SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
' MIFFLINTOWN..
Wednesday. Way a," ms.
B. F. SUHWElEli,
KDtTOK 111) MOMKTOB.
Hon. James Blaine and Col. Thos.
. A. Scott,
soon as it wm known that Hon.
Jameii Blaine wonld be a candidate
for the nomination ol the Presidency
of the United States before the Re-
publican National Convention, the
envious and villainons" tongues of the
dirty members of the Confederate
branch of Congress were set to work
to rill the land with scandal against
him. Bnt in every instance the as
sailants have been met by the correct
life of the ni.in assailed, and com
pletely discomfited, until at last Ihey
find themselves in the pit they dug
for another, sighing and philoso
phizing over the fact that
"They dug a pit ; they dug it deep;
They dug it tor their brother;
But by their si a they did fall in
The tit they dug for other."
the investigations that they
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been just th.it much against them
selves, for tliey proved that the thou
sand and one charges, find more, that
they sent out against him are not
true, and every time a man tells a lie
against his neighbor, and is found
out in it and he sooner or later will
Ie he is so much smaller in the es
timation of all who know him, and
just so with the men who have been
hounding Blaine. They wished to
ruin the reputation of Blaine. They
have suveeded in mining their own.
The very latest charge brought
against Blaine, was that he had re-
cSived $64,000 from a Western rail-
road company for some kind of ser
vice, not mentioned. Mr. Blaine, in
the most positive terras said he had
not ; but they still kept on charging
it on him until an investigation was
ordered by the Confederate branch of
Congress, to examine Mr. Blaine and
that charge. They then said they
Lad Mr. Blaine, that there was an
unexplained $04,000 on the books of
the company, and that he got it.
The investigation progressed. Wit
nesses, one after another, were sworn,
and still the case remained shrouded
in mystery, the Confederates charg
ing that Blaine got the money, and
he, in turn, saying that he never saw
it, and knew nothing whatever about
it Finally, last week, the committee
got CoL Thomas A. Scott, the great
railway King of America, before them
to testify, and, like the man that he
always is, he said, 'I got the G4,000
that has created all this trouble."
Ever since then the committee have
felt like creeping into a knot-hole,
and Blaine stock has gone np about
500 per cent
This is the testimony of CoL Scott,
as given before the Congressional
Committee, on the 15 th instant :
Col. Scott was sworn, and on being '
examined bv Mr. Hnntnn. id"tht lot '
formerly owned the seventy-five bonds ' 'over the democratic State Convention
of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Rail- ! in Ohio last week. It would be just as
road Company, aui bought them a year proper for the Republicans to put Bclk
aoj four months pieviously to bis sell.. , f. r. of ... Rerjnbi;.
intr fhpin t.. the l.'ninn PamhA Itstlmari I
lie bought tbem from Josiab Caldwell,
who was negotiating bonds of that
company. Caldwell belonged to Bost
on, but bs did njt know where be now
was. He understood, however, that
'aldwe!l, during the panic of 1873,
went over to Europe after bis failure
in tho west, and wis there now. lie
gave Caldwell eighty ceuts on the dot.
iar for the bonds. . The purchase was
made in 1870, when be bad nothing to
with the UuioQ Pacific Railrosd Com
pany, lie gave $00,000 for the bonds
and sold them to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company throogb Morton,
BUm & Co., far nearly $54,000. When
in March 1871, he entered npon the
duties of President of the company,
the stock was low down, and every
thing connected with it depressed, but
it was not long before there was a
marked improvement in all its affairs.
He bad believed the company would
give bin liberal compensation for bis
services. He was pressed for money,
which be wanted more than the mere
salary, and it was fiually suggested
that the company should buy these sev
enty five bondi of the Little It jck and
Fort Smith Railroad Company. He
was to bare the option of buying them
' back. The Executive Committee agreed
to Luy the bonus at a price fixed through
Morton, Biiss Si Co., and the bonds
went to the Union Pacific Railroad
Company in this direct way, and in no
other. Ills year's salary bad never
been paid. That would be $8,000,
with interest. If the Arkansas road
bad been finished the bonds would have
been worth from ninety to one hundred
Cr-nts on the dollar. He bad rendered
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
a service for which there was no mark
et value, lie was satisfied that if the
Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad
Company bad been built its bonds
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would have been as good as those of
the Union Paeifio are to-day. He re
peated that this purchase of seventy,
five bonds by the Company was in con
sideration of valuable services render.
ed by biin. The investment of these
bonds was because the Company want,
fd to do an equitable thing for him.
The Company did not display the
transaction on their books, and never
expected it would become a subject of
investigation by Congress.
Question I understand yon tojaj
that the Exeoutive Committee, of which
you were ex-offioio a member, bonght
the seventy-five bonds to ebligo you ?
Answer Partially to obligtt me and
also in consideration of valuable ser
vices. Col. Scott repeated that the bonds
belonged to bini, and were sold to the
Company when be wanted money, and
the amount be received helped him to
pay bis debts. He bad twice asked
for his salary, but bad not yet received
it.
Question Do you know whether
Blaine bad any part in these transac
tions t
Answer I never had any relations
with Blaine in Little Rock Ft. Smith
Railroad bonds, direetly or indirectly
Mr. Lawrence If I understand you
correctly, the sate of the bonds to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company was
adopted as a means to eompeasata you
in part ior extraordinary services 1
Answer Yes. -
Question How does the eompensa.
viae you received compare with the
eewpensation of other companies for
iaular services !
AnswerThe Reidiog Railroad
Compaaj gives iu President $30,000
per una, ike PhiiaJalphiav WiUuor.
tot & Baltwore $34,000; aad ' the
trie $10,000. '' Bnt when yon oume
to ccDsuUr bow low do a the stock of
the Union Paeifio Railroad Company
was when 1 became Presideift, aud the
proiiperoaa condition of the Company
aouu after, uiy euinf ensatibn was worth
double the value of the seTenty five
bonds of the Little Rock &, Fort
! Smith Company. The reason wbv
compensation was given in this form
was that the Executive Committee did
not wish to interfere with or disturb
the Exed salary of $3,000 ti the Pre
taent. . . i - s ! ? : -
Question tlave yon any knowledge
or information that connects Blaine
with the seventy-five bonds '
Answer None whatever. I always
believed that Caldwell, from whom 1
purchased the bonds, was the princK
pal man in negotiating them.
Blaine Did 1 ever speaker write
to yon in behalf of Caldwell ?
Answer l'ou never did.
Blaine Ilave yon any knowledge
at all that 1 was interested in the
bonds before you purchased tbem, or
was in any way interested in the pro
ceeds after you sold tbem to the Union
Paeifio Railroad Company ?
Answer 1 have no knowledge or
belief whatever that you bad aoytbing
to do with tbem.
Mr. Scott would make a strong
candidate on the ticket as Vice Pres
ident They Can Never Pay What They
Have Cost,
The Confederate llonse of Congress
ii ercmbliuc at the mail facilities in
tha Northj and MVS tb,t the Po!), 0ffice
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department should be made to p.y ex-
rwliapa. hv enltinir Aft ftprtiin mail tinvl.
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leges that are enjoyed now by sections
having a certain amonnt of population.
The truth of the situation is, that mail
facilities should net be lessened, and if
a ebange is made, it should be in the
lessening of rates of postage. It should
not be made a burden on the country,
but, like the Common School System,
it should be as near free as can be.
The transmission of mail matter among
the people is the greatest channel of
communication that exists among us,
and, consequently, is one of the great
est civilizing mediums of the age. In
stead of cutting it down, it should be
increased.
But if the Confederates in Congress
are taken at their word, what besomes
of their situation I The carrying of
the mails in the South never paid ex
penses. If they were required to pty
up, or do without mail in the future as
delivered by the Government, the Gov
ernment would stop just now, for they
can never pay what they have cost.
George II. Pendleton presided
can State Convention of Iowa. There
seems to be nothing to inconsistent for
the Democracy.
i
Tnx ex-guerrilla Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, a member of Cljmer's extin
guished Committee on Expenditures in
the War Department, while passing
through the rich counties of York and
Lancaster, on the Congressional excur
sion train to the Centennial Exhibition,
remarked to a party of suppressed
traitors like himself, "This is a beauti
ful country, rich in food for an army
Here is where we cast our longing eyes
during the war. We wanted to have
this milk and honey ; to pitch our tents
in these fertile vallevt and to live on
the country A Pennsylvania bear
ing this Copperhead, retorted : " And,
yes, sir, if such fellows as you bad
come into these rich vallejs, these
farmers of Lancaster wonld Lave given
you powder and lead for milk and
honey, and as beautiful a grave as the
sun ever shone npon, covered with a top
dressing of six feet of as rich soil as
ever grew a crop." This tcisetable
remnant of the thieving guerilla bands
of Kentucky, and bugleman of the
Democrats in Congress, yet bad the
impudence to accept the hospitalities of
a citizen of Pennsylvania. PUUburg
Commercial.
How Much Would They Pocket ?
The $1,000,000 suit by the people
against Wm. M. Tweed, which bad been
set down for trial yesterday, has been
put over until June 5th, when it will be
called in the General Term room. - The
people's suit for $6,000,000 against
Peter B. Sweeney Las been set down
for the same date. So says a iew
York paper. This is the money stolen
from the people by Democratic officials,
in one city of the nation, by two men.
If all the charges against Republican
officials, made by an unscrupulous par
tisan press were ptoved to be true, they
would not equal a one-hundredth part of
this mammoth Deniocratio steal. If the
reform Democracy can pocket $7,000,
000 in one city, bow many millions
would they pocket if tbey had access
to the treasury of the Uuited States ?
This is a conundrum which we would
like to see answered. llarrutburg Tel
egreph,May 17.
A Verdict of Five Hundred Dol
lars for a Colored Man.
A despatch from Philadelphia on the
17th inst., says : " Tbe case of Fields
Took versus Curtis Davis was decided
to day in the United Slates District
Court. A verdict was rendered by
consent for tbe plaintiff foi $500. Mr.
Cooke is a colored clergyman from Vir
ginia, to whom Mr. Daris, who is tbe
proprietor of the Bingham House in
this city, refused accommodations on
account of his color."
President Grant after tha close of
his Presidential term, proposes to
niske an extended tour of the world.
: Tfc Hew Tramp Law.
. Tha following bill, passed by fie
Legislature, entitled "A act to define
and suppress vagrancy' baa bee if ap
proved by the Governor and it tlieie
fore a law t
Sectioti 1. Be it (liaded, &c, That
tbe following aesjribed persons are
hereby declared to be vagrants :
First. All persons who shall unlaw
fully return into auy district whence
they have been legally lemoved without
buiigiug a certificate from tbe proper
authorities of the city or district to
wbieb tbey belong stating that tbey
have a settlement therein.
Second. All persons who shall refuse
to p-rforin tbe work which aha 1 be
allotted to them by the overseers of the
poor as provided by tbeaot of Juiie 13,
1836, entitled "An act relating to the
support and employment of tbe poor."
Third. All persons going about from
door to door, or placing themselves iu
streets, highways or other roads to beg
or gather alas, and all other persons I
wanderinff abroad or hevaiiia wlm l irt 1
0 cp o
no fixed place of residi nee in tbe town
ship, Ward or borough iu which the va
grant is arrested.
Fourth. All persons who shall come
from any place without this Common
wealth to anv place within it, aud shall
I be found loitering or residing tbereiu,
aud shall follow no labor, trade, occu
pation or business, and have no visible
means of subsistence, and can give no
reasonable account of themselves or
their business in such place.
Sec. 2. If any person shall be found
offending in any towoobip or ptaoe
against this act it shall aud may be
lawful for any constable or police uffioer
of such towusb'p r place, aad he is
hereby enjoined and required ou notice
thereof given bitn by auy of the inhab
itants thereof, or without such notice,
on his own view, to apprebeud aud con
vey, or cause to be eouveyed, such per
sou to a justice of the peace or other
committing magistrate of tbe county,
who shall examine such person and
commit bini, being thereof legally con
victed belore mm, on nis own view, or
by tbe confession of such offenders, or
by the oath ot affirmation of one or
more credible wituesses, to labor upon
any county farm or npon the roads and
highways of auy city, township or bor
ough, or in any bouse of correction,
poor bouse, work bouse or common jail,
for a term of not less than thirty dajts,
and not exceeding six months, and shall
forthwith cotcniii bins to tbe custody of
tbe steward, keeper or superintendent
of such county farm; bouse of correc
tion, poor bouse, work bouse or com
mon jail, or to tbe supervisors or street
commissioners and overseers of the
poor of the respective county, city, bor
ough or township, wherein such person
shall be found, as in bis judgment shall
be deemed most expedieut. Tbe said
justice of the peace or committing mag
istrate in every case of conviction shall
make use and sign a record of convic
tion, annexing thereto the names and
records of tbe different witnesses ex
amined before him, and shall by war
rant nnder band commit such persons
as aforesaid : PrveUtd, Any person
or persons who shall coneejve him, ber
or themselves sggrieved by any act,
judgment or determination of any jus
tice of the peace or alderman iu and
concerning the execution of this act
may appeal to the present or next gen
era! quarter session of tbe city or coun
ty, giving reasonable notice thereof,
whose orders thereupon shall be final.
Sec. 3. Tnat i shall be tbe duty of
tbe custodian or custodians of any such
vagraut to make active efforts to pro
vide work for every vagrant committed
under this act, and not disqualified by
sickness, old age, or casualty ; and
whenever labor cannot be piovided iu
the place to which any vagrant i com
mitted, it shall be lawful for such cus
todian or eustodians, and it is hereby
declared to be his or their duty, with
the approval of tbe board of directors,
overseers, guardians or commissioners
of tbe poor, as tbe ease may be, to con
tract with the proper authorities of any
township, borough, city, county, or
other persons, to do any work or labor
outside of the place of commitment. In
all cases tbe work or labor shall be
suited to tbe proper discipline, health
and'eapacity of such vagrant, and be
aball be fed and clothed iu a manner
suited to the nature ot the work en
gaged in, and the condition of the sea
son ; and when any vagrant is commit
ted, under tbe provisions of Ibis act, to
tbe custody of tbe supervisors or street
commissioners and overseers of tbe
poor of any township, borough, city or
county, it shall be tbeir duty to pro
vide comfortable lodging and quarters,
either in a station house or other build
ing. The violation or neglect of any
of tbe provisions of this section shall
be deemed to be a misdemeanor, and
tbe person so offending, cn conviction
thereof in tbe proper court, shall be
sentenced to undergo an imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three months,
and to pay a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, either or both at tbe
discretion of tbe court.
Sec. 4. If any person not being in
tbe eounty, township, or place in which
be usually lives or has bis home, shall
apply to any director,' overseer, guar
dian or commissioner of the poor of
any count), city, borough, township or
district, stating Ibat be is desirous to
return to his bome, but is poor and has
not the means to do so, tbe said direc
tor, overseer, guardian, or commissioner
of the poor may employ or let out such
poor person to labor at some suitable
plaoe, to be by them selected, and at
such wsges as shall seem to them just ;
and when in tbe opinion of said direc
tor, overseer, guardian or eommissioner
of the poor such poor person shall have
earned a sufficient sum, said director,
overseer, guardian or commissioner of
the poor shall, with the mouey so earned,
and with sncb additions thereto from
tbe treasury of the eounty, city, bor
ough, township or district as tbey may
think reasonable, cause such person to
be returned to bis home, whether in this
State or elsewhere : Provided, That tbe
expense shall not exceed twenty dollars.
Sec. 5. Ibat the custodian or custo
dians of such vsgraot diay at discretion
discbarge such vagrant at any time
within tbe term of commitment npon
not less than ten days good behavior,
or npon satisfactory security that bej
snau noi oecome a cuarge npon me
publie within one year from tbe date of
aueh discbarge.
Sxc. 6 That tbe eounty commission
era in every eounty in which tbere shall
not be sufficieat provision for the safe
custody of persons committed under
this act, upon tbe recommendation of a
grand jury of the eounty and approval
by tbe eourf, are beret y empowered
and required to make suitable provision
by buildifgs or enclosures: Primdtd,
That tbe expense for tbe same shall act
exeeed the auiduur fixed by tbe grand
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- Etc. i . That for each arrest, Eeaiing
or eommitinent mide under this aet,
here shall be paid cut of tbe eounty
treasury to' the committing magistrate
and officer making such afrest or com
mitment, the same fees aud mileage as
now provided by law for like services
in other cases of arrest, bearing and
commitment : and no such person shaft
be detained bevond tbe term of his
commitment by reason of bis inability
to pay tbe costs of bis airest, bearing
commitment, but shall forthwith be dis
charged by tbe officer in whose custody
be way be. Any willful refucal to
make such arrest on the part of any
con s la Me or police officer shall subject
biiu to a penalty of ten dollars, to be
collected as penalties sre by law col
K'ctible, and aball be paid iuto tbe J oor
fund of tbe district in which tbe officer
resides.
Sec. 8. That all poor-bouses, alms
bouses aud other places provided for
tbe keeping of the poor are hereby de
clared to be work houses for tbe pur
poses of this act , and it is hereby
made tbe duty of the custodians of such
buildings to provide work for such va
grants, and to eompel tbem to work
therein when able not less than six
hnnrs a day.
Sec. 9.. That the custodian of any
vaerant. upon his discbarge, end at bis
request, shall give him a certificate of
discbarge, which shall exempt bim from
any further arrest tor vagrancy for a
period of five dars, upon condition that
be shall forthwith leave the eounty
wherein confined. And tbe said cuv
todisn is hereby authorized to give, in
bis dijcretiou, to such discharged va
grant a reasonable sum of money out of
bis earnings, or out of the treasury of
tbe township, borougb, city or county,
to defray his expenses in leaving tbe
county as aforesaid.
Sec. 10 That all acU or parts of
acts inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Frauds in Luzerne County.
A receut dispatch from Luzerne
eouuty, says: Tbe board of Special
Auditors to investigate the accounts of
the couuty lor seven years back are
radical in tbeir work and terribly in
earuest. neceutly tbey caused an
arrest to be made, in the person
of James Courtrigbt, ex-County Ireas.
urer of the eounty ot Luzerne, charg.
ed with defrauding the State of twenty
thoasaod dollars or more. Tbe infor
mation made charges against bim "up
on tbe oath of Allen II. Diekson aud
W- L. Paine, of this city, to have, on
tbe first day of Junuary, 1875, aud
upon divers times, botb before and af
ter being at those times a eounty offi
cer, to wit, Treasurer of said county,
and charged with the collection, safe
keeping, transfer and disbursement of
the public money, converted to bis own
u.e a portion of tbe said money, to
twenty thousand more or less." The
prisoner aud a preliminary hearing.
The prisoner was released upon ac
knowledging himself held in the sum
of ten thousand dollars for his appear,
ance, and J. M. Courtright becoming
bis bondsman for an additional ten
thousand dollars. Now three default
ing ex -County Commissioners, who
have stclen about forty thousand dol
lars, and a county Treasurer, who
"loaned" twenty thousand dollars,
aw-iitiog trial, and tbe Sheriff bad
a bearing on the 19th instant to answer
a ehsrge of bribery in gaining his elec
tion. Woman in the Church,
In the Methodist Conference in Bal
timore, last week, tbe following resolu
tion relative to women was offered by
Mr. T. IlaoloD, of New Jersey :
fl'Aerfos, Tbe Suriptures do not pro
hibit persons on account of sex from
entering the wider fields of opportunity
for every good word and work ; aud
Whmat, It would greatly add to the
working force of the Church to admit
Christian women to certain offices of the
Church ; and
HTtertat, Many women of our Church
are now practically doing tbe work of
said offices without official recognition
or authority ; therefore be it
Resolved, That paragraphs 77, 78,
80, 307, 305, 297, 298, 299, 300 and
301 of tbe discipline be so amended
that women shall be elligible to the
office of leader, steward, exhorter, and
local preacher. Referred to the Com
mittee on the state of tbe Church.
In our columns to day will be found
advertised tbe celebrated preparations
of Dr. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
Their specialties are tbe " Compound
Syrup of Wild Cherry," for all throat,
breast and lung diseases. " Tar and
Sarsaparilla Pills," a cathartic and
most excellent antibilous medicine.
"All Healing Ointment," for tetter and
all skin diseases, and that most dis
tressing complaint, itching piles. The
products of no chemist's laboratory
stand higher than those of Dr. Bwayne
& Son. Tbe druggists and tbe doc
tors all know that Swsyne's medicines
are to be relied upon. Therefore they
are conscientiously recommended to all
who may be suffering. Read the adver
tisements, and request your druggist or
storekeeper to obtain them for you.
News Items.
' A Texan disciple of Isaac Walton
tbe other day went to tbe neighborhood
of Cottonwood Spring to gather some
fibb-bait, and while digging around
struck a bag of gold containing between
$2000 and $3000 which bad been buried
there some yosrs before by a gang of
robbers who left tbeir estates to be ad
ministered upon by a vigilance commit
tee. "
A singular murder case is pending
at tbe Cuddapha sensions.in India,in
which tbe accused, being assured by a
juggler that be could shoot at bim with
a loaded musket without the slightest
fear of hurting him, took bim at bis
word and fired. Tbe ball penetrated
the juggler's brain, killing bim instantly.
Texas estimates its yearly increase
of populatiou at 50,000.
Brigham Young's, too John baa but
one wife and dosen't want any more.
Cherries are ripe in California, and
sell at a dollar a pound.
Tbe Lancaster Watch Company baa
suspended business. .
Tom' Allen and Joe Goes will maul
each other for $2,500 a aids on the 7th
of September, at some point neaf Cia
cinnattf. '. ' ';
Last Sunday morning a week, ciguf
children, Whose ages ranged from eight
to fifteen years,- got iato an old leaky
skiff in the Ohio river, a abort distance
from Vevay, Indiatri, and started out
for a ride. When in tbe middle of the
river they discovered that tbe skiff was
filling, and shrieked for belp, at tbe
same using every effort ' to ' reach the
shore; but the skiff soon ' went down.
A gentleman on the Kentucky shore
jumped into a small boat and attempted
to rescue tbem, but before be could
reach the scene, fire, sll the children of
Charles Irwin, were drowned. One of
the three rescued was so badly fright
ened that it is feared be will not re
cover. Tbe Giant Powder Works at Me
Caiusville, X. J., exploded on tbe after
noon of tbe 16th inst. Tbe explosion
was caused by an accident in the mixing
room. Frederick Johnson and Patrick
Gallagher were blown to abmis. Tbe
report wu beard twenty miles from the
scene
At r. Edgar Farmer, one of the most
prominent eitizens of Newark, N. J.,
and the senior member of one of tbe
most extensive trunk fsctories in tbe
country, was found hsnging dead in tbe
loft over bis stable on tbe morning- of
the 16th inst. For some time psst tbe
deceased has gtven evidence of mental
derangement. He imagined that be
was in a destitute condition.
A Roman tomb was recently opened
st Yotk, Eoglsnd, and enclosed in a
stone coffin wss found tbe body of a
young girl, admirably preserved by the
use of gypsum, and furnished with
what has been considered a modern de
vice a chignon. This rested upon a
pyramid of pads, plaits and coils, and
although many hundred years old, is a
good specimon of tbe present fashion.
A wag, who bad wrapped a piece of
cloth having tbe word " Centennial" on
it around an egg and then boiled it so
that tbe word appeared plainly on the
shell, sadly deceived a Portland, Ct.,
farmer, who took it out of the' nest
where it bsd been placed and exhibited
it at tbe office of a local newspaper as a
wonderful manifestation of tbe hen's
intimate knowledge of tbe history of
tbe United States.
Ten men were flogged at New Castle,
Delsware, on Saturday a week, and
afterwards placed in the pillory.
Tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that round-trip tickets over
that road from all points in the East to
St. Louis and Cincinnati will be sold at
reduced rates to persons wishing to at
teud the Republican aad Demeeratio
National Conventions.
Mounted revenue officials are raiding
thrrugh North Carolina and Virginia,
breaking up illicit distilleries and cap
turing a large amount of contraband
wliit-ky.
It is estimated that during tbe time
that the fractional currency bas been in
circulation, sixteen millions of it bas
been lost to tbe public gecerally by de
struction in various ways.
"Miss Martba Bell bas been a school
teacher in Carlisle for tbe last forty
years, and ber services are still highly
appreciated by tbe school board and
citizens."
Tbe plague bas broken out at Bsgdad
in Turkey, where 399 people died be
tween the 23d and 29th of April.
Ex-Governor Rufus B. Bullock, of
Georgia, Las been captured and taken
to Atlanta, under a requisition from tbe
Governor, after an absence of fire
years from tbe State.
Hon. Daniel J. Morrell, of Johns-
tows, Pa., Cbairsan of the Executive
Committee of the United States Cen
tennial Exposition, bad bis pockets
picked, on tbe Centennial grounds, of
$500 and a gold watch.
A Chester eounty boy threw a stone
over a wall, which fractured a little
girl's skull.
There is a talk of abolishing tbe
bank check stsmp. The governmental
revenue would be cut a million and a
half shorter if tbe stamp duty be re
pealed.
Tbe counties or Jseautort ana Cole-
ton, south Carolina, are threatened
with famine.
Tbe Greenback Convention, last week
at Indianapolis, Indiana, nominated
Peter Cooper, of New York, for Presi
dent, and Newton Booth, of California,
for Vice President.
A raw egg, mixed with a little sugar,
taken every morning before breakfast,
is declared to be an infallible cure for
dyspepsia. Tbe Lancaster Examiner
says so.
Tbe recent gunpowder explosion at
Salt Lake City, it ia alleged, caused
over one hundred premature births.
Simon J. Miller, late treasurer of
Westmoreland county, bas been con
victed of embezzling $8,700 in tbe
course of bis official administration.
A New York man named Gerlach,
thought his bed mattress a good place
to deposit three hundred dollars in.
He made tbe deposit, and some other
individual drew tbe money, just when
be does not know.
Two young men of Chester eounty
walked a distance of forty-five miles,
in mud and rait, to be present at tbe
opening of the Centennial Exposition.
A despatch from klmira, JN. I., on
the 17tb says :
Four persons have died from trichi
na or pork worms, at Savona, Steuben
county, within a few days, the last one
yesterday, and serersl others are sick
from the same cause.
On the 17th inst., tbe bonse of Dan
iel Mingo, near Dresden, Yates eounty,
N. Y., was burned, and three children
aged respectively fourteen, eight and
five years, perished in tbe flames. Min.
go, who is a widower, left the children
alone in tbe bouse Xbeir bodies were
found lying close together, tbe arms of
tbe elder about the two younger ones.
The first Presbyterian church edifice
in Carlisle wu built about 1760.
At Johannesburg, illinois,- on' the
afternoon of tie 17th, it appears that
a- cooper , Known as tbe "Caiifornian,"
who- has beea there bnt a short time,
bad a fight with another man (name
not giveoj ia which Le was worsted.
He then armed hiesaeif with a revolver
and went to a store near by, put tbe
pistol to ill's bead of Mr. Gerdeman,
shot biu dead ; then went to bis room,
and just U some eitizens were prepsr.
ing to arrest bim, he appeared, flour
ishing two revolver, and threatening to
kill any 67a attempting to arrest bim.
('Instable TS'ilkmg advanced to arrest
him and wu shot through tbe brain
and killed instantly.' A number of
citisens armed with shot gnus and re
volver immediately started iu pursuit
of tbe murdeier, but were kept at a
diatanes by tbe constant snd rapid fir.
lbg of tbe desperado, and at last ac
counts be bad not been captured. Ger.
detuan, tbe first man killed, bad both,
ing to do with tbe fight in which tbe
Califoruiaa wu engaged.
It bas been decided by tbe Massa
chusetts Supreme Court that a Jew ran
work on Sunday, but tbat be can't
amuse himself on tbat day.
A step backwards. Tbe Russian
Minister of Pablie Institutions bu is.
sued sn order prohibiting women from
practicing medicine.
Tbe liquor drinkers of the Stste of
Ntw York annually liquify and pour
down their insatiate throats upwards
of $106,000,000.
Jefferson A. Brolaski bas been ar.
rested at St. Louis, charged with being
implicated in tbe counterfeiting of rail,
road tickets, a large number of which
bsve been ciroulatrd in the west.
Plates, stsmping machines, dies, ink,
&o.t were found in tbe room of the ae.
eused, togetherer with about $10,000
worth of spurious tickets. Other par
ties are implicated.
Counterfeit gold coin, made of pla
tinum plated heavily with genuine
gold, bu of late been circulated in
California. It is exceedingly deceptive,
being of tbe right weight, color and
feeling.
Ten criminals, a majoity of them be.
ing white men, were flogged (more or
less severely) at tbe New Castle (Del )
jail on Saturday, the number of lasbes
dealt oat to each ranging from ten to
thirty.
J. G. MacRae, a prominent citizen
of Ontario, bu been arrested in con
nection with tbe death of bis wife,
which took place last week under aus
picious eircumstances. Tbe body wu
exhumed, and a medical examination
disclosed tbe fact tbat death wu caused
by injury to tbe brain, probably caused
by a blow, or tbe rupture of a blood
vesseL The daughter of Mr. MacRae
gave evidence implicating ber lather.
Tbe case excites much interest.
Tbe people of Ottows, iu British
North America, fear a fish famine for
the next two years, as the remit of tbe
floods in tbe streams this spring. The
water having overflowed the banks of
tbe streams, and covered the lands ad.
joining, the fish will, it is feared, de
posit their sprwn far in shore, where
tbe eggs will be exposed and destroyed
when tbe water subsides
The Presbyterian Society of Henry
III., bu lefused to obey the order of
tbeir presbytery to dismiss their pas
tor, Rev. J. L. Gleodenning, late of
Jersey City.
Brigham Young's plan of tran'e
ring bis followers from Utah to New
Mexico is very likely to be carried
out. At present the intention is to
tend an advance guard of about five
hundred immigrants expected to arrive
from Europe in September.
A tremendous rain storm, accompa
nied by bail an inch aud a half iu size.
visiting tbe vicinity of Lancaster at 3 !
o clock on Sunday. It ts feared tht
much damage hu been done to fruit
and grain.
A severe thunder storm visited Pitts
burg, Pa., Saturday afternoon. . Light
ning struck the chimney of Kaoaga's
hotel. Tbe falling bricks crushed iu
the roof of a kitchen, slightly injuring
eight girls.
Tbe union so long under considera
tion between tbe Reformed Presbyte
rian Church and tbe Free Church iu
Scotland, takes place on the 25 inst.
Tbe accession to the strength of the
latter eburcb will be forty.two congre
gations, with a membership ot about
7,500 and an annual income of about
$70,000.
John Ingram, a laborer, was struck
and instantly killed by lightning, at
Hagerstown, Md , on Monday a week.
Tbe government property at Harper's
Ferry, will be sold by auction on the
20tb of July.
A school bonse in Csnsda wu
struck by lightning on Monday. The
scholars were playing in the yard at
the time About a dozen were knock,
ed down, one being killed, six serious
ly snd three slightly injured.
Do yon wish yourself in the place
His majesty, the Emperor of China
He is now six years old, is about be.
ginning bis prescribed duties. He is
to be instructed in many languages,
tbe traditions of his country, the liter
ature of tbe day, riding, archery, swim
ming snd various agricultural exercises
adapted to bis pbysicial development.
From tbe day his education begins be
will have an honorary companion, whose
prerogative is to receive all the flog,
gings that bis august muter incurs
from day to day.
A blind boy, who was taken into an
elevator for the first time in a Cleve
land hotel, on Friday, set op the most
terrible screaming when tbe eab began
to rise, ard would not be pacified until
it wu stopped. He explained that be
supposed be had been misled, and wu
being taken down into the dissecting
room of a medical college to be used
as a subject.
Tbe Emperor of Brazil gives thirty
minutes to bis dinner, and iusists tbat
everything shall be plaeed on tbe table
at once, instead of being served in
eourses.
As accident which resulted fatally
occurred on the farm of George
Smith, in Lower Paxton township,
Dauphin county, during- Thursday
night. It appears that Charles Mil
ler, aged between forty and forty-five
years, a German and a saddler by
trade, who had recently been em
ployed as a farm hand, visited the
city on Saturday last and drew out of
the Fanners Bank $100, the total
amonnt he had on deposit there, and
got on a spree. On Thursday after
noon he called at the place of Mr.
Smith, and at night insisted npon
sleeping in the barn. The family en
deavored to dissuade him from thi
purpose and insisted npon his sleep
ing in the house- lie persisted in
bis request and proceeded to the barn.
At ail eariy hour yesterday morn
ing Samuel Zearfoss, an employee of
Mr. Smith, forbid Miller lying in the
barn-vard, under the overshot, with
bis skull fractured, lie was convey
ed to the house, where he expired m
a akrrrt time. It appears that Miller
in 8om3 manner rolled out or tne
door" ot the barn, and fell to the
ground, a distance of ten feet.
Portr was notified of the
accident and proceeded to the scene f
m .a .a. . 1 .svi'ti'w a t
OI ine occurrence, min nummuiuii
jury, proceeded to hold an in(int
After hearing the evidence the jury
returned a verdict " That the said
Charles Miller came to his death on
the morning of May 19, 1876, in
r T . i..Mn.a.t . fliA fini
of George Smith. The said Charks ,
Miller came there on the evening of
the 18th. bein-r under the influence of
liquor, went into the barn for the !
purpose of sleeping tiiere ; got up
,lnritifT tlit. nirrht. fell imt of the front
i- o i
door, to the ground, a distance of ten
feet, causing a depressed fracture or j
1 a dlr-nll 4J1! VJ iVZl- f f A Thirl ltW alMltli " 1
Hamsburf TeUgmpA, Jilay 20.
yetif A tlrt-rtem rfl ti.
ORIJIIJNTS'
COURT SALE!
BT virtue of aa order of the Orphan'
Court of JuniaU coiuitr, tbe under
signed, AilitiihUtmtur of Jeremiah Kirk,
deceased, will otter lor sale mi the pretuUiea
iu Ielaware township iu said county, at 2
o'clock V. M., on
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 187G,
The following described real estate ot said
decedent, to wit: A tract of ktnd in tbe
townrhip aforesaid, boumlet by lands ol
S. Owen Evans, Samuel J. Kurtz, John B.
barber, John L. Auker, and others, con
taining HIKETY ACRES,
more or less, haviufj( thereon erected a
GOOD LOG HOUSE, .
BANK BARN, and other outbuilding.
There is a Hm assortment f fruit on the
premises. The greater part of .the ktnd is
cleared aud under cultivation ; the balance
a woodland.
TERMS. Ten per cent, of the purchase
money to bo paid when too property i
struck down to tbe purchaser ; one-third
when the tale is confirmed by tbe Court ;
and the balance in two payment at five and
eight nioniha from date of continuation of
the sale.
JOHN L. ACKER,
Aflm'r of Jeremiah Kirk, Ucv'd.
May 24, 1874.
notice to Assessor.
THE Assessors of the several districts of
J uniata county are hereby notified to
call at the Commissioners' Ottiee on or be
fore Monday, May Wtb. If 76, and lilt their
Registration Books, aad proceed to register
the voters of their respective districts. By
order of tbe Commissioners.
JAMES DEEX, Clerk.
Commissioners' Office, i
Miltliotown, May 10, 1870.
DISSOLETIOX.
THE co-partnership heretofore existing
between Noah Hertiler, JolinU. Ilerta
kr, and David Ilertzler, Jr, trading as the
firm ot Moah Ilertzler t Sons, is this day
dissolved by mutnol consent
hOAH HERTZLER.
JOHN (. HEKTZLER.
DAVID HEUTZLEK, Jr.
The business and all accounts due said
firm w ill be settled by tbe undersigned, w ho
will continue business as heretofore.
NOAH HERTZLER.
JOHN a. HERTZLEK.
Port RoTal, May 15, 1876.
In tbe Court ofConinion Plea
or Juniata County.
r Jitigmtd Estalt of Isaac Haldtma.
The nnderxipned, Auditor, appointed by
the Conrt ol Common Pleas of Jnniafa
county-to make riistribntion of the balance
in the hands of John II. Moyer, Assignee
of !saac Halitcman, of Mourou township.
said county, on his pirtiai account continu
ed May SMh. l7i. herebv sive notice that
he will mvt all persona interested lor the
purposes ol his pointiueiil at his ottiee in
the borough of Mitlliutown, ou Tuesday, the
'it.' tb day of June, 1876, betwecai the hours
of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock V. M. of
said day, when and where all persona having
claims against tbe said Isaac ilaldeuian,
must present theiu or bu barred Iron) parti
cipation in said fund.
JEKEMIAH LYONS,
May 13, 1876.
FOR SALET
A VALUABLE TRACT OK LAND, con
taining SIXTY-THREE ACRES, more
or less, situated iu Walker township, Juni
aU connty, Pa., two and a half miles north
or Thompsontown and owe mile east of Van
Wert, on which David A. Patterson now re
aides. 43 Acres are Cleared;
the btlauce is Woodiand. Parties desiring
to purchase will please go and see the land.
About price consult John II. Patterson,
Academia, Juniata Co., Pa. .
J. W. PATTERSON,
West Dublin, Futton, Co., Pa.
May 10, 1876-6t
JUA'IATA VALLEY BANK.
MLFFLIIITOWN,
JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN'A.
GEORGE JACOBS, President.
T. VAN 1RV1N, Cashier.
crascroas
George Jacobs,
II. II. Bechtel,
John Balsbacb,
J. W. Frack.
Amoa G. Bonsall,
Jerome N. Thompson,
Joseph Rothreek,
August 4, 1875-tf
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Cucumber Wood Pumps always on hand.
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Please give us a call before purchasing
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