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Address, . JACOBY & IKELER. '
Uloomsburg, Columhiti County, Pa.
FIFTEEN AND FIFTY-
With gradual fleam the day was dawning,
"' ' Seme lingering stars wrre seen ;
. When swung the garden gate behind us
- He fifty, I fifteen.
The high-top'p'd chaise and old gray pony
. Stood waiting in the lane , ,
' - Idly my father swaye'd the whip lash,
LigUUy lie held therein.
The stars went softly back to heaven,
- ' The night logs roll'd away,
' And rluts ul gold and crowns of crimson
j "... Along tbo hill tops lay.
- .That aiorn the field, they surely never
fta loir an afpect wore ;
And never from the purple clover - "
f.. Each perfuotts. rose before.
......
O'er hills and low romantic valleys. '
" And dowry by-roads through ,; ,
J sang my simplest songs, familiar.
That he mi;(;t ring them too.
Onr souls lay open alt to pleasure,-
Nasha.tow ame between;
Two children, busy with I heir leisure,
.. ' He fifty, I fiAeen.
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A oft my couch in l.mgour lonely,
1 1 wrave beguiling rhyme.
Comri back with strangely sweet remembrance,
m - That far removed time.- ;"
. ' The slow-paced years have brought sad changes,
. That morn acd this between :
'Andnowoir earth any years are fifty, -And
bis, in beavvu. fifturu. ,
Abolitionists and Abolitionism.
No. V. . . '
V Messrs. EDrroas ; Id ti lato number of
your paper, I noticed a Lxiort article signed,
'A Benton Dcraociat," in which the writer
very breif.y refera to the Abolition Kaid,
tha-t waa made upon the Democnits of Ben
ton township and that vicinity about the
last of August 18G4. I was not molested in
that wicked work of. the Disunionists, end
can therefore- look impartially at tlie whole
affair. ... 7 ;. .
From this stand point, I will write, you an
aTticle or two on the subject. I am well con
vinced the Kaid was brought on bj a. few un
principled; Political tricksters. in Danville,
Bloomsburg and Wilkes Barre, and was un-
dcrstood and expected by many of their
Hieaks in Luzerne, Columbia ami Montour
and other cotmtief, .who aided and encour
a,ged the .dirty 'work.' 4
The object .waa to persecute Democrats, to
prevent them from voting at the thenap-
proaching fall elections, and to injure them
in person, property and reputation- , Tlie
vile wretches who instigated this unjust pixn
cceding, and who claim to be responsible for
the soldiers coming, employed all sucl
pointed miscreants as "Lucky' John," "the
liian of watch and gun stealing memory,
and that embodyment of villainy, very fond
of hooking fish from other People's nets,
4c, commonly known nereaL?outs, as
"Professor," celebrated for Lecturing on
Fleas ; to sneak around and guide the sol
diers to the place where such Democrats liv
ed as were partictdar objects of malice, envy
and bitter hatred ; and.have thsm"arrested,!
contrarj' to law, without warrants, or even
ti)robable cause, "-and taken to a distant
Military Bastile, . in which they4 suffered.
more than can ever be made knovrn to the
public, and where some of them died, leav-;
lug uesncute iamiucs. j.1113 vcas jJtrsccuinjft
to the bitter end. - , -"
i But the prisoners being unrighteously de
tained for many, months from their homes
&ad basiness, sunered very mucu in tne loss
C:f property. .'And besidea were illegally
kept from the polls and thus by tyrants and
corrupt scoundrels prevented from exercis
ing fxeemanT8 right to vote his honest sen-
tfments. .'.
And because of these arbitrary arrests and
cfnel imprisonment, some of the minions,,
w ao secretly encouraged the whole outrage,!
h6w say, . it will be a reproach to tlie pris
"oners, their families, and friends, and as
certain persons . are stigmatised because
some of their anncestors were shot,.
?br their' "Loyal Tory" proclivities in
The days of the Revolution, so they will
liave this cast up to them in future. -; This
""will not necessarily follow, and no one but a
long-faced hypocrite' who always votes and
kcts with them ; and" their Tory crew
Vould think Or talk in thi3 way. 'Tliose ar-
rested men suffered innocently, while the
"Tories, their decendants and .their adherents
"were and are guiltj. This does, and it ought
to make a great difference. That oui neigh-!
bors were iaEOcect, were punished contrary;
to la-'Tcrc persecuted in the most disgrace-j
f A and u: I'l.- t manner ; &nd that the militaJ
ry had to jurisdiction in -the premises,, id
'abuacLatly proven by the late decision of
tha
and othex3 1a Indiana,, wno ma Dcca
trru !:! and nJstrcated ia the saxa way by
I sav.ry ?U1 the Court ha3 made that
decision, it, vindicates the whole Democrat
ic Party, its principles and practice, touch
ing Arbitrary arrests, Court Martinis, &c,
out side of . the military lines. That decision
proves that those who assisted in making
those arrests are the law breakers, and sub
ject to arrest and legal 2unislnuent and this
I hope they may get in due time.
' - Jefferson.
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ork a jlslessixo. Jiany 3'oung men
have fathom that are well off, and they hare
no ambition, and no particular prospect
They scorn a trade. A man that is too well
bom for a trade, is very well born for a gal
lows I Thousands of parents who bv indus
try have gained a position which enables
them to destroy their children, take . the
surest means of accomplishing theirdestruc
tion, by encouraging them in idleness, and
alloAying them to grow up with feelings of
contempt for labor. No child ought to be
reared to feel that it is disgraceful to work
at what ever manuel labor best suits his tal
ents, no mater if his father is a minister, or
a lawyer, or a Senator, or a President of the
United States. 1 Many J'oiing men are look
ing forward upon life with the general idea
that they are going to enjoy themselves.
They are provided with needful physical
comforts and they mean to be . very, happy.
They have ho trade. They slight their pro
fession. Their whole governing principle
in life is to shrink anything like work ; and
they expect to have enjoyment without in
dustry. But ko man in this world will be
happy who violates the fundamental law of
industry. You must work if you are going
to be a happy ma.r. I know you think it is
hard ; but if God had meant that you should
be a butterfly, you would have been . born a
butterfly. And as , j-ou were not born a
moth or a miller, but a man, you - must ac
cept the conditions of your manhood. - And
if there is one principle that is more impor
tant at the very threshold of life "thai an
other, it is that man is lorn. to "rork.' At
the beginning of the history or the race, it
may have been a cirse that doomed man to
work ; but, th.r.i'k God, it ln s been changed
to a blessing now. And the baptism of
work is a baptism of blessing.
The Murder in Fayette Coi xtt. On
the" 3d of April lat, a yOung married man
was murdered in CooLstown, Fayctto county.
His body was thrown into the river, but was
soon after discovered. Up to within a week
no due to the murderers had lcen obtained,
but the other day. the wife of the murdered
man and aiuan named Thairwcllwerc arres
ted and are now confined in jail charged
with committing the murder. It is report
ed that Tlutirwcll has confessed,' and states
that he had lived with Houseman r.nd be
come criminally intimnte with his wife, that
various attempts.had been made to poi.-ou
Houseman which ule,d, and finally' he shot
him while Le was asleep in bod ; that Mrs.
Houseman had a tub ready to' catch- the
blood, and that they thus succeeded in mur
dering the man and afterward conveyed the
body to the river, tied a rope around his
neck and put a weight to , it to prevent the
body from rising and threw it in the wom
an tcking an active part in all these acts.
Thairwell is an .Englishman and has only
beea in this country three, years he gives
his age we are informed, as twenty-four.
He is very much distressed. The woman is
said to be smart and handsome She mani
fest but little concern in regard to what lias
happened and seems indifferent about her
present situation or the future. She is
twenty-six years of age and ' has four chil
dren, t
Boston rs the ' Olden Time. A! hun
dred years ago; on account of political dis
turbance, certain municipal regulations were
made, conducive to the better order of the
town. Among them was an order to "ar
rest all negroes found out after dark without
a lantern." Soon after it happened that an
old colored man was picked up, the record
saj' "prowling about in total darkness."
When examined by the magistrate - the fol
lowing day, he replied to the ' query, "Are
you guilty?" 'No sah! I has de lantern,3'
holding up before the astonished court, an
old one with neither oil jior candle in it.
He was discharged, and the law amended so
as to read, a lantern with a candle.1' -
Old Tony, not long after, was. arrested a
second time on- the same complaint, and
again pleaded 1 fnot guilty,", producing a lan
tern jwith a . candle. The wick,' however,
had never been discolojed by a flame. The
shrewd darkey was again discharged with a
reprimand, and the law was still again
amended so as to require a "lantern with . a
lighted candle." Old iTony never troubled
the .watch any.ruore.V He was overheard
saying, itMasa-got -too much, h'srhton -do
subjec .
I
Trre vDirFEaENCE.'-7-Two , lawyers , in a
county court-Kme of whom had gray hair,
and the other, though just as old a man as
his teamed friend, had hair which looked
suspfr-tously blael-frhad rome altercation.
uZi i'-li-tir-L :1 L AL- tl ' -l - v ii
awiui a (juuHiun 01 practice, in wnicu uiq
gentleman with the dark hair remarked to
his' opponent: "A person at your time of
life,'- fcir.1" looking at the' barrister's' gray
head, "ought to have a long enough expe
rience to .knor what is customary in such
cases.';' Yes; isir was the reply : "you
may fetare at iny-'gray ,hairif jou like,'. My
hair will be grayaslong as I Jive,and yours
will be blackas long as i you dye:i? j
TIf . Moiety, with' nine ! hundred ' merJ
conld whip Geary with three thousand, 'what
will lliester Clymer do with twci hundred
j and tixty thousand tvhito yctenns? '';-f ,
Continued froni last week's paper.
ORDINANCES,
OF THE
BOROUGH OF CENTRALIA.
VII.
AN ORDINANCE
To Bcgulate the Driving of Horses, &c,
througlt the Borough of Centralia.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Ceutralia, and
it is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from und after the passage of
this ordinance, if any person or persons shall
wilfully or negligently ride, drive, permit,or
suffer any horse or horses, mare or gelding,
mule, or otlier beast or beasts, to co in a
gallop, run, or othor immoderate gait, or
shall rule or drive auy.race or trial ot speed
with any horse or horses, mare, creldins.
mule, or beast , in or through any street, lane, or
alley oi tins l)orouan,so as to endanger per
sons standing or walking therein, or jeopard
tnesatetj ot citizens ot this borough many waj
whatsoever, each and even uerson so offend
ing, shall forfeit and pay a sum notlossthan
hve dollars nor more than ten dollars, to be
recovered, with costs of suit, as debts of
like amount are by lawrecovcrable,and paid
into the treasury lor tlie use of the borough.
Sect. 2. That from and after the Pas
sage of this ordinance, no person whatsoev
er hall set or stand unon anv cart, tvnfim.
or other carriage of any kind whatsoever,or
any horse or beast hiruessed thereto, in or
der to drive the same, unless he shall have
strong reins or lines fastened to the bridles
of his beast.and held in his hands, sufficient
to guide and restrain them Irom runnim'
galloping, or going at an immoderate rate ;
and all carters, wagoners, tnd other persons
having the care of anv carriages, as aforr-
said, passing through any ttreet, lane, or
alley of this borough who shall not hold the
reins in their hands, as aforesaid, shall walk
oy tne heai ot the tdiaft or wheel horse,
oldmg, or within re:u:h of the halter or bri
dle of the said horse, in order to guide or re
strain thorn iu tlie, manner aforesaid; and
f.'U'h and every person wilfully or nesrligcnt-
y oKrnumg in cuner or me cases aioresaia,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars,
to be recovered, with costs, as debts of like
amount are by law recoverable, and paid
into the treasury for the use of the borough.
- Sect. 3. That if any person shall wilfully
or negligently drive, ride or lead any horse,
or horses, mare, gelling, mule, or any other
beast of draught or burden upon, or cause
or permit any carriage, wagon, cart, or vehi
cle of any kind whatsoever, to pass upon, or
along, or remain -on any footway, sidewalk,
or pavement, within this borough, or hall
unload or cast out of any: carnage, .wagon,
cart, or any vehicle of any kind whatsoever,
any cord-wood, brick, stoue, bar-iron, timber,
lumber of any kmd, ashes, sand, earth, ; or
coals upon any such footway, sidewalk, or
pavement he, she, or they", so offending,
.-hall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than
three, nor more than Eve dollars, to be re
covered in the manner, and applied to the
uses aforesaid. '
' Passed. April 13th, ISM.
r ' v J. Ii. KNITTLR,
seal, j Pres t. Town Con.
Attest L. S. Boxfr, .
. .' .Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
. i' - Chief Burgess.
. , . VI LI.
,.i i AN OIIDINANCE
To prevent or prohibit the sale of unwhole
sonio Provisions within the Borough of
Centralia.' p ' '
Sect. 1. Be it orlained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and
it is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That it'any store-kcepcr.grocer.grecn-groeer,
victualler, butcher, huckster, truck
man, or other person shall sell or expose to
sale, or cause to be exposed to sale m any
way whatsoever, any beef, pork, mutton,
Ltmb, orve.il, poultry, fish, vegetables, f ruit.
or any other provisions, or article of food
whatsoever, that shall bo found to be diseas
ed, tainted, blown, stale, noxious, spoiled,
decayed, or. unwholesome,' or in any manner
unfit for use ; or any veal which when killed
shall not have been of the age of four weeks ;
or if any store-keeper, shopkeeper, grocer,
green-grocer, victualler, butcher, huckster,
truckman,' or other person keeping ttorc,
shop, stall, or truck stand shall keep said
store, stand or stall so that the same is un
clean, and noisome, uc wholesome, or offen
sive smells are emitted therefrom, he, she,
or they so offeuding against the provisions
of this ordinauce, thall upou conviction
thereof, forfeit ana pay the sum of five dol
lars for each and every offense, which may
be sued for and recovered with costs of
suit, as debts of like amount are by law re
coverable. ' '
Passed, April 13th, IRCf). " ' ' 1 '.
. ,.rwili J. B. KNITTLE,
. IS-EAX-I ... 1'res't. Town Con.
Attest L S. Bone:, '
Town Clerk. ' ' V
Approved. i JAMES DYKE,
: . - : - Chief Burgess.
- : - V; . AN ORDINANCE -; v ;
To prevent Horses, Mules, Sheep, Goat,
and Swine from ruiining at large ia.the
. Borough of CtutraUa. . - . .. . -. . ;
, Sect. 1. - - Bo it- ordiinod by" the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from and alter the passage' of
this ordinance, Tuo mnle,,horsiv mare, "or
gelding, sheep, goat; cr swine ot any . de
scription shall be suffered to go, be, or re
main at large within the through," and if the
owner o any such animal shall wilfully per
mit or suffer the same to go, be, or remain
at large, within the borough, he shall, on
conviction thereof forfeit and pay, for each
and every mule, horse, mare, or gelding, five
dollars; for each and very swine, one dol
lar ; ' for Cach and every sheep, 'fifty cents J
for each and every goat, one dollar, going,
being, or remaining at large within the bor?
ougb.'ta be recovered for the use 'of the
High Constable. ' '
Sect. 2. ' That it sh-dl be the duty of the
High Constable of the borough, and he is
hereby required,' when any mule, horse, mare,
or gelding, sheeny goat7 or ewine, is at large
in violation, of this ordinance,' forthwith to
make complaint in . writing to the Burgess,'
or a Justice of the Peait of the , borough j
against tb owner o suih aniniaiy for which
he shall receive the whole of the fine or fines
rocoYered by' the" proviiioa of the first. 6ecv
tion of this ordinance;, and,, if the High
Constable, wilfully neghnitsor refuses to com
plain to the Burgess or. ustice of thcPescej
asaforesaid, tx shall firrfcit and pay five
dollars for every neglect or refusal, to the use
of the borough.
Passed, April 13th, 186fi.
Tsfal.1 J' B- KITTLE,
SEAL.J lWt Town Con..
Attest L S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
AN ORDINANCE
For arresting disorderly Persons and Va
grants disturbing the peace of the borough.
Sect. 1. Bo it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That all vagrants and disorderly per
sons found disturbing the peace and harmo
ny of the borough, shall each upon convic
tion, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than
live dollars, nor more than twenty dollars for
each and every offense, for the use of the
borough; and also the sum of one dollar to
each policeman engaged in arresting the
same ; and any person or persons refusing to
pay such fine and forfeiture', shall be confin
ed in watch-house or lock-up, for a space of
not more than forty-eight hours, for each
and every such offense. '
Sect. . And any person or persons in
terfering, cither by threat or action in the
arrest and punishment of persons, as afore
said, with an intention of aiding or abetting
them in their lawlessness, shall forfeit and
pay a like sum or sums for the purposes as
aforesaid, and le subject to the same punish
ment as the principals.
Passed, April loth, 18f.fi.
- tSEALl J. Ii. KNITTLE,
seal. J lWt. Town Con.
Attest L S. Boner.
Town Clerk.
: Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XL
AN ORDINANCE
For the Appointment and Regulation of
Policemen.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Central::!, and it
. is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, 1 hat from and after 'the passage of
this ordinance, the Borough Council shall
annually, on the first regular meeting nipht
of the newly elected Council, appoint forty
policemen, to be selected frdm the citizens
of said borough, in such localities as the
Council, may deem proper and convenient;
and the persons so appointed shall be notified
by the Town Clerk of their' appointment,
and of the time and place the Council will
meet for the purpose of administering the
oath of office to said apjointed policemen,
at least five days before the time of meeting
of the Council, for the purpose aforesaid,
and any ierson, who, after being so notified,
shall neglect or refuse to appear and take
the oath of office, and undertake the duties
or his.appointmcnt,"?ha!l torieit and nav to
the m-e of the borough, the sum of ten dol
lars: I rnrvfaJ, ihatu alter the appoint
ment of any person, as aforesaid, he shall
appear before the Council, and show cau.-e
sufficient, to the satisfaction of the Council,
that said person by reason of sickness, ill
health, or other good cau'V. ouirlit to l-e ex
cused from the duties of said ofliee, or from
paying said fine, the Council may excuse
him ; and in nocasc'shall any person le com
pelled to serve as ponce officer two years in
succession. -Sec.
2. In case of anv vacancy or va
cancies in the number of policemen, cither
by iathire oi any person or persons appoint
ed policemen under section first of tins or
dinance, to appear and be sworn in, or by
death, or removal from s:iid borough, the
Council may at any meetiug after such va
cancy occurs, appoint other suitable jwrson
or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies,
and the person or persons, so appointed. shall
have the same notice, and be subject to like
penalties as if appointed under the first
section of this ordinance.
Se,c. 3. It shall be the duty of the po
lice officers, so appointed, to suppress all
riotous ordisorderly conduct in said borough ;
to prevent breaches of the ieace; to arrest
all disorderly or riotous j-crsons, and bring
them before any magistrate of said borough
to be dealt with according to law ; and every
police officer who shall neglect to arrest any
itcrson or persons committing any of the
herein! efore named offenses, as oft en as the
same shall come to the personal notice of
such policemen, or when he shall be called
upon for that purpose by any citizen of the
borough, shall be subject to fine, as provi
ded under section fifth of this ordinance.
Sec. 4. For every arrest of any person
violating any of the ordinances of this bor
ough, the policeman making such arrest
shall be entitled to receive the sum of one
dollar, if, in tlft discretion of the commit
ting magistrate before whom the person ar
rested may be. taken, it was necessary to
make such arrest, and said magistrate shall
determine how many policemen were neces
sary to make such arrest, and which of the
policemen are eutitlcd to receive such com
pensation ; and the magistrate shall award
to each policeman, for the service so render
ed, one dollar, for each person arrested, to
le paid by the person or persons violating
the ordinances of the borough.
Sec. 5. Every policeman neglcoting to
perform any of the duties enjoined on him
ry this ordinance, or bv any of the ordinan
ces of this borough, shall, for every such
offense upon conviction thereof before any
magistrate, be fined three dollars. which line
with costs, shall bo collected as other penal
ties of like amount are by law collectable,
and paid to the treasurer for the use of the
borough. -
Passed, April 1 3th, 1 SGG.
r '; t J. B. KNITTLE.
Iseal. J 1Wt Twn Con
Attest L S. Boner,
; . Town Clerk.
. Approved. . ; .JAMES DYKE.
' , Chief Burgess.
XII.
AN ORDINANCE
Prescribing the duties of the Collector of
Taxes. - .
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is herebv ordained by the authority of the
same, That the Council shall, from time to
time, and whenever the same be necessary,
appoint a proper person to collect the taxes,
rates and levies, assessed rated or levied by
the Council, who shall receive for his servi
ces such compensation as the Council from
time to time by resolution may determine. ;
- Sec. 2. t The collector, before he' enters
on the duties of his appointment, shall give
a bond with such surety and. penalty as fchall
be satisfactory to the Council, and a warrant
to confess judgment thereon to the corpor
ation of the borough of Centralia,. condi
tioned that he trill taithfolly and dilig;atly
collect and duly pay over to the treasurer of
the Borough ot Centralia, agreeably to the
provisions of the Act of Assembly and of
this ordinance', the taxes contained in the
duplicate and lists to be to him delivered,
excepting such allowances as shall be made
thereon by the Council.
Sec. 3. The collector at the time of de
manding or receiving any tax, shall produce
the duplicate of the tax so demanded or re
ceived, and immediately on the receipt thereof
and in the presence of the, person paying,
write the word "paid" therein opposite to
the name or description of the person or
estate by or for whom on which the "tax is
paid. The collector shall, on the second
Monday succeeding his appointment pay
over to the treasurer, all sums of money
then received by him on account of the said
duplicate, and on every second Monday
thereafter, while the duplicate remans in
his hands, he shall pay over to the treasurer
all sums of money received by him in the
preceding two weeks.
Sect. 4. Whenever any money shall be
paid to the treasurer by the collector, on ac
count of a duplicate of taxes, he shall pro
duce the duplicate and pay over and account
for all such sums of money as shall appear
by the entries on the duplicate to have been
paid. The treasurer shall give a receipt to
the collector fur all sums of money paid by
him into the treasury, and the collector
shall deliver the said receipt to the Town
Clerk, who shall retain and receipt for the
same and immediately charge the account of
the treasurer and credit the account of the
collector with the sum that shall appear by
t i i i .1
such receipt to nave been paid into tne
treasury. And the collector .shall, on or be
fore the second Monday of January, suc
ceeding the time of. his receiving a dupli
cate of taxes for collection, pay into the
treasury of the borough, the whole amount
of tlie duplicate, excepting such allowances
as may lo made by the Council, otherwise
the bond given by him shall be forfeited.
Passed, April 13, lsi.fi.
rs.T , J. B. KNITTLE,
EAL. j Town Con
Attest L. S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
. , . , Chief Burgess.
XIII.
AN ORDINANCE
To prohibit the obstructing of the sidewalks
in the Borough ol Lcntraha and lor other
purposes.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from and alter the passage of
this ordinance, it shall e unlawful for boys
or men to congregate and assemble in groups
upon the corners of the streets, or upon the
pavements or footways of said borough,' mi
as to obstruct the free passage, or to the an
noyance of foot passengers along said side
walks or f lotways, and any persons offend
ing against this ordinance, shall be punished
as hereinafter provided.
Sect. 2. Be it further ordained, that it
fhall be unlawful for any person or persons
to use, proclaim or streak any unchaste or
obscene language upon any of the streets,
lanes or alloys of said borough, to the an
noyance of any pcron or persons passing
along any of tle streets, lanes or alleys of
said lorouh, and any person or persons
offending against this ordinance, shall be
puni.died as hereinafter provided.
Sect. 3. Anv person offending against
this ordinance, shall, upon conviction before
any magistrate of said borough, forfeit and
pay to the use of the borough, the sum of
one dollar, with costs, l'or the first offence,
and for the second or anvsub.se.iuent offence,
shall forfeit ami pay the sum of five dollars
with costs, to be collected as penalties of like
amounts are by law collectable.
Passed, April 13, lSOfi.
t J. B. KNITTLE,
IhEAUj l'rcs't Town Con.
Attest L. S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. JA3IES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XIV.
AN ORDINANCE
Prohibiting persons from sliding down streets
or sidewalks in the Borough of Centralia.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage of
this ordinance, it shall le unlawful for any
person or persons to slide down any hill or
declivity m any of the public streets, or
upon any of the sidewalks or footways in
said borough, upon sled, board-, or other
carriage or vehicle ; and any police ofScer,
constable, magistrate or other officer of
said borough, finding any person or per
sons violating this ordinance, may seize and
take the sleds, lioard or boards, or other car
riage or vehicle with which such person is
vi jkti :g this ordinance, aud leave the .same
with any magistrate of said borough, and
the owner thereof at any time -within five
days thereafter by paying to the magistrate
any sum the magistrate mav in his discre
tion deem just and reasonable, not exceed
ing the worth of such sled or sleds, board or
boards, or carriage or other vehicle, shall lo
entitled to have the same given up to the
said owner ; and in ca.-c the said owner shall
neglect for five days to pay the sum adjudged
reasonable by the said magistrate, the said
magistrate shall sell or cause to be sold, the
sled or sleds, board or boards, or carriage or
other vehicle, so deposited with him, at pub
lic sale or outer', to the highest bidder, and
shall pay the amount received thereof, to
the treasurer of said borough, for the us of
said borough. ,
SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the High
Constable and police officers of the liorough,
to enforce this ordinance, and for the neg
lect or refusal of any such officer to enforce
the same when seen violated in bis presence,
he shall, upon conviction thereof Ik-fore any
magistrate, be fined for every such offence
the sum of one dollar, to be collected as
penalties of like amount are by law collect
able. Passed, April 13, lSfifi.
.v... ! J. B. KNITTLE,
ISEAL.J Prcs't Town Con.
Attest L S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE, .
Chief Burgess.
XV.
" AN ORDINANCE ; :
To prevent dogs from running.at large in the
, Borough of Centralia.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, ' and
it is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same," That no dog shall be allowed to 0 at
large in the borough, without having arc und
its neck a collar of leather or metal, on
w hich shall be inscribed the name of the
owner of such dog. and that during the
months of June, July and August, all dogs
shall be securely muzzled, but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to permit any
female dog when in heat to run at large in
the Borough of Centralia.
Sect. 2. That all dogs found running at
large in the borough of Centralia, in viola
tion of this ordinance, shall be taken up
and placed in the publicrpound erected for
that purpose, and unless by the payment of
all costs that may have accrued they are re
deemed by the owner within twenty-four
hours from the time of their being impound
cd.they shall be taken out,killed and buried.
Sect. 3. That it shall be the duty of the
Chief Burgess to see this ordinance carried
into strict effect, and he is hereby authorized
to employ persons to capture and destroy,
according to the provisions herein contained,
all dogs found in violation of this ordinance,
and nay to the persons em pitted such sums
for the capturing, killing and burial as the
Council may from time to time deem expe
dient. Passed, April 13, Isfifi.
r,T , J. B. KNTTTLE,
seal. J lres't Town Con.
Attest L S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XVI.
AN ORDINANCE
Laying a tax on dogs.
Sect. 1. Be it oidaincd by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authoiity of the
same, That each and every owner of a dog
or dogs shall pay a yearly tax of one dollar
for the first dog j for tlie second, two dol
lars ; and so on in proportion ; and for the
first female dog, two dollars ; for all over
that number, four dollars each; which tax
shall be collected as other borough taxes are
by law collected and paid into the treasury
for the use of the borough. The High Con
stable will be charged with the execution of
this ordinance.
Sect. 2. If any person or persons shall
refuse to inform the High Constable, when
called on for that purpose, whether such
person or persons owns, or have in posses
sion any aog or dogs, bitch or bitches, or
how many dogs or bitches are owned or hid
in possession by such person or persons, ho,
she, or they shall, on due proof Ixing made
thereof, forfeit aud pay the sum of five dol
lars for ever- such refusal, and said sum
shall be sued for and recovered as sums of
like amount are by law recoverable, with
costs of suit, and paid into the treasury for
the use of the borough.
Passed, April 13, lsfifi.
rv4T l J- IJ- KNITTLE,
seal. J Pres't Town Con.
Attest L S. Boner.
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XVII.
AN ORDINANCE
To secure the Borough of Centralia from
damage by Gunpowder and Fireworks.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, aud it
is herebv ordained by the authority of the
same, That from anil after the passage of
this ordinance no person shall keep in any
house, store, cellar, or other place within
this borough, a greater quantity of gun
lowder at any one time than two kegs there
of, under a penalty of not less than ten dol
lars, nor more than fifty dollars, for every
keg of powder so kept in any place, as afore
said, to be recovered, with costs of suit, as
debts of the same amount are by law recov
erable, and paid 'into the treasury fjr the
use ot the borough.
Sect. 2. No person shall set off anv
squib, fi re-cracker, rocket, or other fireworks
. i . i i r
within l his jurough, under a penalty ot one
dollar for each offense, to bo recovered as in
Section 1.
Passed, April 13, lSfifi.
rE vl.1 J' l- KETTLE,
- " Pros' t Town Con.
Attest L. S. Boner, .
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XVIII.
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating Public Exhibitions in the Bor
ough of Centralia.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Borough of Centralia, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage of
this ordinance, no public exhibition shall bo
held without a license first had and obtained
from the Chief Burgess, or in his absenco
the President of the Town Council.
Sect. 2. The Chief Burgess, and in bis
absence the President of the Town Council,
is hereby authorized and empowered to
grant licenses to all public exhibitions of a
proper character, upon a receipt from the
Treasurer that be has received of the ap
plicant or applicants the sum required ly
tLi- ordinance fr license of said exhibition ;
said receipt the Burgess or President shall
file and produce before the Auditors at th
sc ttlemeut of the Treasurer's accounts. All
exhibitions shall rate as follows, viz :
Each and even.- Circus, per day, $1 r.00
" " Animal show per day, 111. Oil
Ethiopian serenaders, icr day, 2.!K)
All others, 1.00
Scientific lectures and music concerts shall
require no license.
Sect. 3. Each and every person offend
ing against the provisions of this ordinance,
shall forfeit and pay for every offense the
sum of not less than five dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars; to be recovered
as debts of like amount are by law recover
able, and paid into the treasury for the use
of the borough.
Passed, April 13, 1 Sfifi.
r.T ! J. B. KNITTLE,
seal. J lWt Town Con.
Attest L. S. Boner, . .
Town Clerk.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess.
XIX.
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the running of Engines and Cars
on Railroads through the Borough of
Centralis.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the borough of Centralia,, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage of
this ordinance, no Engine or cars shall bo
run on any railroad through the borough of
Centralia, at a speed greater than four miles
an hour ; and every engine running through
said borough shall be provided with a whis
tle or bell, which shall bo constantly blown
or rung in passing through the borough.
And for every violation of this section, the
engineer, conductor, or brakesman, having
charge of the running of such engine or
cars shall forfeit and pay a fine of five dot1
lars for each offence, with costs of suit" '
Sec. 2. Every engineer, conductor, o
brakesman, having charge of the running
of any engine and cars, shall at all times give
every facility for tlie passage of persona and
vehicles together and across any of the streets
of said Borough ; and for any ana every
wilful obstruction of any street, shall forfeit
and pay a fine of not less than five nor more
than filly dollars, with costs of suit
Sec. 3. The fines and penalties provided
for in this ordinance, shall be sued for, and
recovered as debts of like amount, and paid
into the Treasury of the Borough. .
Passed, April 13, 186fi. -rviT
1 J- IJ- KNITTLE,
seal. J Pres't Town Com
Attest L. S. Boner,
Town CJeric.
Approved. JAMES DYKE,
Chief Burgess;
XX.
, AN ORDINANCE. ' ' -
Prohibitingthecarrying of Concealed Weap
ons, in the Borough of Centralia, and for
other purposes.
Sect. 1. Be it ordained, by the Town
Council, of the Borough of Centralia, and
it is hereby ordained, by the authority of the
same. That from and after the passage of
this ordinance, any person within the limits
of said borough of Centralia, who shall car
ry any fire arms, slung shot, or other deadly
weapon, concealed upon his person with the
intent therewith, unlawfully and wilfully to
injure any person, shall be deemed guilty
of a violation of this ordinance, and, upon
conviction thereof, fccforc any Magistrate,
shall forfeit and pay to the use of said bor
ough, the sum of five dollars, with all costs,
to be collected as penalties of like amount
are collected ; and the Magistrate before
whom such case is tried, may infer such in
tent, as aforesaid, from the fact of said de
fondant carping such weapons; in the man
ner aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Any person firing any gun or pis
tol, within the said borough, shall, upon con
viction thereof", before any Magistrate in said
borough, forfeit and pay to the use of said
borough, the sum of one dollar, for the first
offence, two dollars for the second offenoei
and five dollars for the third, or any subse
quent offence, to.le collected, with costs, as
provided in the fifth section of this ordinance.
Passed, April 13, 1 sfifi.
rrr l J. B. KNITTLE,
seal. Pres't Town Con-
Attest L S. Boner,
Town Clerk.
Approved. . JAMES DYKE,
' Chief Burgess.
Long Dqesses. "We do not sec one
lady in ten walking the streets," pays a ven
turesome coteniporary, "without a constant
fidgeting with the long skirts of her dress.
Some pin them up at regular spaces, giving
a very rumpled . appearance ; others wear
'pages,' or an elastic cord just below the
waist, pulling up the dress just as our moth
ers used to frantically seize the side-breadth,
holding them in front, having the appear
ance of a desperate determination of sitting
down the first convenient opportunity. Some
walk on, letting their dress hang, are sud
denly brought upon the front breadth, stum
ble, flounder, pull up,and try, it again. Now
all could be avoided . Modesty and respect
for mankind demand a reformation in this
matter. If ladies wrould only put a quarter
of a yard less in their dresses, they would
save the amount the goods cost, and as
much public observation."
A EAsnrux and rather green young follow
of our acquaintance invited a j-oung lady to
attend a ball with him one night last summer.
Tlie invitation was accepted and the couple
appeared at the ball. After dancing for
some time "greeny" saw his partner sitting
in one corner of the room, all alone. Now
was his chance. So he walked up to where
the lady was sitting, and sat down beside
her. All well so far ; but the bashful fellow
was at a loss for something to say. no
fidgetted about considerably, and was sweat
ing profusely. Finally, taking hold of his
wilted collar, he commenced conversation
thus : "Its powerful warm in this room my
shirt's wet ain't yours?" His partner blush
ed, said nothing, but took his arm for the
next set '
.Peppermint Oil. Where it coins
from. According to the census report for
ljfii) the total value of ieppcrmint oil
manufactured in the United States amount
ed to $125,317; of this, Wajne county, N.
Y., produced $UG,144, and St Joseph's coun
ty, Mich., $12,009, making a total value for
those two sections of $109,112. The Wayne
county oil, owing to its superior quality,
brhjgs the highest price in the markets of
Europe.
"Doctor," said a hard-looking customer
the other diy to a physician, '"I am troub
led with a depressed an uneasiness about
the breast. What do you suppose the mat
ter is?" -T
"All very easily accounted for, said the
physician ; "you have water on the chest"
''Water 1 Come, that will do well enough
for a joke ; but how could I get water on my
chest, when I haven't touched a drop for
more than fifteen years ? .
"I am unhesitatingly in favor of confer
ring the ballot upon the Negro." This is
what John W. Forney avows, and eo pub-"
licly declared to a Negro crowd in Philadel
phia last week. As ho is J ohn W. Geary's
fugleman, we are bound to believe that ho
also holds to the doctrine of Negro suffrage.
If so, he is a fit man for white men to cast
their ballots for, for Governor next October.
At a recent election in Janesville, Wis
consin, a negro was run against the radical
Republican candidate for Constable, and
elected by a large majority. The white
Disunion "cuss" must feel good at such ?
practical application of his own "princi
ples." .: ; v.. . ". ;
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