Sftt orwl glcpnbUrrm. is runi-tRnito every Wednesday, by W. 14. DUNN. WTIOE III R0BTS80H ft. BOHNER'S BUILDIHO, ELM BTRECT, TIOHEBTA, PA. TERMS, i.0 A YEAH. No Bnhaerlptinns received for a shorter period tlmn threo moaths. Correspondence solicited from all parts nt the country. No nolle will bo tukun of annotlymoiis communication. Hates of Advertising. tpmblk One Sfpinre (1 Ineli,) one inertion - $1 M ( ne !Siinro ononionili - - .its' One Sipmro " three months - fl on One Hiinro " ono year - - 10 00 Two Squares, ono year - - 15 00 Quarter Col. " - - - - :)() 00 Half " " - - . SO 00 Ono " " - - - . 100 00 Legal notices nt established rates, Murriairfl nnd dentil notices, gratis. All IiIIIh fur venrlv nil vcrfiNcmmilu col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise VOL. V. NO. 43. TIONESTA, PA., FEBRUARYS, 1873. $2 PER ANNUM. ments niiiMt lie paid lor In advance Job wurk, Cash on Delivery. ft all. to BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE xo. mat, I. O. of O.F. MEETS every Thursday evening, nt 7 o'clock. In tli Hall lormerly occupiod liy thoUood Templars. M. ITTEL, N. O. W. R. DUNN, Hee'y, 27 -tf. Samuel D. Irwin, ATTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW mid REAL ESTATE AGENT. Legal tmsincss promptly attended to. Tlonosta, Pa. 40-ly. a. wtk rams. MILES W. TAT. PKTTIS A TATS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A h Strut, TIOXESTA , PA . YImmm, Fm. Bmkvlll., r. Masoi & Jenks, TTORNKYS AT LAW. Olllco on Elm reet, above Walnut, Tioneata, l a. W. P. Mercilllott, - A TTORNE Y A COUNSELOR AT LAW J Tioneata, Pa. Ofllcre on Klin Street. - . . i ..,. tr li J-Vjohnsun can bs secured through tne if 1 ulred In any business entrusted to me in Voraat Co. ('ol lections promptly attendod to. Alao Heal Eatalo Agent. F. W. Hays, A TTORNE Y AT LAW. and Notary A 11' hi. ir, Reynolds llukill A I'h.'i Work, Seneca St., t)il City, Pa. 8W-ly Gorga F. Davenport, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Special atton tion given to I ho investigationnf Land Titles, Conveyancing and Collections in Venango. Ciawford and adjacent counties. All business promptly attended to. No. 8 iercanlllo iuoih, on t-ity, ra. av-iy T. XINNKAK. K. B. BMII.ET. KIXXEA R c smile r, Attorneys at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa. PRACTICE In the several Courts of Ve nango, Crawford, Forost, nnd adjoin ing counties. 8'J-ly. . B. HARKIS, P. X. PASaETT, HARMS Jt FASSETT, Attorneys at Law, TitasvUle Fenn'a pUACTTCEIn all tho ConrU of Warren, jl Lrawfora, roreat ana enango ( oun VHYS1 CIA XS .C S 1 11 G EOXS. J. WIHAH8, H. D., and J. E. BLAINE, H. D. Havlntr entered Into n co-nartnershin. all culls, rnght or day, will recolvo iniincdiate nttcutlniu umce at resutonco ot ur. l uuus, Kim St., Tionostn, l'a. ."0-1 v diaries B. Ansart, ' -TENTIST, Centre Htreut, Oil City, Tn. in Millions inocK. : - Lawrcrco House, WM. LAWRENCE, PnopRiKTon. This houao lina jtiHt boon opened to the public and the furniture and UttinK are an new. i.uosim win no wen enteriaineu at reasonable rntea. Is aituatcd on Em St, j oppoaito Superior LumborCo. Store. S'J-ly I Tloneila House. MITTEL. Proprietor, Elm St. Tlo t nnat. Pa., at the mouth of thnereok, : Mr. Ittla lias thoroiiKhly renovated the Tionasta House, and re-fiirniahed it com i tUtely. All who patronize him will be l wall tinterlained at reasonable ratos. 20 ly I '. FOIKST HOUSkT DT1LACK PROPRIETOR. Oppoalte . Court HoiiHO, Tioneata, Pa. Just i apaned.- Kverythini; new and nlaan and fresh. Tha best of lhiuora kept eonstantly " n hand. A portion of the public patron , r , ofe la rcapeotfnlly solicited. 4-17-ly ' ' Scott House, PAQCNDUR, PA., E. A. Roberta, Pro prletor. This ho! el has been racantly '"5r,"'llrn'l,'u'l an(l now oTora auperior ae" .eominodationa to guoa'.a. 25-ly. . - Dr. J. L. Acoirh, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who haa had fifteen years' experience in a largo ." and aueceHsful practice, will attend all ? Profcasionnl Calls. Ollice in his Drug and i Grocery HUire, located iu Tidioute, iijLr i Tldioute House. i IN 1118 STORE WILL BR FOIJlvD ; A full assortment of Modlcli, Lhiuora Tobacco CiKars. tallor" (n, p'ainu, Oils, tutlory, ,d 'M GroceriM, s!l Of tl.e Quality, a-a wUl K() at reW(mable rales. it. R. BUROhSS, an experienced Druir 1V frum Ju york, has chui'K f the ' ' mt-qm. '4"P,'est;'I't'on"Imtulm'0,lrate'yi jso. r. rias. A. B. KILLT. il A , PARK CO., :B J 3r K B JR, S , . .Oerner of Elm A Walnut Sts. Tioneata. Bank of Discount and Deposit. Interest allowed on Time Deposits, ftellaetloas madeonall thoPr(nripal points of the U. 8. Collaotiona aoi'.cited. JM 1. tiLl rmu I. . BALI, CuUar. TIOUESTA SAVINGS BANK, . Tioneata, Forest Co,, Pa. 1 This Bank transact a Oencral Banking, lllollerting and Exchange Husiuess. Draft on tho Priuuipal Cities of the UniUxl States nnd Europe bought and soUI. i (iold and Silver Coin and Oovernmunt peeurities bought aiwi sold. 7-SU Jlonds onvciLccl on the most favorable terms. Mar. 4, tf. TEN EYCK & V ANDEIISA A L W1IOI.KSAI.K A nKTAH. CONFECTIOXEUS. STORE: No. 3 South Seneca Street, WEXT DOOR TO POST OFKIl'E. JIASCFACTOUT: Ho. 88 North Srncra Street, 3!)-ly OIL CITY. l'ENN'A. D. W. CLARK, (COSH ISSIONKR'8 CI.K11K, FORKST CO., r..) HEAL ESTATE AGENT. HOUSES and Lots for Sale and REN'p Wild Lands fur Sulo. X I have superior facilities for ascertaining the condition of taxes and tax deeds, Vc, and am therefore qualified to act intelli gently as agent of those living at a dis tance, owning lands In tho County. Ofllee in Commissioners Room, Court House, Tlonosta, Pa. 4-41-ly. T. W. CLARK. "Sevr Hoarding Hounc. MRS. S. S. IIULINOS has built a large addition to her house, and is now pre pared to accommodate a number of perma nent boardera, and ail transient ones who may favor her with their patronnge. A good atablo has recently been built to ac commodate tho horses of guests. Charges reasonable. Residence on Elm St., oppo site H. Haslct'a store. 2:1-ly A. H. PARTRIDGE, DKALKR IN FTJK-UXTUH-B, CHAMBER SUITS, SOFAS, TABLES, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, MAT TRESSES, LOUNOES, SPRING BEDS, AC, AC, FRAMIXG PICTURES, A SPECIALTY, Has a large variety of Moulding of all kinds, and will frsino to order all pictures brouglit to him In any style to suit custo mers. Rooms In second story of Bonner Mc Kny'a now building, Elm St., TioneHta, Pa. oi)-3m CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, PA., BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, TWINES, TOYS, INKS, WHOLESALE AND KKTA1L. Books, Newspapers and Magazines MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS At publishers ratoa. 89-ly GROCERY ARD PROVISION STORE IN TIONESTA. GEO. W.B0VARD&Q0, H AVE J nut broijRUt on a ooniplote aiul caret uuy huicuwu vuc& ui FLOUR, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, and everything necessary lo the complete HM'k of a flrst-class Grocery House, which fhey have opened out at their establish ment on Elm St., first door north of M. L. Church, TEAS COFFEES, ' SUGARS, SYRUPS, FRUITS, SPICES, HAMS, LARD, A XD riiO VISIONS OF ALL KINDS, at the lowest cash prices. Goods warrant ed to bo of the best quality. Call and ex amine, and we believe wecan suit you. GEO. W. BO YARD A CO. an. 8. 'T2. iONFECTIONARIE S. J AS. Me KAY, nt the Post Office, has opened out a choice lot of CONFECTIONARUS, CANNED FRUITS, 10BACCOS, CIGARS, AND NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS. A portion of the patronage of the public is reaHpeoifully aoliciU'd. H-t .S, m, MCKAY, COMBAT AMOM1ST Till! 1 K AN KM. AM'IKNT During the eleventh century the means of justice among the Franks, was a combat between the accuser nnd the accused. IF a person wag accused of any misdemeanor, ho was granted permission to take an oath upon his innocence before the Court of Stato, and thus escape what was known as "Private Vengeance. IF, however, there was not sufiicient evidence of in nocence, the accuser hail a right to annul tho vow of the culprit by push ing his hand Ironi the shrine, or re liqunry (on which it rested during his oath), and challenge him to mortal csnibut. If tho accuser was a woman, and the accused a man, the laws of battle were as follows : The man was to stand in a pit, near ly up to his waist, and be armed with a club, hardened at the fire; while the woman, whose motions were not con fined, held a kerchief in her hand, in which a stone weighing from four to Fire pounds was tied. According to the Augsburg City Laws of 1270, and tho Wurtzburg Battle Codo of 1447, the roan was to have a club twelve inches in length, the thickness of two thumbs at the end ; while the woman's weapon was te be two Fists longer, and to consist'of a stone weighing one pound, wrapped in a kerchief. Whenever a woman undertook "woger of battle," sho did so at tho peril of her life. For, if she should not be tho victor, the accused would possess tho power oF having her sen tenced to death in court, on a charge oF False accusation. Sho would then be burned alive in the same pit where in the man stood. This result was looked upon as "God's Judgment;', For the advnufnjo a woman had over a man, iu position and weapons, usual made her the victor. Although tho "Judgment oF God," or ordeal, was discarded in 1250, Judi cial Combat was nevertheless retained. Not, indeed, in cities, whero its use was gradually discontinued ; nor in the lower criminal courts, but princi pally in provincial courts oF justice, where cases or nobility were tried. Previous to this, the unconvicted accused was not bound to fight, pro vided he confessed his guilt. In such a case, instead oF Forfeiting his life, he was allowed to escape with the loss of a hand, or ou payment of a fixed sum of meuey. Wager of battle was used in tho Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in the case of nobles who defied the laws of court. Whoever succumbed in a judicial combat forfeited not his life, indued, but his claims. In all pre vailing modes of this judicial combat. one rule held good. The accused was allowed eix. weeks' grace, time in which to practice with the prescribed weapon. On the day of combat, tho weapons and clothing of the antago nists were examined, and the specta tors enjoined to observe the strictest silence. Only the seconds were allowed to speak. The combat began at a given signal, a mow previous to the starting-signal or after the final signal, For feited tho battle. In cases of distur bance or disorder, the seconds inter fered. Each combatant was allowed to call for ' time" twice during the battle. If he called three times, or thrice dropped his weapon, ho was deemed to have lost. Every combatant had Four seconds, one advocr.te, one marshal oF arms, one truiner (who instructed in the mode of fighting, but whoso voice durst not be heard during the battle), aud one monitor, who was posted in arena, -but was allowed to communi cate with the combatants only through tho advocate. Thedret-s usually consisting of close fitting trowsers, jacket and hood, Fast ened with a leather strap, and cut from one piece of gray woolen cloth. The shield (which, however, was not worn in buttle with a woman,) was oF wood and leather, covered with white lineu, and ornamented with a red cross. Be Fore the fight both combatants drauk St. John's wine, to thwart ull evil arts. The days oF judicial combat are past and gone; but the heroism oF those woiui'U who maintained their dearest rights through tho only legal means allowed them, is a vivid page in history. Some time since a young minister, wishing to impress his Sabbath-school with the dignity oFlife by reference to the fact that men had souls, while or dinary animals have none, struck an attitude, and asked: "Now, children, what is the great di tie re nee betwea a monkey and a boy ?" "The tail, the tail, the tail," came From all parts of the house, aud minister was satisfied. Portland, Oregon, is rapidly im- Lproving. A locul paper Bays that "Jong strings oj teams Joaded with whisky can be seen from our door, uud talodiis are going up like magic." MNH nilAVK MEN. A special correspondent of the Bal timore American, in a letter from Port Deposit dated 2'2d January, gives the particulars of the rescue oF tho Ilob srts Family from their perilous situa tion on Kerr's Island. He says: In my description oF yesterday I cave an account oF the situation oF W. W. Koberts and tamily. It seems that there were two Families, two brothers, and their families being on Kerr's Island, the rising water encom passed them, and tliev leared the total submerging of tho island. Their cries fur help were heard upon the shore, but it seemed impossible to traverse the river so closely pricked with ice, and no effort was made to save them. Towards evening, however, infor mation of their peril was received nt Havre-de-Grace, and a great interest in their behalF was excited. Measures Far their relieF was discussed, but it wns to Into iu the day For making any attempt to rescue them. Preparations were made For an endeivar in the morning ; and, so early in the morn ing, while the skiej were yet gray with darkness still lingering betoro a full influx oF light, a party oF uino brave men set out to make tnn hazardous at tempt to bring the imprisoned families to the shore. Their names were John Mahnn, John Leithiaer, Charles W. Herbert, William II. Dobson, Albert Reasiu, John Kurtz, John lopisli, Grafton Day and Jnmcs Cameron, They were men accustomed to the riv er iu all seasons and weathers, as their callings were the shooting of ducks dur ing the fall and winter, und sailing and fishing the rest of the year. - Two eighteen-Foot boats, together with an adequate supply of ice hooks, grapnells and rope were hauled along the shore to a place opposite the island. Iheir proceedings were watch ed with great auxiety ; many endeav ored to dissuade them from tho at tempt, but nothing daunted, they s loved their boats into the ice and be can the seemingly hopeless task. In my description of yesterday I eudeuv ored to portray as far as words can convey the vivid impivssion ot vi sion, tho manner in which the broken ico was packed and jammed together by the current. It may be readily imagiued thai it was an arduous en deavor to push the boats between the abrading masses. A constantly in creasing crowd of people stood on tho bank watching the struggles of those brave men against tho vehement op position of the grinding messes. After three hours of strenuous exertion thev finally succeeded in reaching the island, where they found nine persons, three men, two women and Four children, who had been sudcriug great priva tions, and were filled with dread at their perilous condition. Renewing their labors, after severe toil thoy succeeded in getting hack tn the shore again, landing at Lapidum on the west side oF the river. The news oF the attempt had spread over the country, and when they cot buck to the shore some hundreds were gath ered upon the bank ou that side, who filled with admiration at their cour age, cheered them rcpeatediy. A sub scription was made, and D; VirJen, oF Lapidum, handed the leader oF the party a purse of $f0. I am glad to say the reply was consonant with the noble self abnegation that marked the whole enterprise. He simply said: "Wo did not riak our lives For meney; give it to the unfortunate family." A sea captain just arrived in San Francisco From New Orleans, exhibits an Irish setter dog, to whom he ac credits ono oF the most remarkable ex ploits in canine intelligence. The dog was the property oF the first mate, and was early noted For extraodinary sagacity. When tho sailors took hold of the maine brace to haul it in, the dog immediately seized the cud anil ran the length of the deck with it, as if "lending a hand" to get the officer's order executed. A planter took a Fancy to the dog, and prevailed on the first mate te present the animal to him. He carried it along with him six hundred miles up the Mississippi river, nnd endeavored to show the setter every kindness. But one night the dog escaped, and running along the river bank leaped aboard a boat and wss towed back to New Orleans. But the ship had sailed, and a schoouer captain, hit a whoto 'muds the setter Fell, took it with him to New York. Tho ship From which the dog was taken was lying on the other side F the river, aud here is wheie the mar vel comes in. The dog, while looking over the side oF the vessel ono after noon, seemed to take Fjiccial notice of the ship on tho other side. After a few moments it leaped overboard, swam to Its old home, and was taken aboard by tho delighted sailors. A wag of a student declared that a certain dull preacher was a revivalist as there was a "great awakening" af ter the delivery of all his discourses. A MIOWINU OF SKAI.IXOI. A climpse at Alaska, as civen by a corespondent of the Alaska JfrrnlJ, is well worth showing. At hitka, ns a type of tho country it seems to have started in a civilizing cmurse with, in cluding the blessings, leaves out the curses. There is a very stringent law against the importation oF intoxicat ing liquors, and the alertness oF reve nue officers generally ruins the pros pects oF smugglers. The consequence is that tho country is singularly Free From crime, and the bloody details oF the, doings oF the rum fiend in tho newspapers oF civilization read there like the legend oF "Jack tho Giunt Killer." The territory, in a general sense, being under military rule, the comfort aud security oF tho people de pend more or less on the judgment of tho otncer in commaud. in which be it said, they havo been fortunate of late, the conduct of the United States troops being unexceptionable, and peace resting in all the borders. The authorities are also doing much in the wny of making Sitka a habitable place. Transforming a muddy, ill- constructed, beaver-like huddle of houses iuto a dignified village, with clean broad streets nnd habitable places. The Creole and Russian popula tion, too, iu place of being a degrad ed eet, entirely under priestly control, ns reported, are stud to he law abid itig citizens, devoted to their religious matters, but in secular aflairs control led by no interest except in the com mon one ot self. And so in every sense, tha country seems prosperous and in a Favorable condition For Futuro development. Iu this latter regard it is eafe to say it is assured, if the re port recently started bo true, that cold bearing quaitz, hundreds of dollars to the ton, has been discovered there. Communications with this land aud the rest of mankind is now made by a monthly steamer from Portland, Ore gon, nnd the dwellers cry loudly for a stenm route to can francisco, or at leat a telegraphic communication. We are touching our fellow-beings on all sides. They are nfi'ectcd lor good or for evil by what we are, by what we say and do, even by what we think and feel. May flowers in the parlor brentho their fragrance through the atmosphere. We are each of us as silently saturating the atmosbhere about us with the subtile aroma of our character. In the family circle, be sides and beyond all.thc teaching, tho daily 1 1 to ot each parent and child mysteriously modifies the iito ot ev ery person in the household. The same process on a wider scale is going through the community. Ao man livcth to himselFand no man diei.li to himself. Others aro built tit) and 6treighened by our unconscious deeds nnd others may be wrenched out oF their places nnd thrown down by our unconscious lutlucnce. The lato Bishop Doane, cf New Jersey, was strongly opposed to tern perance, and his side-board was lead ed with brandy, wine, etc. On one occasion, Rev. Mr. Perkins.cF the Sons oF Temperance, dined with the Bishop, who, pouring out a glass of wine, de sired niiu to drink with him. "Can't do it, Bishop. Wine is a mocker. "Take a class oF brandy, then." "Can't do it, Bishop. Strong drink is racinc. By this time, the Bishop, becoming' somewhat excited, remarked to Mr. Perkips: "You'll pass tho decanter to the gentleman next to you?" "No, Bishop, I can't do that. "Woo unto him that putteth tho bottle to his neighbor's lips." A minister in Aberdeenshire sacri ficed so often and so freely to the jolly god that the Presbytery could no longer overlook his proceedings, and summoned him before them to answer fur his bad couduct. One of the eld ers, and u constant companion in his social hours, was cited as a witness against him. "Well, John, did you ever see Mr. G tho worse for drink?" "Well, I wot no ; I've money a time seen him the better o't, but I never saw hiin the waur o't." "But did you ever see him drunk?" "That's what I'll ne'er see; For be Fore he's half slockeued I'm ay blind fu" A lover ouce wroto to a lady who had rejected him saying that he in tended to go "to some secluded spot and breathe away his life in sighs ! te which the lady replied by inquiring; whether they were te be medium or large size. The man has not since been heard From. It was Dauiol who said " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge be increased." He clearly referred to reporters in this remark, uud this sug gests the idea ilmt Daniel was in that line himself. It is certain at ull events that ho was allowed to puss in l'reu to see the liuus. There are now in circulation two sots of counterfeit five dollar United States notes. The first of these bogus greenbacks is poorly engraved on toler ably good paper, and purports to be No. 0,812. The statue oF "America," on the left hand side oF the note is Faintly and badly executed, as is also the medalion pertrnit in the lower right hand corner. The lina engrav iug on the back is indistinct, and the curved lines weak and wavering. The second ounterfeit is badly printed on wretched paper, is numbered 81, 720, and the engraving is exceedingly coarse nnd scratchy. A hop in your walk is a halt, but a dance upon nothing is a halter. Ono finger by itself may be a-numb, but ten fingers are a number. A deal of gold may be a plumb, but a dealer in lead is a plumber. You may some times put sauce into a cup, but you should always put a cup into a snticer. You'ro n fool if you're a walker in a pond, you're a philosopher if vou pon der in your walk. A cough makes you wheezy of the chest, but of the chest you can easy make a cofl'er. A steel is what makes a blade sharp, but a blade that makes a sharper is a stealer. Among other things that Wells & Fnrgo's firm is not responsible for as carriers is one couched in tha follow ing language in their regulations: "Not for any loss or damage by fire, the acts of God, of Indians, or any other public euemies of the govern ment." A garter was pumped up at the Court House well at Blooemington, III., last Saturday. Upon the supposi tion hat a woman had been attached to tho garter, a number of gallant young men fished in the well during the greater portion of tha nfternuon. A certain little -damsel having been aggravated beyond endurance by her brother, plumped down upon her knees and cried : "O Lord I bless my brother Tom. Ho lies, ha steals, he swears; all boys do; us girls don't. Amen." Major Zeb Grummet in his lecture, "New Fnngled Notions," says "It re quires more braius to run a popular local newspaper than is usually car ried iuto the White House uuder the hat oF the President oF the United States." O, the snow, the beautiFul snow ; such a hunky tiling you know; blue ing your nose nnd chilling your toes ; as whirling along streets it goes. No silly praise, not any For Joe, For that coldest oF Frauds, the beautiFul snow. Another, in tho delicate, pungent Western style : "Ten million dollars is the sum thnt S. N. Pike wns unablo to take with him. We have not heard whether any evidence oF insanity exists in tho shape oF a will." The Jacksonville Journal states that a blooming, blushingschool-girl called nt that office the other day and inquir ed For "papers For a week back." Tho idea suggested was that she wanted them For n pauier. A ragged newsboy paid a delicafo compliment te a pretty young lady who bought a paper oF him. "Poor little fellow," said, she, "ain't you very cold ?" "I was, ina'aia, before you passed." There Is only oiiepaptrin Illinois that did not thrill the world with the announcement that "the old year is dead," and that one said, "To-morrow the eld year dies." Americans read more newspapers thau any other people, but do not read more books. Probably because the average newspaper iSetter than tha average book. When a new town is started on the plains, Chicago drummers camp out and wait for tho new stores to be com pleted, to sell the owners a bill of goods. A country paper in Minnesota wants to know who swindled tho Indians out of "such nn infernal cold country as Minnesota is, nnd who deluded tho white people iuto it." The silicate of soda mixed with zinc white makes a very good paint, and can be used for rendering fire-proof wood, paper, linen, etc. It is considered cool to take a man's hat with his uume written in it, sim ply because you want his autograph. The Augusta Herald has For its motto a prominent line as Follows: "Tso Almighty Dollars a Year." Why do honest ducks dip their heads under water? To liquidate their little bills. When is a newspaper the sharpest ? When it's field. Tho most likely thing to become a woman ? Why, a littloJil. A San Francisco fii adveitises For skulls of deceased Indians.
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