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SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFLINTOWN.
fTealnesdar, January s, 18TT.
B. F. SUHWEIEU,
serroa ass raorarrroa.
EevolutionI Warl"
Revolution and 'war ig 'what is
ir.es.nt by the EandaD, and Wood,
and Tildes leaders of the Democracy
when they doelare that the Lower
House of Concjreas shall secede from
Congress if Tilden is not declared
elected on the 14th day of February,
the day declared by the Constitution
of the United States aa the time
wLen the result of election shall be
announced and the President of the
United States declared by the Presi
dent of the Senate in the presence
of both Houses.
Whichever party, whether Hayes
or Tilfien, that it unelected by the re
Biilt of the opening of the regular
certificates from the Electoral Col
leges of the respective States must
abide by the result.
If any real grievance or wrong, or
fancied grievance or wrong, is felt,
the only way to bring it properly be
fore the country and obtain redress,
fvr the aggrieved one, is to contest,
much after the fashion of an ag-
grivcd Assemblyman, Senator, Con
gressman, or Governor. Because
the man aggrieved is a candidate for
the Presidency of the country, is no
rcoro a roau for revolution and tear,
thiin (Le !.;rgrievcment of a Congress
mna cr any other officer ; the prinei
"pk'B of right and wrong apply to
both the same,
Mr. Hayes could contest by peace
able means the 6eat of ilr. TilJen,
or ilr. Tilden could contest by peace
able means the Feat of III. Hayes.
They Lave no other remedy against
lir&l or fancied grievances or wrongs.
What a monstrous proposition it
wo?iId Feeui to the country if two
( Vngicssional candidates who were
in dispute r.bont an election should
hive their friends to threaten war in
cane they were not respectively de
clared e'.eoted.
To the credit of the Republican
party le it said that no threat of war
has coTue from it.
No part" of Cong:ess have the right
to remain away on the day the 14th
lay of February when the result is
to be announced.
The Constitution is positive that it
must be prouit as a whole body.
The body that is present will consti
tute ths Congress of the United
fthtes under the Constitution and its
laws.
No part of Congress has the right
to withdraw.
MernWrs have the right to resign
and go home.
All of the Republicans have the
1 iht to resign and go home ; so with
' the Democrats the result of which
xvonld be the election of other men.
Cut neither Republicans or Demo
crats have the right to withdraw and
btl up another government and de
clare 6ome one elected who was not I
so declared by the regularly consti
tuted joint meeting of Congress.
Such a course would be Revolution
end War.
Whoever attempts such a course
attempts Revolution and War, and
sllt-mpts what the country, irrespec
tive of party, will not permit.
The mcu who attempt such an out
rage -.vlli be treated as the outrage
merits.
The country is determined that the
cfTjce-holdcib and the men who want
office sL'ul not plunge the country
into war.
Xo nien but the Randall and Wood
elates of nu n are talking of Revolu
tion und War. Even the South is
opposed to Revolution and War as a
nieans of redress, as may be learned
by the following paragraphs, from its
presp, from different points of that
jiecticn of the- country :
TLe Hai'b, N C, Observer says:
"lake U tle cbaiiccs, but do notptub
tb;s controversy itito war, aa that will
lutallibly rcsuit not only in the defeat
of Ti.den, but id the ruin of the I'em
ocra'ie party."
Tbe leading Democrats of South Car
olina cnuuhe.J tbeir uietuoiial to Coo
grrts in pacific language.
Tbe Atiauia, (., l onstitution says:
"Whenever an J wherever tbe slogan of
war it raised, let the emphatic reponse )
of the fcoutb be, 'Get tbee bebiud me, i of the Sentinel. The ofler was ac-S-tin:
Tbe ftateuicut tbat tbe south in! cevted. and thns the Sentinel, not-
rrepared by force of arms to seat Mr
TVe'en, cr engage ia another attempt
at rcvoiu'iun, is wholly and absolutely
JalfC "
Tbe KteSioiund Whig, though inti
mating tLe possibility of war "tor tbe
rescu of the Uuion and the enforce
n. -'it of tilt; lairs," st:ll affirms that
'i je with outetly awaits the result of
the cou'et-i at the north, hopeful that
cciiTV3tiie cnuueel may be respect -ed"
The New Orleans Picayune says,
"Not'uirg bints at zstuei battalions.
The niott potent weapon tilt be a sera-rt!pu.-iy
accurate factory of the can
vacs, a careful review of tbe motives
wincb "jverueJ a najority o( tbe Amer
ican people. Tbe people are not excit
ed and do not threaten."
Tbe Aug usia (Ga.) Chronicle says,
"Tbe snuth bas had war enough, and
w!l have no more. Northern Demo
crats are by no means anxious for tbe
fray."
Tbe Richmond Enquirer thinks "our
duty is to preserve a passive policy.
Jf the northern Democracy bave any
-eu equal to the occasion we want to
ler and see them."
The AUnta Constitution says, We
awtit tbe aae. We are in the bands
of our frauds at the north. If tbey are j
eotifiit ar content. Tbe South is j
-prepared tn nuecort and maintain any
ci. that mat l e ken by the north- j
tra iv ciiorraif.
A New Orleans Democrat, writing
to Cleveland, Ohio, ia reported in tbe
Herald to have said, " I do not find
aay southerner here who wants to get
up another fight. A great many say
that if tbe northern Democrats want to
get up a muss, tba south will be oo
band ; bat the northern Democrats must
take a hesd in tbat muss as well as get
it op before the snath will go in."
Senator Key, of Tennessee, baa said
io Congress tbat the people of bis sec
tion did not want and would not bavt
war. Hou. Ben Hill said. "I sba!l de
cline to furnish anv personal gore ; and
if my friend from New York will spill
bis, why, more the pitj." . . .
The Augusta Seutinel says: "Tbe
northern Democracy may as well un
derstand, once for all, tbat tbe white
people of tbe south do not intend going
to war for the Presidency. They will
support all just, constitutional and
peaceable attempts to inaugurate Mr
Tilden. Bat beyond this they will not
go. If Mr. Hayes is declared elected
by triad and is installed by foree, the
northern Democrats mast undertake the
task of putting bio out and putting
Mr. Tilden in. We of the south will
bare none of it."
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s The Juniata Sentinel.
During the summer of 1846, CoL
A. K. McChu e, now of the Philadel
phia Timet, Professor David Wilson,
of Airy View Academy, and Hon.
James Mathers, deceased, and a few
others whose names are not accessi
ble, projected The Juniata Seutinel.
ilr. ibdnre was only 19 years of
age, and had just finished an appren
ticeship at the tanning business.
Mr. Mathers was the chief stock
holder, and firm friend of the em
bryo editor McClure, with -Those
mental ab:lity be was so well ac
quainted that he deemed him the fit
test of all the aspirants for tbe edi
torial chair of the new Whig paper.
and thus it was that Mr. McClure
was started on Lis editorial career,
which steadily grew brighter, as years
rolled Iv, till at this (late, Decern! er
2 j, 1870, he stands among the fore
most newspaper writers of tlie age ;
The unerring discernment of
Mr. Mathers is abundantly testified
to in the editorial career of the edi
tor of his choice.-
John Schweier, father of the pre
sent editor and proprietor of the
paper, was at that time engaged
hu gely in the manufacture of furni
ture at Mifiiiiitown, and anually ship
ped large quantities of his work to
the different places along the Penn
sylvania canal ; returning from one
of his trips of shipment and 6a! e of
furniture, he brought the press, type
and other fixtures, for the publica
tion of the paper, in his furniture
boat from Hmiisburg.
The first number of The Juniata
Sentinel was issued at Mifflintown on
the 0th day of DecemWr, 184G, with
Mr. McClure as editor, who soon,
also, became its proprietor, and con
ducted the paper as such until in
March, 1852, when he sold it to John
J. Patterson, now United States
Senator from South Carolina.
Mr. Patterson condncted the pa
per one year, and at the end of that
time sold it to A. J. Greer, now edi
tor of the Altoona Tribune. E. B. Me
Crura, now proprietor of the Juniata
Tribune, formerly The Independent, was
associated with Mr. Greer in the
publication cf the Sentinel, and con
tinned an associate until in 183(5,
Then he retired form the partner
ship, and Mr. Greer condncted the
paper until in the fall of 1857, when
lie sold it to John M. Laird, and
J. W. Camplell, of Perry county.
Laird is in the spirit land, and
Campltell has drifted away we know
not where. They sold to W W.
Davis who died in the spring of
1872. while connected with the Juni
ata Republican during a period of
his proprietorship, Davis had John
II. Bentley. deceased, connected edi
torially with the Sentinel in due
course of time Mr. Davis 6old the
Sentinel to Professor A. L. Guss,
now editor and proprietor of the
Huntingdon Globe. During the own
ership of Professor Guss, CoL John
J. Patterson became a partner in the
ownership and management of the
paper, and when the Professor took
charge of the Cassvillc Soldiers' Or
phans' School, the Colonel bought
his interest, and thus became the
6ole owner of the Sentiml, the second
time. The ownership of the Sentinel
was vested in CoL Patterson, with
H. IL Wilson as publisher until in
August 18Gi, when M. L. Littlefield
bought and conducted it till on the
8th of June 1870, when the present
proprietor B. F. Scbwt-ier bought
the paper of Mr. Littlefield aud CoL
Patterson.
In the fire of the morning of Au
gust 23, 1873, one of the two great
incendiary fires that devastated the
town, the Sentinel office, and all its
contents were destroyed.
In this misfortune Sir. W. M. Allison
elitor of the Juniata Repulltcan, a
paper projected in the early days of
the year 1806, and started in Apnl,
18(itj iiy him, offered the use of the
Republican office for the publication
withstanding the fire, did not miss
an ussne. It reappeared the next
week just as if the outrage of the in
cendiary had not overtaken it
On the 13th day of October B. F.
Schweier bought the Juniata Repub
lican from the editor, W. M. Allison,
he, at that time, having all of the
stock of the concern, known as the
"Juniata Rrpubltcin Printing Jlnsocxa
tion" excepting what D. B. 8p;uioglc,
Esq., of East Waterford, and Prof.
David Wilson, of Airy View, held,
which stock was also subsequently
bought, and thus B. F. Schweier
bought and consolidated the Juniata
Sentinel and Juniata Republican, and
iKsned the first consolidated number
on the 22nd day of October, 1S73,
and has from that date to the present
continued the ownership, the publi
cation and editorial management of
the paper.
The stockholders of the Juniata Re
publican Printing dissociation were J.
S. Lnkens, Dr. J. P. Sterrett, D. P.
Spanogle, Jeremiah Lyons, Profes
sor David Wilson, W. M. Alison,
W. W. Sharon, W. C. Laird, John
Patterson, W. W. Davis, Jacob Wi.-L
John W. Mnthersbaugh For Wall,
Mann ft Mailt Allot of Juniata Coun-
ly, Pa.
Ether Groom, of Princeton,
Kv.
is 120 years old and is sorry she hadn't
come to me venieomai.
The Annual Concert of the Pres
byterian Sabbath School last
Thursday Evening. The Jubi
lee on that Occasion.
The anoual coneert of the Presby
terian Sabbatb School was held last
Thursday evening, in tbe Presbytenan
cbnrcb in this place. Tbe evening was
also made tbe occasion of a Christmas
Jubilee, and tbe doable ceremony at
tendant upon tbe formulated Sabbath
School questions and answers, and the
programme adhered to in tbe distribu
tion of Christmas gifts was of an inter
esting character, farexceedieg anythipg
of , the same nature participated in by
tbe Presbyterian Sabbatb School.
The assembly was large. Chairs and
benches were brought into requisition
to seat tbe assembly, as the peas or
permanent seats were quite unable to
accommodate the people who attended
to et joy the examination of the school,
nd witness the distribution of tbe gifts
and good things on the Christmas Tree
tbat stood in its everereen beauty at
the palpit end of tbe cbarcb, reaching
from tbe floor to the ceiling.
Preceding the review Mr. S. B. Lon
don read bis repor as Treasurer of fbe
School.
Upon the close of the review, or ex
amination of tbe Sabbath School on the
lessons of the past year, by the efficient
Superinte ident, Dr. Thomas A. Elder,
A. J. Patterson, Esq.. a member of
tbe ehnrch, was asked to come forward
and deliver an address. The request
was complied with by Mr. Ptteroo
taking tbe platform and delivering an
extemporaneous address. He opened
by recognizing the important Sabbath
School exercises or review, to which
the audience had listened with such at
tention, and said that that was indeed
tbe first great cause of the meeting,
but coming jujt at tbe time of the
1877th anniversary of the birth of the
Redeemer of men. it coold not well be
passed without a fitting tribute to the
greatest event that bas taken place
among men, for the fallen race. The
anniversary hour, or day, it is true
was past, but yet so recently gone tbat
its marvelous impression had not lost
its influence upon us. Frott the
pleasant introductory Mr. Patterson
passed to the consideration of Christ
mas Day : the manner of its oberv-
arce in past days, in the Old World,
from the earliest days of its recogoi
tion among men as the turning point in
the religious career of huiuank nd ;
The manner of observance in Germany,
Northern Europe aud England, in Fen
dal times, and more modern times, was
dwelt on in a highly interesting and in
structive way. But while the address
was ladened with historical references
and other data, such as the student and
thinker ever consider as essential
points in an address, tie great central
bfure that occupies tbe minds of the
children, boys and girls, the great vast
army that is closely pressing in tbe
wakj of tbe generation to which the
i-peaktr belongs, and who soon will
be in the same busy whirl of busi
ness life, was not forgotten To leave
Santa Ciaus out of such an address
would be, as the critic said, to play
Ilmlct with Hamlet leftout. Mr.
Patteison did not forget Santa Claus,
but be had bini moving about, all the way
down from the da) of Baronial Christ
mas festivity to the prestnt tiuic, until
one almost imsgioed tLat the good gift
giving old man was somewhere secreted
behind the Christmas Tree looking out
from among the candies and evergreen,
ready, as soon as the speaker should
end bis speech aud give him a chance,
to come out and hiud around Lis gifts
Io a very pleasant way Mr. Patter
sou closed his address by announcing
that tbe time had come to honor the
time-honored custom cf giving the pre
pared gifts to tbe children, who were
eagerly awaiting them. Tbe speech
bad soharpetted tbe desire of thelit
tle people, and big people too, that
when it was fiuished tLeir eyes fairly
sparkled with anticipation, aud the at
titude of tLeir bodies indicated tbat
there should be nt- time lost iu bring
ing out the baskets.
The Superintendent called the infant
class first. Quite a murmur greeted
the dear little people as they filed out
and in front ot the tree to receive what
was ia store for them. It almost made
one's heart ache not to be one of their
number as they marched out and into
their seats. From tbat class, up, up,
by regular steps ol programme till the
Bible class was reached, the classes
filed, out to get, and into the seat with
tbe tiny baskets filled with candy aud
surmounted by a large orange. The
murmur tbat greeted tbe infant class
was increased to an outburst of genu
ine heartfelt merriment when tba Bible
class filed up in lront of tbe tree, for it
included such aged people as Judge
blder and -Mr. Hutchinson -McAlister ;
tbey all preserved their gravity and re
ceivd tbe presents with beooming
dignity.
Af ter tbe classes had all been served
tbe Superintendent of tbe school said a
number of gifts yet remained to be
given," whereupon Mr. E. S. Parker
stepped forward and presented to the
superintendent a handsome and valua
ble gold pen, aud gold pen aud pencil
holder iu a neat case; then for the
School and Church the superintendent
presented He v. T. J. Sherrard with a
large basket, heavily ladened with sub
stantial good things.
Again the Doctor was called on to do
the agreeable in presenting a valuable
and handsome gold pen, gold pen and
pencilholder, to Mr. A. J. Pattersou
in behalf of Mr. Patterson's class.
The class taught by Mr. James Bay
ers made tbe Doctor tbe happy medium
through which to r resent their teacher
a mountain cake, a "White Mountain"
cake of such proportions that Mr. Buy
ers could uo' take it with him at that
time, but mast needs pat it down til
a more eonvtni nt time, which doubt
less bas long since passed-
Through the hands of the Superio
tendent, in behalf of Master Willie
Nangle, son of Mr. E. D. Xangle, Miss
Beckie Crawford received a handsome
handkerchief.
In bebalf of the school, the Superin
tendent Dr. Elder presented the
Janitress of the Cbareh Sallie M
Nolty with a dress neatly wrapped
in paper, and to Johnny McXulty, the
Janitor of tba Church, a black felt hat,
which Johnny acknowledged by a bow
which would knock out of comparison
many a bow that bas been declared to
be quite nice.
John Hirrle. of Chester eonntv. in
two days of last week nut oo one linn.
dred bnrse shoes. It is said this bas
never been beaten.
The Democratio State Committee.
Some days ago tba Democratio Stats
Committee met at llarnsburg to issue
an address to tbe people of Pennsyl
vania. Taken as a whole it is sot a bad ad
dress, and is aa nice a specimen of po
litical sugar coating aa tbe Democratio
leaders bave been guilty of in many
days.
It proves that tbe leaden of tbat
party do not feel safe with the mass of
their own party in declaring flatly for a
MexicaoixatioD of tbe National govern
ment of South Carolina bas been Mex
canned. Tbey do not feel safe in de
claring tbat in tbe event tbat Tilden is
not declared elected tbey will demand
that Congress, or tbe Lower House of
Congress, shall secede aud set up for
Tilden.
Yet wbilo tLe address is in honeyed
words, it is none tbe less emphatic that
Tilden baa been elected. Tbe address
indirectly saya there is no adjustment
to make, but to announce tbe fart tbat
Mr. Tilden bas been elected. It is the
same stcry tba! tbey proclaimed before
tbe result at tbe polls last November
was known. But here ia the address
To the people of Pennsylvania : We
address you in tbat spirit of patriotism
which is common to all the citizens of
this Commonwealth. Tbe political con
dition of our country is Iraught with
impending peril. The expression by
tbe people of tbeir intention to support
those constitutional means which will
settle tbe issue made on tbe question of
the Presidency may prevent bat other
wise all will deplore. V batsver vio
lates either tbe letter or tbe spirit of
the Constitution tends to weaken, and
may destroy, oar eoveniment. There
is not a question or a measure relating
to tbe peace and happiness of tbe whole
people exciting controversy and por
teudiog disoord for which tbe Constitu
tion fails to provide.
The election of President and Vice
President of the United States is a high
and solemn duty of tbe people of the
several States. To attempt to evade
obedience to tbe popular will by any
effort to distort the meaning of tbe Con
stitution or the interpretation of law to
cek to set up barriers agaiost the face
of this declared will is substituting rev
olutionary expedients fit the constitu
tional methods.
Tbe Senate and Rouse of Represen
tatives of tbe United States bave by tbe
Constitution the sols and exclusive
power to settle all questions which re
late to the validity of tbe electoral
votes of the several States. In one
event the Constitution gives the House
of Representatives the power to elect a
President.
We therefore earnestly invoke from
you every effort cognizable by law in
the execution and support of the con
stitutional methods by which is to be
determined who are the lawfully sleeted
President and . Vice President of the
United States.
We invite those who feel the present
danger to aid io all lawful means which
may induce the Senators and Represen
tatives of the States and people in Con
gress assembled to obey tbe plain intent
and meaning of the Constitution and
laws, and not in defiance thereof at
tempt to place in the high offices of the
government men who title is tainted
with fraud. As free citizens of this
Commonwealth we suggest that you
consider these measures which such a
contingency may invite or command.
We believe a large number of our
citizens who are too proud to be bound
by the designs of tbe managers of the
present administration of the general
government are prepared opecly to con
deoin tbe disposition they manifest to
plunge the cruntry into a sea of dan
gers, ratber tuan return to tue people
the trust committed to them for a speci
fied period of a Presidential term.
If the people will with courage and
calmness, in foil faith in tbeir sover
eignty as the source of all political
power, make these declarations, then
their servants may listen and obey.
Believing that these opinions are en
tertained by all honest and patriotic
citizens, we declare tbat Samuel J . Til
den and Thomas A. Hendricks were, on
the seventh day of November last, elect
ed President and Vice President of tbe
United States. Self gratulation bas do
part in this our solemn statement of the
fact upon which we intend to rest our
future conduct.
And secondly, that we call upon the
members of both Houses of Congress
to adopt snob lawful means as may lead
to tbe official declaration of the fact
tbat Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hendricks
bave been elected, and we urge them
to resist with all tbeir power tbe pro
posal to settle tbe ascertainment of a
fact alra'y accomplished, by a refer
erce of it to any other tribunal than
that already appointed to decide it by
the Constitution of the United States.
The Permanent Exhibition has had
presented to it the Brazilian Enclo
sure, which attracted such attention
and elicited so much admiration dur
ing the CentenniaL The Commission,
through their Secretary, J. M. Da
Silva Cor tin to, assures the managers
that the Brazilian government will
forward their productions at an early
day. As the Emperor, Dom Teibro,
took such an absorbing interest in
our International Exposition, we
must expect from his dominion an
exhibit of its resources that will excel
its late magnificent display. Not to
be behindhand, the Spanish Commis
sion have donated the arch and deco
rations erected in the Main Building
by the Spanish government The
Swedish enclosure has also been pre
sented to the managers of the Per
manent Exhibition. These enclo
sures will be assigned different posi
tions from those which they occu
pied, having places given them along
the nave where they will show to
greater advantage. Everything in
dicates that when the Exhibition
opens in April next it will , surpass
the superb display made in. the Main
Building during the International
Exhibition of 1876. A'orth American.
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The heir- at-law of fXbrd 'Macauley
bas been found in tbe person of an old
gentleman named Macau ley, living in
Illinois.
A DESPERATE LOf Eft,
He Killt ike Father, then Carrie Hit
Daughter to a .Minister' t Hautt and
Demand to be Mimed The Mur
derer' Game Spoiled, but he Make
Good Hi Etcape. . . , : 1
A Memphis despatch of December
19tb says: Yesterday L. 3. Hill, an
old and highly respected citizen living
four miles north of Shelby depot,' was
hot and killed by Gaily Bond under
tbe following circumstances s Bend bad
been .paying attentions to W ri Bill's
daughter, and visited Mr" J1U1, anjjour
before tbe shooting. After some con
versation be went ofl, saying .tbat be
would return in about an hoar.' . Bund
went to tbe house, procured a double
barreled shot guo, returned to Mr. Hill,
and shot Hill through tbe door of his
own house. After seeing that bis vic
tim was down and dead, he seized tbe
young lady, actually dragging her over
the dead body of her father, and ear
ried ber by fores before a neighboring
minister and demanded to be married
to ber. Tbe girl refused, when Boud
threatened to kill ber. The minister's
wife called Bond's attention to tbe ap
proach of a posts in pursuit of him
At this time some neighbors rode np
to the minister's bouse, when tbe young
lady was taken from ber captor and
locked np ic a room secure from an;
possibility of bis carrying out' bis
threats. Bond bad been riding all the
night previous, and bad so jaded bis
borse tbat be required another oo which
to make bis eaeape. -This he accom
plished by deliberately shooting one of
the three horseuien, so wouuding him
tbat be fell from Lis borse, which he
mounted and rode to the residence of
Mr. H arson, a few miles - distant, and
exchanged this borse for ' a fine grj
animal, on which be was last seen riding
westward toward the Mississippi river,
making good bis escape so far from all
pursuers.
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A rive Thousand Dollar
Clirlstiuaa Itinuer.
Ths most expensive dinner served on
Christmas Day was eaten at San Fran
cisco, if the ingenious .Veirs Letter be
veracious. A rich citizen, who' bad
made a fortune as a poultry dealer,
wished to tend a fine tnrkey to b
daughter and ber young husband, . and
at the same time to inclose a little sou
venir, lie placed a certificate of 100
shares of Consolidated Virginia mining
stock in a rich morrocou pocket-book,
biding bis gift inside of the royal bird,
near tbe heart. As be joined tbe young
couple at dinner there was merry
twiukle in bis eye. Grsce was said,
and the keen carving knife cleft tbe
breast of the fowl. " It tastes a little
leathery,' remarked tbe young- wife.
"Cut deeper," responded tbe fond pa
nent. Tbey cut and cut until the last
vestige of tbe stuffing, which smelt like
a collection of elegantly bound book,
was removed. There lay a soggy-looking
pocket book. Tbe India ratber
band bad dissolved, and aj it opened
with the heat the sweet juices of tbe
j turkey Lad little by little reduced tbe
crisp certificate to boiled pulp. With
a loud shriek the father fell under the
table. He bad forgotten to take the
Lumber of ths certificate, and they bad
been eating a turkey worth $5,000.
News Items.
"Read anything continuously," sirs Dr.
Johnson, "and vou ill be learned."
Tbe CeJir Hollow Lime Company, in
Chester county, is using coal-oil gas to born
lime. It is a success.
Thomas Cook, of Charohersburg, ki'.Ied a
bullock two weeks ago which weighed over
three thousand pounds.
Of tbe Hi teen thousand men who are
wearing away tbeir lives in the mines of the
Schuylkill coal region, ten thousand at least
are unmarried.
A Hew York milk dealer has been fined
S-oO and sent to prison forlO days tor adul
terating milk. There are over one hundred
indictments for the same offence now pend
ing. Michael Burns died suddenly in St. Pat
rick's Church, Pottsville, while engaged
in his devotions n Christmas morning.
His death was attributed to general debility.
A lamp explosion at Warren a few nights
ago set tire to the night clothing of Rev.
Father Pew, who was about to retire to bed
and injured him so badly that be died the
next day.
On Saturday night two weeks ago a little
daughter of James Douglass, of Bolesvilio,
Beaver county, had her hands frozen above
the wrists while she was sleeping by an.
consciously putting them outside theqnilts.
Sunday dog fights are advertised with
other amusements considered appropriate
to tbe day in the Hew Orleans newspapers.
A Chinaman, who was recently arrested
for burglary In San Francixco, was found
by the keeper of the prison inhaling the
gas from the burner, and nearly exhausted.
When be was taken into the open air he
languidly opened his eyes and aaid, Me
likee niuchee die."
William Bright, of Reading, met with a
horrible doath on the Kva ling St Columbia,
Railroad. He was standing on the top of a
loaded coal car while the train was in motion-
Suddenly the fastening if the car
bottom gave way, the coal ru.htd out and
the unfortunate man was carried down with
it and thrown under the cars, resulting ia
his death.
Certain parties of late have been in
the habit of driving tbe cows of Tyrone
citizens over tbe mountain and selling
them. Several thus disposed of bave
been recovered. A boy Las been ar
rested on suspicion of having a band in
the bovine thieving.
In Philadelphia George Stokes, who
claimed to be aa Englishman, applied
for lodgings at tba Sixteenth District
station bouse. Being informed that
there was no room for him, be replied
tbat be would compel them to accom
modate him. He then withdrew to the
outside of tbe building, tock off bis
boot and smashed the windows with it.
Tbi iconoclast was arrested and com
mitted to jail in default of bail, on a
eharge of malicious mischief. The pros
pect are tbat George will get accotn
modations for a longer period than
may suit him. - - :
,.- -News Items.
Yassar has SSa girls.
"Massacre" Butler is what tbej call
tba Hamptooian Senator."
A Pittsburg man pulled out his
wife's hair and bas ninety days to regfet
it hi jail. ' -
Johnny Scott, of Towanda, was
killed recently while coasting near tbat
place.
Don't put tbe point of your lead pen
cil in your mouth. Tbe frequeot prac
tice has resulted io tbe ru:n of- health
nd in many eases in paralysis and
. Bethlehem puts the tramps to work
breaking alone on tbe streets, and now
tbey give that beautiful borough the
go-by and pester ber neighbors.
Lewis Stewart, of Camp Hill, Cum
berland eonory, was killed by the ac
cidental discharge of bis gun."
David Clymer and Mrs. H. Khoads,
of Jonestown, Lebanon county, are
missed by tbeir respective families,
but no reward is offered.
William Knox has walked from New
York down tbe Atlantic coast, along
.k-!..f f 1.: ,k. I.,k.
......... ......... ...
mus of Damn, op the Pacific coast
to Los Angelos, a distance of 4,1'l'U
miles.
A tree was felled in Jefferson county
oo the 22d inst., that made fifteen logs
16 feet long each, and that eohtiiaed
5,870 feet, tbe first log being 47 itches
in diameter at the top aud the others
growing less very gradually.
- Governor Hartraott on tbe 27th nit.,
issued tbe warrant for the execution on
Thursday, tbe 0th day of March,
1877, of John Donatio, convicted in
Carbon coouty, on tbe 24th day o! Oc
tober, 187C, of the murder of Morgan
Powell, aud sentenced December IS,
1876, to be banged.
A California farmer sold his wheat
crop the other day for $058,000, real
izing thereby a profit o $-00,000.
: A deluded Marylaod parent bas re
cently christened bis triplets "Tilden,"
"Hendricks" and "Reform."
Captain Boyton has accomplished
the task of swimming eight baudred
miles on tbe river Po.
A woman in Allegheny county, X.
Y., hasn't used soap in ber kitchen for
five years. She heats the water and
tben pours in a little milk. This soft
ens the water, gives the dishes a fine
glow, and doesn't spoil the haoda.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in net cash receipts for tbe year 1876
(estimating the month of December), is
at least one and a quarter million ot
dollars in excess of tbe net cash receipt
in 1875.
Tilghman Deshler walked imoanore
pit eighty feet deep the other night near
Siegersville. He clung to some Hones
cn the sid of the pit uutil helped out
by two companions.
Land of a good quality can be bought
in Washington county fur $50 per acre.
Jaeob llewit, of Crawford county,
bad a hard fight with a panther the oth
er day, but it escaped into tbe woods.
Small Pox prevails to a considerable
extent in London.
A man named Pew, of Warren, Pa ,
was fatally burned a couple of days
ago by the explosion of a coal oil lamp.
With rare presence of mind tbe man,
who was seventy years of age, ran out
of the house and rolled in the snow, ex
tinguishing the flames, but too late to
save his life.
The Bethlehem milkmen carry stoves
in their wagons.
Mrs. Pritcbard was killed near Scran
ton by the accidental discbarge of a
hunter's gun, who wa in the act of
climbing into a wagon in which she
was seated.
Two young ladies of Mif3inbnrgre-
cenlly walked toLewisburg, niue miles.
to attend a parly, aud then danced all
night.
Charlie Walters, a Clarion county
lad, aged eleven years, lately abut and
killed a deer weighing one hundred and
ten pounds.
Wolves are so numerous in Cambria
county tbat danger is apprehended both
to persoues and cattle.
The f ish Commission of this State
have bought for $2,000, the fishes be-
.ongmg to Mr. ceih W erks, located on
the headwaters of French creek, abont
two miles from Corry. There are at
tbat point six large springs, whose wa
ters converge and form a stream of purs
and very cold water, ample for tbe pur
pose of raising fish with which to stock
tbe streams of Pennsylvania.
Oo the 9th of June, 18 j 4, the hotel.
barn, etc , of Henry MoKee, near the
Clark's Ferry Biidge, were destroyed
by nre caused oy sparks from a locomo
tive on the Northern Central K. R. Mc
Kee brought suit in the Daupbin coun
ty court, and last Wednesday the rail
rDad company admitted damaces to the
amount of $5,000 and the matter was
settled without trial.
Fie well known residents of Huston
township, Blair county, have been ar
rested and held for trial on a charge of
making and issuing couoterfeit five
cent pieces. Their names sre Henry
Fredericks, Joseph, John and Peter
Clapper and Peter Stray er.
Miss Alligator Moore, despite ber
name, got a husband. She bad made
np her mind to stand no nonsense, and
expecting a serenade with boms, tin
pans, and other noiseinakers, she turn
ed ber bouse info an arsenal on the
night of ber marriage. The serenaders
approached cautiously, and were ready
to begin a din, when four shotguns
blazed from the window. Wound
were numerous, and the fun was spoil
ed. This was io Giddings, Texas.
Postmaster Piefendcrfer, of Allen
town, is short $1,400 in bis accounts
and is in trouble. It ts stated he loan
ed $1,250 out of the post office funds to
a gentleman who used it in the cement
bu lines at Coplay, and the borrower
promised to pay it ba?k in a few days.
Tbe promise was not kept and Mr. Die
fenderfer now finds himself in a very
uncomfortable position
According to an English authority,
redness of the nose in both sexes is
produced by inattention to tbe common
rules foe preserving health. With men,
the bottle is tbe predisposing canse ;
with women, and especially the young,
tight lacing. An unnatural pressure
on the waiat and chest obstructs tbe
eirculation, and causes stagnation of
tbe blood io tbat prominent and import
ant feature, tbe nose.
It bas been so cold down South tbia
winter that io many places large quan
tities of ioe bare been cut out and
stored
Sew jMcerttsements.
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TO AIjIm
DR.
THrf Discoverer and Compounder of the
far-loiucU
DR. SWATHE'S
Composed Syrup r Wild Cherry
and other valuable preparations, entered
upon his professional career with the impor
tant advantage of a regular Medical Educa
tion in one of the o dest andbet school!, in
Philadelphia, and, perhaps, in the world
He subsequently ewrved a faithful term of
practice in the Philadelphia Dispensary, and
lor many years attended also in the hospi
tal. Iu these institutions be enjoyed ths
j most ample opportunities of obtaining an
insight into uiseaaes in an lueir , aricu
(onus, as well aa tor ascertaining the best
methods of their treatment. In ottering,
therefore, to the people of tbe United States
the fruits of hie extensive professional ex
perience ia the medical compounds as the
best results of his skill and observation, ha
feels that he is but proffering a boon to
cvry famiiy thro'Jjhout the rand, resting,
aa he does, cond !-utly. in the merits ami
cttLacioua virtues of tbe remedies be here
with commends. Tbe vaat amolmt of testi
mony from all parts of the workl bos proven
u L)K. S WAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP
OF WILD CHERRY" the most efficacious
remedy kuown, aud it ia admitted by our
must eminent physicians, and all who have
witnessed its wonderful healing properties.
The WILD CHERRY, in ail ages of the
world, and in all countries where it is known,
has been jus'ly celebrated for Its wonderf ul
medicinal qualities, but its great power to
cure some of tbe worst ami most distressing
diseases among us, was never fully ascer
tained uutil the experiments of thai ssillfvl
physician., Dr. Swayne, bad demonstrated
its adaptation, in combination with Pine Tar
and equally valuablo vegetable ingredients,
which, chemically combined, renders its ac
tion leufoU u.ore certain and beneficial ia
curing all diseases of the throat, breast anil
lunjrs. DR. S WAYNE'S WILD CHERRY
COMPOUND strikes at the root of the dis
uast. by punl'vingjthe blwid, restoring the
liver and kuineys to healthy action, .nvig
oratiog the nervous and shattered constitu
tion. It does so without prostrating or
weakening the body hi any way. It :ures
not only the lungs and liver, but every cr
gan dependent upon a wasted or imferer
ished slate ol the blood.
'A REMARK ACLECl'RE
was that of iward II. Hameoo, Engineer
at George SWeney's Pottery, 1,34-1 Kidgp
Avenue, Philadelphia, lie had a violroi
cough, sight sweiis, si-re throat, great
weakness, spit at different times a piut cr
blood, gave up all bore of recovery.
ThroKgh the oe of "Dr. Swayne'a Wild
Cherry by rap" became a sound, hearty man.
and reinaiDs so to this day, although over
twenty years bave elapsed auice he was
curvd.
We are permitted to refer to tle rol
bwing gentlrmen who bave experienced
great benefit, and nsed -Lr.S Wayne's Com
pound dyrup of Wild Cherry' in tbeir fam
ily tor many years :
Samuel G. Scolt (firm of Jacob Reijsl &
Co., Drv Goods, No. 33d Market street,
Philadelphia.)
Elwuoti T. Pasey (formerly firm of Wise,
Pusey & Wise, N. E. corner of Filth aod
Market strerts, Philadelphia.)
Robert Hutchinson, No. 2,; Spring
Garden street, Philadelphia
John J. Lytic. Dry Goods Merchant, cor
ner Suvetiiit aud Spring (tardea atreels,
Philadelphia.
John U. Mi ers. Founder, Coates street,
above Toenty-secund, Philadel hia.
And thousands of others trow every sec
tion of :he habitable globe.
PRICE SI : 6 BOTTLES FOR $j.
If not sold by your drnrgist or store
keeper we will forward half a dozen to anv
address, freighi paid, oa receipt of the
price. Prepared oulr bv
DR. 3 WAYNE k SOI,
330 SORTU SIXTH STKkLT, FEILA
DELPUIA, PA.
Sold by all proiuineut druggists.
ITCIIIXCr PILES
are generally preced-d by a moisture like
perspiration, distressing itching, as though,
pin worms were crawling in and about the
rectum, particnlarly at niht, when undress
ing, or in bed, alter getting warm. it ap
pear in summer as well aj, in winter nitn.
times shows itself around tbe private parts,
and is nut efknffiiMi tn mil... nnl. K..t .
quite as frequent that females are sorely
Mitairu, yuiitiio id times oi pregnancv.
extending into the vagina, proving dbtreV
sinsr almost beyond the powers ot endur
ance. Cases of long standing, pronounced
incurable, have been Ilermnentlv eim.l K
simply applvins
SWATHE'S OI-ITMEST.
HERE IS THE PROOF :
Dr. Swavne k. Son : Enclosed
one dollar tor two bjies of your Ointxeul
lor Itching Piles. These are for some of
my friends who are afVicted with this dis
tressing complaint. The box you sent me a
veor soto. used about on-!iall nl it .n4 I
am glad, yes, 1 am proud to say it made s
pcnevi cure, i muii us etlicacy should
l-Uhlished throughout thi. lncrtK '.n.l K-..lth
of the land, luucau publish this if you
ujiua pwper.
UA ID GROSSNICKXE,
Laidesburg, Frederick Co., M4.
RlCtDEa : If VOU ATt. SnffV.ini. ;K K..
annovinir comi.iainf or Terr. m - . ..
scaly, itchy skin disease, go to your drug-
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It will sureiv cure vou.
Price GO cents a box. Thmi h. ei
6 boxes $ Sent by mail to aay address
on rrceipi i ioe price, rn-pared only
by
DR. S WAYNE A SON,
330 ."forth Sixth street.
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