F 1 - L THE DAILY.,EAGLE. 1tEAD11.4.4, PA., SEPTEMBER 24; 1868. _~A,N~) GO~CTN'I'Y. ~.--,~-- CITY 1112 ST EDITION..-12. 1.2, P. N. D. 1,.--(riay, meet Sixth . , 7,t, No. 1. Purple, meet Sixth, 7a, •eh4rp, . Pro. 1. nett, meet Seyenth, Orben,, meet Sixth, 71,2r0. 1. Blue, meet Sixth, 7a,,N0. 1. Black, all meet Sixth, 7f, No. 1. • Important / . _ •• , TIM KAN AlllOl4 Import lint local matter in other columns. A splendid display of•goode In the windows of flora on Penn street. Abase bail match, between 'the filohuYlkill. of Reading, and the Madison, of Pottatown, wllltake place in thiscity on Saturday. • Was Homer really a lazy fellow because ho got up an Idyl tale. Beautiful photographs of Seymour and Dlitir, with frames, for sale at the HAOLibeekstore. A Man walked mon miles In fifty-six minutes, yesterday, at_the (Rini , On Tuesday &little on of Rudolph Bier, residing . In Washington Street, ahoy() Fifth, accidentally set fire to a bed, wblob -was all In a blaze *hen !twits' discovered, but fortunately, was eutingulehefl 4e fore further (UMW, nag 40110. •• Parents should not leave littler children wander on the streets. Yesterday a child was onlYgra'sped• in time to save it from being run 'trier. The appearanee of Our advertising ,00lumns,in dicates a revival of business. • No humbug about thocombined press and"straln cr ; every family should have one in use; • tt saves the - cost of it after Laing Its fovr f tiniee. Motnlght warrants them ,itt hie store; Third and Penn streets. Several horse runaways oceutred:YesterdaY; but no damage was done. Why Is 'this Cordon liko blows given to a horse? Why, because it's equine:knooks, as in matter of course. A dentist is a man of noire as well as of motel, • Wo may anticipates largo Ind s: of pickpockets, thieves and yegabonds; Into the city, during the continuatokf the fair. 'arid too muckcautien can not he eiffelsed by those visiting the city. ' A fine display of fruit at the fair, • Large Domooratie meeting last nig:lL • A beautiful Mud hole at the corner of Carpenter alloy and Dingatnan street. City Fatheri should direct their attention thither, ' A large number of 'people arrived this morning, Ton oars,-well filled, front Pottevillo and ten cars from Allentown. . . Penn street wee astir this morning. Hun dreds of people wending their way to the fair..' • This morning as it lady got off the oars at the now depot, her dross caught,whleb Shama Pr'oclAl toted her under the ears. Omnibuses crowded to-day. Quito a number oicarpetlaggers on Penn street to-day. Tho stores on Penn street Wore filled with cus tomers this morning. Flags displayed from many buildings in this Icily.. (id to the HAM bookstore If you. want to pur chase a Seymour and Blair badge.' I Boot j blaoks very busy to-day.' A good prosimot i ror rain. . • The manwhe "Dreamt I dwelt in Marble Mails; has opened a marble quarry there, and is doing a thriving business in getting out gravestones. Tho author of "carry me back to old *lrginny," hairopened a livery stable, endis carried back In his own conveyance whenever ho wants to be. Tho man who sang"l am Lonely since my Moth er died,"lsn't quite so lonely nor. Tho old man has married again, and his stop 7 mother makes it lively enough.for The author of "Shells of Ocean" Is In the clam business. Tho man who wrote "nye o'clook in tho Morn ing" found that no saloons were opon at that early hour ishero he could gets his bitters, so he lies abed rather later now. • • "Clive mo a Cot in the Valley I Lofe," bah got a cot in the infirmary. Moin cotfl "Meet me by the Moonlight Alone," has left off meat and taken to drink" "Oh 1 Susanna," has iettiod with her at length, and pre+, owe Susanna any more. Tlio,nuthor of "Old Arm Chair" is still in tho furniture business. 1 • Jacob Miller, of Pottsville. Mod 17 years,!was run over on tho Bonding Railroad, in Philadel phia, on Tuesday, and seriously injured. • Naiuralisat ion Court sits next Saturday. 26th inst. Every foreigner should be naturalised at once. Tho height of immolation—lnking shelter from the rain In an umbrella shop. Tho beautiful silver fire horn, drawn •by the Neversink Fire Company nt Martino's:. entertain 'lint on Montt) , evening, id now on exhibition in I.triekland's storo , • Chicago has a child born without eyes, . Tho check-rein for horses is itolnitptit of fashion. It should have been abolished long ago. Dan Rico, with his 0,6 bat)/ elephants, is show ing at Patterson, N. N.J. The circus, on SaturdaY, will .exhibit at Sixth and Laurel. • ' lion,thistor Clymer, who • has. been campaign ing in'the western part of, thisStato and Nest Vir ginia, arrived home last evening. A fanner named Jacob Bannont, residing near MoConnolleburg, in this State, hung himself in his barn on last Saturday, No 'cause can' bo assigned for tho rash act. Our too carts are sad, anti their drivers. Malan, cholY. They have encountered the cold breath of September. 'But a week linco ovorheated'young= More with parched mouths, itching for sornothing cool, viopo.stesqtbily pursuing the wagons in the hope of eroding the 'eyo of the man on the• hind steps--and pilfering a bit of the refreshing "e'argo., Perflnned ink has been introduced. The into +Ali should induce an:advanco.of percentage on mantu+' script, • Gondomon's wintor fashions will bo moro bo• coming, moro English, and lees absurd, than thoso oflast year. , Pears kayo taken the place of penther, ns canned commodity in many families of •our oity. They are ,slust as good as pets lies if we can only think so/ The bonnet question is settled. The milliners are to be pitied. Tho people who get up bustles for AO bask of the head &relit° ones in whoa fa vor the laugh comes in. Bonnets will if possible, bo smaller than over—all bridle and rosebuds. • The young man Who got married and-was "happy in his dreams.' woke up and found ho had a mother-in.law • Ile ain't as happy as ho was. The equinoctial• storms which prevail give's dreary suid dismal aPpearanco to everything • Out et doors, but the Indian. Bummer will follow vilth all its autumnal tansies. Tho "soap man," the "Iopg• tester," tho `'mark with tho "pulling machine," tho "lincedonlan Oft man," and the "grip maohino" man—all held forth At 6th and Penn last night, And had h large erciwil there. ' Tug Bohuylkill Base Ball Club, of this ity, will givo a Ball at Aulenbaolea Hall 00 the ovealag of Obtober 10th. • • We:mita of do "ai. ettopratic Club, this Jamming. See adioTtisement. pot the Dispatch tell us tho r mesning of the. woi de "guiprer • • • , • , ), ; vnrions articles on exhibition at the, fair do great credit to the contributors ' s full list of which we, stall , endeavor to ,gave as soon as c/onnileted. Citatipo berm( ffk, Co., 441 Penn stteet; luivo on band a spladid stock of Foreign; and. rnomostiol Dry (foods, _ and' part;es purchas itt goods, cannot fait to make a choice at eir.establishnient. ' IJ. S. 60 A. Israel O. 'Beeiter,ysq t , the County President .of Berki, to-night Insti tuteS, Recording to ancient ceremony, W. C; No. 103, at Flectwobd, this county.. It is expected that fitly of the Fraternity will participate. A. Cuateawt.---Oili friend: Jonathan 11. Sucher, Esq., allowed us a British copper coimof the year 1721. which was found, yes terday near Bnydor's tavern, in Exeter townslikp.` Thera is n iniituro of silver in the conipealtlen of tho coin, which is worth about throb cents 'of our money. • AI. you assessed? If you are not.able to nnswerr this question, take the first leisure moment you have -and visit the assemor of your ward and nee that you aro properly on the list, and youth name spelt correctly. Then be'stiro you have paid a State or coun ty tax within two years. "Tut: sound . of your hammer," Says. Franklin, "at Ivo tu .tho mornibg or. at night, heard by'a creditor, makes him easy' Six months longer I but if -he sees you at a billiard table or beers ye"ur.*oiee iri a , tavern when you should 'be•rkt your work, ho will sand for his money the next day." • 'lnk; mosrab n ndant esculents in the mar !cetl just 'now' aro EtWeet • potatoes. The same cause—a prolonged drought following prolonged pito—that made murphies dear has made sweet potatocii comparatively cheap. Ilousekpepers using them in con. siderable quantities pack them in barrels with carefully dried bar .sand, and they will "keep" all the winter. - - • - k• • • A witrrsa in the New York Sun advises' farmers not to hold on to their crops, but to forwardAllem to market as soon ' as pol3Bibie. 110 says there is now at least one-third more grain in the country than usual at this sea son of the year, crops abroad are larger than tho average, and prices here must come down. Flour, and provisions : will bp, con! lovier lin price than they are now, ."TIDI KEYSTONE" is the title of an excel lent Masonic paper, published in Philadel phia, by W. A. Mass, N . ,.;A Omer Second and Chestnut streets ! W . • contains eight largo pages of •interestine ;leading matter, more especially ,so tho'; Members of the Masonic fraternity : ' Wis'pnblished weekly, at $8 per annum, in advance. Subscriptions received by Strickland & Bre., Penn .street, Reading. , '1 • .l (Witness NOties.l' WHEN a lady gets, a now lionnot (and now• a•days it is no great affaiti, j ) sho Always itri pears to us as if she felt ton inches taller, thirty per cent. prettlor, the °they of seven eigliths• of her sox, aI. altogether irresisti• .ble l to tho tual9,gontis ,generally. We don't knew . that' thi isi so, 'knit it looks that way. Spe king of' new bonnets ..we may hero melt t tion that at Copians', 884 Penn street : . may be foittl , the prettiest fall fashions in this city.. Go and sOc./. ' - . =I PeOSROUTED FOIL article, re flecting on tho eharneter of Constable liam-Dichl, as a man and ,as an officer, op peared in the Evenitv -Dispaibh on-Monday. Mr. Diehl brought a prevention before Al dermal Mengel yesterday, against tho pub. fishers of that paper, for libel. Warrants issued for their arrest were served by Con stablO'Sahwarti. ',Each gave bail in the sum of $4OO for a bearing at the November .term of nohrt. DEmocturrio ;ntEirrpro.—Notwithstfinding the damp atmosphere last 61argp and enthusiastic meeting was hold lz)y the De mocracy, in Penn Square. • The stand was placed a short distance above , the eastern extension of the Market House. Ex-Gov ernor Willinm.Biglor mid Dr. Julius Korn, addressed the assembled multitude on the great questions of:the day.. Tho latter_ gen tleman spoke in German, and both : made eloquent, speeches, and 'were heartily ap plauded. • RUNAWAY.--A man by the !male of Soy derj_livhig in Alsace township, climb driving' in North Sixth street, at the rate of 2-40,' with •a spirited span of horses,. yeiterday. When ho came to the Apkei bridge ho tried -to check their pace, lilt' ho found that they had got beyond - hie control; and for fear that he would be dashed to pieces 'with the_buggy, hejumped out and loft the horses go without a driver. Ho did not 'receive. any:material injury. The horses. did not run far bolero they were captured, having done no harm, except tearing the harness a little, ,1 • . Ellusinom„. ; Notioe.l .; . _ Wiwi in the course of human events a new' suit of clothes is necessary,. it becomes the interest and the pleasureiof ebody to go directly to 'Wellington Van' Reed, 824 Penn street. Mr. Van Reed having just re ceived a large stock of goods from the Phila delphia and New York markets, parties can not fail to - make a selection. The goods is offered as low as any other establishment in this city, and the already established repnta• tion of this house, is a sufficient guarantee to verify all that is said.. See advertisement. Pci-icE AVFints.-IVilliara l ace 19 ) resident of Norristown, who had BotEo busi peas to, transact at: Schuylkill Haven. He came from the latter place yesteiday morn ing, over the Reading railroad .?' Arriving at Reading ho thought ho would lay over a day or two to see the town.. . He, perambulated the streets, stopping noiv and then at a saloon to try atggh of schenek beer. He got "three andets in the, wind," became un gentlemanly, and insulted the ladies on the streets,Among the number ho insulted a respectable married lady, who had ,hiniwar rested. Served him right: OificerWhita ker Made the arrest. Case • held under advisement. DIFFICULTY DUTWE . RN ,Two BOOM BiAmts. —Tho kown'is full of boot blacks. There ill competition—rivalry:—Jealoniy. This tnorn• ing early, as early nen o'clock, a di ffi culty 'occurred between two 'of the .artista—opq A white boy, and the other colored, in hoot of the Derks County • House. It aware that the former boy had just put the shine op 'a pair of boots for a gentleman, when' the latter came along and at •once commenced abusing him, say ing • that he was a d—d boot .black,' &c. 'Officer' Roland happened along, directlyi by which tinte the colored boy, George Bundy, 'hhd got so far to use his Mite. a arrested_ George and took him before the Mayor. he' .ebony boot black would s not udgwalifledly • promise that he Would not•abase anv more boys, end twig ploed behind the bare. ! '' , !miiTaid.or Liultia sr loibitsi , -.. The folltiwing tianiedOrganimitioni will hold ehe i rtellOftr st'44 rOPtings. thi n 41: at evening : ' • ' • •• ,_ t ) Atig e lieft %quell Nof _91 4 0. ) 0. ~.tkilli,;l4', :i3priogyille; Cunard township. • , . ':;- Bounnole ;Connell • N0....8q 1 . - 0.11; A. Itt'i 0111 4: 11 (01 .IVashiiigton. , ~ ...:" ' a : 4,.. •", Reading Degree Cirele,'R. Cr, IH:V.): 0. A.,llrotherhoodilidl. Third and,Periu, , ,—, Hrmapp,Lo4 o . 1. D. Q. 1 11., Ypager:s Hall; ,1 app t-i_ '.. -0: , Royal. 140. 1, MOienie Tie, 703 Penn street, - ' • ' ' - •'" • idt. :Penn Lodge No. ON, K. ot.P.i, Odd Fellows' hall.. - , . , ~ , , t ~. • IVashing.tou Carni,iNo ::mu 98 / P. 0.4. fi. of A., "Mahlenlierg esli; ' ''Folirth And Penn streets: •'• • ' ' ' '' '' '' ' ' . ,L.. Rea& • Efi cainpment No. 48, L 0. of 0. • P. at 0d Fellows Hall, • - 1 -• Manato ny Encampment • No. 1&2, L p, , of 0. F.,:, t Fleasontrillo.,` i . i ' 1 ' . Ilan:burg Enearopment, No. 1•1(1,.1 . . 0. Of O. 10., at Hamburg.' ' -J ' Washington Camp, No. 99, P. o.i•of J. S. of 41. 1 ofWernersrille. •, • , i', ~ . . . , Lonomonio, WuisTf.y.s.--The Ovation is asked if it is `neoessarr ,thsC lofomotivo whistled should he'd° loud and Shrill? The Evening Post says . • • " Wo liiiVe noticed that these used on the locomotives of the New York and Al bany ;liiilroad are ; pitched open, xi lower key. 'They prodnce •a . heavy 'end deep ' sound, which gives sufficient warning and is a relief from the ear-piereing shriek. This,: is a graver annoyance and more serious matter then most , persons 'Wag ing. who live near the railroad sta tions most , know What the annoyance is ; but to the •sicki'in' some cases, it may' bd Almost a matter of life - and death. To a patient lying low with, a nervous fever, and • laid to sleep by careful bands; this 'horrid *shriek • may ho:a.deatli•knell. Of worse, - we do not object to anything that is required by the :vow° h,onyentenco end Safety. Tho law alloWS railiOtids to ruin near our houses and through our, grounds, and we . Submit. But the railroad managers need not iptliot unnecessary annoyance upon the , If a low, deep / tear is found on trial to give as good a Waning as a shrill shriek, railroad managers would greatly oblige. the public 14 having the form or.tone of the lo comotive whietlee changed. ' Is ris n little thing for thein,lnit a great thing for the aged, the sick, and the nurses of infants who live along their lines." • 1, Ai . .NATURAILIZAIIOIi- The Naturalization Court meets on Satur day morning, the 26th ) inst. We urge' our friends to be vigilant and activo in tho busi ness. Let all persons who desire to be naturalized at once make application to the undersigned Naturalization Committee. Tho qaalifications accessary to entitle a ,foreign-bern tesideritto a certificate of Nat • uralizatiOn are: I . . • 1. kilt() case of' persons arriving' in the country•of the ago of 18 years and upwards, five years' residence in the United States, proven by two witnesses iQ open Court, decla ration Of intoptjon, commonly called first vapers, haijng boon fi led two years previous ly- 2. In•thp case of porsons arriving in the country tinder the agesof 18 years, five years residence, .one year in the State, proven by two witnesses; without filing of first papers. 8. Foreign-born persons who: have, been engaged in the military service tot the United States, for . which they hoed honorable dis .charges, on proof of the same and: one years' residence . in the eountry,,proven by two .wit noses in open Court; are entitledto a corti ,fienee of naturalization. • It is a mistake to suppose that the production of an' honorable discharge before the election board will'en• title this latter class to veto. They must have a cert(ficate from the Court. COBNITTEN. • hennous Shafer, Esq., 29 'North 'Sixth street. I.l,onry M. Kam, Esq., 29 North Sixth street. . B. Frank. Boyer, Esq., 23 North Sixth street. • J. 1). Davis, Hg., 21 North Sixth street. D. E. Sohn:oder, Esq., 624 Penn street. E. H. Shearer, Esq., 646 Cort street. . -John Ralston, Esq., 646 Court, Street. - - James B. Beehtel,