SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN MIFFL1NTOWN. fTenesday, March I-l, 111. C. F. SCnffKIEH, mii Asa f aoritirroa. And Thus Stands tha Situation. Tbe Cabinet of President Ilaies is s compound of new elements. None of the o'.i elements of Ex Presideot Grant's Ctiinet enter into its composition. It is compoaud of different elements of politics, sad, as a ebemut would say wbo had never prepared such a com pound, there is do felling ahat tbe dif ferent elements usy produce. No one can tell wbat it may produce when po litical q'lentiuns are brought before it for consideration. If it can escape from party consid eration, and level every interest up to the sooial, governmental, and business plane of the much wished for millennial period, which may be near, or may be ten thousand years away, happy will be the result, and loud and long will be the appUuse of the whole oountry. Everybody is longing for the millen nium, but somehow humankind is so crooked that it never yet bas been ush ered in. If it is simply to bs a oonglomerate Cabinet combination, to beheld together only by Cabinet patronage, its failure will be speedy and most disastrous. Bat there 's noihiog in any of the ut terances of President Hayes since bis bominatioo aud election !o warrant any conclusion but that be is actuated by the best of intentions. There is noth ing to warrant tbe insinuation quite broadly thrown out, that he contem plate, shaping a policy tbat will over throw the organization of the party through which be reached the official positions which he has enjoyed, and which exalted him to tbe chief niagts tracy of the Republic. His Cabinet appointments have not given satisfac tion t. all of his political friends. It was not expected tbey would ; but tbe country generally are disposed to ao cept thru a tbey have been preseuted by tfc President, with the hupe tbat he has been wiser than they in their views, and that tht greatest harmony and tuo oeis may attend his appointments. While tbey see in Mi. Evarts a man of exceedingly easy politics, a politics that may change in a day, tbey recognize the fact that the same quality qualifies hiio for tbe closest allegiance as a courtier. lie will look at things through the spectacles of a lawyer of' high place in tbe profession. Ameri can inteiosts will hardly suffer abroad while be boids tbe port folio of State. I Mb Scbcrz I is a man of no similarity to Mr. Evarts, excepting a nearness to the distinguish-' ed lawyer in linguistic ability. Tbe quality of tbe oourtier does not enter into bis composition. He possesses so little of it that in 1848. be with others oooxptred against bis Prince in Ger many, and by bard work in escape saved bis neck from tbe baiter. But infidelity to a Prince or a King is some thing tbat tbe average American is more likely to applaud than condemn. If Mr. Schurx bas no particular bobby to ride, or no axe to grind, tbe Presi dent may get along with him finely, and the Interior Department will be man aged with ability; but look out for dis cord if Mr. Schuri's key does not jin gle with that of the abinet generally. The conutry. however, u hopeful of Mr. Scburi. Mr Shirma.i, as Secretary of tbe Treasury, gives sat isfaction to everybody, excepting the Democrats, but as tbey are ratber jubi laot over the introduction of Evarts, SoSuri, Key, and I 'evens into tbe t ab inet, it would be tbe height of discour tesy to attempt to interfere with their growling, excepting to gently re mind them tbat they bave no reason in tie world to be made cheerful iu tbe Bf.r .i-ttneot of more than four mem bers in tbe Cabinet. If Mr. Tilden bad succeeded to tbe Presidency, be would not Lave been allowed to put a v to in Lis Cabinet whom tbe Republi cans admired, so the erring brethien should be satisfied to the fulluess of their hearts with the four Cabinet effi cers that they profess to admire. Of Mr. McCrary, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Key, and Mr. Devens, little was known by the country generally, until since their nomination and confirmation as Cabinet officers, and on that meager knowledge the public generally bas no bitter cuuiineuts to make. With few ex?ep'io;!, all are willing to cheerfully abide by the selcotion of the President, and ana'.t results, and thus stands the situation. The Color Line. President Hayes in his inaugural address says : " Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States tbat it is my earnest desire to regard aud promote their truest interests of tbe white and of the colored people both, aod equally, and to put forth my best e Toils in behalf of a civil policy wbicb will forever wipe out in our political affairs tbe color line and tbe distinction betweeo North and South, to tbe end that we suay bave not merely ft united North, or a united South, but a united country." Juki James P. Stkrrett has ac cepted the appointment on the Supreme Beech, made vacant by tbe death of Judge Henry W. Williams. Satisfac tion with tbe appointment is expressed frcm all aide. John W. Hammond, of Erie, bas been elected President of the State Agricultural Society. The New Cabinet. THE KOMHiTIOJfS BEST TO TH SZSaTX. The folio wing nominations were receive.! by the Senate from Presi dent Hates : WilHani M. Evarts, of New Tork, Serrelary of State. John Sherman, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury. George W. McCrary, of Iowa, Sec retary of War. Richard 51. Thompson, of Indiana, Secretary of the Navy. General Charles Devens, of Massa chusetts, Attorney General. David M. Key, of Tennessee, Post master General. Carl Schurz, of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior. SECRET ART Or STATE. William Maxwell Evarts, the new Secretary of State, was born in Bos ton in 1S18. He graduated at Tale College in 1837 ; studied law in the Harvard School, and in 1811 was ad mitted to the bar of New York city. When articles of impeachment were presented to the Senate of the United States against President Andrew Johnson, in 1808, Mr. Evarts was chosen by the President sr his prin cipal counsel. That, trial resulted in b verdict of acquittal for President Johnson, and in July, 18G3, Mr. Evarts was appointed Attorney Gen eral of the United States, which office he held until the close of Mr. John son's administration. 'When the tri bunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims met at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1872, Mr. Evarts was counsel for tbe United States. He also appear ed for the Republican party before the late Electoral Commission. SECRETARY OF THE TBE18TOT. John Sherman, the Secretary of the Treasury, was bora in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1823. He began his educa tion at Mount Yeinon, Ohio; from thence went to Maskinggum and studied civil engineering and after wards read law, was admitted to prac tice and foi med a partnership with his brother, Charles T. Sherman. In 1848 Mr. Sherman came prominently into politics as a member of the Whig conventions of 184S and 1S52, and in 185-1 was elected to Congress from the Thirteenth district of Ohio. He was subsequently elected to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty seventh Congresses. He was a can didate for Speaker cf the Thirty sixth Congress but was defeated by a few voies. In 1861, on the resig nation of Mr. Chase from the Senate of the United States from Ohio, Mr. Sherman was chosen to fill his place, and was re-elected in 1S67 and 1S73. While in the Senate Mr. Sherman in troduced and supported the national bank bill and legal tender acts, and also opposed the continuance of the State banking system. He sras like wise the father of ft bill for funding the national debt and converting the notes of the United States. SECRETARY OF WAR. George W. McCrary, of Iowa, who has been appointed Secretary of War, was born near Evansville, Indiana, in 1835, but removed with his parents the following year to the territory that is now incorporated in the State of Iowa. After receiving a sound literary education, Mr. McCrary was admitted to the bar at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1856. In the following year he was chosen to the State Legislature, and in 18G1 to the Senate for four years. After the end of this service he was elected to the Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-third and Forty fourth Congresses. It is claimed that Mr. McCrary originated the Electoral Commission as a means of settling the diffiulty in relation to the Presidential question. SECRET ART OF THE JtAVT. Richard W. Thompson, wbo is to be Secretary of war is a Virginian by birth, aud a Whig politician of the old school. He was born in Culpepper ciunty on June 9, 1809, and received a good classical education. lie was of adiei.ture, and loug before be was of sge set his face toward the wilds of Kentucky. In 1631, he removed to Lawrence county, lnd., where be taught school for a few mouth?, and then weM into a store, selling goods by day and studying law by night. In 1831, he was admitted to the bar, and was al most immediately elected to the Indi ana Legislature. He was re elected iu 1835, aud in the following year went to the Senate, where be served two years, being I're&ideut protein, of that body. In the campaign cf 1840 he walked tealously for Tippecanoe and- Tyler too," being a Presidential elector. In 1841 be was elected a Represen tative in Congress. In 1844 he was again chosen a Presidential elector, and in 1847 appeared in Congress. President Taylor offered him tbe ap pointment of Charge d' Affaires to Aus tria and President Filmore the office of Recorder of the General Lan I ffice, but be preferred to praotice his pro fession. In 1SG8 was eleeted a Free idential elector, and in 1868 was a delegate to tbe Republican National Convention. He was chairman ef the Indiana delegation at the Cincinnati Convention laot year, and voted fur Mr. Morton uutil the break was made for Mr. Hayes. He was put forward to place Senator Morton in nomination. Mr. Thompson is a tall, straight man. with white hair, and a oonntenance de noting great decision of eharaeter. ATTORNEY OEKERAL. General Charles Devens was born at Charleetown, Mass., April 4, 1820, entered Harvard University in 1834, and after graduating at its law school, began legal practice in Franklin comi ty, Mass., in 1341. He served in the State Senate in 1847 48, and was United States Marshal from 1849 to 1853. While holding the latter office he offered to pay the sum demanded for the freedom of Sim?, t fugitive slave who had been returned from Massachusetts. In the spring of 1861 Gen. Devens entered the army with the rank of major. Some months later he be came colonel of the 15th regiment, which took part in tbe Peninsula campaign. While before Torktown he was appointed Brigadier General He subsequently served in the Army of the Potomac, and lost a limb in battle. Since the war he has been most of the time on the bench, and is now a member of the Supreme Court of the State. POSTMASTER GENERAL. Postmaster General David M. Key was born in Greene county, East Ten nessee, in 1824. His father was a Baptist minister. Young Key was reared on a farm, and after receiving a common school education, taught school himself to obtain means to pay his way through college. In 1S50 he graduated at Hiwassee College, East Tennessee, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1S53, and set tled in Chattanooga, where he has ever since resided. In 18C1 be joined the Con federate army, entering the service as lieutenant colonel of the Forty-third Tennessee Regiment, served through the war, and surrendered in North Carolina, under General Joseph E. Johnston. In 1S65 his old friend, Andrew Johnson, pardoned him. He return ed to his home in TJhattanooga, and renewed the practice of law. In 18C9 he was elected to the Constitutional Convention, and was earnest in secu ring the right of full citizenship to the colored people, with whom he was very popular. In 1875 Mr. Key was appointed by Governor Porter to fill the vacant seat of Andrew Johnson in the Sen ate. He was recently defeated for election. Lacking only three votes. In 1876 he delivered speeches in favor of Tilden. At his home he is regarded as a representative Confederate, a just, liberal, honest man, who thoroughly accepted the situation in 1865, and has done all in his power to promote good will and harmony between the sections. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. To Carl Schurz has been confided the care of the Department of the Interior. Mr. Schurz was was born in Sivlar, Prussia, in 1829, and edit cated at the Gymnasium of Cologne and the University of Bonn. He took an active part in the Liberal revolution of 184S, in Germany, and wheO that failed, escaped to Switzer land, anu from there came to the United States in 1852. In a short time after landing I'e embarked in the anti-6lavery movement in the North west, and was a member oi the Re publican Convention of 1860. He was appointed Minister to Spain by Mr. Lincoln, but returned, entered the army and was present at the bat tles of Bull Run, Chancellorsvill and Gettysburg. In 1867 Mr. Schurz assumed editorial control of the West liche Post, a German paper published at St Louis, and in 18C9 was chosen United States Senator from Missouri. When Horace Greeley was nominated for the Presidency Mr. Schurz gave him an ardent support, and at the last election spoke and labored for Haves. Local Self-Government. The questioo of the local self-gov-eruiueut of the Southern States is dwelt on as follows by President Hayes in his inaugural address : " The people of those States are still oipoveri.xhed, and tbe inestimable bles sing of wi'e, honest, and peaceful local self government is not fully enjoyed. Whatever difference of opinion may exist c to the cause of ibis condition of things, the fact is clear that in the progress of events the time has come wben such government is an imperative necessity, nquired by all tbe varied interests, public and private, of those States. Uut it must not be forgotten that only a local government which re coguixes and maintains inviolate the rights of all is a true self government. With rei-ppct to the two distinct races, whose peculiar relations to each other have brought upon us the deplorable complications and perplexities which exist in those Slates, it must be a gov ernment which guards tbe interests of both races carefully and equally ; it must be a government which submits loyally and heartily to the Constitution and tht laws ibe laws of the cation and the laws of the States themselves, accepting and obeying faithfully the whole Constitution as it is." Two Supreme Judges Judges Field and Clifford showed their childish side by not attending the in auguration ceremony of President Hayes. If the Honorable gentlemen thought there was high tone in their action, they mistook the tone. It was nothing short of contemptible plebian toorishness. Chief Justice Moses, of tbe South Carolina Supreme Court, died at one o'clock on the 6ib inst. There are twelve miles of shelving of books ia the British Museum. m i f .sl - PMtaiaiAar ' aaawgiSMMaaiifciiM Listen, Donkey, to your Trainer. That's the Band playing sweet !an.l of Liberty." Then, up, DonVey, up ! Steady. Just right foot in. Head up gaily, there is a ghost .f a chance to win. in g i g about with your head down. Ui, up ! and listen to the shouts of applause for Haves, and what is cheering for us poor fellows, who have been shivering in the cold, is the fact that Evarts, Schurz. Kev and Elevens are in the Cal.inpr. 'Tis fmouo r.r u,n - own. but there is enough in them wnen at yourseii. oet up, stand A real lively time by the Hand.; A Bad Peopl, Doing Bad Work Crush Them Oat. John Chinaman, whom Senator Sargent fears is about to get entire control of the Pacific Coast, numbers about 30,000 in the city of San Fran ciico. Of this army fully 2,500 pur- sue the nefarious occupation of gar-' dening ; 1.200 earn a living by man- ,. . . . . . A : gang shirts; 3,lo0 minister to our vices by making cigars and cigar boxes ; fully 1,300 waste their time in making clothes, while 2,000 dis- grace the community by following '. the business of boot and shoe mak- ing. Then there are 2,200 who poi- , fei,,inj commencel wly io the son their fellow beings by canning m, mit.g aoj ia kept up till a Uie hour in fruits and pickles. Besides these the day. Hair a doted tablee are k.-pt go there are hundreds working in factor- ," ,"d nc"r,-v th8 toomi "f ,h" ies, fishing, making matches and pi.-k-: " . Ever; body ., . . . . , . i "bo attends is expected to eat two or three ing rags. Senator Sargent is right tiiel , diVf nau neighbort M W(J tbclMJ These people must be suppressed. 1 from a distance. A many aa Irom 3;l to We cannot have victims of an effete . 600 person are teamed at un of the f -and despotism coming here to do those country lunetals. The h..tio of attendants menial services. These must be left . " "d frd-. C ow " "r ,r,,,- . . . pi -t , i ; lui tuts iiuiciKau I 'xjijiiz. - i i nuc- j pma limes. Lore, Marriage, Disappoint- in ' lit ulriil. i 1 Four years ago, Ihss Athers, of . Porterville, advertised for a husband. John R. Johnston, of Vermont, re- snonJed. and after a brief acquaint- ii ,i t,.i, ance they were married, ana Jolin- '. ... - , Sion ODtainea """" , Porterville. On Wednesday of List j week a former wife of Johnston made her appearance. lie acknowledged j that he was a married man when he married Miss Athers, and the latter shot herself through the heart and died intAntly. A Game Preserve. The English institution of game preserves has been introduced into Berks county by a local Sportsmen's Association. They have leased 3,000 j acres of forest, field and stream, I which they will stock with birds and fishes. They pay each of the fifteen I farmers who own the land five dol- J lars a year and divide the proceeds of fines for "poaching" with the farmers on whose territory game is killed. Several hundred quail and pheasants will be set at liberty this spring. Scalp Claims. There are scaip olaiws awaiting Ibe action of the Supervisors of Mendocioo county, CaliforuM, amounting to $1, 787. The animals slaughtered were sixteen California lions, one huodrel aud nineteen bears, comprising tbe black, brown, aod ciuuauion species, ud two hundred aud forty four wild cats. Tbe lions and panthers draw a bounty of $10 each, bears $5 each, and wildcoats $3 each. There are no gris tly seaips. Suicides In Sen Tork In IST6. Tnere were 150 suicides in New York city last year, 114 males, 36 fe males; 31 single, 85 married, 16 widows, 2 widowers, etc. Fourteen of the number were clerks ; 69 were born in Germany. Poisons were the most frequent agents resorted to. A Ket Book. The Rochester Democrat says: "The sale of Bibles is said to be three times as great as great as it was a year ago. Mr. Moody drew attention to the work and they think it is a new book." Almost a Miracle of Honesty. The Washington Examiner says a farmer in that county recently called on the commissioners to rectify the assessment of his farm. He was as sessed for sixty acres less than he should have been. - . to put some "get up" in you. up, perhaps you'll get in. There now, that will do. Music. Feasting- at Fanerals. Probably there i no -ther cun:r in the State, or the L'tiiti-d States, lor th.it muter, here fesMing at Itinera; prevails to so Treat an ext -nt ax in Lettish cnuntr. The custom prevails a'so into in the counties of Berks and Northampton. When a rich or fanner's iie dies, the brettb ia out ' b body before prepara- ,lon' for t,h" "U'X ,unen,, be,n 00 " grand scale. Oxen are kille.1 aud the fatted c, u brou?ht to th)) Uuck Fo,u shuttered by tb hundred. The ovens and the cooking stoves are kept busy tor cooking, biking, and matiug. iru- ,uen'H, "l1 ' . P"try are provided. The ru-ighlx.ni generally do this work unhid. irn to. th ft- nr th pivnuijij arc, ii ia cuiiMiuercu "mean . . . ... til fctll.t on aiilfiun iknfatiitna lilcf. Ih. In fact, the immediate family are not conM ered at ail in the nutter. They are the mourners," aud are at the mercy of tho volunteer attendants, bo take possession , ,0( house ,nd eTervthing l0 sui, tliemelve-i-oniilling the family, ot course, but taking it for granted that their most rx- sgint uggetina will be approved. Row, all this ho a great stretch of hos- ... .... - .... .. pilality and liberality, but it ia hirh tune the custom was abandoned. While a rich family may be able to afford it. one not bo rich inu.st find it a very serious and expen- sie businesa foir CVou-. Tbe Babe In Ibe Dears' Cage- A very exciting incident took place a few weeks ago at the Garden of Plauts in Paris. There was a great crowd around the bears' cave, and, as usual, many nurses had children in their arms. All at once one of them uttered a terrible cry. Tie five-year- old baby she held on the railing, so that he might see the animals better, had fallen into the cave. There was a terrible fright among all the spec- t.itors, and the expectation was that the child would soon be eaten up ; but no such thing took place. The two bears looked at the child in as tonishment, but, as though they were ashamed to attack such a helpless victim, they did not move. So far 60 g tod ; but now the question was to take up the chi!d. Who would dare descend into the den T A gentleman offered to do so. The guardians passed a rope around his body and let him down. A sigh of relief hailed him as he safely brought up the child. Strange to say, the man who had thus exposed his life for the child of a stranger went off so rapidly that his name could not be ascertained. 'allures In tbe City. Tbe Practical Farmer relates tn in stance of nice boy from the country, who, bayiug coine into posses'iou of a few thousand dollars, visited an uncle m the city, an old merchant, to get his advioe about investing bis capital iu businesa. UG back to the couatry. young man," said the merchant, and iu vest) our money iu laud, buy a farm, settle down on it, ai.d di a safe bnaiue3. I have been io business here nearly forty years, aod have aecuuiula ted a fortune, but it bas been done by fearful risk, heavy respoosibilitv, eon slant toil and worrying anxieties. A dnsen times I have been on the verge of bankruptcy, and twice 1 have been sorely tempted to take my own lift. Of ten men wbo eomn.eoeed hosine here when I did noly one besides my self succeeded. The rest all failed, nne after anoter, some draeging their families to poverty and disgrace. Take mr advice. Keep awav from the eity nd its delusive bosnesa avenees Quiet eooten'meot n m-dfrie c peteney in the eo-intr : tbe best for time I eonld wish yon. "Mv country, 'tis of thee, so. Your left foot out. Your The truth is. there is n t use ' w vtniui s,iJ V. Ill IIJ UUi You don't make a bad figure Knives and Fork. t'roiu Early Da.r. We ofteu laugh at ibe Chinese and their chop sticks, or small, tbin stick f wood or ivorv, with which tbey eat, and fai.cy they mus: make very dirty work at tbeir meals, yet they are clean and civilised, eouipaired with tbe habits of our ancestors some three hundred years ago. Then forks were nnkuowo each man had his own knife, and at din ner seised the joint with bis hand, and cut off wbat be wished ; tbe dish was theu passed on to next, ,o did the same. Tne knife then cut up the por tions into small pieces, which were put into tbe mouth by the Singers of tbe band umx-cupied by tbe knife. Io many parts of Spain, at present drinkingg!anet, spoons and lores are rvrities ;and in taverns in many coun tries, I'Srticularly in some towns in Fiance, knives are not placed on the table, because it is expected tbat each person has oue of his own, a custom which the French seem to bave retained Irom the old Gauls. But as r.o person ill auy longer eat without forks, laud lord are obliged to lurnisb them, to gether with plates ana spoons. None of the sovereigns of KngUnd had forks till tbe reign of ilenry VI 11 ; all. high and low, used their fingers. Hence, in the Hoyal households there was a dignitary called the ewrar, or ewary, wno, with a set of subordinates, attend -d at tbe meals with basins, water, and towels. The office of ewary sur vived after forks came partially into fashion. We learn that when James I. er.tertained tbe Spanish ambassador at a dinner, very shortly after his acces sion, their Majesties washed their hands with water trout the same ewer, the towels being presented to tbe King by the Lord Treasurer, and tn I he Queen by the Wd U'gh Admiral." Tie Priuce i f Wales had an ewer to him self, whiub was, after hiin, used by the aiubasradnr. About i he first royal personage in England who is known to bave bad a tork wasQueeii Elizabeth; but, although several were preseuted to her, it reniaini doubtful whi ther she n.ied them on or dinary iterations. Forks came so slow ly iuto uie in Euglaud tbat tbey were employed ouly by the higher classes at tne middle of the seventeenth century About the period of tbe Revolution, 1(538, few English noblemen had more than a dozen lurks of silver, along with a few of iron or steel. At length for get era I ue steel lorks became an arti cle of manufacture at Sheffield ; at first they had but two piungs. and it was only in later times that tbe three pronged kind were made. As late as the early part ef the eighteenth ceo tury table forks and. we may add. knives were kept on so small a sca'e by country inns in Scotland (and per haps in some parts of England) that it was cuHtomary (r gentlemen in travel ing to carry with theiu a portable knife and fork in a shagreen case. The gen eral introduction of silver forks into Groat Britain is quite recent ; it can be dated no farther back than the ter mination of the French War in 1814. . A singular accideut occurred at Cam bria siding, on tbe Pennsylvania rail road, aOout half past five o'clock last Friday evenirg, aod the escape made by an eastward bound freight train Irom being badly wrecked seems al most uiiraouleous. Nearly all tbe cars were loaded with stock, aud just as a certain point was reached a tree fell down on tbe south rail of tbe south track. There was no time to stop tbe uMiutentnin, and the engine was fotced over the log, which was fortunately somewhat decayed at the part which rested on fie rail. About fifteen cars followed before tbe train could bt slop ped, and on examination it was found tbat at tbe plaie where tbe tree struck tbe iron was broken in to places, yet singular to say the wheels of the loeir rnotive and ears did not leave the track A detention of over an har was cans d. aa it became necessary to pat in a new rail. 1 i So Echo. When Moody preaches he doesn't want to hear any echue from the audi ence. The other day wben a young Booton eon vert shoaled Hallelujah,' the Revivalist stopped, short and aid : 'That will do, sir; one of as shouting at a time is enough." News Items. The Pops is better ihut be has beeo David Stiffen and his family, of Lehigh eouuty, were poisoned las ws by eating ppi butter which had beeo kept ia au imperfectly glaied pot. Sebastain Bexler, his brother and an other person, of Conemangb borough, were poisoned last week by eating wild parsnips in mistake for horse raduh. A deposit of fine fiarble has been discovered iu York eeonty. Mrs. Wolf, aged 80 years, commit ted soiiide in Danville on the 4th inst., while the lamtly were at church. There is an eighty-barrel oil well n Butler county. Over five thousand persons have joined the Murphy temperance move ment in Lawrence county. The law of Missouri requires tbat wbeo a man is to be arrested, the war rant shall be read to hiitf. While Dep uty Marshal Hughes, oTJscisod conn ty, was reading a warraat to Frank Mil ler and Riohard Green, whom he found while they were chopping wood io the Little Bine Bottom. Green shot him through the heart, killing him iustatkt ly. Both men fled, but were captured last week in Lafayelte connty. A man in the top story oi a Chicago hotel attracted a erowd ol pedestrain 100 feet below by waving a pillow case aod shouting, Some of you fellows go tit the office and tell them to send me np a cocktail. His bell was broken. In a moment of inspirational elo quence a Pennsylvania Miuister ex claimed Irom bis pulpit : " t bat is riches Tba:.k God I'm poor, aod I piay He may ever seep me so." Tak ing bim at bis word, aud wishing to demonstrate the efficacy of prayer, the deacous wet together tbe same week and redueed the pastor's salary from $1)00 to $61X1 a year. it is suted tbat there are 50,000 priests in France. v iicoosiu'a uitidkrat traSo amounts to 150,000 skins a year, maki.ig quite a diK-stink-iive industry. A daughter ot Charles Kissenger, of Huntingdon county, on tbe moruiug of the 2d inst., was laying with a candle, when its clothes caught fire and it was so badly burned tbat it soon died. J. S Mower, a member of tbo bar of Bedford county, was recently dismissed from the court for having committed a series of forgeries end with having col lecied monies for clients which ha ap plied to bis own use. A boy tamed Gaoti, of Danpbin eouuty, while bunting rabbits recently in the hills, found a pack of paper on del a rock, which upon being opened proved to contain a number of United Slates Treasury notes in a mutilated coudi'ion, whicb bad evidently been de posited there for several years. Tbey have been pronounced genuine, and tbe value will be about $152. John Kerr was caught in the cable on the Measiner well, Barnbeart farm, near Bueua Vista Saturday morning, and wound around tbe shaft three times, the ropi encircling bis body each time. The third coil went round bis neck, killing hiio at once. He leaves a wife and several children. Mr Ezra Z. Gnesmer, of Oley town ship Berks connty, recently preformed, with four assistants, tbe feat of thresh ing 1000 sheaves of oats in one boar and thirty fire minutes including two stoppages. Tbe machine used was an old one built by Mr. Griesemer's fa ther abont forty years ago, and used to thresh the annual crops of tbe farm ever since. The Buffalo & Jamestown foad is bankrupt. It cost $2,800,000. The earnings the past year were $10,000 and ibe interest in default is about $100,000. Some oue writing of pastors' wives said the wife of ibe late Dr. J. C. Lord was of Indian blood, aod preferred bunting to prayer meetings. The Buf falo Advertiser sayes the story is false. Mrs Lord, still living, is tbe daughter of tbe first Mayor of Buffalo, and aa es timable Christian woman. A Lebanon grocer advertises tbe re ceipt of an invoice of atrasburg saai kraut, fresh from Germany. A prominent shooter at a temper ance railroad meeting io Allegheny, took np a collection and ran of with the contribution box. He was afterwards arrested. A young man was arrested in Reading for winking at two girls. Two young wvnen eowbided a man in the street in Lexington, lnd., and be lapsing from politeness, nearly killed one ot bis assailants with a club. A red ribbon worn in the buttonhole or on tbe coat is tbe badge of the eon verts to temperance io Western Penn ey Ivania and tbe Western States, aod is worn by thousands. The saloon men at first wore it in derision, bat soon be came tired of the fun. The two horses and sleigh belonging to Turn bach & Hess, of Bloomsbarg, which broke through the ice on tbe Suseqiehanoa river, between attawissa and Hupert, in tbe latter part of Janu ary, were found on Tuesday by three men, who succeeded in taking thee har ness off the horses. The bor-es were still bitched to the sleigb who discov ered, bat tbe sleigh was broken quite badly. The body of Daniel B. Roberts, of uaiawissa, was louna drowned in tbe month of CatawiMa creek. Re was subject to fits, and it is supposed he was attacked while crossing the creek bridge and fell into tbe water. A tramp was discovered io a ear at Catawissa, and said be wanted to ro to I. ....... Don ton, ana that he had been ia there foor days and four nights. The ear was loaded with corn for New Tork, froa Indianapolis. A rsg-picker in Scranton was arrest ed on Tuesday of last week, for at tempting to take tbe life of Mrs. Mur phy, of tbat place, with an axe. The Knights of Pythias are stronger in thi State than anywhere else io tbe Union. They have 450 lodges and 40.000 members. At 7 o'clock on Monday mirning two weeks ago scaffdding in a blast furnace of the Bethlehem Iron Company's Works, on which seven men were at work gave way," and ix of them fell to the bottom a distance of 75 feet. Two of them were instantly kill led. The other four were serioosly injured, two oi tbem will probably die. Tbe serenth man saved himself by jumping from the top of the walL Joe Simpson, one of Col. Me Daniel's rider, was thrown frm a bore in Tren too, N J , on Thursday. Bis foot be came entangled io a stirrup and he was dragged some distsnee, his brains bain 3 L.J . . . . . aaaorv oui ana an srta ana leg broken Hews Items. Now give as a rest for four years. A man at Los Angeles, -aL, refused $35,000 for Eik orange erop. Gypsies are starting out on tbeir sum mer lour. A new furnace at Northumberland is to be blown in about tbe first of April. Tbe State Fair for 1877 will be beid at Erie. A eoueert for the benefit of the poor in Allentown reoentlyi easae out six dollars in debt. Mrs. Noble, of MioersviUe, was re cently killed by falling throttgh a eoal abate. The widow of Ex-President Tyler is now a resident of Washington. She is a strict Catholic Nearly 100.000 Germans are settle.! in some forty counties in Texas, partic ularly Comal aod Uuadalonp, and tbey are highly successful as agriculturists. A Springfield (Msss minister prayed th Lord to bless lbs Boston and Al bany road if it stopped running Sunday trains, but not otherwise. A new Jepot is to be built by tbe Pennsylvania railroad company ,at Pitta burg, for the Fort Wayne railroad. Work will begin next week. At Lancaster. Pa on Fridsv, James E. Paunel was found guilty of murder iu tbe first degree. Pannel, it will be remembered, killed bis wife on tbe 2d of July, 1876. Ohio has tbo Presidency, the eLiaf justiceship, the generalcy, and the lieu tenant ditto, anu sun criea tor umt. William Fox, Of Titosville, bas a trained rat, which danees ia perieat time to the mu-io of the violin. A daughter of Mr. Christy, of West moreland county, was attacked by a dog the other day aud dreadfully uiao gled. John High, of Lancaster county. Pa., is eighteen years old, six feet three an t one balf inches high, and weighs '23'J pounds. Pretty good for high. Tbe swimming season was opened by two boys in the Schuylkill river, at Pboeu'xville, last week. Tbeir parents bave laid in a fresh stock of cough medicine. Mrs. Mary Rice, widow of the late Simon Rice, near He llertown, North ampton eounty, is 105 years old. She is still bale and hearty, and assists her grand-daughter, with whom she lives, in ber household duties. A few night sgo five men were cap tured at or bear Flora, Illinois, wbo have been engaged for the past year io robbing the trains on tbe Ohio and Mis sissippi Ra'lroad. A complete outfit for making counterfeit coin was found in the house wbere tbe men were ar rested. At Auburn N, Y., Frank M. Baker, of Racbester, wbo was convicted tn three seperate indictments for bigamay was sentenced in th Court of Sessions by Judge Uughttt to five year oueaoh indictment. A letter from Salineville, Ohio, to the Steubenviile Herald, of yesterdsy, says: We have bad quite a scare here lately. One of tbe gentlemen (Mr. Faldcamp) from Pittsburg, a mission ary in tbe Murphy temperance move ment, was taken with small pox, and dispite tbe best of medical attention and careful nursing, tbe ease terminated fatally. In tbe Supreme Court of New Jersey on Thursday, was decided the contro versy between Mr. aod Mrs. Cbsrles K. Landis, of Vineland notoriety, with reft rence to tbe custody of tbeir child ren. Since the separation of these two people, it appears the children hare been in charge of the father, aod hence the suit. The laws of New Jersey giv ing tbe possession of tbe children to he mother until they are seven years old. Tbe suit resulted in favor of tbe mother, the children being aged re spectively four and six years. Frightful Disaster Sewer a I Persons Trampled to Deatia. A despatch from New York, last Wednesday, says : A panio ia the church of St- Francis Xavier, in Six teenth street, near Sixth avenue, to night, caused a rush of women from one of the gal eries. The cbnreh was ter ribly crowded, principally by women and children. The galleries were also crowded to overflowing. Father Lang cake was pleaching tbe sermon, and had been speaking about ten miuutea. wben a woman went into a hysterical fit in the gallery on tbe side of tbe church toward Sixth avenue. This created quite a stir, and tbe comotion increased io the endeavors of the crowd to fiind out wbat was the mattr. At this junotore a cry of fire was heard, and a rush was made for the exit from the gallery. Tbe doorway was blacked for a mo.nent by a very Urge woman, and tbis check caused the pan io to increase tenfold. The erowd burl ed tbe woman down the steps, and in the rush that followed seven persons were crushed to death, and many others were injured and had their clothing torn. The injured were taken home. The bodies of the dead were identi fied. Total number killed, six. The people in tbe body of the church were quieted, and dismissed in an orderly manner after the benediction. New Advertisements. Juniata County Honnal ScM THE Jnniata Connty Normal School will open in Mifflin town on MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1877. for one term of tea weeks. Board can be obtained at reasonable rates. For particulars call on or address J-M CARMAN. ) D. B. LANTZ, or Principals. T. D. BARMAN. , MiffliDtown, Juniata Co.. Pa. rtb28-it Mifflintown Institute. FOR BOTS AND GIRLS. 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