TU Gnmnrcnt TTomlfl 1QC fc0inCrSCtJL1I2!of EDWARD SCULL, Editor mud Proprietor. i&Wr&ZL A 3 WEDNESDAY. ...January iO,lfca. Senator Mitchell was absent from his seat in the Senate, and did not vote on the civil service bill, but that dreadful poilsman, Senator Cameron, voted for its passage. The public debt was reduced $15, 413,222 85, during the month of December. In the last six months or since the first of July last, the to tal reduction was$Sl,-'370,7S3 SS. The income of the GirarJ estate is officially stated to le $l,tXK),0U0. The whole estate in Philadelphia is w orth between nine and ten millions. The city's management of the trust has been remarkably prudent and honest. Ex Senator McDonald, of Indi ana, has been put in nomination as a Democratic candidate for Presi dent, by his admiring friends in that Stte, and the aspiring gentleman has made a sjeecn accepting the nomination. We deeply sympathize with our bereav.d Democratic brethren m their distress over the miscarriage of that litlie game to prevent Republi can control of the Senate. The grapes are wry soar, we know. Ac cept our condolence, brethren ! Philadklplia ought to be pretty weil satisfied with her share of hon ors resulting from the last election. With the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the Attorney General, the ought to be able to worry along for the pres ent. The late James Laughlin, of Pittsburgh, well known as an iron manufacturer, left by his will $1, 000 to the Western Theological Sem inary; $15,000 to the Pennsylvania Female College, and $5,000 to the Western University, all of that city. What unconscionable fellows those Democratic and Independent editors are: always trying to excite nervous people, and scare timid old ladies. Only a day or two since they were dancing with joy because they had "unloaded" Boss Cameron, and now they are shrieking he is on top again. A bkief time since. Senator Lee was, in the eyes of the Democratic journalists, not only a very proper man, but the sole Republican, wor thy to be made President of the Senate. Now, alas 1 he is a tool of "Boss" Cameron, and a most dis creditable fellow. What a difference it makes as to whose ox is gored ! The civil service reform bill pass ed the House by a vote of 155 yeas, to 43 nays. Only five negative votes were cast bj Republicans. Who does not rememWr the Democratic clamor for civil service reform dur ing the last political campaign? Here is another signal example of the engineer being hoist with his own petard. The Democrats can never, no, never, forgive the Republicans for harmonizing, and electing the Presi dent of the Senate. The' did so enjoy the sight of Republicans quar reling among themselves, while they run away with the spoils, that it does seem to be cruel thus to de prive them of the pleasure they were enjoying. The civil service bill passed the House without debate on Thursday last, and needs only the President's approval to become a law. A more disgruntled set of politicians, than are the Democrats, never winked at each other. They were confident that it would be strangled in the House, and cannot now conceal their chagrin over its passage. We lay before our readers to-day the last annual message of Governor IIoyL It contains many good points and recommendation? which are of interest to all citizens of the State, and we advise all our readers to give it a thorough perusaL The stump speech with which he closes it, is in bad taste and out of place in a State paper of this character. Governor Hoyt cannot justify his base deser tion of the party that made him Chief Executive of the State, and hie parting fling at it, reminds us of the story of the burly Scotchman whose little wife was in the habit of broom sticking him. To the inquiry of an amazed neighbor, why he submitted to such attacks, he replied : "It dinca hurt me. and it amuses her." The Edmunds lilL, to prevent and punish compulsory political assess ments, passed the Senate on Thurs day last. Li all of Edmunds' work, this is in goad legal sha?, and u free from the uucwiittiiution al follies of the Beck bill. It forbids the levying and colieti ing of asse6smei.te or voluntary con tributions by auy officer of the gen eral government, appoiuud or tlect- ed ; forbids anybody from coiIcti,1t character and meriu. o say thid or receiving aiiuey for pur- Le owes anvthing to the Imw-.J. poses in any government building,! ent, an'orpanization, or that 'by and prohibit! discharge from the refusing to coalesce with the Demo government service for non-payment orats, he deceived pr betrayed them, of such assessments. Adequate pun-!jg but the tarings of imbecile furv ishmenta are of course provided for j To Lave voted for a Democrat would any violation, but no cn is or can have been a crime ;. m o lormuuen 10 voluntarily give las . t j ownearniBgstoany political party or person. ... . made to the appointment of Cassia r, ; bv McClureand others of his friends, he savs : j "I would not be moved from my ' 'determination to appoint Lewis C. Cassidy Attorney Gtneral, if a bat tery of Gatling guns were directed against me." The Connecticut Legislature met j on Wednesday last, and one of its j first acts was to legalize the black j ballots, thus making valid the elec tion of Wallace, (Dem.) Governor. Compare this prompt action of a Republican Legislature, with that of the 'Maine Democrats three years since, when the Democratic Gov ernor, Garcelon, with other leaders ef that party, tried to defeat the will f the people," in spite of the law. We had a right to expect hon est, fair dealing from the Republicans of Connecticut, and are not disap pointed. The State Semite was organized on Tuesday last, by the election of Senate . Iteyburn, (Regular Republi can) of Philadelphia, as President pro tent. Messrs. Reyburn, Lee and Hall, were placed in nomination. On the first ballot, Rtyburn received 23 votes. L-e 7, and Hall 20. Oil the si-cond ballot, Mr. Reyburn was elected, receiving 20 votes. Messrs. Aull, McCracken and Longenecker, who had voted for Mr. Iee, on first ballot, changing to Mr. Reyburn. Tlae House was organized by the election of John E. Faunce, (Dem.) of Philadelphia, he receding 111 votes to SS for J. P.. Niles, (Rep.) of Tioga. On Thursday, both Houses ad jou rived over to Tuesday, 0th, to give the Speakers an oportunity to select the necessary committees. The burden of the Democratic ar gument, during t'ie last campaign,1 as the waste of public moneys by the Republicans, and the useless sinecure offices created and main tained by them at the State capital. "Reform, reform," was the watch cry, "(iive us the power and we will ahvlish all the useless offices and conduct the government on a purely business basis." The people gave the House to the Democrats, and last week they assembled at Harrisburg to organize it. With them came also a swarm of their hungry followers, and lo! when the public was a-tip-toe and a-gaje with expectancy of the sweeping reduction of useless offices, to abolish which, the Demo crats had so consuming a d sire, it was suddenly discovered that all these sinecures existed bv virtue of law, whose mandates required them to be filled; moreover, if they were not at once filled by their own heelers and strikers, the Republican incumbents would holdover. A com mittee has been appointed to wres tle with this suddenly discovered barrier to retrenchment, and the public breathlessly' awaits its re port. The humbug of this is as thin as water to the palate of a thirsty toper. Did anyone suppose that these offi ces existed outside the law ? There is no law commanding the creation of a sinecure. They may be permit ted, but they are not commanded If there arc any useless offices and the Democrats want to get rid of them, all they h ive to do is to re move the incumbents, and refuse to atmoint others in their place. Let us have no creeping behind fine spun theories of a mandatory law. If ihey meant anything by all their promises of economy and reform let us have lL The kicking out of a few poor scrub-women, or pages, or palters and folders will b.e a pitiful ending of so loud a cry for reform. Let us have reform with a big R. The people were promised it, they voted for it, and they expect it. Pid dling economy is not reform. It goes without saying, that the Democrats and the Independent bosses were direfully disappointed at the organization of the Senate by the Republicans. These gentlemen were confident that they had a com bination made by which they could defeat the Republicans and force the election of an Independent by the votes of the Democrat, and their disappointment is shown by their bitter reviling of Messrs. Lee, Aull, McCracken and Longenecker, whom they could not coerce into this Dem ocratic combination. Senator Lee, who was selected as the candidate of the Independent and Democratic coalition, was elected to the Senate on the Regular Republican ticket, he distinctly stated that he would not accept an election at the hands of the Democrats, and on both bal lots voted for Mr. Reyburn. Mr. Longenecker, as u known of all men in this county, was nominated and elected as a Regular Republican, an Independent candidate was nom inated against him and persistently urged upon the voters in spite of his withdrawn! from the contest. He was viciously opcced by and lirutally assaulted in the Meyejydale Ouftimsrcial, and all the Independent votes he received in this county could be counted .on his fingers and toes. In the county U JSedford, we believe he did receive sou Jnde ei2nt votes, but these were east for him ;anly by personal friend. and on acceuntx hi bi.rh .K.rcmoi r vf tiivu who elected him. and to bar tr-i si6tnUy catt his vote for Senator Pattison starts out with a display back-bone unusual in a Demo - TV t h. Jiift-!rns ! Le, when h himself was voting forlSennte, but the resnlt shows tha& , Uej burn, would nave been iony or 'worse. ! Tn twif vntinr- for Senator Lee. ii Mr. Ingenecker showed his desire for harmony, but when be knew, as ; '8 now openly admitted, that u ne had permitted his vote to stand for Mr. Lee, the Democrat would on the next ballot have gone over to him and thus have prevented an organization by the Republicans, he 'simply did his duty, a3 an honest raan, by changing his vote. If Mr. Longenecker committed any error, it was ir. voting for Mr. Lee at all. Mr. Reyburn was &i unexceptiona ble candidate, against whom noth ing was said or can be urged, other tiian tha he was the choice of a large majority of Republican Senators, and was therefore distasteful to the four or five implacable Independ ents who would destroy the party if they could, because they cannot rule it. The folly of attemptiug to placate the bosses of the Independents, is by this time, we think, apparent to all observing men. The more that is conceded, the more is demanded. They will not be concilliated except on their own terms, and ordinary manhood revolts at the uncondition al surrender of a majority to a hand ful of malcontents. Mr. Longenecker was elected as a Republican, and is exacted to rep resent, not a faction, but the Repub lican partj of this district. We would not have him attempt, either t conciliate or t punish the Inde pendents. A straightforward, manly course, looking neither to the right or to t'ie left, but holding in view the good of the State, of bis constit uents, and the organization of the party that elected him, is what is exnected bv the Republicans of Somerset County. If the Ii depend ents size up to this position, well and good, if not, t hen he is not responsi ble. As to his vote for Mr. Reyburn, we can assure him that it meets evith the approbation of all the Republi cans who.-e chosen representative he is. A rcsh for the rich grazing lands of the Indian Territory is appropri ately headed by the Standard Oil Company. The shrewd managers, oi that huge concern are not ignorant, if the Government is, that in the Washita River valley is located the most productive petroleum territory on this continent. Mr. Fendlktox is one of the wealthiest of the United States Sen ators It would take at least $100, 000 a year, it is said, to maintain his several places of residence his ele gant winter home in Washington ; his mansion iu Cincinnati ; his cot tage at Conway, N. H., and his villa at Mount Desert, Me. Mk. Vanpekbilt thinks he can afford to take a vacation. He has worked very hard, pecuniarily, dur ing the last year, has purchased seven or eight railroads, and cut the coupons off about $00,000,000 worth of government bonds, to say nothing of moving into his new $2,000,000 house. Mr. Vanderbilt deserves rest. The total number of strangers who came to this land to stay last year was 735,653. and we may now count our population at something like 54,000,000. 01 the emigrants, Germany sent 232,000; England and Wales, 81,000; Ireland, 70:000 ; Scotland. 17,000; Sweden, 50,000; Norway, 27,(XX; Canada, 80,000; all other countries, 100,000. Mr. Hexpricks has written a let ter in opposition to civil service re form, on the ground that the Demo crats are entitled to the fruits of vic tory. He is not in favor of a perma nent office holding class, or a system which makes removals difficult. He remembers that during many Dem ocratic administrations frauds were almost unknown. Perhaps he will mention one. One will do. One of the most extensive branch es of manufactures in the United States is that of agricultural imple ments. Of these establishments there were in 1SS0 no less than 1, 013, with a capital of S62.109,6bS, and employing 30,580 hands. The yearly wages were $15,359,010, and the total value of the product was $G8.G10,4SG. The value of the raw material used was $31,531,170. There is a sort of poetic justice in the proposal of Chicago to increase her police force to 500 men and make the saloons support them. The plan is to raise the license of each saloon $100 a year. It is argued that as nine-tenths of the criminal acts are the result of liquor selling and saloon influence, the saloons themselves should be made to pay for the protection rendered necessary. The will of the majority rules once more in the Republican party. Senator Reyburn is President of the Senate because he was the choice of a majority of his party. Senator Lee s .oubtlcss as good a man, but the majority were against him, and he gracefully ut;u;j.tted. Lee set his Independent friend, a gpjid .example, and we believe the majori ty 44 iiiern approve his course. Lantaxter Jrnjiurer. The successful organization of tv rnsylvania State Senate by the Republic majority of that . body is doubtless a severe disappointment to those who had mad.? their minds to have, by hook or by crook, a rade with Democrats that would tl, iur ,irl ,.f.. .:,i apportionment committees of the there is more vitality in the Repub lican party than some of its internal enemies have been ready to admit, i Inter Ocean. President Arthur is credited with having said upon a recent oc casion, with regard to current ru mors of official decapitations im jending, that he did not intend to make any removals except for cause. This is an announcement with which Mr. Arthur's previous course is well in keeping. The number of changes which he has made since his accession to the Presidencr has been surprisingly I small, and in each case of the kind I that has occurred the action taken has invanablv been consistent with the exigencies of the public service " r I and for the benefit of the community. Mr. Arthur can advocate the princi pies of civil service reform with a j thousand persons have been rend clear conscience, for he himself has cred homeless Uv the floods in the . .i r,,A i m v..7. districts near Worms, and are in consistent y practiced them. Aorlh r , J 1 danger of starvation. American. i n -r, .,,. Ax Independent and a Republi canthat is, two politicians went out fishing not long since, but met with a fisherman's usual luck. Feding damp and hungry they started for home. On their road home they passed a farm, where a young girl, who is supposed to have Democratic tendencies, was milking a cowr They yelled to her : "Gal, have you got any buttermilk ?" "Yes but we keep it for our own calves,' was the unsatisfactory reply gently wafted to their ears. The disap pointed fishermen did not prolong the conversation, but kept right on toward home, Where Democrats have been elected to office it is hard ly worth while for Independents or Republicans to apply for buttermilk. The Democrats are going to keep it for their own calves. Texas Sifting. thiucl: to oxk yon rekoum. The Civil Service bill only requires the signature of the President to be come a law, and as it is the first re sponse to his request for similar legislation in his message in Dec. 1851, the fact of the oiil is not doubt tul. The bill will become a law within a few days, and its provisions will be complied with by the Presi dent so far us they relate to Execu tive action. This measure was in troduced by Senator Pendleton a year ao, and was madt a special order in the Senate early in the ses sion. It has been materially amend ed, and in some respects improved, and as it leit the Senate it has pass ed the House. The fact that not an amendment was strenuously urged in the House may excite surprise. 1 he fact explanatory is that the mea sure passed, practically, though not technical y, under the gag. But though the previous question was moved and the bill passed under its operation the House forced the motion upon Mr. Kasson, who re ported the bill to the House. The reason for this enormous self-sacrifice on the part of the gentlemen who delight to hear themselves talk lay in the reluctance felt by Democrats to trust their tongues in speaking to an amendment They were practi cally in a corner, and very generally opposed to the bill, but the force of public opinion overcame all factious opposition. The bill passed by a vote of 155 to 47, or by a majority of more than three to one. Ol the lbo a f urinative votes the Republicans catt 108 and the Democrats 47. Of the 47 negative votes 40 were cast by the Democrats and 7 by Republi cans. As in the Senate every nega tive vote was cast by a Democrat, 60 the Democrats cast forty forty sev enths of the negative votes against the bill in the House. These facts are of considerable significance, and their significance will appear about two years hence, when the Demo crats will' prance before the people, as they did last vear, as the real original, old Dr. Jacob Townshend, inventors, owners, and operators of civil service reform. Ou tiiat occ;isiou we who survive will see the Democratic editor and orator red hot for a non-partisan, nou-political and reward-of-merit reform of the civil service. He will claim for his party the credit for every step toward su m reform. And should any corrupt Republican ed ltor or orator bring to his attention the fact that the only civil service reform legislation ever had in this country was proposed by a Repub lican President ai.d enacted by a Republican Congress, the fact will be waived aside with a grand a:r, and the unfortunate Republican will be di&uiissid as a partisan bigot. WhcfVsome Republican refreshes the memory of the Democratic editor oroiator with the fact that every vote in the Senate cast against the bill just passed was cast by a Demo crat, and that the opjtositiou to it during its passage was by Democrat ic Senators ; and when the Demo crats are asked to take notice that forty forty-sevenths of the negative vote in the House on the final pas sage of the bill was Cast by Demo crats the answer will be that the bill is a mockery and a delusion. But the facts will remain of record, and the record will be kept before the people of the United States. Meanwhile, while a Republican Congress is respondingto thedemand for civil service reform, a Democrat ic Legislature is called to wrestle with a like question in Harrisburg. That Legislature went up to Harris burgh with loud protestations of its will to abolish sinecures and its jvower to enforce its will. Its first discovery was that certain men held positions of no utility, but that they held under legal tenure. This was a poser. It was most astonishing. And the first thought of this Gid eon's band of Democaats was that they must obey the law and maintain the sinecures. It was a dreadful al ternative for a Democratic body to meet red handed, but it was thought that if Democratic strikers were not appointed, Republican bummers would hold over. They never thought of putting out the bummers and re fu:jng to put in the strikers. Such is Iiemouvsip reverence for law. .Vwtt American. Time and fponees Barrel. i workers are subject to bil ious attacks yhich may end in dan gerous illness. Parker's Ginger ' fcusting disease, which caused seveie Tonic keeps the kidneys and Jiverj pain iu my head, continual dropping active, and by preventing the attack into r.v throat and unpleasant saves sickness,' time tend expense. 'breath: '.My scus.' of smell 'waB 'Dctnitly. . ' ' - - jinuch impairiT By n thorough ub '.' ... -t for six months' of Elys' Crdtrh Balm You can keep your hair abundant j I have entirely Overcome the--e and glossy, and retain its youthful j troubles. J. B. Case, St. Denis Hotel, color, with Parker's Hair Balsam.'-' Broadway and 1 1th St., N. Y. DiKttstrwati Flood. Berlin, January 3. Seventy houses have fallen at Bedenheim in consequence of the floods. At Rex heim, Morsch. and Oppan, "eighty houses have fallen in each place from the same cause. At Vienna the danger is serious, and prepara tions are making lo sound alarm bells directly the dykts show signs of yielding. IIobstadt, January 3. This town, with the exception of the church and houses of the clergy, is deeply sub merged. The water in many houses nearly reaches the roof. In Frieseu heiin" on the Rhine, the scene beg gars description. DcssK.vpoRF. January 3. The market square here is flooded to- jay Mayexce, January 3. The Rhine has reached the height of 5:70 me- 'ith great eflurts tramway htia Kucin l iul'tn limit enrtri lor tne construction of a dam. WU-U .l. II (u w rj a a - ' - Wiesbapex, January 3. Ten between this city and Belle Garde has been washed away. Diiect rail communication with France and Italy is interrupted. Vienna, Januai v 3. The bridge of boats at Ottcnshcim was washed away to-day, with several persons on them. The bouts floated down and in an hour and a half reached Linz, where these on board managed to run them ashore. The Danube has risen to a height of 470 centimetres. A thousand ersons residing m the lower parts of the city have been compelled to leav their homes. Traffic on the railway connecting Vienna with Moravia is suspended. The large railway bridge over the Danube has len demolished, and the Vieuna terminus of the road is flooded. 'London, January 4. A dispatch from lesbaden reports 3,000 per sons homeless at Ludwigshateii, 000 at Mannheim, and Mannheim, 2,000 at Worms. They are lodged in the school houses and churches. More dykes have broken at Mayence. Mannheim, January 3. The town appears to stand on an isth mus iu the middle of a vast sea. The treat Rhine dam "iive away to night. A steamer and C,,..,, bv torch- boats rescued the people ov liiht The vilhi.rft ,.f Triesenheim t,,.,.r. a. a ... 1 ., .i.;,,j rtua inhabitants of Oppan have aband oned their homes. Accidental re lief committees has been formed, and it appeals for help for the suf ferers. The Hail ami Worthless are never imiOttid or conntnjntc1. This is especially true of a family medicine, ami it is positive proof that trie remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuable family med icine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and peo ple of the country had expressed the merits of H. B., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of II. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to II. B., with variously devised names in which the word 'Hop'' or "Hops" were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters.. All such pretended rem edies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word "Hop" or "Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imita tions or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of preen Hops on the white label. Trust nothing else. Druggists and deal ers are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits. Fleeing From a Fiery Heath. Kno.xvii.le, 111., January 4. St. Mary's Episcopal school for young ladies, at this place, was burned to the ground early this morning. Most of the one hundred scholars were asleep when the llame.- were discovered, and had ban ly time to escape when the alarm was uiven, leaving tiieir wardrobe and property. Many escaped by ladders. Miss Gilh tte, of Bull'ilo, Illinois, had a leg broken, and Miss At ford, of Dubuque was seriously injured by falling from a ladder. E. A. Kcidit ling, a fireman, also fell and was in- juied. .o others were injured, and no loss of life occurred, though at oi e time it seemed inevitable. The loss on the building is about $25, (.XX), and is fully insured The loss of the youi g ladies in prop' riy wi 1 foot up about as much. The build ing will be rebuilt. Murder of Americans London, January 4 The Xui publishes a letter from Madagascar, dated Septemfx-r last, giving details of the murder on the coast of Mad agascar of the two Americans Em erson and Hulett. Emerson was shot without the slightest warnieg by a party of natives whom the travelers hat! p:ts?ed on the road. Hulett was wounded while fleeing, but turned on his pursuers with re volvers, when the. natives, numbering- from forty to fifty, dispersed in to the bushes, from which they fired upon and killed him. The murders were committed on September 0th and the bodies were recovered on the 15th. A French interpreter and an African attendant were also killed in the struggle. Ireposel Leaac of a Tract in (lie I'lierokee. Country. WAsiii.vuro.N. Jan.o. B. II. Cam bell, representing a syndicate of Chi cago capitalist, is negotiating with theStcretary of the Interior for the lease of a tract of lain! thirty miles square embracing about 2.4 K),oix acres in the Indian Territory lielong- ing to the Cherokee and Cheyenne Indians. The Company purposes using the land for grazing cattle, and agrees to rut only such timber as shall he nped.ed. to provide posts for the wire fences with which the tract will be enclosed. They offer 150,000 per annum rental for the land, and the Indians are represented as being anxious to enter into the arrane- Catarrh. For fifteen mtrr I have bt!t n greatly annoyed with thisdis- Hlgbe Report. The annual report of the superin tetideist of public instruction, pre sented to the legislature yesterday, contains the following statistics : Number of school districts in the state. 2.215; t: umber of schools 19, 183; number of grided schools, 7, 812; number of school directors, lft,G25. number of superintendents, 102; number male teachers, 0.051; number female teachers, 12.778; average salaries of male teachers per month, o5 12 ; female teachers $28 80; average length of school terms, in months, G.O0; number of pupiU, 611,318; cost of tuition, $4,863,717 81 ; cost of building, purchasing and renting, $1,220,232,04; cost of fuel, continuencies and interests paid, $2,058,301.04; expenditures of all kinds. $8,203.244 54; state appropri ations. $1,000,(100; valu of school projverty, 528,311.500. As compared with the preceeding year, the in crease in number of districts is 7; schools, 34S ; graded schools, 555; decreases in number of male teach ers, 308 ; increased in number of female teachers, 785 ; increases of salery of male teachers, per month, $1.40; decreases of salary of female teachers, 14 cents ; inerease of length of school term in months, 11, in crease in number of pupils, 13,500; increase in average number of pu pils, 12,200; increase in cost of tui tion, $14'i,0O1.41 ; increase in cost of bni!din:, purcnasing and renting. $22,220. IK) : increase in cost of fuel, contingencies, debt and interests paid, $50,617.20 ; increase in value of school property, $1,736,230. In Philadelphia, at the close of the school year, there were 102,18-5 pu pils in the schools, and the average during the year was 01,804. For teachers, salaries amounted to $1, 033.0;8.30. There was ex pended for hou.-es the sum of $80,876.50 ; and i for fnxiks, stationary, fuel and con i tingei, cits, $370,381 64. The valua jtion tor school pro-rty is placed at ! $0,500.i00 in Philadelphia.' . j The HuWMUaii MiniMi-r'tt Funeral. Washington, J m. 3. The funeral of t'ie late Hawaiian Minister, Elisha H. Allen, took place this morning ' oni Ail Souls' Church, The Presi ieni and members of the Cabinet ere seated in the second and third jews. adjoining those 6et apart tor fi,-,:i"c i'iiiuui.un; vur 3. .ah iiic lur legations were represented. " "" i"e men.oers aecompameu by ladies. Ail the ladies wereattired ;in black. The members of both the ! i.Im.Ii. .....1 If. n.. n..l..n;i..u Tinrr unit ji.iu.-rT voiu I n I wire n l.ll foreign affairs were present in a body i he Justices o if iKj. Knnriiiilct f.lil-t Senators and Representatives in l.ougress and other ofhcials were rssined to seats in the body of the church. The wives of members of the Cabinet were to the right of the main aisle. The honorary pall-bear- j ers were Stephen Preston, Aristarchi hey Da's l omit lwenhatipt, Hcount Xougerna", Senor l)..n Francis co liarca, Jj. !. riekvilie Nest and Chen:; Ssao .Iu, the Chinese Minister. Thec.isket was carried by six young men arid placed in front of the pul pit. The place of final interment has not been definitely settled, but the remains will be temporarily placed iii the vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery, near Boston. Triple Murderess. Sr. In is, January 3. A dispatch from M.iryvii.'e, Mo., referring to the confession of Mrs. J. U. Still well, of Mount Vernon, Oiiio, that she mur dered her former husband, Benja mine Sweigart, of Maryville, says that Sweigart was' found dead in ted on Sunday morning, March 4, 1877, and that the testimony of two physicians at the coroner's inquest, was that his death was caused by asphyxia, partly induced by stupor resulting from excessive drinking and partially from mechanit al cause, he having been found ly ing on a leather beti, lace downward, and that nothing was brought out at the iirqiiest in any way implicat ing his wife. Ah Ill-Timetl Shot. Beading, Pa., Jan. 1. Shortly after midnight while watch-meeting service were being held in the Re formed Evangelical Church a large connou filled with stones and powder was discharged. The front Wall was crushed in and nearly all the window panes were shattered. There was gre: t excitement among the audi ence, hut fortunately no one was hurt. Kigl t arrests were made, and warrants re out fer the apprehen sion of several others. Sail it-aih. l'rrrsnrrt(;n,.J.tn. 5. The wife and two children of Thomas Johnson, living in Westmoreland County, at the foot of the mountains, were bur ied and suSlocated by a landside on Wednesday. The proprietors of Elys' Cieam Ralm do not claim it to beacure-all. but a sure remedy for Catarrh. Colds m the head and May Fever- Price 5') cents. Apply into nostrils with little liover. TRIENNIAL TABULAR STATEMENT, Shoiritirf Ihr, iigrreynle amount of Aiwnnt an I Valuation of tUt seeernlToir:thip anl Boronth in Snerrt County, V i. ennitil 'ear 1SS3, in accordance with the Act of .I.HvmWj p iitrl May 1.1, IS4 1. HDISTTICTS. AdolM.n T-wnhi Allrg-neny T iwnslilp Herlln H-rouirh.... Krotber'Talhy Township IWrnauih lonnihlp . 'ondunee Borough Vlkliek Towo-liit) j :V!l!;;;;;;vv Jf-imer Township .Ienn.-ruwn BtkhIi. Lrfirt'io-r TowDshif L. wer Tn. kevtn.. Township. Mereisdale Koronxh. Vli'l.lleereek Towatbip ltltord Townshiit Now Hiiltitn rfi liorouvh Ti. w I'enirevlile Bonci.:o rV.wthantpron Township: Halnt Township Queraahoiilnit Township Salihurr B.s.nh Hha-la Tovnhip s.ner-t. H..ro.iM ....... ....... S-.raerst Township Southampton Township Siooyereek Township. KtorMt'Wn HorooHh. S immt: Township.... Upper To. keyfom Township t'r-lna H.iroa h , y.'eiierat.aru; HoroiiKh I tie lint l..ri.mi.1 r,iintv pAmniioLionsra tf Somsrsft rotirtv T'a . liershv ive nrittep tbnt fV will if in a lioarrl of revision at tt'.f'' Somerset, on i the 17th d iy bf January, 18S3, at which time and place they nm.le WI.iw si just rate, according to Attest: It. J. HoKM R, Clerk. Congress Laboring Ifulutriouftlr. Washington, January 5. Con gress continues to work us if seized by a sudden spasm of virtuous in dustry. The House to-day followed up the good work of yesterday by passing the District Appropriation bill. The Senate passed the bill to give extra compensation to certain witnesses in the Star Route cases and then took up the Presidential Succession bill at which it labored for Some hours without, however, disposing of it -Mr. Hoar made a speech in explanation of his plan of succession. He el timed but it was a plan which had been suggested by Mr Madison at the time when the law which at present governs the succession was enacted, in 1702. The discussion was participated in by Senators Edmunds, Garland, Jones of Florida, and Morgan of Alabama. Senator Edmunds moved to re commit the bill, with instruction to the committee to report a bill to retr ulate the order of succession to the Presidency, of the President pro tern, of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, in the event of the death, resignation or inability of the Presi dent or Vice President. The bill is also to contain a provision directing the Secretary of State, iu case there ehould be no President pro tern, of the Senate and no Speaker of the House, to call both Houses of Con gress together within ten days to elect their officers, he to act as Pres ident in the interim. In the event of his refusing to convene Congress, both Hou.-es are to assemble of their own volition within ten days fio n the time a necessity arises to fill the office of President. The Motion was pending when the Senate went into executive session. A Itlcli Mountain. Dr. E. T. Burnette, of Oakland, n... ;..;.. ,.,lrtl.,i4f .....i.. i ........,;;., . !... r i - i j., .p.- (i pn-kum i.i uia iiv'.iv.-. i i.rir was a spring upon it, and the doctor commenced to bore down in order to get a better supply. In order to get a level it was necessary to tun nel through the gray rock compos ing the mountain. The workmen one day last week buiit a fire place out of the lumps of ro :k q i irried. and lighting a tire, were surprised to see the rock blaze sulphur. They hurried out of the tunnel, believin-j; old Nick had arrived. The doctor was informed of the circumstances, and, on investigation, discovered that the mountain was composed of sulphur, which, within ten feet of the opening, developed into bright yellow, yielding ninety six per cent. - pure sulphur, the market valut of sulphur is twenty dollar- p-r ton. and it the rock holds out the mount ain is worth a million. Visiteil by Fire. Parkek. Pa, January 7. Fire broke out i:i the second st .ry ol tie Duncan Ilou.-e li.-t nijht at ei.iit o'clock, and spread witn wonderful rapidity through the wooden build ings. the Duncan House, a three story frame on th i north ).,: . drugstore on the south, and a )-..it:n tk .t ... u nciiiu iiuu.u .ii inc. rt, nur ni-j tallv destrcyed, only the outside walls standing. The firemen wre promptly on hand and worked man-! fu'ly. Five children a-deep in the; third storv were rescued but a few ! moments before the building was in flames. An intoxicated man asleep in the Duncan House narrowly es caped. 1 he hre originated trom an open grate. Loss between 83,(xX and 34,000 ; ptrtly covered by insurance in eastern companies. A Murderer's Leap. Bakeksfiei.d, Cala, Jan. t. This morning, when the northern hound train was nearing Caliente, J. L. Smith, the Mormon. who is under sentence for life for the atrocious murder of his little son a few wevks ago, while claiming to be ' under the inspiration of God," escaped his kepers and leaped from a train He fell in such a wav that the car wheels passed over him, cutting off one of his l?gs. Smith was on the way to the penitentiary at the time. His recovery is very doubtful. II m Lawyer Treated I lie Cane. I, David Strouse, of X w Haven, oonneciicut, was att icKea wit'i a ! severe rheumatism iu mv right arm, hand and foot, s that I walked with difficulty and could hardly use my hand to eat with. I used one bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, rubbing well three times a day, and obtaining instant relief and a perfect cure. David Stroi se, Attorncv-at-Law. Captain Xutt's Successor. IlAKRisBtRr., Jan. 4. The pointrnent of William Livsey Pittsburg, as successor to the Captain A. C. Nutt as cashier of ap- . of! Ut the State Treasurer Bailey this even ing Mr. L;vsey has 1 em temporarily tilling the place. He was cashier under Treasurer Butler. X $ ...Ii the raeaming and intention of an act A Vanderbilt Sc-hf-me. HARKisi.i H'i, Jan. 4, It is said here by th"s.j who know, that the Southern Pennsylvania Road, Van derbilt's i-- t cine into the Legisla ture t'.is s-?si-:i and ask for a:i im-j-ortaiit privilege to enable them 'o compete with the Pennsylvania Rail road. It see'i.s that there are two routes I'runi Harrisburg to Burnt Cabins, Fulton county, one via Slierniati's Vaiiey, the other via Cumbt rh.nd Vidley. ltb equally roi!i;h. The latter is ten miles short er than the former, running through a much richer, mineral and agricult ural country. The old charter un dcr which the riiiht of way was giv en to the D'.ir cannon and Broad Toj Railroad, gives a valuable privilege under the railroad law of 1840, which is more liberal than that at preseni in fore. It gives sixty -six feet right of way while the new law gives only sixty feet. The charter prescriles that the route shall be ti rough Sher man's Valley, and Vanderbilt wants the shorter line through the Cum berland Valley. As nearly as can be learned, he will try to get an act passed allowing him to retain his old charter rights and change his route from Shermans to Cumberland. or perhaps to build lines in pom valleys so as to secure the advan tages of Inith. Sena or Wallace says he knows nothing aUm the matter, and is connected only with Vander bilt interests on the Northern side of the State. The expectation is that it will make a big fight if Vanderbilt tries to get legislation against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Spring s LMk. Ralkicii, January 2. As thirty penitentiary convicts, mostly ne groes, and two white guards engaged at the Cowee tunnel on the Western and Nor.h Carolina railroad in t i . : il . t,c. ,MI . "Tms , ucK:i?u:e river on vuuru;i y luoru- CT!!ntr, one ot the convicts discovered . that the Hat boat was leaking and gave an alarm, which created a pan ic. The men rushed to one end o the boat, bearing it down and it im mediately sank. The Tuckasugeeis there swift and deep with rapids just below. The men clung together in knots. Those who could not swim to those who could. Some were carried in the rapids and drowned there. Only twelve con victs were saved. One 1 1 the gu irds was washed ashore ielo the rapids insensible, but after great difliculty was restoretl to consciousness. ltailroad Shop.) Burned. Bai.timukk; Jan. 3. The car repair simp of the Baltimore and Ohio j Raiimad at Mount Clair were cwn- leteiv destroyed by hre at a late t ! hour t niiiht, together with all theioi Hun contents, consisting ot two Pullman ' yoa claim tor u. iun n-ui r. I Cars, ei I Vic- I'; land sev fit new passenger coa'ehe. ' si. lent Spencer's private car. ra I coaches which were be- nr h ........ h,, big repaired. Th re were about two wa.ataiBein thi ..: ? 1 lilliidrid men eillpioved in ti.e shop, ! 1" H iten exinnnr i iup . ;r. . all ol w 111 lost their tools. I he ! ''",W""M '-t'- ..,;!!;... 1.1 , , t.ka.-.-.rl.nto.!lre.-'.J.,,.- i - '.l.ll'li.t. . .1.-. .111 l.i'l .-HW-IWI, 'll.l j ciptdlv built of wood, and was two! uuimicu leet i"i oj cion live icvi miht hae Nnw;tt : 1 i . 1 i- . t . 1. .. u. .. 1: .... r... . 1 ? i estimauoai n.o- i"". 1 ne c nise 01 i;ie nr i un- known. There was no insurance. II irrorn of the Inqnisit ion. The "inquisition"' of olden time inflicted hnrribie torments on its victims, such its stretching them in ail kinds of unreasonable shapes and breaking their bones. But these torments were not much worse than those w hich are experienced by peo ple who now suffer from muscular rheumatism. Mr. L. O. Morgan Syracuse, w ts a martyr to muscular rheumatism, but Pekuy Davis's Pain Killkk made him well. Men tion this to vour friend who is tor-. tured with rheumatism. IVeath ol an Insane Woman. Bkapinc;, January 1. Mrs. Caro line Umber, aged fifty years, who has for the past year been a raving maniac, died to-day in the county hospital. Mrs. Gruber was accused about a year ago by a grocer of steal i'i a small article and the accusa tion preying upon her mind made her insane. Ki he in Hup Farming. At thp T.rpiirif r.rifa t..r. wrua in lions win i-nnsi more monev than five hundred acres in any other farm-1 !""" J those u, , . , J same to present tbe-n duly .u w-''. ing: aim, n mere is a consumer or dea'er who thinks the price of Hop Bitters hifh, remember that Hops are-?1.2- per pound, and the quan tity and quality of Hops in Hop Bitters and the price remains the same as formerly. Don't, bnv or use worthless stuff or imitations because the price is less. Are yon Kxpimotl ! To malarial influences? then iro- tect your system by using Parker's Gintrer Tome. It strengthen the liver and kidnevs t throw off mala rial poisons, and IS srtMtd ftjr aeiieml tretedcaD attend U ihry debility and nervous exhaustion. j ja3 SltUT 14 Si 11044 SW1 0! . llT f-'p lSlu lxi 70 PMirr: iW KW70 31W 12.o la.; . 1M S.V.H1 !i '! tm VttiAx 1375 To Mlt! I -!H! 14IW ttttt- fwii. SKM -: W' j I" i 7jj. . 7710 ansa 34.); ; -- 3-.44s.il S.V, llMkl' 1 S4i 3 : lUTT.ii ! 13 i 4 W - SaiMj SWi "i4 au. !V'3 77--H :o:t lwt7l T O ! "' aeniti! uvm ia-7j is 41 vi: ai5tre i 17iii Mil 8i 18 i 7 1 ... . I Si 4.V et". 4311) MIM u.?2, 1 l:o7, 7MX 4..Mi 7ti l.073 ll); I 14 4?M 3.HO lsli 2iJX lvuui Miji I ' 1I 7M 6.(0 4J 3 4"F U li4' VI I 1!' 41 7o: 1VJ U:i leiT-'i. tffll'S K114 40O1 5ft -j 17507 7- 47U 33". -I1ISJ tt itau! vau m- ua ii .: '. ttl S7SU' SMt. K)i 1175-0' it l:lMS. ll-.ls: l.Mti, 7. 11171 Ii4 Ol i J :s;..'T4 r.'il-, t o! Ii. Situs 14io; j " ' 57i- 1 7o WJH. l'JSaii 76 ;o0 I l'7i 204070 nolo, 71: trrM Ya " lHOri 4Wu! 14. MH' Xtlssll 3 7" ttM,,) ItatiO 44l4i: 4. ti. 3" H3I 7T7.il :97 3H6S V?!.' Sll I S1J11 lt)J4 l.TiSl B.Ml V4lt ' 3H 1st ! fM 8AUO 4tf 70HA 1VU 2W3M6 VtoM 1WTJ 3TV4147 4.4 ! 1 70 Srrio., 4.i 7141 aooall 4t'4 I ' 1.175 6l tl-.O 6ai!e 17 200 w-ua io i aeo, :o, xcivr. ' i w S77:M 3St ltfollV !WKI.-!ll lfia 44W V ' . will determine whether any of the valuations of the assessfrs j of Assembly passed the loth day of May, 1S-41 A I '-''it. Pun. Amarus , fifth and sixtd C storv brivk huii.j ,."r and 81 FiI'm rt J.'. Hood, B-Mihri-i.t ' ed out U.jav r timing some' (J. packages on the .', ll.mies spread r;i',; the arrival of ti loper jiortion of t.' .bluZ . A Si e.,,,,; -d, and the fl.n,, , ontrol. The bui.ii sioii of tlit iiu;:, , ; ilood, Boribrii.i j.'," -treet, and is ov.-,,,,, tide, and w mount of $1i)i,hi "lie fire occurred w " ge of reervel ?, . etween $:iii,bi ;,,.,:' i of goods, hi. .st .,; j placed there witi.ii, : days. The flannels and c rj-.-i building w:t3 e;,M,;,' fire was discover! a amoiiir some twer.tv ,. it woi k on the tbiirtr, jMured down stairs capiitg without ii.'v. j the stoc k will ru.; , j which is fully cov,.r,..i in a uu:iiD.-r oi :!, . My son tried V. .. for cold in the ii- t"j twice he frt u.. trouble in breathing it above all ft!;, r C. C. II.viK.Nr.i -oi:. ,.' imy City. Pa. No Congs. No Sanr,' morldyf-ffomaProv chant. Mr. Goria H. Pav:. , j. ' WenuiinaiT tirert, bti-j iit to the ae'iuii! e.vW;T).-t , one of nar tn f. k:i gut Fr ,v; , Mr Ifcivij sx)t: -Last (,r,, a trvul.le.1 with jwr! ii..;. i:r, . ii'l it t-.i mr In! c,tl. tl.Mj.l, sn.l my ftunhiu v dlti-in was oiiui wj; :. carrlj hle to utt-mhI r.! v Tere pains w. al l c tun -u . that I w.'uM t utitl-.; i.. I,.,.. I miicht htipt0 I- w.i)r; ( tiart of tne ome I u un' : , ljr knew what to .lo or lief. At tht time a Ir e-.1 r-r Rtfineily. 1 loo fw, N!!-i rtl.t ho'l of air ili-n- ,: lrelilj, an.l I luve csy :r:; uly ki.lnejs tiace. "Furthermore. Hun1 K-:. I me rery mu -li, in I s.-j ? ; have beetl jil.le t. nlf?n-l l.i rixat uow. I hear i.y re . mm.; u b i0 done fur me U ul -i. -tl'ete I. Suffered far Tv.ent Hon. Joshua Tatnill. :-. sav: "l;.unt lue ;ini'.n-.r t!'-r - Kernei' v-. I: hi (.- ty ytara wirli s-v re .11--... (whi.-hour l.M-al iy j - .!.:... 1 I m.lM H . ,11 nu k e!-l so f.ir for trrnimmr. h -. tunny to ho mrtp.i t. own il.w.r; tut 1 w;is in ti. course I fuiiowtn! Ms aavif-. .m.. . that I il.l so, f'-r helore I n ..; . i ejj hall a uoxen times I 1.111U : from It, and hy coououlo it;:' iteU tluie I muTer. fr-ji n-; -and am tiMiar, I tttnk, 'ii.-vt of ruairetl Micil-.rHtrn Tn- : yoa. sir. f.ir the promn!'-c,i eiue, and I h'-pe you muy u -t 1 1 ward." Trial size. 7 j eeci". II EGISTKK S NOll' iNudee Is liwtiT tiiiren W "'! as legatees, erdi'ors. or otber r lowintc air-miDie hav ptws.Ni rn:.--- . same will he Drem-nle.1 l.r t. s- . ff l..walH-e at an Orphans' Court k . ersel. January x .n.. 1. Kir-1 a .d ha il ar.nunt - f !'r -a.lnilni.irin r ol J Iid J. tl.rin 2. Firs ano boat afvuni ! utr X f .Mrs Su.an HiSi1. .Iir-i- H. First and final am an: -i r- executor ol Aon .Vlri t ht.Kr - 4. Seeond and tti.al a--oui.i : ' ley, aatuinieirator of An.tnisu: - . Aeeoum of p. J. bruiukrr. i.-Frederii-k Siwnpe d-oH .1 e. Aoonnt of Ja-"t TVkbu Christina K am. hauls R'a Office, I A. A. ST" peeeuiber '.7 Ivti EIL. AY NOTICE. nine trwxtnlnt: n mr tre-.- townuip. &uitrai county. P.-l l&th. Isa, ..ne rM st er wi.a . forehead and white!tri.e rn- poed lo tie one year ol I. T!ir " h prorina; property atvl piri - -JaoX I'HKlst. lMINlSTUAlOiLs tsuue of Gillian Walter. U:t Somerset eoauiy. V letters of adinlnisiritt'iti havins; been ar niel to the ni-"--br.lwrauth.mty.noo.-e i b-rr-' pereuos io.let.te-1 to said estate ; tleinenl on Ttturwlay. teoru.r" late residence of uereas-l. JoH.V t'1 UDITOP.S Nru boiaerset Omnty. : At an a.l).a.rne.l tn hn-' ' 'r set. in and lor s,.nvrset sn. v, Peeemner. l-ri he..re the !! r -t hereof, in th matter ol the--Fieeale. decease.!, on m rfi.'n -t . tbel'ourt a point J. K -to oist ihute the luuii. in ii" 11 Istritor to aai among Ui ' -thereto. By the Coor' A A.sftT liy Tirtue of the ie a siK .e.1 berehy iTes nori.-e i: leud to the uuliH of his vv ; ol J. K. K.lie. tn Soraer-'. f' Janoare In when ao-t w' "I 1M1. A T) A Af S. SHAFFt- JOSEPH IIORNFR II. W.BRUBAKKi- i ' Comm
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