ligairatibero'nage getout.
Thursday, March 28, '72.
ret„During the past week thel-e were
03 deaths from small-pox in Philadelphia,,
a decrease of 20.
.The average depth . of the Atlantic
ocean is three miles—that of the Pt acitie
four miles
Es-William Schley, cligttiguishr4
members of the Bahia :me Bar, died of
small pox, aged 72,
yo,.Ex-Uov. Vrameis,Thounta, of I'Mn
ryland, has been appointed ' minister to,
Peru.
tho—Gen. Longstrect hams resigned,, the
office of Burveyor'of the port of New Or,
leans which he has helfl - since the inaugu
ration of President Grant.
IPlirklon Andrew G., Curtin,, United
States' Airinistgr. • to Russia,. has resigned;
and probably will soon, be ow his way
home. •
nat.The small-pox is worse than ever
in New York and. Brooklyn. A. T. Stew-
art has given up his great mansionGto.one
of his 'servants, who, is sick in it with the
disease.
V23 - Mr. N. ,Gllbert of Gwynedd. re
cently 'slaughtered a hog of the Chaster
White species,. 28 mouths old, that weigh
ed, when dressed, 800 pounds.
The Montgomery county Alms
house was destroyed by fire on. Thursday
night. There Ircre 56 inmates in the
build.inir at, th time three i_au ors
burnt. to.death. • •
ts..A San Francisco despatch states
that the Republican State Convention of
Oregon has endorsed the Administration
of Grant. The anti-Administratioaists
doji't seem, to show a very strong hatid i,n
the party Conventions,
Se?"Tbe latest news UPROuAlce too Nob
ably complete defeat of the Revolutionists
in Mexico and tle triumph of Juarez's
Government, A battle was fought iu the
Northwest on 2d inst. between General
Roche's army and the insprgents, and the
latter were completely routed,
ata..Governor Parker, of New Jersey,
says he has not been °facially informed o
his nomination for the Vice Presidency
by the Labor Reformers, nor has Judge
Davis received arty communication from
them.
10.-..A.New York chemist has lately
shown that fifty per cent. of the Vinegar
mold in large cities is made from chemi
cals so poisonous as to gradually under
mine the consumer's health. Sulphuric ac
id and sugar (xf lead are largely found in
this article of universal domestic use.
tet)..An enterprising divorce suit was re
cently determined in the courts of Illinois,
in which the defendant was victimized to
the tune of $37,098,43. It h said that the
lawyers got $13,79.9,40, the court costs
were s4,i 98,60, and $18,533,33 went to
the complainant. The victim has memoral
i;ed the Legislature for relief.
rst..J. A. Sutter, the California pioneer
'who made the jot discovery of gold, is
now living is Lititz, Lancaster county,
Penn'a., poor and crippled with intlarn
matly rheumatism, lie is sixty-nine years
of age, and with out means ofsupport.l-lis
friends and all the country will be glad
to hear that the California Legislature
has just given him a pension of $2.50 a
month for tire years
.The railroad war Which has been
going on iq Washington between Thomas
A. Scott and J, W. Garrett, as to wheth
er the former should be allowed th e
right of way fer the Potomac and Ralti
more Railroad into the heart of the city
and the privilege of erecting a passenger de
pot, wits decided on Thursday by the liense
Committee of the District of Columbia, in
favor of 111 , .. Scott, by agreeing to report
the bill giving his road the desired author
iry,
IlE;abe Alabama claims question ap
pears to have entirely subsided on this side
of the ocean, the press of the country mak
ing little or no mention of it. In Wash
ington but little interest is manifested in
the matter, and several public men who
srerestreug friends of the treaty express
them . selves indifferent to whether or
not its provisions arc carried into effect,
but in no instance is there a, disposition to
yield to the British view of the question.
The English mind, however, Is 4 ,4 quite so
fiettled, Earl Greenville stating that Eng
land is tumble to subutit questi9ll of
thit admissibility of claims for indirect
dantagi to the Betu•d of Arbitration At
.Genera, •
b;flutrt Robinson, of Louis,
ville, was once the foremost of those who,
during the rola-Ilion, openly advocated
the itupertation of infixted clothing from
the plagtm-stric:ken &reign cities to be
Spread broadcast through tile, Nor,th. Re
cently passing through one of the cities
m here he hoped the piague might IN start
ed, he caught the smull-pO4 . 4na 44rFP1r7
ly c.seaped death by the loathsome disease
,As elptr a case of retributive justico a.
Aat contained iu the Scriptures 7 —that
MordeCai the Jew.
::i}oliie - S4ippenbbnrg Valley SplAtir.e,l
Pii,clVexti- , etl:te suld at Sheritrs sale
tirtity;
FintiLY PotsiD.l — ED.—The
following a
bout the poisoning of a family named
Arnold, at Burkctsville, Frederick CpUtt,
met tealL
The mysterious poisoning of the Ar
nold likmily kit Burketsxftle ou Saturday
ig the r sensation of the day hem and : there.
are many theories afloat regarding it, bat
kfiere is no positive circumstance which
could indicate the source of poison we are
in tlite.most complete and. utter doubt as
to which supposition is the most probable.
The particulars as they come in only deep
en the Mystery which surrounds the affair,
while they increase the sad features which
render it peculiarly strange and thrilling.
Ezra Arnold and his fhmily, consisting of
his . wife and five children, ranging from
twelve years to ten months of age; resid
ed iu a comfortable house in the very cen
tre of the little town of Burktitsville.—
Mr. Arnold is a dealer in cattle, and on
Saturday he was on his wayto Baltimore
for the purpose of selling' a drove. The
family took supper at their usual hour on
Saturday evening, and : very soon after
wards each person:was seized with an ir
resistible, stupefying and sickening sea
,sation, which ,'overcame them so rapidly
that not one of them was able to cry for
help. In this condition they all laid un
til Sunday afternoon, when Mr. Isaac Ar
nolk, brother of Ezra, went to the house
to pay a friendly visit, and on opening
the door met a scene which horrified him.
Mrs. Arnold and one small child lay in
a room on the first floor, the Ibriner near
ly at her last gasp, and fast passing be
yond the reach of human aid. In the
kitchen was found the oldest child, a girl
about twelve years of age, holding an in
fant a year old in her arms, and both
sickened with the terrible malady, Up
stairs lay the two boys, aged nine and e,
Leven years, speechless and unable to rec
ognize any one. Mr. Isaac Arnold im
mediately_went_off_fo, •
vlu
when they arrived they at once endeavor
ed to revive the suffiTers. It was appa
rent that Mrs. Atnold could not be saved,
and they had been in the house but a few
moments before-she-breathed-her last.—
She vas entirely unconscious• and gave
no sign of the events of that ,woeful night.
The physicians went to work on the chil
dren and up to this time have succeeded
in reviving them all so much that they
aro probably out of danger, although the
two boys are still insensible and cannot
lister an intelligible word. The oldest
girl is the farthest recovered of all, And
from her I glean the scant facts which she
is able to remember after the family had
finished supper on Saturday. She knows
of the 'dizzy feelings and the deathly sick
ness which overcame them, of their sud
den weakness, their unavailing efforts to
ery out or reach the door so that an alarm
might le given, and of their falling into
a condition of stupor in which they were
unconscious only ur their sufferings. There
they lay for eighteen hours until the ar
rival of Isaac Arnold brought
What they suffered is beyond conception,
and we shall not know of it until these
children are entirely recovered.
It was at first said that the fitmily had
been poisoned by the tea which they
drank, but the fact which breaks down
this :uspician is that neither of the two
boys touched tea. Failing this explana
tion of the mystery, popular opinion fas
tens to the idea that the gases Issuing
from a large base burner coal stove pois
oned the family, ;But there is absolutely
nothing but surmise to snstain any of
these opinions, and if Ile are ever to have
at; insight into this mysterious business
futnre circumstances must be relied upon
fox it. Mrs. Arnold was buried at Ash
more school house this af,eriloon without
any arrangements having been macle for
a post-mortem eiamination. Some of the
tea is in the hands of chemists fbr analy
sis, but we cannot expect much to Mil
from it. When the children become able
to talk intelligibly something may per
haps he gleaned from them that will throw
light on the dark subject.
Coe, Taos. A. Swim—The power of
endurance of Col. Scott mutt be extraor
dinary to bear up under the tremendous
amount of mental and physical labor which
his position imposes upon him. It is won
derful that he has not broken down long
!Igo, and great as his power of endurance
may be, it, must some day—and that be
fore he becomes an old man—give way.—
The Omaha Herald says, On this subject :
Ten years ago we saw Thos. A, Scott
behind a mountain of official documents
in a room adjacent to that of Simon Cam
eron, Mr. I l inceln's then Secretary, and
was underst,eod to have been brought to
Washington on account of his peculiar
capacity and skill as en organizer ofThipi
portation, Mr. Scott was then a smooth
faced, unrinkled young man, in the very
flush and viger of health, the glow of
which was seen in the brilliant luster of
his eye and in the red glow which suffus•
ed his cheeks. His hair was rich in quan
tity and of a uniform brown color, and his
form lithe end agile. This was in 1861.
List Deeember we,sare a short, stout
looking man enter Mr. Carnagie's office
on Broadway, with a carpet-Gag iu his
right hand, and 4 shawl in his left. His
eye hadn't the old fire ill it,,but was dead
cued. It only lighted up when the men
tal fires behind it )rere ftirred with some
business thought. Ho had grown much
stouter. His hair, from being unmixed
brown, had become mixed gray. The Pres
ident of eleven thousand miles of Ameri,
pan railway, and who is sighing for into-
ther railroad world to conquer, was the,
saute Thomas A. Scott who was Mr. Cam
eron's secretary in 1861, with about twen
ty years added to his ago in ten.
We regard Thomas. A. Scott as the
most notable suicide: of his time. The
greatest railway =ringer of his age nod
time is just us certainly killing himoll
with overtaxed mental labor, as that the
cause given, the effects is sure to follow.
With a physical frame of iron mould and
fibre he can bear much, but unless Thom
as A. Scott shall go to :pig final rest twen
ty years before his natural time, be trill
be an exception to au almoft tmiversal
rile.
oral
n and ittort to our
usual, expenses during last year this of-
flee kneerred, a heavy indebtedness in the
proeurement of a new press and materi-
al; the bulk of which, indebtedness falls
upon us next spring, and the object of our
present writing is to bring this fact clear-
ly before patrons in arrears, either to large
or small amounts, For the outlay we ask
nothing but prompt payment of what is
due, the subscription and advertising rates
remaining the.sanie as before the enlarge-
ment. We therefore intend this as an ear-
nest appeal for payment on the part of ALL
in arrears, It would be difficult for us in
the midst of a throng season to draw off
the accounts of individual subscribers liv-
ing in distant parts of the country. They
have an idea as to the amount of their in-
debteduess and can enclose the money, a
cheek or P. O. order through the twill;
where doubts exist as to the amount they
can give us the benefit of them by send-
ing enough, which will be properly placed
to their credit. This notice, or their fail-
ure to comply with it, will tell us -who our
"{lead heath" are
SW - Moving has commenced
1:e - A. wet summer is predicted.
SO-Prevailing—the weasels
gairTo•morrow will b© Good Friday.
The garden-mAking season, in which
women,and hens delight, is not far off.
.Our devil reports that the mumps
are eSolzing a few people ttboutl'otristown.
—Our Legislature will adjourn on the
4th of April.
—Yesterday vas delightful. Welcome
spring has put in a real appearance at last.
—Town bov still amuse themselves
playing mathles and "shinny." No school!
—The season of flies and "tramps" is
approaching.
Rif" April with its showers vii,ll soon
be here.
far Fast driving through our streets
should be stopped.
ste.The close of the month alga trit
nesses the close of the Lenten seaman.
tar M. Fallon has sold his hardware
store in Mereersburg to S. J. Baker.
It is a common thing now-a-days to
see people 'coming through' the rye.
The wild goose is said to be on the
wing from the "sunny south."
..Col. 13. F. Winger was admitted
last week as a, member of the Chambers
burg bar.
It4)—Boonsboro' is to have a bank, an
act of incorporation having been already
'obtained.
PUBLIC SALES.—Attention is directed
to the sales of personal property in this
this issue by John Philips, Esq. and Mr.
vs- See advt. of Messrs. Barkdoll &
Newcomer, of Ringgold, from whom the
celebrated "Washington County Plow"
can be had.
M..The . old well nest door, formerly
Capt. Miller's, is dry. The first time in
the memory of that venerable personage,
the "oldest inbabitant-"
te...IVANTED. — The Printer wants a
few hundred dollars for at least one year.
Won't some one with a big heart, foot, or
both, help us out?
,_The croakers say that the winter of
'2,7 was just such a one as the past and was
followed by a sickly summer. We don't
believe it. So croak on.
There are gomo persons indebted to
us for work which if not settled in a short
time, as we have waited long eno'Lgh, we
shall corelude they ain't very prompt,
and—that's not all.
wa,,,,We learn that Mrs. Slick of Lei
tersourg, e•hose sickness from small-pox
Ire noticed last week, is rapidly convales
ing. and that there arc no new cases in
the "burg."
CnisoEn.—Mr S. P. STONER took pos
session of the Bowden House in this place
on 'Tuesday. lir. Bowden and family
leiqe to-day for Bedford, where his son,
S. S, Bowden, has leased a Hotel proper
ty.
NOT TIIVE.—The announcement last
week that Messrs. Nathaniel Churchman
and Jonathan Bowman of Parkhill had
encountered that of strange
animal is pronounced false by the parties
themselves. Our informant must have
been under a wrong impression pr else is
notoriously given to LYING. Without a
satisfactory explanation we will cep]. it our
duty to expose him.
—Frenchmen all over the work'. are
contributing libercilly toward the ransom
of France, to pay the dues levied on her .
by Privsia fur the War Indemnity,
R. R. SunvEvs.—Mr. Gitt on Satur
day last completed the preliminary line
front the summit of the .Mountain near
Monterey to this place, which is longer
than we supposed it would be, the• length
being twelve miles at a grade of eighty
feet to the mile. As 'the first lines run
are but about six miles long, there is no
reason, as far as we can see, wily the prop
osition to run the road North to the sum
mit should be entertained Ibr a moment,
nor do we presume that any citizen inter
ested in seduring an early connection with
the W. M. Railroad will contend for it
under the circumstances. The distance
North Or South to Baltimore will be a
bout the same, and the benefits to our
community at large alike. There is real
ly therefore but One side to the question,
and that is for the adoption of the short
est.and cheapest line. On a portion of
this the grade is heavy, one • htt n d red
. and five feet to the mile, but Mr, Gitt in
forms us that he can change it to an eigh
ty—fat grade by lengthening the line a
quarter of a mile,. or thereabouts. '
We expect to publish Mr Gitt's Report
in our next issue or the one following,
A committee consisting of D. B. Rus
sel, Esq. and Dr. E. A. Herring, accom
panied by Mr. Gitt, visited Baltimore on
Monday. 4
SPRING. - March, thus far presents a
rather disagreeable conflict between Win
ter and Spring for supremacy. Up to
this writing the vantage ground is held by
Old Boreas with almost savage severity.
Oceasionly the genial sun shines out, and
the sprin, birds send forth their trent,
bling notes, to give sign that the season
of budding trees and flowers is approach
ing. But scarcely have the sweet, cheer
ful strains died away, ere a terrific squall
of snow reminds us that 'Winter still con
tests the right to reign. The issue cannot
remain long in doubt. Elastic spring will
assert her prerogative the birds will carol
their matin hymns; the trees will put
forth their fragrant foliage, the grass will
come up green and. beautiful, the balmy
zephyrs and reviving nature will testify
that the vernal season is upon us ; and
the husbandmen will go forth to plow
and sow for man's sustenance and com
fort.
ACCII)ENT ON THE RAILROAD.-Mr.
Wm. Hade,of Quincy Township, seated
in a wagon and driving two horses, ap
proached the"Waynesboro' Crossing" last
Saturday forenoon, as the eleven o'clock
train for Hagerstown neared it also. He
was in the act of crossing the railroad,
when the engine struck one of his horses
killing it instantly and breaking the wa
gon badly. Mr. Hada was thrown into
the air to the height of smoke stack of the
locomotive. One of his arms and several
ribs were broken, his head was badly cut
and it is thought that he is very seriously
injured internally. After his wounds were
dressed lie was removed to the house of
his son-in-law, Mr. Slaughenhaupt. The
other horse was not hurt, Mr. Hade is
somewhat hard of hearing, and failed to
hear the whistle which, the conductor and
passengers say, gave the usual warning
on approaching the crossing. When the
Engineer saw the wagon, the signal for
"down breaks" was given three times, bit
the engine struck the wagon after it had
been given twice, so sudden was the occur
rence.—Valley Spirit.
FIRE IN HAotHsTowx.—A destructive
fire broke out in Hagerstown, on Satur
day evening last about 7 o'clock, origina
ting in a stable on an alley near East
Washington Street. The extensive Steam_
Tannery of D. &bindle & Sons, and five
stables were consumed before it wai l sub
dued. The entire loss is variously esti
mated at from $50,000 to $lOO,OOO, thin•
ty thousand of which is said to be covered
by insurance. The reflection of the fire
was plainly visible in this place and was
with iessed by many of our citizens.
SMALL-Pox--FAisE ALARM.—We un
derstand a. rumor has been extensively cir
culated that the Small-pox had made its
appearance at Antietam Junction, near
this place, in the family of Mr. Henry
Oaks. Weure authorized by the attend
ing physician, Dr. I. N. Snively, to say
that such is not the case. The disease in
Mr. Oaks' family is measels, which we be
lieye is common to our town and neigh
borhood at this time.
#4r•The Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence of the' M. E Church, recently ad
jourucd at Lock Haven, selected Cham
bersburg as the place of meeting in 1873.
A resqltition was passed that the time of
the Ceqral Pennsylvania and Baltimore
Conferegees be so arranged as to have a
re-uniqu pf the two bodies on that occasion,
the latter to, be held at Hagerstown.
Carbaugh, formerly of this
county, aged 27 or 23 years, was murder
ed near Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio, on the
night of the 20th of February last. A
letter to this effect is in the hands of P.
M. at Chambershurg.
IN Busixr.ss.—We notice that our friend
E. B. Winger, Esc', who recently left
Quinc7, is now doing; business in the house
of Thos. Carson & Co„ dealers in hosiery
notions and white goods, No. 18 North
Fourth Street, Phila. :Nil.. W. is well
known, here, as a clevpr gentleman and
an energetic busiLess man. We wish him
success in his new field of operations.
r - '
le" - A !•girl" died recently at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, u•ho had been
in service iu one family sixty-nine years.
i Vai — The Baltimore Amerie_ '
day says ;—The investigation on the part
of the Church into the charges made. a
gainst Rev, Dr. L. D. Huston will, 'we
learn, commence this week. The Presid
ing Elder of the District, Rev. Samuel
Rogers, has we are informed, appointed
the following clergymen as the committee,
to make the investigation : Rev. A. W.
Wilson, Presiding Elder of the Washing
ton District ; -Rev. J. S. Gardener, loca
ted at Fredericsburg, Virginia, and Rev.
Dr. S. Regester, located at the Maryland
Agricultural College. Dr. Huston hay.
ing charged the clergy of the Baltimore
district with being imbued with a feeling
of jealously and hatred against him, has
probably induced his Presiding Elder to
select the Committee from other districts.
The high character of thegentlernen nam,
ed gives promise that title truth will be
vindicted. Rev. Mr.' Rogers, who will pre
side over the examination, is also distin.
guished for purity and firmness of charac
ter, and will see that there shall be no in
timidation of witnesses, but rather that all
who know anything relative to the char
ges, whether for or against Dr. Huston,
shall be encouraged to come forward and
testify, regardless as to whim it may af
fect. •
The number and variety of the charges
made against the Rev. Dr. Huston will
make the investigation a long and tedious
one, and it will probably be a mouth be
fore it can be closed. They include al
most all grades of immorality,and are dai
ly accumulating. We also learn that let
ters are being received from Kentucky,
Ohio and Georgia from gentlemen of high
standing in the Church relative to his ca
reer before he came to Baltimore,and there
is every reason to believe that his charac
ter, past and present, will be fully devel
oped before the investigation_eloses. _ _
TILE EQINOX.—The vernal equinox oc
curred on Thursday last, at which time
the length of the day and night were the
same, the suit rising at six o'clock in the
mornfug and setting at six o'clock in the
evening. The_passage_of the_ equator_hy
the sun is frequently accompanied by very
stormy weather, after which spring opens
and signs of vegetable life are apparent.
'The sun will continue to recede from the
equator until the summer solstice, which
occurs on the 20th of June, until which
time the days will grow longer. After
that period.the sun Will again approach
the equator, and the days will grow shor
ter until the 21st day of December.
LOCAL Ornox.—The Local Option bill
passed by the House sometime since; au
thorizing a vote by boroughs, cities' and
townships, oh the question whether or not
licenses to sell liquor shall be granted by
the courts, was amended a few days since
and passed by the Senate. The House
having concurred in these amendments by
a vote of 62 to 29 the bill only a-waits the
sanction of the Governor, which it is sure
to receive. Instead of boroughs, cities and
townships, the vote is to be taken by ci
ties and counties.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIFE. - On Monday
afternoon last the Dwelling House,togeth
er with much valuable furniture, Barn,
Corn Crib, Smoke House and other out
buildings, together with pretty nearly all
their contents, belonging to Seth Dicker,
about two- miles :north a this place, were
destroyed by fire. The fire was first dis
covered in the barn about 3 o'clock ; a
strong wind was prevailing and in a short
time it communicated with the other build
ings with the above results. How the fire
originated we believe has not been ascer
tained ; we have no estimate made of Mr.
Dickey's loss nor of what amount it is cov
ered by insurance.—Mercersburg Journal.
DAMAGE9.—The Hagerstown,
Twice A Week says that the Jury in the
ease of Mr. Thomas Boteler, of Sandy
Hook, against the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad for damages for injuries receiv
ed from falling from the wall of an em
bankment at Harper's Ferry, tried in
the Circuit Court for that county render
ed a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum
of \. 53,000. Mr. Boteler's counsel claimed
that it was incumbent upon the road to
have a railing upon the wall mentioned,
and set their damages at $30,000. Con
siderable interest was manifested in the
trial, as some of the beit talent of the bar
were engaged.
Vir - The man who advertises shows not
only a business talent above his neigh
bors, but he may at once be reckoned a
mong the independent, generous and pub
lic-spirited of the community. He who
hides his light under a bushel, when such
advantages as those at present afforded
arc so freely offered him, does not deserve
to succeed.
terAt the meeting of the Central Con
ference of the Methodist church, now in
session at Lock Haven, Rev. E W Kirby
was allowed to withdraw from the con
ference without trial. His functions
therefore na a minister of the gospel have
ceased. The vote gi anting him this pet
mission was 62 to 55.
mt.lt is said that the proprietors of a
public house oil were offered five
hundred dollars for the bedstead on which
Alexis slumbered, and the chambermaid
was bribed in untold amounts to let a
fashionable dregs-maker have the sheets.
She said she would cut thent up into
handkerchiefs 4nd sell them to the 6071
iOll.
—The-Chieago4Pribtristovere(r
a short cut to woman sufferage, and i 3
surprised that Mrs. Hooker, Mrs, Wood
hull, and the rest of them who propose to
creep into the Constitution through itti
crevices, do not at once adopt the most
natural and ready means to accomplish
their ends. Let them• come to the polls
in male attire, short hair, stove-pipe hats,
and knee boots, and offer to vote. The
theory of the Tribune is that a pair of
pantaloons is worth more to them than
a constitutional amendment, and that clad
in male habiliments they may give in
their names with initials only, and defy
the inspectors to ask any other evidence
of their right to be registered and to vote,
It would be an insult to touch upon the
question or actual sex, which no well-bred
inspector would be guilty of. The 'Wash,
ington Star is of the opinion that the suf-.
frageists will not be willing to accept this
kind advice, as they are so much in earn,
est that they would consider a victory
under fidse colors no victory at all. They
want no dodgiug-of the question. Eith
ei they go to the polls as women—chig
non, pallier awl all —or keep up the fight.,
No Chicago compromises will answer their
purpose.
"GooD FOR HIGH."—The Cumberland,
Daily News says the Rawlings family is
the tallest family in Allegbany ,county,
seven sons aggregating forty-two and
a quarter feet in height, or an average of
six feet and three-sevenths of an inch. -
We can beat that lead of poles without
going very far. Mr. Samuel Boor, of Cum
berland Valley township, this county, has
three sons whose aggregate height is nine
teen feet three inches, or an average of six
feet jive inches. The longest measures six
feet seven inches in his stockings, and is
not done growing yet. How is he for
high ?—Bed. bpinirer.
- =The Judicial committee of the House
at Harrsiburg, has reported, with an affir
mative recommendation, the bill from the
Senate enabling the court of Cumberland
county to hear the arguments for a new
trial in the Schcepy case. It is presumed
the hill will pass without much opposition.
A .7. 7 ew Fairfield man hits invented a
torpedo in the shape of a kernel of corn,
which is designed for the beguilement of
crows. As soon as that offensive bird
takes hold of it it explods and. blows the
top of its head oft: This afliwds a cheap
and innocent recreation for the crows and
at the same time does away with a griev
ous evil.
VV. 'lndiana is not to wear all theblush
lug honors of facility for granting divor
ces. Vermont has entered the green pas
ture of free love. She presents a woman,
only 38 years old, who has accoinPlished
fourteen babies and four husbands, two
of the latter by funerals and two by di
vorce. She is prepared and competent for
a fifth spouse. .
SIMPLE.-Some one furnishes the fol
lowing as a cure for this painful disease :
"Boil a small potful of potatoes, and bathe
the part effected with the water in which
the potatoes were boiled as hot as can be
applied imm&iately before going to bed.
The pain will be removed, or ,at least al
leviated, by the net morning. Some of
the most obstinate rheumatic pains have
lately been cured by ono or two applica
tions of this novel and simple remedy."
We once knew a man who opposed
the location• of a railr6ad depot on the
corner of his farm, for the reason that its
presence would soon make his land so val
uable that he could not pay the taxes ;
but it has been reserved for Canada to
cap the climax in the sway of objectors to
railways. A dominion M. P. made a speech
in Parliament not long since, in which
he protested against each and every pro
posed line of rails, on the ground that the
locomotives would frighten the cows, and
so impair the quality of their milk !
An old gentleman, with several suspi
cious red spots on his face, entered a West
End street car, a few days since, and qui
etly took the only seat which was vacant.
Au inquisitive chap asked him if he had
had the small-pox, and he said "yes"—
There was a general scrambling among
the passengers, all whom, wanted to get
out right there, acid in about a minute the
old gentleman had the car to himself: The
conductor, cautiously peeping in,demand
ed how long it was since the afflicted gen
tleman had recovered. "Well, sir," re
plied the victim of the disease, "I cannot
say exactly, hut as near as I can recollect
it was about thirty-five years ago."
—Messrs. Barefoot and Shoemakerhap
pened to get on the same jury out West.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
4NOTICE.—During the past two and a
half years Dr. A. K. Branisholts has per
farmed Dental operations among the citi
zens of this section generally, and which
we undersfand have given the most per
fect satisfaction. Persons wishing teeth
extracted or inserted will find it to their
interest to give him a trial, Permanent
ly located it the rooms above Coon &
Stonehouse's store., corner of the Diamond.
crLadies' Furs at less than cost, 2 sets
Mink Sable, 1 set t:lf German Litch, 2 sets
of White Ermine, 8 sets Of childrens and
other Furs, the remnant of our Stock. In
tending to alter our Fur and Glove Boom,
we are anxious to get these goods out of the
way and' will close out at a sicrificc, fbr
that reason only—come and see, at Upde :
gmff's Hat, Glove and Fur Factory, op
posite Washington House, Hagerstown.
' FOR. RENT.-A store room nearly . 50 ft.
deep, with open fiont and sholy windows,
iii the hnsincti3 part of Main St.
iVrilrlV- rj-151nr41-
On• February 22d, by Elder Nicholas
Martin, Mr. ANDREW F. MILLER, of
Washington Co., Md., to Miss KATE NIS
WANDER, of Franklin Co., Pa.
On the sth inst., by Elder D. F. Stouf
fer, Mr. MARTIN ROHRER, of Ogle Co.,
to Miss ELLEN C. GRAY of Wash
ington Co., Md.
On the 26th inst., by the Rev. J. P.
01ler, at his residence, Mr. SAnurr, J.
OLLER, to Miss S_EMANTIU.
of of Waynesboro.'
re.. Accompanying the above notice was
a strip of paper bearing the signature of
Treasurer Spinner, a figure 1 in the upper
right hand corner, and a 'promise to pay;'
for which the happy twain hay.e our best
wishes. A pretty narrow escape, Sammy !
At the residence of the bride's parents,
Mercersburg, on the 14th inst., by Rev,
4. J. Hesson, Mr. DANIEL N. HAwnEeK,.
Am to lAMB SADE C. FERRY, both of Mex.,.
cersburg.
In this place, on the 21st inst., by Rev,
H. Stonehonse, Mr._ Mu
rcALL, J. LITTLE,
tO Miss SA.E.A..n: A. UthisEAT x buth of Toms,
town.
MSI=II
On the 9th inst., at his residence in
clearspring, DANIEL R. Num,
son of the•late Samuel Nigh, of lingers-.
town, aged 42 years, 10 months and 2 days.
Near Greencastle, March 16th, inst.,
Mrs. N.v.icx Bt su a l the ,4th year of
her age.
Near Hawbeel;er's on the 10th
DANIEL, WENTING, aged 27 years,,
10 months and 21 days. -
On the Itll inst., near Scotland, JOHN'
L. LESIIER, in his 64th year.
On the 2&1 inst., GsELL, in
the 41st year of his age,
MARK M 'IL . S . _
W,ANNESBORO' , MARKET.
_______-(CORKETED WEEKLY.)
BACON
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POTATOES
APPLES—DR=
PILES—GiEi•
UAIU) SOAP
BALTIMORE, March 25.1879
FLOUR—Market steady and firm a
gain, t' lough not specially active this morn-.
ing. Sales on 'Change, chiefly to city job
bers, of some 1,500 bbls. viz ; 100 How
ard street Fine at $5,75, 200 do. Super at
$6,75, 100 Western do. at $7, 200' How
ard Street Extra at $7,75, 800 choice Wes
tern do. at sB,and 100 Howard Street
Family at 88,25 per bbl.
WHEAT— Was very firm this morn
ing, and the sales show a further sharp ad
vance in prices for all descriptions. Sales
of only 4,000 bushels, viz: 2,000 South
ern red at from 180 to 195 cents, and 2,-
000 Pennsylvania do. at 180(11,185 cents.
CORN—Market for Southern active and
firm, some 20,000 to 25,000 bushels white
selling at from 60 to 65 cents, the bulk at
61 cents, and 7,000 do. yellow at 6466
cents, a single car load of Pennsylvania
bringing the latter price.
RYE AND OATS—Steady.- Sales 400
bushels Pennsylvania Rye at 65 cents, and
of some 3,000 bushels Oats at 52 cents for
Western, 'and 53(q57 cents for Southern
PLT
LIC SALE !
On S.A.TUR:DAY the :11th of APRIL,
V HE subscriber Executor of John J. Ir
k yin, dee'd., will sell at 1 'blic Sale at the
residence of said deceased, in Waynesboro',
on Saturday, April •'Oth, the following per
sonal psoperty, to :
1 FAMILY HORSE,
1 Good Mileh Cow 4 Shoats, 1 One-horso
Wagon, 1 Four-horse, d 0.,, 2 Carts, new ; 1
Basket-Sleigh and Bulls, 1 set Cart Gears, 1
set Harness, 1 Leather Fly-net, single and
double Shovel Plows, 1 Wheel-barrow, 1
Grain Cradle, shovels and
,forko h 4, IA of
Hay,
20 Barrels of -Corn,
25 BUSHELS OF POTATOES, 2 Kegs Yin-.
egar, 250 lb of Lard and Bacon, 1 Copper
Kettle, 1 Iron do., 1 Brass d0.,1 Cook `tote,
and Fixtures,
1 MORNING GLORY STOVE
2 Tenplate do. & Pipe, lot COIN BROOMS,
a lot Bags, Wash Tubs, buckets, Apple-but
ter and lianued Fruit. a
LARGE'. FEED OR CHOP CHEST,
HOUsETIoLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE,
consisting An part of 5 Bedsteads and, Bed
ding, 2 doz. Chairs, Bureaus, 1 Secretary,
1 Desk, 3 Tables, 1 Sofi►, 1 Lounge, 3 Look
ing Glasses, 2 Wash Stands, bowls S: pitch
ers,
100 YDS. CARPETING
Oil Cloth, 1 Sink ; . also Queensware, Tin
and Crockery Wzire, S CORDS WOOD, 250
perch PIKE STONE, 100 do. BUILDING
STONE, 5.3 acres GRAIN IN THE GROUND
30 SHARES OF STOCK, $lOO EACU,
of the Geiser Manufacturing Co. This lid
uable Stock has yielded au average income ,
of more than 20 per cent per annum 011 the
par value for the past six years, this the
first ever offered at public sale.
- I. — Sale to commence at 10 A. M., when
term,s will be made known.
P. S. The Dwelling Hoube will be offer
ed fur sale if not rented.
JOHN PHILIPS, Ex'r.
G. V. Mang, Auct.
March 2S—ts
PUBLIC SALE.
On SATURPAY.the 6th of APRIL, 1872.
THE subscriber will sell at public sale at
his residence, at the Hopewell Mills, on
the Mentzer Gap Road, on Saturday the 6th
of April, the following personal property,
to wit :
1 EXTRI FRESH MILCII COW,
2 Shoats, 1 Wainut Secretary cS; Bookcase,
good article, 1 Bureau, 1 Dinning 1 Side and
2 Breakfast Tables, 1 Safe, 2 Sinks, 1 new, 2
sets of Chairs, 1 large and 2 small Rock
ing Chairs, 2 Bedsteads, 2 Beds. and Bed
ding, 1 Cook Stove and Fixtures, 1 Parlor
Coal Cook do., 1 Riding Saddle and Bridle,
1 large • string of Bells, 1 Churn ..S; Buck, 1
ITOUble bitt and pole axe, Potatoes by tho
bushel, Bacon and Lard by the pound,
_a
litige lot of crockery ware, Queensware and
Tin IVare, 1 good brass clock, 1 silver watch
1 meat vessel, tubs,buckets, 1 Iron Kettle, 2
Pot racks, Ibid. - V inegar. 1 sausage cutter
and staffer, aml many other, articles not
necessary to mention. lta - Sale to com
mence at 10 o'clock on said day when terms
will be made known by
Mardi 2S--ts WM. FLFACI-E.