price for your circahation,
and adhere to them. Yair
_dealing will
accomplish much more than fool will, at
all tiniesand everywhere. For be it known
that the American press is not a vampyre
Ito be constantly sucking the life blood
ant of the people. It has a vastly higher
mission, but it should also be known that
it will no longer be made the victim of
the thousands of vampires that come
daily to the counters, in-every inconceiv
able garb. to have its life blood iucont:-
nently sucked away.
EIDIANTZL, King of. Italy, has - been
ill. His death at this time would cause
a complication id'Kuropean affairs. The
of Prince Charles of l'rus.sia and
General Von Moltke to Emmanuel, last,
summer, was evidently for the purpose
of forming a secret union between the
two nations. on ,a platform for the fa
tnre. That union was.agreed to. and cer
t Lin movements in Prussia - in . relation to
religionti matters, hare been duplicated in
Italy. It is_ thus evident
. that Williain
' and Emmanuel are running on' the same
track. Should the latter die, the former
will asintdly dictate . his. successor,. and
thus secure et wait/nation of: the. pres
ent policy. Such an' interferetice.•mtght
but meet the approbation of Russia and
Austria, and this would ratSe a storm
eland over Middle anti SOutherrt Europe,
The dealt of . Emnttiael - at this time
Laiglitt.t l ).oo. *e-giilaili4 s 4 l of totl4ialY
;'o.l2aixt. - • -
OM%
Gtosbe thOntelebroted Ameri
can Indian puinterand traveler,died Mon
day morning: in Jeriey City, of 13right's
disease of tin; kidneys:
WANTED to know. - --HOw can the epi
znuty disappear in two week* if, as allvg
ed, itis a stable ilisease.N. 0. Timex.
Ix ts,said that Pratti_ receives $50,000
for two performances a week in Russia,
and 81,00 a night fur extra peformun
- . •
A BFFFALO paper announces that by
the re.cent burning of an ice-house there,
20,000 tons of ice were " reduced to ash
ea."
THE: South Carolina Legislature has a
refreshing way, and short at that, of vin
dicating its good name. The justice of
the Petite who caused the arrest of the
newly elected Senator Patterson on charge
of perjury and bribery was removed 'from
office by an unanimous vote of the Leg
islature, while the members of Assembly
on whose affidavit the arrest was made,
has found it convenient to run away.
The money-bought Senator now consid
ers himself washed as clean as snow from
any stain of corruption.
Mr. GREELEY, one of , the most intel
lectual men of our time, was cut off in his
63d year. Ilis temperate habits and CIIF.
tom ot out-door exercige would have led
one to expect for him a much longer life.
Mr. Sumner is only of Mr. Greeley's age.
Mr. Chase is 63; Bennett lived to be 71 ;
Ben Wade is 72 ; Webster held out to 70;
and Clay to 75; while Van Buren, though
one of the worst beaten of Presidential
Cr ndidates, was SO when he died. Thar
low Weed li%lng at 75; and Mr. Sew
ard has just ded at 71. Mr Greeley has
perhaps worked harder than any one f
these, 'but -Lord Bronghman worked
severely and continnaly, and liven to 03 ;
and Thiers is 75. Mr. Gladstone is 63,
and (lisratli 73. Lord Palmerston lived
to be Si.
ErERTTETING goes to show that the 11-f
-low Pinchhack whom Grant has forced on
the people of Lonienna as their governor
is most fitly named. The New Orleans
Grant organ. now most oliseqnions to Hie
Excellency (God s•ive the mark%) was ter
ribly seven• on . " Pinch" less than a sear
ago. It said then, mark it well :
We demand the dismissal of Mr. Pinch
back as a park commissioner. beeau , e he
•ook a bribe of $lO,OOO for the location
of lilce park, and on account of his t•N
pre,,seti desire to see the city on tire be
cause its cit'zens were opposed to some of
his ideas.
We see by the latest reports that Pinch's
plan is to go to the n e w Unitee Suites
serrate. By all means, and in 181'5 he
will be eligible to run with Grant fur the
third term.
EDWARD A. Pollard, editor of the
Richmond Examiner during the existence I
of t h e Southern Confderacy, died at
Lynchburg. Va., on Tuesday . of last week
at the age of :arty-lice. The subseriv
two price of the Eraminerat that period
was one hundred dollars per year, paya
ble, of course, in Contederate money
Mr.,Pollard was in 1864 captured
trying to get off to Europe on a British
vessel from Wilmington, and confined in
Fort Warren eight mouths, when he was
released on parole for special exchai ge,
and allowed to return to Richmond. 11-
turned this mishap tai good account, by
writing a book open it entitled, '
rations in the or Eight Months in
Prison and on Parole," which sold well in
the South.
THE ALTOONA Sun says : "If there is
any man out of the State Constitutional
Convention who ought to be in it, that
man is Ex-Governor William Bigler, *
* * and we are now re diced to learn, 1
as we know his legion of friends will be.
that a seat is offered to him and at his
disposal, and warmly urged upon him by
the present occupant. J.dhn G. Hall, esq.,
of Elk county, part of the Clearfield dis
trict. Mr. Mil is among the ablest mei
now in the Convention, and there are but
kw who can be more ill spared. But Mr.
Hall thinks that Mr. Bigler is the man
now who ought to he in, and bring d e ep.
ly engaged in the pursuit of his legnl
business, feels it to be fortunate that he
has in his power to do so just a thing.and
till his place with so valuable a member.
If the Es-Governor concludes tp accept,
he will take the scat bt the reassembling
••f the Convention in January."
; Mn. lANEs wrote that portion of the
Post-mitst-r-Generars report in re! aim;
to the Postal Telegraph System, and in
thi s c on n e ction the New York COMMeI -
cfal Adreiliser says: " The fact is imp; r
taut. Faith in the Postmaster-Generara
simird judgment necessarily shrinks when
ie discover that he does not depend upon
his own judgment at all in the treatment
Of a question as important as this, and
that in this selection of. an assistant he
las.betrayed into the approval of incom
plete and inaccurate statements." Con
gress should not pin 'its faith, upon the
statements of either Mr. Cresswell or Mr.
tines in this matter. Tlie subject is one
I •vast importance to the public, and
heir repreSentatires slime not allow the
overriment either to trample upon pri
;
•atOenierprise or establish a system by
Whieh.the whole Correspondence of the
; •
pountry will be at the mercy of paid spies
itaidiiiformers - 1 - • 1-• ' • '.
TA Lion:Robert W; Mackey has no
lopyiosiiion for state 'trtwiliveloit he. and
; his friends are deliberating whether tliey
l hall go through the [notions_ of another
Election by the legislature, or bold on en.
,til the choice of a inecesiot by the 'peop`e
flatlor the iiew auseridnientg
cnnisTnAs cisciLTY.
IN the Seventh ward of this city Was
erected a two story frame building by 11 0 -
t-toil:cit. co.- for private school Intrpnees.
Sabietritently it ups - rented by the school
board for public seiors, but more recent
ly was purchased by the Baptist; and by:
them used -.for preaching and Sabbath
school. Chiistmas came, and the Sab
bath school chi , dren lucked thither last
night tri reeeiva tiketi iin final preseat e .
Some three hundred Wlirefiresei.t—fath
-env mother 4, children,--teachers, pupils
and preacher —and many not. connected
with the china, and school. It was u
:hum y occasion; The day had been joy.
ously spent at home and now tl.e clueing
scenes of this Christmas occasion were to
takeplace, when each Sabbath school pu-
Pil was to: he ow:eared with a gift. These
gifts were beautifully suspend. don Christ
mas trees. A part }vas given out, but not
all, when applause and s. amping on the
floor, on dceuulit or.a comic exhibit ion
was at its height, a suddei, crash and the
entire floor on which the people, young,
old and middle aged stood, suddenly gilve
way and with it the entire , flioring over
head. There wa.4 110 support, to the fin].
hers of the flooring, and the whole mass
[ruin roof to basement F-11, the hail ling
pressing out at the sides unloosing the
joist of the upper flour. What a sudden
panic? Pen cannot describe it. The
shrieks, the groans and the weeping, it he
said, were heartrendering,. Thu heated
cloves were capazed, and now the cry of
fire" was raised, tint the lire was provi
dentially extinguished.
LIST. OP KILLED
J o hn Rinhh., Boyd Mehaffey,Mrs. Dun
can Campbell and two children. a child
of C V. L. M . Minnis, Miss Sadie Matlir,
Miss. Mary -Fisher, ,Miss I.;zzie Baskin.
Miss Grace Seamen, Miss Tillie Reeder. a
bov named Silllllllla. awl a child of John
Bad), and Mrs. Wilkinson.
INJURED
Mrs. Thomas -Ames, battle bruised
Ws. John Wilkinson, badly burned. but
a small portion of her clothing remain
Jiffs, S. eri,t, 81 , 011 horned; Mrs. Mar
fit, badly bruised ; Miss Fessler• leg bro
ken ; Daniel No%conr.r. leg hn , ken : Mrs.
Abram Berrv. ltoket. Robert Math:.
slight Ir bniised ; lloward Reeller, j a w
fractured; Lewis Re , -der. 'badly hr i iii,d;
Mr... Jonathan Fi.her, leg broken \lire
Baskin. arm broken; Mrs. E. ft. antp
helLFcully
ittinretl ; Job ti An' is. hew; cot:
Mis s Thomas. limb brA en ; M
limb broken: Andrew Wenzel, ribs bra.
ken ; Sadie Ramsey. a-kk slimmed ; 1;4-r
-tio Ramey, wouMled~ secon.l d onlder
of James Toner, ankle injured ; Mae Fe.-
sler, badly bruised, havinc bad his sealn
torn hnise—it is now raid end and P•lred
an ; GVClr r p , S ti o .1 ( bruised:Carrie Paisti ;-
Mr. and Mrs. WM imr. badly linived:
Alie e Newcomer, Ellllll3 Brown. Lew
Aartman,William Ilmtek.Miss. IL 3:m.hr
Annie Shaw, Alice Mliride and fat 1,.•i%
Sarah Waltz. Amanda Waltz and Wil
liam Wabz were injured. 1,e , % is Coil ,
had .his tine broken in fur place s; "tiler
' were more er 14.ss injiti-ed. among a bieh
were Jalkson Newcomer, Lot tie Adams,
Ed. and J,mnie Kmley. Lizti, rexer.
William Milani, Wm ti , y
M'Con !telly. and a chill Of Mrs. 13 , rrv.
Tils list is nit complete. and it impas:i•
Lie to make it so. as many of the wound
ed. when taken from the min.:, were im-
mrdiatrly renlowd to t hvir
addititot. to it, it is'snitl when the floor
was giving ;Milt many who were near the
windows had the presence of mind to es
rap e by jumping ouLsotor twenty feet or
more. or the itumber were enure wone•tt
lint few reeeicol any injuries on account
of falling it: the snow.
The Imildiot; has been described. The
floors had no Supt - Nits—not any. a mere
light frame building, not utteLded for thy
welAt of such a mass of human beings.
and the crawler is with the people
wh e n they have witness. d the wreck, and
the loss to life and limb, that the church
authorities were so thoughtless in permiL
tioo
this crowd to gather in f 1,1•1) a frail
t struct ore. Surely a merciful Providener
interposed, in a great measure. oth e r:6st•
the loss of lif would have been tripled.
and the maimed counted by, many scars'
'Teats it sad Christmas ere in Newberry.
The heart sickens at the sudden tlestrue
tion of c a lot a ble lives ; may goal of his
infinite merry bud op the broken hearts.
land let its all learn a lesson from- this af
fictive dispensation what frail mortals we
are. and how mwertain is life at best.—
I This Cat:lslnpile, near the close of the
I year. w'll aid to enumerate the casualties
of 1872. None more heartrendiug,, mine
more unexpected.
A start' was trhd last wetk in the Le
high court in which Mahlon Mintire
claimed damages to the amount ofit3o,ooo
from the Lelngh Valley. railroad company. !
As the case was a peculiar one' mid as the
disposition 'allude of it may be of benefit to
coducturs and passengers generally we up
vend a bri..-Istattement given by timid:du
oil of the circumstances which led to the
prosecution of the company.' In the early
Nit. of the/summer he was tip the road
suinewheie is the t eigibortinud of M u nch
Chunk, at u, wedding or soar other fee
tire Wilk, and wit. returning WI the
Lehigh Valley train; eote.re
in company with others. They got htto
ditliettity with the conductor, who
struck the plaintiff. and haring stopped
the care.:put hint olf on to the track in u
deep cut—the mountain on one side and
(down a twelte foot embankment) the
river on the other.
lie status that it was growing dark, and
he got frightened and bewildered and
finding a beep of stones b e tw een tl•e
truck-, he'sat down thereon to rest, think
ing he would be safe there. In his sl, ep
he got one leg over the track and a train
thane along and t,ok it off. The enrutna
part 01 the story is that he assertzr he knew
nothing of his leg being off maill he
awoke in the morning. ii.hen file groins
Litt:lord the attrio.ion of Fusers by. The
jury awarded the plaintiff ttl,Boo dainagee.
'rwo eases of a similar import am .now
pending against the Lehigh Valley' rad
,
road company.
Tits radir:ds of tbe Alabama le,;:slat Ore
with haructeritre duplicity and bad faith
repudiate .the clmpromise of ,Attorney
General WilliMn!, which they pretend to
accept. They have diwoier.:4 that:§pen
txr, their nisster, esnuot, be elocted to
the,senste of Ille_Puited States ty tidher
itg to their ; compact._ :ThiSlact Ives' at
the hottoto of all their revel:diet - Airy and
dishonest .proceedings Iron the, hekitulitik.
They:expcst that senate will accept
Spencer,. with his pert:fir:ate from the
huge,: court house 'legisliture,:iiil they
are encuuniged in this belief lof the" repu
ation
Oooi tide td'itubscribe th# Th . o•
or.
Beier° Cold Weather.
The.' signal Office Tuesday. Doc.24th,at
4:35 p t m., rep , wts the,ffillowmg thermon
etternaling ladOw ..11reckenridie.
Minn; 17 deg.; linilington, Vt.. 1 1 ;; Da
venci,irr, lowa.. 4; Duluth 114 Grand Ha
ven. 4; licenliik. 6; . qamula.3;
Lemeii worth; Nan:. 2: 131untreal. - .10:
Omaha, 1; Port s fit . ) I'3: QUI.I.P.C. 14 :
St. Louis. 2: St. Paul. 11; Toronto, 2: IA
while the thermometer ut Cairo
and Nashville indieatet zero.. At I p.in
the midi eigs wer - e lrel tic gem Cron) the fol.
lowing shmonst-Keokok. o:Daveoptwt.3r
St. bnuis. - 3; Iravenwurtli, 5; Osweg,o,A;
Rochester, 1; Cleveland, 2.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. December 24.—The ther
mometer Wi.4:4 at zero early this morning.
The rivqr ant harbor to North Point are
completely frOzen over. Navigation is al
most entirely interrupted. Large fields of
floating ice are below. The Norfolk
steamer has not yet arrived. and it i= sap
posed to he delayed by the heav' gale last
oight and the ice. Several vessels are at
anehor helow, unable to make headway.
The gale last night Wan intense. 1,!0 ‘vi
nfe several roofs of 'looses, some chimneys
and many signs. The steamer Sarago. , a.
from Havana, is below. She reports fear-
Int gales, and serious disasters are apPre
headed.
=MEI
CINeINNATI, December 24.—A special
dispatch from Wah n ,h. FaVA:, Upwards of
sixty locomotives were froien up and not
of *water between Haat' ogton and Peiro.
Trliana, on. the Toledo. Wabash and
Western Railroad, ror forts-eiAt hoar..
The cattle, hov nod sh••ep on the trains
were frozen to death. do Intuit eases
freeziaz among the emplovees have h.•en
rep.rtell, thonch taaoy of them hail their
limbs badly frozen. The therm .meter
here at 7 o'clock this morning was at
z•ro.
ILf I'COTS
CHIC WO neCertilwr 24.—The thervon
et,T3st Ow United Stides Ot
this morning indicated 20 degrees below
Zen..
NET YORK
NEW Yon A. 1) , c^mber :11.—Lot. night
was= tto coldest of the tzea. , ll dins fir.
Coot , iderah'e ice Wat; 111;1114. in the harbor.
1111 d even the larger ferry boat hare (Itai
enliy in navigating tho ricer thin morn•
in¢• All the ve , s,ls arrivinz within the
1,3.1 twenty-6 MT honrs r e port very Sev.ll.
wear her off the coast.
Mtl.wArKEr..l)epemher 24—To day i.
the Cold at kmorn to the oldest I
hintg. The therronnefei in the morn iii
marked 20 d rf .r,. helow hot in the :.f.
t..riinnn Wag ut zero. A WollUtll nntn..,l
Na.h wits found froz-n to death nu River
sffreet.
In I,•topitis. to-day was the coldest in
twetit v-r 1 Ye tear.
Barnum•+ Burnett -
NEW YonK, Dee•mber2l—The nre at
Ilarniim's Circus eilaimenei d at aleint
four this morning. In half an
li au the en! lee lin ildingv eon
si roiled of iron. was in reins. The flames
ginekly soread to the httilitititts on either
side. Grae, Chapel. on the eitstorlr Yid.-
wag b u r ne d to the moonlit]. and the Law
rence Itlatti .-n. on the westerly side was
s‘a.losi•de (lama ?ed. 'The lire ran thringh
the Work to Thirteenlh strovt. doßti•oriiig
the carriinze reel irr of :tinier &
and that of E. f;mr,... Th e h & 7 3 w ill
reach half a milli m Johan.
Another ileo.innt saes the loss trill mach
a million dollar.. Tile only animals nar•
ed floor the menagerie are a (tame] and
an elephant. The cause of the tire is nn
kpnWll.
The follnwinc. , are telilitlonals parlien-
Tars of the barn' ng of Bantam's circa.:
Wiee% a police °Meer, at 5:1( p. nt., while
on his Trimle. noticed fire bur-tilg
Ihrongh thikroof of the &rens
ate's over where the giraffes were kept_
and immediately atterwards the animals
and hints began screeching and howling
in a terrific manner. Alarm.' were eound
-tI.
but the flames spread with such ra
pidi'v that alnm-t h«.ll,re the firemen
could get the water, Barnum's cirens was
n thing of the past. The firemen renorl
that the ma .8 of the animals An re moo_
col during the short tune that they lasted!
Two elephants and one camel were the
only animal.. saved. When they were led
out by their keeper'. thee were given a
large spite- by the Crowd witnessing the
fire, although the anima's were very do
cile considering the excitement on all
sides.
The front hnibling was hrn stories high
and composed nearly altprzether of mrrn•
gated iron and wood. The erratum,
burned. however. as thoagli it were a tin
der hox. firemen and • them were
unable Stand within a hnnir , 9l feet of
the burning 1)1611141g, the heta waq
snin
tense. The win:lows of the Aentlemy•
Music were cranked and hr ken with the
heat and the doors were blistered. The
hill boarits in front of the Aealeme were
horned on the :ide towards the eirene.
Nothing could be done to save nay ni' thv
an ima , s. Grace Chapel wit.: wholly con
sumed. nnly the four walls being lett
stan:ting.
It wii very !Tule!, th it the Acad
emy of Mimic. which hi direetly ennos:te,
would also be con:card. and it evidentqv
would have been low! not The n inch charm.
ed. which eanseti the fire to extend nernss
to Thirteenth street. deStrnvitrr nn i ts
way the large earriage ntartnilictory of
Stet - PUS cCo., and several tiricite dive!.
H o es. No lives tire reporte.l pst.
LATEST—It appear% that Bailiam'a in-
sursince on t h e hnildin • and contents is
in the neig,liborbinvi or clamor,.
his report for November. Fire Mar-
ahnli NicSpodon called attoriti,,n to Mr
nngare condition of 13'aritrv'A Afrisemn.
lind the donir,er of the surrounding prop
erty from it.
Tits Supremo Court of Pennsylvania
at Pittsbnrah delivered an opinion whi.li
in effeet, doelares that school directors
hare the right to , enter upon impiwerd
Property for P(thoof pnrp uses. The sehnn
director; of the Sixth ward. Allegheny.
hare made several atteinpts in negotiate
fora Immse and tot which, adjoined the
sellout property. hut the owner refitiWti t.,
sell. The hoard. us •_ a It6t resort,- had.
`viewer; appointed send then - took poeptes.
sion nf it for schoill purposes. 'The-case
was. brought in the court •of 'common
Pleas to rec Over the property and u vet::
diettor the defendant rendered.' An- uti ,
pesi - vias taken' to- the Supreme 'Court,'
which angaiued the itiqgmel, t of the low
ou,urt: .1 1:Ws - will' be of
. value to-many
iiiieeNraivLieb thew,'come to built* ;thiit
much tilkiit of !Wit b4dlt needed 'school
hotite, snrobstiniite :propßity
hold': Void' in; thir vay. ;
~.Rallioad murder.
A. Bib - CIITLIIYINAS VOA 4011 E.
Ooaar r December 24.—Midnight--This
afternoon at 3:15, as the mail bunion . the
'Buffalo,-.
,Corry and Pittsburg Railroad,
Corry at 1:20 . p. m., neared Proa
pect, and 'when within about erghty rods
'Of the train %via t iwu ; itff
the track at a trestle work, the passenger
;pi liagga2e cariyid tender falling a die
tance of' -inety-sis feet, - while the engine
passed over unhurt. To the present, time
the dead bodies of- nineteen
_persons have
411,4 n are fein:;•:
fully burned ; . and thirty-011c ; persons are
known to has! beau - Wounded some Vi
hem seriously;
Among the dead are Frank Taylor.bag
gageman. of Carry, B. Bacon, of Drtaiton
mail 'agent; 'Con 'Maloney, of, Brecton,
trackmasies. Mr, Bell of Sherman, Mr.
Haile, of Brocton..
The others are at present mitecogniza
hie owing is the charred and blackened
state of the corpses.
Among the injured, are -flay Flanders,
of Corry, conductor. \V. 11... Ticknor, Ti
tuAville. seriously, J. Cowdry, employee of
the Philadelphia stud Erne road a t Corry.
Orville Swift, of the firm of Hollister.
Swift 115 Co., insurance agents of Corry,is
missing.
The ateideritoras caused by a broken
ra t.
Flanders will frrobablyl. , se the toes of
one foot and the other fad entire from
the burns. Ile is also slightly wounded
intern:dlr. hut will probably recover,
ERIE. Pa.. Deeeinher f..s.—The cars fell
'n.ttoto upward. the weight of the truck+
crushing them in.: 7 , ere was no way of
eseape for the imprisoned passengers.
The cars immediately took fire, tint there
was no water to evtingnish the flames
ibis two axes could he procured to chop
the c a rs to pieces. In this situation (wen
t v.fi ve persons Were roasted alive. fitting
the air nearly nu hour with their dying
shri..ks. It is believed that several of
those rescuer] will die of their injuries.
HAVE YOU SEEN HER ? A lady who
for tfr• last live years has been a leader of
Cashion in New York. and who mac be
, e, , n rill ice a week in her elezarftcaleche
driviinz a pair of superb ponies in Ven
tral Pal k. bats recently 3..tawil in the select
E=f! , =Ell==l
iirtiele in .:xlstenee which Imparts beauty
Ind lustre to the compli•xi”n iii
!inritely impairing the texture of the akin
vnd (lei:sine it to ck.ltapte and writilee, is
If.kuNiAJA BALM. - The num"
or th.• d sti , iait slid rurtuller untie , beau
monde w!), ulv t;iis d:clantrimi cantor
propr rty NO it may be
Wen mtled p txmit fit that the Ita4 spent
crrrrel crane "r her life in Rung*. and is
ramiliar with all the arts anil preparati.ms
employiql by the court beantivs ul the uld
world to enhance.
Coxes:cm:co the further centralization
of the got erninent It lidding the pn.p,ta
ed r e h•graph monopoly to all tne other
syslealS of Federal power, the N.
Y. A...riirr.s says that all eXpi•rience i , roves
opal; from more important considerations
that what ran he stell done by caizetis
.li. old not be Itai,ded over to the general
Government. ft wiet Dolt a private enter.'
prise which first compelled the Gevera
nient. t.. redoco the postiLte anon a single
erer lre , m and 25 (Tots to 3
if the G ov .•r n meat nroti'd to-day hand
0 % e e the n -h.,1 0 postal sptem, tinder pro
per legal feeltr;lies a n d regillatlollS. in•
..f the. Government mil 'ions
Isevond the reCeipts, it would pay Its OtCr
w a y tetthnnt any diminished aceomorla
tion to the gene , al public, The great evil
of postal telegraph is the enormous
power it plaaws in the Government over
lath the iiiilness. and social correspon
dence of the c..untry, and this is gilite
enough to condemn it in public estima
tion.
ITERIFFIg SALES.-11Y NIT:TUE OF
CI writs issued by_the Coln of Common Pleas
of Susquehanna County and to me directed.
will expose In role brv , public erudite, at the
Court House in Montrose, on Friday. Jan. 17,
1%73, at 2 o'clock, p. in., the following pieces or
panels it land, to tit :
All that certain piece nr parcel of hod situatel
in the porrottlp of Lennx, in the county of
Sosnuelianna aoti State of Pennsylrinkt.latund
ell and deserilsal ea Wows, to wit: On the north
by lands or Timothy 'SlM:arty. on the east by
lends or John Busk, cm the smith by la.,tts nf
James Rought. amino the west by lands cnn
tooled by John C. Alien to Perry Thvamerant. I
containing about €0 acres, more or less together
with the appurtenances. one smart frame house,
one log ham one shoo, one orchard, and about
10 sires improved. (Seized toff taken in •ese•
cation at the suit or TavtOr.Wolltor, & Cot tot
Town C. Allen, and S. Taylor vs. Sohn C. Alien
and Perry Iloseettranl.)• • .
ALSO. All that certain olere or warel of land
I situate in the township of Lenox in the eonnty
or Sosmieltanna and State of Pennseleania,
bounded and desmiltoi as follows to wit : On
the north he lands. of Timothy McCarty: on the
east by leads of .L C. Allen. 'on the - smith by
binds of .Terome Ilartley„ and, on the west by
tends of Simon Ittrey, containing 21 aeres more
or less, together with the. npratrteriances, one
small lions°. and about 1 erre Iranroved. (Selz
ed and talon its execution at the snit a S. Tay
lor es. John. C. Arlen and Perry Rosengring
A LSIX—AIt that retiain piers. en- parer) of
land situate in the township of Silver Lake In
the roomy of Susquehanna end State of . Penn.
setemia. botmded sect •leseribe , l as (bible's, to
wit: On the north te , net , Yuri Stile Linn. nn
.the rtst der loci. of Ti moss tatlac,on the snetts
tw !teas of ?Tart In Pronen. and en the west hr
Plewnent Tnwrchin tine. enntsteinei 03meres or
b n .l. be. the same mete or less, with the apren ,
removes, one from. limas, one barn, one or•
ebsrl. end ?nosily telerernl: (IN, the undield-
cel one hail interest In all that other certain
piece or pirecl of hind. silents to the township
of Slicer take In the county of Stocriebanna
and State • f Peniewlinnialmondel and de‘crili.
el as follows, to wit Ilregorthrz nt n nom the
wooer line of -SPeer Tithe Township,st the noel h
west enripv of C. Ti, Tmeke's land, thence along
sail line north one bitelrert eel ( 1 111 4 *-eistit
nc•rebes to s net, thence by • bids of Thomas
LatTY nn. Jobe East. Afeltrtqnr netrites to is
twit, thener along awe and Toni of ft Velars.
smith seventy Mr(-11.51 to n• post In tettille road.
thence by reel south sletv-eiv deZrees 'WIO 9.1
'stogies to the ntare of beeinntive.
I 7 orris of 1 ind be the same noire or legs. with
the neisneerisners.stro all IsnOwmea. - (Token
in eseeettnn at the nit. of Sll.ts= Perkins vs: -
loho
- ALR4I.—AII that frrtnin pimp nr nne-el of
tend ni; , nite in the tfiwnviiin of nnill In the
ennatvof Snqattelinnan and Suite of
1‘ann , 11.44n4 da.carlhaa fallnwA. In all:
On the.north by Inn,ln.af Rwirtchnmmar
nn hnix nr F,lidtn ginnay. an the
gan+l) t 11nrlq of •Mnr=hall W. , Vnlqentet.. and
an the acct t,antnal. Tlnshnell. eon
tninlnl• R 4 nere.n . nf tirirl. be the :myna -morn nr
lenn with the nnwirtenancen,nrin inninn.nne
one ntrhar l. nn4 nbant neran Imnrea.ll.
Takvn in ezegntinh'nt the
one. of D. D, Se rir TA. Jovenh . a: Fin
ney% Anntin Sinn, and phth Rurieclinfn rner.)
berrhi , given flint nil bids intent be
pall in ennli on. Vie '
tl. R fiFitillin: sheriff.
Shedfrn Offlee, Montrone; Dee.2l,
Al'llTOP'9!Trertf`t?... Trtnnintnroznea. an Awlliar
appnlninci hr tha..ntra pt.-Coalman Pleas a nn.•
'qnnhantta randy tn, al.ttlinnn nu, fund!. In thn hand'
°Me Shntlfr, nriAnp from thn alio nt thn t' el/Mina
T. J. Tenn, WI: attend In inn dale, of bin appoint.
!vat at the often W. TL 411. In Mowry.;
vn rice. .27th. ltra, At 1 clock. mi.. when
ill Pentnan InteraineA will prey nt that? clams Or bolos
crer debarred from coming b on safet fond.
MCmtivie, Doe. 441,183.—5 t •
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iVISHART'S ME TREE
Tar Cordial,
NATURE'S GREAT REMEDY
For. TUE
Thret and Lungs
It is gratifying tee tts-to inform the public that
Dr. f.. Q. IViatrirri's Pine Tree Tnr
for Thruagnnil Imtig. Diseases, lets gabled nu
enriableCeptitiition Alan the thmtic to the Pa
cific coast. and from thenreto some of the first
families rit Europe, not tisrough the presanione,
but by persons actually hem:fitted nod cured at.
hitoftice. While he pnblishcianiss.so. soy our
reporteni, be is unable to turptiry the demand.—
It triins and holds its reputatimt-z•
• First. Not by stopping emigh,but by loosen
', g and assisting nature' to Army cerlie un
-1 healthy matter Collected about the threat ands
bmachial tunes, wit ichtaufts irritation.
Second. It removes the cause of imintinn
(which prodimcs rough}of the mucus niemb rae
and bronchial tubes, assists flue lungs to set and
throw off the unhealthy secretions, and' purities
the hlnntl.
Third. It %free fmtn Squills. lobelia, ipersc,
and opium, of whicb.most throat and lung re,
medics are composed. which . 'allay-dough only.
and disorganize tiro stomach. It a soothing
effect on the stomtelt, acts nn the liver und kid
neys, and lymphatic and nervous reons, thus
reaching Meyer?' parlor- the system. and In its
invigorating and putifying sffectsdt hat gained
a repntat ion zirldch it utast ?mkt:those:all others
in the market.. . . ' .
.m'c>mixem.
irrixan
PINE TREE TAR' CORM IL
Great Arperkaa Dispepta rius,
AND.
WORM SUGAR DROPS
Ileing under my Immediate dlrectlnn, they shall
rut luso their eumtive qualities by tlAp U$ of
cheap and inVum uriketcs,
HENRY Ri.WISHARTi
r4gruiraoa.
FREE OF CHARGE.
Dr. I t . IT C. Wishort's °Mee Parlors are open
on 3lontlais, Tombs's and frolll
ni.t tri p ul.,ft consultation by 14. Win.
T.
it M in ag p r. i yS W c i aths
Win
Ort non oe eldagte e i d l two cow
shinty.—
This opportunity is,not, offenxi by :try qtber iR
stitutiuu in this , oily,
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0. WISHART, M. D.,
NO 232 N SECONP WraIBIST
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