Inunsnss Success!
aNd what did it?
CASH!! CASH!!!
(ASH
Tfc liStt,t Jri,rc3 -vct u"crc1 '
jxby goods,
Is at the
'J
York
Store,
the
Handsome New Fall Goods.
IIvy purchases made at the late Great
;3hter in Dry Goods.
Hard tunes am
J low prices for cash in
hud tl'c MoUo the ,uWCSt pricC3 CVer
tod or Dry Goods are now given at the
eTiork More, cvreything down to the
, ffost ebb, and the advantages of a new and
handsome stock to select from.
visit of inspection well worth your
while, as vou c:iu't fai t0 sce so01011""?
worth seeing.
We are offering now the largest and best
line of Dress (JooJs ever offered in Strouds
burg.
In Wash Poplins. Tycoon Heps, Alpaca
Lusters. French Meieuocs. Cashmeres and
Kaipress Cloth, in all the new Fall Shades
(f luttie (ireen, Navy Blue, Seal Brown,
fo. Bl.tek Alpaca from the bottom price,
to tie Lest. Handsome Plaids in the new
est Fail Shades, Mohair Mixtures,
AND NEARLY ANYTHING
from a 5 cent Calico up !
IVn't forget to look at the elegant line of
W.uil Flannels, in Demet, Plain Wool,
Shaker full yard wide, plain, red and twil
led, in nil grades ; Opera Flannel, Navy
i'iiie, ifcc.
all thaep cno(!?!i to make jour
Potkei liook Mttiie and give
II I it contents.
Last in the Flannel line comes the Cau
:,!! Fia:i:icis. in Bluiched, liruwu and
Colored of all grades. lon't p:us them by
lor they w ili go you good,
and all s low, that (lie happy
luit NMr ot '2't cents can oivti
a i laiiiiel hirt !
And while you
fiiiiL'hauis fr t!i
ure in, look at these
mere price of weaving.
La i I'ile-i of Calicos, the most handsome
j'rodud.ktit.s of the printers.
And another thing well worth your at
tention, is our stock of Cloth, Cassimercs
ui Wter Proof, in Black. Blue, Greeu,
tiuid and Plaid.
Worsted
Coating,
all Wool Cloth for
.?iii:is. luce goons lor Lovs
LM '
wear, and in
fact a fuii line from such
a; xcdl tw to drive the cow io some, jit
It court the nice ft jirl living, in.
Also examine their Shirts and Drawers,
a fail line fur Men, Ladies and Children.
-t prices full 10 per cent lower than they
have ever been offered for in Stroudsbunr.
Ribbons in all widths and shades, tuch
ai JSaVV lii'JO (':irf V.n.l Itro,rr,:
I'rabs and all colors of the rainbow, and in
!, nx in this department ice dry comptti-
."ii.
In the Notion stock can be found any
t.iingyou want. Stockings of ail kinds, styles
'id prices, from 5 cents up iu Cotton and
Uod, Plain and and Striped, and our rc-
... s. u 11 jui irj n
sees.
Alii 1 v h1 r.!f:ns fln't ,i-tmt flw.o,-.
and Lace Neck Ties, they will
I"1 'uur go.jd just to look at them.
And in one grand summing up, we would
II your attention to our stock of
Men's White Muslin Shirts,
SUSPENDERS, PAPER COLLARS,
ladies & Children's Knit Jackets,
elt Skirts, and Balmoral Skirts,
Counterpanes, Towels, Napkins,
TABLE LIXE.VS, &c, &c.
Now this Stock
MUST BE MOVED,
aud will be
Slaughtered at such Prices,
JA will rm-
Bona Fide Statement,
And (y
or
proof and further particulars call
at the
T
Doors above tie Post Ofiice,
V
hichvDu j , . . .... .
ui una to Dc ciecideaiy the
Cheapest Store in Town.
W'YCirrwn z-, .
Vita i 1 r 15J5LL.
F "oudsburg, Oct. 7, 1875-3m
m York Store,
GENERAL ELECTION.
SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION.
"VTHEREAS, by an Act of Gener.l A-
T t serably of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled "An Act relating to the Elec
tions of thin Commonwealth." uasafl th ?.
of July, 1839, it U made the duty of the Sheriff
ol every county to give notice of such election,
and to make known in such notice what officers
arc to be elected ; Now therefore, I Jacob K.
Shaver, High Sheriff of the county of Monroe,
do make known by this Proclamation to the
Electors of aid countv, that on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1875,
Being the day of the General Election, the fol
lowing persona are to he voted for by the free
men of the countv of Monroe:
ONE PERSON to fill the office of Governor
for the State of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON to fill the office of 1 rcasurer
for the State of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON to represent the twenty
second Senatorial District, composed of the
counties of Carbon, Monroe and Pike.
ONE PERSON for Associate Judge of
the Comity of Monro .
ONE PERSON for Prothonolry and Clerk
of the Courts of the Countv of Monroe.
ONE PERSON for Register and Recorder
of the- Conntv of Monroe.
ONE PERSON for Treasurer of the Coun
tv of Monroe.
THREE PERSONS for Commissioner of
the County of Monroe.
THREE PERSONS for Auditor of the
Public Accounts of the Countv of Monroe.
ONE PERSON for District Attorney of the
County of Monroe.
I also hereby make known and give notice,
that the Elections of the several dixtricts of
the paid county, will be held at the places here
inafter designated, to wit :
iIa'.c if Voliiiff.
The freemen of the township of Barrett,
will hold their election at the house ofl
Abraham Albert, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Chesnut
hill are to hold their election at the house of
Felix Storm, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Cool
baugh will hold their election at the Nagles
ville school-house, in said township.
The freemen of East Stroudsburjr, will
hold the'r election at the Analomink House,
in said Bownh.
The freemen of the township ofEldred,
will hold their election at the house of
Stephen Boyer, in said township
The freemen of the township of Hamilton
will hold their election at the house of Chaa.
Mann I, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Jackson,
will hold their election at the house of Peter
R. Stcrm. in said township.
The freemen of the township of Middle
Smithfield, will hold their election at the
house of James Place, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Paradise,
will hold their election at the bouse of
Jiuaes K'ntz, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Pocono,
will hold their election at the house of Ma-nas.-jah
Milier, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Polk, will
hold their election at the house of George
Green, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Price, will
hoU their election at the house of Lewia
Long; in said township.
The freemen of the township of Ross, will
hold their election at the house of Jacob II.
Stocker, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Smithfield
will hold their election at the house of
Edward Vetier, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Stroud, will
hold their election at the house of John Bald
win, in the boroug-h of Stroud sburg.
The freemen of Stroudsburg, will hold
their election at the Court House, in said
borough.
The freemen of the township of Tobyhan
na, will hold their election at the house of
Robert Warner, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Tunk
hannock, will hold their election at the
house of James ISewhirt, in said township.
IVoficc is eacrcby Ciiveia,
That in Article S. Section 1 of the Constitu
tion, it is de . lares. "Every male citizen twenty
one year of gc, possessing the following
qualification), shall be entitled to vote at all
elections : I'n?t He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one month. Second
lie shall have resided in the State one year,
or if, having previously been a qualified elec
tor or native born citizen of the State, he shall
have removed therefrom and returned, then six
months,) immediately preceding the election.
Third He hall have resided in the election
district where he fhall offer to vote at least two
nvmths immediately preceding the election.
Kjurt't it" twenty-two years of age or upwards,
he shall have paid within two years a state or
countv tax, which shall have been assessed at
leat two months and paid at least one month
before the election."
And, that it is provided Ivy an Act of As
sembly, approved July 2, 1839, "That every
person, excepting Justices of the Peace, who
phall hold any ofiice or appointment of profit
or trust under the Government of the United
States, or of the State, or of any city or in
corporated district, whether a commissioned
oflicer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or
agent, or who is or Fhall be employed under
the legislative, executive, or judiciary depart
ment of this State, of the United States, or of
any city or of any incorporated district, aad
also, any member of Congress, and of the State
Legislature, and of the select or common
council of anv city, or commissioner of any
incorporated district, is by law incapabje ci
holdidjr or exercising at the same time, the
office or appointment of judge, inspector, or
clerk of any election in this Commonweatlh ;
and that no judge, inspector, or other omcer or
any such election fhall be eligible to any office
to be then voted for.
In case the person who shall have re
ceived the oeoond highest number of votes
for inspector, shall not attend on the day of
any election then the person who shall have
received the second highest number of votes
for judge at the next preceding election shall
act us inspec'or in his place. And in case
the person who shall have received ihe high
est number of vois for inspector thai not
attend, tha pcr.-on elected judge shall ap
point an inspector in his place and in case
the person elected, as judge shall not attend,
then the inspector who received the highest
number ot votes shall appoint a judge in his
place; and if any vacancy shall continue in
the board for the space of one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening of the
election, the quili5ed voters of the town
ship, ward or district for which such officers
shall have been elected, present at such
eleciion, thdll elect one ot the number to
fill such vacancy, and eaeh of said inspectors
shall appoint One clerk, who shall be ft qualified
voter of said district.
"It shall be the duty of the several assessors,
respectively, to attend at the place of holding
every general, special or township election dur
ing the whole time the said election is kept opon,
for the purpose of giving information to the
inspectors and iudze. when called on. in rela
tion to the right of any person assessed by them
to vote a.fe such election, or such other matters
in relation to" the assessment of voters as the
said icspectors or judge or either of them shall
from time to time require.
If any person shall prevent or attempt to
prevent tiny officer of any election under
this act from holding uch election or use
or threaten any violence to any such ollicer
or shall interrupt or improperly interfere
with him in the execution of Ins duty, or
fhall block up the window or avenue to auy
window where the same nay be holding, or
shall riotnus'y disturb the peace nt such
election, or shall use or practice any intimi
dating threats, force or violence, with design
to influence unduly or overawe any elector
or to prevent him from voting or restrain the
freedom ot choice, such persons, on convic
tion shall be fined in uny sum not exceeding
fie hundred dollars and be imprisoned fur
any time not less than one nor more than
twelve months, and if it thail be shown to
the Court where the trial of such offence
shall be had that the percoti so offending was
not a resident of the city, ward, district or
township where the said offence was com
mitted aud not entitled to vote theTein, thon
on conviction he shall be sentenced to pay &
fine of not les.i than one hundred or more
than oil's thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
not less than six; months, tier more than two
yeirs.
If any person not by law qualified shall
fraudulently voto nt uny election in this
commonwealth, or being otherwise qualified,
shall vote out of his proper district, or if any
person knowing the want of such qualifica
tion, shall aid or procure such person to vote,
the person so offending shall on conviction, be
fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding three months.
If any person shall vote at more than one
election district or otherwise fraudulently
vote more than once on the same day, or
shall fraudulently fold and deliver to the in
spector two tickets together with the intent
illegally to vote, or shall vote the same, or
if any person shall advise and procure an
other so to do, he or they so offending shall
on conviction, be fined in any 6um not less
than fifty nor more lhan five hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned for any term not less
than three nor more lhan twelve months.
" If any person not qualified lo vote in this
Commonwealth, agreeably to law except the
6ons of qualified citizens), shall appear at any
place of election for the purpose of issuing
tickets or influencing the citizens qualified
to vole, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for eery such offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months.
"All elections by the citizens fhall be by
ballot. Every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order in which it shall be received, and
the number recorded by the election officers
on the list of voters, opposite to the name of
the elector who presents the ballot. Any elector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested by
a cititzen of the district. The election officers
shall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how
any elector shall have voted unless required to
do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding.
'Electors shall in nil cases except treason,
felony and breach of surety of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during their attendance
on elections and in going to and returning
therefrom.
Whenever any of the qualified electors of
.!.' t.l 1 1 1 L-
in i.-i V.OUUUOI1 w tami snail oe in actual military
service, under a requisition from the President
of the United States or by the authority of this
Commonwealth, such electors may exercise the
right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens,
under such regulations as are or shall be pre
scribed by law, as fully as if they were present
at their usual places of election."
All laws regualating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of electors
shall be uniform throughout the State, but no
elector shall be deprived of the privilege of
voting by reason ot his name not being re
gistered. Any person who shall give, or promise or
offer to give, to an elector, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at
an election, or for withholding the sanie, or
who shall give or promise to give such con
sideration to any person or party for such elec
tor's vote or for the withholding thereof, and
any elector who shall receiveor agree to receive,
for himself or for another, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at
an election, or for withholding the same, shall
thereby forfeit the right to vote at such elec
tion, and any elector whose right to vote shall
be challenged for such cause before the elec
tion officers, shall be required to swear or affirm
that the matter of the c hallenge is untrue be
fore his vote shall be received.
Any person who shall, while a candidate for
office, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or willful
violation of any election law, 6hall be forever
disqualified from holding an office of trust or
profit in this Commonwealth, any person con
victed of willful violation of the election laws
shall, in addition to any penalties provided by
law, be deprived of the right of suffrage abso
lutely for a term of four years.
For the purpose of voting no person shall be
deemed to have gained a residence by reason
of his presence, or lost it by reason of his
absence, while employed ia the service, either
-civil or military, of this State or of the United
States, nor while engaged in the navigation of
the waters of the btate or the United States, or
on the high seas, nor while a student in any
institution of learning, nor while kept in any
poor house or other asylum at public expense,
nor wbije confined in public prison.
District election boards shall consist of a
judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens, .bach, elector shall
have the right to vote for the judgo and one
inspector, aad each inspector shall appint one
clerk. The first election board for any new
district shall be selected, and vacancies in elec
tion boards filled, as shall be provided by law.
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election, and while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant of a court of record or judge
thereof, for an election frand, for felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty during
their terms of service.
Notice Is Also Given,
That it is provided by an Act approved
January 30, A. D. 1874. "On the petition of
five or more citizens of any election district,
setting forth that the appointment of overseers
is a reasonable precaution to secure the purity
and fairness of the election in said district, it
shall be the duty of the court of common pleas
of the proper county, all the law judges of the
said court able to act at the time concurring,
to appoint two judicious, sober and intelligent
citizens of the said district belocgAPg to dif
ferent political parties, overseers of .Jtftion to
supervise the proceedings of eleciion officers
thereof, and to make report of tha same as, they
may be required by such court. Said overseers
shall be persons qualified to sfcjv.e upo? ihe
election board and shall have the right to be
present with the officers of such election dur
ing the whole time the same is held, the votes
counted, and the returns made out and signed
by the election officers ; to keep alist of voters,
if they see proper ; to challenge any person
offering to vote, and interrogate hiro a&4 bis
witnessed under oath, in rega4 Xo bis right cf f0
suffrage at said election, and to examine his
papers produced ; and the officers of said elec
tion are required to afford to said overseers, so
selected ana appointed, every convenience and
facility for the discharge of their duties; and
if said election officers shall refuse to permit
aid overseer to be present, and geifrrm their
duttCH as aforesaid, 8ueh -ftrncer Ar efScera shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, end on cotivir-rinn
thereof shall be fined not exceeding one thous
and daliarx, or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or uuui, in I lie discretion ot Ibe court;
or if the overseers shall be driven away from
the polU by violence or intimidation, all the
votes polled in such election district may be
rejected by the proper tribunal trying a contest
uudersaid election, or a part or portion of
auto vuiw aioresam may oe counted, as sucu
tribunal may deem necessary to a just and
proper dispoition of the case.
"At all elections hereafter held under the
laws of thin commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o'clock a. m. and closed at
seven o'clock, p. ni.
"Wheruevcr there shall be a vacancy in an
election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be tilled in conformity with
existing laws.
"At the opening of the polls at all elections
it shall be the duty of the judges of election
for their respective districts to designate one
of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be lo
have in custody the registry of voters, and to
make the entries therein required by law ; and
it shall be the duty of the other of said inspec
tors to receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
"All elections by the citizens shall be bv
ballot ; every ballot voted shall be numbered
In the order in which it shall bereceived, and
the number recorded by the clerks on the list
of voters opposite the name of the elector from
whom received. And any voter voting two or
more tickets, the several tickets so voted shall
each be numbered with the number correspond
ing with the number to the name of the voter.
Any elector may write his name upon his ticket
or cause the same to be written thereon, nd
attested by a citizen of the district. In addition
to the oath now prescribed by law to be taken
and subscribed by election officers, they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose
how any elector shall have voted, unles re
quired to do so as .witnesses in a judicial
proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks, and
overseers of any election held under this act,
shall, before entering upon their duties, be duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other.
The judge 6hall be sworn by the minority in
spector, if there shall be such minority inspec
tor, and in case there be no minority inspector,
then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and
the inspectors, overseer and clerks shall be
sworn by the judge. Certificates of such
swearing or affirming shall be duly made cut
and signed by the officers so sworn, and attested
by the officer who administered the oath. If
any judge or minority inspector refasescr fails
to swear the officers of election in the manner
required by this act, or if any officer of elec
tion shall act without being first duly sworn,
or if any officer of election shall 6ign the form
of oath without being duly sworn, or if any
judge or minority inspector shall certify that
any ofucer was sworn w hen he was not, it shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion, the officer or officers so offending shall be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
imprinoned not exceeding one year, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
'On the day of election any person whose
name is not on the registry of voters and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter of
the district as a witness lo the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for the period of at least
two months, immediately preceding said
election, which witness shall be sworn
or affirmed and subscribe a written or part
ly written and partly printed affidavit
to the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where the residence is
f the person 60 claiming io be a voter, and
the person so chiming the right to vote shall
also lake and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating,
to the best of bis knowledge and belief,
when and where he was born; that he been a
citizen of the Uniied States for one month,
and of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
that he has resided in the commonwcalthone
year, or, if formerly a qualified elector or a
native born citizen thereof, and has remov
ed therefrom and retured, that he has resi
ded therein six mouths next preceding said
election; that he has resided in the district
in whtch he claims to be a voter for the pe
riod of at least two months immediately pre
ceding said election; that he has not movod
into the district for the purpose of voting
therein ; that he has, if twenty-two years of
age tr upwards, paid a state or county lax
within two ypars, which was assessed at
least two months and paid at least one month
before tbe election. The said affidavit shall
also state when and where the tax claimed
to be paid by the affiiant was assessed, and
when and where and to whom paid; and the
tax receipt therefor shull be produced for ex
amination, unless the affiant shall Btate in his
affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or
that he never received any; and if a natur
alized citizen, shall als i state when, where
and by what court he was naturalized, and
shall also produce h's certificate of naturali
zation for examination. But if the person so
claiming the right to vole shall take and sub
scribe an affidavit, that he is a native born
citizen of the U. States, or if born elsewhere,
shall state the fact iu hjs affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized, or that he is entitled to cilizens-hip by
reason of his father's naturalization ;) aud
shall further state in his affidavit tint he is
at the time of making the affidavit, of the age
of twenty-one and under twenty-two years;
that he hs been a citizen of the United
States one mouth, and has resided in the
State one year; or, if a native born citizen
of the state and removed thorefroin and re
returned, that he has rcsioVd therein six
months next preceding such election, he shall
be entitled tovote, although he 6hall not
have paid taxes. The said affidavits of the
witnesses to their residence, 6hall be preser
ved by the election board, and at the close of
the election they shall be enclosed with the
IUt of voters, tally list and other papers re
quired by law to be filed by the return judge
with the prothonotary, and shall remain on
file therewith in the protljonotory's office,
subject to examination, oilier election pa
pers are. If the election officers shall find
that the applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifies tions of voters, he or they shall
be permitted to vote, and the name or names
shall be added to the list of taxables by the
election officers, the word ''tax" being added
where the claimant claims to vote on tax,
and the word "age" where he claims to vote
on age ; the same words being added by the
clerks in each case respectively, on the lists
of persons voting at such eleciion.
'It shall be lawful for any quali
fied citizen of the district, noi withstand
ing the name of the proposed voter is con
tained on the list of resident taxables, to
challenge tb vote cf each person; where
upon the same proof of the right of suffrage
us is now required by law shall be publicly
made and ncted on by the election board, and
ihe vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence; eyery person claiming Xo boa
naturalized citizen shall be required to pro
duce his naturalization certificte at tbe elec
tion before voting, except where he has been
r ten years, consecutively, a voter in the
district in which he offers hit vote; and on
the vote of such person being received, it
shall be ihe duty of the election officers to
wriie or stamp on such certificate the word
"voted," with the month and year; and il
any election officer er officers shall receive a
Brcjiid vole en tho sjuia dy, by virtue of
tho same ceriiCcate. excennr w here softs
are entitled to vote by virtue of ihe r.aturs
ixaiiiu of their fathers, thry and the person
wh- shall offer such second vote, uron s of-
feudiujr shall be guilty of a high mico'cmean
or, and on conviction tareor', br fined vl
imprisoned, or huth, at the discretion if U
court; but lite fine shall retrxeced one bun
dred dollars in each case, nor the iinpri.-on-mcni
one year, the Jfke punishment slnli
he inflicted on conviction, on the ftcers of
election who shall neglect or refuse t.i make,
or cause to b made, the indorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on said naturalisation ceiti
icate.
' If any election officer s'tail rcfu-e
or neglect toreqntre mich proof of the righi
of euffragc as is prescribed by thia law, or
the laws to which ihi.t is a supplement, lr m
any pcron offering to oie whose name i
not on ibe list of assessed voters, or whosf.
right to vote ia challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
io vote without requiring such proof, evrry
person so offending, shall upn conviction,
be Fontenced, for every such ofTenc, to pny
a fine not excoeding five hundred dollars, or
lo undergo an imprisonment no' more thin
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
of ihe court.
"As soon a the polls shall close, the officers
of election shall proceed to count all the votes
cast for each candidate voted for, and make a
full return of the same in tripi cate, with a
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
afcer his or her name, first in wordi aud again
in figure?, and shall be signed bv all of said
officers, and certified by overseers, if any, or it
not so certified, the overseers and other officers
refusing to sign or certify, or either of them.
shall write upon each or the returns his of their
reasons for not signing or certifying them. The
vote, as soon as counted, shall also be publicly
and fully declared from the window to the
citizens present, and a brief statement showing
the votes received by each candidate shall be
made and signed by the election officers as soon
as the vote is counted, and the same shall be
immediately posted upon the door of the elec-
uuii iiviurc jui imiuj luflkkiuii vi lite t'uuiii.. X otr
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
and sealad in the presence of the officers, and
one envelope, with unsealed return sheet, given
to the judge, which shall contain one list ol
voters, tallv-paper and oaths of clucers, and
another of the said envelopes shall be given to
the minority inspector. All judgealiving with
in twelve miles of the prothonotary's office, or
within twenty-four miles, if their residence bo
in a town, village or city upon the line cf a
railroad leading to the county seat, shall, be
fore two o'clock post meridian of the day after
the election, and all other judges shall, before
twelve o'clock meridian of ihesecond day after
the election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court
of common pleas of the county, which said
return sheet shall be filed, and the day and
hour of filing marked thereon, said shall Le
preserved by the prothonotary for public infec
tion ; and the other of said triplicate return
shall be placed in the box and sealed up with
the ballots. AH officers provided for by this
act shall be compensated as like officers are
paid by existing laws. Whenever a place ha
been or shall be provided bT the authorities ol
any city, county, township or borough, for the
safe keeping of the ballot-boxe, the judge and
minority inspector shall, afer the election shall
be finished, and the ballot-boxes or boxes con
taining the tickets, list of voters and other
papers, have been securely bound with taue
and sealed, and the signatures of the judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same, together with the remaining boxes, to
the mayor and recorder of such cities, or in
counties, townships or boroughs, to such person
or persons as the court of common pleas of the
proper county may designate, at the place
provided as aforesaid, who shall then deposit
the said boxes and keep the same to answer
the call of any court or tribunal authorized to
try the merits of such election. "Whenever the
election omcers of any eleetion district shall
require the election boues of such district, to
hold any election, which, by law, thev are or
shall be required to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possession without open
ing, until the morning of such election, and
until they shall severally be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose how any elector shall have voted,
and after being so sworn or affirmed, thev shall
open the said boxes and burn and totally
destroy all the ballots and other papers which
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such election.
The respective assessor?, in
spectors and judges of the elections shall
each have the power to administer oaths to
any persons claiming the right to be as
sessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard
to any other matter or thing required to be
done or inquired into by any of said officer
under this act; and any willful false swear
ing by any person in relation to any matter
or thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by any of said officers
or overseers thall be perjury.
Any assessor, election ofbeer or porou
appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect
or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by
this act, without reasonable or legal cause,
sha'l be subject to a penalty cf one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person as a voter who is net qualifi
ed ; or fhall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
in office, and on conviction be punished bv
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject to
an action tor damages by the party aggriev
ed ; ar.d if any person shall fraudulently
alter, add to, deface or destroy any lit ol
voters made out as directed by this act, or
tear down or remove the same from ihe placo
where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mischievous intent, or for any improper pur
pose, the person so offending shall be guilty
of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by a fiuu not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment noi
exceeding two years, or both, at the discre
tion of the court.
If any prothonotary, clerk, or tbi
deputy of either, or any other person, shail
affix tbe seal cf office to any naturalization
paper, or permit the same to be affixed, or
give our, or cause or permit tho same to be
given out, in blank, whereby it may be
fraudlently used, or furnish a naturalization
certificate, to any person who shall not have
been duly examined and sworn in oponciurt,
in the presence ot some of the judgetj there
of, according to the act of Congress, or shall
aid in, connive at, or in any way permit the
iesuo of any fraudulent naturalization certi
ficate, he shall be guilty of a high
misdemeanor; or if any on shall fraudulently
use any such certificate of naturalization,
knowing that it was fraudulently issued, or
6hall vote, or attempt to vote thereon, if any
one shall voie, or attempt to vcte, on any
certificate of naturalization not issued to him,
he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
and either or any of tbe persons, their aiders
or abettors, guilty of either of the misdemea
nors aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be lined
in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars,
and imprisoned in the proper penitentiary
for a pcrjod not exceeding three years.
Any person who on oath or
affirmation, in .or before any court in this
State, or officer authorized to administer
oaths, shall, to procure a certificate of
naturalization, tor himself or any other per
son, wilfatly depass, declore or affirm any
matter to be fact, knowing the time to be
fils, er shall in like manner deny any mat-
tt t t' be f cf, krowirfT tiis nine to b trur,.
shall bt deem d guijiy of perjury ;' and cj
certificate of naturalisation isfoed iu pursu
ance of any mch uep.igiiion, declaration or,
affrmation, hnll le null nn.i oid; and it
stall ht the iutv of the court issuing th
sai2' upon pTnf lei'ij made bclorfl is hrt
it V3 frandlcntiy ollanind, lo tnke mi
mediate measures for re-caliin th .-Siae fir
cancel i;ir;n ; ar-d Rny rerpon who shall votr,
or :it'e:vpt to vole, en nry j:iper 8 obtained
or who shall in any way aid in, connive at,
or have: ny nencv whatever in the isfU,
circulation cr useof any fr-iudicnt noturalun
tion cerificaie, shsll be deemed guilty of a
ii)i.denieano-, aud, up'n conviction thereof,
-hi!i undergo- en imprisonment in tho
prnitentiiry for not more than t 6 ear.,
Bnd psy a f;n, not n ore thtn ore thWrf
dollar?, for eveysuch offence, or both, trt the
discretion of the court. . ,
"It xhs.il be the duty of the secretary of- the
commonwealth to prepare forms for all Jrie
blanks made r.rressary by this act, and furnish
copies of the same to the county com mission m
of the several counties of the commonwealth ;
and the ccuhty commissioners of each county
shall, as soon as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, at the proper expense of the coun
ty, procure r.rd furnish to all the election
oSuocm cf the election di'ricts of their re.pec-'
tive counties copies of such blanks, in surhj.
quantities as may be rendered necessary for
the discharge cf their duties under this act, and
shall nay all necessary expenses for lights, rent,
fjcl and stationery, on bills certified by the
election officers."
And by sn Act approved February 13, 1874.
it is provided, "In ail elections hereafter the
certificate of naturalization, if genuine, shall be
conclusive evidence of the facts mentioned
therein ; imd where the person offering to vote
claims the right en the payment of tax, tbe
receipt for such tax, if signed by the proper
officer, shall Le the evidence thereof; if such
person does not produce such receipt, then pay
ment of the tax may be proved by the oath of
such person, or other evidence, stating when,,.
wnere and to whom such tax M-as paid.
God save the Commonwealth.
JACOB K. SUA FEU, Sheriff::
Sheriff's Office, Strondsbnrg, No. 7, 187G
FOR SALE.
One pair of Mulei, 3 year
njTxi old, j hands high, well broke-
n La-W-aati: : " j i-.-
l' J j every way, in gooa conutlior.
?sr3-i---OwVi!l sell chcan or exchange for'
good yoke of oxen. Call cn or address
ij. i. SiUii H,
Forks Station, Monroe Co.. Pa."
Sept. CO, 1375.
ivery & Exchange Stables.
The undersigned having pur
chased the stock of Horses, (Jar
..: c. i i w.
taS.'Cwl:anghoner, beg leave to tay to
the public they have horses and carriages to'
hire at ail bours on reasonable terms.
PKIRSON & THOMPSON,
Office opposite R.Il. )eputi
J'ast Stroudaburg, Pa.
Stables immediately in roar.
Sept. 3i), 1 875. tf.
GAED.
As much speculation has been made by in
credulous persons in regard to our manner of
doing business, we wish to say to the public"
generally, that we will only sell or exchange
property on a legitimate basis, receiving only,"
a regular commission, and we will entertain ntV
proposition under any other circumstance
whatever. Our object will be to satisfy all par
ties. We are thankful for past patronage and
solicit a continuence of the same.
Kepecti fully.
Pkirsox & TiiOMrsox, Real Estate Agts
Conveyancers and Collectors,
Office opposite R. R. Depot,
East Stroudsburg, Pa., Sept. 16, 1875.
We will open the first tei-ni of our select'
School in Stroudsburg, Monday, September
Cth, at the old Seminary. The building has
been put in good repair, and will be made
thoroughly comfortable during all season's of
the year. We claim to understand what'wti
propose to teach. Our purpose is to be dili
gent and faithful in the work of instruction,
and to exercise a special care over the morals
and manners of our pupils. If after a fair
trial, parents shall find that their children, en
trusted to our tuition, are not improved, wg ,
shall neither expect nor desire a continuance
of their patronage. Morning sessions from
9 to 12; afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock.
MAGGIE B. C ARROW,
MINNIE A. L. CARROW.
September 2, 1875. tf.
rJT" V.w.. VT I
FOR SALE.
We have one of STEVERSON'S DUPLEX
TURBINE WATER WHEELS of 21 in dU
ameter, For Sale ; said Wheel being in the
best of order. Also, with it are the Bevel
Wheels (pinion and mortise,) Iron Head Block,
with upright and horizontal boxes, Wheel
Shaft and Clutch ; also, complete set of Gate
Fixtures, with rack gears, &c., in good order,-
The above wheel has been run for about 7
years at our factory, and hows that the usage'
has been careful. We have replaced it by :y
42 in. wheel, as we needed more power. With"
tho wheel is about 8 ft. of Draft Tube, also in'
good condition.
ALSO;
One ROSE WHEEL, S3 in. diameter, turned
on bottom so as to make tight joint ; with Scroll
Block and Step all complete, with Gate Fix
tures. With this Wheel is lr! feet of Cast Iron
Pipe ( in. iron), 12 inches in internal diame-
ter. This pipe is in three pieces, one 10 ft, 5
in. long, one 4 fi., and an Elbow This Wheel
has given power to our machine 6hop for r
years, and is in excellent condition,
ALSO ;
One STEAM BOILER of about 20 Horse
Power.
ALSO;
One DOUBLE JOUVAL TURBINE,
WHEEL 41 inches in diameter.
Any or all of the above will be sold at a bar-gain-if
prompt application is made to
THE TANITE CO,
SrnordsBCiU, Pi
Sept. 16, 1S75..
TO THE LADIES.
Ladies Ilair-Corobinge, made up cheap aji-i
good into Braids, Swithces, Curls, Frisc, etc.,
orders left at Mrs. P. R. Clcmjen Fasey Mil.
linery Store, Main Street, Stroudsburg, three
doors below the Indian Queen Hotel, or send
by mail to C. & L. E. LAKE, Stroudsburg,
Monroe county. Residence two mile wcbt of
Stroudsburg on the Kunkletown road,
July S, lS75-6m.
OXT y Know that J. II.
McCarty & Sons aro the. rnlv TTrwler.
takers in Stroudsburg who understands their
business? If nt, attend a Funeral managed
by any other Undertaker in tow?, and yo
will pee the prW of the fact.
June 1374 tf