SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFLINTOWN.
fredoeflday, Xov'r 5, 1973.
B. F. SCHWEIEll,
r.MTlll A3D FBOPalETOK.
The situation.
Tbe fioaucia condition of the' coun
try so far as the surface movements
indicate, is do better than it was tcu
days ago.
A number of failure?, in different
tedious, anion tnanufactui-itrtj, mer
cantile and banking people bave been
announced, atrd doubtless there will be
a continuance of similar failures till
the botom has been reached.
There seemes to be considerable re
luctance to piny Hie role of prophet as
to where and when tbe end will be or
come. This time we bave all been
so scared at the idea of bankruptcy,
that our proverbial conceited belief in
our ability to foretell business events
bas been completely stuned into a dead
till nee. None now venture to ssy
what will turn vf to-morrow.
You meet a friend on the street, who
is noted for his ability to read tbe bui
Less or!d as a physiognomist reads
the character of roan in bis face, and
ton ask -'what next," with a returning
look that is innocent," child liko and
bland," he awnsers, "I don't know,"
and so you go to tbe end of tbe day,
whirl readied is no more. sausiaciorj
than the one that preceded it. The
day's doings are now over and you sit
down with a sense of uneasiness pres
sing on all sides ; yen feel as if atiout
to put on a financial shroud and be
lurried in the thundering crash that
is heard all around. Then a gleaui of
light flashes across jour desponding
mind, and you realize that the Aiucr
people, jut now ate pauic stricken, and
are rushing headlong like a herd of
stamreoed buffaloes, regardless of con
sequences, or Lf w many are crusbed
to death ; you realize tco that all that
csn be d one till the rush is over is t
keep clear of tbe entangled cunent.
A chscring peculiarity in the cases
of batik aud other failures, not found
iu the financial troubles of 1857, and
beyond that date in the past, is that the
closed concerns all claim, and actually
show the p session of more property
and securities than will pay every dol.
of their indebtedness. The valuation
of their asets i made on tbe basis
of a paper currency, which uudcr the
circumstances is right. In the by
gone panics, with a banking system
having a coin bais for security, when
the doors of a house closed, the con
cern was shut fur g.xd. Tbe coin
was not fuere- as a basis, and the
promises to pay were not worth look
ing at, and were ever afterwards worth
less. There was nothing to pay with:
Tbe pnper currency was out of con
fidence and there was not gold and
silver enough and there never had
been enough to meet the financial
or business rejuireroants.
There never has been enough gold
and silver in the country for its business
requirement, and you may tell it in
Gath that there never will be enough
of the glittering, contaminating lucre
in this country for its business require
ments, until you muster millions of
Yankees into armies and send them into
China, Japan and India, whence the
countless millions of gold that tbe
Western nations hate dag otrt of the
bowels of the earth have been carried
in trade, to bag up and bring back to
America and Europe for a coin circu.
latiou. 1 hat would be rather a dear
way at getting to specie payment ; and
would have a taint of robbery and
Blood. That will never do. You may
tell it in Gath tbat there never will be
gold and silver enough in this country
fur its business requirements until we
can raire or manufacture something tbat
we cau ship and sell o the heathen in
habitants of the countries of China, Ja
pan and India that glitter all over with
gold tbat bas been gotten from tbe
'.Vest em people through tbe avenues of
trade, scarcely evef a grain of which,
under our present business relationship
with those countries, ever gets back to
our shores. Those are the gold rescr
voiis of the world.-
Tbe American people do not want
gold aud silver coupled with the bea-
then Chinee, Japanee or Indian way of
association and living with it. What
they want is a prosperity such as they
Lave enjnyed, tbe iike of which tbe
K istrn nations never dreamed' of.
The prosperity of America bas not
been created under a coin currency. It
has been created through the instru
mentality of a paper currency. Tbej
defect in it heretofore bas been that
confidence in it became shaken or en
tiraly broken np. Such, however, is
not Uie case now ; ana tnerein lies a
peculiarity in this trouble not in those
of past days. The paper currency now
is eagerly sought fur by the whole pee.
pie. Tbey prefer it to gold and silver.
In 135", and yet further back io the
past, the great desire of tbe people
when they bad paper money in times
of financial trouble was to get rid of it
ai fast as possible to pay their obliga
tions. They disposed of it it any dis
count, and thereby ksing doubly by
paying out their money without lessen
ing tbeir debts, which afterwards bad
to be paid at a coin basis or valua
tion, la osr present currency lies the
financial salvation of those who bave
been compelled to suspend business,
lf tbey were compelled to meet their
obligi'ions in eom they would never
talk about their assets being far in ex
cess of -V-Ir ' abilities. They would
Bever tnics 01 resuming- euMiicss, s:ju. j
their creditors would never dream cf
getting a farthing on the dollar of tbeir
claims.
Tiken all in all, the situation is not
so bad but tbat it might be worse'. But
core by and by on this subject.
TIi Pope and Kin? William.
Germany uever did take kiudly to
tbe Roman Catholic religion. Kins
William, therefote, in differing with the
Pope is in accord with tbe spirit of the
ancestors of tbe people over whom be
rules. His first Minister of Slate, Bis
marck, is also heartily in the work at
checking up the influence of the Pope.
Tbe following letters, tbe one by the
Pope and the other by the King, are
exceedingly interesting and significant :
Vatican,- August 7, 1873. Your
.Majesty; Measures which bave been
adopted by your Majesty's government
for some time past all aim more and
come at the destruction of Catholicism.
When I seriously ponder over causes
which bave led to these very bald mea
sures. I confess that 1 am unable to
r
discover any reason for such a course,
Oa the other band I am informed tbat
your Majesty does not countenance th e
proceedings Of your government, and
dues not approve of (be harsbuess of
tbe measures adopted against the Ca
tholic religion, lf, then, it be true
tbat your Juajesty does not approve
thereof, and the letters which your au
gust Majesty has addressed to me for
merly might sufficiently demonstrate
that you cannot approve that which is
no occurring; if,I say your Majesty
does not approve cf your government
Continuing in tbe path it has chosen of
further extending its vigorous mea
sures against the religion of Jesus
Christ, whereby the latter most in
juriously affected, will your Majesty
then, not become convinced that these
measures have no other effect than that
of uudcrmining your Majesty's own
tbrouet I speak with frankness for my
banner is truth. I speak in order to
fulfill one of my duties, which consist
iu telling truth to all, even to those
who are not Catholics, for every one
who has been budized belongs in some
way or other, which to define more
precisely would be here out cf place,
belongs, I say to the Pope. I cherish
the conviction tbat your .Vsjesty will
receive aiy observations with your usu
al goodnes, and will adopt the mea
sures necessary in the present case.
VV bile offering to yonr most gracious
ajesfj the expression of my devotion
and esteem, 1 pray God that He may
enfold your .Ajjssty and myself in ono
aud the same bond of mercy. Pio.
The Emperor replied as fsllows.
Berlin, September 3, 1873; I am
glad your Holiness his, as in former
times, done me the honor to wiite to
me. 1 rej iice more at thi, jince au
opportunity is thereby afforded me of
correcting errors, which as appears from
the contents of the letter of your Ho
liness of 7th of August, must hare oc
curred in German affairs. If reports
which are made to your Hol"mes3 re
specting German questions ouly state
the truth, it would not be possible for
your Holiness to entertain the eoppo
sition that my government enters any
path which I do not approve; Accor
ding to the constitution of my States
such a case cannot happen, since the
laws and government measures in Prus
sia lequire my cousent as a sovereign.
To my deep sorrow a portion of my
Catho'ic subjects bave organized for
the past two years a political party,
which endeavors to disturb by intrigues
hostile to the state, the religion peace
which has existed in Prussia for cen
turies. Leading Catholic priests have
unfortunately not only approved this
movement but joined in it, to the ex
tent of open revolt against existing
laws. It will not bave escaped tbe
observation of your Holiness that sim
ilar indications manifest themselves at
the present time in several European
and in some trans-Atlautic States.
It is not my mission to investigate
the causes by which tbe clergy aud
faithful of one of the Christian denom
inations can be induced actively to as
sist the enemies of all law, bnt it cer
tainly is my mission to protect the in
ternal peace and preserve the authority
of the laws in States whose government
bas been entrusted to me by God.
I shall maintain order and law in my
States against all attacks as long as
God gives me power. I am in duty
bound to do it as a Christian monarch,
even when to my sorrow I have to lul
Cli this royal dirty against the servants
of a church which acknowledges no less
than tbe Evangelical Church that the
commandment of obedience to the sec
ular authority is an emination of the
revealed will of God.
.fmj of tbe priests in Prussia, sub
ject to your Holiness, disown, to my re
gret, the Christian doctrine in this re
spect, and place my government under
the necessity, supported by the great
uiajerity of my loyal Catholic and Evan
gelical subjects of extorting obedieuc
to law by worldly means. 1 wiiliugly
entcrtam tbe hope tbat your Holiness
upon being iuformd of the true posi
tion of affairs, will use your authority
to put an end to the agitation carriod
on amid tbe deplorable distortion of
truth and abuse of priestly authority.
The religion of Jesus Christ, has, as I
attest to your Holiness before God,
nothing to do with these iutiigues any
more than bas truth to whose banner,
invoked by yoor Holiness, I unreserv
edly subscribe. There is one more
expression in the letter of your Holi
ness which I cannot pass over without
contradicting, although it is not based
upon previous information, but upon
the belief of your Holffcess, namelt;
tbe expression tbat "every oue that Las
reejeved baptism belongs: t-j tbe Pope.'
Tbo Evangelical creed which- s must
be know to your Holiness, I, like
my ancestors and the majority of my
subjects, profess, does not permit us
to accept in our relations to uod
any other mediator than our Lord
Jesus Christ. . Tbe difference of be
lief does not prevent mc from living
in peace with those who do not share
mine, and offerirg your Holiness the
exprtssiu of ibj personal devotion and
esteem. WillIam.
A CBAZT man at Washington last
week tisited the White Honse for tbo
purport, be aid of taking the place of
President Grant in the Government.
A policeman took h m iu charge.
With the bints of assassination that are
put forth in Southern prints, it becomes
pertinent to say that perhaps there was
"method in bis madness. Tbe assassi
nation of Abraham Lincoln was pre
ceded by bints of the probability of
iust the kinj of end of life that the
band of an assassin meted out to biir
Let tbe friends of assassination be
warned. The country will cot brook
the murder of a seeond President, as
was the first murder broofetd.
Another shocki.ig innrdcr has been
committed in Lycoming county, as
my be learned from a despatch from
Williaiusport under date of the '23th
The despatch says, John McLiughlio,
agad 30, was mur Jrred yesterday noon,
while driving a team on the public road
in Cascade township this county. He
was found lying iu the mud, with bis
breast and throat horribly mangled by
a gun shot wouud. His consin, James
McLaugbliu, started out from his house
this morning with a gun, and as be is
missing, it is supposed be did the deed.
This is the fourth murder that has been
committed in this ctrunty within six
months. The virdict of tbe coronet's
jury was that deceased came to bis
death by a gunshot wound in tbe beast.
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The Memphis Times, writes of the
ravages of yellow fever in that city as
follows. Of a population of fifty five
thousand, twelve thousand only remain
iu the city, fifteen hundred bave died
aud twelve hundren are now sick of
yellow fever. Two thousand citizens
are now drawing rations from the Citi
zens' Belief Committee, and twelve
hundred orphans are in different asy
lums. Tbe Masonic fratcruity lost fifty
members; OdJ Fellows, forty six; Kni
ghts of Pythias, eight; police ten, fire
men, four. Tbe Irish suffered most;
The Scotch aud Italians very little.
The Catholic t burch lost five priests
aud five sifters. The Protestant Church
five ministers. Six doctors died.
Forney's Press tells of a project to
erect a large hotel in Philadelphia be
fore the Centennial Celebration, as fol
lows :
It is rumored that a company bas
been formed, consisting of prominent
citizens and capitalist?, to be called the
"Pennsylvania Grand Central Hotel
Company." with a view to the erection
of a very large hotel in this city. It is
proposed to have this ediGce occupy an
entire square of ground in the central
part cf the ct.'y, at a cost of $.i,000,(X0.
It will be eight stories high, will have
four fronts and be surmounted with a
dome and a huje reflector throwing its
light far and wide daring the night.
This hotel, it is said, will be completed
before the Centennial.
An incendiary fire broke out io Can
astora, X. Y., on the night of the 26tb
ultimo, which was quelled after burn
ing over six acres of territory, destroy
ing three hotels, thirty two dwellings,
and between forty and fifty places of
business. Loss is estimated at$15C,
000; insurauce $00,000. Tbe busi
ness portion of the town was all de
stroyed except one block. This is the
third disastrous fire in six months, in
volviog an aggregate loss of over $300
000.
The business men of the country,
with scarcely the proverbial exception,
thiuk legislation on the resumption of
specie payment would be premature,
and would result in wide-spread fiuan.
cial disaster. Tbe business of the
country will adjust tbe matter in its
own good time without legislation.
The best thing for Congress to do with
the question is to let it alone.
--
The reputation for great financier
ing as much as wealth itself, is what
money kings struggle for. It is the
reputation that causes tbeir unceasing
attention day and night, for yean. The
repntation that riches give is the glory
that tbey work for. Alas ! Lvw the
late panic bas stripped many of tbat
glory tbey labored for.
Stokes has not been found guilty of
murdering FL-k. Manslaughter in tbe
third degree was the verdict. lie was
'sentenced to Sing Sing for four years.
New York does not acquit murderers
because she is conscientiously opposed
to banging It would all be well if
such construction could be put on ber
action.
TnE new Constitution framed for this
Commonwealth by the late Constitu
tional Convention will be submitted to
tbe people of this State for their ac
ceptance or rejection, on the third Tues
day of December next.
Governor Habtraxft baa issued a
proclamation appotntiog Thursday, 27th
day of November as a day of Thauks
giving, the day tbat President Grant
appointed.
Nelson E. Wde will be banged to
morrow at WiUicmsport.
The Leglalatare.
SENATE. -Philadelphia
J anus B. Alexander,
It.; E. W. Bans, R,; John Lamon.
R.: A. K. M'CIure, Lib.
Cuester and Delaware Thomas Y.
''yoper, R.
Montgomery Wm. A. Yeakle, R.
Bucks and Northampton U. Yer
kes, D. ,
Berks Daniel Ermaotrout, D.
Lancaster John B. Warfel, R.
Schuylkill Oliver P. Beehtal, D.
Lehigh and Carbon Edwin Albri
ght.D. Dauphin and Lebanon Jacob G.
Heilinan, R.
Luzcrn, Monroe and Tike Francis
D. Collins, D.; George II. Rowland.
D.
Bradford Lafayette Fitcb, R.
Columbia Ths. Chalfauf, D.
Cameron Butler B. Straug, B.
Snyder A. II. Dill, D. !
Clearfield U rn. A. Wallis, D.
Cumberland Jas. M. ' Weakly, R.
Adam and York W. M Sherry,
D.
Bedford, BIair,t. John A. Lemon,
R.
Center, Juniata, A. Jos. S. Ware
am, D.
Allegheny J. L. Graham, R, M.
S. Humphrey, R ; U. II Anderson,
R.
Indiana Harry White. R.
Fayett and Green W. 11. Play
forJ, D.
Beaver J. S. Rutan, R.
rariou David Maclay' R.
Lawrence S. M'Kinley, R.
Crawford G. K. Andeisoo, R.
Eric aud Warren G. II. Cutler,
R.
Republicans. 20. Democrats, 12;
Liberal Republican, 1. Republican
majority, 7.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams W. S. Hihiebrand, D.
Allegheny H. II. MVoruiick, R;
i S. J. Wair.neht, K : J. C. Newmyre,
R-; A. B. Yosng, R ; A. C. Hays, R;
B. C. Christy, R ; Henry Ger wig, R.
Armstrong R Thompson, R.
Beaver, Butler and Washington
S J Cross, R , J Allison, K ; A. L.
Campbell, R ; D M'Kee, R.
Bedford and Fultcn J M Reynolds,
V.
Berks Michael McCulIough,. D ;
Benj E Dry, D ; Dr A Smith. D.
Blair S R McCune, R.
Bradford E R Myer, K , James II
Webb, R.
Bucks G E Haecman, D: J M
Jamison, D.
Cambria Samue! Henry, R.
Cameron, Elk and Jefferson D P
Baird, D.
Carbon and Monroe E C Dimniick,
V.
Centre Joliu n Orvis, D.
Chester E W Bailey, R , Peter G
Carey, R.
Clarion and Forest M Williams, D,
Clearfield lr J W Potter, lade-
pendent Democrat.
Clinton, Lycoming and Sullivan
Richard Bedford, D; II W Petriken, D.
Columbia Charles B. Brock way, D.
Crawford M W Oliver, R; Fred
Bates, R.
Cumberland Wm B Butler, D
Dauphin and Perry J E Allen, R;
A Fortenbaugb, R ; John 11 Sheibley,
11.
Delaware Wm Coe.per Talley, D.
Erie E II Wilcox, R ; Henry But
terfield, R.
Fayette Jasper 31 Thompson, R.
Franklin Georga W Welsh, D.
Grcer.e T II Laidley, D.
Huutingdou W K Burchinell, R.
Indiana Daniel Kamey, R.
Juniata and Mifflin Jerome Ilet-
riuk, D.
Lancaster H A Mylio, R; II U
I'shudy, R ; J L Shuman, R.
Lawrence E S N Morgon, R.
Lebanon W M Kaufman, R.
Lehigh Robert Steckel, D James
Kimnicl, D.
Luzerne Dr B 11 Throop, R ; Mi
chael Crogan.D, Thomas Waddell.R,
T W Loftus, D.
Mercer James A Stranahan, D.
Montgomery Thomas G Butler, D;
Joseph B Ycikes, U.
Northampton R C Pyle, D ; G 31
fttier, D.
Northumberland and Montour A T
DeU itt, D; Jesse Ammerman, D
Philadelphia G Handy Smith, R;
J E Kennedy, D ; Saw'l Josephs, Ind.
D; Harry O'Neill, R ; James A O'
Brien, R ; Charles A Porter, R ; John
j McCullough, R ; John E Reyburn, R ;
I Wm 11 Vodges, R ; Albert Crawford,
D; Washington M Worrall. R. Jos
R Ash, R ; John N Wood, R ; Wm J
Rony, R ; Robert Gillespie, R ; Chas
B Walter, R ; James Newell, R.
Pike and W ayne W H Dimmick, D
Potter and McKean Chas S Jones.
Schuylkill Thomas Egan, D ; Fred
L Foster, D ; John W Morgan, R.
Suydcr aud Union Chas S Wolfe,
R.
Somerset J R McMnllin, R.
Susquehanna and Wyomiug H M
Jones, R , Robert R Little, D.
Titiga John I Mitchell, R.
Venango R D McCreary, R.
Warren George W. Allen, R.
Westmoreland II B Piper, D ; J L
Toner, D.
York George W Heiges, D; D M
Loncks, D.
Republicans, 53 ; Democrats, 40 ;
Independent Democrats, 2. Republi
can majority, 16
Polygamy is failing out in Turkey by the
giadual imitation of European customs,
and a conviction that a single wife is less
nxpeDsire and makes a happier borne.
Many of the higher class of officials now
keep but ouc wife.-
The state Election Complete.
We publish below tbe offioiaf returns
from all the counties of tbe State" of
the Tote cast for State Treasurer and
Supreme Judge at tbe late election :
ST TK TBBAS. tvr. JCSGC
s T "'a
ECO
2- e-
corsTirs.
: o
ftiam 2148 2189 2113
Allegheny.. ..12012 bi9l 12237
ArniMro ig ... itf 2X17 SI in
Beaver 25 !6 2189 2722
Bedford 2-7 2P44 " 2b02
Kerk- A672 70 8S.-9
Blair BiXi.i 254 4111
Kradiord .... 4657 8M2 4753
Buck 5814 6227 68
Butler 2541 2153 2V2
Ca.ubria 2U67 8268 2734
Cameron 44S 3J7 4ol
Carbon l'J7 192i 206
Centre 2.17 2019 2532
Chester 47H6 3B19 4'M
Clarion 1773 2-.09 1("B
11,-arlield .... 197 2609 1746
Clinton UM 2016 1405
Columbia.... 113 2584 1115
Crawtonl .... 4"23 41 t'J
Cumberland., a lot. 3978 3202
Ptuphin 6219 8325 5104
Delaware 3 96 1975 3298
Ek 417 1319 4'ii
Erie....- . 3752 299 3987
Favetle 2994 &!13 82
Forest . 27 19'J 2'8
Fnnklin 3103 8113 3."i7
Fulton 614 4 615
Greene 10 2450 123
Huntingdon.. 291 2'.4 2914
Indiana 2611 1U64 2J56
Jefferson .... 1996 1661 -JiO'.l
Juniata 1110 1 16U 1127
Lancaster 7933 4N3 8W8
Lawrence.... 2:28 141 2127
Lebanon . 8377 219 351 1
Lehigh 3624 4661 8774
Luaerne 7173 8'il7 7423
Lvcomiiig 8173 3590 3171
W'Kean 6211 691 674
Mercer 8731 3:54 3851
llillliu 1546 1638 1502
Montgomery.. 6860 "0ti6 6807
Monroe 407 1700 42'
Montour 85) 1216 82'.
Northampton. 2181 4W4 22UO
Northuniberl'rt 3273 3174 3W7
Herrv . 2053 2216 2"9tt
I'hiladel.hia..5.67 34266 51657
Pike 128 497 134
PotU-r . 823 645 823
Schnrlkill.... 6798 7817 618t
Snvder 1744 1155 176t
Somerset . . . . 2: 1 5 1 1 S4 2-133
Sulivaii 393 734 4"H
Susquehanna. 28 1715 25H7
Tioga 3517 1319 3544
luiou 1672 1145 1x22
Venango 257 2250 212
Warren 1785 162 1823
Washington . 406 1 411
Wavne 1594 V9 1M
Westmoreland 3836 4757 8t-65
Wyoming.... 1130 1458 1151
York 3716 5219 4712
Total.... 211821 218471 2"235
219471 225841
Majority. 253G2 14293
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2437
8069
2803
2107
2798
7997
2575
2914
6169
2154
8222
378
1935
2920
8616
2550
2538
1995
2580
4691
3949
3466
2112
1266
271)9
1363
189
3094
905
2512
2212
1013
1567
15-iW
4757
12:
2315
4667
7615
35S3
519
8 !.50
1637
7156
1937
132
4013
8417
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4''73
4.-S
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1151
723
1742
1871
1I2
2229
1657
3013
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4712
1457
6236
A Son Attempts to Avenge his
Father's Murder.
In the Philadelphia t onrt of Over
and Terminer, Judges I'aison and Lud
lo, on Tuesday morning of last weefc,
the trial of James Kiufsiuitb for the
murder of the old man Fiancia M alone,
was in progress. Tbe killing was the
result of a Cjht between tbe parties in
a stable at Thirteenth and Wharton
streets, where each kept a team. Tbe
defence contended that the old man
was tho attacking party, and the ptis.
oner onlj acted iu such a manner as t
rrotect bis own life. Thus, while Mr.
Ilaverin was addressing tbe jury for the
accused, a son of the deceased ap
proached the bos in which the prisoner
sat, and a juror told him to move away.
An officer of tbe Oourt stepped np to
him, and at that instant be made a des
perate plunge at the prisoner with a
dagger, but the blow was turued aside
b? the alacrity of Couit officer Van
sandt, who leaped npen biin with the
swiftness and strength of a tiger.
Tho frightened prisoner jump id from
the box and sprang iuto tho District
Attorney's bar, while a number of offi
cers seiied the would-be assassin, aud
after a desperate straggle with him, and
a brother, who cams to bis assistance,
put bim into the docks. Here he threw
off bis coat and vest, preparatory to fur
ther violence. The District Attorney
then seized him, and with the aid of
tbe o Seers forced bim down stairs, be
all the time using the utmost of bis
strength against them, and in loud cries
vowing vengeance against the slayer of
bis father. A third person bad by this
time reinforced the desperado, and after
a most dceperate struggle, all three
were put into the van and burned to
prison. The prisoner, who had ail this
time remained cower'iDg under the
Judges' bench, was returned to bis
box.
The greatest confusion prevailed in
the court room, in spite of the Judges'
efforts to preserve order, men running
to and fro in the moat excited manner,
acd women screaming and crying with
terror. When qniet was finally re
stored, Mr. Ilaverin notified their hon
ors tbat still another son of tbe de
ceased remained in the room ; but when
bronght before the Court, be swore be
was not armed, and was released, Judge
Paxson, raying, however, that if it were
shown that be made threats, he also
would be taken iuto custody. Tbe tip
staves were then directed to surround
the prisoner, aid strictly guard agninst
any repetition of sucb a disgraceful oc
currence. The knife nsed by the as
sailant mysteriously disappeared. Mr.
Ilaverin then resumed his argument,
making as much as possible of this cow
ardly attack upon bis client's life.
A rib of a fossil whale has been found in
Anne Arundel eonnty, Md., imbedded to
hundred feet below the average level of the
surrounding country. This curiosity has
Keen secured by Dr. John F. King, of Bal
timore; who gives the following theory of
the "why and wherefore " or it happening
there : This skeleton was deposited when
the continent was submerged, at a period
when tbe Allegheny Mountains were hidden
by the sea, and ages before the eastern
hore of Maryland became dry land ; in
fact, when the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
mingled their waters and rolled uninterrupt
edly across the American continent. It waa
deposited long before any quadruped ani
mal or man appeared upon the- earth ages
before Adam lived.- !
gnorit ITEMS. ,-.
The net dnty on ioga in England, daring
tbe last uDaocial year, amounted n n lew
than $1TO,09S.
Alarming accounts of distresa resulting
from failure of crops arrive from Ilni rary.
It is stated that hi some parts a famine pre
vails. George Fairbanks, of Foahorongh, Mass.,
aged eighty rears, was gored to death in a
8eld at that town, on Thursday a week, by
a furious bull:
An Italian- father anrl dMghter are fight
ing in the courts of St Louia ver 10,uH0,
the prceeds of twenty year of street-bogging
In the large American cities.
flreat destitution Is said to exist io Sum
ter and Marengo counties, (Jeorgia, in con
Mquenco of the long-continued huavy rains
and the total destruction o the cotion
crop by the army worm.
Two of the transatlantic companies have
given free paxsag f roni Liverpool to ew
Tork to Americana who were rendered pen
niless iu Europe by the failure of Ameri
can banking-houses in London.
Timothy B. Snow, a clerk in the TTesl-
flld (Vim.) post office has beea arrested
and conte.-d to stealing rrgislwred letters
from the Western mail, which occasionally
remains over night in the WestHeM post
office.
On Sunday morning a week, in the par
lor of the Eagle Hotel, Meadriile, the body
of a dead infant waa lonnd wrapped in a
bundle, lying on the door. There is no clue
as to whom it buIongd, and the fact hxa
created quite a stir in that sober town.
Daniel R Witsor, formerly secretary of
several cummin assuciauuu
was arrested at Erie, Pa., and tiken to Bal-j
several building associations in Baltimore,
tiinorc, on Friday a week, on a requisition,
three indictments for iorgery having been
found agiinst hiiu. Ilia forgeries are said
to amount to about $t0,0;0 on city banks.
San Francisco or rather the atmosphere
above it was the sceno of a balloon wed
ding on Saturday a week. Professor Lay,
an aeronaut, was the groom. The name of
the bri'ie ia not given. A brave jnstice ot
t .1... . . ....... -i ...rl th mi. lwve th u
i v i ii j." i -
clouds and tied the marital knou
roan living at .Mormon isianu. e.ai., t.
from an unknewn disease ; and on exam
ining the pizzard of one, grain-gold, suffi
cient l make a five-dollar piece, was found.
The remaining four panned out. each, al-
most the same amount of the" precious stuff.
California sends 1000 bales of cotton to
market this year, and is gc ing into the busi-
; nets more extensively next year. It is said
' that Ihe rron will ruv at half the present
price, twenty cents per p jund. Cotton ia a
much rafer crop than grain; and is more
easily transported, and furthermore theCal
ifomians hope for a market in China and
Japan.
The l:idies of several of the largest chnrcli
congregations of Columbus, Oa., hare re
solved to buy no more new dresses this fall
or winter, aad should they be compelled to
buy, they pledgtj themselves to use only
material of home manufacture. A society
ot Ohio ladies have aNod-.'terniined to con
fine themselves to material manufactured in
this country when they need new dresses.
The Cameron Pri is responsible (or the
following A few days ago. in Emporium, a
mother undertook to punish her son, a lad
fourteen years of age, when he resisted and
fled. The mother started alter him, and
being cross-eyed, caught another woman's
boy In place of her own, and gave him a
Hogging before she noticed her mistake.
A young man named George M. Yoeum,
a member of the Bcllcfonte bar, visited Llk
county on Monday a week, and went ont
ennninz at a p!ac known as the Green
Woods. By some mishap, ma gun was ac
cidentally discharged, and its contents, a
load of buckahot, were deposited in one of
his arms, lie was immediately removed to
Lock Uaven, but reaction fsiled to set in,
ard on the 28th Ut he died. "Ie is repre
sented to havo been an estimable young
man.
Governor Straw, of New Hampshire, who
was one of the judges ol tho baby show at
the State fair held a few weeks ago, was
surprised on Saturday evening by finding
on his doorstep an infant about two months
old. An exchange says ha proposes to
nrge the withdrawal of all baby premiums
at the future Slate fairs, lest New Hamp
shire should be overrun with men of straw.
But "straws show which way the wind
blows," and tbe Governor may not object to
a '-little breeze" now and then
The Arkansas cotton crop, it is said, his
been cut short by worms on neatly all the
plantations. Appropriate in this connec
tion is the story of a man in St. Landrr
pariob. La , who, by simple means, pre
served bis crop from the pest. lie took
one end of a large rope and his son took
the ther, and they went from row to row,
knocking off the worms by striking th
rope against the cotton. In this wav tli
worms were knocked to tbe ground, and
being at thtt stage nuatric to crawl bick
they died. Two men can brush twenty
live acres of cotton a day iu this way.
The following may interest thos who
pick up lost pocket-books or rolls of money.
The Titnsville Herald aav that Mr. Mc
Qnarfe dropped his pocket-book, contain
ing $150, which waa picked up by a little
Cirl. A Mrs. Joseph Grosberger, hearing
what had bsen discovered, claimed tbe
property as her own and look H. When
McQnade nirssed his money, he at once in -formed
the police, who succeeded in get
ting a clue to its whereabouts. The woman,
however, denied any knowledge of the
book when asked for it, but finally said her
husband bad it in his pnsaeasion. lis in
turn denied Laving the pocket-book, but
produced it on being confronted with a
warrant One hundred and filly dollars re
mained inside, but $1 50 more which should
have been there was gone. G rosherger waa
arrested and biought before Justice Strouse,
who put him under $300 bonds to appear.
177G. q 1876.
AMERICAN CENTENNIAL-
JEROME I1ETRICK,
AT THE CAXAL STORE, MEXICO,
Keeps constantly on hand and Tot sale at a
small proflt, a well selected assortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
QUEENSWARE,
TOOD& WILLOWWARE,
FISH, SALT, PLASTER.
Also, FLOUR and all kinds ofPEOVISIO
and MILL FEED.
TOP PRICES paiJ for Country Produce
and all kinds of GRAUf, particularly lor
choke lots of wheats
yeto Advertisement
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
BY virtne of an order ismird orlt of the
Orphans' Court of Junwta county the
undersisned, Etecntor of the- estate of Jfai
raret Kin.loe, deceased, will offer at pub ic
ale, at the Court Ilous iu Miltlintown, at 1
o'clock P. M., cn
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1873,
The following real estate, to wit :
A HOUSE AND LOT OF GKOTJUD
in the village of Mexico, Juniata eonnty,
adjoining lot of Peter Hetrick and Chris
tian Tyson. EMluxD s. mTrt
Fxecntor of Margaret Kinsloe, dee'd.
Hov 5, 1873-ts
In the Orphans' Cort of Ju
nlatu County.
Smairr's Orrica, MirausTOWS, 1
November 3, 183.
h Ik. matlir of Hi Parition ndVtUalUm
or tht Rtol t' ' Ckarln Jl.
latt of taller TowkV, JU
Coaay, ieetatci.
TAKE KOT1CE, that by virtue of tbe
above Writ of Partition to me directed, an
inquisition will be held on the prem's,,,
SeVein describe,! on TfHTRSDAT, the 2- th
dav of NOVEMBER, A. D. 1878, to ascer
tain and inquire among other things whether
the said p-emises in said writ menti..ne.t
and described, can be parted and divjded
among all the partiea interest! without
prejudice to or apoiliug the who tbereol,
or otherwise to value aud appraise the same',
when and where you may altcad if )ou see
proper.
Hespectfullv yours,
JOSEPU ARD, Sheriff.
To Vnry Ann Thompson, William P.
Thompson, James II. Thompson, Charles
Allen Thompson, Dr. Georg U. Rumbaugh
..J Martha J. his wife. J. H. Wright and
h wife lr J T Mahon and
hll,,Swj"o,ejacob Kickenbaiigh and
Anna M. his wife.
ReglMter's Xotlce.
TVTOTICE is herebv given that that the
following named persons bave fi:ed
their Administrators, txecntors, anu guar
dian accounts iu the Register's Oihce of
Juuiata county, and the same will be pre
sented for confirmation and all owance ai
the Court House, in Mifflintown, on Wt.il
JiESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 1873
1 . Th account of C G shelter, Guar
dian of Amos G Shelley, minor child of
Henry Shelley, dce'd.
2. The account of Joseph k. Renben
Laaver. Administrators of Jacob Lauvei,
late of Fayette township, d.sc'd.
8. The account of Elihu Benner and Geo.
King, Executors or Elijah Clair, late or
Ilelaware township, deed.
4 The account of C. B. Bartley, Onar-
dian of Stewart Valentine, minor cliod of
Thompson Valentine.
6. The .account of John H. Campbell,
Executor of t'e estate of Andrew S Camp
bell, Lite of Lae-k township, dee'd.
6. The account of S-inim-1 Rouse, Exec
utor of George Rouse, late of the borough
of Perrysville, dee'd.
7. The account of Joseph B.and Andre
P. McDonald, Adminntritors of Joseph
McDonald, late of Beale township, dee'd.
8. The account of T M and J U Xeely,
Administrators of William Xeely, late ot
Lack township, dee'd.
9. The account of Leonard Groningfr.
administrator of J .ris lnxon. late of Mil-
ford township, dee'd
V). The final account of W C Laird. Ad
ministrator of Michael M. Mitchel, late of
the borough of Patterson, dee'd.
11. The account of Jacob Smith, Guar
dian of Mary E. Piter, minor child of Elias
B. Piter, late of Northumberland county,
who ia now dead.
ELI DCNX, Resetter.
KEGisTEa s Orrie-K,
Omen, J
:t. -''J, IS'3. J
Mifflintown, Oc
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue of a writ of fend. Exponas, is
sued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Juniata county and tu mo directed,
w ill be exposed lit public sale, at th Court
Il'iuse, in the bonitieh of Mitttin.nwn, at I
o'clock P. M., on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
2-Jth, X73. the following real esfcMe, viz :
A trai-t of land situate tn Monroe town
ship, Juniata county, contain Sixty Acres,
more or less, having Ihereon erected a Log
Honse and Log B.irn, about 25 acres cleared,
bounded cn the east by land of Jacob Wit
low, south by Benjamin Fole, sot by John
Iv Snvdor, and north by Suloiuou Shrawder.
Siezed, takeu in execution, and to be sold
as the property of Johu Cluck and William
II Brown.
ALSO,
A tract of land situate in Greenwood
township, J uniata comity, containing Nine
Acres, more or leas, having thereon vrected
a Log Honse and Pig Pen, bounded on the
east, north and west by lands of Joseph
Furuson, and on the south by land ot Hen
iv louver. Siczed, taken in execution and
to be sold aa the property ot Daniel dweger.
ALSO,
A tract of land situate in Fermanagh
township. Juniata county, unimproved, Coa
tiining Twenty-five Acres, mure or l"gs,
bound -J on the north and east by John
Balcntine, on the south by Emanuel Mover,
and on Ihe west by Calvin B irtley. Siezedj
taken in execution and to be sold as tbe
property of John Motestrae.
JOSEPH ARD. SkTitr
ol r.s, ....... M '
sjnrrri a emce, Jiimintown,
Koveuiber 3, 1973.
PROCLAMATION. W HEREAS,
A the Hon. basa. F. Jisxis, President
Judge of the Court ot' Common Pleas for
the ih Judicial District, composed of the
counties of Juniata, Perry and Cumber
land, and the lIonorab!es Jonathan Weiser
and John Koons, Judges of the said
Court of Common Pleas of Juniata county,
have issued their precept to me directed
bearing date the 6ib day of Sej temb'r 1H7
lor holding Court of Oyer and Terminer
and U. leral Jail Delivery, and CfcBeral
Quarter Sessions of the peace, at Mifflin
town, on the hrt M OX DAY of December,
18.3, being the 1st day ot the month.
NoTie-a is lUscar Gtva.x, to the Cor-on-r,
Justices of the Peace and Constables
of the County of Juniata, that they be then
and therein their proper persons, at one
o cck on the afternoon of said day, with
their records, inquisitions, examinations
and oyer remembrances, to do those things
that to their olticea respectivelv appertain
and those that are bound bv recognizance to
prosecute against the priscn aw that are or
then may be in the Jail of said county
be then and there to prosecuticn against
them as shall be just.
By an Act of Assembly, passed the fth
day or May, A. D., 1S04, it is made the
duty of the Justices of the Peace, or the
several counties cf this Commonwealth, to
return to the Clerk of this Court of Qi artor
Sk-ssioiis or the respective connties.all the
recognizances entered into before them bv
any person or pe-rsous charged with the
couinusion of any crime, except such cases
as may be ended before a Justice or tha
Peace, under exist uig laws, at least ten days
belore the commencement or the session
or the Court to which they are made re
turnable respectively, and in all cases where
any recognizances are entered into lets
then ten daya before the commencement
of the session to which they are made re
turnable., the said Justices are to return
the same in the same manner as if said act
had not been passed. Dated at Mifflin
town, tbe 27th day of October, in the
year or oar Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, and the 61 th
year or the American Independence,
c --, J,)SErU ARD.SherML
ShenfTa Ofhce, Mifflin, Oct. 27, 1873-tc.
gOLOMOX SEIOER
Will Tisit Mifflin and Patterson every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
and will furnish the citizens or these bor
oughs wit i the best or
BEEF, VEAL, ML'TTOX, PORK, fcc.
at tha very lowest prices. He respectfuiW
solicits the patronage of the nubile
Aprii 3, l7i-r j.
JTeta Advtrtwment.
Combination! P oapeetca.
It represents samylo p?ea and style of
binding of SO intensely Interesting erxt
nselnl oooka, that wl! in every family.
Best thing ever tried by t.-imass-TS. Agents
wanted, to make a permanent biisiceu on
these works in every county. Prospet'is
sent post-paid on ree-fipt. of price; $1.50.
For circular and liberal terms, aidre-a
JOHN E. POTTER CO., PubiUheis,"
Philadelphia, Pai
POLARIS MYSTERIES so!ve!' disasters
and escapes vividly portrayed. Sea
Frozen Zone and iis EipUn-ra. A rkn-
did octavo of 8f page, most profvv ir
illustrated with elegant steel and wood en
gravings. A fascinating history of Ar. tio
adventure. The most saleable book ont.
Agents Wanted. Send for terms and a:i
ple pages to Mutual Publishing Co., Hart
lora, toon.
(ft A t O Oft lB ro"r Tcek
5'JL51 CaBVaSslDS waa
one agent's ,rotit on H-iaut" L.ira-y of
Poetry and Son; $tO la one Wtk
on Tbe New Housekeeper's Miaua:,
Miss Beecher and Mrs. Stowe. Any n-.-f.ra
nan or woman can hav-s au agency. J. B.
FOKD 4 CO., New Yors. Boston, Chicg
and San Francisco.
RICH FARMING LANDS !
FOR SALE VERY CEKAP!
Tllfi BEST I.WEST.TIEMf t
No Fluctuations Always Improving hi
Value !
The Ji'tallk of tht Country t" made fry tK
jjdramce ia Real Estate.
NOW IS THE TIME'
Millions of acres of the finest lam!s on
the Continet, in Ex3teru Xebr.iska, now f.
sale many ot them never before in tii
market at prices thut DEFY COMPETI
TION.
Fire and Ten Years Credit Given, witi
Interestat Six per Cent.
The Land Grant Bonds of this Comuany
taken at pa' for lands. They can now be
pun-hosed at a large discount.
C7-Full particulars: given, now tiui.Ie
with new Maps mailed free, by addressing
O. F. DAVIS.
Land Commistiomer V. P. R.
Omaha, Xis.
AKE.Tr.S WASTED.
SESD FOB CATALOGCE.
DOMESTIC SEWlSti X.tCiiIXE CO.,
620 SAVED !
To meet tk urgent demand of the timd tht
Florence Sewing Machine Co.
ore deltrmiaed to
nGirc'K iijici;s,
and will kerealer lell tkeir 65 M-irhUe
fur 9 S3, d oiUer ttyles in prmyortio.
THE FLORENCE
it he OSLY .Wi.e "jim tknt fttU lit
wwfc fc kwari and forirird, or to riVnt i
! left, a the pumwr may prefer. It V:t
been r'""9 IMPRdVEit JSD SlMeLI
r'lEO, ami ii frr better than any other m.
cAiae ia Mc wanket.
IT IS KUV7 THE CHEAPEST.
jfg'aa Wanted.
Florence, Jfas., Jiiv I, S.
fllVLOlULfijn CHIMNEYS.
made bv I'LCME & AT WOOD, pro
duce the Uire.-t lihr. Can bj n--;.! on
any coal oil lump. For s tic by all Lin.p
dealers.
"L
SYCHO AVCY. on SOUL CIIARM-
nate and gain the love an ! c.ffjjtioiscr.n"
person they choose, instantly. This sim
ple mental acquirement all may possess,
free, by mail. i'r - ceifs; together witii a
Marriage tiiiida, Egyptisa Oraelo, Pre-v,!,.
Hints to Lad.es A ii:eer boon. li;l,lss
sold. Ad tress T. WILLIAM Si CO., Pub
lishers, iliilaiielnhia.
v VillCilll p,.rs wnt.l to sell
onr French aud nerkan Jewtl.y. lj .oks.
Games, fcc, in their van localities. No
capital nocdisl. CVilocne. ti-vms. fcc,
sent u. P. O. VICKtitY fcCO.,.Vu
gnsta, Maine.
UHYFY Ma'it R"piJ'V ";,h Stencil tc
.)xJ.Ltl Key cheek Ou!fl:. Cata
logues and f'lil partit.u'ars rKKE S. M.
Spkxcek, 117 llanover St., Boston.
IfT'TvI wanted lor onr poni-
oyiyj .HjL.iIo s!pp ctari.
Splendid assortment 1 L-iree sjies ! Im
protis! Address IIAASIS fc l.l BHKCH l
Impure Map and Chart Establishme-ut, K-7
Liberty St., New York.
fS Pi
THE 3d CF DECEMBER.
Those
who propose investing, (anj
does not 1) in tickets for the
who
Fourth Grand Gift Concert
ro the acsrnr or the
PUBLIC LIBRARY of KENTUCKY
vThich cornea olf in Louisville on the 3d of
December nest, have no time to lose.
ONLY 60,000 TICKETS
avb aris; i.ssrrn, asd
1J.OOO CASH GIFTS,
AMOCSTrSO TO
1,500,000,
WILl BE MSTBlauTSD AS FOLLOW:
LIST Or GIFTS:
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift ..........
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift .
One Grand Cash Gilt ......"
10 Cah Gifts $10.ink) "each" !
30 Cash Gifts 5.IXW each.
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M Cash Gilt
W) Cash G a ts
KM) Caste Gil ts
150 Cah Gilts
2Cash Gifts
3 Caah Gilts
1 1, OX) Cash Gilts
l,li0 each
o' each...
400 each...
?GO each..,
2UO each...
100 each..,
50 each..
Whole Tickets 50- Coupon (Tenths) ?-'-ELEVEN
TICKETS FOR m.
T or tickets or in format ion, address
THO. E-BRA5ILETTE,
Agent Public Library Kentucky, I.ouiaville,
Ky., or
TIIOS. II. IMTS Ai CO..
60 Broadway, -Vlf
jjOTICE 131 PARTiriOX.
in tkt matter of the Estate of Jicob Bai
ley, dee'd.
The Commonwealth or Pennsvlvania t.
Marg:sret Lepley. widow, Sarah, wife of
Jemathai Hntrfc, Margaret, wife of Ross
Donley, Christianim. wile of Abraham Z ti
ler, Matilda, wife of Tilnian Iplev, .-.n.l Pe
ter, Anion, Jacob, Jane and Samuel Bailey,
heir at law of Jacob-Bailey, imc'i.
Tou are hereby cite-i to be and appear be
fore our Judges of oar Orphans Court to
be held at Mifflintown, county of Juniata,
on the first Monday of December, A. 1).
lb3, at 2 o'clock P. M , then and Ihere to
accept or refuse to take the real estate of
Jacob Bailey, deceased. ar,pra;od
valuation put upon it bv an Inquest duly
awarded by tha said Court, and retura-jd bv
the Sheriff the I.,th day of Anguat, A. D
173, to wit: 125 aorea itan-J for ine suiu ft
$5 21 per acre.
JOSEPH ARD, Sheriff.
SRCBtrr's Orrice,
Mifflintown, Oct. 9, 1873-tc.