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VOLUME XXV, NO. 37.
ElFFLliSTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENJTA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1871.
' WHOLE NUMBER 1278.
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G
ENEKAL ELECTION' PROCLA
MATION.- -
Whereas, in snj by an Act of ttio G en
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of
PennsylraDia.'entitled "An Act relating to
the elections of 'liis Commonwealth, p ss.
vd the 2nd day of July, a. d. 1886, it is
made the duty of the Sheriff of every coun.
ty within the Oimtnon wealth to give public
notice of the General Elections, and in such
notices to enumerate s -
1. The officer? to be elected.
'J. lesiguate the place at which the elec
tion is b held .
1, JOSEPH ARD. High Sheriff of the
countt f Jun'ata, hereby give notice that
on the SECOND TUESDAY of OCTOBhK
next (Heiog the 10th day of the month) a
tieneral Election will be held at the several
election districts established by law in said ,
vounty, at which time they will vote by bal- .
lot for the several otticers hereafter men.
tiowd, viz : .
One person to lilt the otlice of President
Judge ot the Ninth Judicial District com
puted of the counties ot Cumberland, Ju
niata and Perry.
One person to represent the counties of
JunLiU and MifUin in the House of Repre
sentatives of the Commonwealth of rVnn
avlraiiia. " Two persons to till the offices of Associate
Judges of J nniats county.
One person to till the office ot County
Treasurer of Juniata county.
One iersoii to till the office of County
Commissioner of Juniata courrty.
tine person to till the ofbee of County
Auditor of Juniata county.
One pcntfn to fill the office of County
Snnevor ot Juuiata county.
1 ALSO HKKEBV MAKE KNOWN
nd give notice, that th places of holding
the aforesaid General Election in the several
district and townsh'ps iu the county of Ju
niata are as loUowa, to wit :
At the Court House iu the borough of
MiKlintown, tor the borough of Mifflintown.
At the Court House in the borough ot
Vitlliutowu, ir Fermanagh township.
At the School House iu Mexico, for Walk
er township.
At Smith's School House, for Delawsre
Toun&liip.
At the gchool llonse in Thompsontown,
lor the borough ot Thompsoutown.
At tiis Public House ot Thomas Cox, for
slreenwood fiwnship.
At the School 1'ouse iu Kichfield, for
JJjuroe township.
At Barticr's Hotel, for Susquehanna town-
"''ai the School Honse in McAlMerville,
for Eavette t n-.ui.
At the School House in Patterson, tor the
borough of l'ittcrsin.
Attic Schoul House in Penysville, for
he borough ot l'.irrysville.
At the Locust Crove School Hone, near
the residence of Mr. Stewart, lor Milford
townshiv. ... ,
At Spruce H'll School House, for Spruce
Hiil township. .
At ihe Si tiuol House at Acadeima. tor
Ueale township.
At the School House near fcCnlloch s
Mills, foi 'f uscarora township, except that
oortitm of it kin north-westward of the
summit or the Hh.de MoHntain.
Kt the Lick School House, nar the resi
dence of benjamin Walls, dee'd., tor Lacg
township, except that portion of it 1 ink
i...rth-westward of the summit of the Shade
.Mountain.
t the Centre School House, for so much
.f'thc township of Lack aud Tuscarora as
lie north-west of the smr.mit of the Shade
Mou 'tain.
At the Church Hill Sehool House, for
Ttirbett towolnp.
I ALSO MAKE KNOWN andgivero
ticc, as in and bv the 4:;r-i sn.tion of the
xtoresaiJ act 1 am directed, "that every ir.
,n excel ling justices of the r-.-:"-.;, who
nhil! hold auv "lEce of trust under the
I'uitcd Sutes.'or this State, or any citv or
incorporated dist.-icu whether a comuns.
,.ioucd olhcer or otherwise, a subordinate
Itieer r p-nt who is or fhail be employed
under the legislative, executive or Judiciary
dcjrtiiieiit ot this State, or f the United
States, or of anv incorporated city or dis
trict, and also that every member of Con
trwss an I of the State Legislature, a' ot
he c!e.-t or comiuou council of any city r
tommissioiier of any ii.borporated district,
I hy law incapable of holding or exercising
.it rhe same otlice or appointment of judge,
inspector or cleik or any elections of this
Commonwealth, and uo judge, inspector or
other officer of such election shall he eligi
ble to anv office then to be voted for.
Alao that the 4th 4th section of th Act
d Asseinblv, entitled "An Act rttatingto
,-xerutions a'ld '"r ofherpu poses," appro
ved April If. 1810, it is enacted that the
aforesaid 2Sth section 'shall uot be construed
0 as to prevent any military officer or bor
ough officer from serving as judge, inspec
tor or clerk of any general or special elec
tion of this Commonwealth."
Pursuant to the provisions contained in
the l7th section of the Act first aforesaid,
the judges of the aforesaid district shall re
spectively t.ike charge of the certificate of
return of the election of their respective
districts and prodir e them at a meeting of
the judges from each district, at the Court
House in the borough of Mifflintown, on the
third day alter the day of election, being
the present vear on Friday, the 13th day of
tctober. then and there to do and perform
the duties required by law of saic judges.
Also, that whore a judge by sickuess or un
avoidable accident is unable to attend said
aiceting of judges, then the certificate of
return aforesaid, shall be taken charge of
bv one of the iuspectors or clerks ot the
election of said district, who shall do and
jierlorm ti:o duties required of said judges
oimblo to atteud.
Also, that iu the SIst section of said Act
it is enacted that "when two or more coun
ties ahall compose a district lor the choice
of a member or members of the Senate of
this Commonwealth or of the House of Ke
tiresentatives of the United States, or of
this Commonwealth, the judges of the elec
tion in e."chcounty having metas aforesnid,
the clerks shall make out a lair statement of
all the votes which shall have been given at
snch elections within the county, tor every
person oted for as such member or meiu
bert,whice shall be signed by said judges
and attested bv the clerks, and one of said
jndf es 41all take charge of such certificate
and shall produce the same at a meeting of
v jc judge from each county at such place
in suce district as is or may be appointed
bv law far the purpose.
'Also, that an Act of Assembly, entitled.
n Act renting to election of this Com-
monweahh,ra ? further
-provides as follows, to wit:
"That the judges and inspectors shall
meet at the respective places nted 1 for
holding the election in the district to w hch
,hey respectively belong, before o clock
in the morr.ing ol the sfcDJL.?.;
f OCTOBER, and each of sau
shall appoin one clerk, who shall be a qual
ified voter of such district."
" I ALSO MAKE KNOWN and give
tint an Act of Assembly, approved Marcu
:f)th 1S-C6. provides as follows :
'0SE'ct'oTiP Be it enacted by the , Senate
and House of Representatives M the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania m Oeneral As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com
monwealth, St all general, township, bor
ough aud special elections, are hereby here
. after anthoritee and required to vote by
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classified as
foUy ws : One ticket (hall embrace the natnee
the names of all Judges of Courts voted
for, and to be labeled outside, "Judiciaryi"
one ticket shall embrace the names ot all
Etate officers voted for, and be labeled, .
'S tate ;" one ticket shall embrace the names
of ail county officers voted for, including
otlice of Senator, member of Assembly, i
vote 1 for, and members of Congress, if ro
ted for. and be labeled "County;" one tick
et shall embrace the names of all township
officers voted for, and be labeled "Town
ship;" one ticket shall embrace the names
of !' borough oin :ers voted for, and be la
beled "Borough ;" and each class shall be
deposited in separate billot. boxes. . .
Thp Return Judges for this Representa
tive District will meet in Mifflintown on Tues
day, October 17th, then and there to do and
perlorm such duties as are roquired by law
of said Judges. .
Agreeably to the provision of the Cist
section of raid Act every General aud Spe
cial Election shall be opened between the
hours of eight and ten o'clock iu the fore-
noon and shall continue without interrup
tion of adjournment nntil sevm o'clock iu
the evening,, when tho polls shell be closed.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The folio ving provision of th" Registry.
Law passed at the late session of the Legis
lature applicable to erections and election
otticeis, ts publistied for the information of
all concerned .-
Sic 4. Ou tbi day of election any per
son whose name is not on the said list, aue
claiming the right to rote, at said ilection,
shall produce at least one qualified voter ot
the district as a witness to the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for the period of at ,
least t.n days next preceedmg sum election,
which witness shall take and subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly printed
affidavit to the tacts stated bp him, which
alhdavii shall define clear! r where the resi
dence is ot the person so claiming to be a
voter; and the person so claiming the right
to vote shall also take and subscribe a writ.
ten, or partly written and pirtly- printed af
fidavit, stating tl e best of his kn wledgc
and belief, where and when he was born ;
that he is a citizen of the Commonwealth cf
Pennsylvania, aud of the lTn.ted States ;
that he has resided in the Conimohnealth
one year, or if formerly a citiscn therein
aid has removtd therefrom, that he has re
sided therein six months next preceedmg
said election ; that he has not moved into
the district for the purose of voting there
in; that he has paid a Suite or county tax
within two years, which was assessed at
least ttn days before said election, and, if a
naturalized citizen, shall also state when
aud where and hy what court he was natur
alized, and shall also produce his certificate
of naluralizttion tor examination; the said
athdavit shall state when and where the tax
claimed to be paid by the alli.int was assess
ed, and when, where aud to whom paid, and
the tax reoeipt therefor shall be produced
for examination, unless thcutliaut shall state
in bis athdavit tint it has been lost or de
stroyed, or that he never received any f but
if the person so claiming the right to vote
shall take and subscribe to said ufli lavit that
he is a native bom citizen of tiie United
States, (or if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact in his alti lavit. and sh ill produce evi
dence that he has been naturalized, or that
hH is entitled to citizenship by reason of his
father's naturalization.) aud shall further
stale iu his alhdavit that he is at the time
of taking the athdavit, between the agjs of
twentv-oiifc and twenty-two years ; that he
hits resided in the State one year and in the
election district ten days next preceeding
such election, he shall lu cutulcd to vote,
although he shall not h ive paid taxjs ; the
said affidavits of all persons making such
claims, and the alii lavits of the witnesses
to their resiliences, shall be preserved by
the election board, and at the close of the
election they shall be enclosed with the list
of voters, tally list and other pajiers requi
red by law tu be tiled by the return judges
with the prothoiiotarr. and shall remain on
file therewith in tne prothanotfiry's. office,
subject to examination, as other election
papers arc, if the election oilicers shall find
that the applicant or applicants possess all
the legal qualifications ot voters, he or they
shall b- permitted ta vote, aud the narao or
names shall be added to the list of taxables
by the election officers, the word "tax" be
ing added where the claimant claims to vote
ou tax, and the word age" where be claims
to vote on age ; the same words betn added
by the clerks in each case respectively on
the list of persons voting at such election.
KC. 5 It shall be lawtul tor any quail,
fied citizen of the district, noiwithsiuid
ing ibe names of the proposed voter is
Contained on the lil of resident taxable,
to cuallenge the voie of such persons ;
wbereupou the same proof of the right of
suffrage as is now required by law shall be
publicly maue and aoied on hy the elec
tion board, and the vote admitted or re
jected, according to the evidence; every
p.--roa claiming to be a naturalized citizen
shall be requirei lo produce bis natural!,
zation certificate at the election before vo
ting, except where he has been for ten
years, consecutively, a voter iu the district
in which he offers to 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 mouth and year; and if liny election
officers shall receive a secoBd vote on the
same day hy virtue of the same certificate,
excepting where sons are enii.led to vote
by virtue of their fathers, they and the
persoii who shall offer such second vote,
upon so offending, shall he guilty of a high
misdemeanor, aud on conviction thereof,
be fined or imprisoned, or hotb, at the dis
cretion of the court ; but the fine shall not
exceed on: hundred dollars in each case,
nor the imprisonment one year ; the like
punishment shall he inflicted on conviction
of the officers of election who shall neglect
or refuse to make, or cause to be made, the
endorsement required, as aforesaid, on nat
uralization certificate.
Sec. 6. If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to require such proof of the
right of suffrage as is prescribed hy this
law, or the laws to which this is a supple
ment, from any person offering lo vote
whose name is not on the list of assessed
voters, or whose right lo vote is challenged
by any qualified voter present, and shall
admit such person to vote without requir
ing such proof, every person so offending
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and shall he sentenced, for
every offence, to pay a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or to undergo an im
prisonment not more than one year, or
either or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 11. On the petition of five or more
citizens of the county, stating under oath
that they verily believe that frauds will be
practiced at the election about to be held,
in any district, it shall be the duty of the
court of common pleas of said county, if
in session, or if not, a judge thereof in
vacation, to appoint two judicious, sober
and intelligent citizens of the eonnty to act ,
as overseers, (hall be selected from differ
ent political parties, and where both of said
inspectors belong to the same political
party, both of overseers shall ba taken
from the opposite political party ; said
overseers shall have the right to be pres
ent with the officers of the election during
the whole time the same is held, the votes .
counted, and the returns made out and
signed by the election officers ; to keep a
list of voters, if they see proper ; to chal
lenge any person offering to vote, interro
gate him and his witnesses, under oath,
in regard to his right of suffrage at
said election, and to examine bis papers
produced ; and the officers of said election
are required to afford to said overseers e
selected and appointed, every convenience
and facility for the dischargo of their du
ties; and if said election officers shall re
fuse to permit said overteers to be present
and perform their duties as aforesa'd, oi if
they shall be driven away from the polls by
vioienoe or intimidation, all the vote
polled at such an eleetioa district may be ;
rejected by any tribunal trying a contest'
under said election: Providti. That no
person signing the petition shall be ap
pointed an overseer.
&ec. 12. If soy prothonotary, clerk, or
the deputy of eiiber, or any other person,
shVl affix the seal of office to iny naturali
sation paper, or permit the same to be af- :
fixed, or give out, or cause or permit tbe
same lo be given out. in blank, wberehy it
may be fraudulently used, or furnish a '
naturalization certificate 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
tbe act of Coneress. or shall aid in. con-
nive at, or in any way permit the isoio of '
I any fraudulent naturalization certificate,
he snail be guilty of a high misdemeanor ;
; or, if any one shall fraudulently use any
i such certificate of naturalization knowing
that it was fraudulently issued or shall
vote, or attempt to vole thereon, or if any
one shall vote, or attempt lo vote on any
certificate of naturalization uot issued lo
him. be shall be guilty of a high misde
meanor; and either or any of the persons,
or their aiders or abettors, guilty of eitLer
of the misdemeanors aforesaid, shall on
conviction be fined in a sum not exceeding ...
one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in
the proper penitentiary for a period not -exceeding
three years.
Ski.'. 13. Any person who on oath or af.
firmation. in or before any court in this
State, or officer authorized lo administet
osths. shall, to procure a certificate of nat
uralization, for himself or any other per
son, willfully depose, declare or affirm any ,
matter to c fact, knowing the same to be
false, or shall iu like manner deny any
matter to be fact, knowing tbe same lo be
true, shall be deemed guilty of perjury ;
and any certificate of naturalization issued '
in puruance of any such deposition, de
claration or affirmation shall be null and
void ; and it shall he ihe duty of Ibe court
issuing the same, upon proof being made
before it that it was fraudulently obtained,
to lake immediate measures for recalling
the same for canaella'iou. and any person
who shall rote or attempt to vole, ou any
paper so obtained, or who shall iu any way
aid in, connive at, or have any agency
whatever in the itsuc, circulation or use of
any fraudulent nstu.-alization certificate,
shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall undergo
an imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for
not more than two years, and pay a fine
not nime than one thousand dollars, for
every such offenee. or either or both, at the
discretion of the court.
I Sec 14. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as an overseer, who sha'l
I neg ect or refuse lo perforin any dutv en-
j joinel by this act. without reasonable or
, legal cause, shall he sutgect to a penalty of
j one hundred dollars.
Src. I'i. At nil elections hereafter held,
under the. laws of this Commonwealih, tbe
j polls shall he opened between the hours of
j six aud seven o'clock a. k aad closed at
' seven o'clock r. m.
Sec. 17. It shsll he the duly of Ihe Sec-
irmij in mw VDinuiui-nriliiii iy prefinra
form tor all the blanks made necessary by
this act ami furnish copies of the same to
the cnuutv commissioners of ihe several
counties of the Commonwealih; and the
county commissioners of each county shall,
as soon as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, ai the proper expense of the
county, procure and furnish all the elec
tion otti;crs of the election districts of
their respective counties copies of such
blanks, in such quantities as m iy be ren
dered necessary for the discharge of their
; duties nniier tills act.
' Sec 1'.). That citiiens of this State tern-
Iporarilv in the service of the State or of
the United Slates government, on clerical
or other duty, and who do not vote where
liu employed, shall not be thereby de
prived of ibe rig) t lo vote in t heir several
e'retion districts if otherwise duly quali
fied. Sec. o.i. The act entitled "A further sup
plement to the act relating to the elections
of ihis Commonwealth, " approved April
fourth. Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred aud sixty eight and oilier laws
altered or supplied by this act, be aud the
same arc hereby repealed.
Wherem, The fifteenth amendment of the
Constitutioa of the United States is as fol
lows :
''Skctiox 1. Tbe right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United Slates, or by any
State, on account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude.
" Sec. 1. That Congress shall have power
to enforce this article hy appropriate legis
lation." And whereas. The Congress of tbe
United States on the 31st dav of March,
lr70, passed an act entitled "An act to en
force the right of citizens of the United Stolen
to vote in the teveral stales of the Lmou, and
for oth'r purposes;" the first and secoud
sections ot which are as follows :
"Skctiox 1. lie it enacted by the Senate
and House of Jlrprctcntative of the United -States
of America, in Congress assembled.
That all citizens of the United Stales who
are or shall be otherwise qualified lo vote
at any election by ibe people in any Stale,
territory, district, county, city, parish,
townthip, school district, municipality, or
other territorial subdivision, shall be en
titled and allowed to vols at all such elec
tions, without distinction of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude ; any con
stitution, law, custom, usage, or regulation
of any State, or by or under its authority,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted. That if
by or under the authority of tbe constitu
tion or laws of any State, or the laws of
any Territory, any act is or shall be re
quired to be dune as a prerequisite or
qualification for voting, and by such con
stitution or laws persous or officers are or
shall he charged with 'he performance of
duties in furnishing to citizens an opportu
nity lo perform Bucb prerequisite, . or to
become qualified to vote, it shall be tbe
duty of every such person and officer to
give all citizens of the United States the
same and eqiL-il opportunity to perform such
prerequisite, and to become qualified to
vote without distinction of race, cotor. or
previous condition of servitude ; and if
any such person or officer shall refuse or
knowingly omit to give full elect to this
section, he shall, for every such offence,
forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred
dollars to ihe person aggrieved thereby,
to be recovered by an action in the case,
with full costs and such allowance for
counsel fees as tbe ourt shall desm j.ist, '
and shall also, for every such offence, be
deeded gnilty 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 mure than one
year, or both, at the discretion of the'
court." '; ; i . ,! i.
And trhereas. It is declared by tbe sec
ond section of the TI article of the Con-"
stitution of tbe United Stales, that "This
Constitution and the laws of the United
States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, shall be the supreme law of tbe
land,' anything in (As Cbasd'tatien
or lows of any State to toe contrary notwith
standing." - -'-' i'l
And whereas. The legislature of the Com
monwealth, 08 the sixth day of April, A
D. 1870, passed an act. ' A further supple-"
meat to Ihe act relating to elections in this
Common wealth," tbe teulh section of which
provi ies as follows :
M Sac. 10. That so much of every aot of"
assembly as provides that only white free-
men shall be entitled to vcte or be regis- '
lered as voters, or as claiming to vote at '
any general rr special election of this Com.
n. on wealth be and the same is hereby re
pealed ; and that hereafter'' all freemen,'
without disiinotioa of color, shall be en
rolled aad registered according to iht pre
visions of the first section of the act ap
proved the 17ih day of April,! 1869, enti-
tied 'An act. further supplemental to the
act relative lo tbe election of Ibis Common
wealth : and shall, who i otherwise quali
fied under existing laws, be entitled lo vote
at all general and special elections in this
Commonwealth." ; 1 j " ' -
1 ALSO HEESBT OIVC BOT1CS that the fol-f
lowing act, restoring spring elections, was .
passed by 'he Legislature and' approved '
June 28, 1871 : 1 , v , -
Section 1. Be it enacted, if.. That the
fifteenth seetion of an act entitled 'An act
further supplemental to the act relative to
the elections of this Commonwealth, ap
proved April seventeenth, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and that in tbe
year Anno Domino, one thousand eight '
hundred and seventy-two, and annually
thereafter, all electious for city, ward, bor.
ougb, township, and election in tbe differ
ent cities and counties of this Common
wealth, shall be on ibe days and at Ibe r
times they were held as provided by law in .
the different cities, wards,' boronghs and '
townships, in said eounlies, prior to Ihe .
seventh of April, Anno Domino one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the
date of ibe passage of the set aforesaid..
Sec 2. That Ihe term of tbe different
city, ward, township, and election officers,
in said counties, to be elected at the elee- .
linns lo be held one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-two, shall begin when the
terms of such office expire, aud annually
hereafter as provided by law prior to the
passage t the act of seventeenth of April. .
Anno Domino, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine; Provided, ibe terms of as
sessors for the present year shall extend
until their successors are duly elected and
qualified pursuant to this act ; Provided
further, that Ihis act Shall not apply to any
elections provided for by special laws since
tbe passage of theact of April seventeenth,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The qualified electors will take notice of
the ftllowing Act of Assembly, approved
the 2nd day of June, 1871 : Ax Act to au
thorize a popular vote upon the question of
calling a Convention to amend the Consti
tution of Pennsvlvania.
I Section 1. Be It enacted by tee Senate
land House of Representatives of the Com
j monwealth of Pennsylvania in Oeneral As
sembly met, and it is hereey enacted bv the
authority of the same, That the question of
celling a Convention to amend the Consti
tution of this Commonwealth be submitted
to a vote of the people at the next general
election, to be held on the second Tuesday
of October next, the said question to be vo
ted on in tbe following manner, to wit : In
counties and cities, in which slip ticket vo
ting is authorized by law, votes for and
against a convention may be expressed and
given upon the ticket, headed or endorsed
with the word "State," and not otherwise ;
and the words used shall be "Constitutional
Convention," and underneath "For a Con
vention" or "Against a Convention," mid
in counties or districts in which slip ticket
voting shall not be authorined by law, each
elector voting npon said question ahall cast
a separate ballot, endorsed ou the outside
"Constitutional Convention," and contain
ing inside the words "For a Convention" or
''Against a Convention," and all votes cast
as aforesaii shall be received, counted and
returned by the proper election officers and
return judges as votes for Governor are re
ceived, counted and returned uneer existing
laws.
Section 2. That the election aforesaid
shall be held and be subject to all the pro
visions of law which apply to general elec
tions ; the sheriffs of the several counties
shall give notice of this Act in their elec
tion proclamation the present year, and the
(Governor shall cause all tne returns of the
said election, as received by the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, to bo laid before the
Legislature at its nvxt annual election.
JAMES H. WEBB,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM A WALLACE,
' Speaker of the Senate.
Appiioved The second day of June,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundtcil
and seventy-one. JOHN W.GEART.
Given under my band at my office in the
borough of Mitllintown, Ihe filth day of
September, A. D one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-one.
JOSEPH ARD, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Mifflint jwn, 1 ,
September 6, 1871. '
Queen Victoria's Court Breakfast,
A Yankee correspondent thus speaks
of Queen Victoria's breakfast in Buck
ingham Palace Park: On these occa
sions the Queen walks about very smil
ing chipper, with a white cap that looks
like a French boune's over her head,
and the widow's weeds a thought light
ened by a suspicion ' here and there of
white laco or crape. . Tbe breakfast
takes place in the afternoon, at half-past
four o'clock, and the ladies attend in a
costume gotten up expresely for the oc
casion. , They gossip and chatter in
groups on tbe sward, while tbe gentle
men, in uuiform and stars and garters,
quiz them in a highly aristocratic way,
or discuss politics in tha arbois. The
little Princess of Wales in particular is
very lively and popular on these occa
sions, and has a sprightly air, which
neither the well-known propriety aud
haughtiness of her royal mamma or the
indifference of her big lazy husband
seems to have dampened."
. Dr. Lisle, of Loudon says that he has
enred twenty-one cases of cholera out of
twenty-six by administering a, solution
nf five parts sulphate of copper to one
hundred parts distilled water, about thir
ty drops, to which, add ten drops of Sy
denham's laudanum and four ounces of
sugar and water- Dr. Drouet advocates
a solution .of castor oil j io colodinn be
ing applied with a brush to the abdo
men. The mixture iorms a water proof
film Which prevents perspiration,' and
vomiting and cramps are instantly ar
restexf. ; c-ui i --.'itn-V ;'.j -
" A mai who cannot command bis tem
per, his attention,' and ' bis countenance,
sboald Mt-tUnk. of being a man of bue
poet's Corner.
i DON'T CROWD. .' !'
Don't crowd ! this world is broad enough
For you as well as me ; '
Tbe doors of art are open wide
The realm of thought is free.
Of all earth's places yoa are right ., ,
To choose the best you can.
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other man.
What matter if yon scarce can count
Your piles of gulden ore, -While
he can strive to keep
Guant Famine from his door
Of willing hinds and honest hearts - ,
Alone man should be proud ;
Then give him all tbe room he needs,
And never try to crowd.
Don't crowd, proud miss ! your dainty silk
Wili glisten no'ne the less ' L
Because it comes in contact with
. A beggar's tattered dress;
This lovely world was never made
For you and I alone ;
A pauper bas a right to tread
The pathway to a throne.
Don't crowj Ihe good from out your heart
By fostering all that's bad ;
But give to every virtue room
The best that may be had,
Be each lay's tecord such a one
1 hat you may well be proud ;
Give each his right, give each his room.
And never trv to crowd.1
jtlisctllanrous StaHmff.'
AX ELOPEMEXT HOW IT ENDED.
About eleven o'clock yesterday fore-
noou a young lady and gentlemau, with
looks aud air suggestive of the conutry
aud new-mown bay, came to the Walnut
Street House. The young lady stood
i bashfully in the background, while the j the human body after death for the bene
1 gentleman walked boldly np to the office fit of science but there is somethins re-
j and bending over the n-gister, wrote
mereiti me name or "cuartes u.imon
laud lady. Guyandotte, W. V." The
landlord, being a boniface of many years j Thiladeljihiau at Cape May the other of ,he plantations will prodrtce an extra
aud long experience, had seen similar j da'' H- Pride8 1,im8elf ""mewhat on or(iiliary arrlunt. Southerners agree in
rustic couples before, and had the puta- Lis haPe a"d otber recommendations to protmrlcing the experiment there a sac-
tive hushand and wifp shown to nrivat
apartment By this time the coming of j 8tlked gallantly into the turf, intending
the pair was noised through the hostelry, j 10 8,10 w P'''Tle uovr k i? do,ie- 11 e 1,ad
and an air of mystery enveloped tbe sup- j "ot b:en tllere lo"P however, before his
posed bridal chamber. Shortly after the 1 keen eJes l'it:d charming gii I strug
brid. groom left the room. b''"8 8,1 n'0118 m ,ne breakers, and, with
After an hour had passed an elderly I ,be Sl,Ua,,tr7 lzt distinguishes him. es
gentleman from the rural district burst : 8aJ'ed to ,earu h" t0 8wim- She vcry
into the office, and inquired for his runa-1 thankfully accepted the kind offer, and
way daughter. His description of the j ,ue re8uIt wa8 that quite a flirtation en
damsel tallied exactly with that of the iued Qunlh ol,r 1'biladelphia friend :
bride, now presumed to be enjoying su- i "Are Jou tayiug at the StocKton,
pre me happiness in room 47. The angry , I '
aud bereaved parent was shown the door, "-Murphy," with a sly glance upward,
but found it locked. Then he made a ! Murphy ah ! You are stopping
great show of leaving, but remained close
at hand. After a brief period had elaps
ed he softly mounted a chair and peeped
through the transom. There he saw his
fair haired daughter emerging from under
the bed, where she had enscnused herself j
when she heard the first muttering of
paternal wrath.
Admittance was goon gained. The
pitiless eire seated himself in a chair,
ruthlessly drew the helpless child of his
old age across his knees, and, removing
all useless obstructions, administered ,
punishment with his horny palm as he j ere ?
had done in the babyhood of his nu-J in the bakeh'iue, sir."
grateful offspring. The would-be bride j A good anecdote is related of Dr.
felt keeuely that she was indeed a child ; Ricef which enforce ;u owa leMOng
agAfter the end of justice had been sat-1 When he was at th head of ,lie theoloe
isfied, the hard hearted male relative re- ! ,cal 8em;nar of Prince Edward, one of
leased the sobbing child and left the room. ' th" ont Parf"hes of VirS!nIa sent t0 him
' e - ti i t i.
ouble lockini; the door after htm, and i
desceuded to the office. At the foot of
the stairs he encouutered tbe yonng and
heartless destroyer of his domestic peace.
'Look'ee here," said the father, shakiug
his fist fiercely under the nose of the
lover, "I want ten dollars of you. This
trip cost me ten dollars, and you have
got to pay it."
The youth palled out a thin pocket
book with a dispirited air, paid the
mileage of his triumphant adversary,
aud turning upon his heel, left the house.
Tbe winner of the race marched back to
the room be had juit left, took the girl
under bis arm, and made his way with
his swamp augel, back to the wilds of
Indiana, whence the party bad come.
No names other than those registered
were given, aud the $10 demanded as
mileage is the only key to the remote vil
lage where tlram itit pertonse reside.
Cincinnati Enquirer, July 18.
Tub way to quarrel with a wife is to
wait until she is at ber toilet preparatory
to going out. i She will be sure to ask
you if bei bounet is straight. Remark
that tbe lives of nine-tenths of the wo
men are passed in thinking whether their
bonnets are straight, and -wind up with
the remark that you never knew but one
woman who bad common sense about ber.
Wife will ask you who that was. You
will,' with a sigh,1 reply : "Ah ! never
mind." ' Wife will ask you why did yoa
not marry ber. Yon- say, abstractedly,
"Ah! why," indeed 1r The climax is
reached by this' time, and a regular row
is sure to follow." ' ? ' J 5 v
The sweetest word in our language is
love, i b greatest word is God - The
word expressing .the shortest time is now.
Love God now.,-. .
Hew Snbjeets are Sometimes Procartd
for Medical Colleges. . , .,
Tbe popular idea that the ghouls of
tbe medical profession never buut for
their "subjects'' save in inter, when de
composition is not to rapid as in Sum
mer, is combattcd by tbe Louisville Com
mercial, which lellt tbe following horri
fying tale: "Tbe stock of subjects is
largely made up in Summer, aud secured
for the Winter by the simple process of
packing in salt In several of our medi
cal institutions are large zinc or galva
nised iron vats, made impervious to ibe
assaults of chemicals of any description.
The subjects are brought in from nearly
all tbe hurrying grounds about tbe city.
with the exception of Cave Hill, at a
nominal cost; tbey dou't rate-high in
Summer, and the resurrectionists reirard
the businesses dull. We believe that)?'" which will show both the con r?e
some arsenic preparation is injected iuto I aml rate of PL"d nf fcHM
the carotid arteries, after which the bod-1 Sometime about the latter part of this
ies are covered with salt, and piled in j month, if prediction should be fulfilled,
layers in the great vat. One medical there will be a rain of stars or meteors,
institution in this city has a stock of i similar to that which alarmed the people
about thirty well-preserved salted subjects ! f lis country many years ago.
which will be taken out and cut up in
Fall and Winter for the benefit of the
incipient sawbooed, who attend the col
lege. The medical colleges in Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis. Ann Arbor, Louis
ville, and other cities, exchange subjects
with each other when one or the other is
short of material. They are generally
shipped in barrels, salted and prepared
By this exchange identification becomes
impossible, if such a thing were attempt-
ed. These subjects are shipped or ex-
, humetl at hours when suspicion would
be less liable to be aroused, and sunset
j is oftener used than any other hour. We
; suppose it is necessary to make use of
! puleive iu this saving process."
A Good Jokb happened to a rich
i temnle notice, lie donned bis suit, and
at the ?"
"Stockton; yes, sir."
"Ah 1 Are your psreuts with you I
"No, sir.'
"Your brother, possible ?"
"No, sir."
"Ah, I have it; you are here with
your friends ?"
"No, sir-' a very perceptible smile
breaking over her countenance.
"Excuse my seeming impertinence.
Miss Murphy, but I am extremely anx-
iosu,w to know in what capacity you are
J
cases, wanted a scholar, a gentleman, an
orator, a pastor, a fine writer in short,
a perfect minister. They "had formerly
given S350. per annum ; but now, if
they could get such a nan as they want
ed, they could raise it to $400. The doc
tor answered by telling them to seal to
heaven for Dr. D wight. He was the
only such man he knew ; and as he had
been living a good while on spiritual
food, be might possible live on four hun
dred dollars.
The new departure in the liquor busi
ness in Boston woiks well. Parties ar
rested for drunkenness divulge where
they obtain the liquors. This bas oper
ated gradually to reduce the number of
cases before the Municipal Court from
dy to day Liquor dealers hesitate
about selling to intoxicated people, fear
ing the coin-table will give them a call.
ALL the care of tbe day ought to be
laid asido with our clthes None ot
them must be carried to bed with us ; and
in this respect custom may obtain very
great power over the thoughts It is a
destructive practice to study in bed, and
read till one falls asleep.
On the outside cover of a Bible lying
on the cabin-table of a Hudson Kiver
steamboat, are written the following
lines :
'This holy book neglected lies.
No soul with it communes:
While scores of souls sit around about,
With Heralds and Tnbnet."
A man who ran away from his wife in !
Pittsfield, Mass., with another woman.
got tired of his new affinity after spend-1
! ,nS " n, money, and wrote to bis wite
j to tend him funds to pay bis way back
tober She didn't do it.
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SUOET ITEMS.
Four thousand Americans aro travel
ing iu Switzerland. ' ! " "
Tale green tinted wedding caiu are ,
the latest London wrinkle. ' " '
To get at the root of a thing dig
If you aie a dentist pnlLl If a Log
blow your nose. Punch 1
Young ladies ia New Haven are tear
ing to play tbe violin. Tbe idea of bar
ing four strings to their bow is fascina-
lt is said since tbe annexation of Stras
bourg to Germany, twenty-three thou
sand inhabitants have already emigrated
to France an J America. . - "I
Mr Jansen, the distinguished Freueh
astronomer, has invented a balloon cm-
Mrs. Mary Michaels, aged one hun
dred and ten years, who watt living with
ber son in Dinwiddie county, Va., com
mitted snicide on Sundjy last by drown
ing her self in a well near the house.
llenry R.ttler, a noted horse thief,
escaped from York County Jail on the
24th ult , by digging through tha wall.
He is five feet seven inches high, dark
complexion. A reward of one hundred
dollars is offered for his arrest by the
sheriff. ' '
Last Wednesday morning. Felix Sar
ey, a truck driver, aged 40 years, living
in a tenement house in New York city,
murdered his wife by cutting her throat,
and then made an ineffectual attempt to
kill his two children, after which ba
plunged the knife twice into Lis own
throat.
California is erowine cotton, and some
cess, and many believe that the San Jon
quin valley will prove a far better cotton
growing region than favored localities iu
the Gulf States.
A few days ago Mr. William Weeks,
of Glen Haven, Wis., while oiling the
knuckle joint connecting the tumbling
machine, was canght by the wrintband of
his overshirf, aud in struggling to keep
from getting under the rod was entirely
divested of clothing, leaving nothing on
his person but bis boots.
An Illinois farmer has told bis rat
story. He was going lo bis corn rrib
the other morning, Le says, wheu he saw
a large rat, with head erect, carrying a
full sized ear of corn iu his uioutb. while
at the same time his tail was wrapped
around another larga ear, which he was
dragging behind him.
At one of Peter Cartwright'd camp
meetings he was much annoyed by a
noisy sister, who "took part" more fre
quently than was acceptable. He had
called on all to kneel while some onu
lead iu prayer. She struck off at onco
with much feeling and power. Cart
wriglit, not recognizing ber voice, shouted
out, "Amen!" A brother kneeling close
by whispered : "It's Ann Jordan pray
ing." Cartwright looking around and
seeing it was so, cried out: " tale Lkit
amen bark !"
A laborer in Providence, IUiode Island,
was engaged a few days ago by a gentle- "
man to weed bis garden. The man '
found the house, as be supposed, and
went to work. The next nmruing be
agaiu made bis appearance, doubtless to .
receive the reward for his services, and
was astonished to learn that the oxner
of tbe place, with his family, had been
out of town for two or three weeks in
fact that he bad weeded the wrong po
tato patch. He has since been hunting
for the man who did employ him, with
feelings of a decidedly mixed character.
A curinns blight is afflicting the Eng
lish wheat. One side of each ear i
full nf grain, while the other side is quite
empty ; although the husks are properly
formed, no eoru has ever grown on th
blighted side of the stalk. One farmer
baa twenty acres of wheat in this condi
tion, and he ia afraid this blight is very
general, although it may not have been
noticed, bis field to a passerby presenting; :
an appearance of ripeness aud abuui
ance, but when tbe corn is closely exam
ined it looks as if a hot blast bad blown
on the one side and scorched the life out
of the ear.
Two Michigan brothers, farmers well-,
to-do and generally harmonious, had a
little fallingont the other day. and one ef
them threatened to do some injury to the
other. To guard against any fatal re
sult the threatened one thought beet to
apply to a district official for. protection.
Accordingly, the two rode into town to
gether, put up their team, drank eaclt -other's
health, and then together visited a
justice of tbe peace. That official listened
to the complaint, issued warrai.t for
threats, the accused pleaded gnilty, and .
. tne accuser oecame nts surety m tne euyn
j of $200 for bis good behavior for one .
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