- IIknky A. Parsons, J II. Editor Tfi li 11 Si) A V, APRIL , 17 Zuitaosa Prcsp::t3. The New York ILmrhl Jovotes over thioo ol its news culuiiins to (lie busi ness of ihe country, and editorially take? a lu-pctul view, 'ilio piili o! its deliv- ujici'it is fiiuad in the annexed ptua i;r:iph: 'Tin fi st groat impulse! to tlio rc vivnl ut biisii.or-3 is expeetad (rum the movoim nt of tlio grain reserves held in tin) West. T!i:ni is n.i branch ol busi ne s with which the unwonted security id I lie weath'T 1i:m. hj seriously inter fered. The Mato of price in the I'or oiij'ii market is favorable to largo ex poit.ttint,, and wu nro cuntidciit that n S'.iou as the softening weather pei miis the grain .-.ired in the Wet to bo np'ved nil the nerves of business will be lunched and t-i ! ui tilu t c d into moderate activity. In tiie courso of two or three weeks the navigition of the lakes and i-annls will be reopened, when cheap transportation nnd good foreign prices will impart biWuieM to that Rre.it braneh of train! which iulu.se life into a li others," 1'hj Ctjjxj Xas. The following letter from Conmiis ."ioner J'oiighis explaining :..jiue of the doubtful points in the net of Febumy Stii, eoneerning tlio f.tamp tax on i lieek.s drafts, etc , will be fouud of special interest to business men. Orpin; or Intkrxat, lUvn.irc, ' Washington-, .Mar. 10, 1S75. ) Sik; In your letter el the -1th in. slant, yon in.juiro as to the proper in terpretation of the word "vouchers" in section lo of the "Act to smoud exist ing Customs and intcruid revenue laws." etc.. approved Feb S, IS?."). You also ask the following fjuostious. First. "Are notes, drafts, and ac-e- niances when made payable at a bank, subject to a stamp tax of two ecnts, and it , does the tax apply to notes, droits, und ucei.'f.tauces, drawn or accepted prii-r to Feb. 8, 1S75, and winch have matutvil and h.-eu .aid since? S cm, I 'Dies the tax apply to i lieeks drawn hy a bank upon itself for t.'iu purpose ol paying its own dividends an 1 tin; dividends, coupons, or interest of ntiiev corporations-:"' if'iiV,7 "Are checks drawn by n State county, or city Govarriuiutit on a bank liable to this tax?" Section 15 of said net of Feb. 8, 175 rov.des: ir.at a tsi;K chcek, :;-.ir, r.'.-u-r, or viuoiier tor tiie pay ment or any bum of money what.-over, lirawo upon any ban!;, bunker, or trust company shall bo subject to a tax i-tamp in two cents. h wns understood that this cuact ment was made mainly to meet evasions of the stamp tax on cliecks by the sub siitutioa of receipts, orders ''payable one day alter date," etc., It impo.-es the tax upon checks or orders, etc , drawn on time, as well as those payable at sight, cr en demand, st also ou re ceipts and all other vouchers substitu ted for clicks, etc., as commonly used uecordiDg to the custom of banks. Sociim ! of the act of Match 3, I7.", e xempts from the tax "the re e; ipts in the receipt book of a savings bank or institution for savings, haviug no capital stock und iloiug no other bu.-iucss than receiving deposits to be loaned or invested for the sole benefit ii the parlies making such deposits, without profit or rou iteiisariori to the association or company vtkcu money is j ai l to ii,'p.it,ir on l.i.; passbook." Thi;; provision leaves tiie tux upon ul! receipt (with tho above exception) given to bunks as vouchers for the pay inent of liioni y on deposits, as imposed by section 1." of the said uet of Feb. 8, whether .rath receipts are loy&o or con tained in a book. reply to your specific questions: 1. That ii there is tiny understand i;ig between the bank and tho maker of I be notes, or acceptor of the checks, drafts, or orders payable at bank, that id I fuch notes and acceptances shall be paid by too bank and charged in the ac count ol the tinker, drawer, or acceptor, in the same manner as ordinary checks would be, huch notes and acceptances are considered liable to tho two cent t am p tax ns vouchers" fur the pay ment of money by the bunk. This ap plies to notes, drafts, etc., made drawn, or accepted jniur to Feb. 8, li7o, when paid by the bank ou or ufter tLut date. 2. This tax applies to "cheeks drawn by a bank upon itself for the purpose of paying its own dividends and the dividends, coupons, or interest of other corporal ions," or for other payments. ii Cheeks drawn by Ftate, couuty, or city olhoers in their oDieial capacity upon public funds deposited in a bank, are exempt, if said funds ure kept eperatc from any private accounts, it not being within the intuit of tho law to tax a public treasury. 1 will add with tefcreuca to some other questions, frequently proposed to this office, that orders for dividends ore subject to the tax if drawn for n definite and certain sum, but not otherwise. An ordinary certificate of deposit, used in the ordiuary manner, is not liable. Iutere.-t coupons are considered ex empt: bills ol exchange, foreign as well us inland, when drawn upon a bank, bauker, or trust company, are held to be subject to the tax, whether payable at sight or otherwise. Duplicates of bills, orders, e'c , are liable the saute eg originals, Receipts not relating to banking business, for instauce for rent, are exempt. Very respectfully. (Signed) J. W, Douglass, Commissioner. F. D. Tpppcn, Esq., President Gallatin National Dunk, New York. Au old lady down ia Georgia is looking for "them patterns of husbandry," Me has scvea marriageable daughteis. Hcpublicaa Stat Convention. Tho llepublic.UH of Ponusjltrania are requested toujsembly, by thoirdolo. gates, in tlig Opera House, in tho city of Lincaster, at noon, on WUDXrJSDAY MAY 2(.5, 1875, lor the purposa of nominating candidates for (xovcrnor and State Treasurer. Each Senatorial and Pkjpresontntivs disttict will bo cutitled to tho some rep resentation therein as they uro entitled to under tho present apportionment of Senators and Representatives in the Lcgislatuto. ly order of tho llepuuliean State Ojuimittco. HUSSHfj EltUETT. Chairman. A. WILSON NORMS, Seo'y. GEiNcRAL NOTES. Michigan thinks of utilizing convict labor in her copper mines. There arc 7,000 more women than men iu tho District of Columbia. Monroe county, Ohio, has a 425 pound girl who is still growing. Charles It. Cutler is tho I)cmocratic nominee for Governor in Connecticut. A bank, with 8.,000,000, has been organized by the Grangers of California. The total number of grnosics iu the United States is now reported at 22, 547. Pionch tho shipbuilder, has still 1.- 100 meu iu his employment ut Chester, 1'a. The prospects of the fruit crop are reported to be better than lor years past. Colorado steps into tho Union with more than one hundred mountain peuks over 1.J.UUU teet liigli. Muskingum county, Ohio, preduced last year 701. 033 pounds of butter and ;)l-i,i(lo pound of wool. The Kiinsas Legislature proposes to Uistntiuie fcJo,lUU among the destitute in its border counties. Daniel Doran, sentenced to bo ban gcd at Lock port, N. Y,. on April 2, lias been respited until April lb. l iio my church in tho county whero preaching may be heard in Irish is said to be at .Llruira, 111. Our total cotton production for the last three years reaches the enormous aggregate of ll,(.)0,U00 bales, worth auout ti.j,UUU,0U0. It is estimated that from thirty to uity per cent, ot all the attlfi in Mou tatia, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Eastern Washington, Oregon is likely to be lost irom tue seventy ot the wiutcr. The way tho Chicago saloon-keepers evade the civil-rights act and keep out Sa-.nbo is to rut up a siti, "Drinks 55, subject to discount." Tho discount for white men is 1,85 per drink. Michigan Las a comrulsory school law, but tho State Superintendent of J'.iiuoation says: have yet to learn ot its entorcemcut in a single locality it is a ucuu letter on the statutebook An Afi iean Lothario, who made per sistant attempts to ingratiate himself in tho favor ot a number of white ladies in Ashbury, Waireu county, received a coat ot tar and feathers a few nights ago. A prodigal son, finding himsslf i the jolice station at Juliet, shot himself using a goluen pocket piece for a bullet and his la.-t X for a wad. Jlis death might be culled pecuniary embarrass merit. George Crowe'l, of Gardner, Me gets 82.0C5 from Litchfield for injuries caused by au unsafe bridge in that town and Mary N.Libby 83,000 from Port land for injuries cau.-ed by a defect in tne street. Taris, Ky., April it. During the stallion show here lo-ilny Goldsmith's Abdullah, while Koiiiis aro.ind the track was met hv his full brothir- John Drighl, and the shaft ot tnc sulky drawn hy tne latter entered his breast and enme out near the top of the snoiuiicr, causing Heath iu a tew minutes. tie was valued at jaa,UU0. l ottsvillc, Ta., April 2. The riotous feeling among the miners and laborers is idci easing. During a riot at Ash land only a few shots wero fired and no damage done. A dastardly attempt was made to wreck tho cveuiug train lrotn Philadelphia, two miles below Pottsvillo, at seven iu tho cveniug. A lurge stone was rolled down the mountain side and struck the rear car demolishing it but not wrecking tho train. When tho train reached Mount Carbon, the by taiiders'asked, "Did you get throusrh? Were you not stopped?" showing that tno stone was not dislodged accidentally The outrage was doubtless tho work of the men recently discharged by tho Philadelphia und Heading Company. fl'l- li.:n it j-iiu iiiucis ul ccnuyi&iu iiaveu re suined work. North of the mountain trouble is hourly expected, and a num ber of colliers in the Shamokin district struck ycsterd.iy for the basis of 1874, Others are still running, the operators agreeing to pay on that basis. All the coal now gei;ig to market comes from the;-c collieries. -'kw Mail anu Shoe Roui c. Notwith standing ilia advent of railroad liua, tho old fashioned stage is BtiU a couveniouce aal necessity iu the wiy.of intercourse and travel firough some parts of the country. The route between Smjthpjrt and Km is a want which has lon bjeu fell, aud ii uow we are glad to say to be supplied. Kane is one of the nwst prominent aad nourishing villajes of the county, yet un der the present travelling aoooui'noJatium it is a long jouruey to the couut seat, un ltcs by private csnveyance. Some months ago the Government established a daily maitroute between the two places, and called for bids. Mr. E. V. Cludwick, the. present owner of the route from here to Larrabee, obtaiuci the ojutract at $173 per year. Upon tiie oqeulnj of Ilia Mo Keun & Bu.T.do road to the publio Ms present route will undoubtedly ba a ban doned. He will theu givo his euiire atten tion to theKano route, and the experience of the past is sufficient assurance that with good horses, good stages aud prompt at leutiou he will make it a pleasant and popubr route. McKcaa Miner. GENERAL NOTES. Oencrnl Sheridan Is at Mew Orleans, it is supposed on account of tho Mexico- Texas tionbles. Tenoning convicts trade Is the only orl of compulsory education against which mere is no onjeotion. A number of professionals hnvo arrived at Chicago to pnnioipato iu tho Westero billiard tournament this week. Tho prizes aggregate $ 2,000. A duel is reported to he impending in 81. Louis between Silas Hutchinson, of tho Vintwtch, and James Hyde, of the Repub lican, newspapers. The trouble arose .rom a praolical joke. Gen. Bhormm states that tho German girls taken from tho Indians will bo pro vided for for lifo by tho Government. The Indians who massacred tiie girls parents will be sent to Florida and held as prison era of war. The managers of Dexter Park. Chicngri, havo concluded to give two race Mooting in July, the prizes to aggregate $20,0O). Efforts are botng in ado to scoure the atten dance of Bodino, Occident and Goldsmith Muid. Fall lliver, April 0. A dispatch re ceived from Warren, U. 1., says the mule- jpiuncrs thero have turned out on Btriko, owing to tlio manufacturers declining to give buck tiie leu per cent. The commission of John E. New, of In diana, to be Treasurer of the Uuilcd States, to tako ell Vet from Juno iiOtli next, was signed by the President last Monday, and forwarded to Mr. Jlew nt Indianapolis. A Ilnneor, Pa., special, gives an account. of a brutal outrage by Welsh miners iu I ho strike upon William Hughes, a miner who refused to quit work. They blackened I heir faces, surrounded his house nt mid night, dragged hiui from his bed through the snow and belt him nearly dead Willi clubs, inflicting injuries which will likely provo ialal Washington, April 6. Information ro ceived by tho Bureau of Statistics shows that during the month of Mach, 1 H i fi, there arrived at the port of New loik 0,477 immigrants, of whom 4.203 were males and 2,274 fcmaler. During the month of March, 180-1, 0,058 immigrants arrived, 4,018 being malos and 2,01d fe males. New York, April 5. John Bingham was tried in the Court of General Sessions to day ou a charge of bigamy. Doth his wives were iu the court room. He pleaded guilty and retused to change the li'ea. The Recorder asked him w hich he would prefer, to oe discharged to live with Ins two wives, or sentenced to fctate l'risou for three years The prisoner promptly expressed a prefer ence to be locked up, aud the Judge sen fenced Bingham to Slate Prison for three years at hard labor. New York, April 3. .A Pottsvillo special says. Iliere were no bci-ious outbreaks among the miners yesterday, but au inse cure lccling continues, At shamokin the cxcitcmcut is at fever heat. The strikers have compelled the working miners to cease work at Ceutralia. Incendiarism was alteirptcd at Tusoarora, but fortu nately was unsuccessful. Bands of armed and unarmed men aro wandering around anu assaults and depredations are not un frequent. The Workinjman, tlio strikers' olhcial onicial organ, calls upon them to preserve peace and quietness until the end, which is believed to be near, when victory for the strikers is projected Presid .nt Welsh, of tho Laborers' Ucuevo' volent Assooiatioo, publishes an appeal to tno sinners to observe law and order. IXECUTOIVS NOTICE. Letters testa I jmcntary of the last will oud tcstamcn ot Phillip Meyer late of Bcnziuger township Elk County Pa., deceased, having been granted to John Ulcichsiier, of said town ship, all persons indebted to said estate are requested toinyke payment, and those hav ing claims ur demands will make knjwn the same to the undersigned without de lay. JOIIIIGLEICIISNEU, Executor Beminger, Feb. 23, lb7o nltO. A LLEGIIESY VALLEY RAIL 110 AD LOW-GRADE DIVISION; On aud after MONDAY, NOV. 23, 187-1, trains between lledbank and Driftwood will run as follows; WESTWARD. EXPRESS and MAIL will leave Drift wood daily at 12::i0pm, lteynoldsvillc at IJ:20 p ni, Brookville at 4:0-3 p m, arriving at ivedoanK at o:iz p m, connecting with Express on Main Line for Pittsburgh. MIXED WAY leaves Keynoldsville daily hi o;ju a m, uiuoKvuie ai o:iu a in, arriv nig at lledbank at ll:uO a m, connecting wnn iraius norm and eouui on Muin Line. EASTWARD. EXPRESS and MAIL leaves Redbank daily at 12:20 a in, arrives at Brookville nt 2:o4 p m, Keynoldsville at 3:20 p m, Drift wood at 0:10 p in, connecting with trains esst ana west on t' and t, ltailroau. MIXED WAY leaves New Belhlc'm daily at b:uo p m, arrives at lirookvilJe at o:ua m, Reynoldsville at 7:30 p m. MAIN LINE On and after MONDAY, NOV 23, 1874 trains on the Allegheny Valley Railroad will run as follows: BUFFALO EXPRESS will leave Pitts burgh daily at 7: Jo am, Redbank Junction at 10:47 a m, and arrive at Oil City at 2:40 p m. NIGHT EXPRESS will leave Oil city at 'J:05 p m, Redbank Junction at 2:55 m, and arrive at Pittsburgh at 7:20 a m. T1TUSV1LLE EXPRESS leaves Pitts burgh at 3:00 p m, Redbank Junction at 6;25 pm, and arrives at Oil City at 10:20 p m. Returning, leaves Oil City at 8:30 a iu, Redbank Junction at 12:11 an, and ar rives at Pittsburgh at 3;45 p IB. J. J. LAWRENCE, General Superintendent. Wm. M. TniLLirs, Ass'l Supt., Brookville Pa. OAS UJEP TIO.V C Ult EU. To the Editor of Elk Co Auvocatk- ESTEKMKD l-'ltlEKD. Will you please inform your readers that I have a positive CURE FOR CONSUMPTION and all disorder of the Throat and Lungs, and that, by its use in my practice, 1 have cured hundreds of cases, and will give $1,000 CO for a case it will not benefit. Indeed, so strong is my faith, I will send a SAMPLE FREE, to any sufferer addressing me. Please show this letter to any-, one you may know who is suffering Item these diseases, and oblige, Faithfully Tours, DK. T. F. BCRT. 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Thus Incipient disrase la changed Into health, Ihe value nf w hich eliauga when reckoned on tho vat multitudes who enjoy It, rn hardly ho computed. Their sugar ronting mnKcs mem pieasnni. io innc. nnu preserves ineir virtues unimpaired for nny length of time, so Hi, -it Uiev am ever fresh, nnd iicrl'ectlv reliable. Although searching, they nro mild, and oiici-nto without disturbance to the constitution, or diet, or occupation. Full directions are given on the tmppcr to each box, how to use them a Family Phytic, and fur tho following complaints, which these Villi rnpidlv cure : For lvii-iiit or nllirrtlon, IltlM new, I,'iiiruor and . ot Apnvtitr .tlicy should lie taken motlci-nlcly to stimulate Hie stom ach, nnd restore Its benlthv tone nnd action. For JitTfr Complaint nnd its various symp toms, imiiwu SeuilMcIic, SiiiU II !. eke, JaniMlIco or dirrrn Silt kn-. 1MI ! Colic and IJIIlou Fpvfn, they should bo Judii-iously taken for each case, to correct tho diseased action or remove the obstructions w Inch cnuso it. For l.vfntorr or mart-bora,' but ono mild do"e'is generally required. For llhruinittinni. 4ont, Oran l. Pnl nirutlon of th Hettt-t, t'aln In tun fclile. Hul k and Io(n, they should lie contiu. uoui-ly taken, as reiuired, to change the diseased action of tho system. Willi such change thoso complaints disappear. For lroir unit Iropicil Swelllng-n, they should lie taken in large nnd frequent dosed to produce the effect nf n drastic purge. For Mupiirt'Mnlon, n large doso should tie taken, as it produced the desired eQ'ect by sym pathy. As a Ttlnttxr rill, tnko one or two J'llla, to promote digestion and relieve Iho stomach. An ocensional dose stimulates the stomnch nnd bowels, restores tlio appetite, and invigorates tho system. Hence it is often advantageous where no serious derangement cxistn. Ono who feels tolerably well, often llnds that a dose if theno Villa makes him feel decidedly better, from their cleansing aud renovating effect ou liiu digestive apparatus. PREPAKED nr Dr. J. C. AVER & CO., Vractical Chemists, LOWELL, 31 ASS., V, 8. A. FOB SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS LVEKYWllEEE. !. FOOTE, M.D. . 120 Leiiaitoii Avenue, ' Cot. 2.2SthSt.,. NEW YORK, An Independent Physician, TREATS ALL FORMS OF CHH0NIC DISEASE, AND RECEIVES Letters from all parts oj the Civilised World. BY HIS ORIGINAL WAY CF MMine a Helical Praclics HE 13 TREATING Numerous Patients in Europe, tho West Indies, the Dominion of Canada, and in every State of tho Union. A&VICE GIVEN BY WAIL FREE OF CHARGE, No mercurial medicine or deleterious drags used, Hnt during th past twenty years trentctd BuccenB fully nearly or quite 40,JUO cases. Ail facts con nected with each case are carefully recorded, whether they bo coruminicated by letter or in person, or observed by the Doctor or his associate physicians. The lattor are all scieutiQo luodicul men. All invalids at a distance are required to answer an extended list of plain questions, which will bo furnished by mail free, or nt tho ofllce. A com plete system of registering prevent mistake or confusion. Case books never consulted, except by the physicians of the establishment. For frco consultation send for list of questions. A sixty-page pamphlet of evidences of success Sent free also. j . Addrtu Dr. E. 13. FOOTE, Bok 788, New Yorli. AGENTS WANTED. Da. Fooie la the author ot " Medical Com mon Sense," a book that reached a circulation ol over 950,000 copies; also, ot "Plain Home Talii," more recently puultthuil, which has sold to the extent ot 70,000 copies ; also, ot " Science IN SlOliT," which is now being published lu series. 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