Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, October 24, 1877, Image 2

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    -SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFLINTOWN. ,
Wt4mmmj, Octlwr 4, Wtt.
B. F. SCflffEIER,
fditok Asb rsorairroa.
Repnblican State Tioket.
FDR SUPREME JUDGE,
JAM CM P. STERRETT,
6r rn-rssrao.
iuit State treasures,
UlLLlA.M B. HART,
o- MOSTOOMEET COCJITT.
fOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
JO II 31 Ai !! PA AS MO RE,
Of SCHI'TLKILL COl'SrY.
Kepublican Primary Election.
Tbe members of the Republican
party f Juniata county are requested to
meet at tlie usual places of holding elec
lions, in the respective districts, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1377,
at 2 o'clock r. M
, and after the election of
a julge and two clerks by ballot, during the
iit so minutes, proceed to vote, by ballot,
tor the nomination of
One person for County Surveyor. j
The polls to remain oj en nnti 6 o'cock
f. a., after which the vote aha be public- j
ly counted, and aI papers taken possession
of bv the Ketnm Judges, who aha niett in
Convention at the Court House in Mifflin-
town, on
MO DAT, OCTOBER 29, 1877,
at 2 o'clock p. to return and add up the
vote so tx.d. and announce the resut :
and to transact such other business psrtain-
ing to tlieir oftice as may devove on theui.
By order of County Committer.
V. C. LAIRD, Chairman.
C. B. HoE.xiso, SecnUry, pro tern.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
COUKTT SUKVETOR.
Kmtok Sektinel and RKprsuc4X: Sir,
I could announce tieorge K. Henderson, of
Patterson, as a candidate for the office of
County Surveyor, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Republican party.
Oct. 9. 1877.
A few years ago the Temperance
Kentimeut was strong in this State.
The only organized friend that could j
aid it was the itepubucan party, lo
that organization the Temperance
people applied for a law, as they said,
in the interest of the Temperance
cause. The Republican organization
voted for what they asked. They
proved ungrateful, as was demon
titrated by their movements the next
year, when they organized as a politi
ral party, and inveiled enough He
publican to vote for them in certain
districts, that both Republican and
Temperance candidates were defeat
ed, aud thus secured a Democratic
majority in the Legislature indirectly.
The Democratic Legislature soon
cleared the books of the new Tem
perance laws, and now no party does
reverance to the question.
The fall of the 1 emperance cause i
is ciicd here, as an illustration of the i
Labor nn I Greenback movement of
to-day. I
Labor in this country, to-day would :
lie in the dishonorable condition of
the slave if the Republican organiza
tion had not gone to the rescue when
t hose who held men in slavery made
war on the government to overthrow
it, for the purpose of destroying the
free element it contained, and to ex j
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tend slavery on its ruins. The leaders
of rebellion openly declared that it
was not black slavery they cared for ;
it was something broader they want-
ed. They wanted a government that
declared its corner-stone to be that j
cnpitil skall own its tutor. That meant j
slavery regardless of color. If it had
not been for the Republican organi !
zition the doctrine would have pre- j
vailed in this country, and free gov
ernment would be numbered among
the the things of the past
To prevent such a calamity from
overtaking free labor ; to prevent the
Northern prat of the Republic from
lw-coiuiug consolidated with a slave
empire the Administration of Abra
hum Lincoln accepted the gnage to
battle. Was it a mistake ? Is labor,
that alone received the benefit, about
to strike its benefactor, and help in
directly the organization that gave
its countenance to the other Bidet
To put the Democracy into power
in'lireetly. as the Temperance people
put them into power, may not work
to the utter overthrow of labor, and
the restoration of the oil order of
affairs, but there is danger in the ex
periment If it were possible for
labor in this movement to receive a
benefit, it would be well enough to so
move, but no benefit can come. The
only result of a large withdrawal
from the ranks of the Republican
party to the Labor movement will le
the election of the Democracy, and
the Democracy will no more help the
Lalxir movement than it helped the
Temperance movement The Repub
lican party is the friend of Labor and
the Greenback.
Thmie is no permit in human law
to allow one mun to shoot another,
excepting in a case of self preserva
tion, or in the preservation of one's
property; for example, if a man
breuk into oije's house to carry off
property, or endanger the life of the
owner, he may be shot
There is no permit in the United
States Constitution to issue Green
back currency, or National currency ;
but the same natural right that an
individual has to defend his property,
and his life, belongs to the Nation,
and when the Nation was in danger
of overthrow by those who believed
that labor should be owned as horses
and catt le are owned, it needed money,
and under the natural right of self
preservation it issued the National
mony, anl the Greenback. The
money litui lx-coine popular, but it
must be eventually retired, as must
e.11 of the indebtedness incurred by
the war against labor, or the United
States Constitution must be changed
to perpetuate such funds. The Dem
ocratic party, as an organization, will
never perpetuate them, if it gets into
power it would rather pronounce
them unconstitutional, and repudiate
them in Mo, and set np the old sys
tem of wild cat State banks. Every
Republican who votes the Greenback
ticket votes indirectly to put the
Democracy into power, and conse
quently endangers the greenback and
other United Stales paper, on tha
around of their nncoutitntionality.
Their is d inger ahead
When a man tells it abroad that
President Ilayes has stolen the place
he holds es the chief raler in the lie
public, he proclaims what is not a
fact. A mari with a funster motive,
or a stupid man. mat make stfch tie-
Partitions, but art honest man, and a
well-informed mari, makes no each
declarations, for the facts in the case
will not permit such a depiirtra-e from
truth. .No man ever sat in the 1 resi
dential chair who held the place with
a clearer title. First, ho holds the
place by a majority of the electoral
rotes, by a majority of one, which in
law iH as good as twenty. Second,
when bin opponents questioned the
elwtOTrfl majority because of the
sm;ill majority of one elector, a joint
commission was provmod by Con-
grres, and by that commission he was
declared the duly elected President
ot the Limed sUtoa. He holds the
pl:we by a double title, and the man
who questions it, is not seriously in
favor of heeding decrees of courts,
or decrees of representative boilVs.-
The German section of the Phila
j delphia Workinjnnen's party have
! withdrawn from the canvass, because
. they are dissatisfied with the Green-
back alliance ; because some of the
candidates are not Labor Reformers
and not Greenbackers, such for in-
stance as Mr. Brewster, candidate for
' District Attorney ; because the G reen-
1 backers had Mr. Cooper, of New
: York, for their Presidential candidate.
and he, Mr. Cooper, put the wages of
his workmen down to 7o cents, and
less a dav ; because there is nothing
: m tue movement as it is in mogei
now. They will have to bide their
! "me till a well set of principles can
Ihs defined.
Judge Sterrett has the singular good
fortune of being very strong auiong tbe
legal profession of the State, who iu
turn commend him in tha highest terms
to tbe people of their locality, la tbe
eastern part of the State, it is claimed
by a correspondent of the Pittsburg
Jelerap'it writing from Philadelphia,
he will run ahead of tbe ticket. Judge
j Sterrett is a man peculiarly organized
to win popular favor wbereever he min
gles with the people: and bis course on
tbe bench of tbe Supreme (Jjurt eould
not fail to impress attorney practicing
there as evincing highest qualities of
integrity and urbiuity, mingled with
an ability wructo tbe ablest ot bis peers
acknowledge. Humsburg lelegraph.
"Govebxob Haktbaxft appointed
the following commission to select
two statues of distinguished Penn-
sylvanians deceased, to be placed in
the old -Hall of the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington. Hon. Si
mon Cameron, of Harrisbnrg ; Seu-
ator Ermentrout, of Rea.ling ; Hon.
Thomas McKennan, of Washington ;
George Dl-B. Keiin, of Philadelphia ;
Hon. F. A. Osborne, of Philadelphia,
and John C. H ives, of Lancaster. An
appropriation of 15,030 was made
by the Legislature last session to pay
for the statues 6electel"
The colored voter who contem-
plates istin; a ballot for Mr. Xoves.
Lad better look up the record, and
learn bow that candidate, while a
member of the Legislature, voted to
keep the colored people out of Penn
sylvania. He voted to make it a
penal offence for people of color to
move into Pennsylvania. He voted
to punish white people who might
a a a
give aid to colored emigrants. He
voted for a resolution of condemna-
tion atrainst President Lincoln's
Emancipation proclamation.
If there is to le a change in the
banking system of the country the
proper party to make the euange is
the Republican party. If you depend
on people who always have been the
enemies of the system to remedy its
defects, or the defects complained of,
they will disappoint you. They may
uproot the whole of it, but they never
will improve it
A State Coxvextiox of Overseers
of the Poor met at Lock Haven hist
Wednesday, and effected an organiza
tion by electing G. L. Brown, of Pitts
burg, president ; C Harvey, of Del
aware, T. S. Lingle, of Lock Haven,
and J. R. Barnes, of Bucks, vice pres
idents, and R. D. MeGonegaL of Al
legheny, and B. S. Walton, of Ches
ter, secretaries.
The bar has a high opinion of
Judge Sterrett and will largely cast
its vote for him. The people of Ju
niata should give him a majority, be
cause he is a native of the county.
Local county pride should overcome
political considerations, particularly
on the question of the Supreme
Judgeship.
The Supreme Court of the United
States is three years behind with itn
work. It is suggested to increase
the number of Judges, divide the
court into three or four courts, each
for a separate and distinct line of
cases, but all to unite in one court
when Constitutional questions ore to
be considered.
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TitE reason Congress has been as
sembled in extra session is, because
the Democrats last winter would pass
no appropriation to pay the army.
Their reason for withholding pay
from the army, they alleged, was that
the army was used to set rip and pull
down Southern State governments.
Withix the past week the Turks
have suffered a great defeat in Asia,
beyond Kara, which caused the de
feated army to flee to the last named
place, where it is closely besieged by
the Russians.
"Tbe Kansas Repuplicin Central
Committee, at a meeting held in Leav
enworth on Monday, adopted resolu
tions warmly endorsing the National
Administration and approving of tbe
conciliatory policy of President Hayes."
m
The most popular money in the
country is the greenback. The Re
publican party is the father of the
greenback.
Exqlaxd and a number of the clans
of India are about to war against
each other.
A KETOLrnos is in progress against
the Baez administration of San Do
mingo. Here is an argument for advocates of
capital puoisbment: Tbo Dupque(Iowa)
Timet thicks that the abolishment of the
death penalty for murder has contrib
uted to tbe increase of crime and of
kntbicg.
Why He Studies Law.
It has been extensively published
in newspapers that Rev. George P.
Hays, President of Washington Col
lege, has become a student at law.
The inference deduced from Bitch
publications is that Mr. Hays con
templates leaving pulpit and college,
to enter the legal arena, to practice
law, just so soon as he has read the
length of time required under the
laws of the Commonwealth to bring
him out a full-fledge J lawyer ; but not
so, such is not his purpose. The
abandonment of pulpit aitd tbe leav
ing of college is not bSs object His
purpose is set forth in a letter to the
Presbyterian Badnet, ulrtder date of
October 4, 1877. The letter reads r
Messrs. Editors: The statement
that 1 have entered myself as a law
student iu the office ot llou. A. W.
Aclieson, of this place is goius the
rounds of tbe papers, and has been
greatly misunderstood by oiy friendsf
as their letters tome show. The state'1
went is true,- aud this is tbe reason for
H. An unusual proportion of our last
graduating class have adopted law as
their profession. Some of tbem, find
ing that they Could get but little atten
tion as students of law wheu reading in
the office of a lawyer in active practice
came to me for advice, and in the con
volution 1 was asked whether I would
direct their studies if tbey would come
to Vashiugton. Believing every min
ister ought to have some study as a
kind of intellectual gymnastics, 1 bad
read a pretty fair law course during the
seven years of my pastorate in Balti
more. 1 took law as some men take
mathematics and others languages.
Since entering college I have beesr
compelled to read op pretty exten
sively in the directions of Constitu
tional and International law for my
clasces. In the college work reading
a course of law would be of the
utmost advantage. 1 have therefore
accepted the invitation of the young
men to conduct their studies, but not
as a substitute for a regular legal pre
ceptor. Each oue is entered in a law
office, and this is additional. Four are
in the class, Mr. Geo. P. Wilson, Ma
sontown. Pa ; It. 0. Fawcett, Carrol ton
Ohio ; John Mcandless, OAdale, Pa.;
and V. U. Stewart, ashingtou. The
first two were the honor men of their
class. Two others are expected to
unite with it. Without, therefore, the
slightest notion of leaving the ministry,
1 intend to be formally admitted to the
bar 1 do not expect to practice law,
unless turned out of the college and un
able to get a church.
It will bo gratifying information to
tbe frieods of education to know that
not only are the institutions located
bere doing thorough work, but that
work is being appreciated by tbe pub
lic. There are now at tbe two insti
tutions two hundred and eighty-five
students, one hundred and fifty-four in
the College and one hundred and thirty
one in tbe Seminary. If we count as
mixe 1 schools do, there are one hundred
and thirty-one new students in attend
ance, sixtjeight in the College and sixty-three
in the Seminary. The whole
outlook of both is encouraging.
Geo. P. Hats.
I
Yesterday; the last of tbe striking
coal miuers id Lurerne voted unani
mously to return to work, aud tbe mines
are now in full operation. Tbe tueu
have been idle alcost three months.
Tbey struclt for a twenty or twenty five
per cent, advance, aud co to work at
the old terms. As it is bey have lost
a quarter of year, and if tbey bad
gjt all they asked they would have been
no better off at tbe end of tbe year.
lbeir action was inevitable. It was
only a question of time; but they held
out to tbe very last point, and it will be
many moths before they are fairly on
their feet again with food iu their
stomachs aud clothes to their backs.
.Yurth American, Oct. 17.
What Becomes of Cotton.
From Ike A'ttc Or 1 1 ant Time:
Where does all tbe ootton go tot
Last year some of it went as follows :
To Great Britain, 1. '270,230,000 ponds;
Germany, 255,750,0o9: France, 210.
000,000; Spain, 80,500,000 and the
Uuited Slates consume 674,688.000
pounds. England manufactures 43 per
ceut., the continental countries of Eu
rope 33 per cent. England exports one
half of ber manufactures; the United
Slates only 7 per cent., which is not a
very flittering exhibit for tbe enterprise
and activity of our manufacturers.
News Items.
Mr. Bonner has private races on his
Westchester farm.
Typhoid fever prevails to an alaem
ing extent iu tbn northwest section of
Baltimore.
Gen. Fitibugh Lee, Hon. John W.
Johnsoc, Uuited States Senator, and
Judge Hughes, all of Virginia, are in
tyii State presenting the advantages of
Virginia and inviting immigration there.
A party of prespecors, en route
through th Big Horn conutry lo -the
Black Hills, recently hung their guide
to a tree for lying to tbem about cer
tain diggings on the Rotten Grass.
According to Humboldt, an acre in
bananas will produce as much food for
mau as twenty. fiva acres of wheat.
Chief Joseph is described as tail,
finely built, with a thoughtful, intelli
gent face, and is about forty-five years
old. His slightest wish is law. He
has a son about twenty who is as brave
as bis father, and who is what might be
termed his father chief of staff.
One of the convicts in the Betks
county prison whiles away tbe weary
hours of bis confinement bv playing
with two mice, which be has trained to
obey his commands aud to perform a
number nf tricks.
Inteligeoce has been received in Bal
timore, from John U Boyd, who went
to Kansas several weeks sgo to select a
site for tbe members of the colonization
society who propose emigrating from
Baltimore to tbe West. In bis commu
nication be states that be has selected
2,9000 acres of land on the Pawnee
range, in Edwards connty, which has
been found admirably adapted for tbe
purpose of the proposed colony.
S kobelctT swnm the Danube on horseback
to show it could be done, and bus had Ave
horses shot under bim during the campaign.
Daring one of his reconnoinaances near
Plevna be cam in view of a delicious serine
of water apparently inaccessible, however,
because of the hil of Turkish buffets that
pattered aronnd it. Tbe soldiers fhrank
back from facing almost certain death, till
Sbobeleff dismounted, leisurly walked to
tbe fountain, drank ireclr of its waters and
bathed hia face and hands. Stung by this
implied taunt the aoldiers rushed forward to
shield him; SkobelefT ordered them under
arrest for leaving their ranks and calmly
walked back.
Extraordinary Matrimonial
lloax.
Not long since a youth of (be mature
age of 41 iuserted in a Dundee (Scot
land) paper the followiog advertise
ment: "A Working man, nf independent in
come wisbee to correspond with'a young
woman with a v'lew to the above."
'Tbe 'above'" was' not moffl partic
ularly specified but tbe bait took, and
a "juung woman," signing herself "Ag
nes," and dating from I'uion street
Hamilton, intimated ber willingness to
become the desired correspondeu t- A u
endearing letter was received in tii
ponse, tbe writer dating from L'ni-n
strestj Cupar Fife ; and cartes were
passed and several more letter. It
was finally arranged that the swain was
to come to Hamilton, traveling by tbe
7:20 train from Glasgow. Tbe fair one
was to make herself known by bold'ng
out a white handkerchief, and "John"
-as to speak first. Displacing a cer
tain amount of Fife caution, John ar
lived sevefal hours before tbe stipula
ted tiuie, aud improved the flying mo
meats ty making inquiries regarding
bis Agnes, though, of course, fruitless
ly. Some time aiter the arrival of the
train be was to have travtled by be was
seen hanging about the station, aud
soon afterwards a buxom young female
made up to him and made to shake
bands, remarking, Is that yon, Johu?"
The pair were soon at borne with sach
other, and tbey left together, John un
der the impression that he was to be
taken to Agnes' aunt's house in tbe
neighborhood. Instead, she took him
along the Wellbill road. First a cou
pie of young fellows, and then a num
bef more came unexpectedly on t the
scene. Tbe unsuspecting swain bad
fallen into a trap. Before he could
offer any resistance be was seized bold
of, laid on the ground, and tied with a
rope. Thus fastened, be was at the
mercy of bis tormentors, who, with a
brush set lo and besmeared tbe poor
man all over with treacle he bad said
in his letters he was a grocer. Not
content with this, they undid bis vcSt
and poured inside the contents of a
bottle filled with tbe same saccharine
substance. They then tethered their
victim to the hedge and decamped. In
this sad plight he was shortly afterward
found and set at liberty by two passers
by. Others came on the scene ; and
after going to the nearest public house,
tbey, good Samaritan like, ordered re
freshments, and subscribed as much as
took tbe rejected one back from whence
be came. Latterly the police got word
of the proceedings, and it is quite pos
f-ible the jokers may yet bave to pay
pretty sweetly for their whistle.
A STIXG OF COWHIDE.
How m Xtw Jertey Lad Rertngtd Herself
on a Old Plume.
Tbe little towu of Madison, N. J., is
iu quite a teruieu I because Mrs. Abram
Voorhees, a "grass widow," undertook
to cowhide Mr. Joseph E. Scofield, a
prominent busiuess mau and old resi
dent of tbe place, iu the public street.
It is stated that about seven years ago
Scufieid made tbe acquaintance of Mis.
oorbees at tbe Presbyterian church,
and that in a short while bis aequsiut
ance ripened iuto such intimacy that
the towulolks begau to shake their
beads. After a while Mrs. SeofielJ he
gau proceedings for a divorce, which
were dropped, however, by her bus
band's agreeing to pay ber expenses.
In about two months Mrs. Scufieid re
turned to ber husband, but in tbe
meantime tbe committee of the church
took bold of the rumors concerning Mr.
Scofield and brought bim before them
for trial. He was found guilty of cou
duct unbecoming a Christian and ex
pelled, as was also Mrs. Voorheps.
A short time sgo Sd'field again join
ed the Presbyterian Church, and bas
been a regular attendant since bis
readmission. He did not recognize
Mrs. V oorbees iu the street, but it is
said spoke of bis previous relations witb
Mrs. Voorbces
Sccfisld resides in a side street lead
ing from tbe railroad depot. Adjoining
his bouse is that ot Mrs. orhees, so
that be passes Mrs. Voorhees' windows
every day. Ou Saturday a voioe bail
ed bim, aud as be turned, he says, be
received a cut across the face witb a
oowhide. Looking up be beheld Mrs
Voorhees and grappled with her. She
freed herself and kept raining down
blows on him until he was forced to
seek safety iu flight aud leaving her
panting for breath.
Madison's population is about 2,000,
and it was not long before the affair
bad been told everywhere, and the
previous actions and tbe lives of the
persons mixed in the scandal thorough
ly canvassed.
Mrs. Voorhees, tbe lady who admin
istered the castigatiou, came to Mad
ison about twenty yeats ago, when
quite young, and was adopted by an
eccentric old gentleman of me ins nam
ed Kemp, who left ber all his property
shortly after she married Abram Voor
bees, who, alter a few years, procured
a divorce and left the town. Since
then sbe has deen living with a family
named Fish sr. She is about thirty
years of age, well shaped, and witb a
very pretty face.
Fraocis Birou, a French noble, ho
many years ago left bis country on ac
count of a family quarrel, and became
a lumberman in tbe West, bas just died,
so old man, at his home in the Wiscon
sin pineiies. After his success as as
sured bis family wished for a reconcilia
tion and bestowed upon bim a large es
tate in Canada. He was very wealthy
at ibe time of bis death, and was very
well known iu the Western Status. He
was a man of a noble and benevolent
nature:
William Stevens, of Clay couuty
Ala , has squatted on a mountain tract
and built himself a log cabin, where he
resides contentedly with bis rifle, wife,
eight kids and one hundred goats. Tbe
goats are hardy and prolific ; be shoots
tbem when be wants meat, or leather
for shoes; bas their mf!k for milk but
ter and cheese ; exchanges kid's flesh
for meal witb a miller at tbe foot of
tbe mountain and sells bis surplus ani
mals yearly for clothing, bats, io., and
claims that be is best fed, best clothed,
best shod and best humored man in tbe
country.
A would be wife murderer in Arkan
sas a few days ago snapped both cocks
of a loaded gun at bis wife, who was
sick in bed. He then took tbe gun by
tbe muzzel and attempted to dash out
the Buffer's brains; bat the breech
glanced on the bedpost, both barrels
exploded, and tbe obarges of buckshot
entered his lungs and killed bim.
Ne ws Items.
The hog Cholera is spreading throubg
out Lebanon cotfutv.
Reading canines are dying from some
unkuown disease.
. The' Heading Times says that John
Buhner a farmer, near Morgantown,
sleeps with his feet in Chester county
and bis bead in Berks county. 11 if
bouse is built on the line.
Closely following tbe surrender of
Chief Joseph in Moutana, we have the
news of tbe surrender of three chiefs
and 187 Apache warriors in the South
west. Tbe army bas sent a right good
petition to Congress from the late bat
tle fields of tbe red man.
Tbe ninth annual convention of tbe
American Association ot lee Keepers
was held at ew lorl last Tuesday
Nearly all tbe States are represented.
tli-rse tbieves are operating in
Somerset county.
Texas aspects to baVe twenty mem
bers of Congress after 1880.
Newberry, York county, had a fire
the other c'ay, being tbe first io seven
ty years.
The Pottsville Miner.-.' Journal makes
an earnest protest against Ibe barred
windows of the passenger cars ou the
i hiiadelpnia and Heading ltailroatl as
calculated (0 increase greatiy tbe dan
ger of destruction to human life in case
of the cars taking fire.
Mrs. Emily Edsou Briggs ("Oliva")
bas been appointed by Secretary Soburx
a member of the Board of Visitors for
the United States Hospital for the Iu
sane. Mrs. Briggs is the first lady who
bas ever been appointed on this or any
other of the advisory boards connected
with government institutions.
There is not a furnace in blast in
Danville and ouly to mills working.
A York county farmer says that
Pennsylvania tobacco is now known to
be the best in this country.
Keer is three cents a glass in Pitts
burg.
A couple in Bedford County walked
twenty miles to get married.
There is trouble in the Baptist con
gregation iu Lancaster.
American securities are being sebt
home rapidly from Europe, to supply a
demand which bas spruug up for tbem
in tbe home markets.
At Houston, Texas, a white man
was fined $1 aad costs for saying' to a
passing mulatfoo girl that be would like
to kiss her.
January and Mav. Io Ebensborg, on
Thursday last, Francis Mulvebill a
wealthy widower who formerly resided
In Pine toweshtp, Indiana county, but
who is now domiciled at Ibe former place
was united in marriage with a lady
named Miss Gon'z. Tbe groom is
about seventy-six years of sge, while
the bride is about Iwentv-six.
Legal JYotiets.
ORPITrS'
COURT SALE
BT virtue of an ali.is order of the Or
phjns' Court of Juniata county, the
nndersigned. Administrator of Josej.h S.
, Laird, dee'd. will oder al public sale, on the
premises, iu McCoysviIld Tusrarora town
' ship, on
1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, IV?,
! at 1 o'clock P. M., the lollowinj described
! real estate, late the property of m dece
dent, to wit :
No. 1. A trart of about T VO ACKES of
Ground, iu McCoysvilie, bounded bv Unds
; of John Dolibs on the west, bv a public
I road on the south and east, and on the uortb
by lands of J. C. Stewart, Laving I hereon
LARGE DWELLING HOUSE,
A GOOD ST A III. E,
and all necessary outbniMins. There is a
good Orchard ot Choice Fruit on the prem
ises, also running water.
No. 2. A lot ot about 2 Acres of Ground
in McCoysvilie, bounded on the west by
school lot, on the north and east by public
road, and on the south by lands of James
S teen son, having thereon erected a new
Two-Story Frame Store-Eonss,
j 30x32 feet, with WARE'IOCSE, STABLE,
j and Wagon Shed. There is a good young
Apple Uichard on tbe premises, also run
ning water.
The above tract will be divided imo two
lols and sold either separately or together,
to suit tbo convenience ol purchaser.
Ao. 3. A tract of about fU ACKCS of
land, near McCoysvilie, bounded on the west
by lands of John K. Dohbs. on the south by
lands of Abraham Noss and heirs of Thos.
Barnard, on the east by lands of Jacob Noss
and public road, and ou the north by lands
ot James S teen son. About 3o acret of
this land is cleared and in a good statu of
cultivation, the balance is in rwil timber.
Four or Hve building lots will be taken oft
this tract and uttered lor sale separately at
the satne time and place.
TEKMS Ten percent, of the purchase
money to be paid on the day of sale ; fifteen
per cent. h.-n the sale is continued by the
court ; and the balance in two equal instal'
nieuts, payable in six and twelve months
from the data of confirmation, interest to
be paid from April 1st, lb78, when posses
sion will be given
SAMUEL B. CRAWFORD,
Adm'r of J seph S. Laird, deceased.
tav 10, 1877.
PRIVATE SALE.
A FARM or 75 ACRES, 6-3 ACKES
cear and in a good state of cultivation, the
balance in timber, in Spruce Hill township,
Juniata county, Pa., one-haf niie from tbe
proposed railroad from tbe Juniata to the
Potomac river, six mies from Port Roya.
The improvements are a Large Stone Dwel
ling House, 28x30 feet, with a well of good
water at the door. Bank Barn, Corn Cribs,
and other outbuildings, a large Apple Or
chard, and a great variety of fruit. Also
the right to quarry lime stone on a -farm
about a half distant. The farm has been
limed recently.
Tibhs One-half cash, balance in two
annual payments.
For further particulars address
S. A. HOFFMAN,
Sprnco Hill, Juniata Co., Pa.
GREAT BARGAINS !
I will sell the
Machines at
following named Sewing
Greatly Seduced Prices.
$25 TO. $30 WILL BOY A
White,
Remington,
Howe,
New American,
Weed,
New machines
wholesale prices.
Singer,
Whitney,
Davis,
tirover Si Baker,
The New Domestic.
sold in lots of four at
All attachments furnished cheap. Also
t full assortment of needles, and oil of tbe
best quality.
By sending 50 cents you can have for
warded by return mail 12 assorted needles
by J. B. M. TODD,
Sept 21, 1877 rartersov, Fa.
Legvl -Voices.
GENERAL ELECTION.
SIIERiFF'9 PROCL.t.TIATI03l.
WHEREAS, by an art of General As
sembly of' the Commonwealth of
PenfWlvani-i, entitled " An act relating to
Elections of ibis Commonwealth," passed
the 2d dav of Jnlv, lrtS'J. it is made the
dutv of the SLerifl"of every county, to give
public notice of such election, and to make
known in such notice what oflkere are to be
elected ;
Therefore, I, WILLI D. WALLS,
High Sheriff of the county or Juniata, do
hereby make known and tfive notice by this
Proclamation t the electors of raid county,
that an Election will be held on
Tuesday, November 6, 117,
it being the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of said month, in tha several Dis
tricts of Juniata county, as follows :
At th Court House in the borough of
MitMintown, for the borough it Mittlin
town. At the Court Honse in tbe borongh of
Uitttintown, for the township of PermauagU.
At tbe School Honse in Mexico, for the
township of Walker.
At Smith's School House, for the town
ship of Delaware.
At the School House in Thonipsontownj
for the borough of Tboinpsontown.
At the Public House ot Thomas Cox, for
the township of Ureenwood.
At the School House iu Richfield, for
the township of Monroe,
At tnnwreri Hotel, ior me lowusmp
of Susquehanna.
in McAlisterville
At the School I'onse
for tbe township of Favette.
At tiie School House iu Patterson, for
the borough of Patterson.
At the School House in Port Royal, tor
the borough of Port Royal.
At the Locust Grove School Uouse, for
tbe township of Miilbrd.
At Spruce Hill School House, for the
township ot Spruee Hill.
At the School Holm at Acadeiuia, foi
the township of Belrfi
At the School House" near McCulIoch's
Mills, foi TuscarOra township, except that
portion of it lying north-westward of the
summit of the Shade Mountain.
At the Lick School House, tor Lack
township, except that portion of it lying
north-westward of the summit of tbe S bade
Mountain.
At Lauvcr's School House, for so much
of the townships of Lack and Tuscafora as
lie north-west of tbe summit ot the Shade
Mountain.
At tbe Church I till School Houfe, for
the towa.-bip of Turbett.
At which time and place the qualified
voters will elect bv ballot:
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vim ioi ilia uun i. ui u'lfiLuii. .
Judge of Pei.nsvlv.nia.
One person to fill the office of Auditor
General of Pennsvlv.n.a.
Vne person to till the office of State Trea- 1
surer ol Pennsylvania.
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Surveyor ot Juniata county .
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M01K or VOTI.10. j
The qualified electors will take net ice of j
the following act of Assembly, approved t
the nth day of 18.C. entitled "An Art n-gn- ;
latiug the manner of voting at all elec- 1
tions in the severst counties of this Com' I
monwealth :"
Sectios !. Be it enacted bv tlie Senate ;
and House of Kcpresentativea of the Com
monwealth ot Pennsylvania iu General As
si-iubly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of tbe same, That tbe qualified
votel a ol the several counties of this Com
monwealth, at all general, township, bor
ough and special elections, are hereby here
altqr authorised ai.d required to vote by
ticXti, priuted or wnitea, o. partly primed
and partly written, severally classified as
follows : Oue ticket shall embrace the nanu-s
of all Judges ol Courts voted lor, and to be
labeled outside "Judiciary;" oue ticket
shall embrace all the names of State olhcers
rntt'd frr, and be labeled "State-" p le
ticket shall embrace t- naw t tS! county
officers voted tor, including office of Sena
tor, member and members ol Assembly, 11
voted for, an.l members of Congress, if vo
ted lor, ahd labeled "county ;" one t t ket
shall embrace tbe name of all township of
ficers voted for, and be labeled "township;"
one ticket shall embrace the names id ail
borough officers voted tor, and be labeled
"borough and leach class .hall te depos-
lieu iu aic u a . i . ' I ( " i , -. .
sens
Site. 2. That it shall be the dnty of the
Sheriff s in the several counties m this Com- j
"". "- '""T' ,u .'u,r el" tJruc-
tarnation hereafter issued the first section of
this act. I
JAMES R. KEI.LET,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
Appbovko Vbe 13th day of March, a. d.
one thousund eight hundred and sixty six.
A. G. Cl'RTIN, Governor.
SPECIAL ilTtX.ltlfi.V
is hereby directed to tbe 8th Article of the
New Constitution.
Srcrios 1. Every male citizen twtlty-one i
years of age, possessing Ihe follow ing qual- !
iU'aiioos, shall be entitled to vote at all
elictions:
First He shall have been a citizen of the
I'nited States at least one month.
Second He shall bave resided in the
State one year, (or if having previously
been a qualified elector or native born citi
zen of the State, be shall have removed
herefrom aud returned, then six months,)
immrdiatelv preceding the election.
Third He shall have resided in the elec
tion district where be shall offer to vote at
least two mouths immediately preceding
the election.
Fourth If twenty-two years of age or
upwards, he shall have piid wiihin two years
a State or county tax, which shall have been
assessed at least two months and paid at
least one month before the election.
Sec. 4. All elections by the citizens shall
be by ballot. Every ballot votei shall be
numbered in the order in which it shall be
received, and the number recorded by the
election officers on tbe list of voters, oppo
site the name of the elector who presents
the ballot. Any elector may write his name
upon bis ticket, or cause the same to be
written thereon and attested by a citizen of
the district. Tbe election officers shall be
sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any
elector shall have voted unless required to
do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding.
Sac. 5. Electors shall in all cases except
treason, felony and breach or surety ot the
peace, be privileged Irom arrest during their
attendance on elections and in going to and
returning therefrom,
Skc. 6. Whenever any of the qualified
electors of t-jis Commonwealth shall be in
actual military service, under a requisition
from the President of the i'nited States or
by tbe authority of this Commonwealth,
such electors may exercise the right of suf
frage in all elections by the citizens, nuder
sucb regulations as are or shall be pre
scribed by law, as fully aa if they were
present at their usual places of election.
Sec. 7. All laws regulating the holding
of elections by the citisens or for the reg
istration of electors shall be uniform
throughout the Mate, but no elector shall
be deprived of the privilege of voting by
wesson of bis name not being registered.
sec. 8. Any person who shall give, or
promise or otler lo give, to an elector, any
money, reward or other valuable considera
tion for his vote at an election, or f or w ith
holding the same, or who shall give or
promise to give such consideration to any
other person or party for such elector's
vote or for tlie withholding thereof, and any
elector who shall receivt ur agree to re
ceive, for himself or for another, anv mon
ey, reward or other valuable consideration
for his vote at an election, or tor withhold
ing the same shall thereby forfeit the right
to vote at such election, and any elector
whose right to vote shall be challenged for
inch cause before the election officers, shall
be required to swear or affirm that the mat
ter of the challenge is untrue before his
vote shall be received.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall, while a
candidate for office, be guilty of biibery,
fraud, or wilful violation of any election
law, shall be forever disqualified from hold
rag an office ol trust or profit in this Com
monwealth ; any person convicted of wilful
violation of tbe election laws shall, in addi
tion to any penalties provided bv law. be
deserved of tbe right of suffrage absolutely
ior a term or iour years.
Sec 13. For the purpose of voting no
person shall be deemed to have .gained a
residence by reason of hi. preaence, or lost
Legal .Yotices.
it by reason of his absence, while employed
in the service, either civil or military, ol
this State or tbe Lnited States, nor while
engaged in the navigation of waters of this
State or the United States, or on the high
seas, nor while a student of anv institution
of learning, nor while kept in any poor
bouse or other asylum at public expense,
nor while confined In public prison.
Sec 14. District election boards sh.nl
consist of a judge and two Inirpecters, who
shall be chosen annually oy tfee citizens.
Each eleetor shall have the right to vote for
tha iiuim and one insoector. ana ea:n In
spector shall appoint one clerk. Tbe flrt I name shall be added to the list of tanblrs
election board for anv new district shall bv j by the election officers, the word "tax" b
selected, and vacancies in election boards j ing added where tbe claimant claim to vot
tilled, as shall be provided by law. Elec- on Ux, and tie word "age," whre no
tion officers shall be privileged from arrest claims to vote on age; the same word being
upon days of election, and while engaged in j added by tlws clerks in each case, respect
making up atid transmitting returns, except ! ively, on the lists of persWns voting at such
n.in w.rrant nt a eonrt of record or indite I election.
thereof for an election fraud, lor felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities
they may claim exemption from jury dnty
during their tortus of service.
Sxo. 15. No person shall be qualified to
serve as an election officer who shall bold,
or shall within two montba have hem any
office) or appointment or employment in or j made and acted on by tbe election bvard,
under the government of the United States j and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
or of Ibis State, or of any city, or county, j ing to tbe evidence. Every person claim
or of any municipal board, eommUsion r ; ing to be a naturalised citifen shall be re
ffnst in anv citv save tfrfty Justices of the ! quired to prodnce his nutnruliz.uton ceriitj.
peace and "aldermen, notaries piH imd ; c lie at the eicction before voting, except
persons iu the militia service of the State; 1 where be has been tor five years cnecu
iHr shall any election election officer be elli- ! lively a voter Zd the district where he oilers
bie to anv civil office to be tjilod at an elec- j to vote; anif on the' vote of such person
tion at which lie fball serve, save only to
8ncn siiooru.'lCTTe niunicipni or icat uukit,
below the grade fl city, or county officirs
as shall be designated "by general law.
Aud also to tbe following act or Asseiu-
bly now in force in Jhls State, vis :
Act of Januray , 1874 Sac. 5. At all
elections hereafter belf! fnder the laws of
this Commonwealth, tbe polls shall be open-
ed at seven o'clock a. in., and closed at
seven o'clock p. iu.
Sac. 7. Whenever there shaft be a vican-
cv in an election board on the morning, ol
an election, said vacancy shall be filled in
conformity with existing laws.
The said act of Assembly entitled "ail
act relating to the electious of this Coui
monwea.tb,' passed July 2, 1816, provides
as follows, via :
"That the inspectors and judges shall
meet at the respective places appointed for
holding tbe el ctioa in thn district at which
they respectively belong, before 7 o'clock
in the morning of Tuesdav, November 3d,
and each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall be a qualified voter ol sucu
district.
"In case the person who shall have re
ceived tho second highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend on tbe day of
any election, then the person who shall
have received tbe second highest number ol
... i- ,
7'e',r, ,U'lge ' the ""J "''"S lec:
,Ion "balUit inspector in his place. And
' 'he 1" "ho shall have received
the highest number ot votes Tor inspector
"a not attend, the person elected judge
shall apioint aa lnspjctor in bis puce ; and
. Li,i ;jL-h.ll
!sii sine aiiv afrv i viivivu jumjw mmvm
attend, then ihe inspector who received the
highest lumber of vot-s shall appoint a
judge in his place ; and if anv vacancy
shall continue in the board for the space of
one hour after the time fixed by law lor the
opening of the election, the qualified voters
of the township, ward or district tor which
such officer shall have b-!cn elected, present
at the place of election, shall elect one ot
their number to fill such vacancy.
The Act of Jan. 30th, 1874, further pro
vides, viz : '
Site. 8. At tlie opening of he poll at alt
elections it shall be the duty of the judges
of election for their respective districts to
designate one ot the inspectors, whose
duty it shall be to have in custody the reg
istry of voters, and to make the entries
therein required by law aid it shall be the
duly of the other of ssiid inspectors to re
ceive and number the ballots presented at
said e'.ection.
Sic. 9. All elections by the citizens shall
be bv ballot ; every b illot voted shsll he
nuuibered la the order in which it shall be
received, and the number recorded by the
cie ks on tbo list of voters opposite the
name Of the elector from bom received.
And any voTsr voting two or more tickets,
tbe several tickets so voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
with the ii umber to the uame of the voter.
ur ,e MIne ritton
Any elector may write bis name upon bis
. i .1 . . , .
district In addition to tbe oath now pre
sen I ed by law to be taken and subscribed
election orKcers. thev shall severally he
sworn or affirmed not to disclose l!rw SWT
elector shall have voted, unless required to
do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding.
All judges, inspectors, clerks, and overseers
of any etectiou held nnder this act, shall,
before entering upon their duties, oe duly
swerrn or atwrmed in tlie psente ot each
other. The judges shall be sworn by tbe
minority inspector, it there shall be such
minority inspector, and in case there tie no
minority inspector, then by a justice of the
peace or alderman, and the iuspec tors, over
seers and clerks shall be swum bv the
judge. Certificates of sucli swearing or
arcrmfng snail oe uuiy maoe out ana signed
bv tbe officers so sworn, and attested bv
the officer who ailmiuistered the oath. If
any judge or minority inspector refuses or
fails lo swear tho officers of election in the
manner required by this act, or if any offi
cer of election shall act without being first
duly sworn, or if any officer of election
shall sign the form ot oath without being
duly sworn, or if any judge or minority in
spector shall certify that any officer was
sworn when be was not. it shall be deemed
a misdemeanor, and Upon conviction tbe
officer or officers so otieuding shall be lined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or im
prisonment not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 10. On tbe day ot election any per
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who claims therigbt
to vote at said election, shall produce at
least one qualified voter of the district as a
witness to the residence or the claimant in
Ihe district in w hich he claims to be a voter,
for tbe period of at least two months imme
diately preceeding said election, which wit
ness shall be swern or affirmed and sub
scribe a written or partly written and partly
printed affidavit to the tacts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly where
the residence of the person so claiming to
be a voter, and the person so claiming the
right to vote shall also take and subscribe a
written or partly writtew and partly printed
affidavit, stating to the best of hia "knowl
edge and belief, when and where he was
born ; that he bas been a citizen of the Uni
ted States for one month aud of the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania ; that he has
resided in the commonwealth one year, or,
if formerly a qualified elector or a native
born citizen thereof, and has removed there
from and returned, that he haa resided
therein six months next proceeding said
election, that he has resided in tho district
in which he claims to be a voter for the
period of al least two months immediately
preceding said election ; that be did not
move into the district lor the purpose of
voting therein; that be bas, if twnty-two
years oi age or npwaras, paid a state or
comity tax within two years, which waa as
sessed at least two months and paid at least
one month before tbe election. The said
affidavit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be paid by the affiant was
assessed, and when and where and lo whom
paid ; and the tax receipt therefor shall be
produced tor examination, unless the affiant
shall state in his affidavit that it bas been
lost or destroyed, or that he naver received
any ; and if a naturalized citizen, shall also
state when and where and by what court he
was naturalized, and shall also produce his
certificate of naturalization for examina
tion. But if tho person so claiming tbe
right to vote shall take and subscribe an
affidavit that he is a native born citizen of
the United States, or, if born elsewhere,
shall state the fact in bis affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized or that he is entitled to citizenship by
reason of bis father's naturalization, and
shall farther state in bia affidavit that be is,
at the time of making the affidavit, ot the
age of twenty-one and under twenty-two
years ; that be has been a citizen of the
United States one month, and has resided
in the State one year; or, it a native born
citizen of tbe state and removed therefrom
and returned that ha haa resided therein six
months next preceding said election, and
in tha election district immediately two
months preceding such election, ha shall ;
be entitled to vote, although he shall not '
Legal .Yotices.
have paid taxes. The said affidavit t. iw
persons making sncb claims, and tbe affida
vits of the witnesses to their residence shaii
bv preserved by tbe election board, and M
the close of tbe election they shall be en
closed with the list of voters, tally lut aitd
'her paper required by law to be tiled D
the return judge witb tbe proibonotary
and shall remain on tile therew ith in the pro!
t2oSotary's office, subject to rxamisation
as o'her election papers are. It' the el.
tion officers shsll find that tbe spp!-t.r,rt
possesses all tbe legal qualifications 0f
voter He snau oe peruiuteu io voie, and hu
Src. 1 1. It shall be lawful for any qnali.
the nime of the proposed voter is contain
ed on tbe list of resident taxables, to chal
lenge the vote of snch person, whereupon
the same proof of the right of suffrsjre as
is now required by law shall be pubiiclv
. tvmg receive)!, tne electron officers are t.,
j certiticate wrth the day; mM! and year,
and if any election officer or officers shall
, wrue vr urau -mcu on nu
receive a secona vote on me same day, by
j virtue of tbe same certificate except ihere
sons are entitled to vote because of tbe
I naturalization or their lather, they and the
person who shall offer such second vote,
; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
j conviction thereof shall be fined or iin-
' prisoned, or both, at the discfvtiiir? of iue
; court ; bnt the nne shall not exceed
hundred dollars in each case, nor the im
prisonment one year. The like punishment
shall be mtlicted, on conviction, on the offi
cers ot election who sh ill neglect or retusa
to make or cause to be made, tbe endorse
ment Tx rjnired as aforesaid ou said natural
ization certhlcate.
Skc. 12.- !f an-y election cfEcer shall n.
! fuse or neglect to renire such prcfof of tho
J right or suffrage as is prestrAed ty law, or
the laws to which this is a supplement, from
I any person ottering to vote wnose name u
: not ou the lu-t ot assesse-1 voters, or wbr.s
right to vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such persons
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person so offending sh;ill, upon conviction,
be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be sen
tenced for every snch offence, to pay a tiiie
not exceeding five hundred dollars, ur !
undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
SIS. 13. As soon as the polls shall clo
the officers of election shall proceed
count all the votes cast for each can.lid.it.
voted for, and make a full return of th
same in triplicate, with a return sheet mi
addition, in all of which the vofes feeeh-ro?
by each candidate shall be given alter hit
or her mme, first in words and azain in fig
ures, and shall bv signed by all of said ut
flcers and certified by oversenrs, if any, or
if not so certified, the overseer and any
oicer refusing to sigu or cevtii v, or either
of them, shall write npon each of til .- re.
turns bis or their reason for not signing or
certifying them. Tbe vote, as som as
counted, shall also be publicly and fe'y cV.
dared from the window to the titirens pres
ent, and a brief stateiien! showing the
voles received by cane idite shall be niadu
and sijned by the election officers as sou::
as the vole is conutdl, and the same :i ill
bo immediate posted up on the d r of
the election house tor inf'oriivilion of the
public. Ihe triplicate returns shall be en
closed in an envelope ami scaied iu pie
ence of the ollicers, and one env irii
the unsealed foMrn sfieeJ, given to Ihe
! iim.ri'. which shall contain one lit ot v. it
ers, tally-paper, and oath of officers, na
another of said envelopes sh ill be given ti
the minority inspector. All judges living
withiu twelve miles of the protbonotary's
office, or within twenty-tour utiles, if tjeir
resilience be in town, vill ize or city upon
the line of a rai'rmwl k-j-'inff f the countv
si-af, shall, before two o'clock post niernti.iu
ol the day alter tbe election, and ail otli-.-i
judges shall, before twelve ocKc!c merid
ian of the second day at Ur tli election, de
liver said return, together with return sheet
to the prothoiiotary of the court of common
picas of ihe county, which said retur:i
sheet shall be tiled, and the day and hour
of filiftg mr"Scd thereon, and stall be pre
served by tl.e prothouotary for puMic in
spection. At twelve o'clock on tS'.-siil
second day following any ekrtiou, the pro
thonotary of the court of Comiuon pleas
shall present the said return to the said
eonrt. When two or more counties
are connected for the election of sny offi
cer, tbe courts of sOch counties slml: e.icii
appoint a return judge to meet at such time
and place, as required bv law, to compute
ami certify Ihe vote of such district.
Sec. Any assessor, election officer
per. on appointed as an overseer, who sh.0
neglect or refuse to perform any duty en
joined by this act, without reasonable o.
leeal cause, shall bo subject to a penalty of
one hundred dollars; and if any assess ir
shall knowningly assess any person as a vo
ter who is not qualified, or shall willfully re
fuse to assess any one who is qualified, h ;
shall b guilty of a misderomdor in office ,
and on crmvtclion shall be punished by U
tine no! exceeding one thousand dollars, or
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
bot, at the discretion of the eonrt, ami
also tw subject to an action ot damages by
the party aggrieved ; and if anv person
shall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or
destroy any list of voters nrad? ont as di
rected by this act, or tear down or remove
the same from the place where it has been
fixed, with fraudulent or mischievous inteut.
or for any improper purpose, the person
offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished by a
tine not exceeding five hundred dollars or
imprisonment not exceeding two years, ur
both, at the discretion ot tbe court ; and if
any persons shal', by violence or intimiaj
tion, drive, or attempt to drive from tne
polls, any person or persons appointed by
the court to act as overseers of an election,
or in any way willfully prevent said over
seers from performing tne duties enjoincu
upon them by this act, such persons shall
be gttllty of a misdemeanor, and npon con
viction thereof shall be punished by a linu
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding two years, ur
both at the discretion of the court. Any
person who shall, on the day of any elec.
tion, visit a polling place in any election dis
trict at which be is not entitlei to vote, and
shall nse any iulimidation or vilence for
tho purpose of preventing any officer of
election from performing the dnties requir
ed of him by law, or for tbe purpose of pre
venting any qualified voier or such district
from exercising bis right to vote or trom
exercising the right 'to challenge any per
soooffering to vole, such person shall bo
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be pnnishtd oy a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
by imprisonment not exceeding two years,
or both at the discretion of the court. Any
clerk, ov erseer or election officer, who shall
disclose bow any elector shall have voted,
unless required to do so as a witness in a
jndiciat proceeding, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, at the
discretion of tbe court.
Riven under my hand at my office, in Mif
flintown, this first day of October, in tbe
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-seven, and in tbe one hun
dredth and second year of tnw Independ
ence of tha United States.
WM. D. WAILS, Shtrtjf.
Sazuirr's Orrica,
Mlfflintowa, Oct. 3, 1877.
gOLOHOX SEIBER,
Will visit Mifflin and Patterson every
Tuesday, Thursday aad Saturday mornings
and will furnish the citizens of these bor
oughs witi the best of
BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON PORK, fcc
at tha very lowest prices. He respectfully
(aliens the patronage of ihe public.