a uic oiace 01 x'ennsylva
-iJi. If Governor Hartranft had been
weak, vacillating, time-eerring man,
this Commonwealth to day would be
in the control of th Commune, and
the nation itself would be in the
threa f ttaarcLy.
The Republicans of Montgomery
county Governor Kartranft's county
have in county convention endorsed
the pokey of President Hayes.
Governor I Llrtbaxft and troops
re at Wilkesbarre, i put down the
rioters. M;iny arresta have been
made in Wilkesbarre and Scranton.
ExflLAND eois to be gradually
working her way luto tbe fight agvnst
Russia. She has sent a o umbel of
ships of war to be stationed on the
Danube, to protect her interests she
says. Russia way pass the menace by,
Lot tbe probability is, she will accept it
as an insult, and then, who knows what
will follow t
TBt reader is familiar with the fact !
that several weeks ago Russian troops '
crossed tbe Danube river, in their !
march on Constantinople. Tbe invad
iog army, however, did not progress far
before it met the Turks. A great bat
tle was fought at Plevna. The Rus
sians are reported defeated. No de
tails. Russia is reinforcing the divi
sion that eras defeated at Plevna.
Last Thursday Captain Howgate
muled from New London, Conn., with
h stock of provisions, utensils, cloth-1
ing, 4c. to be placed at convenient I
points for camping out, for an expo-'
l:: v i - 1 i i a .1 '
UlliUU llinb ia l'.. bUIl IU UMU LUC
North Pole, or the open Polar sen,
that is supposed to envelope the Pole.
The expedition will leave the United
States in .July,1878,and by having sup
ply stations previously made at con
venient dit-buices. it is expected to be
able to more steadily on to the solving
ii me orm i'oie proniem.
Is certain parts of West Virginia
railroad trains have been fired on by
men hid along the Baltimore and
Ohio road. There is no safety to
travelers when men bushwhack rail
road trains. Commerce and travel
have made railroads their avenues of j
intercourse between different parts of
the country, and if bushwhackers and
other bad men fire into trains or
throw them from the track, as is be
iurr done, a speedier punishment than
is foi'p'l i:i the slow process of the
fourts will Lave to be meted out to
t'ne ultvetitits who thus take life and
ljstrtiy projierty on the highway.
War in Eastern Europe; prepara
tions for war in British Columbia ;
menace of war in Mexico ; war in Japan;
war among tbe tribes of Africa ; war
in tbe Indian country aod civi! war or
riot irhrrever an iron track txlendt in
the United Stain. Was the world ever
more convulsed than it is now ! May
we cot ask, was there ever a time when
peace prevailed, or that " man 'a inhu
manity to man'' did not " make count
less millions mourn T' Hanisburg Tel
egraph. The laws of tbe land have been out
raged beyond measure ; peaceable citi
tens have been menaced ; threats of
death have been breathed against tbein
for denouncing the riot ; arson and bur
glary walked hand in band, and the
guilty have not been punuhed If there
bo virtue enough in tbe Courts aod
officers who administer and execute the
laws to bring the lawless to punish
tutut, all will be well. Should the
country, however, fail to vindicate its j
own integrity, and honor, the Republic !
Kin pass away and be numbered as
among the greatest or all failures of
man's capability of eelf government.
The case rests with the people them
itclves.
Thkee million- dollars saved by one
secret organization, to be used in
time of strikes. It wonld have been
h leoson to have taught the world, if
the ord r had employed the capital
of three million in some business
conducted on a principle that will re
move the troubles that the strikers
and commune complain of. What
true reformers they would have been
if t'u-y had used their large fund in
teaelr.ng their fellow-men a better
vay to employ capital, for the good
. both cspital and labor. An asso
ciation or coiforation that raises a
f:md vl three taiiiion dollars for
the jui'pose f breaking down some
other association or corporation, must
not come to the public begging for
Nympatby. If the fund had been
u.sed to establish some business to
prove to the world that there is a
letter way by which business may be
done, they would have won the sym
pathy of the country, but they used
tbe fund to compel men from whom
ILry made it. to submit to their de
juauds or stop business. All these
things are being weighed in the pub
lic luitid.
t take annually $35,000,000 worth
of oeffee from Brazil. T pay for it in
8' ur, Jr.r4, eoal oil, lumber, machinery
nd otta Ibiof I, and gold.
. , , .. '-people are always law less,
a good people only respect the law.
One aays tu.it it i because the apirit of
foreign cotuiunne ha been brought to these
short-, and haa woiked itself into the minds
of the people, until jealousy and discontent
haa so overcome them that they desire to
so level matters that no man or woman shall
have more than another.
One aavs it ia because there is too large
a foreign population in the country. That
the Old World makes it a point to send
Urge instalments of tbe criminal classes to
tin country.
One says it is because of too many peo
ple locating in business centers, where they
cannot ri nd employment.
One says it is because the business is cor
rupt, the Legislatures are corrupt, the
Courts are corrupt, and the people who do
the business, who elect Legislatures and
Courts are too corrupt to change tbe trou
ble at the polls, and that when the whole
caw is summed up it proves that mau is
not capable of selt-goverument.
Major btFFixoTON.of tbe Pititburg
Arsenal, will bear looking after. A
man who will refuse santuary to his
fellows under any circumstances does
not win much respect. In the cane of
this stickler for red tape Gen. Brintou's
story !oe not leave room for anything
but di'guxt. If the War Department
can find no censure for such conduct
publie opinion will perhaps prove a
better scourge tbsn geperal older ; and
of public opinion this officer will be apt
to get a plentiful sufficiency. .VorA
American.
Ohio State Ticket and Platform.
The Republican State Convention
of Ohio met at Cleveland last week,
and nominated the following ticket :
For Governor, TV. H. West ; Lieut
Governor, Fred. Voegler ; Supreme
Judge, V. TV. Johnson;
General. George K. Rash ;
Supreme Court, Dwight
School Commissioner, J. T.
Attorney
Clerk of
Crowell ;
Lukins ;
Board of Public Works, A. W. Luckey.
The following is the platform adop
ted: The Republicans of Ohio in sonven
tion assembled, congratulate the peo.
pie that during tbe long term of their
control of affairs of the State no stain
has been found upon their record as a
pal ty, that their management of local
affaire has been true to the moral and
industrial interest of ihe people, and
therefore tbey confidently point to their
past history as tbe best evidence aa to
their intentions for tbe future national
questions. The National Republicans
ciaim the same fidelity to right princi
ples and practices that they exhibited
in local and State affairs Appealing
to the determination of the people to
maintain Republican principles aod
practices, tbey offer for tbe caudid con
sideration of tbe voters of Ouio tbe fol
lowicg pjatferm of principles:
Resolved, Int we reaffirm and adopt
tbe platform aod resolutions of tbe Na
tional Convention at t inciouati, in June
1376.
Resolved, That the Republicans of
Ohio reaffirm their unfaltering confi
dence in R. B. IJayea as a statesman,
patriot and Republican, and cordially
approve aud support bis efforts for tbe
pacification of the country and the es
tablishment of its civil service upon a
basis of purity aod effectiveness.
Resolved, That we reaffirm as the un
alterable purpose of tbe Republican
party to maintain and enforce tbe pro
visions of the recent amendments to
the Federal Coustitution, guarenteeiop
tbe equal rights of all citizeus before
the law, irrespective of race or color,
and to insist upon the full aud effectual
peiformance by the Federal Govern
ment and tbe executiou of all its pow
ers of its Con.-thutiocal obligations in
that behalf.
Resolved, That we are in favor of
botb silver and gold as money, tbat
both shall be a legal tender for tbe pay
ment of all detts, eieepi where other
wise specified provided by law, with
coin aud valuations so regulated that
our people shall not be placed at a dis
advantage ic onr trade with foreign
powers, and that both metals shall be
kept iu circulation as tbe money of the
nation, as contemplated by the Consti
tution, and we therefore demand the
remoneization of silver.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any further grants of publio lands or
money subsidies, or the extension of the
publio credit of the General Govern
ment to aid in tbe construction of rail
roads. Resjlved, Tbat we an opposed to
tbe renewal of patents by act of Con
gress which are burtheusome and op
pressive to tbe masses of the people,
and especially to the working classes
Resolved' That we view with alarm
the preseut disturbed condition- of the
country, as evidenced by the extensive
strikes of workingmcn, aad followed by
i be destruction of life and property in
different parts of the couutry, and
while we deprecate each and every re
sort to violence and disorder, and cor
dially approve the action of the Na
tional aud State authorities in their ef
forts to enforce the supremacy of tbe
law, yet we do heartily sympati.zie with
ibe condition of the boneat aod indus
trioui" laborers, who are willing to work
but remain employed or are employed
at wages inadequate to comfort aud :n
dependence, and aa an earnest of onr
Jesire to find a remedy for their condi
tion, we recommend: First, That Con
jrress establish a Nationm! Bureau of
Industry. Second, That Cosgrau as-
''..'duie country,
no further introduction :
UcADouAaTKKs, Fia.iT Dir., N. . P.
Camp at Bl Amsvim Jcnotios,
inly 26, 1877.
Major General A. L. Pearson My
Dear General : It is, perhaps, need
less to tell you that I have been busy
since last Saturday afternoon. I have
been too disgusted and annoyed at
the treatment received by my com
mand, not from the hands of the mob
(for we expected that), bnt from the
public generally, and particularly the
public press, to care to make any ex
planation to a people who detested
law and order bo much. The false
hoods fell to thick and fast for me to
combat. Public sentiment seems to
be changing in your city, and I feel I
must write you to refute (if possible)
6ome of the gross misstatements I
have seen printed and have heard said
against you. In my mind, and I had
some opportunity of judging the case
in view, there could be but two sides
to the riot question, one directly
against it and the other encouraging
it either in deeds or giving counte
nance to those who quietly nodded
their assent to those infuriated drunk
en devils. Their works of pillage.
arson and murder were the worst of
ihn w Ymi a B.vvn nftior ,.(
the State, and took the strongest
m-miTi.la flcrnin&f tins lAtelAH rii,fr
b 0 ' r r--
and to have done anything else would
have been to become a rioter ; and.
for the position you assumed, you
have been a recipient of outrages
which Paris in its days of butchery
would have blushed at With ns they
have done even worse. Called at a
moment's notice by imperative orders
from the highest authorities in our
State, we left onr business and onr
families. anl, braving all dangers,
rushed to the assistance of a sister
city to place onr lives between her
and an atrocious band of cut-throats
and villains. Men from their work
shops, clerks from their desKs, hesi
tated not a moment to answer
We arrived among von enlru
oraer.v ; iearin- no niaui-o w hut
one : having lmt one oLioct in view
1 -
in Ait nnr tntvr Xnf nu VinillT- rvit
creeted ns. but In'tween us and the
demons thev hud the preference. Velnowwrana mis 11 your people
were told that it was nut the railroad j fiin- an 1 1,',:'ve Jou rather remem'icr
men who were disorderly, and from inff ?nr L'1 "PJ scenes tlmn those
all I could afterwards learn, they
were 6orrv for the action of their
friend'
SO FRTEXM.T WOKD OH ACT.
From the Mayor of your city to the
lowest of the musses we never re
ceived a kindly glanca We were
hemmed in by this infuriated mob.
hooted at, and violent language lyirled
at us. We bore all this with a calm
ness and patience that I never believ
ed was possible for even military dis
cipline to accomplish. My instruc
tions to mv command were to bear
anything from the mob, and not to
fire unless actually attacked ; and
self-defence is proper at all times.
At Twenty-eighth street I bad less
than three hundred men, having left
my Second brigade, as you remem
ber, down near tbe lumber yards.
Tali we persuaded and expostula
ted, nntil our progress was entirely
impeded, without nsinj force. It
was then that a pistol shot ied by a
rioter, and then a fusilade of stones
from the hill, was showered on us. It
was more than human nature could
further endure. We did not come to
your city to be murdered, and we had
a sufficient amount of manhood to
prevent it
One or two men fired their pieces,
and without any definite order the
firing commenced. I can swear you
never gave any order to fire, as I was
intently listening for the order which
was not given. When the firing
ceased we found that some innocent
persons had been shot. What they
were doing there, knowing that a col
lision was possible, and even expect
ed, is more than I can imagine. Cow
ardly must the party be who attempts
to shield his guilty form by inducing
innocent women and children to pro
tect him. Your papers said we fired
on a defenceless mob. We had three
men hurt before we fired a shot, and
during the melee we had fifteen sol
diers wounded. When ordered to
the round-house and machine shops
of the railroad company you were
there, and much to my disgust re
fused to allow me to defend myself.
Until you left the round-house for
the purpose of getting us rations not
a shot was fired from our guns, al
though two of my men were wound
ed from the mob outside deliberately
firing into us.
DEFENCK DETERMINED ON.
After you left and I became com
mander of the situation I determined
that if no one would assist me I
should certainly defend my men and
the situation myself. I gave the
crowd warning and my guard instruc
tions to lire on any one who ad
vanced on them, nnd it was then that 1
the fighting commenced. Before it
was all on one side. I snppose some
of your people would say that I
should have allowed my command to
be raked by the artillery of the mob, !
and afterwards have allowed my men
to be roasted by the fires that were
kindled for that purpose. The thing,
however, struck me in a different
light, and I made np my mind to
clean some of those fellows out, and
I was quite successful in preventing
the guns from being used against us.
Captain Breck, of your city, can tes
tify how we acted, and the mob had
but little terror for ns, knowing their
cowardly propensities. I was order
ed, in case I left the ronnd-honse, to
J0t of juaonnitioa,
, nind to pncoed to
,-t)cnreBoiB Lmt
i raiding, wm&rch-
r an body of
ak A 1
. w Dime
city
and,
deleft
fwhifth
f their
I por
' I felt
i any
j- not
; Pitta
.So, le-
ir uol-
' of the
, a dozen
saw yon
ys ready
.L I re
;"yon nearly
, .ng to keep
. ha not the
ability tu sae u.v- . jtn the men pant
ing for our lives. Some of my men
blamed you for not allowing us to
defend ourselves, and that is the only
cause of bad feeling which the re
porters found in my division.
IiIVBROINO VtEWS.
TVe blame you for protecting the
mobs too much. The mobs blame
you for punishing them. If ever
man was placed in a false position it
is you, and, if tha reputable thinking
people of your city do not praise you
and thank you for what you did for
them, it must be because there is no
gratitude in them. The rioters drive
you from your home. They gut your
house because you wer their enemy,
and the community, for whom yon
suffered all this, leave your services
unrecognized. Of conrso, after what
we witnessed we do not expect friends.
Even the commandant of the Gov
ernment Arsenal, where we had gone
for ammunition, not only refused to
supply us, but when L in perwon,
begged permission to allow my faint
ing, famished men a monies t8 pro
tection, ejected me from his presence
and locked the gate, guarding it by
his soldiers without. While thus
parleying with the United States ofli-
', the mob killed two of my privates,
;ttso4Liewieu:"ltAtsh' of, th keystone
Batterv, a gallant, noble fellow, and
I went on, thinking we must be a
doomed command when not only
mobs try to overpower us, but the
t .1..
denied bv the sworn officers of the
Lmted States government, and the
, , , , , .
shadv grounds were closed against
r i- ii- i
inv fiiiiitincr an. I ilvmir mnn. Ami as
i i i . : 7 Ti n . a-
c Klirkik tno lt1l. nf I'lttjiliiirn' nft
our feet, we left it in the hands of
Mayor McCarthy's police, who so
gallantly assisted in driving ns from
the town. I have been hoping, trust
ing that we cuidd feel differently af
ter the passion was over ; that we
might receive some kind words from
r fhPll I thu ",r trades .bed for, but with I L,u bo,1,ly f'm lhe ,cene ,ev,D8 h,
.m n i'two individual exceptions not one ! uu lckawnn avenue. Althcgh bad
. i?. nv i word has been spoken or gatitude I lv he .scped unhurt. Down
: . n
1 oitauica 10 1 onsoie 1110 orp.i.m una
! yotions to onr sister oity.
of the sad and recent data,
This has leen scrawled oft" hastily
on a camp stool. Believe nic, my
dir General, to be, very sincerely
yours,
Koiiebt "SI. Bpistos,
Major General First Division, J. 0. P.
T-i-arlDt.er.oee at "Wil VnoViari-n and
n .
01.1a11.uu. immediately the company fsccd about
The spirit of the mob at U'ilkes-jMd firrj. A number of shots we.e
barfe is fully understood once one reads: beard. The posse fird irregularly ; suite
of their acts, of which tbe following is
a specimen, as sent by despatch, under
date of August let :
Last W ednesday a mail train bound
north on the Lebtgh valley railroad
aod due here at 1 p. m. was detained
three quarters of an boar by a crowd
of several thousand persons at the de
pot. The strikers uncoupled tbe pas
senger coaches and engine "and threw
the coupling bolts in the canal. Tbe
bolts were replaced and United States
detective officers were stationed on tbe
platform to watch them. Tbe traiu
was backed below the depot aud under
a full bead of steam shot past tbe
strikers. Some of tbem attempted to
board the train but failed.
A crowd of 6,000 or 7,000 peaple
assembled at tbe Lehigh Valley depot
to see tbe mail train come in at 2 :45
o'clock this afternoon. Tbe strikers
were out in force. A constable and
United States deUctivr t-taodingnn the
platform next to tbe engine were ston
ed. Master Mechanic Drumhalier was
running tbe engine and the strikers
stoned bim nntil he had to get off, and
as be did so, be was struck in tbe face
with stone. The strikers cheered
mounted the engine and cut it loose
and rau it to Sugar Notch. John
Keithler, tbe constable, was seized by
the mob and roughly bandied. They
were going to duck him in tbe caual
aud would have killed him but Icr tbe
iut-.Tterence of friends. He is now in
tbe station bouse for protection. The
mob followed bim through the streets,
booting and yelling. A large number
of passeugets are compelled to lie over
here. Tbe strikers bave the engine
taken from tbe train and are running
it up and down the road blowing the
whistle and cheering. Tbe miners and
railroad mea are coalescing aod trou
ble is feared.
From Scranton under tbe same date
a despatch reads: At about 11,30
o'clock this morning about five thou
sand men, armed with clubs aod revol
vers, forced all the employees of the
Lackawanna iron and cral oompany
who had returned to work after a brief
strike to d"si?f. They then proceeded
to the car shops of the Delaware Lack
awanna and Westtrn railroad company,
drove the men from tbeir posts and
threatened to destroy the car shops
and office. Not satisfied with this
tbey violently assaulted several of tbe
employees both in the shop and office,
and many of them sustained painful,
though not serious, woncds. Mayor
M'Kune hastened to the scene, and at
tbe same time sent word to a volunteer
organization of young men which bad
been guarding the extensive stores of
tbe Lackawanna iron and coal company
for some time past. The mayor's arri
val at the scene of tbe melee was tbe
signal for a general attack npon bim,
and bat for the interposition of Father
Duoo, a Catholto priest, be would prob
ably have been killed. He escaped,
aowever( wftb a doable fraotare of tbe
jaw. Meanwhile soma forty or fifty of
tha voltroteerf marched down Lacka
wanna avtnao to Washington, wbere
they wera net by the rioters, and afier
a brief assault with clubs end atones,
fifed into the crowd, killing four wen.
Tbe "hoodlums," aod in fact every
body, were dispersed, and at they rau
several fell seriously wounded. The
eorupany returned to their quarters un
molested. All places of business are closed by
order of tbe mayor and the citizens are
joining the volunteers in large numbers
Troops have been sent for and are ex
pected to night, when fresh trouble ia
feared. Meanwhile the streets are
being cleared by the police aod volun-
; teers.
The Animous of the Mob at Scran
ton on Friday-Attack Upon the
Mayor The Mob Dispersed by
the Military-Four Men Killed
and a Number Wounded,
A uespaub from Scranton on Friday,
in speaking of the assembling of tbe
mob, and tbe appearance of the Mayor
among them, says :
Mayor McKuoe, who bad been ap
prised of the proceedings, appearing
upoo the icene bis prjseuce was the
signal for a geoeial uproar, the crowd
booting as be passed. Tbe words
which be addressed to the multitude
in favor of law and order wera wasted,
lie was driven from tbe ground aud
happening to meet the Rev. Father
Duuo, of St. Vincent's Cathedral, took
bim by tbe arm. Tbe priest seeing a
man closely pursued by tbe mob ap
pealed to tbein to desist and called up
on those in front to keep tbat portion
of (be crowd at bay. father luuu
begged tbem to be peaceable aa be
came good eitiieos. Tbey replied that
they would ; that tbey were only trying
to obtain tbeir rights, and that it was
tbeir intention to obtain tbem peace
ably. Soon the appealing words of tbe
priest were drowned in tbe one of tbe
mob. Id the rash which followed Mr.
Lilly, a lumber boss in tbe employ of
tbe Delaware) Lackawanna and Western
shops, was beaten. Tbe Mayor endeav
ored by all tbe means in bis power to
disperse tbe multitude. They werede
termined to vent their anger upon bim,
a murderous blow en the bead. The
first blow was followed by another more
severe, and apparently dealt with a
heavy clab. The Mayor staggered and
; ' ,
ith bun Father Dunn, whose
t i.. : 1 1 i. .. i i ti . An.
I . . . - , , , ,
i intense. Blood flowed freelv from the
' . , . j .w
i Mayor a mouth, and Cites : "Tbe Mayor
! ... '
ts killed, went up on all sides
feared that he would bi clubbed to
death, but he succeeded in escaping to
duct's store, on the comer of Lacks
wanna avenue, wbere he took tempo
rary reftlge.
A portion of the crowd lifted Father
i'uuu Iroiu where he fell and carried
Lackawanna avenue from the company's
, . . .
store a body of armed men marched
with repeatini; nfies and fixed bavonets.
It wis a posse organized some lime ago
by authority of the Moyor. The men
were coming to his assistance in reply
to his request. Tbey saw bim bleedu.g
at tbe stieet corner as tbey crossed
Washing'on aveuue. Just as tbe po;se
was approaching him lor instructions
some of the more thoughtless of tbe
crowd commenced throwing sticks and
stones at the armed men. A pistol
shot was beard just then, and T. .
Kortree, who was in :he rear of the
I .a vor s pose, was sbot in the knee
aimed over the crowd aud others fired
with fatal effect, killing four men and
wound ing others. As soon as the first
volley was fired the crowd scattered iu
all directions and took took refuge in
every available place, leaving four of
their number dead and dying on the
street. Two other volleys were fired,
aod by Ibis t'nie the mob had been ut
terly dispersed. 1 be ghastly picture
presented upon tbe street as tbey left
was horrible. On the corner near
Hunt's store lay a mar. with tbe top of
bis head torn off and his blood and
brains scattered upon tbe sidewalk.
Three others in the street were strug
gling in tbe death agony.
Tb Indian as a Scout.
President LI ayes is reported to bave
said, the other day, tbat Indians could
not be introduced in tbe army, in any
extended way with efficiency. He add
ed : "I had three Indians in my corps.
As scouts they were unequalled. We
could do nothing -witn tbeiu as soldiers.
Tbey would not drill, tbey would not
keep rank, tbey would do nothing ex
cept in tbeir wild Indian wav. We
were troubled by a sharp-shooter who
had picked off our men and we could,
not reach bix. 1 sect for one of these
scouts. Lie came to my camp in a
slouchy way, seemed half asleep, and
was wholly indifferent. When 1 told
hiiu wbat 1 wanted, his face glowed,
I. is eyes sparkled and he straightened
himself up like a crested snake ready to
strike, rolled bis trousers up to bis
thighs, bis sleeves to his shoulder
blades to be as much of a savage as
possible. He took bis rifle, several
rounds of .muionitiou, threw himself on
the grass before there was any need of
it, and wound himself along with tbe
velocity and silenee of a snake. Three
hots bronght tbe sharp-shooter down,
when the scout returned perfectly ex
hilerated.
A IVetw Disease.
A new disease has brokeu out in the
Scotch Free Church disease un
named before, but pronounced alarming
if not deadly. It is 'hunkering;" and
am h buiikerirjfir as onr own Old Hunk
ers might have known if they bad ever
entered its latitude. It is sitting iu
church during prayer ; and a recent
spokesman declares his fear that it
may lead to organs, liturgies aod a
Bishop ! This is a dreadful menace
for weary souls accustomed to consid
er the Sabbath a day of rest and to
take their eae through the seventeenth
lies ; but it ia so catching and fatal in
tbe Free Kirk that the whole power of
tbe clergy bas been turned on for its
repression. .Yorth American.
Examined before Dinner.
In Paris there baa been opened a
new restaurant, at whose doors stand a
physician. He examines into vour
health and jreseribea you dinset. 1
. . News Items. .
Stanley t lost fa Africa.
Boston did not feel tbe raiiraad strike.
About 2600 car were destroyed at
Pittsburg.
Thirty one Americans are atudyiug
at lividleberg.
gau Frauct-ico loifers are rained by
' l tiinese cherp labor.
A Fans, Ky., firm is waking 1UVU
gallons of blackberry wiue.
Do not uie Paris green to kill Cab
bape worms.
Crawford county wfll have three
fairs this year.
Cumberland, Md , bai a female bar
tier shop, and it patrons are in hourly
dread ot being scalped by tbeir jealous
better halves
A new secret order, styling itself the
"Iron Heart," it said to be taking tbe
place of the "Molly Maguires" in tbe
coal regions.
Mrs. Margaret Reindler, of Adams
county, is said to be 112 years old.
The hog cholera has made its appear
in Mifflin county.
It is proposed 10 elect a postmaster
for tbe town of Mercer by popular vote.
Tbe ( atholie eongregatiou in Tyrone
have decided to improve their cuurub
edifice.
The Tiffin, Ohio, Chnrn Company
turns out 5,000 churns aud 40,000 doz
en washboards annually.
H. P. Hamilton bas been nominated
for Sheriff by the Venang i county Pro
bibitiouiBtM. Tbe oate crop all through the Leban
on Valley, from llarrisburg to Read
ing, U reported to be the heaviest rais
ed for ten years.
Tbe whole force of the ( onceautville
Courier office, two editors, prruters and
the "devil," sbut up shop and marched
off with tbe militia last week.
Owing to a foreign demand leather
boot and shoe material is now ten per
cent higher than it was one year ago.
A large grain bunse on the farm of
John Mctlowao, in Uuiou tuwu?bip,
Berks cuuuty, was struck by ligbtniu
last Friday night, and destroyed Willi
the entire contents.
Tbe expense of moving and feeding
tbe militia of New York will, it is said
foot up $50,000.
Tt well I t alrak t-l ff f ahlir Or lltlaV 1 1 nit tA ,
duwu b- inf Q her luoeudl4
fires.
Over 100,000 bu.-hels of wheat be
longing to lodianapolid parties 'were
burned at Pittsburg.
I A six year old boy at Latry's creek,
' Lycoming county, got in front of a
reaper, ou tbe 11th instant, aud one
j foot was cut entirely off aod tbe other
!
A wagon load of people fell over a
bluff at the "narrows" below Cresce it,
Lvcominf countv. descending a distance
of over forty feet ; but strange to say,!"? nd valuable papers. 1 hey
none of tbe partv were hurt beyond a
. .
few trifling truises I
Great damaged "was done to farm!
. . . , , :
bouses, etc. Along tbe creek three
bridge, a wool house, Wagons, fences, !
and almost evervtbms near tbe banks i
of the creek were swept awav Considot-
' -m., j,,..,. d,,ne at other nuiuts
!.,. .i.e ...v
Ou Wednesday July the IStb iasl.,
between 8 aud 9 o'clock iu tbe evening,
l'auiei Uarr committed felonious rape
on tbe pergou of Dora 0. Warnse a lit
tle girl between C and 7 years old.
The crime was committed in tbe barn
of ElisUa Wbitmir, who resides a short
distauce east of Milton. Darr is an
idiot.
Early on Monday morning tba 30th
of July Stratbaveo dam, on Big (.'rum
creek, gave way causing great damage
to property below. Juo Greer & Co. 'a
cotton and Woolen mill, at Avondale,
Delaware county, was flooded and the
Machinery and stock damaged to tbe
amount of $30,000. Ten bouses in
Avondale were washed out aod several
persons carried down the stream, but
were all saved by ropes being thrown
to tbem.
A man named Murphy, living near
Pennsylvania Furnace, In Huntingdon
county, attempted to captnre a couple
of cub bears tbe other day, but tbe ju
veuile bruius scooted up a tree, aud
when Mr. Murphy tried to dislodge
them by pelting them with stones they
raised an ontcry which brought the
mother bear to the scene, when she
turned tbe tables on tbe would be cap
tor of her offspring by chasing bim down
tbe mountain, causing bim to lose a pair
of shoes and a bundle in hi) flight, and
finally compelling bim to climb a tree
for safety.
While Mr. A. lioyotou's hired man
was driving leisurely along the river,
in tbe vicinity of Bloom's bridge,
Clearfield, recently, the man beard a
sharp snap, as of somethiug breaking,
and suddenly checked the horse, aud
at that instant a large tree came crash
ing down, falling across the back of tbe
horse aud killing it instantly. The
carriage contained Mrs. Boynton and
htr little boy and Mrs. Beauseigner
and little boy, who were badly fright
ened. On Wednesday evening Robert An
derson, seventy five years of age, of
Allegheny county, got into a quarrel
with bis son, who is a cripple, and start
ed toward bim to strike bim. Tbe son
raised bis crutch to defend himself, and
Mr Anderson falling against it it pen
etrated bis eye three or four toches in
to his brain. He fell back and expir
ed in a few moments.
A novel Building Association is
about to breath into existenee in
Mechanicsbarg. It embraces a mem
bership of but five persons, viz : A lum
ber dealer, a brickmaker, a carpenter,
a mason and a plasterer, each individ
ual member furnishing the necessary
material and mechanical labor for the
erection of five booses, each taking a
boose as a remuneration for bis services.
On Sunday night a week, the resi
dence of Geo. Totten, baker, on west
Main street, Mechanicsburg was burg
lanously entered and $52 in silver
coin stolen. Mr Totten aod family
were visiting in Carlisle over Sunday,
and npon their return on Monday found
their bouse in considerable disorder,
Among other things a hatchet was
thrown through the mirror a'taohed to
to one of of bnreans. breaking it, of
course, and making a large bole in the
wall behind it. It is supposed that the
thief, in moving around tbe room saw
his reflection in the glass, and imagin
ing some one was trying to apprehend
him, threw the hatchet at it with great
force with Ibe above result. The thief
made his escape, although three men
were attracted to the bouse by the noise
of the breaking glas.
News Items.
Th 6arbers of St. Louia are on a
strike. .....
Altoon Hebrew live established
synagogue.
A West Virginia tut baJ tot
lept
for eighteen jears so be aaya.
CiA Kin Coal will fise and
ex-
plain one effect of the strike.
Tbe army worm bai appeared In tat
cotton fields of Mississippi.
Chicago fooU up ber direct anj indi
rect loss by the strike at over eeven
millions.
Saratoga will celebrate the centen
bary of Burgoyne'a surrender in Octo
ber next.
. Barney Donaboe, chief of the Hor
nellsvtlle mob, was never employed by
a railroad company, but baa been a
saloon keeper.
Mra"; Moody, tbe wife of tbe preach
er, is teaching a large claaa of men this
summer in the Sunday school at North
field, Mann.
Tbe Bradford Coonty Commissioners
are going to purchase two hundred and
reveuty acres for a poor bouse farm.
It will e st $13,000.
In Frauklin borough, a few days ago.
a tramp was arrested aud seven revol
vers, all new, fooud in bis possession.
Strange to say, tbe fellow was released
and the pistols returned to hnn.
Frank v alworth, who killed bis fa
ther for abusing bis mother, in Mew
York, in June, 183,and waa sentenced
lo prison lor life, haa been pardoned by
Gov. Robisoo.
Charles II. Clement, the leader of a
recent temperance movement in Hater
bill, Mass. i went bai-k into the liquor
business tbat be bad abandoned, and
baa been sent to jail for three months
for violatinr the liquor law.
Frank Mitchell, son of S. J. Mitchell,
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector at
Iudianapolis, was relieved of a tbiaible
whtoh was swallowed and lodged in bis
throat nine years ago.
Richness and idleness do not bring
happiness Mr Leon Furniss, of New
York, with an estate worth two mill
ions and an income of sixteen thousand
dollars, was to miserable tbat he sbot
himself through the head.
Lancaster bas a strikes in limbo
one M. M. Fraim who is charged with
inciting to riot, ioteiferiug with the
running of trains, and attempting to
destroy the property of the PeuosyUa
nta railroad company.
On Wednesday night about one
o'clock a test call was made upon the
delaney Guards, of West I hester, to
which fitly two members responded in
three minutes, showing they are on tbe j
alert aud ready for action. A good j
company.
--iuiuj fu.6.ia t.m
the stores of U. A. Ainsworth and J.
B Grapoote, at Cape Vinceut, X. Y..
hi.. .k- v.f. nA ht-in-.t mon.
m 1 f v siuvi I'nasv.afx. a u v j ataxia
l..klo Ma.a, 1 m than
. I. V 13 . I I i.
lw uurnu-.ui uor-n auu uug-
gv, escaped. Officers are in pursuit. a may be ended before a Jti.-ticf .
' Charles Wingert, of Adamsburg ! rV. ""dor Misting laws.at U-.; ;t to I
I'. . ,.. ml. k;.. f .. .. i oelore the commencement ol the so -
&tintj Michigan, tow,J o';rfl c, urtKbtMm
township, Centre coumy, met his
luruulJ respectively, and in allca.-i '
dpath recently by a verv sad accident. 1 anr recopnizancas aie cuined it,. ;
I l,r " tt'gert and his tuias were haul-
i"S bay, be bem" on the wa;m load-
1 ing. It appears that tb-y ma'le the
load Unusually L'L'b,
and while
barn tr
tbcj
Win
i "ere ,r,vin2 wto ,hB
gert struck one of the J ists with hi
bead, causing, a fracture of the skull.
About eight o'clock on ti e morning
oi tue ist io.-t.,as jon.i tienoerson, sr ,
of Carroll township, i'erry county, was
fetaruing from Carlisle market, aud
while driving along the Sulphur fpring
road, within half a mile of toWu, he
was robhed of twenty dollars by two
desperate looking felloas who bad ob-
' obtained permission to fide Id his
gon. .ur. Henderson is Well advanced
in years, and made but a slight resist
ance, and the rascals escaped. He at
once returned and bad a warraut issued,
but no arrests bave yet been made.
This was a very bold and daring attempt
at highway robery. S. T. 11.
At Sharon, Mercer eouuty,tn Thurs
day, a powder magatibe, containing
six hundred and tweuty-five kegs ot
povder, exploded. Trees iu the woods
are almost completely trimmed aud the
grouud is almost entirely covered with
leaves aod branches Here aod there
you can find trees as thick as a man,s
body completely twisted off. Small
pieces of powder kegs ran be seen
everywhere. Many are not half as
large as a man's hand. Tbe track be
longing to the Pacific coal slope ia com
pletely torn up, while the sliute, scales,
screen, ears etc , are badly damaged.
Several frame bouses in the neighbor
hood are completely demolished, while
all over the city glass was broken in
the houses and locks torn off doors a
mile away. Large plate glas in bus
iness bouses was broken. Even the
doors of a few business houses were
opened breaking both lock aud bolts.
It is said the explosion was heard irery
plainly and distinctly at New Castle,
twenty two miles from Aharon. A man,
supposed to have entered the h-u for
the purpose of stealing powder, was
toro to pieces- The loss is $75,000.
Home-Thieves Hunt;-Their
Epitaph.
At Rapid City, Dakota, recently,
three horse thieves were bung, and tbe
following was tbeir epitaph :
A. J. Allen, Louis Curry, Jas. Hail.
Aged 3d years. Aged 29 years. Agedl9yrs.
BOBSa-TBIEVBS Iltltl.
Here lies the body of Curry, Allen and flail,
Like other thieve, they bad thei.- rise, de
cline and tall ;
Or. yon pine tree they bnnc till dead,
Add here tbey found a lonely bed.
Then be a little cautious how you gobble
horses up.
For eery horse you pick up here adds sor
row to your cup;
We're bound to atop this business or hang
you to a man,
For we're bemp and hands enough in town
to swing the whole d clan.
A Catamount Anions; Berry
Pickers.
A large sized catamount produced
general consternation among a party of
berry piekeis near Pine Koob, Wayne
county, a few days ago. A lad named
Frederick Wills, who bad separated
from tbe rest of tbe party, was attack
ed, bnt was saved from injury by tbe
opportune arrival of a dog. Tbe screams
of tbe animal were mistaken for a sig
nal from some one of tbe scattered par-J-
Aa Enemy;.
A resolution was adopted by the
Democratie Convention of Noxobee
coonty. Mis., a few days since declar
ing they would regard as "an avowed
political enemy and treat 'accordingly'
oy Democrat who offered himself as
an tndependant candidate.
Coins; to the Oltt Country
More persona went out front the Uni
ted States to Great Britain and Ire.
land last year than emigrated thence to
tbi country. The emigrant from the
United Kingdotd to thia country note
bered 54,554, and the emigrant! jroin
this country to tbe United Kingdom 54
697.
Legal jYoHcts.
Hi; A I. ESTATK AT
ASSIGNEE SALE!
rpiIE nnderaigtled, Assignee of
X Smith, tor Ihe benefit of bis credi
tor, will, by virtne of an order of the
Court of Common Pleas of Juniata count,
expose to sale on the premises ia Fayette
township, at 2 o'clock P. M., co
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1S77,
The following rel estate, to wit : A travt
or land, bounded by lands of Peter Brown,
Christian Lauver, Aon Koons, Abraham
Flnlduni:in and others, containing
SETE3TT-TWO ACRES,
more or less, and baring thereon erected a
GOOD LOG HOUSE,
.YEW B.1MC B.1R.V,
Wagon Shed. Spring; Uonse. and other out
buiMinfC. Tere is a Well of g,M)ti waiix
on the premises, also a very line assortment
ot Fnwi Tiesi
A Do nt thirty acres of this land is under
r.ultivttion, and Ike balance is in timN-r.
The propef'T ,! t1"' near Brown's JtilU,
in Payette township, and is in close prji.
iimly to schools, chnrrhvs and stores.
TKRM.1 Ten jer cent, to be paid on th
day of sale ; tliteen per cent, when tlie a.i!.
is confirmed )y the Court ; and l lie
ance in live and eiht months trom the.ur
of continuation, ith interest trom Apr;!
I, 18T3.
JOSEPH T. SMITH,
Aug. P, t 7.
1ROCLAM ATIO:- VT H F RE.S,
Ihe Hon. Bkmj. K. Ji mix, PrcM.-nl
Judgn of th! Conrl of Common PI t.,r
the 4lst Judicial District, eon-posed of the
counties of Juniata and Perry, and the
Honorable NtMb A. Elder and Francis
Barlley, Associates Judges r.f the ,M.
Court of Common Pleas of Jimiit i cnuntv,
have issaed their precept to me directed,
bearing date the 7th day of April. lsTT,
for holding :i Conrt of Oyer and Tvrmiri.-r
and General J.iil Delivery, .ir.d (;..i.t,!
Quarter Sessions of th- INare. t if
FUNTOWN.on the FIKST Jiol V . f
SEfTE.VBFU. ISJ7, being th- rd Uv ..;
the month.
Notice is Heredt (Itvir, t-s h- f'.
oner, Justices ot the Peace and i'n,t,i:.j
01 the County of Juniata. tiat t!u . t. -hir
and there in their proper pt rms, at 1
o'clock onthe.1ttcrnoonnt-.4idd.lv, v,t-
j tbeir recoras, inquisitions. e..tiiiiiiaii-.i.s
and oyer remembrances, to do th-se thint
. that to their othces respectively ajpcrtuii,
and those that ay; bound by rccojrnir msn r..
prosecute against the prisoners th.it ar--.' r
I then may be in the Jail of said e.:pii
j bv then and there to j rosiute j-hh '.
I them as shall be just.
! By an Act of A.-sembiy. pastel ti'e 1:..
I dav of May, A. D., Icol, it is made ts
i duty ot ibe J iibttcca t the fe.we. ol t
j several counties et this Coirmunwea!:?..
I return to tha Clerh ot th.s Court ot '."r jr
! Session uf the respective courttie-. 4I! t
I - . ' - "
vM.ffnif inci 1 r1ri-rH info It-ai'str tt.... I.
! any person or pc-s)ns cha';;ed with
commiston ot any crime, except snv
J commision of any crime.
than ten diva he tor.- .. .,....,
ot the session to hich the ft i;'
ti;in.;b!e, the iaid J iir't-j .. r
the j.r?.u in the ije :;:a-;.r i.. v
h.;d ot bet? pjsul.
Du-d at M'nMmwn, the JTtV :k
April, in the year of oht Lora .jnt
sand eight hundred and M-vertv-jev.-n
j sheriffs Oitic.e, uttr.towii,
11. l. WALLS, .v'nr
August i, 1.-. ..
rt'BLtc EX.t.m.Tioiis.
rtlllE examinations of tiMchcrs for th'-- ;c--L
spective School Iitr:cts ot Juniata
ounty will lie held ax follows :
For Slithintown and Fermanagh, in .Mit
flintown school bnuse, Saturday, Anj. 11.
r'or Patterson and Millord, in Patterson
school I.oiim?, Mondjy, August 13.
For Port Koyal and Tnrbctt, in Port
Kort Koyal school house, Tuesday, Ails. 11
For Bcale, in Johnstowu schol house,
V ednesday. August l-.
For tValkei, in Mexico school hwiiM-,
Thursday, AuRnst
For Fayette, in Mc Alisf.jrviile stle M
hoiiae, Friday, Aunst 17.
For Thoinpsontown and Delaware, i:
Thoiiipsontoau school house, Saturday,
August 1H.
For Monroe, in Kichltc-Id school house.
Monday. August 2 .
For Susui-hanna, in Prosperity school
house, Tuesday, August i!.
For tireenwoud, in K.tM.h.lu school
house, Wednesday, Aliens!
For Spruce Hill", in Spruce Hill schoof
house, Monday, August 21.
For Tuscarora, in JlcCoysville gchw.t
boiiM:, Tuesday, Augnst L'x.
For Lack, tb Lick school house, Wednes
day, August 2'J.
ISo certificates will be ndnriri, and tw
privult examinations will be held. The ex
aminations will be chiefly written, and will
Degin promptly at o'clock A. M. Appli
cants will please bring an abundance of good
loolsCHp paper.
It is imperative that teachers be ex im
incd in the district wherein tliey are appli
cants, and strangers must bring written tes
timonials as to moral character.
Teachers are expected to take an eiiuc.i
tional Journal and attend Teachers' Insti
tut.n.
Directors are rcspectlully nrged t . !
present to rxannne Ihe papers of the ap
plicants, and ! i,liserve the addres and
conduct of their teachers.
JOHN M. G K?.!AX, Co Supt.
Aug 1, 1677.
SPTC III. 3 OTIC K.
ALL persons in any wa' indebted to th'
estate of the Hon. Krard Oles, do:M,
are hereby notified that prompt and sp-edy
payment is now requested by ihe Eaecutor
of the said estate, and all such indebted
ness remaining nnpiid or otherwise settled
np, to the l-th ol the ensuing month ot
Aognst, 1877, will immediately thereafter
be put in traio ol rotleetion by the Execu
tors of the said estate. All the p.i rs and
evidences ot indebtedness to the said estate
are now in the hands of J. A. Christy for
settlement.
JAMES NORTH.
JACOB A. CHRISTY,
Executors of E. Oles, deceased.
July 25, 1877.
S0TICE.
"VTrE, the undersigned, Commissioners of
v the cottntv ot Juniata, hereby givc
notice that we will not sell or renew any
County Bonds, alter this date, at a higher
rate that four per cent., and Ihe Tax Co. lec
tors for the year 177 shall allow fcve per
Cent, abatement on all taxes paid on their
respective Duplicates until tha 11th day of
September next ; and that the said Collec
tors will be required to settle their respec
tive Duplicates promptly in one year tro:i?
the date thereof.
JAMES Mor.AIT.HHN,
W. II. ORON1NGEK,
D. B. COX.
May I, 1777-11 Ctmmututurrt.
EXECt TORS' NOTICE.
Estate of Jltxandtr Jiuirtws, Jtceastd.
LETTERS Testamentary on the estatu
of Alexander Andrews, doceased hav
ing been granted to the undersigned, all
persons indebted to said estate am request
ed to make immediate payment, and iboso
having claims will please present tbem duly
authenticated tor settlement.
wbslet andrews,
Howard Andrews,
July 25, 1877. xtctort.
Sale Bills of all kinds printed, on eo'ert
imtice at thi Sk.