2bc Juniata rutinrl. i
ESTABLISHED 3 1846. "
rriLtIIID ETIKT AVlDNtlDAT MOBXIXO,
Bridge Street, apposite the Odd Fellows' nll.
MtFFLIN'TOWN. PA.
Tm Juniata Sistihii. it published every
Wednesday morning st $1,60 a year, in ad
vance ; or $2,00 in nil eases if not paid
promptly in advance. No subscriptions dis
continued antil all arrearages are paid, unless
at the option of the publisher.
gusiittss Carbs.
JM)UIS K. ATKINSON,
.A-ttoi'iiey at Jv,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
f&ColUcting and Conveyancing promptly
attended to.
Office, second dory of Court House, above
Prothonotary's office.
JOBERT. McMEEX,
ATTORNEY AT LA IV,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
Ofliee on Bridge street, in the room formerly '
occupied Dy Lira v. rar er, tsq.
g B. LOUl'EN,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.,
Offers his services to the citizens of Juni
ata county as Ancionecr and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from t wo to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted. nov3-0m.
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mi. r. c. ruxdio,
PATTEKSOX, PENN'A.
August IS, IS'Jtl-tf.
TMlAS ATEUiHRrsTl).,
MIKFI.INTOWN, PA.
Office hours S A M to 3 P. M. Office in
Helford's building, two doors above the. Va
line office. Bridge street. aug 18-tf
""riwssi e-l tn !
S. tildi d ld 111 Jy i
HQJLEOrilATIC PHYSICIAN" & SURGEON j
Having permanency located in the h rough j
tof MiUliutown. offers his professioiiHl services ;
to the eitiieus of this place and surrounding ;
country.
(Ilhce on Main street, over Bcidler's lrug
aug 18 !- j
ALEX
K McCLCKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
144 SO IT II SIXTH STREET,
rHILAllfcl Pill A.
oot27 if
Q. W. McPHERKAN,
gitfonifii at Jfaw,
Cl'l SAXSOM STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
aug 18 lSC-3-ly
QESTRAL f'LAIM AGEXCV,
JAMES M. SELLERS.
141 SOUTH SIXTH STREET
l-t:iLAin I riil.
. Bounties, Pensions, Back fay. Horse
Claim.. Slate Claims, promptly collected.
No cbare fr information, nor when money
isjiot c .iieeied. JiL
Dr. E. A. Simpson
Trcntfe .11 forms of disease, and may be con
sulted as follows: Kt his office in Liverpool
Pa., every SATURDAY and MONDAY ap
piiimruriits can he n;ade for other days.
stajT -all on or address
DU. R. A. SIMPSON,
dec 7 Liverpool, Perry Co., Ta.
Mow Drug: Store
IX PKltRYSyiLLE. :
DR. J. J. APPLEBAUGII has established
a Drug and Prescription Store in the ,
above-named place, and keeps a general as- ;
sortment of I
DRUGS AM) MED1CWRS, ,
Also all ether articles usually kept in estab- .
linhmeiits of this kind.
Pure Wines ami Liquors for medicinal pur- ,
poses. Cigars, Tobacco, Stationery, Confec- f
tions (first-class). Notions, etc., e'c. j
Jfaj-The Doctor gives advice free :
1S71. l'lIILAUhPlllA. isi.
1S71.I
j Thau ever was before hrjught to this towa
JL PAPER S. which he id preptred to make lo order in the
,,-nn . iJnTTUk'P ii.irA-S7.4A7 HOST IMPROVED STYLE,
() ELL & HOUKKh, !AnJin milI)ner that wiI1 defy , c00ipeli.
NANLFACTi sri OF ' ,;0D- e ls0 nianufactures to order, all
Paper Ilansinss &r Window Shades, ! B"r'" of u g -j- q M W 0 It K
WHOLESALE AMI BCTAIL SALESROOMS, I
i. ax 1. '.Ud reasonable terms.
Corner of Fourtli and Market Streets, ' r$v strict aiieution to business, he hopes to
mil IDEI.l'MA.
Factor Cor. Twcnly-third ati l Sanaoni Sts.
Oct. 1-Sni
A. G. PosTi.KruwAiTK. J- C M'Naih;iivon
A. G. rOsiTLKTlIWAITK & CO ,
(Jpncral Goiuinision Mcnhanls.
FOR
THE SALE OF ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY
TRODUCE.
So. 201 Seiuth Front Street,
marll'-tf
PHILADELPHIA.
KKPHKAUT
J. M.
BARNES BROTHERS HEBRON
WUOLESALK tlRALEBS IK
HATS AND CAPS,
603 Market Street, Philadelphia,
aug 18, l?09-ly.
KST CIGARS IS TOWN
AT
llollobaugh's Saloon.
Two for 5 cents. Also, the Fre'hest Lager,
the Largest Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the
Finest Domestic Wines, and, iu short, any
thing you may wish in the
EATING OR DRINKING LINE,
it the most reasonable prices. ' He has also
refitted his
BILLIARD II ALL,
so that it will now compare favorably with
Rny Hall in the interior of the State.
Juue 1, 1870-ly '
5S Handbills for public sale's printed on
clicrt notice at the ?L:.Ti.'.ti Oinci.
B. F. SCHWEIER,
VOLUME XXVI, NO. 4
Sotal Wrftstmcnts,
Hurrah. Hurrah 1
(treat Excitement at the Mifflin
Chair Works ! .
WHY is it that everybody goes to WM. F.
SNYDER when tbey are in need of any kind
of Chairs ?
BECAUSE he keeps the Best and Finest
Assortment of all kinds of Chairs that was
i ever offered to the eyes of the public.
Header, if you are in want of Chairs of
any kind, you will do well to call on the un-
Jersigned and examine bia fine stock of
j Cane Seat anil Windsor Chairs,
I of all descriptions, before purchasing else
! where. Having lately started in business, be
I is determined to do I lie very best .be can as
regards durability and cheapness, and tear.
' rant ail work mnnufartured hi him.
I B-i Iteroemlier the Sign of the I1IG
lCIOl) OIIA-IIi on the pole on the
corner of Main and Cijerry streets, when you
want to buy good chairs,
WM. F. SNYDER,
Mifflintown. Feb 8, 1871.
The Piscc for Good Grape-vines
18 AT HIE
Jjuniafa Ualltn Uhurjarbs,
AXD UKirE-VlSE NURSERY. '
irI",IIE undervtgned would respectfully in-
X form the public that be has started a
I (Irspe-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
! of Mifflintown, where he has been testing a
! Inrge number of the different varieties of
: (jraees; and having been in the business for
seven years, he is now prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VAIUKTIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
w n r v
I RAT I . Si .
Lun(lrel or
MnJ A11 iersns wishing good and thrifty
; vines will do well to call and see Tor tuein
I selves.
! CSf 0"d and responsible Agents wan'ed.
Address,
JONAS (iBERHOLTZER.
MitHintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
New Store and Xew Goods
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &C.
i Main Stnct, Miffliatawn.
H' AVIXG opened out a GROCERY AND in General Assembly met, and it is bere
1'ROVlHoX STOKE in the old stand . ,y ena(.ted by the authority of the same.
I on Main Street, Aii ill in I own. 1 would respect- 1 ,
I fully ask the attention of d.e public to the . that Hie sum of twenty thousand dollars
; following articles, which 1 will keip on baud ;s benby appropriated for the relief and
I " ' ,ije9 ; benefit of the sufforers from the late de-
;sit(;ar, coffek, tea,
MOLASSES, RICE,
riSII. SALT,
'I)Diri AXI) CANNED FRUIT.
1 " UL '
! HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts, &c.,
GL3SWARE
Xlom, Feed, Ace.
! All of which will be sold clienp for Cash or
j Country Produce. Give me
a call and boar
my prices.
J. W. KIRK.
Mifflintown, May 2, 1871.
S B. LOUDON,
"ITfoCLD respectfully inform the puldic
v that he has removed his Tailoring Es
talilishmeul to a room in Major Kevin's new
building, on the Parker lot, on ltridge street,
Milflintown, an I hai opened out a
LARGER AND FINER ASSORTMENT Or
CLOTHS,
VASSIMLRES,
I'ji'v 7 i Tn .? .t t
'receive a nneral snare 01 puonc pairon
liberal
: age iiive uini a can anti inspect ois siyies
of cutting and workmanship before going
i elsewhere.
The "Guypcr" Market Car.
TUB undersigned, having purchased of
S. II. Iirown the renowned 'Guyper"
Market Car, desires to inform his friends of
Mifflin. Patterson and vicinity, and the pub
lic generally, thit he will rnn the car regu
larly, leaving Mifflin Slation every Monday
noon for the Eastern markets, and leturning
on WEDNESDAY, loaded with
FRESH FISH,
OYSTERS,
APPLES,
VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS IN SEASON,
And Everything I'snnlly Carried is a
.Market Car.
Also, Freight Carried, at Seasonable
Hates, Either Way.
Orders from merchants and others solicited.
fcjf Prompt attention to business will be
given and satisfaction guaranteed.
Orders left at Joseph PenueH's store in
Patterson, will receive attention.
G. W. WILSON.
April 28, 1S71.
ATTENTION !
D AVID WATTS most respectfully announ
ces to the public that be is prepared to
furnish
SCHOOL JBOOKS AND STATIONERY
at reduced prices. Hereafter give him a call
at his OLD STAND, MAIN St., MIFFLIN.
Oct 2 j-tf
LL kinds of Canned and Dried Fruit for
A sale by C. BARTLY.
LARGEST STOCK of Dress Goods in the
county at Tilten 4 Ee pensebade s.
MIFFLINTOWN,
pott's .Corner.
THE POOR'S APPEAL.
an acbostic.
Oh ! thou who art so rich in store,
Remember cow the needy poor.
Each one who asks, with kindness greet.
Make hearts content with bread and meat.
Except not one "our blessed Lord"
Makes mention in His holy word.
Blessings in store for those who give,
Eternity with God to live.
Remember then the needy poor.
Those who come knocking at your door
Help asking oh ! extend thy hand
E'en to the meauect in the land
Prayers will be offered up for thee,
Orphans will bless thy memory.
Oh ! then, of thee I ask once more,
Remember NOW the n edy poor.
UJistcIlanfous uaiin.
TUE 20,000 FIRE RELIEF FUND.
It is a fact generally known that a
suit was brought by James Robinson
against the committee designated by the
act of the Legislature, appropriating $20,
000 for the relief of who became ''suffer
ers, destitute and needy," through the
great fire at Mifflin, on the last night of
the year 1870 for the manner in which
they disbursed the money appropriated
We publish here the act and the aver
ment of the "Bill in Equity" against the
committee, and the prayer for relist", also
i hv answer of the committee :
ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
On the 8th day of February, 1871,
the Legislature enacted the following law:
'An act for the relief of certain citi
zens of Miffiiutown. Juniata couuty.
Whereas, By a conflagration of un
surpassed magnitude, the town of Mifflin
town. Juniata Co., has been in a great
measure destroyed, and hundreds of her
citizens made houseless and destitute ;
A.u Whereas, Charity and benevo-
lence are as much the duty of states as
1 of individuals,
"Tukrefork, Sue. 1, Be it enacted by
the Senate and House of Representatives
, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
; structive fire in Mifflintown, Juniata
i county, the said sum to be received and
,u"u,,,1 niuoiigei,
the tht!tute and
I 7 an",01,V anrt UnaHT U'e ai'
lection of the following named iudivid-
LaIs,ae a committee hereby appointed
for that purpose : James North. Jacob
a V i. a I'M... u
Martin and John Yeakley.
Sec 2. That the State Treasurer is
hereby directcil to pay to the aforemen
tioned committee, or to one of its mem
bers, designated by the same, for the pur
pose aforesaid, the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars out of any money in the
treasury '
AVERMENT OF PLAINTIFF, AND PRAYER
FOR KF.LIF.F.
The bill, after quoting the above act of
the Legislature, makes the following
averment :
" That under the provisions of said
Act, the said named committee, who are
the defendants in this proceeding, re
ceived the said twenty thousand dollars,
so as aforesaid appropriated by said Act,
and accepted the said trust of distribu
ting the same amongst the destitute and
needy, and proceeded to pay out as sta
ted iu the 2nd column of " Schedule A,''
which shows the paymeutof $16,500 not
objected to. to the persons iu said Sched
tile named, and leaving in their own
hands S3, 500 either not paid out at all.
or if paid out in part, was paid out as
follows, to wit : To Edmund S. Doty, a
man of J irge means, believed to be worth
over $100,000, said defendants as said
committee paid the sum of $1500; to
James M. Sellers, believed to be worth
over $30,000 and is a man of large means,
they paid $1000 ; to W. V. Wilson, a
man worth over $40,000, and a man of
large means, they paid $100 ; to George
Jacobs, a man l elieved to be worth $30.
000, and is a man of Urge means, they
paid $150 ; and to Mrs Samuel Bell,
who lost nothing by the fire of the 31st
December, 1S70, whose property was de
stroyed by another fire and wag situated
in Fermanagh township, Juniata county,
Pa , three miles distaut from the borough
of Mifflintown. they gave $250.
And your Orator believes and so be
lieving avers that the last five specified
payments were made by defendants as
committee aforesaid either through fraud,
or groti negligence on their part, they
the defendants at the time of so doing,
well knowing that the said last mention
ed five persons were not the objects of
the bounty of the State, and were in no
wise entitled to any part of the said
$20,000.
And your Orator believe and believ
ing avera that the said committee, the
defendants, retained each tbe sum of
$100.00 (in all $500.00) for their ser
vices in paying out said $20 000.00, thus
subtracting from the objects of the boun
ty the Bam of $500.00, in addition to the
mispayments before mentioned.
. tbi coasTiTDVioa van anion aD the BuroaceaaaT of
JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN'A., JANUARY U, 1871.
'-
The prayer for relief is :
1st. That said defendants (committee
as aforesaid) be enjoined from paying out
any part of said $20,000 to Edmund S.
Doty, George Jacobs, Mrs. Samuel Bell,
James M. Sellers and Wo W. Wilson.
2nd. That said defendants be compel
led by a decree of this Court, to pay out
of tbe said $20,000, so as aforesaid ap
propriated by the State, to James Rob
inson, the plaintiff, the sum appearing to
be doe to him. to wit, five hundred and
thirteen dollars and ninety-two cents as
his pro rata share of the said $3500.00,
either remaining in the bands of said de
fendants, or by their gross negligence and
fraud illegally paid out, in whole or in
part, to tie said Doty, Wilson, Jacobs,
Sellers and Mis. Samuel Bell.
3rd. That such other relief may be
given as may be, or may become neces
sary or proper.
James Robinson, Plaiutiff. B. F.
Junkiu. Solicitor for Plaintiff.
ANSWER OF COMMITTER.
The answer of James North, Jacob A
Christy, Noah A. Elder, Amos II. Mar
tin, and John Yeakley, the defendants, to
the bill of compluiut of James Robinson,
tbe 1'laintiff.
These defendants reserving to them
selves all right of exception to the said
bill of complaint for answer thereto say,
1. As to the mutter contained in Sec
tion I. of Plaiutiffs bill, we deny that
his total lors was $5,500
2. We have no knowledge or informa
tion, save by Plaintiffs bill, and cannot
set forth, as to our belief or otherwise,
whether bis indebtedness is oris not$2,200.
3. We deny that schedule " A" coutnius
a correct estimate of the actual loss of
all the persons therein named, and wo
further deny that they are entitled to re
ceive the sums therein mentioned.
Section It.
As to the matter contained in Section
II, or Plaintiffs bill,
1. We admit the payment of S3,500to
the persons therein named.
2 We deny any belief or knowledge on
our part that James M Sellcis is a mau
of large means and worth over $30,000
3. We deny the averments and allega
tions of Plaintiff, that the payments
therein mentioned were made either
through fraud or negligence on our part,
and wc further deny that we well knew
at the time of so doiftg, that the persons
mentioned in said Section were not the
objects of the bounty of the State, and
were iu no wise entitled to any part of
the said $20,000. and we deny that tbe
retention of $500,00 by ns for services
were mispayments.
Section III
As to the matter contained in Section
HI, of Plaintiffs bill.
1. We deny each and all the averments
and allegations iu the first paragraph of
Section III.
2. We deny that the compensation re
tained was uulawful and was a misappli
cation of said fund, as alleged iu the sec
ond paragraph.
3. We deny that the sum of $3,500 was
misapplied and that it should be or
should have been distributed pro rata as
mentioned in the third paragraph.
4. The averment in tbe fourth para
graph is impertinent.
Section IV.
And the defendants further answering
say, That the Act of Assembly of tbe
8th day of February A. D., 1871. afore
said for tbe relief of certain citizens of
Mifflintown, directed that the $20,000,
therein appropriated, should be distribu
ted by said defendants as a committee
under their direction and by their au
thority. That the defendants accepted
the trust committed to them and faithful
ly endeavored to perform their duties re
quired by said Act. That the defend
ants met on the 10th day of February,
A. D., 1871, and orgauia -d as a commit
tee by the election of Amos II. Martin,
President, Jacob A. Christy, Secretary,
and James North, Treasurer, and fur
ther directed that all claimants for said
fund should present to the committee
(the said defendants,) at their next meet
ing a sworn itemized statement and esti
mate of their losses of personality over
aud above insurance, and notice of which
proceeding aud meeting was given by
publication in newspapers printed in
Mifflintown. From statement and infor
mation it was established that sixty-eight
individuals and one corporation suffered
in loss of property on the night of 31st
of December 1870, and of this number
lixiy four made application for relief.
Section V.
And the defendants further say, that
they held a number of meetings, as said
committee, and after much discussion,
deliberation and interchange of opinion
the applicants for relief were considered
as properly separable into three classes as
follows . The first class consisting of the
needy and destitute ; the second class
consisting of those who had suffered in
loss of property, but were protected by
insurance and the third class, property
holders with trifling or no insmance.
... Section VI. :
And the' defendants further wj that
ran laws.
the sufferers in the First class were con
sidered as entitled to full pay and indem
nity for their actual losses, and for the
purpose of proper arraugement the names
of all persous iu first class, who, iu the
belief and judgment of said defendants
from statements and evidence before them
were fully restored aud indemnified, are
set forth iu
Schedule B.
Los.
Received
$350 CO
75 00
80 00
20 00
350 00
600 00
251 01)
100 00
15 00
50 CO
5 ) 00
30 00
30 00
20 00
25 00
600 00
12 00
23 fKI
75 00
50 0
15 00
150 00
75 00
15 00
250 00
100 00
75 00
725 00
10 J 00
50 00
20 00
60 00
200 00
575 Ort
250 00
25 00
5 00
500 00
10 00
600 00
25 00
4no 00
350 00
300 00
300 00
150 00
1. Albright Simon ZWa 00
2. McClelUn James. ... 751)0
3. Weinier John M 80 00
4. Spitler Sarah 20 CO
5. Dietrick John 3o0 00
6. Auker T U. 500 00
7. Albright Sarah A. 251 00
8. Lridge Samuel 100 00
9. Browand B 15 10
10. Ellis Alexander- 50 00
11. Ellis William - 50 00
12. Emory John W 30 00
13. Ellis Mrs 30 00
14. fasick A B 20 00
15. Goshen O N .... 25 00
16. Greer Mrs Adam 500 00
17. Heck George- 12 00
18. llurrell Levina 23 00
19. Horning Emma 75 00
20. Jackman William. 50 00
21. McQraw James 15 00
22. McCahan Wilber 150 00
23. -McCahaa Emery 75 00
24. Maxwell F C 15 00
25. Oswalt Mrs 250 00
20. Parker T lT 100 00
27. Robinson O P 75 00
28. Keese Mrs Maria .... 725 00
29. Reese Thomas 100 00
30. Stewart James W. 50 00
31. Stump J K - 20 00
32. Sheaffer John E o) 00
33. Steel Alfred 200 00
34. Stimeling SamueL 575 00
35. Troup Myers 250 t'O
3H. Troup Da'uiel 25 00
37. Walton William a t'O
38. Wine William 50 10
39. Wagner Jacjb 10 0i
40. Wemfall Mrs E O 600 (K)
41. Young Mrs 25 00
42. Egolf William 400 00
44. Noble William 350 00
44. Hamilton T U R00 00
45. Moser John C 300 00
40. McCahan Widow 159 00
Total..
$7827 00 $7827 00
The following persons of second class
with the amount received by thsm from
the voluntary relief fund or insurauce,
were, in the judgment and belief of de
fendauts, from the statements and in
formation before them, fully restored and
indemnified by the amounts paid to thetn
by the committee. Their names aud
amount paid arc set forth, as follows :
Schedule C.
Received.
1. r.onsall A O $300 00
2. Dolan Sarah 100 00
3. Goshen Henry S UOO 00
4. Graybill John 8 700 00
5. Howe Jeae 400 00
6. Hollobaugh John 200 00
7. Robinson Jauie9 2412 50
8. Fasick Mrs 75 00
9. Iloflinan John 250 00
10. McClellan Cornelius 300 OO
Total.
50
The third class were allowed a per
centage on their losses, according to cir
enmstauces ranging from fifteen to seventy-five
per cent, and are set forth as fol
lows :
Schedule D.
Per
Loss. cent. Rec'd
USiambangh Mrs.. $500 00 70 $350 00
2. Sulouff Jacob 3000 00 31 1000 00
3. HuuardJohn 750 00 75 550 00
4. Parker R. E 150 00 50 75 00
5. Wilson WW 500 00 20 100 00
6. Jacobs George . . . 450 00 35 150 00
7. Sellers James M. . 5000 00 20 1000 00
8. Doly Edmund S.l 10000 00 15 1500 00
Total 1 $4725 00
Recapitulation.
Schedule B. 1st Class
C. 2nd Class
" D. 3rd Class
:$ 7827 00
. 0627 60
. 4725 00
$19179 50
. 250 00
Taid Mrs Bell
Secretary and Expenses
Compensation of Committee
70 50
. 500 00
$?0000 00
Section VII.
And your respondents further say,
that iu the distribution of the sum of
$14,454,50, amoug the sufferers, as set
forth iu schedules B and C, they acted
in good faith, and conscience, according
to their best judgment and discretion. be
lieving that the true construction of said
act of Assembly did not contemplate the
bestowal on auy sufferer more relief than
his actual loss, aud in the distribution of
the sai 1 $14,451 50 of the State fund as
aforesaid with tbe sum of $2261 46 of
the voluntary relief, and $95,000,00 aud
upwards of insurauce money paid to or
settled with sufferers, as defendants are
advised aud informed, fifty six of the
said sixty -four sufferers, in the best judg
ment and belief of defendants, were com
pletely restored and made whole in the
loss of property.
Section VIII.
And the defendants further say, that
after the said fifty-six sufferers as men
tioned in schedules B and C had been
made whole, as believed by defendants,
there remained for distribution $55(5,50
In the distribution of this sum defend
ants acted with caution and deliberation,
and with good intent and purpose to
make it fair and honest, according to
their best information and judgment.
That defendants in all sincerity and good
faith, believed that after fifty-six of the
sufferers had been raide whole a-t above
set forth, it was right and equitable that
the balance of $5545 50 should be dis
tributed among the remaining eight suf
ferers mentioned iu schedule D, in a pro
portion ranging from fifteen to seventy
five per cent, having due regard to tbe
actual logs and circumstances of the par
ties. Sbction IX.
And the defendants further say, that
tbey acted in good faith in giving to Mrs.
EDITOR ASB FKOTRIETOlL
WHOLE NUMBER 1293.
Bell $250,00, that they were advised to
do so bv manv sufferers and citizens of
Miffliutowu that the destruction of her
property occurred two or three days af
ter the Mifflin conflagration, and from the
Borough precincts could be seen the
smoke and flame rising from her burning
dwelling. This accident left a family ol
two adults and six small children desti
tute and needy. The proximity of this
fire in time and place to the Mifflin fire
ioduced the defendants to believe that
the spirit of the act of Assembly placed
1 this sufferer within the embrace of its
chairity and benevolence.
I Section X.
Aud the defendants further say, that
iu discharge of tbeir duties it was not
unjust to retain $500 as compensation.
Their duties were unpleasant beyond
expectation or description. From begin
uiug to end their actions and motives
were the suljects of scurrilous abuse by
the sufferers, their friends and the com
munity. It was impossible iu any way
or manner to make a satisfactory distri
bution. The pressure of claimants ; the
exaggerated estimate of losses ; the dif-
fereut views of each others privations ;
the various suggestions of justice and
plains of distribution were to the said de
fendants, a labor and vexation beyond
the power of pecuniary recompense.
The compensation as aforesaid did not
lessen the amount payable to the decti
tute and needy sufferers but was properly
a reduction to that extent from the suf
ferers mentioned in schedule C, and from
present information defendants believe
that the sixty-four persons named iu
Plaintiffs bill, with the exception of Mrs
Stambaugh, John lluzzard, Jacob Su
louff, W. V. Wilson, James M. Sellers
Edmund S. Doty, have been fully i
stored by the relief and insurance.
Section XI.
And the defendants further say, that
S1000 was paid to Ilenry S. Goshen, in
cousideratiou of his assignment to the
Committee Lis Policy of insurauce for
that amount in the Columbia Insurance
Company. This sum has lately been
collected, and will be distributed among
the persons, in defendants judgment and
discretion justly entitled thereto.
Section XII.
And the defendants further say, that
the said Plaintiff received from the vol
uiilary relief fund S2b7,50, which, with
the sum of $2412,50 paid as stated in
schedule C, in the belief of defendants,
fully restored to plaiutiff his total loss
of property by fire.
Section XIII.
And the defendants further say, that
the aforesaid act of Assembly, conferred
upou them a full aud free discretionary
power in the distribution of said fund
amoug the sufferers by said fire, and that
in the exercise of their discretion, in thai
behalf the court has no control and juris
diction Over said defendants that in all
aud each and every act done by the de
fendants in the distribution of said fund
they acted in good faith aud conscience
according to the best of their knowledge
aud belief, their judgment and discretion
and said defendants deny all, each and
every insinuation, allegation and aver
ment of fraud and negligence coutahied
iu Plaintiff's bill of complaint. AH wL'uh
matters aud things said defendants are
ready to aver, maintain and prove, as this
Honorable Court shall direct, and humbly
pray to be hence dismissed with their
reasonable costs and charges in that be
half most unjustly sustained.
PARKER & SAIIM,
Solicitors for Defendants.
Overdoing It. A short time ago a
lady and gentleman were married in the
neighborhood of Nottingham, and pro
ceeded iu their carriage to spend the
honeymoon among the Cumberland lakes,
the gentleman giving strict orders to
Murphy, his Irish footman, on no account
to reply to inquiries that they were new
ly married. When leaving the first hotel
on the road, the happy couple were much
astonished and annoyed to find the ser
vants all assembled, and, pointing to the
gentleman, mysteriously exclaiming,
' Thai's him ! that's the man !" On
reaching the next stage, the indignant
master told Murphy he must certainly
discharge him. as he had divulged what
he had impressed upon him as a secret.
"An' pray, yer honor, inquired Murphy,
"what is it yer complains of T" '-That
you told the servants at the last hotel we
were a newly married couple " "Byrne
sowl, an' its not throe, yer honor,' re
plied Murphy, "I tould the whole kit yer
honor an' yer honor's lady (God bless
her !) wouldn't be married yet for a fort
night."
A countryman, walking alocg the
streets of a town, found his progress
stopped by a close barricade of timber
"What's that for ?" he said to a person
in tbe street "Oh, that's for to stop the
small pox." "Ah, I have often heard of
the board of health, but I never saw one
before."
A speculator at the West, recently
wrote to a friend :' "When I came to
Chicago I had not a rag on my back,
and now I am covered with rags."
RATES OF ADVERTISING-
All advertising for less than three months
for on square of nine lines or less, will be
charged one insertion, ,3 cents, three ?Tt7,
and 50 eenu for each subsequent insertion, .
Administrator's, Jtxeeutor s ana Auditor i
Notices, $2,00. Professional and Business
Cards, not exceeding one square, and inclu
ding copy of paper, $8,00peryear. JS'otiett
in reading columns, ten cents per line. Mer
chants advertising by the y ear at ap ecial rates .
3 Tn'Hf 6 ajoafVj, 1 far.
Onesqnafs, $ 3,50 $ 5.0O. S 8.00
Two squares 5,00 8,00, 11.00
Three squares.... 6,00 10,05 15,00
One-fourth eol'n. 10.00 17,00 25.00
Hair column 18,00 25.C0 45.00
One column -0.00 45.00 80.00
RICH WITHOlf
Many a man is rich without money.
Thousands of" men with nothing in their
pocket, and thousands wilboa't even a
pocket, are rich. . A mau born w::l .it
good souud constitution, a good stomach,
a good heart, and good limbs, and a
pretty good head-piece, is rich. Good
bones are better than. gold ; tough mus
cles thau silver ; and nerves that flash
fire and carry energy to every function
are better than houses aud land.' It" ja
better than a land estate to have .the.
right kind of father, and mother. Good
breeds and bad breeds exist among men
as really as among herds, and horses.
Education may do much to check evil
tendencies or to dcvelope good ones ;
but it is a great thing to inherit the right
proportion' of faculties to start . wtlivr
The man is rich who has a good disposi
tion who is naturally kind, patient,
cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor
of wit and fun in his composition. The
hardest thing to get oil with in this life,
is a man's own self. A cross, selfish
fellow a despouding and complaining
fellow a timid and care-burdened mau
these are all born deformed on the inside.
Their feet do not limp, but their thought
do.
The Name Pennsylvania.
The origin of the name of the State of
Pennsylvauia'will be found iu a letter of
William Penn, its founder, dated' Jan
nary 6th 1CS1, from which the following
is an extract :'
"Th is day, after many watchiugs, wait
ings, solicitings and disputes sewicil,
my country has been confirmed to me
under the great seal of England' with
large powers aud privileges by the name
of Pennsylvania a name the king
would give it in honor of my father. I
chose New Wales, being a hilly country;
and the secretary, a Welshman, refuse"!
to call it New Wales, I proposed Syl
vauia, and they added Penn to it ;
though I was much opposed to it, and
went to the kuig to have it struck out.
lie said it was pact, aud he would not
take it upon him ; for I feared it might
be looked upon as a vanity in me, and
not as a respect iu the kiug to my father', '
as it really was."
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I. Chicago they find out everything'
the Duke Alexis says or thinks, and theu
print it. For instance, the following'
about the ladies : "I Lave not seen the
Chicago ladies yet," says Alexis, regret
fully ,"but if tuty compare favorably with
the other ladies I have seen in the coun
try it will be a compliment. The New
Votk ladies are the handsomest I havo
seen ; the Philadelphia ladies the most
stately, and physically the most what
you call it? superb, and the Boston
ladies are the most refined and intellectual''
the best educated ladies I ever encoun
tered, on the v. !iolc, I suppose. You
American men are more like Englishmen
thau I Lad anticipated, though you are
of the same stock. You are only a-l'ttln
sharper aud more quick lii 'your deci
sions and movements "
A reporter who looked into the work"
ings of a great New York hotel gives the
following account of what bsomes of the
scraps: The untouched' portions are sent
to the kitchen to be warned own: for the
servants' tabic. The remnants are col
lected and sold to old Thurlington, who
lives in the Bowery, lie arranges and
sells them to poor people, who come into
his shop to buy ten 'or fifteen cents'
worth at a time. Nothing is wasted.
The very d,ish water is collected iu a vat,
and the oil ou the top skimmed off, saved?
and purified till it id as white as It
lard. -
An English lawyer would go on (peak
ing. The learned judge bad cautioned him
to desist, till at last his irraUted lord
ship cried ;
"Sir, 'tis no use speaking ; what you
say to me goes in one car and out of tho
other."
The advocate would not be silenced.
"My lord,' he said, ' it's no wonder,
when there's nothing between 'em to
stop it "
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A Hard Fumr. Once upon a time,
says history, a Scotch pedestrian was at
tacked by three thieves, He defended
himself well, lut wa overcome,' when,
the thieves, much to their ostonishmeut,
found that he owued only the small sura
of sixpeuce.
"The de'il's in the fellow," said one
"To fight thus for sixpence," Why, if
he'd a shilling, he'd ha' killed ns all !"
How long did Adam remain in Para
dise before he sinned 1" asked an admir
able cara sposa of her loving husband.
" Till he got a wife," answered the hus
band, calmly. -.
"Have yon much fish in your bag!"
asked a person of a fisherman. "Yes,
there's a good eel in it," was the- rather
slippery reply.
"I'll give that girl a piece of my mind,"
exclaimed a young fellow. "I wouldn't
replied bis uncle "you've none to spare.
Wisconsin is entitled" to eight members
under the new Congressional apportion
ment bill, instead of six.
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