trr E Op! ail, !l i . eM.UMr.-.n juj-.jhj.am '.wiwjtj. t--v g-.iJ am. rm i Ocuotcb to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iiioralihj, awb cncral Sntdligctuc. STRQUDSBURG, MONROE"' COUNTY; PA., FEBRUARY 3, 1876. NO. 35. a: rr , eri . .er-. II :jL -L- l n .ill 1 "' 'est ,. set 11 ori 3eltiE 1 "Tin. i 8 J hers I as. u ir-cl to et;l itu. Y ,!"T '.lit OUi ..vjlrtfi hy Thfa.r Srtech. ;l l ."! a v.ar in a-Ivati-c anl if r.t T'-T . ,.( tho voa.-, two aUavs aii'l ntiy . . .it 1 1 ; .f ..jv s-raasv -f 'ei-to lov-O or ... e r I ..!. l.'irii ;.r'.i.ij....i in- am I ,.K M.t. KIN US. m i''! t:r:ns. u -i i r i :i-l:ir,- t , .i -M- ,1,'uir .1. Jii.r.,,7C-tf. nrmiUCC J01INST0N12, Homeopathic Physician, I) a run?in, Cherrv Valley, j '"' " " I ;..sfi'.i: co;:ntv ta FfiVs: j;."iin, 5ir.?eoa ana accgucusuf, i-AVo Clt, Way.nk Co., I'a. - I'1 in d.iv or i May ' 7-3-1 i'. 1 ::);v.t:rj ivi' p.7j-jn3, Sar-jaan and Aeccuoneur, x.-. '.1 . ti 1 4 1; TfC ll 1. ti'i l.lin :-.t 'It :u: hi 7 l a. r.i 1 ' :". p. r.i. K p. m 1 v. TV1- .u;;'iXi!LT!:. Pr. . ir.di Jack -on. 1 r O'.ixOu street. Y) 3 t a I fci'ir, tniiv.l-.lesr.tj Ilu-ase,' - 111 :;!. v-,. '. PHILADELPHIA. in" 1 ' da v.- . :l 1 SI'AIIN, Prop'r. Surveyor, GonveyailCeT and j J A cronf, Uvy Ti.iil-'T Lands and Town Lots T? e t T - 1 ' c" j A iiierieTii ! iK-r ore. I D E. J. IX & r.ISOHANICAL DENTIST. ' ..-i M . ," n sir-, r in t'-i" sof.ivt ;ry - .- ' ':: . a i '. :i z. ' : ' '' ' e; 1 ' ' m. 1 l'- ihii- ) i'i:; -If tie.il by -i;:ii-'' -'..ee. ..: ., ! I a;i.i ;!,.. ci .;. .-ir-i -st :ui'l r.'.t ::-,:: ; 11 -i 1.1 i iii t n ii U 'n- ' i ' v I 1 ! : !" -r M nil ! -raj ...ns -.1 1.1 (:.. hi 1-1 r-.tr. U.i skiill'ul i.sau- ti. svin; tii" Vpt'tr;:! T -.-tli ; 11 A-!:tjv-i;.i -.-i Ri:?.1!-r. ..;) .u 0.1:11, iorl'vct iit- iis &11 ; 1. Vi!y :i:el -l-.a-' r .f on- j ii-.- oi.'i .)i-ri-.-ii",-il. or t-.i tli-!.- liv April !!, 1-71. if. yuis EisifMV SE-:it II. . . . i . .i i i i i , .. . -e:- are ine cu.y i reur- r-;. . t!'"g who u!v!er,.;.n.1s toe;r j y- ull"lyi d L il;"'ra' '""'Vf j i I il -it iK .-r in town, auu vou j i.n. ! ,,;' the fact. ' I .1, :i i. v j . e . it'ii ur the: S3T2Y COTTAGE ORGANS! -'ij.-ir r -ui'l hr-niiriPilIy firdshod io- f.i eeli-ivi'd tiii-tr competitor in 1 '-I!-. tv, sw-riiifsc ;tti'l iviie;icv oi' loll-, v ' '.: tin- first au.J only prei.ii-iui giv i : ts ,,( rn-d Orruis at I lie Monroe '.r. h.-M S-utt-.-,!..,- Is74. '.y i!,..- ift. '0r i iee list a-i(!rrs( J. Y. SK.Ai TS, lOt. .'I l .ii- I . i v I j t ibr Afv'ftM I .J: f: PAP Eli I SUR, GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MOXKOE STREET, v opposite Kuutz's Clacksmith Shop, IKOtD.SBl.RO, Pa. ,ifi tm-Jert-iirrif ul would rcsnctful! v in- fo r-lt p.i,H.N , ,1.1. A iiOtiirv oi'p kS ""w 'li"y f'epitfd to do all kiiuie '' ai" t li iagi.o.. (j 'a zing an I Painting. mid at short notice, nnd Unit he p'l )kp'l co.i-liintly on hmd a fin lock id '-t Uuiioi.-.w of all descrip'ious and at lnc..-e. Tiie piiru.ia. .fth public Wli'--?-y oJif.f,.d. " May 1 ft, 1872. TOCK, GREAT BANK ROBBERY. SKILLED CRACKSMEN GET G70,000. Tilt; STORY OF THE UAH) AT NOHTAMl'TON", M VSNS.YCIirSETTS A FAMILY OP SEVEN JAGUED AN!) OL AUULl) KOU I'lVE HOURS THE ESCAPE. From the Springfield IUpuUican of Jan. 27. North;mi(nn woke up, yesterday forc noon, to learn of the ni.hst nu'Jacious, deli berato aiul startling bank robbcrv tliat wotorn Massachusetts, if n)t the whole country, has over known. A b;;nJ of seven inon, v!m had boon hanirlntr about the town for at least a month, it would seem, entered the house of Cashier Whittlesey," of the Northampton National Bank, and bound, jrajred and guarded fur hours .seven eoj;lc. They eoinpelled lain to ive them the com- oiuations on tne safe vault, waited until .1-1. .1 1 I j iney kiicw uie lai.i watciunan iiat u;oue j ill-mo, :-nJ tlivn, getting- into the vault and I safe with only one of the four keys needed, i stiolc a lar'i amount of securities, locked ! .1. T ' C., .1. 1 .1 . .. 1 .... .1 toe auiL unci tneui, ana ueUiieti on lue ! early morning .Si-riniiueld train ; and j whence thoy came and whither they went, i up to dute, is a riddle. An expert had to be summoned yum New York and the lock, was not opened umil v.n early hour ton j morning loe re.su, t is Mn.KientJy appal- , bu- ihe tab.e ..tthe seeuri . ta:cen j shows a total ot bo,0;()w(). (A -aij m ieii Oi this is n -t noii io.e, s tint H is ;iHeult to estimate . 1 in. real loss to the r., .1 .1. c: i. e.e uauiv ciii reis der.i-itor. ffer a lvwerd oi 0,001. ibrtbe return of; me -.ep.'rry an-i ine 0'irL'l.rs. ine loss c ; vution or toe . ,..1 ! 1..0S co njiar.iii.er K i . I ,....1.1 . 1. . . iij-iiiv iij o;i 1 ne oaiiiv, i lie greater pan, o t!i.l T;i eeuruies ei.;ng to spt ci-l tieposuors. ; table ot the funds taken shows iSI:.- ' 1.. in m:... : v:.... . 1 .. c--. .:mo i.: . 1 .Mr.Mu.i 1. iiiic - i' i r , v, rf.wi . v- ii.-.it; 11, ivo-k im :tuu 1 i-.i.is i tin oa-i Mi:iic. ..Co;, Laeoore-.n-J .i le.ngau eu! neni, j ( bi -ae-. Burtin:fton and Qanicy j ri:'''s' f(i (.levcunu, (.oiumuus "f- i ' ! 1 ll i -r.-(. s n. 1.- 'l.t-:it Si n! iurn I ...... . . ; ( ineltatati -'.0 Ohio S-l-U :;! I mi.ri leiiie, ?10.".- ; t r .) . . .... . , ' ;.. ooi.i liiieu o-'iios, c.o,'.o-,i Afehls-n J, , . t 2 4 ot-eKa . o, r!,rt V an'"',' "liCsi"''' .g!iv? v;r VT '-1:';UI. ! Church in the directors' room of the Damp- ! secreted iu a place not fit for a human be l''l;H Mi:,u" l:oi'ie. o...,.),.::i0 ! shire County LJ.oik,TuesJavevenin- which ig to live in. Thelihtofthe sun has t?loo.:.to-. roistered su-e.,s ana t-ai .s ot j aJ,uut y o'clock, when the clerk, in not shown on him for six months, and if ; 1 ntvd M..tes an vaiious c-.rpv.rat ions, j , ui.i::z j0-vn the curtain, saw four men ran i anv of vour detectives discover the j.le uf -..(-eXUt.reen.neks ana mue-inl !,a,.i ;.i!is. j frulu rCtir 0fthe building. j his coneeahnent. that will be the signal for Si, "o.i Petron. juixiiganu Jj.:ke .uic.igan: ! u v.t4..-,l...v. ,...i..,.,,t.t.-.r ! i.:.. t i i, v., t :, .... ...,,,..1 j tot.d. I : The band ;;e i the bouse oi' M 1 d to have entered ! att.es -v. on Lim street, j about half a mile from tiie bank, through i laughing at the plight of Cashier Whittle a seeou 1-st- ry wia-1 w. lie and bis wife 1 sey's ioi!:s. Ti.e bank uilieers were confi- 'v.-re aroused about I A. M., and r-rdercd V tWo i t to oress. J nc. other j !lfS OI the house. T. B rf i i . ii i (J-li .i!f j li'it.-r, and his Wife. M-s.s M.ittie j C. ;aU'. of uliaihs-p-.rt, P.t.. Maria ; iento!i. an invalid b-.ard-r, aid the servant ;iil. had been .-imilariv a.v.ik.-ned. and wen ibed into t!ie Wiiitties bed room. were botavl and gagge-l, the burglars ron- rang short of rope and dispatching the j servant, fbr clothes due. The m.-n were ; rather a jolly set', inclined to pay some at- j tenti - u to the ceuaoit ot thetr victims ; j they advised the wotm-n to put on three j pairs of stockings so that the binding ropes j .'odd not cut til m. One oi them ca?:ia.!y j reniai ke-i tiiat ue i.a-i notieeu .-ir. uu- j j ties-y's hue watch tit Watch Hill, B. I., j two yens ago, and tri.-d to claim ae-jU.iiu- j ; tance wit Si him from that time. This wat.h j ! they took, but Mrs. Whittlesey slyly j-itobed ! 1 hers under the bureau alio! 5o saved il ; they J .!. i picked her hoe cloak out of the bureau, and j she sai l, "Give me that old thing ; I'm ! col l," and gained that. One of the ladies said she was siek and needed medicine. whereupon an attentive burglar ofleied her a s; -oonJ'ul of brandy. Conversation was carried on, more or less brk!y, but always ! pleasantly, up to -1 A. 31. The burglars. ! who wore kid erlovcs. were well disguised p.v niasks made from the legs of satinet ... .. . . (jj - jers, with places cut lor the eyes, long jilifeil im., blue overalls. They took. b - si.le, the watch, Ufteon dollars from Mr. blttlescy s pocKet. Mr. Whittlesey, when asked to give the three combinations to the vault, fbr the cuter, inner and chest doors, gave them wrong twice and thrice, but the4 burglars wrote them down and made hfm repeat. Of course they caught him, and a pistol compelled the truth, though he told them that ibur keys were necessary to open the latent lock, three of which were at the ... 4 4 liouses a ine oioer oaoiv. noicc-is. iiv i ( .1 J 1 ... (7. A 1 bank ohicers. At i i v. r.r ie! . . I.,,.. ... . a i j .ill. WiaHl'Jsey m I .. iv-jii ioaiu- srairs bed room, the whole family gagged, and four of the burglars withdrew to opf-rate on the bank. - Three hours after Mrs. Whiitlesev succeeded in freeing herself and giving the alarm from a window. The whole party were speedily liberated, and the cashier, still wearing the handcuffs, went to the bank. A clever workman soon fitted a key, and all the handcuffed were .soon ic'eas.-d. Examination at the bank showed that the cracksmen had unlocked the outer door, but were apparently balked by the safe lock, lacking three of the requisite four keys. They tried the metal of the door with bars, and wrenched oil two dials, which serve as an index for work ing the combination, la-ping mi to tamper with the lock. They were entirely unmolest ed, the watch having gone home, 'lhere is every indication that six, and perhaps all, of them left on Conductor Adams' b o'clock Southern train. Live of tbem had tickets previously bought and one paid his fare. It is surmised that one of tbtm may have got left, for a man was intjuiiir.g, soon after, for a cboneo to folk the regular trait) by freight, and a team, driven furiously toward II ilyoko, was heard by the family of Sheriff W'riuht passing on Maple .street, where, also, a linen duster was picked up. The lock up n the vault was a supposed especially s-i'e affair. . It was Dexter' s double-dial combination, with Herring's atent for dkscounectiu the tumblers from the spindle, was patented by (.War Yale last April, and put on ihe bank only last October, l'or safety it was accounted fully e'pial to, if ti: t better than, the chronometer look. But the gan knew ..!! the ins an I outs of locks, for when Mr. Whittlesey told them that they could not enter with but one of the four keys reouin-d, they had responded, "We know more about bank locks than you do.'' Of course they did, for, when the new lock was but in, a conspicuous notice was posted up warning burglars that it would be idle for them to wrestle with this four-keyed combination. Tills notice was probably sadly taken down, early this nwrn hi, when the desecrated inner sanctuary of the institution was readied by the skilled workman. There are many indieatious that the burglars have been plamiinir their work lbr at Last a month. hme four weeks ae;o a suspicious character lin gered in the bank so lo;)r, on various pretense, that the eSicers IU;1ed hhn ibr a hnr A SIU..1 bag Was 1;ic!ccj up uear the primary school j ,,UUSi. OI1 jdye Ml.eot, December 28, con- i tahliwJ, a liair lt.uow h.j, like tiKlbC j use-1 at ir. Whialesev-s.a numberof rin- ...... 1 .... t..,,...i v. ! tap!e, Halts, Cte. Only Tuesday afternoon a boy fbun 1 in the attic ol' that same school ! in -use another bag, iu which were several .. bit-stock :.nd a wbiskv-fl.isk. the dis C!;Vorv (f vlil.h .,.,lko tl0 Svhvu fr t!ie 7 .1 .... and brougb-t Sheriffs Vlight and i i'ottor to m.ike a closer examination. They - ' foUijJi iu t!lc &alll0 j;jUr lK..r double 11 - .... ,.;.. .,...1 t ' . ' V .. .". -. : ... ., I,. ....... : ;,. 1 r,, , .i... ..,.. .,..1 , . i .:: 1 1 " - i.nmiii.iu 1 ; 11.iuiu.1u turuad restaurant, r(,.;st ,.h..kvlu .,. ,los cte a co.v cf ,h0 XcW Y(irk Xt ;f ' December , and a ,,uir of tiuet drawers, n.inus one h-. which was fbund in Mr. Whittlesey's house - -l-l J'-l. il.tl!i UV.V 1 U1Ci s u masK. 1 'i'llO IMl i-ii 1:1:! OV-.l.'lir V ll!e!l Stllfod J I - - - - -... !,,.. :, ,1, Wl oti. .v ..tt. n,l,.,l ! :. committee rneotitig relative to the Kd wards I Northampton was ! rather iiicdoed to merry owr the id I access of so l-o.uv contrived a scheme, and 1 1 1 vn.s moo nt!v bu-iv during the day in .iciit that their ..tent lock bad withstood tue tittacK. and the special depositors gave oVL'i 1:1011 ;iiixut v I. r t; 1111113. erv maiiy peojile Waited fbr the opening of the valt. however, this mornim'. The full! extent of the. loss did not roach the ll-pu'o- j ilc.it h until three o'clock, when the bank officials had had time to fully examine their affairs. The savings bank people, on the flour above, wish it understood that their securities can be in no way affected, as their valt is entirely separated from that of the national bank. Upon the depositors in Northampton and the whole region, who iJ;iJ trusted that sale above all others, the h.-ss will be crushiiiL' What with bad tohaeeo years and the Iiard times, the calamity ranks almost with the heaviest of 0ur disasters of fire and fiood. At the latest advices no word had been received I'mm the robbers, who have proved their iiosition in the business above cavil. fiieeial Policeman Kiugsley, v.dio was on duty at our depot, saw three men get oil from the early northern train and hastily embark to Boston, whom he now thinks were "suspicious." Of course dispatches were sent to all the cities yesterday, giving particulars of the all'air, and a sspiad of the .State detectives have been summoned. The big reward will draw the best detective skill of the country to Northampton. It was notable that there were few plausible theories as to who the robbers might be. One suggestion made editor Wiuslow the leader of the baud, and on one of his bor rowing trips that he attempted so unsuc cessfully by correspondence with several of our local banking institutions. Tii3 Search for Charley Ross. A correspondedt of the Boston GloLe gives an interesting account of a recent visit to the Boss family, in Germanlown, and . I . . . i I in l.i.iiiw tliif ill'H lii.i-.ll fMU'f.ll i..-'. ....o v... iiivuii.. n.t .v.i t.. rwnvi.r tlm nwl luivr A i t lu s vie. ! i-i f 1 1 V v j..".v. ...v ...jv .--.j . ... . ... .j with this distressed family is almost world wide, the particulars given are of general interest. The letter says : The writer would siy that he passed a couple of days with Mr. Boss, at bis home iu Ger ma n tow n, a short time since, and would like to inform the reading public that every night ami morning from that Christian family fervent ami earnest prayers are offered for the return of the "little lost boy." The days are spent by the father in every effort that promises the slightest degree of success iu finding Charley. Letters arrive by the dozen, some of sympathy, some making in (piiries and soifie simply ridiculous. A let ter arrived (which the writer of this arti cle saw, wi it ten in German, from an ap parently liitedigcut man Stating tuat if Mr. Boss would take a young hen that had never had laid an egg, and cut it in four pieces with a knife that was new ; lay the four pieces of chicken on a newly planed board, at midnight ; walk threo times around the board, repeating the wolds enclosed threo times, 1j would have Charley re- txirncl to bioi the next ay. . Ls Mr-itf the most courteous of men, these let ters are all answered. Letters of sympathy fn-m Enjil.iud, Germany, and in fact from all over the world, have been received. .Soon after the disappearance of Charley, a letter would he received from, say Wiscon sin ;'Cme on at once, Mr. Uross, we have found Charley. There is no mistake." etc. Mr. Itoss would start by the next train. Upon bis arrival he would find a boy with red hair, blue eyes, or perhaps he would have an unmistakably Cellie cast of coun tenance. The writer saw photographs of over twenty different boys who had been looked up in this manner. Mr. Boss is now obliged to do the indentiiication business by telegraph, and decides the matter by a few questions. At the tea table the writer met little Walter, an exceedingly bright and knowing boy, who was taken with Charley and left on the road, ei-jjht miles from home. Poor little Charley was a quiet, sensitive little fellow, who was the txoo 1 boy of the fami'13, full of affection andkind.iess. How he must have grived bis poor little life away amomr the brutal men with which he was surrounded ! The mother informs me that she feels that he is alive, and that Cod will not faii to answer the many pray ers that have been offered f-r his safe re turn. Little Walter has always persisted in savin.; that the horse used bv the abdue tors would turn around and lau-h at them, Repeated reprimands would not cause him () Va jlis st;(tc-1101n. About a vear af ter the ahduetion, a horse wandered into v ...1. v t -.1 1 .:. Newark, N. J., covered with burrs, cmacia- ted and woe-beerone : lie was taken to a ' stable an-1 Mr. Boss notilied. Upon the i arrival of Mr. Boss the horse was harnessed to the same kind of bu-rsrv used in stealing the children, and little Waller invited to ride. Upon bei:i'' touched by the whin the animal turned around to bis driver, 1.. 11.: 1 . 1: i. 1 ... 1 :. .. if X n " -r 1 "i I or lip and showed his teeth, while Walter clapped his hands and slmut.ed, "There, papa, didn't I tell you he laughed ?" The best dective talent in this country has been engaged for six months, without success, in tracing that horse and l;uiv from Ger- ! mautown to Newark. The v.iiter saw the (,)!. ': nil L.tti- wrlftf.ll liv t!m . I.ln.t..i-c tn 41141... .vk'w...Ii.VV.Ii', I ll'v MVIU'wk"! I" M .'.' P..,.. T t. . C. ., v:.,,i father when lie reads, "Charley has been his instant death. We have it so arrantred that bis body will dis linear. anl nothing j r. Boss is a be lelt to eliminate us. .Mr. Boss is a .'entleman of hirh social standing in Phil- adeh.hia. was never a "fast man," has no 13 enemies, has a noble Christian woman for a separate use," either real or personal pro wile, and as iutcrtsting and well-be diaved perty may be so settled that she shall rc familv of children as the writer ever mot, ! eeive the income, but neither she nor her and the public may re.-t assured jd that Charley was stolen, and stolen for the sole purpose 0: extorting a ransom ot u,uoti. Mr. Boss has made and is now making every effort to recover his stolen boy. Fear iug I have trespassed too much upon youi columns, I will close by saying that then our columns, I will close by saying that there is a faint clue now being run out in a South ern city that promises to elucidate the mys tery of the fate of poor Charley Boss. Meetings of Creditors. One t-f the most amusing places to visit in these times of business depression is "a meeting of the creditors" of one of the first that have suspended paymmt. If you are one of the creditors, you have the honor to receive an invitation to attend the meet in It is generally neatly printed, and in it they requst the pleasure of your company at such a day and hour, at their own or their lawyer's office. Perhaps you swear a little when you read it, which is naught. If too good to do that, you swear mentally (but I have heard some swear openly and call the firm bad names), and at last you decide to accept the invitation. On arriving at the meeting you find a mixed assemblage, alut half smoking, and most of them in the best humor ; but there are a few sour creditors, who have old fogy notions of right and wrong. One of the creditors, perhaps only on paper, jumps up and says, "I nominate Mr. Jones as chair man." If it is a ' crooked'' failure it is generally a friend of the firm's. The mo tion is seconded and carried. Secretary iiotuinatad, motion seconded and carried. Everything is carried at a meeting. A moti .n is never negatived. Meeting organiz ed, hats come off. Some one moves that a statement of the liabilities and assets be read. Motion sec onded and carried. Statement generally reads something like this : Liabilities about SS;,0:i; stock on hand about $12,000 pre sent value about $;,0:)() ; bills receivable and open accounts, SJ.'J.OdO ; bills bad, $'.), Odd. Pirm offers thirty cents at six, twelve and eighteen months. Up jumps one of the old fogy creditors and wishes to ask Mr. Smith, one of the linn, what he meant by staling to him a month ago that ho ha. Sod.OOd stock, and only owed S 5 ),0;)d. Mr. Smith replies iu a bland voice that "The gentleman who last spoke must have misunderstood the tenor of his remarks at the time he mentions." Irate old creditor says he "rather thinks he did not, and is ready to go on the stand and swear to it." Up jumps another old fogy and wants to know how las books stood ou December ill. Mr. Smith replies that "his books were not balanced." 01-1 fogy "wants to know why they were not balanced Mr. Smith replies "because wo cou:d cot 1 ...... ..1 make the a bal&noa. Lar.ghiarJ Then Youn America jumps up and says 'be does -not see that talkinr will mend matters ; time is more valuable, and he can not afford to lose any more of it at "this meeting, as he has several mire to attend to-day. Laughter." The firm' no doubt needed more capital to conduct their busi ness properly, and took this mans to ob tain it. L lighter. No doubt if they set tle with them on these terms the firm could take a larger store in a better location laubter," and most of the creditors could S'll them more irools tlnn they did before MauirhterV and et worse 'bit next time. Laughter. Therefore I move the offer be accepted." The chairman states that the motion is before the meeting. Motion carried. Youni American. I move we adjourn. Carried. . Youn-r America. And I move an amend ment '"to the nearest restaurant" to drink everybody's health, the firm's included. Laughter. Xeio York Sun. Th3 Legal Status of Married Women in Pennsylvania. In the Prim 3Lnitnfg for last mouth is a clear and able article on this vcr-interesting and we may say important subject the ejist of which is in the following summing up: "A married woman is entitled to maintenance by her husband during las laeiime ; a rinr wnu-u sue may eniorce ui 1 he nejrlect or refuse to provide for herself and her children ) by making contracts for necessaries, for which be is liable. Upon his death, she is entitled to common law dower in real estate, after the payment of his debts. If he dies intestate, she may have statutory dower, viz: One-third of the real estate, of which he died seized, for life, and one-third of the personal estate absolutely, in eas? be leave children, if not, one-half of the personal estate, or in case he has left a will, she may elect bet weeti ! correspondent, Gregory Dillon occupied a taking the legacy therein contained or the ! prominent place among the successful merch rights given le-r under the statute and in j ants of New York. He had laidbva coin- addition $:)!)') of his estate for the support 1 of herself and her children is exempted from sale for the pajment of his debts. In her own property she is entitled to free use and enjoyment along with her husband, and holds it free from all liability for his debts; she is also entitled to her separate earings when her intention to claim them is filed on record. Her property may be liable for judgment recovered against him for her torts, or on a judgment against both on a contract for necessaries entered into by her self alone, if the husband has nothing on which an execution may be had, and it is which an execution may always liable for contracts entered into by her before m -image, by a trust lor "her husband can have any control of the ostste, nor shall it be liable fbr any of her debts or engagements. But such a trust must be made during covet urc or in immediate contemplation of marriage, and and cannot survive a disc-overture. We also lind that the contracts of a married woman and any agreement to bind her separate estate with out her husband's consent, are absolutely void except in certain cases. Those are, contracts' for the repair or improvements of her real estate, transfers of stock of rail road companies or corporations created un der the laws of this State, checks and re ceipts to banks for money on deposit with them, and contracts for the purchase of sewing machines. In case of her husban 1 neglecting or refusing to provide for her, she may become a feme sole trader, and thereby contract as though she were un married." A Wonderful Wheat Country. From (he Portland Orcyottian Wo have been in the habit of supposing that the Wallamet Valley was the greatest wheat growing country on the habitable globe, and have felt like indulging in an, indefinite amount of vainglorious boasting over the record of fields producing fifty bushels or more to the acre, and whole farms averaging thirty-five or forty bush els. But our beautiful valley and our farmers must look to their laurels hence forth. Prom a gentleman of undoubted veracity, carefulness and accuracy, we re ceive some information concerning wheat raising in Eastern Washington Territory which surpasses the best showing we re member to have seen in this part of the country. C. Maicr, living near the base of the Blue Mountains, in Walla Walla Valley, in 1S7", raised on a sixty-acre field 4,020 bushels of wheat, an average of l'7 bushels to the acre ; and in 187a from a sixty-acre tract, 3,-120 bushels, or 57 bushels to the acre. Mr. Masterson, residing four miles south of Walla Walla, raised on ten acres 850 bushels 85 bushels to the acre. Mr. Kennedy, whose fain is on Dry creek, six miles from Walla Walla, har vested 5,252 bushels fi fun 150 acres 35 bushels average ; and this was a volunteer crop that is, the second crop from one sowing. These crop?", says our informant, were prduced on ordinary wheat land ; land that is considered good, "but no better than hundreds of thousands of acres now lying vacant in Walla Walla and Whitman counties, especially north of Snake river, where there is a country vast enough to produce more than 25,000,000 bushels per nnr.uui, and where a unuro ol crops Has . . a. i&cvee tnjwn. Circumstaneft? Alter Cases. The other day, while a Vicksburjrer waA riding toward Jackson, iu bis h-o.y, hesaw a lon-haired yonn man sitting mi a road side fence. There was such an air of utter desolation about the countryman that Uve Vicksburjrer drew rein and inquired: "For God's sake ! what nils you, young man "Nothing, for God's sake !" was the- lacek rojily. "IJut is any one dead ?" uIIuin't lieard of anybody, but old Mat thews, and he went off' two months ago' "Are you sick ?" "I feel kinder bad." 'Well, you look bad. In fact, you arc the worst looking younjr. man I've seen since the close of the war." "I was all riirlit till a month airo," said the ynunjr man, looking still more solemn. "What happened then ?"' "Woman went back on me?" "Did, eh ! Were you eujrajred ?" "I'd hunjr around there for a year or srT and We'd hujed and loved and hooked Mnrrs. If that isn't being cnajjed, then I don't know." "And she backed out?" "Yes. "Well, I've been through the mill myself. I had a woman jro back on me in that way three months ago, and didn't lose a bit of s:een over it. "You didn't?" "No, sir." "But, then," sighed the young man, as he hitched along on the rail, "the woman you love didn't own sixteen mules, and have a clean hundred bales of cotton to sell 1" Vichs-nirj Ihrahl. Essult of Idleness. A generation ago, says a New York fortable fortune, and was president of the Immigrant Industrial Savings bnak, one of the strongest institutions of the kind in the country. Had Gregory Dillon been a man of small means it is not probable that his son, Boniaine Dillon, would now be awaiting trial fbr murder. The father iefv. a large estate, a considerable part of which went to Bomaine. The son then fell into the ways of idleness, living at. hotels, and lounging about town instead of earning his own living. Having means to supply all his needs he become arrogant in manner, assumed an air of superiority, and made himself extremely disagreeable to his former friends. He then grew irritable and eccentric, taking offense at the merest trifles, and finally shot an estimable gentle man dead iu the Westminster Hotel for walking in a way he did not like. Of course the plea of insanity is set up, and it is pretty certain to save, Bomaine Dillon from the gallows. But it will probably take him to a luantie asylum, where all men of his sort ought to be. The Dillon family is one of the most respectable in New York, and it receives much sympathy in the disgrace brought upon it by the act of an unworthy member. Gregory Dillon was a man of the highest character. One of his sons, John B. Dillon, a lawyer of some prominence, died in Ireland a few vears age. rtcspectable Swindlers4. To the respectable swindler, says tin New York WttrM, there is no more at tractive mode of robbing his neighbor than by a fraudulent failure. Of course he is not always found out. In one-half of the cases of fraudulent failures and compromises the debtor who has been overtaken by misfortune offers to settle on a basis of sav from twenty-live to fifty per cent., he really cannot give more, and if forced info bank ruptcy he very much doubts what with lawsuits, losses, delays and lawyers' fees, if oven half that amount will be eventually realized. After a few meetings the credi tors come to the conclusion to make the best of a bad bargain they sign a paper for compromise or. a basis of fifty per cent., express groat sompathy for the unfortunate debtor, and wish him every success in tho future. In this case the "unfortunate debtor" has been eiuhfently successful. He lives handsomely on the spoils of his victims, enjoys their sympathy, holds his head as high -as ever, and takes the darkest possible view of the immediate future. He sees no signs-of better times, business care only be transacted at a loss, and everything is going behindhand. These gentry have done incalculable injury in the way of retarding the permanent re-establish i.-venc of conliednce ; they are the scum and outgrowth of illegitimate speculation and feverish activity. Treatment of Soro Throat. In cases of ordinary sore throat, the sim plest and best treatment is the wot pack, using a linen cloth wrung from cold water, and over this a knit or chrochcted band, four feet long and four inches wide. Ap ply two or three nights iu succession, un less it is a very serious case, when the pack should be kept on during the day. If tak en oft' in the morning wash the throat iiv very cold water, and rub dry with a coarse towel and wiih the hand. This will pre vent taking more cold. The more friction used the better ; let it be a sort of squeez ing of the parts, so as to aftect tho deep- seated tissues, bore throats in a 3' be pre- vented by tl;o?o oaoaus, irou txvomiu " chroaio. I ' n