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MIFFLUITOWN. PA.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF
the county of Juniata, from the 4th
day of January, 1870, up to the 1st day of
January, 1871, inclus ive :
1871.
DR.
1). WAITS, Treat.
T amount of outstanding Taxes
n the tint of January, 1870.. .914970,96
Amount of tax levied for the
1870 14165,24
Amount received from former
Treaa 4300
Auiouut received from Commis
sioners - 249,35
Amount received from other
sources 80,00
$274G,01
1871 '
Jlr amount of outstanding taxes
CR.
p to Jan. lat, 16.1 $14484,06
Amount of Coruuiiaione.a and
other onlera lilted 13166,56
4 xoaerat ions allowed Codec tora 673,73
Percentage ,
Treaaurers' Percentage......
ialauee in Treasurer' bane.
760.01
600,00
82,19
$29756,55
. $82,19
T Balance brought down....
1871.1
DR.
JOHN DIKTRICK, Sheriff.
To amount of Verdict fees $18,00
XT. 4 T CM EXT or OatttaBdlBff
Tain In the hands of the
ei era! Collect's, Jan. 1, 1811
oM.icrona.
H.. Tr. I. 1 C.Tlt.
Wm. Cox 18'58
Jamas Unwell 1NU3
J. C Heale 1SH9
1. 11. Suloiift" 1K.3
Wm. Wright 1CU
llcurv!i.irah ' 169
John W. Sartiu lWi9
eor,re Shivelv lbi9
I. MuniUirser !f
Ji-sie Keed 1'J
Abal.m Varncr 1H69
J. S. JlcCa'iau lSOU
lrael Wcuter 1870
Wm. Kenuawell 1M70
N oah .VcGow 1875
i?nj. Jac-.be 1X70
Win. fitajterald 1!70
J. . Ho tie 1870
lnkl Knniiav 1870
llenrv Harsh 1870
Jesse KlvI 1!7'i
Wm. XlcCotincll 870
John H.ileiitme 170
. Millikcn 1070
John Kennawell 1870
J. S. Hnrril 1870
llenrv Willi 1870
J. B. VI. Todd 170
Alex apsdJy 1870
(reenwood
Spruce Hill
Beale
Turbett
IVrrvsville
Milrnrd
Walker
Fayette
Ivltwi-e
Greenwood
Sunjucb'ua
Lack
$334.15
434,98
3'-.9,26
2r,,r
130,36
' 709,99
414,99
1297,64
84 1,39
60,38
167.42
28.87
Thmiipa'twn
276
w alker
Delaware
Turbett
Sprues II ill
Beale
Suwineh'na
Milford.
Greenwood
Monroe
Fermanagh
Tiiscarvra
Fayette
I.SCtC
I'errvsrille
Tatter son
MifHintown
12 0,26
676,08
444,08
C.17,74
10.1,34
182,51
124J."
251,46
298 66
t-'1.03
410,24
991.27
418,90
20,91
286,1 1
683,43
$1381,27
ITiTEMEIT or Outnlandlnff
Militia Tax In the hand or
the several Collectors, Jan.
1, 111.
COLLECTOR.
TEAR. TWP.
Wm. Cox 1W.8
James Howell 1SWJ
J.C. ItoMle 1 !''.
Wm. Wright WM
llenrv Harsh li9
J.ihn W. f-artin 1869
George Shivelv 1809
I. llitiubarpe 109
J ease Heed 1869
Abaaluin Yamer 1869
larael Wetiler 1S70
Wni. Kennawell 1870
Koali McGow 1x70
T.enj. Jacobs 1870
Wm. Kitsperald 1870
J. C. Beale 1870
I'aniel Knouse 1870
llenrv Harsh 1870
Jese Keed 1870
Wm. McConnell 1870
John Batentine 1870
Greenwood
Spruce Hill
11c le
Perry sviHtf.
Miltord
Walker
Fayette - .
Delaware
Fermanagh
$ 300
K7.00
lf,50
7,W
15,00
6i.50
2 ,H)
62,00
r.i,5'
Susquehanna
,00
Thompaont'n 10,00
Walker 2.! ,00
Delaware-, r.,tz,0U
Tmbett
Spruce Hill
Bear
Snaquehanba
Millord
Greenwood
Monroe i
Fermanagh
Tuacarora
Favettc
Lack
Milllintowa
14,50
31
110
7,00
15 0
14..-.0
1.1,50
26,50
18,00
21,00
25,50
21,50
F. Millikcn 1870
Jchn Kennawell 1870
J. S. Ilurrull 1870
Alrx Speddy 1870
$563,50
All cf whie'i ia respectfu'llr inhmitted.
A. I.AUVKR, ') '
S. S. PANNEBAER, Auditora. '
K. I.AI VKR, )
Connniaaionera' Olice, f
Miff.intown, Jnn. 18, 1871. J
iTATENEST or the Olabume
nsent f the County Treasar
er to January 1st, 1H, lor
the year 1VJO:
Misccltaneou.
Geo. Revnolda, Serving rulea and
notic-i $ 9,2.0
Jacob Bridlcr, Coul oil.. 15
Joha McNulty, Cleaning gutter.... 10 .
Warrinpton &. ('o. Gross lcn&...., l6o
J. McOollan, Service, by order of
Court 3,90
Joshua Beal, Kvcording Cuniiuis-
aionera. 13,50
Alexander Wallace, taxea overpaid
' fto Coliectora Duplicate. 14,61
Z. W. H. Kreider, et, al, Justicca
' feca osragranU...... 18,00'
J. C. Moser, constable t'eea on va.
' granta : 6,72
Samuel Bridge, cleaning privy...... t 109
$ 70,78
Constable and Justices Fees in Common
wealth. Cases.
R. P. McWilliama, juatice feea......$ 8,55
Ji- W. H. Kreider, justices fees.... 7,70
John Campbell, et, al, constablefeea 10.00
R. P. McWilliama, Jutiticea fee.... 40,70
J. P. Wharton, et, al, justice fees.. 20,19
K. P. McWilliama, jnaticea feea.... 29,50
Collar Wix, et, al, constables fees.. 14,30
J. S. Hurrel, et, al, juaticea teea- 17,78
J. Hufiard. et, al, constables feca. . 24,48
J sreal Wetzal, et, al, constables fees 20,59
J. C. Moser, et al, constables feea 9,22
Kob't M'Meen, Dis't. Attorney's feea
in Conimonwealch eases. ........ 39,00
J. Notestine, et, al, constables feea. 7,50
and others 33,25
$ 280,78
Commonuxclth Witnesses.
Wm. Wright, et, al,.: $ 16,25
L. Brant, et, al,. 18,97
John Campbell, ct, al, Commonweal
th Drnnely..... 678?
Joseph Kaufl'man, et, al, 15,15
P. S. Liggett, et, al,
D. J. Rice, et, al. Commonwealth va
Smith l'iil
Levi Light, et, al, li
Henrv Kepncr, Commonwealth va
Miller 8
J. Brown, et, al ,H0
Hngh R. Palm 22,80
Roht. M'Meen, Dist. Attorneys feea
September Term 15,00
George Koons, et, al, 12,96
John Telfer, et.al, 21,99
Wm. G. Thompson, et, al, 16,88
R. L. Jones, ct, al, 14,84
Jonas Long, cost as Overseer of
G ret n wood 48.86
Wm- Taylor, et, al, 6,66
$ 376,18
Hall,
ad
paid
dia
VOLUMJi IXV, NO. 8
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Coroner's and Justices
John Kelley, et, al, jurors......... 8,50
njcaenDerger, juror 2,00
&. w. H. Kreider, Justices tnoaest
luul. r ut pi
ui mis. onepiy. ......... . f 24
. Pannehxkw tnr...
S. X. oneily, juror, iqq
9'n Dder,nt . jurors. .... - 8,00
J. D. Wallls, Justices coor, Inquisi
tion on body of Webster,. .: 6,09
Jese Howe, juror,.. 100
$ 20,83
Courts and Jurors Pay.
Thomas Arbnckle, et, al, Grand
Jurors to Feb. T $
John Allen et al Petit Jurors to Feb
135,00
834,67
8,37
8,50
: 8,75
4,00
10,00
187,97
298,78 .
8,50
2,12
100,00
425,88
2,50
7,50
11,16
135,00
866,42
209,09
term ;
Hugh Hamilton et al Jurors 1868.".
Alexander Sueddy Court Crver
Feb. Term "
Jonas Long Tipstaver Feb Term..
Alexander ISpcddy Court Crver
Specil Court
H. H. Bechtel Petit Juror 1869...
Wilaon Aoman et al Grand Jurats
ApnITerra
Joseph Ardetal Petit Jurors April
lerm
Alex. Speddv Court Crver Aoril T.
J D Wallis Petit Juror 1869.... .
Daniel Conn et al Grand Jurors
September Term
Joseph Adams et al Petit Jnrora
September Term. .:
Ephraim Mvera Petit Juror 1869...
J J Patteison Petit Juror 1869....
H n Bcchtet Petit Juror :
Simon Amey et al Grand Jurors
December Tero
T M Bell et al Petit Jurors Dec T.
H Brenniahultz Petit Jurors Ad
journed Court .Dec Term
$2262,66
Road and Bridge Damages.
Michal Toder Bridge Damages. ...$ 140,00
n in Uouaam Bridge Damages.... 12,.0
Abraham Smith Road Damages... 10.00
amuel Ivepner Road Damages. . . 100,00
$ 262,60
Assessor's Fees.
W Km-U. Walker $20,00
Jonathan Keiser. lelaware..... 18,00
Joseph Thatcher, Lack 31,00
J J Culbertaon, Spruce Hill 17,00
Aaron Leidy, Fayette. 31,00
C A Lauver. Monroe ' 16,00
John S toner, Fermanagh 18,00
Jaise Reed, Ureetiwood 15,00
A B Me Knight, Thompson town. ..... 5,50
Wilaon Laird, Asst. Assessor, Beale
i 1808.... 1,50
! S U Zt-irlvr, Tuscan. n 31,00
j K A Robison, Ast. Aascasor," Beala
1868 1,50
WW Troup, Mifflintown 13,00
llenrv Harsh, Miltord, error in asaess-
inent 12,00
T J Vi ldaeh, Patterson 12,00
D T Kilmer, Turbett 20.00
llenrv ( roas, Ferryaville, Ast. Asses-
so.. 1S68 ..' 1,75
John Ilortiiiiff, Fermanagh, Ast. As-
-sor, 18, 2,00
Daniel Knouae, Siisiiuliaunj 13,0
Alejt A 1'roaier, Perrysville 12,HJ
$328,25
Expenses unJer Regisiery Law.
A B McKnight Thompsontown 18ti9 $ 5.50
O P Barton, Lack 33,09
Alex Wallace, Tuscarora 81,00
Jainea Wat on, Spruce Hill 16,00
T J Midilngh. Patterson 10,00
Wm E Auman, Delaware 18,00
W W Troup, Mitttititown 11,00
D T Kilmer, Turbett 18,00
Aaron Leidy, Fayett 28,00
A B McKnight, thompsontown.... 10,50
W II Kurtz. Walker 18,00
J J Culbertaon, Spruce Hill 16,00
Jtsse Kceil, Greenwood 16.00
John Slaner, Fermanagh... 18,011
S K Zjigler, Tuscarora t. 2J.00
David kooii.st, Susquehanna..... tl.OO
A A Crosier, Perrysville 10,00
! $289,00
Enumeration for State Apportionment.
' Joseph Bell, Lack
J D Millikenpruco Hill.
$ 10,00
.$ 6,00
I
$ 16,00
Const libit' t Returns and Tip Slaves.
J I. Vaughn, Constable and Tip Stave
Feb. Court $
John Dearing, ct al Constable's re
turns Feb. Court....
David Dean, Constable and Tip Stave
Felt. Court.'.
J C Moacr, Constable and Tip Stave
Feb. Court...
J L Vogan, ct al Constable's Returns
Apr. Term....'.
J II Patterson, Constable and Tip
Stave Apr. Term
Israel Wetzler, Tip Sure Apr. Term
Thomas Rente, Constable's Return
attending Electious.
John Noiestine, Constable's Return
and Tip Stave
Joseph Kerlin, ct al Constable's Re
turns, Sept. Term
F Milliken, Tip Stave and Constable's
Return, Sept. Term
Thomas Beale, Constable's Return
and Tip Stave, Sept. Term
John Xotcstine, Constable's Return
and Tip Stave, Sept. Term ,
6.6C
34,11
8.40
7,50
84,62
5,00
6,70
4,86
4,62
28,16
11,16
9,36
7,6J
J C Moser, et al Constable's Returns
T
19,88 .
J E Humphrey, et al Adjourned Court 20,54
$212,79
Wild Cat, Mink and Fox Scalps.
Emanuel Brtcl et al.,,
Robert Kirlin et al. . . .
James Groninger et al
Mahlan Howard.......
Solomon Bcshoar. .....
T M Bell, etal., ,
J 8 Laird, etal..
J C Bexle, et al
Jacob Kline, et al......
Harrison Varner, eta',,
Henry M'Killipa, et al..
Wm. Kenawell. jr., et 1
Varnsr, et al.,,
J Anders, et al
John Dean, et al
Kooert Kerlin, et al....
W C Laird, et aL
Levi Reihl, et al.... ...
J P Singer, et al
J E Whiteman, etal...,
M Snvdcr, etal..
...$ 5,60
... 6,80
... 19,25
... 5,16
... 6,15'
... 6,30
... 70
... 9,43
... 18,30
... 13,10
... 19,15
... 18,95
... 23,80
... 64,20
;.. 8,00
... 17,90
... 14,10
... 19,20
... 7,30
... 19,90
... 17,76
$314,08
Poor House.
David Wilson, Poor House CU'lm $ 126,33
., 100,00
.. .. 100,00
.. .. 100,00
.. . ... 100,00
10,00
S 626,83
Eastern Penitentiary.
Henry Zimmerman, 865 days... .$
John Engles, 61 days...
Jacob Martin, 251 day
Augustus Weimer, 365 days
Christian Bearing, 365 day
Peter Kvy, 365 days
Joseph MUler, 188 days
96,9
11,32
69.30
82.12
83,66
90,91
86,12
M. V. Krnwnvn .
$ 420,27
State junttic Asylum. . .
Keeping Margaret Brackbill,! par
bill J... $204,85
(
MIFFLINTOWN,
v County Debt.
Daniel Conn, et al County Auditor
and Clerk .$ 40,00
R E Parker balance on note in bank 1676,00
George Woodward, Bounty under
act of Assembly 60,00
John Servis, Local bounty for D
Bousrnn..... 100,00 '
John Servis, Local bounty for D
Bouaum 200,00
G A Baker. I.iirhttf'niiiv a 1 l iin
p - 'a ..U(vv
Henry SuloufT, Damages on contrect
lor jaiioiaoie.......... ........ 86,16
Sheriff Deitrick, damages on contract
as per Jail Stable an Ml
Joseph Pumroy, Soldiers' Monu
ment as per aci 01 Assembly 660,00
Jobn Deitrick, damages as per re
port filed anna
James McClcllan, attending public'
gronoos... 20,00
Geo W Jacobs, Agricultural Society 100,00
. i , : $2893,20
County Prison.
D P Sitlouff, coal and lumber, 1869.$ 4276
Ellis fc Son, Iron Doors..
8800
John Deitrick, fees
82,06
3,75
' 12,50
98,37 '
32,60
40,71
9,38
20,S0
124,85
12,88
S B Louden, et al ,
R E Parker, clothing for prisoners..
John Deitrick, Sheriff fees
R E Parker, goods lor prisoners . . . .
John Deitrick, Jail fees
Martin fc Walters, Bedding for Jail.
D P Sulouff, coal and lumber 1870. .
John Deitrick, Jail fees.......:..,
Martin & Walters, bill of goods for
Jail
$553,7
...$40 75
.. 4U 75
... 47 76
' JnUnsl.
R E Parker, fcr note in lank.
$129 25
... $429 00
197 60
.... 211 48
.... 456 0
lt: 50
1471 48
$2 61
10 48
Public Pi inting.
W W Davis
M L Linlefield
B F Schweier
Uonsoll & Jackman
J W Spetldy
Stationery, ttc.
B F Kepner
David Walls...
Solomon Books, postage, etc
David Walts, blauk books, etc....
.. 7 79
.. 19 33
$40 12
Bridges,
Noah ITerlzler, repairs to Port Roy
al bridge $35 00
Jos. l'omeroy, repairs to Pomeroy's
b-idge 7 06
J Mill km, repairs to MrCulloch'a '
bridga 76 00
W A Mct'auan, repairs le Port Koyal
bridge 8 00
S K Zelfer, plank tor Bryner'a bridge 8 07
Wm llench, repairs to Port Royal
bridge 4 00
tVm MctJurmick, repairs lo MoCul-
loeb's bridge 37 20
Bealor & McKeehan, lumber fur Mc-
Culloeb's br.dge 108 41
Geo. Uosheu, lumber for Poineroy,
bridge 8 97
Henry Sulouff, repair- to Cuba dam
br:dge 125 00
Geo Groninger, plank for Groning-
er'a bridge - 30 00
Jacob Groninger, plank for Port
Royal bridge- 80 00
Henry Vocuui, plank for Wilson's
bridge .. 39 66
Henry Sulouff, plauk fer Lost Creek
Bridge 70 00
Wm II a k, mason work at Cuba dam
bridge 120 00
Tbos S Barnard, repairs to Pomeroy's
bridge - 13 59
T-bos Beale. repairs to Lemon's bridga 7 00
J L Kennedy, repairs to three upper
bridges - 18 to
J M Weimer, et al ... 1 75
W I Cruver, repairs te McCoyiown
bridge 60 00
James Watson, labor at Lemon's
bridge 4 20
K Bortle, labor at Lamon'a bridge. 10 85
la c Hawaii Co., lumber for Lemon's
bridge - 32 25
L Bucbfiel J, srone for Lemon's bridge 24 62
Tbos Beale repairs to Lemon's bridge 371 84
David Plett, inspecting bridge over
Delaware Run " 3 00 "
Taylor U.uvar, work on Bryner'a
bridge 1 60
Wm F Thomas, repairs lo Bryner's .
bridge : 6 00
W P Gruver, repairs to McCoytowa
bridg ...129 00
Jacob Groninger, repairs to Uron-
inger's bridge ...... 20 00
Wm llench, repaira to Port Royal
bridge...... 13 60.
$1404 75
Commissioners' Office and, Court House.
David Sulouff, Commissioner's fees. $85 00
Waller App, ' " 60 00
E K Gillitord, " 114 00
J. Middagh, Clerk to Commissioners 450 W)
J. Middagh, Clerk, extra aerviees
under Registry Law 109 00
Jonathan McCoy, et al, repairs, ete. 2 60
J A Criswell, Morning Glory Steve
for Commissioners, office ........ 31 75
P Pannebaker. repairs to Grand Jury
Room 13 25
D P uIoalf, eoal lor Court House .. 10 00
Solomon Books, postage A stationery 18 00
E Ellis at al, cleaning snow from side
walks ete. 6 60
J B M Todd, euandebar for C house 30 00
R P McWilliama, store and pipe for
Petit Jurors' Room 10 00
Jobn Notestina et al, repairs to Court
Yard fence. 400
John Yeakly a. Son, eijck e'e. for
Court House
Samuel Bridge, cleaning privy.
13 16
300
8 12
James Kobinsou et al, repairs to
Court House...............
Gark & Frank, glass and putty for
windows 13 34
Alex 8peddy, crying court etc....; J4 60 .
Clark a Frank, as pr bill ..i,...jf 601
P. Pannebaker, carpen ter work tor -t
Court House. g 75
Cbas. Phillips, window blinds ami
rollers for court room and office.. 17 20
J A Christ j, attorney fees 60 00
David Wans, blank books for offices 16 60
J A Criawell, aiovepipe &c for Grand
Jury Room ,, 7 00
0 P Robinson, two dozen chairs for
C'rand Jury Room and repairing
settees in Court Room 80 00
Rossana Stutzman and Mrs. Weiser,
cleaning Court House
D P Sulouff, lumber ete, for repairs. 40 00
Graybill A Shelly, matting, and put
ting same down in Court House A -
Commissioners' Office .......147 28
E. Dolen et al, hauling waier, ete .. 4 19
George Goshea, eoal 10 00
$1292 62
Public O fires, '
3 A Christy, auditing aeconnta for
pnblie oSeet .$16 00
VV M Allison, safe for Treasurer's
office tiil, 75 00
Wm Mann, blank duckets for Regis
ter's offiee 64 SO
F L Hotter, blank Transcripts for ;
Registry Law 89 75
0 W Jacobs, fees for elerk in Quarter
-Sessions...,,,,,, 14 SO
Jaaiea Robinson, table for Commia- -s4obmV
room 10 CO
$200 16
la f
ras ceseTiTBTioa tbs vaios aso ran aaroaoaasa
JUNUTA COUNTY, PENN' A.,
. Jury Commissioners and CUsls. ..
C B Horning, Jury Commissioner,
part pay $8 22
N A Elder, Jary Commissioner. .... 15 00
J Middsgh, Clerk 80 00
$53 23
' " General and Spring Elections:
Thomas B. Coder.' et aL Judges, and ' '
C McClellaa. et al. Inspectors, and ; '
E. Lauver, et al. Clerks, to General
Elections, and James Dean, et al, '
Constables' fees for attending elec
tions and publishing notices et time
and plaee of holding elections, and
serving notioes to persons e'.eeted. $221 97
f; Addmda. ...
Amount of Orders issued, but not
entered in Order Book, aa per Au
ditora Report $199 63
Recapitulation. '
Miscellaneous... $70 73
Constable and Justices' fees in Com. '
mnnwealth eases... . 280 78
Commonwealth Witnesses.. ....... '875 13
Justices' Inquests on Ieaa Bodies. 20 83
Courts and Jurors' Pay 'J.'bZ 60
Road and Bridge Damages .... 2K2 60
Assessors' Fees 328 25
Ezpenaes under Registry Law .... 289 00
Enumeration for Slate Apportion
ment... - 16 00
Constables' Returns and Tip Siavea 212 79
Wild Cat. Mink and Fox Scalps ... 314 03
Poor II on se.. 626 33-
Eastern Penitentiary............. 420 27,
Stale Lunatie Asylum 204 35
County Debt... 2893 20
Cjunlr Prison 653 74
Interest 149 25
Publie Printing- ..1471 48
Stationery, &e 40 12
Bridges...- 1404 75
Commissioners' Offiee and Court
House.:. - 1292 62
Public Offices - 200 15
Jury Cotnmiif ioners and Clerk ...... '63 22
General and Spring Elections 221 87
Amount of Orders issuel but not
registered in Order Book. 199 53
$14177 21
We, the commissioners of Juniata coun
ty, in compliance with the law, do publish
the foregoing, as a full statement of the
ReceiDta and Expenditures of the county
aforesaid, for the year 1870.
ft. s.1 Given nnder onr hands at the
Commissioners' Office, in Mifflintown, this
J dsy of January. 1871.
WALTER APP.
K. R. GILLIFORD.
WILLIAM ULSH.
Conmiitxoner$.
Attest:
J. Miodach, C'ert. teb. 1-4W.
Rett's orntr.
A BOTE THE GOLDEN STAIRS.
Put away the little dresses
That our darling used to wear,
She will need them on earth never.
She has climbed the golden stairs,
. She is with the happy angels.
And I long for her aweet kiss.
Where her little feet are waiting,
In that land of perfect bliss.
Lay as-de her little plsythings.
Wet with mother's pearly tears.
How we shall miss eur little pet.
All the eoming, weary years.
Fold the daiaty little drtseea.
That she never more will wetr.
For her little feet are waiting
Just above the golden stair.
Kiss the little silken tresses,
Cut from ber bright golden hair.
Do the angels kiss our darling
In that realm so bright and fair ?
0, we pray to meet our dear one
For a long, long, sweet embrace,
- Where her little feet are waiting,
Where we'll meet her face to face.
Angels whirper that our darling
Is in lands and climes so fair,
That her little feet are wailing,
, Just above the geldeu stair.
Illisctllaiuous taiin.
.... THE GEXTLE SiTAtiE,
Who Ought Kot to be Exterminated, Un-
aertakea to xiermin,tc u atu.
From the San Antonio (Texas) Express,
January 18.
From a letter received by a gentle
man in this city, trots lieutenant a. a.
II ill, we learn of further Indian outrages
in the upper country.
In Montague county, near Denton
Greek, while tbe man of the house was
from home, a party of nine Indians broke
down the windows and doors of the
houte at about ten o'clock at night,
where two women and eight children
were sleeping. They killed Mrs. Susan
V'aschal, aged about thirty-five years
They killed Billy, her son, or rather
mangled him so that he died the next
day. VA boy seven years old, named
Johnny, was dragged into the yard, scalp
ed, shot, and his bowels cut out, while his
sister Mary, only four years old, was
shot in the breast with an arrow and
severely wounded. Ben Paschal, aged
twelve years, was beaten with clubs and
left for dead, but both he and Mary are
now slowly' recovering. Another of the
children was killed by having its head
smashed with a stick, and was then brn
tally thrown into the yard.
Mrs. Aon Kenan, , the lady of the
house was shot through the breast with
two arrows, beaten with clubs, and left
for dead. She lived four days, and then
died. Mies Ann Kenan, her daughter,
was horrible outraged and then killed.
A child, five years old, was wounded in
the bed. The blood of the victim ran
through tbe beds to the floor in fact
the whole boose was covered with blood
and hair, and gory clubs,' used in the
hellish work of the fiends. The writer
adds : "This same pirty of Indian, f
ter committing (h.ejo unrdeit, wndown
the country and stole a lot of Ipra.es. on
which they made their escape tftc, to
their homes. There have been eve.yil
families murdered, besides this mentioned,
or tbb tawa.J
FEBRUARY 22,1S71.
and, if possible with more brutality than
above described. I will tell you my honest
opinion. These marauders are the re
serve Indians using the Comanche ar
rows and sigus, to mislead the country
into belief that they are Comanches who
commit these outrages."
Lieutenant Hill, who seems to under
stand the whole question, ' continues :
"The sight of hundreds of lone chim
neys now standing on the whole line of
the frontier, from the Iiio Grande to Bed
Hiver ; the great number of decaying
fences and houses, and bouses in the vi
cinity stained with the blood of men.
women and children of all ages, is truly
a sbame to any nation on earth, l ou
would shrink and shudder if but half
were told of the horrid murders commit
ted." In regard to the reception of
rangers Lieut. 11 ill continues: "1 am
very successful in all my dealings with
the whole people ; we are gladly re
ceived by the citizens and soldiers of
II this country."
HOTEL DESIRE OF A DTI5U JCBIST.
On Sttuday last says the Lexington
Ky.) Press, as the venerable Chief Jus
tice Robertson, stricken by the hand of
death, lay almost insensible to the world
hich he seened fast leaving forever,
liile the gigantic brain which for so
many years lias throbbed grandly to the
inspirations of his genius, barely flutter
ed with the consciousness of life, he ex
pressed a desire to hear Miss Crry sing
the ballad of ' Old Folks at Home," as
if the strains of his favorite melody
would have power to call back his soul
from the portals of tbe grave which he
was so fast nearing. The wish was at
once communicated to Miss. Cary, who
willingly consented to do anything in
her power to rouse the ebbing current of
life in one who as a statesman or jurist,
has known but few rivals during the
course of a long and eventful life.
On reaching tbe residence of Robert
son, .'Ilea (ury was at once ushered into
the chamber where so much of intellect
and learning was fast flickering out
into the darkness of the unknown here
after, without accompaniment of any
kind, raised her rich contralto voice in
tbe touching words "Way down the Su
wanee river," but before ' she had sung
three lines broke down in the intensity
of her emotion. Calming herself, she
again essayed the ballad, and while the
venerable and stricken man lay drinking
her elorious melody, poured out her
whole soul in the simple o iterances which
gave so much pleasure to one whose
giant intellect had, in days agone, fasci
nated the most talented of the land.
When she had ceased. Judge Robertson
could scarcely express his gratification
by sigus, yet signified a desire that Miss
Cary should sing for him "Ilome Sweet
Home " Twice did the gifted artist at
tempt to comply with the request, but
her emotion was too great, and, choked
with feeling, she was compelled to leave
tbe room. The whole incident was one
of the most touching and effecting
episodes that ever marked the deathbed
of departing greatness
George McClean, son of Samuel Mc
Clean, of North Union township, Lafay
ette county, bad his great toe froaen the
first week in January, and two weeks
later had it frozen again, after which he
complained of stiffuess in the jaw and
back of the neck. Drs. Smith and John
Fuller were called and pronounced it
lock-jaw. The young man lingered in
great agony until Friday, the 27th ult.,
when death put an end to his sufferings.
m .mmi
A heavy '-divorce case" is pending in
the courts of Northampton county. Ro
bert A. Packer asks that tbe connubial
bonds, that unite him to Arline M. Pack
er, shall be dissolved. Mrs Packer ask?
$100,000 to release her husband from the
"little unpleasantness' that exists be
tween them, and Robert offers $50,000,
and asks "how's that for high ?" Mrs. P.
answers that she won't take a cent less
than $100,000 unless the law compels
her.
A Wbstbrn editor, on entering his
office, and seeing his apprentice boy cut
ting some queer capers, called ont to him,
"Jim. what are you doing on tbe floor T"
"Why, sir, I have had a shock." "A
shock t" "Yes, sir." "Whatkindofa
shock V "Why, sir," said the lad, gasp
ing, "one of yonr subscribers came in
during your absence said he owed for
two yeara' subscription paid it and
also paid another year in advance." :
Mrs. Emberliug. of Prairie City, 111 ,
a few evenings since followed her hus
band into a village saloon, armed with
an ax. Finding him engaged with
several others playing cards, she smashed
tbe table with her ax, scattered the cards
piled up the astonished players, and oar
ried off '0r busband.
A new machine for taking off the hide
of dead cattle will shortly be tried at
Buenos Avers. Tbe operation i sharp,
short and decisive, requiring only a
minute for each hide, fjold air is. forced,
by a pump bet we n the flesh and te
bide, and the thing is don?.
EDITOR A5D PROPRIETOR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1249
CARRIER FlbTEDSS AD HOW
ARE TRADED.
THU
' Balloons and earrier pigeons are among
the prominent agents of communication
employed in the Franco-Prussian war.
The carrier pigeon is larger than the com
mon pigeon measuring about 15 inches
in length and weighing about oner and
one quarter pounds. An appendage of
naked tkiu bangs across hs bill. Its
value is estimated according to its shape
and size. Its strong iustiuctive love of
home is so valuable, and fits it for its
functions aa a carrier.
The birds are regularly trainer) when
young, their trainers taking them at first
short distances from home and then tnrn
them loose. Those that fail to return
home are rejected as valueless. Those
that return home ace; ibec taken to
greater distances, progressively increased
from two miles to a thousand miles. Tbe
good birds return home with
certainty.
unerring
lue birds are sometimes kept m a
dark place for some hours; bf-f re they
are used, and sparingly fed, but akatid
antly watered.
; The paper on which the message is
written, is carefully tied around the up
per part of tbe bird's leg, but so as not to
impede its flight. An old English ballad
and a line from Tasso imply that the origi
nal way of suspending the dispatch was
from the wing or around the neck, but the
above method is yet now in use.
The employment of the earrier pi geon
dates from remote antiquity. The rapidi
ty of the flight of this bird is almost in
credible. AudiLon speaks of passenger
pigeons shot io the neighborhood of New
Turk with ther craws full of rice, which
the birds could not have procured nearer
than the rice fields of Georgia and Carolina.
Tbe same naturalist observes that as
their powers of digestion is so great that
they entirely decompose food in twelve
hours, the birds which were killed in tbe
neighborhood of New York, roust have
travelled between three and four hundred
miles in six hours.
When the annual trial of the prize for
the best carrier pigeons was decided at
Ghent, in 1833, twenty-fonr birds which
bad been conveyed from that place, were
thrown up at Rouen at fifty minutes past
nine o'clock iu tbe morning, Tbe dist
ance is one hundred and fifty miles
Tbe first pigeon arrived in tibeiit in one
hour and a half, sixteen came in within
two hours and a half, and three in tbe
course of the day. Four were lost .
The rate at which the first bird flew wag
ninety oiiles in tbe hour. When thrown
up tbe bird rises, and when it has reach
ed a good height will at first fly round
and round, and then make off, continu
ing on tbe wing without stop or stay, un
less prevented, until its well-known home
is reached.
TUE DEAC0X AND TUE WASPS.
A worthy deacon in a town of Maine
was remarkable for the facility with
which he quoted Scripture on al! occas
ions. Tbe divine word was ever at his
tongue's end, and all the trival as well as
important occurrences of life furnished
occasions for quoting the language of the
Bible. What was better, however, the
exemplary man always made his quota
tions tbe standard of action.
One hot day be was engaged in mow
ing with his hired man, who was leading
off, the deacon following in his swath,
eoming his apt quotations, when the man
suddenly sprang from his place, leaving
the swath just in time to escape from a
wasps' nest.
"What is tbe matter?" hurriedly in
quired the deacon.
'Wasps," was the laconic reply.
"Pooh,- said the deacon, "tbe wicked
flee when no man pnrsuetb.but the right
eous are bold as a lion." And taking the
working man's swath, he moved but a
step when a swam of brisk insects set
tled about his ears, and he was forced to
retreat, with many a painful sting, and a
great discomforture.
"Ah 1" sbonted the other, with a
chuckle, "the prudent man forseeth tbe
evil and hideth himself, but the simple
pass on and are punished."
The good deacon had found bis equal
in making applications of the sacred
writings, and thereafter was not known
to quote Scripture in a mowing field.
: A Georgia editor says that twenty four
heathen Chinese walked into bis sanc
tum the other day, and, through the
medium of an interpreter, paid for
twenty-fonr subscriptions to bis paper
The editor wondered what they wanted
of an English paper, aud he was inform
ed that they took it for the "pictures" in
it the paper having Cos tar's rat cnt, a
catarrh tut, a gus.no trade mark, and an
umbrella "picture." .
A Domestic IUcipk To cure scan,
dal t take of good nature one ounee ; of
tbe herb, "Mind your own bnsines," one
ounce ; mix them wiJ a little charcoal
for others ; and two or three sprigs of
"Keep your tongue between you teeth."
A woman in Detroit vent to church
the other day, leaving- four littla children
vrijh only a box of matches to phiy with.
Jha von't do it again.
KATES 01 ADVERTISING.
AH advertising fot leswt&sT'iSre months
for enw stfwlrrof eight lines or less, will be
chargrd one insertion, 75 cents, three $1,50,
sad 50 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Administrator's. EVaftntor'a and Auditor's
Noticea, $2,00. Professional and - Business
Carda. not exeeeding one square,' air' inclu
ding eopy of paper, $4,00 per year. Norit
in reading colunna, lea eenta per line; Her
eh an Is advertising by the year at special rates.
3-eM- 6 monthtt 1 'yn
One square.$- 4J $e.i3 $l.0O
Two squares...... 6.00 !. 15 h
Three squares.... R.nrt 12.00" n,0O
One-fourth ecFn. 14.00 20.00 M.CO
Half column. 18,00 2:0O 46.UO
One column SO.Oo 45.00 8').H
SHORT ITEMS.
Oyster saurtgrrars a New York nov
elty. There are $12,000 in-the C!eato.U
treasury,-
There are 19 persons' in the Lehigh'
county jail."
An orphan's Skk recently held in Erie
netted $4,700'.
Tbejahawe begun, in'Canada, to raise?
rabbits for food.
Washington' t&wnsbip, York county,
has the smallpox- badly.
The Kentucky fear &ve the adnrisk4
of tbe testimony of colored1 persons.
"Are cats good to eat mother V "Of
course tbey at e goo l to eat mice "
According tfrtbe TTogarcrmnty Jgiia
t:r horse thieves infest Welmborough.
There are sinty-tbree churches in
Washington, of which twenty are color
ed. The Ioe htm fires in Pbilitle!t)hiadnr.
ing the past year amoufrted! t6 $i,00(T,
013 A Norwegian woman, with twenty chil
dren, recently arrived at Milwaukee.
The children were all Las. own.
'Three thousand Baltimoreanr WsHo
boots and shoes, fur the wholesale trade-;,
and last year tnrawd ou 8 369,060 wortbi
A member of tfie Virginia Legi.-Utrtre'
is demanding legislation to protect' the
people Against paper and chip-bottonv
shoes;
Five thotrsanj sleighs are made' an--nually
in Maine, with prices ranging
from $10 to S3.51). Maine builds- men
sleighs than any other Slate.
A Wisconsin man, wi was bitten by
a small dog, three weeks ago, became ap
prehensive of death by hydrophobia,
and, to avert that catastraphe, coomittc J
twenty-two miles along' tbe
Erie aud Pittsburg Railroad, iociauliigp
New Castle aud Sharpsville, there are
twenty -four large turnaees and six-; large
rolling mills:-
A Herman Borgran, wife and two
children were fording Morean creek,. five
miles from Jefferson City, Mo., last veek,
their wagon upset and Mrs Horgman and
the children were drowned)
It is stated a contract has been signed r
for tbe importation of a nnmber of cool
ies to work a Schuylkill county colliery,
and that tbe first batch-will arrive about
May 1;
A gentleman, walking w ith' two ladies
stepped on a hogshead hoop that flew up
and struck him iu the face, "Good gra
cious '."said be, "which one of: yoa dropp
ed that 1"
A Burlington, Vermont" woodcboFper
lost his life last week by running against
a tree with bis pipe in hi? mouth. The
Stem was driven into his throat, making
a laceratiotl whieb resulted' fatuHy.
The Chester Valley farm' contains
the following ; "To be married, if divine
ly permitted, Joseph Briutoa and Anna
M Mowland, at '.lie residence of the fr--mer
atErctldoun, Chester county
Not Pennsylvania only, but the whole'
country, ia under great obligations to
Senator Scott for the zeal and ability dis
played in bis i Aorta to procure the ex
tinguishment of tbe Iuuoin6 tax.
"I have thia afternoon been preaching
to a congregation1 of asses." aaid a con
ceited yonng parson. "Then that was
the reason you cal'e-.l them my beloved
brethren," replied a strong-minded lady.
A female lecturer once said, "Get mar
ried, young men. and be quick about it.
Don't wait for the mlllefltum, for tbe girls
to becouie angb'S You, vfonld look well
beside an angel, wouldn't you, yttt
brutes V
Mr "Cbawls Thawpson' recently ran
his head against a young lady during a
cotillion. "Ah ! excuse me, deah," bo-.
cried : "did it hurt, ah ?" "No, sir,"
she replied, "it's too soft to hurt any
thing "
At last a cure is foun 1 for cold in
the head. Dr. Poillon a French pfcysf
cian, says it can be cured by iuLaiing
hartshorn. The inhalation by the nose
should be seven or eight times in five
minutes.
There is the way a Colorado lover ex
pressed admiration for bis fair: "She's a
a peeler, she ia. She killed a bear when
she was 15, and a Digger Indian when
she was 18; aud now she'll whip her
weight in wild-eats
An old man rose at a meeting in a
Methodist church in Jefferson county,
Iowa, a few nights ago, and addressed
the young people present, telling them
that he had long sought to live a Chris
tian, and life wasmost uncertain. He
sat down, and, in a few minutes, died.
A Gerogia lawyer refused an appoint
ment as district attorney, the other cay.
because the Judge is a colored man, and
his letter has brought oat a reply from
Governor Bullock, who publish the
lawyer's petition for the very office he
now so indignantly spurns, and also a
letter from the colored Judge, inclosed
by him, indorsing the application.