SEN71XEL k REPUBLICAN
I Il?FLIXiO.V.'. i'j. '.
If cdMCKda). Mar 38. 1ST.
ijf. fV sen wei Eii,
iiuMi At r aopalETutu
The Impending Grasshopper
Plague.
By dispatches irons tlrs Wert tb
world . inl'tlnC-i tlitt at this early
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viae ja .we .summerum i
.laue threatens a portion ot 1
rota, the Statce of Kansas and Mi-
ncrun, and creates a sense of uueasiness
in the minds of the people of Illinois, J
Indiana, and other fnrroandtng States
It may serui iucuusi.steitt to hope fur
au uiitrulb, and yet there is a general
Lope tuat lue ni,paicuea nay prove xo,
U untrue, or at lea-t to such a degree .
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the vi.t or raid of grasshoppers.
So terribly hive the people of Mis- I
aouri been a i armed that the Crd day of j
June, eouiinc, haa been appointed by
the Governor aa a day to be devoted to
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tiraver to God for a aafe deliverance
Crow tbe dreadful iaaect scourge that I
im pending.
It is a colliding doctrine to believe
that whatever l)eity doea ia for fiie
good, for the bettering of worldly af
lairs. It is couiforliug to beiieve that
we abould praiac Gud even tu tbe midst
of calamity.
The plague of iuscct life that eats up ;
the substauce of the higher order of
life, such as that ot mac and beast,
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UUti ItlC iUU lUlgiiuvu IU Hub VI vft vm m i
Mwa. lie tuaile tbe law tnat gave tnem
life.
by the grasshopper should be made j
10 eai up mc graaa aua gram, auu aiiu vc
t.ut mad and beast, and convert their
Gelds into bare, barren wastes ia past
tindiug ont. Tbeie are people who tell
that there is nothing in it but tbe na
ture of the insect to do so, and that the
remedy lies in finding out the source of
tbe life of tbe insect, strike at it, and
tbe trouble will be over ; or, employ
some other living thing tu eat up tbe
grasshopper. They do not aee in it a
plague sent by leity to punish man.
uee they demonstrate the correctness
of their news the world will not be
alow to accept them Tbcir views now,
however, are so crude that they are not
vea understood by themselves, and
lave little weight when put in the bal
ance with the belief that fills the luiuds
jf all people to day, and occupied tbe
luiuds of all people of the past, that
there is a Deity who presides over ani
mate and inanimate nature, and who ia
ever ready to listen to man's hopeful,
hearty mental appeal in r rayer for aid,
or deliverance, from oppression, famine,
pestilence, or other impending calami
ties. It has been tbe belief of tbe
world of the past. It is the belief of
the world of to-day. Let the whole
country pray on the 3rd of June for
liverauce from the grasshopper plague.
Revenue Frauds.
The Government at Washington has j
been active, reentry, in breaking tbe j
whisky ring, that La defrauded the
Government of its revenue and flooded
the country with a liquid that men who
have regard for their mental soundness
and physical health should never touch.
It is also now directing it? attention to
frauds that have been and are yet prac
ticed in the custom-bouses of the coun
try, and particularly to New York. A
Mew York merchant, in a communica
tion printed iu a paper in the city just
mentioned, states his experience as to
tbe wajs that are employed by officials
themselves to smuggle goods into this
country free of duty. Tha point in
question in his communication reada:
i4 As you are aware, it has been nec
essary for me, or the firm with which I
am connected, for man; years past to
have daily dealings with the custom
house oCcials. A a a coiisequcucc, I
am well acquainted with them. A short
time ago I went to I'rrope ou a pleas
ure trip with my family, and in Londcn
aud Paris I was surprised to see a large
iiuiuberof ex-l'ustom-bouse Inspectors,
and detectives who were sent to f'urope
to watch smugglers. They all ap-pKcd-t-
be in the possession of good
incomes, and boarded at tbe highest
priced hotels: yet I knew that they
l.adu't a dollar in the world when they
went into the Government aerv'se, aad
I could not undet stand the source of
their income. After waking my tour
aud returning to Pan, I announced in
tbe preseuce of some of them that I
was "homeward bound." Then they
winked significantly one to another, and
one of them took me aside and said, "I
waut you to let two or three trunks of
iiiioe go over in your name. It "a all
right; you needn't bother about it. The
telegraph is a more modem invention
than the steamer, and tbe custom-house
officers on the other side will pass them.
You mut only keep quiet and not dis
claim them. Everything else will be
attended to." I told this man that 1
would not be a party to smuggling, if
that was what was meant, but the ex-
custom-houie 1'fficiil shrugged Lis j to extinguish it. The scene was leni
liouIJers, disclaimed any such ioten- j lie in the extreme. Horses neighed
.ion, auu simply pleaded, '-If any truuks and whinnied in their agouy; people
go in your name that you dou't own, screamed, men rushed backward aod
favor me by uot disclaiming them." I forward, excited aud anxious to reader
thought uothing further of the matter I assistance. Tbe fire broke out in the 1 ings ago to organise in aid of a move
till I got aboard the ship, and then five woods where the horses stood tied, j ment to ask Congress to pass the Equal
truuks not belonging to we were sent j The flames spread rapidly, and the ex- j izatkia Bounty bill.
with me iu my name. 1 ought bot tocitemeut was ixiteuse. Hundreds ofi Two husbaads, their wives, and two
omit stating that before the proposition
to carry these trunks through bad been '
made, these ex-officials took me to sev-1
cral places where the Cnssl laces, silks, '
ffl.ire and such tbincs were sold. mad j
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purchases, and urged tne to do the
same, insisting Tfeat 1 ctHild pass tliem
free of ' dutv. When we arrived io ! their collar were on fire: t Three ani
Xew lori harbor any trunks and those ! utaU were burned so badly (hat tbey
in iay uasue Bot belonging lo use were had te be killed at onoa, and a good
paired WKhrat examination. What j asacy more Lave probably, bee killed
became of (be surreptuious traaka, inoce. -; About twenty boms were
with one exemption, I never found out. j barbed. Tbej (offered intensely; some
The exceptional one went to certain ; had .their, hoofs burned off, while oth-
botel, the proprietor of which bad the j
inipudeoce to aend tue a bill for the '
esrtage and expense of getting it from
the s'etnier. Thia process of emug-
irlinv 1 Lae rrim.1 lc rIieve haa bf en
e i
- ,, ryrtewratwolt aad it is-waly
when io tuoh ces at the French mo-
d?,tw uo were in tluji. ooriu.te, and
,jid ,,, understand that tbey moot iiiake
cf th! rtou, in-
are arreated. 1 Was net a detective,
but a merchant traveling for' pfcaawre. j
u WM Mt WJ p,ce ,o beCQue in ,
f 4 therefore 1 have not made
u niy Lnj)ineE8 to te my orJ Defore. i
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Senatorial Conference.
Fatter, May 20, 1374
Conferee of Juniata, Perry and Mif-
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tu'n
ties wet at tbe Patterson House 1
in the borough of Patterion, to eleet a J
Senatori il Delegire to the Republican !
State Couvenli.m, to assemble at Lan- j
carter on the 20th inst. J
isaac Wright represented Perry i
couuty. (
C. S. Marks, U. W. Patton and W. i
II. Ural ton represented Mifflin county, i
II. A. Staiubaogh. John T. Xourse f
and Louis E. Alkmioa represented Jn- j
i niata county.
j Isaao Wright aa elected President,
j
S. Marks, Esq , was elected '
Secretary. ' . , '
i C. S Maika nnminated (ian.
T. F
cq0.
J. T.Nourse nominated J. M. Uraiee.
Isaao Wright nominated John II.
Sbcittlcy.
Mr. Patton moved that Mr. Wright
be allowed to cast three votes, be being
the only conferee from Perry eounty.
Adopted.
Upon ths fifth ballot Gen. T. F. Mc
Coy was elected Senatoi ial Delegate.
Ou motion the nomination waa made
unanimous.
Tbe following resolution! were adop
ted :
Rnohed, That tlie Delegate to the State
Convention from this Senatorial District bo i
and i hereby recommended to vote for
Jolir. F. llartraiitt for Governor, aud Butler
B. Strang tur State Trejuurvr.
Rtmlrtd. That the sait Delegate be also
iniitrnctett tn uc all his iiitluenre to Mctire
a decided and emphatic expression agaiutt
the third term principle.
ISA At AVKIGHT, President.
C. S. Mi aa', Secretary.
News Items.
The Ilairisburg Telegrapk of the
1 8th says : "On Friday last five child
ren belongiug to Joseph Dare, residing
about two and a half miles from Marys
ville, in the Fishing Creek' Valley,
were taken suddenly ill, and on Satur-
day the father called on Dr. Traver, of
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Marysviile, atating that five of them
were down with cholera morbus, and
requested that be should call and see
them. Upon tbe doctor's arrival he
immediately pronounced them poisoned
Autidotes Were administered accord
ifcg'y, and an investigation made into
everything that conld be thought of,
from which it could have resulted, but
no satisfactory discovery could be made.
On Sunday morning tbe doctor was
again summoned to see the two re
maining children, wbo were prostrated
in the aatna manner, the father and
mother being also slightly affected.
Another investigation was made, and
the source of the evil was found in a
tin fruit can, in which tomatoes were
put up, of which the family bid all
partaken. The can Lad been io use for
several years, and the acid of the fruit
had destroyed the tin coating, produc
es a metallic txiou. Tho inside of
the can presented a coppery appear-!
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am. amif tajl mn .ifr..ti..!t.A itiAtalti.
miell. ' The symptoms exhibited by 1
those affected were violent vomiting,
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intense .nirtt, w.tn metamc ,as.e .n
the mouth, and great prostratio-. For-
tuuatcly, through tie prompt discovery I
vigTous measures being adopted, all
tbe members cf tbe family are now io
a fair way for recevery." ,
Last Sunday a week a fire broke out
io a piece . of wood in Upper Berne
township, Berks couuty, in which St.
Michael's Church U located. The
Heading Eugle writes this of the dis-
aittr : "It was about two o'clock in
the afternoon, and tbe church was j
packed. Rev. T. C. Lcinbach, of
Wuuielsdorf, was reading a scriptural
lessen, when of a uddsn the terrible
cry cf fire was raised. . One of the
members rushed rapidly forward to
Rev. Mr. Za-eizig io the pulpit, abd
informed him that the dry trees and
leaves of tbe adjoining grove were on
fire, and that all the horses and car
riages therein were in danger of being
burned up. Mr. Zweiiig immediately
announced it, and a wild panic ensued.
Everybody rushed to get out, and when
toe congregation reacnea mo burning ;
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woods, tbe flames shot up fully twelve j
feet. The people at once act to work
horses were ia tbe woods. The men :
were bold and cat the horses loose as
fast as -they eould. The worses ran j
away in all directions, wrecking the j
bucnes. Other boraea were barned
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and ran away while tLe buggies were .
in flame, others were runoirig while
era had the hair all burned off; otbera
were routed alive. Twenty boraea
were burned ard nineteen buggies were
destroyed, and a good many more dain-
sped.
The sight waa terrible. , Great
o
ieaei
it weeeaiws) -owj tae eow-
fl.gration... It i tbwgh balif; half a
! doten gwd iremen bad been op the
! ground the boraea cottld have ' been
leaved: but each ono tried to rare bia
jacated that they didn't dare rUk their
lites. Some men have received severe
iojoriefc The dlM,ge U Mtin;aUd at
over $5,000. It ie reported that the
fire wigiuattd accidentally by young
liEhtin a cicar. He tried ail in
his power to extinguish the flames, but '
without success. He gave the alarm I
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the horses loose aa fast aa posaiblo.
Accidentally hia knife slipped, and be j
gave himself a severe cut in tbe cheek, j
so that the blood flowed freely. Tbe ;
young man is in great trouble, but be j
could not help it; be bad dune all that I
was in his power.
On Sunday a week a clock repairer,
having a boy answering the description
of Charlie ttoas, waa arrested in Burke
township, York State. ( Mr. Koss, af-
iter ereing tue Doy, prononncea turn not
i Charlie.
Tbe Sheriff of Clearfield couoty is-
sued the following proclamation on the
19th, though it bears the date of the
18th; ' ... ...
I, W. Ross McPbersnn. high sheriff
of the eoouty of Clearfield, charged
with the preservation of law and order
therein, do hereby warn all disorderly
and riotous persons that turbulence and
threats, intimidation and rioting, must
not exist. All persons who wish to
work in tbe mines must be permitted to
do so at their own free will, and with
out hindrance from any one. By the
law of the land every man bas a right
peaceably to pursue any business be
tuav select, and no organization or body
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be
my duty to enforce tbis right, and to
preserve tbe peace of the couoty, which
haa been broken in violating it, and 1
notify and warn all interested that I
will exhaust all my power and that of
the citiaens In my bailiwick in attempt
ing ao to do. If I am resisted, or my
j officers interfered with in tbe perform-
I ance of tbis duty, and the civil power
is found unable to perform it, I will
call for the aid of tbe military, which
I am assured will be promptly fur
nished. Aa high sheriff of the county
! of Clearfield, 1 call upon all its citi-
I van tfi ftifl ni in IfApniiiir thi. mra and
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compelling obedience to law. All who
are present at a riotous assembly and
refuse to aid the officers of the law iu
quelling it, are guilty of the rict.
Those who are not for the law are
against it. Good citixens must aid me
in ni-intining law and order. Those
wbo wish to work most be allowed to
do so: The disorderly and the lawless
must disperse to their homes.
W. lloss McPufiBso.v,
High Sheriff of Clearfield county.
Sheriff a office, Clearfield county, May
18, 1875.
Family troubles caused William X.
Maxwell to shoot William II. Weatway
in the stomach, on the 18th, at Balti
more. General Jona C. Breckinridge died
at Lexington, Ky., of abscess of tbe
liver and consumption combined, on
the IStb.
Indians are at Washington to nego
tiate for their removal from tbe Black
0OUBU'J
! Ex-Governor Hm. Bigler will not
become the candidate of the Democia-
States
ey for the otbee oi Irorerner of this
Jbt Sayreatt! Wge of Koi ht9
j..- W4S Leid in Washington, D.
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A Kline township, Schuylkill coun
ty, tax collector, wbo defaulted town
ship funds to the amount of $4,000,
and then went to Iowaj bas been brought
back iu charge of an officer of the law.
Governor Hartrmft bas accepted ao
invitation to attend "the Bunker Hill
centennial celebration at Boston, on
the 17th of Juno.
vo cunaav nunt a wee it nr. Mc-
l1ierg0 - Lt fc f Co
lumbus, Nebraska, waa away from home
visiting friends, accompanied by bis
wife. ; They. left four children at homo,
aged four, six, twelve and fourteen
years. During the absence of tbe pa
reats tbe bouse took fire and three of
the children were burned to death.
Cireuustaucea indicate that the fire
co hi me Deed outside, so it waa the work
of an incendiary." '.' ''
; An outrage and murder was com
mitted near Trappe, thia State, on the
.' afternoon of tbe 18th. . A young cirl
UM.ei Whljb ,Be victim. Her
WM tonad wicr , .,abIef ber
toro off and her bead terribly beaten,
A tramp was seen ia tbe vicinity, and
it is supposed the crime was committed
by him.
The soldiers, sailors and marines of
Philadelphia held a meeting a few even-
children each, weut over a dam at j
Zanesville, Ohio, a few days sen. A '
child of each family were dtowned.
Tbe men were drank.
' The fathers ot tbe children drowned.
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as related ia the above paragraph, Iiave
been arrested fwr mdBilsuhlcr. '
Arthur . Gait, aclerkin&eLjtch
tnrg .National Vmk, haa abscuoded
with $10,000 belonging lo the bank. '
Gen. Phil Sheridan bat bid adiea to
baebeiordom. - a -V '.'
Four burglars were an est ad in Sear
York, a few days ago, while boring into
a warehouse on Greenwich street front
a room in ao aJjoiniog building, wbicb
the Lad hired.
Aeeonnta from Jackson
and Ula
iy i
eraoties,. Kaoaa, eaotuiue to iota tin
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ravagoo f 4bo-rgiaaihitpi
grass bas been nearly destroyed, aad
the wheat and oats have suffered terri
bly " The only hope to save the crops
is the departure of tbe pests. 1 Tbo
ground in many places is eovered with
tbe dead grasshoppers. -:
A case of so-called "mistaken Iden
tity" is reported, at which life insur
ance men will smile with Incredulity.
A young man, soa of a Mr. Knowles,
of Princeton, N. J., suddenly dirtp
peared, two years ago. ' His father ad
vertised. A Pbiladclphiaii ' reported
tbe capsizing of a boat iu Chesapeake
Bay, and tbe drowning of young
Knowles, wbo waa buried at Baltimore.
Old Knowles went on, had the body ex
humed, and recognized it at once as his
lost boy." Then came ao application to
a life insurance company to pay a pol
icy of $2,00'., but the companies are
not payiug such peculiar losses iu a
hurry. Time passed, and the bereaved
father beard nothing of bis boy, or his
$2,000, until a few days since, wbea
the wanderer returned, and said be bad
never been at Chesapeake Bay or Bal
timore, but had spent bis tine "out
West." ' All of which may be a true
story, but is mora likely to be a shrewd
attempt at fraud on an insurance com
pany.
Chicago bas been set back five years
in its new eustom-houie ou account of
its defective foundation. The whole
building bas got to come down, and the
government loses over a million.
It is stated that of about 1,000
horses which have died in New York
city during the past winter, 800 died
from rot and other diseases of the hoof,
caused by Uaveling ia salted alusb.aod
127 from nails caught in their feet.
First cousins were married in Otta
way county, Kansas, last week. When
the relationship was discovered, the
judge and minister waited on tbe par
ties, read the law to them', and in
formed them that they must consider
themselves unmarried.
Ou tbe night of the 18th tbe tele
graph office and depot of tbe Philadel
phia and Reading Railroad Company
at Exeelsioi station, near Sbamokin,
was burned to the ground, supposed to
be tbe work. of incendiaries.
A Chicago dispatch of the 19th aays: I
In the county court tbe trial of the
question of the sanity of Mrs. Mary L.
Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln,
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ay. The proceedings were
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based upon a petition filed by Robert
L. Lincoln, setting forth that his moth
er, Mary L Lincoln, bas property aud
effects exceeding $75,000, that she is
non compos mentis aud incapable of
managing her estate, and praying the
issuance of an order for a warrant aud
venire to test the question of her san
iry. Tbe petition was accompanied by
the certificate of the family physician
( Dr. Ishani) to the effect that he bad
examined Mrs. Lineoln, and was of the
nninina that b!ia eras insane, and a fit
subject for hospital treatment. Several
witnesses testified to eccentricities in
the conduct of Mrs. Lineoln, which
commenced at the time of the assassin
ation of President Lincoln, and wbicb
have become more marked as time pro
gressed. After short argumeuts tbe
ease was given to tbe jury, who brought
in a verdict in accordance with the
facts elicited. Mra. Lineoln will be
removed to the hospital at Itatavia, l.'J.
Her relatives and friends bave delayed
this step as long as was considered pru
dent, but fioally agreed that nothing
else wonld suffice. A the announce
ment of the verdict, .Robert Lincoln
took the hand of bis mother ' affection
ately, when she exclaimed . with re
proachful tone: "Ob, Kobert ! to think
that my son would ever bave done
thia!" There were bat few spectator
in the court.
A Pittsburg roan ia in jail on the
charge of stealing a locomotive. '
A dispatch from Osceola, Clearfield
county, under date of,. the 19th, notices
tbe trouble among tbe eoal miners as
follows : '-The strike in the Cleai field
mining region is virtually ended. A
majority of the miners in their several
districts voted to return to work at the
old rates,' provided all of them were
taken : back. By the morning train
from Tyrone about a doieu men came
to take the place of the strikers. . Each
man was armed with a rifle, to bo wed
for bis own defense, if necessary. An
other bateb of new men are axpeeted
to morrow, and on Saturday, or at fur
thest by Tuesday of next week, tbe
operators expect the mines to be work
ing wp to their full capacity. Some
trouble may arise frows the fact that
nearly 200 of tbo strikers will be re
fused work, and their places bo filled
permanently by new teen. . Most of tbe
mem wbo are to be refused work are
proscribed by the advice of Captain
Clark, in whose knowledge of the tur
bulent spirits among the strikers tbe
operators bavo tbe utmost confidence.
A small number of tbe strikers went in
to work this morning, aod several were
refured permission to work by tbo su
perictendents; but the great body of
the men have uot yet gone into tbe j tanoe baci of tne place where ue nro
mines, nor is it likely they will before ! first appeared.
Saturday. Xingo Parks, tba paid or-1 Houtsdale, a town of about nine bun
eanizer of the unions among tbe mi- dred inhabitants, six miles from Osce-
vn. was arretted tbis rut-rnioe at this
plee7and taken to Cleurfie, tf, where,'
i default 4,000 bail, be ?fiu9
mittewlJrkr waa arrested oil a Aatj i
of participating io the disfat banco it
iKaho' mine ou Tftesdar of listBMki
John Sine j,. tie President of the Mt-
ners National Benerolect Aisociatlon,
u nnder bail on the name ehaxzr. bttt ia
to be rearrested and. pu; under beatieij
Dail. It is t be first time that Sioej
has laid himself liable
to
arrest, and
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tbV opermtoMi ray tbwt tbcv 4a
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hocvTflv wv4dvow awwcviw Mwr S"tefj,ew1
itentiary. i Every effort will be made
by the operators to Con riot ' these men,
for the reason that they are regarded
as the organisers of all tbo strikes that
have occurred in both tho bard and soft
coal regions during tbe past year. Tbe
looal leaders claim to have prevented
all violence during tbe reeent strike, ! tbe road arc on fro, and great - ezeire
and that the arrest of the men bow in ment prevails. About thirteen cars
Clearfield jail is a groat ' outrage,' per-' have been bwraed at Saow Shoe, and
petrated' at the Lu.tance of. the. em- j about eighty or one hundred tons of
p!oyra. ; . - i j coal, and all the bousea aboat the minea
At about 11 o'clock ou the 20th a! destroyed.-' Creider's mills and a large
fire broke out at tbe Mosbanooa Lum
ber Company's mill, west of Osceola.
Fifteen million, feet cf lumber Were
burned. The wind was so strong that
firebrands two fef t long were thrown to
most all parts of the town of Osceola. I
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Catholic and Methodist churches were j
nurnea. aooui two bunarea nouses ,
were also destroyed. Twelve hundred '
people are houseless; people were driv (
en to the race course, where they were!
surrounded by fire from all sides, com-!
muuicatiou being cut ofT by the fir. 1
Tbe Tyrone fire department, with their
f , l a. A.1
j earner auu uuae carriage, leu ior,sueueeu nreu auu partially j oebtrojea. ;
: fiery scene of distress, but eould not Vigilance committees aad coauuittees!
reach the town with their machines on
aceount of the railroad track having j
been burned. The loss is about two :
million dollars. ' - . .: . t
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Tbe shipment of coat has been de-
layed at least tea days. : - '1
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ah eye-wimess wioie u ioiijws 10.
a city paper regarding the disaster :
Tbe town of Osceola, eontaiuing 1,500
inhabitants, is situated on tbe brow oi
a bill, which Is itself surrounded by a
j number of lesser bills, all thickly
I wooded. Early in tbe forenoon - tbe
ohutes of the Philadelphia mine, took
fire, and almost simultaneously the
flames began to creep out of the woods
all around tbe town. Kren then no
danger is anticipated, and it was bot
until the flames had actually caught
some of tbe houses on the outskirts
thal tbo people began to realise their
position. At noon the guests of the
Liptoo House among them your cor-
respondent not knowing of tbe danger
to the town, were joking about the pos
sibility of the fire reaching the kitchen
before the conclusion cf dinner. Au
hour afterward the Lipton House was
io ashes, and the gnests, with a number
1 tf A.liAPa Iftnt. .klitlA liA A.mal
v. v u.t . .vvftv ftftjuftiwK ftftfts aftaiftfti 9
1 ...,.
around tbe office in which tbis dispatch
is being written. Inside tbe place was
filled with terrified WDmeu, and outside
tbe men were carrying paila of water
through the blinding smoke to dampen had served terms in Sing Sing.
the wooden structure aud prevent tbej Tho Harrtsburg Telegraph of the
sparks from igniting it. After tbe :21st inst. says: Yesterday a large
flames had caught tbe upper end of the
town, they swept down the aide of tbe
mountain with terrible rapidity. Tbe
fire burning in tbe woods all around
sent np clouds of smoke, which com
pletely enveloped tbe town. For a time
1 f -I"iW.
lence of the wind occasionally lifted
the smoke, and enabled the affrighted
population to make their way toward
the depot. Here there was a terrible
suspense of nearly an hour. No train
was in the depot, and the flames were
rapidly approaching the frame dwelling
used by the railroad company. On
every side tbe fire barred ewpe for-
tnnately tbe telegraph lines were work
ing, and assistance was asked from the
fire departments of Tyrone and Altoona.
When tbe hope of escape was least, Mr.
Daniel Wood, tba train master oa tbe
Moabannon and Clearfield branches of
tbo road, ran a train of about twenty
box cars into the depot, and at once
commenced to load them with women
and children. It seemed almost impos
sible that the train eould pass with
safety through the burning woods, but
a successful trip was made, and tbe
human freight taken to Phillipsburg, a
large town situated on a large tract of
cleared land, some miles above this
place. After tbe fire commencing at
the top of tho mountain bad swept down
until it joined tbo flames reaching out
from tho woods on tba side opposite to
that where it oomnieneed, a hope wss
still entertained that a large sawmill,
owned by tbe Moebaonoa Land and
Lumber company, situated on the Moa
bannon, just at tha edge of tbe woods
at tbe western and of tho town, might
be saved, and with that portion of the
town immediately adjoining tbe mill.
The mill contained 14,000,000 feet of
out lumber. Mr. Lacoete, tha Super
intendent, with a number of bis men,
tried to fight the flames with buckets of
water, but tho unequal contest ended
after two hours' bard word. Hardly
bad the flames found their way into the
lumber piles when a terrible explosion
waa beard, aad a house some distance
away was blown into atoms, lt bad
been a hardware store, and in tha stock
were two barrels of blasting powder.
Tbo explosion sent the burning frag
ments of tbo bouse in different direc
tions, and besides igniting a portion of
tbe town at that time wotowebed by the
flames, set fire to tbe woods a long die-
ola.is rerrud as cutirelv burnt. The
tiea on the Peotllranin railroad trae'k r
ff t H'ltT
K jyisl pri iWci se ir-V(. Wr (t
ta a mil turn V.jlW, barf as t
tjjseeoia, t4 ifUjol& HaT do
and otter places, forthe Sufferers, and
meetings bavo been bald to raise fun
for their reliafL..
Tbo character of tbe Arts ia tbo
mountains of tbe Snow Shoe Ngtoa
i niaj be learned from a diapaub, dated
lat BeHdbit;
this State, last Friday,
SYJV1rVr 4cfv
this morning fur Saow Sboa with a largo
body of men from Talentfne's wttrt to
aid in checking the firos ia Utal tegioa.
Mine No. 4, "at Snow Shoe, 'is' burned.
About seventy-five feet of trestle-work
of the railroad has bee burned. Wa
ter , tanks and several buildings atofig
lot of lumber are destroyed. Also a
lot of timber belnqgiag to tho Belie
fonte ear works."
' Last Friday ao attempt was made to
burn Shenandoah. Scburlkill county.
At Piles' hotel it was discovered that
I. .i ;i .. 1.-1..-J
.VM V.. .HV liruiCU .UMltlCd IIVI VCCU
thrown in tbe windows., In a few min- j
utes alter tne discovery was male a'
second alarm was sounded in another,
direction, aad a dwelling bouse and ear-1
penter shop were burned to the ground, j
W bile the firemen were working oa an I
adjoining building a third alarm was 1
given np town. A lumber vard bad '
a. :. J a i : ... .
of safety have been organised. Cbas. !
Hays was arrested, charged with being1,
eonneoted with tbe incendiaries, and i
waa held in 1. 000 nail u....F ,1'
.. , ' 1 Doors, BUllUS, PlastCl'llii Lath, 3 H Address Gto. Si ix son A Co.,
the next term of opart, t : . . : ,1 . jyva """ i"vi."0 - ! p,r,i-Da ' " 1
Near le City, in Florida, on the' ' Roof ng Laik and SAingto, ! .
01. . : ' . n u ' .t ! , - t .. ,'77 Wf.tK cuwaoteM I.. .Male and Fe
lusk., vjrry JKUtl, me UIOSl ITOU-
blesome of tbe Indian prisoners ea roate !
for St Aucustine iaumed from tha
ror 01. Augustine, jumpea , from the
train wnne running ai tne rate 01 J t
miles ao hour between Live' Oak and
Lake City. , Tbe train was stopped, and
be was found secreted ia tbe bashes a
hundred yards from tbe road. He ran
and was shot down by the guard
A
hall naiUtll thrnnnh h!a k.rl iknnl
r 6 ... J -
waist. He expired as the train was
leaving Sanderson about two hours af
ter the shot.
Pete MoCartney, the notorious cottn-
jttrfeiter, escaped from custody while
being conveyed by United States Mar
shal Purnell from Tvler to Austin.
Texas, on the evening of the 20th inst.
A dispstch from Newburg,ew York,
Under date of tbe 20th inst., SSVS : Pour
prisoners escaped from the eounty jail
here to-night at 9 o'clock) by throwing
a handful of pepper in tbe turnkey's
eyes. Tbe prisoners were James Nich
ols, indicted for highway robbery;
M , -.
James Smith and Barney Kilduff, in
dicted for burglary ; Samuel Johnson,
j colored, charged with' burglary
All
frame farm house near Long's mill, oa
tbe road leading from Lisburn to Car
lisle, was, with its contents, entirely
destroyed by fire. ' It is said the whole
structure was consumed within twenty
minutes after tbe fire was discovered.
We are informed that the building was
i occupied by a tenant named Miller,
! whose loss is very heavy.
! Tbe native banditti in Missouri are
J still as Tirulebt as ever, as may be
j learned from the fallowing recent iutel-
' ligcnce from that State . u Information
l
ban been received at Liberty, Mo., that
tbe fead between the Jamea boys and
the Younger his recently been set-
tied, and that they are again, eo-cpets-
liug. They recently purchased tbej
fleetest horse in Kansas, for which tbey J
paid a high price in cash. They have
determined to make aa attack on some
i moneyed institution soon, and a rob
bery may be expected at any moment.
Last Thursday, twelve miles south of
Clinton, Henry county. Mo., four armed
strangers besieged tha country store of
D. B. Lambert, and robbed it of sev
eral hundred dollars worth of goods and
and money. Tbey are believed to 1e
part of tbe James-Younger gang. Ben
Nevin, wbo lives on a farm near Lex
ington, Mo., was called to . his door,
Saturday night, by a baad of masked
men, and riddled with buckshot, thirty
two entering hia head. No arrests."
Jeremiah Hamilton, tbe well-known
colored broker and banker of Wall
street, Jfew Tork, died on tha 19th
inst, of pneumonia, at the advanced
age of 62. He was said to be the rich
est eolored man in tbe United States,
aad was reputed to be worth nearly two
million dollars. , He was formerly a
slave in tbe West Indies. . He leavea
two educated and accomplished daugh
ters, and at one time offered a large
sum of money to any white man who
would marry ooe of them.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
AT any residence at East Point, Mifflin.
town, I am prepared to promptly All
orders for . , . ..
BOOTS AMD MIOES,
LADIES',
MISSES' AND
CHILDREN'S WEAK,
at pricea to correspond with the times. AU
kiniis ot
REPAIRI.VG
also promptly atoaded to. Hoping to re
ceive a share of the patronage of the pro
pie, I aubacribe myself their obedient shoe
maker. A. B. rASlOt.
Feb. , I875-tf
The Sntitul aW XnsUun office in the
plate to iret job work done. Try it. It will
any ;eo if oa seuAanrtbmg ia that line.
Sew Adcrtiient-
wX V
NaV - ?
N -
Were acaia awarded the Jiicheat premt-
tii, mr all Makers, at t i
t-raaklla laafltat ExhIM-
list . and a the -nt? First-elaM lastra
uienta that can be obtained at Saaafae
turer coat prices,
fSOO
For aft Kltgaat Ji act. Basewood Plao.
' The foUninjr arc a few of th Principal
Medals received :
r irt PA V.Ut. Print I m Institute,) 1874
t. Silver u rGrand Piano.) 185
Prise ' (trrtal Palace Tforid
Fair. Ji. f . If"
eoM " Americas Inatitute,KTlS48
u pme u Maryland Institute, Bal-
t tiruore, ' 1848
Silver : " Franklin Intita'.eJPhil.lMi
Pitta! Ordered by mail, are carefully
sekcied, and remittance is not required,
until tbe lastrmmmt haa been received and
approved. AU our styles and claase ar
built or the same ricrilenl materUl aad
workmanship. Kry instrument ia tally
waaraateed.
rry Write mr scad fmr Ulaw-
t rated catalwa-ae. aad price
libit Kivlnr mil desenptioa of styles
. .
prices, etc.
gfrjoif VCk'ER PI S0 MF'G CO.j
Varenoiua lite; uimnat i ,
Pr28,3t
PHILADELPHIA.
1 , o 1 "t TnmriDW I :
ASSlgllBSS t8 01 LUDcT I
rpuE amit-rua-ned, Airnee of Calv B.
- Hartley, has oa hand, at the. Lumber
laruol saw vei o. saroej, as, uu-.
tu, a .
T'r
, . , coKkisraa er ,
,rKOCJnT A.ND BOCnn BOARDS,
8r.VTI,Vl. e.crt
'
autca wui oe wju at tue '"J
As the entire stock on hand must be
ckw wut in . ibiwl .ilne t m vius
Luaioer
AT COST.
j pers in need of anything IU kept
I"1 Lumber Yard, should bay at once.
I aa 1 am desirous of closing out the entire
stuck in ninety dava from tnis date. Sixty
I days time will be given on good bankable
' rrr
Persona wishing to My Lumber wi'l call
on Calvin B. Bartleyi whota 1 have author
ized lo act as my agest in selling the same.
JEKF.5IIAH LTON3, .fssifnte.
May (, l7V-3t,
A Valuable Farm at
PRIVATE SALE!
THE undersigned, Agenta of Isaac Pile,
otfer at Private Sale an excellent Farm
situate at Kuril's Crossroads in Delaware
' township, Juniata county. Pa., bounded by
' land ot David B. Duuiu, Jacob Kurts, S.
O. Erana, and others, containing
EIGHTY
.CR1S!
beinr all cleared and in a good state of cul
tivation, having all been Utelr well limed ;
with
GOOD BUILDINGS,
and good running water. Terms will b-j
easy. Further iuloriuation en be bad by
calling oa or addresaiug us at Oriental P.O.,
Juniata county, or iaae Pile, feMding ou
the premises. - -
S. G. PRKftST.KR.
ABEL SIIAEFFEK,
April 2?-2m .igef.
"BUYERS & KENNEDY,
(Successors to D. P. Sitluuir,) i , .
DEALERS IX
CrRAlX,
lOAIa,
lit M BE IT,
CIMlbCT.
Calcined Piaster, Land Piaster
SEEDS, SALT, JaC.
ITe buy Grain to bo delivered at either
Hittl in town or Purrysvllle. We-w?i; also
have coal at both places to suit the trade.
We are prepared to lorabh Sail todeahira
at reasonable ratea. '
. BUTKRS . KENNEDl.
April II, I875-tf
JUXIATA VALLEY BAK.
Pomeroj, Patterson. Jacobs & Co.
airrLnrrowF, JefiAva corirrr, ra.
CAPITAL, MO,OII.
GEORGE JACOBS, Presides!.
T. TAN IBTHf, Cashier.
Metrroas :
Jerome 17. Thompsoa,
Joha J. Pttterson,
George Jaroba,
Amos G. Bonsall,
John Balsbaea,
H.H. Bwbtet,
J. W. Frank
VniUd SlaUt SecaHics, Sndt, ft.
bought aad aold. '
Gold aw SUver bought at hlghestt rates.
DtpotU reerfrerf, collecltom mmde, drift
a the principal cilia, and a geasraf banking
tmrimt trmmtmcttd.
Bonds and other ralnable papers received
oa special deposit. - jnae8'7-t-tf
g B. LOUDON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ia room on second story of K. E. Parker's
new building, oa
Main Street, Mifflintcm, Pa,
FASHIONABLE GOODS always on
band.
CUSTOX WORK DONE oa the shortest
notice.
GOODS BOLD by the yard or pattern.
PERSO-N8 baying goods can hate them
cat ia garmenta free of charge.
BUTTZRICrS PJTTEK.rs also for
sale...
ALL WORK WAB RATTED.
PRICES LOW.
Oct M75-tf
Srio A il rrrt ixem r nit-
av i a f z. m j
r
IODIDE OF AMMONIA
Cure Xeuralf ia, Face Ache. Rhauawtum.
Gout. Frosted Feet, Chi'.Uaiaa, Son 1 brvst.
ErysiprUa, Bruisaa and Woiinda of cr
nature in ataa or animal. Tbo remarkable
Curt: this remedy bas effected classes it aa
une of the most intpoUtt aad valuable
remedies for tbe euro and AlisT vf pain. '
ulaemun. larvncitis anj tmenmoni I
aie. w'th auarawi. audi drvded beaetik"
KOBEKT S. JIEWTUN,M.D.,13: Vt'.u
street, New York;
11AKRIS k. EITINQ.
IThulesaie A gents, 14 1 Liberty Street.
Pittobursb, Pa.
Depot 4-'l Sixth Avenue. IV. T.
' Tot aal e bv Bat.k Jt Hamlin, DrDliU.
Milninic.n,'Pa.
FREE! FEEEIl MEIII
THI. PI OX EE R
A handsome illu trjttJ oewipar, rnn
tainiu ( int'oruwtioa I Or eterytnidy. Tell
buw sod where l secure a mvute cheap.
Skst raaa to an. paava o vaa wuau.
It contain the fif.w Uoas-sraaD nl
Tina a Laws, "1 other interrating uattot
found only in this paper.
SKXD FuK IT AT oStlE T
tt will only cot yen a Postal Ca.
Jiew nnmbvr lur .yril just cut. Address
O. F. DAVIS.
Laud Coiuuiiaaiwai-r I. P. K. K.
HEM.4HTEL t'F tlit WORLD BK.
THESDA VTATKK. lt bas restored
thousand.', trout the brink io! tbe grare :
aieo health aud strength to those deeuied
beyond tbe teach of a!) medical rciencs.
and turned the plh erflictioa to ono o!
happines-i in the biuiiir within its Tirtu;
It cures the deadly BrighTe diaeaae and
Dmbetvs ; erarfk:H all diiwwsus Of tlw
j kidney's ; reatorva the urinary sftt(fiis tl
j strength and power in a word, it ia a uat-
nrai restorer of health, and baa )rfbrrac-t
I the HHst wvadcrtal im uincuioiu cares of
I any known specific oa tbe glod.. Adrtreis,
t lor circulars, Ave., Cai-t. Ltotxa K. His
I car, Wankusha, 1Vt.
I diC m. dlOft 1' daf at buine .lerms f;e
1
1 j ft, e jB their loeaiilv. to'
I rTH!C:t u try it. Particniars
ff(fr. p. o. VI'.KERY t CO., Angosta.
f ttpsvcnoMAJtct? soil cnAks-
1 Iti. How eitner sa may nrr
nate and gain the Wve and anVtin any
persons they choose, raxtantiy. This sim
ple mental acquirement all svay poaii,
free, by mail, ft 2T eents; Ingcther with a
Mrriage Ouide, Kgrptian aclr, trrain.t.
Illtita to Ladles A onevr bok. Iiai.n0
soM. Address T. Vt'iLLIA.M CO.. Pub
Ushers. Philadelphia.
Areata Haated te !elt
The Potificnl, Personal, and Iroprrty
RigMsACitkeii,
Of the Laird Stwt.t How to txtrcit mnl
low it frnrrve them. By Thetpkiliu Par
row, LL.D. J
Containing a rnramewtary on the frdfr.tl
and State Constitutions, ghing their brt'-'
and origin, and a full ezplauation ot tLc!f
'principles, purpose and provisions; fh
i nowers ami duties of Public Ofhcmi tlia
rights of the J-opl", and Hie obligations
incurreo in every relation of me ; mm, par
liatnentarr rules lor deliberative bodi-v and
lull direction and legal tonus fr all busi
ness transactions, as making Wills, IWJt.
Mortgage, Le.se. Notes, Oralis, Con
tracts, ete. A !.aw Library ia a ninglo vol
ume. It tfticeia tbe wants ol all cloaes ami
sells lo evervoodv.
JOJ.E8 BKOTHKRS k fO., Psife. IV
Slav 5-it
The BCawtituI Art wf Dcalc
maniia. Twenty T Muster Piuluvrs. and one Beau
tiful Gciu (.'liroiuo. with fu!l insirnctious
and Catalogue containing 3)Ci vuluah'o ar
ticles, including Price Li-il oi' VTax Flower
Materials Inslruotioiia willinut a Teacher,
etc-, seals. Address, enclosing fric. and
a three cent sump. V. AI.EXANPER V.
fO., Fulton street, S. Y. AGENT?
WANTED. The. Trvte a u pplied .
Ploaae state the nanra of the aper vuu
saw this in.,, (nvV.it
Administrator' hotter.
Eilutr of Henry B. Hreybtil, irrtufl.
LETTER3 of AdnitnUlnirton on the es
tate of Henry K. Gravbill, late ot .Vi:
Ahsfrrville, dervaM;d, having been grant
ed h the undersigned, all. ;-wn in
debted to tbe saM ea'"are n-iiejited t..
make immet f ") merit, and those bavin;
clair- iS pt-atse peewit them without de-
, isyto REUBEN C VEX Y,
Ayrii i, .tamtnittnior.
GREftVr MDUCT10X
IJJ TH .
PRICES OP TEETH" !
Full Upper or Lower Setts as Low as f 3
N teeth a!lTwel U leave the office un
less the patii-nl is satixtied.
Ttelh reinotteied ant rpairrd.
T eeih tilled tn last fi.r life. '
Teeih extrafttil wiihunt pain, bv the ni
of Nitrous Oxide Gas, always on hand.
Owing to the bard times, 1 will mscr
full single aria tceib, oi tbe wry best kind,
for 1JX. Temporary sets $i.00 extra.
Touilmche stopped in five minutes with
out extract iur Uie u-tUi, at the Dental Of
fice of G. L. UntB, calablishcd iu Jlitflio
twa in mt).
G. L. DFRS.
Jan 2L lSTiJ Practical Deiitist.
NEW
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERT.
, Bridge Sfrttt, XiMintwwa, fa.
JOSEPH HESS woakl repoetfullv invito
all wbo want GOOD PUlTOGR.VPH.S
of themselvea or their I'rleaUs lo (rrve aniw
a call, and be conriocad that this s tb
place to get '
O0O0 PlCTtREs.
Having prepared himself with tba BEST
IN sTRUMENTSn tbe market, aad -all
tha
LITEST IMPROrEMESTS
that constitute a
Firat- Class PhotograpL (hllwjv
he invites all hia I'rienda and the public gen
erally to favor him wfh their patronage,
and they will be aceenimodatwt wita aay
tbing ia the line ol Photography. ,
Pieturea taken from Card to Life SiC
and Painted, if desired, in Oil or Wefe?
Colors.
Small Pictures copied and snlarped.
Old Ambrorypea or Daguerreotypes s!so-
copied and enlarged, and painteit if desired .
A good selection of FKAM8$ kept o
hand at all times, and cheaper tiJan aver
Solid Walnut Frames,
Gilt Frames,
Imitation rVahrat Frames,
Imitation Rosewood Frames,.
Knstic Frames,
Cabiaet Imperial Prav.cs,
Picture NattsrSerow-wveaord and Taa
ael, sic
JOSEPU TiSsS
MimintuTavJ,.;, 1S71.