Juniata Jlwtmd.
M I F F L I N T O W N
Wednesday Morning, Bay 81, 1871.
B. F. SCHWEIEK,
IDITOIt TROrBIETOR.
.EEIUSLK'AN STATE TICKET.
HVD1TOB OKXFRAL :
DAVID STANTON,
or BrAVER CO.HTT.
srKvr.voa Ur.NKSAL :
KOBERT B. BEATH,
Oi 8CIIUVLKII.L COPtrV.
GEO. P. R0WELL& CO, 40 Park Row, New York
AND
S. M. PETTEKGILL 4 CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y,
Are cur acent in that eify, end are n
tliorixed to contract for advertising at O'tr
lowest ra'cs. Advertisers in that city are ie
quontfd to leave their favors with either of
ih ar,-e houses.
REAM MATTER ON EYERY PAGE.
The Fnil of (he Pixis Insurrection.
Witliin t!i past ten days the I'tiris in
mrreetinn. wliirli nt first seemed to liave
Second. That the persistent refusal of
the UcDublican tiartv in the Lrtrislature
a sound republican or Democratic prin- t conM;nt to a proper modification of
tple fnr a lutw, I:as come to an rnd i tunee provisions ot tue Ivrgistry act re-
amidst rcrucs nf fire, pillage, murder and
iltmdsln-d. If we understand it. the in
f urrc'ini; first asked that the Thiers
gtivuiitiiei.t fIioiiIJ not appoint (he inHjor
or mayor of Paris, but that the people
rlinld he nil iwel to elect the city offi
cial. Tim riht a?ked fir was not
f tasted. Heiifclii'in againft the regular
government immediately followed. The
lating to the city of Philadelphia, by
which at least one-half of the electors jf
that city are utterly deprived of repre
sentation in the election hoard. fraudulent
returns, forgery and murder encouraged,
must be condemned by every just man,
and ought to be rebuked by the ballot of
every upright citizen.
Third. That die action of the Dem
ocratic majority of the Senate of Penn
sylvania unnn the Apportionment bill
Tage character of the insurgents and and the Philadelphia Kegistry law meets
(he nttT tiiennipetc-ucy of their' leaders our unqualified indorsement, and ought
at the kitih- time was revealed in excesses i rece;ve lbe pprohatioa of every cili
... , .. i zen who values fair repre.-eutation and
it tue inoet atrocious character. ne i fjr elections
firtt centrals of the government that tell j follrtu. That the force and bayonet
into their hands they (-hot. with as little bills recently enacted by Congress are
l.-eliug as though they been so many gross attacks upon the reerved rights of
!... : ami this was hut the heHnninr- nf aenrueiive ot tue elementary
n o o
a rule that hid no reatnii in i:s manage
ment. Tea dayf nzn the troops of the rcgn-
we should return to the sound practice
of constitutional government ; the safe-
Jar government fought their way into the
ity. The insurrectionists therenpon
commenced to rob and burn, and the bet
ter the building the more attention was
extended to them, (ireat woiks of.art
were burned and tumbled to the eround. ! lies contained in the Constitution are too
Palaces and other pub ic buildings, and facrd "d valuable a boon to be perma
, , , , . , i neuilv jeopardised in providing for a pass-
cbunhes, the pride of 1 aris and the ad- . ' ;. ; .;. ,l r
. t : mg emergency ; it is time that the com-
laiiatiou of the world were wantonly de- j luou peol,!e open their eyes to the dan
etroyed, as though they hsd been eo ! g. rou.s character of this tendency, and
many heaps of noxious truck. The in ' ihi neithei a great name nor au olyect
"Helther Hah Flesh r PwL
" Twelfth. That the present tariff is in
many of its features oppresive and
should be revised, and that we herewith
request our representative lit Congress,
when the tariff shall be it mbjtct of re
adjustment, to see that the immense pro
ducts of the State and its industries are
properly cared for."
The a'nvve resolution or phiik from
the Democratic platform, mad eat Harris
burg last week, is neither nV h, flesh or
fowl in other words, it is neither tariff
or free trade. It is a strand lvr, or an
effort to talk of both the tariff and free
trade, aud say nothing definitely in favor
or against either. v hat a porry sight
for a great party like the Democratic
party professes to he, to tq lirm, wriggle
and stammer out a resol ltion oil the
tariff question which is nei iier fish, flesh
or fowl.
A Threat.
Mrs. Victoria WoodhulL threatens to
revolutionize the country if the next
Congress refuses to al'.ow women to vote.
Bead what she says :
' It the next tjon-ress retuse women
all the legitimate lights of citizenship,
we shall proceed to call another conven
tion expressly to frame a new Constitu
tion, and to elect a new government com
plete in all its parts and to take mea
suit s to maintain it s effectually as men
do theirs. W e roe in treason we mean
secession and on a thousand times grand
er scale than was vbat of the South. We
are plotting revolution. We will over
throw this bogus republic and plant a
government of righteousness in its stead.
Some editor, m don't know who, (if
ter readiug Jlr. Woodhull's rebellious
designs, gets off the following :
A-ha ! Democracy is breaking out
among the women. What steps shall
be taken to resist the onset of the high
heeled iufarttry, the panier dragoons, and
the parasol fusileers ? How shall we
erect entrenchments sufficiently formida
ble to turn back the advancing hordes of
millinery marines 1 When Mrs. Wood
hull blow? the trumpet for a ucw uuion
she evidently means Blood.
Last Thursday Vice President Colfax,
while presiding over the Senate in its de
liberations on the present treaty framed
by the Joint High Commission, sudden
ly took ill, and his life for a time was de
paired of He is slowly recovering. He
had presided continuously four or five
hours that day. The close attention re
quired of him in the stifling atmosphere
of the Senate Chamber, which had every
Honr anrl win.iir rimgA fr.r ff:,r thit
wherein he says, ! consider it one ofj
, - j r , . some eoiernrising newspaper corresnon-
i n.i.At nresHin? needs or our dav that ' 6 if'
" l D
The Democratic Platform.
It is a fact known to the world that
daring the past ten years the Democratic
party baa presented to tbe people no
platform of clearly defined principles.
Their platforms Lave simply been oppo
sition platforms. They have only sail
that it is not right, aud have failed to
point out what is right. It is the easiest
of things to condemn a coarse, while it is
not so easy to suggest a better one The
Democratic party, through its platforms,
has opposed and denounced Republican
measures, but has never been able to sug
gest measures near as wholesome for the
government of the people. Aud now we
have the queer spectacle, of the Demo
cratic party acknowledging that certain
Republican measures are right by incor
porating them into their creed. See 6th
and 9th resolutions of their platform.
There are also a number of other pieces of
j old garments of the Uepublican party that
they are now wearing to hide their Demo
cratic uakedness . Let no one be de
ceived by the change of dress It is
only the ass in the liou's skin. Here is
the platform read it :
li'fioloed. First. That the Democratic
party is in favor of revising and amend
ing tbe Constitution of the State, and
recognizing the right of the people to be
fully heard on a suljeet so vital to t'teir
interests, do hereby indorse the course of
the iJemocratic members of the Legisla
ture in favor of submitting at the next
geueral election whether or not a State
Convention bhould be called for that pur
pose
destructive of the
principles of civil liberty, intolerable to
a free people, centralizing in tendeucy,
and should be forthwith repealed.
Filth. That the language of Senator
Carl Schuiz in bU St. Louis speech.
dent might learn something of the Senate
on the treatv, caused a rush of blood t
eurrectiontsts all the time kept up a fierce
and bloody fight against the regular
troops. Women participated in the, fight.
and one despatch refers to a whole com-' countries, und I may assure mv constitu
panv of women that was taken nrisoners. ; ents that while I am a citizen of this Re
and another states that the troops " fur
prised and shot on the spot a large coin
pany of women engaged in pouring pe
troleum into cell irs, and afterwards throw,
ing in lighted fuses."
guards of our common rights and liber-1 the z.ead, which nearly deprived him of
lite.
Tub Legislature adjourned cm last
Saturday. It should hive adjourned
some six weeks sooner. Let it be re
membered that the action of the Demo
cratic Senate is responsible for the ex
tension of the time of the session and all
the extra expense attending the extended
session. The Senate, was captious and
would not atteud to the regular business
until the House first gave satisfaction to it
on party political questions. With a Pcmo
appealing to our sympathies should be
permitted to oisguise it ; as tor me, 1
have seen the working of ine-ponsible
power and personal government in other
public I shall struggle to the last gasp
against itm introduction here," was but
the utterance of. well-known and fre
quently announced Democratic doctrines.
Sixth. That the public debt is binding
upon the nation and must be paid, and
I . LI 1.
The government troops, it is reported. lDa,1 w, T PP8Wl 10
have shot a numbw of the leaders of the
insurrectionicts without trial. Archbish
op Darboy and sixty-nine priests were
shot in one night by the insurgents.
One-third of the city has been destroy
ed. There are fifty thousand dead and
wounded lying in diffrents parts of the
city, a number of tbem children. The
Ixmuon fire department was asked for
aid to put out tbe fire. A brigade re
sponded, and foreign firemen saved the
city from burning up. Late despatches
explosion, Ragael was about sixty yards
iu tbe rear, and tbe concussion of the
air almost unseated him, and forced
both him and bis horse backward. lie
was so stunned that he staggered and the
rider received so severe a shock that he
hardly realised the situatiou. Immediate
ly after the explosion a telegram was
sent from Enterprise to this city, and
large numbers of people visited the scene
of the disaster. Strange to say Clark's
face was found almost entire, without the
6kull. One eye was blown out and the
other wa open glaring and transfixed in
death. The month and nose and mus
tache were perfectly natural, and appa
rently he bad not time even to put on au
expression of alarm. All the remaining
portions of tlfe body were scattered so
widely and so torn into such dimiuute
fragments that it was difficult to tell
which belonged to tbe man, and -which
to tbe horse. At tbe time our reporter
reached the spot the supposed human
remnants we're lying in a basket. A
telegraph pole on the roadside bore strong
evidence of instautaneous demolition,
leaving the wire intact over head The
woods on the npper side of the road
were set on fire in several places, but it
was subsequently extinguished. The
appearance of what was once the horse and
wagon beggars all description. The fore
quarter of the animal was lying in the
roadway, the shoes of the fore feet gone,
and the entrails and hinder parts scat
tered ; while a broken shaft and small
pieces of steel and iron were all that
could he collected of the wagon. The
fragments of steel were for the most part
twisted into peculiar shapes aud broken
with ragged e&g'a. TituitilU Herald,
Satttidoy, May 20th.
A Great disaster at the Mines at
West Pittston.
Only Eighteen of Thirty-seven Men in
a Mine Escape Death.
.A. Heart-ICentliiig' iSt-ciio.
On last Saturday, about 2 o'clock, the
breaker spanning the entrance to the
mine in West Pittston, worked by Blake
& Co., was discovered to be on fire. A
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
arrived at the scene of the disaster about
an hour after the discovery of the fire
The breaker had already fallen apart and
its fiery timbers tumbled down into the
shaft, filling it with smoke and fire, and
cutting off air and assistance aud escape
for the men down in the mines. The cor
respondent says :
At this hour I repaired to the scene
and found thousands of people running
in all directions womau aud children
tearing their hair, and almost mad with
despair, while the air resounded with
moans and piercing cries.
There was no supply of wafer nearer
than the river, a mile distant. Teams were
employed to bring water iti barrels, aud
a line of men formed to hand pails from
ricade built, and written on it with chalk
these words :
"VT A as A IX IN BF.HE."
The next relay of men brought up George
Cull, dead, and shortly after a report
was brought from below stating that the
barricade had been broken through, and
a dozen men were lying insensible across
the tract, some groaning heavily, others
foaming at the mouth, and roost of them
with life extinct. From the hour of one
o'clock last night until twelve to day the
work of raising the unfortunate men,
dead and living, has been going on Blowly
but with unremitting energy. Despair
and hope, sadness aud joy, have alter
nately swayed the anxious crowd. When
TUB LAST MAX
was brought out the people lingered
aronnd the scene, unwilling to depart
from the field of death.
AM INTERVIEW WITH SOME OF TUB
SAVED
The Prru reporter called on Thomas
and George Edwards this afternoon.
These meu were among those shut up in
the mines, aud arc the least injured of all
They are father and son. George said :
"We found out about three o'clock that
the shaft was on fire, and we thought at
once of Avondale. Fifteen or more of
us had come near the bottom of the shaft,
and saw some fire falling. We ran back
about two hundred yards and built a bar
ricade across the east gangway. John
Burroughs was the man who wrote with
chalk. After shutting ourselves in we
sat down together all anxious, some de
spairing and some hoping we should see
daylight again. More of them, would
have died if I had not kept up their cour
age. About six o'clock some of them
went to sleep, aud I tried to wake them
up. but they would sleep Again we
shook bauds with each oilier, kissed
each other, and we all prayed. Some of
tbe men were crying We who were
awake were anxious to hear some sign of
salvation coming to us. I opened the
door and went through to the bottom of
the shaft, but almost failed to come buck.
Since then I remember nothing it seems
as if I had been dreaming.
Late despatches state that most of the
miners rtscued from the burning shaft
have cither since died or are rapidly
sinking. It is feared they will all die.
He had served two terms in the State
Prison and was generally regarded as the
most formidable and desperate charrcter
on this coast. He was known to all tbe
Mexican inhabitants in the lower conn
tries, and was held in such dread that
few or none of them dartd to offend him.
or make known Lis hiding placo.
A couple in Indiana having courted
eight years, were divorced after eight
months of wedded life.
CANDIDATE'S CARD.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
The office of Associate Judge, though not
lucrative, is on of the most important in the
county. We have frequently heard the name
of Er. J. W. Bealx, of the borough or Per
rvsville, mentioned as suitable candidate
for this position. He is popular, able and of
unimpeachable integrity ; a man of modera
tion Jn bis political views, and favorably
knotrn to the whole community. He Is there
fore offered to tbe Republicans of the county
as their candidate for Associate 'Judge ; and
for this purpose will be supperted by
MAN? CITIZENS.
gcur di-frtisffiifntis.
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE partnership heretofore existing be
the undersigned in the ahoemaking busi
nem, in the borough of Mifflintown, has been
dissolved by mutual consent. The book and
accounts w'ill be left at J. L. North's Shoe
Shop, in Major Kevin's new building on
Bridge street, where accounts can be settled
up. It is desirable that the partnership ac
counts be settled tip as soon as possible.
J. L. NORTH.
A. B. FASICK.
May 31,1871-
NEW BOOT 4 SHOE SHOP
In Kevin's New Building on
j BRIDGE STREET, MIFFLINTOWN.
$ur adrmisfmtnts.
jTfjjliirty Thousand
U I I UnoulCS NIB. The Travelers'
Lira and Accidkt lstcAxn Cox.
paa. of Hartford. Connecticut, pa; J
$20,009 on W. H. Forbah and Win.
C. Currv, Tictims of the Ne Ham.
burgu railroad accident ; $3,009 on the late
Jas. B. Blake, mayor ot Worcester, Mass. ;
and on the late S. H Iwis, Jr.. of
SL Alha. Vt, AU.t ate! Jems occurred,
snd the inruuce whs paid, within taree
month! each claim fcf ?id afcon jxr,
diys befire it wis " by .the terms of tH
policv. Tbo TaATiitTE las paid SCTES
Bt5DSE! DM.11ES 4 1T in benefits toite
policj-noiiiers. Jar de:h or ii'jury y teci
dent, for ever t" wilt;: U? during ;e pa;-t
seven yrr.
The TitAViirES iirx axb Accim.it Issc
baXck Cov?.si, of Hartford. Conn., prams
ill the usual forms of HFC and
HEIT Policies, on exceeding!; favorable
terms Anpr.s Seccritt and Low Rates.
E3LLD3AYSBUE& SZSffiTAZ?,
HOLLIDAYSBVRG, PA.
Er. Crook's
WINS
or
TAR.
stablihed
1862.
A remedy sHIeh has beer
tested fur tea years, ami
prored in tlionsaadj of esse
capable of curing all -taut
of the Throat and Lvngt;
performing many remarka
ble cures, merits a trial from
all who are suffering from
similar affections and Taioly
seeking relief. TTiU you 1??
prrjudict jrrtvtnt you from being eured aim.
Coughs and Colds The Druggists say it
cures men all.
Asthma. The relief and cures of it are mar
se'.ous. Bronchitis. Every sufferer will find raKef
and cure.
Throat Ailments require oniy a few doses.
Lung Diseases. Has cured cases pronoun
ced incurable.
Debility- I1 renovates and invigorates the
system.
Liver Complaint Most effective regulator
of iliia organ.
Dyspepsia, Its healthy action on the stom
ach cures it.
Appetizer. I' health- giving and appetite
restoring.
Urinary Organs. Action on them is marked.
rrnE undersigned, late of the firm of Fa
1 sick & North, would repecifully an
nounce to the public that be has opened a ami prompt
Bot and Shoe Shop in Major Ncvin s New QR, CROOK'S WINE OF TAR " rich in th
llml'lmg. on Endge street. 31 ifflit.town, and j medicinal qualiiies of Tar, combined with
A FIGHT WITH BRIGANDS.
is prepared to manufacture, of tho best ma
terial, all kinds of
LOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS,
FOR
GENTS", LADIES AND CIIILDKLN.
He al?o keeps on hand a large and well
stlented stock of
Ready-made AVoi-lc,
of all kinds, for men. women and children.
AIL WORK WAP RASTEI.
Give me a call, for I feel confident that I
cm fiit-nisli vou with anv kind of work you
vegetable inzrdients of undoubted value.
which make it uusurpassed, not only for the
complaints enumerated, but it rapidtif nslcrit
exhausted ttrenittk, cleanses the srijma.'h. r
lnxes the liver and put them to work, cau'e-n.
! the tood to digest, and makes pure blood, ana1
J begcis a vivaci'y appreciated by bo'h sound
and ick. If you are afflicted in auy way,
; we know if you try the life grtrng tonic prep
I tnitt of Dr. Crook s Wine of Tar. you will
j add your testimony to its rresr. value in rnr-
rectitig any "ills thut C.h i heir to." Pre
pared only by OLIVER CROOZa Jt CO. Sol 1
by liruggirts everywhere.
The KilliH" of a .llexican l)eucriido i n'iiv f!eire
lv Sheriff Morse, of Alameda Couuiy. ! Repairing done neatlv and at reason-
Culiforniu. j nV.e rmcs. J. L NORTH.
The San Franchica L'lironxle has the ' --'"y ISi 1.
following :
We published yesterday, .a dispatch !
from Gilroy, pivins an account of a liht i
with miners, i.. the Punoche Mountains. WLDfc "' ,ir'fo Pn?,B
, ,'"k, '!e "moved bis Tailoring Es-
rrom the Oakland Xeirt of yesterday tfthlipiiment to a room in .Major Nevin' new
we take the foilowinrr additional tiartic-1 hll'ii?- on 'he Parker lot. oa Bridge street,
, 1 I MitSimowa, an I his opened out a
ul irs :
'Pi Cl -rr It- e ' i i i LARGER AND FINER ASSORTMENT or
I lie Mi en IT and his men fmnd the i
the I'anoclie! ., . 0 r-rirt r r i
VEST IX GS, C.
Tlutn rpr tens bffnr lrilirlit In llii. mwL.
tied their horses and proceeded on foot which lie is prepared to make to order in the
to a house to obtain a drink of water, j AND MOST I.VFti.0 VED STYLE,
S. B. LOUDON,
MERCIIAXT TAILOR,
A
For Scrofula, Scrofulous 'I uniors,.
Scrofulous Diseases of the Eyet. or
Scrofula in any form. P.heuiuaiisin,.
Dife'ises of the Liver. l:sei"s f
'he kin. Eruptions, Pimples. Boils.
Teller, Scald Head, L'L-crs and Old
Sores, or any disease depending on,
a depravod condition of the blood,
take Dr. Cpook's CoMroc-: STacr
or Pole Root. It is combired with.
the best tonic preparations of Iron known,
and is the best Alterative and Eicod Purifier
m vJe. Cltante your B!ood. Try one battle.
Sold by druirits. Prepared onlv by
OLIVER CROOK Jt CO.. iaytca, O.
if
gang in a valley among
Mountains, mid divided into three par- j
tics. Sheriff Morse and Jlr. U'inchell i
one to another, and fiually throw it into ) thinking that Soto was further up the . ni1 in " mnn ,b" wl!1 compeii-
the-mouth of the shaft. At about four valley. On entering the door .Mr. Morse j surn of
o'clock several fire engines arrived, and saw the man hi; was after, sitting at a
cratic majority of one, it would ssy to: after some delay a full stream of water i table, instantly covered him with his re-
repudiatiou direct or indirect, but to la
boring and pioducing classes the rate of
interest thereon should be reduced at the
earliest possible date.
Seventh. That the Democratic party
is opposed to tbe exieting system of Fed
eral taxation, and iiuance, ruinous as it is
in its effect upon the laboring, producing
luiuing and manufacturing interests of
the people, and the fruitful Bourse of hard
times, personal iudebtednc ss and individ
ual bankruptcy.
Eighth. That labor and capital have
no iust cause for antagonism ; that we
state that Americans and American prop-1 deprecate strife between the two great
-rty iu Paris was respected, and received
Jittle or do injury.
....
If the Democracy last week had dis
pensed with the Kit Klus resolution
the 4th and the straddling resolutifin on
the tariff the 12th and a few other lit
tle clap-trap resolves, and then resolved
(but, considering the new order of civili
zation that surrounds us, and considering
fciie fact that we this day have accepted
and adopted the principles of the great
Republican party on the question of
finance and enrrency and on the question
of man's equality before tbe law, that it
now becomes the duty of every good and
faithful Democrat to vote the Republican
ticket. Iiesolved. That in consequence
of tLe above lesolvcs it is riot "-;es?ary
to nominate a ticket. " What an attitude
is that, my countryman I"
The Colored Jlasi end the Democracy.
On a number of occasions we elated
that tbe Democracy will, as soou as it
can without displaying too much incon
sistency, counsel a securement of the
colored vote for that party. In au edi
torial iu the Harrisbttrg Patriot, under
date of May 27th, the following may be
read, which is just to the point: " Now
that the negro has been endowed with
the suffrage, it is light and the duty of
the Democracy to see that it is executed
vith as much wisdom as possible. The
bllof is not a mere pledge of equality,
but is an implement of political power,
and the Democrats should use all just
xnesns to secure it."
Tbe Treaty of Washington.
The treaty framed by the Joint High
Commission, and called the Treaty of
Washington, was ratified last week by
the United States Senate, by a vote of
fifty. Twelve votes were cast against it,
and eight Senators did not vote.
Tits Legislature passed a bill restoring
Spring p!?etins. 1
forces, and earnestly seek to place the
laborer and the capitalist on such a plat
form as will enable both to amicably ad
just their differences, and we are unaltera
bly opposed to the importation ot a ser
vile race for tbe purpose of degrading the
standard and loweriug the posiliou of the
laboring men of the nation.
Ninth. That we tecognize the bind
ing obligation of all the provisions of
the Constitution of the United States as
they now exist, and we deprecate the
discussion of issues which have been set
tled in the manner and by the authority
constitutionally appointed.
Tenth. That we are for a government
rigerously frngal and simply applying
all the possible saving of the public rev
enue to tbe discharge; of the national
debt aud opposed to a multiplication of
officers and snlaries merely to make
places fr partisans and for increasing
by every device the public debt.
Eleventh That the continuance by a
Republican Congress of the income tax,
when the same is at least of doubtful
constitutionality, and the necessity there
for, has long since ceased to exist, is an
exercise of a power oppressive to the
people and a gross violation of their
rights and interests. I
Twelfth. That the present tariff 13 in
rrany of its featurers oppressive and
shitild be revised, and that we herewith
request our Representatives in Congress,
when the tariff shall be the subject of
readjustment, to see that the immense
product of The State and its industries
are prop erly cared for.
Thirteenth. That the soldiers and
sailors of Pennsylvania are entitled to,
and 6hould receive at the hands of the
National government, a prompt recogni
tion of their claims to a proper and just
equalization of lbe bounties in land, as
well as in money, granted for their patri
otic services in the late war, tor the su
premacy of the Unioii and the Constitu.
tion.
Tub Democratic Convention, held at
Ilarrisburg last week, nominated for Au
ditor General, William McCandles, of
Philadelphia, and for Surveyor Geueral,
William Cooper, of Lawrence county.
Thb United States Senate baa ad
journed t'ttt dit.
the House with its Republican majority
of ten, do so and so, or we'll stop work
and pass no hills whatever.
UR1SAT nres are said to ue rsgicg in
the woods in the counties of Wayne and
Pike, iu this State, and in some portions
of New York State.
A State Convention of School Super
intendents will meet in the Senate cham
ber at Ilarrisburg, on June 2 1st.
NITItO-GLYCERINE HORROR.
Four Hnudred Pounds Exploded A
Man Blown to Atoms A Horse and
tVison Annihilated Hide Spread
Devastation -A Lady Knocked Sense
less Barn Demolished, Houses
Twisted Out of Shape, Trees Pros
traied, Feuces Scattered.
A twenty-five minutes past one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, four hundred pounds
of nitro-glycerine in cans, loaded on a
wagon bound from Titusviile to Tidionte,
exploded about three quarters of a mile
this side of Enterprise, on the public
highway leading from Titusviile. The
driver, Mr. Charles O. Clark, who is one
of Roberts & Co.'s most careful agents,
was blown to atoms, as also was the
horse and wagon. A large circular ex
cavation, about four or five feet deep and
twelve feet iu diameter was made in the
middle of the road ; the fences and trees
for a considerable distance on either side
were shuttered into fragments. A barn,
the property of Mr. Confer, about forty
rods near Enterprise, was blown to pieces
and the whole neighborhood converted
into a complete wreck. The but end of
the driver's whip was driven a distance
of nearly a quarter of a mile, passed
through a window in Mr. Arnaime's honse
and knocked his wife senseless. Sever
al persons a remote distance from the
scene of disaster were so stunned by tbe
shock that they are confined iu bed
The houses all along the road leading
into Enterprise were more or less injured,
beiog twisted out of shape in such a
manner, as to prevent the opeuing or
shutting of windows or doors. The
shock was like that of an earthquake,
extending for miles and being felt
throughout tbe whole surrounding country
and distinctly heard iu this city. Sev
eral houses here were shaken to their
foundations. On Church Run the report
sonnded like a boiler explosion, and in
this vicinity like the low rumbling of an
earthquake Dr. Bagnel, with the ex
ception of the unfortunate Clark, was
the nearest individual to tbe explosion.
He was on horseback on his way to Tidi
onte, and had made an attempt to pass
Clark ' wagon, bat fell back to allow his
going down hill. At tbe instant of tbe
was played on the mass of burning de
bris.
- There is no doubt as to the origin of
the fire; it was caused by friction.
Whether it commenced in the journals of
the fun, or top of the shaft, or in the
rollers of the breaker machine, is not
certain-
TH 1BTV-SF.VEN JIKX WERE I.N THE MINES.
Despair wag settled on every face, and
nobody expected a single man to come
out alive. Extraordinary exertions were
made to cool the red-hot materials
around the miues, and by seven o'clock
mal.ters had progressed so far as to give
opportunity to let a dog down, and re
mained there about three minutes, and
when he came np alive, a murmur of
satisfaction ran through the crowd. In
another hour William Law, superintend
ent of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's
mine, was let down by a rope to a dist
ance of seventy-live feet, but was imme
diately hoisted up, the smoke overcom
ing: him.
'.fwo men were afterwards sent down
twi;nty feet to clear away burned timber,
anil commence the construction of a par
tition, making a down-cast and upcast
cai:rent of air. This partition was partly
destroyed by the fire. When this work
wa -j completed the smoke emitted from
till; mouth of the shaft was dense, and
a stronger current of air began playing
through. The crowd in the meauwhile
wi:re pressing forward, anxious to have
something new in the developements
aud the police could hardly keep the
surging mass of humanity outside the
ropes fixed as a barrier. From nine un
til twelve o'clock work was pushed with
energy, and at last
FOUR MEN VOLUNTEERED
to enter the mysterious abyss and pene
trate tbe darkness in search of their com
rades. These and the second relay of
volunteers did not succeed in reaching
the bottom, the rising gas being too
strong but the third lot touched bottom,
and very soon gave the signal to hoist
slowly. The carriage was hoisted np,
and on it, lying insensible but showing
signs of life, was the body of Andrew
Morgan. ' The volunteers reported a
lamp burning at tbe bottom of tbe shaft,
horses and mules alive, and an indistinct
noise in tne direction ot the east gang
way. The next man brought np was
Hiram Curtis, dead The men who
brought him stated that they fonnd him
lying with his face in water within a hun
dred and fifty feet of tbe bottom of tbe
shaft. Peering farther in tbe direction
volver, and ordered him to throw up hi;
hands. Soto refused, and sullenly
watching his chancn for a spring, not
daring to move his pistol. Morse oi
dered him three times to hold up his
hands, and keeping his eye steadily on
the wretch, drew out a pair of handcuffs
and directed Wiuchell to approach and
put them on. At that moment a stout
Mexican woman seized Morse's pistol
arm, a man giabbed the other, aud while
his aim was deranged Soto sprang behind
a third person, uttering a fierce oath, and
drawing his own pistol. Morse tore loose
from them and shot over the head of the
man in front aud through Soto's hat,
knocking it off.
Finding himself surrounded by the
desperate inhabitants of the cabin, he
sprang out of the door, and while on the
porch Soto twice "got the drop on him,"
and he stepped round the corner of the
house, where the fighting commenced iu
good earnest, if it had not been tolerably
lively before. Each fired four shoots
without effect. As often as Soto brought
his pistol dowu to a level Morse would
drop, and the ball passed over. At this
point iu the conflict Winchell, having
procured a double-barreled shol-gun, came
round the honse, fired and missed.
Soto then ran into the house, and
Morse made for the horse to get his Henry
rifle. Soto came out with a big revolver
in each band and ran for his horse which
was hitched near by. The horse being
frightened by the firing tore away, aud
Soto not being able to catch the anitnil.
ran down the hill for another horse some
distance off, intending to make his escape
In the meantime Morse, having got pos
session of his rifle, fired at the fugitive
about 150 yards off. and shot him
throngh the right shoulder Soto stag
gered with the wound, and at once re
turned toward Morse, with a pistol in
each hand.
At this point Sheriff Harris, having
heared the firing, came up at full speed,
and seeing the situation of things, fired
at Soto with bis Spencer rifle but missed
his aim. Soto rushed ou toward Morse.
ho, getting another chance, fired again.
shot the desperado through the forehead
and tore the whole top of bis head off.
This ended one of the most terific com
bats we havee ver heard of, and which
rid the settlements of a most pestilent
and dangerous sconrge.
Soto, as we have already stated, was a
large and powerful man, a complete type
of the traditional Mexican bandit, with
his long black hair, heavy bushy eye
brows, large eyes of an undefined color,
CUSTOM WORK
On reasonable terms.
lly strict att.:niioii to business, lie hopes to I
re;eive a liheral elnire ot public patron
age Give liiiu a call and inspect bis stvks
CHEAP lETERTISIXG. We will inseri.n
advertisement in tl'ht (lundred Amer
ican Newspapers for Six Dollars per line
per week. One line one week will cost ?ix
Dollirs. Two lines will cost Twelve Col'ars.
and Ten lines will cost Sixty Dollars. Send
for a Printed List Address GEO P. r..'J'iV
F.LL &. CO.. Advertising Afenis, No. 41 Park
Row, Sew York.
The Vice of our Azc is Fraud !
NeTerrhelcss, there are five honest Patent
Agents, even at the Capital, of whom is ti
undersigned. Patents for 17 yeara obtained
at reasonable rates. Aents wanted. Send
I for circulars GEO. E. liROWM. counselior-
..f cutting und workmanship betore going! " " clre"' cur- " "Q'0;'un.
elsewhere. j
l-IST1- F2ASBAST SATOUSSrS
I Cleans Kid Gloves and all kinds of Cloths and
j C'ljihing : removes Paint, Grease, Tar. 4e..
I imtantly, without tbe least injury to the finest
I fabric Sold by Druprists aud Fancv Goods.
I Dealers. FRAORAXT SAPOLIENF. CO..
j 8:i Hard y St., New York, 4C La Salle St.,
j Chicago
Agents! Head This I
1 7 F W ILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY OP
$30 PER WEEK and Expenses, or al
low a larjse commission to sell our new and
wonderful inventions. Address M. VVAGNEn.
4 CO . Marshall. Mich.
Boot and Shoe Shop.
THE undersigned, fashionable P,ont fj
and Hhocmnker, hereby respectful- If
1y informs the public that ho has located
in the borough of Patterson, where he is pre
pared in accommodate the most fastidious in
LADIES' WEAR,
Gents1 Fine and Coarse Boots,
Brogaiis,
CHILDREXS WEAR, d. C.,JL C.
Also, memline done in the neatest msnner
and upon Ihe shortest nutice. A liberal
share of public patronage is respectfully
solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
fgf- Shop located on the east aide of Tus
carora street, one door south of Main street
nearly opposite Laird & Bell's store.
J. W. DEAX.
March 8, 1871-1 v
C1()A DAY FOR ALL with Stencil Tool
OlU Address A E. Graham. Sprincfiehtt,
Vt
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Great Excitement at the Mifflin
Chair Works !
of tbe east gangway tbe men saw a bar. 1 and bad altogether a tigerish aspect.
WHY is it that everybody goes to WJI. F.
SNYDF.lt when they are in need of anv kind
of Chairs ?
BECAUSE he keeps the Best and Finest
Assortment of all kinds of Chairs that was
ever offered to Ihe eyes of the public.
Reader, if yon are in want of Chairs of
any kind, you will do well to call on the un
dersigned and examine his line stock of
Cane Ssat ani Windsor Chairs,
of all descriptions, before purchasing else
where. Havioe latelv starteil in hu.;.... i..
is determined to do the very best he can as
"8""" uuraoiiuy ana cheapness, and war.
ranU all work manufactured by him.
J- Remember the Sign of the UIO
RED CIIAIIE on the no 1a nn tiis
corner of Main and Cnerry streets, when you
want to buy good chairs.
WM- F. SNYDER.
Mifflintown, Feb 8, 1871.
C395 A MONTH. Horse and Carriage fur
4wtf nished. Expenses paid.
H. Shaw. Alfred. M,
A MILLION DOLLARS.
Shrewd but quiet men can make a fortune
by revealing the secret of the b-jioesa to no.
one. Address C. E. WF.LHOX,
1,210 Broadway, Sew York.
T W. VAXNAMEE. M.. D.. successfully
J treats all classes of Chronic and Acme
Diseases. Send stamp for circulas contain
ing particulars and testimonials. Address
Box 5120. New York.
Beef! Veal! Mutton!
'T'HE undersigned hereby informs the pnb--
lie that he still continues to carry on the
Butchering Business in Mifflintown. and will
hereafter snpply the citizens of Mifflin and
Patterson with
CHOICE BEEF
every TUESDAY and SATURDAY mornings,
and with
"Veal and Glutton
every THURSDAY morning. His wagon will
go the rounds of both towns on the mornings
mentioned. As he is the only butcher in this
vicinity who continued in business durinc
the past winter, for the accommodation of the
public, he feels that he is entitled to more
than an ordinary share of patronage through
out the summer season.
. . FRANK MAXWELL.
April 12, 1871.
GO tothsJcirui Strom, Job PrintiB
Offict for all k4a nf W.tn ..4 r
riniTnir v a t rsm
11 unit A 11 IV III tolhf
So. 1ZZ CHESTNUT STREET,
(Formerly 520 Arch Street,)
Oppotite "Old Masonic Ilall," riiiuDiun,
Has a large Stock of
AMERICAN asb SWISS SOLD ad SILVER.
WATCHES. OPERA. LIONTICV AND
VEST CHAINS, FRENCH CLOCKS
OPERA GLASSES AND
FANCY GOODS,
FANCY and PLAJN SOLID SILVERWRR
AND ROGERS CELEBRATED SPOOX.S
FORKS, TEA 3ET3, ICE PITCHERS, CAS
TORS, to., all- of which are selling at rea
sonable prices.
March ii, lS71-ly
msl BEEF, VEAL, &C.
THn undersigned would respectfully an
nounce to the public that he has com
menced the Butchering Business, and that his.
waron will visit Mifflintown aud Mexico on
TUESDAY and SATURDAY mornings of
each week, when they can have an opportu
nity of purchasing
IXTSA BEEF.
YEAL, MUTTON.
LARD, tO:.
cheaper than from any other wagon. He
only auks the citizens to give him trial to.
satisfy tbem thai he sells cheaper and better
meat than any other batcher in th enanty.
CYRUS SIEBER.
April 5, 1871-tf
Dissolution of Partnership.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ihe partner
ship heretofore existing between the
nndersigned in the shoemaking bnsiness ia
the boroojh of Patterson, has been dissolved.
April 4. 1?71. ' '