dKXTIXEL & REPUBLICAN MIFFLINTOVVN. tYednesday, July IS, 18TT. B. F. SCHWJSIER, edttob o rtsraixTot. Thebx is an effort being made in Louisiana to bring the late Return ing Board of that State into court, on the charge of having issued fraud ulent election returns, and a number of Democratic 'writers are quite ju bilant over the matter, expressing a " deep desire thai the Board be taken into an ex rebel court, and there pun idhed. Through these courts they expect to make out a case against the Board that will answer as the enter ing wedge for a prosecution against Hayes. The movement is a short-sighted one. It is short-sighted, for it will not reach Hayes, even if they succeed in convicting the Board through the nil of false testimony and packed juries, for the Democratic party was not satisfied with the count of a num ber of States, and would be satisfied with no settlement but such as was agreed to by Congress in a bill that created the Electoral Commission, and the Electoral Commission de clared Hayes elected. It is short-sighted, for if they suc ceed in convicting the Board after having secured all the offiaea they desired but the office of President, it will open the eyes of the world to the fact that there opponents are to be punished. The fact will be made clear as noonday that just as soon as they get the power they will turn the tables on the men who put down re bellion, and restore the old order of affairs. Once such a purpose becomes clear to the public mind, a sad and bitter change will take place in the affairs f the men of the South ; they will be 6wept as never before, and such roots as are left will not have strength enough to take care of themselves ; they will have other things to think of than to shape the destiny of a nation. The day of wrath wnl then begin. Some men have said, in regard to the policy of President Hayes, "How will you get back, if his policy is not received T What will you do V They do not seem to realize that there is no place to get back to. It is like a plain offer of good cn the part of government, and if the offer is re jected the government is not changed or hurt The only party who re ceives injury is the party who rejects the offer of conciliation and trust I What a Woman's Dress Did. A Judge named Hilton, who is man aging the estate of the dead New York merchant, A. T. Stewart issued an order to his clerks in a hotej at Saratoga that no Hebrews shall be allowed to stop at the hotel. The cause of the exclusion of a class of decent people from a hotel is the source of conjecture. The large ma jority of people conclude that snob bery is at the bottom of is all, that the Judge's real cause for the order is found in the fact that last year a few Jewish Ladies at the same hotel wore finer dresses than the lady friends of Jalga Hilton. Death In a Coal Mine Thril ling LtTort to Rescue tbe Suf fering. Between one and two o'clock on the afternoon of the 11th inst, an acci dent occurred in the Brookfield coal mine at Wheatland, Pa., by which six men were killed and thirty more were nearly suffocated. The names of the dead are Robert Williams, Miles Da vis, John Jones, David Jenkins, Rich ard Jones and John Barter. The coal from the Brookfield mine hauled out by a locomotive engine. On the morning above mentioned the managers of the mine ordered an thracite coal to be burned in the en gine furnace instead of soft coal, which has been heretofore used. About 11 o'clock the engine passed into the slope. After being in a short time the men in charge of the engine became suddenly affected by the gas from the hard coal, causing them to fall to the ground in an insensible condition. The engineer managed to make his way back to the mouth pf the bank and gave the alarm, at which s large number of men rushed into tho bank to rescue their com rades. One after another they passed in, but were almost immediately over come by the gas, End they, too, fell insensible. After several had thus fallen, a gang was organized to rescue those who went in last, and squads of four or five passed in iitil they came to a fallen comrade, when they would take )"m in their arms and carry him out to the open air. In this way 36 utxiH were brought out, six of whom were eiicr ies.d before reaching the mouth of the bank or died immedi ately titer. WliOHlliind is a small town on tho Erie and Pittsburg Rail way, two mil os east of Sharon. ,Yvrth American. Cattle to Europe. Foreign papers believe that Europe can take 2, W0,000 head of cattle from tho United States every year, the limit of cattle rearing having been reached in many parts cf Europe. Figure up yourself what that would come to in the way ef revenue to the United States at $75 a bead. The impreesion abroad is that Americans are not acting with reference to the export ol beef as vigorously as thoy might - STORllS. Every summer season brings storm with it, bat tbt season seems to ex eeed all previous summers in tbe fre quency of desolating tor ma, sod dis tance apart at wbich tbey appear. Years ago It vu only at rare inierval that a destructive storm visited North era States, but this season tbey appear without regard to locality North or South. On Saturday, tbe 7th inst, a torm in Wisconsin did great damage te property aud took the lives of a Dum ber of people. A disj atcb. relative to it says : A storm s ruck Penssnbee. a lumbar and milling towc of about 1,500 inujb iianrs, on Srcen liaj, Wis., at 0:30 o'clock last Saturday evening, sweep ing away almost tbe entire tuwu, kill ing aud wouudmg about 39 persons, and utterly destoyiug the crops. Tbe storm esiue from the north west, through heavy timber, clearing a path 80 rods wide, and uprooting the trees or twisting tbein like straws. It lasted only two minutes, but in tbat time demolished at Pensaukee and Coullardsvitle forty-four dwellings and several mills, killing seven persons out right and fatally wounding others. The tornado was preceded by a light ram. It appeared in tbe form of a dark funnel shaped cloud wbich be came a wuirlwiud. At Pensaukee it first struck and sheltered to pieces three mills ; thru the Gardner House, which was bnilt at an expense of $50 000 for a summer resort, was struck ; then in succession twenty eight dwellings mostly frame booses. Tbe Gardner House was built of brick, not one of which were left together. Seven persons were killed aud twenty woun ded. A large number of cattle were killed. The depot of tbe tAicsgo and North western railroad was luted from its foundation and smashed into spliuters. Tbe new scnool bouse wis also lifted up aud dashed to pieces. Only three bouses are leit standing in the town, those are uoroofed. The tame storm struck Coullardsville, demolishing seventeen bouses and de stroying crops, but killing no one. Babtiste, tbe proprietor of the Gard ner (louse, lost a saw will, planmg mill and shops amounting la value to $20, 000. Tbe total loss is over $300,000. Gren Boy, Fort Howtrd, aud other towns are sending re!ief to the sufferers. Tbe bridge was misplaced aud damaged. Tbe steam tug aud a schooner were totally wrecked. A tornado occurred at Westfield on tbe afternoon of tbe 9ib inst. It came eastward, through tbe gorge of West field river, and widened to balf a wile, felling trees, scattering fences, and de njolifb ng buildings until its force was expended. It first struck tbe wall of tbe Salmon Falls peper mill, rebuilding on account of a receut fire, which fell, ctushicg in the engine liu.e, in which werj to men, oue ot whom is serious ly hurt. Two men engaged in plowing saw the storm coming, and attemped to reach a barn near by, but they and the horses were thrown to the ground and injured by flying atones. W'ben they I cover ed their sight tbe barn was gone. A family of six persona in a bouse beard a whistling noise and knew nothing un til they found themselves on the fl Mir several rods from the site of the bouse. The rest of the building was destroyed, as were also two buildings anJ a dozen baras. A large quantity of crops, grass and trees war also destroyed. At Cbicnpee Falls tbe wind blew dow-i, saveral barns and sheds sod uprooted many trees. A Singular Accident that Be stalled la Oeatb The Harrisburg Telegraph of the 12th inst says : The quiet little bor ough of Shiremanstown, Pa., was overshadowed with a cloud of grief at about 7J o'clock last evening. It appears that while Riley Matter was pursuing his usual avocation, that of post-making, and while in the act of changing the position of a very heavy post it, by some means or other, got the better of him, threw him violent ly upon his hewing axe (which was standing with the edge exposed) and cutting him in a most horrible man ner. In the fall his body struck the axe at the base of the spinal column, severing it about two inches, and fol lowed the soft parts down to the per inaeum to the depth of the entire axe and about six or eight inches in length, severing the main artery. He was alone at the time of the accident, but his cry for help was heard by his near neighbor, Samuel E. Sheely, who was working in his lot near by, and who, only a few minutes before, had assisted him in carrying the same pout from an adjoining alley to the place of the accident Mr. Sheely immediately went to his assistance and found him in the position above described, with the post lying across him, and in such a position that it was impossible for him to extricate him self. Mr. Sheely called for more help, but before sufficient assistance arrived the spark of life had almost fled, by the loss of blood. Dr. W. S. Bruckart waa immediately summoned, but before bis arrival Father Mateer was no more. He was an elder in the Church of God a ynT of unblemished charac ter, and was universally respected and esteemed by hi3 large circle of relatives and acquaintances. Live "beep for Europe. The Dominion Line steamer Texas tbat departed for Liverpool on Tue day carried out as a part of her cargo 400 bead ot live abeep intended for the Loudon hotels and restaurants. This is the first exportation of abeep from this port, snd will be followed regular ly by others Live sheep bave been sent to Europe from Montreal and New York, and tbe enterprise has proved successful in each instance. JVbrti American. A town lot is tbe Black Hills new brings 11,500. Last fall $200 was outside pries. " , Hews Ittms Tbe Cabinet is a noil. Tilton and Monlton ar Hot estranged. Virginia is looking Up ia busiueas prosperity. A hundred murders oceur daily in 'Ivnftiautiijople. Deer are destroying tbe crops in parts of North Carolioa. Gen. Grant waa delighted with fair Bingen on the Khine. Bass fibbing is affording splendid sport along tbe Saspuebanua. The bog cholera ia prevalent in some portions of Dauphin county. Tbe Harrisburg School Board bas abolished mechauictl drawing. During tbe bested term of last week three of York's citizens seceived attack f nun moke. Counterfeit two dollar bills on the Farmers' Bank of Oswego, har recent ly appeared. Newark bas drowned 303 dgs this season. Red Bank bas a school bouse bell 156 years old. Over 1,030 dogs bave been received since the opening of the pond in New Yoik. Of this number 1,500 bave been drowned. An additional 500 curs were captured on Saturday. James Hiegins, sexton of St Mary's Cburcb, Lancaster, fell into the cburcb cellar, which is 30 feet deep, and re mained all night lie was badly hurt A young man named Warncb, living near Chew's Landing, was struck by lightning during a reoent storm, but recovered after being sixteen hours in sensible. The Freeman say. that the "coal dis coveries" in Perry county are nothing new. Thess discoveries bave been going on for forty years, but tbey don't bold out. W illiam Liggett, ef North Coventry, Chester county, has a young beifer that bas given birb to a calf with no eye balls. Tbe sockets are in the head, and tbe lids blink as naturally as if tbey were filled with the eye-balls. Many horses in Chester county are takiug a new disease. It manifests itselftigbam tbe other day, and millions of in a staggering weakness, then in run ning at the nose, and a difficulty in drinking water. It is not the old form ot epiznotr, but mere like diphtheria. A man in Nippenose V alley, Lycom ing county, bas C500 gallons of boioe oiade vinegar. Soringfield furnace, Blair county is again in blast. Tbe annual capacity is 1000 net toes. Tbe St. Louis ladies' bair-drcssers gave a ball the other night, and a baog up" time is reported. There waa a desprrado in New Jer sey who kept the farmer of Warren and Uunterdeo couutiea in terror fcr several years. The otber'night be was shot while engaged in burglarizing, and now bis victims wonder why the shoot ing didn't take place long ago. John A. Graham, a leading citizen of Huntingdon, bas been taken to tbe Asylum f' r tbe ln.ane, near liairisburg . I he Lick monument to be errected at Lebanon is soon to be put up in tbe cxtueiery at that place. It will oost $20,000, and will be adorned by seven statues. It was built in Buffalo, and is nnw on tbe road. Tbe residence of Mrs. Jane A. Jef feries, at Coatesville, was entered v era! davs ago and robbed of about $30 Mrs. Jefteries, before retiring, plaoed $700 in a water pitcher, which was cot found by tbe burglars. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, of Harrisburg. bave orders sufficient to keep tin works running day and night for four mantha. Twelve hundred hands are employed. At a circus at Bethlehem, Pa., an elephant while being loaded on a car, fell oo its back, and began a teinble roaring, causing a panio for a time, an it was thought a wild beast had broken loose. Potato patches in Lancaster and vioinity are full of dead English spar rows. In a single patch some thirty dead birds were found a day or to ago. The supposition is that the birds eat tbe t olorado bet tie and are poisoned by the Paris Green used to kill the bug. Sixty-two persous were recently cap tared in Pittsburg gambling houses, the list including professional gamblers, lawyers, luerchauts, politicians and a sprinkle of clerks. Among the premiums awarded at a school examination in Lancaster, Pa., was a $5 gold piece to Miss Grace Mueuch lor "tbe most skillfull darning of stockings." The award was hardly com-Muencb-urate with tbe accomplish nient. Lafayette College, besides having a large number of students from this and other States, bason its rolls r preserva tives from Brazil, East India and Ja pan. Tbe Iowa Greenbackers held their convention on tbe lOinst, nomiuated a ticket and passed tbe usual resolutions Another Spanish insult to the Amer ican flag is reported. Tbe wbarer Ris ing Suu as brought to, ber cbief mate taken off and detained for Eve days. Mrs. Eliza O'Uoonell, wife of Cbas. O'Cennell, with ber child, and Mrs. Mary M- O'Connor, wife of Tbos. B. O'Coaner, and her two children, were drowned at Baton Rogue on Wednes day while attempting to cross tbe river in a ski ft The Bethlehem times says:. "It is reported as a pnsitsve fact tbat one of the Bethlehem School Directors, on being upbraided for voting for the 5 per centum reduction of teachers' wages, excused himself by saying that be bad misunderstood the motion. He did not know it meant 6 per cent., but 5 cents a month on each teacher's salary, and if tbat satisfied the eoonomtsts that tbe teachers could stand it ; and be voted for the 5 eent motion." Judge Harding, of Luserne county, recently sentenced a man who bad been found "not guilty" to eighteen mouths' imprisonment. He promptly revoked the sentence when informed by tbe clerk of tbe court tbat he bad ineor rectly announced tbt verdict of tbe jury, Gold fish continue numerous in tbe Schuylkill from Reading to Fairmount, and are daily taken by anglers. They are cot more plentiful, however, than they were twenty years ago in this river. Since the burning of the Brooklyn theatre a large black dog bas made tbe rains bis nightly resting place. In tbe daytime tbe dog follows tbe policemen, who feed bin around tbe streets in tbe discharge of their duties. Tbe man sgera of the tbe theatre have recently placed a silver collar around the dog's neck. It is thought tbat tbe owner of tfce ag lest his life in tbe gtf t Ere. Hews Item. Tbe grape crop wilt be immense in Crawford county. Squirrels are to numerous in Greene con my tbat acrts of young euro are being destroyed by them. A planter near Savanah, Georgia, sold bis cucumbers on three acres ot vines fur $120. F. J. WLipple, of Cussewago, Craw ford county, was killed by a falling tree ou Thursday. The Sbillingrr band of thieves in Le high county has been broken up by the arrest of nearly all tbe parties, who are now in j-til. Mr Georgi A- Fister, of Mabony City, died of hydrophobia, after two days aud nights of agony. In Tioga county it ia asserted that thirty out ef forty tbousaud of the pop ulation have signed the Murphy pledge, in one town there are ouly nine antt Murphyites left. A woman in bl joiner eostume ap peared on tbe street in Reading, a few evenings ago, and created much excit ment. Tbe New York oyster trade employs 40,000. A son of Abram Bailey, of Pike township, Clearfield county, last week fell into a mowing machine and bad one of bis bands cut off. It is affirtted that sixty-three per cent, of all tbe persous whe applied for assistance at the various beuevoleiit in stitutions in New York last winter were impostors, and tbat many were profes sional burglars. A young lady named Martha Herron committed suicide near Belle Centre, O., a few nights since, because ber father refused to buy ber a new pair of shoes. Three carrier pigeons let loose in Reading by an Easton gentleman ar rived in Kiistoa in Easton in forty-five minutes distance fifty four miles. A shower of toads fell in Kast Not- them were bopping over tbe fields. In Harrisburg, on a wager, a man caught and killed a large rat with bis teeth, bis bands beiug tied behind bis back. There were six instant deaths snd twenty-two other acoidents in tbe Lu zerne mining districts last month. Tec thousand dollars' worth of va nilla beans were recently stolen from stores in New York. Joseph S. Carey, a wealthy farmer of Selbyvtllc, Sussex county, Del., was found dead in his barn on Sabbath morning, having shot himself in tbe bead. At Rome. Ga. the other day, seven brothers named Hill were indicted for counterfeiting. Mr. James Tucker, of Grayson coun ty, Ky., was recently killed by a bogs bead of tobacco falling on tiui. A Norris'own man, after being idle for months, broke bis collar boue the first day be got work. A lad named John lloff, while work lug in the harvest Geld, near Limerick Square, Montgomery county, last week, tit struck by lightning and instantly killed. Geo'ge Bisder, Srbo was in company, reoeived a severe frbock from the (ame strike. A youth in Uutntuclfiown. sleven years oi l, and natu-d George Z.-rforif, misled but one ball out of thirty-one j thrown from a spring-tiap at a distance of thirty yards. A man in Santa Clara county, Cal , two weeks ago sawed on a limb of tree to secure a swarm of bees which had settled upon it. The brsnch in failing knocked hioi down and killed him. As a boy, connected with the circus which exhibited at Eastou a few days ago, was getting down from one of the cages, a leopard caught hiiu by the left leg, lacerating the flesh near lbs bip joint very badly. Elias Staudt, of South Bernville, on tbe 8th inst., threshed seventy-two sheaves of rye, which yielded nearly six bushels. This rye averaged seven feet six inches in height. Jacob Walter, of Allegheny City, tied himself witb a cord aod jumped into tbe river last Saturday. Tbe jury in the United States Dis trict Court in Chicago, on the 10th in stant, award Rev. J. A. Ray, of Buf falo, $ 10,000 damages against the Penn sylvania Railrotd Company for injuries sustained about a year ago in a sleeping car on the Pittsburg snd Fort Wayne road. Watertnwc, N. Y., ia ahead on hail stones. Tbey come there nine inches in circumference. Parker City, in tbe oil region, was visited by s destructive water spout at tbe close of June. Tbe Mollie Maguires still post oof fin notices" on tbe premises of their enemies, bold meetings, ana Did aen ance to the law. There is a Mexican vine in Lebanon hich grew twenty-eight inches in three nights last week. Joseph Stroup, of Parker, was struck by lightning on Saturday a week. Tbe beel of bis boot was tore off, and tbe bair on bis right arm burned off. After three hours Mr. S. was able to walk around again. Some pennies in bis pockets bote tbe appearance of having been silver plated by tbe action of tbe electricy. A county commissioner in Montana, wbile bunting, recently, found three bears in a gulcb. He wouo-ied one, and the oiber two started fot bicu. He scrambled up a ledge of rocks, and was kept there for hours by tbe beasts. Becoming hungry tbey went sway, and he escaped. A number of valuable cows belong ing to Jobu A. Garber, of East Done gal township, Lancaster county, were receutly killed by eating Paris green, mixed with cbop, which was in some manner unexplained reached by the cattle. The preparation waa intended to be scattered over potato vines. At Carlisle, several days ago, a Mr. Samuel Wert noticed a bawk attack a young turkey and commence devouring it. He at ones got bis musket loaded it and fired at tbe bawk. While ia tho set of doing so, however, the firearm exploded, tbe stock striking him ia tbe face, breaking his jaw ia the centre, detaching s portion ef the bone with four of the front lower teeth, breaking off three or four ef the upper teeth, and s'ncig hit. News Items. Charley Ross it now said to be ia England in the possession of a "veiled lady." Physicians stale thai second-hand furuiiure stores spread infection, by ex posing old mattresses aud bed clothas. Over one baudred men are at present employed iu the Chester rolling mills manufacturing plate iron. Mr. Nary, ot Luzerne county, aged ninety-eight years, who had been blind n'ne years, arose a few mornings sinco with fully restored eye sight. A young Iowa lady who goes strong for woman's rights, has been preseuted with a pair of pants. She panted for freedom, she pauted for recowo ; tbat made a pair ot pants sod she put thorn ou. Altoona boas:s of a canary bird tbat whistles Yankee Doodle. WooJstowo, N. J., is to bave a little eanal, three miles long, and costing $25,000. The Baptist ministers of Western New York and Pennsylvania are hold ing a social meeting on tbe banks of Chautauqua Lake. A Cstbolic picnic in Bradford eoun tv no tbe 4th inst netted tbe cburcb $500. At Vienna Michgan, Louis Jacobs, aged 73, waa married to Mary Momi nee, aged 67. Tbe bridegroom, fa ther, Louis Jacobs, Sr., who has lived through 106 summers, officiated as groomsman and led tho wedding dance. Pleasant Stanley, aged 70, living in Greensburg, Iud., was murdered in his bed by unknown men on Thursday night a week. Robbery was evidently the motive, as a large amount of money, usually kept about his person, Was stolen. Two hundred horses bave been dis abled by their feet being badly burned by lime in the burnt district at St. John, N. B. Ten tbousind dollars additional have been received from Chicago for tbe sufferers. Rebuilding is going on briskly. On tbe morning of the 8th inst, a young son of S. 11. Kaoffmm, of the Washington Evening Star, wbile play ing with a Smith & Wesson revolver, kept loaded in tbe house as a guard against burglars, discharged it acci dentally, receiving the contents in his breast and dying almost immediately. Tbe boiler of s steam thresher of George Patterson, in operation about a mile from Nashville III , exploded with great force on Friday a week, injuring N. W. Moore snd Harvey Lee so badly that they died during tbe day. George Wells, William Arhens and a young son of N. McCracken were seriously wounded. Not long ago, a woman living on the river shore, near Marsh Run, York connty, who has been catching fish for a living, found something very heavy attached to ber hook and line, snd to secure what she supposed to be a large 6-h, put her hand under tbe water close to the hook, to raise it up, when the thing, which proved to be a large snap per, bit her finger off. An unkuown German, aged abou: iwcnty-five, was f. uud dead iu bed at Philip Sody's hotel, Newark, on tbe morning of tbe 11th inst. A bullet wae probed Ironi bis brain. On Friday last Mrs. John Green, living near Ronoake. Randolph couuty. Ma., was shot by her bu.bnd aod mortally wounded. Green claimed that the shooting was accidental, but Mrs. Green declared it was not, and shortly afterwards died. Mrs. Green's father caused tbe arrest of Green sod be was takeo to Huntsville for exami nation. Oo Monday night a party ot about fifty men took Green from tbe custodv of the sheriff and hung him to a tree near at band It ia said Green'a intimacy with another woman led bim to murder his wife. Tbey bad a fam ily of seven children. j Commercial Advertiser : At a pro- j posed family reunion of Pennypsckers in Pennsylvania, this summer, some four thousand members are expected. Colonel Vbipple,s command bad a tight with tbe Looking Glass Indians, oo the Clearwater river Idaho, ou tbe 2d inst. Four Indians were killed, and many wounded. Several of tbe squaws and children trying to escape across tbe river, were drowned. In York county recently a vicious sow fatally injured a child aged about four years. Tbe little one attempted to catch one of the sow's p'gs, when tbe animal attacked tbe child, knock ing it down, biting tbe left band through, tearing a large piece of flesh out of the lett arm aod left side, bit ing out two teeth and laoerating tbe cbeek anl several other portions of tbe body. Oo Thursday oight laBt a dark brown mare six years old belonging to Senator Peale, of Lock Haveu, waa stolen at Rebersburg, Centre county. A rewarl of $100 for the recovery of the animal and $-5 additional lor tbe capture of tbe thiet is offered. William H. Brady, ot Bristol, Bucks county, ran against a gate-post with a clay pipe in bis mouib, injuring bim so tbat death resulted therefrom. Tbe stem bad been driven through tbe cer vical vertebras. A traveling peddler, who was en gaged in selliug a potato bug extermi nate!, broke several bottles containing the compound in a lane near tbe resi dence ol William Stewart, in bite township, Indiana county, tbe other day, tbe liquid saturating tbe grass in the immediate vicinity. A flock of sheep, belonging to Mr. Holsbery, were graz iog in tbe neighborhood, and eight of them died from the effects of the poison. A party of young men trespassing on the farm of Daniel Frits in Mabooing valley, near I'oltsville, were ordered off by the proprietor. One of the party named Burke Kelly drew a revolver on Fritz, when tbe latter knocked him down with a musket and shot bim, from tbe effects of which be died shortly afterward. On Friday night John Iliggins, sex ton of St. Mary's cburob, Laocastr city, while performing bis duties, and while in tbe sot of o losing tbe front door of the oburoh, fell through a trap door that leads down a pair of steep stops into tbe oellar, a distance of SO feet He remained where ho fell all night and wis only discovered tbe next morning at 8 o'clock by those who had assembled for cburoh terries ; hearing a noise coming from tbs oellar an fn vestigarion was made, and there he was found, voable to get up, with his nesk snd face black frem the fall. c. Newi Items. A wealthy man named WiUiam Ogden Jones turned on the hot water and so par-bailed himself in taking a bath ia' New York on Thursday that he died from the effects of it The trouble in this case was alcoholism. If he had been in poorer circum stances it would have been laid to rum. A farm house nearSterl ngville, Jef ferson couuty. N. Y , oocupied by a man named Patterson, waa eoosumed by Gre on tbe tight of the 5' l ii.st Mrs. Patterson aod one small child escaped by running through the flames with the beads covered with blankets. A girl eight years old was burned to death. Two small boys saved them selves' by jumping from a chamber win dow. The fire is supposed to have been the work ol a tramp who bad been re fused admission to the bouse tbat day. Joseph Mishow, known as the old est man in Williamsport if not in the State of Pennsylvania, died on the 1st after being confined to his room for several months, Mr. Mishow. who had reached the extraordinary age of 103 years, three months and twenty-three days, was born in the village of Madawaska, in the region now embraced in the State of Maine, in March. 1773. He was of French extraction, and his ancestors proba bly belonged to the French colony that was established in that region as early as 1620. An old lady, 60 years of age, vis ited a grain-field in Washington twp., Berks county, on Saturday a week, and desired to show the harvesters how she used to cut grain when a girl A cradle was given her, and the old lady waded into the wheat in fine style. She cradled a swath with the greatest ease and in capital style. When raked together it was found to contain sixteen large-sized sheaves. Reading Dispatch. Now if the re porter had said what he should have said, that the sixteen sheaves repre sented her sixteen children, we could have added, "No wonder she knew how to handle a cradle." Snakes. Mr. J. H. Stein, druggist, Penn street,' Reading, bas a vial which con tain a snake about two and a balf inches in length, and ten smaller snakes. Tbe largest snaka came through bis hydrant while he was drawing water, and upon having secured it and placed it in a vial, it gave birtb shortly there after to the ten small snakes. Tbe ma ternal snake is striped, wbile tbe young are of a brownish color. Mrs. Leiss.of WomeUdorf, saw lying on tbe carpet in ber parlor what she supposed to be a piece of rope, and stooped to pick it up, when tbe object commenced to move, and felt to ber touch as cold as ice. Upon examina tion it proved to b a copperhead snake, three feet long Tbe snake was car ried into the bouse with the carpet, wbicb bad laid oo tbe grass iu tbe rear yard during tbe bouse cleaning. .1 At Trenton, N. J., about half past 9 o'clock on the night of the 'J;b inst., Dr, E. il. Read, 11. C. Pazsoaaud two ladles were returning borne after a drive np the Delaware, when thy were caught in a storm- Tbe night was very dark, and when near Suudder's Palls, six miles from Trenton, the wagou upset and threw tbe whole party, driver and bones, into tbe basin of tbe Delaware ant! Raritan Canal feeder. Paxson broke through the window and pulled one of tbe ladies out to tbe top of the carriage, while tbe driver ran for as sistance, and when he came back aba was rescued. Search was made fur j Reed snd tbe other lady snd they were I found two hundred yards from the car-1 riage, both drowned and lying a short i distance from each other. Tbe borses ! aod driver were saved, one horse being badly burt. Paxson was badly cut by j tbe glass of tbe carriage door." Ue Had to io Down on Ilia Knees. A young fellow was planed in jtil in Mahoning county, Okio, tbe otber day, obarged witb fornex et cel. After a few days coiibuemeol his friends got bim out on a promise to marry the young lady in the ease, who was eon fined to bed wiib ber infant- Arrived at the bouse in charge cf tbe officers, tbe girl heard ber deoeiver whisper to one of his friends tbat he wouldu't live with ber after marriage. Thereupon ahe informed tbe miniater that the match waa off Realizing bis position tbe young man declared tbat be was only joking, but the girl kept bim ou bis knees from 10 o'clock at night until 3 o'o ock tbe next morning before ahe re lented, even then requiring all his friends and able bodied relatives to be come security for tbe fulfillment of tbe nuptial vow. Heirs Wanted. Mayor Evans, of Reading, has been written to by a law firm in Wales in forming liiin that one deceased Jesse Walter Evans bad left an ejtate woitb balf a million, snd tbat three heirs in tbe old country, together with about eight in this country, would divide the estate. Tbe object is to bunt up the proper heirs in this country. The Evans family in Berks, Montgomery, and Delaware counties hsve been noti fied. Chester County Republican. Iron Ore from Spain. Tbe Cambria Iron Company is im porting iron ore from Spain at a cost not exceeding eight dollars per too. It yields about sixty per oent of pare iron. It costs less to import from Spain than to bring it direct from the Lake Superior region. Suits Brought. On Saturday afternoon suits were en tered at Newark, N. J., agninst eight of tbe stockholders and directors of the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance oompaoy for $162,000. - is e . Serious Fight la Chester, Chester, Pa., July 10 A desper ate fight ooonrted hete to night among about s dozen men, two of whom, Phil ip Orlando and John Saoemaker, srs badly hart sad will probably die. Five Boa are looked sm. Some ef the cexeataats seleeg ia Philadelphia. T.Ma1 Mllsnrw for a U eee ef the terrible bat lies inTH rioia a Union effioer feU wounded la trout ef the Confederate Breastworks, aud while he wss lying on the grouod and crying piteously for water, J an.es Moore of Burke County, N. C, a Con federate soldier, lept over tbe forticfi eatin'ns, canteen in band, aod crawling to the poor fellow and gave him a drink. The wounded man took oat his gold wstob snd offered it to his beoefsctor, bat it was iefued. He then ssked ot tbe Confederate soldier's name and tbe two men parted. Moore afterwards lost limb in tbe Virginia battles aod re turned a eripple to bis borne. The Raleigh -Yews now tells the sepuel to thissttaoge adventure. A fee days Moore received from the Union soldier to whom be had given the eup of water a letter announcing that tbe sum of ten thousand dollais would te paid to him in four annual installments. On Saturday afiernooo last, says tbe Norristown Herald a burly tramp came to tbe residence of Mr John Lev an, in West C'onihoboclen. Mr Levao was away aud the only persons at home were Mrs. Levao and a hired girl. The latter was working in tbe summer kitchen when tbe traiup swaggered in and deiuaoden a drink of water. Tbe cirl nointed out tbe pump witb a tin- cup conveniently placed and told him td'bfclp himself. It then became evi dent that be wss after something else besides water. Instead of getting a drink be attempted to take some inso lent liberties with the gill. She is pretty atout, snd picking up a broom she struck bim a blow on tbe bead wiih tbe handle wbicb brought him to the floor. He picked himself op and proceeded to chastise bis plucky anta gonist when Mjs. Levan beard the scuffle and came to the rescue. . She snatched up a hickory cane belonging to ber husband and gave tbe man a cut across tbe face tbat made tbe blood apurt out in a stream. This was too much for bis valor and he beat a hasty retreat, and bas not since been seen in tbe neighboibood. Fish Uatcliery Bought. Tbe State purchased Setth Weeks flsh hatchery at Corry, with iu appur tenances dwelling boa, batching house, stock of fish (239,800 salmon and trout), nine and a half acres of land, aud inexhaustible springs oi pure water for $2,000. A Great qallter. .An aged lady ia Lower Maoungie township, Lehigh county, has made no less tban one hundred and three qnilts in the last four years. She is eighty seven years of age, snd is engaged all tbe time at patching and quilting, which ia her only employment. Averse to Orators Young Mr. Have-, at tbe request of bis father,4b6 President declined to speak at tbe reoent college commerce ment. It is said Pa is averse to ora tors. yew Advertisements- South Pennsylvania Sailroad. JJOTIi'B is hereby given to the atock 11 holders of the Company that lha Ay nual Meeting and Election for President and twelve Directors, will be held at tbe office ol the Companr, No &33 n'aitngton St., Heading, Pa., on HON OAT, JULV 3(Jth, 1ST7, between tbe hours of 12 V. aai 2 P. M. Bv order of the Board. F. J. OROTEVCMT, Seerelarv. July 'S-2t To Rational Invalids. In sick ness every portion of the body aympstbixes with the sent of the disorder. When the stomach fails to perform its functions, tbe llvr, bowels, nerves, muscles, veins, arter ies, Ac, are all more or lessalff cted. These delinquents require a medicine, combining the properties of a stomachic, an alterative, a purgative, a tonic, and sedative to bring them back to their duty i and all these ele ments, in tbeir purest and must effective forma, are united in Tarrant's Iffervescent Seltser Aperient, the great byline Remedy for Indigestion, and its concomitant consequences, dold bv all druggists. $ W tfl $77 "ek to Agents. $ 10 Out $JJ bUdWl fit r,u. P. O. VIUKEKV, Augusta, Maiue. dill) A DAT at home. Agents wanted. iliil Outfit and terms free. TRUE k. CO., Anentta. Maine. tf'CC we-k in your on town, leriusand $00 $5 outfit free. U. HALLETT fc CO., Portland, Maine. F a Ofl P"r 1,y ' home, firms free. ipu i ipuu Addruas Gso. Stissos 4. Co., Portland, Me. GRACE'S CELEBRATED SA1TE I a VtrttabU Preparation, invented in tbe 17th century by Dr. William Grace, Surgeon in King James' anuv. Through its agency be cared thousands of tli most serums sores ana wonnds that baffled the skill of the most eminent phy sicians of his day, and waa regarded by all who knew bun as a publie benefactor Price 25 centa a box. Prepved br SETII VT. FOWLS 4. SC US, 6 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Vasa. HE VRESCEJI L A volume of thrilling interest by the emi nent historian L P. Brocket! describing the Rusiana and Turks : social, political, and religious history and condition ; their home-life, varied cuotonis and peculiirities the causes of the wsr, the issues at stake Christian against Mohammedan the mighty Interests of othr nationa involved ; Biog raphies of the Rulers, Statesmen and Gen erals; All Richly illustrated. The book millions need now. Wanted instantly 3, 000 agents on very liberal terma. Address HUBBARD BROS., Publishers, 733 San aom St., Philadelphia. je27-6t Large stock of ready made clothing ol the latest and choicest stales, lor men snd boys, bata, caps, boots and ahoes. notion", ftnniabrnr goods in endleta variety for sale at Sanaa! Strayer'a, in Patterson, Subscribe for tbs Snhntl tmd RtpuMien, a paper that givaa job a greater variety, and batter seiaetioa of iwadrng matter tkaa as otber paper la tha Xwatata Taflay. t w legal JCU iLE a Restate ST PUBLIC SALE. PURSUANT to an erd of eaV ban I by tbe Court of Common Plaaa of t county of Juniata, the undersigned, As signt of John W. Sartaiu, will expose to (' sal by public vendue, on ' SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1877, at three o'clock P. M. of said day, on the premito. VALUABLE FARM. situate iu Walker township, cour.ty of Ju niata, Pa , bounded by lands of Jerome V. Thompson, landa of tbe heirs ol Peter Re- gan, Unda of Joseph Hosteller, and ethers, containing i lOO ACRES, ; more or less. The land is iu a Hae state ot i. cultivation, there having been bOO bushels - ef lime applied within aeven years. 1 aero y are on it f 2 Comfortable DwcHIng Houses," one of which U new ; and a , GOOD FRAME BANK BAKX. ; The farm ia also well supplied with spring and fresh rucnii.g water, and fruit ties of very variety that will produce fruit in onr clinute. Is located in a good neighbor hood, convenient to school, church acl stores, and ia 3 miles distant froaiThomp aootown statiau ot P. R. R. TfcRM3 OF SALE. One-fourth of tua purchase money to be paid ca&h when the property ia stricken down; one-fourtn on the first day of November, 1877 ; and the balance, being one-halt' of the who!e. on the first dav of March. 1878. These two last paymeuts to bear interest from tbe day or safe, and to be secured by judgment buutl. Deed executed and possession given on tht first day of April, 1878. ROBERT Mc'JEE:;, Assignee of Jobu W. Saruin. June 13, 1877-td K1UL 12 ST AT JK AT ASSIGNEE'S SALE! - rrtflE undersigned, Assignee of Flias I 1 Smith, for the benefit of bis credi tors, will, by virtne cf a'i orler of tho Court of Common Pleas of Juuiata county, expose to aale on the premuws in Fayette ' township, at 2 o'clock P. M-, cn SATURDAY JULY 21, 1877, The following real estate, to wit : A tract of land, bounded by lands of Peter Brown, . Christian Lauver, Ana Koons, Abraham Dsldem.in and others, containing 5 SETL1TT-TWO ACRES, more or less, and having thereon erected a GOOD LOG HOUSE, XEW B.1JSK BJR Wsgrm Shed, Spring Honse. and other ont- fc buildings. T"ere is a Well of good water W On tbe premises, also a very bueasaortment of Fruit Trees. About inirty acres of this land is under cutuvition, and Ike balance is iu limber. Tbe property is qnite ne-ir Bn-ra'i ii.'-s in Fayetie township, and is in close p-ox- : linity to schools, cburcbes and stores. TOMS Ten per cent, to be p-.id on the f day of sale ; fifteen per cent, mh -n tiie sals is confirmed by the Court i and tbs bti- ance in five and eight months from the date of confirmation, with interest from April 1, 1978. f, JOSEPH T. SMITH, Jfigrut. lj Jane 13, 1S77. f NOTICE. "VrE, the undersigned, Commissioners s H the counts ot Juniata, hereby jv notice that we will nt seil or reuew -r County Bonds, !ter this date, at a high'-i rate that four per cent., and the Tax Co 1 x tora lor the year 1S77 shall allow fiv per Cent, abatement on all taxes paid o i r respective Duplicates until tbe llih dsv of September next; and that lie suii Collec tors will be required to settle their r.-s' ac tive Duplicates proiupliy in one yer truui tie date thereof. JAMES McLAf.-Gm.I2f, W. H. GP.OMLJE.-t. V. B. COX. liny 1, 1777 It" CommitT.rtrit. ADtiniSTRATOR'S NOT IXC. Ettatt of EUiabtlk Riir.b'ur, itctaud. LETTERS ot Ailuitntstration on to-: es tate of Elisabeth R.mbler, late ot L. -t township, deceased, hivi.it; bwen gr.ta' ed to Uio undersigned, ail persons in debted to tbe ssi l estate are requested to make immediate payment, aid Laose b.ivin claims will please present them without de lay to LOUIS t. ATKi::;Oi. June 13, 1S77. JJmmistroior. NEW GOODS 7 NEW GOODS ! AT J. B. M. TODD'S, PATTERSON, PA. I have lust returned frera Philadelphia with a full tin of MEN'S AND BOYS' CLCTFJIJS Men's Suits, $3.50, $5.00 to $-.T).O0. boys Suite, $50, U SO to $10.00. A foil lin cf the MOST tASlllOJA&LE HITS, at low prices. A complete assortment of Ladies' Best Shoes, at $1.25 and upwarda. A full Hue of Children's Sboea. 1 ba-e also a full line of Ladies' Hose, Handker chiefs, Ax. Also, a large stock of GROCERIES, Arbucklea' CoEee 30c. Mackeral, X a. 1 , $2.50 per J kbl. 1 am now selling SEWI2JO 51CRI2jtj at WHOLESALE PRICES. I w ill s'!r j i any kind ot a mjch-ne at TWL1TI PER CE21T. LESS than they are usually so'1. Love orders, and you can Lava any kir ycc vs-.:. z. 3. si. Torn Patteraon, 5! y 17, W7i. ATTENTION. J. F. JACOLS, DES.lt 19 Farming Machinery and Agricultural Ix plementa, such as Cora Planters, Corn Worker e, GRAIX SEPARATORS, CLOVER SEED SEPAP.ITGR'J, Ilorse Powers from One to Ten Hots; Power, Agricultural, Portable, arul Siatio'.iry Steam Enqinest FODDER CCTTEKS, FOhDER CZZIZ KhS.CORN SEJLiKS, Cider UHis, flay Forks, Ujv Rahes, Grain Drills, and farming machinery and imple ments of every description. Address J. F. JCOB, Port Hoy.-!, Juni&ta Co., April 12, 1878. FIRST-CLSS PICTTJRRS takn r. Haas' Photograph Gallery, Sz'.-igi s:.. kUBintown. Subscribe for tfa Stnl ami AtyJtct , r ta IM swaairr I 3 I s 5- a Ji. 1-
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