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1.110 1.75 11.50 0:90 12.0 i
3.00 3.50 IL 5o 11. 0 0 20 oil
1.51,&5 9.01 17.00 20 . 10
11.40 17.03 25. Oil 4. 1 4 . .14/
13.00 22.00 40.01 fio.rti
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Six liquarem, .
Quarter Column
Halt Column .
Ole Column
Professional Cards ;11.00 por lino per year.
Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, $3.00
City Notices, 20 cents por Motet insertion 12 cents per
Joe each subsequent insertion.
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ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLISHER,
ALLENTOWN, PA
Dry Goobo
LOMAISTRE fi ROSS,
•
212 North Eighth Street, Phila.
Dave ova or Om (Hirst and cheatieni Mira or llambnrg
Edging. and Ineortings to he bound lu the city. no nino
their etlick sir WIIITE (MODS, an won ci nnrics,
plaid, lurked Ned French French Iduellna In
niuglo nod double width+, harks Milli, Violori i Lawns'
bird °viand plaid 1.11301111. A splendid line of tiro bust
UAL AND IMITATION GUIPURE.
A 1..% Vrinnrla, Thread, German llobblut. Imitation
Crochet and Pillow Lace, he
CURTAINS AND CURTAIN LACE.
A Bonclally. lionorol Job tote of lhoso goods al vory
Low Itateo. A tine dx-ortovnt of
REAL Ann IMITATION VESTIBULE LACES.
Leon TIM.. Lem Conarn In groat vnrloty. Litre Sole
and S'eovos. •ory h IndNomo Linen Enkbrdldnrul Sole.
Frond, OrneklAnt Coy+, rare gouda. A moat complete
stock of
GENTS', LADIEW AND CITILDREN:O
HANDKERCHIEFS!
!tforrolllea Toilet Seta. Linen Towels. and Shirt Fronts
Especial care had to goodlt noltalao for Infant Wear.
TO THE PURI IC.
REmoVAL.
(JUR NEW STORE.
GUTH & KERN,
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS,
WOULD moat renpectfully call the attention of their
friends, eustomera, end the public generally, to the fact
that they lutrojust removed to their newly and eleg.intly
fitted op STORE BUILDINO.ono door west of their form•
ey location.and Immediately adjoining the Firet National
Bank, being the building formerly occupied by Schreiber
Bros where they propose to continuo e
DRY GOODS BUSINESS .
In all Ile varied branchen. They have the MINA, beet
and cheapest stock of GOODS ever offered to the public,
embracing everything that the public can wish. They
would especially invite the attention of all to their fine
assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS
Thin department they !lett, thentgolvee to be the bout
over offered to the public of Allentown and vicinity, for
style, quality and cheapnettn, good, of the most lit/proved
pattern., &c., caoal•tlnß of •
Black nod Fancy Silk., Black and Fancy Silk Poplins
Black nod Fancy atohnlrs Black nod Fancy Alpacnn,
Black and Colored Stllped Salilogß..lll.tek Born-
basinos, Black Australian Crnpo, Black l'op
1 . 31. ck Velveteens, Silk Velvet, Set
In Striped Versailles Cloth. Satin
Striped Lorne Hobe, Silk Strip
ed Mohair. Silk Figured Sul•
[nun, Brocade Japan,.,
Brocadn Pop-
Ilan, Sorg° Wool
Scdtch Wool Mauls, Card acd C9lored - Volvateenn, Eng
Mt, and French Chlalln+, ' Plaid Poplins,
Chintzes, Phil,l Nnlnsooko, Brodie, Thibot, Ile
lean, haratozn, Vintlltt, tong Branch, NI.
sigma and Wateryllot Long and Sontiro
SHAWLS, In GREAT VARIETY.
UrCALL and SEE.
An they are buying ntrlclly for caPh, they flatter thole
naives that they con off I . greet ludoc,neiux to partien
whaling to buy good Goode at reat onable pl
They uuly auk the public to give 110111 a cull uud exam.•
toe their stock, mail compere price, a oil qu.ility. They
defy conTelltlon.
Thank ful for pot thy will endeavor to merit a
continuance of the patronage of their old C.IOM. e. as
well an'of ull new con.,
HIRAM GOTH)
Jan 24-Scn d
ANNOUNCEMENT. EXTRA.GRINARY !
E. S. SHINIER & CO '8
DRY GOODS
HEADQUARTERS !
705 AND 707 HAMILTON STREET,
=I
Latest Interesting Intelligence
PRICES TO
ASTONISH THE NATIVES !
OUR GOODS WERE BOUGHT BEFORE THE
LATE ADVANCE AND GIVE TIIE AD• ,
VANTAGE TO THE TRADE.
IMOUR LAST PRICE LIST created great havoc In the
Tanga of Ills /I PRICED Sroßes. They can't aeo how
It Is that We Can
Make Money and Sell Goods so Cheap
erEm
" MAMMOTH STORES."
WE WILL TELL THEM
Find, having two otoreo, we nut gbh, to buy floods In
large lots direct (ruin the tnaintf.icturet, out importero,
and front 10 to 2n per ciiut. cheaper Ilion they do. •
Second, our tang.. Hole„ enable uo to make looney, even
though we snake but very Ilttlo on any inn article.
And lava but not leant, WO bay ..c1.1v..1Y Our cit 4 h
and illiicount all our bunt, which to tho aggregate
amounts to cutoilderable,
NO Mierepresentations to Effect Haire!
Price, a., Qua e!oorantent I
Determined not to de Undernold
Any a.f Our Comp./flora
I=l
Fall and Winter Dry Goods I
OUR STOCK la edllrely too ex te,lve to enurnerato nr
tleloa and price, We have In mock geuer axsertm.at
of good. noutally ',pi In a Ilreit-elaxx mul well regulated
atoro. !maw.° uttak of
DRESS GOODS, SILKS, &C.
of every roesible deteriptlon and price
SHAWLS! SHAWLS! SHAWLS !
==
Woolens for Men's and Boys' Wear !
CLOTHS, CASSIBIEREE. TWEEDS, SATINETS, KEN
191=123
BLANKETS.
White Brotrn, and Grry
.IfilrbliiieN (Ina ihdllryllll. Qualq.
Faitey Wm,/ enrerl,!
Flannels, ?Meetings, Cheeks, ao
CARPET DEPARTMENT COMPLETE
OIL CLOTHS.
WINDOW SHADES, &C.
E. S. SELMER & CO.,
=I
JOHN E. LENIZ . WM. H. NV EINSHEIMER
JOHN SEABOLD. Jlt.
JOHN E. LENTZ & CO.,
SUCCESSORS To •
YOUNG & LENTZ
The firm nr Younit h L.mr won mli•volvni by withal
coneent on Vitro ry 19th 1972 Mr Tong retlrine. Win
11. Welnitheliner mud John aealioi 1. Jr • linylug ph°m bin
Plnc '1 he mew flan ho ex tam h inn lho robboontino of the
punning° no libernlly beeoliwoo mid.“ the old drill They
Wlll tine their miniod eudo.vorn to lice. inintalate their
llairOhn alai prom, Miens and airulbli
BOOTS AN!) SHOES •
•
nf the best make and materiel, nod will alien), have
hood a leg. a n..rtmxu t of the most desirable atria
nulled to thu trado of tins Sutton.
The Arm of tonne St Lent, harlot boo direoleed. al
'npnrll.n Im.ebted to them aro reoneeted to make ..tt Mown
home.rs thm date mud Aprll lot to at Ti r. bookr will re
main at tho old etard. rd tiler of the old patturrs Mau
thertred to rigs le lloolduttoo. nib • 6.31/1
CARPETINGS.
WILLIAMS & DALE,
1=
832 MARKET STREET, PIIILADELPIIIA.
Dealer. In CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS. MATTI ti(l9. et
We have just received for Btu Fining tr.olo largo!,
bandadma nasurtment of new nod heautliul ely 10. in Bru
ee
'
1., lueratua, k Mimes .
I/11 Clothe, Window blind.
Ole., eta, all or which we will for ot too loweal ca
Prices . ,
We melte ell to cull nod cue us, and examined
stuck nature pm. basing else whr re. -
& DALE,
fib 254mw 512 Market SI., Philadelphia.
VOL. XXVI
I . EMPLOY NO PEDDLERS!
I DO NOT PEDDLEMPSELP f
I HAVE NO AGENTS!
AMERICAN HOTEL.
OFFICE, Na 10 (Near Parlor)
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PIISt Office Bob, 5150.
NEW YORK CITY.
Offers those mho are ~ t tff ertng from Weak
and Defective ,Sight, his
BRAZILIAN
PEBBLE
TRADE MARK..
GLASS SPECTACLES !
Superior to Any Other in Use !
sold only by
MORRIS BE RNIIARDT.
SPECTACLE AND OPTICAL MANUFACTURER
The 2,deantagea of these Speetaelea °oar all
others are
1. THEY CAN BE WORN WITH PERFECT
ease tor may length of time at one Hitting, giving
astonishing clearnesa of vbilon, by candle or any
or no Metal light, comfort to the Hpectacie
wearer hitherto unknown.
2. HOW TO SELECT GLASSES.-7t requires
professional guidance, even when a good article
is offered. Doctor Bernhardt not only has the
hest Messes that can be found In the market,
list tsirefitliv examines the eyes, and gives indis
pensitille advice as to the proper selection of
hem.
TESTIMONY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
FRoM MEDICA I, GENTLEMEN PROFESSORS
OF THE HIGHEST OP THALMIO TALENT
ALLE.‘T ,, IIN. P. 4. puTTS VILLE,
READING. s LANUA , 'ER. EASToN,
NORA N TON. vA SLISLE, ell AM-
If ER BO KO Vi AND FiroM
ALL THE PEINeIpAI,
' CITIES 01."1 . 111;
UNITED STATES.
[THOS. KERN.
‘at.3l
At I.ltNTnte Jon. 2!, 1 , 72.
IT M 1: PI, E.! Sl'le E TO ,57'.17'1:
that I 101%, cal 1.111113 11X,111,011 11001.1 .
tern-
Imu'dl'n 1.11111•1•10,11 01 (Ilasses tor the eyes, /tlid
Irmo his explanation of tile Milliner in wideli ho
adapts them to Imperfect vision, I ant fully sat
isfied that lie thoroughly maripreliemlir the sci
ence or optie,+, ,11.1 that 110 In pna emi
nently sltlilitil In the tuMptal lon of iiintrurvients
for the relitint all forms lit int per feet Vllllllll
WllllllllllO mope 1111,11(4 Willlolll 101 0)1,1111011.
1 11111 1.1111111 . 1111111,111 111311111111111111011 01 lie him'-
Inc's merits by the lest inniny ut theitiost reliable
and prominent inoalleal men oln various titles In
theUnlied Slates, I most elieerhille commend
. .
hint to ;ill with whom toy opinion inny have tiny
C, J. IAIt.TIN, 81.11,
A I.I.ENTOWN, Jan. 2'2. 187'2.
A FTEIt A TIIO ft 0I"G II LA .4.71/N.ITI ON
,it ples upon winch yell 1141:Ip I. your
l: hisvrs 111 lull VP or Impaired vision, mid it
e 1.... vestigat um Into your chants to thorough
ness In the application of Ihose prloriples 10 the
..ye, It gives on pleasure to brio• test I nomy to the
filet of your preemlnenee In the set eltee Of Opt len
and tin• rentarltaltle and Ittelllty alth whleli
volt pram lenity demonstrate yourself In I his
branch or selent 111 e Investigations. It Ina matter
of the greatest moment to those using t.',l[..te. for
the eye to avail themselves of [lw rare opportu
nity i trols! [hem by your plesenee in our city to
hove GIIISSI2B properly adapted to thelrpartletilar
eases. J 1 ,4). It(1110 A SUNS, M. D.
ALLENTOWN, pn • Jan. 21,1872.
I HAVE EXAMINED A LARGE VARIETY
uho.l,llllllllllaclllre.l by ih,rffin,r4ll, of
erlin, Prussia. and take mash pleasure in re
anmend Mg him to all those who are in need of
Is services. From the numher of testimonials
lat I have seen 1 111110111VhiCed that he will he
It to give satisfaction to all who may apply to
1111. Yours, ele„
n 0. MARTIN, M. D.
A 1.1. E TOW N, Pa.. Jan. 24. 1572.
IT GIVES 11E OREA T PLEANURE TO
intorni my frirude that I became acquainted
with Dr. 3lorris Bernhardt, In !leading, Pa., in
June, ISO, and there knight of hint a pair of his
excellent (ibis., which I,lllll'l'od excellent ser
vice mutt, 111, ever since and I Joyfully 1.1.1'11111-
Mend 111111 to all who may stood in need of
services. NV:SI. 5. MENNIG,
l'astor of Evan. I.tilliettin St. l'il I's i'litirch
of Allentown, l'a.
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 2:1. 1572.
DR. Ar 13131,y HARDT—DE:I It YIR:— I
beg to express to you 1 he deep sew:old' obligation
I feel fur the pi olesslonal kindness extended to
iits by widen with eye-sight impaired by years
of upplleation•and study, I am toil 011111lieli to
read and write with aeleartiess of visiou equal to
the days of youth. Uny your honorable and
useful 11 le long he spared that humanity luny
chinv the scientific skill of tote so eminently
goo ino4l in Mind and heart to do' good to Ills
fellow-men.
111 t host wishes for your stuccoes I remain
Yours Truly, .1. F. F:\lls,
Pastor of St. John's Ey. Lutheran Church.
DR. AII"..REIINIIARD7', Br ENIIIIIITIN(2
his 111,01111111.111 N lino especially 11.-Glassesof his
own preparation env., satisfaetory proof of his
experlenee and Kit HI as an ()enlist and /pf !elan.
'Phis Judgment is confirmed by initnerous testi
monials In his possession front :wit - Mille,
lutelll
gent and Influential men residing, In 11111Crent
Stittes.and 'l'errltorie , 4 of oar country. I can,
therefore, revommend him ifs all Nvlio 11111 y he
afflicted Nvlth calf eyes Or Impaired sight Its It
101 son %fell qualified to afford relief by furnish
ing them with a sultnide pair of Masses.
N. S. STILA4SISI4-11GER,
Pastor of Zino 's Ibotnrtm'rll'ungrt•gntlon
A I.LESToWN, Pa., itintittry 21, 1472.
DR. 31017171 S DER:CH.4III)T 11.48 FUR—
ilsiled me with a pair of 811.1111111 Pebble Glasses
which still my eyes exactly. Prom personal ex•
~et 11,4, I can cordially personstvlhise
naternl vision requires the stipplementsof art to
avail themselves , if the lieetor's skill. Ile has
x Whited to me eredent lids from 0111111010 Phy
sicians and MlnisterA, with litany of whom I it..
peniooolly ikequallOtol. Ile Is I,ltlloll 1Y nu Op•
(110101 who 1.1.1010 , 110011 t his pr..tession most
thoroughly. J. W. NViallt, •
l'astor Prosli . terittii Church.
ALLENTOWN, Pa.. January 111, 1572.
A T.t.PNTOW Pa •• Jan. 2.5,'1g72.
DR. BERN7/ARD2 ciel'sTALs ARE UN
.10111,114 i iS clear and perfect, and his system
of adjusting them to various rnnditlanw of the
eve seem , to fully .1‘1 , 11:y the rerY tlid tering
ten
llnualluls lie 1.11, revels ed from leading Physi
cians and others in various parts of the hulled
W M. It. 11111 Es,
Hector of (linen Ulittrell.
Pol - rsvlt.t.r.Sept. In 1972.
NAV I.VO 111 n A RI. BSONAL INPF.It rIEW
with Dr. Bernhardt, and helm; convltietsl
of Its rinlilent skill as an Opt 111:111 and Oculist.
I take plaasure In commending Mill in its Pmr ,
ressionitl capacity to ill who may need his Ker.
Vices. JAMES S. CARPENTER, M. D.
We cordially endorse the above:
D. W. BLAND. M. D.
6EO, W. BM 1W N, I).
A. 11, lIAI,III'RATADT. ,
J. W. SCHENCK, ]'aster first' Presbyterini
Church.
Jolt N I. PEARCE, Pastor M. E. Church, Potts
ville. Pa.
HE! b W. SMILEY, Pastor second Presbyterian
Church, Pottsville, ht.
Teittlninnialu similar to the above may be See.ll
of NI. Bernhardt's Mlles (Inn. t Int most tellable
anti well-kninen gentletnen of the United States
among whom are:
Horatio Seytoonr, ex-Oo•ernor of New York
IL E. Fens., ex-flue. of New York. •
A. O. Canto. PI/4115V. or Peousylvannt.
• It O. any, Oovernor of Ohs,.
0. P. Motion, ex•lber. f Indiana.
Alexander Montny, eX,QIO•. of Minnegota.
floury A Swill. exMo•l.ef )linototota
Itichard Yale., ex Gov. of Illinois.
11. NI Patten, ex• One. of alahatua.
J.,,eph E. Brown, ex•Mor.of (nuncio,
Jounthan Worth. exMov. . of North Carolina.
John OitiShutter, ox• Gov. of A ifitiatilll.
Jam. L. Orr, ex• Our, of South Carolina.
READI,VG, PA., March 27, led)
MARTIN LUTHER. 21. D.
C. F. MMIAULEY, Pastor of lho 24 Reformed Church
Ile Mine. Po.
JOsE , DcOBLENTS. M.D.
i. mUltlleY %VLF!) NAN 21 D.
MA:WELLY N BEAVER, M. D.
C. If. DUST, H. 11. D
•H. LAWN eDDe, l'ortor of ProsbylorleU Church.
11 , N. ric KIIMUCER. l'untor of St Jamul' Lotter.
Church,,ltttaleg, Pa. •
LANCASTER, PA., May 21, 18149,
ALLENTOWN. PA
GED
4 0 " 4 44.
CRYSTAL
Vrbiob Ilegittf*
Continuation of Dr
eterencex
JMIN L. ATTAR. 14 D.
HENRY CARPE %TER. M D.
H. R. MEM LENDER°. ID D. •
OREEDWALD. D D.. Pular Church of Holy Trial
tv. Laucallirr, Pa.
EASTON, PA., February 115,1889.
TRAIL). PREEN M
C C JENNING.. 1).
AMos el;IP. NI D.
LDW RD , W 1 PT. B 1 D.
J M JP:ORIN. M D
sANDT. M D.
P 11 EDGAR. ['moor or Roformod (Dole') (Antra.
EDMUND 11111.F0P11. Faxtor of ht John'. Luther.
Church, Enmtoo. l'a.
SCRANTON, PA., Oct. :X, MU
BENJ n TII ROM., M D.
:t A sCIEI It AD.
N M D.
HORACE LADD, M D
etrAmitEitsnuna, PA., June M, 1871.
A 11 DENSF:NV. M D.
J I. Sit ESSRROT I. M D.
WM II DOYLE, M D.
J c RICH ArD..
.10117 MDZIT(JOhIP.RY, M D.
HAM% D LANE. M D. •
P WDAVIS, PFDtor thn let Reformed Church.
'ATTU/SR A OttlW ALD; Painter of let Lutheran Church
J A (ILA wFortu Puxtor of the Falling Spring Prosily
DirlAn Church
Ii S SCHENCK MD.
CARLISLE, PA., June 18, 1809.
A .1 HERMAN, TT O.
WM W DALE, M D.
Si' El EsTI.:It, NI D.
REV C I' WINO. Pastor of the Fleet Presbyterian
Church.
WM C EVERETT, Rector of St John'. Chnrcb.
JOEL SWARTZ, Pastor of the Lutheran Church
CONSULTATION FREE.
Office bourn from On m to en m •
N. B.—Owing to one:temente elsewhere, Dr. Dom-
hard( will not remain here but for a short time only.
Jun:ll.dAw
KEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA., SEMINARY,
Rem JOSEPH WAUGH, Principal.
SPRING TERM BEGINS APRIL In.
tinccessful, Thorough, Economic Al. Ileallbrni.
The nliiroit and mod relinble TomilliClou for obtalalng a
Mercantile lidnc.‘ti• n. Practical busk,. num an untrue
tarn. For information, write for IA Circular to P., DUFF
Si SONS, Fitt,,burgh,
Cheap Farms. ' Free Homes
ON TNN LIMP. OP THU
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
A LAND ORAN? OP
12.000;000 ACRES
REST FARMING AND MINERAL LANES IN AMERICA
3,000,000 Acres in Nebraska.
IN TRH
GREAT PLATTE VALLEY,
GARDEN OF TEE WEED,
NOW FOR SALE!.
These lands ore In the central peril on of the United
Stat. , 0. on thu 4let degree of North Lath .ude. the central
Don of Ole great Temperate Zone of .ho American Conti.
cud tor grain growing and Block r Elblag unsurliss
ned li3 nay IR the United States
CHEAPER IN PRICK. mute Loire - able terms given,and
more CoLIVNUieUt to market than can he found elsewhere.
FREE HOMESTEADS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS.
THE DEBT LOCATIONS
. FOR SETTLERS,
SOLDIERS ENTITLED To A 1101.1INTEAD 01 , 16e ACRES.
Free Fannon to Purrlotnerti of Land.
Send for •ho now DeKerlptlve Petnphlep with new mann
plibllAlled In l:nnitnh, German, bwealleh and Danleh
wailed !roe everywhere.
Audrese O. F. I)lViti,
Land Commhieloner, U. P. It. Ir. Co.,
()waits. Neb.
EXTRAORDINARY IMPROVEMENTS
CABINET ORGANS.
Tlio MAcox& HAMLIN 01MAX Co TeareCtridlY annex .co
the Innotiortlon 01 Impro, Manta or much more th an
ordinary liderrod Moon MO
REED AND PIPE CABIRET ORGANS.
being the only norcessfal coniblontiou of REAL PIPE?,
With reeds ever m ,de;
DAY'S TRANSPOSING KRY•ROARD
wh rh c u, he Iwitontly moved to the right or left. chime-
Invd
itexrriptio74B, tramp...
Circular.dew the hey, For drawings
an Its
NEW AND ELEGANT STYLES OF
Double Reed Cabinet Organs, .
nt 4140. 4132 and *l2l earl,. Conufdering eunaertp. Rd,
gernoe, and Thorough Exop/tenon of Workmanship,
three are cheap, thou any before offered
The Jliteon di 11 Alll.3l•loreane am it kolityleilgad BEn'T,
nod frdin tr ortho ry f.ir msonfactore thla
Cotaviny eon afford, and nom undertake to Men at prines
whica rr.uder them
UNQUESTIONABLY CHEAPEST
/OCROcTAVE OROANP vRCII FIVE OCTAVE OROANP
+DO 02.5 and nrown dn. With T h ree sets reeds $l5O and
UpWlinl.. Forty strileß. vplo 141.500 each.
Kll 11.1.1,TRATRII t•straroder. and I EPTIBIONIAI.
1..11, nigh itisittionn of .t.UILE THAN ONE THOUSAND .
MUSICIANS. rent free.
MASON Sr lIAMLIN ORGAN CO
164 Tremont ntreot. Horton
PORTABLE SODA FOUNTAINS.
$4O, $59, 075 and $lOO.
GOOD, DURABLE AND CHEAP.
Shipped Ready for Um.
MANYFACTURRO BY
J. W. CHAPNIAN & Co., Madison, Ind.
AWSEND FOR CIRCITLAR.-fak
(Incorporated 1860.)
Columbia Fire Insurance Co.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.—S. S. DOTWTLIM,
Pree't ; H. WILHoN VIco•PrOol ; FIRRH . T THONA9.
Tree.. ; J. F. FRI:MACHO. Sec'y S. S UNTWIINR, HI
RAM W li.soN, SCOT Canon. WN PATINNI. JOHN D.
NrRICIII.,I, &MINN JAIINN
Sollitorooti, OHO. Thlll,ll. W. 13 CARP, Anon F. EYES,
Julio SIMMER, 11. D. Eoecor. For Ineurenco or Agen
cies, addrees
J. F. FRITEAUFF, floc'y, Colambi*, Ps
Ai3URINII YOUR LIFE. exemine the new
ntivo Sur b cc Fund plan, ,jui4 intrudecod by the
F.CII I, TABLII LIFE Aat•UIIA NUE. oO(IE Y OF NEW
YoltK. by which cc endowment policy lo granted nt
about 11..1( nitre.
hod of 10 p. era, 104 por cent. of premiums returned.
.• .•
20 2 0 " .•
New bibtlnein, 1971 141 'OO.OXI. larireat in world
Anxetx iI9 (00.001 Itynine. .5.000,000
itelinble Agorae Wented oyorywh,e. Addreex.
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Extrnortlinnry Frenk of n Freight Train
The workmen on the Big Sandy Railroad
are supplied with material with which to carry
on the laying of the track by a construction
train, which runs at convenient intervals be
tween the Covington depot, where the sup
plies are received, and tile point where the
men are at work. On Sa'urday, about 12
o'clock, the train went up the road, as usual,
laden with Iron rails. and cross-ties, the cars
carrying the iron being In front of the engine;
those bearing the tics, behind. The iron was
taken to a point as near the workmen as pos•
Bible, and the care detached. The engine then
backed a little to afford an opportunity to un
load the care laden with ties. The men who
wero unloading the iron having occasion to
move the trucks a little, did so, but as there
were no brakes attached they could not stop
them, and they went down the grade, which
is forty-five feet to the mile, at a steadily in
creasing speed, toward the engine. The engi
neer, seeing that there was about to be a col
lision, backed his engine a little, while the
hands throw rails in the way Of the descend
ing cars to stop them, but without effect ;
they passed over them as if they were straws,
increasing in speed the while. The engine
still kept backing and increasing its speed,
until the rate was augmented' to twenty miles
an hour. Down they cam••, engine and cars,
thundering across Main street, the bell ring
ing and engine whistling. Down Branch
alley with tretnerdous speed the enginedashed
along, the cars leaping along in the rear,
until the merket-house was reached. Crowds
of people attending market, not knowing
what was the mutter, came out to see. The
sight of the cars drove them off in fright. On
the engine sped, on the cars came, and like a
flash the market.honse was passed, the engine
increasing its speed to the switch. Ilere It
stopped,-the breaksman jumping off to unlock
the switch. Ile was too lute ;
before he could
change the BW itch, Which was locked, the cars
came rushing on, and in a moment into the
engine. The iron on the cars smashed in the
cast-iron heading of the cylinder, while the
trucks smashed the cow-catcher, breaking
iron bars as thick as a man's arm, and throw
ing engine and cars off the track. For a
moment there was a scene of utter confusion
but when it wee discovered that the engine
was not so badly hurt, as to be unable to work
confidence was Inspired, and men set to work
to repair the damage and get the engine and
care hack upon the track. This was soon ac
complished without much loss of time, and
without further damage than that done to the
engine. When the trucks first started there
wero some fourteen negroes upon them engag
ed in unloading the iron. They stuck to their
positions until the speed became dangerous,
when they leaped off at points along the road
turning double somersaults in the attempt.
One man leaped off at Karsner'e stable and
rolled down an' embankment, escaping un
hurt. One other man, more timid or more
venturesome than the rest, remained until the
collision almost occurred, when he jumped off
just in time to escape being crushed to death.
The consternation caused along the whole
route by the terrific speed of the flying engine
and cars was very great, the rate at one time
being reckoned at forty miles an hour. For
tunately, however, there were no lives lost.
The damage to the engine has been repaired,
end to-day it is at work as usual.—Lexington
(Ky.) Press.
FRIGHTFUL BARBARISM.
How the Paupers and Insane are Treated
The Milford News and Advertiser has been
investigating the managment of the Sussex
county almshouse, and its report of the result
is verily a tale of horror. The paupers are
about eighty in nuntber, and they are lodged
in a group of small buildings, very small, and
but a single story high. In most respects
their treatment is heathenish; especially is
this the case in the matter, of lodging, in
which the arrangements are infamous.
All the quarters are :miserably contracted,
and the beds•upon which they sleep are crowd•
cd along the walls on either side, leaving a
narrow space in the centre, where they sit In
crowded groups and while away the leaden
hours of the day, breathing over and over
again the fetid atmosphere, laden with efflu
via from diseased bodies, until each inmate,
even the youngest and healthiest of them, as
sumes a cadaverous hue and imbecile expres•
sion pitiable to witness. Each of these little
•ooms, in which common tfecency, to say
n othing of hygiene, would forbid the lodg
ii ez of more than four persons, contains fronr
ei gilt to twelve beds and from a dozen to
twenty occupants. But the worst remains to
be told. Male and female are lodged together
pre. miscuously.
Witt the paupers proper are treated as prin
ces, when compared with the Insane. This
dope rtment is tt. little, low pitched, single story
woo(,'en building, situated in one corner of the
°Delo:tore. It Is about eighteen or twenty
feet sq nate, and contains ten "cells," five on
either, side. with a narrow passage way be
tween. These cells are about 4Y 6 feet,dark.
dingy, unfurnished and filthy beyond belief.
From the accumulated filth under those
sinks arises a stench intolerable, How any
human creature can breathe It, for year after
year, and live, is unacc - notable. The vil
lainous smell fills the building and ladens the
atmosphere for rode around; and it is this,
worse tha n . carrima, that attracts the swarms of
buzzards that hove.r around the grounds. Here
the hapless victims of a cruel fate pass the time
year in and year out, scarcely ever being al
lowed to leave their dens, even for a moment,
till the blessed intact of death unseals their
bars, and takes them from the care of cruel
men.
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INTERPERA.NCE IN DRESS.
litiock-Me-Down-rollettem Inebriating
The London Graphic says: There Is no
doubt that ladies' attire is at present intox Ica.
Gag to a terrible extent, not only to the wear
ers but to all who behold them. The posses.
sion of a pretty costume, for Instance, has been
known to get so into a young lady's head as
completely to turn it ; and the mere sight of
the article may have the same effect upon her
admirers. liven In its details the present style
of dress is full of dangers ; there can be no
more injurious stimulonts than paniers,basques
and tournures ; and the evil consequences of
liquoring up with such things as ruchings and
trilling have been experienced by victims
without number.
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In France the alcoholic element in dress was
very strong during the days of the Empire,
when the " fortifying" process was performed
to an extraordinary extent rpon the purest
growths of millinery, and few heads were
strong enough to withstand the effects. But
under the Republic the dangerous ingredients
have' been considerably diluted, and a healthy
taste has for the present obtained the ascen
dency. American drinks of all kinds have
long been celebrated ; and transatlantic toi
lettes are notorious for their inebriating qual
ities wherever American ladies congregate,
indeed, you are sure to see an awful number
of "eye openors," knock-me-downs," "pick
me-ups," and other frenzied concoctions of
the couturiere ; and the result is equally delew ,
tenons whether the robe be " somethit(g
short" in the way of a tunic, or " something
lon4" in the way of a train. •
• Less in Prance, but remarkably in England
and America, the coiffure has the effervescing
qualities of champagne, and evidently gets
into the heads It issuppoaed to adorn. Let us
welcome, therefore, the temperance move
ment in this country. It may be that we drink
to , fashionable toilettes only with our eyes ;
bin our heads are not always able to stand the
st imulant, and something in the way of soda
water is sadly wanted to calm the intoxica
tio n of the public taste.
Good Fortune for Two Ballet Girls.
A. New York letter to the Boston Times
sa• ra : Three or four years ago a theatrical
manager of this city was In London, engaging
tab tut for his establishment. Among the ap•
plii mots were two sisters, who wanted to come
to .Ltnerica, and they obtained places In his
con tpitny, and in due time made their appear
ance before , the New York public. They
were engaged for the ballet, and have danced
in this city, Boston, Philadelphia, and other
large cities, to the delight of the public and
tio.i satisfaction of their managers. They
lived very quietly, made few acquaintances,
and when off the stage were nearly always
together.
Their pay was Increased by• work at odd
times on embroidery, in which they were very
skillful,but their duties at the theatre did not
allow them much opportunity for this extra
employment. Last week ono of them re
ceived a letter, announcing that by the death
of a relative each was the happy possessor of
ten thousand pounds sterling. As soon as the
proper papers arrive they will bid farewell to
'the' stage, and return to London to enjoy the
fortune which hoe unexpectedly fallen to
them.
A FEARFUL DESCENT.
atEl==
litan!
Kansas Lands—Their Productive
ness, &c.
A few facts in relation to the Government
lands now open to settlement under the Home
stead and Pre-emption laws, and the 6.000,000
acres offered by the. Kansas Pacific Railway
company, along the line•of its road, may be
of great service to any who contemplate mak.
lag their home in the West.
The Railway Company offers its lands at
from $2 to $8 per acre on five years credit,
consisting of every alternate section, embraced
within a distance of twenty , flve miles from the
line of Its roadway on both sides, while the
lands still owned by the Government are
given to the settlers who reside upon them for
a period of five years, or , are sold under the
pre-emption laws at $2 50 per acre, after a
residence of six months.
As an evidence of the productiveness of
these Kansas lands, we give the following,
taken from the Herald Almanac for 1871 :
Kansas raised in 1871, 16,083,000 bushels of
corn. The States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Con
necticut, Delaware and Nebraska, 15,625,000
bushels—showing that Kansas produced 1,060,-
000 bushels more than the whole product of
the above eight States.
How the value of crops produced per acre
on Kansas lands compare with those of other
States, is shown by the following statement
taken from the census reports of 1870, viz :
AVERAGE CABII VALUE PER ACRE FOR 1871
4t .. 6 .1 v.
2.
/Canna• 416 24 121 1 14:Li 12 NI IS (IS f , 9 31
Del ware 1/1 21 12 55 D 25 10 OLP IS 40 70 00
M ary Is Lal .. - . 8 19 .
21 . W
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15 97 12 41 11 11 , GO 00
Kamm:lcy 15 40 1000 859 9"91 ,9 91 49 11
1 lidisum 1S 01 11 1111 9 ;21. 901 2000 37 :1)
811 sour' 13 81 II SI 19 0 1/ 25 22 17 57 68
Virginia 13 111` 11 01 7 09 819 NI 00 3I 01
1111uois 12 32 11 26 984 532 12 40 51 81
ToBtokeo 11 12 871 1/ 15 887 la 87 45 711
North I.l4rollun 1194 10 40 AOl 921 13 4.1 Ni 70
Nebraska 7076 9 71 1 79 10 II Ili 1.5 52 91
lows /UM 975 1020 89l 91:19 0140
There were 1,860,003 acres cultivated in
1871 by Kansas farmers, yielding $18,860,460,
and 654,200 bead of live stock owned by them
exclusive ofherds and droves, worth $24,753,-
082, making a grand total of $48,614,442, as
the value of crops and live stock, for this
young giant of the west for a single year.
Tue same amount of capital and labor will
produce from 13 to 50 per cent. more, invested
In Kansas, than in any ether State in the
Union for the following reason : The soil is
so deep, rich and strong that no fertilizers are
needed—the climate is wonderfully adapted
to the production of all kinds of grains and
varietits of fruit common to this latitude—and
the results of the Government observations
show that while 48 per et. of the annual rains
fall In the more eastern States during the late
autumn and winter, when it is not required
to nourish the sprouting seeds, in Kansas only
22 per ct. falls In the winter months, leaving
78 per ct. of the yearly rains to moisten the
earth in the spring and early summer, just at
the time when it is most required.
Add to these considerations, the fast its al
most boundless prairies are matted with a na
tural wild , grass of the most nutritious charac
ter which has sustained for ages, immense
herds of buffalo, and which now furnishes food
to fatten hundreds of thousands of cattle, re•
quiring no hay orshelter for winter, and there
is no mystery as to the unrivalled success of
this Banner State of the Plains.
If anything more was required to'show that
the people of Kansas are wide awake and keep
pace with the progress of the times, it will be
seen in the fact that there are published in the
State, and Kansas City, fourteen dailies,
seventy-lour weeklies, and eleven monthly
newspapers ; while an examination of the sub
act iption books of the lending Eastern journals,
will show them to contain more Kansas names
in proportion to the population, than Is the
case with any other State in the Union.
In addition to the common school system,
which being richly endowed by the General
Government in lands and generously support.
ed by the State, offering a free education to
all, there are in the State 11 Colleges and
Universities, in three of which—the State
University, Agricultural College and Normal
School—tuition is also free.
Railways have almost annihilated time and
distance in traveling. In 02 hours alter tak
ing his seat in a palace car at Jersey City, the
traveler finds himself in Kansas City, and
sees around him all of the life, bustle and
I usiness of this city . of 40,000 inhabitants,
built where only seventeen years ago there
stood but a solitary squatter's hut.
Nor does he relinquish his palace car luxu
ries there, but starting again over the magni
track of the Kansas Pacific Railway in
_a_li-Pulliiian," he passes for hundreds of miles
through great fields of grain, thriving towns
and within sight of immense herds of cattle,
and then over the feeding ground of the buffalo
and antelope, until the white tops ofthe Rocky
Mountains are in view, and the beautiful city
of Denver is before him.
Nowhere in the wide world aresuchadvan
tages-offere4 to the settler and the pleasute
seeker, to the poor man looking for a home,
and the tourist seeking new scenes and ex•
citement, as can be enjoyed by taking a trip
from Kansas City to Denver, over the great
Kansas Pacific Railway.
We advise all who desire any information
regarding the advantages offered to settlers
and travelers in Kansas or Colorado, to apply
to I'. T. Dickinson, 317 Broadway, N. Y.,
General Eastern Agent of Kansas Pacific
Railway, who will cheerfully furnish pam
phlets, maps, reports and other publications
showing the resources and peculiarities of the
Garden State of the West, and the Italy of
America.
Potatoes Mixing in the Hill.
It must not be supposed that because some
vegetables originate from what Is technically
culled a " sport," that this method of creation
is not as natural and permanent as that of re
production by seed. We are so accustomed
to this latter mode of origination In new var
ieties that we aro liable to imagine it to bo na
tare's only mode ; but the history of many
things shows that good permanent varieties
originate in this way sometimes. We have
heard for instance of potatoes mixing in the
hill. Some one plants pieces of white pate.
toes. He knows they were all white without
any admixture of any other sort, yet on digg
ing he fi nds a tuber or set of tubers all red.
Therefore he fancies that bees have brought
the pollen of a red variety from some distance
to the white flower, and that in this way the
pollen of the red became, infused with the
white, and that this infusion of pollen affected
the sap so as to infuse the whole plant, even
down to the tubers, and this is what is call , d
"mixing in the hill."
It is clear from one circumstance that mix
ing cannot occur in this way, for it our ob
servations are correct, as we believe they are,
bees do not exhibit much partiality for the po.
tutu blossom. The chance therefore that pol
len Is carried backwards and forwards and
thus mixed by them is very small. But there
is no occasion for Inventing any such round
about explanation. The sweet potato "mixes"
to just the same way as the other potato.
That is to say the plant will occasionally pro
duce a red tuber from a white stock, or a
white one from a red stock, and yet the sweet
potato in this part of the world produce no
flowers at all. It Is believed that all the varie
ties of the sweet potato under culture were
raised in this way, that is, that a tuber was
found varying from the rest, and this one
saved or " selected" originated a new variety
or race.
The fact is there is an innate power In
plants to change sometimes, without the in.
tervention of seed or the seed organs, and
there would therefore seem to be no reason
why varieties may not sometimes originate
this way. and bo as permanent as if raised by
what seems - to us to be the more natural mode
of seed. •
In regard to the sweet potato, which never
seems to flower with us, it takes this privilege
In the south and thus produces seed. No at
tempt seems to have been made to raise these
seeds until recently, when some one near
New-Orleans has taken the matter In hand,
and report has It that be has raise' many now
and improved sorts, which are superior In
Borne respects to the old ones. Now that at
tempts are found to succeed in this new line
of business, there will probably be no end to
new varieties of sweet potatoes.—Germartfourn
Telegraph.
Tribulation overwhelms the Greeley, Colo
rado, Tribune, because a prominent business
man of Denver was introduced to a citizen of
the colony when the latter was drunk. And
this occurred In the lace of the most stringent
local ordinance against drinking, and of a
standing notice in the most conspicuous of iii
own columns offering jlOO reward to any one
who will furnish evidence that that ordinance
la violated.
Consolidation with Bt. Anthony bas made
Minneapolis the largest city of Minnesota with
a population of 25.000.
Reasoning Faculties of Elephants
It is a usual trick of the performance of an
elephant at a public exhibition to pick up a
piece of coin thrown within his reach for that
purpose, with the finger.like appendage at
the extremity of a trunk. On one occasion a
sixpence was thrown down which happened
to roll a little out of reach of the animal, not
far front the wall, and he being desirous to
pick it up, stretched out his proboscies several
times to take it, but It was even then a little
beyond his reach ;ho then stood motionless
for a second, evidently considering (we have
no 'hesitation in saying evidently considering)
how to act. He then stretched his proboscis
in a straight line as far ns he could, a little
distance above the coin, ant blew with great
force against the wall. The angle produced
by the opposition of the wall made the current
of air net under the coin, as he intended and
anticipated it would ; and It was curious to
observe the sixpence traveling by this means
towards the animal, till it came within his
reach and 'nitpicked it up. This complicated
calculation of natural means at his disposal
was an intellectual effort beyond what a vast
number of human beings would ever have
thought of, and would be considered a good
thought and a clever expedient tinder similar
circumstances In any man whatever. During
one of the ware in India, many Frenchmen
had'an opportunity of observing one of the
elephants that had received a flesh wound from
a cannon ball. After having been twice or
thrice conducted to the hospital, where he ex
tended himself to be dressed, he afterwards
used to go alone. The surgeon did whatever
he thought necessary, applying even fire to the
wound, and though the pain made the animal
olten utter the most plaintive groans, he never
expressed any other token than that of grati
tude to this person who by momentary tor
ments endeavored to relieve htm, and in the
end effected his cure. In the last war in India
a young elephant received a violent wound In
his head, the pain of which rendered it so fran•
tic and ungovernable that it was found imps
sible to persuade the animal to have the part
dressed. Whenever any one approached it, it
ran off with fury, and would suffer no person
to come within several yards of it. The man
who had the care of It at length hitupon a con
trivance for securing it. By a few words and
signs he gave the mother of the animal intelli
grace of what he wanted. The sensiblecrea
tore immediately seized her young one with I
tier trunk and held it firmly down, though
groaning with agony, while the surgeon coin
pletely dressed the wound, and site continued
to perform this service every day till the wound
was healed.
The Future of Bessemer Steel Manu
facture.
Professor J. 'W. Foster writes to the Tri
bune as follows on this subject:
"As the Bessemer process is destined to
confer substantial benefits on mankind, and
as our own country affords unsurpassed facil-
Ides for its full deyelopment, I deem it own.-
tune to state how far it has become, domiciled
among us, and what expense attends its in
induction. The plant necessary to produce
100 tons of ingots in apt rind of 24 hours coats
$BOO,OOO, and to duplicate this plant
under the same shelter costs $200,000.
A rail mill to consume this combined
product costs $300,000, Thus to carry on the
various processes from the crude material to
the merchantable rail requires a capital of not
less than $800,000.1'1'1)18 sum may seem start
ling. and yet while capital Is cautious, it is
ever keen to seek the most profitable invest.
ments. Bessemer works have already been
established at the following points: Troy, N.
Y.; Johnstown, H rrisburg, and Bethlehem,
Penn.; Cleveland, two establishments; Chi
cago, two; and Joliet, Li., one now erecting.
Each of these establishments has a double
plant, and is capable of supplying a rail mill.
At Troy the melt conststs of two-thirds Eng
lists pig and one-third American charcoal pig. I
At Harrisburg and Bethlehem, anthracite
iron, without the addition oh' charcoal iron, Is
employed. At CleyCland, pig iron from Mis
souri-Iron Mountain ore, smelted with Bra
zil coal; and at Chicago, Brazil pig and Grand
Tower pig, made from Missouri ores, reduced
by'a mixture of Murfreesboro' coal two-thirds,
and coke one-third, are successfully used.
Mr. Holley prefers, however, in all cases, an
admixture of one-third charcoal pig. The I
distinctive qualities of pig metal, whether
made from specular or hematite ores, are dis
regarded, the main feature being their freedom
tram sulphur and phosphorus. The cost of.
spiegeleisen from Germany is $3B, gold; that
of the New Jersey Franklinite about the same.
The latter is richer in manganese, and Is
equally esteemed.
" There is a loss of 14 or 15 per cent of pig
metal in the con Version into steel. The
scraps are utilized by drawing them Into mer
chant bars, tires, wire, etc. Where the cost
of pig Is $4O a ton, Ingot steel will be $Ol and
rails $Bl.
For these practical details I am indebted to
Mr. A.. B. Holley, a gentleman of eminent ex
perience, and under whose supervision sev
eral of the works enumerated have been erect
ed. This branch of iron industry is yet in its
infancy, and especially In the States border
ing the Ohio Valley. The cardinal fact is
now demonstrated in the daily product of
blast furnaces and converters, that the speeu.
tar ores of Lake Superior and Missouri, by
reason of their richness and purity, and the
block coals of Indiana, in their near approach
to charcoal as a reducing agent, and the facili
ties which exist for bringing these together,
are destined to answer the world's imperitive
demand for cheap steel. It requires no pro
phetic vision to foresee that, before the lapse
•of half a century, the block coal region of In
diana will be the principle seat of Bessemer
manufacture, not only of this country, but of
the world."
PHRENOLOG Y.
I see a man with a small brow and big in
the lower part of his head, like a bull, and I
know that that man is not likely to be a saint.
All the reasoning in the world would not con•
vince me of the contrary, but I would say of
such a man, that he has very intense ideas,
and will bellow and push like a bull of Bash.
an. Now, practically, do you suppose I would
commence to treat with such a man by flaunt
ing a rag In his flee ? My first instinct in re
gard to him is what a man would have if ho
found himself In a field with a will bull,
which would be to put himself on good man
ners, and use means of conciliation, if possi
ble.
On the other hand, if I see a man whose
forehead is ery high and large, but who le
thin in the back of the head, and with a small
neck and trunk, .I say to myself, that is a man,
probably, whose friends are always talking
about how much there is In him, but who
never does anything: He is a man who has
great ageing, but nothing to drive them with.
He is like a splendid locomotive without a
boiler..
Again, you will see a man with a little bul
let head, having accomplished more than a big
headed man, who ought to have been a strong
giant and a great genius. The bullet-headed
man has outstripped tho broad-browed man In
everything be undertook ; and people say,
" Where is your phrenology?" In reply, I
say, " Look at the bullet-head man, and see
what he has.to drive his bullet-head with I"
His stomach ivies evidence that he has natural
fences to carry forward his purposes. Then
look at the big-headed man. He can't make
a spoonful of blood in twenty-four hours, and
what he dues Make is poor and thin. Phre
nology classifies the brain regions well enough,
but you must understand its relations to phy
siology, and the dependence of brain work
upon the quantity and quality of blood that
the man's body makes.
You may ask, " What is the use of knowing
these things ?" . All the use In the world. If
a person comes to me with dark, coarse hair, I
know he is tough and enduring, and I know,
if it is necessary, that I can hit him a rap to
arcuse him ; but if I see a person who has fine
silky hair, and a light complexion, I know that
he is of an excitable temperament, and must
be dealt with soothingly. Again, ill see one
with a large blue, watery eye. and its accom•
partying complexion, I say to myself that all
Mount !Sinai could not wake that man up. I
have seen men of that stamp, whom you could
no more stimulate to action than you could a
lump of dough by blowing a resurrection
trump over it.—Beecher.
Wood and &ono and other pavements suc
ceed In one city and fail in another, though
laid under the one patent and In the same
way. Asphaltum, which has made tho streets
of Paris renowned, and which is noW being
used extensively in London, him prov'ed utter.
ly useless in Hew York and New Haven.
Miles of It have been taken up In the former
city, and the latter after three months' costly
expetience, is about to•lmltate its neighbor.
On the other hand, the asphaltum pavements
in Brooklyn have been a complete success, so
that the question of its teal value remains un
settled.
Republican state Convention
HARTRANFT FOR GOVERNOR.
Mercur for Judge and Allen for
Auditor General.
A Sound Platform of Principles.
Haniusnuno, April Io.—There was an Inv
mense audience in the hall of Representatives
on the assembling of the convention. Two
bands ph yed alternately. It took nearly an
hour to give the delegates seats.
In his speech, temporary President Rutan
said that it was the unanimous conviction of
the Convention that General Or int should he
renominated. Pen , Sylvania will re echo the
verdicts in New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Rhode Island.
Quite a lively debate arose on a resolution
of Russell Erret, authprlzing the President to
appoint a committee of seven to select electors
and delegates to the Philadelphia Convention.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The candidates for nomination for Govern
or were Gen. Hartranft and Ketcham, Mr.
White having declined and Gen. Albright, in
behalf of Gen Lilly, throwing his Influence for
Ketcham. Gen. Hartranft received 87 votes
on the first ballot and wns nominated. Gen.
Albright, and Messrs. Bortz and Hoffman
voted for Ketcham. A motion was defeated
to make the nom'nation of Hartranft unani
moos.
For Supreme Judge, Ulysats lilercur was
nominated on the fourth ballot. The noml
'lntim, R as made unanimous.
For Auditor General, General Harrison
Allen was nominated on the second ballot.
The nomination was made unanimous.
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At the conclusion of the speeches of the
candidates, the committee assigned for its
selection reported the following electoral
ticket, which was unanimously adopted :
AT LAIWE.
Adolph E. Boric, Philadelphia
John M. Thompson, Butler.
EMIDEM
First, Joseph A. Bonham, Philadelphia.
Second, Marcus A. Davis, Philadelphia.
Third, G. Morrison Coates, Philadelphia.
Fourth, Henry Bumm, Philadelphia.
Fifth, Theodore M. Wilson,Philadelph`a.
Sixth, John 111. Broomall, Delaware.
Seventh, Francis Shroder, Lancaster
Eighth, H. H. Richards, Montgomery.
Ninth, Edwin 11. Oreen,.Northampton.
Tenth, Daniel K. Shoemaker, Carbon.
Eleventh, D. R. Miller, Schuylkill.
Twelfth, L. H. Morton, Northumberland
Thirteenth, Theo. Strong, Luzerne.
Fourteenth, John Passmore, Bradford.
Fifteenth, S. D. Freeman, MuKtan.
Sixteenth. Jesse Merrill,, Union.
Seventeenth, H. \V. Cady, Huntingdon.
Eighteenth, Robert Bell, Adams.
Nineteenth, Jos. M. Thompson, Fayette
Twentieth, Isaac Frazer York.
Twenty-first, Geo. Andrews, Jefferson
Twenty second, Henry Lloyd, Allegheny
Twenty-third, John J. Gillespie,Alleghany
Twenty-fourth,-James Patterson, Beaver
Twenty-filth, John W. Wallace,Lawrence
Twentysixth, C. C. Boyd, Erie.
The following delegates to the Philadelphia,
Convent on were then selected, each being
provided with alternates: Morton McMichael
and General 11. H. Bingham, Philadelphia;
T. W. F. White, Allegheny ; M. S. Quay,
Beaver; Robert Purvis (colored), Bucks ;
Gen. W. H. Jessup, Susxuehanna ; W. H.
Koontz, Somerset; Samuel B. Disk, Craw
ford.
MCBEE@
First, James M. Kerns and James Gi'ling
ham.
Second, George W. Hall, John A. Shertner.
Third, Geo. Truman, Jr., and W. M. Bunn.
Fourth, Peter A. B. Widener and Charles
T. Jones.
Fifth, John Barlow and Adam Albright.
Sixth, Josluli Jackson and Wm. Ward.
Seventh, Amos Henderson and Jno
Strohm.
Eighth, Samuel Frecs and Wm. G. Moore
Ninth, D. 0. 'Muer and G. C. Albright.
Tenth, Samuel E. Dimmlek and John WI,
liams. '
Eleventh, W. IL Smith and W. Whitmore
Twelfth, S. F. Barr and George Meßey.
Thirteenth, Joseph A. Scranton and L. D
Shoemaker.
Fourteenth, N. C. Ellsbrar and P. M. Oster
bout.
Fifteenth, Robert M. Foreman end Jerome
B. Potter.
Sixteenth, Edward Blanchard and David
A. Wood.
Seventeenth, Thomas S. Johnston and C
T. Roberts.
Eighteenth, George B. Westling and Jere
miah Lynn.
Nineteenth, W. D. Rogers and Thomas F.
Gallagher.
Twentieth, E. B. Brandt and W. H. Shib
ley.
Tweirty.flrst, J. K. Thompson and A. G
Henry.
Twonty.second, M. S. Huinphries and H
W. Oliver.
Twenty-third; James L. Graham and U. M
Long.
Twenty-fourth, C. McCandless 'and Alex
Wilson.
Twentyll[th, A. B. McCarthy and Goo. K
Anderson.
Twenty-sixth, C. M. Malian and W. 0
Sco!Md.
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The following resolution was then adopted
unanimously :
Resolved. That the delegation from this
State are hereby instructed to cast the entire
vote °Me State for Genera! Grant for the
Presidency, and that on the question of the
Vice Presidency they are instructed to act to
gether for the best Interests of the Republican
party, and that upon all questions arising in
said convention they cast the vote of this State
as the majority of the delegates may direct.
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At 7 o'clock the convention was called to or
der by Colonel [lnward G. Reeder, of North
ampton, the permanent president.
DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN
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The following delegates at large to the Con
stitutional Convention were reperted and the
nominations adopted:
William M. Meredith,
of Philadelphia; J.
Gillingham Fell, of Philadelphia; Wm. Lilly,
of Carbon; Lin Bartholomew, of Schuylkill;
H'. N. McCanister, of Centre; Wm. li. Arm
strong, of Lycnmlng; Wm. Davie, Luzerne;
James L. Reynolds, Lancaster; Samuel E.
Dimm ick, Way ne;G. Lawrence, Washington;
David N. White, Allegheny; W. H. Ainey,
Lehigh; John H. Walker, Erie.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Resolved, That we reaffirm our devotion to the
principles of the Republican party, and our belief
that the continued existence of that party Is ne
cessary to the maintenance and success of those
principles. The grand and fundamental Idea of
the equality of all men In political rights Is not
professed by any other party, and can be sustained
faithfully only by those who are sincerely com
mitted to It.
Resolved, That the adoption of the thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the Con
stitution of the United States has not been guilt
clently acquiesced In by all to render certain and
secure their permanebt incorporation la that in
strumeut, and hence the administration of the
Government can safely be entrusted only to that
party which Is heartily and beyond question com
mitted to theta and the policy necessary to put
them into successful operation.
Resolved, That we are now more than over called
to sustain the pulley of national protection to
American industry. If the laborer Is worthy of
his hire, and a fair day's work entitles the worker
to a fair day's pay, we must continucto throw the
protecting arm of the Government around those
who toll for the r daily bread. The protective
policy alone makes labor contented and capital
secure. It renders employment certain and pay
staple and satisf.ctory, while free trade means
that our laborers and mechanics must either work
for lower wages or that our factories should be
closed through foreign competition and the work•
Inman of the country deprived of employment.
Resolved, That the public lands belong to the
people, and should be reserved for the people. We
therefore pronoundo most decidedly against any
further appropriation of the public lands In behalf
of corporations or Individuals. All lands not sold
according to law should be open to pre.erdption
and actual settlement.
.Resolved, That we dem Ind a continued adher
ence to the policy hitherto pursued under Repub.
Heart auspices In our State and In the Nation of a
steady and gradual reduction of the public debt.
The Interests of the people require that the most
rigid economy should be practiced in the admin
istration of both the National and State Govern
ments, and that taxes should be reduced in both
as rapidly as le consistent with the honorable
maintenance of the public credit and the extin
guishment of the public debt.
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the act of.
General Grant In giving a trial to the plan of civil
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I service reform. We demand that that plan, or
any other that may be substituted in its place as
better, shall have a fair and munutufrrassed trial;
that every effort shall be made to secure compe
tent men for the public service, and that honesty
and incorruptibliity.sball bedcemed qualifications
as essential as competency and intelligence.
Resolved, That the Republican party bee given
full evidence during the past eleven years of Its
ability to administer the Government honestly,
-faithfully, and successfully. It has, within that
time, maintained the honor of our national flag at
home and abroad, preserved the Unlon from dis
ruption, and restored It in its Integrity, secured to
all classes and conditions of men the rights given
to them by their Maker, and having proclaimed
liberty throughout all the land to all the Inhabi
tants thereof. has given to that proclamation the
full effect to which it was entitled, and we, there
fore,ln Its natne,claim from the people a continu
ance of their confidence, and fearlessly challenge
their scrutiny, ,Into Its acts.
Resolved, That we point with pride to the record
of General Grant's administration of the National
Government. Not only has the weight of Inter
nal taxation been almost wholly removed from the
people's shoulders, but three hundred millions of
the national debt have been paid off, a result
never before attained by any other people under
like circumstances, and for which we are Indebted
to the rigid honesty, strict economy, and sterling
integrity which the Pre+ldent has * brought to the
administration of national affairs.
Rewired, Thitt we present his name for renom
ination to the Presidency, confident that the peo
ple will [Loin rally to the support of the maa who
so nobly fought their battles. who, under the guid
ance of Providence, brought the nation safely
through Its struggle to maintain its existence,and
who has niece so successfully administered the
affairs of the Government as to command general
admiration at home and abroad.
Resolved, That Ire will stand by the Govern
ment in the foreign policy so firmly marked out
and adhered to by President Grant. Thu honor
of the nation, we feel, Is safe In his hands, and
the 11,ig under which he never suffered defeat will
not he dishonored while he is bept In the front.
Resolved, That we congratula•e the people of
Penns% Ivanla on the final accomplishment of the
call for a convention to revise and amend the con
stitutiop of Penmylvaula, and we earnestly Urge
upon cffir friends to see that delegates are chosen
In their respective districts committed to the policy
of incorporating In that Instrument a clear and
decisive protibition of special legislation.
Pesoloci, That we hereby declare our opposition
to every effort to withdraw front the sinking-fund
of the Commonwealth, by substitution, exchange
or otherwise, any of the bonds, securities, or
moneys now pledged to it, and through It to the
payment of the public debt, and our inflexible de
termination to preserve the stone Inviolably for
the fulfilment of the common obligation.
R,solved, That the thanks of our party arc due
to Governor John W. Geary, under whose lead our
principles have twice been successfully vindicated
in Pennsylvania. The State debt has been largely
reduced during his Administration ; our soldiers '
orphans been fully cherished and educated, and
oar laws been wisely and efficiently enforced.
I.7ader the necessity of parting with him as Gov
ernor to conformity with the constitution of the
State, Governor Geary carries with him in his re
tirement the heartfelt wishes of the people for his
(attire happiness and prosperity.
lleiedved, That the oil-producing, mining, lum
bering, and nianilfacturing lute' eats of the State
require protection frotn the efforts of the danger
ous comninations, and that such laws should be
enacted by the General Assembly of the COinnion
wealth as will promote said interesta,both In heir
development and the transportation of their pen
dings to tnarket.
Resolved, That we are earnestly In favor of the
earliest possible removal of the duties on tea and
col Tee, and urge the prompt passage of the bill for
that purpose, now before Congress.
Resolved, That we present with peculiar pride,
and with an assured confidence of success, the
gentlemen named for delegates at large to the
Constitutional Convention. They are all men
worthy of the most active and ardent support at
the hands of the Republican party, and we call
upon our friends throughout the State to rally as
one man to their triumphant election.
NOMINATIONS FOR CONOREISMEN
Nominations for Congressmen•at large were
then proceeded with, and General Lemuel
Todd, of Cumberland. and General Harry
White, of Indiana, were nominated by accla
mation, and the convention adjourned.
This is a standing query In some agricultural
journals, especially wills those in the Eateern
States . . One thing is clear that very rarely is
a farmer sold out by the sheriff for debt, and
as most of our farmers begin without capital It
is presumptive that some how or another they
have made it pay.
It must be confessed, however, that the past
season has not been on the whole a very en.
couragine one, especially to those within fifty
miles of Philadelphia. An average of 35 cents
per day from each cow during the year is not
enough to add largely to the bank account,
while the low price Of stock and the products
of the broad acres, have been as low, and in
some cases lower than before the war, notwith
standitig the high price of labor and heavy
taxes
But there is always some turning point, and
one of these is the sudden jump of hay from
$1.50 to $2 per cwt. during the past few weeks.
Those who have hay will make good profits at
this price ; but unfortunately the long winter
lies pulled down the depth of the hay in the
mows pretty considerably.
We are Inclined to think that low prices for
farm produce have almost touched bottom, and
that the future of farming is much more bril
liant than It has been f'r the past few seasons.
Germantown Telegraph.
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Among the innumerable wonders of the Pa
cific slope the mammoth grape vine of Santa
Barbara, California, deserves notice. Seventy
years ago it was the riding whip of a Spanish
ounce, one of the earliest settlers of Santa
Barbara, presented to her by her lover.
Now it spreads its branches over an area of
more than five thousand square feet, and pro
duces annually from ten to twelve thousand
pounds of grapes. Besides grows an off
spring vine, twelve years old, fully asprolific
as the parent Stem, and with their branches
intertwine those of a very fine fig tree. The
donna who foremerly owned MI s vino and
and the land on which itgrows died recently
at the ripe age of 105 years. Before her death
she conveyed this portion of the property to
Mr. Server of Canton, 0., who proposes to
give the vine the care which It very much
needs. The grape vine Is said to be twice as
large as the fatuous vine at Fontainebleau, in
Prance, and larger titan any found among the
villas in the vicinity of Rome. Altogether,
it is one of the wonders of the world, and
affords a striking example of the wonderful
vegetable growth of the Pacific cost.
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP
Fourteen cents balance from his salary was
what a Blaine legislator had after settling up ,
his hoard bill.
Wisconsin's Legislature, just before ad
journing, enacted a liquor law, which would
in some respects be the best in existence, if it
could only be enforced. Section four pro
vides that "it shall be unlawful in this State
for bny person to become intoxicated :" and
further, that any person found drunk may be
taken in charge by any other person until
sober. As the act reads,•a man may be arrest
ed for being intoxicated in his own house.
Accoiding to California papers the average
yield of California orange trees is set doWn as
1,300 for each tree. If 1000 oranges be assum
ed to each tree, however, and seventy trees be
assumed to the acre, the product of 70,000 or
anges results, and icir net value will be from
seven hundred to a thousand dollars.
The number of Immigrants at New York Is
nearly twice as large in 1872, thus far, as It
was In the corresponding period of.last year.
To discover spurious greenbacks or national
bank notes divide the last two figures of the
number of the bill by four and if one remain
the letter on the genuine will be A ; if two re-
mains it will be B ; if three,C ; and should
there be no remai n der the etter will be D.
For example,
a note is registered 2,401 ; divide
sixty•one by four and you will have one re
maining. According to the rule the letter on
the note will he A. In case the rule falls to
be certain that bill is counterfeit.
In a Boston Court on Tuesday a prisoner
had to be discharged because no one could
read the names of the mimes-es on the sub
poenas. Even the judge who had •written
Mio, emulous of Mr. Greeley's fame, was
unable to decipher his own handwriting.
Eighteen inches of ice had to bo cut away
so that nineteen converts at Concord, N. 11.,
might be baptiziid before the new faith born
in them should have, time to cool. Ono wo
man tainted, and they. all had to be hurried
to the nearest home to save their Imperilled
Hies.
An unusual number of pretty girls have
been introduced In society at Washington this
season, and society is furthermore supremely
happy ever the increase in the number of un
married.young men among the foreign lega
tions.
Religious excursion trains are run from
Leaven w wth to Topeka, where the great Kan
sas revival is going on.
Coal has been discovered near the surface
In Stearns county, Minnedota, and at Wilton
Station on the Northern Pacific Railroad. •
Does Forming lony
A Big Grape Ville