-- SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN MIFFUNTOWN. ndBaay. March If, B. F. SOH Vf E I E 11, ti)ii AND I'IOPRETOk. A EotoftfsT who recently passed over the desert cf Sahara, declares it to be the dried up basin of a sea. The Lower House of the Legisla turc has rassed a resolution for the prosecution of the banks that contrrb- uted money to bribe the Legislature to repeal the uury law. Tiik Mayor of Philadelphia .ned a uL Af.er the expiration of the pe proclu..t:on last S.tu.day to fJS effect T,od cf ten Tear' ,ue general law. of that the liquor-.ell.ng places be clowd ,he Eu'Plre' in "ference to the relin. on Sunday, and that tLey sell no licfuor on that day. The police were esjoined to see that the order be enforceJ. The Legislative investigation on the scheme of LHniiuick and Kreiter to raise a fund from the banks of the Commonwealth to be used iu the repeal of the present usury law, has resulted in implicating no other member of the lcislature than Dimmick. Diuiuiick Las been one of the loudcst-motitbcd . . , ..i-. . r men in charge, against the mtegnty or, the State ffOTCtnment. The charges" of j such ft man is worth about as much as charges made bv the prince of black- I mailers, thieves aud defaulters. Tl!B fute Senate bill to appropriate one million dollars to the Centennial ... . , Celebration enterprise, from present appearances, ifilr mt pas the Lower House, it having Become known fhat by. paying that sum out of the State Trea sury, there would or)? be cnotfgh laonry left or derived from the revenues of the Commonwealth to mee? other ne cessary expenses of the' State govern ment. The appropriation would compel the State to loan money, or resort to an increased taxation. The Mennonite Petition to Cong-ren Wliy It in Hade. Mennouites Lavs petitioned Con gress to extend to their sect certain land grant privilege. A member of that church named Cornelius JaDz'en stated in a letter to Col. Forney of the j rress the reasons why Congress was j petitioned. Here is the letter iu full : Sir : It was truly grateful to cs to see by The Press and other puV.ic pa pers the kind mention President Grant and the Secretary of tbe Interior roads in their aDnual message to Congress of tbe petition lately presented to that body iu behalf of our Mennonite breth ren. That men in high Cjeial station have not felt it beneath tbni thus to express openly their sympathy toward our bard -pressed people is very en couraging to us, and it filial 1 be our aim, by God's assistance, to justify their confidence. Our petition has been attacked in other quarters and marked as unjusti fiable, so that 1 wish to br.ve the op. jortuuity of stating in a few words the objects of our lequest. We asked to have no new law made, j ..- i . . or auv existing one uestrovea, oui ' simply some provision made in our pur chase of land to extend until the year 1SS1, the time granted by the Kussian government for our emigration. It is very easy to ce that the per mission of our request would enable our people to save a great deal of their property, as parents who are in distress on account cf their sons being drafted into military service, may send them before to this country and thempelves sell out their property gradually, know, ing they will have a place kept fcr them among their children and other fe!ew-bc!lcrers. By information lately received it ap- j pears the Russian government has not I yet given permission to tbe Mennonitesj to sell their lands to any but their own j ' people, also making it ve.-y difficult to ntttmin ni.nnrf,. n tlint tliirinr nmnv i I f- 1 hardships and difficulties to be met be fore they can leave Russia. Tbe granting of their petition would Le a real act of chari'y toward a body of fellow hrisiiaus, deprived for con science sake of their homes and property. lloW deep the need for assistance is! felt even iu this country, is shown bv - " les tact mat tne society 01 jiennonnes in Canada, who are but a small Dumber ! have raised ebove $10,000 for the aid ef their ptrcr brethren, no matter whether they go ta Canada of fhe Uni ted States, and those in the States who number ten times what they do in Canada will uot keep back a propor tionate ais'ance. Tbe Monuonites desire to settle to gether, because the history of their communities convinces them that unity I makes strength. In this unity they , praetm discipline and order m church, school ani private life, and through'"'0"1 (Cameron.... this they soon- obtain all necessaries of i carbon life, and often nrwre. Tbey not only I Centre . theater keep their own poor, but wtver give tbe clarion least trouble to sny eovernceB-t, but j Clearfield ... , i Chutun us those who persecute them must tes- j Columbia ify, arc always willing to impart to tbe i t'rawiord .... poor of any confession of those earthly J roods they obtain through the blessing ....... . . . f of Uod tf their earnest Jaoor ana wot j knowing well, that all belongs to one Gjd and Saviour. We, therefore, cu:y desire to have favorable terms of purchase for Got. ernmcnt lands extended to us for such ve 'tslon OI ,-vins UP a nn' , ,, gers when vonng geiiUemen are expected to a term of years as may enabLs our set-! 6 . ; , ,. . 3 J call, and when thev very naturally ask the tiers to dispose of their property mlc blushinglv reply, "I burned Russia without rum to themselves, and assist them in providing iiew homes for their families in America, The edict of the Russus govern ment in regard to tbo Mennonite sot. tiers, or colonists, as they are termed, is as follows ; j .Vote 1. The exemption from mili tary st r vices is gran ted fo settlers, reck utiiug fiom the da cf publication of the present regulations for a further ten years. As regards furnishing re cruits the laws now valid in reference to the colonists remain iC force till (he publication of a general law on miitarj duty. .We 2. lo the course of ten jers, reckoned from the day of publication cf those regulation, the settlors may relinquish the Condition of Russian ! subject;, end betake themselves out of ( Russia without bMnr obliged to pay t the ( rowo part of their acquired capi. j i J ' imo force. CoBSELILS JANZES. Legislative Apportionment. The Senate apportionment bill is as follows : 1. 1 he First, Second and Twenty sixth wards, Philadelphia. 2. The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth aud Eleventh war is, Philadelphia. 3. The Seventh, Eighth aud Ninth ' i in n J i-i- unaaei,.uia. . The Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth Founeenth wardg) Pui,,delpuia. & The Fifteenth au(i Twenty-ninth wardo, Philadelphia. 6. The Seventeenth, Eighteenth and iweutiemn waras, ruuaaeipcia. 7. The Twenty-first, Tweutv-seoen 4, ; Twenty-fourth, Twenty -seventh and j Twenty-eighth wards, Philadelphia, 8. The Nineteenth, Twenty-third and m,;...!,,,,!,;. I "-"y ' r a. Uciaware county. . Bucks 11. Montgomery. 12. Herts. 13. Tbe city of Lancaster and twenty-one adjoining districts. 14. The rest of the county of Lan caster. 15. Dauphin. 16. Lebigb. . 17. .Lebanon. 18 Northampton. 19. Chester. 20. Tbe cities of Scranton and Car bondale and nineteen districts adjoining. 21'. The rest ot Luzerne eouuty. 22. Carbon, Monroe and Pike. 23. Bradford, Sullivan and Wyoming 24. Lycoming,' Montour and C'blua- !hia'. 25. Tioga, Potter' a-nd McKean. 26. Susquehanna and Wayne. 27. Union, Snyder aud1 Northumber land. 28. Yoik. 29. Pottsville and twenty-five ad joining districts. 30. The rest of Schuylkill eounty. 31. Huntingdon, .Mifflin and Juuiata. 82.' Cumberland and Adams. 33. Franklin and Perry. 34. Olniton, Clear6eld and Centre. 35. Blair and Cambria. 36. Somerset, Bedford and Fulton. 37. Indiana and Jefferson. 38. t ameron, Elk, Clarion and Forest 39. Westmoreland. 40. Fayette and Greene. 41. Beaver and Washington. 42. The city of Allegheny, Belle vue, Sewickly borough, Reserve, Kil buck and Ohio townships. 43. Tie First to the Fourteenth and the Twenty-third wards of Pittsburgh. 44. The Fifteenth to Tweny second and the Thirty-seventh vards, the bor- ougbs and townships between tbe rivers i .t. c : . i . ... : "orm ui nnn, r.ry, ut bis iu I .l- I ' -. i -j: . " ... 45 The Twenty fourth to Thirty- sixth wards and the rest of South Side. 46. Armstrong and Butler. 47. Warren and Venango. 43 Mercer and Lawrence. 49. Erie. 50. Crawford. The Lower House bill Is as follows ! Philadelphia, four-l Erie, 2 districts i Men district : I. City of Erie. I I. 1st and IMtn wards II. Rest of Co.. .3 4 and part of 2d.. 4 II. Kent of III. 3d aud 4th .Kayette 2 1 Forest ......... 1 .franklin 3 Fulton 1 i(irei!iie 1 jlluntingdon .... 2 Indiana 2 .Jeflcrsun. 1 JJuuiata 1 j Lancaster, 3d ist's: ;I. Lancastercity 1 II. 19districtsad- jdnliig 2 III. Kent ot Co.. 3 6 ;Larence 2 ward 2 IV. iith and 7;h VVA;.2 ar.d loth wards.. 4 J - b nd vii VII. i:tth & Hih ,iT7'',V.r"""? III. 15th ward 3 IX. 87th ward ..2 ' 16th It 20th .rH. ....3 j 'jrl snon . .. 2 -XI. 17th fc 18th wards ....... .3 XII. 21st, k. 2"ilh ward. .4 XIII. 21st, UJd, 2;ti t 2iltu'ds.4 XIV. 2sth a 2ttb Lehigh 3 Lycoming 3 j.uzerne, dist's : jl. M ilkesharre. . 1 11. 15 districts ad- I j 'i.iing .1 !lll. 13 utherdis- wants. 2-."8 tricts., ..1 2 IV. t other dists 1 All-g"hcny,nVe districts : I. Citv of Alle jV. 11 otherdists 1 VI Scranton ..2 I V 1 1 . Pittston k. ! H districts 1 VI It. Rest of Col 9 gliene 3 H- lstJd,:id.4th 6th, 7th as. Pth McKean iUrcer. MilHin Monroe Montgomery . Montour wards, Pittslrg 2 III. 5.h.!Uh.lOlh and 12th wards, Pittsburg 1 IV. Rest ol Pitts burr .. 4 S orthampton. Rest ot Co.. 4-14 Northumberland 2 Armstrong.... 2 Perry 1 Beaver .. 2 'tke 1 Bedford ... . 2 Porter 1 Blair 2' Schuylkill, 4 dist's r Bradford 3 Three single dis- Bucks 4 trk-tscoHiirtTjr Butler.. the 3lth Seuato i rial district ....3 l")tii Senatorial II. Rest ot Berks 4 fi district 36 2 Snyder 1 Somerset....... 2 Suliiran. ....... 2 Susquehanna.... 4 Tioga 2 I'nion 1 Venango 1 Warren 2 Wasliingfm .... 4 Wavne 2 Westinorelaud . . Uanphiu 2 districts" Wyoming., Hamslmrg ... I orK . II. Kest of CU...2 3: ),.iaware 2 Total .. . 201 Wk The was of women aspiring to nntri mony are past finding out. It is said that the young Lui'a-s of Jacksonville, Tenn., tin-in broiling the steak this morning." The result, as chronicled by a l"cal paper, is Ujat sermral young gentlemen have bumed their fiogurt by believing tbe storr. A petition feat been sent to Congress ask ing that body to have experiments made with powder aud cannon to determine shctlo-rirotighls einpof lie prevented, 16 1 creating Discover j la Tlr glala. Buckingham county, s'a'ys" the Lynch burg Virginian, has a sensation. A wofiderful care has" been discovered there, which a writer in the Farmville Jlercufy tells about. After describing several chambers, the account contin ues : " We bsd satisfied oar cariosty, and were about to leave the cave, when be hind a large rock, or rather a spur of. the main rock whicH formed the bottom, my son discovered t larger passage than any we nau oeiore ween. l nis we tered,and after following some six ori j seven feet! emerged into an apartment of immense site. Tbe light of our torches falling upon the stalactites re vealed a scene of btauty which was fairly daxxling. The aite of this apart ment I cannot tell, as the roof and sides were lost in darkness. We pen etrated to a considerable distance, keep ing close to one of the sides, so that we might easily find our way back, and would have gone further bnt for finding in a recess some seventy feet from where we entered, lying directly nnder a shel ving rock, the body of man wrapped in some dingy,- cloth-like substance. We did not know it was tbe body of a man at first, and were not positive it was until we bad gotten it outside the cave. Mr. Boyd discovered the body, and when we moved it from nnder tbe rock my son found several large and beauti ful pebbles where the body had lain, and a small round vessel, some four inches in diameter and about two inches in height, shaped very much like an ink stand with a handle. This and the stones or pebbles be pot m bis pecket. We took tbe body and at once went out of the cave. The cloths with which it was wrapped were very rottesj, and when we bad laid the body down after leaving the cave, they had nearly all been rubbed from it. W hat were left crumbled like burnt paper. We brushed tbe body clean and found it to be the dried-up remains of a man who had evidently been ef wore than ordinary sise, for I found it to be by actual mea- j sureineot five feet nine inches in length. It is dried and withered something like dried meat, only tbe skin is tightly drawn over it. It is hard to the touch, and wherever there is a wrinkle it is hard like parchment. ' It is impossible to farm any idea of what color tbe man was, or what his features were l.ke. The body now is a sort of smoky color, and the hair, though there is very little of it, is in tensely black. Oil tbe second finger of each hand and on the thumb of the right were large square rings, tound on the inside to fit the finger. These rings and the small vessel I have referred to were evideutlv composed of gold with j a large quantity of some kind of alloy which gave them a very peculiar ap pearance. " We took the body to my house, where it is now. hen we arrived with it there, my son bethought him of the pebbles he had found, and showed them to os. There are seven in all ; five are richly colored, and Ctolike any thing else I have ever seen, xhe other two I think are diamonds" ; they pos sess in a very high degree the powers of reflection and refraction, and are about the size of a cornfield pea.' A Dltre9lnf Case of Hydro- pliobla. A despatch from New York, nnder date of the 5th inst., relates the follow ing distressing case of hydrophobia : Mrs. Ada Noyes, a young actress, died at ber residence, No. 1G6 fileekef street, this morning, from hydrophobia. Tbe unfortunate lady arrived in this city about a month ago from Charles ton, S. C. ; she had with ber a little pet dog, which bit her on the nose on tbe 30 tb of January. But little notice of tbe occurrence was taken until Sunday last, when tbe dreaded symptoms pre sented themselves. Tbe best medical aid was called in, but Mrs. Noyes grew rapidly worse, and died this morning in terrible agony. Coroner Kessler held an inquest, at which Dr. Elliott testified that she came to bim, on tbe SOth of January, with her face lacerated from tbe bite of a dog. lie cauterized the wound with nitrate of silver. She made good re covery, and appeared on tbe stage within ten days. On Monday night, while p'aying at Rochester with Lu cille Western, she Was taken off the stage insensible, and then took the train for New York. Witness met ber .at the Forty-second street depot. She was then delirious and presented a ghastly appearance. She waa nnder the impression that people iu the train wanted to kill ber. She Could cot swal low, and breathed only with tbe great est difficulty. The cold afron ber face while riding in the coach caused her the greatest agony. At times she prayed to be killed. Finally abe be came exhausted, and died at 9:30 o'clock last night. Mrs. Noyes was known as Ada Clare previous to her marriage with Mr. Noyes, and was well known in her profession, having been quite popular here some twelve years ago, but for some years past she has not been much on tbe stage. On the afternoon of tbe 4 th Inst., Mol'ic Holbrook, alias Mary IIoli, a ho was charge of a detective t rovtf from New York to Chicago, on a charge of stealing S20,(XNJ m bonds, escaped from custody at Hamilton, Ontario, in Canada, by leaving the train and throwing hbrsolf into the amis of a police man and claiming protection. She was taken ts-fore a magistrate and discharged, as she could cot be detained. Ex-President MiUa'nl Fillmore lies in a precarious state from air attaclref paralysis.- ValcaS! Short-Hors Cows. The Phrenological Journal says: Of course our agricultural readers have all heard of the wonderful sails of choice cattle which took place last fall at the New York Mills, near Utica; N. Y. The cattle were sold sit auction; and prices were realized which tax our credulity when we appreciate their vast ness. One hundred and eleven animals were offered for competion among the buyers, many of whom were from Eng land, and the aggregate of the sales ei- j iei $380 00,j The breeds which brought tbe latest; . . ,,M fc.n n.,1...... subis were those known as Duchesses and Oxfords, and tbe first sold, known as the 2d Duke of Oneida, a three year old bull, brought $12,000 Tbe cow, known as the 1st Duchess of Onei da, was next offered, and, after an ex traordinarily exciting contest, was knocked down to Lord Skelmersdale, of England, for $30,600. Subsequently other cattle of the same strain followed at $19,000 and $35,000, and the in terest eliminated with the sale of tbe 8th Dacbert of Geneva, tbe dam of the 1st Duchess of Oneida, which was bought by Mr. R. Pavin Davis, vt Gloucestershire, England, for the un precedented snm of $40,600. The Duchess stock was imported from England in 1353, and kept in a state of perfect parity in Duchess Connty by tbe importer. We infer from this experiment of Mr. Campbell, of the New lurk Mills, that stock-raising in this country " pays," alihoagb we could scarcely expeet a $40,000 eow to furnish milk enough to pay bar way, as the interest alone on such a sum is five times as much as the return to ber owner of tbe best milch eow we know. Tbe short-homed, or Durham, breed is deemed the best Kentucky Llbrarj Concert. A Caao To Tax Fcilis. The manager is desirous that every ticket-holder in tbe Fourth Concert, which comes off in Public Library Hall, on the 31st of March, shall be perfect lv satisfied with the distribution of Gifts which is to take place at tbat time. The distribution of $1,500,000 is an affair of such importance that al though the interests of the absent ticket holders will be faithfully eared for by the management, yet they would be glad foi all to see and know, eaob one for himself, that everything is done which the most scrupulously exacting coo Id ask, to make the distribution ab solutely fair and impartial. All the arrangements for the drawing on tbe part of the management are cotnplet:, and the ticket-holders are invited to send delegates to a meeting to. be held in the Puhlic Library Building, on the '20th of Marcb, to select a committee to . co-operate with tbe committee appoint ed by the trustees to count and exam ine the tags, and see that every ticket is fairly represented in the drawing. The time is short, and whatever is to be done must be done promptly. Your co-operation in this matter is earnestly incited; Yours, Tiios. E. Bbaulette, Agent and Manager, Pub. Lib. Ky. For tickets' and information apply to Tnos. It. Hat c Co., 609 Broadway, N.Y. A OE.fTLEMAS who signs himself "Winnepisiogee" writes to a Boston newspaper that he knows by personal experiment that an able-bodied man 50 years old and in active business ean live on less than 12 cents a day. In two weeks he. consumed milk, 72 cents ; dry crackers, 30 cents ; eggs, 17 cents ; coffee, 10 cents; butter, h cents; salt, 1 cent grand total, $1.40. Weight of Wlnncpteiogee at the beginning II 5 i pounds - weight at the end of the 14 days, 1761 net gain, one pound and a half. Occupation, 10 bonis a' day in the offioo and 4 hours tn tbe gartfen. Here is a man, now, truly independent. What to bim are crops ? What to him is the price of beef and batter 1 What to him are the trichinne What to him the densest ignorance, the wildest va garies, the abundant blundant blunders of cooks? Wise Winnepisiogee! Captain Fraser, who lately brought away from the Earnscleugh Cave, in the south of New Zealand, tho entire neck of a dot with the skin of the gigantic bird still on it, has been lecturing on the subject of bis discovery. Tbe floor of the cave, he states, is covered with a fine dust, in which lie bones aud many rolls resembling pieces of tbe bark of a tree, but which, on examina tion, proved to bo fragments of the reddish-brown moa skin. While he was search ing among these, his companion found un der a ledge the distinct remains of a l.ir.-.- nest of grass with the fragments of and bonts ofyonng birds iu it ; from winch i it appears that the extinct bird not only took ref uge in but bred in such places of cone raiment as this now famous cave. A murder and suicide occurred in Priire street, Net York, nn the 3rd inst., between two former partners in business, named Anthony Barli and Peur Tarchini. Barli did not attend to bnsiness, and be waa bongbt out two months ago. Tbe partners met two weeks ago and quarreled. Did not meet again until on the morning of the day snore stated, when they met as they were going to work. They quarreled again, when Barli drew a revolver and shot Tarchini in the breast, after which he shot himself in the bead, both men being instantly killed. Joseph Levius was taken from Shatnokin aud committed to the Sun bury jail, on Wednesday a week for shooting and killing a man named James Mahan. Malian kept a tavern, and put Levins out of his bouse for j some canse or other. He went to Levins' i kousc afterwards and fired fmtr shots at him. Lev his then returned tbe fire, and one of his shots took effect and killed Ma han instantly. Levins then gave himself np, and was committed to jail by 'Squire Caldwell to await a judicial trial. Wnv, A. Stone, a lawyer, of Canastota, X. Y., convicted of arson in the third de gree, for setting Hre to that village, has been sentenced to prison for lilcv SnORT ITEMS, Ko man who is not a housekeeper can be a juror in Kentucky. Iowa has twenty-three of its seventy-two county treasurers alvertised as missing. Come thief stole $ 50 from the contribu tion boxes of the Lmheran Church, in Bed ford. Six hundred dollars were added to tbe conscience fnnd oa the 2ud int. by "John 3nll," of Chicago, Failure of rain in December last has re duced the sugar crop ef the Barhidoa Bve thousand hogsheads. hMbM.directea o ()Wl0W) oM ! , " ? ; during the current month. Visa Mary Martin, of Coledale, Bedford connty, has been tlected school director' the first ic tbat county. Tne luJnlture of Jay Cooke's late office in Wall street, New York, was sold en the 2nd insL, realizing aboat $1200. It is said tbat a small quantity of sassa fras bark mixed with dried fruit, will keep it free for worms forms tor years. There were three candidates recently for the postmaaWrship of St. Henry, Minneso ta. The compensation is $1 a year. Two through freight trains, laden with tea and silkworm eggs, reached New York, on Saturday a week, from San Francisco. It is stated that twenty per cent, of Cali fornia cattle have perished from the exct-p tionally at vera cold of the present winter Mrs. K. M. Elliott, formerly ef Lewis tows, has been elected postmaster of the Iowa legislature. Her assistant Is also a lady. In Kansas hotels, if you call for a plate of Indian cakes, the waiter puts his hand to tbe side ef his mouth, aad sings out; 'Mo docs for one." The barn f Isaac Taylor, of Tod town ship, Huntingdon county, was aet on Bra by a spark from a saw mill engme, on the loth nit., and burned. Daniel S. Francis', a prominent citisen of Keadiug, waa knocked down and robbed ot j his watch and money near that place, on the night of the 20th. Said a poirpous hnsband, whose wife bad stoles up behind ami given htm a kiss, 'Madam, I consider snch an act indecorous.' Excuse me,' said the wife, '1 didn't know it tu you.' Georve Hull, who was arrested in Harris- 1 . j . v :.u . 1 1 :f?'""J'H."i - "- boating ms uog, naa a Bearing Dciore ino Mayor ami was discharged on the payment ot $10 fine and costs. Tbe Pennsylvania State Orange of Pa trons of Husbandry will hold a meeting at West Chester, on to-morrow, 12th in.-t., at which a large number of subordinate Granges will be represented. Robbers and murderers are raiding indus triously in the southern counties of Cali fornia. On the 2oth ult. a band of thieves robbed the Los Angeles stage, carrying off $260 in cash and eight horses. In the criminal court of Memphis on the 5th inst., a miiud jury was ordered in the case of a colored man charged with the murdtr of a white man. This is the first instance of the kind in that citv. Rt-v. A. Fleming, ot Johnstown, Cam- btu connty has rec.We i a unanimous call tn the Fust Presbyterian ch'urh, Grand Rapids, Mich., at a s.Ua.-y of 9l,uU for the first year and lor the second. Some 75l',0IO toy eaj-s, containing ftl niiiiating powder, exploded in the window of a store on Broadway, New York, on the 2nd inst, and badly wounded a eleik in the store and a number of passers-by. Lo, :-oo. In straggling to make a dnll-brained boy to understand what conscience is, a teacher finally aked : What makes you feel un comfortable after you have done wrong I" "The big leatbet strap," feelingly replied the b-y. David Falcon, of East Cencmangh, has the tail of a rattlesnake, on which tlerart thirty-one rattles. As the first rattles do not appear until the snake is three years old this would prove the snake to have been thirty-four years old. Dennis Brady, a masked bnrg'ar, found guilty of being concerned in the robbery of tbe post-office at Cattskill, N. Y., was sen tenced, on tbe 28th nit., to twenty-eight years' imprisonment in the jail of Clinton county, in that State. As the train which left Philadelphia for Baltimore at four o'clock P. M., on Satur day a week was crossing the Susquehanna river near Havre-de-Grace, some unknown person fired a shot into the train, the ball passing in close proximity to two of tbe paSSCRgTS. Alexander Johnston, father of the late William F. Johnston, cx-Uovernor of Penn sylvania, is still living at Kingston, near Greensburg, Westmoreland connty, in the 100th year of his age. At 9S he rode reg nlarly on horseback, bnt has latterly grown quite feeble. Judge Pratt, of Brooklyn, has issued a warrant for the arrest of ex-President Bae', of St. Domingo, at the instance of Davis Hatch, of Connecticut, who clurgs Baes with having conspired against his i.ls rty, life and wealth. The ex-President a as held in $25,000 bail. In England they are not satisfied w ith putting alum in bread and iron in tea, but have also taken to adulterating turkeys. A dealer in Norwich found a method of stuf fing their breasts with pork fat. One of his cnstniers took over four pounds of that material from his turkey A Chester man fell and injured himself so severely that he couldn't walk.' A " good Samaritan" offered to take bim home in his wagon, instead of doing this be droe in an opposite direction, and when out of town he threw a bag over tbe injured man's bead and relieved bim of bis money. An important discovery of art objects tn gold, silver, bronze and iron, belonging to a period previous to tbe introduction of Christianity in Russia, has been made in Alexandropol, in the province of Erivan ; ai.d close upon Alexandrianopie itself, a pagau temple of vast dimensions bas come to light. A couple were recently married in Har din county, Iowa, and after the ceremony the brnle asked the husband his name. Thev had been acquainted oniyafew hours when he proposed aud she accepted. The ! frankness nn the part of the bride, showing a desire to know her husband's name, is A flying machine is building at Auburn, N. Y. Steam is the motive power, and by it four seta of wings are moved. The ma- chine is described as " something of tbe appearance of a turret tower to a monitor, carrying above it a mast of a vessel, With' spars attached and swinging around it, with 1 a balleon basket siiperMed underneath." yew Advertisements. ALL PERSONS knowing themselves indebted oa our Buofca are requested to make immediate pavmertti d. p.'suLCrrr iico. March ll-2 noTictw THERE will be an Election field at fhe store of Samuel Buck, irt the borough of Peirysville, on MONDAY, MARCH M, 1S74, between the hours of 2 and 8 o'clock P. M., to elect Managers for the Perrys rille Bridge Company for the ensuing year. Br order of the Board. SAMCEL BrCK, Trta: rerrystille, March 9, lX74-St TUSCAR0RA ACADEMY, AND JUNIATA NORMAL INSTITUTE. (FOR both sexes.) . rTME Summer Session, (20 weeks.) will A begin MAY 4th. There will be tec tnres on the theory and piactice of teach ing. Special arrangements for yoang ladies. Lessons given on the Piano, Organ and Vi olin. Teachers will Hud many advantages. Terms, low. Address D. b. STONE, Ph. D.. Principal. Acidemia, Juniata Co., Pa. marll-tf FARM AT PRIVATE SALE. THE nndersigned offers at private sale his Farm, situated in Slack Log Val ley, Lack township, Jnniata connty, con taining 159 ACRES, about 65 acres of which are cleared, and the balance eorervd with choice timber; baring thereon erected a TW0-ST0BY FBAME HOUSE, LARGE BANK BARN, also a Two-story Log House and Log Barn. Two Springs ef never-failing water conve nient to each house. A large thrifty IOCH(i ORCHARD of choice grafted frnit on the premises. Terms easy. Title indisputable, as I hare been living on it over thirty years. If not sold very soon the farm will be for rent or to let on the shares. For further particulars inquire on tbe premises. March 11, 1874. TJT ! C. O R T II , I) CALEB IN PIAIVOS, ORGANS, All kinds of Musical Instruments, Strings, SHEET MUSIC, Artists and Wax Flower Materials and Fancy Articles. LIBERAL DISCOUNTS ON ORGANS TO cash buyers". 310 MARKET STREET. Hakrisburo, I'e.n.n'a. Mar II, 1874. APPLICATION. jVTOTlt'E is hereby given that application 1 V will be made to the present Senate and House ol Representatives of this Common wealth, for a sreial act authorizing the Chief Burgess and Town Council of the borough of i'attcrson to lay and collect a tax on taxable property within said bor ough, to be expended in laying pipe, pur chasing hose, tu:., as a protection in case of tire. Ky ordar ot the Town Council. W. S. NOKT1I, CA.V BurgtsM. Patterson, Feb. 24, 1874-3t SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a writ of Vetut. Erponai, is sued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Juniata comity and to me directed, will be exposed to public sale, at th Court House, in the borough of Mitftinown, at 2 o'clork F. M., on SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1874. the following real estate, vu : A Tract of Land situate in Milford tswn ship, Juniata countv, bounded on the north by lauds of W. W. Wilson and John F. Kelly, on the east by Robert Robinson, on the south by f )livr Harris and n the west by Chrintophcr Brant, containing Seventy-Eight Acres, more or less, having thereon crectnd TWO LOG HOUSES, ONE STABLE, and other outbuildings. Seized, taken in exveution and to be soki as the property of John Fry tl ai, neirs ai law ot John fry, deceaseil. WJJ. H. KNOL'SK. Sktritr. Shcri a 'a Office, Miltliutown, March 3, 1874. S Disselntioa of Co-Parlnership. NOTICE is hereby given that the Co partnership heretofore existing between Solomon Benner and Christian Bonner, trading nndiT the linn name of Solomon Benner & Co., in the manufacture of bue- gtes and carriages, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons knowiag themselves indebted to said firm, and those having claims against the same, will rdcasc call and settle their accounts with Chris tian Benner, who will still carrv on the above business at the old stand in McAlis- Wrville. SOLOMON BENNER CHRISTIAN BENNER. Jan. 24, 1874. Admlnlstrater' Notice. Eniatt of John Ktrlin, dictated. Wf HEREAS Letters of Administration on the estate of John Kerliu. late of the borough of Patterson, deceased, hav ing neen granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are reques ted to make immediate payment, and those having claims will please present them properly authenticated for settlemeut. R. L. GUSS, Mm'r. Feb. 4, 197. Dlwflolntion. THE paTttfership heretofore existing be tween W. C. Laird and William Bell, trading under the Brra name of Laird A. Bell, is this day dissolved by mntiial con sent. All persons indebted to the said firm will please call and settW their accounts be fore the Brst day of March, 1874, at which time all accounts remaining unsettled will be placed in the hands of a collector for collection. W. C. LAIKD. WM. BKLL. February 2, 1874. Administrator' Notice! Etlate of Martha C. Lukes, deceased. NOTICE is heretiy given that Letters of Administration on the estate of Mar tha C. Lnkens, late of Walker township, deceased, have been granted to the under signed. All pet sons indebtedto said es tate are requested to nuke immediate pay ment, and those havrriz claims will nles-m present thenr dmy authenticated for settle- Inen' W.- IT. LCKENS, jidminntratur. Jil28-Gw Normal School. rilHE County Normal School will re-open X at Thompsontown, Pa., Arau 5, 1874; There will be Swine and Fall .u.LM,. Pul attention will be paid to the prtf- vi iwucn. x crois rcasonaine For particulars call on er address T. D. 4t J. M. QARMAN, JJ)21-3ra Patterson, P. JOB PRINTING OF EVER? KTHO v a one at tuts orsces A'EW ADVERTISEMENTS. HEAD QUARTERS! Bridge THIRD ARRIVAL Of New Goods this Season !j on EAT H-EDrCTIO .V P RICES t 10 PEft CENT. CHEAP FR THJJ EVER t Water Proof Uloth at 88 cts. per yard. Velveteen at 50c, 90c, and $1.00 per jard. Colored Blankets at $1.33 and $1. 7b, piece. Whiu Blankets dt $2.25 an-l I'pvnrds. T-AliLE LINEN As Low as 3Ce per yard. IMITATION BUCK GLOVES AT SIATT CENTS. IlEsrF.CTFW.LY Yours, &c, JEJfllL SCIIOTT. 1STEAV BOOT AND SHOE STORE. 0 We have opened out in the New Buikl- ins- on the Nevin lot. on Brldve street, the largest and best stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, LADIES', MISSES' AXD CHILDREN'S GiVlTEBS, j ever brought to the eouuty. j We buy our stock from Manufacturers I and in large lots. We pay c and expect j to sell for cask, which will enable ns to J offer GOODS At Prices far Below the Average, Tf ORK MADE TO ORDER. This branch of the bnsiness will be su perintended by A. B. FASICK, one of the brst practical mechanics in the county. All kinds of repairing done. JLL WORK WJRIUXTED. CORNELIUS BARTLEY. 2, 1873-tf July J" P. SULOCFF & CO, FORWARD AMD C0XXISSI03 MERCHANTS, DEALERS 1.1 GRAIN, LUMBKR, COAL, FLASTER, . SALT CEMENT, . CALCINED PLASTER RESUMPTION. JOHN LIK11L hereby announces to his old customers and the public generally, that be has again resumed business at bis old stand, on Water Street, MlffJintofrn, Where he will manufacture in a satisfactory luauner, Harnes8, Light and Heavy, to Suit All, Hon Collars, Riding Saddles, IFdqon Saddles, Bridles of all Hindi, Plow Lines, t fad evertthing in His Line. REPAIRING neatly and expeditiously executed. Call and inqnirc before going elsewhere. w J0HJf DIEHL, h Water Street, a few doors Sorth of the Crystal Palace Build ma. Nov ll, lc73-tn EW TAILOR SUOP. The undersigned would respectfully form the public that he has opentd a TAILOR SHOP at bis residence, on Bridge street, in tbe rarker Mansion, and is now prepared to do CUSTOAt WORK at short notice and in tao most durable and fashionable manner. He intends to not oiit nrniA hut mi i. and" asks a share of the public patronage W1U.IAM- WISE. in Street. GOODS SOLD AT PAMU PRICES ! Gi BARGAINS for EVERYBODY CHEAP! CHEAP! CHEAP! Tj H TUC CRT! PRICES TO SUIT" TEE TIMES 3rIOT'TO 1 Quick SaleS and Small Profits ! ' URGE SINGLE SHAWLS saw! Sold as low as $ 1.5(3. Shawls of Every Description Sold at a Sacrifice. j Four Borde? Handkerchiefs I FOR 35 CEXTS. I j Bnying my Goods for Cash enable me to make these Orrst Redactions. VTIIIE undersigned, having completed hi X ne tParchonsc iu rerrysrille, would . renjxxttiillT invitw th attention i' tho ! farmers of tbe county to the lact t!iat he i ;atl : all times i PAYING THE HIGHEST PRICE FOK ALL KINDS OF ORAIX, Ac, Ar. Having introduced new facilities for hoist- ing, weighing, c., we arw now prepared to nnload with the least possible touhle. Bark, Railroad Ties, Locust Posts, and all Saleable Countrj Produce will be nght at all times, cither Vrr jCASU OK i IN EXCHANGE CHAN DIri E. FOR HAVE FOR SALE COAL, LUMBER. FISH, SALT, which will be sold to suitpurcba-ef,tt.N-r WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, and at the lowest rates ruling. At my Store in Tnrhetf tvwnrh'p may bo found as complete an assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, KOTlOiSTS, Queensware. Hardware, &c, all of which will be sold as low, if cl a little lower than elsewhere- NOAH IIERTZLER. Tec. 10, 1873-tf rUNlATA VALLEY BANK. Pdmeroy, Patterson, Jacobs & Co, siPitHtowj, jtstATt eoc.vTV, rx. CAPITAL, $110,000, JOSEPH PDMEROY, President. T. VAN IRVIN, Cashier. ma ector s : Joseph Pomeroy, Jerome X. Thompsern, John J. Patterson, George Jacobs, John Balsbacfi, If. II. Berhtel, S. Frank EajjU. L'nttcH 9hlf Stistfihf, Bonds, Jr., bought and sold Srren'thtrtus exchanged for Fat-tictntitt at market rates. United State coupons paid. Gold and Silttr bought at highestt rates. Deposits rectivtrl. collections made, draftn er the principal cities, and a general banking tnssiness transacted. Bonds an.! crtmrr valuable papers received on special deposit. june873-tf B. LOUDON, MERCHANT TAILOR, tn room in rear of Crystal Palace Boi'ding, On Water Street, Mifflintown, Pa., FASHIONABLE GOODS alw.y. on band. CUSTOM WORK DONE on the shortest notice. OOODS SOLD by the yard or pattern. PERSONS buying goods can bate then? cnt in garments free of charge. BUTTERJViTS PjITTERSS also fo sale. ALL WORK rTAIXRA.TTED. PRICES LOW. Oct 22, l73-tf JCMBERt LFnitTM I WHITE PINE 83AVED SUINULES, LAP AND JOINT', SAWED SHINGLES, PLASTEHIN& LATH, PICKETS AtfD DRY BOARDS, 7oa sal ar NER THOMPSON, Milroy, Mifflin County, Pi. mv2G-Gnt La'ge stock of Dry Goods at J. t U. A SUaibangbs, Crystal Palace. Sentinel and Republican H J9 a yeai