the Somerset Herald.!
Wt'KSI V.
-Febuary 2. 179.
The bill appropriation $l,.r00,000
to aid tiie Centennial exhibition pnFS
cd tLe lower Hont-e tn Wa.Liagt'a
Tuc?dv last etk b-v voie
cf lit. Teas to loOnarg sixteen
. n,.:,,r!'r
A yVH-K commentary on tbc Dem
ocratic iirpposiiion to reduce tte army
is tbc fact tbat Sittiafr Cull's band of
Sioux ia on tbe war-pat, in Montana, (
ot.d tbe trouble oa the Texas border
are daily becoming more compli
cated. V. S. Senator Sherman, of Ohio,
has written a letter to a fricr-d taking
Krong jrrouad in favor of the nomi
Eoii.n of Governer Haves of tLat
Slate for Pretsideut. Last eumruer
tbe Senator bitterly opposed the nohi
inatioa of Haves for (ioverner.
Maine leads off in the appoint
ment of delegates to the Republican
National Convention. A reeolation
was unaaimoat-ly passed that Flon.
Jame? (1. I'-laine is tbe choice of the
!pnli!irans of Maine for Prer-ident
if tl e Timed States.
The Waf-biugton correspoadence
of tie New York Herald bays Mr.
lilaiue gets half a bushel of letters
per day from all parts of the coun
try, praising him for bis recent per
f .nuances in the House. lie has
eirtaiiily waked up tbe country.
The New York Tribune says that
the I'rehideut makers who arc so hure
Mr. r.lainc is dead, had best not be in
hii-tc about burying him. He will
)o found atCiuciunti animated with
r.ti amount of liveliness which would
hv simply preposterous ia a corpse.
The Ilouce at Washington, with
out serious opposition, has passed the
1 . , 1 1 reducing postage upon mail mat
ter of the third class from one cent
per ounce to one half cent per ounce,
the weight of packages to be limited
to lour pounds. Tbc third class em
Liuces transient newspapers and pe
riodicals as well as seeds aud mer.
ehhiiiline. Doubtless the bill w ill also
pr.s the Senate.
One hundred and thirty votes were
cast in tbe House at Washington,
against the Centennial appropriation,
of which one hundred and eevca
were those of Democrats r.nd five
those of Independents. On which
McClurc's 7"i?nr remarks: "Still
it w as in no sense a party vote.''
Wonder wht doc3 make a party
vote?
7r)-ycrs' TlVeJy says that noth
ing "should cause any man to forget
that the Democratic party is now
what it has loen for many years
the political organization of those
who aimed to destroy tho National
Union and Government for the basest
and most revoking of purposes, ai.d
who still declare that their views, ex
cept as to the practicability of seces
sion, remains unchanged."
Says the Indianapolis Journal:
"It is a significant and startling fact
w hen, 11 years after the close of the
w ar, every Democrat in tbe House of
Representatives votes in favor of
making Jefferson Davis eligible to of
fice, and of holding the Federal Gov
ernment responsible for cruelties prac
ticed on rebel prisoners. It is a new
proof that the Bourbon Democracy
learns nothing and forgets nothing."
No better evidence is wanted
that Rlaine delivered a centre shot
by his speech on the amnesty bill,
than the howl it has raised among
the Confederate editors North nod
South, and the unanimity with w hich
they assert that he made a mistake,
and tbat he has killed himself. Ict
any fellow who professes to believe
this, just say so in a mixed company,
and he will bo apt to discover tbat
there is public interest enough in the
subject tJ keep conversation lively
for a time.
Joxes, of Kentucky, ia a speech in
tbe Coiigrcin(tl Record, perorates
as follows:
"Let me tell the gentleman that
the time w ill ionic, perhaps near at
hand, when the names of Grant aud
Sherman and Sheridan, aad Lee and
Jackson and Breckinridge yea, sir,
of the martyred Lincoln and tbe now
iLsalted Jefferson Davis will be
read with common pride and cemmon
respect by 'he American youth, and
the lust may be honored as much as
tbe first."
The Democrats were so badly de
moralized oa the amnesty debate,
and so much of tbe old rims of trea
son crops oat of the Southern Briga
diers whenever tbey take part in de
bate, that the Democratic Senators
were constrained to decide in caucus
last week, that they would net reply
to Senator Morton's speech on the
outrages committed at tbe late elec
tion in Mississippi for fear of being
drawn into a trap, as tbey allege
their brethren o' tbe House were by
Blaine in the debate on amnesty.
This is an open confession tbat they
are afraid to trust their late Confed
erate leaders with the freedom of
speech. .
The Louisville Courier-Journal
cannot conceal from itself that tbe
conduct of the Democrats in the pre
sent Congress, will inevitably make
the next House largely Republican.
It says of the Southern Democrats
in the present House:
"They forget nothing. They learn
nothing. They talk and talk, while
the other side hies off with the swag
Thus far, in spite cf an overwhelm
ing majority, they have allowed tbem-
eefcre to be beaten, overreached and
turne-epslde down on their particu
lar ground. i.vea their friends are
tick and despondent- The country
wants n fresh set o. intuitions and
impulses; not a dreary rotation in old
idea 8." .
a'j'c I'arsot
i;.-cwr.!aw,
vi!, icnn.,
a late issue
senior etiior of t! e Knc
j H7,t'" cvd Chronicle, i
of tfca: juiircr.!, bears personal teu-
mc-ny to tin; nii.-dios ted biuta,
iaflit ttl imon Union prisoners in
PCS
the
Si.cthcra nri-ori?. tad -The
i
tsniform
pood and kind treatment given Con
ft ft. jcrac prisoners in tbc Northern
iprisuDs, taanr of wLieh Lc rihitcd.
Tic tbti3 alludes to tie Fpcccb
1 of cvi
h'.c de-;
ker R!a:ne during the
late on tbe amDCi-ty bill, as follows
So far ns tiie sriec-cli Ln en Ittct ol cx
, cn , . .
Speaker Lil-iine arc concerned, I Lave read
u-,), i..iKi!,.rni(Vihirfa
lie uiiuc a cjj. on vu 100 -
last week, which hits never been excelled
l nr. renr
ln any debate tliat has arifcn out 01 uieice. As we said in tbe beginning, we
nueslions ol tbe
MAI. X I LI :l U a UUU
that wc have men ia Congress abie and
determined to meet t!i-ie tire-eaters of the
Siuth and (picrhcads of the North in de
bate and vindicate the Union and its'
frier ds. They are much mistaken if they
exieet to cover up the butcheries of An
dtrsossville and LiUby prL-ons.
Aleck McC'iake has tLe credit, if
it be one, cf running tbe last Demo
cratic Convention in this State, and
nominating Pershing for Governor.
He has now undertaken to dictate
their course ia the approaching Na
tional Convention, and discourses
thus plainly to that organization:
"The Democratic parly mv win in it
name and utiicr i:s tmr.ner. but not by its
own sliensth. It is a minority ol the
Tetters of tilt- nation. It cannot carry
Pennsylvania, .New Vork, Ohio, Indiana,
Connecticut. New llaini'-hiro. California, j
Oregon or Nevada without so defining its,
pition alike I'.v a inauly, patriotic plat
lorm mid eiuiueir.ly uMe and lilieral
standard -Iearei'S. unto attract to its sup
port a quarter ol a million voters who are,
not now, and do not cuoosis to bu, partinaa
Hemocruis. Willi llieni it can succeed;
without them it vi!l be utterly defeated." j
Tho immaculate Colonel will
scarcely be permitted to have his own
sweet will ia the matter, but he is ev
idently determined to get as high a
bid as possible f.;r the support of ibe
"Independents," which he fondly im
agines he holds in the hollow of bis
hand.
Ax analysis of the vote oa the
Centennial bill shows that ol the
eighty Southern Di niocfatic mem
bers ft.Wy-riro voted against the bill
tad f"r!ii-yrr, Northern Democrats
voted with them. Only nineteen Re
publicans Vi;tcd r.iraint it. one of
whom was from the South. The
Democratic and Liberal press has
been continuously whining for months
pat, in behalf of an era cf good
feeling dining this Ceuteuaial year,
aud vet the partv ia whose behalf it
hss been so lachrymose, dchautly
and contemptuously refuses to lend
countenance to this jubilee celebra
tion. Mr. Lnniar, the groat Southern
leader, spoke in favor of the bill, and
among other things said:
lie f '.vored the celebration in order that
the people of the 'orth might become sat
isfied of the lonin? desire ol the Southern
people to live "with them in perpetual
uniou as lielore tiie war. aad belore that
fecline: all others sank ir.'.o insignificance.:
Rat of tbe four score Southern
Democratic members w ho listened to
his eloquence, but seventeen shared
his sentiments. Sixty two Southern
Democratic members, by their votes,
declared we are opposed to celebrat
ing the Centennial anniversary of the
Nation, we have no "longing desire
to live with them (ibe people of the
North) in perpetual union." Tbe
question now is, I iocs .Mr. Kamar
represent the sentiment of tbe South
ern Democrats, or do the sivty-two
Confederate Brigadiers? These lat
ter Representatives loudly applaud
ed Ben. Hill's defense of Jeff Davis,
and the savagery of AndersouviHe,
but they made ao reference to the ap
peal to support the Centennial as a
test cf their gocd faith, and as a proof
of their dctire to live in union with
the North.
Soulbrrn Swagger
The Charleston (S. C.,) AViessays:
"The soouer the people- of the United
States come to the understanding
that a Southerner is an American
citizen by his own right, and not by
anvhody'- grace, the quicker will the
country be truly united."
It detracts from the virtue of mag-
nanimitv to boast of it, and it is un
pleasant to be forced to remind peo
ple of the gratitude they owe; but
the constant reiteration of the above
sentiment by tbe Southern press and
by Southe-rn orateirs necessitates the
declaration that such utterances are
childish, puerile, and unworthy even
ef a very low order of intelligence.
There are upward id' sixty members
of tbc House of Representatives who
are not American citizens by their
own right, within the scope and
meaning of the Xcvs article. They
are citizens by the grace of the men
they are ubusiug and the people they
slander. This fact is so plain as to
bnrdlr require demonstration. As
well might a convict, pardoned from
the penitentiary, assert that he is a
complete citizea "by his own right,"
and "not by anybody's grace," as
for the editor of the Arte t- do so.
Putting the mildest construction
upon the acts of the Southern peo
ple, they revolted. A revolution
that fails becomes a rebellion, and
there i3 one law for rebels through
out tho world. Their lives and their
propcrtv become forfeit. They can
retain neither except by the grace of
tbe conqueror. Docs tbe A errs pre
teud thai the government could nut
have legally tried and executed Jef
ferson Davis? And if it could have
tried ani executed him, w hy cot a
million of his followers, who are pro
nounced by the laweepually guilty:
We do nut speak of what would
have been policy, or what would
have been humane, butof what would
have been legal, and, in the eye of
the law just. "Radicals' did not
make the Constitution, which defines
treason, nor the laws regulating its
punishment. Tbey were made by
the North asd South; acting together.
Gne of the parties violated the pro
visions therein contained, and by
their own declarations were liable to
the punishment prescribed. Tbey
were not puni.shed; they were restor
ed, pardoned; and yet the Xeics im
pudently nssei ts that tbey arc occu
pying their present position by "their
own right," and "not bv snvbi dy's
tract!'' Take the present case of
Jen Davis. lie is now disqualified
from holding places of honor or profit
under the government because of the
part be took in the rebellion. If it is
true that bis lcllow conspirators are
Ame L-an citizms "by their own
right," w hat prevents him from exer
cising all those privileges of a citizea
which are permitted to so many of Lis
brethren ia gai'.t? Now, suppose a
rcneral atnucsty bi!l t-buld pa, and
tbat ttc; disabilities resting upon Da
vis thonld be thereby removed?
Should we hare thrown in cur faces
by 8ucb capers as tbe Nac$ tbat Mr.
Davis had tbe right to sit in Congress nUrabcr ot bills were reported farcr
or tbe Presidential chair, aod no ; hlc fmn .mni!:triB
thanks to anybody? Surely, there 13
little inducement to exercise clemen-
cv, if this is tbc Fpirit in which it is !
to be received. The Xvv.s cannot i
escape by alleging that it uses the j
w'0(, "ti:izpo" in its limited senpe, ;
j niereiy. n uat 11 piainiy menus 1.-, i
ithat the Soatb is entitled to all ibe
privileges which it now enjoys by its
0WB t5pLt. 6cd ..not by lb grace of
envDoav." mccea. il'b lstDcwav
- -
it pats it ia SDOtber part of the artl-
dislike to be constantly reminding
these people of tbe obligations they
are under; bat what other course is
left w ben they so plainly forget such
obligations, and coutioualiy declare
mil icey arc uuoer tunc ul. . . .
The trouble with the South is, that
it forgets that it did not succeed in
the late war. It demands to be treat
ed as if it were tbe couqutror, aad
not tbe conquered; and, etraagc
enough, the demand has been largely
complied with! Says the AVtr
again: "All the leeks that South
erners intend to swallow were swal
lowed before last November. The
supply is exhausted; the vegetable
does not flourish in this latitude. A
Southerner is as much an American
citizen as a Northerner is. The
South is in the Union, and intends to
stay in. And the South r.iccus to
make it a souud, wholesome, consti
tutional Union, instead of the cen
tralized despotism that Mr. Thiddeus
Stevens desired.
Even if all this is true, it is pretty
big talk for a oeople to indulge in w ho
were whipped into submission. It is
not only big talk, but it is unbecom
ing, and smacks of the Bardolph and
Pistol Ewagger, which grew threat
ening and terrible ia proportion as
tbe danger diminished. We dare
say that the warlike Tisiol could
have been inauced to swallow anoth
er leek quite easily if the same "pcr
suasiou" had been used the secoud
time, aad the At'trs snouu remember
this.
We sincerely deprecate all this rc
rvcriuiiuation, but tbe South seems
determined to iguoretbe past in toto.
It hasthe bad taste to get up, through
its representatives in Congress, and
reassert the same old heresies w hich
it took four years of war to set' le
It comes back glorifying the leaders
of tbe rebellion, celebrating its vic
tories, defending its outrages, end
practicing the same old system (if os
tracism toward Northern residents
which prevailed before tbe war. We
tell its representatives noiv, that, al
though this spirit and their acts may
betolerated for awhile, a spirit will
yet be awakened tbat will sweep
them and their doctrines into irrecov
erablc distrace. This natioa will
never become the eulogist of trea
son. Disloyalty will never become
the peer of patriotism. The men of
tbc South who wish for historic glory
must obtain it by what they do ia
tbe future, and not what they have
done in tho past. "Treason must be
made odious," and the men who now
stand up, defending and honoring it,
will only add to their own dishonor
by attempting to vindicate, in words,
what they failed to vindicate by their
arm3. Chicago Inter -Ocean.
HAREISBURG.
raimnm mm.
IlARiusr.; no, January 24, 187C
uorsE.
Tho House met at 7:30 r. m
Bills were read in place as follows:
Mr. Graham, of Allegheny Act
to regulate trials by jury in civil cas
es. This law is in operation in the
State of Tenuessee, and resulted in
saving $100,000 to tho Slate. Also
authorizing municipal corporations to
vacate streets and alleys w ithin their
corporated limits.
Mr. Spang Bill to promoto the
health of toil miaers in bituminous
coh! mines of the State.
Mr. Hannan bill to authorize
Councils to Ox the salary of tbe bur
gess. Mr. Sprang Petition'of citizens of
Bedford requesting that our Senators
and members of Congress be instruct
ed to vote for a subsidy to tbe Texas
PaciSc Railroad. Also a petition of
citizens of Huntingdon county ask
ing for tbe passage of the Homestead
law and a stay law. Also, petition
of cit'zens of Philadelphia ask
ing for a reduction of. fares
of street passenger railways.
Also, petition of citizens of
Venango county, remonstrating
against tbe passage of tbe fee bill.
Mr. Talley Joint resolution pro
viding for the printing of T.,000 copies
of the State Treasurer's report for
the nse of the House," and 3,000 for
tbe Senate; also 5,000 copies of the
report of tbe Sinking Fund for the
House and 3,000 for the Senate.
Mr. Plummer called up his resolu
tion, offered a week ago, appointing
a committee cf three to investigate
the grave aad serious charges of
abuses in the Pcaasylvaaia Reform
School.
Mr. Christy resisted the resolution,
and denied tbe right cf the Legisla
ture to investigate the Reform
School.
Mr. Spang inquired whether the
institution was not supported by
State aid, and declarad tbat it should
purge itself of corruption before ask
ing some $180,000 of the people's
money.
Messrs. 'Wolfe and Mitchell ppoke
in favor of the institution, and
Messrs. S
pang,
Irwin and Plummer
against it.
Mr. Mitchel thought tbat if a com
mittee were new raised, it would be
a serious reflection on the Board of
Public Charities.
Mr. Plummer thought they were
derelict in duty, only two beiugpres-''
ent at the investigation, and that tbe
Legislature should investigate and
expose existing abuses.
Mr. Wolfe moved that further ac
tion be postponed for the present.
Not agreed to yeas 41, nays 8G.
Mr. Hays moved to increase the
committee to five. A greed to.
Mr. Zern moved tbat tbat tbe com
mittee have power to setfd for persons
and papers. Agreed to.
Tbe Speaker appointed tbc follow
ing committee to investigate the Re
form School at Moriranza : Messrs.
Plummer, Spang, Yerkes Jackson
and Yogdes.
Tbe resc'.ution providing for Gnal
adjournment on the 23d of March
was lai I over, under tbe rules.
A resolution censuring Congress
men Cochran, Stengcr, etc., for vot
ing against the Centennial appropria
tion, was Toted down aad finally
withdrawn.
The House then adjourned.
'KKXATE.
Ilarritburg, Jany. ?3, 1S7C.
TLe Senate met at 11 A M , the
Lieuu-uaut Governor in the chair.
Auutnlrer vt jictitions were read
and npuronriaifclv refencd. and a
the fulljwiai bills were read in
place: ,
Act urovidiatr for tbc submission to
i!,c voters of the
Lorrtnionweaun 01
a proposition for the removal of the
Capital of the State to the city of
I'hiladeiphia.
Act to amend and revise the penal
law.
Act for tha erection of a new State
pcuiteutiary and tbe removal of the
Eastern State 1'eniieDiiarv from Phil
adelphia.
Limitinir tbe time for entering
jjudgment on warrants of attorney,
j anijeah!c actions or agreements to
cy1fess or revive judgment.
Bills on second reading
Act relating to judicial sales and
the preservation of liens of mortgag
es. Agreed to.
To prejvide for the refunding and
redemption of existing indebtedness
of counties, cities, boroughs, towu
ships, school districts 'other muni
cipalities or certificates issued prior to
the 20th Cay of April, 1874. Agreed
to.
Supplementary act fixing and reg
ulating the terms of members of
councils aud other city, ward, bor
eu'h and township officers, excepting
school directors elected by the people,
etc.
To provide for the erection of wat
ering troughs on public roads.
Joint resolution proposiug amend
ments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth. Laid over for
ameiidinent.
Bills ou first reading:
To cre ate a State Board of Health
fori he protection of life aad health,
and to prevent the spread of diseas
es. Passed.
To authorize and empower county
commissioners t contract for the
purchase, use and control of bridges
erected over rivers, creeks and rivu
lets and for the abolition of tolls
thereon.
Relating to the registration of
births and marriages ia the cities.
Agreed tc.
Relating to the appointment of
auditors by the courts of tho Com
monwealth. Agreed to.
Authorizing and regulating the is
suance of venirc3 for attendance of
jurors 1.1 the several courts. Agreed
10.
Regulating passenger fare and
freight rates on railroads not exceed
ing fifteen miles ia length. Agreed
to.
Tho Senate adjourned.
not sr..
The House met at eleven A. M., aad
proceeded to the consideration of
bills 00 third reading, as follows:
Joint resolution providing for the
purchase of Turdon's Digest. Mr.
Hassoa moved to go into Committee
of tho Wholo fur special ameudment,
viz., to limit the number of copies to
be purchased to lifty. Mr. Wolfe
moved to amend by going into Com
mittee of the Whole for general
amendmcn' Accepted aad then
disagreed to. The joint reaolatioa
was net agreed to yeas 1 2 nays 83.
Act fixiog the compensation ct ar
bitrators chosen under the compulso
ry arbitration laws. Not agreed to.
Act enabling assignees for tbe ben
efit of creditors to make sale of real
estate encumbered by liens. Passed
finally.
Supplementary act relating to the
State Treasurer and tbe Commission
ers of tbe Sinking Fund, amending
tbe 11th section thereof bo as to as
sign a part of tbe revenue derived
from the tax on capital stock of cor
porations of the Commonwealth to
tbe sinking fund and part thereof to
tbe lreneral fund. Passed finally.
The following bills passed first read
ing: Act authorizing tbe payment of
unexpended balances of bounty funds
into the treasury of tbe school fund
of tbe district in which such bounty
funds were raised.
Act to amend and revise the penal
laws.
Ae-t in relation to appeals from
judgments of justices of the peace
and aldermen for waecs of manual
labor.
Act aa'horizing tbe use of unclaim
ed bodies of convicts and others for
the promotion of medical sciences.
Supple oent to an act entitled "An
act to autbori.e and require auditors
to make public an annual statcmcut
f receipts and expenditures of road
commissioners, supervisors, overse
ers of tbe poor and school directors
of the several towpsbips and bor
oughs within the Commonwealth and
designate a day to audit, settle and
adjust township and borough ac
counts. '
Act providing a remedy by man
damus against supervisors cf roads
who refuse or neglect to cjiea or re
pair public roads.
Act to provide a mode for the re
moval of county 6eats.
Act fixing tbc compeasaiioa of
township oflicers.
The House then resumed consider
ation of the Judfes' Salary bill.
Mr. Smith, of Chester, moved to
amend by allowing Judges of tbe
Supremo Court, in addition to their
salaries, a mileage of twenty cents
for every milo traveled in tbe per
formance of their duties. The amend-
men, was disagrted to.
Mr. Wolfe moved to recommit the
bill to the Committee on Judiciary
General. Not agreed to.
The House then adjourned.
Harrisburg, Jany. 20, 187C.
K EX ATE."
The Senate met at 11 a. m. Bills
were reported affirmatively from com
mittee as follows : .
Relative to persons writing thrett
enio letters, as committed.
Relating to the payment of licens
e's tor Hotels, inns, taverns and res
taurants.
Limiting tbe time for entering
Judgments, warrants of attorney,
amicable actions or agreements to
confess or revive judgments
Toab ilirhatto ney fees on all judg
ments uoder one hundred dollars en
tered by warrant of attorney, with
amendments.
To eaablc assignees for the benefit
of creditors to make sales of real es
tate encumbered " by liens, with
amendments.
Supplementary to the act designat
ing several classes of contested elec
tions ia tbe Commonwealth and pro
riding for the trial thereof.
Bills were introduced as follows :
Supplementary to the act relating
to township rates and levies, approv
ed April 15, 1S34.
To protect people against incompe
tent practitioners of medicines, sur
gery and obstetrics.
To prescribe tbe manner in which
courts may divide townships into
election districts.
Mr. Yerkes Te establish an ad
ditional State hospital for the insane.
, Bills on third reading were tnkcn
op and acted upon as follows:
To provide for the refunding it
redemption tf the existing iudebted
ness of counties, cities, burooghs,
township, school districts or other
muncipa'ity' incorporated districts,
evidenced by bonds or certificates, is
sued prior to tbe .20th April, 18"o.
Passed Gaallr.
Act confering additional powers
npon the several boroughs. Passed
finally
Supplementary to the net fixing
and regulating the terms of members
of councils and all other city, ward,
borough and townfebip officers, ex
cepting tcbool directors elected by
the people and fixing tbe lime for tbe
inauguration of mayors. Passed fi
nally. Adjourned.
noisr.
The House met at eleven o'c'ock,
aad resumed consideration of bills
on second reading, when the follow
ing were considered and disposed of
as stated:
Act to fix the compensation of
Judgesof the Supreme Court. Pass
ed. Tbe act retains tbe salaries now
paid Judges, and embraces Judgei
elected since tbe adoption of tbe new
Constitution, whose salaries were not
previously fixed by law.
Act for giving bounties upon wild,
cat aad skunk scalps, and for killing
ha.es and owls in this Common
wealth. Passed.
A n act to provide for the erection of
watering troughs for tbe use of hors
es and cattle upon public roads ia
this Commonwealth. Passed. The
bill gives a bounty of three dollars
to every person who sets up a water
ing trough on the public roads in the
State for tho uses of horses and cat
tle, to bo deducted from their taxes.
Act rtlating to the powers and du
ties of burgesses of borousrbs in this
Commonwealth. Tbe bill gives bur
gesses tbe same jurisdiction in civil
matters as that now possessed by
justices of tbe peace. Pending con
sideration of the bill the IIouso ad
journed. Harrisburg, Jany. 27, 1S7G.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 11 A. m., the
Lieutenant Governor in tbe ehair.
A Urge number of petitions were
presented, among them one from fif
teen hundred citizens of Pittsburgh,
asking the Legislature to instruct
our United State9 Senators and ad
vise our members of Ceingress to fa
vor measures giving Government aid
to the Texas Pacific Railroad. Sim
ilar petitions were presented from
citizeus of Lycoming, Montour, Som
erset and Bedford counties.
Bills introduced Act releasing
notaries public appointed subsequent
to the lthh of February, 1873, from
commission fees, if reappointed.
Act relative to live 6tock, prohibit
ing strays.
Act regulating tho managemcat
of county jaile, penitentariea and
houses of refuge and correction of
this State. This act provides for the
separation of colored and white per
sons, and tbat colored persons shall
be under the care of parsons of their
own color.
On motion of Mr. Albright, Sen
ate bill No. 0, "An act to permit de
fendants to testify in criminal cases,"
was made the special order for Tues
day afternoon, at three o'clock.
Bilh on Third Reading. Act to
provide for the erection of watering
troughs for the use of horses and cat
tle on public roads. Amended so as
to aply to counties having less than
40.000 inhabitants.
Bdli oil Second Reading Joint
resolution proposing amendments to
tho Constitution. Agreed to, as
'amended, on motion of Mr. Strang.
Act relating to bail in criminal cas
es taken by mayors, deputy mayors,
alderman and justices of peace, te
quiring them to record on the infor
mation the residence of persons tak
en as bail and the location and extent
of their property. Agreed to.
Act authorizing appeals from as
sessments in the Commonwealth to
the Court of Common Pleas. Agreed
to.
Adjourned.
HOCKE.
The House met at 11 A. M.
The Speaker laid before the House
the petition of 1,500 citizens of Al
legheny, asking the Legislature to
request our Representatives, and in
struct our Senators, in Congress to
vote for the bill giviog aid to the
Texas Pacific railroad. Referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations.
Bilh on Second Reading Supple
mentary act providing for tbe ap
pointment of special detective officers
in any county of the Commonwealth.
This act gives additional powers to
those granted special detectives by
tbe act of 1574. Passed.
Mr. Cbris'y moved to reconsider
the bill, defeated on third reading,
giving arbitrators two dollars per
day. Agreed to, and tho bill was
placed on tbe calendar.
On metion of Mr. Yerkes. the
vote on the bill giving Purdon's Di
gest to members, wa3 reconsidered
and the bill again placed on the cal
endar. Supplementary act prescribing the
manner in which counties may di
vide boroughs into wards. Remit
ted. Act empowering camp meetings to
employ a police force. Agreed to.
Adjourned.
IlARRtSBt-RG, Pa., Jan. 28, 188G.
KESATE.
The Senate met at 10 A. M. and
was called to order by the Lieuten
ant Governor.
To provide for the submission to
the voters of the Commonwealth of
a proposition for the removal of the
State Capital to Philadelphia.
To suppress vagrancy. With
amendments.
Reirulnting tho management of
county jails, penitentiaries and hous
es of refoge and correction. Nega
tived. Bill Introduced Mr. Anderson
of Allegheny providing for the es
tablishment of Industrial schools in
the State; supplementary act author
izing changes of venue iu civil cases;
also one toautborize the appointment
of stenographers in the several courts
of tbe Commonwealth.
Mr. Wood Supplementary act re
lating to mechanics liens.
Rills on Third Reading Author
izing appeals from assessments in tbe
Commonwealth to the Court of Com
mon Pleas. Agreed to.
Bills on Second reading Relating
to registration of births and mar
riages in cities. Agreed to.
Adjourned until Monday next at
8 p.m.-
HOCKE.
The House met at 10 a. m. A
large number of petitions were pre
sented and properly relerred. A res
olution for printing 5,000 copies of
the phomplet laws of 1875, for the
nse of the Legislature, was referred.
j A number of reports cf commit
jtces were received, including one
from the General Judiciary, entitled
"An act relating to judgmeuts and
stay of executions," with on offirniat
ive recommendation.1 '
Bill in Place Mr. Plummer To
eitablisb new couuties in tbe Com
monwealth ; also b'll to establish a
school for dest mutes in certain
cases.
Mr. Rodgers, of Allegheny, freira
tbe Committee on Education, affirm
atively with amendments Act re
quiring tho teaching of drawing iu
ail tbe common schools of the State ;
jatt pievcutiag aldermen aud jus;ices
j of the peace from acting as attorneys;
' act repealing the local option law iu
Fayette City, Fayette county; act to
regulate boroughs; act to define and
suppress vagrancy ; act to regulate
the fees of notaries public; act rela
tive to trustees for benevolent pur
poses; net authorizing tbe Superio
teudeut of Public Instroaction' to
pub.isb, revised aud abridged, "Penu
svlvauia School Architecture;" act
relative to the exemption of property
from levy aud sle.
A large number of bills were read
the first time.
Adjourned until 7:30 o'clock next
Monday evening.
THE STATE CAPITAL,
IIakkisbiro, Jan. 29ib, 1876.
The work of the House of Repre
sentatives during the past week has
been confined to the passage of two
bills on third reading, the considera
tion of a score or more on first read
ing, and of a much smaller number
011 secoud reading. The annual
Sghtfor tbe appropriation of money
to supply tbe members with Furdou's
Digest, with all its coucomitaut buu
combe reform speeches, was again
entered into, and although the bill
for their purchase was negatived on
third readiug, tho penchant of the
members for reading matter in tbe
shape of digested laws, or maybe
their appreciation of tho market val
ue of the work is so strong, that the
xeasure has again been placed upou
the calendar by a vote of reconsider
ation moved by a chance statesman
aud lover of legal love, from Phila
delphia. A like action was also takeu upon
the bill increasing the compensation
of arbitrators chosen under the com
pulsory arbitration laws of the State,
from olo to two dollars a day. Ouce
defeated, this bill has again been
placed iu position fo another attempt
at passage, wid as tbe reseems to be a
strong under current ia its favor it
may likely become a law.
As usual there is quite au amount
of pasepuiuudiog iu tbe House. A
great deal of it is a useless waste e)f
time. Among it we note tbe follow
ing offered by a representative from
Schuylkill by the name of Lurch,
who felt hiuiself aggrieved by the
late action of certain members of
Congress on the Centennial bill.
W'kcras, Messrs. Cochran and oth
er Congressmen, have in the discus
sion of the pending appropriation
bill for tho Centennial announced
their opposition to the same,
Resolved, That in view of tho high
ability, the latent patriotism, the ec
static economy that has animated
their high-toned corporal manses that
the thanks of the grand old Com
monwealth of Penna. be extended to
them.
7?;.sor;i,That in their opposition to
the encroachments of unjust and bur
densome taxation wc feel tbey
have proven that they posess tbe
germ of first class statesmanship, and
it is fitting that this body should
express their substantial appreciation
of their merits.
Thereore be it Resolved, That the
Secretary of the Commonwealth be
authorized to purchase a tin whistle
for their own especial use ; also a
leather medal in commendation of
the one hundrctb anniversary of our
American independence.
This attempted witticism of Lorch's
met with very little favor from either
side of the House, and was with
drawn. The withdrawal, however,
not appearing upon the Legislative
Record with the resolution, Mr. Em
beck, of Franklin, a day or so after
demanded that it should so appear,
aad tbe Speaker accordingly ordered
the same to bo placed opoa the Re
cord.
The Finance bill, as it passed the
House, has not met with much fa
vor in the Senate. It has passed a
second reading there, but tbe sections
requiring the State Treasurer to
make monthly statements and to in
vest tho unexpended balances of the
Sinking Fund, were stricken out.
The bill in its present shape provides
for a diversion of two-thirds of the
monies in the Sinking Fund into tbe
general revenue fund. It is likely
tbe House will insist on the adoption
of tbc sections stricken out and tbe
mutt, r will be settled by a commit
tee of conference, if at all.
The fight against Attorney Gener
al Lear is still in statu pio. Tbe
Governor seems to be standing by
him, while bis opponents are weak
ening. A new element in Mr. Lear's
favor '3 hinted at. The President of
the Union City Passenger Railway
of Philadelphia va3 in town this
week, and it is said that the corpora
tion which he represents is backing
ibe Attorney General.
An important supplement to the
conspiracy act of 1872 is command
ing much attention at present in the
Senate. Its object is to define ju3t
what acts of combined working men
come within tbe meaning of the
word conspiracy. The Clearfield
courts have lately held that any com
ing together of workingmen and their
persuading others to join them for
the purpose of resisting thei: employ
ers is within the meaning of the act.
This supplement requires an overt
act to be committed. Tbe supple
ment has been modified by amend
ments which almost nullify its pro
visions, and at present it is uncertain
whether it will pass at all.
Senator Yerkes sometime ago in
troduced a bill for the suppression of
vagrancy, which was referred to a
special committee' for consideration.
This committee consulted wjtb the
convention of Poor Directors lately
held at Altoona, and tbc result of
their deliberations is a bill now pend
ing before tbe Senate, and wiil likely
pass. It defines vagrancy the same
as the law of 1S3G. It makes it the
duty of officers to sentence vagrants
to labor in workhouses, on the high
ways or streets for not less than 30
days; declares all alius-bouses to be
work bouses; punishes officers for re
fusiagto arrest and regulates their
fees. E.
Old Style Heaaw-Slsria.
San Francisco, January 2G A
heavy snow-storm is reoorted at Shn.
ta, which did great damage to build
ings. The roof of the Court Ilouse
was crushed in. A severe storm of
snow and wind is reported in East
ern Nevada, blocking roads and railways.
Bank Kobberv.
SpRixoriELD, Massachusetts, Jan
uary 27. The burglars who entered
the Northamiiroti Binkca WednfS-
duv uiifht. first Keeuriaz the ca.-hier
iT... . ...1,;. ... ,..,,, him the
ke 3 of tbe vault, took a largo amount w:ih requisition for Th-uias Dan.-,
of ..curities, a considerable portion ron, iudicied f.r iiiaushio-htcr, e
o! 'hem net being negotiable, compared by Siieriff Mrotb.-r of;
The robbers entered the house of Wayne county, lie followed Dam-j
Car bier Whittlesey and bound, ! aron t. his hiding place, aad deniaud-j
gagged and guarded" for hours seven jed hi.- surrender. Damaron blew
people. They comwlled him to give out the lights iu tho house, and arm
them tho combinations .;f the safe- j cd 'i:'" a double barrel ntte aud two
vault, wailed until they knew the pistols, aitemp ed resistance. Iu ibe
night w atchmau had gone home, and ; uit'iee Damare.u w as shot near the
aud thu get.ing into the vwuli safe j heart ai d almost instautly killed.
with t.ulv one of ibe f our keys reed-1 Sheriff Picket left for home, bat was.
ed took a Iarire amount of seeuritie..
An expert had to be summoned from
New York, aad tho lock was aot
opened until at au early this morn
ing. Cashier Whittlesey, w hen a-k-ed
to give tho three combinations to
the vault for the outer, inner and
chest doorf, gave them wrong twice
or thrice, but the burglars wrote
them down, aud made bim repeat
them. Of coiir.-o thev caught himiu
tbe attempt to mislead thciu, aud the
exhibition of a pistol compelled him
to veil the truth, though he told '.hem
four keys were ntccssary to opea tho
lock, three of which weie at the
houses of the other bank e,flicers.
At four o'clock a. m Whittlesey
was taken to a dowu-.-tairs bedroom,
the whole family were gairged, and
four of the burglars withdrew to
operate on the bank. Three hours
af;erward Mrs. Whittlesey succeed
ed in freeiug herself aud giving the
alarm from a window. Tho whole
party were speedily liberated, audi
tbe casuier, stiii wearing the bacd-i
cuffs, weut to the bank. A clever j
workman seon after fitted a key, and j Mecthis January 24 The Jack
all the persons handcuffed were re- j son Ten 11 , M7i7 and Tribune: of the
leased. '22d says: Dock Mungum, a noted
An examination cf the hank showed
that tho crack-men had unlocked tho
out door, but were apparently balked
by the safe lock, lackin? three of tho
requisite four keys. They wrenched
off two dials which served as au in
dex for working the combination.
Tbey were entirely unmole sted, tbe
wateh,,having gone home.
There is every indication that six
and perhaps all of them 'eft on the
bix o'clock train. Five of them Lad
tickets previously bought, and one
paid his fare. Manv of the fippli
ances it was remarked were home
made. The gags were childeia's
rubber balls, pierced wiib a siilf wire.
The masks were drawer's Ictcs, sonic
with one hole, aud some with two
for the eyes. Wln-u the robbers saw
tbat WbitlK-sey was watching them
carefully for some marks of identifi
cation they bliuelfolded him, but he
observed that one ef them was if
very commanding stature. The; two
or tbreo robber.-- left to guard tho
premises at the hoti-u took their de
parture in seasoii to catch the Spring-
held tram. At the ia lest advices no.
tnfrii.nialii.n tititl I ... k l.'.-ll"it (it t Kit 1
robbers.
The table of funds taken i as fal
lows : Missouri Stale bo'.ds, $15,000 ;
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad shares, $"), 000; Lake Shore
and Michigan Soatnern shnres, ?3,
000; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
shares, $10,000; Cleveland, Colum
bus and Cincinnati, $2,000 ; Uniuii
Pacific, $14,000; Ohio and Missis
sippi second mortgages, $105,000;
United States bonds, $55,000; At
chison, Topeka and Santa Fe, $15,
000 ; Ft. Wayne, Jacksou and Sagi
naw, $2,000 ; Ogdensburg, and Lake
Champlain, $0,000; Missouri Pacific,
$30,000 ; Registered stock and bonds
of United States and various corpo
rations, $350,000 to $400,000 ; green
backs and national bank bill, $10,000;
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan,
$7,000 ; New York and Eiio bonds,
$7,000 ; Marine State bouds, $10,000;
Hudson River railroad bonds, $5,000.
Lynch Law.
A MURDERER IIANGED AXD A Mtil
DERES3 SPARED.
Richmond, Va., January 22. A
telegram received here from Bar
boursville, W. Ya., on the line of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, states
that the body of Charles F. Meeting,
a young and prominent citizen of
Cabell County, W. Ya., was found
bur'ei "n bU stable. He disappeared
on Sunday night, and his wife told
plausible stories cf his absence, which
for a time misled the neighbors, but
at last suspicion grew so strong that
search was made, with the result in
dicated.
The supposition is that Meeting
was murdered by his wifa and Ed
ward Williams. Williams and Mrs.
Meeting have been arrested. There
ismuch excitement lu tho neighbor
hood, and .hreats of summary ven
geance have been heard; but it is be
lieved that the good sense of the
community wiil prevail aad the law
allowed to tukc its course
the e::u or it.
Cincinnati, Ohio, January 23 A
Gazette special says: Edward Wil
liams, who, with Mrs. Meeting, was
arrested for the murder of the latter's
husband, was takeu from the jail at
Darboursvilie, V. Ya.,la.-t night, and
banged by a mob. The prisoners
were assured by a minister that suf
ficient evidence of their guilt had
been obtained, and that the jail was
surrounded by a mob of excited peo
ple, but both denied aay complicity
in tbe act, although the minister con
tinued praying with thru e aad asked a
confession. The mob finally forced
tho keys from tho jailor, took Wil
liams out and placed hiui uu-ier a
tree in the court house yard, where,
with a rope around his neck, stand
ing on a barrel, bo made a confession.
He expressed a hope that the crowd
might obtain God's forgiveness for
their crime, as he had, and declared
that ho was happily started on his
journey home to heaven. He died
after fifteen minutes of terrible agony.
Mrs. Meeting was then brought out
and placing her in front of the dead
murderer the crowd called for her
confession. She said Williams bad
been her paramour for three year?,
that she bid beca trying for the last
three months to poison her husband
without success, -.hat WMii.iaia struck
Meeting ou the head with an axe
whilo he was asleep oa Wednesday
night, afterwards cutting his throat.
She assisted in destroyiug the wit
nesses of the murder and burying
Meeting. She accused herself of be
ing the cause of the murder, but beg
ged pitifully for her lifu.. Though
the feeling was very strong ogaiust
her, and the crowd voted unanimous
ly for her execution, no man eculd be
found who would put the rope orooad
me womau s neeii ana sue was re
turned to jail.
Williams body was left, hangijg
uaUlcut dowu by the authorities
this morning.
Tho widow of ex-President An
drew Johnson died at Greeavjlle,
Tennessee, Saturday night, at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Patterson.
A Marderrr Kilted.
Ci.nci5.vati. Jauuary 2 4 .- 1 ue in- j
quirer'a Huntington, W. V.f special
says :'J. L. Pickett, Deputy Sheriff!
of "Franklin cocatr. Arkansas, rcuth-
'' ni r
e! Ca.-srd!e. W. Y.. bi-t M-.nday
arre.-iiei at Cat.etisburg, Ky., out
upou the facts becoming kuowu be
was released.
Ontcnulnl Hail Service.
Washington D. C, January 27.
The carry iug of the ceutenuial mail
service, which embraces the carriage
of mails from tbe Pnilarielphia post
office to the ceuieuuial grouuds. has
been let by tao post office depart
ment t Thomas Gannon of Pniladel
phia. TLiij service ia intended to
be upon a scale of magnificence. Tbe
contract calls for five wagons aul
ten horses. The wagons of a very
handsome design, are to be of the
very best workmanship, with all the
equipments, such as harness for the
horses, cushions, coverings, etc., to
correspond. The messengers, five in
number, will wear uniform . clothing,
aud ii is stipulated that of ti e ten
horses five shall be of a bay color
aud the others dapple grey.
Auoilicr Urntal J!i:relT.
guerrilla 011 the Federal siele during
the war, was assas.-duated while at
work in his field, uoout twelve miles
above Savannah, on the Teenessce
river. Two masked men rode up to
the fence Lear where be was plowihg,
both being armed with shot guns,
nrd literally riddled him with balls.
Tbey 'hea placed his corpse ou a
hore aud carried it away; perhaps
threw it in tho river. The paper
adds when the matter is solved it
will be found t&at.Magnm was taken
e;ff fr some a'rocity during 'he rebel
lion. Tbe guiby parties have not
be.n r.pprehcuded.
Apr;-tic SefVittrd Titenlj-Thrfe In
elinna Killed.
Kansas City, Mo , January 20.
On the 17ih in-tant a party of two
hundred Apache Indians attacked a
stiuad of twentv-ihrve soldiers, Sfl
:t v
rnih s sou: h of Santa Fe, New Mexi
co. The troops were eio a buff.. I
hunt, unel l;ein ' armed with carbine -
made- h ver
irallatstlv.
irood stiind -Kid
f.-
Twehtv-three re-d deviis
were killed. Three
weiunded, en.e fatally
soldiers we're
A detaehllieli'
ottro'.psLas been sent fro in tunta
Fe in search f r the e.lTWidin'r In
dians, wheiai they will further chas
tise, if f.iund.
A IZorribic Crime-..
Caem-li:, Pa., January
ouo o'clock tl is tuoruiug a b
27. At
nib was
exploded by psrticd unknown in f.amt
of a privnto residence ia this place,
with evieieut intention of ilestroyiag
thi house and family. Tho front
door was broken in, but the bomb,
instead of being thrown into the
building, fell on the pavement and
exploded, tearing up the curbstones
and hurling pieces through the fence
on tbe opposite side of the "street.
TLe house which was built cf stone,
withstood the shod, but windows
were blown in, aud al' the glass in
the neighborhood were broken.
3ii(ro-ft yrerlne Explosion.
SrRixeiKiELP, Mass., January 20.
, Carelessly bammeriag a frozen
plug exploded 250 pounds of nitro-
glvccrmo in Mowbray's nitro-glvcer-
ine factory at North Adams, this
afternoon, demolishing tbe building
and au unoccupied dwelling and
damaging other buildiugs in the
neighborhood. Two workmen, Ben
jamin Cook aad John Cullen, were
blown to pieces, and John Wallace,
tho foreman, injured, but not seri
ously. AVic Advertisement.
Woolen Machinery
FOE S-A-XuB.
Tvvo liroakcrs. thiry Inch iron frame, wilti
sititMlniwinin a! ptMlc, ;i Nr4oii tiie-m ami
in zhA enit r, ail tor tw hundre! ami lirtj col-
vm. jvnox & SONS.
Iet:lli Johnstown, I'a.
"y O L U N T A R Y A S S I G N M E N T .
John A. Foost having mu'Ie x voluntary awin
mcnt trthe benrfir of rn" itor?, foth unIertun
cl. all pTfons ti-ivinir rlaims ntrninftt the assignor
or iU'lr'tiMt to hi in will call at the re-itii-Lu-c ot the
unJer?ii;nctl f;r settle rat' nt.
voi. stt-i.u
j'tnl'J Ap-ince.
liCI.ZSAI.K ANDa-TAIL,
(. J. II. Zimmerman,
:V5-'.ii Somerset, Penna.
Tiie ewt of ci:,-nn of iliffcrcnt bran Is, manufae
tureil by fcim.-ol.r, of the rhiiiccjl of tobaro.
These ciicva eanmit becirelled by any In the mar
ket. er.o of th b.-st M-K-kl of ilicwin-; tubarso
ever bruuht t iSi.nuTsil. prices to unit the
times. , janlM
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Notke is hereby Ktvcn that application will bo
made to the Ietrnla:ure ol Pennsylvania during
iu jprcsirnt sequin lor the pasjae ol a law re
)MMiing the Charior of the Wcller?bunr & West
Newton Plank Kiud Con-.panv from Herlin. Som
erset County, Pa., lo the Westmoreland Couutv
line.
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.lon.N if. .mii.lki:, .1. P. Pil llseN
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"pXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
fcue of Tetcr Orlwrh, latn vt Faint Totrn
f !.i, dwfiel.
letters testamentary on the aboTO -ntnt
hnviiiK heen frrafiutc! to the untcrii:nrl, notice i
hereby given to those intk'htetl to it to make lm
raei:ite j'yinen:, anl ttn?e havinir claim
against it, to pr-nt th.-n. duly authenticate!
tor settlement at tho lute reBileiKwof the de
on FrMav, 3Ireh 3, 17.
S A M fcl. lit FM A X.
j-icC Executor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
locate of Christopher IHets, late of Jenner Tp.,
letters of a!mlni.tnition on the above estate
having been ;r run led to the aniicrrnicneti, notiee is
henM-y priven to the intlebte.1 ui it to make inime
lUito pn vuient. ami thoso having elaiins nucaingt
if, presrnt them daly nnthentitntert for settle
ment n Saiunlay. the 4th day of March, lJ7ft, at
tiie late reskleui-e of iaiil deceased.
AAKOX KTjOT'GH.
i.lA IMKTZ.
iau'9 A'tmiiiii-tnitors.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Instate of Henry Sutler, late of "Orothcrsralley tp.,
deceased.
Iytter? of administration on tbe above estate
having leeii gr-iiiicd to the underMjjned, notice is
hereby jcivcn to U:o-e indebted to it to make im
medi.ue fwiy menf, and the havinar -Maims air ain't
it t present them dnly aathemicntt-d for rettle
mi nt ut tho r?-i'lenco o tho adniinl-tr.ttnr, in
fetid U-wnKiip, vn uiurdjyt February 2J
JOHN silMEK,
jr.r.l'J Ad mini n rotor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
i.-'.a;e of David I'-jtman, late ofIiddlecrk tp.
deceased.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned, notice if
hereby given to those iudebted to it to make imrre
diate payment, and those havlngclaims against it
to iirL-seiiL them dulv suthi-ntii-ated lor settlement
at tl-.e late rt-si-len'-e ol deceased on Thursday,
February is. o.
EVEPTTTMAV,
jnr.!'J Administratrix.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Laiaie of Philip Slanrer, late of S. merset Twp.,
decease!.
LettTSofadtninlsiratlon on theahove estate bav
in-' been granted to the undersigned by the prop
er authority, noti.-e is hereby given to those in
debted to it to maiieia inemaie payment. ami tnwe
having claims agains it will p-.esent them duly
authenticated fur settlement SI the late resldt n -e
of tot docessei. on baturlar. Februarv 5ih. 179.
r nil. if r. mm ncn,
S1MO.N i. HekN3.
jar.il Administrators.
A DMINISTUATOirS NOTICE.
fcUitc of John Bower, late of Brothersralley tp.,
deceaMd.
Letters ot adnilniftrat ion on the mbore estate
having Iw-t-n k muted to the undersized, notice ia
hereby eiven - those Indebted to it to make Imme
diate payment, aad thse harinic claim atrainH it
to present thcin duly authenticated tor settlement
jo Saturday, 6th day of February, lriTO, at tbe
irtddvMM'eot the adiniaiistrator. In Bnnhersvalley
tow ne hi p.
mAXKLIIV HAT,
dec22 Administrator.
ATOTICE.
rVottee lit herebv irlven that tiie nndersisrnetl wil
rll at private te.U. a tract of luud itu.tte near
Miner! Point Mil fori township, Somerset enan
ty, Pa., ei.niainin M acre, cleared, harina; tbere
ou erected Kri-t niill. new dwetlin.? boase, stable
and teneint-nt house. A vein of icujkJ cohI opened.
A ver- :e.ir:iMe property In a xood settlement.
i ..:...i.hin.' iii i.n will tlit wHI in aside, or
rnll nin the uudersixbed at Shall'1 liririsa.
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1S0TICE OF APPEALS.
Notice Is hereby given tltal apjieals from the as
sessments of lsTtTwii! tie held in the Commission
ers' cilice. In .Somerset, for the several boroughs
aud townshtpsof the county as follows:
Shade, Paint, e'onem.augh, Jenner. Jennervilio
borough, tlueinahoning. Stonycre-k. Stetystowu
borough. Allrgheny and New lialtimore borough
on Tnursday . the ITih day of February next.
Berlin bor.. ISrothersvalley. Iirimer. North
ampton. Southampton. W eliersnnrg borough,
(ireenrille. Elklick. Salisbury horoogh. Summit
and'Meycrsdale bor.iush on F riday, the IStb day
of February.
Somerset township, Somerset borwugh, MiHord.
Jelterson. Addison, Lower Turkeyloot Pppcr
Turkeyfoot. Confluence borough. l"r;-lna borough,
Mlditlerrwk and New Centreville bomugh on
Saturday, tho lth day of F'enruary. when sew
where ail perxsns and conorations leeling them
selves aggrieved ut the enumeration and valua
tion of their taxable property and effects ma'-e
pursuant to the several acts of Aswmbly In iue n
case made and provided am requested to s'ti-tw
and state their grievances for redress aceor(:c w
law. Special attention la also directed to tbe
lowing portion of Art. 4. Son. 2 ol an act for "
organization, discipline and regulation of tM
liliaoftbe Oommonwealth of Pcnnierlvani.
wit: era the same days above mentioned th;Mt
mineioners shall also determine who arc tv
vr not liable to do military duty, Ac. ti-m-
The appeals will be held on the above eere 4
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WM. KEEI
W. M. ScnEnrK, DANIEL PHUJJI1"'-
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