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H. B. WASSER,
E. W1LVERT.
Editors.
SUXBTJRY, MARCH :
! I
3ST4.
raaior-
Wk Lave at last the cheeriag news that
there is likely to be something done by
Congress to relieve us of the stringency of
currency. On Monday the House took
definite action ou the legal tender ques
tion, fixing the amount of greenback circu
lation at four hundred millions uf dollars,
which in effect legalizes the issue of so
much of the so-called "reserve' as the
Secretary of the Treasury has already put
out and authorizes the issue of the re
mainder at his discretion. This bill passed
the House by a vote of 108 yeas aud 77
nays. The I ill will uo doubt pass
.Senate, as the ltiilitlionists are in a
ily in both houses of Congress.
It the editor of ihe 'lilyh,dd rulupre.
Waded, wbcnherour artid(J ou the
vacaucy occas;JIKd by lbu death of Judge
Welkcr, nP. would have seen that it simply
referred to tilc fact that the office of Asso
cia'e Judge was abolished iu this county
Under the new Constitution, and that there
would be no successor to Judge Wtlker,
appointed or elected. Hid we said any
thing looking to the appointment of any
one to fill the vacaucy, there would hav
been some point in his article. Wc are
glad to 6ec, however, that our neighbor is
not entirely unconscious in regard to .nat
ters of propriety, and hope that in his lib
erality he will not iu future forget to re
tain a little for horac consumption. Many
good men hav-,. been ruined by giving away
that whic they sadly needed themselves.
The next general election for State and
county officers will take place on the third
day of November next, when there will be
quite a list of officers to be elected. On
that day will be chosen two Supreme
Judges, a Lieutenant Governor, an Audi
tor General and a Secretary of Internal
Affairs as State officers. Iu this Congres
sional district, comMsed of the coiiutiiB of
Northumberland, lauphiu aud Iibauon,
we shall elect a member of Congress. Iu
this county we shall elect two members of
the legislature and tTie other couuty offi
cer as uuder the old Constitution. In
1S75, and every three years thereafter,
three County Commissioners aud three
Couuty Auditors are to be elected under
the cumulative system cf voting.
The liloomsburg (JolmMau, speaking
ia regard to the recommendation of Hon.
W. L. Dewart, of this place, for Lieuten
ant Governor by the Watsoutown Ilcord.
ays: "Mr. Dewart served in Congress
some years ago, but fidl a victim to the
Lccompton 'comedy of errors. " This is
a mild way of putting it by our Democratic
neighbor of the Vulvmlian. That it was
a sw indle that came near being a tragedy,
wc have the tcstimouy of such Democrats
as Stephen A. Douglas. But the scenes
then enacted have become historic, and
the leaders and participators of that great
outrage have long since "gone up the
spout.'"
Thomas Y. Boyd, of Wayne county,
was elected on Tuesday to the Legislature
in the legislative d:trict of Wayne and
Tike, in place of Wm. II. Pimrnick, re
signed, lie is the first He-publican ever
elected to the Legislature from the Demo
cratic "Tenth Legion."
Toe Massachusetts Sexatoksiiip.
Both houses of the Massachusetts Legisla
ture balloted for Uuited States Senator on
TiicJay without iesult. In the House
for Sanford, 12 for Adams, for Banks, '2
for Governor Washburne, scattering 1.
The Senate had three ballots on the last
Iawes received 17 votes, Curtis 1), Hoar
S. Adams 2, scattering J.
The largest vessel afloat, except the
Gnat Eastern, was built at Chester, this
State, and was launched last Wednesday
week, in the presence of thousands of spec
tators. A delegation of Uuited States
Senators and Representatives was in at
tendance. She is to run between Sau
Francisco aud China. She is a ship of
purely American construction. Her length
is 432 feet, her depth 38 feet ft inches, and
her tonnage about 0,000 lous.
ClilMB AND ITS PUNISHMENT. raul
Schcepic, who was some years a;e tried
and convicted of the murder of the woman
at Carlisle, l'a., having as it was charged
forged a will leaving himself her estate,
but who was eventually granted a new trial,
and was of course acquitted has turned up
again badly. He is charged with many
lawless acts in tire west; aud some ten
days ago lie reached Baltmorc, ostensibly
to look after his suit for the recovery of
Mise Stciuecke's property as left to him
under the will aforesaid ; but he was no
sooner there than he was ai rested as a com
mon swindler and was on Saturday com
mitted for trial. Dispatches from the
authorities in Chicaco were read before
the Court stating that Sclnrppe was there
on a charged of embezzlement against him
as Count Schu'.cnberg. The court house
was crowded and there was great excite
ment on the street to get sight of the notori
ous character.
iv sint; ro.
THE FIXAXCK yl'ESTIOX IX THE nOCE
.400,KH,000 III LI. PASSED.
Washington-, March
Mr. Dawes, chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means, in pursuance of no
tice given Friday, called up to day tie
bill to lix the amount of legal-tender notes
at 100,000,000. By au arrangement
agreed upou in the Committee of Ways and
Means, Mr. Roberts, of New York, moved
an amendment striking out $130,000,000
and iuserling 8382,000,000, the arcouut of
legal tenders outstanding at IhU time.
Mr. Dawes moved as an amendment that
the sum "be fixed at ,,,000, 000, and that
the Secretary of Treasury be directed
to call iu so much of UlC g44fOOU,OUO as arc
ouUtaLling as soon as the exigencies of the
T' nenrr wliill ,nt-ini " T!:fi Mlll'H Wtfe
suspended by a two-thirds propositiou to
allow the bill and these amendments to be
considered.
Several geutlemen desired to submit
amendments, none of which were permitted
by Mr. Dawes to be read ; consequently the
votes taken were confined to the bill, the
amendment of Mr. Dawes, aud the substi
tute therefor presented by Mr. Roberts.
No debate was in order except by unan
imous conseut, which could not be obtain
ed ; and thus this, the most important bill
of the session, which was originally report
ed by the Committee of Waya and Means,
with the announcement that the committee
were considering other provisions to be
submitted as amendments, was before the
House for action.
The S3o00U0,(KH) araandment received
but 70 votes, with 172 against it. The vote
ou the S:S2,000,(XHJ amendment was very
slightly different. The amendments hav
ing been thus overwhelmingly defeated,
the question recurred on the original bill.
Again, many gentlemen attempted to get
in amewliucnts, and numerous parliament
ary questions were submitted totheSpcak
cr, but the previous question having been
ordered, and not having been exhausted,
shut them out, and the bill passed by a vote
of 10 yeas to 77 nays. The bill was sent
to the Senate. The ruiuority is mainly
the Pacific coast, New Euglaud, New York,
and a few money-lending districts. '
Secretary Richardson was upon the floor
for some time watching the current of
events, and seemed quite surprised at the
large aud determined demonstration for
nioie currency. The actiou of to-day has
uuquestionably strengthened the inflation
ists in the Senate, aud they now feel quite
confident that they can carry the House
bill without amendment.
STIiK K KY I.IGIITM VC:.
ltt.OOO llarrcl Tank on Fire.
More than 5 years have elapsed since
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was first in
vented, during which time hundreds of
thousands have becu benefitted by its use.
Probably no articelc ever became so univer
sally popular with all classes of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment.
Fills which contain autimony quinine
and calomel, should be avoided, as severe
griping pnins would be their only result.
The safest, wurest, and best pills are Par
sons' Purgative or Anti-Bilious Pills.
Frctu the annual report or President
Thomson, of the Pennsylvania railroad
company, we observed that the receipts of
the main line, from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg, and its branches, were :
For 1S73, $24,80,008 90
Expenses, 15,440,30". 10
Net earnings,
Net earnings in 1-
0,445,703 72
H,217,j2 18
Iacre:uc iu 1: 73, l,197,H.""il 50
And after paying ten per cent divideuds,
and interest on bonds, there i a net profit
for l?73or$2.1H707 14.
Henry T. Darliugtou, Esq., the able
editor of the Bucks Couuty IntdUjt nccr,
has been appointed by Governor Ilartranft
one of the board of trustees of the State
Lunatic Hospital at llarrisburg. A capi
tal selection and recognition of a very
worthy gentleman aud sound Republican.
Hon. S. Pringie .ioues, formerly Presi
dent Judge of the Berks county judicial
district, died at Ixmdon on the 10th hist.
Another Murder at Centkalia. -Human
life is held very cheap at Ceutralia.
aud murders are frequent there. A grudge
ends there, as in Italy, witli the death of
one or the other of the parties. About
eleven o'clock Weduesday night a man
named Thomas Dougherty was shot and
instantly killed while on his ways to work.
There isn't the slightest clue to the pcr
jietrators of the dark deed. The murder
ed tnau was quiet in his ways, and the on)y
motive assignable is a supposition that he
belonged to the Molly Maguires. It is high
time the authorities of Columbia County
take measures to iepress the lawless spirit
that breaks forth only too frequently at
.Ccntralia. JiT'icrs' Journal.
TnE TANK epplodes.
Modoc City, March IP.
At uoou to-day the derrick of the Mark
ham well, owucd by C. V. Boughton, was
struck by lightning and completely shat
tered on two corners. The electric fluid
parsed from theuce round a tank full of oil,
and followed Union Pipe Line to Phillips
Brothers' well, eighty rods distant, which
it set on fire.
It them followed the pipe line to Jos.
BushnelPs iron tank containing 16,000 bar
rels of oil which it fired, and passed ou
about 40 rods further to the Rcyunman &
Leckcy well where U seemed to enter the
grouud or disappear. Mr. Bushnell's tank
will be a total loss, but the Union Pipe
company, who ruu the oil, commenced
pumping at the rate of 200 barrels per hour,
and much of the oil will be saved.
Stranse to say the Boughton well did not
ignite. The other two which took fire were
fortuualely extinguished after some difii-j
cuity. and before inuchdj-
vt&W-aVcd", as the heat is so intense.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
Modoc City, March 108 r. m.
No lives lost by the bursting of the Bush
uell tank. The tank burst a second time,
at 1 A. 51., and the flames spread in all
directions, overtaking aud burning up the
Jumes Adams well ; also, the engine house
of Spotted Tail, owned by Josoph Seep.
The report that Joseph Busbnell owned
the tank or oil at the time of the fire was a
mistake.
Andrews & Co.'s hardware store, below
the tauk was burned, together with a num
ber of the surrounding dwellings, both
above and below.
It was feared at one time that the fire
would sweep the whole run, including the
iron tanks below the Trcutman farm. The
fire was, however, fortunately confiued, and
it is still burning. The Union pipe com
pany succeeded in saving only about 500
barrels oil, when their connections burned
off. The total loss is estimated at about
S30.000, although the exact figures cannot
yet be ascertained.
. ;i;t:itALEHs itkms.
The Lewieburg, Center and Spruce Creek
Railroad was opened through to Laurelton,
nineteen miles from Lewisburg, ou Mon
day, 23d inst.
David Reed has been noininatcly by the
President to be Uunited Suites District
Attorney for the western district of Penn
sylvania, to fill the vacancy created by the
death of Buchcr Swopc, Psq.
A cow belonging to a Munster township,
Cambria county, farmer recently gave birth
in one night to three perfectly developed
and living calves.
They have discovered some sort of sub
stance iu the neighborhood of Elk mouu
taiu, Luzerne county, through which it is
almost impossible to drill. After boring
for half an hour, with 130 pounds of steam,
it was penetrated to the depth of an eighth
of an inch, of the drill being neither dulled
nor brightened in the operation.
The wife of J. D. Cameron, Esq., died,
in Ilarrisbur, ou Monday.
Among the liteiary treasures left by Mr.
Sumner, is the Bible of John Bunyau,
with the autograph of the author of the
I'ilgrim's Progress written in it.
Mis. Harriet D. Walker, of Lowell,
Massachusetts, has been licensed to preach
by the Methodist Conference of Lynn Dis
trict. The examining committee said she
was better qualified than any other caudi
datc that had ever been before them, and
she was licenwd with only two dissenting
votes.
A tliiunel-thieked lawyer of Bucrus led
off iu a temperance meeting, stating that
he had seen his own father killed at his side
by the carelessness of a drunken man.
"Then," he, "I took a solemn oath never
to driuk again, aud since that time I have
never broke that oath, at least not much '"
The Jovrnal says there was a roar.
From all parts of the east shore of Lake
Michigan come reports to the effect that
the fruit prospecls are very flattering tins
year. Peach trees arc in specially fine
condition.
"Eli B. Kirk," the Pennsylvania Hall
suicidu referred to in our last issue has been
identified as Edward B. Holder of Phila
delphia. He was a consumptive aud pre
ferred ''shuflling of this mortal coil' ia
quicker time than the natural course of the
disease would carry him. His body was
taken to Philadelphia for interment.
Correspondence.
FItO.1I WAXHIXGTOX.
FrO'i' ner Swial t'ormiioiiilenl.
WAsniXGTOX, D. C. )
March 24, 1S74. f
lker M'ih-crt:
Making a reduction of expenses seems to
be the order of the day, and right well is
Congress paying attention to this business.
In the appropriation bill for legislative,
judicial, &c, cxpeusca ol" the Govern
ment, which is now uuder consideration iu
the Committee of the Who!", ihe amount
is four million dollars less tl:?n was appro
priated last year. In all the various appro
priations the amount allowed is less than
the estimates call for, and it is safe to say
there will be a saving of thirty million dol
lars in the next fiscal year, by the watch
fulucss of the Committee on Appropriations
aud Republicau members of the House.
The Committee ou Military Affairs on
Tuesday last, through their chairman,
Hon. John Coburn, reported a bill provid
ing for the gradual reductiou of the Army
by dispensing with five regiments of in
fantry, one of cavalry, and one of artillery,
aud to receive uo more enlistments until
the aggregate is reduced to the number of
25,000, rank aud file ; the redutiou to take
place Jauuary 1, 1875, and from the date
of the passage of the bill no more commis
sions are to be issued except iu cases of
death or resignation. When the reductiou
is complete the force of the regular Army
will stand as follows : twenty regiments
of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry, and
four regimeuts of artillery. Doubtless this
bill will be fought bitterly, and all the in
fluence of the staff and line in the Army
will be brought to bear against it, but as
it is a measure of retrenchment and great
saving to the Gov.-rnmcut, and a large
standing army .-. i: ia-t not necessary, the
probabilities arc Guiual Coburn will be
successful, and his bii! In come a law.
The great uid leader of Tam
many, Hon. FeriiauJ Wood, or, as his
adherents iu New York pronounces tho
name, FitiutmhifuiJ, made a speech a few
clay 8 ago, intended no doubt for New
Hampshire a.id Connecticut, iu which he
perverted the truth to so great an extent
that several leading Republicans took him
to task, and showed that he had, at least,
made th fgures to suit his own purpose.
In his speech he attacked all the branches
of the Government, including the Post
Oilice Department, and tried to impress
upou the iniuds of the members and the
country that the number of employees had
been largely increased. Hon. Stephen W.
Kellogg, of Connecticut, atiswered him
effectually in regard to the other Depart
ments, aud a clincher was put upon him
(Mr. Wood) by Hon John B. Packer, in
the followiug mauner, which I take from
the Conijrc.isionul llv-ord :
Mr. Packer. If the gcutlemau from
Connecticut will allow me I would
like, in this connection, to make a further
corrtctiou of the. figures taken by the
gentleman from New York Mr. Wood
from the Blue Book.
Mr. Kelloc(. I will !! J tv tie chair
mauofthe Committee o ;he Hosi-Otfice
aud Post-Roads.
Mr. 1'ACKKit. The geuileinau from New
from Washington lately niiseprcsentcd the
views of President Grant on national sub
jects, and telegraphed to the Times the fol
lowing : "The President firmly adheres
to his previously expressed convictions that
any unwise legislation, especially nnythiny
tenduuj dirtctly l in-ruvxmnl tnflasion, must
run the "auntleVof his veto." The atten
tion of the President was directed to this
wicked fabrication, written no doubt for
capital in Wall street, when he (the
President) unhesitatingly denied its truth
and authorized the following denial : "that
he had conversed with uo one on the sub
ject, aud if he were a member of Congress
he should regard an intimation of a veto
in advance of legislation as an unbecoming
threat by the Executiue, and should resent
it." H. D. W.
(U K SEW YOKK LETTER.
davIaKir. Wood, iu hisKr-h u ?"
405 at Washington aud 59,730 elsewhere,
niasiug a total ol OU,rJo."
The truth is there were, at the commence
ment of this fiscal year, in the Post-Oftice
department iu tins city, but 354 employees,
iucludiug all the clerks, laborers and
watchmen, &c.; and all the other officers
aud agents throughout the entire country,
including postmasters, contractors, clerks
in posi-oruces, letter carriers, route agents,
railway post-ofliee clerks, mail-route mes
sengers, local agents, social agents, were
but 4C.05G ; making a total of 47,010, in
stead of 00,225 as stated by the gentleman
from New York. The Blue Book gives
the names of all persous employed, even
for a fractional part of the year, and con
sequently includes the names of incumbents
who may have died or resigned, as well as
of those appointed to succeed them, and
heuco the gross inaccurany of the gentle
man's statement.
Mr. Kellogg. That makes a difference
of thirteen thousand aud odd in thefijrures
winch were given the other day by the
gentleman from New York, Mr. Wood. J
1 thank the gentleman from Penusjlvauia
heartily for his information. He is more
familiar, from his position, with the Post
Office iX-partmeut than I am. I could not
see, unless the n;ail service had increased
faster than I 6!iTpoV. how it was possible
that it could lime r;m up from forty-three
thousaud to sis'y Ihcur-and or more iu two
years.
The houomb'f gentleman from New
York winced under these refutations of his
inaccuracies, but itil! persists in sending
them oil in printed pamphlets to different
parts of the country "where they will do
the most good" for himself and party.
In the investigation into the charges pre
ferred against General O. O. Howard, the
testimony given before the military court
shows that uo fraud, corruption or defalca
tion has been proven against him. The
accounting aflicers of the Treasury have
testified that General Howard's accounts
for icrsoual disbursements have beeuiiZty
settltd and taZtiicrii. Hon. Fernando
Wood has been harping upon the supposed
frauds iu the Freedmau's Bureau for three
or four years, and has bceu hounding Gen
eral Howard as he would a felon. Such
uieu as Wood have no liking for the maim
ed one or one armed soldier, und would
seem to glory in their downfall for having
fought ou the 6idc of the Union. The peo
ple, however, will be rejoiced to learn that
this christian soldier is iuuoccut, aud his
official couduct entirely free lrotn the cor
rupt practices that have lceu c ha red upon
him.
The Senate Finance C:'ti'.itcj yester
day reported a bill which is intended to
remedy the financial difficulties. An im
portant feature of it is to fix the aiLouut of
the legal-tender circulatiou at $382,000,000.
The bill aho provides for free banking, but
contains a provision that a portion of the
greenbacks shall be retired as new national
bank notes are issued.
The House yesterday passed the bill fix
ing the amouut of legal-tender notes at four
hundred millions by a vote of ICS yeas to
77 uays.
This would seem to conflict with the
Senate bill, but it does not, for they arc
both of the same tendency. Free bauking
is gainiug friends every day, and no doubt
will become a law. The only question
on which there is a disagreement is the
amount of legal-tender notes to be kept in
circulatiou. I am gratified that the pre
diction in my last letter is likely to prove
true, viz., that the principle of free banking,
as advocated by Hon. Simon Cameron,
will be embodied in any financial projects
that will become a law.
The N. Y. Time special correspondent
VP AT SING-SIX0i--STOKES HARD WORK
ED 5IERCHAXTS SOCIETY TEMPER
ANCE EXTRAVAGANCE ST. PATRICK'S
DAY AND THE IRISH STREET MI.-6I-CIAX-s
New York, March 24, 1874.
SIXG-SlNG - STOKES.
Your readers have m-jstly forgotten
Stokes, and with him ,Tim J :sk. Well,
such is life. The hero of to-dsy is forgot
ten to-morrow. Fisk lies iu the bloody
grave of Battleborro, Stokes is in Sing-Sing
prison, but no one mentions them now. I
ran up to Sing-Sing the other day, and saw
Stokes. He is emplo-ed in the prison as
book-keeper for the great boot and shoe
manufacturing house of Melius, Trask &
Ripley, of this city, who employ the
labor of au immense number of con
victs. Stokes tenaciously clings to the
account he gave us a witness in hia own
behalf during the trial. He contends that
his meeting with Fisk at the Grand Cen
tral Hotel was owing to accident, and not
to any premeditated design to encounter
his enemy and shoot him, as the piosecu
tion claimed. Stokes says that when he
caught sight of Fisk the latter was ap
proaching him with speed. He added that
he saw Fisk pull his pistol, aud it was
owing to the impulse of the moment the
instinct of self-prrcrvat ion that he drew
his own weapon ;,v;J fir-d. After discharg
ing his revolver ' e jnmped out of range,
and gae the alarm to the attaches of the
hotel. II- is well treated, and docs not
complain, but it is evident that the change
from the life of excitement in the city to
the routine life he is compelled to lead is
telling upon him. He said to Mr. Trask,
of the firm in whose service he is for the
nonce, that he would like to change places
with him.
"You are as well oil' as you are," said
the philosophic merchant. "Indeed, your
situation is preferable to mine. You work
so many hours and get excellent food and
comfortable clothing. The change in fash
ions don't effect you, you have no cares on
your mind, you work, eat and sleep. That
is all 1 get for nearly twice as many hours
labor aud a million times more worry."
And speaking of
HARD-WORKED MEN,
there are no men in the world who labor
so hard as the merchants of New York.
The life of the average merchant is not as
pleasant as that of the drav-horse.for he has
more physical labor, and the mental worry
thrown in. i'h expenses running into
the thousands per week, with au interest
account of Brobindignagian proportions,
with his capitol scattered all over the
United States, and his solvency depending
entirely on the solvency and promptness of
tcu thousand other men, some of whom are
four thousand miles away, the trouble sur
nun is perpetuus n
rn.Hp.l i ;n .: wuut;i;g ro .ru at eight
a. 31., and from that on till nijrU it is one
pvrpemai ainuu. t,viry nerve in mm is
struug to the utmost lention, for a mistake
or a negglect in the smallest matter may
bring upon him ruin. They grow prema
turely gray and nine-tenth of them die be
fore their time. And the trouble is that
out of every hundred, ninety-five end their
business career with nothing. It is twenty
five years of labor and trouble and worry,
only to go out finally in a panic, which
they had nothing to do with, and which
they could not prevent or provide against.
"SOCIETY."
What is called "Society" in New York,
is a queer thing. The great city is full of
people who have made money rapidly, and
whose principal desire is to figure in what
they call "Society," that is to say, to be
recognized as people of fashiou to have
their wealth recognized, and to have a cer
tain status among ll.y upier-cru8t. The
real aristocracy avo compelled to recognize
these new creations to a certain extent, fcr
thc Almighty DO'.ar has a power anywhere
iu this world. A little law-suit in one of
the courts of the city the other day develop
ed some of the ways by which the shoddy
aristocrats attain their notoriety. These
papers give accounts of ladies present at
certain balls, aud their toilettes for a con
sideration. Thev have a regular scale of
prices which the fashionables pay. A
modest mention costs 10 ; a compliment
ary adjective or two thrown judiciously in
as to the lady's beauty, adds a five dollar
note to the bill ; a minute description of a
toilette brings up the cxpeuse to $35, and
a full description, from the white slipper to
the top dressing, costs from $50 to 5575.
At one ball a husband had agreed with one
of the reporters for a description of his
wife, with which he was displeased when
it appeared, and he refused to pay. The
reporter took his revenge by suing him, and
as he could prove contract he got judg
ment.
"Will not this exjmse ruiu your busi
ness ?' 1 inquired.
"Not at all," was his reply, "it will in
crease it, for it will show them all where
they can get good accounts. But it has
killed Mr. aud Mrs. X. Everybody knows
to a dead certainty that they contracted
for my effort to make her appear as she
desired and all their kind friends will
know that everything that :s done for her
hereafter is a matter of contract. They
don't care what the people think, for they
are shoddy, but they dread pr- -f."
And as the fellow's paj-er hr.s been full
of such work since. I rather think he was
right iu his conjecture as to the effect of his
procedure.
Shaking of fashiou, aud the shams that
seem to be a part of it, a lady adveitises
for employment as an "ornamental guest."
She offers to assist at dinner or evening
parties, and by her grace, wit and beauty
contribute to the entertainment of the
company. She pvill do everything in tho
highest style of art, but will expect a hand
some compensation for her unique services.
You see you can get anything in New
York.
TEMPERANCE.
Fulton, the Baptist pulpit orator, Tal
madge and other preachers of the sensa
tional order, are attempting to inaugurate
the movement here that the women of the
West have made so successful. But it
cannot be made to work here. The rum
interest is so strong iM devotees are so
hardened and lawless, and what is more,
the men of the city are so fearfully taken
up by their business, that there can never
be the swell created necessary to carry
forward such a work. But the women of
Nev Y ork and Brooklyn are doing a
splendid work nevertheless. They are
taking drinking men by the hand and help
ing them into a better life, and by working
in this way may have actually reformed
thousands, and closed doggeries by cutting
off their custom. The air is full of opposi
tion to rum, and it cannot be but that some
good will come out of the movement.
EXTRAVAGANCE.
A lady blazed all over with diamonds at
a Fifth avenue party last week. On each
shoulder she had four stars, the size of a
dollar, made of diamonds. Her hair was
set thickly with diamonds. There was a
diamond bandeau upou her brow. She had
diamond earring and a diamond necklace.
Upon the sides of her chest were two cir
cles of diamonds. From them depeuded
lines and curves of diamonds reachiug to
her waist, round which she wore a diamond
girdle. On her skirts in front were large
peacock 8, wrought of lines of diamouds.
There were rosettes of diamonds on her
slippers, and diamonds large or small, all
over her dress and person, wherever they
could be placed. This lady's grandfather
was a cart-man, her father a pawn-broker,
and her husband well, he lived upon the
father. But it don't matter. The old
gentleman is worth his millions, and as he
still follows his business and is adding to
his store, his daughter cau afford it. He
is never present at these parties though.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
As New York has more Irishmen than
any city iu Ireland, St. Patick'a Day is of
course, one of the great days that are ob
served. This year it was especially im
mense. Despite the soakiug rain, the
procession was over five miles in length,
and the decorations carried were suberb.
The Irish are a power in New York, and
they are increasing every year, not only in
numbers, but wealth and influence. Wheu
one of them gets up in the world he can
command so many of the uew-commers
that it is no trouble for him to command
possition, and position here means money.
Indeed, all that men care for position is to
make money out of it and they do it. The
leaders of the various rings are in a few
cases Americans, but the majority of them
are Irishmeu, and the lieutenants are
always Irish.
STREET MUSICIAN'S.
About this time look out for street musi
cians. Your streets will be made vocal
with the violin and harp, played by little
Italian boys and girls.who leave New York
this month, and get back early in the fall.
These children constitute a class by them
selves. They are Italians, aud are sold by
their parents in Italy to speculators, who
are called padroncs, who bring them to
America and teach them to play, the Pa
drones pay the parents either a sum in
gross or a price per year. The little slaves
are sent out, and are required to bring
home so much money per day, the alterna
tive being an unmerciful beating, which is
religiously admiuistered. A certain num
ber of them are sent wesi every spring, to
work the country, and it is a siugular fact
that they send to the pad rones regularly all
that they get except the merest possible
living. They have a fear of the Padrone ;
they regard him as a sort of a powerful
devil who cau find them and reach them
anywhere, and this feeling is cultivated,
for it makes it safe to send them abroad.
The skulking loafers who live on these
children are the most cruel, dissolute, de
bauched set that New York has. A law
Will jk g hijv. iiembuib or ilic
State this wiutcr to break up this trade in
children. Pietro.
Treating the Wrong Disease.
Many times Women call upon their fami
ly physicians, one with dyspepsia, another
with palpitation, another with trouble of
the breast, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present alike
to themselves and their easy-going and in
different doctors, separate and distinct dis
eases, for which he precribes his pills and
potions, assuming them to be such, when,
in reality, tney are all symptoms caused by
some uterine disorder ; aud while they are
thus only able perhaps to palliate tor a
time, they are ignorant of the cause, and
encourage their practice until large bill.
are made, wheu the suffering patients are
no Detter in the end. out probably worse
for the delay, treatment, and other com
plications made, aud which a proncr medi
cine directed to the cause would have en
tirely removed, thereby institutimr health
and comfort instead of prolonged misery.
From Miss Loninda E. St Clair, Shade,
Alheus Co., Oct. 14th, 1S72 :
"Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
Your Favorite Prescription is working al
most like a miracle on me. I am better
already than I have been lor over two
years."
From Ella. A Schafer Zanesville, Iud.,
jug. j, isrj :
"Dr. Pierce I received the medicine you
sent me and began using it immediately.
As a result of the treatment I feel better
than I have for three years."
From Mrs. John K. Ilamilin, Odell, III.,
March, l'.t, 1872 :
"Dr. Pierce The Favorite Presciiptiou
has done me good, which I am very thank
ful for."
Alj Northumberland Count; from the fir?t day
of January, A. D. 1S73, to the third day of Jan
nary, A. 1. 1874.
No. cf
Orders. ' expexuitckes.
SS Assessment and Registration
Expenses,
2 Agricultural Society,
5 Attorney's services for county,
SS Bridge huildiiifr nnd repairs,
43 Constables' and Justices' fees in
Commonwealth cases,
119 Commonwealth witnesses' fees,
15 Couuty Commissioners' pay :
J. Hunsecker, 663 00
A. Vastine, 375 00
J. O. Durham, 404 r0
D. S. Reitz, 70 00
"9 Court House improvements,
50 Court House repairs,
24 Coroner's and justices' inquisi
tions, 14 Court Crier's pay,
13 County Clerk's pay,
10 County Attorney's fees, V. A.
Sober, for 1S73,
1 County Attorney's fees, S. B.
Boyer, for 1H72,
1 County Auditor's pay,
1 County Institute,
2 Conveying prisoners to penit'ry
230 Fox, skunk and mink scalps,
7 Fuel for Court House and jail.
71 Fcneral and Spring elettions,
13 (ias for Court House,
3 Hospital expen.-cs tor keeping
Jacob Grass ami others,
23 Interest on old orders and bor
rowed money,
OS Jurors' pay and Constables' re
turns to Court,
15 Jury Commissioners pay.
14 Janitor's pay,
1 Medical attendance to prisoners
in jail,
20 Printing,
51 Postage, blank books nnd sta
tionery,
43 Prison expenses,
I Penitentiary expeuscs,
1 1 Prosecuting Attorneys' fee,
5 Prothonotary'ti fees,
20 Koad damages,
41 Koad and Bridge Viewers' pay,
5 Refunding orerpaid taxes,
13 Sheriffs fees:
J. B. Heller, I3,7.M 34
S. H. Rotherme!, 2,251 23 5,009 57
1 Standard weights and measures
for county, 304 00
2 State taxes paid out of count v
funds, ' 5,835 20
31 Tipstaves pay, 235 50
3 Traveling expenses by Cmn'rs, 40 14
4 Transcribing, 104 75
Outstanding order9 paid, 17,005 45
Treasurer's commission on
J10JWat2Jic. 2,122 77
Balance, 11,072 75
I,S'J0 18
15 00
CH5 00
7.837 34
277 3(
2.S57 40
1,512 50
2,7H 24
71S 71
ZG) 27
319 32
750 00
739 97
250 00
150 00
151 21
240 29
SC 55
615 97
3,422 2S
350 40
420 OS
2,328 60
(5,358 98
Sfi 88
390 00
20 00
1,179 53
818 40
472 39
l,6fiti 90
1,265 00
724 29
2,17 43
408 25
21 20
Tot:!
? 80,790 25
EEt'EirT
Cash received from collectors of
county tuxes forl873and previous
years,
Cash ree'd from collector of State
taxes for 1873 and previous years,
Cash ree'd from collector it '.tiil; Hi
for 1873 and previous yen-.
Cash ree'dfrom commission on land
sold by Treasurers to county in
1808, 1870 and 1872,
Cash received from owners of lots
to redeem from county,
Cash rce'ri at redemption money for
unseated lands,
Cash ree'd from taxes on returned
lands,
Cash ree'd from lands sold outside
of county by It. M. Cummings,
Commissioners' agent,
Cash ree'd from land sold by Com
missioners, Cash ree'd from borough of Suubury
on judgment,
Cash ree'd from judgmeut against
(ieorge McEliece,
Cash ree'd as loan from hank (since
paid),
Cash ree'd from W. T. Forsyth on
account of Jacob Grass, a lunatic,
Cash ree'd from "Royal Insurance
Co.," Liverpool, England, as in
surance on Court Housf.
Cah ree'd from Dauphin Comity
Commissioners for repairs on line
bridge,
Cash ree'd from Commonwealth
costs,
Cash ree'd from Court tine.
Cash ree'd from L. T. Kohr'oach as
jury fund.
Cash rec'd from J. T. Plummer, on
note held by county,
Cash ree'd from Jacob Critzcr on
note held by county,
Casli ree'd from J. B. Becker, ou
note held by countv.
Cash ree'd from W. P. Hull for old
swinging bridge at Miltou,
Cash ree'd from sal of carpets and
old iron.
Cash ree'd from interest on outstand
ing IUAI-,
Cash 10.M from J. JfeFarland for
witness fees rctiirm.a
Cash ree'd from exonerated tares,
Cashrec'd on snrplus from sale of
sheep,
G1.070 21
2,024 01
2,279 14
1,140 C7
625 S7
133 23
10 63
3,625 50
1,809 17
5.902 54
2,10'j 48
4,500 00
371 IS
100 00
53 58
239 33
85 00
24 00
100 00
70 00
43 IS
25 00
1(5 05
SV 84
1 50
1 0
CO
Total. 80,790 25
ExeesK of receipts abovo rxpendil", 11,072 75
GEORGE M ELIECE, late Treasurer of North
umberland County.
1U.
To amount due county as per .-vn.li-tor's
report of 1872," ?7,331 31
Total, 7,331 31
Balance duo count v, 4.73S 28
CR.
By abatement allowed by County
Commissioners, 432 55
By amount paid on judgment held
by countv, 2,100 48
Balance, " 4,738 28
Total, 1 7.331 31
140. 1N71.
1 A I X - K I I, I. K It ,
THE GREAT
Family Medicine ofthe Age.
Taken Internally, It Cures
Dysentary, Cholera, Diarrhea, Cramp
aud Pain iu the Stomach, Bowel Com
plaints, Painters' Colic, Liver, Complaint ;
Dyspepsia, lnuipestiou, bore Throat, hud
den Colds, Coughs, &c., &c.
Used Externally, it Cures
Iloils, Felons, Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds, Old Sores, Sprains, Toothache,
Pain in the Face, Neuralgia,
nbecmatisra. Frosted Feet,
&.C.. &c, &c.
PAIN-KILLER,
after a thorough trial by inumerable living
witnesses, has proved itself the Medicine of
the Age. It is an internal and external
remedy. One positive proof of its efficacy
is, that its sales have constantly increased,
and wholly upon its own merits. The ef
fect of the
I'AIN'-KILLER
upon the patient wheu taken internally, in
case of Cold, Cough. Bowel Complaint,
Cholera, Dysentery, and other afflictions of
the system, has been truly wonderful, aud
has won for it a name among medical pre
parations that can never be forgotten. Its
uccess iu iciiiumij; p.uu, an iu e.Mcruai i
ALBERT C A D Y A LL A D E R , Esq., Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
same, from the first day of January, 1873, to
the third day of January, 1874, (both days In
clusive) respecting county and State taxes. Ac.
DR.
To amouut of outstanding couuty
taxes for the year 172. on t!i
first daj of January, 187::. $43,928 73
To amouut due county as per Audi
tor' report of 1S72. " 3,477 62
To amount of duili' :.t-- f..r I'lO
year 1873, " 52,710 02
To amount of outstanding Mate
taxes for the year 1872 aud previ
ous years, on the 1st day of Janu
ary, 1873, for ue of county, 2,506 44
To amouut of duplicate lor the year
1873, for nc of couuty, 1,908 17
To amount received from eoileetors
of bank tax tor 1873 aud previous
years, 2.270 14
To amount ree'd from Commission
ers on land sold by Treasurers to
the county in 1808, 1870 and 1872. 1,140 67
To amount ree'd from owner of lots
to redeem from county, 825 87
To amount ree'd a redemption
moner for unseated lands, 132 28
To amount ree'd from taxes on re
turned lands, 10 63
To amount ree'd from lands sold
outside of couuty by R. M. Cum
inings, Commissioners' agent, 3,725 50
To amount reerd from lands sold by
Commissioners. 1.S09 17
To amount received from borough
of Sunbnry on jndjmetit, 5.9S2 54
To amount received from George
McEliece on judgment, 2,100 4S
To amount received on loan, from
bank (since paid), 4.50J 00
To amouut ree'd from W. T. For
syth, on accoui.t of Jaco!' Grass,
lunatic, 371 IS
To amount ree'd from "Royal Ins.
Co.," Liverpool, England, a in
surance on Court House, 100 00
To amount ree'd from Dauphin Co.
Commissioners for repairs on line
bridge, 53' 58
To amount ree'd from Common
wealth costs,
To amount from Cniirt fines.
To amount lrom L. T. Rohrbaeh, as
jury fund,
To amount from J. T. Pluminer, on
note held by county,
To amount from Jacob Croitzer, ou
note held by county,
To amount from J. B. Becker, on
note held by county,
Balance paid as follows :
January. 5, 1874, 1.000 0O
10, 1874. 500 00
" 28, 1874, 1,740 13 3,240 13
ALBERT CAD WALLA DER, Esq., Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
same, respecting State taxes on personal
property for the year 1S73 and previous years j
settled in his account "respecting County and i
State Taxes, Ac. '
DR.
To amount ofoiit-taniiiug State tsx
for 1872 and previous years, $3,506 44
To amount of State tax duplicates
for 1873, 1,908 17
Bill, ree'd l.v Tr-asurer, $3,024 61.
CR.
By amount of State tax outstanding
on the 3d day of January, 1874,
By exonerations allowed collectors
for 1873 and previous years,
By commission allowed collector
1373 aud previous years,
Balance,
4,474 61
By amount of outstanding eonnty
taxes for the year 1873, r '
By amount of outstanding ax
for 1872 and previous "
By amount cf outstanding Stat tax
for the year 1873,
By amount of outstanding bank
stock tax due from First National
Bank of Northumberland for 1870
and 1871,
By amount in hand of Treasurer on
settlement,
Sy araonnt due from Geo. McEliece,
former Treasurer,
25,275 65
. 332 45
1,885 4ft
600 00
3,240 13
4,738 23
140,264 75
Excess of connly assets above in
debtedness, $37,465 33
j On the above amount 2 County oder of 1865,
2.218 91 : amounting to f 1,350 are undoubtedly lost, and
; should not be considered as liabilities to the
15 93 county hereafter.
! tSaid Bounty orders are supposed to be tat
1S5 16 , isfird.
2,024 61 j
; Ai.or.Ki tJADWALLADER, Esq., Treasurer of
$4,474 71 j Northumberland County, in account with the
1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, respecting
ALBERT CADWALLADER, Esq., Treasurer of : Licenses fro-n the 1st day of January, 1873, to
Northumberland County, in account with the j the 3rd day of January, 1874, both dars lnclo
sanie, respecting State tax on National BanK ' eive.
Stock, for the year 1873 and prcyiou years, j
settled in his account Tespeetinar Countv and ... "
it,,. io amount received rrom Tavern II-
Statc Taxes," fcc.
DR.
To amount of duplicates for the year
1873 nnd previous years,
Bui. ree'd by Treasurer, $2,270 14
CR.
By amount of outstanding taxes on
duplicates on the First National
Bank of Northumberland, for the
year 1870and 1871,
By amount or commission allowed
collector for 1873 and previon
years.
Balance,
cense for the Tear 1873.
To amount received from Restaurant
. (j,J9 jq ' licenses for the year 1873,
'' To amount received from liquor
$2 tKtfl 10 9tore license oT year 1873, .
'' To amount received from retailer
of merchandise, coal and lumber
yards, Ace., as per Mercantile Ap
I praiser's list, for the year 1873,
j To amount received from Millers'
600 00 i license for the Tear 1S73,
j To amount received from Billiard
j Tables for the yar 1873,
jjl j To ifmount received from Brewer
2 279 14 ! iisiiuers, ior me year lam,
' To amount received from licenses on
t" 909 10 I raler"" meaicincs,
j To amount received from Circna and
ill.P.FRT i: nWAl.i.nr. Vu, Tr.:irrnf Menngerle liccensc.
vnrtiuiinhfrinnH Cnnntv in ,.,'nnnnt with h To amount reeeived from extra Ii-
Militia Fund, of the same, for the years 1870.
1811 and 1873.
DR.
To balance in his hands a per Au
ditors' report. 1872,
To amount of Militia Taxes fdrl870,
1871, 1872, outstanding on the 1st
day of January, 1803,
Bal. in hands of Treasurer, $8 01.
CR.
By amount of Militia Tax out
standing on the third day of Jan u
aiy, 1S74.
By exonerations allowed collectors,
By commission allowed collectors,
By cash paid military officers by or
der of militia board, as per tax
receipts,
By cash paid for publishing military
notices,
By Treasurer's commission of 1 per
cent, on ? 1,199 00,
Balance,
$1S3 29
1.S99 39
$2,0S8 68
$423 89
3S7 26
59 53
cense collected from Retailers.
Billiard Tables,Tcn-pin alley. Re
staurants, &c.. for the year 1873,
To 20 Copies of Pamphlet Law,
ALBERT CADWALLADEi:. I
Northumberland County, in
Treasurer of School Board.'
Roads, Overseers of Poor, ve., of townships
and boroughs respecting taxes on seated and
unseated lands for the year 1870 and 1871.
DR.
To balance in Treasurers hands as
per last Auditor' report,
Balance due Treasurer,
CR.
By 5 pr ct commission on $1000, 1 pr
ct on $1000 and S pr ct on $370
By State 1 reasnrer's Reeeipt of Ju
ly 10th, 1873, and January 27th,
1874,
By 5 pr ct Com mission on $700.
By State Treasurer' Receipt Jan.
27th. 1874,
By 5 pr ct commission on $300,
By State Treasurer' Reeeipt, Nov.
25ib, 1873,
j By 5pr ct commission on $1000,1 on
i io- m 5 1,1000 and X 00 lls57
tailer'g list,
By State Treasurer's Receipt of
Sept. 12th and 19th, 1873, and
January 27th, 1S74,
By 5 pr ct commission on $300,
By State Treasurer' Rsceipt Oct.
10, '73,
By 5 pr ct commission oh $270,
Bv Staie Treasurer1 Receipt, Oct.
10, 1873
Bv 5 pr ct commission on 30 50
j Bv State Treasurer Receipt, Oct.
10, 1873
j By 5 pr ct commission on $185,
j By State Treasurer' Receipt, Oct.
! 10, 1873
4 00
11 99
8 01
S2.08S 68
., Treasurer of
eeount with the
Supervisors of
$7S3 S3 1 By 5 pr ct commission on $110
2 17 ' By Slate Treasurer' Receipt, No
CR.
By amouut paid to Supervisors of
Roads, Treasurer of School
Boards, Overseers of Poor, Ac, as
per receipts,
8784 50
$784 50
$784 50
25th, 1S74
67 li pr ct commission on $313 60
Bv State Treasurer' Receipt, Jan.
27th, 1874,
By 5 prct commission on $20 00
Bv State Treasurer' Receipt, Jan. 27
'1874
2,370 0O
700 00
300 00
3,857 50
300 00
270 00
30 50
135 00
110 00
313 60
20 00
$8,456 60
61 85
3,508 li
35 0C
665 0(
15 M
2S5 0t
69 2!
Ill 8
3,676 4
15 0)
285 0i
13 5)
256 5
1 5
28 9
9 2
175 7
5 5
104 5
1 5
313 C
'1C
19 C
ALBERT CADWALLADER, Esq., Treasnrer of
Northumberland County, in account wi:h the
same, for 1S73.
DR.
To a balance due on his settlement of
County, State and bank taxes, &c. $3,243 12
CR.
By balance in hi hands,
$3,140 13
3,240 12
$3,240 13
STATEMENT of the Finance of Northumber
land County on the 3d day of January, 1874.
To amount of outstanding orders
on the 3d day f January, 1874, $ 2,074 42
fTo amount cf outstanding bounty
orders issued in 1862,
Balance,
$8,456 (
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY in acconi
with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, r
specling State and National Bank Stock Ta:
&c, for the year 1873.
DR.
To amount of Tax on Personal Pro
perty, a fixed by the Board of Re
venue Commissioners for the year
1S73, alter deducting collectors'
and Treasurer' commissions,&c 4,533 :
To amount cf Tax on National
Banks, for the year 1873, as fixed
by the Board of Revenue Commie
sioncas, after deducting Cellectors'
and Treasurers' commission?, 1,301 '
Balance,
725 00
37,465 33
540,264 75
CR.
By amount of outstanding county
taxes for 1872, and previous years.
CR.
By State Treasurer Receipt of Sept.
1st, 1873, on State Tax, and in
cluded in eonnty orders,
By Slate Treasurer Receipt of De
cember 9th nnd 11th, 1873, and in
cluded in county orders,
4,193 79
$3,S35
4,533
1,301 ;
?3.S35
YkS;
Outstanding Tax for 1S73 and Previous Tears.
Collectoks Names. i Distihcts.
CousTr. ; Stat. Miuti
1S05 Withington Lake...
1808 Philip Frank
iG'J Thomas Miller
1809 Harmon Snyder....
187oiTbomas T. Bnrke..
1871 Isaac Ilollister
1872 Simon Metzsrer
1872 Samuel II. Hile
1872; William CVoner....
18731 Noah Klock
S721 Andrew Martin
187'! Martin R. Gass, ....
173.' William Blair
l?:;!Josiah L. Strawser....,
lsj;Chribtian R. Gonserl...
187'Amos Maul
1S7;' W. B. Lontrsdorf.
187:!; George Troutman
1873; John T. Albright
187J Charle S. Miller.
1873lSimoa Reed
1873 Abraham Blasser
1873 Henry Harris
1S73 Andrew Guffy
1873 E. B. Stillwagner
1873 Husrh McDonald
1873 William Reed
1873 Samuel K. Hile
1S73 Lorenzo Mettler
1873 Solomon Weaver
Is73 Jeremiah P. Fincher...
1873 Thomas D. Huff
1S73 Daniel II. Evert
1873 John Lampher
1873 Heury P. Follmer
1873 Matthias Uostian ,
1873 John Jenkins
1873 'Andrew Bucher
1873 Thomas London
1S73 Henry I. Renn
Sinec paid.
... Shamokin Borough :
Upper Augusta j
...'Point Township !
;Sha.nokin Borough
Coal Township '
Mt.Carmel Borough
Delaware Township :
Riverside Borouirh '
Watsontown Borongh
Jordan Township
Mt.Carmel Township j
, j Upper Augusta j
...jCnuusquaque lownsnip J
iCoal Township j
...jCameron Townfchip :
...'Delaware Township !
...I Jackson Township I
.. I Jordan j
...'Lewi Township j
... Lower Augusta
...I Little Mahanoy 1
... I Lower Mahanoy j
. ;Milton Borough '
.. - McEwensville" Borough
.. Mt.Carmel Township
..:Mt. Carmel Borough. ;
..'Point Township '
.. Riverside Borough
.. IRush Township j
..'Sunbury Borough. ......... ..... !
.. Shamokin Boroueh
.. Shasiokin Township
..'Snydartown Botouuh
.. Turbutville Borougti ..(
.. Turbut Towuship .. i
.. Upper Augusta j
.. Watsoutown Boroneh '
.. Washington Township. !
.. Northumberland Borongh ;
.. Zerbe Township
$41 55
$47 83, i
100 00 39 S3
I 31 63
2,808 30 23 90 $205
00 44 22 33 53
907 65 154 46 73
131 55i 6 10' 11
70 96 8 061 11
i --!
1 1 1
-! 40
903 m 106 66'
901 01 ; 60 79
248 75 33 51 j
1.927 19 137 21,
420 SO 65 45!
141 60 86 6;
1,197 27, 105 58;
1,438 05' 119 OU!
118 34, 36 46i
1,124 71: 126 80: .
752 04 51 87;
69 68 13 83'
1,188 92 9 73
518 47 21 99
356 48 - 59 7!
474 12 13 93
361 46 76 73
2,833 IS, S6 19i ..
2,121 60 47 51
1,096 90 181 46
109 44 22 10'
215 13 16 28 j
2,130 71 135 60
1.087 67; 73 67i
746 69 63 40;
143 62 43 74
1,027 35 67 73.
507 68 16 79
629,463 44 $2,213 91 1 $423
We, the undersigned Auditors of Northumber- I aud such other improvement as were aotua
laud county, State of Pennsylvania, do certify 1 necessary.
that in pursuance of the 17th section of the Act 1 Extra Constitutional Election, $1200
entitled "An Act regulating Counties and Town- 1 8- B. Boyer, Attorney's bill, 350
ships," Ac, passed the I5th day of April, A. D.
remedy, in cases of Uums, 15ruises, j To amount from w. p. it mi.ioroid
Sprams, Cuts, Stings of lusects, and other ' 7 , ,Z . ,
r e a ? j i- i To amount from sale ot carpets and
causes of suflennpr has secured lor it such j o)li ;r(u
a host of testimony, as an infallible remedy, j To amount from iutcrcst on ou;-
that it will be handed down to posterity a9
one of the greatest medical discoveries of
the niueteenth century.
THE PAIN-KILLER
derives much of its popularity from the sim
plicity attending its use, which gives it a
peculiar value iu a family. The various
diseases which may be reached by it, aud
In their incipient stages eradicated, are
among those which are peculiarly fatal if
sutTered to run ; but the curative magic of
this preparation at once disarms them of
their terrors. In all respects it fulfills the
conditions of a popular medic ine.
lie sure you call for and get the genuine
rain-Killer, as many worthless nostrums
are attempted to be sold on the great repu
tation ot this valuable medicine.
Directions accompany each bottle.
Price 2" cents, 50 cents, and $1.00 per
Bottle.
Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
March 6, 1874 lm.
standing taxes.
To amount from J. McFarlainl, for
witness fees returned,
To amount from exonerated taxes.
To amount of surplus from sale of
cheep,
2"'. 33
S5 00
24 00
100 00
70 (X)
4 IS
25 00
10 05
39 34
1 50
1 33
00
' Total,
CR.
$126,292 41
By amount of outstanding county
taxes ou the third clay of Januarv,
IS74,
By exoneration to collector.
By commission allowed eoileetors,
By amount of outstanding State
taxes, on the 3d day of January,
1874, for use of county,
By exonerations to collectors,
By commission allowed collectors,
By amount of couuty orders paid,
By amount of outstanding orders
paid on countv indebtedness,
By commission on $84,910 98 at 2Uc,
Balance due couuty,
Total,
$29,408 44
1,339 58
2,700 53
2,218 91
45 93
185 16
67,905 53
17,005 45
2,122 77
3,240 12
$126,292 41
1834, we met at the Commissioner' Oilice, in the
borough of Sunbury, on the 5th day of January,
A. I). 1874, and adjourned from time to time,
anil did audit, adjust and settle the several ac
counts required of us by law, agreeable to the
several Acts of Assembly, and supplement
thereunto, according to the best of our own
judgment and abilities. Aul we do further cer
tify that upon due cxamiua'iau of the expense
book we Und Ihe indebtedness of the county in
unpaid county orders, to be $2799 42, of which
amount 3 county orders of the year 1805, amount
ing io $1350 are undoubtedly lost. Also 20
bounty orders, of the year 1802, nmonntiug to
$725 are supposed to be satisfied, leaving an ac
tual indebtedness of$72t 42.
In witness whereof we do hereunto set onr
hands und seals this 29th dav of Januarv, A. I
1874.
J. M. FOLLMER, (L.S.)
-JACOB E. MUEXCH, (U.S.
JOSEPH EISELV, (L.S.)
M.trch 20, 1873. Auditors.
We the undersigned Auditor's of Northumber
land County, after concluding our labors, and
closing our report, feel it a duty we owe to the
tax-payers, and also to ourselves, to call atten
tion to a few facts that to the general reader
may appear obscure (a duty heretofore, in our
opiuion, neglected by preceding Auditors.) We
shall call attention tirst,
To the seemingly large results of the various
items of expenditures as embodied in our report,
but when viewed in connection with the several
items which justly and properly belonged to the
expenditures of other and former years will be
reduced almost half in amount.
Amoug these items we may ennmerate the fol
lowing, viz :
Weights and Measures for county use: $304 00
Though the law required it for the security of
the purchaser of good and meiehandise, aud ev
ery kind of marketingsold by measure or weight,
they had never before the present year been pro
cured.
John B. Heller' bill for costs as She
ll if, $2758 34
This was for costs and fie? during his term of
oflice, anil was not presented for payment until
the vear 1873.
Printing Bill, $1179 53
The bulk of this item was for publishing the
new constitution with the proclamation for the
Constitutional Election, anil the sale of unseated
lands.
Court Honse Improvements. " $2704 24
These were extraordinary, and consisted of
new heaters and ventilators throughout the whole
entire bnlldinsr ; also, with new carpet, matting
This was for service rendered in the year 1;
ia securing judgment vs George McEliece, t
mer Treasurer of our county.
Attorney' Fees for county, $685
Thi was for the payment of Counsel fees
the suit and collection of something over
thousand dollar in favor of the eonnty agai:
the borough of Sunbury in 1872, aud ahonld ha
been paid for that year.
Outstanding orders and indebtedce found
per Auditor" report for 1873 $J0,7tJ
This wa for debt coulracted in prevk
year and was cot properly an item of eir-e-
1 for 1373. We might refer to still other items
our report, but enough have been given,
think, to enable the public more fully and
better to understand our report when viewed
its true and proper light.
We beg leave to call our Comraisioner&'
teution to oue fact, not to pass any biils of
dries ; for instance we had a few for horse h:
traveling expenses, bridge repairs, Jfcc. Nc
how can the Auditors separate such a bill i
place the correct amount to -the proper it;
named in the bill T
We are glad to be able to congratulate
tax-payer of Northumberland County with
cheeriug i.ews that for the first time in mi
year our county is entirely free of debt am
nice balance in the Treasury, and that ourCi
miscioners for the ensuing year will be able
reduce the public burden by puttiu down tl
taxes at two or three nails lower on the val
tion of their pioperly.
We cannot in justice to all parties interes
close without complimenting our late Treasa.
A. Cadwallader, Esq., and the highest com
meut in our opinion that we can pay him i
publish the fact that in our settlement with 1
the amount of $126,298.41 we fonnd him cor
to the verv cent, and this is something mn
f unusual that we doubt very much if then
another eonnty in the State can report the sai
and further, at the close of our settlement
paid over to hi necessor in office every do
in his possession belonging to the eonnty, moi
to $3,240.12. We fcay, therefore, what we tb
every tax-payer iu the couuty will endorse, t
Northumberland couuty never bad a more ct
petent officer.
We also take great pleasure in fully en2
ing the choice of our County Commissioner;
their Clerk, Pe;er W. Gray, Esq. We to
everything in the office very much improved
thoroughly systematized. His book of coi
orders, numbering 1,143 during the year,
amounting to $67,905.58, we found footed
accurately, and all account pertaining U
oflice in exact order. We therefore snggei
the Commissioners the propriety of raising
wages commensurate with his labor.
AU of which 1 respectfully submitted.
J. M. FOLLMER,
JACOB E. MUENC
JOSEPH EISELT.