G. A. RATHBUti,
Attorney-at-law,
Bidgway, Pa. 2 2 tf.
HALL & M'CAULEY,
Attorneys-at-Liw.
Office in New Brick Building, Main St
Ridgway, F.Ik Co., tfa. 3n2lf.
L UCORE & HAMBLEN.
Attorneys-at-Law, Ridgway. Elk
County Pa. Office across the hall from
the Demochat establishment. Claims
for collection promptly attended to
Jne. 16 '70.
J, 0. 1. BAIL EY,
ATTORNEY-AT' LAW.
vlnZoyl. Ridgway, Elk County, Pa.
Agent for the Traveler' Life and Acoi
dent Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn.
JAMES D. FULLER TON,
Surgeon Dentist, having permanently lo
cated in Rigway, offers his professional ser
vices to the citiieus of Ridgway and sur
rounding country. All work warranted.
Office in Service & Wheeler's Building, up
Btairs, first door to the left, 73-n-8lMy
G. G. MESSENGER,
Druggist and Parmaccutist, N. W. cornea
of Maui and Mill streets, Ridgway, Pa.
full assortment of carefully selected For
eign and Domestic Drugs. Prescriptions
carefully dispensed at all hours, day or
night. vln3y
T. S. HARTLEY. M. I).,
Physician ana Surgrnn.
Ollice in bi ug Mure, corner Broad aud
Main Sir, Resilience corner Broad St.
opposite the College. UHice hours liom
8 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M.
vlu-Jyl.
J. S. U ON I WELL, M. 1).,
Ecloctio Physician and Surgeon, has remov
ed his ollice lrom Owic street, to Mait st.
Ridgway. Pa,, iu lie second story of the
lies brick building of John 0. Hall, oppo
site Hyde's store,
Omec hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 o 9 P M
HYDE HOUSE,
Ridqway, lk Co., Pa.
W. H. SCII HAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
so liberully bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict ai
tendon to the comfort and convenience ( I
guests, to merit ti continuance oi the
same.
Oct 30 130'.!.
KERSEY HOUSE,
Centbbville, Elk Co., Pa.
John Collins, l'toprictor.
Thankful for the patronage heretotor
eo liber illy bestowed upon him, ihe new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
teutiou to the coiulort acd convenience
of gu.-sts. t merit a continuance of the
Eame.
J'. II. HAYS,
HEAt.K., IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries,
and General Variety,
FOX, ELK CO., PA.
vl n ITtf.
E. K. ftKKSH,
Dealer in all hinds of cabinet waiv,
wooilaml fane scut chairs, kitchen ami
'Xtention tables, wood and marble top
stands, wood una marble toj inirciuis.
what nots, looking glumes, wood and
marble top chamber suits, mal I reuses,
npi'lng bed liot loins, lied steads, cribs,
Liaferty's ntctitl lined wood pumps,
5cc, &c. Cane scats replaced with
perforated wood scats. Weed sewing
machine reduced lrom ?0" lo 84-i, the
best machine in the market, and pic
ture frames made to order. Also a
larire assorted stock of ready made
coliins constantly on hand and trim
med at shortest notice. All the above
goods are sold at panic prices. Ware
Kooius in masonic building, Ridgway
I'd. v.in49tpUtpr27'77.
CHARLES HOLES,
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the
Howe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold
Fen. Repairing Watches, etc, docewith
he same aceuracy as heretofore. Satis
faction guaranteed. vlnly
WORK FOE THE UNEMPLOYED,
The Thistle Edition
is the only fully Illustrated Edition of
Sir Walter Scott's
WAVERLEY NOVELS
of American make, and is "the best
edition of the best English novelist."
The books are standard, and w ill sell
for all time. The mechanical execution
is of the best. The price is of the low
est. Agents wanted eveywhere, to
whom liberal terms and exclusive ter
ritory are offered.
Forty-eight volumes, averaging 400
pages each, and containing nearly
2,000 illustrations will complete the
series. Subscribers supplied with two
volumes (a complete work) monthly,
Elbves Months1 Deliveries (21 vol
umes) are now ready. Price-in cloth
gilt extra per volume $1.50; Half Tur
key gilt top $2.25. For terms etc. ad
dress E. J. HALE & SON Publishers
17 Murray Street Hew York.
JOB rORK. We are now prepared
to do all kinds of JOB WORK,
.Kuvelepes, Tags. Bill-heads, Letter beads
neatly and ehesply executed. Offiee in
Thayer li Hagerty's new building, Mai
etrfet Ridywav. la.
THURSDAY, JULY 20TH, 1876.
Sates of Advertising.
One column, one year $75 00
i " " " 40 00
1 " " " 26 00
i ' ' 1 A Aft
Transient advertisements per square of
eignt imes, one insertion $1, two Inser
tions, $1.60, three insertions, $2.
Business cards, ten lines or less, per
year 99.
Advertisements payable quarterly.
Arrival and Departure of Malls.
Eastern Daily except Sundays; ar
rives at p. m., leaves at o:iu p. m.;
Western Daily except Sundays;
leaves ai z:zz, arrives at o:iu p. m.
Brookvllle Dally except Sundays
arrives at 12 m., leaves at 2:30 p. m.
Spring Creek Arrives Tuesdays and
inursuays at u a. m.; leaves Wednes
days and Fridays at 9 a. m.
Lodge Meetings.
Elk Lodge. No. 379. A. Y. M.. meets
the seeond and fourth Tuesdays of
eacn moiiin in masonic iiaii.
meets the third Tuesday of each month
in masonic nail.
Knapp Cominandcry, No. 40, K. T.
meets the fourth Thursday of each
month in Masonic Hall.
omit y Officers.
President Judge-Hon. L. D. Wet more
Associate judges Hons. J. K. Whit"
more, Chas. Luhr.
Sheriff Daniel Scull.
Treasurer Jacob McCauley.
District Attorney J. K. P. Hall.
Co. Superintendent Geo. It. Dixon.
Prothonotary, &c Fred. Schcenlng.
Deputy Protnonotarv W. H. Horton.
Commissioners Miclmel Wedert, W.
H. Osterliout, George Reuscher.
Commissioners' Clerk W. S. Horton.
Auditors W. H. Hyde, It. I. Spang
ler, Ueorge Rothrock.
Township Officers.
Judge of Election Will Dickinson.
Iusnectors James Peufield. P. 11.
Smith.
Justices of the Pence Cliiirlon Miuul
Jas. D. Fullerton.
Splionl Dirnptnt O 11 Hrnut .Tnu
Gardner, (. T. Wheeler. N. T. Cuni-
mings, w. B. Service, Eug. J. Miller.
rwpervisurs J. u. v lien, Jas. it l ley.
Treasurer W. II. Hyde.
Assessor M. S. Kline.
Assistant Assessors Geo. Diekinsmi.
John Walnisley.
Auditors J. H. Hagcrtv, James Pen
field, J. S. Powell.
Clerk M. s. Kline.
Constable J. W. Morgester.
Churches.
Lutheran Rev. I. IJrcnneinan, pas
tor. Services every alternate Sunday,
in both English and German, ut 11 a.
in. and 7 ). in. Sunday school at 10
a. m. Geo. Walker, Superintendent:
J. O. W.Hailejv assistant.
Grace Episcopal Rev. Win. James
Miller, rector. Services every Sunday
at the usual hours, 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. in. Ail are
cordially invited to attend. Scats free.
Methodist Rev. Wm. Martin,
pastor. Services every Sunday at 11
a. in. anil i p. m. Sunday school at
U:'Su a. in. v. jo. I)iiluil,v, superin
tendent; Geo. It. Dixon, assistant.
1 oung Polks' Bible Class at 3 p. m.
Roman Catholic-Rev. Father Ma her
pastor. Services every other Sunday
at 10 a. m.
NEW TIME TABLE P. k E. R. R.
Commencing Sunday, July 2nd, 1 S70:
wucox.
Mail East 4: .'1 7 j m
" West 2:47 p m
Phila. lOxpress East !I:.j8 p m
Erie Express West :'M u m
Day lOxjiress East .... ! 7 II 111
Niagara Express West 8:3:1 p m
IIIDUWAT.
Mail East 5:12 p m
Mail West 2:11 p m
Phila ICxpress East 10:28 p m
Erie Express West 5:00 a m
Day Express East 7:00 a m
Niagara Express West 7;ol p m
ST. MABY'S.
Mail East 5:37 p m
Mail West 1:46 p in
Phila. Express East 10:48 p m
Erie Express West 4;i!(J a m
Day Express West 7:23 a m
Niagara Express West 7:21 p m
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
Board of Directors of Jones School
District for the year ending June, 1876
SCHOOLS.
Whole number of schools 6
Average number of months
taught 7 3-5
TEACIIEllS.
No. male teachers employed.. 4
" female " " .. 2
SCHOLARS.
No. male scholars attending
all schools HO
" female " " 118
Average daily attendance of
scholars 190
Percentage of attendance - 80
TAXES LEVIED.
Amount school tax levied $2,150 00
building tax levied 600 00
RECEIPTS DURING YEAR.
State appropriation 279 93
From collectors 471 91
Collected by treasurer 1,1(J8 73
From County treasurer 67 60
Total
J2.078 07
EXPENDITURES.
Repairs 190 60
Teachers' wages 1,825 00
Fuel and contingencies
OM 1A
....... ... 4-
Treasurer's commission ... .
60 20
Secretary's salary 80 00
Cash in treasurer's hands 19 95
Total $2,363 75
Expenditures over receipts... $285 68
RESOURCES.
Taxes due from all sources...- $3,419 95
LIABILITIES.
Orders outstanding
, $2,891 22
Resources over liabilities $528 73
Value of real estate of district $7,000
A. T. ALDRICH, President.
Attest :
J. L. Brown, Secretary.
Jones, June 19th, 1876.
A GOOD WORK.
A Startling Oiuse of Debility and Sick
ness fully explained in a large octavo Trea
tise by Dr. O. PHELPS BROWN, 21
Grand Street, Jersey City, N. J. EVERY
MAN AND WOMAN who is ailing in any
way should send and get a copy at once, as
it is sent free, prepaid by mail. Address
the author a above. vUnl240t
LOCAL NOTES.
Warm.
Good hny wenther now.
Tm days are growing shorter.
If nothing else grows weeds will.
The warm weather still continues.
Green Apples are now in market.
Township road orders are being
paid.
Cucumbers will soon be ready to
pick.
The Wilcox oil well is down 2000
feet.
Stripped hose for ladtesare now fash
ionable. No one complains of an abundance
of money.
Now we commence another hun
dred years.
Huckleberries now sell for ten
cents a quart.
There are several coses of scarlet
fever In town.
Thb shade trees about town are
growing finely.
J. D. Parsons is now shoemaking
for J. S. Powell.
Iob Wateb is not a healthy drink
this hot weather.
HccKLEBKRRiBs are said to be very
plentiful this year.
Children should not be allowed to
swing on the shade trees.
Company II paraded last Saturday
afternoon in full uniform.
Send us fifty cents nnd try the Ad
vocate for three months.
Red-rasfdrrries are selling in this
market at ten cents a quart.
The festival for the benefit of Rev.
I. Breneman netted $105 07.
The seat under the maples at the
post office is well patronized.
Boys take to the water as naturally
as ducks this warm weather.
Jerome Powell's farm house is re
ceiving a coat of white paint.
W. H. Hyde's fence fronting his
residence bus been repainted-
The summer of 1876 is noted for
the hottest weather known in the past
fifty years.
The supervisors have done a good
job of grading on the west end of
South street.
The burning of brush after night is
a penal offense in this State, punish
able by a fine of $20.
Roar. Campuell is having his west
side room fitted up with large glass
front and black-walnut counters.
The Auditors of Ridgway township
have not decided to publish their
statement in conformity with the law.
Wouldn't wonder if there would
be achance forprinting wedding cards
for some of the boys and girls after a
while,
There were, it is said, sixty double
teams besides the one-horse rigs on
the barrens last Bunnay arter liuekie
berries. The peach crop of Deleware, as is
estimated, will exceed three millions
of baskets, and all good sized and well
grown fruit.
The Ridgway Silver Cornet Band,
after having cost the citizens of Ridg
way about $2000 is now among the
things of the past.
We have received the very interest
ing volume entitled "Monthly Re
port of the Department of Agricul
ture" for May and June, 1870.
The school directors of Ridgway
township have made public (?) the
financial statement of the school dis
trict by a few written statements pasted
up about town.
In Philadelphia on the Fourth
Henry Clay was arrested for stealing
a horse and wagon, and George Wash
ington was arrested for drunkenness.
What's in a name?
$2,209 have been subscribed toward
erecting a monument to the memory
of the late General Geo. A. Custer.
The N. Y. Herald started the fund
with a $1000 subscription.
Disinfect your cess pools and out
houses if you would ward off disease.
Chloride of lime is a cheap and effec
tive disinfectant. It is cheap and
should be used without stint.
The crop of grass on Osterhout's
fiats is very heavy, and the rye on the
heights look splendidly. Mr Oster
liout proves thut he is a successful
farmer as well as a successful business
man.
Ar the Senatorial Conference of War
ren and Venango counties, held at
Warren, Thursday, Hon. C. W. Stone,
of Warren county, was nominated for
Senator. This conclusion was reuched
on third ballot.
Adjutant General Latta has just
issued an order which includes
twenty - one military companies
throughout the State, which have
failed to come up to the requirements
of the law and are therefore dis
banded. An exchange says: The New York
Board of health warns the public
against the use of a certain preparation
of meat called "cooked corn beef," put
up in tin boxes, and which haa found
its way into the markets all over the
country.
A bashful, polite man was sud
denly asked to say grace at table. He
had never done it in his life, and with
much embarrassment he Btammered
out, "O Lord, we thank you; we are
much obliged to you. Yours respect
fully, Amen."
The twenty-third annual session of
the Pennsylvania State Teachers'
Association will be held in Horticul
tural Hall, West Chester, August 8th ,
9th, and 10th 1870. County Su pt Geo.
It. Dixon, will deliver an address on
"Industrial Drawing."
Died.
Penfteld. On Thursday, July
iQtlt 1fi7A ArlnmlaBll ll'tfa flf .Tan-na
Peufield, in the forty-eighth year of
ncr age. We will give a more extended
notice of the deceased in our next issue.
Card of Thanks.
I would take this method of expres
sing my many thanks and kind regards
to my friends in Ridgway.and vicinity,
for remembering me and my family,
in providing for us at the late festival,
which netted $165.07.
I. BRENNEMAN.
Columbus, O., July 14. In the
vicinity of Lowndesvllle and Big
Prairie, Ohio, yesterday, a rain storm
in the shape of a waterspout prevailed
lasting nearly an hour, destroying
fields of wheat and carrying off nearly
a hundred head of sheep, also doing
damage to the railway track, washing
out several hundred feet of track In
some places to the depth of eight feet.
Somebody says that the rhymes to
Hayes are easy to raise whenever it
pays to honor and praise his name in
such ways; but to find rhymes to
Wheeler is a "regular squealer." An
honest, plain dealer, by way of n
feeler says a very good peeler looks out
for each stecler and every concealer;
the tapper and heeler, the sailor and
sealer in flat-boat or keeler, the spin
ner and reeler, from the banks of Gila
to the Monongnhehi, all co In for
Wheeler, That settles it. Clarion
Republican.
Important to Hotel Keepers.
The act passed by the last Legislature
for the protection of hotel, inn and
boarding house keepers, nnd restaur
ants requires that printed copies of the
act be posted in all such places before
the parties can be entitled to its benefits.
This act went into effect the 1st day of
June last, and those interested who
have not complied with its terms
would do well to look after the matter.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the Act subjects the person offend
ing to fine and imprisonment.
Printed copies of the same can be
had upon application to this office, at
moderate rates. Send in your orders.
The following is a new law enacted
by the last Legislature, which may
interest people who have kindred or
friends In the Western Pennitentiary.
It recites that it shall be lawful for the
wurdens of the penitentiaries of this
State, at their discretion, at the re
quest of any prisioner therein, or any
relative of the friends of such who
will furnish means to pay for the
same, to subscribe for any daily,
weekly, or monthly periodical, of a
moral, political or religious character;
and receive and deliver the same to
such prisoner, Provided, That such
papers and periodicals first meet the
approval of the inspector of such peni
tentiaries. Queer Taste. The Oneida N. Y.
Union of a recent date lias the follow
ing: "A little trirl trd about three
years, daughter of Smith Hubbard, of
Oxford, formerly of Smyrna came
Into the house, a few days since, with
her mouth bearing plain evidence of
having been engaged in some sort of
mischief. Upon examination it was
found that she had been in the garden
picking ami eating potato bugs. This
greiitly uliirtned her parents, who, in
common with others, believed the
potato bug to be poisonous. But the
little girl expressed her liking for
them by stating that "they cracked
like peanuts." The bugs did the child
no harm, nnd appeared not to affect
the state of her stomach in the least.
London, July 13. At a meeting of
the Erie Railway bond and stock
holders, at the Cannon Street Hotel
today, Mr. Jewett, receiver of the road,
made a statement of Its condition. He
said the plan of reorganization sub
mitted by Sir. Edward Watkin at the
meeting of stock-holders, on June 3,
was approved but he asked that one
more coupon be funded and for a few
other concessions. He proposed to
lay a third rail from New York to
Buffalo, to grudualiy wear out the old
equipment, and to replace it with
narrow-gauge equipment. He felt
sanguine of the prosperity of the
road. Many speeches followed. Mr.
Jewett's statement was well received.
Sir Edward Watkin offered a resolu
tion assuring Mr. Jewett of support
and approving the scheme with the
modification desired by the com
mittee. A Nuisance. The streets of our
beautiful village are transformed from
pleasant thoroughfares to unsightly
places by allowing every man who
wishes, to turn his cattle in the street
and allow them to gain a preca
rious living by eating the weeds that
grow on the street borders, and an oc
casional raid on the garden of some
unfortunate who may by accident
have left the gate open. To say noth
ing of the looks of a parcel of cows and
calfs in the street, and the eternal
ding-dong of the everlasting cowbells
after a man has sought his couch for
repose, after a hard day's work, the
filthy aspect of the sidewalks where
the cattle have deposited their card, is
enough to cause the whole community
to raise their hands in righteous in
dignation. If people want to raise
stock let them buy up a few acres of
our waste land aud not annoy their
neighbors with theit; cattle. .We con
tend that a person has no more right to
turn his beasts out to graze on the
streets than he has to build a fence ac-
cross the road or locate the corner of
his house In the middle of the street.
This nuisance is not tolerated in other
places, and why should we be thus
prosecuted? If we cannot have peace
any other way why not petition the
Legislature to pass a general law com
pelling stock owners to take care of
their property? But enough ror the
present, we will refer to this mat
ter more fully at some future time.
meanwhile we await the sense of the
people.
U. S. Conrf.
A CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATUS
COURTS REARRANGING THE DIS
TRICTS. An order was made by the supreme
court at its session in Harrisburg un
der an act of assembly' approved last
spring rearranging the districts
throughout the state. The urdcr
transfers from the eastern to the mid
dle district the counties of Cameron,
Clearfield, Clinton, Elk Lycoming.
McKean, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan,
Tioga, Union and Warren. The east
ern district will therefore hereafter
consist of the counties of Berks, Brad
ford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Dele
ware, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe,
Montgomery, Northampton, Phila
delphia, Tike, Schuykill, Susque
hanna, Wayne and Wyoming. For
the district there will be two special
return days for writs of error, process
and proceedings issued after the first
Monday in July of each year, first
special return day being the first
Monday in January for writs issued
before the first Monday in December,
and the second special return day the
first Monday in February for writs,
etc., issued on or after the first Mon
day in December. The order also
assigns the first eight weeks of lhe
term for the hearing of Philadelphia
cases, being two M'eeks more than
heretofore.
Philipsburg Fire No. Three.
On Friday evening, June 30th, our
neighbors had their borough placed in
jeopardy again by a disastrous fire,
which broke out in the oil-room of
Flcgal'sJ hardware store. From this
point the fire spread northward along
the turnpike leading to Bellefonte,
and southward toward the passenger
depot, consuming everything for about
two and a half squares. But for the
destruction of Taylor's hotel and
McCausland's building iu May last,
the fire would have taken a western
direction along Front street, and
where it would have ended, but for
this gap, no one can tell.
The Phillipsburg Journal gives the
following details of the properties des
troyed: "The flames swept up Prcsquc
isle street from Flcgal's hardware
store taking in rapid succession Hoop
Humes it Co's. store, Wesley Hunk's
store, nnd Hoop, Humes & Co's. office,
Haughawaut's and Flegal's residence,
Miss Flegal's milinery store, Mrs.
lekes' candy store, Faulkner's office,
Musser's tin-shop, Gray's brick build
ing, and the Moshannon House. Down
Second street, it took Matthew John
son's furniture store and dwelling,
Win. Harper's residence, and the resi
dence of Robt Taylor, residence
stables which were on these properties.
It is impossible to say where the fire
would have extended had there been
houses on the Diamond, but as there
were none on it, the fire reaching the
Moshannon House it had to abate its
fury on vacancy and finally died down
into imliM unit uiimko. Haul rights
were made at Kessler's building and
the buildings of A. J. Dress and E. C.
Bender, Presqueisle street, and only
by the fire being within the brick
wall, was the latter building saved.
Only by determined labor and fearless
daring were the buildings on the op
posite side of Laurel street, consisting
of the bakery and some other build
ings, saved at all; for men stood and
wet the roof and sides until they were
badly scorched."
The estimated loss is put down at
$00,000, with an insurance thereon of
probably $10,000. The origin of the
fire is unknown unless it occurred
from matches which some boys had
been playing with in the yard a short
time before. The fire was so precipitate
that Mr. Flegal lost nil his books and
papers, except the blotter and cash
book, which happened to be on the
desk. Clearfield Jirpuhlican.
Newark, N. J., July 14. Yesterday
three young Germans, brothers, named
Fiehorn, who have been known as
desperate characters for years, were ar
rested by police officers Dickerson and
Elsden for disorderly conduct. As
the officers attempted to march them
olf, the men drew revolvers and shot
Elsden dead and fatally wounded Dick
erson. Escaping from the crowd, the
desperadoes ran up street to F. W.
Dawson's tannery, in River street,
where they formerly worked. There
they culled for Mr. Meyer, the foreman,
who hud discharged them, but not
finding him, they commenced an in
discriminate firing on the shop, which
resulted in the killing of John Alburs
assistant foreman, and the wounding
of two workmen. The employees of
the shop turned out en mame and
chased the murderers towards the
river. In the pursuit the workmen
used stones and knives, striking the
murderers several times before they
reached the river. The latter leaped
into tlie water and attempted to escape
across, but were stoned to death by
the outraged workmen. The wounded
were taken to St. Michael's Hospital.
One, named Fisher, is dead; Dickerson
will not recover, the other wounded
are in a precarious state. Alburs and
Elsden have families.
The body of one of the Fiehorns has
been recovered from the river. It
shows marks of bad cutting about the
wrists. Men are now engaged in
dragging for the others. The shooting
had no connection with the recent
labor troubles here. The murderers
were desperute characters, and shot
innocent men out of mere deviltry.
During the excitement V. W. Daw
son, proprietor of the factory where
the shooting occurred, was robbed of
$2,23o in checks, which he was about
to deposit. Policeman Dickerson died
of his injuries at rive o'clock. He was
one of the colored men on the force.
The deaths number seven Policemen
Elsden and Dickerson. and the three
Fiehorns, Alburs and a workman.
Most Intense excitement prevails in
the city, and the summary action of
the workmen is generally commended-
Nominations are made in Forest
couuty by the popular vote, and the
Democratic party elections were re
cently held in that locality, G. W.
Jenks, for Congress, had no opposition,
and received 306 votes. For State Sen
ate the candidates were W. L. Corbett,
of Clarion, and John G. Hall, of Elk.
Hall received 268 votes and Corbett 46
votes. Mr. S. H. Ha&lett, of Tioncsta,
was nominated for Assembly.
STATE NOTES.
The Mercer county fair will be held
September 12, 13, 11.
The damage done by the late storm
at Bellefonte is set down at $100,000.
The Pennsylvania State building on
the Centennial grounds has been com
pleted, and now oilers free accommo
dation to all visitors from the State
who wish to rest, themselves after ex
amining the Exhibition.
The lumber shipments from Lock
Haven for week ending July 6th were
810,000 feet. The total shipments for
the year were 14,100,000 feet, a decrease
of 919,000 from the shipments for the
corresponding time last year.
A lad named Jewett Bnir, accident
ally shot himself at Rebersburg,
Centre county, on the 24th ult., while
handling a pistol. Young Buir was
In the 17th year of his age, and is said
to have been a promising young man.
His death has cast a gloom over
Rebersburg and vicinity.
Harrisburg, July 14. Gov. Hart
ran ft to-day issued the warrant for
the execution on Thursday, the 7th
day of September next, of Wm. Green,
convicted in Allegheny county on
the 0th day of December, 1875, of the
murder ot Samuel Marshall, and sen
tenced July 8, 1876, to be hanged.
The Philadelphia and ReudingConl
and Iron company announce that
there will be an advance of fifteen
cents per ton on all sizes of coal for
the month of August; and an absolute
suspension of all production of coal
in the anthracite region will take
place in each alternate week during
the month of July, commencing the
3d day of July,
A few minutes gale of wind and
rain visited Warren last Wednesday,
and made its mark quite plainly.
Chimneys were blown down, and
shade trees destroyed in a number of
places. The creek wire bridge was
blown into the water the anchor on
the Warren side giving way. Warren
lias not hud such a short and sweet
M ind storm for several years. Warren
Mail.
A cannon with which a salute was
being fired at Tioga, lust Tuesday
morning, burst at the thirteenth dis
charge, and a piece weighing some
thing over one hundred pounds was
burled high in the uir and came down
through the roof and upper floor of a
building, badly demoralizing a large
rocking chair on the lower floor, but
fortunately injuring nobody. Wels
boro Agitator.
Pittsburgh, July 14. At Freedom
Pa., a rain storm occurred yesterday
which did great damage. Crow's run,
which empties into the Ohio at this
point, was swollen to a river in size
and the houses all along its banks
were Hooded, nnd a house, owned and
occupied by Thomas LightLill, was
swept away. Mrs. Lightnill and her
four children, who were in the house,
were all drowned.
With reference to the change in
Postmasters at Erie, the Dixpati-U
(Republican) of that city says: "The
appointment of Mr. Walker is justified
by just as many reasons as the removal
of Mr. Gam unci no more. We have
no quarrel with Mr. Walker, but
simply desire to say that his accession
to the office is the result of an un
worthy combination which is sub
versive of the first principles of a pure
public service."
During the storm on Monday last, a
young man named Moore, son of
James Moore, residing near the seeond
toll-gate, between Strattanville, and
Corsica, was struck by lightning and
killed. The young man was plowing
in a cornfield, near the house, when
the storm came up. He was unhitch
ing his horse, intending to seek shel
ter, when the dread bole struck him,
killing both man und horse. He was
a young man agedubout twenty years,
highly esteemed, and the alllicted
family have our sincere sympathy.
Clarion JirjmbUcun.
The amount of tax levied in this
Borough for 1870, from all sources,
shows u reduction of over $3000.00
compared with the preceding year.
The School und Building Taxes are
reduced over $2200.00, the County and
State Tux about $1:100.00, while the
W'ater, Borough, and Poor Tuxes re
main same as last year. The assessed
valuation of property being much
lower than heretofore, the number of
mills fixed by the different branches
of our local government cannot be
compared with the old assessed valua
tion. The number of mills this year
is six more than last, but the aggregate
reduction, us shown above, is over
$,i500.0u. licnovo Record.
A German, whose nnincour inform
ant could not give, and who lives two
miles south of Harbor Creek was
seriously bitten in the abdomen by a
vicious hog he was attempting to
drive out of a field last Saturday. The
ocast ueeume enraiied ut hemic forced
along, and turning suddenly jumped
on the man, knocking him down und
inflicting a dangerous wound in the
lower part ot the abdomen. As the
man hud worked his horses hard that
day, he bound up the injured parts as
last as lie could, walked to this citv
and had the wound scientifically
dressed by a surgeon. He then walked
duck to ins nonie. rJrie Dispatch,
A rumor reached us of the commis
sion of a terrible murder, a few days
ago, nearOrangeville, in Mercer county
though the name of the victim was
not learned. A young lady school
teacher who had occasion to ko to her
school-house at an early hour in the
morning to write copies lor her pupils,
was, while writing, caught by three
men, who in turn outraged her, cut
her tongue out of her head to prevent
her telling, and left her lying on the
floor. She dragged herself to the black
board to write the nllhir out upon it,
und was found dead by the pupils. By
means of the information on the black
board a vigorous pursuit was Instituted
and all three of the miscreants were
captured before they reached their
homes, though less than three miles
from the scene of outrage. I'itltsburah
Gazette, 8th inst.
It is said that the Buffalo. Warren
& Mahoning Railroad Company have
completed their arrangements to build
a railroad from Warren to Punxsutaw-
ney, connecting at Warren with the
Dunkirk & Pittsburgh Railroad,
thence southeast through Forest and
Jefferson counties (via Brookville)
through the Reynoldsville coal busin
and Punxsutawney, a distance of about
fifty-five miles. The object of this
road is to secure a short communica
tion to New York, via. the Central,
Jamestown & Great Western Rail
roads. The distance to the last two
named is less than seventy miles, and
only about one hundred and ten miles
to Dunkirk. The coal has been, and
is now extensivelv used bv tras com
panies, and is said to be of excellent
quality, equal to the best Pittsburgh
tras coal. The com nan v have entered
into contract to complete the road to
funxsutawney oy January 1st, 1878,
It is said that the lands necessary to
complete and &toc!i this road have all
been provided for, and a contract has
iuKt been closed with a cartv for twelve
hundred coal c&rs.-Harrisburg Patriot
NEWS ITEMS.
Pnrii, hug a professor of petrifaction.
There m e 8,62 ) producing oil wells in
Pennsylvnuin.
Cucumbers ore raise! in Florida four and
a hftlf feet long.
Texas hns seven new lines of railroad in
tho course of building.
The Yale four oar rnccs nt Saratoga and
Philadelphia will consist of Kennedy, Colin,
Kellogg and Wood.
The Cily Treasurer of Dublin has gore ,
to meet Tweed, and carried with him several
thousand pounds of the city's funds
Nine gas companies, with an aggregate
capitol of $50,000,000, furnish the illumin
ating material for the city of London.
The bishops of the Colored Methodist
Episoopnl Church have appointed Friday,
August 4, ns a day of fasting and prayer.
Centennial handkerchiefs, with facsimile
copies of the Declaration of Independence
stamped on them, are now offered for sale.
Over thirty thousand persons are engaged
in the cultivation of rice in Louisiana, and
the annual business amounts to $10,000,000.
A number of cattle are to be shipped
from Kngland next month for the interna
tional cattle show to be given in this city.
The failure of McLagor & Smith, irou
founders, New Haven, Conn., Is announced.
Liabilities, $100,000, of which $88,000 is
secured.
The Chicago Times remarks that a man
never knows how many warm friends he
has until the thermometer standi at 98 in
the shade.
The Board of Trustees of the Grand
Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home have
decided that Ihe said home shall he erected
at Bath, New York.
A company hns been organized in St.
Louis to build a new hotel that will cost
$2,000,000, contain 2,000 rooms and ac
commodate 3,500 guetts.
Robbins, the murderer, who escaped
from the Augusta (Me.) Insane Asylum, ou
Saturday morning, wus captured at Rock
land, Me., the same night.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Weick, under sentence
of death at Buffalo, New York, for poison.
ii,g her step son, has had her doom com
muted to imprisonment for life.
The London Observer states that the
rumor that the stolen printing of the
Cuchess ol Devonshire, by Gainsborough,
lius been recovered ie unfounded.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany has generously furnished its four
hundred employees with lionets and free
transportation to the Centennial.
Orders have been received at the Chnjcs
town (Mn.vs.) Navy Yard to fit out for sea
the sloop of-wur Osipee. She will prob
ably sail for San Domingo to-morrow.
The failure of Jove, Terry & Co., augr
importers, of New York, was annouueed
on Saturday. Their assets are said lobe
eurlioiently ample to cover all liabilities.
The Swedes will celebrate Ihe four
hundredth anniversary of their nationality
at Philadelphia on August -0, and invite
their fellow-countrymen from all sections
to join then.
A citizen of Boston has been fined $10
and costs for putting out American flags
projecting mure than twelve inches over
the sidewalks, without permission from the
authorities.
Mr Blaine has formally accepted the
United States Hcnalorsliip tendered him by
Qov. Connor. The vacancy thus created in
the House of Representatives will not be
filled until the regular State election in
September.
Some idea of the extent to which base
ball is played may be had from the fact
that a single firm in New York have sold
Oo.OUO bats, 180,000 balls. 2 000 pairs of
hnll shocR. 3.080 pairn of colored hoff,
5,000 caps and 500 complete uniforms.
A man named Knott, at Alloona, who
disUnguishcd himself by making informa
tions against over one hundred employes of
the Pennsylvania railroad for working on
Sunday, is Dow charged himself with tho
forgery of District Attorney Milliken's
name to a paper by which he compromised
a Sunday liquor selling suit and obtained
25.
From Harrisburc; and vioinity we have
had reports of the birth of a set ot triplets
this year, one set being girls and the other
boys. And now Reading oomes to the front
with triplets, two boys and a girl. Mrs,
Michael Latus, wife of a Seventh street
baker has done this thing, aud Reading is
proud of her. The multitudinous progeny
are doing well.
"Haves' letter isn.t well liked by the
President's cronies. Some of . them are in
a high state of indignation, nnd they say
thai it is a stab at UniuL Well, Grant is
hitting back; he is makiug capital for Tildcn
every day. Mill the Independents are
rallying to the support of Hayes. Al
together, it is going to be a pret'ty and a
hot light." Boston Globe
The prosecution of the Chicago branch
of the whisky ring has not been a success.
The Tribune says: "The fnct is, that, out
of about nineteen persons implicated in the
Chicago whisky ring, only twelve are in
jail. The management of Ihe Chicago
cases does not compare favorably with
tnoso ot ot. Louis.
Mr. John Fiske writes to the Nation
that there is not a word of truth in the
story that the libiary of Harvard College
is iu danger of being destroyed by white
ants. They have nevei appeared in the
library and have done no injury except in
being the innocent cause of deluging the
college authorities with quack advertise
ments of innect powders.
St. Louis, July 16. The Republican's
special from Piorce City, Mo., gays:
While Ur. llalliday, a prominent citizen
of Corsicana, Barry county, was walking
home with his wife and another lady a few
days ago, he was deliberately shot by a
worthless teiiow named liub (Jrawtord. and
ford in a few minutes. It is supposed Craw
died was hired to assinate Halliday by some
of the latter's enemies."
Young Men's Christian Associations have
become a most important auxiliary to
church work in different part; of the woald.
There are now zw in Lngland and Waits,
1U3 iu uermany to iu ecouand, 30 in
France, 89 iu Switierlaud, 5 in Australia,
aud 3 in New Zealand; iu the United States
and the British Provinces in America there
are over 1,000. It is purely an American
institution. They have already been or
ganized in China, Japan, ludia, Afrioaand
Ibeeandwiun islands.
Ncwburg, July 15 An extraordinary
case whicti has baffled the physioians haa
just been developed in this oity. John
Moore, aged sixty. eight years, a resident
of Newburg, N. Y., j til from his wagon on
Friday, July 7. He was picked up ao
parently uninjured and weni about hig
business. Ou the day fallowing he wai efi
Ceded by the intense heat, and sank into
deep sleep. From that time until yester
daysix days he neither spoke, opened
his eyes nor ate or drank anything- He
died yesterday.
The Baltimore i'tm says: "The new long
iron span is about to be plaoed on the rail
road bridge auroBS the Susquehanna at
Havre de Grace. The span will be 805 feet,
or 50 feet longer than the one it is to re
place. The pile have been sunken by the
torpedo prooess through 90 feet of water
and mud to a rocky bottom foundation.
The placing of th piles was accomplished
without difficulty by the torpedo prooess.
Six of the thirteen spvls have been re
placed by iron, so ibat gradually all lha
wood work will be removed, when the
greit bridge will bo trmCormed into oaa
wholly of iron, on granite piers,''