1,9 FCBLISHEI) KVERY WEDXL8DA.Y, BY W. R. DUNN. TTKZ IK ROBIffSOU BOKIJEtt'S BTJILDIHOi ELM STREET, nOSE8TA, FA. TERMS, f2.00 A YEAR. No Snlavrlptions retired for a shorter period than three month. Correspondence solicited from all part of the country. No notice will be taken of annonymou communications. dusiucss directory. TIOinSTA LODGE No. 3G9, I. O. of O. F. MEETS every Friday evening, at 7 o'clock, In tiie Hall formerly occupied by iho Good Templars. O. V. SAWYER, N. O. S. If. HASLET, Sco'y, 27-tf. TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342, O. XT. IMI. MEETS at Odd Fellows' Lodge Room, every Tueaday evening, at 7 o'clock. 1. M. CLARK, C. 8. A. VARNER, R. 8. 81 J. K. BT.AIXK, M. D. 11. KOnKftT. H BLAINE C EGBERT, OFFICE and residence In house former ly occupied Dr. Wimuis. Office days, Wednesdays and Saturday. 3'-tf E. L. Davis,' ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tionesta, Pa, Collections mada in this and adjoin Injf counties. 40-ly J. B. AONEW, W. E. LATHY, TleaeiU, Pa, Eric, Pa. AGNEW So LATHY,' Altorreys at Law, - Tionesta, Pa. Ofnco on Elm Stroet. May l,1875.-tf MILE8 W. TA.TE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, lSUtt, TIONESTA, FA. F.W.Hays, ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notary Public. Rovnold Uuklll A Co.'s Lloek, Keneca St., Oil City, Fa. 39-ly r. KIMNKAR. J. B. SMILEY, KINNEA It 6 SMILE Y, Attoraays at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa. PRACTICE in the aeveral Cowrta of Ve naniro. Crawford. Forest, and adjoin ing eonntiea. - - 89-ly. ' NATION AI, HOTEL, THDIOTJTE3., PA. UTJCKLIN A MORE, Proprietors. Frist-Class Llcensod Houho. Oood sta ble connected. 13-ly Lawrence House, OMONESTA. PENN'A. C. E. Mc- X CRAY. PRorHiKTOU. This house ta centrally located. Everything new and well furnished Huporlor accommona Hons and striot attontion iriven to truest Veiretablos and Fruits of all kinds served in their season. Samplo room for Com mercial Agents. Tionesta House, ANDREW WELLER. Troprlotor. Thin bouse lias been newly tittod up and is now nnen for tho accommodation of the publU. Charges reasonable. 34 ly CENTRAL HOUSE, BONNER A AONEW BLOCK. L. ankw. ProDriotor. This is a new nouse, and has jusfc-been fitted op for the accommodation of the public. A portion of tke patronage of the public is soncuoa 4rt-ly ' FOREST HOUSE, o a. VARNER Proprietor. Opposite k5. Court House. TionosU. Pa. Just opened. Everything new and clean and fresh. The best of limrors kept constantly ou hand. A portion of the public patron age is respectmiiy soncuoa. -i-iy W. C. COBURN, M. D., YiHYSICIAN A SURGEON offers his A JL services to tho tioonle of rorcst Co, Having had an experience of Twelve Years in constant nractieo. Dr. Coburn ifuarantees to irive satisfaction. Dr. Co burn makes a specialty of tho treatment .of Nasal, Throat, Lung and all otlier "Chronic or lingering disea-ses. Having in voMtiiratcd nil scientific method.' Of cur ing 'disease and selected tlio good Irom all NVMtnina. he will sruaruntoe relief or a cure in nil cnes wliore a cure is possible. No Charcro for Consultation. All foes will be reasonable. Professional visits made at ull liours. Parties at, a distance can con- tmlt htm bv letter. Ofllce and Residence aocond building lidlow the CJourt House. Tionesta. Pa. f- lica davs Wednesdays and Saturdays. 25tf Dr. J. L. Aconb, OHYBICIAN AND SURGEON, who has I had fifteen years' experience in a large and successful practice, will attend an Vrofessional Calls. OflU-e in his Drug and !racerv Store, located iu IWhouto. near Tidioute House. IN HIS STORE WILL RE FOUND A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors Kl a( inner v. Glass. Paints, jiila Oitlorv. all of the best quality, and .--ill Ki tit rniuinti&hle rates. DR. CHAS. O. DAY, an experienced PhvKicinn and Drucrist from New x orK Uiut cuargo of tlio Htore. Ai proscriptions jtut up accurately. m. H. MAT. JKO. r. riKK. A. B. XSLLT. 31 A r, rAItK C CO., B A UK B !R 3 Ceraor of Elm' A Walnut Sts. Tionesta, Rank of Discount and Deposit. Interost allowed on Time Deposits. Colleotionsmadeonall Uo Principal points of the U.S. Collections soiicitod. 18-ly 1 i.-t.t r. ABVF.TIKGS. 3j cts. per yard Plaster. IttiT KUOl- and biui; For suini'los, addreHs C. J, FAY, Camden, New Jersey. IMtf.E GIFT of a Piano for distributing our circulars j address U. S. Piano Co. w(1 Ili-..:t'lw itc, New YerU. S 1 VOL. IX. NO. 1G. 'ainting, Paper-Hanging &c, II. CHASE, of Tionesta, offors or"icos to those in need of his 1J, 4 PAINTING. ' GRAINING, CALCIMTNING. . SIZING A VARNISHING, SIGN WRITING, PAPER HANGING. AND CARRIAGE WORK, Work promptly attended to and ' HatitsfUction Guaranteed. Mr. Chase will work in the country 13-tf. when desired. WILI.IA318 Ac CO., MEADVILLE, - - PENN'A., TAXIDERMISTS. B IRDS and Animals stuffed and mount- kept 2rly atock. HRS. . n. heath , DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa. MRS. HEATH has recently mored to this place for the purpose of meeting a want which the ladies of the town and county have for a long time known, that of having a dressmaker of experience among them. I am prepared to make all kinds of dresses' in the latest styles, and guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid- ng and embroidory done In the best man ner, with the newest patterns. All 1 ask is a fair trial. Residence on Water Street, in the house formerly occupied by Jacob Shriver. 14tf TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED ! TJIK ORIGINAL ETf(A INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. ASSETS Dec. SI, 1873, MILES W. TATE, Sub Agent, T'onesta, Ta, 46 Frank Bobbins, PHOTOGRAPHER (successor to dehing.) Pictures in every styloof the art. View of the oil regions for salo or taken to or der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing, 8YCAMORE STREET, near Union De pot, tin uity, pa zu-ir PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. ELM NTREBTi SOUTH OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S STORE. Tionesta, Pa., M. CARPENTER, - - - Proprietor. Pictures taken in all the latest styles the art . 26-t' I'HIIAIVL ATTEND TO MY Business as Usual L. KLEIN, (in G. W. Bovard's Store, Tionesta, Pa.) l'RACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELER, DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Solid and riated Jewelry, Black Jewelry. Eye Glasses, Spec tacles, Violin Strings, lc., Jte. Particular attention given to Repairing Fine Watches. NEBRASKAJjRIST HILL rpiIE GRIST MILL at Nebraska (Lacy A town,) Forest county, has been thor oughly overhauled and refitted in tirst cIshs order, and is now running and doing all kinds of CUSTOM OIIINDINO. FLOUR. FEED, AND OATS. Constantly on hand, and sold at the very lowest figures, 4 J m, H. W. I.EDEBUR. TIONESTA, PA., VENGEANCE IN TEXAS. The St. Louis Republican savg; Years go Harrison counry, in Texas, was the haunt of about as desperate a gang of ruffians as ever infested any district west of the Mississippi. Their number was so great and their organ ization so complete that thej set the but lialf-aIminintereu law at defiance, carrying on a career of daring crime with impunity, and making the region an undesirable place of abode for all honest ciiizcus. Ostensibly hunters or horse-traders, the desperadoes really made stock stealing their chief occu pation, never hesitating to commit a murder when necessary to their own safety, or for the execution of any of their rascally plans. The controlling spirit in this desperate organization was a giant named Dick Keddett, who from his exceptional ferocity and dar- ng exercised almost despotic control over bis followers. A special pride of this man was in his extraordinary skill in the use of the rifle, no ooe of the hand being able to compete with him in what was at that time consid ered the chief accomplishment of a western man. It wasa favorite prac tice with bis band to;ongregate at some one of the small stares scattered through the country and there engage in shooting matches, and it was upon one of these occasions thai Sam Long chanced to be present. Long was a quiet, modest fellow, wno lived with his wile and child in a small cabin in the neighborh od, and made hunting his chief occupation. He never ap peared at the store save to exchange skins and furs for provisions and ammunition, and was widely and fa vorably known for bis sobriety and honesty. Upon the occasion just re ferred to, when, bam Long chanced to come while the desperadoes were en gaged in one of their shooting matches, it was demanded that he should take part in the sport. The hunter hesi tated at first, but finally, not wishing to incur the ill will of the ruffiane.con- seuted. His skill with the rifle was known to be something remarkable, and the desperadoes were not greatly surprised when he defeated them aU save the captain of the band. This man had not engaged in the sport, hut when L'Dg bad vanquished all the others, came forward with the assur ance of an easy victory. Th 'shots were made and to the surprise of every body Long gained the day. The rage of the leader of the ruffians knew no bounds at being thus defeated in the presence of his followers and, although refraining f ora any violence on the spot, hb intimated darkly to the. hun ter that be would "get even with him " Long paid little attention to the threat, and soon afterward returned to bia sabin. At just dusk, some days later, Sam Long having come in from a long hunt, was lying or the floor of his cabin and playing with his child. while his wife was getting supper. The wife, busy with her cooking, asking Long to go to an adjacent spring and bring some water.a request which he prompt ly complied with, leaving the gun in the house, a somewhat unusual" course with him. He had reached the spring and was sto.ipin? to fill the pail he carried, when he was borne down by au attack from behind, hound secure ly, and dragged some yards into the woods. When he recognized bis as sailant h knew what to expert. He had fallen into the hands of the Red den gang, and the leader was about to "get even." Long was stripped by order of the captain, and bound to a tree. A supply of hickory switches was obtained, and then the captain took one of them up and began the whipping, announcing with an oath that no man could heat him or bis men shooting and stay in the country. The sufferings of the victim were ter rible. The flesh was cut from his back in strips by the blows, and when the leader of the ruffians bad gratified bis rage, others nfthe band continued the punishment. But one roan among the number showed any mercy, and his assertions that Long had been pun ished enough were received with den- sun. finally tne nuoter tainted un der the pain, and the ruffiiuns having satisfied their grudge, departed, leav ing the object of their spite still bound to the tree. In this position he was found by his wife, who had become alarmed for his safety, and who, searching for him, had been attracted to the snot bv a faint moaning. Rhe assisted him to reach the cabin, whic he did with great difficulty, and then nursed him faithfully to recovery. It was weeka before he was well enough to move about. Scarcely had Long recovered from his wounds when his cabin was found deserted, and members of the Reddett band, thinking he had fled the coun try, boasted openly of what they had done. At the same time they became bolder than ever in the commission of crime, always honting or traveling to menu P JULY 20, 1876. gether in a company of between twen ty and thirty,' and defying attack from any quarter. One day as they were engaged on a hunt, a member of the band became separated from the rest in the excitement of the chase. He was found dead, snot in the left eye. A few days later, one of the ruffians, riding alone, was killed. Again the bullet was found to have entered the left eye, but no trace of the slayer could be discovered. A week or two passed, and another of the despera does wa9 shot, the same terrible accu racy being exhibited in a shot in the left eye, proving all the shots to be from the same source. The robbers became alarmed, and kept always to gether in their raids, but there was no escaping the death which seemed al ways to be lurking near them. One after anothur fell, until ten men had died, each pierced in the .eye. The woods wete scoured by the terrified men in vain. On one occasion, when a member of the band was killed, the shot bad been heard, and once a giant figure was seen running through the woods, but pursuit failed to overtake him. Accustomed to face danger as the desperadoes were, and posses; - i as they were of brutal courage, they trembled before this mysterious danger. It could not be faced and it could not be averted. The result was that some of the band deserted and fled the region. There remained only the cap tain and four of the more resolute of his followers. These five bunted and made their raids always together, and for some time escaped harm. It chanced that among the five was the man who had endeavored to save Long at the time of the whipping from so severe a torture. This man one morn ing ventured out in the woods without bis comrades. He was walking slow ly along, looking for game, when the brown barrel of a rifle projecting from a bush beside him, chocked his course. A tall, lank figure rose from the bush, and the startled man recog ized Sam Long, the hunter. Long raised the rifle, then lowered it. "You're the man who said a good word for me, an' you may go, bad as you are. I won't take your miserable life. Go?" The man needed no second invita tion to go. He hurried to the camp and told his story. The captain and the other threo men started out in pur suit of Lng, and hut two men accom panied Dick Reddett when he returned! The third man bad fallen, shot in the eye, and no search of the underbrush revealed the hunter. The next day another man was killed in ramp, and again the hunter escaped. On the next day the two remaining men fled the country, leaving the fierce Reddett alone. The leader of the desperadoes dared not remain where he was. He knew he was the roan above all others Long sought to kill. Concealing himself until night, be mounted his horse and tied or the nearest point on the Arkansas river where it would be EoBsible to take passage on a steam oat. Two days later he reached a small landing in the woods on the banks of the river, where the steamer stopped for passengers when there were anyto take. He learned from the oc cupant of the only cabin in the neigh borhood that the boat would be down in the afternoon, and so, having put up the signal to secure a landing of the boat, established nimsejr on the bank and waited. He deemed himself safe from pursuit, and took no precau tions. Throwing himself on the ground, he slept until, late in the day, he was awakened by the sound of the boat in the distance. She would round point in a moment or two, and he waited expectantly. As suddenly as though risen from the ground, a lank figure stood before him, and the muz zle of a rifle peered in his face. The terrified desperado bad no difficulty in recognizing the man as the one he had injured. With the rifle still held steadily upon the face of the startled Keddett. Long hissed : "I ve got you I You whipped mel Whipped me like a nigger, like a dog! I swore Id kill you betore i d call royseir a man again, and I m goin to do it I 1 ve cleaned out your band, and now its your turn I Oh, I've got you 1 Thank God, I've got you J" The ruffian in abject fear pleaded for bis life, groveling at the feet of the hunter. He clung to his words as a drowning man clings to straws. The boat was near. Should she round the point in time be would be saved. Al ready her smoke stacks showed through the brush, when the hunter pressed the trigger, the sharp report rang out and Reddett fell dead, shot to the brain through the left eye. Long slipped away in the woods, and when the boat stopped they found a dead man and no one else. Harrison coun ty was rid forever of the worst gang of ruffians in the southwest. Doing business without advertising is a good deal like trying to borrow a flaj on the Fourth of July. $2 TER ANNUM. HAD A THEO'RY. Women seldom have theories. Mrs. Sweetlake had one, however. She said that she must have been on her way home, when she must have been seized with giddiness, and then must have seated herself on the grass betide a fence. After that she must have become unconscious, and a policeman must have accidentally encountered her and brought her to the station, to prevent the dew and the eight air from giving her rheumatism. She bad seen forty years. She didn't use face powder, wear pull backs or have frizzes. She was a plain woman, and her theory waa a plain theory. "Is that your defense?" inquired the court. She bowed. "It isu't worth shucks, Mrs. Sweet lake." "You don't go for to say that I had the hydrophobia, do you ?" she anx iously inquired. "Noap." "Or thejanders?" "Noap." 'Or that I'm coming down with the smatll-pox?" He shucked four peanuts with reg ular motion, dropped eight kernels down behind his teeth, brushed away the debris, and remarked : "It's a plain caeo of drunkenness, Mrs. Sweetlake." "Then where's my theory ?" she grasped. "Knocked higher'n a kite." "And I was drunk ?" "You were." "Well, this is too much to much I" she sobbed, looking around for a chair. "Tocmuch liquor, no doubt, mad am. I am surprised that rou snould be surprised. I know you of old, have fined you once or twice, and you were foolish to think that you could blind me." "Do you see that sun ?" she asked, pointing out of the window. "I see the reflection." "Well, let me go this time, and I'll not touch another drop as long as that suu rises and sets." '"I will give you one more chance," he replied, after taking time to reflect. "If you come here again " "But I'll not." "But if you should." She pointed toward the cold, gloomy morgue. He bowed. It was understood. Detroit Free Press. AN EVENINU WIT II FUANKXIN. When after my return to Paris I dined and spent the evening with the immortal h ranklin. Arriving at an early hour I discovered the Philoso pher in a distant room, reading in the exact poixure in which he is represen ted by an admirable engraving from bis portrait, bis lett arm resting upon bis right band. His mingling la the most refined society of both hemis pheres had communicatod to his man ners a blanduess and urbanity well sustained by his native grace and ele gance of deportment. His venerable locks waving over his shoulders, and the dignity of bis personal appeal ance, commanded reverence and respect: and yet bis manners were so pleasant and fascinating, that one felt at ease and unrestrained in his presence. He mquired whether 1 knew that he was a musician; and he conducted me across the room, to an instrument of his own invention, which he callfd the . rrM W. , Armouica. xue music waa pronucea by a peculiar combination nt hemis pherical glasses. At my solicitation he played upon it and performed some Scotch pastorars with great effect. II, E. Scudder. YOU DONT SAY BO ! The young lion of the Midland (Micu.4 Independent roars aloud .as follows: ''And now appeared one of the most terrible and magnificent spec tacles it was ever our lot to witness. The whole broad and high front of the International Hotel was wraped aa in its winding sheet in one lurid mass of flame, which, seemingly as in mockery of the puny powers of man and his appliances to stay its course, stooped toward the earth in the eddy of the wind with a hurtlingsound asot demoniac laughter, and then swerv ing and veering, as if in disdain toss ing it head, it arose towering almost to the very clouds and ah, it needed no fervid Danteau imagination then to discover witbiu the friuges of that gilt- edged hell the glaring eye balls, yea, the very claws and bloody hair of the leamon of the flames with one fell swoop it hurled itself acrocs the broad street over upon and wound itself around, fastened its fearful dutches iu, took possession of and in vested the wbole immense building known n the Harris block." Rates of Advertising. .: On Hquare (1 Inch,) one Inertlon - fl 60 One Square M one month - - 3 00 One Square " threo months - 6 00 tnesiiaro " one year - " 10 00 Two Squares, one year -. - - 15 Co Quarter Col. . . . no 00 Half , x , i fin on One - . . loo oo Legal notices at established rates. Carriage and death notices, gratifO. All bills for vearlv lvprtimmit vJ. lectcd quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for in advance. J on worK, Cash on Delivery. "SPIRITS, APPEAR!" A merry crew' of yonni? bloods. calling themselves the "Uhrig" Club," are in the habit of meeting in tha cool recesses of TJhrig's Cave, St. Lou is, in the quiet hours of summer eve nings, to partake of the beverage which "cheers budoes not inebriate," and play practical and harmless jokes upon new members. A favorite sell of the club is the holding of spiritual seances, intj which . tyros are initiated with proper solemnity. One of these sean ces was held a few nights sines, and was attended by a blonde attorney. noted for his eloquence and his unfail- ng good humor. (As this description embraces only two hundred and fifty members of the St. Louis Bar. it is easy for the reader to surmise which One is herein alluded to.) The circle was formed, hands clasped, silence en joined, and the lights were extinguish ed. . The invocation of the spirits then commenced. "We all hope for a successful SO- ance," said tha "medium" in sepul- cbral voice "So we all say!" was the uolemn response of the circle. "And we invoke the spirits to re spond to our incantation." ' . . "So we all say I" "And to be prompt at tie call of the medium." "So we all say I" . To the novitiate "Do you believe in the efficacy of the spirits?" I do, most sincerely. 'He does, most sincerely." 1 "Then command the -spirits to ap pear. lhe novitiate impressed by the so lemnity of the occasion, and believing himself sufficiently developed as a me dium to call spirits from the vastly deep, exclaimed, as directed, yet in somewhat tremulous tones. "Spirits, appear 1" : Then the "circle" arose as one man, and all cried out "Beerl beer!" Roars of laughter and raps on the table succeeded, and immediately the lights were renewed. . : : lhe blonde attorney was uot slow in catching the idea, and. joining in the hilarity, be called for lager for the crowd, paid his three dollars and eighty-five cents like a man, and is now fully prepared to join in the. in itiation of other members. Quite a number of mediums 'have been developed in a similar way, and the club is now pretty full. A seance of a different sort is in preparation. St. Louis Globe Democrat. TOO LATE. The woman who arrived at the wharf just as the excursion boat bad a start of ten feet didn't comprehend the situation,- for a moment. She didn't know but that boats bad a habit of starting off and backing up to keep the machinery from' getting rusty. When she realized that she was being left she jabbed a man in the back with . I . .Ik..,. I.A.I . k.t r . . L i parasol, and squealed at the top -of her voice ; . - "Hold on, there you haven't got me!" . . "Make a Jump 1" screamed one boy. "Swim for it I" called out another; while the "left woman" fiercely shout ed i "Why don't some of you folks up there tell the captain ?" The people on tiie upper deck re plied by laughing and waving their handkerchiefs. The woman on tho wharf (ecoguized only one among the crowd, and pointing, ber parasol di rectly at her, and holding it extended as if taking aim, she shouted : "You want to understand, Mrs. Baker, that you can never, never I borrow any butter or flatirona of me. Detroit Free Iress. A TRIHLY GOOD SPECIMEN. We never resent inquiries, however inonDortone. the answers to which may increase the stock of useful knowledge of the iuquirer. When we worked at the case we never grew tired of explaining why the lower case e box was larger thau the others, or the use of l!ie uick. Even in the first days of our devilhood, when -a cub shoemaker asked why we didn't put the other type in "that there frame" (the tyropan) and print both sides at ouce, we couldn't answer, and to con ceal our ignorance, told him '.hat we geuerally did, but that the pressman had a "bile on his arm," and bad to work light. Tho question waa a fair one, and it was naughty in us to ans wer thus evasively. We tell it with remorse, but it fairly illustrates our good nature and willingness to tell all we know and give good measure. Chicago Sqeeimen. The average American is worth $350. We know men who fall con siderably short of being average Amsriean.
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