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tYcdiicdar. April 39, IT4.
B. F. SCHWEIEK,
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Stand "Steady Along tnXtn.'
VTO OF THE FINANCIAL BILL.
' President Grant has vetoed the Fi
nancial Bill, which- lie had" a right to do
if Le conscientious'y believed it to be
detrimental to the jcacral interest tl
the country. As fir a the veto goes
Ln no;ta? is clow em ngh, but when
ii . . i v r
tee 1 resmciii iaiiis ot a resumption ti
specie payment he is t.o indefinite that
it ii nc iarferstood what Le will sup
port, or what particular kind of re
sumption Li? will favor ; whether re
bippt!m by l-'aviug the question alone J
till time right the matter, or whether
resumption by legislation, to take effect
quits si.n. lie favors an increase ot
the revenue of tue Government, but
docs cut say Low. Does tie mean by
taxation or by tsriff! It is best not to
quarrel with the Presiaeut because bis : bearing obligations, except iu canes
views are not cl-arly understood, but if i where the law authorixing the issue of
i ii- , i , - . . j I any such obligations has expressly pro
be should in lime develope into an aa- . f . .. . . fc J F
' . vided that the Mine way be paid in
voca'e of a speedy resumption by leg-; ,a(tfuI n,oney or io othcr cttrreBCj than
islation, and a reduced tariff, the peo-'gf,Jd aui silver; but none of the said
pie, irrespective of party, will with-J itterest-bearing obligations not already
draw from Lis support. Let us 'all be j du be redeemed r paid before
, . i ... Uiituiity. unless at such time a the
patient, and stand "steady along the'., . , ,,
f ' 3 b i tuned btiirfl note shall be couverti-
linc." Tec test of the vetoed bill is as ! ble jut0 coln at Le ,ion of tbe haidt
follows :
Section 1. That the maximum;
mount of United States notes is hereby j interest than the bouds to be redeemed
fixed at $100,000.0(10. I can be sold at par in coin. And the
Sec. 2. That $10,000,000 in notes Liiited States also solemnly pledges its
for circulation, in addition to such cir- faith to make provision, at the earliest
eulatiou now allowed by law, shall be ; practicable period, for the redemption
issued to national banking associations j of the Uuited States note in coin.
now orgiuized or organized hereafter, j TLig 4Ct stiu reinajos , continuing
and such increased circulation shall be I . , , . . .. , A, . . Q. .
... .... n, . l pledge of the faith of the United States
distributed among the several States ai v
provided in section 1 of the act enti- J ake provision at the earltesf prac
tled An act to "provide for the 3 per j ticable moment for the redemption of
eeut. temporary loan ccrtiucates ano .
fur an increase of national bank notes,
approved July 12, 1870, and each na
tional batiLing association now organ
ixed or hereafter to be organized shall
kep and maintain as part of its re
serve required by law one-fcurih of the
oin received by it as interest on loans
of tbe United States deposited as. se
curity for circulating notes or Govern
ment deposits, and tha( thereafter only
one fourth of the reserve now pre
scribed by law for national banking as
sociations shall consist of balances due
to an association available for the I e
deinptioo of its circulating notes from
association in cities of redemption, and
upon which balance no interest shall be
paid.
The vote on the bill stood 140 yeas,
102 nays.
The veto ni.ssage reads as follows :
Herewith 1 return Senate bill No.
C17, entitled "An act to Gx the amount
of United States notes and the circula
tion of national banks, and for other
purposes," without my approval. In
doing so I must express my regret at j
not being able to give my assent to a -
measure which has received the sane-1
tion of a mojority of the legislators
chosen by the people to make laws for
their guidance, and 1 Lave studiously
might to find suffieient arguments to
justify such assent, but unsuccessfully.
Practically, it is a question under dis
cussion would give an additional dol
lar to the irredeemable paper currency
cf the country, or not, and whether by
requiring thiee-fourths of the reserve
to be retained by the bank and pro-
bibitiug interest to be received on the
balance, it might not jrrove a contrac
tion ; but the fact cannot be concealed
that, theoretically, the bill increase
the paper circulation one hundred mil
lion of dollars, les only the amouot of
reserves rttramd from circulation by
the provision of the second section.
The measure has been'supported on the
theory that it would give increased cir
culation. It is a fair inference, there
fort, that, if in practice the measure
thotild'fail to'create the abundance of
circulatiou npeot3d of it, tbe friends
of the measure, particularly those out
cf Congress, would clamor for such in
flation as wculd gire the expected re
lief. The theory, in my bcHef.'was a de
parture fiom true principles of Cuance,
national iutercst, national obligations
to creditors, Congressional promises,
party pltdges on the part of both po
litical parties, and of personal views
and promises made by me in every an
nual message sent to Congress, and in
each inaugural address. In my annual
message to Congress in December, 1 SCO,
the following passages appear :
" Amang tbe evils growing out of
the rebellion, and not yet referred to,
ia that of an irredeemable currency.
Itis an evil'which I.hope will receive
your most earnest attention. It is a
duty, andVae of the highest duties of
Governiueut, to secure to the citizen a
medium of exchange of fixed unvary
ing value. This implies a return to a
specie fesi."aud no substitute for it
ran be desired. It should be com
deuced now and reached at the earliest
practicable content consistent with a
fair regard to the interests of the
debtor class. Immediate resumption,
if practicable, would not be desirable.
It would compel tbe debtor class to pay
beyouJ their contracts the premium on
gold at tbe date of their purchase, and
would briDg b&iAruptcy and ruin to
thousands. Fluctuation, however, io
the caper value of the measure of all
value, golJ, is detrimental Io the in
terest of trade. It makes tbe man of
business an involuntary gambler, for iu
all tale where futu.e payment ii to be
made botli parties speculate a to what
will be the valne of the eurrtney to be
paid aud received. I earnestly recoin
niecd to you, then, such legislation aa
will insure a gradual return to speeie
payments and put to immediate step to
S3ctoation in tue value of currency.'
I still adhere to the vies then ei-
rowed. A tail y as" December 4,
18G5, the LI oo 39 of Representatives
parsed a resolution, by a vote cf 141
yeas to fix nays, concurring in the
view of the Secretary of the Trea
sury in relation to the necessity of a
contraction of the currency with a view
to as early a resumption of specie pay
ments a the business interests of the
country will permit, and pledging co
operative action to this end as speedily
tt f,,,i9ille. Tlie first act passed by
j the Forty-first t'ongress on the 18th
. 0( March, 18C9, was as follow :
; "
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of the United States
Be ii tnadrj, $'c That in order to
remove any doubt as to the purpose of
the Government to discharge ail its ob
ligations to the public creditors and to
tenia ecuntcting questions and inter-
j pretalioo of the law by which Mich
i obligations have been contracted, it is
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ucreuj piuviueu auu ucciar.u mat cue
faith of the tailed States is solemnly
pledged to the pay-jieut in coin, or its
equivalent, of all obligations of the
j United States, and of all the interest
or unless at such time bonds of the
United States bearing a lower rate of
the Lntted States notes in coin. A
declaration contained in the act of June
SO, 1861, created an obligation that
the total amount of United States notes
issued or to be issued should never ex
ceed four hundred millions of dollars.
The amouot in actual circulation was
actually reduced to three nuudred and
fifty-six millions of dollars, at which
point Congress passed the act of Feb
ruary 4, 18C3, suspending tbe further
reduction of the currency. The forty
four millions have ever been regarded
as a reserve to be used only id case of
an emergency, such a has occurred on
several occasions, and must occur whon
from any cause revenues suddeuly fall
below expenditures, and such a reserve
is necessary because the fractional cur
rency, amounting to fifty millions, is
redeemable in legal tenders on call.
It may be said that such a return of
fractional currency is impossible. But
let steps be taken for a return to a
specie basis, and it will be found that
silver will take the place of fractional
currency as rapidly as it can be snp-
plied. AVLen the premium on gold
reaches a sufficiently low point with the
amount of Uuited States notes to be
issued, permanently fixed within proper
limits, and the Treasury so strengthened
as to be able to redeem them iu coin
on demand, it will then be safe to in
augurate a system of fiec banking,
with such provisions as to make com
pulsory redemption of the circulating
notes of the banks iu coin or in Uuited
States notes, themselves redeemable
and made equivalent to eoin. As a
measure preparatory to free banking,
or for placing the Goveinment in a con
dition to redeem its notes iu coin at the
earliest practicable moment, the reve
nue of the country should be in
creased so as to pay current expenses,
provide for the sinking fund required
by law, and also a surplus to be re
tained in tbe Treasury in gold.
1 am not a believer in any artificial
method of making paper money equal
to coin when the coin is uot owned or
held ready to redeem the promises to
pay, for paper money is nothing more
than promises to pay, and is valuable
exactly in proportion to the amount of
coin that it can be converted into.
While coin is not used as a circulating
medium, or the currency of the coun
try is not convertible into it at par, it
becomes an article of commerce as
much as any other product. Tbe sur
plus will seek a foreign market as will
any other surplus. Tho balance of
trade baa nothing to 4o with the ques
tion. Duties on imports being required
in coin creates a limited demand for
gold. About enough to satisfy that
demand remains in the country, aud to
increase this supply I see no way open
but by the Government boarding
through the meaos a bote g'ven, and,
possibly, by requiring the national aid.
It is claimed by the advocates of tbe
measure returned that there is an un
equal distribution of tbe banking capi
tal of the country. I waa disposed to
give great weight to this view cf the
question at first, but on reflection it will
be remembered that there still remains
four millions of dollar of author'zed
note circulation assigned to States
having less than than their quota not
yet taken.
In addition to this, the State having
less than their quota of bank circula
tion have the option of twenty-five mil
lions more, to be taken from those
States having more than their propor
tion. When this is all taken up, or
when specie payments are fully re
stored, or are in rapid progress of re
storatioo, will be tbe time to consider
the question cf more currency.
U. 8. Grant.
Exsx-rTiYc ILtssios, April 22, 1874.
Tuebi are now two lines of steamers
railing from California io Asia.
Tn reader doubtless remember tbe
account of Low an attempt to defraud
a Life luaursnze Company in New York
was made, by representing that the
woman on whom tbe policy was drawn
had died, and that a lot of brick in a
coffin were buried a the body of Lou
isa Germs. Louisa baa made a con
fession. Among other things she tells
bow she managed the doctor. On tbe
night named for the visit Louisa went
to bed and1 endeavered to make herself
look as sick as she could. She took to
bed with ber a cake of soap, so that
when Kurt should arrive she would be
ready for biu. Louisa was to be sick
of convulsions, and as sooo as the doe
tor arrived she took a mouthful of Soap,
chewing it violently and raised a foam
in ber mouth. Kurt approached the
bedside, Louiaa spat out some foara and
kicked in tbe most approved form, aud
Kurx pronounced tbe case a violent
form of convulsions and went away.-
This was the man whose affidavit was
sent to the insurance company, testify
I ins is to the cause of death. Louisa
says she had great difficulty on this oc
casion in refrainiug from laughing at
the disturbed visage of Kurx as he
j watched ber in tbe spasms.
Speaking of the Republican party
and the recent assaults upon it, tbe In
dianapolis Journal say : "No other
party has ever shown the same readi
ness to expose and punish the wrongs
done in its name, and none has ever
called its leaders to such swift and se
vere account for political shortcomings.
Whatever may be the fault of the Re
publihan party, it ia far more compe
tent to manage tbe affairs of this coun
try than any combination which can be
formed out of tbe heterogenous mate
rial opposed to it. It can give tbe
people all needed reforms, and if it
fails to do so, these reforms cannot be
reached through the agency of any po
litical organization now iu existence or
likely to be formed."
Last week we published a statement
of the burning of the body of a young
man iu Philadelphia. It is now said
that no such burning took place, and
that the account a printed in the
Press, was a fabrication. The source
from which we made the statement is
not likely soon to mislead us hereafter.
Notwithstanding the bad weather
there were about five thousand Knights
of Pythias in line on parade last week
in Pittsburg.
News Summary of tbe Week.
Wednesday, 22nd.
Forty-eight Pittsburg ladies and a
large delegation from Ilarrisburg visit
ed the Legislature to influence it to
reject the bill explamtory of tho local
option law. "The full text of this bill
reads that it is the true intent and
meaning of the act of the 27th of
March, 1872, and the supplement there
to of the 6tb of March, 1873, relating
to the granting of license to sell intox
icating liquors, that licenses shall be
granted to brewers and distillers to
manufacture and sell malt-brewed wines
and spirituous liquors in tbe different
counties of the Commonwealth, agree
ably to the law in exittecce at the
time said act and sapplemeut were
passed, anything in tbese sets to the
contrary notwithstanding." It pasted
the first reading by a vote ot 55 yeas
to 37 nays. Tbe member from Juniata
voted for it.
Arrangements for the Army Re
union at Ilarrisburg in May are near
ing completion.
A half-million fire in Richmond, Va.
Rumor of Secretary Richardson'
resignation are current.
The statement i current that Presi
dent Grant will sign the finance bill.
Wbole towns along the Arkansas,
Yazoo aud Mississippi rivers are inun
dated. Thursday, 23rd.
President Grant exercised his right
and vetoed the finance bill. Tbe veto
message, on motion in the Senate, was
ordered to be printed, and with the bill
laid on the table till next week.
Three citizens of Cape May were
drowned by a boat capsizing.
A famine prevails in parts of Turkey.
Kriday, 24th.
A Boston boy named I'omeroy, 15
years old, just from the State Reform
School, murdered a four-year old boy.
Distressing accounts of the destitu
tion caused by the flood in the Missis
sippi river were despatched over the
country.
Tbe Republicans in Cot gr ess are de
sirous of framing financial measures
that will meet the approval ot the
President.
The settlement of the Russian Mn
nQnites on the public land of tbe
United States was disousscd in Con
gress, but without result.
Saturday, 25th.
Twenty-seven plantations in Carroll
parish, Louisiana, have been so flooded
that they will produce no cotton this
year.
A portion ot the Little Rock rail
road in Tennessee has been washed
away. The crops in that State have
been damaged immensely by tbe rivers.
Tbe Arkansas Legislature is called
to meet on tbe 1 1th of May, to help
settle tbe difficulty between Baxter and
Brooks.
Tbe judicial salaries was consid
ered in the State Senate. By mistake
a Senator wbo did not vote was record
ed as having voted. The mistake
caused tbe whole action to be put aside.
The House approved tbe veto of the
fioausial bill by the President, with an
amendment approving of both the
State and National policy of administration.
City stock cliques are exnberate in
hce cf the future, becaaae of the
President's veto.
Monday, 27th.
Reports of storms of wind and now
in York, Vermont, Main and other
Eastern States. Snow drifted two to
ten feet deep.
Account of shipment cf arms from
Missouri to Little Rock, Arkansas, for
Brooks. -1 ' - -
The drill room of Jersey City mili
tia burned. Loss $20,000.
Cable despatch announces that an
accountant for the European stock
holders of Erie Railroad stock is about
to sail to this country to examine tb
books of tbe company.
There is a probability 6f tbe friends
and opponents of the President's veto
coming to a compromise.
Gold 1 13. Wheat, red $ 1 60tel 65.
Tuesday, 28th.
The Western rivers are falling.
Henry L. Emery attempted to forge
papers at Boston, representing bimselt
as President Grant's son.
An oyster boat npset near Anapolis,
whereby three men, all bands, were
drowned.
Sleighing at WiHiamspnrt.
The treasurer of the Globe Theatre,
Chicago, has been arres'ed for setting
fir to that building.
The Secretary of War has directed !
i r.nk - . j .
20,000 army rations to be distributed
to the flooded inhabitants of the Mis
sissippi river region.
Dr. Paul Shoeppe has been eentenced
by a Chicago court to three years in
the Penitentiary.
Wheat at Philadelphia, red $1 58 to
1 65. Cattle at Philadelphia 4ato7e.
A German correspondent of the
Pall Mall Gaztttt writes : "Tbe eause
of cremation is making further progress.
Tbe furnace intended fer tbe experi
mental burning of the dead, now in
building in Dresden, is to be completed
in a few weeks. Meanwhile a crema
tion society has formed at Vienna under
tbe appropriate title of 'The Urn," and
hes obtained the Government's consent
for instituting similar experiments.
Tbe furnace to be built at Vienna will
be after the design of Prof. Reclam, of
Leipzig. 'The Urn' baa a goodly roll
of members to show already, and every
day ia said to witness additions. In
Zurich, Swiss papers affirm, cremation
is more spoken of and excites greater
attention aud zeal thau evtu the pro
posed revision of the .Federal Constitu
tion, on which a vote is about to be
taken shortly."
Disaster to Lumbermen at
Lock Haven.
We copy from the Wiiliamsport Ga
zelle tbe following particulars :
From the best information we can
glean from eye-witnesses it appears that
about lbs middle of Monday afternoon
a raft, manned by the usual comple
ment of turn in attempting to pass
through the schute from the dam, stuck
fait on account of being over a foot too
wide for the chinoel. There it re
mained as if pinioned in a vice until
about nine o'clock that night over six
hour kef (.ing bark the hundteds that
were pressing in the rear. Sow of
these raft were insecurely fastened,
and during the night they broke from
their mooring and were borne upon the
bosom of the turbulent waters, crash
ing over the dam and were broken to
picee. Other lodged upon the pier
of the old bridge connecting the city
with Lookport, where they bung com
pletely obstructing the channel.
The night waa au anxicu and gloomy
one the crashing of timber and the
yelling of excited and turbulent men
sent a thrill through tbe eity that
caused hundreds to become alarmed
for their safety.
Over 200 heavy timber raft, piled
up in inextricable coufusien against tbe
pier of the bridge and extending up
the river some distance above tbe
Ilanoa house, completely blockaded the
entire slteaai. Many of the heavy
timbers composing these rafts were
broken like pipe stems, and at one
point (opposite the first pier from tbe
Lookport side) the rafta are five and
six deep, being shoved upon each other
by tbe immense pressure from the rear.
During Tuesday thousands of people
congregated on the river bank to wit
ness tbe spectacle. Tbe water con
tinued rising, and at one time th float
ing timbers were forced up until tbey
almost toaobed the floor of the bridge.
Two canal boats loaded with lumber
and mooted some distance up tbe
atream, were borne down with the
floating mass of timber.
A boot ten o'clock an opening in the
jam was effected through the almost
superhuman exertiona of Mesars. USf
ford and Colbreadtb, wbo, with gangs
of men went to work under the super
vision of Edgar Monson, Esq., presi
dent of the Wiiliamsport "Lumbermen's
Exchange, aud succeeded in making an
opening with caut books, pike poles,
One of tbe boom piers was torn
from its foundation aud carried down
tbe stream. Suddeuly it disappeared,
then rose again aud was forced forward
with tbe logs. Tbe great mass passed
tbe bridge and that structure was saved.
Had tbe break not occurred when it
did it would not have been long until
the river would have foand an outlet
through a portion of tbe city, and
Front street below the Fallon house
would have been inundated.
In about forty minutes tbe vast body
of log that had Mretched from shore ;
to aboie and to a depth of sixteen feet '
above the blockade of rafts, passed j
below, aud as far aa tbe eve could
reach tba river was covered with them,
while above tbej came not in jams but
by the hundreds, floating swiftly oo the
besom of tba angry current, nod earfy-!
iog tb Wealth and industry of many
men id the great boom at Williams
port. It is estimated that not less than
thirty million feet of logs passed
through, and ftom two to three hun
dred rafts. Tbe number of rafts bro
ken and gone adrift will probably reach
one bundrel, and of this number one
half will prove a total loss.
As the . tangled mass of rafts now
He above tbe bridge on the Lock port
side nothing ean pass and make tbe
schute. A party of lumbermen have
entered into stipulations with the own
ers to cnt them out and raft tbe timber
up sgiin for one cent per foot. Tbe job
is a aiauiaiolh one, and must necessarily
consume many days time, besides being
very dangerous.
When the pocket boom broke on
Tueaday moraing about 3,000,000 feet
of Lpgs belonging to Shaw & Blanched,
Towns, Shaw & Co. were earned away.
On Wednesday hundreds of rafts
were tied along the shores of the rivet
as far up as Farraadsville awaiting tbe
removal of the jam againat tbe piers of
tbe bridge oo the Lock port side to en
able them to ran the sbute, bat tbe
prospects of going down on this flood
are not encouraging. Until the knge
obstruction is removed they cannot get
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tbrougn and that we tsini cannot a
effected until tbe waters have fallen too
low for rafting purposes.
SBOKT ITEMS,
Florida has this season thirty thousand
visitors.
South Carolina bas twenty-one efaeHiog
county treasurer.
Governor Groome, of Maryland, is a lead
ing member of the Pytbiaa order.
Tbe German language ia to be tare ht ia
the public schools of Washington, D. C.
Tbe cultivation of tbe Jaias silk
worm .tppltton't Jeunul declares wentd be
profitable.
A reverend Scrantoo gentleman rereivra
one cent for marrying a couple oo Easter
Sunday.
The experiment of lighting street lamps
with electricity ia to be carried oat in Prov
idence, E. I.
A Kickapoo young lody measures six teet
and seven inchts in height, and u yet grow
ing. The world is a great mytery, with cre
ation at one end of it sod cre-mation at
tbe other.
A circus elephant at Cincinnati took a se
vere cold recently, sod the doctor pre
scribed two gallons of whisky.
A bill was introduced ia the NeKYork
Assembly to incorporate an incremation
society, with a capital of (oO.OOU.
A Milwaukee mother swapped " her
eight year old boy and five dollars for a i
Xewtotindhuiddog ; ail parties are satisfied.
Tbe advocate of J adrascni education
will takejheart from the fact that Harvard ,
College has challenged Yale to a billiard j
match.
A deer-horn was unearthed at Sunknry,
bearing the lnscription.".tI.K. 1776-' It
was nite brittle, breaking without tbe
least effort.
Gold mines are reported to have been dis
covered in the mountains ol Arkansas, near
the Cboctow line. Miners aud adventurtrs
are Hocking.
Samuel W. IliMreth, aged "k70, was sn
tenced to imprisonment tor liie, on the 2;!d
inst., f Lowell,Mass., for the marder of
Oliver A. DolaiiU, aged 72.
Lumbermen -iy that aoont 40,000,000
feet of logs will be started down the river
this spring. Ten millions of these will stop
! at Mrlnduts, aud the remainder go on to
llolyikc, Mass.
Cause and consequence. There i not a
ingle drinking saloon In all "oble connty,
Ohio, with its .population of twenty thou
sand, and for the Uxt aix years it baa not
been represented ia the penitentiary.
"Tweedisiu" they call it, aud tite hero
this time is a black man 1. 1. Humbert
Treasurer or Orangeburg, S. C. lie Tweed
ed the county out of $3U,00O, and, like the
"Boss," ia in jail.
A little boy narrowly escaped with hi
life, near Hartletoa. lie fell between the
alils, the entire train assmg over him, a
depression in the road bed having been
deep enough to prevent the ponderous ma
chinery from striking him.
Old man Bender, now in jail in Salt Lake
city, has been ideatiHed through pbuto
giapbs of him sent tn Kansas, and will be
taken there. Thojouig man arrested as
his son, has been released, proving to be a
deserter from the army.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
gives notice tbat unless parties liable to pay
ment of special tax license under the In
ternal Keveno lawa nuke their returns on
lorm eleven" before the 81st of May, they
will be liable to a penalty of 60 per cent.
The New England Methodist coufrne
has recorded a severe testimony against
church fair lotteries, the sale of prize pack
ages on cars, the running of cars that are
used fur gaiablingjmrpcMS and tbe sale of
liquor on night paiace cars.
Win. Weaver, ot Douglasaville, Berks
county, while going home trout work a few
day ago, found a diamond, which Philadel
phia jewelers have pronounced worth $2,
UU. I.obody ia to suppose, though, that
DougUasville has a diamond mine.
Since Mrs. Wilson, of Jit. Vernon, 111.,
thrust a cocked revolver into Dr. Porter's
lace and persuaded him to revoke one of
bis prescriptions, it is considered hazard
ous for physicians iu that region to pre
scribe alcoholic stimulants for married men.
A party of men have purchased 1600
acre of land in Wisconsin, for the exclu
sive purpose of raising muskrats. Last
year they captured 4Oo0 of the animals, and
they anticipate a take of 6000 this year.
Tbe skins sell at thirty cents each.
Darling is the name of a Tioga connty
man who wanted to commit suicide, but the
druggist gave him tartar emetic and he
nearly turned inside out. Then he tried
banging, and cutting his throat, without
success. Then he got mad, kicked his wife,
sniaMhed the f urniture and ran away to New
York.
In Halifax, S. 8 , there is a woman wbo
is thoroughly convinced that aha is dead,
and he cannot be convinced to the con
trary. Her delusion is tbe result of a re
markably vivid dream which she had about
six month ago, in which she imagined she
suddenly expired. At intervals she lie in
bed for day xnotionleu and apparently
lif eless. It t aa eatraoriiary case of mon-
omenta.
Tom Detlar, an Americaa-bora negro, so.
distinguished h!!tsclf as a scout in the
Ashantee war, for which he volunteered,
that Sir Garnet W0l.ieley means to secure
him a good birth under government, if pos
sible, lie was woucded in one of the
fights, and altogether Was a soldier of note.
A little child in Georgia recently saved
its foolish father from suicide. Disgusted
with his poverty, though he seems to have
hid good health, a Ht. Meredith, of Can
ada, loaded a daub'.e-barrolcd shot gun and
put the motile to bis bead. His child ran
np a be fired and knock) ttrt Weapon to
one side. The asan's life was saved, and
he should live and work, it only for the
sake ot that little eeild. .
A Buffalo street-car conductor refased to
permit a female in "bloomer costume to
ride on bis car, believing ber to be a woman
dressed in nun's clothes. Tbe case was car
ried to a court, when tbe conductor coun
sel stated that there was aa ordinance against
a female wearing a man's dress, and thongkt
that worn by tbe woman earae very near to
it. The justice, however, held tbat tbe
'bloomer" was a fenvk eostuma.
One of the most wonderful things in the
world ia the uniformity of apparent acci
dents. Thus in Great Britain, where the
statistics are much better preserved than In
this country, tbe total number of deaths by
human violence ia 1870 was 10,953 1 ia 169
it was 1 47; it was I6.W3 is 16,
H8 ia IK7 s 16,915 la 1866 ; 17,374 ia
1M and 17,018 ia IStM. Kot owly that,
but tbe same uniformity extends to the
maaner ia which the victims met their
dcjths. Hsw are we to account for ihi
uniformity, excrat a poo the principle that
ia the dint economy f nature there is
no sach thing a aa accident, or aa excep
tion to ordinary laws, by which the whole
universe is governed. .
A balky horse is nnderstood to be animal
which, when harnessed, refuses te start.
Various expedients, many of them cruel,
are resorted to in order to overcome anrb
obstinacy, and it may, therefore, be well
enoagh te pleaee note tbe California meth
od. It la to Cut a rope under tbe horse's
body, behind bis fore legs, and to let two
men, one at each end, draw the rnpe back
ward and forward, a if "sawing" at the
legs. It must not be done too roughly, but
still with force u(B;int. - The animal, to
escape something he does not understand,
will soon move a few steps, and alter a
lengthened but quiet awplicatioa of tuch a
persuasive process, will not fail to move
on. Repeated applications will work a ther
ough cure.
Ac iu A(tcertimet.
21 tlc;r Chief Basra-eat.
NOTICE is hereby given to the citizens
ol tbe boroagh el' MiMintown, that all
occupants of property is said boroagh are
required to have tbe streets, gutters and
alleys adjacent to-'tbeir art-pertv cle utsed of
all rubbish, obstructions or filth, by tbe
10th DAY Or' MAY. It74. luiacted by
meuting of Towu Council and order of
Chief Burgess.
L. BANKS, Chitf BrSt.
apr20-2t
Last notice.
A LLpersons indented to the firm of Til
J. ten A Kipenschadx are hereby retM-s
ted to make settlement prior to the r IKaT
DAY OP JLE, 1874, as on that day U
unsettled accounts of the firm 'ill be
placed in tbe bands of a Justice tut settle
ment. The books are aow ia the bands of
Frederick Psueaschade, who may be con
sulted for settlement at the store of John
E. Sbater.
E. TH.TEX.
F. LSPENSaiADE.
April 29-lw
Executors' f otlce.
F.tiatt of William Turbttt, dtctaud.
LETTEK3 Testamentary on the estate of
William Turbclt, late of Turbett twp.,
deceased, hate been in due form of law
granted to the nndetsigned. All persous
i'ldebted to said estate are requested to
make prompt payment, and those having
claims to present them properly authenti
cated fer settlement.
u. m. graham,
josEpii Mcculloch,
jLxtcutort.
Perrvsville, April 9, 174.
Executors' "fotlee.
Ettatt of George IT. Lloyd, itctaiti.
VOTICE la hereby given that Letters
11 Testamentary on the estate of George
W. Lloyd, of late of Thompsoutuwa, de
ceased, have been granted in due form of
law to the undersigned. All persons in
debted are requested to make immediate
payment, and, those having ciaiuts will
please preseut then: properly authenticated
fur settlement.
JOHN S. LUKKXS,
WM. J. DEN MS,
Extcnlvrx.
AprU 29, 1874.
Admlnlstrator's'.'sotlce.
Ettate f haac Hawn, deceased.
LETTERS of Administration on the es
tate f Isaac II awn, late of the bor
ough of Perrysville, deceased, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons in
debted to the said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those baring
claims or demands against the same to
make them known ilhout uelav to
SAMUEL 'BL'CK,
apr22 Mminutrator,
Admlalatrator's notice.
Estate of Emanuel Spirker, deceased.
TVTOTICE is hereby given that Letters or
J. 1 Administration err the estate of Eman
uel Spicher, late of Wfctker township, de
ceased, have been granted to the under
signed. All persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims will please
present them duly authenticated for settle
ment. SAMCEL F.SIEBER.
apr.22 Administrator.
Notice to Contractors.
SEALED PEOPOSAL9 will be received
at the store ot C. Hartley, in MitMin
town, up to TUESDAY, MAY 12, l:4, at
12 o'clock noon, at w hich place plans and
specifications can be Seen for building a
Church iu the borough of Patterson, the
building committee reserving the right to
reject any or all bids.
Kkv. A. L. REESER,
Kav. S. W.8KIBKKT,
W. S. CONN ER,
D. A. DOUG UMAX,
epr22 Committee.
!fotlce to Contractors.
TIIK School Directors of Milford town
ship will receive sealed proposal for
the erection of a new School House and
outbuildings, near the residence of J. P.
Kellv, m said township, np till SATUR
DAY, MAY 2nd, 1X74, at 2 o'clock, P. M.,
rest-rving tbe right to reject any or
all of said pioposals. Plan and specidra
tions to bo seen at the residence of tbe
Secretary, William N. Sterrett, near the
location ot the intended building.
J. T. METLLN, Pr.
W. N. SnaaiTT, re'.
March 23, ISM.
Executor's f otlce.
Estale of William Curran deceased.
WflEREAS Letters Testamentary on
the estate of William Curran, late of
Vanwert, Walker townibip, deceased, have
been granted to tbe undersigned, ail persons
indebted to the said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and tbuse having
claims will please present tbem properly
authenticated for settlement.
II. LATIMER WILSOX, Executor.
April 8, 1H74.
IOB PRINTING Or
don at ttria trtVe.
EVERY KJKD
Sew Ateertiement.
-- . j
BEATTY & PLOTTS
GOLDEX TOSGCE
PABLOR ORCtAXS.
THE Bestty A Plotfs celebrated Golden
Tongn Parlor Organ, the best parlor
organ aow in one. Herald
St Clare, Pa., Dee 6, 1873.
Messrs. Beatty l Plotts, Gents: I have
received tbe organ as sent by yonr firm to
me, and I have bad it examined, and it gives
ample satisfaction. Jons 3ikV.
MoT Crvr, Pa , Oct. It, lf73.
The Hearty A Plotts celebrated Golden
Tongue Parlor Orgja is try he the best
parlor organ ia use. I have Caret nll v ex
amined it, and find in tone, workmanship
and durability to he the best I ever saw,
and I ean with pleasure recommend it to
auv on ia any e in want or a first-class
parlor organ. Paot. O. Hi I'sosa.
Messrs. Beatty A Plotts. Gents-. H iirg
had one of your (Solden Tongue Parlor Or
gans for six months pat, I thought before
recommending it to give 11 a lair rrr.ii, ana
am hippy to testify that it snrpuaaeeail that
has been mid or adtertised about is. I have
h.vt professors of music and celebrated or-
ganists come and try it, and one and all sav
that it is Mm of the sweetest and best toned
instruments in the market. It has taken
the shine ont of all the others around hero.
I aui perfectly satisfied with it, and if I
could ont get another of the some kind,
coney could not entice ma to part with it
You may publish this if you see fit, as my
organ can be tried by any one wiahing to do
eo, io proof of what I say.
A. 9. R. RicaasBt,
Late editor of the Tanuqua Caurm, now at
Bethlehem, Pa.
Messrs. Beatty A Plotts, of Washington.
X. J., are gentlemen ot enterprise and
whose presence would be a credit to any
community. Hacktltstottu (.Y. .) Herald,
1873.
Washington, "V. J.. is a beautiful village
of nearly Still inhabitants, 71 miles from
New York, and 12 miles Irons Easton Pa.,
en the line of the D. L. A W K. K. Don't
fail to see aid examine the Beatty & l'lotM
Golden Tongue Parlor Orttn, betore buy
ing elsewhere, or aetid lor a new illustrated
price list jnst out for 1ST 4 Address
BEATTY A PLOTTS,
Wfehioslnn, N. J.
CAXltr. r- BtATTT.
April 29-1 y
KDWASD rLOTT.
Three School Teachers Wanted
in ear h rnnr.iv f-r the Spring and Sum
mer. $I54 per matb. Send lor
circular giving lull paiticular. ZEIGLER
is McCL'KDY Philadelphia, Pa.
The Shortest Rente te f ertune !
Stf0.000 GIVEN AWAY I
iieOOOO FOR OfLT f2 iI
GRA1VD..LEGAL GIFT CONCERT
aid of s Juvrsi R.furm School at
Ltmrtsworth, Kansas.
DRAWING APRIL SO, 1874.
One Prize guaranteed in ery package
of II tickets. Single tickets, $.50; o
tor$ii; lltor$Jj. But tew tickets left ;
and, a our sales are rapid, purchasers
should order at once. Any lUoncy ar
riving too late wil! be returned. Good,
reliable Agents wanted everywhere. For
lull particulars, ad.ire-s
SIMON ABELES.
Leavenworth, Rail.
FLOWERS.
C. O. ALU, EM off-rs hi surplus stock of
CHOICE MIXED GLADI0LAS
at wholesale for $-i per 10(1, ) per 1,000.
Sent by express apon receipt ot pi ice.
Send for catalogue. Address
C. L. ALL EN, Queens, N. T.
FLORENCE.
The Lont-rontesttd Fuit of the
FLORENCE EMIN; M IC1IIME CO.
against the Singer, Wheeler A Wilson,
and ttrover A Maker Companies, in
volving over
J o , o o o ,
Is pmatlf dicHrd 6y the
Supreme Court of the Vi.ited State
in lave of the FLORENCE, which
alone has Broken tbe Monopoly
of High Prices.
THESEW FLOREJCC
! the OA LI' mad mt that setts back
ward and forward, or to right and left, j!
Simplest Cheapest Best. j'
Sold roa CasH Osiv. SrrcuL Trans ij
to CLUBS iid DEALEKS. !'
April, lf74. Elarente, Miss. Ij
YOUK TEETH can be made pure white,
and prevented from decav bv the use
of "Preservative." Price 5(1 cts. ' Ad'lress
J. J. Rxaa A Co., Box 4184, Is. Y.
Thit Sewn Machine rites the best satis.
f'etiuutke user, it paid for most readily,
aud it the best of all to tell If there it no
"Domestic" azent n yon ton, apply to
DOMESTIC S. M. CO., Xew York.
BUT J. 4 P. COATS' BLACK
THREAB for your MACME
EAT
LVE!
Wntai ta f IV ftafrra
AtlmMfv Will, ttrrmklw.
N. T BMuf MturctvoT
lor tisaur paunch.. (
rt rw' oa
unra ot mwsrn ot s,
ia Fisis. with imnan-
at atraeta float blaato.
tnNSoir a oCMr mnrnu
an am
IswUtla and SMasp
LXTERMINATORS
And Insect Powder,
For Rats, Mick, Roaches, A.vts, Beb-bcos,
Moths, Ac.
J. K. HENRY, CURRAX A CO., X. TM
r ole Agent.
aapSYCIlOMANCY, oa SOCL CHARM
1 ING." How either sex may fasci
nate and gain the love and aSeetions of any
persons ihey choose, instantly. This sUa
ple mental acquirement all may possess,
free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a
Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams,
Hints to Ladies A queer boo. iWflfiO
sold. Address T. WILLIAM A CO.. Pub
lishers, Philadelphia.
Notice to Coatrattors.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
by the School Board of Delaware town
ship, np to FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1874, at 12
o'clock noon, for the building of a new
School House in Kurtz Valley, on the prop
erty of David Diuim, in Delaware township,
Juniata county, Pa. Plan and specifica
tions can be seen by applying to the Secre
tary of the School Board.
URIAH SUUXAX, Set't,
April 22, 1074. '
7 s
.Vitctllantous.
THE GREAT REMEDY" FOR
CONSUMPTION
which can be cured by a
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by tho
proprietors It is acknowl
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduced for the relief and
cure of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by tbe exiverienco
of over forty years. "When
resorted to in season it sel
dom fails to effect a speedy
cure" in the most severe
cases Of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Croup, "iVhooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. "Wistar'a
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
loosens and cleanses tho
lungs, and allays1 irritation,
thus removing the cause of
the complaint.
rarraaro st
BETH W. FOTTLB A 80N3, Bert, Kan
JLad sold by Xrurg-ipt and XtoaUrs (carallf .
Branch Office and Factory ;
506 IT EST ST., JEW YORK.
THE BEST PAINT in the WOULD
Any Shade from Fure White to Jit Black.
A combination of the pnret paint wir'j
India Rubber, formin? a mt'ivth. ot.rs,
'ill, nrftABLB. ruinc and ssatrivcr
Paifit, un-ft'erted by rhmareof ttmperatore.
is perfectly Water-proof, ami adapted to ail
classes of work, and is In every way a bet
ter plint for eith-r inside or ::ti.i, paint
in than any oihrr paint in the world 1?
iiift Irotn one-third to one-fourth cheaper
and lasting at ieat three times as long aa
the best lead and oil paii:.
Lt sure that oar TH.IDE XARSC, (a far
s.mile of ViiicA is firm uUte,) is au
every parkjre.
Prepared ready for nse and so'd by the
frailon only. Tiiere has never be u a plint
etl. red to the public that has become so
popular (in the same time) and civea as
perlect satiM'action as the tfubbrr Paint.
marls-lin
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PIANOS", OHrAIf3.
All kinds of Musical Instruments, Strings,
SHEET MUSIC.
Artists' and Wax Flower Materials sad
Fancy Articles.
LIBERAL DISCOUNTS OX ORGAIfS TO
CASH BUYERS.
310 MARKET STREET.
Harrisbcro, pExn'a.
Varll, 1874.
Manhood: HowLost.HowEestored
Jnst Published, ma Seated Ef elope. Prier
Six Cents.
A Lee tare on the Nature, Treatment and
Radical Cure of Spermatorrhea, or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, ?exual
Debility, and Impediment to Marriage gen
erally; Nervousness, Consamption, Kpi
lepsy and Fits; Mental and Phyiical Inca
pacity, resulting from Sell". Abuse, etc By
KOBEKT J. Cl'LVEKWRLL, II. D., Au.
thor ol the "Green Book," Ac.
The world-renowned anthor, in this ad
mirable Lecture, clearly proves from his
own rxpenence that the awtnl consilien
ces of tSeif.Abu.se may bceUeetually remov.
ed without medicines, and without dai.cer
ous surgical operations, bougies, instrn.
ments, rings or cordials, pointing out
mode of cure at once curtain and eilectu!
by which every sufferer, no malter wUithia
condition uivy be, may cure himelf cheaplr.
privately and radically. This Lecture will
proves boon to thousands and thousands.
Sent, under seal, to any u.hlress, i9 a
plain envelope, on the receipt of two post
age stamps. Aidress the Publishers,
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Post-OUice Box 18J.
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n LATCH LEY'
" Improved Cl'CCMBES.
iWOfJD PI" MP, Tasteless,
.3 Durable, Klbcient A Cheap.
The west Pump tor the h ast
money. Attention is esp
eially invited to Blatchley'
Patent Improved Bucket A
New Drop Check Valve,
which can be withdrawn
jr i S without removing the pump
sawet or disturbing Ihe joints.
Also, the Copper Chamber, which never
cracks or scale, and will outlast any other.
For sale by Dealers and tbs Trade gener
ally. Inquire for Blatcbley's Pump, and if
not for sala in yonr town, snd direct to
til AS. O. BLATCULEY,
Ma.irr actus sa,
tn Cemmarca St., Philodrtphis, Pa.
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