RATES OP ADVERTISING-
AH advertising for less than three months
for one square of eight lines or less, will be
chirped one insertion, 75 cents, three $1,50,
and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion.
' Administrator's, Executor's and Auditor's
Notices, $2,00. Professional and Business
Cards, not exceeding one square, and inclu
ding copy of paper, 58,00 per year. Notices
in reading oolumaa, tea cents per line. Merj
clients advertising by the year at special rates.
: 8 'ninth'- 6 month, , J year.
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MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY;' PENJTA:, SEPTEMBER 21, 1870.
WHOLE NUMBER 1227
names of all Jndges of courts uoted for, and
to be labeled ouuide, "Judiciary ;", one ticket
shall embrace the names of all blnle officers
voted for, and be labeled "State;" one ticket
shall embrace the names of all eountv officer
voted for, including office ot Senator, tncm-
urr bi Assemoiy, voted tor, and members
of Congress, if voted for, and be labeled
"County;" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all township officers voted lor, and
be labeled "Township;" one ticket shall em
brace the names of all borough afllcers voted'
for, and be labeled "Borough;" and cacli
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
boxes. , ,
The Return Judges for this Congressional
District will meet iu Lewisburg, on Tuesday,
October 18, 1870, then and there to do and
perform such duties as are required by law of
said Judges.'
The Kelurn Judges for this Senatorial Dis
trict will meet in Lewistown. on Tnesdav.
October 18, 1870. then and there to do and
perform such duties as ate required by law
oi nna judges.
The Heturn Judges for this Representative
District will meet ia Lewistown. on Tuesday.
October 18, 1870, then and there to do and
perform such duties as are required ly law
of said Judges.
Agreeably to the provision of the Cist
section of said act. every Geueral and Spe
cial Election shall be opened between the
Honrs oi eigni and ten o clock m the fore
noon and shall continue without interrup
tion or adjourment until seven o'clock in Uie
evening when the polls shall be closed.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
GENERAL KLKCTIOIV PHOC1AJI1-
. Whereas ia and by an Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled. "An Act relating to the elec
tions of this Commonwealth, passed the 2nd
day of J uly, a. . lStfS, it is made the duty of
the S'jcritf of every couaty within the Com
monwealth to give public notioe of the Gen
eral Elections, and in such notices to enu
merate; 1. The officers to be elected.
2. Designate the place at which the elec
tion is to be held.
I, JOH.V D1ETRICK. High Sheriff of the
county of Juniata, hereby give notice that on
the SECOND TUESDAY OK OCTOBER
next, (being the 11th day of thu month,) a
(tenor! Election will be held at the several
electioc districts established by law In rhI.i -
county, at which time they will vote by bal- j
i ui wr uie several omcers iicrcaiter mention
ed, viz:
One person to represent the conn ties of
llanplun, JNorthumberland, Union, yder
and Juniata in the National House of Repre
sentatives. ,
Two persons to represent 1he counties of
-Terry, Juniata, ilitl.m, Huntingdon, Blair
and Centre in the State Senate of Pennsylva
nia. Two persons to jeprescnt the counties of
-Juniata, Mifflin and Huntingdon in the House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
1'cnnsylvania.
One person to fill the office of Sheriff of
Juniata county.
One person tc fill the office of Register,
Recurdcr, tfcc of Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of County Com
missioner of Juniata county.
, One person to till the o.ticc of Jury Com
missioner of Juniata county.
One person to till the oflice of County Au
ditor of Juniata countv.
1 ALSO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN
and give notice, that the plucks of holding
the aforesaid General Election in the tevcral
districts aud townships in the county of Ju
niata are as till lows, to wit:
At the Court House in '.he borough of Mif
flintown. for the borough of Mifflintown.
At the Court House in Mifflintown for Fer
managh township.
At the School House in Mexico, for Walk
er township.
At Smith's School House, for Delaware
township.
At the School House in Thompsontown,
for the borough of Thoinpcontown.
At the Public Huse of Thomas Cox, for
Greenwood township. I
At the School House tu llichBclii, for Mon
roe township.
At Burner's Hotel, for Susquehanna town
ship. At the Sclfool nouse in McAlistcrville, for
Fayette township.
At the School House in Patterson, for the
tiorough of Patterson.
At the School House iu Perrysville, for the
liirouh of Perrvsvillc.
., . . , . . , . .;.,r . I naturalized, and shall nlo produce his certifi-
the resuience of ir. Stewart, lor Millord . i- . .l
. . I rate of nnurahiation for examination .- the
iT-ii o.i i ir..... r... c..... ! said aiT.ilavit, ehall sinte when and where the
Hill town hip I tar claimed to b-paid by the affiant was
At the S,-t.'.Hd House at Academia, for ! ; wben- h7e D,i who PaiJ
Ik'-ile town I ii and the tax reeemt therefor shall be pro-
At the School House near McC.IIoch's j '''"' ' f-r examination, unle. the affiant
Jl.lls, for Tuscarora township, exc-pt ,Mll, j shall state in hi, affidavit that it has been
portion of it lying northwestward of the sum i los' r letytd. or tht he never received
init of the Slmde Mountain. ' n-v ' P"-J n e'"'"""? "-e nuM
At the Lick School House, near the resi- i " v'e all take an t subscribe to ea:d aft
Oence of 15,-njamin Walls, decU. f.r Lack j 'Hv.t. t..y he is a native horn citizen of the
township, except that portion of it lying j S-ates.(or if hhra elsewhere, shall
northwestward of the summit ot the Shade ' '"'e '' f:ict ,n bl affidaviu aud sha.l pro
Mountain Juce evidence that he has been naturalized.
At the Centre School House, for so much or ,lmt bc is entitled to citizenship by reason
.f the townships of Lack and Tuscarora as of his father s naturalization;) and shall
lie northwestward the summit of the Shade futher state in his .-.fiidnvit that he is at the
Mountain time of taking the affidavit, between the ages
At the Church Hill School House, for Tur- of twenty -one and twenty two years; that
liett townshi'i. he has reside 1 in the 3tate one year and in
1 ALSO MAKE KNOWN and give notice, j the election ditrict ten d-.ys next preceding
a in and bv tlie 43rd section ot the aforesaid i such election, he soall be endued to vote,
The following provision of the Registry
Law passed at Uie late session of the Legis
lature applicable to elections and election
omcers, is published for the information
of all concerned.
Sec. 4, On the day of election any person
whose name is not on the said list, and claim
ing the right to vote at said election, shall
produce at least one qnallified voter of the
district as a witness to the residence of the
claiinaut in the district in which he claims to
be a voter, for the period of at least ten days
next preceeding said election, which witness
shall take and subscribe a writted, or partly
written and partly printed smdavtt to the
facts stated by him which affidavit shall de
fine clearly where the residence is ot tiie
person so claiming to be a voter; and the
person so claiming the right to vote shall
also take and auluscriUe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating
the liest of his knowldge and belief, where
and when be was born ; tha) lie Is a ci'izen
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
of jhe United Stales : that he has resided in
the Commonwealth one year, or if formerly
a citizen therein-and has moved therefrom
thut he has resided therein six months next
picceeding said election; that be has not
moved into tlir. district for the purpose of
voting therein; tin 4 he has paid a State or
county tax within two years, which was as
sessed at lcat ten days before said election,
and, if a naturalized citizen, shall also state
when and where and nv what court he was
net 1 am directed, "that every person except
ing justices of the peace, who shall liold any
tirfice of trust under tiie United States, or this
State, or any city or incorporated district.
whelhcr a commissioned, oincer or oiuerwiM?,
a''hoi:irh he shall not have "aid taxes ; the
said affidavits of all persons makiug ouch
claims, and the affi lavite of the witnesses to
their residences, shall be preserved by the
election board, and at the close of the e!ec-
a subotdinate officer or at'ttit who it or shall ! tion they shall be enclosed with the list of
be employed under the legislative, executive voters, tally list and other papers required
ir judictnry department of this State, or of hy law to he filed by the return judges with
the United States, or of any incorporated ci'y the prothnnotary, tnd shall remain on file
or district, and aUo that" every member of therewith in the prothonotary's office, sub.
Con-Tess and ot the State Leui.slnture, and of ! ject 10 examination, as other election papers
the select or common council of any city or ' are. if the election officers, shall find that the
commissioner of any incorporated district, is j applicant or applicants possess all tiie legal
by law incapable of holding or exercising at qualifications of voters, he or they shall be
the same the office or appointment ot judge, j,ermitie to vote, and the name or names
insK-ctor or clerk of anv elections ol this be added to the list of taxables by the
Commonwealth, and no judge, inspector, or . eie.,jnrl officers, the word "tax" being
ither officer of such election shall be eligible a,,jej wbere the claimant claims to Tote on
to any office then to be voted for. , tax. ami the word age " where he claims
Also that in the 4th section of the Act of l , TOte nn . the 9aine words being added
Assembly, entitled "An Act relatmg to exe- hT the cierksineach case respectively on the
-titions and for other purposes," approved . !fsls of per8l,na voting at such election.
April 18, 1840, it is enacted that tiie atoresaid 8k,. 3 u g1!lU be Uwful for ny qualified
13th section "shall not h construed so as to I clUt,,n of ,he district, notwithstanding the
prevent any military officer or borough ofli- j name of ,he prpr,sei TOier ia entained on
ccr from serving as judge, inspector or clerk , the of re8juent taxables, to challenge the
of any general or special election of this Com-, TOte cf nM.sons; whereupon the same
inoiiweallu. proof of the right of suffrage as is now re-
Pnrsuant to the provisions contained in the jjlirp(j br iw snaii ne publicly made and
7th section of the Act first aforesaid, ! ,c(ej on by the election board, and the vote
Judges of the aforesaid district shall respec- , smt,ef or rejected, according to the evi
tir,-W ake -harn of the certificate of return
of the election of their respective districts
and produce them at a meeting of the judges
dence ; every pei son claiming to be a natural
ized citizen shall be required to produce his
naturalization certificate at the election be
tromeacnois net, anne v,oun ... , u exwJ,r wuere he has been for
lrnnli of Mifflintown. on the third day after ,c .'.., . A. ,
the day of election, being the present year on
Friday, the 14th day of October, then and
there to do and perform the duties required
hy law of said judges. Also, that where a
Judge by sickness or unavoidable accident is
unable to attend said meeting of judges, then
the certificate of return aforesaid, shall be
Uken charge of by one of the inspectors or
i..i,, f ii,a oWtinn of said district, who
ball do and perform the duties required of
-said judges unable to atieno.
Also, that in the 31st section of said act it is
enacted that "when two or more counties
.shall compose a disrrict for the choice of a
member or members of the Senate of this
Commonwealth or of the House ot ilepresen
tativel of the United States, or oj this Com
mon wealth, the Judges of the election in
.each county having met os aforesaid, the
.clerks shall make but a fair statement of a.l
-the votes which shall have beeo givan at such
.elections within thecounty, tor every pcreoh
voted for as such member or members, wh ich
shall be signed by said JS Jf
y the clerks, and one of said Judges shall
tie charge of such certificate and shall pro
duce the same at a meeting of one Judge
from each county at such place in such dis
trict, as is or may be appointed by law for
Xhlhw Uwntn act of Assemblyentitled "An
Act relatin" to election of this Common-
weiltV Ped JuI7 2 furtherPr
Tides as follows to wit: T. .,,.
"That the Inspectors and Judges shall
meet at Uie respective places appointed for
holding the election in the district to which
they repectively belong : hrfore 8 . .clock in
lifpTm?oneclerk, who shall be a qualified
voter of such district" .
I ALSO MAKE KNOWN and give nonce
that w Act of Assembly approved March
NC'rrovidesasfows:
ZfiZ&Z" -trcoun:
That the qualified voter, of lto
ties of this Commonwealth. ..ft'"
township, borough and special '" J
i u . ,nr ..iithonzed and requirea io
neijjr r-"-.- or rartlv
printed and partly written, sevcra I y classy rf- they proper ; to challenge any
c.u.,- rinotirket shall emuMCtstuc .
ten 3-ears, consecutively a voter in the district
in which he offers his vote ; and on the vote
of such person being received, it shall be the
duty of the election officers to write or stamp
on such certificate the word '.voted" with
month and vear: and if any election officers
shall receive a second vote on the same day
by virture of the same certificate, excepting
where sons are entitled to vote by virture of
their fathers, they ard the person who shall
offer such scconi vote, upon so offending,
shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, be fined or imprisoned,
or, both, at the discretion of the court; but
the fine shall not eveeed one hundred dollars
in each case, nor the Imprisonment one year;
the like punishment shall be inflicted on con:
viciion of the officers of election who shall
neglect or refuse to make, or cause to be
mode, the endorsemeht required, as atore
said naturalization certificate. ,
Sec, G. If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to require such proof of the right
of suff rage as is prescrioea oy tuis law, or
the laws to which this is a supplement, from
any person offering to vote whose name is
not on the list of assessed voters, or whose
right to vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit, such person to
vote without requiring such proof, every per
son so offending shall, upon conviction, be
"iiilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be
sentenced, for every such offence, to pay a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
to undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or cither or both, at the discretion
of the court
Sec 1. On the petition of five or more
citizens of the county, stating under oath
that they verily believe that frauds will be
practiced at Uie election about to be held, in
any district, it shall be the duty of the court
of common pleas of said county, if iu session,
or if not, a judge thereof in vacation, to ap
point two judicious, sober and intelligent citi
zens of Hie county to act as overseers, shall
be selected from different political parties,
and where both of said inspectors belong to
the same political party, both of overseers
shall be taken from the opposite political
party said overseers shall bavetheright to
be present with the officers of the election
j..J: th whole time the same is held, the
votes counted, and the returns made ont and
signed by the election officers; to keep a list
person offering to vote, and interrogate him
and his witnesses, under oath, in regard to
his right of suffrage at said election, and to
examine his papers produced; and the offi
cers of said election are required to afford to
said overseers so selected aad appointed.
every convenience and faciliiv for the dis
charge of their duties; and if said election
officers shall sefuse to permit said overseers
to be paeser.t and perform their duties as
atoresaid, or ir they shall be driven away
from the polls by violence or intimidation,
all the votes polled at such an election dis
trict may be rejected by any tribunal trying
n uouicM uuuer saiu election : fronaea, mat
no person singing the petition shall be ap
pointed an overseer.
Sec. 12. If any protlionotary, clerk, or the
aeputy ot eituer, or any other person, shall
affix the seal of office to any naturalization
paper, or permit the same to be affixed, or
givu oui, vi ciiiisu or permit ine same to DC
given out, in blank, whereby it mav be fraud
ulently nsed, or furnish a naturalization cer
tificate to any person who shall not have been
duly examined and sworn in open court, in
the presence of some of the judges thereof,
according to the act of Congress, or shall aid
in, connive at, or in any way permit the issue
ol any fraudulent naturalization certificate,
he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
or if any one shall fraudulent use any such
certificate or naturalization ' knowing that it
was fraudulently issued, or shall vote, or at
tempt to voc thereon, or if any one shall
vote, or attempt to vote on any certificate 01
naturalization not issued to him, he shall be
guilty of a high misdemeanor; and either or
any of Uie persons, or their aiders oi abettors,
guilty of either of the misdemeanors afore
said, shall on conviction, be fined in a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, and im
prisonment in the proper penitentiary for a
a period not exceeding three years.
tEC. ij. Any person who on oath or affir
mation, in or before any court m this State,
or officer authorized to administer oaths shall
to procure a certificate of naturalization, for
himself or any other person, willfully de
pose, declare or affirm any matter to be fact.
knowing the same to lie false, or shall in like
manner lieny any nitter to be fact, knowing
the same to be true, shall lie deemed guilty
of peijury ; and any certificate of naturaliza
tion issued in pursuance of any such deposi
tion, declaration or affirmation shall be null
and void; and it shall be the duty of the court
issuing the same, upon proof being made be
fore it that it was fraudulently obtained, to
take immediate measures for recalling the
same lor cancellation, and any erso!i who
shall vote' or attempt to vote, on any paper-
So obtained, or who shall in any way aid in,
connive at or have any agency whatever in
the issue, circulation or use of any fraudulent
naturalization certificate, shall be deemed
guilty ot a misdemeanor, and upon con vie
Hon thereol, shall undergo an liuprisoniueut
in the penitentiary lor not more tnau two
years, aud pay a fine not more than one
thousand dollars, for every such offence, ur
either or both, at the discretion ot the court
Six. 14. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as an overseer, who shall
neglect or lulifee to perform auy duty en
joined by this act, without resonable or legal
cause, snail be subject to a penalty ot one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 13. All elections for city, ward, bor
ough, township and election officers shall
hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of
October, subject to all the provisions the
laws regulating the election of such offices at
that time, shall t ike their places at the ex
piration of the terms of" the person holding
the same at the time of such election ; but no
election for the office of asw-sr-or or a:sistant
assessor shall be held, under this act, until the
year one thousand e ght hundred and seven
ty. Skc. 10. At all elections hereafter held, un
der the iaivsof this Commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened between the hours of six aud
seven o'clock a. m., and closed at sevcu o'
clock r. m.
Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth to prepare form
lor all the blanks made necessary by thic art
and furnish copies of the same to the county
Commissioners of the several counties of the
Commonwealth; and the county Commis
sioners of each county shall, as soon as may
bo necessary titter receipt of the same, at the
proper expense of the comity, procure and
furnish all the election officers ot the election
districts of their respective counties copies of
such blanks, in such quantities as may be ren
dered necessary tor the discharge ot their au
ties under this set - ,
Sec 19. That citizens of this State tempor
arily in theservice of Uie State or of the Uni
ted States government- ou clericiil or other
dnty, and who do not vote where thus em
nloverl, shall not bo thereby deprived of the
right to vote in their several election districts
if otherwise duly qualified.
Skc. 20. The act-entitled "A further sup
plement to the act relating to the election of
this Commonwealth, approved April fourth
Anne Domini one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eighf and other laws altered or sup
plied by this act, be aud the same are hereby
repealed. ' ' '
Wherctit, The fifteenth Amendment ot the
Constitution of the Lnited States is as fol
lows : 11 '
"Skctiox 1. The right ot citizensof the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United Statcs,orby any State,
on account of race,culor,or previous condition
of servitude.
'St. 2 That Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Am whereas. The Congress of the
United Slates on the 31sl day of March,
1870. passed an act entitled "-In aet to en
force the right of citizen of the United Stotet
to vote in the mverul State of Jie Union, and
for otlier purpme ; the first and second sec
tions of which are as follows :
"Section 1. lie U enacted bt Vie Senate
and lloum of Jcpreentative of tiie United
State of America, in Cjiigret aembled.
That all citizens of the United States who
are or shall be otherwise qualified to vote at
any election by the people in any State, ter
ritory, district, county, city, parisn, town
ship, school district, municipality, or othor
tcrrritorial subdivision, shall be entitled and
allowed to vote at all such election, without
distinction ot race, color, or previous condi
tion of servitude; any constitution, law cus
tom, osage, or regulation of any State or
by or under its authority, in Uie contrary
notwithstanding.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That if
by or under the authority of the constitu
tion or laws of anv State, or the laws of any
Territory, any act is or shall be required to
be required to be done is a prerequisi . or
qualification for voting, and by such consti
tution or laws persons or olllcere are ot shall
be charged with the performance of duUes
in furnishing to citizens an opportunity to
perform eucb prerequisite, or to become qual
ified to vote, it shall be the duty ot every
such person and officer to give all citizens of
the United States the same and equal oppor
tunity to perform such prerequisite, and to
become qualified to vote without distinction
of race, color, or previous condition of serv
itude ; and if any such person or officer
shall refuse or knowingly omit to give full
effect to this section, he shall, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay the sum of five hun
dred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby,
to be recovered by an action in the case, with
full costs and such allowance for counsel
lees as the court shall deem just, and shall
also, for every such offense, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one
month and not more than one year, or both,,
at the discretion of the court." :i . - -
And whereat. It is declared by the second
section of the VI article of the Constitu
tion o! the United States, that "This Consti
tution and the laws of the United States
which shall be made in pursuance thereof,
shnll by the Supreme law of the land,.'
nnytbiug in Uie Constitution or lan of any
State to the ecr-trart notwitluitanding"
And whereat, The legislature of the Com
monwealth, on the sixUk day of April, A. D.
1870, passed an act, "A further supplement
to the act relating to election in this Com
monwealth," the tenth section of which pro
vides as follows :
"Sec. 10. That ' so much of every act of
assembly as provides that only white freemen
shall be entitled to vote or be registered as
voters, or as claiming to vote at any general
or special election of this Commonwealth
be and the same is hereby repealed ; and
that hereafter 'all freemen, without distinc
tion of color, shall be enrolled and register
ed according to the provisions of the first
section of ihe act approved the lTtli day of
nata County Democratic Committee. As
Kz and the rest of us hud been riding and
changing horses through Juniata but
three days, our force of 25 was not what
we expected, but such as it was, was burl
ed upon the little cuss "Watts"' With"' tLe
venom of several disappointments. And
we got licked. ' But'dinVt "let on." Got
out of the door1 as soon as Watts got out
of the way and "blowed" goodness, but
didn't we blow.'' Reynold's cane assisted
us mightily." This fandango didn't last
more than a couple of bours.'as Traugb.
of the JJoIIidayaburg 'Standard, had bis
April, itjoa, emitted "An act runner stipptc- , '.;, . , ,
mcntl to the act relative to the election of ,,sl,il' programme o go through with. We
this Commonwealth;' and shall' when other- arranged Trangb on a dry-goods box,
wise qualified tinder existing laws, be en-1 , ; , . -, . ,. .
titled to vote at all general and special elec- j sho ed blm 1 etnkln' and Le commenced.
. . . ... lv. A. ',.' ' ....i
it wouiu be aimcuit to tell which is
Trangh's best "bolt" he has several on
which we will go our pile, "and did but
the sight of water never affected a mad
lions in this Commonwealth.
' Given nnder my hand at my office in the
borough of Miffliutown, the first day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1870.
JOHX DIETRICK, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Mifflintown, ) , -,
Sept. 7lu 1870, ,
foci's onur.-"r'-
TO COL. AJTD MRS. GEO. M'FARLASD,
0 T1IK DEATH Of AUDI;.
Written by Miss M. Maggie Taylor, daugh
ter of Kev. W. U. Taylor, l'rincipal l'hillips-
burg Soldier's Orphan School, Beaver county
Pa.
A little grave on the hillside,
A little empty chair,
A vacant crib in the corner,
A curl of golden hair,
Two little empty gaiters,
That darlin daughter wore,
For the little feet are stilled in death.
And need them now no more.
Ah ? ye, who have never suffered.
How little can ye know,
How the sad heart is bowed to earth,
Beneath the chastening blow.
Vie know our God has saved her,
From bitterness and strife,
But oh ? what joy and gladness
Went out with that young life.
Our hearts still yearn most wildly
To hear again once more
The palter of her little feet
Upon the nursery floor ;
And oh ! fot the ceaseless prattle,
How it would ease the heart ;
It only makes the mourning ones
Feel mare the bitter smart.
dog, as the sight of Petriklu did Traugb.
He gained as he procceede'd. ' Tie com
menced with the comparatively conser
vative statement that lie' would lick Pet-
rikin in Blair TOO majority. Da fellows
backing Traugh knew that was nothing
to what Tiaugh could do. and were not
as surprised as Petrikiti's friends were
when Traugh successively beat Petrikin
by 1,000, 1,200, 1,500, 2,000, and "By
Gd by 3,000 if you call' me a liar."
Leaving Traugb figuring on the dry
goods box, we went to ditiner. All ef
forts to breach Petrikin's forces in favor
of Everliart or Alexander, proved abor
tive. We were a little amused, on re
turning to the clerk's desk, to find five
gentlemen engaged in an angry discus
sion each energetically insisting upon his
right to pay for everybody else's dinner.
By this time Traugb had beaten Petrikin
esty. i The-more we ;thonght about it
the ' madder we got, and 1 don't know
what wo might not have done had not
we just then; above the growling discord
caugbt Trangh's ringing annoucements
of -37.6C0 majority against Pctriken iu
Blair county." Crawford dug out just
as soon as bis betrayal bad succeeded ;
Bruce went to Jlarrisburg to announce
bis success, not stopping to pay the bills
of bis defeated adversaries, as is usual ;
the busses gathered uy the victors and
victims and we reached the train just in
time to witness a cane presentation. It
was Trangh's cane.- Trangh presented
it to PetrikeD coming to the depot. Pe
trikeo took it on ' ,tLe ribs. ' It was a
prefty fly. Traugh pitches beautifully.
Especially a cane. Pctriken catches
magnificently. Especially a cane. Pet
viken catchet magnificently. Especially
on bis ribs.' Harmonious Democracy.
, We append the following preamble
and resolution which were presented to
the Conference, receiving the support of
the representatives from Centre and
Blair counties but were defeated bv- the
snpporters of Petriken and Crawford! !
This is a most telling record with which
to commence a campaign. These reso
lutions express what was once the hon
esty and integrity of a great party, bnt
which, it seems, its present candidates
and their supporters repudiate ! Why
was thing damning record made I Sim.
ply because Petrikin add Crawford ex
pects to be elected only by selling them
selves to all the corrupt Kings and com
biuations in the State, and thus secure
the support of all the corruptiontsts in
the district. In order to do this success
fully, their bands must not be tied by
JT&e Juniata ralincl.
ESTABLISHED IX Ibid.
Pl'FMSHID EVKRT WxDSTSnAT MoltSISrt,
CndgeStreet, opposite the Odd Fellows' Hall,
r',Ta JuxrAT.SBTi!n is-pwlishcl eyry
Wednesday morning at $?v5fa year, lfr-advance
; or $2,00 ia aft cases lfit;Jil
promptly ia advasee. ! So sirfscr3ptta.iis
continued nnlll a!9 arrearages lire paid, unless
at the option of the- pwblutiier. , ,
IIOIUIUIX.
-J-inTT.r
6,720, and threatening 7,000. Petrikin any pledges to be honest during their
didn't bite. Cornman, of the Hunting tirm. This is the first time in the his
don Mmitnr, Bonsall, Jackmin, and other ! tory of Pennsylvania politics in which
Democratic editors paid their own bills' ; candidates were presented as the open
omnibus fare, etc., "we" paid for their and avowed exponents of corruption and
I other luxuries, mostly as Pctriken
j threatens to start a paper of bis own, and
! be independent of editors. Well, matters
puuitc plunder !
The insue thus presented to tlie honest
voters of the District is a plain one, and
We have lust our little treasure,
A heavca-bura blessing sent.
We had almost thought in gladness
That she was given, not lent.
We own our Father's loving care,
And yet we cannot, tell
The goodness, or the power of Him
Who doeth all things well.
Who knows, if He had spared her.
In this sad world of care.
How much of joy or sorrow
Would have fallen U- her share.
Ah ! yes, she might have ventured,
- Lured by sin's artful wiles,
To tast the bitter, bitter cup
Of earth's deceitful tmilcs.
Then give us grace to bare the rod,
Knowing it falls in love,
And thcugh it wounds us deeply,
. It comes from God above. , .
And may light to us be given
To tell the gold from dross,
Write deeply on the sticken heart
Ao CTOtrn tr ithout a erosi.
cd from the- fearful heiZ hi; viis seen try
ing with cue .f lf:.- hmul to fan the
fLmes awa-r from lik i'.vje. It was a,
frightful steae, and strong men were al
most crazed at the sight. One young
jam, named James Clirlcfy, uravtty stood
Doc. Crawford looked wise, but kept Lis s ceedings fairly before their deludod rea- i beside the unfortunate sufferer, and did
mouth shut; Bruce kept sober and his '.
j looked a little blue, after dinner, as the . the result cannot be doubtful. Will thu
I It-,., f.i- Prinfiirnnna man, tun. nnnpOflmrl I ' DfTit nrrli'f" TlflOPrS iliir InV tlms nm.
j l.V'M. ,', 1UU.V.l.UVOU.H.U..j)1.lU.. -1 r -V 1" '
i ders ?
A Tonn? Mart rneh lrder 1f finder
of a Threshing: JMaehiue aad ltoasted
. AUva-'KiMue aad Uoru HurneiL
In yesteiday's Gazette we made men
tion ot the fact that a terrible accident
bad occurred at Sodom on Friday lat,.
Since that we have received from an in
telligent ani reliobte correspondent the
following tbrilUa aad hcast-ieniling par
ticulars : . ;. , .
Two youpg inenr Joun KmT antf Geo.
Jardiue, who owned a threshing machine)
in partnership, were tbreshkiat the bam
of Mr. X! K. M. Politick, near the vil
lage of Sodora, or " Upper North Star;"
n the Steubt'Bville Pike.'onlai't Fritf.iy.
when, by pour ng oif oo one" of the jour
nals, which hai become very maali he.it
et), fire was originated and con:riiuicati:d'
to the straw. Two person present cn
dtavored to extinguish tlW fiiv, and h
DearTy succeeded whet Mr. Keed, who
was driving the norm.-, i;io hi!o the hum
to assist, and in climbing to the top of
the machine he stepped upon the feed'
board, from wbirb bo slipped and wa.i
dashed under the cylinder and frightfully
mangled. He was drawn in as fair as
the thighs, and tbe machine was instantly
checked. The hasd wbo were attending"
the machine were so horrified by the ac
cident that they abandoned their efforts
to extinguish the fire, and endeavored to
extricate the yonng man from bis dread -I
ful position. The fire spread through
the baro with frightful rapidity, and in
less than live minutes the entin? building'
wa enveloptd in flames. It was impossible-
to ?erve tbe sufferer, and in that
awfal position, and fully conscious of
everything aronnd him, he was Xterallv
ruasted alive. He neither murnv.ax'd nor
groaned, but said to tbosj who were try
ing to release him, "lVy'., I am. going to
be bumed !ive !" Afr all hkH retreat-
ANECDOTES OF DORS.
lilisttllancouS i'Jitiijing.' :;
From the Tyrone Herald of Sept. 2.
TIIE "HARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY,,
Dlnaa ye Hear the Slogan! . i .
' V , j. .!
CIIABACTEEUTIC PEMOCBAT1C GATIIERIXU.
A dog belonged to a convent in France.
Twenty four poor beggars were daily
served with a dinner, passed out to tlieai
through an aperature in the wall by means
of a tour, or revolving box. There was
a bell rope banging beside the opening.
Each beggar in turn rang the bell and re
ceived bis dinner. After a tim?, the cook
noticed that twenty-five dinners were
passed out. A watch was set, and it was
discovered that after the begg.irs had each
received their proportion and turned away
this dog would go up and ring the bill
and get a dinner for himself. The au
thorities of the convent, learning the case man
decreed that the dog should continue to
have bis diuuer for ringing for it.
Another case, related by a gentleman
who saw it : A party of huntsmen had
to cross n river, which thev did bv s im tbe smoking ruins
, - - j
It lacked but the roasted ox the
braves and whiskey -were there. In
abundance. Particularly the braves and
the whiskey. Hell is nowhere described
as a retreat to which a dog would volun
tarily repair, yet we know of several Dem
ocratic braves wbo would as soon revel
therein, as seriously join in the festivities
of another Democratic Conference such
as convened at ' Lewistown on Tuesday
last. And we were there. Cameron,
Geary, Lew Hall, Dave Caldwell, Lemon,
Bill Wilson, Everbart, Ben Hewitt, and
the Herald sent ns there and paid our
bill. If mortal man ever saw a sight be
will be apt to remember, he saw it on
Tuesday. Several delegations arrived on
Monday night, bat Jim Burns and Fry-
singer oh my had '-fixed" the police,
and the members were placed in bed at
an early hour say 2 o'clock. An infor
mal meeting was held on Mouday night,
each fellow looking wise ; playing strat
getist heavily, and fumbled greenbacks
in imagination. However, as stated, they
got to bed. On Tuesday morning "those
us bad 'em," went through clean shirts ;
downed the remaining, "crayther," break
fasted, and were ready to be approached.
It is proper to add that Jim Burns re
mained in an alley near the National Ho
tel, all day but did not upproacb any of
the members. They approached bim. At
nine o'clock we got well warmed up and
commenced business, using tbe Stwy
zilnlettbocbrcra, in tbe fritzgerald hotel
as tubus in quo. CjZ 1 arKer, . , ot
Juniata, was chosen generalissimo; bis
near kin, South. Farker brotber by the
by acting as Lt. General ; the inimita
ble, . silver beaded cane ex-Protbonotary
Geo. Reynolds, Chief of Staff, and Da
vid Koonts, Would-Be-SherifF Coder and
23 others as privates, ' We .first attacked a single resolution of anyeort,
i
mouth open something in his favor; ' For want of space we cannot now insert
-i, i the resolutions referred above referred to.
Jloore, of the Sun, energetically passed j U. Sextinkl.
up and down the pavement but was
i not "subsidized," as he expected ; Alex
ander of Centre, was humming
If so soon I am to be done fir,
I wonder what I was begun for?
Everbart looked as cheerfull as Magona
gle. Woodkok nnd others conld make
him; nnd Traugh had reach 10.000.
Before any other demonstrations could
be made, Jim Bnrns sent a messenger
from the alley ordering the immediate
convening of the Conference. And it
convened. And in the organization Blair
and Centre got not even a Chairman,
Secretary or Teller. And were useless
warts. And were insulted, and rode
over, and brow beateu and spat upon, and
will show 'cm in October. As the con
ference met, a Petriken conference came
down stairs and said to the halting dele
gates : ' If you want to take part in this
convention you bad better come up, as we
are going to make tbe nominations, now."
In the convention, us follows from Cen
tre and. Blair, seeing that our cake was
dough, thinking to get tbe party to do
something honest, presented a series of
resolutions which were not ordered prin
ted in the Herald, nut( are, said resolu
tions taking strong grounds against the
disonesty of all sorts ; protesting against
tampering with and squandering of the
'Sjnkitig Fund, and generally intended
to commit the party to an honest policy ;
and allow us to go before the people
with a good record, if it was on paper.
And would you believe it, tbe convention
voted those down 7 to II ! Every
bugger of them said they personally fa
favored the resolutions, but eleven
thought it the bight of impolicy to tie
tbe hands of can didates. Good, wasn't
it ? And new. Tying tee Aan ot lam
didrte in attempting to honeitp ! Well,
we pocketed the insult and brought it
borne with us. Crawford told us just be
fore the nomination that he bad made no
combination wijb Petriken, or anybody
else. But he had. tet days before. And
then to ' see Bruce smiling at us poor in
nocents. Oh, it was exasperating. We
felt mean, spurned' scouted, insulted,
mad. and as we rejourned without adopt
ing any platform, a resolution or anything
else, there would have been a row, but
that just as we reached the street, we
heard the cheering accents of Traugh as
he comdlcted his poll of 22,327 majority
in Blair against Petriken. The poor but
honest minority were fearfully slaughter
ed. So fearfully so, thae Centre, for one
bade the Senaiotial ' District an everlast
ing good-bye It was no go that Centre
said 3700 Democrats in that county
wanted to know whether that convention
favored honesty. As. .no resolution
pledging tbe candidates to an honest
policy was adopted being defeated 7 to
11 it follows that a policy o dishones.
ty and public- plunder was agreed upon
by Petsiken and Crawford. Alaa ! that
a Democratic Conference, dare not adopt
Especi
not leaving bim until bis own clothing
was almost burned off. When the per
sons attending the machine saw that the
young man could not I extricated, an
! attempt was made to draw it ont of the
li allies, but tiie horses ii l-ecome terrified
aud nnmitnngeblc, ril nothing' could bo
done. The wiud aariicd the burning
straw to the roof o3 the dwelling house,
and set it on fire, r.r.i r which the w.igou
elicd, smoke house and other buiings
caugb:, and everything was totally im
sumed. It is stated that the house and
barn bad been insured, and that the in
surance ran out that day ;,t 12 o'clock, a
few hours before the fire occurred.- The
threshing machine was burned, together
with all the farm machinery of the place.
Mr. Keed was a very e.ieinplary young
He was a member of tbe Yoi:ng
Men's Christian Association f Candor,
and an active member of the young men's .
prayer meeting of tint locality. His re
mains all that could be gathered from
were buried on mii -
ming their horses the pack of dog all day at tbe Canaor church yard, aud were
following, except a terrior, who dnaded j followed by a large coiwouisu of mourn
the nlnnfe:' After lookiner on for a time i "iff relatives and friends. His sudden
r a-- o
little Dave Watts, cbaiimau of tbe Juni-' ally one pledging its candidates to hon-' A husband
with many distressful barks, he sudden
ly turned and ran swiftly up tbe bank
till ont of sight. ' There was bridge some
distance above.' After a while the dog
came running down tbe other side of the
river, and joined bis comrades.
There Is one more anecdote worth re
lating, that is not in the books : I bad it
from those admirable gentlewomen of the
old school, the Misses R., long time my
neighbors on the Passaic. They had a
carriage dog that commonly accompanied
in their drives. Their court e often took
them across the river, over a bridge four
miles from their residence. Tbe keeper
of the toll bouse bad a big, snrly mastiff,
that always sallied out and attacked
their dog, who was no match for him, and
sometimes Beaujeu suffered severely ; so
that at length be declined accompanying
them if they took the road up the river
tnwaid the bridge. The way through
the lawn from their bonse to tbe high
road was nearly half a mile. One day,
when they came down to the gate, they
found tbe dog there waiting for them. As
soon as he saw them take the np river
road he turned and ran with great speed
back to the bonse. In a very little while
he returned and overtook the carriage,
accompanied by a powerful dog that ordi
narily kept al ont the bouse and grounds
and never went with tbe carriage. Tbe
two trotted along, side by side, following
the carriage, n atil they came to tbe bridge
when the mastiff sailed out as usual. Tbe
little dog then held back, and bis big
comrade went at the assailant and gave
him a tremendous punishing, evidently to
the little fellow's great satisfaction.
Eighteen million suns belong to our
firmament. More than four thousand
sncb firmaments are visible, and every
increase of telescopic power adds to the
number. "" ' "
a m t r a .
What can a man give a lady that be
has not, never had, aud nuver can have ?
and awful death has cast a ghxun over
the entire neighborhood. Pitiijurg 04
zeitc.
Thpre is a man living in Ciilhnuti
county, Mississippi, who is snppost-d t
be the-strongest wn 'n the State, if not
in tbe entiro South. He is tbirtvfive
years of age,.' an$ weighs two hundred
and twenty-f va ponnds . He lias been
knowa to carrr three bars of nil mad
iron, when it tailej from three to five or
dinary men to carry one. He can take
a cask containing forty gnllons of whisky
or water (tbe former is preferred w
presume, and raise it from the ground
and drink ont of the bunghole wit'j as
much ease as others could ont a com
mon pitcher ; and be has frequently
taken a barrel nf flour under each arm
and balancing a sack of salt on Bis head
carried them for several hundred yarda
with apparently but little effort. He
offers to bet be eau lift thiil'n hundred
pounds.
Mark TtVArrt has hr.i bis fbrtune told
by a celebrated star-gazbr, and here is the
resnlt. Mark says if she has' bit the fu
ture as well as she has tbe past, bis hap
piness is complete. "Yours was not, ia
beginning, a criminal nature but," circum
stances changed it At tbe age of nine
you stole sugar ; at fifteen you stole
money ; at "twenty you stole horses ; at
twenty-five yon committed arson ; at
thirty hardened in crime you became
ah editor. Since then your descent has
been rapid . Ton are now a public lecturer.
Worse things are in store for you
you will be sent to Congress, next to the
penitentary, and then finally, hippiness
will come to, you again all will be well".
you will be banged."
Thb tallest tree measured is an Aus
tralian, of the myrtle family, and of th
genus Euclyplu. It :" focr bundred
and eighty feet high, but in'dfcdioter in-'
' ferier to the larger California.
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