Juniata Jfonthul
MirriuiuwK
Wednesday Morning, May 21, 1873.
15. F. SCII WE IE R,
EMTOll t PROPRIETOR.
G EO. P. ROWELL 4 CO, 40 Park Row, New York
AXD
S. M. PETTENGILL & CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y,
Arc our tile agents in that city, and are au
thorized to contract for advertising at our
lowest rates. Advertisers in that city are I e
ouoted to leave their favors with either of
I be "l ove bouses.
Curt option, A Milder Type than of Yore.
The revelations of financial corruption
t!iat Imve within the past few years re
teuli'd themselves have caused many to
jircdirt the downfall nX th; government
of this country before the lapse of many
rears Corruption has revealed itself iu
so many places where not looked for,
.among men whoso mental acquirements,
aud assumed inorr.1 exctllanco should
Lave mide them proof against its influ
ence that many declare this the age of
corruption above all others.
This crntJiy ifi uot ciily startled
with local corruption, but corruption iu
the State and Nation is equally prom
inent The cnuutry has just got over
the shock of the Credit Mobilier disgrace,
when it is again startled with the state
ment of corrupt bargan and sale iu the
appointments in the Vienna Com
mission. WhltLer aie we driftirg!
the nation exclaims. Europe ir.ifcs
a shout, wlmt a coriupt people, and
joints the linger of fcorn, however,
juft as our Old World cousins had work
id thiinstdvts up to an indignation like
that which David felt when the Prophet
Nathan infoi tiled of the outrageous con
duct of a subject upon a neighbor subject
ihey discover that they are the men
around whom corruption coiled its slimy j
folds. The clamor against America waa
Lushed as completely in European circles . . . , ,,
ii,, , maintains its character for excellence and
ns if it never had been born, by the an . ... . , , , . .
' 'progression. Its long table of contents
nouncemeut last week in ieuua, that a , r i . . . i
discloses a freightage at once timely, in
dreadful state of financial rotteness had . ,. . ,-r . ..
just been revealed. Iu that one place
alone one huudred prominent busi
ness firms were swept into financial an
nihilation and the government credit!
fleeted to a greater degree than; was
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liou. That is scnudal enough for Euro-!
lie, and we come home, to our own con-1
liiient again, to find our cousins iu Cans-1
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(la, who also gave us the full weight of '
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their indignation and sarcasm on divers
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oceasious in the. full now of a magnificent i
i
racfic lUilroad scandal, something like j
our Credit l.oh.I.er. These people are !
now engaged in sweeping their own door, !
and by tbe time they are through, rpr" i
haps they will have learned that th.-y
r.re further removed from a sanctified I
etate than they imagined themselves to ,
be. c are not trying to exense any of '
.ur people by thus contrasting their!
ehortcomings with those of other nations, j
mid declaring that there is no difference; I
, they are all cormpt, and hastening on to
ruin. In looking at this ncly state of
iiffairs, we tcrift not be too limited in our!
view. It should be broad enough to i
comprehend that the corruption of to-day,
bad as it is. is a greatly modified type of
corruption compared with that which pre
vailed among the people of the past. We
must not despair, aud come to the con
clusion that the whole is a mass of cor-
ruption, and that we may as well join j TU(i incendiaries also burned three empty
them too. When such a conclusion is i 001 cars at Browusville last night. No
reached the believer is un the verge of j arrests have as yet been made.
the whirlpool. j TnE GeneraTAsVembly of the l'rcsby-
We want to realize, withont sinking : tian clmrch fa gesgion fa BaUimore
ourselves into the egotist, that with all I ()q the 1Gth the Cornmittc0 tuat WM ap.
our bad we are better off than any peo- : pajutcd bj tbe ja?t Oeneral Assembly
pie of this world who lived before us. -,0 report ,0 AMembly whctLer it was
Tho corruption that is among ns is not of I expedi(.nt an(1 appropriate that the Pres
the same kind, quite, as that of several j bjterinn Chnrch of tbe UnitcJ State9
hundred years ago, and thence on down j AoM uke part , the Centennial Cele
to time out of date It is of milder type, j bratioI1 0f American Independence at
It consists chi. fly of a system of hum-! jelphia. in 1876, reported that it is
bugging, while the corruption of the past , appropriate and expedient that the Prey
was violence, robbery, bloodshed, with- bytcrian Church of the United States
ont redress, unless by physical force. shonl(j prticipate in the Centennial of
There was no justice it. the past; no American Independence, and the Inter
tnbunal to appeal to. except what was niltionai Exposition.
found iu the caprice of a conqueror, an j
emperor, a prelate, a baron, a feudal lord, Thkv publicly whip people down in
or the chief of a clan. The rule of Delaware yet for criminel offences as the
these men was not so much justice as following paragraph from New Castle
a maintenance of themselves and families, j under date of the 17th proves :
They took and they gave when it suited j To-day being whipping day, the fol
their interest or csprice to their adhe- j lowing Hamilton Curtis and James
rents, without courts, juries, arbitrations, j Head (white), John Manering, George
convention1?, or public opinion. They 1 Taylor, Elijah and John Fergis, and
were full of the most violent corruption. James Collins (colored;, each received
The ruins of their bastilo and pi isou twenty lashes - for larceny. Grandville
habitations, in which they confined and ! Badson stood in the pillory one hour, be
tortured to death their victims, without , ing a part of his sentence for catting his
any public accusation, are yet distinctly j wife'a throat. There waa an immense
traceable all through the conntriea of the ' crowd in the court yard. The whipping
old world. There has not .been in all of j was doue in the usual severe mauner.
the past intercourse of the people of the! T , . T7, ', 3
, . , , . .. . . Latb advices from China tell of a de-
world with each other, such a disposition i , L , ...
' 1 ,j strnctive fire at Hong Kong, by which a
to trust each other and respect each ,. ....-
, , . , f I district of forty five acres of honses were
other's individual rights as at the present I j . , , c ., , - ...
. . destroyed and five thousand families ren-
time.
HC uurl CiKU Viuci , ruj ii uuu I
man rinks his manhood and corruptly
takes from his neighbor what does not I
belong to him, public opinion condemns j
him, and the law inflicts its penalties on J
him. Let the people not be discouraged,
they have everything to encourage j
them, they are masters of the situation !
if they atand firmly to what is just, and J
eel their faces agaiuct corruption.' No j
conn try, and no age. but tliis, would haVe
unearthed a fraud like that of the Credit
MoLilier, may we not indeed, also claim
credit (or the revelation of the Canada
swiudels, was it not the shortcomings of
our men that awakened a suspicion and
gave a clue to their frauds? All would
have been covered np and remained on
mauica un -
ho fattened
known, excepting to those w
on the illgoiten gums of corruption.
Our hatred of these things have revealed
and exposed them all, and the withering
influence of the just indignation of an
outraged public opinion has caused the
actor in the Credit Mobilier, and the
w
men who aided thein one, and all, are
under the severest condemnation, and
csa never be restored to pnblic confiden
re, besides that the Government has in
stituted legal procerdings against them
A look about us plainly indicates the
discount at which corruption stands
Let every mau do his duty and help tc
discount it more and morn until it has
become such an odious thing that men
will not think ol touching it. We have
everything to cueonrage us against
corruption ; its fieice and defiant power
is broken ; it is of a mnch milder type
than of vore.
Fish Commissioners and Fish.
The Governor has appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen under the provisions of
the fish law : Howard J. ltecder, Nor
thampton county ; James Dufly, Lancas
ter county, and Uenj. L. Hewitt, lilair
county. An exchange says : The Fish
Commissioners Lave held a meeting at
Harritbtirg, at which it was decided to
proceed at once to the performance of
their duties under the provisions of the
act passed at the late session of the Leg
islature. In consequeccc of the New
Jersey Legislature failing to make an
appropriation, nothing will be done on
the Delaware river this season Tho
commissioners will devote their attention
to the propagation of shad in the Sus
quehanna the ensuing summer. One of
the newly invented shad -hatching boxes
will be erected in the river above the
Columbia dam and several below. It is
also proposed to deposit sufficient ova in
the river to produce ' forty millions of
shad next season.
The June Number of that time-honor-
&i mrifitlilir tlin TMifnnliM,ij"i1 .Tminial
lerroung, auu cuuj ing wniieee i nc
Baron of Scliwartz-Seuborn, and the Vi
enua Exhibition ; Empress Elizabeth of
Austria ; Socialism in America, an ac
count of tLe differen Communities, from
the earliest ; One Kind of Ghosts ; Em-
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ily I aitbfull and her mission ; Born to be
n i-r t-i -n . .-
Hanged, with life like illustration ; A
v it Mr .i .
Neighbor of Mine a godd story; Res
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pirauon, or How to Breathe ; Tbe late
T . t-u- n- m t-
Justus V on Liebig ; u iving hue Liv-
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'g good adviee ; The Science of Music
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a necessary branch of educatioa ; The
anJ the Crossing-Sweeper, an ill
B8tamled- roem . Bookg for . maA,,
etc Thu yMle JiWm1 w;n com.
menco its fifty seventh volume with the
July immb(r Subscription price, 3,00
a year 6f 0) uia, 51.50 fr ..ix months,
30 ceutg ,e nlimbers g. R. WtH8,
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Two bridges near Brownsville, Ohio,
00 tue Cairo and Vinceunes railroad.
were ect 0,1 fiie on Monday uighta week
an(1 lot of timber piled on the track for
tue purpose of ditching a freight train
"outh, but fortunately the engineer saw
the bridge on fire, and stopped his train
iu time to avoid the danger. About fif
teen feet of one of the bridges was burn
ed. The other had just commenced
burning when a farmer discovered, it,
aud succeeded in extinguUhing the flames
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uncu uuincices.
Thk Pre on Saturday published a
map of the gronnds on which it has been
proposed to hold the Centennial Exhibi-
t,on ',..
A duel took place in Virginia the
other day. Tbe honor of one of the
parties was satisfied, he died on the night
of the 11th inst. -
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THE MODOC WAR.
Nkw York, May 14 Special des
patches from the lava beds contain fur
tlier details of the last fight. Captain
Ilatbrouck'a men knew that the Mod oca
were in the vicinity, and went to bed,
thinking themselves fully guarded agains
1 , T
I a"7 BUrpr'8e But lLS -PProach-
, ed so stealthily by creeping on tt.e grouna
that the men were only awakened by
tbe first discharge, which killed
man, Coporal Totteu. Troop G. First
Cavalry, and wounded eight. The
Warm Spring Indians showed great
. itrnDmiM ft tfiliin Ann rhflAMI I liA ilfiflnffl
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pouches and other articles to aid their
flight. The soldiers feel iu excellent
spirits over the result, and believe they
now have the Modocs cornered.
Sa. Fba.ncisco, May 14. Despatch
es received from the. lava beds to day
etate that three hundred aud seveuty
five soldiers and the Warm Spring Indi
ans are now scouring the lava beds and
surrounding country. The total number
of troops in the field is twenty officers
and four huudred and eighty men. .
San Francisco, May 11. .V des
datcb from Vrcka to-night says the Mod
ocs arc iu another rocky fortress, which
they are making stronger.
: The troops will not attack them before
the arrival of reinforcements. The new
positiou is about twenty m lea south of
the last stronghold.
C. Burgess has seen Bogus Charlie on
the Upper Kunatli, who said he knew
nothing about the contemplated massacre
of the commibsiouers, aud that there
were thirty Modocs left, who would fight
until the last man was killed.
Seventy five men will be retained iu
camp to guard the stories until the arri-1
val of reinforcements.
San Francisco, May 1C. The fol
lowing bus been received here :
Camp South of Ti lb Lakk, Lava
BtiDs, May 13. The Modocs now are!
entreuched in a craterbutlc, or mass of
lava, approximating some little southeast
of this camp, aud distant from fifteen to
eighteen miles. Captain Uasbrouck is
camped within watching distance of the
enemy, with 210 men, where he awaits
tbe arrival of Colouel Mason,' who yes
terday morning started from Captain
Jack's old stronghold with 170 men. He
took a southeasterly course.
It is iutended the two command should
be united under Colonel Mason, and hold
the Indians at bay until Morton's com
mand is forwarded, and a scont is made
around the southern boundary of the lava
beds by way of Ticknor roads. At last
accounts the Indians were fortifying the
present position, with (he evident, inten
tion of giving battle on tho first oppor
tunity.
SECOND DESr-ATCII.
Lava Beiis. May 13 11 P.M.
Colonel Mason signalled, his knowledge
of the whereabouts of the Indians this
afternoon by way of Jack's old strong
hold, and that both himself and Captiiu
Uasbrouck were ordered to obtain favor
able positions during the night and at
tack the enemy at 3 o'clock to morrow
morning. This news is known only to a
few in camp, and therefore has uot yet
created any excitement.
THIHD DESPATCH.
l.VA mns. May 147 A. 31. Une
of the sentinels reports that he heard
firing in an easterly direction from camp
at an early hour this morning. It is in
ferred from this that Colonel Mason has
begun his work.
The body of Lieutenant Harris arrived
at Yreka to-day.
Sax Francisco, May 10 The fol
lowing was received from Yreka to night :
J. W. Doten arrived here to-day from
Hot Springs Valley via Burgotvillc, hav
ing left the former place on Tuesday last
at which time the Pitt river Indians,
numbering 300 warriors, had gathered
together in council, having been called
ov uia Dick, llietr heaa duct. JJicH is
peaceably inclined and very friendly to
wards white settlers. They have every
confidence in him '
He was anxious that his tribe should
all move to the east side of Pitt river, so
that they would not be blamed for depre
dations north or west of them. Ho said
he did not know what the result of the
council would be, but the Indians head
ed by Old Shavehead wanted to fight,
and talked of putting him (Dick) down
and making some one else chief, and
should they do so settlers might know
that some trouble was intended. Old
Shavehead some time ago went off, and
some think he has been up to the lava
beds holding a conference with Captain
Jack. Doten says the settlers were not
apprehensive of serious troubles, but the
collecting together of such a band at this
time looks suspicions.
A despatch from Heading this State on
last Sunday evening says : At half-past
six o'clock this evening, during a riot at
the White House summer resort, a short
distance below this city, a young man
named James Hahn was shot dead ;
David Walters was shot in the neck and
William Briner was shot in the right
cheek. Walters aud Briner are not dan
gerously hurt. The shooting was done
at close quarters by a sub-boss engaged
on a contract on the Berks County rail
road, named John Peoples, who was ar
rested by Chief of Police Cullen. Peo
ples alleges he did tho shooting iu self
defence. The revolver found on him
was discovered to have been reloaded
with different cat ridges.
The Grand Lodge of the Order of the
Knights of Pythias will be held in Read
ing on the 23rd of July' to continue in
session five days.
COAL MINE DISASTER.
ilftWoaoii.
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Terrible Explosion w
Halifax, N.
SI7 13 T),J.bm
manity was atartl
J to niVtit ..k t.
intelligence that a te;
explosion had
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. ia Dmamm)i Hiery. Pic-
: , lock t0.d Ma
, agef Assistant Manager Richard-
! 8on and 8jxty workrnen were fa the pit
j when ,08ion took piace.
The fire caught from a blast of gun
powder, and the men remaiued to put
out the flames.
New Gl.asqow; May 14. The fire
at Drummand colliery eontinnes to burn
briskly, bnt slowly abating all the open
ings being filled up and a stream of wa.
tcr turned into the air shaft lately work
ed. The men who have escaped with
great difficulty from the slope report that
on their way np they passed the bodies
of thcii comrades, who had, probably,
become stupefied by tho smoke.
Since the explosion none have come
up alive. Of ; be four men who volun
teered to go &tn the shaft shortly be
fore the second explosion, three were
killed. Several violent explosions took
place last night. One was preccptibly
felt four miles distant.
The Inquest commenced yesterday j
The number of victims : will probably
reach seventy-five. "
Westviixk, Picton County, May 14
From ten o'clock last night nntil day
light this morning the fire at Drummond
colliery raged with intense fierceness,
gatheriog volume and violence each mo
ment. The sky in tho vicinity of tho
calamity was illuminated with the flames
issuing from the shaft to the height of
nearly one hundred feet.
All through the night there were con
tiuuous explosions at intervale. These
were preceded by a rumbling noise ro-
serabling thunder. Stones and debris
were thrown from the pit's mouth at each
explosion. About two o'clock this even-
ing these explosions were followed by one
which, for terrific violence and destruc -
tive force, dwarfed all the rest. All
wooden works iu and abont the main
slope were instantly destioyed. Stones,
wood aud burning embers were d riven
high into the air. The earth for miles
arouud was shaken with the violence of
the explosion.
People living at Westville and Stellar
ton were very much frightened, as they
knew not how far the disaster would ex
tend or how. soon such an explosion
would occur. Siuce two o'clock this
morning the fire has continued to burn,
the flames issuing from all the air shafts,
although not so intense as they were last
evening.
The scenes in and around the villages
are saddening. Westville and the village :
at Druramond-colliery are in mourning
The shops are closed and no work is be
ing done. Men and women wander
about in groups, their saddened counten
ances betokening the great grief that has
befallen them.
No pen can correctly pictnre tho har
rowing scenes of yesterday when the
terrible truth was conveyed to tho mourn
ing wives, sisters and friends of those
who were so suddenly hurled into eter
nity. People rushed frantically toward the
scene of the disaster. Th j nt:nist e x-
citemcnt prevailed, and for hours it was
impossible to ascertain who were or were
not iu the mine. The women, many of
whom had husbands, brothers and sons
in the colliery, made the air dismal with
their crying.
After the explosion to-day four men
voluuteered to descend into the down
cast air-shaft for the purpose of attempt
ing rescue. They were blown np by the
second explosion, which immediately fol
lowed. '
Oue of them, a miner, named Edward
Barns, was driven into the air a distance
of one hundred feet and fell into tbq
wood near by, where his dead body was
picked up this morning. About forty
five of the men lost were married, all of
whom leave families to mourn their sad
fate.
It was the first day iu the mines for
some of the unfortunate men. Several
of the unmarried who bad lately com
menced work belonged to Cumberland
county.
Every person here speaks in the high
est terms of the bravery displayed by
the manager, Mr. Dunn, iu descending to
the miue after the first explosion, and
thus sacrificing his life to save others
Every family here lost somo relative
or friend by this terrible calamity.
An inquest was held on the body of
John Dunn, one of the miners rescued
from the pit, hut who died shortly after
being brought to the surface. The ver
dict of the inquest is found in the fol
lowing verdict : '"'
The coroner's jury of inquest has ren
dered the following verdict : "That
John Dunn came to his death on May
13, by an explosion of gas in the Drum
mond colliery, caused by derangement
of the ventilation of the mine, arising
from fire in H. M'Leod s ward ; that con
siderable care was exhibited in the man
agement, but regret that powder was per
mitted to be used in the ward worked by
Robert M'Leod."
The principal witness on the coroner's
inqueet was Robert M'Leod, iu whose
ward the fire originated. He was exam
ined this morning, and testified as fol-
lows: ' j
I was at work at the bottom of No. 2 j
t
A
level, on the south side ; when I went j His daughter dbaring a noise. armed,her
into the ward I found only six inches of I self with a revolver and weno to the
gas, and that on the high side ; the mine
was all clear as usual ; I fired two shots, '
bat neither caught ; at qtlarter to twelve
I fired the lower bench, bnt it did hot
j blow well; I tried to dislodge the coal
j kutjid notsuccted, and waa obliged to
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leave niieeti minutes inter in consequence
of the coal catching fire.- ',-..
After getting fiesh aid I endeavored
to return, but could not get into the
ward. I then met Joa Ricli ird.ion , who
said he could go into the lodgmentway.
Went after, him, and conld see that the
fire had caught the latticing. Orders
were given to start the pump, but the
smoke was increasing;. Kichardson then
: gent me out after Mr. Dunn. The man-
ager also cim down on tue return on a
rake, which conveyed a uumber of boys
Richardson told me to call all men who
were iu-dde, bnt that was a lost canse ;
then went np the slope, and, when with
in two hundred feet of the opening, tbe
blast caught fire ; when ho felt it coming
he threw himself down aud held on to
the rail, aud succeeded in getting out
with the assistance of a man whom he
did not know ; one of the men ahead of
him was his brother, who was lost.
On being questioned by the inspector,
witness said he had always tried the face
of the coal in his ward before firing a
shot , he bad frequently seen the gas
catch from a fall shot, but never from a
bench ; he never saw a shot operate on
the caunel coal as the one which caused
the fire did. Kichardson had told him
one morning that powder should not be
used, but when witness said he would
not work, Richardson gave him permis
sion to use powder. If he had had two
or three men with him when the fire
started it could have been put out.
He bad been requested to stop the nse
of powder in his place two months ago
in consequence of tbe low level having
been fired the day before. Iu the level
' the gas would accnmulate so rapidly
that if the ventilator was disturbed it
would fill the level in a few minutes.
Before he left his ward the first time
smoke was harkiiirr down APainst the flir.
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. which would interfere with ventilation.
I Westvili.k, May 16. Thure is very
1 little change in the aspect of affiirs here
'since yesterday. Tbe work of filling
the slopes has progressed steadily, and
j is now about accomplished, the only re-
, mainiug opening being tbe pumping shaft
into which a good stream of water is still
pouring. The shaft was sounded this
morning, and the indications were that
the water was rising rapidly. The in
tention is to cover the shaft with timber
and planking, on which earth and other
material will be placed to exclude air
and still preserve the shaft, to that ns
soon as tho fire is extinguished it may
be utilized for tho purpose of pumping
out the water from the miue.
The Murder of Dr. Raker.
Waldoboro, Me., May 13. Tho fol
lowing are the particulars of the tragedy
at Warren on Friday night : I'r Baker
was railed to see a sick cLild about nine
P. M in the vicinity of the house of
Menks. Miss .Menks testifies that Dr.
Baker came to their Louse between nine
and ten o'clock. She having retired and .
hearing a kuck at the door, got up and !
let him iu. and about ten P. M.ehe came!
to the house of Mr. Shear crvin- out. I i
am shot. 1 am shot Dr. Baker has shot
me" !
Upon exiiraination it was fou:id that j
she was not shot, and she appeared to be
in a state of frenzy and great excitement
all through the night. Iu the moruing
tuo neighbors tound liaker s gig in ,
Menks' yard and his horse in the barn,
The door of the house was locked, and, ,
on breaking it open, they found tho un
fortunate man lying dead on the chamber
flior.
It is supposed that after receiving his
fatal wound he made an attempt to dress
nimseu, anu in aoing so ien u.T;Ktvanis ;
in the position in which he was found.
The bullet passed through his heart into
his lung. The woman has been arrested.
A postmortem examination has been
made and an inquest commenced yester
day, but was not finished. Important
evidence has been telegraphed for, and
the inquest will be resumed to morrow.
It is conjectured by soma that a third
party is implicated in the affair.
A Despatch from Portland, Oregon,
says that five Indians attacked te house
of James Harrison, eight miles from
Walla Walla. He refused to give the
ludians tobacco, and they knocked the
door down. Harrison defendod himself
and daughter with a hatchet, knocked
two of the Indians down and was strug
gling with a third, when a friend came
to the rescue and knocked the Indian
down with an ax- The neighbors hear
ing the outcries, and came to the relief
of Harrison and h is daughter, and cap
tured three Indians, who are in jail.
Two other Indians escaped.
The last romance concerning Napo
leon the III, comes from an English
to the Paris Figaro. The writer as
serts with absurd" earnestness that the
Emperor is not dead, but by means of a
chirugical plot and a dummy he slyly
got away from Chisle hurst, went to a
small hotel in London, with his papers
all in order, cnt his mustache, shaved
off his imperial, and put on an artistic
wig- Thence this marvelous tale takes
him to France, where he is said to be
traveling about at leisure, studying the
situation of aff iirs and reserving himself
for a roup de theater.
An attempt was made a few nights
since to steal a horse from tbe stable of
Colonel Mc Paniel, near Princeton, N. J.
stable, The ibief fled, the lady emptied
six chambers of her pistol after him.
SHORT ITEXH.
Danville, Ta,
t, had a thirty thousand
ie i4io.
dollar fire on the
Immense beds of oysters have been nnJ Awt selling book b nr. Jons
TwLl'IT.Ltr"S Smmm of a m w. '
Wff HHtmA fr and then fell
dead.
.1. .... nP T 1 J W.l) '
broken in Cambridge City, Ohio, by a
recent hail storm.
The Savannah river has produced
two immense oysters, one sixteen and
one fourteen inches long.
A Mrs. Emma McKee attempted
shoot a storekeeper in Baltimore,, iu his
own store on the 14th inst.
A report id extant that the murderous
Bender family of Kansas were Captured
near dallas Kansas on the 14th. -
Fort Smith, Arkansas, has a woman
blacksnith. who can throw a mule and
... . . . .1 i l
shoe hun in fifteen minutes by the clock
Two Fisl.kill iirls defended them -
selves from a mad dog with an open nm- j
brella, reaching a place of safety before !
he had demolished it. I "'"""y part of every person's r ducat inir
.... j in Ibis adtaneeil tige it the art of ?el rrapli
A scaffolding at Mercer University, I in. Apply o the anderrigne.1 f9r Smiih n
Georgia, fell ou the 14th, throwing five V';n"l TrleRrphy, the bei work pnb
" , . . , rr '"be'' on ',"!, "'ce. I'r-ce Si) etf. AUn-
men seventy feet to the grouud. 1 wo for trtrj description of T-n-Rrnphie Instrn
were killed. Two were fatally 'aud ments and Battery ; Nitro Cbromie Battery
. , . . J fnT electroplating. 1.. O. TILLOTSOS JtCl) .
one seriously hurt ; 8 Dey St., No York. '
Alligator hunting is a profitable em
ployment iu Florida since the demand
for the hides has sprung up in Europe.
One hunter has killed one hundred of
the reptiles siuce December.
A Greek banker has bought the city
of Purge, situated on the Adriatic, half
way between Corfu and the mainland,
with its territory, double harbor, fort,
and 4,000 inhabitants.
At the recent wedding of a Bavarian
officer, 1S1 of his brother officers claimed
the right to kiss the bride. She respond
ed to each smack, and wasn't tired the
least bit.
Two small boys, cousins, amused
themselves by throwing stones at each
other in Uagetstown, Md., ntitil one of
.1 .i.:ii..j ti. u-.t.
tin-in Hia amcu. iiirjr vcio ir.'iu rs j
good natured in the contest.
If there is sa tlysinm cw earth
it must exist in a connty of Virginia,
tbe clerk of which reports thit there is
neither lawyer, or doetoc, nor preacher
within its precincts, ncr has been for
twenty one years past.
Lucy King, of Fond du Lar, became
engaged to six young farmers, and on a
certain day called them together and told
them to fight for her baud. She mar
ried tbe remuant of a man, who was left
standing at the conclusion of the contest.
A white girl aged 4 years, was mur
dered in the woods near Lynchburg, Va
on the 12th iust. by a colored bor seven
U Tl, w.. t....A ;.K I,...
head beaten iu, and a LI xxly club by
her side. Tho boy confessed that he
i
i killed her because she refused to give
him a white marble.
Abl,ut t9B x?a . Nathan Miller
w,' live8 OD l'k Lawrencc
COU!,,r' went owt and Sot 8 me firewood,
am,mS which Vila a lrgo. black log,
wbicb he ""''l'0! the 1"'1 fireplace.
U1 t,,at da7 ,ue fire bam ! e log
!lt a smoulder. The next day it blazed
uutill it became to hot for some hideous
guests bid within, for out of if camo two
blaek snakes, each f mr feet lou, which
tho proprietor of the m insi.n. who hap-
pened to be on hand, dispatched. The
snakes had been iu the flro nearly two
days.
gear arcrti$(mrnts.
Important Kotice.
NOTICE is hereby given lo Retail Dealers.
Keepers of Eatinv Honses Kt.Dnnl.
,vc. ana all persona liable to pay a license,
that there licences are now due. and if nol
paid on or before tho 14th i'ay of June next,
they will be collected as the law d'rreeto.
W. C. LAIRD, TreaHTr.
My 21, lS73-4w
Auditor's Notice.
rpiIE Anditor appointed by the Orphans'
-a. court of Juniata county to distribute
the balance in the hands of William Van
sweringen. Executor of Alexander McClnre,
deceased, hereby gives notice lo all whom it
may concern, that he win be at bis office, in
Mifflintowu, on FRIDAY, JUNE 6th, 1873,
for the purpose aforesaid.
LUC I EN W. DOTY", Auditor.
May 21. 1873.
Auditor's Notice.
THE undersigned, appointed by the Or
phans' Court of Juniata county. Audi
tor to audit, settle, ailjuet and report distri
bution of the fund declared by Ihe decree of
said court to be in the hands of Joseph Roth
rock, Executor of the last will of Robert C.
Gallaher, deceased, hereby gives notice to
all parties interested lhreia ibat he will, for
that purpose, be at his oEce in Mifflinloen
on SATURDAY, the 7l day of JUNE, 1873
LUCIEN W. DOTY, .Wiror.
May 21, 1873.
12,000,000 ACRES !
Clieni) Furmn I .
The cheapest Land in market for sal by the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
In Ihe Great Platte Valley
3,000,000 Acres in Cealral America,
Now for sale in tracts of forty acres and up
wards on five and Tm yiab' crct.it At u ,
csirr. No advaxck ittebkst KQCiRr.n.
Mild a.id ukaltrfbl cmmatc. rsnTiLc
soil, a AnrvrtAxrg or ooo water.
THE BEST MARKET IN THE WEST!
The great mining regions of Wyoming. Col
orado, Utah and Nevada being supplied bv
Ihe farmers ie tbe I'latte Vallet.
Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres.
BEST LOCATIOSS FOR COLONIES.
FREE HOMES FOR ALL! Million, of
acres of choice Government Land open for
entry under Ihe Homestead Law, thia
Great Railroad, with good markets and all
the conveniences of an old settled country
ret pauses to purchasers of Railroad Land.
newed.tion of Descriptive Pamphlet with
new Maps mailed free everywhere.
Address o. F. Davis
Land Commit sioner U. P. R. S.
llm SVdrtrtisrianrts.
WAJT AGENT
jn OWniiljp lo rnmrw9 fop ,je m
1 2:1 ' " "W.
minister, physicians, religious anJ weulir
j papers. o other book like it pnb!i3br-i
9v per wren gimrtniee'r: a mrrt,
COWAN S CO., EightU Sr., X. Y.
DOMES'
ufTk i i mi i mm mi
TV"
ansl
to' AbtSTS n ANTED. senJ fur Cai.Wi.
i
; flomfsi!cSiw!"S Machir' Co., .New York-
iVftll AqItI T'll Tnll Y
TOrtiry '
tThe New DEPARTURE Books.
agents wanted. Exclude irrii,.,
In. book mil wll it!f. Father. Jli.h,"'
j Sitr. Br..i!ier, MinNler. Merchant. Mann'
f'tu"r' 'r?'". Miner, Mariner, an.) r0ir.
i y want it. Tn.tl, Msc,n u. Sni
I fOT circular. CflESTERMAN A WEBSTER
1 50 N"r,h Sth streel- Philadelphia. Pa.
TELEGRAPHY.
MONTY 'V"Jr f!"''. with Stencil & Key.
lUUiUll CLeck outfits. Catalegues ar4
full particulars FKEB. 8. M Si-iNrr.it, 117
Hanover St , Bosloa.
HOW 'TIS DOTE, ar the Teeret Oaf.
Mustache and Whiskers in ti dayi
This GREAT SECRET and 100 others. Caml
bleri' Tricks, Cardiology. Ventriloquism, all
in the ORIGINAL Beck sf Weaken."
Mailed fr 25 cenu. Addrea 1. C. Cl'T
LEK: Carthage, Illinois.
PATENTS OBTAINED.
No fees unless successful. No fcs in ad
vance. No charge for preliminary seareh.
Send fr circulars. CONNOLLY BROTH
ER.?, I'JS S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Tm.,
and fiMS Niil Sr.. Washington. D. C.
$5 to $20 rr ,Uy ' fAgen' w"'ed,r A
lu claues of working people, f
either ez, young or old. make, more monev
at work f'.r u in iheir spare moments or fcl't
the time than at anvlliine etne. I'articalar
tre. Address G. 8TINSOX k CO., Port-
1 lanl. .Maine.
GKTTY.xiHKG
KATALYS1NE WATER
Is the neirest approach li a specific erer dis
covered for Ilyspepsia. Neuralgia. Rheuma
tism. Gout, (Jrail. Diabetes. Kidney and
I'rinary Wsrases generally. It restores roua
cular power to the Paralytic. It enrea Liter
Compluiut, Chronic Iliarrhwt. Piles, Consti
pation. Asthma. Catarrh and Bronchitis.
Diseases of the SUin. General Debility and
Nerroits Prostration frnm Mental and l'bvir
cal Excesses. It is the Greatest Amidol
eTer discovred for Excessive Eating or
Drinking. It e rrects the toin-vh. promote
Digestion, and Relicv? the Head almost im
mediately. N' hhiKcbol 1 should be without
it. Fora'e by all Druggists.
J&Sjf-For a history of the Springs, for med
ical reports of the pnwr of the waler ver
disease, for mrrc-l:m.s cures, and for testi
monia's from distinguished mm, send for
' pamphlets. WHITNEY BROS.. General
rr,n- -e, run a, I a.
.500.000 CASH
CIFTS TO HE PAID IN FCLL.
TEE THIRD GRAND GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
ItlIIf IIIl-HI-V ofU
Will be piven fn the great hall of Library
I'.uildiiif;. at Louisville on Ti-iiat. Jitlt .
1873. at which time TUN TilOlTS ND GIFTS',
amounting lo a gram! lot il of $.'0(.rUO. all.
cash, will he distributed by lot to ticket
lii l Icrs. No reduction in amount of jifta at
this distribution, bin each eift w ill be paid
IN FILL.
OrneK or FirsitnV ani Drovr.n' Baxk,
Lupisvills. Kt.. April 7. 173. . '
Tiii in to reiify rb-.t there is in :be Far
mers' and Drovers' Bank, tu the credit at
the Third Gruid llift (Vneert for Ihe benefit
of Ihe Piihlio Library of Ky., FITS HandrClf
Tuouanl Dollars, which hvi been set apart
hy ihe Manners to pay the pifa in fulf. and
will be held by Ihe Bank and paid eat f.w
lliis piirpoe, and this purpose only.
(Sijjncd.) K. S. VEEC1I, La bier.
LIST OF GIFTS.
One Grand Cash Gift . . $100,000
One Grand Ca.sii Gift.
One Grand Caah Gift
One Grand Cash Gift. .
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
2t Cash Gifts of $1,000 each,
CD Caih Gifts of 500 "
W)Ca-h Gifts of 4m -100
Cash Gifts of 300
150 Cash Gifts of 200
5!0 Cash Gift o 100 "
P.OOO Cash Gifts of 10 "
2.1,UOn
21.0fX
lv,00
6,Ot
2J.0Oi
. 2i.0O
U,f0.
SO.OOO
30.II0O
69.001
JO, OOt
Total. 10,000 Gifts, all Cash,
,$jot,oi
Only a few tickets remain nnsold. and the
will be furnished to the first applicants at
tbe following prices: Whole tichete. $10;
halves, $5; quarters, $-.'.50; 11 wholes for
$100; 66 for $500 : 113 for $1,000.
For tickets and full information apply to
TUOS. . BRAMLETTE.
Louisville, Ky.
or, TH03. If. IIAY3 CO.,
B09 Broadway, New York.
Mar21-4w
BLATCULET IMPIDTCD
g Cucumber Wood Pump.
; Tasteless, Durable. Efficient,
. JJ and Ckap. The best Pump
for the least money. Atten-
fm ePec'"T invited to.
?tS VT'!atcu'e' ' l,eat Improved
l.ractct and ew Drop Check:
M Valve, which can be with-
drawa without removing tbe-
yl s; pump or disturbing the joints.
5,5 Also, the Corner Chamber.
which never cracks or scales, and will outlast
any other. For salo by dealers everywhere.
Send for Catalogue and Price-List.
Cua. O. Platciiliy. Mannfact'r,
iiOti Commerce St., Philada., P.
C. KOTIIItOCK,
VENT I ST,
arcAJisttorvillo. l'cnnn,
OFFERS hit professional services to tba
pnblio in general, in both branches of
hie profession operativo and mechanical.
First week of every month at Richfield. Fre
mont and Turkey Valley.
Second week Liverpool and Wild Cat Val
ley. . .
Third week Millerstava and Raccoon
Valley.
Fourth week at bis office In M'Alisterville.
Will visit Mifflin when called on.
Teeth nut ud on anv of the base, and aa
liberal as anywhere else.
Address by letter or otherwise.
Caution.
ALL persons are hereby eautioaod against
Hunting. Fishing, or iu any way tres
passing on the lands of the undersigned, in
Milford township. All persons so offending
will be dealt with to the full ezleut of tbe
! P. H. UAWN.
Mm
OjtAKA. Vt. I
Dee. 4, l72-tf '