CURRENT NEWS.
Htnokincr has been prohibited in the negro
churches in I*>ll Grille. 4* £
Yi Koran ha- harthirtv4liiee hundred
cases under the liaiirnpt lawthuafar.
To dispel darkness from about Jou, make
light of your trublea.
<KE of the jury which tried Aaron Burr
for treason is still bring at Chillicothe, Ooio
The cultivation of olive trees is becoming!
extensive iu California.
in honor of the birth of the first born
"catnip weddings" have lieen invented.
. A METHOD m extracting the indigo from
second-hand postage stamps has been pa
tented in England.
The report of our general land office is to
t>j printed in several languages and distri
buted in Europe to induce emigration.
Some 11*2,646 Englishmen get fighting
drunk every year, according to the court
records.
It in estimated that not one-eight of the
l>eopte of the United States attend public
worship on Numb.v.
It cost !*40,600 last year for "pasting and
folding" in the Pennsylvania State Legidc*
ture.
John C. Breckinridge intends to return
to Kentucky, and seek a hvelihood by prac
tising his professions, the law.
Gen. Sheridan'rcommissary feeds Ills In
dian prisoners on roast horse and dog fri
caaee.
Minnesota thinksit would be a "big thing
i hat it cau raise four hundred bushels of po
tatoes to theacre, if ifdid uot also raise bugs
enough to eat them.
The person sent East with the electoral
vote of Cabfornia was quite web when he
tiorded the steamship, at San Francisco, but
died of small-box before reaching Panama.
Divorce lias gone out of style in Chicago
But they still have plenty of "family dis
memberment," "domestic segregation,"
and "eounubial subtraction."
Bets are already lieing made about the
length of General Grant, s inaugural mess
age. It is said that it will be the shortest
ever delivered.
A Floriilu correspondent says they liave
great trouble iu trying cases before the
mixed white and black juries in that State
because "the jurymen will go to sleep."
The "National Freedman's Bauk." at
Mobile, has su.siWnt4cd. A circus visited that
city, and the depositors at once began 1i
" run" 011 the bank, aecordidgto the Mobile
Register.
A Respectable old grocer died last month
and left £15,06 to Charles Dickens, on con
dition that he will read his ' 'Trial from Piek
wick" in the presence of the groeer's family
once a year till be dies.
An Irishman (of course) who hail blister
ed his fingers by endevoring to draw ou a
pair of new boots, exclaimed;—"By St.
Patrick! I believe I shall never get them on
until I wear them a day or two."
"Jeminie, "said an Irishman to another
the first time he saw a locomotive, "What
is that snorting liaste?" "Sure, I don't know
was the reply, "unless it is a steamboat
splurging along to get to wather."
Rum< >rs are current in Mexico of an im
pending revolution. The people are dis
gusted with the administration of Juarez.
They are also incensed against the United
Htatee, and clamor for another war.
Henry Kurtz, Esq., of Mt. Joy, who has
been noted for his fine cattle, has just re
> ceived another addition to his already large
stock, iu the shape of an ox which weighs
in the neighborhood of 4,000 pounds.
A I-urge onion, planted so near a rosebush
as to touch the roots, will greatly increase
the odor of the flowers, und the water dis
tilled from such roses is far superior in flavor
to other rose-water. So suvs a Massachusetts
contemporary.
A Man killing hogs, liecame vexed, and
venteting his spleen, wished they were in
w—"Oil,dear me, what can he mean?"
exclaimed a little girl, who overheard him
"Mean! I suppose the awful wretch wants
his provisions sent on before him."
An aged lady in Found du Lac, Wiscon
sin, possesses a watch belonging to Major
Andre, with the name and 1774 engraved
on the back. The Fond du Ixic Common
wvn/tl say* she is anxious to dispose of it.
Here is a chance for some historical society
to add to its treasures.
Wild Rabpits have peoome so plentiful
in Australia as to threaten to starve out
sheep on the remote farms. The animal
Was only introduced two years ago by the
Acclimatization Society, and now the settlers
are offering rewords for their exterminatibn
Oue fanner estimates that it will cost him
$56,660 before he can succeed in thinning
out the vermin, as the rabbits are considered
One of our exchanges has this odd an
nouncement"On Friday,we shall issue a
second edition, but no first edition." This
reminds us of the story told of an honest
Hibernian. He calks! at the office of a cer
tain paper with an advertisement, the price
of which, he was told, would be a dollar and
half for the first time, and one dollar for
the second—"Faith, then " said he, "I'll
have it in the second, and not the first
time at nil."
The follow ing apjiears among the regular
marriage notices in the Omaha Republican :
(•ON—HARRINGTON.—On the east half
of the northwest quarter of section twenty
two iTI<, township twenty-one (21), north of
range eleven (II least, in an ojen sleigh, and
utuW an ojwti and unclouded canopy, by
Iter J. p. Mason, James 8.. only son
of John Go 1 <f Colorado, and_Ellen eI
<VM UMgltT of Major (A Harrington, of
'*■ tins* . V-Hraiin
®be Smtotrat.
HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TIMVKJI.ifJVNOCK, P.A.
Wednesday, Jan.2o, 1869.
Jury Trials befose Justices.
We this week devote considerable of our
space to the publication of the law changing
the mode of criminal proceedings in cer
tain of the minor cases of misdemeanors- -
The provisions of this law with its severer
al supplements was extended to this Coun
ty by act of April 13th 1868.
As the original act was passed in 1861,
and the supplements at intervals between
that date and now ; but little if anything, is
known of its provisions ly the mass of the
people, who do not liave access to the print
ed acts of Assembly from year to year.
We venture the assertion that not one in
ten of the Justices of the Peas- iu the
Couuty have takeu the time or trouble to
look up these different acts of Assembly,
This law will therefore be new to nearly
all of our rentiers.
We design to print this law and its sup
plements together with some forms —not
generally accessible —in a neat pamphlet
form for the convenience of Justices of the
Peace and others who may desire it. As
only a limited number of tlicui will be re
quired in this County, we ahull probably l>e
obliged to charge about 50 cents eaeli for
this little book of the law. with the forms
under it.
A Hour, OF YOUR OWN. —An exchange
very appropriately remarks thateverv js>or
laboring man should buy himself a town
lot—get that paid for, and then work to get
the necessary improvements —a little here
and a little there will in due time produce
you a home of yonr own, and place you
outside the landlord's grasp. Romendtor
that 850 a year saved in rent w ill in a very
few years pay for yonr own home and the
money it costs you to inove and shift about
will, without any loss Of furniture and of
time, pay interest of ft five hundred dollar
mortgage against your proi>erty until you
can gradually reduce it to nothing. You
can all buy in that way—why do you not
risk it ? If you fail you are no worse off—
If you succeed, as auy careful man is sure
to do—you have a home and established a
credit equal to another which will start yon
in business. Poor men, take our advice,
buy one of the lots offered for sale and see
how much better it will IK* for yon and
your family live vcara after this.
Amalgamation---A Disgusting Case—
Marriage of a Negro to a Pretty
White woman.
j A strange couple came up from Erie, on
the Lake Shore Road, Saturday evening—
I exciting the disgust and intense curiosity
of every passenger in the car. It compris
es a sooty, greasy negro, and a pretty
white girl, whom he had married the day
lief ore at Erie. The girl evidently felt a
great deal of shame at her situation, for
she kept herself doubly veiled, and looked
out of the car all the time. Her OTHELLO,
however, was all passionate tenderness and
attention. We have learned the anteced
ents of the pair, which we lay before our
readers : On Thursday, a tall, gaunt, very
black negro, about forty years of age, reg
istered at the Morton House, Erie, as
"William Lindsey and wife, Ohio." He
requested the landlord to give him the liest
room in the homes a ip* wife would arrive
on the next train, and join him. His wife
not putting in her by the next
morning' he went to Olierljii after her. It
happeded that the girl, Carrie Brown by
name —however, was en route for Erie, to
join her lover (ngh !) and the train that he
was on, passed hers, Arriving at Erie, and
learning the State of affairs, Carrie remain
ed in the depot till evening, when Lindsey
returned from Oberlin.
They then went'to the hotel and asked to
be shown to their room. The landlord
asked the negro if the lady with him was liis
wife. Andrews answered him in the affirm
atfvs. The landlord tlien interrogated the
lady who was a lieautiful young girl. She
i said they were not yet married, but they
liad come for the purpose of I **ing married,
j The two were then told that they must pro
duce a eertificato of marriage before they
could occupy a room together, whereui>ou
they called upon the Rev. Mr. Nutting, of
Erie, and were married. The girl said she
came from Boston, Mass., that she had been
living in the family of Prof. Allen, of Ol>er
lin, and attending school; that she there
: met this man, her present husband, Wm.
J Delancey, ALIAS Wm. Lindsey, He says
!he is a* Wesyleyan Methodist preacher.
; Prof. Allen knew of lier leaving to marry
the negro, ami was in favor of her mar
riage. They left Erie on Saturday morn
ing for Oberlin. The bride is a very pret
ty girl, and Is well dressed. She says lier
parents live in Boston. She has been in
Oberlin since October lest. The girl is
about eighteen or nineteen vears of age.
Delaney wore a tall stovepijte liat, and car
ried a cotton umbrella in his. hand, — Ctere
land Plrtindealer.
SHALL COCHTESIES. —' The way to make
yourself pleasant to others, is to show them
attention. The whole world is like the
miller of Mansfield, who cuml for nobody
—no, not lie, because nobody cared for him.
And the whole world would serve you so, if
you gave them the same cause. Let every
one, therefore, see that yon do care for
them, by showing to them the small cour
tesies, in which there is no parade, w hose
voice is still to please, and which manifest
themselves by tender and affectionate looks
and little acts of attention, giving others
the preference in every little enjoyment at
the table, in the field, walking, sitting or
shyidiligt
AN ACT.
~
QBANGIN*J THI: MI.IH: OR CRTMI
& SAL PROC EEDINGS iN
& UNCERTAIN CASES.
The Defendant allowed to demand a trial
in a Juattge's Court by a Jury of six.
The following Act of Assembly changing
the mode of proceedings iu certain criiai- 1
nal offenses, of an inferior grade* was
passed in 1861 for the counties of Erie ami
Union, it lias, with its sup]iie®ie)ifs of '
1862-8, Iweii extended nt various times td ;
other counties of tie' State, —hi some cases j
with slight modifications—until it has now
become the law in alxmt twenty counties of [
the Commonwealth.
The provisions of this act with its sup
plements wereextended to Wyoming County j
by the Legislature of 1868 ; and is therefore,
now, a part of the criminal law in force j
here.
I
ORIGINAL ACT
( APPROVED MAY 1, 1861.)
Jnxtios' Cnwrts—Jkrtsdicttun iu certain
offenses.
SFXTION 1, 7>V it eittuietl, civ., That the j
several justices of the peace of tin* county ,
of Erie and Union, be and are hereby an- '
thorized to hold (monthly) courts, with ju- i
risdietion to hear and determine, in the
manner hereinafter provided, the several of- ,
fenses and misdemeanors mentioned in the
thirtieth, thirty-first, forty-fourth forty
sixth, sixty-ninth, seventy-second, ninety
seventh, one hundred and third [except
where the value of the projierty stolen shall
exceed ten dollars J one hundred and
twelfth, one hundred and fortieth, one hun
dred and forty-eighth, one hundred and
fifty-second sections of the act of the thir
ty-first day of March, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and sixty, entitled,
"An Act to consolidate, revise and amend
the penal laws of this common wealth, "t
P rocecdinys where defendant pleads yuilty.
SECTION 2. That whenever any peis m
shall be brought lefore a justice 011 a war
rant issued bv said justice, founded 011 the
oath or information of the p ; irtv aggrieved,
or of some one acting for the party aggriev
ed, the complaint or information shall le
fully read aloud in the healing of the de
fendant or party accused ; and if the defen
dant shall plead guilty to the charge against
him, the justice shall proceed to inquire in
to the circumstances of the case, so far as
he shall think best for a proper understand
ing of the defendant's guilt, ami shall pro
, ceed to pass sentence upon the defendant,
which sentence shall have the full force and
effect of a sentence pronounced by the
court of quarter sessions in like eases, and
the defendant shall be committed to the jail
of the county until the sentence lte complied
with.
Trial by Jury of sir—Rec/gnizawe, t(Y.
SECTION If the defendant shall plead
not. guilty to the offence charged, and shall
at the same time signify his determination
to be tried by a jury of six, before the said
justice, the justice shall make an entry to
that efieet upon his docket, and the defend
ant shall then enter into recognizance with
good and sufficient surety or sureties, con
ditioned for his api>earunce before the said
justice, at the ensuing monthly session, utnl
not to depart without leave until discharged
according to law ; but if the defendant shall
not enter into such recognizance as afore
said, it shall l>e the duty of the constable to
keep liim or her safely, until duly dischar
ged by course of law ; and in either CJISC the
justice shall proceed to the trial of the cause,
in the manner pointed out iu the following
sections of this act; but if the defendant
shall not signify his or her determination to
be tried liefore said justice, the justice shall
proceed with the said defendant ;is if this
act had not la-en passed.f
Jury how chosen— Venire hi issue.
SECTION 4. Whenever a defendant shall
signify his or her determination to be tried
by a jury of six, liefore the justice of the
peace, for any of the offences of which a
justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction,
according to the provisions of the first sec
tion of tliis act, in the manner pointed out
in the foregoing section, the said justice,
upon such demand, is hereby required to
continue the cause to the ensuing monthly
court, and to issue a venire, directed to any
constable of the proper ljorougli, eity or
" townsiiip, where the said cause is to be tri
ed, commanding him to summon six good
and lawful men, citizens of said township,
city or borough, and having qualifica
tions of electors therein, who'sliiijl lie in
nowise of kin t<> either defendant or com
plainant, nor in any manned interested,
who shall be chosen as follows, to wit:
The justice shall write in a panel the names
of eighteen persons, from which the defen
dant or his agent or attorney shall strike
one name, the complainant or prosecutor
one,and so on alternately until each shall liave
stricken six names; and the remaining six
shall constitute the jury, to be and appear
lcfore such justice at the time to which said
cause shall have been adjourned, to serve
as a jury for the trial of such cause: Pro
vided, That in ease either party sliall neg
lect or refuse jo aid in striking the jury as
aforesaid, the justice sliall strike the same
in behalf of such party.f
Service of venire hy constable.
SEITION 5. That it shall lie the duty of
such constable to make service of said
venire, and to return the same with the
j names of the persons by him summoned, at
the time appointed for the trial of the cause.
Constable to attend trial—llis duties and l/ay.
SECTION 6. That it sliall bo the further
duty of such constable, to be in attendance
on said court, at the time appointed for said
trial, and during the progress of the same;
and if by reason of challenge for cause, sick
ness or other disability, the persons whose
names shall Is-returned by the venire, or
any of tliem, shall not lie empauuelltd as
jurors, the said constable shall fill the pali-a
el from the iiystunders. as is done by
sheriff# in the courts of common picas ;
and the said, constable shall be allowed for
his atternUffeo on said court, one dollar per
! day, to bo taxid in the bill of costs ; and at
1 the close of the trial, the jwry shall be.cun
ducted % the constable to aqpie private and
convenient plad©,. where they inay deliber
ately and without interaction consult up
on their verdict.
Competence of witnesses '-C.ithsofjuror!', wit
nesses andconstable. Jurisdiction if
jury over co*/*,--Cnunty not to be y
liable in /mi/ —Sentence.
1 Section 7. That the competence and cred
j iMlity of witnesses', the form of the oaths
to jurors and witnesses, and the constable
' wljb sliaTTwait upon the jury, shall bo the
| same as in the trial of the same offences in
i the court of quarter sessions, aud the jury
shall have the same jurisdiction and con
| trol over the payment of costs : Provided,
' That the county shall in 110 ease be liable
j for either the prosecutor's or the defen
i dant's bill of costs ; and the justice, in wise
I the jury shall, by their verdict, direct that
i the prosecutor or the defendant shall pay
i the whole or any part of the costs, shall
■ proceed to pass sentence accordingly, and
i the party who Hindi be thus sentenced, shall
! be committed until the sentence be eom-
I plied with.
Verdict tn be final, as to questions of fact —
Remand by certiorari —Duties of
District Attorney—Reversal if
proceedings—New triol.
J SECTION 8. That the verdict of the jury
i shall Ik- Ihial and conclusive uj>on all the
questions of fact involved therein, and no
j writ of certiorari, or of error or uppeal,
i shall l>e allowed for the review of such case
I of fact so tried by the jury ; and in ease the
I proceedings shall be removed to u higher
i court ujion certiorari or otherwise, the ilis
j triet attorney shall thereafter conduct the
pn iceedings iu behalf of the commonwealth,
| aud his foes shall be the same as npon in
; dictments formed by the grand jury, to be
i taxed ajnl paid as the other eosts of the
case ; and if the proceedings shall lie rever
sed on any certiorari or writ of error, sued
| out ou behalf of the defendant, 011 account
, of any defect in tile statement of the offence
I with which the party is charged, the court
j shall send the proceedings back to the jus
tice for a new trial, and direct [ the infor
mation or accusation in said case to be
amended byj* the district attorney and
, sworn to by the prosecutor, and thereupon
I the defendant shall be required to enter his
1 plea to such amended information ov aceu
| sat ion, and thereupon the new trial shall
I proceed before the justice as on the former
! hearing.
Sentence—Collection of fines, tt'C.
SECTION 9. That whenever the jury shall
j render a verdict of guilty, the justice shall
i proceed to pass sentence upon the defen
dant according to law, and with the like ef-
I feet as if the defendant had plead guilt} - or
' been convicted in the court of quarter ses-
I sions ; and any sentence of imprisonment
IJ which may lie imposed, shall only beinflict
j ed hi the jail of the proper county ; and all
lines imposed shall lie collected and paid
I j into the school fund of the school district
, in which the offense was committed ; aud it
shall lie the duty of the justice tc receive
the amount of the fine and pay it into the
i treasury of the proper district, and any
j neglect to pay the same as aforesaid shall
\ be considered a misdemeanor in office.
Fees <f justices and jurors.
j SECTION 10. That in all eases which shall
I lie tried by a jury under the provisions of
this act, the justice of the peace trying the
| same shall be entitled to a fee of two dol
lars, and each juror shall lie entitled to fif
| ty cents per ilav, to lie taxed as costs.
Jurors failing to attend to be final.
( j SECTION 11. That when any person shall
lie summoned to attend as a juror, and
, shall fail to attend at the time and place
specified in the venire, having no reasona
ble excuse to assign for such failure, every
i such ]H*rson shall Vie fined in auy sum not
I I exceeding ten dollars, for which fine the
' 1 justice of the jieaoe shall render judgmeut
' ; in the name of the commonwealth, and is
-1) sue execution therefor, and when collected
j shall pay the same into the township, bor
' i otigli or city school treasury, for the use of
': the common schools therein.
'
-1 SUPPLEMENT TO ACT.
' | CHANGING THF. MODE OF CRIMINAL PRO
.
CEEDINOS.
• i (APPROVED April sth 1862.)
i
Repeal of provisions as to Monthly Courts—
Time of trial.
1 SECTION 1, Re if enacted, ifc. That %)
■ much of the first, third and fourth sections
of said act, as requires the several justices
• of the peace in said counties to hold month
< ly courts, be and the same is hereby re
■ j pealed ; and the said justices are hereby re
■ j quired to hear and determine all cases aris
' ing under the first section of said act,
' I forthwith, except as hereinafter provided.
■ , Time of trial—Recognizance—Defendant may
be committed in, default of.
, I SECTION 2. That if the defendant shall
1 plead guilty, and demand a trial by jury,
as provided by section three of said act,
, j the justice shall make an entry to that ef
, i feet in his docket, and require the defen
j fendant to enter into a recognizance, with
good and sufficient surety or sureties, con
ditioned for his or her appearance liefore
said justice, not less than four, nor more
than ten days thereafter, unless the defen
dant shall then make affidavit tlmt he or
she cannot, within the longest time herein
mentioned, procure the necessary witness
es for his or her defence, when the hearing
■ shall lie continued by the justice to such
, time as will give the defendant a reasonable
. aud fair opportunity to procure the evi
dence ; and if the defendant shall not en
ter into such recognizance, and the day of
trial shall le ]sist]>oned for a longer period
than ten days, the constable may commit
the defendant to the jail of the county for
• safe keeping until the day of larud, and for
| such service lie shall be allowed the face
now provided by law: Prodded, That if
the office of tin* justice shall la* within ten '
miles of the jail of sui<l flOpnty, the cuuata- j
ble may in every ease in which bail is not '
given, commit the aeid defendant to jail'
for safe keeping.
Juries when andlioir ch"*c*~ 'lane of trial. x .
SECTION 3. That the jury provided for in J
the act to which this is a supplement, shall
be selected and struck 011 tin* day on which j ,
the defendant shall first l>e brought liefore ,
said justice, if both the parties are present j
in person, uf by attorney, but if tin- defen- i
dant desiife count* 1, *>S tali have a reusoit
able time "to procure such eounsel.'aiiif in •
the mwm time he shall be securely "tfept bv •'
the constable, and the day of trial shall iu jt
all eases be computed from the time of
choosing said jury : Provided, That if after
said jury is struck, both parties desire to |
proceed to triid immediately, the justice !
shall make an entry to that effect iu his
docket, and forthwith proceed with said!
trial.
Verfnd amendments to Section 8. of ihe t trig- i
i mil Act.
SECTION 4. That the. eighth section of tin* |
act to which this Ls a supplement, is hereby !
amended, by the insertion in tin* four- j
teentli hue of said act, as the same is pub- j
fished in the pamphlet laws of one thous- j
and l ight hundred and sixty-one, after the I
word "direct," in said line, the words, "the
information ov accusation in said case to lie
amended hy," and the last word iu said sec
tion is hereby struck out, and the word j
"hearing" substituted therefor.
Jurisdiction restricted in Jsirceny Jo cases
where the value of jiropertf stolen shall I
not exceed ten dollars.
SECTION 5. That the justices of the jjeace |
in said counties shall not have jurisdiction j
to hear and determine, in the manner pro- j
videil by this act to which it is a supple- !
mi nt, offenses mentioned in the one hun- t
dred and third section of the act of March I
thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred ;
and sixty, if the valuetif the property stolen 1
shall exceed the sum often dollars.
SUPPLEMENT TO ACT.
CHANGING THE MODE OF CRIMINAL PRO- 1
CURDING.
( AITROVEII April lltli 1868. j
Prose,-.it a- 11 be liabel for costs in certain ca- j
ses, tried iu the Quarter Sessions.
1 SpcnoN 1. Be U enacted dc. That iu a!l\
the counties of this common wealth, wherein
the said act of the first day of May, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and
sixly-one, and its supplements, are in force,
if the prosecutor iu any criminal proceed- !
ing before a justice of the peace shall, iu
the information made liefore the justice,
charge the defendant with any crime or
misdemeanor not triable before a justify
and a 'Julry of six under the provisions of
said act, and the defendant shall be re
quired to answer to the charge in the
court of quarter sessions of the county, and
i shall there be "convicted only of an offence
■ triable before a justice of the" jieaee and a
jury of six, the defendant shall not Is* lia
ble to pay the costs of the prosecutor or
' other witnesses for the commonwealth, but
' but the same shall be paid by the prosecu
tor in all eases of conviction after the pas
-1 sage of this act, and he shall lie sentenced
by the court to pay the same : Provided.
That the provisions of this act shall not ap
ply to the county of Potter : Provided,
. That if the president judge of the court
trying the cause shall certify that the pros
ecutor hail good cause to lielieve at the
time he made the information that an of
fense not triable before a justice anil a jury
of six had lieen committed by the defend
ant or defendants as alleged iu the infor
mation, then anil in that ease the prosecu
tor shall have his costs taxed and paid as if j
this act had not passed. j
•Ameiinmeut by supplement of 1862, P. L. p. 275." I
t Modified by supplement of April 1862.
-W-
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. —In 1855, Mr. Bu- j
; cfianan was minister to England. Captain '
George B. McClellan was detailed on secret!
I service in the harbor of Cuba, under in- j
atmctions from Secretary of War, Gener- !
: al Quitman, Lieut. Beauregard anil others
were plotting filibustering raids against the
Island, for which the Government soon af
ter made an offer of 8100,000,000. Parson
Brownlow had written a savage work in de
fense of slavery, and was challenging
Northern clergymen to dispute its divine
Gerret Smith, Dr. Howe, Hen
ry Ward Beecher, and a few hundred others
were doing a quiet and limited business
over the underground railway. ' John
' Brown hail not yet left his his farm in the
* Northern wild. An obscure individual re
* memlierd by a few as having once repre
sented Sangamon district, Ihnois, in the
House, and opposed the Mexican war in uu
awkward, ilisiugenious anil extremely un
popular argument, received a few compli-
nientary votes for Vice President, in com
petition with Mr. Dayton, the nominee, j
/ Captain Ullysses S. Grant, hardly suspect
ed of being an ex-army officer by those who
j bought molasses or cord wood of liim, was
generally taken as a steamboat captain,
temporally stranded by a stress of ill-luck,
or who hardly hail the energy and plnck to
succeed in any business calling, and had,
x therefore, collapsed into a speculator in
sundries. W. T. Sherman was teaching in
Louisiana. Generals Butler, Sickles anil
Logan were rough-and-tumble Democratic
lawyers of some noteriety. Two of the
r most prominent and promising officers ( ,f
j our little army were Colonel Albert Sidney
, Johnson and Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Lis*.
Lis*. Brief as is the period since then, we
j i have but two men in official life—Mr. Sew
aid aud Mr. Chase—whose prominence lias
not either been created or overthrown du-
I ring this eventful epoch. So says Putnam's
f I Monthly.
lj -•*
II The Fifth Avenue Hotel pays the highest
r | rental of any hotel in New Y0rk— 896,640 a
r j year. The St. Nicholas wouies HCXU. paying
11890! 200,
PRODUCE MARKET.
the Canal), Tmkhanmock, Pa.
Be" 1 *". „ 30 " 35
Beeswax, per 0. • • ;•/ Z-*■*%[
Bo' 1 ® 1 ". ' . , qo •• 100 '
ST""' : !:I
.' i6.uo •• is,™ l ■
£? I?'" 8
3ft* ?*t. 15- 18
&::• J.. w 131 <
' * " bitch S# ■ 7ft i'
Poultry, per ft, yVV? 1 "
.frill ptjfTtiSfTllflltS.
CLOTHING A
MERCHANT TAIUIKINO CSTABLISH-
Taken pleasure in announcing*. to the public tbat be
has secured tbe services of a first class CI.'TTEK
from New Voik. and will keep hereafter, in oounec
li->ll with bis Clothing I>ep irtuieot, a first class shop,
for the 'mahufac'ure of CLOTHING, In *ll styles of
the tines.
uTTIICU A MAKING, 'one at short notice
Every description of
1 MlvNS' A BOYS' CLOTHING,
constantly on band, such as '
Dress C<-at J ,
1
Business ('oat,
SarX Coats,
Overcoat*,
. ;
Punts,
I
Fiexfar,
SHIRTS, UNDERSHIRTS K. DRAWERS.
' and all (roods kept in the <'lothlng and (rents Fur
-1 nlshlng line.
Call and examine goods and prices,'
before purchasing elsewhere.
c. DETRICK. |
funk , Pa. n23ly
A Large and fine Stock of*
Furs, Sb.awls ? Blankets and
OVERCOATS,
WILL BE SOLD AT COST!
In order to close out Stock for the
Spring* Trade.at SHE UMAN & LATIIROFS.
Vunkhaiinock, Pa.— n23tf
' . ■: ■ :,r • t
TH E EAGL E '
! Jfafifc-
DRUG STORE,
TDNKHANNOCK, PA.
G. J. WRIGHT,
(Successor to Drs. Lyman i Wells,)
{legs to announce that he will continue trade at the
old stnnJ, on > •.
TIOGA STREET,
Keeping a well selected stock, adapted to this inar
, Ret. A full assortment of
Drugs,
all the popular PATENT MEDICINES—Ayers,
Jayne's, Hollieter's/Wishart s. Woicott's, Scovill's, |
Sehenk's, bpham's, Helmbold'a Scott's, Ac., Ac.
BEST j
ALSO,
PAINTS,
OILS,
DYESTTFFS,
AC., AC., AC., ac. ;
Prescriptions, carefully compounded. :
c. j weight.
Tunk,, Pa., Jan. let, 1P69.—v9n22-ly
" STENCIL PLATE CUTTiNG. |
i The subscriber is prepared to do all Stencil Plate
j Cutting of letters of and inch and upwards, in the
; neatest and Ao*t artistic style,
FARMERS, MILLERS and GRAIN DEALERS, j
i who wish to letter bags, boxes, or parcels, will ha re
their orders for plates attended to promt tly.
Orderj by letter accompanied with Cash—B ten's '
per letter, will receive prompt attention.
„ . „ T . 80. WHITE.
Mehoopany, Pa., Jan. B, '9.-vßu22 wj.
invites Ue attention of the pub le to !
) !'^5 h 0 p dhS' t Mdl
fotitrs,
pe y '•* v ' v '" ' '
riaKi GROUND
CAYTIGA PLASTER,
£ FOR SALE AT
E. J. MOWRY'S MILL,
MESHOPPEN, PA.
vn/en tbk rojy, jt.9.00.
PL A S TEH ~FOR SA LE.
I hare Several Hundreds of Tons of (Cavtugaj
Ground Plaster, wfeiefc I offer for sale in any ooaoti
ties to suit purchasers, _ .
1 AT REASONABLE PKICES
Farmers should now provide a supply for tbe rq m .
ing season,
HIRAM HALL
Tank., Pa. Jan. 5, 1869.-v8022.
For doing a family washing in the best and cheap
est manner. Guaranteed equal to any in the world I
Has all lbs strength of old rosiu soap with the mild
and lathering qualities of genuine Castile. Try tbie
splendid Soap. Sold by the aLDEN CHEMICAL
WORKS, 49 North Front Street, Philadelphia
vS tis ly
ADNINISTKATORft NOTICE.
Dilate of Alnanza R. Tyred, Deceased %
Letter of Administration, on the estate of Almati
ta R. Tyrrel, late of Northmoreland Tp. Wyoming
County, dee'd., have been granted by the Register
of said County, to Charles Frear. of Gverfield Tp ,
In said County. All persons having claims or ,!e'-
tnand? against the estate of the decedent, are re
quested to make them known to the said Admin.-
trator. at his his residence In said Township, and
those Indebted to make Immediate payment.
CHARLES FREAR, Alm'r.
Jan. sth 'BS>—vßn22-Bw.
~ ai> mini strath i x"x otlce.
Whereas, letters of Administration to the estate
of Sylvester Carpenter, late of Clinton tp., dee d,
have been granted to the subscriber. All persoin in
debted to the said estate are requested to make Im
mediate payment, and those having claims or de
mands against the estate of the said ascendent, will
make known tbe same dulv authentloieated without
delay to SARAH E. CARPENTER
Clinton, Dec. 23rd '6B n2l-6w Administratrix.
AGENTS WANTED TO TAKE ORDERS
FOR RECOLLECTIONS & PRIVATE MFMOIRS OF WASH
INGTON.
BY HlB ADOPTED SOW
GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUBTIS,
With Illustrated and Explanatory notes by BEN
SON J. LOSSING.
A book for all sections and all parties, containing
the minute details of Washington's Private Life, as
well a9 his public career, (which general hlsjory
does net reveal.) This book Is Written by a member
ol Washington's own family—one who lived with
him from Infancy, and mast prove peculiarly accept
able to the American Public.
The great demand for this work, Its ready sale,
and an Increased commission makes it the best book
tor Agents ever published.
The most liberal terms to agents, and excluslre
sale in the territory assigned.
Send for descriptive circular and terms to Agents
Address, WILLIAM FLINT,
No. 26 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
vsnl6.w4
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
THE Advertiser, having been restored to heaith S
in a few weeks fiy a rery simple remedy, after
having suffered several years with a severe "lung af
' fectioD, and that dread d'sessa. Consumption —is
I anxious to make known to his fellow sailers the
means of cure
To all who desire it, he will seed a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge), wilh the direction?
j for preparing and using the same, which they will
j find a sure cure for Consumption. Asthma. Bronchi
tis Ac. The only object ot the advertiser ia seniiug
the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted, anl spreai
, information which he conceives to te invaluable ;
and be hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, a?
j it will cost them ootbiug, an I may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please *l
- dress Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
i 165 South Second St, Williamsburg, Kings Co.,
I New York. ron'2l-3mo.
Prof. J. Bcrlinghof.
/asljiDiiAblf Barbrr & gait-Cnttfr,
AT TUNKHANNOCK, PA.
HAIR Woven, and Braided, fjr Switches f.r Carle],
and Waterfalls of every site and style, manufactur
ed to order.
The highest market prices peid for Ladies' Hair,
All the approved kinds of Hair Restorers and
Dressing constantly kept on hand an I sold at Man
ufacturers retail prices.
Hair and Whiskers colored to every natural
shade.
JACOB BERLINGHOF.
Tuck., Pa. Jan. 5, '69 —v3n22-lf.
Now is the time to secure
SPROUTS COMBINED
I HAY-FORK & KNIFE.
i The Subscriber having the exclusive right to sell this
world-renowned Hay-Fork and Knife, inthisCounty
proposes to keep Ikein on hand, with all tbe neces
; sary Rope* and Pully?, at his Store,
IN MESHOPPEN.
Persona wishing to procure any of these article*
; can Jo so by applying to tbe subscriber in person,or
by letter. If desired, these forks will be put in the
| barn free of charge, wilh tbe privilege of using them
during half the haying season of 1869, when the
person using it will be required to purchase it or
quit using it at the time agreed upon by the par
ties. •
R J. HALLOCR.
Meshoppen, Pa , Jan. 5, 1868.-vßc22,
rilttm a LECTURE to
MWYOUNG MEN
(Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope. Price Gets.)
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment and
Radical Cure of Spermatorrhoea or Seminel Weak
| ness, Involuntary Emissions, Sexual Debility and
Impediments to Marriage generally ; Nervousness,
Consumption, Epilepsy, and Fits ; Mental and Pbvs
| ical Incapacity, resulting from Self-Abuse, Ac, -Br
! ROBERT J. CULVERWELL. M. D. Author of the
I -'Green Book," Ac.
I The world-renowned author, io •this admirable
' Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience tbit
the awful consequences of Self-Abuso may be effect,
uslly removed without medicine, and without dan
gerous surgical operations, bougies, instruments,
\ rings, or cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at
j once certain and effectual, by which every sufferer,
j no matter what his condition may be, may cure
j himself choaply, privately, and radically. This
! LECTURE WILL PROVE A BOON TO THOUS
ANDS AND THOUSANDS
Sent, under seal, in a plain envelore, to any ad
j drees, postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two post
etain|>e. Also, Dr. Culverwell's "Marriage Guide, "
price 25 cents. Address the Publishers.
; CHAS J. C. KLINE A CO .
: 127 Bowery, New York, Fost-Offiee Box 4,
j 586. v7nsoly
A VALUABLE
' HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale a HOUSE A LOT,
situate on heoond St., Tuukhunnock, Pa. adjoining
residence, formerly of Harvey Siekler, now owned
i6y Benj. P. Carver. The property will be disposed
1 of
ON REASONABLE TERMS.
The bouse is a
Two Story Frame Building,
24 by 32 feet, WPTn WING ATTACHED. 16 Iff
22 feet, II Stories high. A good WELL of
NEVER FAILING WATER '
and a LARUE CISTERN FOR SOFT WATER,.are
on the premises j together wilh fruit trees orna
mental trees, Ac. There is a fine Cellar under the
building. The property constitutes a uio-t desirable
i home and will bo
SOLD AT A BAROAiy.
ty For further uirsiculnrs, apply to
TUGS OSTERHOUT.
Tunkhunnock, PAh J<">- 13. 1869—u23-3m
I *5iT WILL purchase a pair of Eastman's watsr
j / proof Boots, cartain to keep any uieo S
1 dry wfe wvn fttxtf] fftr a Drelrs anoUE