ri- -til M THURSDAY, JULY 21, 87ti. New Time Tale. Under the new schedule the inall mid local freight leave Ridirway Motion ns follows: MAIL WEST - - 2:33 " EAST ... - B:03 LOCAL WEST - 7:50 ' EAST - 3:23 CORNER-STONE OP TUB NEW COURT MOUSE LAID JULY 10, 1879. EXCELLENT MUSIC RY THE ST. MARY'S RAND. POEM RY PROF. DIXON. SPEECHES) ETC., ETC. FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING. The preparation;! for a fit celebration nf the corner-stone laying had been pushed by our worthy county com missioner!!, especially by V. H. Ostcr liout, who bving the resident commis sioner naturally came by a full share of the work, which he faithfully per formed, nnd to hi in as much as to any one man is due the credit for the great success which attended the exercises. On Friday evening, July 11, a meet ing of the citizens was held at the old court house, which organized by elect ing Hon. George Dickinson Chairman. After remarks by Messrs. Ostcrhout, Itathbuu, and others, the following gentlemen were appointed as a com luittee to raise funds and conduct the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner-stone: O.B.Grant, J. H. Hagerty, D. C. Oyster, Geo. A. Rath bun, G. G. Messenger, Geo, Ed. Weis St. Mary's), and M. S. Kline. A meeting of the committee was called For 10 o'clock, Saturday morning, at the office of Geo. A. Rathbun, Esq. From this time forward, until the day Closed on the K-th, the committee Worked diligently, and too much credit cannot be awarded them for the brilliant success of the ceremonies from the time the special trains ar rived in the morning until the climax Was readied in the display of fire works at sunset. order of exercises. Announcement of Oillcers of the Day . . . O. R. Grunt INVOCATION. Depositing of Records . Geo. A. Rnthbun (See remark and list of article 111 unotlier nulumu.Kil. Anvocaik. inrsic. Geo. Dickinson, Eruumtft Murcy, Laying Cor.-stone Jessie K.ylor, .1. r. Miirsliin, Architect. (.A. Aumn.li, l-'.ireiiiuu. Original Poem . . Geo. R. Dixon MUSH". r.ieut. Gov. c. W. Stone, Hon. William 1'. Jonks, Hon. L. I. Wet-mure, Hon. John llrookx. Addresses German Orutlon . Holl. CharluH Lulir MUBIC. Fireworks ntS:15 P. M., by K. R. Westfall, np Risted hy J. H. Hngivty ilnd others. Exercises to Commence at J P, M., SUarp, THE CORNER-STONE. This stone, about which so much lias been said and. written, and the placing in position of which cost such i large sum of money diroiitly and in directly, is of Elk county snnd-stone, quarried on the hill back of the depot, und is 2 ft. 2 in. x 2ft. 2 in. and 15 in. In height, having on the north, or Main street side, in bold characters the legend "July 10, 1S79.' The cut ting of the stone and carving of the letters is the work of J. W. Riddle, of St. Mary's, and is a lasting monu ment to hisskillful handiwork, About two and a half days was taken In the accomplishment of this beautiful piece of workmanship. Under the coi'ner-stone, in the water table, is a cavity 8x10 inches and 0 in ches deep. In this receptacle is placed ti box made by W. S. Service, of O' Neill's patent pbynished copper, in which is placed thearticles enumerated in another column. The coyer being tightly soldered on. At the bottom of the opening It carved "H. Huffman," the name of the man who dug the mortise. When the box is placed in its posi tion, the corner-stone placed over the box, and the 22 inch brick walls rise in their solid grandeur over all, it is hoped und believed that the structure i Will stand for many, many years, and '. When at last it shall yield, as all things must, to the devouring tooth of time and the ceaseless wearing of the de lta tits, and the generations in the dim future shall deem it advisable to pull dowtt the old walls and build anew, that then they will remove with un covered heads and reverential hands, these records placed there by the living of to-day, but who then will have for long, long years si umbered In forgotten dust. St. Mary's Baud. The presence of this line looking body of men in our village, on the loth Inst., was un important and in teresting feature of the grand occasion. Their excellent music and splendid marching, during the purade, and their playing while the exercises were going on, was favorably spoken of on all sides. That their leader and teacher, Prof. Joseph Helmut, under stands his business, and that the mem bers f the band are apt pupil i evinced by thetr rapid improvement. The St. Mary's Bund is certainly de serving of great credit, and Is destined to become one of the best bauds in the State. Dennis llealy was kicked, by a horse in the Tliayer House barn on Friday afternoon last, receiving pain ful injuries. The animal kicked with both feet one passing over his head and the other striking him in the face; by the accident he lost three teeth outright and had two more broken off. He was unconscious for some tluie, but was out the next day although suffering great pain from the mishap. -lT A i -J W i- . T 1 ,1T 1 1 ill ' Remarks of Hon. Joint Brooks, i of cameron county, .htly 10, 1879, at the cornkr-stone laying of elk county's new court house. Mr. President Ladies and Gen tlemen In this eventful period and dynamical ngc, it requires no heroism to assert, "The world moves." Rut, two hundred and forty six years ago, the 22nd of last June, Galileo the Flo rentine snge, was condemned nnd Im prisoned at Rome for this assertion. Fifty years prior to the dato of the great charter granted to Win, Pen It, by Charles the second, the King of England, Scotland, France and Ire land, the defender of the faith, and before the city of Brotherly Love, was founded, this event occurred. Let Philadelphia to-day nnd our great Common wealth answer, and vouch for the truthfulness of the Utterance "The world moves." The purpose and ob ject of this assemblage is proof that "the world moves," nnd If you ask for more positive proof, I cite you to t he great fact, that in this year of grace, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood was admit ted as a practicing attorney at law In the Supreme and in the Superior Courts of the United States. This of itself should be a conclusive verifica tion not only that "the World moves," but that It moves forward, that the march of progress, like the visual rays of the sun and the march of Empire Is ever onward. Forward march, comes from the telephone, and the swift light nings speed the command .all along the line. Less than a century ngo, the forests (God's first temples) prevnilcd over the sito of your county and picturesque village, in all their native solitude nnd grandeur. Hero the stately elk, with its spreading palmate antlers in all it, native majesty, bounded and roamed in the valley and among the hills that environ your beautiful and romantic shire-towu, unobserved und unmo lested save by the rude and untutored aboriginals. The elk and the denizen of the wigwaTn, alke have disappeared and fled civilization. Archery'has be come a pastime rather than a Jiveli hood, arts aud science are advancing, and the iron horse has superseded the birch bark canoe, and the court house the council fires and the rubricated as sizes of the chiefs of the wigwam A little over thirty-five years ago, your speaker, as one of the earliest com missioners of your romanesqiie county, first entered your town. The special trains for travel, at that period, were the wagons. The ordinary mode of travel was the pedestrian ; and the oc casional mode, was bestride the steed. News was curried by one horse riders, but often superseded by gossippers of both sexes on foot The mails were carried once a week on horse back from Lock Haven to Smethport, pass ing through the then eastern part of your county. This line was an accom modation line carrying all sorts of wares aiid merchandise for the settlers along the route. Usually you would observe the ' cavalier upproaching, mounted bestride his nag, the mail pouch across the saddle and dangling fore and aft and athwart his knees, and along the sides and around the neck of his pony, sundry articles fastened or strung together with leath erwood thongs, such wares as pails, washtubs, churns, pots, iron kettles, boots, sole leather and other packages, aud on one occasion, a pondrous iron mill crunk; this hist article however, took the swing on him and he failed to deliver it. The mails were carried for a long time in your county, along Bennetts Branch by a footmnu once a week, and it was generally supposed mat inese weeiciy man carriers, or agents, carried more and later news iu their heads than in their pouches. On one occasion a dimijohn of brandy from Lock Haven, constituted a part of the freight, this, however, grew lighter from day to day, till at last the engineer became tired, and switched himself off to rest, fds pony was found the next day, by some one, grazing along the route, minus Uncle Sam's saddle bags. But few collisions occur red on these lines of travel whether the trains were run on the pedestrian narrow gauge, or on the wider gauge of the one horse cavalcade. An in stance is remembered where the en gine in ascending the grade above the bluffs near Driftwood, bounced the track, the engineer, however, escaped by leaping frpm the engine aud re ported the wreck, iu which lay com mingled, a dead quadruped, the U. S. mail pouch aud miscellaneous freight iu transitu. Your old court house, however hum ble iU belfry, still stands as the great conservatory of the peace aud palla dium of human rights Sovcrlgns of Elk county, we are here to congratu late you for your enterprise, for your industry, and for your progress, may your energies never grow less. We Erect you on this eventful occasion with cheer as you lay the corner-stone of your new temple of justice. The corner-stone unite the foundation walls of all well constructed edifices. The ceremonies attending this work are of moment, and the occasion one of rejoicing. When the great Archi tect of the universe spake to hi ser vant, the Patriarch Job, out of the whirlwind, He said, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou hast understand ing, who hath laid measures (hereof if thou knowest; or who hath stretched the line upon it? whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the coroner-stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" The laying of the corner-stone of your new edifice Is the pledge that soon the head-stone shall be brought forth with shouting of grace, grace unto it. The privilege of meeting with you my friends, on this occasion, affords great pleasure, und is truly gratifying. The kingdom of Israel in the zenith of Its glory under the administration of its wisest king bullded according to the divine plan and specification (upon Mount Moiiali) the great temple of worship.nndof justice. In the porch of this grand temple were erected two magnificent and exquisitely orna mented pillars. "Jnchin'' 'emblemat ical of stability und ''Boaz," emblemat ical of strength, symbolized by these Unique bronze columns, are the essen tial elements of all Well organized governments. The school house the church and the court house or forum, nre the pillars of our Republic. The church and the school house constitute the Ron, or strength of the Govern ment that gives It power, for knowl edge U power. Rut the court house, or temple of justice, is the "Jachin" that gives stability to ottr Republican Institutions. The judiciary Is the con servative arm of our Government, that directs its poWcr. that conserves the life and the franchises and the au tonomics of the county, of tlio Stnte, and of the nation. The sovereign citizen and the citizen sovereign, alike find refuge in the judiciary, De Toequeville, in his "Democracy in America, s:ys: "The people in Dem ocratic States do not mistrust the members of the legal profession, be cause It Is well known they are In terested in serving the popular cause. Lawyers belong to the peo ple by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit P.ud by taste, and they maybe 'looked Upon as the nat ural bona and connecting link of the two great classes of society. The pro fession of the law is the only aristo cratic element which can be amalga mated, without Violence, with the natural elements of Democracy, nnd which can be advantageously nnd permanently combined with then. I am not unacquainted with the defects which are inherent ill the character of this body of men ; but without this admixture of law yer-like sobriety with the Democratic principles, 1 question whether Democratic institutions could long be maintained; and I cannot be lieve that a republic could subsist at the present time, if the Influence of lawyers in public business, did not in crease in proportion to the power of people. In the mind of an English or American lawyer, a taste and a reverence for what is old, are almost always united to a love of reg ular and lawful proceedings. The more we reflect upon all that oc curs in the United States, the more shall we be persuaded that the lawyers as a body, form the most powerful, if Hot the only counterpoise, to the Dem ocratic element. The courts of justice are the most visible organs by which the legal profession is en abled to control the Democracy. The judge is a lawyer who Independently of the tate for regularity and order, which be has contracted in the study of legislation, derives uu additional love of stability from his own inalien able functions The 'strength of the courts of law has ever been the greatest security which can bo offered to personal independence." Jurists are accustomed to regard precedents rather than to introduce aud and en courage inovation or revolut ion. Most public men arc, or have been, legal practitioners, und they introduce the technicalities of their profession into the affairs of the country. All classes of men have been cither witnesses or jurymen and have ncquired in the courts of justice, tt) some extent the language of the law, and have carried into their social circles a degree of re spect for law and some regard to the forms and logic of inflexible justice. In pursuing the thought suggested by tlte occasion the mind reverts to the Areopagus on Mars Hill, situated in Athens, that erudite queen city, where in that awful and supreme court of judicature, Mars, the god of war, had been tried and acquitted by twelve gods, where from time immemorial the greatest of crimes were determined by the august judges in casting down pebbles upon the tables for acquiltal or for condemnation, but I shall not weary your patience by further recital of the events in the history of the Hellenic nation. Waldo Emerson says that, "every book is a quotation, every house is a quotation out of all the forests, mines, aud stone quarries, aud.ever man is a quotation from all ins ancestors. ' The new temple of justice you are uuout to erect ami to dedicate and for which you are about to place in position its corner-stone, will be u quotation out of the forests, mines and quarries, as was the great temple on Moriah and the Areopagus iu the Grecian metropolis, and your old wooden court house of thirty-live years ago. -I see before me many fa miliar faces but few however, that were at the laying of the corner-stone of your old forum. Many have passed away whom we shall again meet at the great day of ushizc. Many are the pleasing memories of the last three dcwides,allhough mingled with regrets, and should I at if nipt to relate but a tithe of the adventures of the. early pioneer's of your shire town and county, their narrative would "seem like an Arabian myth, or u legend of the age of fables. Waiving the consideration of the reminiscences and the plexile associations of the past, it gives us pleasure to mark the progress of events that relate to your own as well as your sister counties, and the country at large, in the contemplation of which we are struck with amazement nt the progress, and they are still marching on. Wecongratulateyou, fellow peers, that you are about to extend the lines and strengthen the stakes of your ju dicial forum. Tliht on the ides of July, tlte month auspicious to liberty, faUd to Bastiiesand adverse to tyranny, that you are met to lay the corner stone of a new temple wherein justice and righteousness shall be adminis tered, and where the strong arm of the law shall restrain all licentious ness and conserve the freedom of our Democratic-Republican nation and people. Long live freedom, long may she preside in the school house, in the church, and in the judicial forum. Long may civil liberty impose her mild restraints; ami our people "with malice toward none, and charity for all," learn that great political lesson so admirubly taught by the Savior, "Render unto Cesar the things that are Ceasar's, and unto God the things that are God's." Long may the ju diciary, the conservative arm of re publics, preserve immaculate their er mine, and so exercise their functions, that in every county, in every State in the 'great Union, right and justice shall triumph. Fortius in the judi ciary forum we rest our hope. It is a theme worthy of our contemplation, and should inspire us with mutual congratulations that the United States which has been an asylum for the op pressed of all nations, is no longer the oppressor, that slavery, the corner stone of the confederacy, was upheaved aud the whole superstructure whelmed in ruin, and that to-the United States etauds the peer of the greatest of hu man governments, and is the freest' the most powerful, nnd the most pros perous government of the world. "Re publics nre short lived," said the Im mortal Benton, that boy who obeyed his mother when she said, "n,iy f.oti do not swear nor drink," and for his obedience be was promoted and hon ored with thirty years in Congress. Said he, "two diseases beset, (hem, the one, the corrupt election of the chief magistrate when elective, the other, stvtioonl contention when Interest or ambition are nt issue." Said he iu 1850, "Our confederacy is now labor ing under both diseases, nnd the body of the people now, as always, honest In sentiment, and patriotic 'in design, remain unconscious of the danger, nnd even become instruments' in the hands of their destroyers." Since this was penned both of these diseases have reached their crisis, the one cul minating In the civil war of secession, the other iu the corrupt influences that pooled the caucus in the nomina tions, and that nttcmptcd by cryptic graphics to gobble the electoral col lege.both,however,liave signal ly failed. All honor to Elk county Buck Tails for their prompt and efficient action In the civil conflict. And nil honor ami all praise to the judiciary, the con servative nrm of the republic, for its wisdom and love of order and of right mid of truth, in the Presidential con test. May kind Heaven avert the re lapse or a rreurrence of these aggra vated maladies. When Ulysses, the Grecian hero, was returning from the conquest of 1 Ilium, after he had been driven by adverse winds, he reached the straits of Mcsina. To avoid Charybdis on the Sicilian shore, he steered close to Scylla, on the Italian coast, and six of his braves were snatched away by the monster, while Charybdis the more terrible monster, with extended jaws, horribly yawned with dreadlul noise, iu readiness to gulp all the distinguished heroes. 'Tis thus t he republic, the great ship of State, freighted with 45,000,000 of freemen is tossed about on the turbu lent ocean by the political winds, and has reached the dangerous straits, where the Seylla of imperialism, on the roclt bound Italian coast, from its caves, stretches forth her six heads, armed with triple rovs of teeth, eager to destroy, while the more dreadful monster, the Charybdis, of anarchism, on the Sicilian shore, rages and foams and belches like her native Aetna, threat ning toengulph in its dark whirl pools, the entire nation. As a check to these enemies of freedom, and foes of civilization, compatriots of Elk county, you are engaged in a good work. Your school houses and your churches yield strength and knowl edge and power. But It is to the court houses, the temples of justice, that we must look for stability. These are the bulwarks, the impregnable ramparts of the nation, the counter poise to licentiousness, and to the en thusiasm 'of Democracy. God speed you in your noble work, and ns you place within the corner-stone of your edifice the act of assembly erecting your county, the laws and constitu tion of yoiir Commonwealth and of your nation. It were Well also to place therein a copy of that more an cient code of written law, the Penta teuch. The courts of justice nre the West Point, the people who nre the witiiesscsund the jurors, are the cadets, from who alone under Providence the detinue of the Government must be maintained. If the people listen to the siren voices of t,lie three sisters, nihilism, socialism and communism they, too, will soon be in raptures over their charms, and will forget home and wile and child, and country nnd all they Invert, then will civilization end iu barbarism aiid freedom in vas salage, erect then your court house, dispense justice and' obey and enforce your laws, then nmy you beat your swords into plowshares und your spears into pruning hooks aud enjoy the nor mal franchises of the race' under your own vine and fig tree. God save the nation. "Forever float, that standard sheet, Whero hrealhes the foe, but talis before us Willi freedom's soil beneath our leet. And freedom's bunuer streaming o'er us." Company IPs Record AS DEPOSITED IN THE CORNER-STONE. Company H, lTtli Regt., 6th Division X. G. P. Organized September 26, J874. CO.MM ISSIONED OFFICERS. Fred. Sclnjouing, Capt. Age 33 years W. S. Service, 1st Lieut. " 86 " Edson T. Grant, 2d " " " (Lieuts. Service and Grant resigned.); promoted. J. O. W. Bailey from Orderly Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant. Carlton H. Rliines from Private to 2d Lieutenant. J. O. W. Bailey died at nu encampment at Lake View, Chautauqua Co., Xew York, Saturday, August 81st, 1878 at 2 o'clock A. M. Died of Apoplexy Orderly Sergeant W. S. Horton pro moted to 1st Lieutenant. Strength of Company, 04 men. ENCAMPMENTS ATTENDED Erie in 187-1 ; Cony in 1875; Mend ville In 1878. Attended the Inaugura tion f Gov Hoyt, at Harrisburg in '79. In response to a call, July 20, 1879, went into active service at Pittsburg, and remained for two weeks and were discharged. During the Riot service was stationed at Pittsburgh, Pittston aud Scranton. The regular inspections at home and abroad were well rep resented. The present Orderly Sergeant is Henry A. Parsons, Jr. List of men present this date ( July 16, 1870.) Fred. Schcening, Captain W. S. Horton 1st Lieutenant C. H. Rhiues 2d Henry A. Fursons, Jr., 1st Sergeant. Harry Wilson 2d " John Meenan 3d " C. Bowers 5th C. A. Olmstead 1st Corporal H. K. Gresh 3d " S. S. Wilson 4th " Howard Gorton 5th " PRIVATES. Anderson, John Bailey, Joseph Benton, Isaac Bailey, John Cuthbert, William Gorton, Frank Healy, Dennis lloff, Henry . Kiunicutt.'W. C. Kelts, O. G. Kelts, O. C. Meenan, James Metz, Joseph Messenger, William Mann, P. F. McChesliey, W. A Nichols, Charles Rhiues, George Rhines, Oren M. . Woodward, Geo, Court ltccer;ls, List of Co. Ofllec r, &( A MONO Til E LliT OF ARTICLES Pli POSITKD IN THE CORN EK-HTON E. The record of the first court held In Elk county appears as follows: "And now to wit: December 10th, 1813. Hons. James L. Gillls and Isaac. Horton, associates on t he Bench. William J. R. Andrews appeared and was sworn in as Prothonotary, A.c, of the several courts. Uriah Rogers was appointed Court Crier. Reuben Wins low appeared and sworn ns County Commissioner; Chancey Brock way ap pen red and sworn ns County Commis sioner; Leonard Morey appeared and sworn as County Commissioner. MST OF PltOTHONOTAUYS &C. Win. J. B. Andrews from 1843 to 1817 Charles Horton Clint les McVean C. F. Luce Geo. Ed. Wcla Geo. A. Rathbun Fred Sehcening 1847 to 1855 1855 to 1858 1858 to 1801 18(11 to 1807 1807 to 1870 1870 to 1882 MST OF COt'NTY TREASURERS. Jacob Coleman from 184(1 to 1848 Henry Souther " 148 to 1850 R. P. Little " 1850 to 1852 Ellis Lewis " 1852 to 1854 Jerome Powell " 1854 to 1850 Justus C. Chapin " ISott to 1858 John A. Royle " r858 to 18ii0 Isanc Horton " 1800 to 1,8(12 James Coyne " 1802 to 18(i4 Charles Luhr " 1804 to 1800 James Coyne " 1800 to 1808 C. V. Gill'is " 1808 to 1870 II. D. Deri' " 1870 to 1872 C. R. Eiirley " 1872 to 1874 Joseph Windfclder " 1874 to 1870 Jacob McCauley " IS7G to 1870 Michael Rrttnner " 1870 (o 1882 LIST OF ASSOCIATE .TUDOES. Hon. J. L. Gillis from 1844 to 1849 " Isaac Horton " 1814 to 1840 " Geo. Dickinson (In place of Gillis resigned) '40 to '51 " E. C.Witislow from 1840 to 1854 " Edward Derby from Feb. U 1861 to Dec. 1851. " Geo. Dickinson from 1851 " Isaac Horton ," 185? to 1850 to 1802 " V. S. Rrockway 1857 to 1802 1802 to 1802 to 18G7 to 1807 1807 1872 E. C. Sehultze " Charles Mead Dec. 1, 1800. Jan., 1800 to Jesse Kyler " 1807 to 1872 J. K. Whitmore " April 12, '71 Dec, '71, (in place of Schultze removed.) J. V. Houk front 1872 to 1877 J. K, Whitmore " April 20, '70 to '77. (in place of Houk deceased.) Geo. Ed. Weis from 1877 to 1882 Julius Jones " 1877 to 1882 LIST OF SHERIFFS. Eusebius Kincard front 1843 to . 1847 Jacob Siiicltzer (resigned) from 1847 to 1818 David Thayer " 1818 to 1851 Charles Mend " 1851 to 1854 A. II. Head " 1854 to 1857 Win. C. Healy " 1857 to 1800 A. II. Head " 1800 to 1803 P. W. Hays " lWi to 18G0 Jnmes Malone " 1800 to 1809 Jacob McCauley " 1809 to 1872 I). C. Oyster " 1872 to 1875 Daniel Scull " 1875 to 1878 D. C. Oyster " 1S78 to 1S81 LIST OF CORONERS. . James Mix from 1843 to 1810 XathanieIHyatt " 1840 to 184!) Townsend Fall " 1850 to 1853 Daniel D. Hyatt " 1854 to 1857 " " " " 1800 to 1803 LIST OF COUNTY SURVEYORS. A. I. Wilcox from 1843 to E. P. Goff " 1851 to 1854 Geo. F. Scliaefer " 1854 to 1857 Horace Little " 1857 to 180(1 Geo. A. Rathbun " 1800 to 1803 Geo. Walmsley " 1804 to Geo. Walmsley " 1872 to Eugene Lenta " 1878 to 1881 Present Board of Co., Commissioners W. H. Osterhout, George Reischer and Michael Weidert. W. S. Horton Clerk. Attest: Fred. SchceNino , rrothonotary &c. Sheriff Oyster lias sold his black horses to Mr. J. L. Ellis. Last Sunday Wm. Messenger cele brated his twenty-firwt birthday. His mother presented him with n beautiful gold watch andchain. Many persons have a bad headache every few days. It can be stopped in one hour by Dr. Day's Cure for Head ache. Prepared by D. B. Day, Rid way Pa- James McAfee, Merchant Tailor, has just received a varied and exten sive assortment of spring and summer goods for gents' ware. List of letters remaining in the Ridgway post office, Elk county, Pa., up to July 21, 1879: Head, J. R. Montanye, Charles D. 2 McGilleti, Michael 2 Yaritigtoti, Mrs. L. If not called for in thirty days they will be sent to the dead let'r office, Washington, D. C. J. H. Hagertv, P. M Powell Kimh's Grand Central Stoke, RidgwaV, (in basement of The Advocate building :) Granulated Sugar.lOc. ; Powdered 10c. Crushed 10c. ; Coffee A OJc. ; XCWhtte 9c. ; C Yellow 8c. ; '31b Canned Peaches 22c; 81b Canned Tomatoes 0c; Wins low's Canned Corn 13c i Lima Beans 13c; Green Gages 25c; Dried Peaches Js5c; Dried Apples 5c; Green Rio Coffee, good, 15, best 18c; Roasted Rio Coffee, lib pkgs. 20c; Syrup, a splen did article 50c; English Currants 8c. Crackers, best, 8c.; Medium White Beans, per bush., 2 15; No. 1 White Fish per lb. 6c; Valencia Raisins 10c; Salt per but, $1.50; Snow Flake Sal aratus 8c. 21b Canned Tomatoes 7c Sugar Cured Hams 10c. Linseed oil raw, linseed oil boiled, putty and pure White Lead at bottom prices. Remarks of (Jeo. A. Huiiibiut, AT THE LA VINO OF THE NEW COPHT MOI HE CORXEH-sroN'E, JULY 1()TH, 1870. Law Is universal 1 When the Su premo Architect of the universe created matter, He impressed upon each particle certain qualities that ad here to It in every form it may take or combination into which It may enter, so when Hecreated things having life, He established eertain physical laws by which that life, whether animal or vegcuible, sentient or Insentient,, is controlled, and a breach of which Is followed by disease and death. He has also revealed the laws by which man is to regulate his moral life, leaving him to make for himself such further regulations in regard to his conduct toward his fellow man as should tend to the peace and harmony of society. In the natural world, like causes al most invariably produce like effects; we notice the succession of the seasons; seed time and harvest; sunshine and storm; the rain and the dew falling like n blessing, and the tornado sweep ing over land and sea, like the" breath of offended Deity, leaving death and destruction in Ita (racki It Is from a knowledge df theso laws that the farmer has faith to sow his seed knowing that, though buried out of sight, it will in due time spring up and produce fruit after its kind, that the rain aud the dew will nourish it, that the warm air and bright sunshine of summer will ripen It for the harvest; it is from a knowledge of other but similar laws that the mechanic acts front the time the crude ore is torn from its bed in the earth till the fin ished locomotive speeds over tne iron way, almost annihilating time and dis tance, or till the steamer ploughs ma jestically across the restless ocean, freighted with the hundreds of lives and with richest merchandise suffi cient to iond a fleet of the prgosies of old. Human nature is unhappily, or per haps it were better to say happily, so constituted that differences Of opinion are constantly arising between people in all ranks and stations, and, when men -began to multiply upon the face of the earth, to congregate iu commu nities, cities und states, it was found necessary to establish some central au thority having power to fix the rules which should govern the citizens in their social and business intercourse; hence we huve what is called "munici pal law," as distinguished from divine, or revealed, nnd natural law, being the rules of civil conduct ttrescribed by the supreme power in a state. As communities enlarged in numbers ttid in extent of territory, increased u wealth und diversity of occupations, these rules of conduct multiplied and, it becoming impossible for the govern- ng power to administer the laws di rectly, the right and authority to de cide the various controversies con stantly arising among men ns to their respective rtylita and duties, were dele gated, and iu every civilized country are delegated, to judges, who are sup pose to be learned in the law, and who are the deputies or representatives of the supreme power of the state in the interpretation of municipal, or the common or statute law of the land, to protect and enforce the rights, or re- css the wrongs of Individuals, by de ciding between those who may hon estly or dishonestly differ in opinion, and to protect the peace and well be ing of the people at largo by punishing those who may be guilty of crime. The judges sit in courts at stated times to hear the allegations of the contending parties by themselves or their counsel. Lawyers are made nec essary by the constantly accumulating mass of statutes aud decisious, now so great that a life time of labor is not sufllcient to render a man familiar with more than a few of the subjects embraced in them. And here let mo say a Word for the honor of the profession. It is the cus torn to scoff nt aud deride the gentle men of the bar, to crack stale jokes, such as that they have the devil for their patron saint, and the like, aud, if a knave Is to bo introduced upon the stage, or into a story he is clothed in the garb of an attorney. Yet the relu lion oi attorney ana client is one re quiring that the most perfect confl deuce should exist. The attorney is bound by oath to keep the business communications of his clients secret, nor can lie be compelled to divulge them ; he is sworn to act with all due fidelity, and his deductions from duty are punished summarily and severely. There are black sheep in all flocks, but it is safe to say that less rascality is developed iu the legal profession, con sidering its numbers, than in any other, for the reason that its entrance is more strictly guarded and the punishment for faults more severe; hence, and from the educational and other influences surrounding them, we And the great majority of the profession men of strict honor and Integrity, worthy of the confidence that must be reposed iu them. But to return from this digression. Having courts, judges, counsel and suitors, buildings came to be con structed adapted specially to the na ture of the business' to be transacted, and such buildings are usually called court houses. By the statutes of Pennsylvania it is made the duty of the county com missioners In each county to provide proper rooms in which the courts may be holden, and in no state of the Union are there court houses that are finer in appearance, better adapted for the purpose, or more thoroughly built. The ordinary holidays, Christmas, Easter, Independence Day, and the other days set apart for observance by church, stute, or custom, are annual in their recurrence, are marked as red' letter days upon the calendar, and are the occasion of gatherings of those who may be interested, from any reason . ill the eveill they Jwivc bc"i "stab lishcd to commemorate ; but (lie erec tion of large public buildings is In ire qtient In nny given locality ; their be giunliigs arc usually attended by solemn ceremonies, and those whoex-1' pecttojoin in their use assemble to witness the manner in which such ceremonies are performed, make the day one of cessation from labor and relate its incidents to their children. The building of a courthouse, some thing in which every citl.en of ft county ha a direct Interest, is not a daily or n yearly occurrence. It Is intended to lust till the generation who build have passed away and to meet as well their wants ns those of the generations that succeed them, it should be so planned, as to1 its internal arrangements, as to be convenient and comfortable, and as to its external ap-1 pdarance, so as to be pleasing to the eye, . harmonizing with its surroundings and suggestive of its use, One of the youilgcst, and in popula tion one of the smallest among the sisterhood of counties in the State, "Little Elk" has hitherto been with out n proper building for the use of her courts and the preservation of her re cords ; but such will not much longer be the case. Before you are the foun datioilsof a bidding which we believe will be regarded with pride by every cit izen, and we have assembled to cele brute the laying of the corner-stone. It is a red-letter day in the calendar of tlte county, an epoch in Iter history, and let us hope it is the beginniilg of an era of renewed and extended pros perity for her people Mr. Rathbun then proceeded to read the list of articles to be deposited, placed them in the box and the box in the cavity of the stone : list of articles and documents deposited in tlle corner-stone of eliv county's new court house JULY' 10, 1879, Fac-siniilt1 copy of Declaration of Independence. Presented by M. S. Kline. Lithograph copy of Constitution of United States, giving outline of fen hires of George Washington, Pre sen ted by J. H. Hagerty. Constitution of Pensylvania in pain phlet form. Presented by Geo. A, Rathbun. Statement of officers nnd members of the Executive nnd Judiciary De partments of United States govern incut; also the name of President of Senate and Speaker of House of Rep resentatives also the names of U. S. Senators from Pennsylvania and of members of Congress from this the 20th Congressional District. Also of officers and members of Executive and Judiciary Department of Govern nientof Pennsylvania; also names of members of Senate for this, the 3Sth District, and of the member of the House of Representatives from Elk county nlso date of organization of Elk county nnd its present County and Court house. Prepared and pre sented by Geo. A. Rathbun. Autographs of resident members of the Bar of Elk County nlso of the County Commissioners, their Clerk, the Architect of new Court House, of the foreman of masonry for the fottti am Ion thereoi, and of cutter of the corner-stone. Copy of Elk County Advocate of July 10, 1870. Presented by Henry A, Parsons, Jr., Editor. Copy of JiilU County Gazette of July 10, 1870. Presented by G. C. Brandon. Editor. Copies of Elk Democrat of May 22. July 3 and 10, 1870. Presented by E. J. Miller, Editor. hist of officers of Elk County from organization to tlate. Prepared by 1 red. SchuMitiur. Prothouotarvi fFor complete list see another column. copy ot tne printed Order ot iix ercises of the day. liaiuiuui announcing tne laying of corner-stone. Handbill prepared by Pennsylvania R. R. Co., giving schedule of' special trains on that day to this place. Names of some of the early settlers of the County and memoranda of posi tions of some of them, nnd incidents of some of their lives, Furnished by Erasmus Morey. Memorandum of organization, of County building, of first Court House and first Judicial officers of the County. Furnished by W. S. Horton, Commrs. Clerk. Specimen of leather from RidgWay Tannery. Presented by Grant & Hor ton. Map of political divisions of Penn sylvania. Presented by James Pen field. Specimens of scrip of J. S. & W. II. Hyde. Silver half-dollar of 1829. Presented by Will Dickinson. Fifty cent U S. fractional Currency of 1803. Presented by E. C. Barrett. Specimens of gold and silver ores, and iron pyrites from Colorado. Presented by C. W. Barrett. Statements of organization of Co. H, 17tli Regiment, 5th Brigade, National Guards of Pennsylvania. Its active service &c. Prepared bv Capt. Fred. Sehcening. Eor eompfete record see another column. Blank bond of the recent County issue for the erection of this Court House. Spanish coin of 1778 with name of giver, Michael Weidert, engraved thereon. Spanish coin of 1803 with name of giver, James McFarlin engraved there on. Whitefish, Mackerel and Mack inaw TDiit at Morgester's. Pittsburg Female College. As many parents are now inquiring for good schools for their daughters, we cannot do them a better service than to commend to them the Pitts burg Female College, one of the best institutions for Ladies on the conti nent. It embraces within itself, seven distinct schools, viz.: Liberal Arts, Music, Drawing and Painting, Elocu tion, Modem Languages, Needle Work and Wax Work. The buildings are large, nicely fitted up and comfortably furnished. Twenty-three teachers are employed in the different departments. Churges less than any other school af fording equal advantages and accom modations. Twenty-fifth year com mences Sept. 3d. Send to Rev. I. C. Persuing. D. D., Pittsburg, Pa., for a new Catalogue. "Fine quality Lemons 25 cents A doe. at Morgester's. Sardines and canned salmon at Morgester's.
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