Editor
THURSDAY, JUNE 80, 1881.
Entered at the Post-office at
Ridciway, Pa., as second class
mail matter.
It la apprehended that the crops
In Berks county have been considera
bly damaged by the recent heavy
rains. The rye crop seems an excep
tion, having withstood the storms re
markably well.
Citizens of Crcssona, Schuylkill
county, ' will hold a meeting and
change tho name of the placo, the
Postmaster General having decided
that the name too nearly resembles
Cresson.
Thomas Moss and Frank Butt en
gaged in a friendly boxing match at
Bangor, Northampton county, a few
days ago, when the former received a
blow in the chest and died almost in
stantly. Tunison Coryall, an old newspa
per man, celebrated his 90th birthday
at Williamsport recently, amid the
felicitations of three generations of his
own flesh and blood. He never would
have lived so long if he had not
pulled out of the printing business.
At Rogers mill, Bartow county,
Ga., Mrs. John Middleton was accl
dently knocked off a ferry boat. Her
husband Jumped to her rescue and
both were drowned. They had been
recently married.
Several negroes have been lynched
In North Carolina for outraging white
women and the Wilmington Mar says:
"The white men of North Carolina
will break up this devilish business or
hanging will become as commou as it
is in Texas. It will he understood
after awhile that the negro who lays
Lauds in violence upon a white
woman dies. It is a stern and swift
process, but necessity regards no
law."
Royal receptions and other occas
ions when the European nobility get
together in crowds show that they are
no better behaved than, and are quite
as selfish, as "the million" whom thev
affect to bold in contempt. At the
recent Austrian imperial wedding,
when the church was crowded almost
to suffocation and the imperial cortege
began to make its appearance,
Princess Paulino Matternich quite un
concernedly not only rose in her seat,
but mounted upon the velvet covered
bench, a proceeding which was in
instantly imitated by nearly all the
high-born ladies present, much to the
discomfiture of the spectators behind
them.
Richmond, Va., June 25. Last
evening, while Mr. James Young was
examining a new bee-hive belonging
to his father-in-law, the Rev. P, C.
Henkle, in Couover, he was stung on
the back of the neck by a bee which
got behind his colar. His necK swelled
rapidly and the poison seemed to ex
tend all over his body, swelling it
greatly. Last night he becaue deliri
ous, and so continued until this even
ing, when he died. The symptoms
were said to be like those resulting
from a rattlesnake's bite. The physi
cians assert that this is the first case of
death from the sting of a bee. Mr.
Youug was a man of powerful phy
sique. At a recent auction sale of the
double collection in Paris.Mrs.Mackey
purchased the Buffon dinner service
for $18,000, which is called a low price,
for the service is complete and not one
of the 109 pieces reveals a flaw. Buf
fon called this service the Sevres
edition on birds, alluding to the fact
that he furnished the designs. The
ground is pea green and the decoration
is formed of medallions in which ap
pear alternately single birds and the
heads of illustrious men. At the
same sale one of the Rothschilds pur
chased for $34,000 a pair of small vases
adorned with the most delicate and
exquisite paintings representing scenes
In the battle of Fontenoy. They were
ordered by Madam de Pompadour and
decorated her mautlepiece at Ver
sailles.
The Senatorial Situation.
Albany, June 28. The vote in
Joint convention to fill the short term
senatorial vacancy was as follows:
Potter, 49; Conkling, 81; Wheeler, 42;
Cornell, 3; ijapham, 17; Folger, l
Crowley, 2: Roach, 1: Rogers, J no
choice.
The convention then proceeded to
vote to fill the long term vacancy with
the following result : Denew. 50: Ker-
nan, 49; Piatt, 27; Cornell, 9; Wheeler
1; Hoskins. 1; Crowley, 6; Lapham, ;
Tremaine, l.
The chair then announced that no
election had in been had in either
case.
A motion to adjourn was carried.
Ayes 78, noes 70, and the convention
adjourned.
Rev. Wm. B. Oleson, of Oberlin
Ohio, late from the Sandwich Islands
will preach in the School House next
Sabbath, July 3d. Services at usual
hours..
Chloride of Lime.
A French journal states that eh lor
ideof lime scattered about where rats
and mice frequent will cause them to
dxsert the spot. A solution of it
brushed over plants will effectually
protect them from insects. If scat
tered over ground infested with grubs
it will free it from them entirely.
Bunches of cotton or tow smeared
with a mixture of chloride of lime and
hog's lard, and tied about in different
parts of a tree, will guard it against
the attacks of insects, slugs, grubs,
eta, and drive away those already in
JGSbk'bs'lOU.
Henry A. Paisoiin, Jr.,
Mutilated Coin.
WARNING TO THE PUBLIC NOT TO
RECEIVE THE SAME.
The resumption of specie payment
by the government is again followed
by the mutilation of coins, and the in
genious and fraudulent practice, which
prevails In all countries, of punching
filling and "sweating" coins. A num
ber of silver coins, with holes therein,
have attracted the attention of officers
of the government, and there is a
lurking suspicion that many of these
coins have been punched for purposes
of gain by persons engnged in that
sort of smalt fraudulent business. On
the other hand, many of the coins in
circulation so defaced, are of old date,
and have probably been kept as pocket
pieces, and perforated so as to run a
string through. The public should
adopt the remedy of refusing to take
punched or defaced coins, and this
would soon stop the practice of those
engaged in violating the law.
The most dangerous of all practices,
which is confined to a skillful few, is
tho ancient one of "sweating" gold
coins. This was done by dipping
coins in a strong solution of acid,
which will dissolve the copper on the
face, and leave the fine gold in a
honey-combed condition, and very
susceptible of abrasion. In this state
the coins arc placed in a flannel bag,
and shaken violently together. The
rubhing of the coin together, in a
measure, restores the natural appear
ance of the piece. The bag is then
either carefully washed out, to be
again used or burned, and the ashes
carefully preserved and separated from
the gold. To an expert the process is
apparent by a look at the coin; but
the only mode the general public has
of testing the question is by weighing
the piece. All coins falling below two
or three grains or thereabouts should
be refused, and this would throw the
loss upon tho holder, who would have
to deposit them at the mint for recoiu
age. If care of this kind is taken but
little dauger need be appreheuded
from scratched coiu.
The great preventive against
"sweating" pieces is that the man
who deals with them has to operate on
a large number of coins. To carry on
a profitable business he would have
to exchange a large amount of notes
for coiu, and exchange abraided coin
for paper money. These operations
would arouse suspicion, and ultimately
lead to arrest and conviction. Silver
change is the most natural and proper
currency to be used among the people
and no piece should be received which
it is manifest on its face has been
tampered with. Gold coin is but
little used in general circulation, and
it should never be accepted by trades
people and others, if from its rubbed
and indistinct expression it is
evident It has been subjected to un
lawful practices. If this course is
taken generally by tho public, in a
short time there will be little punched
or defaced silver and no light weight
gold in circulation. The greatest
danger to be apprehended in either
paper or metallic currency is not frcm
abrasure, "sweating" and other un
lawful practices, but from the skill of
the counterfeiter. With regard to
paper currency, there is no protection
except in the education of the eye,
while in metallic currency there is in
the eye, touch, weight, thickness, acid
test and sound of piece to assist the
judgment.
Norristown, June 24. This after
noon between 4 and 5 o'clock, while
the Board of Public charities were be
ing shown through the Montgomery
count jail, Isaac K. Lichtel, an inmate
of cell No. 27, was found hanging by
his neck from a shawl strap fastened
to the iron bars of the cell window.
his body was still warm. Lichtel was
about 35 years of age, of good appear
ance, and has a wife and three chil
dren living in Perkiomen township.
He was committed to jail last evening
at 11 o'clock on the charge of fornica
tion and bastardy preferred by Annie
B. Moyer of the same township. The
deceased left behind a note addressed
to his wife and written on a blank
family-record leaf of a prison Bible, in
which ho says that bad companions
brought him to trouble, and to save
himself from further grief and his
family from disgrace he committed
suicide. An inquest was held over
too body, after which It was given up
to his family.
Diabolical Works.
Reading, Pa., June 24. Last even
ing attempts were made to wreck a
passenger train and a freight train on
the Wilmington aud Northern rail
road. When the passenger train that
leaves Reading at 5:30 P. M. reached
the "fill,'' a short distance below
Naomi station, the engineer saw a
large plank lying on the track. He
immediately reversed the engine, but
be could not stop the train before it
reached the obstruction. Fortunately
the plank was partly decayed, and
the engine in striking it broke it into
two pieces without wrecking the train.
At Bogeson the up freight train was
met, and in passing the engineer of
the passenger train told the engineer
of the freight what had occurred near
Naomi, and that he should look out,
as other obstructions might be put on
the track. It was a timely warning,
for when the latter train reached the
vicinity of Naomi the crew found ou
the track three heavy planks on which
stones were placed, the largest of
which weighed nearly one hundred
pounds. The obstructions were re
moved and the train reached Reading
between 6 and 7 o'clock in safety. A
farmer residing pear where the ob
structions were found on the road
said he saw a man from Birdsboro
loitering In the vicinity yesterday
afternoon.
Who Found the Comet.
ITS DISCOVERY BY A YOUNG STUDENT
OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
(Phtlndelpliln Tron, June 24.)
Dr. Gould's comet.which was prom
ised three weeks ago as the astronomi
cal event of the year, was discovered
first on this continent by Levi Ed
wards, a student at Havcrford Col
lege, eight miles from this city, who,
with Professor Isaac Sharpless, was
turning out of bed at 2 o'clock yester
day morning to try a new telescope
which Edwards had ingeniously made.
The student's window looks toward the
north and cast, and when he was
awakened by an alarm clock, which
had been set at the same hour in the
rooms of Professor Sharpless and
William Bishop, the first object his
sleepy eyes encountered was the pale
streak in the eastern horizon which
marked the tail of the comet, the
head of which was not yet visible.
Edwards, a graduate of the day before,
ran in considerable excitement to
Professor Sharples's room, where they
were joined by Bishop, and in a few
moments, namely, 2:28 A. M., the
three devoted astronomers were re
gardlng the comet in awe-stricken si
lence. Such is the history of t he rise
and discovery in the United States of
the most brilliant comet within Pro'
fessor Sharpless' personal experience.
Professor Lewis Swift happened to be
taking observations from the observa
tory at Rochester yesterday morning
when the comet appeared, but the dif
ference In time, which corre-tponds
with that of the sun, gave the Haver-
ford astronomers an advantage of
about fifteen minutes. At Washingon
as well, the students at the Navul
Observatory were viewing the lessor
constellations, which were unusually
brilliant yesterday morning, and were
looking toward the west when the
visitor appeared in the north-east.
WHAT THE DISCOVERERS DID.
After the first view at Haverford
the College observatory was immedi
ately resorted to, but it was found, to
the chagrin of the discoverers, that a
clump of trees on the college grounds
intervened, and the giant equatorial
telescope could not be brought to bear
on the comet. Edwards remembered
the seven foot telescope that he had
finished the day before. Professor
Sharpless seized the bulky instrument
and carried it to a spot on the lawn
southwest of the college buildings.
Here the first observations were made
with distinguished success by the
youiisr student who had finished a
telescope, graduated from college and
discovered a comet within twenty-four
hours. The first Hush of dawn soon
came and the comet, which had taken
a northeasterly ascent, faded away
although up to that time It had been
clearly visible to the naked eye. Ed'
wards then posted across the fields to
Bryn Mawr, waking up the operator
there to telegraph the news of the dis
covery to Professor Swift, between
whom and Professor Sharpless there
had been some correspondence rela
tive to the best Instruments with
which to view the expected comet
when it should arrive. Later in the
day despatches were sent to the Smith-
sou Ian Institution at Washington.
"The Newtonian reflector with
which our observations were made,
said Professor Sharpless to a reporter
of the Press, who visited him at the
college last night, "did not enable us
to determine the exact shape of the
orbit in which the comet moved, and
it is quite impossible for me to say
whether it will now approach the sun
and increase nightly in brilliancy or
recede from it and become gradually
less visible.
THE COMET
RETURNS
YEARS.
AFTER
"Dr. Gould, who saw the comet
from the observatory near Buenos
Ayres, South America, on June 1, and
telegraphed the discovery to England,
believes it to be tiie sumo great comet
of 1807 which excited much Interest
among scientists and not a little alarm
among the superstitious. The diame
ter of its nucleus as measured by Bes
sel, the Germau astrouomer, was
found to be 538 miles. It was then
taken to be periodic and calculated by
him to return in 1,548 years. The
orbit of the comets are chanted, how
ever by the attractions of the planets,
and so this may be the same one. I
should judge that the tail of the comet
which appeared this morning was six
or seven degrees long."
"Which in miles"
"Well, that of 1874, discovered on
the morning of July 3, was four de
grees in length or about 4,000,000
miles. Tiie nucleus of this comet is
equal in brilliancy to Saturn or Mars
besides the envelope and tail by which
it is at once identified with the naked
eye.
"The comet of 1874 approached the
sun, did it not?"
"Yes, and in about three week's
time the tail lengthened from 4 to 43
degrees, or about 25,000,000 English
miles. As the comet approaches the
sun the tail becomes elongated, ap
parently, by some repellant force
of the sun, and the head Is moreb ril-
liant as the velocity of the body
increases to thousands of miles au
hour. IT the comet travels in the op
posite direction the tail aud nucleus
may disappear altogether without
note or warning. Yes this comet
will rise tail first, because the head al
ways points to the sun. You may
watch for its appearance in the morn
ing in the northeast, close to the
horizon between half past 2 and
o'clock, and it will be strikingly visi
bleos long as night lasts. If the
comet is approaching the sun it will
increase in brilliancy every day. This
is the first bright comet since the
spectroscope has been perfected, and
this instrument, if opportunities arc
given, will throw new light on the
uom positions of comets in general
"What theories aro held on the sub
ject."
"That they are composed of glow
ing carbon gas and various meteoric
bodies, comets and meteors being
known in some cases to have the
same orbit. .
WITHIN 600,000 MILES OF THE
EARTH.
'Coggla's comet in 1874 was first
seen at Marseilles, France on April 17,
and it came neat enough to tho world
to scare a good many people danger
ously near; that Is to say, within 600,
000 miles, but It finally disappeared
in a very beautiful shower of meteors
and has not been seen since. Comets
vary In size from 30 miles diameter at
the nucleus to 8,000 miles. Their pas
sage through the air produces intense
heat and tne world would un
doubtedly be scorciied if the comet
came within close proximity. In 18G1
we passed through the tall of a comet
but the only evidence of the luminary
was an atmospheric mist. That event
occurred twenty years ago next Thurs
day. "Comets, as you are aware," con
cluded the Professor, "do not belong
to the solar system, but come in from
the outside. This one entered the
constellation Auriga about 30 degrees
northeast of Aideboran and the same
distace northwest of Caster G"mini,
both of which are invisible. As the
comet appears above the horizon the
star Beta will be seen on its left and
Capei hi a little further above on the
right."
As tho reporter left the observatory
two of the student astronomers were
overheard discussing the likelihood of
the comet's turning toward the sun.
Said one: "If it does we shall have
the brightest comet In years, but it
may play the devil with us."
BOROUGH ORDINANCE NO. 6.
Be it ordained and enacted by the
Town Council of the Borough of
Ridgway and it thereby ord.iined
and enaeted by the authority of the
same.
1. That the assessor of the Borough
of Ridgway is hereby authorized and
required to forthwith make an assess
ment of all dos and bitches owned
and kept within the limits of said Bor
ough and make return thereof to the
Town Council, and annually there
after the assessor shall assess all dogs
and bitches as aforesaid, at the time of
making the regular annual assess
ment. 2. That there shall be levied and
assessed upon the owner or owners of
each and every dog owned and kept
within the Borough of Ridgway a tax
of one dollar and upon the owner or
owners of each and every bitcli so
owned and kept by him, her, or them
in said Borough a'tax of two dollars.
3. That all taxes so levied and as
sessed shall be added to the regular
duplicate of Borough taxes, and the
collector of Borough taxes shall have
the same power and authority to en
force thecollection thereof that is now
or hereafter may be conferred upon
the collector of other Borough taxes.
This ordinance shall take etl'eet on
and after the first day of July, A. D.
1&81.
C. H. M'CAULEY, Pesident.
Attest W. C. Healy, Sec'y.
Approved this 20th day of June,
1881.
J. POWELL, Chief Burgess.
BOROUGH ORDINANCE NO. 7.
Be it ordained and enacted by the
Town Council of the IHorough of
Ridgway, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
same.
1. That all saloons, bars, and places
in the Borough of Ridgway at which
intoxicating drinks are sold shall be
closed at 10 o'clock P. M. of each day,
and no person shall furnish any in
toxicating drink by sale, gift, or other
wise, or permit the same to be drunk
on or within the premises at any such
place between the hours of ten o'clock
P. M. and four o'clock A. M. of the
day following, and the furnishing of
each and every drink of intoxicating
liiiuor. or permitting the same to be
drauk on the premises us aforesaid
shull constitute a separate offense
and any person who shall neglect or
refuse to coiuply with any provision
of this section, shall forfeit and pay
for each and every offense the sum of
ten dollars for the use of the Borough
to be recovered in the same manner
that debts of like amounts are by law
recoverable.
2. That any person who shall be
found intoxicated upon auy street,
lane, alley, or highway, or in any
public house or place, in said Borough
shall be lined on the view of, or on
proof mado before the Chief Burgess
or any Justice of the Peace of the Bor
ough, not less than three dollars nor
more than live dollars, and if such
person sliail neglect or refuse to pay
and satisfy such fine, together with
proper costs, the same shall be levied
upon tnc goods and chatties or tne cte
l'cn tUuit, aud in case sufficient goods
and chattels cannot be found to levy
the same bv distress he or she shall
be committed to the County Jail or
Borough lockup for a time not ex-
ceedinir fortv-eiirut hours.
o. Ana it shall bo tho duty or any
Constable of said Borough to arrest
any and every person who shall be
found intoxicated on auy street, lane,
alley or higli way, or in any public
house or pluco in said Borough, and
to take him or her forthwith before
the Chief Burgess or any Justice of
the Peace ot the said Borough, when
such arrest shall be made in the day
time, or if such arrest shall be made
later tnan eight o'clock in the evening
the person so arrested shall he con fined
iu the county jail or Borough lock-up
until eight o'clock A.M. of the day fol
lowing and then taken before the
Chief Burgess or Justice of the Peace
as aforesaid, and if such Chief Burgess
or Justice of the Peace shall after due
inquiry deem him or her too much
intoxicated to be fullv examined or to
answer on oath correctly, said Chief
uurgess or justice or the Peace as tne
case may be, shall cause him or her to
ue cou tinea In the county iail or Bor
ough lock-up until he or she becomes
sober, betore a utml examination and
hearing of the case. '
4. And it shall be the duty of the
Chief Burgess or Justice of the Peace
before whom any Hue shall be re
covered to award one-half of said fiue
to the officer making the arrest, for
his time and trouble, and the rest
thereof shall be paid Into the .treasury
ui me jBorougn,
o. i nis ordinance to take errect ou
and after July first, A. D. 1881.
C. II. M'CAULEY, President.
Attest-W. C. Healy, Sec'y.
Approved this lioth day of June, A
J. POWELL, Cb' Burgess.
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merits of Hop Bitters in as "plain
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Philadelphia & ErieR. It- Div.
SUMMER TIME TABLE.
O"
and after SUNDAY, June 12,
181, the trains on the Philadel
phia & Erie Railroad Division will
run as follows:
WESTWARD.
Niagara Ex. leaves Phila 0 00 a. m.
" " Renovo.. 5 40 p. m.
" " Driftwood7 00 "
" " Emporium? 30 "
" " St.Marys..8 43 "
" Ridgway..!. 0!) "
" arr. Kane. ...10 05 "
ERIE jiaii. leaves Phila 11 65 p. m
" Renovo 11 05 a. m.
" Emporium. 1 30 p. m.
' St. Mary's..2 23 p. ni.
" Ridgway ....2 40 p- m.
" Kane 3 50 p. m.
arr. at Erie 7 45 p. m.
EASTWARD.
Day Express loaves Kane . . . fi 00 am.
Kmgway oo am.
' " St. Murvs 7 17 "
" Emporiums 10 "
' " Driftwood 8 07 "
' " Renovo . . 10 05
' arr. atl'hila. ... 6 45 pin,
ehie mail leaves Erie 11 35 a. ni.
" " Kane 4 10 p. m.
" "' Ridgwov....o 17 p. m.
' " Ht. Mary's..5 50 p. m.
'.L. ' Emporium. 0 55 p. ni.
" " Renovo 9 00 p. m.
" arr. at Phila 7 35 a. ni.
Dav Express and Niagara Express
connect east with L. G. Div. and B.N.
Y. and P. R. R.
Wm. A. Baldwin. General Sup't.
If you want a
Parlor Sett or
Bowers at the
Chamber suit call on
West End.
For a good glass water pitcher go
to Morgester's.
-Note paper and envelopes at this
ftice
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IN
RIDGWAY .
DAN SCRIBNER WISHES TO
inform the citizens of Ridgway. and
the public generally, that he has
started a Livery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Buggies' to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
eSBTHe will also do job teaming.
Stable on Elk street. All orders left
at the Post Office will receive prompt
attention.
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