Maqnisborefillagt Stunt
Thursday,, Oat. 0; IRO:
UrThe trial of Udderzpok for the
runnier of Goss will be commenced at
Westchester, on the 27th. inst.
*The decrease-in-the-national debt
for the month, of September was $2,901.-
467,16.
--A peculiar throat disease in Luzerne
County is mentioned by the Scranton
Times as having proved fatal to upwards
of et ty cliiidoretntrithia -- the - space - of-a,
fortnight.
—John H. Stewart, Postmasster at
Pittsburgh, has been arrested on the
charge on embezzlement and held in $90,-
000 bail. His accounts are short from
$30,000 to $40,000.
- mAt the sale of Scmnton coal in New
York last week, the price fell a little below
the August prices, which was quite unex
pected, as it was generally believed there
—would_be an ailv • n
tel,.ln the Criminal Court at Wash
ington ou Friday, Henry Young, convict
ed of . the murder of Frank Hahn, was
sentenced to be hanged on the 14th of No
vember..
M.The Philadelphia mint has been
ordered to turn out ten millions of dollars
in double eagles per month until further
orders. The California mint is running
at its fullest capacity on gold coinage and
the new trade dollar,
ten-A Bedford County liquor seller was
convicted on three idcietwents at last
court, and sentenced to pay $259 fine with
sixty days imprisonment added by way
desert. An application for his pardon
was made to Governor Hartrauft ; but it
fused.
ite,-Two - carrier - pigeons that were turn
ed loose from Prof. Light's balloon dur
ing his recent ascension from Altoona, af-'
ter he had reached an altitude of 7,500
fee,_returned to their 00J
afterwarcts,_each
'bearing-a message attached to its wing.
tiiirlt is reported that the Governor of
Igaryland-after . examining the recrod-and
considering the argumentsin the case of
'Jos. W. Davis, convicted of the murder
of Abraham L. Lynn,
.has 'concluded to
no lodger delay the sentence of the law.
The, death warrant will probably be,
issued immediately. ,
Its.A visit to different savings banks
in ri. Y. last week,. shows that all fears
on the. part of depositors have vanished,
and large numbers who drew out money
the previous week have returned it. There
are about $13,000,000 in greenbacks in
the vaults, which, when all signs of any
run are passed, will be distributed through
other channels.
sT'The county of Clay, in W. Virginia,
(says a Staunton paper,) has coal hills
nearly a mile high, with cannel, splint
and bituminous veins ten feet thick ; wal
nut, maple and oak trees six feet in diam
oter and 70 feet to the first branch,
and yet, for want of railroad development,
the whole value of the county lands,
buildings and all, is only assessed at
$116,758.
A Wilkesbarre letter says : An English-
man, named George Law, was last night
caught in the act of stealing cabbage from
the patch of Frank Espy, in Hanover
township below the city, and while an ef
fort was being made to arrest
, hirn he fired
three shots at Espy, without hitting him.
Espy then fired and shot the I hief dead.
At the coroner's inquest Espy.,was exon
erated from all blame.
—The first Ku-Klux trial before a State
court, came off before Judge Watte, in
the Johnson County, N. C., Superior
Court, this week, and resulted iu the con
viction of the parties. Two men, one
white and one colored, went iu disguise
to a colored man's house, dragged him
out and whipped him to death, on the 6th
september. They were convicted and
sentenced to be hanged November 13th.
—lt is reported that the Constitutional
'Convention, \rill conclude its labor within
two or three weeks. Provision will be
made for the printing 'of the proposed
Constitution in the newswapers and
pamphlets, so that a copy of it will be
placed in the hunds of every voter. It
i's altogether probable it will be submitted
ae a.whole, but a seperate vote may pos•
sibly he called for on one two article.
Theopecial election will be ordered in
December, so that if adopted, the Con
stitution may be proclaimed the supreme
• law of the State before the meeting of the
Legislature in January.
lifirThe oft-mooted question whether
the purchase of a railway ticket entitles
the passenOr to a seat, has again been
decided in favor of the passenger by the
,courts in Indiana. The plaintiff in the
rase refused to give' up his ticket until
• provided with a seat, anu was removed
from ; the train by the conductor. It was
khown oxi the trial that the .cars were
crowded, sud there was no seat which the
,c,444torzrailer have furnished the plain
tiff.istatt the.comrt,beld that the company
haying • 144.02 the passenger's fare, was
bound to provide, 14m with the usual and
proper eepolutnedations. The damages
were abse-sed by the jury ot the sam of
h 2,000.
Sti'The financial storm which com
menced some two weeks ago, is about over.
Dispatches from all parts of the country
report returning confidence in financial
affairs. Many of the banks which bad
'suspended during the panio are resuming,
and the out look generally is becoming
quite favorable. While the failure of so
many large Banking Houses is a most la
mentable afihir in many respects and will
no doubt prove disastrous to many, it will
yet not be without good fruits also. It
will serve to put a check upon some of
the Wild and visionary schemes formak
iug money - rapidly that have—engross:.
the minds of so many of our people since
the war. There will be more of a demand
for safe investments, in Real Estate secu
rities, or home enterprises, which though
they may not promise so large a per cent
age of income, wi l be safe and sure ; and
will. tend to give the financial atmosphere
a healthier and more substantial tone.
18... A man has just died in Brooklyn
whO had long been a monomaniac from
the neglect of a person to whom he had
e money
ork, to repay it. The debtor's promise
was to return-the money with interest, at
certain day at noon, in front of the city
all, and for five years the disappointed,
overty-strieken-mau—was-a-regular—visi
or to the appointed place, an hour before
•
be.time when he expected his debtor to
ppear. When the clock struck twelve,
e moved mournfully away, but rc
ppeared, on the successive day, to go
hrough with the same experience of ex
. -dation and disappointment. The case
f the "twelve-o'clock man,"_ as he was
ailed, had some features of resemblance
o those which are constantly occurring
from the failure of people to meet their
bligations. There may not be many cas
- of positive mental disease resulting from
)f suffering which would disappear if debts
were paid with as much readiness as they
were contracted.
—John Edgar Thomson, Esq., President
of-th-e-Pennsylvania-Railroad-communi
eates the following - items - to - a -personal
in Philadel
friend :
The financial panic which we have just
passed through-is-almost wholly_due_to
the construction of railways, either in ad
vance of the requirements of the country,
or in building lines as rivals to existing
works, where less capital applied to en•
larging the facilities of the olderlines
would have produced far better results
for 'the public and those more satisfactory
to the money-lenders.
The commmercial and manufacturing
interests of the country are generally in
a very healthy condition, and if the
banks and capitalists continue to extend
to them the confidence and generous sup
port all will do well. The failures that
have taken place among our large capi
talists, in consequence of embarking in
these great enterprises, will serve as a
warning to all who Lave extended the
credits of the importance of taking in
sail, and thus avoid a general crisis,
which it seews that every generation is
liable to.
lea.. The Barnesville (Ohio) Enterprise
says : An old gentleman and lady from
Pennsylvania are visitingour fair whose
life-history is somewhat singular. It ap
pears that a widow, ady took an orphans
boy to raise, and ,when he arrived at the
age of eighteen she married him, she then
being in her fiftieth year.. Ten years'ago
they took an orphan girl to raise. This
summer the old lady died, being ninty-six
years of age, and in nine weeks after the
old man married the girl they had raised,
he being sixty-nine years old and she
eighteen.
The Frederick (Md.) Union says
that about three hundred thousand dol
lars worth of the Northern Pacific Rail
road Bonds, which have recently depre
ciated so inuch . in value, are held by par
ties in that county.
.There are more Germans in New
York than in Berlin, more Irishmen than
in Dublin, more Catholics than in Rome
and more Jews than in Palestine,
Two children were killod 'near a
school-house in Jersey City last Monday
by wild steers, who gored them to death.
The animals were being driven to a
slaughter house.
• VirMessrs. Jay Cooke & Co. have pub
lished a statement showing assetts of $15,-
966,000, and liabilities at $7,939,000, with
five and a half millions of the assetts in
loans to the Northern Pacific Railroad.
ma.. Barnum's rhinoceros died at Phil
adelphia on Monday a week. The ani
mal was the largest one of its species in
this country, and cost nearly twenty thou
sand dollars.
ire - Mrs. Jeannette Woodward who su
ed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany for $lO,OOO damages for killing her
husband in 1869, has been awarded $B,-
000 by a jury in Frederick, Md.
Tts...The Boonsboro' Odd Fellow says
that Mrs. Dr. Fahruey of that vicinity,
recently caught a bass in tita p 9 tornac
which weighed 5 , } pounds.
its... President Grant, Postmaster Gen
eral Cresswell and Collector Booth atten
ded the Carroll County Fair at WAstinins
ter, Did.
—Corn husking has commenced.
e :• save
THE MODOCS.
EXECUTION OF OAPT. JACK AND OTHERS.
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, October 3.
The correspondent of the Apsociated Press
left Fort Klamath this morning at. 11:30
o'clock, and by hard riding arrived here
late this evening with the following report
of the execution of Captain Jack and his
hand. Boston Charlie and Black Jim,
were led on the scaffold first, and Schon
chin next. They trod on it with apparent
indifference, having evidently resolved to
die as bravely.as they have lived. -Cap
tain Jack, went easily up the stairway,
but-looked-wretched-and-miserable—The
manacles had been struck off, but their
arms were securely pinioned with cords.
At precisely 9:45 o'clock A. M. the in
terpreters, Captain 0. C. Applegate and
David Hill, explained to the prisoners the
nature of the order to be read to them by
the Adjutant, and at 10 o'clock Adjutant
Kingsbury read the order promulgating
the sentence of the Commission, and the
President's order thereon, with the orders
of the Secretary of War and the Depart
.. cuntrungi• r
The two reprieved prisoners, Barncho
and Sloluk, yet stood on the ground in
front of the scaffold, shackled and under
guard. During the reading the pinioned
victims were seated on the platform of the
scaffold with their feet in tie i rop, Isten
ing anxiously, but of course understand
ing not a word of it. The reading occu
pied ten minutes.
Then the Adjutant read the order and
commutation in the case of Barncho and
Sloluk, and the poor fellows were taken
back to the stockade, evidently rejoiced at
not accompanying the others to the hap
py hunting grounds.
The chaplain then offered an earnest
and fervid prayer for the souls of the cul
prits, which was listened to attentively.—
At' 10:15 the fatal noose was placed a-
round their necks under the direction of
Capt. HOdge. It was necessary to cut off
a little of Captain Jack's-long hair, which
was in the way of the rope. Capt. Hodge
then bid farewell to the prisoners, and a
-black-cap-was—placed—over—the-head—of-
- each - of the - culprits.
At 10 o'clock and twenty minutes they
stood on the drop, and the rope was cut
by_an_assistant_at _a signal made NV th
Capt. Hodge's handkerchief. Their bod- ,
ies swung round and round, Jack and Jim
apparently dying easily.
As the drop fell with a terribly deadly
thug four wretched human beings fell in
to eternity, and a half smothered cry of
horror went up from a crowd of over five
hundred Clamath Indians who witnessed
the awful spectacle. Wails of deep and
bitter anguish went up from the stockade
where the wives and children of the poor
Allows had fair view of the shocking scene.
The coffins, six in number, had been
placed directly in rear of the gallows, two
of them destined to be unoccupied, as the
order commuting the sentences of Barn
cho and Sloluk only arrived at 10:30 o'-
clock last evening, and preparations had
been made for their execution with the
others. ,
Across the Atlantic.
[Special Despatch to the Balt. American.]
NEW YORE, October 6.—The Graphic's
balloon has at lastmade start for its voy
age to European shores. Prof. W. H.
Donaldson has given a practical example
of his faith in the exploded balloon, which
burst during the inflation a few weeks a
go by mending it and trying his luck in
it. The balloon sailed off about nine o'-
clock this morning, and despatches since
received, tell of its passage over Connec
ticut. If it has kept in this course, it is
well out over the Atlantic to-night. Con
trary to precedent, there was no noise
made over this ascension, and even the
Graphic had little to say, probably feel
ing that after its former failure, modesty
would best become it. Donaldson had
with him an Englishman named Albert
Ford, and George Ashton Lunt, corres
pondent of the Graphic from the aerial
regions. Not many persons witnessed
their departure, and few still will know
of it until they read their papers tomor
row morning.
NEW HAVEN, October 6.—As' near as
can be learned in this city at present the
Graphic balloon reached Canaan, about
eighty miles distant, in. the northeastern
corner of the State, at 1:25, P. M., where
it was caught in a violent storm for a few
minutes. Before that time it was near to
the earth. Donaldson and Ford jumped
out. Hunt was caught in some trees, but
finally succeeded in reaching the ground
unhurt. The balloon escaped and had
not been captured at last accounts. Later
in the afternoon the storm visited this ci
ty and was extremely violent. The bal
loon was traced through Stamford, Beth
el, Bridgeport, New Haven, Ansonia, Wa
tertown, Waterburg and Litchfield.
P. S.—A later dispatch says the bal
loon was recovered near Canaan.
U'Make Money fast and honorably,
sl2,so'per day, or $75 per Week, by at once
appiying for a territorial right, -which are
given free to agents. to sell the best, strong
est, most useful, and rapid selling Sewing
Machine, and Patent Button Hole Worker,
ever used or recommended by families, or
buy one for your own use; it is only ss.
Sent. free everywhere by express. Address
for particulars Janous B. HUDSON & CO.
,C9r4er (irepnwich and Cortlandt Sts.,N,Y
organ f.(;) feet high, 48 feet wide
and 24 kex deep, is pretty gocci'size and
yet that is the size of the "great organ"
in the Boston Music Hall,
sontt 3;1E11154
-Partridges are not plenty.
—lle balloon panic is dead:
—Sweet potatoes are plenty.
—Wild pigeons are on the wing.
—Our farmers, are done seeding.
—Roasting ears still offered for sale.
—Summer nestles in the lap of fall.
—Never lie dein on a full stomach .
—Applebutter "bilinge" are scarce.
—October over, "indian summer" fol-
—Leas than three months, then Christ-
—New corn -in market, 75 cents per
barrel.
—Pumpkins just now are a drug in the
market. 141s'
isirThe fever patients in our town are
01 " '" .'
xmiiimmloomm
—The township schools will be opened
on Monday nest.
—Young Americas' hands are stained
with green , walnuts.
e man wit t e
favor "local option."
—Frost has done great injury to the
corn crop in the west.
—The period of the "sear, and yellow
leaf" is stealing upon us.
—Partners have finished seeding. Corh
cutting and husking comes next. -
ts.No investments in this region in
bonds of the Northern Paoific Railroad.
—Many of the winged songsters have
gone South for the "winter campaign?'
—Delinquents will please remember
the Printer one ecnon say, : y nest.
—Our market report, which has been
overlooked for several weeks, will be cor
rected regularly hereafter.
—A day or two before , the recent cool
!ks—of-wird—geese
snap_ severs
passed over our town going South.
—The "hog committee" has been fully
organized and will be on reeular duty for
- several weeks to come, particularly - of a
Sunday.
ANT/ ETA - M-MT-118E I • • , : •
proprietor of Antietam Nursery, will sell
a large collection of fruit trees on the 25th
inst. See advt. .
GORE EAsT:—Mr. P. Wiesner, Mer
chant of the Marsh, left for the cities yes
terday. New fall and winter goods in a
few days. Advt. next week.
—Col. D. V. Ahl has purchased the
farm of Samuel Cockley, near Milltown.
Cumberland county, for $21,000, being
at the rate of $147 per acre.
SE?-Mr. Geo. Frick, adminiStrator of
C. F. Bowman, offers for sale in to-days
paper the Barr property on South Street,
a very desirable private residence.
VER-Mr. J. T. Sullivan, of Fairfield, has
been elected Teller of the Gettsyburg
National Bank. He has fine capacity
•
and will make an efficient officer.
VirThe potato crop is said this season
to be an unusually abundant one. One
person, Mr. M. Morgal, informs us that
his yield will be about 1500 bushels.
M.One of the publishers of Hagers
town Twice A Week, boasts of a cucumber
in his garden five feet in length by a foot
and a half in eircumfeence. A whopper,
surely.
t RINGGOLD STORE.-It will be seen by
reference to our advertising columns that
Messrs. Dutrow & Co. have opened out
their second supplytf new fall and win
ter goods.
se—We notice our neighbor Mr. T. J.
Filbert, Merchant Tailor, is on hand with
a well selected stock of fall and winter
goods for gentlemen's wear. His advt.
next week.
tg).-Frick & Co. of the Waynesboro'
Engine and Boiler Works, are running
their full compliment of hands. The "pan
ic" has not affected our manufacturing in
terests in the least.
Ix TIM CrrY.—Prank. S. Summers of
the firm of D. Summers & Son. of Quin
cy, is now East making fall and winter
purchase of new goods, which they expect
to have on hand first of next week.
toL.An ignorant old lady (over in Vir
ginia, of course,) was asked by a minis
ter if she had religion. She replied:
yes—l have might touches of it
'easionally. Does youen's escape it still
Br LVER CREEK BAND.—This popular
Rand of musicians, we are requested to
announce, will visit Ringgold, Md., on
Wednesday evening next, the 15th. From
the reputation this band has a musical
treat may be expected on that occasion.
—The mornings and evenings this week
have been quite cold, but no frost to do a
ny damage. The tomato vines and other
garden plants present as vigorous appear
ance• as they did a month ago. The sea
son in this respect has boen a rather re
markable one.
PEnsoxer..—Abrm. H. Fisher of Spring
field, 111. formerly of this place, visited
our town and spent a day or two last
week among his friends and old acquaint
ances. Mr. F. looked the picture ofgood
health. He is engaged in the jewelry busi
!Ms and we are pleased to learn is doing
A presperous business.
THE ELECTION.—Although Tuesday
next, so near at hand, will be election
day, but little is said in reference to it.—
An unusual quietude seems to reign
among our heretofore enthusiastic politi
cians. Outside 'the question of "local op
tion" not the least interest is manifested
the'result. For the benefit-of-those
of our readers who do not take any other
county paper, we annex the names of the
respective candidates on each ticket. The
following is the Republican ticket :
ripen s
Judge of the Supreme Court,
Assembly,
William E. H. Mackey.
Democratic ticket :
For State Treasurer,
in - Francis M. Hutchinson.
For Judge of the Sapreine Court,
Director of the Poor,
J. Huston McCulloch.
RECEIPTs.—The following is our list of
subscription receipts for September :
David Shank, $2,00
Geo. Waddle, 1,50
Lewis Detrow, 2,00
Samuel Young, .• 2,00
Abrm. Shank, 2,00
John Neal, 2,00
Alex. Morganthal, 2,00
Jerome Beaver; 2,00
A. S. Oiler, 3,00
John Richardson, 2,00
David Gipe, 1,75
D. A. Mentzer. 7,10
Mrs. E. Middour, 4,35
Peter Corbett, 2,0&
Jacob Keifer, 6,00
;John H. Crilly, 2,00
John H. Herr, 2,00
Mrs. E. Gilbert, 4,25
David Miller, (Clermont) .6,00
John Hoover, (of J.) 9,55
Henri Socks, 4,00
Johalqiller, (Ohio) 8,00
David Masters, 10,00
Rev. M. S. Newcomer, 2,00
W. H.tßrown, 2,00
Alex. Schafhirt, 2,00
John Hicks, ' 2,00
'
John D. Hade, 2,00
Samuel G. Homer, • 2,00
John. W. Hoover, (Tanner) 1,50
B. C. Stouffer, 2,00
Daniel .Gossert, 4,00
F. J. Troxel, 4,00
DEnrcenoN.—On Sunday morning last,
according to announcement made in
our last issue, the Town Ball room was
dedicated to public worship for the Sec
ond Reformed congregation (St. Paul's)
of this place. The exercises were conduct
ed by Rev. M. Keifer, D. D., and Rev.
W. E. Krebs, a former pastor of Trinity
Reformed Church. In the evening the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ad
ministered to about sixty communicants.
The room has been repainted and hand
somely papered; new seats or pews have
been added and the whole carpeted. It
presents altogether a neat and comforta
ble appearance and will doubtless well
answer the purpose for which it has been
refitted.
—On Saturday next, the 11th, the
Brew Rouse property will again be offer
ed for sale. This is one of the finest as
well as the most plasant and desirably
located properties in our Borough. The
buildings are new and handsomely finish
ed, inside and out, with a well of the fi
nest water, arched cellars, new and com
modious stabline; etc. There is a hand
some speculation for somebody in this sale.
Who will see it ?
FINE POTATOES.-Mr. Michael Mor
gal the other day presented us with a half
bushel of the finest potatoes we ever saw,
and we are sure their quality for table
use cannot be excelled. They are called
the "King's Extra." A specimed weigh
ing two pounds and a half can be seen at
Mr. Reid's Grocery. Mt. M. has upwards
of sixty bushels which he purposes pre
serving for seed.
OUTRAGE AND .IMviDEn.--A young
girl, ANNIE Btrrima. was outraged and
then murdered in Cunningham:3 woods
near Falling Waters, Va. A negro is
suspected. Parties are in pursuit and if
found the ftend will be executed on the
spot.
State Treasurer,
Robert W. Mackey.
Isaac G. Gordon.
Treasurer,
Jeremiah Cook.
Commissioner
Hezekiah Keefer.
Director of the Poor,
:-.. es-Stoutier.
Auditor,
Samuel Taylor.
Jury Commissioner,
GU J! UStus-lirEtte
James R. Ludlow.
For Assembly,
George W. Welsh.
There would be fewer firesides made
esolate by the loss of a loved life ; few
_ .r rendered unhappy by a prematurely
ld, broken and enfeebled wife, if the laws
if "Sexual Science," which are laid down
nd explained in this book were better
I :I 1,1 :II 119 1 I ' :•"e'i • i
Treasurer,
Hiram M. White.
Coinmiadoner,
Auditor,
David B.
Jury Commissioner,
John Gilbert.
Coroner,
William P. Noble.
A VERY INTERESTING • WORE.—We
have just received from the National Pub
lishing Co. of Philadelphia, it. copy of
Prof. 0. S. Fowler's great work, on Man
hood, Womanhood, and their Mutual In
terrelations ; Love, Its Laws, Power, etc.
We hail its advent with undisguised sat
isfaction, and cordially commend it to
the perusal of all classes of our communi_
ty. Forty years experience as a teacher
and lecturer on science, and a long life
devoted to consultations and advjce in
connection with subjects concerning which
men and women hesitate to confide—ev
ihysicians—have enabled Prof.
Fowler to give to the world the most re
markable and useful volume of the day,
and one which should find its way into the
hands of every conscientious man and wo_
man.
As its title indicates, it is devoted t.
explanation of the laws which govern the
sexes in their relations to each other ; the
ignorance of which causes so much sorrow
and suffering in the world. Thousands
will thank the author for his disclosures,
and we predict that the book will mark
the beginning of a . clearer un • erstan • ing
of the subjects whereof it treats. Men will
be arrested in their heedless course, and
made to think of the misery they are en
tailing upon their families and themselves
through ignurauce: — Wives — will — find=i
this volume a sure and safe road to the
accomplishment of every true wife'S desire.
Women who wish to retain their health
and beauty in mature life, will be taught
in this volume the secret of doing so, and
will also learn here the true means of
keeping their husbands faithful.
on. The be'st guarantee of its excellence
is the fact that its suggestions and reme
dies meet the approval of every intern.
gent physician in the country. It expos
es quacks and patent medicines unmerci-
fully, and by its common-sense views will
save many a dollar for those who follow
its instructions, as.well as-put them on the
sure road to health. It will show how
mothers can avoid much of their suffering
and how they can raise daughters fit to
be wives and mothers. It will show men
how to develop their manly vigor, and
women how to promote the growth of those
charms which render them so attractive
to men. It will show how happiness may
be made to reign supreme in the domestic
circle, and how it may be brought back
to those from•whom it has fled. The book
appeals to every class, and to people of
all ages, tastes, and habits, and we hope
it will be read by every man and woman
in our broad land. The author addresses
himself with especial force to those con-.
templating marriage, and we most cordi
ally commend his book to all such. It is
pure and elevated in tone, and abounds
in the most useful information concerning
the sexes. Its low price brings it within
the reach of all, and information it con
tains is beyond value. Its circulation will.
be a benefit to society. •
The book is issued by subscription only
and Mr. D. D. FAURNEY who is the au
thorized agent for this section, is now can
vassing•for it.
Fixmo Ur.—Now that the cool morn
ings and evenings are upon us, housekeep
em, merchants, and others, are having
their stoves, &c., brought into requisition
to meet the approach of winter. To guard
against the many dangers and accidents
that happen during the season of fires,
persons could not be too careful in exam
ining their flues and 'chimneys. Too
often is it the case that a house or a store
takes fire and is consumed with all its
contents, and often to the hazard even of
life, from a defective flue or a foul chim
ney. Let every one look to this matter
and thus avoid the dangers that beset
them. Remember—"a stich in time saves
GROUND HOGEL—An 'exchange says :
A dog belonging to a gentleman in East
Bradford township, Chester county, has
killed over one hundred ground hogs the
past summer. One day he killed four in
six minutes. The largest one weighed 20
pounds, and several of the others weighed
12 and 15 pounds each. A couple of men
in Lancaster county have also shot about
one hundred of these animals during the
past summer. The natural conclusion is,
that it must • be very Ground Hoggy in
those regions. So many shadows less to
disturb the weather.
A LITERARY CURIOSITY.—The York
Republican publishes the following as an
exact copy. verbatim et" literatim, of a will
recently proved in the Register's office of
that county. Only the name of the tes
tator and of his "Adeministrader" are o
mitted. :
"Aprile 11 1873 —01 l
luse money And nodes Shel Bee divided
Amounge my Children ea Ch S hel have
eqwel S hear After ea penes pate of my
funeral and all the read of the proßerdy
and luse proßerdy shel Blonge to mi
da As longe as she Bond mary the same
As id wos wen i wos leven, Bud As sone
as she mary demedetectly shel Bee sold
And she shel have three hundred dolers
And she shel have id in money And . aney
won of my Cheldren Ind sadefide with
wed i weld to dem and will law ABoude
id shel, have nosing.
tt
AO Bee the Ademinstra•
der of my stade PP
WHAT CAUSES HARD TIMES.—Too
many spend money, and too f'ew earn
Too much money is spent wastefully
and needlessly, and too little Saved and
made productive and accumulative.
We buy too much'abroad that we ought
to produce at home. '
We buy too much that we do not pay
for cash down—too much of what we buy
being what we do not actually need.
We are too wasteful, know too little
how to economize, and have too little dis.;
position to do so.
We are too speculative, unscrupulous,
and actually dishonest in our efforts . to
make money.
Too many of us prefer idleness to indus-
try, and too few of us know how to work
and derive pleasure and profit from our
labor.
We know too much of politics, spend
too much time and money as politicians
and know too little about political econo
my and the the science of a stable, econo
mical, successful public policy.
We depend too much upon our "sharp
-Dr
Jessaltd-cuteuessi--and—readina;s—to—
take advantage of circumstances, and not
enough upon earnest, honest labor.
We talk and read too much, and think'
and act too little.
e_lack in thathigher_montlity_which__
frowns down venality and elevates and
encourages purity of life, probity of con
duct, and a scrupulous regard for a good
and honorable name.
We do not teach our children that they
must know how to earn their own-living,
and are too willing to commit them to a
life of easy unscrupulousness, depending
on their skill as make-shifts rather than
their solid acquiremirents as men and wo
men.
We adhere too closely to what we ought
to depart from, and refuse to take hold of
that to which we ought to din:.
In short, we are too much what we
ought not, and not enough what we ought
toje.
•
—A woman is either worth a great deat
or nothing. If good for nothing, she is
not worth getting jealous for; if shWbe a.
true woman, she will give you no cause
for jealousy. A. man is a brute to be jeal
ous of a good woman—a fool to be jealous
of a worthless one=but he is a double—
foul to cut throat for either.
KILL WanTs.—The following is said nev
er to fail if properly applied ; Make a
strong steep, from red oak bark, in hot
water ; when cold, apply as convenient,
the oftener the better. In a few days the
warts will disappear.
iThe Hollidaysburg Standard re
lates a circumstance wherein six persons
lost their lives by drinking from a cup
which had been used by a person who died
from diphtheria.
10..Tw0 hundred and seventy-five men
were diseharged from the Loromotive
works at Paterson,‘N. J., on Monday last.
Vet - George Francis Train has an in
come of $28,000 yearly from rents a,
lone.
sol4..Rock Island, 111.. claims to have
the largest blacksmith shop in the world.
lerLocal Optiou counties are selling
whisky candy.
B USI NESS LOCALS.
—Fresh Oystirs at REID'S to-morrow
(Friday) evening.
WA sTED 7 I,OOO chickens—old and
young—for which th*cash will be paid.—
Inquire at this Office. oct 9-2 t
ViirFresh Oysters received regularly
every week by express at
oct 9-2 t , M. Geiser's Grocery Store.
itg6.Do you wish to avoid fires and fear
ful accidents, buy the Safety Oil sold at
oct 9-1 t
Atinberson's -Vegetable Vermi
cide. The surest, safest, and most reliable
vermifuge. Buy it and try it and you will
always buy it hereafter. Sold by
oct 9-3 t Amberson & Brackbill.
A NICE Cum.—The New York Fruit
Biscuit, best in the market, also iced fruit
cake, and 15 new kinds of crackers and
cakes fresh from the factory—sold only by
oct 9-1 t W. A. Reid.
LOOKING GLASS PLATES.—If you have
a good Looking-glass frame you can get a
new glass put in on reasonable terms by
' Amberson d: Brackbill
oct 9-3 f
HOUSEKEEPERS — One trial of the gen
uine Crystal Soap, will convince you that
it is the most invaluable aid for cleansing
window glass, preserving paint, for remov
ing stains from marble and all household
cleansing. It contains nothing injurious—
sold by W. A. Reid.
Oct 9-1 t
Itir•A full supply of school materials
on hand, Paper, Pens, Ink, Pencils, Draw
ing Paper, CopyPooks, &c., &C. Fa
ber's Drawing Pencils, 7 in box, 65 cents ;
Envelopes, good quality, 5 cents per pack ;
Paper only 5 cents per quire, Excelsior
Slates, the best in the market, with gum
corners, that cannot be pulled off, three
sizes, 20, 25 and 30 cents ; round tip, gum
corners largest size 20 cents. Consult your
own interests and buy of
oct 9-3 t AmnEasos tiBRACKBILL.
—Price & Hoeflich have just received
twenty-five pairs of those splendid double
fold Domestic Ginghams. act 2-2 t
—A splendid lot of men's fine French,
Calf, sewed and stitched Boots and Gaiters,
(Heiser's make.) Just received at
oct 2-2 t . Bi:Avila .& JACOBS.
—Ladies if you want nice Zephyrs,
Germantown or Persian Wool go to the
Town ifall Store. oct 2-2 t
Reid's Grocery