X,, s CFhc fowl glqnMinro. M PUBTUSriKD EVERY WEDNESDAY, BY V. U. DUNN. " tticb nr Bottnraoi 4 BOWmt'8 BOTLDnTa, IXM STREET, TT0BE8T A, PA, TKRMS, 2.00 A YKAR. No Subscriptions received for shorter period Iiihi three monttra. Correspondence solicited from all parts fifths eonntry. No notlno will be taken of annony mom enintnunicntiona. Rates of Advertising. One Square (I inch,) one lnertion $1 M IUMP tmonqiiare " one month a m One Square " three months a W Ono Square " - one year JO 00 Two Squares, one year - 14 Or Quarter Col. " - DM lalf " .... 80 00 )ne " " - - 100 00 I.ottal notices at establiNhed rates. Mflrrintre and tlcath notioos, gratis. AH billMlfir vnarlv artvertianmentjl nrj - octrd ciiiartcrlv. Temporarv advertise. VOL. VII. NO. 17. TIONESTA, PA., JULY 29, 187 L $2 PER ANNUM. iik'iiIh nniHt be paid for In advance. J l work, lon on Delivery. mhe tt 1 Rf bJI BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE Xo, 369, 21. O. of O.K. MEKTS -everr Friday avoning, at 8 o'clock, In tlio 1111 fbrniorly occupied by thoUood Templars. W. 11. DUNN, N. O. O. W. SAWYER, Seo'y. STMf. Dr. J. E. Blaine OFFICK and residence opposite the I,awrcnce House. Offlcodays Wcdnes lavs and Saturdays. 88-tf. W. P. Mercllllott, ATTOUXEY AT LAW, cor. Elm and Walnut Nts., Tionosta, l'a. I liave associated mvsolf with Hon. A. H. Rich mond, of Meadvllls, !., in the prttctlco of law In Forest county, m-iy a. wawToif rET-na. MILES W. TATE. PfTTII 4TATI, ATTORTYS AT LAW, M fc Street, TIOXESTA , PA F. W. Hay, a TTORNBY AT LAW. and Notaht V rcsi.io, Rsynolda Hukill A Co.'a lilosk, Henee. St., Oil City, Pa. 8SMy r. BMNHRAB. V. B. SMILBT. X I XX IS A It 3 SMILEY, Attorneys at Law, ... Franklin, Pa. PRACTICB in tho several Courta of Ve nail (to, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin ing counties. it-ly. It. U A RIMS, p. D. fassett, TTAIZRIS Jt TA3SKTT, tornoys at Law, TttusvlUo Peno'c DRACTICK In all tho Courts of Warren, A Crawford, Forest and Venango Conn mm. itr CENTRAL HOUSE, B ONNE.il A AONEW . RLOCK. L. Aohkw. Proprietor. Tina ia a new hou. and ha lust been fitted up for the accommodation of the public. A portion of the patronage of tlio public i aollottod u-iy Lawrence House, OMONESTA. PA.. WILLIAM LAW 1 RKNCrc, FaorjitFTOR. Thia house la eentrallr located. Everything- new ana well furnished Superior aocommoas lions and atrict attention ciren to iruests Vegetables and Fruita of all kinda served m Uieir season, bainplo room ror Lain neroiai Agents. FOREST HOUSE, DTtLACK PROPRIETOR, Opposite . Court House, Tionexta, Pa. J net evened. Everything new and clean and freak. The best of liquor kept constantly n hand. A portion or tue puuno patroa eas is respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 T Tioneafa House. GT. LATIMER lessee, Elin St. Tie nesta. Pa., at the mouth of the creek Mr. I haa thoroughly renovated the Tioaesta House, and re-furnished it com iletely. All who patronize him will be well entertained nt reasonable rates. 37 ly Weber Houlm. rmYLKltsnUROH. FA. C. It. WEBER, A FnorniHTon. Mr. Weber haa again taken iiossesslon of this well-known house and will be happy to entertain all his old riisioiuor, miu UllV IllllllLIlT Ol IIBW Wllira, (iood accommodations for guets, and ex. cellent stabllne. 10-llin Dr. J. L. Acom,b, PHYSICIAN A.ND SUROKON, who haa liad tiftecn years' experience in a larpe and auooessrui practice, wilt attend ail Professional Calls. Office in his Drue and Urocery Store, located iu Tidioute, near Tlaioute House. IN HIS STORK WILL BE FOUND A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors LKIs, Ctatlery, all of the beat quality, and will be sold at reasonable ratw. DR. CHA8. O. DAY, an experienced Fhvaioian and DruirtUt frofn New York. haa charge of the Store. All proscriptions pui up accurately. jvo. r taki. A. a KMU.Y. 31 A l", VA11K Jb CO., B .A. T E S Corner of Elm A Walnut Sts. Tlonesta. Bank of Discount and Doposit. I o bereft allowed on Time Deposita. T7elleotions made on all thoPrlnelpal points of the U. S, Colloctiens solicited. 18-ly, D. W. CLARK, OOXMIUSIONKB'a CLERK, FOREST CO., PA.) REAL ESTATE AGENT. HOUSES and Lou for Sale and RENT. Wild Lando for Sale. 1 I have superior fhralitles for ascertaining trie condition or taxes ana lax aeeaa, ore. ami am therefore nualiiled to act inUilll gently as agent of thoae living at a dis une, owniug landa in the Counlv. Oflioe in Commtasionera Uoora, Court aiooae, iionesta, l'a. -l-y. D. W. CLARK 'NEW BILLIARD ROOMS ! W it Jf a A DJOININO the Tionostn IIouo, at the tft. -mouth of Tiohcsta 'Creek. The tables g U room are hew, and everything kept in - order. !To lovers of the gume a cordial mvitntlon Is CKtuaWed to come und play in lue new room. 37.tf G. T. I-ATIM ER, Leasee. Tle Republican Offioa TEEPS constantly on hand a larce a.? IV sortutant of lllunk Dt-eiU. MortunceK Hiibpuums, Warrants, buinuiens, o-r. to nr h'tui "'ocap lor fault. tl. RRSTAtRANT. tACOll SMEARBAUrill has fitted up J the store-building north of Tnto's law office, for a restaurant, a:id will be pleased to see his friends thcro. Fresh boor on draught. Also nlo, domestic wines Ac. Cold lunches at all times, and oysters in all styles, In their season. 13-ly WM. F. BLUM, AND WAOON'MMERi Corner of Church and Elm Streets, TIONESTA. This firm la prepared to do all work In Its line, and will warrant everything done at their simps to give satisfaction. Par ticular attention given to HOItSE-SIIOEIXtJ, (live them atrial, and you will net re gret it. . -v .."-Jy. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. ELM HTRBET, 80UTU OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S STORE. Tlonesta, Pa., M. CARPENTER, Proprietor. Pictures takon In all tho latest stvlos the art. . SO-tf I A 1 All ALDWIX tlaH opened a SEWING MACHINE DEPOT In bis BOOT and SHOE STORE, And In connection with his other business lie has constantly In store tho GROVER A BAKER, DOMESTIC, VICTOR, WILSON SHUTTLE, WHITNEY, HOWE, BLEES, WHEELER A WILSON, HOME SHUTTLE, . ; ' nnd will 1 FURNISH TO ORDER any Sewing Machine In tho market, atljt 1 prices, with all tho OtXTJIRj JLlsTT Hums Villi whk'h tho Companies Kve, and will t DELIVER THE MACHINES In Mtty part of Forest County, and give all necessary Instructions to leamors. Nesdlva for all MarblnM, Nilk sad Thread I always in fctore. TIDIOUTE, PA., June, 1874. 11-tf NEW JEWELRY STORE M. SMITH, WATCHMAKER &JEWELER, At SUPERIOR STORE. y j ALL WORK WARRANTED. A Largo aud Superior Stock of Watohes, Clooliw, i iiml Jewelry, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. n. SMITH has fine machinery fer I'A making all parta of a watch or clock that may be missing or broken. Ha war rants all hia work. The patronage of tho citisens of Forest County is most respect fully solicited. All he asks ia a fuir (rial. 4tf NOTICE. DR. I. N. BOLARD, of Tidioute, haa rotnrnsd to his practice alter an ab sence of four mouths, spout in tho Hospi tals of New York, where lie will atUwid calls in his profession. Olllce in Kuroka Drug Store, 3d door ibove the bank, Tidioute, Ta. 41tf In Tlonesta, At'llIKTEMKNTB FOH WAtJEHB. Some of the achievements depend- ng on the incentive of waeers were in past times very odd ; and journalists always sought such narratives in times when society had not begun to move on literally and figuratively speaking, at railroad speed. In the early part of the reign of George III. two gen tlemen made a wager at a cotlee house near Temple Bar. One of thetn un dertook to jump into the water seven feet deep, with all his usual clothing on, and undress himself completely. He did it, and U we picture to our selves the, twisting and wriggling in volved in such an operation, lloating the whole of the time, we must admit it to be as difficult an aflhit as it was ludicrous. A butchor, eti a calm sum mer's evening, undartuok, for a wa ger, to crow W Thames in his wooden tray. In, tins exploit, using his hands as paddlbs, be roado the passage safely from botnerset btairs to the Surrey side, roviding himself with a cork-jacket in case of an accident. The chroni cles took care to record that "seventy boat loads of spectators were present ; and bets to the nggregate amount of more than l.UUU guineas depended on the event." Ilichard Jenkins, a mer chant of New York, wagered a large sum that ho would pave 100 square yards with stones in nine hours. He accomplished it ; but we are left in the dark as to what kind of paving it was, and in what way the work was performed. A gentleman undertook for a 'wager, that he woulJ stand for a whole day on Loudon Kridgc, with a tray full of good sterling sovereigns, and would fail to find customers for them at a penny a piece The report is thfjf. ho won tho wager, all the pass ers by believing that ho was merely trying to cheat them with brass imita tions. During a visit paid by one of the royol dukes to a victorious ship of war at Spithead, a sailor got upon the very top of the mo in-mast, (the truck,) and stood there upon his head, waving his hat round aud round on one foot. It is to be hoped that this display of antipodean loyalty was duly appre ciated. Heidegger, Master of the Revels to George II., was considered to be the ugliest man in England. A wnger was laid that a competitor for his doubtful honor could be found. An old woman from t. Giles' was brought, forward, and the umpire, with Heideg ger's own approval, was about to award the palm to her ; but Heideg ger, in rcspmsr.fr) a suggestion, put on the old woman's bonnet, to render the conditions more equal ; the additional ugliness was so indescribable that the victory was awarded to him... Long before the days of steamboats, a gen tleman wagered a thousand guineas that he would make a boat move twenty-five miles an hour. He accom plished it in a very singular way, and at a considerable outlay in yioney and ingenuity. He caused a circular canal to be dug, 100 feet in diameter and nine feet wide, and filled with water; a horizontal pole, equal in length to the radius of the circle, was pivoted at one end to a strong post in the mid dle, and fastened at the other end to a boat ; a horse trotted in a smaller cir cle, at a poiut nearer to the post than to the boat, dragging the pole round ; and the leverage thus singularly ob tained sufficed to give a velocity of twenty-five miles an hour to the outer end of the pole, and consequently to the boat. A Baronet and a clergy man laid a wager as to the time when the first Emperor Napoleon should die; but a court of law set aside this betas illegal, on the ground that it gave one of the partier an interest in the death of a man much exposed to hazard. We have only space left to notice finally the wager concerning Sir John Throckmorton's suit of clothes, on which a thousand guineas depended. At 5 o'cock on a June morning, 1811, two South Down sheep were shorn ; the wool was washed, carded, slubbed, roved, spun and woven ; the cloth was scoured, fulled, tended, raised, sheared, dyed, and dressed ; aud at 6:30 the same evening, the wool which had clad the sheep in the moruing was worn as a dress suit by Sir John at his own dinner table. Chamber' Journal, It is said Brigham Young is now paying his addresses to a young lady in the Seventh ward, with the view of crowning her with a bridal wreath a number somewhere in the twenties in the list of wives. He is a most devoted lover at any rate, and dines daily at the shrine of his heart's adoration. I am not acquainted wjth the young la dy, but I am told she "is beautiful in her person and not over three and tweuty, while the Prophet is seventy four, and, since the Order of Enoch, is fast failing in looks, health and strength. An Omaha pirl hns introflncn s rrt. mantia mode ot suicide by stuffing her lover's letters down her throat until Bhe choked, fcuo couldu t swallow his unkind worda, aud so tamo to her end. "WAYS THAT ARE DAttK. The San Francisco Bulletin relates the following : The demolition of the Mead Iiouse, at the corner of Montgcmery and Pine streets, has developed some facts of startling interest. The Mead House was a rendezvous for tho gambling fraternity from early in 18G5 to De cember, 1871, when the police raided upon It and disturbed operations. Un til this raid faro was conducted in the building in a quiet and prderly manner, and with profit, tbe net earnings reach ing 3G5.000 for f A Eingle year. --This was in teality a workingman's bank. Herd the working class deposited largo sums of money, and were not troubled with bank books. A few days ago, while the workmen were taking down the walls, a number of suspicious characters were observed banging about the spot aud watching the proceedings with great interest AVhilo knocking away the wall of one of the lower rooms tho workmen were somewhat puzzled by the manner of the strangers. I hrco ot them sudden ly walked up to the spot and watched every blow of the axe with the keen est scrutiny, buddenly a gap was made in the wall, and the next blow of the axe caused a peculiar sound ns it a musical instrument had been struck. On examination it was dis covered that three wires were running up through the wall from tho floor to the ceiling. . Iu a few minutes no less than half a dozen workmen were about the place examining tho wircs.the three strangers looking at each other sign i It catitly. An investigation of the walls of tho whole house was commenced, nnd the revelations were indeed, of the most startling thar.icter. In ono of the rooms on the upper floor was an ar rangement which enabled a player to know exactly what his opponent held. Directly over the table iu the centre of the room was a small hole in the ceiling through which the confederate watched the game. Wires ran along tho ceiling to tho floor, and ter minated in levers beneath the cheat ing gambler placed his foot ; as these wires wero pulled, the number of taps telegraphed the course of actiou to pursue. . The faro room was tho mt.st ingeni ously contrived thing iu the house. In the first place, wires run from the door so that a signal was given when it opened, and iu an instant everything was in readiness for the drop. This wtis accomplished by two levers and a space beneath let into the floor. Iu a second the gamblers withdrew from the table, each man, of course, grubbing his checks and money, and iiy a mo tion of the levers the yawning floor was opened and down went the whole "lay out." The carpet was then drawn over the spot, and when tho officers hove iu sight there was nothing in the shape of. gamblers' implements to be seen. In the house there were taken out no less than one hundred and fifty wires and several contrivances for suddenly hiding gambling implements. After tho discover an endeavory was made by the three strangers to hush tbe matter up, but the affair becomo noised abroad, and already a good macy strangers were about the 'ace, drawn thither by curiosity. The de velopments are creating some stir with the gambling-fraternity, but the lead ing sports of the city denied all knowl edge of the existence of the peculiar' arrangements by which the unwary were fleeced. ' It will be remembered that similar discoveries were made some years ago at the tearing down of a gambling den at Washington D. C. THE SAD AM Itl'JIAlfKAHI.K FATE OP A .NEVADA l.WLINTOH. A gentleman who has just arrived from the borax fields of the desert re gions surroundiug the town of Colum bus, in the eastern part of this State, gives us the following account of the sad fit to of Mr. Jonathan Newhousc, a man of considerable inventive ge nius. Mr. Newhouso had constructed what he called a ''solar armor," an apparatus intended to protect the wearer from the fierce heat of tho sun in crossing deserts and burniug alkali plains. The armor consisted of a long, close fitting jacket, made of common sponge, and a cap or hood of the same mater ial both jacket aud hood being about au inch in thick nets. Before crossing a desert this armor was to be saturated with water. Under the right arm was suspended an India rubber sack filled with water, and having a small gutta percha tube leading to the top of the hood. In order "to keep the armor moist all that was necessary to be done by the traveler, as he progressed over the burning sands, was to press the sack occasionally, when a small quan tity of water would be forced up and thoroughly saturate tho hood and jacket beloAV it. Thus by the evapor ation of tho moisture in the armor, it was calculated might he produced al most anv degree of cold. r - "K- . .1 T---.l. iur. iewiiout-H weiii. uowii io i-eain Valley, determined to try tho experi ment of crossing that terrible plaoe in his armor. Ho started out into the valley one morning from the camp nearest its border telling tho men at camp, as they laced his armor ou his back, that he would return in two days. The next day an Indian, who could speak but few words ot English, came to the camp in a great slate of excite ment, lie made the men understand that he wanted them to follow him. At the distance of about twenty miles out into tho desert the Indian pointed to a 'human figure seated against a rock. Approaching they found it to bo Newhousc,' still in his armor. He was dead and frozen stiff. His beard was covered with frost, 'aud though tho noon-day sun poured ' .down its fiercest rays an icicle over a' foot in length hung from his nose. There he had perished miserably, because his armor had worked but too wellJand because it was laced up behind lie could not reach the fastenings. tr ginla City Enterprise. STARTLING niSCOVERV. The Washington City Gazette is ac countable for the following: At ths National Observatory two persons are always on hand watching the star' regions and noting down everything of interest. Manv discov eries of an important nature have lately been made, but have not been published. One night during April last it was remarked at the observatory that tho atmosphere was in a very favorable condition for vetting tho sky. While ono ot the watchers was searching tor the comet through tlio old equatorial instrument the other was. directed to take observations, of tho moon with our new telescope. As the former was attending to the duties required of him he heard an exclamation of surprise from his assistant. As he turned to ward him ho saw him fall upon the floor. Fearing something had happen cd, he rushed to inquire what was the matter. His friends could only point to the uugo telescope, and alter a lew moments dosircd him to placo his eye to tho glass. He did so, and saw upoc tho moon's surfece what appear ed to be a large mountain, on the top of which were two gigantio pillars that seemed to be fashioned by human hands. The landscape al.-to embraced in tho focus of the instrument appeared to possess all the features of a terrestial scene. There were evident indications of tho works of beings who, if not fashioned according to the structure of the human race, yet had something in common with them. .Largo cities which must cover at least a thousand miles square dotted the surface exposed to the glass, and lakes, bays, and large rivers could be distinctly traced. Per haps no mortal eves ever before gazed on such a scene. But the rarity of the atmosphere ou that particular uiirlil owiug to the influence of the comet no doubt, was accountable for the jhe uomeuou. A messenger was immediately sent lor rrolessor (Jolhin and others con nected with the observatorv. In short time they arrived, but hooted at the idea when it was told them, aud were indignant at beiug called up at midnight, ihis changed, however, lo they soon had ocular demonstration that it was unmistakably true. Ou readers may ue assured there were sleepless eyes that nitrht ou tho come of E and Twenty-fourth streets, aud well there might bo, for there was a chanco that a question which has troubled man for centuries was about to be settled, and perhaps light would be thrown upon some things that had heretofore uppeared dark. The next morning secrecy was enjoined upon all the telegrams scut to cminaut scientific men at Cambridge, Mass., bt. Stephen College, Avondaie, N. Y., aud else where, to come ou immediately. The several parties arrived heie, aud have since becu holding consultations and making obsorvatious. In a short time the result will bo laid before tho pub lie. We can say now that it is demon stratod beyond a reasonable doubt that tue inoou is inuauueu ny rational auu intelligent beings. According to a local journal the Dismal Swamp is not as dismal as its name implies. Ihe journal says: "How littlo do pcoplo imagino that. instead of a dismal, dreary, bogy wilderness, tho swamp in question is now clothed With a bcautitul foliage. Tho graceful Cyprus, tho stately juui- per tho yollow jasmine, and climbing woodbiuo, sweet honeysuckle, and fra grant laurel are ou every baud, aud under a May-day sun tho appearance is more like tho poet's dream of Arca dia than a dismal swamp." It is said that Paris cats marly , 000 horses every year. Rules for the Forest County Repub- . Mean Primary Ejection. 1. Tho candidates for tbe several offices shall have their names an nounced in one or more of the county papers at least three weeks previous to the Primary Meetings, stating the office, and subject to the acticn of the party at the said primary meetings. 2. Tbe voters belonging to the Ito- publican party iu each township or borough, shall meet on a day to be designated by the County Committee, at tho usual place of folding spring elections, at 2 o'clock, P. M., and pro-"" cced to elect one person for Judge.and two persons for Clerks, who shall form a Board of' Election to receive votes and determine who are the proper per sons to vote, and who shall hold the polls open until 6 o'clock P. M. Af ter tho polls are opened, the candidates announced shall be ballotted for; the name of each person voting shall be written on a list at tho time of voting, no person beiiig allowed to vote more than once for each office. 3. After the polls are ch-sed the board shall proceed to count the votes that each candidate has received, and make out the returns accordingly, to bo certified by the Judge aud attested by the Clerks. 4. Tho Judge (or ouo of the Clerks appointed by the Judge) of the respec tive election districts, shall meet at the Court House, in Tionesta, on the Tues day following the Primary Meetings at 2 o'clock P. M., having tlio "returns and a list of voters, and tlio porson having the highest number of votes for auy office,-shall bo declared tho regular nominee of tho Republican party. 5. Any two or more persons having an equal number of votes for the same offico tho Judges shall proceed to bal lot for a choice, tho person having tho highest number to bo tho nominee. G. Tho IlctuJu Judges shall be com petent to reject by a majority, tho re turns from any district where there is evideuce of fraud, either iu the returns or otherwise, and shall reject them where thero is evidence of three or more persons voting nt the primary meetings who arc not Republicans. 7. Tho Return Judges shall appiont Conferees Representative, Senatorial and Congressional whose acceptance of said appointment shall be a pledge to support the person who may receive the largest number of votes cast for that office in the county. 8. Tho Return Judges may at any time changn the mode and manner of selecting candidates as they may be instructed by tho people at their pri mary meetings, duo notice being given by tho County Committee 9. The Chairman of tho County Committee shall be required to issue a call iu pursuance of the action of the County Committee. Mrs. Briggs, of Kansas, has sudden ly become promiuent. This summer the chinch-bug destroyed her wheat field, and then started for the oats, which grew near. She had a deep fur row plowed, with the perpendicular side next tho oats. This obstructed the bugs sufliciontly to enable them to bo gathered in large numbers in the bottom of the furrow. For two days the whole force of tho farm was em ployed in heating wator and scalding them. The bugs were destroyed and tho oats saved. A cadaverous, melancholy looking mau, in a suit of thread-bare black clothes and a battered silk hat, excited considerable interest by rising in the ladies cabin of a Brooklyn ferryboat and solemnly observing: "There are very few red-eyed widows uow-a-days." Luko Chapman, of Collinsville, Conn., has the flint-lock musket with which Gen. Putnam killed the wolf in the den at Pomfurt. Prof. Hitchcock huj tried in vain to get it for the cabi net at Amherst College, and Barnum for his show. A boiler containing forty gallons of cream exploded iu a Reading confec tionery, the other day, seriously in juring two men. Pcoplo will, no doubt, go on using tho dangerous fluid, despite this "fearful warning." A Nevada paper says : "There was no regular trial in the case of John Flanders yesterday. Ho had ail inter view iu the woods with a few friend:', however, and it U perfectly crrtain that John won't burgle .ti;y more." V