SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MlFFM-VTOWN.
TTe-elitesday. Jaaaarr 11, 1ST.
J. ;JF, S C HWJ IEK,
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They want an amnesty for Jeffer
hob Davis. If he lived in any other
country he would Te mipplied with a
bempen rope:
tiovuM.B Habtbanft will be re
tvrenrnTifed as Otmrrnor "of this Com
monwealth, do Tuesdsy, January 18,
1876. The inaugural ceremonies wilt
lake place at 12 o'clock noon of said
day.
The Democratic Ways and Means
Committee in Congress have elected
Dr. JLunmon'l, of Georgia, chief
rlerk. Hammond has a child called
AVilkes Booth Hammond, named for
tho cRKuwnn of Abraham Lincoln.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is in
-working order. The trouble as to
the status of the Legislature under
the new Constitution in cases of ad
journment, such as that of last spring,
w.is disposed of by a conference com
mittee, the result of which was adopt
ed by both Houses agreeing to con
sider no business pending at the
close of the session of last year, un
less re-introduced-
Pesssylvaxu has been under Re
publican administration several years,
and New Xork under Democratic con
trol. The total cost of our State
Government, including about one and
a half millions paid on the public
debt, was a trifle over 1(1(5,000,000 last
year. That oi .New xorn was aooui
16.00O.0OO. and Tilden thinks it
ought to be reduced to $8,000,000.
Yet New York should co6t no more
for its government than Pennsylva
nia. Pittsburg Gazelle.
Free Trade via Canada.
The fact is yet fresb in tbe minds of
the people that less tban two years ago
an effort was made to have a free trade
treaty enacted between Canada and the
UniteJ States. Tbe country did not
object to free trade with Canada, but
their objections were based on tbe
knowledge that Canada bad or eould
have free ports of entry to the trade of
all the worlJ, and through those ports
and over Canadian territory the traffio
of Europe would find it way to tbe
United States, and thus free trade
would virtually be established with all
the world through the treaty for fre
trade with Canada. Tbe treaty failed,
fur the reason that the American peo
ple grew loud in denunciation of it.
There is a measure now in Congress
looking to the revival of this same
scheme. " When it comes np it should
be looked to snd the dangerous features
of the measure or scheme removed.
In CoogreM, aside from the resolu
tions to investigate the departments,
offered by tbe Democrats and admitted
by the Republicans, there are about
five hundred bills introduced, of which
one hundred and fifty are claims on the
Treasury, most of which come Irom the
South and ask for remuneration for
damages sustained during the war. A
bill providing for an appropriation of j
$200,000 to tbe people of Loudon
County, Virginia, which Gen. Sheridan
visited, ia a sampled. These, we pre
sume, are Democratic measures of re
form, and may account for the eager,
ness of tha majority of the House to
cut down the national expenditures.
They hardly care to lay a direct tax on
tbe people, but must have the money
from some source to carry out their
plans. So by reducing tbe army, tbey
hope to get the meana to supply the
dear South with needed cash. Pills,
burgh GazeiU.
A k.t...LCh. farmer named Blade
committed suicide by shooting himself,
on tbe 5th inst., because bis wife had
left him. It is a debatable question
which is tbe greater crime, to shoot the
wife for leaving, or to shoot one's self
for tbe leaving of tbe wife. Tbe status
of the case must be greatly affected by
tbe fact as to who is shot, for if the
wife i shot, nun sit in judgment on
the case and pronounce the penalty of
human law ; but it the husband shoots
himself, the jurisdiction of his fellow
uien is ruled out, and Deity sits in
judgment on his case. It is a great
wrong to shoot either one's self or an
other in such a case. The amount of
satisfaction tbe husband received by
abootiug hinsclf will never be known
to people in ibis world, out viewed irom
what is presumed to be a rational hu
man stand point, be can have little sat
isfacticn by suicide on account of the
naughty acts of a woman.
Lata) era Fight -A Prisoner
Escapes.
In the Criminal Coutt in Memphis,
Tenu., on the 4th inst., two attorneys
became engaged in a rough and tumble
fight, and while the sheriff was separ
ating them a prisoner named Kill Smith
walked off, wish bis handcuffs on and
escaped. The judge sent both the at
torneys to jail, but they were released
on payment of a fine.
rattier Ryan and the Pabllc
scbeeh.
On the 5th inst. Father Ryan, of
Dubuque, Iowa, gave notice to his con
gregation that he would withhold tbe
saenmeots of peuance aud the encba
rist from parishioners who persist in
sending their children to the public
schorls. - ; .7 V'"
PuiLAbSLl'HiA Vachtmen sailed a
race on Sucdav. What is the use in
tending uTtMiouarics tv the heathen ?
The Fashion of One Hundred
Years Ago.
Get out tbe furniture and drei of,
your grand and great fraud parents;
for tbe Centennial Celebration is about
to revolutionize for tbt time being, tbe
thing of fashion, snob as of dress and
furniture. Writing on tbe probable
! change that tbe celebration of tbe hun
dredth anniversary will introduce,
Jennie Jane, a lady fashion writer
says Fashion will do a little eenten
niIiz;ng on ber own account this year.
Novelties in design will revive tbe fa
vorite modes of tbe past century.
Already we bare tbe long slender viaist
buttcncd down tbe back instead of
being fastened in front, tbe restoration
of tbe sleeve closed at tbe wrist, and
spring will see tbe reappearance of tbe
"bodice waist" of forty years ago,
cotikisting of a plain pointed belt id
frout, and a bust part laid full upon
tbe plain lining and , connected by a
pipiog across tbe front. Mrs Croly
alto, goes ou to say that, ear rings
fifty years old, brass candlesticks,, old
andirons, high, stiff backed chairs,
spindle legged tables, carved bureau
with brass bandies, ancient tea caddies
and other things which thousand of
families have sold for a song to deal
ers in second band furniture, are now
worth their weight in gold, and if tbe
old homesteads scattered throughout
the couutry could be transported, with
their contents, to tbe New Fork auc
tion rooms, tbey would bring more than
brown stone bouses and Parisian rose
wood and brocated. This tendency
is growing stronger all the time, and
I will greatly influence tbe fashions in
dress of 1876. Already the ladies are
talking of reviving for house wear the
dresses of white muslin and dimity,
and for tbe street tbe cloth pelisse
which covered tbem. High combs, or
naments wbicb have not seen the light
for generations, are disentombed and
worn with peculiar pride and satisfac
tion.
A Gall for a Christian Convention,
to be held in Philadelphia, Jan-
nary 19 and 20, 1876.
With tbe view of extending the in
fluences of the wonderful meetings of
Moody anil Sankey, tbe Committees in
charge bare issued tbe following call
for a ChiUtian Convention, to be held
in Philadelphia, January 19 and 20,
187C:
Reverend and Dear Si: At a
meeting of tbe Pastors of Philadelphia,
beld December 15, 1875, at wbicb some
150 clergymen, representing all tbe
Evangelical Denominations of the city
were present, it was with great unan
imity Resolved, To hold a Christian
Convention in Philadelphia during the
month of January, and the Committees
now having charge of tbe meetings coo
ducted by Messrs. Moody and Sankey,
were requested to issue a call for such
convention.
In pursuance of this resolution, we
hereby cordially invite all evangelical
ministers, editors of evangelical reli
gious papers, and properly accredited
Christian laymen, to meet in conven
tion at the Depot Building, Thirteenth
aud Market streets, in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday and Thursday, January 19
and 20th. '
Mr. Moody will preside at all the
sessions, acd open most of tbe topics ;
and Mr. Sankey will conduct tbe hing
ing of the convention.
At the morning aud afternoon ses
sions, topics of vital interest in Chris
tian work will be uitcussed, ai.d full
opportunity be given for comparison of
views and plans, and for engaging in
seasons of prayer and praise. In tbe
evening the usual preaching aervice by
Mr. Moody will be conducted.
The follow iog topics are suggested :
Wcmihdit, Jasusi 19tb.
10 A. M. to 11 A. U "Evangelistic Ser
vices: How lo Conduct Them"
11 A.M. to 12 M ' How to Conduct Praver
Mtetiuet."
12 M. to 1 P. M
Praver Meeting.
Tho Usual Noondar
3 P. M to 4 P. M. Inquiry Melings :
Tkeir Impcrfanre and Conduct."
4 P. M. to 5 P. XI. " Training of Young
Converts mui Lav Workers." To bo fol
lowed bv Question and Answer! on
Practical Work
8 P. M. to 9 P. X. The Canal Preaching
Service by Mr. Moody.
Tucasnar, Jasiabt 21th.
10 A. II. to 11 A. U " How skall the Mu
sic bt Conducted in the Lor ft Work "
11 A. M to 12 M " How to Expound and
Illustrate Scripture."
12 H. to I P. M. Tfcs Usual Noonday
Praver Mot-tint;.
5 P. M. to 4 P. M "How to Get Hold of
the .Von-turck Goers."
4 P. It. to 5 P. SI. "Our Young Men:
Ukat Hon Can H't Vo for Tktm t"Io
be followed by Quettious aud Aaswers
on Practical tt ork.
11 lo P-
The Usual Preaching
Pastors of churches, editors of re
ligious papers, professors of theologi
cal seminaries, and ministers engaged
iu church work, will be provided with
homes during their stay in the eity. .
Ministers other than these, and lay
men properly accredited by churches,
will be entitled to all tbe privileges of
tbe convention, except enteitainment
Arrangements have been made with
tbe various railroads centering in tbe
city, to sell at reduced rate Excursion
Tickets, good during the sessions of tbe
convention. By writing to this office
for tbem, orders will be forwarded for
such tickets ou tbe Main Line P. R. R.
from New l'ork to Pittsburg, and in
termediate stations ; Suubury and Erie,
from Erie and intermediate stations ;
Northern Centra1, from Baltimore and
Cacandaigua, and intermediate stations,
and all stations on the West Jersey R.
R. ; also via P. W. and B. from Baltt
tiuiore and intermediate stations. Tbe
Reading R. R. and Lehigh Valley R. R.
will sell Excursion Tickets without or
ders, front all stations, from tbe 17th to
i tbe 20th of January, good till the 31st.
North Feana. R. It. Will sell, without
orders, Excursion Tickets, good till
used.
Beloved brethren, Workers for Christ
throughout tbe country ! Coma np in
the spirit and power of tbe Lord to this
convention ? Bring with you as many
yoke fellows in tbe eause as you can.
Come prepared, if possible, to stay over
the Sabbath, tbat yon may, by actual
contact with the work now going on in
cur city, see something of its magni
tude, and imbibe its blessed spirit of
consecration to tbe work of winning
souls ! Come prepared to impart your
best wisdom and experience on the
topics snggested, and join us in the
fervent prayer that the Master of As
semblies will preside over the conven
tion, and bless it abundantly by an out
pouring of Hi Holy Spirit, and a gen
eral reviving of His church throughout
tbe land !
Those entitled to and wishing enter
tainment will please send their names
and addresses at 1-sst six day before
tbe convention, that cards of introduc
tion to their vsts may be mailed to
the m before leaving their homes. Per
sons applying will please state whether
Pastors, Editors Professors, or iu what
branch of Church work tbt-y are en-
g8ed- .
All communications should be ad
dressed to THOMAS K. CREE, Sec
retary, Tbiiteentb and Market Streets,
Philadelphia.
Fraternally Yours,
Ber. Richard Newton, D. D.,
Chmirman Ministerial Committee.
Bev. J. Wbraloo Smith, D. D.
Rev. K. M. Hatfield, D. 1. .
Kev. C. I). Cooper.
Kev. W. P. Breed, D. D.
kev. W. C. ilendrickson.
Rev. IL L. Way land, D. D.
Kev. A. Kittenbouse.
Kev. T. W. J. Wylie.
Kev. C. P. Masdea.
Kev. Edward Uoadihaler.
Kev. S. A Mutcbmore, I. D. -Kev.
W. H. Nicholson, O. D.
. Kev. W. C. Eobinsoa.
Ber. Jo. K. Kerr.
George H.Stuart,
Ckatrman Extcuttvt Committtt.
Alex. Whillden.
John R. Whitney.
Joshua L. Baily.
James Long.
John Field.
Alexander Brown.
Thomas Potter.
Thomas II. Powers.
John E. Gracfl".
William M. Shoemaker.
Nelson F. Evans.
William A. Levering.
Fbiladelthia, Jan. 1, 1876.
News Items.
Two gambiers had a fight over tbe
result of a game of cards, at Petrolia,
Pa., on the morning of the 5th inst.,
anl were both sent to jail.
A nine-year old boy has mysterious
ly disappeared from Zanesville, Ohio.
Tbey say he was stolen.
Ilagerstown, Md., has a lady citixen
named Mrs. Mary Schnebly aged 103
years.
Plymouth Church pews rented for
$6,000 less this year tban they were
rented for last year. ,
The winter social season bas fairly
opened at Washington.
Gas from a eoal stove suffocated two
men in a close cabin on an oyster boat
on tbe 5tb inst , at Baltimore.
It is something to hear of snow in
this country this year. Tbey bad six
inches of it at Des Moines, Iowa, last
week.
Four counterfeiters were arrested by
Uuited Stales detectives at Chicago
last week.
Tbe ice moved off the Hudson river
last week, and did considerable damage
to boats.
Illinois bas got twenty-one railroads
in the baoJs of receivers.
False hair is not fashionable in Paris
now.
A huge rock, which appears to be
formed almost entirely of serpents in
various positions, but making a solid
mass, bas been found on tbe line of tbe
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and will
be sent east for exhibition.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
on the 4th inst., by all the male pris
oners in the Erie eounty )S. Y.) jail to
escape. Tbe prompt acticn of. the
jailor foiled the conspirators.
Lumbermen in Ottawa, Canada, are
sending np lots of teams to the woods
for the winter at 75 cents to $1 a day.
Choppers are crowding to tbe offices
for work, sod are taking whatever is
offered. Wages are not within 50 per
cent, of what they were last year.
A Tateville, Ky.t correspondent of
tbe Pulaski Reporter furnishes tbe fol
lowing Christmas items from that sec
tion : We have just received intelli
gence tbat tbey bad a good time in the
Cox Bend last night. Plenty of whis
ky and some drunken men. Joe Cox's
wife got shot and old Baby Morgan got
cnt with a knife. We cannot give the
particulars of tbe cutting of Moigan,
but were informed tbat Cox's wife was
shot by Lark Meadows, who, it is said,
fired bis pistol off in tbe house, holding
it np toward tbe roof ef the same, the
ball striking something which turned1 it
in tbe direction to strike Joe's wife in
the mouth. She is not thought to be
dangerously wounded.
A pleasant and amusing incident is
related in tbe Vermont newspapers to
illustrate the gallantry and impulsive
beuevolenee of Governor Peck, of that
State. A few days sgo, near his home,
tbe Governor passed a house where a
poor woman was endeavoring to saw
and split some wood. He immediately
relieved the woman of tbe axe, and
worked strenuously until a large quan
tity of tbe wood had been prepared for
the fire.
In 1802 a family named G'rover left
Leicestershire, England, and came to
this country, bringing with them some
bread which tbey baked before starting ;
and they say tbat Mrs. II. C. G rover,
of Lawreas, N. Y., has a piece of tbat
bread yet. It is now 79 years old, and
if Mrs. Grover intends to eat it while
it is fresh, it is about time sbe was at it.
At last it bas been found out of what
the celebrated China bird's nest is made.
It is a rest bird's nest, built by a specie
of swallow, tbat gathers for material
for its nest, a certain kind of sea-moss
that floats about the islands and coast
of the China sea.
Mrs. Lewis died in Bergen county.
N. J., a few days since. ' Sbe was' tbe
widow of a commander in the United
States navy, who won bis rank from tbe
deek. For many years tbe old woman
had lived alone, only emerging occa
sionally when business required it
Bent double with sge, and making ber
way painfully, (he had the reputation
among the ignorSaf of being a witcb,
and she was shunned accordingly.
At Cresceut, Mew York, there lives
two twins by tbe name of Lansing, now
in their seventy-fourth year, one whom
was born one year and one tbe next
Tbe former came late on New Year's
eve, and the latter early NeW'Y ear's
morning.
A farmer in Cambria county having
tbe deed of his farm in bis vest pocket,
bong tbe garment ou tbe fence while at
work in bis field; and a cow Same along
ate part of tbe vest and tbe deed. Tbe
question in that vicinity now ia, is tbat
cow a freeholder, as tbe title of tbe
land was duly vested ber.
A plaintiff in a Pittsburg case bas
sued a lawyer for slander in calling
the plaintiff a liar, and saying that if
certain bonds got into plaintiff's hands
he would steal tbem. $50,000 dam
ages are claimed.
Tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company
can complete 100 cars in a week at
tbeir shops in Altoona.
Tbe citixens of Muncy sre raising $1
subscriptions for the.purpoae of erect
ing a monument to Captaia John Bra
dy, wbo was killed by the Indians near
tbat place in April 1779.
. Five brothers in York county are
tbe fathers of fifty-three children.
At Osborne, Mo., on tbe Hannibal
and St Joseph Railroad, on Thursday
night the 8th, burglars broke into a
drug store and stole a bottle of ahlo
roform, with which they drugged tbe
whole town. Tbey tobbed both hotels
all the stores and many private resi
dences. Tbey secured several dollars
and escaped.
A Circassian girl iu Reading, Pa.,
shows a pair of stockings that sbe says
she made entirely out of her own hair.
They are thick, heavy, and soft, and !
seem to be of pure hair. The upper i
edes are secured with scarlet worsted
work. Sbe says her bair grows to a '
great length and tbat sbe ia compelled
to have it cut. Tbe stockings were
knit while sbe was on exhibition at i
Barnum's museum.
Christopher Vanslyke, while saluting
tbe Centennial on New Year's morning
at Utica, N. Y., shot his daughter Em
ma, sged seventeen, dead.
The once notorious colored lawyer
of Greenville, Miss., J. D. Werles,
walked aboard a boat lying at tbe
wharf a few days ago, and accosted a
couple of cart men with, "Did yen ever
see any one commit suicide !" They
both answered, "No," when he rejoin,
ed, "Then watch me," and leapiog in
to the river, was drowned before be
could be reached.
A member of the California Legislature
bas a bill for the establishment of whipping
pasts tor the benefit of wife beater. An
exchange says : "This ia the right move in
the right direction. It is hard on a gen
tleman to bare to whip his wife while she
is untied and can squirm, or to be obliged
to improvise a whipping post out of a bod
post. A puLlic post for this purpose would
till a need long and urgently felt, and we
trust the praiseworthy example of this Cal
ifornia person will be followed by soma Ben
efactor of bis married fellow-citiiena in
each and every state in this Union."
A Fiend Incarnate Expledet a
Snip to s;et Insarance Money.
A few days ago a man named Thomas,
said by some people to be an European,
and by others declared to be an Amer
ican with only an European residence,
sent an infernal machine on board the
steamship Mosel, lying . at Bremerba
ven, Enrope, ready to sail, which ex
plosion killed and wounded about 170
people. He bad shipped a parcel of
articles on which be had obtained large
insurance, and expected to have his
machine to blow tho ship to pieces
somewhere on the ocean. Tbe explo
sion, however, occurred sooner tban
was calculated, and while the fiend him
self was about the boat He did not
intend to sail in the Mosel, but expect
ed to follow by another ship, aod by
aod by get tbe money for which bis
goods were insured. He was danger
ously wounded by tbe explosion.
The following particulars relative to
tbe explosion are from European dis
patches: It appetrs that just before the Mo
sel was about to sail a eart containing
four cases and a barrel, was being un.
loaded for shipment. Suddenly a ter
rible explosion occurred. The effect
wss horrible. Tbe quay was then
thronged with people partly beloagiog
to tbe steamer, partly spectators, and
partly passengers wbo had remained
there to take a last farewell of their
friends. Aa eye witness who stood un
der tbe gangway of the Mosel, on hear,
ing tbe terrible report saw a number of
black lumps flying about in the air
whilst very few of the persons oo land
remained visible. Apprehending a
boiler explosion, he threw himself flat
on deck, wbre Le received a volley of
sand, broken glass, fragments of flesh,
bones, ic. The devastation on board
tbe Mosel was terrific. No skylight ,
was left ; the cabins aft, starboard and
port, were either crushed in or .bulged
out Ly the pressure or altogether
smashed ; tbe aide plates of the ship
were burst the ports, with their
glasses and rivets, forced inwards,
and the whole ship' was besmeared with
blood and stuck over with pieces of
flesh and other human debris. In the
hold snd all parts of the ship were
found arms, legs and other portions of
the human frame ; thus the lower bold
received some limbs through the jspen
hatchways. The sides of tbe hatch
ways were burst by the pressure, and
tho front of tbe navigation cabin on
deck were stove in. The whole ship
was littered with glass shreds, which
even filled tbe disbes from the steam
kitchen as tbey were being served to
tbe 'tween deck or steerage passengers.
Tbe tog got off comparitively unhurt,
being so much more belnw tbe quay
line tban the Mosel ; still, tbe whole of
its deck was - destroyed. Tbe crew
came off with a mere fright, only tbe
engineers and stokers having been ban
slightly. On land, where tbe package
bad beea unloaded, a bole bad been
produced from six to seven feet deep.
The whole place bad been strewn with
limbs, shreds of dress, Ac. - In large
reeking pools of blood you might see
here an arm, there a calf, intestines,
mutilated busts, 4o. Among lbs moat
horrible details of this ealamity is the
fate of the Elmer family, wbo Mere
seeing off one of their sons to Califor
nia. The father, mother, son and son-
in-law are dead, all four; the dauth.
tei-in law bas bad ber arm, and her
child iu band, blown off. Tbe ease
which exploded had been in the care
of the carrier, Westermann, of Breiu
erhavea, and was accompanied on its
way to tbe s earner by a Mr. Tumforde,
of whom it is said all trice bas been
lost. Tbe eart was shattered into thou,
sands of splinters, and tbe poor horse
has had his four feet bloan off near
tbe hoofs.
The authorship of tbe terrible eata.
trophe s now traced to W. K. Thomas
a passenger of the Mosel. Thomas bas
acknowledged tbat be was tbe owner of
of tbe barrel which exploded, and tbat
be intended to take this barrel on board
the vessel for tbe purpose of sinking
ber. Tbe motive of this diabolical
wickedness appears to hav been the
Lope of gaining a large sum by meana
of exaggerated and fictitious insurance,
and the sum thus obtained was to have
been shared with others. ' He is' per.
fectly conscious, and answers all que.
cions put to biro
He is in the same
room with many of his victims. Ac
cording to information at present in
possession of the police, Thomas bad
prepared only one barrel for the carry.
ring out of his horrid work, although a
report had spread in Bretnerbaven tbat
a number of machines had been put on
board tbe Mosel. - This barrel was
made for Thomas by tbe mastercooper,
Delvendahl. It was made of strong
materials, and was divided by means of
a partition in tbe middle, through which
there was a hole. In the one division
it is assumed tbat Thomas had placed
the igniting apparatus, aod tbe other
was filled with dynamite. He accom
panied tbe barrel when it was taken to
the depot of the North German Llyod
Company, acd told the porters it should
be bandied with care. , It is supposed
that his plan was to effect the ignition
by means of a clock work apparatus,
wbicb in all probability was to have
been set in motion when he arrived at
Southampton, to which plaee only he
bad booked. It appears that he in
tended to sail ' with the ill fated
Deutschland, bat tbe apparatus for ef
fecting the ignition was not completed
in time. . Tbe nouber of the , victims
is constantly being increased. Ac
cording to autbentio information tbe
list of dead and wounded amounts to
170 persons. Tbe scene at tbe hospit
al dead-house was of tbe most barrow,
ing cbaraoter. Tbe mutilated remains
filled a large basket which four strong
"men could hardly carry. ' There were
a number of heads, which from time to
time were inspected by people looking
for friends or relatives. About thirty
wounded persons were in tbe hospital,
as many "others were in private houses.
Nearly every family in the little town
has suffered severely.
Railroad War iu Mew Jersey.
Intelligence from New Jersey repre
sents that the difficulties between tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
tbe Delaware and Bound Brook Rail
road Company near the village of Hope
well, New Jersey, about twelve miles
from Trenton, whore the latter insists
on crossing tbe track of the former,
culminated on tbe evening ef tbe 5th
inst, in a formidable struggle between
the two. Tbe Mercer and Somerset
Railroad, a branch of the Pennsylva
nia, in order to prevent the Delaware
and Bound Brook road from crossing at
the point above mentioned, have had
all summer and fall a locomotive stand
ing on tbe spot of the intended cross
ing, so as to prevent tho frog from be
ing laid, and the Delawore and Bound
Brook road from making a connection.
This engine, in order to let the regu
lar trains pass, bad to go on the siding
at each arrival, aod after it passed
would return again to tbe disputed spot
On the evening in question as soon as
this engine passed on tho siding, about
two hundred laborers, in tbe employ of
the Delaware and Bound Brook road,
suddenly appeared and tore up the
siding and built a temporary structure
so aa to enable them to go on with, the
work. Tbe Pennsylvania road officials
being informed of tho fact sent an en
gine and broke through this temporary
Btruetuw, bws in doing so it ran off the
traek and was knocked down (be bill.
In bVeantitnefV frog wJas put down
and, a Bound Brook engine placed on
tho fiog and ehaiaed down fast to the
ties with immense chains. A barricade
ot rails snd wood wss built round it,
and at last accounts tbe Delaware and
Bound Brook Company were masters of
the situation. The excitement was in
tense. Several thousand people gath
ered about th crossing, and serious
trouble became,, imminent . Militia
companies of tho 3tate were eailed to
the scene, tut by adjustment by tbe
courts tbe trouble was ended on Satar
day, and tbe Bound Brook engine ran
over tbe crossing'. The people went
borne, tbe railroaders went to work,
sod the militia were withdrawn, and
that's all of it .".'''' . . . ;
A Woman Rctaraa Clalrxt
acr.IIaabaadj after i.ajs Ab
- aeacc f Forty Years.
From the Providence Press, Dec. 2"
"A case bas recently transpired ic
Newport wbicb bas given rise to no lit
tle gossip in circles where it has become
known, being the return of tbe lawful
ly wedded wife of a man, after an ab
sence of forty years, to assert ber ma
rital rights. ' The rtory as related is in
substanoo as follows : Some forty years
ago import says forty two,) a young
man and maiden in Ibat eity were
united to each' other in tbe bonds of
wedlock. However - smoothly the
course ef true love may have been be-
toto tne act matrimonial, ltsappears to j
have become Strangely ruffled quite
soon after. A - brief - period, report
..-. l-r. or fi,,.. . tha hloominr
. . . . ..
urme, mv nw vi u insaiisgi? tuwo
having scarce died away, in a clandes.
tine manner and for no known eause,
left bin whom she had vowed to love
and cherish, and fled to paits unknown.
For two years nothing was heard from
or of ber, when all at once she pre.
sented beiself to the astonished pie
of her deserted husband. Tbe latter,
it may readily bo supposed, was not
overjoyed to see her after such unsc.
countable behavior on ber part. He
gave her to understand that be was not
in readiness to resume marital relations
with her, when she retorted that be
need give himself no fnrtber uneasiness
on tbat score as she had obtained a di
vorce. Tbe husband replied tbat be
was rejoiced to learn that,' as il bad
saved bim the trouble and expense of
taking measures to procure a divorce ;
on his own account as be bad intended j
, . . ., i -r. j .
doing. The pair then drifted apart,!
. . . t
aw ULsppeanug aga.u ..ou. im. reg.on,
while be resumed the even teuor of bis j u,, ,h weapon was accidentally discharg
way. Feeling tbat he Was freed from ed while pointed at Ja-nes Brady, the ball
the bonds' of matrimony, and not favor- entering his fore-bead and coming ont back
i.s lifa of inl. hMPftn." ho ' bis "K"' H die1 on hu
-a -
ovugu. v. . . -
wooed sna won her, ana tor the second
time becsice a married man. The see.
end uiatrlniouial alliance was attended
with better results tban tbe first.
Children ' were born to
tbem as the f
!
years rolled on, and being iudustrious emimira of Juniata, Perry and Cnu:ber
and frugal, tbe pail accumulated a snug ! ,at"' tn'" HniniHe Jonathan Weiser
. and John Kounv, Judges of the said
nine property, auu lew j ear ago, oe-
ins in infirm health, the busband rave
. , . ., "
nn a. in a in ti I r.. n n t .nil h... tn
up active employment, ana uas smce
been deriving as much comfort as usu- 1
...,,,, i I
ally falls to the lot. of a man under ;
such circumstances, lie had never !
heard from the-woman he had formerly
called his wife since tbeir last inter
view,' and, believing himself entirely
free from ber, gave himself no iurtLer
uneasiness concerning ber. Forty years
have elapsed since tbat time What
was his astonishment when one day a
short time since a ring at bis door bell,
ao', on being sdmitted, introduced ber.
self to tbe household as the wife of its
head. Here was a scene. Wife No.
2 was aware of this nreviou m.rri.M. !
o i
but believed it to have been abrogated j
by a decree of divorce. The husband,
' '
too, withstood ber claim, adducing in
support, ber own story of a divorce re- i
, r, ,
lated forty years ago. She admitted I
having thu. informed bim, but elaimcd
that it was all a shsm, tbat she waa
still bis lawful wife, and was here to
claim her rights and privileges under
that head. This is tbe status of mat.
ters in this particular household at tbe
present writing. Where she bas kept
herself in. ail these years does not
readily appear, but it is quite too ap
parent to the parties concerned that
sbe is here now.
Two Hen Unas; 1st Pit tabors;.
Tbe execution of William Murray
and Frederick Myers, for the murder of
Gottbardt Wahl, took plaee at Pitta
burg, at noon on tbe 6th inst.
Tbe murder was committed on tbe
evening of November 11, 1874, as tbe
farmer Wahl was driving to bis home
near Perry ville, Allegheny eonoty. 111
was waylaid by these two men, ami
while Myers held the hones Murray
sprang into the wagon and demanded
Waal's money or his life. Wahl at
tempted U grapple with him, when
Murray drew a revolver, firing three
shots, two of which took effect in Wshl's
abdomen. r On tbe evening of the fol
lowing day : Murray and Myers were
both arrested at tbeir boarding honse
in Pittsbmg, and shortly afterward
Myers made a full confession. They
were convieted and sentenced to be
bang.
at - :j r .
x'lunnj aaiu oe was oorn in Aew
Haven in 1840. Do was a carpenter
by trsde, and bas no relatives living.
He steadily refused to have any spirit
ual adviser. Myers stated that he was
born in Germany. ' He was thirty-five
years old on tho day of his execution,
being his birthday. Ho came to this
country when eleven yean of age, and
was a harness-maker by trade. After
bis conviction be aevoteo
titse to religions reading; prayer and
meditation. Murray's struggles were
soon at an end, but Myers' were pro
longed for some momenta.
The bodies, after banging for "eigh
teen minutes, were taken down and
placed in the eoffios for interment
K richest at tHe Ceatenalal tt
R?eaeat tbe laltcbeB of.
yJjL . . . I
. as w.
A log house will be erected on the
Exhibition ground, which will contain,
on a large scale, the kitchen of a New
England farmer ef 1776, aud adjoining
for the purpose of contrast, the modern
kitchen of 1876. Tbe while , will be
in charge of tbe.origiuator of tbe idea,
Miss Soutbwick, clerk or the Massa
chusetts Centennial ' commission. Sbe
will have twelve assistants, six in each
kitchen, and appropriately costumed.
Each article of furniture will be label
ed in English, Fiench and German,
and tbe gentle housewives will be com
petent t explain in these lauguages
their various eulinsry operaticmsand
methods of housekeeping. A diuner
will be served daily to a limited num.
0
ber of guests, just to keep tl!e concern
6 ' ' r ,
in motion. The cooks h.we been en
need, and certain gentleman have
, t . ,
made liberal conttibutions ol lurniture
and groceries."
. m
raftla ktnlon.
K,m. -,k . we nubliahed an account
of the stealing of cattle ot Isaac Eby, of
Lancaster county. Th following ia Irom
a Lancaster Darter, relative to the aa nie
kiod T robbery, tUst took place last week :
On Wednesday night thieves visited
'the farm of Mr. W. S. Kennedy, of
Salibnry township, near the "Compaas,'
and stole therefrom IM head or cattle. The
loss was not discovered by Mr. K. until be
tween 8 and 9 o'clock the next morning,
when he immediately started in pursuit,
tracking the thief (with the cattle) to
Parkesburg, and thenetf to Coatesville,
where he cauzht his man" in the act of
of!
selling the stock to Mr. James Right.
less tban half an hour he would "have had
the moner and tx-ea oS with it Mr.. Ken
nedy called a number of men to his aid,
and arrested the thief, who gave his name
as Job0 Dillon, or Philadelphia. The
chase was a lively one, Mr. Kennedy driv
ing one horse over 12 miles, on bad roads,
in less than an hour aod a half. The thief
ia believed to be the same party who re
cently stole 11 head of cattle from Isaac
Eby, of the sa-iw township, lie was com
mitted to tbe West Chester jail tor trial.
Anotber Snooting; Case intone;
Boya
A son of Major John Broil v went lo Lan.
easier city and visited an uncle some day
8n- Wni,e wi,h hia cousins, chit
dren of Mr. Stuart, a revolver was found in
. , ' . . ,
a bureau drawer, which young MM-t took
M, Md , pUy witb , , n gnppoatA j
I of the 10th inst The djceasot was a
bright lad of eizht years,
Aevf Adeertintntenttt.
L PROCLAMATION. t II E RE AS.
the lion. Bkmj. F. Jimki, President
of the Court rtf Contmon Pls for
flit, Uth Jilnw-tftl f:itrbt -ntiri.wt nf th.
(,'utirt of Common Pleas of J hi, lata cour.lv
: "ave bsned their prec-t to w dirftt.it
i bearing dale the llih dv or DEC, IS".,
I. . . . .
,r holding Court of Over aud Terminer
""d Geu.-r.il Jail Delivery, and (iVni'rxl
Qnarti-r Sessions of the peace, at M1K-
f j.imtown, ,m the FIRST MONDAY ol
FEBRUARY, 1876, being tbe 7th day ot
the month
Notice is IIsbkbv Gives, to the Cor
oner, Justices of tbe Peace and Constable
of the County of Juniata, that they be then
and therein their proper persons! at one
o'clock tfa the at U-rnoon of said day, witt
theh- records, inquisitions, examination
and oyer remembrances, to do those thing
tbat to their olttce respectively appertain,
and those tbat are bound by recf.guiz.inee tc
prosecute against the prisoners that are oi
then may be in the Jail of said 'county,
be then and there to pros-cntieu against
them as shall be just.
By an Art of Assen.biv, passed the tht
day of May, A. I), 154, it in mado lh
duf' J.slK-e, ..r the Pe.ee. of tht
sever. run nliea ol this loiuuiouwealtu. Ic
return to the Clerk of this Court of grartoi
S"'"" " ' reva eoiintie all the
recognisance entered into before them bv
any person or persons charged with tbt
cotuu""j" f . p h
as may be eiMiwd be lure a Justice or In
Peace, under existing laws, at least tendav
rt'TJ?.ttl "1!.!
turnaMe respectively, and in all cases where
any recognisances ar rntcred into leia
then ten days before tb commencement
of the session to abich they are nude re
turnabie, the said Justices are In return
the same in the same manner as if said act
had not been passed.
Dated at Mifflintown, tbe 11th day ol
Dec., in tbe year of oar Lord one tbou
saud eight hundred and seveotv-flvo.
WM. H. KNOCSE, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Mifflintown, i
Jan. 9, 1876.
Trial List for Febrtsarjr
Term, utu.
1. Mary Brattou va. D. P. SaloufT and
Eesiah Sulouff. 'o. 23, Sept term, 1874.
2. Calvin Magruder vs. Win H Kuouse.
No. 15, September term, 174.
3. Christianna Simpson vs. Joseph Long.
No. 4 December term, 1874.
4. Nancy Bender, Administratrix of Elix
abeib Moss, dee'd. vs. James Dutlield. No.
99. December term, 1874.
5. County of Juniata va. Overseers ol
tbe Poor of Millord. No. 8, Februarv
term, 1875.
6. James Zimmerman vs. David Spanogle
m. Co. No. 48, February term, 1875
7. Selinsgrove , North Branch Railroad
Company vs. Jacob E. eraybill, No. 72,
February term, 1875.
8. Sarah Markle, for use of Emanuel
Long, vs. Jacob Dimm, Sarah Markle and
David Uarkle. No. 74, February term 1875.
9. J. Kahler Snyder va. Daniel Kauffuian
No. 75, February term, 1875.
10. SIcCaaley, Louther Co. va. Calvm
B. Bartley. No. ill, April term, 1875.
11. Hoopa, Humes It Co. vs. John Yeak
ley. No. 9i, April term, 1875.
12. Franciscua Hardware Co. vs. Robert
E. Parker and Calvin B. Hartley. No. 102,
April term, 1875.
12. Franciscua Hardware Co. vs. Joha C.
Wright and Noah E. Littlefield. No. 153,
April term, 1875.
14. A. J. Patterson and F. S. Brennia.
holti, Administrators of Peter Brennia
holtx, deceased, vs. John JlcUobigal. No
188, September term, 1875.
15. Mifflintown and Patterson Loan and
Savings Fund Association vs. A. B. Fasic.
No. 278. September term, 1875
I. D. WALLIS, Protknotaru .
PaoraosoTAav's Orrica, t
Mimiutown, Jauuary 6, 1876-te.
Large stock of ready nude clothing ot the
latest aod choicest styles, tor men and
hoys, hats, caps, boots aod shoes, notions,
fuinuhine roods in endless variety for sale
at Samuel Strayor's, id Fattersoa.
yew Alccrtirment-
acRiFFs saLSi
BT virtue of andry writa of Fi. F and
fend. Ex., issned out of tbe Court of
Common Fleas and to me directed, will be
exposed to sale at public outcry, at the
Court Ilne, in the borough of hiftiin
tuwn, Juniata county, on SATURDAY,
FEBRUART 6, 1878, at 1 o'clock t. a , the
following described real estate, to wit :
A tract of land in Fermanagh', township
- . : 1 1 .W .,mnl Kl! mi1 II
adjoining Und of aomael JM. on lb
.Wtb, John Z.k on the kaaft JWpt,
Koihrock and J.hn Stooer on the Sonth
an J Ahnliaiu Stom on the West, contain.
ing THIRTY ACRES- avwe or les hins
thereon erected a lg bouse, rough cr,
bmk harn, bn'cher shop, carriage taoo-w,
xpring house, jg nou-w and other out buiH
ings Seised, taken in execution, and to
be sold as the projierry of Solomon Sub.-r.
A tract of land in Monroe township ad
joining lands of Peter Zong. Mi. tuel Znx
and others oo the North, M iry Fntt on tho
East, Doty, Parker . Co., on the South,
and Michael Zong n the West, containing
SEVENTY-El'iltT ACRES iure or lo.
having thereon erected a log bouse, kcjiIi
rrboaniud, frame bun ami Urge saw mill
with good water power and is known as the
Niciiwn saw mill, titled, taken in execu
tion and to be sold as the property of Eman
uel Tnoman.
AISO,
A tract of hod in Fenmnagti township
adjoiiiine Unda of Ssunael SthieN heirs
the Nwth, Ens Bery ou the East, John
Michael and Joseph Kotlirorli on the South
aad Abraham Vnk on the Wet. containing
TWO HCNDltfcD Al tiri I AtKh
mora or Iwtn, ahnol 1 acres cleared, part-
i j Kme ,fonB m , pMid ui ol cuiti
! ration, good timber on the balance.
:thi irat of land is erwrted a g-Ml stom-
;dwelinjr brm out Etc,ea and swiug
j house, large bank barn, wagon hel and
rom honse. hon binue and lenent huawr.
! all th bui!dinz except feneut Imnse coiu-
1 1 a itively ew
SH-aeo, ttRea in exrnrtii
1 and l be sold a tint property -f Chrwiian
; Siel)rt,
I . t. AVHO,
. i. r
j teraon situated on the North xnle ol iljm
Street arid fronting on said Main sttL-ef titty
feet, and extending North want to nu alley,
one tundn-p and twenty reel, bounded on
East by lot of J uihm Norrti, and on tho
TV'et by lot of Miss Ba-ckie Kothrock, hav.
ing thereon en-rted a two-story frame dwel
ling honse, wit a a Aim store-room in ttrst
story. Said honse is 30 tett front and for
ty tent deep, also bark kitchen and out
buildings. Si -x it, li e i in execution and
to bf soid as the property of Peter C. Rnn
dio. ALSO),
A tnwt of land situate in rVale township.
. .jnjng land, of J B Caasner on the north
and west, by Allen on the south, and
br lands of Wilson Laird on the East, con
taining NK IllWDKEl ACKKS, more or
lew, having thereon erected a frame stable.
Also a lot of gn.nnd in same township, in
the village of Join. .town, fronting Nortlt
side of Public Koad leading from Mifflin
town to Johnstown, bounded on the West
by an alley, on the Sonth by lands of S. S.
Pannrbaker, and oa the East by lot of Ren
ben Zeidrra, and having thereon erected
S team Gristrcill and Sawmill, with Engino
House and Wood-hrd attache!. rWsrd.
taken in execution and to be sold as Ihr
property of John M. Bartlev.
WM. H. KXOUSE, ShrriJI.
Sheritl's Oltii-e, Miltlintown,
Jit. 11, !8T.
XOTIlftC
To the Stork-holders of tke Riverside Park
and Jtfricnllnrat jissociation of Juniatit
VounJy.
TVTOTICE is hereby given that a meeting
1.1 of the said Association will be held on
TUCKSDAV, JANUARY 13, 170, al tw.
o'clock r. "., at the office of the Secretary.
Bv order of the Hoard of Directors.
JAMES NORTH, President.
Runi.it Ik Sims, Secreimru.
Jan. 170.
' .. NOTItC.
To all wkom it may rearer .-,
Notice W hereby given that apiiit-utH
will be made to Hie Senate and iiotie of
Representatives of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at their rtuenl session for
lt7t, lo pass a hs prohibiting all cilixeiM
from other counties iu this CumiU'jnwntli h
fn.ni hunting, a iih.rilles or shot guns, at
any season of the year, in Juniata county.
jan 5, 1:.;,
I
41A.M CITIZENS.
Auditor's) So (Ice.
Estatt of Corntliut B.irtley, deceased.
THE undersigned, ajinlod Auditor hv
the th-f bans' Court .4' Juniata cwnnty
to distribute the bilaoce in the hands of
Joseph Hothrock, Administrator, and S.irW
hV. Bank-v, Adnmt-arrM. of said dorr
dent, among the crrti'rs and others legally
eotltl.d thereto, will bold a meeting lor this
pnrposa at his oHice iu Miltlintown, on
TUESDAY', JANUARY 2", l7rt, begin
ning at Ml o'clock a. a , when and where all
persona interested can attend it they sou
proper.
. LOtto E. ATKINSON, Jnditor.
Jan. 4, I87t.
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Any person sutTering Troni Dyspepsia t-r
Indigestion will be cured by UMng
Dr. WillariT Compound PovJers.
Send for a trial package, it costs nothing,
and will enre yon. Address DIKBLKE fc.
CO., Chemists, lfci Broadway, Sew York.
CHEAP LANDS
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Tho Little R.M.k and Fort Smith Railwar
Company b selling, at CaCeptf tTnal"'
If low prices and OB term tO
salt pnrcnasers, over
0.E .MILLION ACRES
of their magnificent grant, on either sido
snd within twenty miles of their road. Ad
uirubly anited for production of Corn, Cot
ton, Grain, Uraas, Fruits, and all other
Northern crops. Winters arc mild, per
mitting ont-door labor tor eleven mouths.
Soil fertile beyond precedent. Ho grass
hoppers, no drought. Special inducements
lor establishment of manufactories. For
circulars, address W. D. SLACK, Land
Commissioner, Little Kock, Arkansas.
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