The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, June 02, 1875, Image 2
Volume 32 1 ginuotrat—C',lntorial. Circulation increasing TWICE as Fast a any Paperin Northern Pennsylvania. Gold closed in New York, ou Saturda Many editors have hastily denounced the - Democratic officials of New Hamp shire foi.not counting the abreviated bal loti given for the Republican candidates at the laSt election, when the laws of that state positively prohibit . it. No matter what was intended by the voter, and what W,lB understood by the election board, the law upon the case is most explicit, that any defective name is not to be counted. The statute says : "The full Christian and surname of every per son voted for,with the initial, of te.rs of the middle names,and the usual abreviations for junior, second, third and the Hue, shall be written or printed upon every ballot; and every , ballot tot thus prepared and cast shall be regarded as a blank and not counted. Join Cessna, repudiated by the repub licans of his own district, was made tem orary chairman of the Lancaster conven- Harry White, repudiated as a candidate for congresa,in a republican district, was made permanent chairman of the Lan— caster convention. • Edward M'Pharson, repudiated, with the congress he served, prepared the res olutions for the Lancaster convention. Wm. B. Mann, repudiated by the peo ple, in a city which gave twelve thouettud republican majority, nominated the gov— ernor at the Lancasster convention. The people have set the seal of their displeasure upon these blind guides whom republican conventions persist in folio tir— ing. -Last November they failed to avail themselves of their services. Next No vember they will quietly ignore weir ad vice. We have admitted everything that the editor of the RepuLtican has said about E. B. Hawley iu the past, and we now say again that we are willing to admit all he can say in the future. We do this that he may not destroy the brains of the other members of the "Court House Ring" in beating against the wind, and floundering to keep their heads out of water. Now the people will take care that E. B. Hawley does not get into any place to betray them if they believe what the Republican says, and hence it is of no consequence what he is. What is most interesting now, it for the Ring to clear its own skirts. Denouncing the DEMOCRAT does not do that worth a cent.4„ . ;)Vill the editor of the Republican or :19.0 1 ` 4 True Democrat" through his spout please deny the statement in the DEMOCRAT of May 26th on the Judicial question ? There is an excAlent chance to prove us a falsifier before the people. We are compelled to say that the eight distinguished gentlemen who gave Boss Grant the gift of his cottage at :Long Branch must be among the meanest men in the world. Here we find the Long Branch commissioners advertising in the Long Branch News, among the names of the property holders who have not paid their taxes, that 11. S. Grant is deficient as , ss taxpayer to the amount of tVB3 ! NA, what sense is there in giving lien— entLGrant a house and leasing him to pay the taxes? ,The persons who made t , ie present should act in a larger spirit and with a nobler generosity, Let them at least provide for the payment of all taxes and assessments as long as Grant is President—Stet. Oh, uol Grant don't pay. Ile is the receiver of gifts; he takes, accepts, but the idea of paying even for a car tare is with Grant an impossibility. It would never do that Ulysses should be a tax payer. If he had, like ttommo r people, to pay tees and car fares, and such like bills.';.he would not oppress the tax payer; nano - nues - ny - ad - ministering a gov ermaitt of frauds. It would be a very cleverarithmetical calculation, worthy of the celebrated Coulborn, to work out by figures the following question : ;How much was Grant worth the day he was inaugurated at Washington. and how much is he worth now? Give the ans wer in millions, and the percentagi of tuxes that ought to be paid.—Coninton wealth. ERIE RAILWAY. Extravagence in railroad management reached its highest mark in the Erie road, and in the Erie road it appears like ly that its inevitable results will soonest follow. The Erie bus been an uufortun ate line from the beginning. It was con ceived in extravagence, and the mon strous cost of construction' and mainte nance with which it was handicapped in its race with less costly rival lines put, it at 'a disadvantage which only the ablest and most .prudent management could have ofenome. Ent, this it never had.— 4 It has been managed, not in the interest of the stockholders, hot in the interest Of whatever set of schemers happened to control it, and for,years past it has been nothing More than the football of specu lators. The ruin, of what was expected -to be, and might have- been, one of the greatest corporatiousin the country was finally effected when it fell into the hands Gould and Jim Fisk, whose prufigate ex travage.bee fills one of the Most remark able and most shameful chapters of our recent social and commercial history.— 'To the extent just bow many millions the corporation was robbed by these ban dits has never been clearly stated; "hut the burden of . debt which they left upon it was too heavy to he long borne. The administration which succeeded theirs, iutrodnOd by that distinguished refor mer, Idr. Daniel E. Sickles; did, not Mend mottos much and the incapacity'und blunders of one set of officials after !an other brought 'it lotver and in spite of occasional promises Cif better things. , --- When Mr. Jewett assumed the ,presidtn cy of the road there was some hope that its troubles were past ; but it mas - then too late to age a corporation borne down by the accuinttiated results of years of mistortune, folly and crime; and: we doubt if the most consummate wisdom the business world has ever teen. could have done much better for Erie than has . been:ilona. A cumpany whose earnings felt short of its ex?enditures by three millions a year, and which was stagger ing under a yearly increasing debt, ou which it paid interest nominally at 7 per cent., but which had been tended at rates which made the interest actually about 17 per cent , was sick beyond recovery.— A last desperate effort was made to save it, or at least to postpone the inevitable by mortgaging its only remaining avail able property, the coal lands in Pennsyl— vania, by which it was hoped to raise money enough to pay the June interest on the bonds, But at the last moment the company that was to advance the money withdrew from the arrangement, and yesterday the Erie was declared in• solvent, :tad passed into the hands of a receiver. It would have been well for the road, perhaps, and for its sharehold. ors and bondholders, if it had gone %to a receiver's hands some years ago; but its magnificent property, although in cumbered, is not gone, nor its capacity destroyed, and when President Jewett shall have cleared away the wreck, there is nu reason why the Erie should not rise again. Aud there will be some big for tunes made in the process, as there have been in-allot Erie's perturbations.—Phi.t adelphia Times. DUTY OF TO AUDITORS. By request, we repulfihsh, - the following act passed by the Leghtlature of 1874, re specting the duty of alitors. &c. SEcnos 1. Be it el acted, &e„ That the auditors of the several townships and boroughs within this commonwealth shall meet annually on the first Monday of June, and oftener, if necessary, and shall audit, settle and adjust the accounts of the supervisors, road commissioners, school, borough and township treasurers, as may by law he referred to them. Samos 2. That the auditors of the several townships and boroughs within this commonwealth are hereby authorized and required to publish, by posting hand bills, either printed or u ritten, in at least live public place[; within their respective townships or boroughs, an itemized an nual statement of the receipts and expen detures of the borough councils, road commissioners, supervisors, overseers of the. poor and school directors for the year 'receding the annual setriement fur their respective districts ; said handbills to be posted within ten days after such settle ment ; and futher, it shall be the duty o said auditors to file a copy of the same with the town clerk in their respective districts, and also with the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, which'shall be at all times subject to inspection by any citizen thereof: Provided. That .where any two said offices shall be exercised by the same persons only one statement shall be required: Also provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with the present law which re quires annual statements of the receipts and expenditures of the borough councils road commissioners, supervisors, overseers of the poor and school d;recturs to be rd vertised in the daily and weekly newspa pers published in the respective localities. SacnoN 3. In case of neglect or re fusal to comply with the provisions of this act. the auditors so neglecting or re fusing shall each pay a penalty of twen ty dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as debts of similar amount are by law recoverable, by suit instituted in the name of the school district upon the implaint of any tax paying citizen of -the same, and the proceeds thereof to be pale into the school treasury of said dis trio. SECSION 5. All acts or parts la .--- inconsistrot hrewitb are hereby repealtql APPROVED—The zsth Sep of A. D. 1874. •. _ _ J. F. HARTEA.NFT THE ERIE RAILWAY RECEIVER Yesterday morning, ut the opening of the New York Supreme Court chambers, Mr. Wlllmr M. Brown, appearing as reP resentative of the Attorney General in the suit of the people against the Erie Road, its directors and travtees of vari ous of its mortgages, moved before Judg e 13013 On ur we app ...moot of Hon. Hugh J. Jewett of r• ceiver of the road. The Erie Railway and the trustees of the mortgages, were represented by Shipman, Barlow, Larocque d 31acirarland,of which firm the last named member appeared.— The only affidavit was that of Mr. Wil- bur M. Brawn, which asserted the truth of the statements previously made as to the condition of the finances of the road and asserted that "it has become neces sary for the. protection of the rights of the people that a receiver should be ap pointed." Justice Donohue granted the motion iu an order fully defining the powers of the receter, Mr. Jew4tt; to as sume his duties on filling bonds in the =um of $500,000. S. LM. Barlow, Ho mer Ramsdell and E. D. Morgan became surities for Mr. Jewett as receiver, each justifying in half a milliom dollaas. The Express, in its financial article, says: "The appointment of M. 11. J. Jewett as receiver of the Erie Railway is the great topic of conversation in finan cial circles. The action of the Attorney General in this matter was well received, and recarded as the best thing that could he done under the financial embarassment of the Company. Erie has suffered se. aerely from the cutting down of freight rates and passenger fees by the Pennsyl— vania and Baltimore and 'Ohio Cempan ies,-aud was perfectly helpless in the mat ter in consequence of her weak condition, but now everything is changed. Mr. Jewett, as receiver, has no interest to pay and the expenses of the Erie are limited almost to the cost of running the road.— Mr. Jewett, from being powerless as president of the Company. becomes mas— ter of the situation us receiver.. Re can afford to do business clvaper than the New York - Central, Pennsylvania, or Baltimore and Ohio company,which have dividends and interest to pay on large capital, stocks , and bonds.' By forcing. matters, he can: bring the. Wink_ line's to terms aud.end the railroad war. THE LANCASTEE:CONVENTION. When the sequel of a tale is known the reading is generialy an irksome per— formance. The proceedlngs of the publican convection sst Lancsster were stale In advance of their publication.-- The "ling, of which Goy. Hetrtranft THE IVIONTRO§E DEMOCRAT, E 187'5. self is a quiescent and orntimental-mem her, proMulgated in advance its pro gramme and selected:the agents to carry it Into effect. William 13. Mann; John 'Cessna. Harry Wh.t.., R. W. Mackey, et id genus onlne, bore 'the usual conspicu ous part. Hartranft was nominated for Governor ; was made the condi date for State Treasurer, a:ter the formal ity of o preliminary ballot ; and the Third Term was duly denounced. All the rest is the most contemptible padding, an incongruous hutch-pot - oh of each words and phrases and dreary platform plati tudes, not intended to mean anything.— After denouncing in advance the re nomination of the President, the con-. vention deliberately insults him by- i prais; ing his administration in fulsome terms for doing those things it notoriously neg lected to do; for checking corruption ■ and recklessness in office for reforming rabuses, for reducing taxes and for guard ing the purity of the ballot box. Hart nodes administration having no salient ▪ points upon which to hang particular I eulogy is praised in general terms. It is evident to the meanest apprehen sion that the Republican party has pas sed the day of Its usefulness, and is fall ing lc oitces and dying of sheer inani— tion. It is grasping at straws to save it— self. The rejection of a thick and thin partisan and a man of ability like Mr. S trung for a renegade democrat like Mr. Rawle whose merit as a candidate, if he has any, consists in his inconspicuous ness, shows teat the old aggressive spir it of the Republican party is dead. It no longer believes in itself, but lulllows atter stran g e gods and rallies around new Stall Jardbarers. The blow at Grant, the only point in the proceedings of the convention, is made malignantly by the praise which follows it. The President will meet this assault in the spirit of its delivery. lie has never been noted for uncertainty in his resentments, and the opportunity of revenge in this instance is ready to his hand. When General Hartratift was made Goveznor Hartranit In 1872 he was a mere figure head set upon the crest of the October wave which was to lift Grunt into the Presidency in November. electicu: then was a necessity. His elec— ti now will he the condemnation of the President and the end of his ambitious hopes. Unless the President has given up all expectation of another term of the presidency, the candidates of the ring in Pennsylvania have no favors to expect at tie bands of the national administra tion, and the canvass commences under the most favorable cirramstances.—Pa• trial. JUDICIAL SALARIES. Because a Democratic Legislature last winter defeated the judicial salary b:11, after ri_Radical Senate had passed it by a vote of two to one, the papers of that party have not yet got done howling about the perniciousness that governed the lower House, and the refusal of the "Bourbon Democracy to adequately com pensate the judiciary." We may not be a judge of what the adeqqate oompensa mon is, but have made up our minds, if the gentlemen who presided over our courts twenty years ago, received any thing like just compensation at that time for their Liburs,(and we have never heard of theirjcomplaining 'to the contrary,) mkt' who are acting as judges in this State now, have g.oruplwn. We give below the Ralaries paid id and the salaries paid in 1874, and leave it for our readers to say if they Mink the Democratic House did not do right s iu defeating the Radical Senate bill, increas ing the salarice of Judges. In 1854 the salaries paid were as follows : SUPREME COURT. Jeremiah S. Black, Chief Justice. Ellis Lewis, Associate Justice........ W. IL Lowrie, •' G. W. Woodward Associate Justice. a. C. Knox D I =TRICT COURT- -iIILLADELPIIIA George Shai.mxxl, President Judge.....&3,500 George M Stroo 4 Associate Judge....... 2,500 J. L Clark Hare Atkneiate 2,500 • - DISTRICT COr/ 12 —ALLEGMNY. Moses Hampton, President H. W. Williamson, Associate.. COMMON PLEAS COL4T, Dist. Judges. I—Phila.—Oswald Thompson.. " Joseph W. Allison W. D. Kelly 2—Henry D. Logan 3—Washington McCartney... 4- —Robert G. White s—Pittsburg—W. B. McClure. 5—J. Galbraith... M. Smyser. . S—Alez Jordan 9—James Graham... SO--Joseph M. Burrell 11—J. 14. Conyngbarn. 12—John J. Pearson....... 13—David Wilmot 14—S. A. Gilmore 15—Townsend Anines 10—F M. 17—Daulel Agnew... , ...... 18—J. S. McCalmont... 19—Robert J. Fisher 20—Abraham S. Wilson...-. 21—Charles W. Begins 22—James M. Porter. 23-3. Priudle Jones. 21r-George Taylor.. 25—James Burnside. It will Be noticed that at that time there were thirtyfive Judges in all,whose combined salaries - amounted to $63,700. The lollowmg are the Jndges, with the salaries received by each at the present time. SUPREME COVET. Daniel,paew, Chief Justice. .. George Shorewood, Associate Judge Henry W. Williams a " Ulysses Ilercur • " " Jenne G. Gordon 'a " Edward 11. Pax= " " Wanen J. Woodward " DISTIiICT COURTS _•r-PHLL.LBELPHIA. Court, No. L—Joseph $7,000 . W. S. - Pierce 7,000 Court, No. 2.—J. L Clark Hare "^ 7,000 - .Joseph T. Pratt..... . . ... 7,000 Court. No. 2.—dames B. Ludlow ... 7,000 • _ .Thomas X. Finletter 7,000 James Lynd 7,000 Court, No. 4.-31. R. Thayer.— 7,000 Amos Briggs 7,000 W. R. Eicoek 7,000 COURT— ALLEGHENY. . • Thomas Ewing, president Judge.— ..... 40,000 J. M. Kilpatrick, Associate Judge. • 6,000 S. F. W. White ' " " 6,000 Edwin E. Stowe, " " 6,000 F. 11. Collier. " " _ 6,000 DISTRICT COVET CAIIBiILa. Jblin T? Barnoa, Pr IdenCJudge... °niI:CANS COUUT I , .uriADr.LerizA. W. B. Hanna • $7.000 T. Bradford ........ . ... 7,000 , Dennis W: O'Bneu: • • ' 7,000 A LLIGIIENY W. F. Hawkins, Jr. LUZERNE. Daniol L. Rhone COM.DON PLEAS JUDGES., Dist Judges. ,'Salaries. 1--Josei.h Allison ..... ......... -.44,000 2-John B. Livingston 4,000 D. W. Patterson 4.000 3-Oliver 11. Meyers... ... 4,000 4-Henry W. Williams . 4,000 8. F. 'lsm.. 4,000 \V 5-J. P. Strerett ... 4,000 6-John P. Vincent:• . 4,000 7-Rieharil W a tson ....... 4,000 8-Wm. M. Rockerteller ... 4,000 0--AL C. Herman ......... ....... 4,000 4,000 10-James A. Logan. 11-Garrick Al. Iliirding....... .......... ... 4,000 E. L. Dana..... 4.000 John Handly 12-John J. Peason 4,000 R. M. Henderson 4,000 13-Paul D. M0rr0w..... 4,200 14-A. E. Wilson .. 4,000 15- William Butler .... ........ ......... 4,000 16-William M. Hall 4,000 17-James Breeden. . .. 4,000 18-William P. Jenks 4,000 19-Robert J. Fisher..... 4,000 (One to Elect)... . . 4,000 20-Joseph C. Ducher ~... ........ .. 4,000 21-Cyrus L. Pershing .. ... 4,000 Thomas II Walker 4,000 22-Charles P. Wa1ker........... ......... 4,000 23-Jeremiah Ilagenrnan , 4,000 11. Van Heed 24-John Dean 4 000 25-42. A. Mayer.. •- .. 4,000 John H. Orvis .. . 4,000 26-William Elwell.- 4,000 27-A. W. Acheson 401X1 28-John Truukey ......... .. ....... ........... 4,000 29-James Gamble.. 4,000 30-Walter H. Lowrie. 4 000 31-A. Brower Longacre 4,000 32-Thomas J. Clayton 4 000 33-Jackson Boggs 34-Ferris B. Streeter -....- .. .. .. .. 4,000 as-A. M. McEermit .. .. •• •• •• .. .. .. .. 4,000 36-Henry Dice .... .• •• •• .. - - .. .. - 4,000 37-L. D. Wetmore .. •• •• •• •• .. .. .. 4,000 000 39-D. Watson Rowe.. •• •• •• •• - •• .. .. 4,000 40-John P. Blair.. .. •• •• •• .. ... - .. .. 4,000 41-Benjamin F. Junkin •• .. . •• - . .. 4,000 42-mm, McClure.. •• •• .• •• •• - - .. .. .. 4,000 44-Thomas J. Ingham ... .... .. .. - .. 4,000 To do what thirty-five Judges did twenty years ago, for $63,000, we now have eighty Judges who receive $392,000. And the radical press whose leaders have stood for the last fourteen years with their hands in the Treasury of the State, squandering the people's money, berate and abuse the Democratic House for not increasing this amount eighty thousand dollars. NV,-re the Democrats rigbt or wrong, tax-'mayors ? It is for you to an swer, and it will be a question for your dote, titillation in November nest.-Belle fonte Watt:lotion. • cOUR7' HOUSE RING "DISGUST Having the greatest anxiety to give the following au extended publicity, we take the liberty to copy it from the Mont rose Republican. Our object in doing so is to let our Democratic readers know what a scoundrel we are. They.of course are able to judge for themselves, but the opinion of a "True Democrat" through Frazier's spout, ought not to be lust, and therefore we give it it) full, ver— batim et literatim. Ma. EDITOR (Republican): 1 knots it is not customary for a member of the Democratic Harty to find fault with the organ of the party, especially through a Republican paper; but I with many oth er Di-mocrats, hove become so thorough ly disgusted by the course pursued in his paw, that it is right that our feelings should be known. 1 knew Mr. Hawley when lie was a school teacher, and, while 1 never considered him a very learned man, I did suppose he was somewhat se fined in his taste, and honest in Inepur poses, bus" must have been mistaken, or his leaving his profession and becoming an editor and politician has changed him wonderfully. One would suppose, from the low slang phrases he constantly uses in his editorials, he had been born and brAl- in a bur room. The fact is, we Demoaruts who feel that we are men and 'ery, -ivsgmrthiug, d, sire to be tr ated ev— slang phrases: a~hlut+ besides have the truth, and, too, a sheet through -which we can receive the county news without taking a It publican paper.— Truth is aiways beller than falsehood,and as some of us are in the habit of reading something and learning something we do not get out of the Montrose Democrat we happen to know that very much in that paper is false. I believe that there is enough truth that can be told about any party without stooping to lies. There may be some climates and places where the present make tip of that paper would be j ust the thing to carry the masses,but, if I 411/ not very much mistaken, Sus quehanna county is not the field for such work. Perhaps H orley's over-ambition for office has been too much for him and he has lost his balance. I um a Demo crat, and desire to sustain a Democratic paper, as I hate, but it does seem to me that a paper as far as its politics is con cerned should be conducted in th e inte_ I.sts of the party it professes to represent and siepends upon for support, and not wholly hr the self-aggrandizement, po litically, of ;.s editor and a few of his pets. This ma,:; he plain talk, but a well. grounded dissatisfaction exists on this subject, and it should be known, the sooner the better. I know of no other way of reaching the point except by the course I now take. A. few indorsements of-the paper by parties in Montrose do hot change its Character. A change Avur such frequent perversions of the truth and such strained attempts to deceive, to manly dignity. honesty of purpose, and other qualities that rightly go to make up an editor and a paper, is what we want. $1.600 1,600 1,600 1,600 . 1,600 &dories. • -• 42,000 - - • 1 000 ... 2,0 m 1,600 ... 1,600 .. . 1,600 If we hadn't got "conscientious scru ples" about the matter, we could name the above disguste'd individual. It seems astonishing to Os, that if E. B. Hawley is such a "liar" and the articles in the DEMOCRAT are so "disgusting" as to be alienating the members of the Dem ocratic party from its support 48 well as enraging Republicans. that the Montrose Ribg argan should. teem, week after week with heavily loaded articles to kill this same E. B. Hitvley, in fear of the dovin— (811 of its own political power. If its sayings ate true, the DEMOCRAT 119 doing just what it would moat desire.. We can but 'pity this members of the "Can rt House Rini' whci Show such guilty quak ing and who manifest such tinselling cowardice. When we took Charge of the . DEMOCRAT on the fourth dayof August 1869,' A. 3. Gatretsen; our. .rpredecessor, delivered over to us the -navies of a little over 800 subscribers. exchenges and all, end since that time:Mtn all the-' i diegust; ing shine it has , contained, our list has more than doubled, and is today ;hems. 'ing,tivo_ to pne faster than ~the Repubiithil is loosing, and weAtie_readY to compare notes . with "the editor", at any .time-he will signify big willingnee.olo. do' 110 - , $7,500 . 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 Such men as "True .temocrat" ha been known to potir their slop through the Republican sink-hole before.. The same thing wits done in 1870, when one of our renegade Democrats went all the way to Scranton to get a spout, and then sent us the article accompanied with a len dollar greenback, supposing we were like the former editor, and would do any thing for money, and he has been die gusted with the DE.IIOCRAT ever since, and sill others of his ilk, likewise. We have tlftv dollars to give to the man who will sign his 'nape to the above article, if it does not show that he is a member of the 'Court House Ring" or is disgusted "curbstone broker." It shall be our aim and duty, both now and hereafter to "disgust" all such and if Allis be treason let them make the most of it. ~ ..V,OOO That troublesome conundrum to a "large and respectable" portion of the Republican party, why the President will nut relieve their anxiety about the third term, has been solved by the Philadelphia Bulletin. The reason Is eminently wor thy of Grunt, and the discovery is entire. ly worthy of the Bulletin. In fact, there is an eternal fitness both in the bargain that tmlblds the tale to a gaping world and the Mill official about whom the tale is told that is charmingly refreshing.— , But not to keep our readers waiting we proceed to summarize the Bulletin's dis covery. Some tiny in 1873, after the New York Herald bud, in "one of its dia bolical moods," started the Cfesaronian sensation, certain Democratic politicians (they are always up to sonic rascality to pester innocent R--publicans) seeing that there was "millions in it," of political capstal concocted an irgenous plot to shut off the propensity Grant has to talk between drinks and cigars, and thud keap him from following the example set by Washington, Jefferson and Jackson, and signifying to his friends that he could not become a candidate for o third term To accomplish this nefarious purpose these Democrats (it is a wonder they were no Ku Klux or rebels) drew up and and sent to the President au anonymous communication, purporting to come from a sworn band of fanit,cal Republicans who in some of their earlier years had read WaMington's, Jefferson's and Jack— son's memories. In it they assured the man who has smoked his cigar unmoved at Appomatex that they bad taken a solemn oath to assassinate him if he did not within ten days disavow his inten— tion to be again a candidate for the Pres idency. Thus "threatened and insulted" the President took a fresh cigUr and swore by all the blood shed to enfranchise the "colored man and brother" that he would not open his mouth, even if his insulter should carry their d.abolical threats into execution. And he hasn't, although more than two years have passed since his "ten days" of grace were np, and he's alive yet.—Erie Observer. Terrible Culamlty.—Burning of a French Catholic Church. SPRINGFIELD MASS., Mly 27.—The Franch Catholic church at Holyoke was burned to-night and at least fifty persons burned to death. SPRINGFIELD, May 27.—A most tem ple disaster occured to•bight in the burn ing of the French Catholic church at South Holyokeaurag vice ' i rai:d - Criddren. The exercises had nearly closed, and a vesper service was being sung, when the draperies on the altar caught tire from a and the wall being low and the flames streaming up, the buildihg was set on tire. The audience numbered about 700 but the people in the body of the church es caped, but on the stairway leading from the gallery, human beings were packed in a dense mass, struggling to escape. As the dames rushed toward them many leap ed to the floor beneath and were tram— pled to death. The gallery skirted both sides of the building, with only one entrance from the Irunt. The scene was fearful in the extreme during the little while it lasted. Besides the sixty six dead :here are en , tigh fatally wounded to carry the to— tal lose of life up to seventy-five. The priest's house which joined the church in the rear was also burned. The bodies were token to Peter Monnett's store and the Park street school house for temporary deposit. The inquest will be held to-morrow at 9 o'clock a. m. The church and pastor's house were totally destroyed. The priests exertions to keep order were fruitless. The screams of the living and the moans of Cie dying made a deaf ening tumult, over the orders of the pas tor who worked most heroicly and was personally instrumental in saving many • ives. One ramily of four " were in the church and all were killed. Many were pulled, out by the arms and feet so badly burned that they lived but a few hours. The flesh peeled off oir being touched. Some were taken out with scarcely any flesh remaining on their hones. The Sisters of Mercy front the convent were soon on hand, caring for the wound ed with the priests holding. services over the dying. The mother of Father Duf risne was among those terribly burned. A TRUE DEMOOLLT In the Lhicago court, the trial of the question of the insanity of Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham- Lincoln,- came up Wednesday.. The proceedings were based upon a petition tiled by Robert L. Lin settitg twill. that bis inother,.Mary L. Lincoln. has property- , and ,effects ex ceeding $75,000 ;, that she is lion. compos mentis .incapable of matraging , her estate, and , praying the issuance. of an order foi la. warrant and: , venire to test thelquestion of herinsanity. .=. The petition . etas accompanied - by the certificate, of the family physician (Dr. Istiam),. to-the effect that' .be had exam, iin4dl4.rs.Lincoln and was of the opin ion' that she was insane and a &subject for hospital treatment. Several witnessea ,testified tb eccentricities -in , the' conduct Of Mrs..,Lincolu, - . which commenced.. at the time of the assassination of President -Lincoln, and tvhich have become more Marked as time progressed. She image. Ines she hears voices in the wall; that atriums beings beset her- iii the entries of her hotel;that she was the victim of pois oning plots. . Her closets are full of nu t opened packages - of goods which 0110)0 ordered to be sent to ber: room. After ehort!argument the-case was given to the THE SECRET OUT. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln IMume. jury; who brought in a, verdict in accor dance with the facts elicited. Mrs, Lin coln will he removed to the hospital at Batava Illinois. Her relatives and friends have delayed this step as long .as was considered piudent, hut finally agreed that nothing else would suffice. At the announcement of the verdict Robert Lin coln took the nand of his mother affec tionately, when she exclaimed with a re ' pro:wilful tone, "Oh Robert, to think that my son would ever have done this." There wvre lint few spectators in court. Installations of New Archbikhopti. The installation of Archbishop Heoni, of Milwaukee, will take place on June 3, in St. John's Cathedral, Milwaukee.— Archbishop Herrick, pf St. Louis. will of ficiate. Bishops Ryan, Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis ; P. J. Balms, of Alton ; Thomas Porky, of Chicago ; John Hen— nessay, of Dubuque : Joseph Melchor, of Green .Bay ; Michael Hews, of Lu Crosse; P. A. Feehun, of Nashville ; John Ho gun, of St. Joseph ; Thomas L Grace, of St. Paul, and others will be present. The members of the Papal Legation will at tend. During ti.e ceremony of insalla— tion Archbishop Bernd will be invested with the pallium, which is the insignia of the archiepisocpal dignity. The pallium was brought from Rome by Monsignor Roncetti, Ab Legiate of the Holy See. On June 17, the twenty-ninth anniver sary of the election of Pope Pins IX, the installation of Archbishop Woods into the new Metropolitan See of Philadel— phia, will take place, in the Cathedral of St- Peter and St. Paul, in Philadelphia.— The ceremony will be of a similar char acter to that of the installation of Arch bishop Henni. It is probable that Car— dinal McCloskey will officiate. Arch Lishop Bayley and a nunilier of other clergymen prominent in the Roman Catholic Church will be present. DIL SCHENCK'S PULRONIC SYRUP, SEA WEED ° TONIC, AND MANDRAKE PlLLS.—These medicines have undoubtedly performed more cures of Consumption than any other remedy known to the American public. They are com pounded of vegetable ingredients, and contain I nothing which can be injurious to the human constitution. Other remedies advertised as cures for Consumption, probably contain opi um, which Is a somewhat dangerous drug in all cases, and if taken freely by consumptive pa tients, it must do great injury ; for its tenden cy is to confine the morbid matter in the sys tem, which, of course, must make a cure im possible. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is war ranted not to contain a particle of opium It is composed of powerful but harmless herbs, which act on the lungs, liver, stomach, and blood, and thus correct all morbid secretions, and expel all the deceased matter from the body. These are the only means by which Consump tiou can be cured, and as Schenck's Pulmonte Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills are the only medicines which operate in this way, it is obvious they are the only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consumption. Each bot tle of this invaluable medicine is accompanied by lull directions. Dr. Schenck is profession ally at his principal office, corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must be addressed. New Advertisements A UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned, an Audit- LI. or appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Sus quehanna County, to distribute the funds in the Sher- Due hands, arleing from the eale of real estate of Origin Spaulding, will attend to the duties of his ap ointment at his o ffi ce In Montrose, on Wednesday , , une 30, 1813, at 1 o'clock, p. m. at which time and place ell persons interested In ;said funds must present their claims or be forever debarred from coming in on said fund. E. O'NIEL, Auditor. Montrose, June 2, 1615. 30—w4. Fetinai.serss, MK TO YOUR INTERESTS! The undersigned having the solo right to Manufac tore and sell the S. L. VANGORDER'S PATENT PLOW'SULKY, In the County of Snequehanna and adjoining counties. in now at Mt w Milford, for the purpose of giving the Soikey a trial. The Plow Sulky. no. - , pater ertner sod I many. IL so elmschment...Unction, and will or Pasabble isn a cripple to perform the work etas adii hand, and do it faster, better and Much eater for hand and team than can be done by hand plowing. The driver has 'fell control' over the plow, running deep or nhallow, , and for Simplicity, Durability' Light naps of draft and its practability, needs but to be tried to convince any one that it in just the implement need ed by the farmers, We have had a test of the Sulky on Mr. Boyles' lot, In New Milford, a lot that has been the play ground for a number of years, and ft was ad. Milted by many to be as hard a •.tece to plow as there was in the county. We give the sulky a trial of oeveral mends and Owed theplowman to nee how long It took him to plow a round while riding on the Sulky. It averaged a little under 5 minutes to the round, with t e Sulky We then detached. thepiow from the sulky and different ones plowed a round by hand. Mr. (leo. Corwin being ono of them, and the time In plowing round, by hand, averaged a little over 10 minutes to the round, beings unite over one-half gain for the Sulky besides raying the hand labor for man, and dealt for team. Any person wishing to give the sulky a trial can come and get It and use it. It will not curt you anything, only the coming after IL We will attach your own plow and leave it with you to do your plow ing. We are hero for the purpose of giving it a fair trial In hard and stony 144 as well as rMOOalO. Wt claim the greatest advantage for the Sulky wh the ground in hard and ntony But for the reason that we can plow one half mor in the same time, we want It tried In all kind, of plbwiug. We have andoretood there to to be a trialiplowing match In it or 10 tisDi near Montrose', for Ur& purpose of tenting the different kinds of plows, and the draft. An., when that takes I place we will be on hand with the plow Sulky fur trial. Any person wtehing to purchase plow Sulkys, can get them from N. C. Dildine, or by addresstng, JOIIN DILDINE. Limestoneville, Juno Id, 'TS.-3a . Montour Co., Pa. SPRING & SUMMER Cur 0 CO CIS, Just Received WILLIAM HAYDEN. STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS & CAPS, &C. Drmis patter n sod od 4tesortment. Prints. all the new and fancy pln the market. White Goulds a great variety. • BLEACHED AND. UNBLEACHED SHIRTING. - COTTONADES, DENIMS. TICKS; • . STRIPE • • SHIRTING, LINEN TOWELING, CARPET WARP, &C. BOOTS• SHOES, . . , . . . .. Tiaelathest stock' in town. Fleet claps goOds at lees prices than can be bought of.nny other mile, In the . ... . RATS & CAPS, all the latest etylcs READY-MADE CLOTHING full lino, and good goodo wolf made And trimmed, Call and Examine my EtOcil before purchasing Wan. 'where. L will not be undersold f or the same quality of goods, by an) One In or out or town,. ' • Butter shipped.. -Prompt rein not at . the lit:meet mar. tot price, ealea guaranteed, - bills Clobed at soon ne re• • • , Wk. UNIDO.. 'Now Ittlford, June 51, MS.—it - A 7• PILLMAN & Cc): POST'S BUILDI2 , TO • . • • • PS RSONS VISITING OR BESUNNO ic lidontroal. wilt find it to their Interest to Melt the Store arr i ve 8 Plllmn It CO., (Cheap John) end Examine their stock of Goode ,inst received. and momently to dano the 6CIIIIOII. WE GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU 45 per cent., In the purchase th e [Mowing go o e ; Beady—unado Clothing for Men, Boys and Youths. Ladies' Suits ready-tnade in -Great VarietT kitIIROIDERIES. HAMDUaI EDGES. EL/DINGS., &c., etc.. C. OTFIS , CASSE StE.REi.. COTTON ADEs EENTIJCKY JEANS. &c. SUAWLS. SHAWLS, PARASOLS, UMBR...LLAS, HOSIERY OP ALL KINDS. LADIES & MISSUALITY O ES FANCY SI STRIPES, PER &c., KIDR. GLOVES. 'IIIE BEST QNLY M PAI - Full Assortment of Millinory Goods, vm:—liinnows, .LAces, FLOWERS, ORSA MENTS, BUCKLES. SILKS, BATS AND BONNETS '1: RIMMED AND UN TILINMED, OF LATE S T STYLES, FT'S-, LADIES AND MISSES. Calicoes, new styles, beet quality. P etc. per yard. Good heavy Bleached and Brown Marlin. to •12 Sleek and Colored Alpacas. 20 a tat eke. Oar stock of Dry Goods is now fall and complete, and oleo our o ei tke4 new stock full and comp etc, and we duly competition. Coat's and Clark's Spool Cotton, 5 cents a Spool. Berl fall to give us a call and yon will be convluced that you can viva money by purcbasl i Ata s , Five per mud. discount will ho allowed on bills Respectfully yours. from 610 to PO; per cent. on bills from S. PI.LLMAN & Co. to #5O. Be sure and ask for your discount. (Cheap John 11. R. ROSENTIP.I., Salesman. Post's Build's?. Muutrooe. June 2d. 107 Z. 22 New .dvertisements. SPRING & SUMMER NEW GOODS, YEW GOODS, GuttouliorL Rosetam & Co, Is the place where you will and the best asortmetti, newest styles, and lowest prices in DRY GOODS, MILLINERY GOODS READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS. CAR PETS, &C. H OUBO Furnishing Clood4 E mbrolCerles,lAte*, k paose, (Black and Colored,) D ress Uoods of all Descaiptlons, g oUts and Table Spreads, 'painHas and Parasols, AtlantleA rating, and ether popular Braude, R ibbons, Flowers and Straw Goode, T able Linen, Toweling. Napkins, E nglish and French Crepes, Rashiga and Ruffling, n S hawle, Shawls, Shawls, F lannels, (White 111341 Colored) 011 Cloth:, and Slatting R USSIA Leather and Morroceo Satchels B eta. Scarfs. pandkerchiefe. comets A merican and Imported Black Silks Rug;.. letp Robes and Dnotent, G loves. Silk, Lisle Thread. lezandrth A u• n d Bundlers beet Kids, I nsertings and Edgings, N ansooks SW/Ps Mulls, Bishop Lawns, Sax pea &Ts. Collars, Coins., Scarfs, Ties &c.., &e. In short sve keep a very Extenolve Stoo k mentioned goods and many more. sr., ty for cash. are therefore enabled to eel' at ae CLOSE FIGURES as qny party. Fleece call and convince your• valves of the fact. Merchant-Tailoring carried on as usual. Large assortment of NEW SPRING CASSIMERES, COAT INGS, &C., &C., C7l.3.estcom WCOrls.. GUTTEN BERG, ROSEN BAIT M, & CO M. 8. DESSAUER. Managiug, Partner. Montrose. 31ny1911. 1851. M. 11.. 1... "Sr 4C) PG , HAVING PURCHASED OF ABEL TURRELL pis Prot ,Otatit of Coot% Re,pectfelly solicits the patronage ofthe public. These goods constt of a general assortment of DRUGS & MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS. JEW ELRY, PERFUMERY, NOTIONS, &O. - Also soma goods In many other departments of lead°, a morn minute description of which will hereafter bo The New York Chemical taints, 'mixed and ready for use, kept constantly on hand. . • • • Montrose. Msy 18th, 1875. T ILE CELEBRATED TROTTING STALLION silEmyiN, Will stand the , ensuing season at the stable of Jared Baker, Brooklyn Centre. Pa.,Frttzt April 10th to Au gust istogn, except Saturdays, when he will be at the Dote! Stable of M. J. Harrington. Montrose. General Sherman is , a dark .thestunt„ with dappled spots, silver mane and tail. *hinds 19 hands blob, is 0, yam old, and weighs 1200 pounds. lie lean Andrew Jackson home, aired by old Andrew Jackson; and ho by old Kimble Jackson. of Long Island, and bin dam was the celebrated GoldwlreMare,—making every fine cross This Horse can - trot a_2:4o Gait, was never trained a day r In his • life, and is eiinsid cred by all good Judges to be the fittest trotting horse of Ms size to the State. • TFRMB-.Twenty-five dollars to' insure. Perseus parting with mares before foaling will be held rumens' bin for the pay. JAILED BARER. Brooklyn, April 'f, 'lO.-2m. - 1-SAW MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE. The property tritely owned by B. U. Fon. +,AW MILL, 'HOUSE, BARN, SIX 'ACRES' OF LAND,: can t;c; paritissei very low, by mmedlate appliCation to D. D. SEARLE, niontrcisr,., R, L GARDNER, Scranton May Zth, 1873.-4 i. • - - sue.. W. C7C9oLgt7s e ,. Carpenter and Builder C)NTRACTS to erect Minctures of all kinds, to any. station and complete them in Peery detail. Wild. ano Oda Mantles, Bash, Blinds Doors, and Windov Brumes, Punished to order. Stair Building and bull& far paper made epoclaltiesr, Employ none but exper kneed workmen, Shop neat lha Methodist Church. btontrosa,Tunntry 20,1813.-Zyl LAT 1.07,0 F rieki .. faus - ivr if raf t tle ..)toahou ,Iliarch 17,11375 - - • - Number 22. HAYDEN & CLEMENTS STOVES, TIN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARES, HOUSE FURN. 'SITING GOODS, AND BUILD. ERS HARDWARE. &C. NEW GOOD& BLANCHARD, BARTLET & CO, SASH. BLINDS, DOORS. WIN DOWS, CORNICE MOULD INGS, &C., which we will eell at Blauchard, Bnztlet it Co`s. NAILS, SCREWS, LATCHES, BUTTS SASH AND BLIND FASTEN ERS AND HINGES, HOES, ' FORK SHOVELS, RAKES, WIRE GOODS, &C. * Special Inducements on Bun, Pat, Coolere, and cl Dairying Goods. IRON CLAD, FIRST PREMIDI MILK PANS. (JOHN HAYDEN, General Agent.) OTSEGO COUNTY LUMBER, PLAT FORM, SPRING AND BUG GY WAGGONS. Unsurpassed for Style and Durability. We have 'recently aided to oar celecgon of Stoves made by Bathbone, Bard & Co., Albany S. V.. and the Argand Base Burning Parlor Store, and Cunard C o rk Stores. men:infant urrd by Perry It Co., Alban. N .Y. he also keep the crlebrnted DIAMOND BASE BURNING AND FH,ASLESS COOKING STOVES. Ratnbone, Jewett & Ransom, Ranges, with Copper Reserrore and Male 'Mountings or the latest improved jtterns. Repairing promptly done and orders to obbing solicited. HAYDEN' & CLEMENTS. New Milford, May 12th, 1575.—tf. Circular SAW-MILL for Salo, With Fifteen Acres of Land, nun° and three-fonrth miles from - nlea.rose. on the Snake Creek road, near Itungers' Tanner,,M. Mill Is newly fitted up and In good repair, in tr",l,..i ru i . ed with loge, and will be sold cheap._ 21.1• 0 ,i,,, team and tools necessary for.e;a,ryft. — or addrens meat For farther particulerfiest' LESLIE FOOT. .Ifnatensc,_PD,.." . • ROAD LETTING.—Tbe Superrivirs or Brldgewaor towiwhigi will offer to lot. on Thunlay, June ad, 1874, about 55 rods of road to be built on what It called the Donn lllll,three-fourtho or a rally earl of Moutrote. about 430 -rode of road In South Bridgewater. or Jabez Othorn`a, 50 rode of It belug through timber.- The tame will be offered on Saturday, June 5114 1875, at 9 o'clock, p. co., to the lowest bidder. KIRBY BUNNELL, WILLIS E. ITASCOCE4Supramos MUSES S. TILER, Idantaose, May 19 .18T5.-81v, L NOTICE.—The undersigned, harm; been appointed by the Orpltnia's Court of tiesq's Cu., an Auditor to distribute the fonds remaining is the bands of E, S. Baldwin, admbilstretrl2 of the owe of Daniel Baldwin dec'd, hereby gives notice MY: hearing will be had for the purpose aferesald, before it: said Auditor, al Ms office In tiontroee, on lnesday,thr 22d day of Jane, ISIS, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it which time and place all ptirsons having are requested to present. them or be debarred from cos tug in for a chafe of said fund. FRANK FitAtiEß. Audi= Montrose, Me 3,26, ROAD LE t TEOpt fl FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP:I The Supervisors of Pruett In township wall let, to th lowest and best bidder, the betiding of a nee rxi from N. P. Wheaton's to John NeCabes, on SATURDAY, JUNE 15.!, 1675, at 1 o'clock. p. m. LUTHER SNOW, ' • JAti. E. TOWNSE.ND, i Soperthors. • B. A. 5311711. Fmnkllzt..tdayl9.l673.-3w. -e D m NOTICE.— la the ra Patrick; deed, late. of (treat "D 2 rd Letts of Administration in the said estate bating beert grouter to tbeendersigned ail personstosing said estote,tre "requested to, make immediate payment. and all per Sous baying Matins against said estate. are requested: o presenttbem without delay. S. 13411WF.". 4 ... . _ Admtntstrator, de broils non. May 12.-;.lB—Giv. ADMINISTIIATOtt!: NOTICE In the estate. of Jolla Leslie. lato of Ilarford. <lnn: = ed lettere of Administra lon lathe said estate hair.; been granted to -the "underegned all persons miler said estate. are requested •o make Immediate payment. and all pereone having claims against mild estate are tt , quested to present them wlttiont Wie: it. LESLIE, April Is7s.—aw Administrator. ECUTORW NOTICE; Whereaelettece tesetincr.ta• ry to tbo cAtate of ,Slctiormic. law of Rattle town, tup.. deed; hove been granted to tbe umicrsicrig all pt woma Indebted to Paid eatate,arercquested tomato monlitate payment, and thoito bitting claims apiast the :tame, aro reqnwated toAirregent them without deb!. • "MARTIN CURLEY. - PATRICK. IIeCORMICE , • . May 126, Executors. A DIIiNISTIttOR • NOTICE. Whertni !eta , st CL adtointstrotlon to the eta. of Owen 'McDonough ktu of 3tiddletuwo.decessed,have been, grant ed t th e undo . sigticd, nil persons todelited to Bald estate. ate rrquc . ft . ed to .mako irntnediate pay - merit. And thov ) " 7. claim against !he same , are requested to presenbt do without OWEN McDONOUGII, Adroinituster. Aprli - Z3. 1826. m.lO-cur EXECIITOII.B', NOTlCE.—Wnsnass Letters tei* mcntary to the estate of Simeon Van fled late a New !dittoed, deed,hase , been granted to di anderstgaea. all persona Indebted to sald estate arse qttested to make tmtnedtate payment.and those Wier Mauna against the same, will present them elttestb . - • ELLIOT ALDRICIL Exccetot. April 29.18:5.-11w. .. . . Exg elyrolys NOTlCE—Lettem treratocawy ~, eetatuot Jame% Hewitt, late of IlrookiYa , art,a . hftviL4 bvett grmilMl - to the anbecrlbcr. all Pero n '' debt to the raid. estate. aro trout: mod to mate I madlato paymnot. and all peraons harlot: Mahn' i l lig /mid decedent will prcacnt them without delay. E. G. WILLLAII9, Srmstar 19 , 0 • -. )3rochBlyn, May iijim, . . . . OTICrs,- , VhereaS my vitt: H bus Hannah W N est my bed and board without Joss canto or pro i lr_ than, t hereby forbid all peraona antborlng or pa I r.S debtsD my account after this date, as I shall r l l l. of her mat:acting,. „ NAT I3 vast'. Annikt. May ID, .;8171t . • JOB PREITING AT TUE "OkNIOORA.T" OFFICE. CIIEO CHEAP JO R.N New Advertisements Dealers to Agents for THE CENTENNIAL Qcl.OK, Legal Advertisements. TRY US