Editor
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1873.
The Country Fress.
Just now several papers tre discussing
the relative merits of the city and
country papers during the last campaign,
generally drawn out by a remark at
tributed to Congressman Scofield, which
we believe he did not make in the shape
generally represented. Among these is
the Pittsburgh Commercial, whose
editor, as Chairman of our State Com
mittee, conducted our State canvass.
Among other things be says :
To those who watohed closely the de
velopments of the campaign as it pro
greased, who noted ever separate item of
encouragement and discouragement at a
time when to most eyes everything looked
dark and gloomy, the one faet that rose up
predominant over all was the fact that the
Republican papers of the State were un
touched by the leprosy of political nclenn
lin'ss, and were not only uninfluenced by
the defection ef the Tribune and Prett, but
formed a phalanx whose lines ceuld not be
broken. That was the first that imparted
substantial hope to the eanvnss, and gave
confidence to those upon whose shoulders
the heavy work of the campaign fell. The
honor of that firm and decisive eland be
longs of right to the Republican press of
the estate, ana Congress made a very un
worthy return for it when, in the petty
spite it felt at having to abolish the Frank
ing Privilege, it vented its ill will on the
country papers by repealing the law au
thoring these papers to circulate, free of
postage; in the eounty where pu'iehed.
It is possible that the Commercial
and other journals are mistaken in at
tributing the blow at the country press
to "spite." Judge Scofield thinks it
more a blunder than a design. He
says the purpose was among Congress
men generally to keep both city and
county papers as they were the city
dailies to pay and tho county papers to
go free. They generally supposed the
bill was in that shape till after the ad
journment, and it is probable that the
change against the country papers was
owing to the carelessness ot the Con
ference Committee in the haste and con
fession of the last days of tie session.
Verv likelv it will be corrected at the
0
next session. At all events let each
paper urge upon its Congressmen the
propriety of this and possibly a few
other chaoses whioh will leave the law
abolishing the franking privilege about
as it should be. Warren Mail.
OENERALNEWS.
California has ripe oherrics.
England's navy costs $50,000,000
annually.
Boston is said to be full of unem
ployed English mechanics
Boston's first order for postal cards is
ten million!
"Thirty solid miles of logs" rsported
of Au Gres river, Michigan.
A woman six feet four inches high
etiides about Burlington, Iowa.
Flour at Walla Walla, Washington
Terrftory, is $3 per barrel.
The two granges at Med ford, Minn.,
propose the erection of a steam flouring
pull.
A bee farm is to be started in Carroll
county, Iowa, commencing with seventy
five swarms.
A thousand medical students have
graduated in the United States this
spring.
It is estimated that there are upwards
of 173.0C0 amateur billiard players in
New York city.
The chairs in the Ilouse of Repre
sentatives did not Bell as well as those
wbp sat in them.
The financial editor of a State paper
3uetes "Legislators easy, and in fair
emsnd, at 1 100."
A libel is going the rounds, to the
effect that three-fourths of the Boston
women wear false teeth.
A lady 96 years old, in New Hamp
shire is suffering from the whooping
cough and teething at the same time.
Chicago's taxes this year fur city,
eounty and State purposes, will bo ten
millions of dollars.
A Tennessee man wrote his will on a
paper collar, and it passed trough pro
bate as well as any other will, though a
little unhandy about filing.
Thos. B. Newman, reported to have
amassed 1250,000, was removed from a
wretched hovol in Buffalo to the hospital,
where he died.
An exchange says, a gentleman up
town has named his dog Fenny because
It was one sent to him, and has con
tinual mills with the cat.
The peculiarity of a Peoria ghost is,
that it nightly steals away with a scuttle
ot coal and two sticks of oord wood.
A Illinois weekly paper has this
motto: "Give us pork and -potatoes and
we will move the world." Archimedes
might have said that, but he didn't.
There are in Pennsylvania 675 manu
facturers of cigars, who turn out up
wards of 5,200,000 annually, and 36
manufacturers ot chewing and smoking
tobacco and snuff, the value of whose
products reaches annually 9854,000.
7tr -fifteen years Mr. R. Lee Craw
ford, of Estill eounty, Kentucky, has
had a cedar coffin in his house in which
he wished to be buried. . Last fall he
bought a suit of clothes which he kept
in the coffin for the same purpose. A
few days ago lie dropped dead, and the
articles referred to were found to be
'bandy things to have in the house."
Uenrt A. Parsons, Jr.
Cherryvale, in Latelle county, Kansas,
is in a terrible state of excitement over
the discovery of a series of atrocious
murders by a family named Bender.
No less than thirteen people were butch
ered while stopping at the small hotel or
tavern kept by the Benders. In every
case the skull of tho viotim was crushed
in, the throats cut, and the Icatures mu
tilated. From time to time persons
have mysteriously disappeared in this
section ot Kansas, anion if them Dr.
William II. Yorke, brother of that
other Yorke, famrms for his penetration
of the guilty seercts ol Pomcroy, aud
his betrayal in the supreme moment ol
the Senatorial crisis of tho trusts con
fided to his keeping. At last suspicion
fell on the Benders, who at onco took
flight. They had lived in this sequest
ered place for some time, distrusted and
feared by all the vioinago. A search
was made of their dwelling. Tho gar
den was dug up, and tho scene that met
the gate of the workmen was horrible
beyond description. Thirteen graves
were found, and thirteen butchered hu
man beings were brought forth from
theii bloody resting place, some of them
so frightfully mutilated as to make the
sex a matter of doubt. The whole
country is aroused over the awful reve
lation, 89 nothing like this sickening
series of crimes has ever been recorded
in the whole history of the Union. The
presumed incentive to murder in all the
cases was plunder, and there is reason
to believe that the victims had all been
lured into the tavern of the Benders for
the purpose of robbery and assassina
tion. It is not strange that the commu
nity in which these atrocities were com
mitted is greatly excited, and, as the
telegraph states, that a man who was
supposed to bo implicated in them was
put to torture by the infuriated people.
Detectives are on the trail of the Ben
ders, with authority from the Governor
of Kansas to hunt them down, and cap
ture them dead or alive. It is to be
hoped they will speedily be caught and
punished as their terrible crime deserves.
-
Civil war and anarchy has reigned
fur over a week in Louisiana. Private
despatches to correspondents at Wash
ington and regular press telegrams show
an alarming condition of affairs. Bat
tles have been fought in the bayous be
tweeu Kellogg 's Metropolitans and the
tax-resisters In all about a dozen lives
were sacrificed. How tu my more men
will be killed, or where the troubles will
finally eod, is hard to judge. On Con
press beyond doubt rests the blame.
Had that body heeded the advice of the
President, and adopted some measures
for the preservation of peace and pre
ventation of bloodshed in Louisiana, the
State to-day might be tranquil in every
section. Congress failed, however, to
do anything, and Governor Kellogg
started out with the determination to
crush the McEnery party, but he finds
this more difficult than he anticipated.
The McEnery patty is armed and arm
ing, and in many parts of the State it is
reported they will be able to offer suc
cessful resistance to Kellogg's forees.
Up to this time Governor Kellogg has
not called upon the President of the
United States in the way prescribed by
the Constitution for assistance, and ac
cording to the last decision of Acting
Secretary of War Robeson, General
J'Jniory is not authorized to use tho na
tional troops unless to secure the service
of process issued by tho United States
courts.
According to the latest news from the
lava beds, there should be no further
delay in bringing the Modoc war to a
satisfactory end. It is stated positively
that the Indians are out ot the lava bed-,
and there is good reason to believe that
they have but little ammunition left.
Having bis enemy in the open cnuuiry,
and comparatively unarmed, (jeueral
Davis will be expected to speedily con
clude the work he has in hand. The
Modocs are undoubtedly determined to
resist to the last, and the desperate at
tack they made upon the camp of
soldiers recently is auother indication
that they will fight until exterminated.
General Davis is apparently convinced
that there is but one way to entt the
trouble, since he promises to keep the
Modocs moving until tho last one is
killed. There being no other possibility
of peace, it is to be hoped this, pledge
will be quickly and fully redeemed.
President Grant has announced that
he will not appoint a successor to Chief
Justice Chase until after the meeting ol
Congress, assigning as his reasons that
the subject is so important that it re
quires much consideration, and it is his
intention to deliberately select a ceotle
man who will be generally acceptable tu
the entire country ; besidfs there is no
immediate necessity for acting, there be-
mg no judicial business whieh now re
quires the attention of the Chief Justice
the deceased himself not intending
to go on bis circuit during the recess ot
the eourt. It is the President's wish
that the nominee shall bo confirmed by
the Senate before entering upon the
duties of his office. Rumor is busy with
the names of Senators Conkling and
Edmunds, both ot whom have hereto
fore been understood to be aspirants for
the Chief Justiceship. It is also said
that Attorney General Williams is a
candilate. There is said to be a stroug
pressure on the part of a number of
eminent political men ot both parties
in tavor ot Unas. U Conor.
lie shall not gain who never merited
The new class at West Point is the
largest which the institution has ever
admitted.
An Iowa woman put a couple dozen
of eggs into her bed so they shouldn't
freeze while she was absent a few days,
and oo her return home late at night
bounced into bed and bent them so
fearfully out of shape that she was
obliged to remove them with a coal
shovel and a chin. But not one of
them was frozen.
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Howe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold
Pen. Repairing Watches, eto, done with
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YDE HOUSE,
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W. II. SCI1RAM, ProDrictor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
so liberally bestowed upon him, the aw
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tention to the comfort and convenience of
guests, to merit a continuance ol tie
same.
Oct 30 18C0.
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HK OLD RUCKTAIL'8 HOTIL,
Kane, MoKean Co., Pa
R. E. LOOKER, Proprietor.
Thaukful for the patronage heretofore !
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prielor, hopes, by paying strict attention
to the comfort and convenience of guests.
to merit a continuance ot tbe same, iba
only stables fur horses in Kane and well
kept night or Uuy. Jiall attached to the
Hotel. vinzayl.
11 ALL & 13RO
Attorneys - at - Law
ST. MARY'S,
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JOINQ. UALL JA8. K. P. HA.L1
KERSEY HOUSE,
Csnthsvilli, Elk Co., Pa.
Jqhn Collins, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
so liber illy bestowed upon him, the aew
pro prietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tention to the comfort and convenience
of guests, t merit a continuance of the
same.
JAMES PENFIELD,
(Successor to W. C. Healy,)
DEALER IN
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REYNOLDS VILLE & BROCKWAY VILLB
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Hacks leave the Exchange Hotel ia
Reynoldville every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday on tbe at rival of the Broosville
stage, and return the same day. These
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trains on the P. & . Road, both east and
west. Every attention to the comfort ot
patrons of this line will be given, and a
liberal patronage solicited.
Aug. 18-72U.