SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFUNTOtt'N.
Wednesday. Decembers, 1ST5.
B. F. SCH WEI EH,
emtob ai riomncroa.
Religion and Schools, Under the
Republic President Grant and
Ei-Speaker Blaine on the Ques
tions Constitutional Amend
ment to Meet the Case.
The questions of religion asd schools
luve become so hi xed in, this country
thit they are drifting before flu people
an grat public questions, likelv in tbe
near future to ce great agitation.
Tbe thinking mind of the Nation is al
ready closely directed to the question.
But a abort time ago President Grant
deemed these questions of sufficient
importance to found a speech on them,
which he delivered in lewa. The
ejreeh ha been discussed by the first
intellects of the civilized and learned
world, and in the main bas been pro
nounced correct or sound. The sub
stance of it is that as the common
schools and churches are organized in
ibis country tbey peneraU conflict for
ascendancy, or when more definitely
stated to meet tbe uppermost case of
tbe situation, it means Catholic against
Protestant. Tbe 1'resideut sounds tbe
alarm and cautions the country against
this boon of contention, but propose
no remedy for (be existing trouble, out
side of general enlightenment through
tbe common schools.
Within tbe past week ez Speaker
Blaine expresses himself on the ques
tions, lie recognizes the danger and
proposes a remedy ; a remedy that was
proposed by Thomas Jefferson, but be
cause of tbe unenlightened public uiiud
on the Fu!j-ct at thai day it was con
sidered of no aocount and allowed to
die out. It would have been a blessing
for us if it tad been settled tben. His
remedy is an amendment to tbe Con
stitution of the United Stales, that
" No State shall make any law respect
ing any establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
and no money raided by taxation in any
State for tbe support of Public Schools,
or derived from any publio fund there
for shall ever be under tbe control of
any rel'gimis sect, nor shall any mouejr
so ruined ever be divided between reli
icu4 sects or denominations."
TLe Ke public is a Civil Government
that allows all men to worship God ac
cording to tbe dictates of conscience,
and every effjrt to move it from this
foundation on tbe question of religion
is a heresy, both political and religious,
that must be resisted.
That a moemcnt is on Toot in a num-
bcr of the States to direct a portion of
certain pullij funds, such, for example,
as the Common School fund, to the use
of particular religious bodies, is well
known to reading people. To allow
mch division would not only destroy
lbs Common School system, but it
would be the entering wedge to a State
religion.
If the country adopt an amendment
to the Constitution such as proposed by
Mr. Blaine, the schemes of tbe Catholic
Church will be frustrated, and all de
nominations will be protected from tbe
encroachment of any particular sect.
Such an amendment would simply give
life in all of the Siatea to tbe idea of
equality of religion before the law
tinder the Republic.
Wbo will be the first Congressman to
perform the high religious duty and
love for man and God by proposing
such an amendment to the Constitution
in Congress ! Tbe people will ratify
ucb an amendment.
Democratic Contest for the Speak
ership in Congress.
Never in the history of this Govern
ment was thers such a disgraceful spec
tacle presented in the election of a pre
siding officer for Congress as in tbe eon
test tbat closed last Monday in tbe elec
tion of M. C. Kerr, of Indiaua, for the
Speakership.
It seemed as if tbe whole blackleg
and gauibliug fraternity of tbe country
bad congregated at Wai-hiogton to par
ticipate in tbe contest among tbe Dem
ocratic aspirants lor tbe third office in
tbs Ntuii. Wageis were made, pools
were sold umtc openly than at a gam
blers' -horse r ice. Congress never be
fore opened with such a showing.
So much for tbe beginning of the
Democratic House. The whole spec
tacle looked a if that branch of tbe
Govcrcuient was under tbe guardian
ship of gamblers. The ngiy and inso
ltut element of tbe Democracy mani
fested itself disgustingly. bat will
tbe legislation be like ! Tbe people
got reform with a vengeance when they
tiectcd tbat House.
William Id. Tweed out of Jail.
Wiiliaui M. Tweed bas left bis quar
ters iu New York jail and gone, where
Lu frieudi planned tbat be should go.
They rail it an escape, and offer $10,
UO0 fur Lis capture. If tbe Sheriff is
compelled to pay the fine for derelic
tion ct duty, and other officers are com
pelled to psy for similar short comings,
and the $10,000 reward be piled on
top of it all, it will amount to less than
$ To, 000, a were nothing compared to
wLat the Boss has robbed the Minnie of
that city. Tweed i worth millions of i
money, ail of which be made cB tbe
rity in seme way or other. Wbo
knows that be bas uot arranged to pay
ta fines of the Sheriff and others. If
be hd escaped as prisoners usually do,
there would be no suspicion about Lis
leaving, but bis prison life throughout
looks a if it was but a course of prep
aration for just such an end. He was
allowed great privileges ; to dine at
...n.i mftlra rails, and drive abnnt
the city. It was a farce, worthy of , "ea nl " ue naa learned aay
tbe latne jatticn of New York. i thing of onr prisoner's whereabouts,
i ,
Fraud Among the Claim Agents.
Three claim agency firms of Phila
delphia have been, by order ef tbe Sec
retary of the Interior, suspended from
practising before tbe Commissioner of
Pensions at Washington. " The causes
which led to this action on tbe part of
tbe authorities at Washington are al
leged to be frauds perpetrated by tbe
attorneys on tbe government to facili
tate their basinets before tbe Commis
sioner. The action of tbat officer in
appending these rascally attorneja bas
the" effect of suspending nearly ten
thousand cases, including both those
which bave been adjudicated and npon
which payments bave been made, and
those which are still pending before the
department. Because of tbe eorropt
practices of these rogues, many just
claims will be placcj in jeopardy, and
from association with them, many claims
which would bave been promptly al
lowed wil! now, in all likelihood, be
subject to vexatious delay, if not to
Goal rejection. If those who do tril
injured only themselves and tbeir own
causes, it would not be a matter of
much account t tbe world what tbey
did or how tbey fell into disgrace ; but
when in tbeir downfall is involved tbe
ruin of inuocent and deserving persons,
tbe world is apt to demand the speedy
and severe punishment of tbe authors
of tbe ruin. We hope tbe officers of
the government will not rest content
with the suspension from practice of
these rascally pension attorneys, but
will follow them up until they are pun
ished to the extent of tbe law, and
made an example to those whose incli
nations bid fair to lead them to the per
petration of like offenses. Harrisburg
Telegraph.
Great Britain has purchased tbe
interest that Egypt bad in the Suez
canal. Russia and Turkey do not ap
prove of tbe sale. Prussia is pleased
on its acquisition by England, and tbus
the canal question may lead to war. .
Tbe New Hampshire Republican
State Convention will be held on tbe
5th day of January.
A Congressional investigation of
tbe whisky ring is in order now.
It is said the Grangers will nomi
nate a candidate for tbe Presidency.
Tbe rebellion in Turkey progresses.
Escape of Boss Tweed,
William M. Tweed, Boss of the New
York plundering ring, escaped last Sat
urday eveuine, while on a visit to bis
I U0U8e. Xbe story of bis leaving was
J tou to a New York reporter, follows,
j ly vrden Dunham, who acsompanied
5 Tweed on the drive to tbe latter's home,
I mnere oe ieft BIS friend without a word
!f adieu:
"Now 1 will tell yon as well as I can
the particulars of this man's escape
from my custody this evening. We
left the prison, if I remember rightly,
a little after 10 o'clock. The party,
which consisted of Tweed, lis son il
liani, Keeper Edward Uagin and my
self entered a carriage, which was in
waittng in the street fronting the en
trance to the jail. Tbe driver drove
us to tbe Bowery, through to Fourth
avenue and Tenth street, and thence to
Broadway. Proceeding up tbe latter
thoroughfare a short distance we turned
into Fifth avenue which we traversed
until Fifty-ninth street was reached.
At this point our carriage was driven
up tbe Western Boulevard to King's
Bridge road. We returned in tbe di
rection of the city by way of tbe South
ern Boulevard. After crossing Har
lem bridge we drove through One Hun
dred and Twenty-ninth street to Sixth
avenue, and down Sixth avenue to the
terminating point of Central Park.
ere we alighted from the carriage and
ascended a knoll on the west side of
tbe avenue, where we probably remain
ed fifteen minutes, waiking aronnd and
chatting npon various topics. Through
out the entire drive Tweed appeared as
if in excellent spirits, without betray
ing the slightest neivousness or lapsing
into silent thought, as was sometimes
his wont. In tbe discussion of any
subject conversed upon by us, be took
an active part, and often laughed hear
tily. Returuing to our carriage, our
drivtr guided bis team through the
park to Fifty-ninth street, and from
there to Madison avenue, nearixtietb
street, where Tweed's house is situated.
Leaving tbe carriage at tbe corner, we
entered tbe bouse between 4 and 4:30
o'clock. Having entered tbe front
parlor, where we met Mr. Douglass,
Mr. Tweed's son in-law, we cat down
and talked awhile. Shortly after, how
ever, Tweed arose from bis chair, and
intimated tbat be would like to slip np
stairs to see bis wife for a moment.
Tbe desired permission was granted
biui, and, as he stepped toward tbe door
leading to the hallway, Mr. Iiagan went
in tbe same direction into the pantry to
wash bis bands. I remained in tbe
parlor with yeung Tweed and Mr. Dou
glass. When Hagan bad finished wash
ing bis bands he returned to tha parlor
and resumed Lis seat I waited per
haps five minutes or a little longer be
fore I remarked that it was time to
start for the jail, and that they bad
better call Tweed down stairs
His son
went up stairs but shortly afterwards
announced tbat bis father bad not gone
up stairs. I was surprised to bear this,
and told Hagan to go np and make fur
ther inquiries and search while I ex
amined tbe lower part of the house.
Before doing ao I took the precaution
to open tbe front door and take view
of tbe area. Meeting Ha ran ui tbe
- .
and be answered in tbe negative. When
I opened tbe front door the carriage we
bad occupied during tbe day still stood
at tbe corner. Tbe keeper and I, after
making a thorough search in tbe house
for Tweed, entered tbe carriage and
drove as rapidly as possible to tbe Po
lice Station on Fifty-ninth street, where,
at our request, a general alarm was sent
out. Both young Mi. Tweed and Mr.
Donglass manifested great excitement
when apprised of tbe fact of Tweed'a
escape. After our departure from the
station men drove to tbe Central Office,
and there learned that the news bad been
transmitted from Fifty ninth ttreet.
V e afterwards visited Sheriff Conner's
residence, and, failing to God tbe Sher
iff there, proceeded to a club in Third
aveone, bat be was not tbere. I bave
no theory as to tbe mode of Tweed's
escape, and am quite bewildered by tbe
occurrence. In alluding to tbe inci
dents in bis bouse I forgot to state that
1 almost distinctly beard Tweed'a step
as be was going np stairs , after we bad
been informed by Mr. W illiam M.
Tweed, jr., tbat bis father bad not gone
up stairs, I saw Mrs. Tweed standing
at the head of the flight, and npou
questioning ber, received a similar an
swer. Sbe appealed to be greatly ex
cited at tbe time. 1 last saw Tweed at
6:30 T. x.
Kevc Marriage Coatracf.
k DArdUTKa or aa ix-cosciessaus esters
is ro a MAaaiACK contract withoit th
IRTEKVENTIOX OF MINHTIa OB MAQIS
TBATC. From the Chicago Commercial.!
Detroit, Nor. 26. In the contest
over the woman-suffrage constitutional
amendment in tlis State last year, ex
Congressman Randolph Strickland was
quite conspicuous, acting as president
of tbe State Association part of the
time. His daughter also delivered a
series of addresses npon the subject at
different points in Michigan, displaying
considerable oratorical piqnaacy aud
force. Within tbe last few days many
of the people of St. John's, in tbia
State, where ber family resides, bave
received printed copies of what was
termed a contract, civil and conjugal,
entered into recently between Miss
Strickland and Leo Miller, tbe well
known Buffalo Spiritualist, beginning :
"The undersigned, this 2d day of No
vember, A. I). 1875, enter into a busi
ness partnership under tbe name of
Miller & Strickland, on the following
conditions, to wit : Tbat all earnings
and profits arising from our individual
and joint labors, whether in depart
ments of literature, mechanics, agricul
ture, or trade, shall be shared and held
equally." Alter next declaring that
love is the only binding law in tbe con
jugal union of sexes, tbe contract pro
ceeds : '-Should this anion be blessed
by offspring, we jointly and severally
pledge ourselves, our assigns and ad
ministrators, to foster and support them
during tbe dependent years of infancy
and youth, supplying their physical
wants and rearing them in the princi
ples of virtue and knowledge, to the
best of our ability and judgment."
Tbis remarkable docunieot concludes
with the declaration that its signers re
pudiate the laws and customs which
men assume to make and control of an
affection between tbe sexes, which we
believe is and of Diviue light ought to
be free. Miss Strickland bas also ad
dressed some Woodbnllian letters to tbe
St. John's papers, declaring ber revolt
against the legal bondage of marriage,
which she says rests only on tbe princi
ple of master and slave. Naturally
the course she has taken created no
slight excitement in tbe community,
where sbe has always been respected,
and this excitement bas been naturally
stimulated by tbe appearance of tbe
following
card.
"We ask the sympathy of our friends,
in oar sorrow for the coarse pursued by
our poor, deluded, misguided, and in
sane daughter, and we extend onr
thanks to tbe kind friends tbat bave
labored with us daring the last year so
earnestly to save ber. We bow our
beads in grief.
" Randolph Strickland!
' Mary Strickland."
Tub Republic Magazine for Decem
ber baa been received. It is a strong
number, and should bave a wide circu
lation. Tub Republic did noble ser
vice in tbe recent campaign, and bas
long since become a recognised power
in the land. Every Republican wbo de
sires a thorough understanding of pub
lic affairs should subscribe for this val
uable monthly. Among its many able
articles for December are : "Tbe Obio
Election ;" " Political Defamation j"
"The Campaign of 1S75 "Labor in
Europe and America ;" "Tbe Lobby ;"
"Department of the Interior;" ic.
Only $2.00 a year. Address Republie
Publishing Company, Washinton, D.C
lliff is the name of tbe cattle king
of tbe West. He bas a little ranch in
Northern Colorado 157 miles long, and
proposes to winter 26,000 bead, or, to
be more exact, to begin with that nan:
ber. He proposes, also, to raise 20,
000 Texas steers, in June next, by ad
vertisement j that is, be bas announced
by newspaper card that six months
hence be will pay tbe market price for
tbat number of Texas cattle, delivered
to him at bis "home ranch." Australia
can boast of farmers with 150,000 head
of sheep, bat, when it comes to beeves,
oar own country takes the lead, and
everybody must l.ft the bat to lliff.
Tho Centennial orator bas been se
lected. William M. Evarts, of New
York, is the man. Longfellow is to be
the poet of the occasion, and one of
the Virginia Lee family will read the
Declaration of Independence.
"Sews Items.
Tbe Lancaster Intelligencer says:
Oa Saturday afternoon Philip Lading
was arrested for drunken and disorder
ly conduct and locked up in a cell in
the station bouse. Oa Sunday morn
ing be was found dead, having taken off
bis scarf, tied one of it to the grating
of bis cell window and with tbe other
end made a nouee which be slipped over
bis bead and aronnd bis neck. . Tbe
window grating being too low to sus
pend him be appears to bave deliber
ately set down and in tbis position
strangled himself. When discovered
life waa extinct, tbongb the body was
yet warm, showing that the suicide bad
been committed only a short time pre
viously. Coroner Bair being notified,
visited tbe station bouse and held an
inquest on Lading's remains, the jury
returning a verdict of suicide by bang
ing. Luding was a married man, and
leaves a wile and four daughters, resid
ing at the corner of Pearl and Chris
tian streets. He was a weaver by
trade and an excellent workman, but
was much given to dissipation, and bad
been several times before in tbe lockup.
When tbere on a former occasion be
declared tbat be woald commit suicide
if iver again locked up, but bis threat
was thought to be only tbe vaporing of
a drunken man. Immediately after bis
dead body had been discovered bis fam
ily was notified and requested 'to take
charge of the remains, bat they de
clined to do so by reason of tberr ex
treme poverty. Coroner Bair then bad
the bidy conveyed to tbe county alms
bouse and buried it in tbe cemetery
attached to tbat institution.
Tbe farmers along the Columbia rail
road are having their cattle stolen by
droves. The other night Isaac Eby
turned ont ail of bis live stock, and on
the following morning il was foand that
eleven of tbe finest, weighing each from
1,000 to 1,100 pouuds, bad been stolen,
and no traces of the direction in which
they were taken left behind. Since
tbat time no tidings have been heard of
tbe missing stock. Tbe entire affair is
surrounded with circumstances of such
a mysterious nature tbat tbe people in
tbat section are exercising 'more than
ordinary care in keeping their live stock
in places of safety.
A whipping was preferred to impris
onment by Judy Flood, a Lynchburg
drunkard, and she received thirty-nine
lashes.
It is stated that there will tint be a
single dollar in tbe Tennessee treasury
at the eid of the year. The tax col
lectors will bavo to sell property for
unpaid taxes, and the State will be
compelled to boy it in. A "glorious
Democratic tidal wave" swept over that
State a few years ago, if we recollect
rightly.
A steamer running between Troy and
New York, was sunk by a large cake of
ice on the 1st iost , and 11 persons on
ber were drowned.
Oregon has a new cereal, which
looks like wheat, rye and barley, and
isn't either of tbem. The story is that
fonr years ago a farmer of Tillamook
county killed a wild goose, in whose
crop be found a peculiar-looking grain.
He planted it; it multiplied wonder
fully, and he subsequently raised forty
bushels on half an acre of laud. Its
growth is peculiar, from seven to ten
stalks springing from one root. The
kernel is very thin and compact, of a
bright straw color, and extremely hard
Tbe convention of breeders of abort
borne J cattle opened at Toronto on the
1st iost., in the Music Hall. This is the
fourth annual meeting. Representa
tives were present from all parts of the
Dominion and tbe United States.
Tbere is nothing balf so funny as a
practical joke, and tbis, as told by an
1- astern paper, is a regular rib-tickler :
"Frederick Walker and Peter Koblcr,
of Gottenberg, 1W. J., stuffed an old
suit of clothes with straw, on Tuesday
nigbt, and carried it to Hall's Ferry
road and Herman avenue, where they
placed it against a lamp post. About
midnight tbey began an imaginary quar
rel in a load tone, and continued it un
til a number cf people were aroused
from their beds. Tben tbey shot the
imaginiary man. Tbe body fell down,
and be young men ran away. The
neighbors, thinking a murder bad been
committed, chased the young men, and
Kohler was shot in the leg before tbe
deception was explained." Think what
solid enjoyment Mr. Kohler will bave
langbing at tbat for six weeks while he
nurses bis leg ; and what a screaming
farce it woald have been for bis whole
family if be bad been shot in the bead.
Evangelists are multiplying. Long
and interesting meetings bave been
held undet tbe management and preach
ing and singing of Rev. E. Hammond
and Mr. Bentley, in the Opera House
at Harrisburg.
Tbe Lebanon Courier says : An old
gentleman from Cornwall township came
to Lebanon, on Saturday, in pursuit of
two missing daughters. He found tbem
leading a life of shame. One of them
returned witb him, and tbe other boldly
asserted ber intention of continuing the
life she bad chosen.
A youog man named Peace cot bis
throat in Jacksonville, Florida, whither
be bad pine for tbe restoration of health,
on the 2ud inst.
The New Orleans Bank of America
went into liquidation on tbe 2ad lost.'
Tbe glass factories of Pittsburg aie
reported as in full operation.
The old Philadelphia Navy Yard bas
been sold for tbe sum of $1,000,000, to
tbe P. C. R. R. Co
Dr. Harry, of Bedford, took poison
and died from the effects. It was a
case of suicide.
-Here is the old story again repeated.
This time it is told from Mendnta, un
der date of tbe 22nd ult , as follows :
Mr. Frank Juneau, of Sterling, 111.,
arrived tbis evening at the St, James
note, in this city. While at tbe sup
per tab'a, a little girl, five years old,
came into tbe room, and on seeing Mr.
Jonean, exclaimed : " Papa, ob papa,
mamma is np stairs ."' and ran to her
, father and clung to bim. Mr. Juneau
was actually it scare a of bis wife and
child, and from information received,
came to lieodota, where be found Mrs.
I Juneau, wbo had eloped with a para
j moor two months previously. The two
were residing at the hotel as man and
wife. Tbere is quite a disturbance
going on to-night.
A special dispatch to the St. lonis
Globe Democrat says : ' A most heart
rending calamity is reported to have
occurred at Hraman Station, on the M.
K. & T. Railroad, six miles from Boon
ville, on last Friday evening Hon. L.
Mathews, wbo represented i ooper coun
ty several tears ago in the Lower House
of the Legislature, and who now resides
near Briman, and a Mr. Uaynes, also a
resident at Braman, recently penned
some bogs that bad been running in tbe
woods until they had beeome almost
wild. While Mrs. Haynes was eat
milking her cows, last Friday evening,
and while Mr. Uaynes was some dis
tance away, their little son, about ten
years old, climbed into tbe pen where
six of tbe wild bogs were. As soon as
bis feet toncbed the ground, tbe brutes
seized him. The shrieks of the poor
child soon reach bis father and mother,
wbo were near enough to witness the
awful sight. Tbe fran'ic mother first
reached tbe pen, but not in time to save
tbe boy. Here was an arm aud there a
leg, and the poor child was dead. What
followed can better be imagined than
described. M r. Hay nes and bis stricken
wife Lave tbe syaipatby. of the entire
community.
, According to tbe Curwiosvillc Times,
a young lady in that place picked up a
pretty little striped kitten out in the
barn one day. She buried ber clothes
right away, and now sbe positively de
clares that she will never pick op any
more "stray kittens." Skuck.
There is serious talk among a nam
ber of tbe prominent citizens of Ches
ter about forming a vigilance commit
tee, to purge that vicinity ef the bur
glars who bave recently been commit
ting tbeir depredations almost with ln-
putity.
The Warren Ledger says there will
be but few sheriff's sales in thit conn
ty, this winter, for the reason that prop
erty will sell for nothing, and plaintiffs
have no money to pay costs. TL
Brookville Jrffersonian advertises one
hundred and eleven sheriff's sales.
A Philadelphia Alderman enforced
an old statute against profane swearing,
against a lawyer who forgot himself and
swore at the Justice, and thns the dig
nity of tbe Alderman's court was main
tained, and the law was vindicated.
Strawberries, fresh from viues in the
open air, in Georgia.
Tbey have a gold mine in Iowa. They
gel two cents' worth of gold out of
ton of sand.
Tennessee bas 250 000 dog. The
annual ccat of their keeping is $1,000,
000. There are about one-third more
dogs than tinman beings in the State,
and they kiil 5,009 sheep annually.
A thief burned the barn of Philip
Waiker in Sua er.-et county. The
thief was caught and is iiow in jail.
Mi'! Creek, Huntingdon county, is
awakened by a religions revival.
A colored man is in in C'auibiia
county on a charge of poisoning four
horses, owned by a farmer.
People in Bedford county bave sniatj
pox.
Three hundred and thirty-five of tbe
three hundred and fifty children in the
common schools of Bedford bare been
vaecinated.
Those wbo believe ic the Darwinian
theory of the origin of tbe bnman fam
ily will be pleased to team the fact tbat
a grand banquet was recently given in
Paris in honor of a monkey which bad
completed twenty-five years' service in
a circus tbere.
This story of the turning of the ta
bles by a woman, comes from Russia,
and is told by tbe Kitvlinnint of Kew
That paper says that a yonr.g woman of
tbeir acquaintance had fallen in love
with a doctor wbo was studying at tbe
St. Vladimir University. She went to
ak him to marry ber. lie refused.
She shot bim.
The shooting of a California lion is
related by the Sonora, (Cal.,) Inde
pendent: A California lion, which bas
long been a terror to tbe solitary Afri
can of Indian Bar, was killed by, a
woman known as "Slim Josie," under
tbe following circumstances : Josie
came to tbe county last spring, and
owns a small ranch, occupied by bcr, a
cow aud calf, a pair of pigs and a large
dog. The dog and calf are now no
more, and tbeir taking off led to tbe
killing of tbe lion. Two weeks ago
Josie's dog, Bally, went out on a bunt
and returned no more. Josie, who is
strong-minded and fears not the demon
man, went oat and scoured the woods
for three days. On tbe evening of the
third day she found poor Bully cold
and stiff, clapped in the embrace of
death. He had been fearfully man
gled in tbe encounter, in wbicb he bad
come off second best. . Josie returned
borne, and all went well until Saturday
night, when sbe was aroused by tbe
bleating of her calf. She arose, took
her trusty rifle and sallied oat to the
pea. Oa bet arrival at tbe pea sbe
paused, and in tbe bright moonlight
sbe plainly perceived a large lion tear
ing and eating ber ealf. The rifle was
prosaptly leveled and tbe lion sprang
into the air and dropped dead, with a
ballet in bis brain. A soon as tbe
African beard of tbe taking of bis
enemy be went and popped the ques
tion to Josie, who answered by booting
bim iff tbe ranch. Sbe now reigns
supreme.
A loony fellow from Mooksetb, New
Hampshire, attempted to shoot bis wife
a day or two ago. A defect in tbe cap
on tbe piste! prevented tbe discharge ot
tbe weapon, and thereby there is one
murderer less in tbe countty. He was
arrested. ,
On Saturday George Baker waa
buiied alive in a well forty feet deep,
under twelve feet of ground tbat caved
in, at Middletown, N. Y.
A lad aged 14 years, named Samuel
Sbibles, eoiutuitted suicide at Thomas
eon. Maine.
The Philadelphia and-Reading coal
and iron company will close all of tbeir
collieries exeept ten, in a few days. It
in said 10,000 men will be thrown out
of employment by tbis necessary cur
tailment of the business.
To extinguish kerosene flimes fling a
cloth over them, or, if the fl.ur barrel
la baudier, throw oa floor, which ' ab
sorbs the fluid, kills tbe flames, and can
be readily cleaned np afterward.
In Rutland, Vt, six miles from Wa
tertown, on Tuesday afternoon a week,
Sarah Conk lie, aged fourteen years,
while returning from school through a
piece of woods, was murdered. W ben
tbe body was fonnd it waj supposed tbe
girl bad received a fall wbicb caused
ber death ; but on Thursday an officer
visited the spot and found indications
that the girl had been murdered, and
there is strong evidence against a boy
aged 16 years, named Rutar, wbo lived
near the scene of the innrder. It is
believed that be attempted a wore
crime than murder, and failing in that
killed the girl witb a small hammer.
lie was tracked to and from the spot,
and a hammer was found which fits the
indentation in the girl's forehead. Kutar
has been arrested.
Mrs. Mary Grant, aged 61 years,
while laboring under temporary insanity
in Pottstown, Pa., on Thursday even
ing, threw herself from a window of tbe
residence of bor son, Mr. John Grant,
from the effects of which she died with
in fifteen minutes after the occurrence.
; On Friday morning, while Joseph
ft ild wan digging a vault under a brew
ery in Pottsville, a large mass of l.x,.e
earth and coal caved in tpou him, kill
ing bim instantly. His scu'l was frac
tured, bis jiws broken, aud a leg
crushed. '
An elopement occaried at Oil City
on Tuesday night a week. The lady
most romantically descended from her
window by a step-ladder, met ber lover,
who had a special train io waiting near
at hand, and was conveyed to Tiius
vilie, where the marriage ceremony was
performed.
A State Convention convened at Co
lutnbos, Obio, to-day, to consider tbe
tramp nuisance.
Two lady evangelists are moving re
ligioos mattera in St. Louis.
Horrible St ry from Chicago,
Which -the Chicago Times of ihe
2nd says created a profound seDsatit.n
the day before, by tbe discovery of tbe
bodies of a beautiful woman and female
infant packed in a barrel at Adams Ex
press company's office. The woman'
body was destitute of all clothing ex
eppt stockings. Tho bodies were taken
to the Morgue. Tbe barrel was direct
ed to S. K. Greene &, Co., Iowa City,
Iowa
The trackman who took the barrel to
tbe express office says be received it at
a bouse near the co ner of Twenty
fourth and Wabash avenue.
From all appearance the w3Tnan bad
recently given birtb to a child. Tbere
were a few marks on the body, but
nothing to show bow death ensued.
Later intelligence states that the body
of tbe woman bas been identified as
tbat of Mrs. Emma P. Adam, tbe wife
of a prominent hardware dealer ot tbat
city, who is at present in New York
city.
Sew Advertisements.
J'UN UcLAUGULl.V,
IKSUEANCE AGENT,
PORT ROY Jr., JUSldTA CO., PA.
EOn'y reliable Compaiit- represented.
Dec. 8, 1875-ly
Executor's Xotice.
Eilait of Adam Shoop, Sr., dectastd.
WHEREAS Letters TesUmentary on
the estate of Adam Shoop, Sr., late of
Greenwood towBkbip, deceased, have been
granted to tbe undersigned , ail persons
indebted to tbe said eUte are reqoesMd to
make immediate payment, and those bavins
claims will please present tbem properly
auiucniicaietl lor aeiiienient, to
ADAM SHOOP, Jr., Aim'r.
Dec. 8, 1876. , . . .
Xtttice to AhenBTH.
NOTICE is hereby given tbat tbe newly
elected Aaaeaaors for the rear !HT:'i m
requested to call at tbe Commissioner'
wuceon rmuAi, uttlMBt iu,
and lilt their Trauscnpta, aa they will be
required to proceed immediately and make
their asacssrueots. By order of the Board.
JAMES DEES, CUrk.
llifflintown. Dec. 1, 1875-21
Administrator's Aotlce.
Eilalt of Jtrmiak Kirk, iectaud.
LETTERS of Administration on the es
tate of Jeremiah Kirk, late or Delaware
township, deceased, having been arant-
ed to tbe undersifrned, all persona in
debted to the said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those bavins;
claims will pioaae pntaeal them without de
lay to J. A. ACKER,
J.ov.24, 18.5. jSdmiwtrator.
Large stock of ready made elotbrog of the
Ulest and choicest styles, tor inea and
boys, bats, caps, boots and shoes, notions,
fmniahirip goods in endiess variety for sale
at Samuel buayer'a, m Fatttrsoo.
OB PRINTING Of CVKKT KIND
" done at this office. .
Xew Advertisement.
OPPOSITE THE
Odd Fellows Hall
MIFFLIXTOfrH. pa.
THE undersigned has in atock, t the
Store formerly kept by J. C. Wright,
on Bridge street, a full tine of
STOVES.
which be will deliver to any part of the
town or cuuutj.
OLD STOVES AJfD METAL TRADED IX.
Keep on hand all kinds of
Castings, Fire Brick, Corrugated EI
botes, and Pipe. Coal. Hods, Lard
Cans, Bake Pans, ic,
a rcLt Lias or
TINWARE,
Both Pressed and Home-made, all of the
best mitctial and wnrhmatishfp, which- will
be okl at LOWEST OAS 11 KATES'
REPAIRING XCATLT DOSE.
SFOL'TIXG and KEPA1KI.VG promptly
attended to in all parts of the county
The "HARVEST HOwE." which is now
admitted to ys the best cook and biker, and
tbe "COKONET PARLOR, which was
warded the premium at the kite State Fair
at Lancaster, are specialties.
LEVI DUNDORE.
Dec. 8, 187i-5t
AsNlgttees' Xotlee.
Attirnid Estate of iibr F. MrCahau md
Jjme$ Emory McCnckau.
NOTICE is hereby given that Tfjlbur F.
McCahait aud James Emory Mc'-'ah in
have mide a general assignment for the
l-enent of the it creditors to Ihe unrtersignea.
All persons indebted to said Estate are re
quested to make payment forthwith, and
those having cUims In present them to
JOSEPH PEN NELL,
ROBERT McSlEEN,
Nov. 17. 1875. Astigmeet.
Reg-inter's Hoilee.
""V OTICE Is hereby given that the fol
i.1 following named persons have H.ed
their Administrators', Executor' and Uuar-
dian accounts in the Register's OIHre of
Juniata county, and the same will be pre
sented lor continuation and allowance at
I he Court House iu .liifiliatown, on Tues
day, lember 21, 1875 :
1. The account or Amanda Mange!, ad
ministrator of Daniel Mangel, deceased, late
of Susquehanna township.
2. The account of William Casner, ad
niiiiisttaUir vt William llossler, deceased,
laU) of Reule township.
& Supplemental account of S. G. Dress
ier, executor of tlu: last w ill and tustament
of Jacob Dressier, deceased, kite of Sus
quehanna township.
4. The tint and Unal account of Samuel
Black, exeetitiir of Margaret Black, lata ui
Port Royal, ileccavd.
5. The ac..i;rit of Samuel Showers, ad
ministrator of the es'ato of Simon Biim,
deceased, late of the borough of Uitfliu
town. -
H. The final account ef C. G. Shelly, ex
ecutor of Susanna M usser, deceased, late ot
Delaware iownswip.
7. The account of Christian Musser,
Trustee, appointed Dec. 6, eM7, by the Or
phans Court of J uii iata county to sell the
real estate of John aloist, deceased, late of
Fermanagh township, as stated by John
M usser, one of the executor of Christian
Musser. deceased.
8. The tirst awl final account of Joseph
Gayinan, administrator of .Michael S tiik,
deceased, late ot Fayette township.
1). The Ui st and Una! account of Peter
.Shullenbcrer, administrator of William
KatiSiuan, decease 1, late of Fayette town
ship. 10. The supplemental account of John S.
Lukcns administrator ot Whiteside Lukens,
deceased. . ;
11. The final account of David HerUler,
administrator of John S::ioker, deceased,
late of Spruce Hill township.
1J. The tirst and dual account of Joseph
Rottirock ai:d Sar;ih R. Bartlcy. administra
tors of Cornelius Bariley, deceased, late ot
tlo borough of Miilliitt'iwn.
IS The account of James Irwin and Geo.
McCulloch, executors ot Saluuel Lawjon,
deceased.
14. Tbe acconnt of Melinda Langhlin,
now Melinda Beale, executrix of the last
will and testament of Matthew Langhlin,
deoess-d, late of Tnscar.ra township.
' 13. The account of Gewge W. I.yrer
Gunidian ot Jotrjthnn II. and Lm-ien C
Kline, minor children of Leonard and M iry
Kline.
It. The 6nai -count of John titnrieli.
Gnard:anol Matilda Mort, minor child ot
Hei.rv Moist, deceased, lale of Fermanagh
township.
17. The first and Una! account of J. Shel
bnm RohiusoD. Guardian of Marian L. I un
ninichaiu. 1. The final acoimt of Jacob Weiser,
Gnardinn ot Jonatbin 11. Kline, son ot
Leonard 11. Kline, deceased, late off Millord
township.
19. Tbe first and final account of John
Mtzer, administrator of Louisa Young,
late ot Waiker township, deceased.
J. T. J1ETL1X, Rtfhltr.
TfEoisTEa's Orricr.,
MiHIintown, Nov. 22, 1876. ,
NEW
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Bridge Street, Jliffiintown, Pa.
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ail who want GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS
of themselves or their friends to give him
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place to get
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he invites all his Triced and the public gen
erally to favor bim wih their patronage,
and they will be accommodated with any
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Small Pictures copied and enlarged.
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Mifflintown, Jan. 7, 1874.
B. LOUDON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
in room oa second story of R. E. Parker's
ccw building, oa
Main Street, Mifflintowa, Pa,
FASHIONABLE GOODS always oa
hand.
CUSTOM WORK DONE oa the shortest
notice.
GOODS SOLD by the yard or pattern.
PERSONS baying good can baie item
cut in garments free of charge. '
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Rent Estate.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE !
B7 virtue ef proceedings in partition, ani
an order baned ont of tbe Orphans'
Court of Jnniata county, the undersigned,
Administrator of the estate ol Isaac Hawn,
Iste of the borough of Port Royal, dee'd,
will sell at the late residence of said dece
dent, in Port Royal, at 1 o'clock r. on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1875,
the following valuable property, to wit :
So. 1. Lot No. 140, situate in said bor
ough, bounded on the sooth 62 fee by Mar
ket street, on the west by lot of J. H. Mc
Attsvrr tck to North alu-T, wt the sort
62 feet by North alley, and ob the east by
Filth street to the plaice of beginning, hav
ing erected npon it a large and completely
finished
FRAME HOUSE,
and other buildings. Upon this lot there
aro a large number of choice Fruit Trees of
all kinds of fruit.
'o. 2 Lot o 130, sitnate in same bor
ough, bounded on the south 62 feet by North
alley, on the west by lot ot Wm. Brown
bach to North street, on the north 62 feet
by Noith street, and on the eat by Fit'tU
street to the place of beginning, having
thereon erected a large FRAME STABLE.
1 hese lets are near each other, there b-ing
only an alley between them.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-fourth of the purchase money to be
pnkl wtT the sale is confirmed bv the Coirrt;
one-fourth m one yer from iKTember 21,
1C76, with intermt ; tbe reinamin one-half
at the death of the widow, Eiuva. J Hawn ;
tbe second payment to be secured by Judg
ment hood The ono-hair of tiw pmchase
money shall remain in the aotl of th - pur
chaser during the natural life 'f the widow.
Elixa J. II iwn, to be secured by bond and
mortgage upon tho premises, the intereof
to be paid to Klisa j. Hawir, snwnally, by
the purchaser, his heirs and assigns hold
ing the premises, and at the death of the
widow the pri.-icipal to be paid to tbe per
son or persons legal I v entitled thereto.
SAUMEL BUCK.
Adra'r of Isaac Hawn, deerued.
Nov. 24, 1S75.
ORPHANS'
COURT. SALE!
THE undersigned. Executors of the es
tate of Samuel Stine, Sr., deceased,
will, by virtue of an onier of the Orph;ins
Court of Juniata county, expose tbe rollow
iug described real estate et said decedent
at fMiblic sale, on the premise at the Man
sion loue, in Fermanagh township, at one
o'clock r. on
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1375,
Xo. 1. A tract of a!out 1 1(1 Acre
of farm land m Fermanagh, township, Juni
ata county, bounded by Lauds of Simon
Miioima, Abraham Kook, Christian Sieber
and others, having thereon erected a good
STONE FARM HOUSE,
LARGE BAXK BARX,
and a complete set of outbuildings. Tbia
farm is well located, near mills, church is,
and schools, and ha crowim; upouit a good
APPLE OK'.ilAUD ai.d a line selection of
other fruits. The land is of good quality,
well watered, and in a line state of cultivation-
Xo. 2 A tract of TIMBERLAXD in
Fayette townsnip. along tho loot nf Shade
mountain, adjoining lauds of J.reuiiuh
Bushey, Enos Hergy and others, containing
about
O.tE HIXDREI? ACRES.
This tract is well set with chestnut and
other valuable tiniher. It is ej ufy accessi
ble, and is constantly growing in value.
Xo. 3. A tract of WOODLAXD in Fer
managh towuchip, bounded by lands of Si-ni-in
Munmia, STm. Peoples and others, con
taining about TWELVE ACKE5.
Xo. 4 A Saw Jiiil tru.-t of Woodland in
Fayette towuship, bouuded by loads of
Jacob Mover. Adaiu Spoiihower and others,
containing TURKU Ati(IS, more or . less,.
There is a good water power on this tract,
aud a ,, '
erected thereon, which, with slight repairs.
can b at once pat in operation.
Possession will be given of the mid farm
on the 1st diiy of April, lH7o,.and of tho
otner tracts at any nine alter tbe compli
ance witb the conditions of the sale.
TERMS OF SALE.
Ten per cent, of ihe purchase money to
be paid when, the projivrty ia stricken down
to liie purchaser; ri:ten- per Cent- when
th sale is dml! lued by tuu Coir, t ; lortv
per Cent, in live maeilhs Irvtu the . conttron
lion of the sole; ant liio btlanee in seven
teen months Iroui iba date ol eontirinatiou ;
the last two payments to bo secured bv
judgita-nt utHKt with waive of inquisition,
ana io Ix-nr interest Ironi the time posses
sion is ucuvcrcj ol sain lands Io the l-nr-
cb.iser. HENkY ST I ME.
SAMUEL STIXE,Jr
Executors of Samuel Sliue, Sr., dee'd.
Xov. 2i, 1B7-5. ,
ADJ0LR.NED 0RPIIAAS'
COURTVSALE!
THE nndentiimed. Administrator of tho
estate ot Samuel H Okesoii, deceased,
will, by virtue of an order of sale issued by
the Orphans' Court of Juniau cennty, ex
pose tbe following described real estate,
Kte tbe property of said decedent, to pub
lic sa!e, on the premises, in tteale township,
said county, at 2 o'clock r. m., on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1875,
Xo. I. A tract of land in said township,
bounded by lands of Joseph Pomerov's
heirs, Andrew Patterson. Jouathan B. Oke
son, and Tnscarora creek, containing
S ET EXT T-FIVE ACRES,
mora or less, having thereon erected a good
TW0-ST0RY FRAME rTnTTRT?.
by 4-5 feet, with basement ; also, a good
I.or and Stiinn Diver I ivil uneai?
BARN, WAGOX S HED, and' outbuildings!
No. 2 A tm-t nf I .nH f u:..
bounded by lands of Andrew Patterson,
Senium in Ilertzle-r. Marian' t.
J - " aav. ii a9 J U. -
rora creek, and toe tract herein before de
scribed, containing
SEVENTY ACRES.
more or less, h.v in v ihpwAn iwtiul - T rw
TENANT HOUSE. About Fifteen Acres
or tbia tract are well set with good timber ;
the residue is fenced and u a high state ol
cultivation.
The two tracts will ho u.M ...
ately or together, to suit the convenience
ot purchasers.
This xoperty is situated abont one-fonrth
of a mile from Aeademia, in a neighborhood
noted for the intelligence and culture of Its.
monk, and th f.-ri 1 1 it ..f it. I .... 1 1 i.
tlose proximity to one of the best school!
ii m outie, ana near ennrcnes, stores- and
mil la. There i. a rin mt.--t,. ... nr F ...;..
the premise, and the land is well watered.
TERMS Or SALE.
TK1 aVssVT, tMtrl sv ill ho .nl.l a...
-- " f vjrs. a t iaa w 9VIU asiiisjajm, V m
a dower in favor of Margaret A. Okeson. of
about $3,lH)tt p,y.We at ber death, aud thw
balance upon tbe following terms : Ten per
eent waen the property is stricken down t
the purchaser; tilteen per cent, when the
sale is continue by the Court; one third
musrauer on tn nrat aav ot April.
187ti ; and t) niiln. In i.n ... n .. 1 .nn,..i
payments, witb interest from April 1, W,
scvurcu oyjuagmeni notes.
JAMES B. OKESttjs,
Adm'r of Saruael B. Okesou, dee'd.
Sow. 24, 187i.
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angiVm - MiHIintown, Pa.