ggT2r t rrt.aara- SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN MIFFL1XT0WN. FTedaesdar, February 6. ISTS. B. F. SCHWEIER, tffoa asd rfcoriintTda. - Compulsory Education Bill. There is a compulsory education bill in the Legislature. It should not be passed. Free education is guaranteed to all now. To engTaft a compulsory clause in the School Law, is to depart from a free system to a system of despotism. Add compulsory educational clauses to the Common School laws, and the perm for the most thoroughly organ ized deFpotii-.ni is laid throughout the length and breadth of the land. It may take a century to develope its strong, despotic, anti-Republican or Democratic principles, but develope it will. If you desire despotic power slowly to destroy the Republic, help to bring about a compulsory educa tion law. The next step will be to establish a National Bureau of Education, and then the regular steps from the fam ily to the National Bureau, or head, will be complete, and constitute the most thorough organiziition in the world, which need only to be manip ulated to engraft on it the civil and political management of the country. The ieen, shrewd, intellectually de veloped man is the beau ideal of a awn, in the minds of people of this day and generation. They be lieve that all that is necessary to create such a man is to pass him through the schools in the days of youth. The idea is that the cultiva tion of the intellect is all that is ne cessary to fit a man for the highest duties of good citizenship. While it is true that the intellectual part of man is of great importance, the moral or religious is of still greater impor tance. Satan himself is all intellect, without morality. If it is true that the murr.1 or religious quality of man is the highest quality, that quality should receive the greater attention, and yet no man in this day and gen eration, in this country, will advocate the passage of laws to compel people to attend moril schools, or places of re ligious worship, which would be called union of Church and State. "A burned child always dreads the fire." The people of the world in past days Lave lieen burned, so to speak, by the imion of Church and State, and that is why no legislation can be lr.ul in matters of religion, further than to guarantee to all the right to wor ship as conscience dictates. The proposition to establish a compn! ory religion or code of morals would be scoffed out of existence ; so should the proposal to enact a Compulsory Education law. Education should be free. The despotisms that have grown out of the union of Church and State in the past, are written on many pages of history, and people are thereby cautioned against it, but such a system as that of Education and State has yet to be founded. Once it has been Completely founded it will, in its own good time, work itself into as great a despotism as ever the union of Church and State wrought over men. Compulsory ed ucational laws will become the pre lude to the destruction of Fre Schools, Free Religion, and the over throw of the Republic, Through mails for cities, but give people in the Juniata Valley, mail on way trains. m There is a bill in Congress for the equalization of pensions. An ex change savs : " The aim of the bill is to give to all pernons who are now entitled to pensions and who have lost either an arm below the elbow or a leg below the knee the same pen sion as those who have lost an arm above the elbow or a leg above the kne!. The present pay of the first class is $18 per month, which, under the provisions of Mr. Ward's bill will be increased to $24 per month. It seems to be generally conceded now that the man who has lost an arm below the elbow, or a leg below the knee is fit for no work which coald not, as a rule, be performed by the man whose leg or arm has been taken off nearer the trunk. It is also re marked that the artificial leg which goes below the knee is more compli' cated than the one which fits on above the knee, and is therefore more expensive to keep in order. Dis abled soldiers have, of their own mo tion, set on foot petitions which will urge Congress to make the bill a law." Through mails for cities, but give the people in the Juniata Valley mail on way trains. There is a bill in the Legislature that is said to have for its object the the furnishing of a better quality of fsalt fish to the people than they have btva getting heretofore, as it provides for ax ixspectob of fish. Through mails for cities, but give the people of the Juniata Valley mail on way trains. A number of people have die! in Connecticut this winter from hydro phobia, which has caused a bill to be introduced in the Legislature of that State, that provides for the levy of a tax of twenty dollars on every dog in the State. Through mails for cities, but give people in the Juniata Valley mail on vtht trains. A number of Congressmen at Wash ington have been assessing them selves to raise a Greenback move ment fund. Ben Butler gave fifty dollars. lie is not a com man. A few days ago he read from the Scrip tnres, for the edification of Iris fellow Congressmen, how th money chang ers were driven from the Temple at Jerusalem. Throngh mails for cities, bnt give country people, in the Juniata Valley, mail on way trains. Marcn CursK, this State, and all the country around it, is excited over a miracle, that, it is said was per formed on the body of 3Iiss Amelia Greth, by a priest named Father Ueinan. Th laly died last Satnr d; ly. Her souless body lay, as if dead, for an hour, when the Holy Father called back the soul, and since then the body has had perfect health. So the story goes. Miracle ! Miracle ! Through mail for cities, bat give country people in the JuuiaU Vailer mails on way trains. The free oil pipe men say that New York State will vote for what they ask in the Legislature. A pipe line in New York State would drain the northern oil regions of Pennsyl vania. Throngh mails for cities, but give the country people in the Juniata v alley mau on way trains. Grain Reaping Machines Eighteen Hundred Years Ago. " i'iiny and Paladius Rutilius, in their writicgii, describe leaping ma chines to have been used by the Gauls. 1 1 Las been thought by some that the I'haroahs of Egypt were acquainted with the application of steam as a motor to machinery, and that they even had their steam carriages ; bnt of this there is no sufficient proof. Bat that the reaping machine, in sonic form or other, was used as early as Christianity there can be little doubt. The identity of the machines described by the two writers is manifest. It appears that in the lapse of over fourteen hundred years only some slight modification of the original has been effected." Through mails for city people, but give the people in the Juniata Valley, mail on way trams. Land in Texas. ' Any head of a family without a homestead U entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of Texas public domain upon condition that be will locate such land, paving the office fee thereon, and occupy it three years. To all single men eighty acres will be given upon the same conditions." Give cities through mails, but give country people in the Juniata Valley mail on way trains. DISASTER AT SEA. The Steamship .Metropolis goes Ashore on the J ortk Carolina Coast. By Dispatch. Philadelphia, Feb. 1. The Me tropolis left here last Tuesday for Brazil, taking 200 workmen and 25 cabin passengers. A private dispatch to Mr. Collins says there were 210 on board and only 50 were saved. Norfolk, Feb. 1. At G:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the 6teamship Metropolis, from Philadelphia, for Para, Brazil, went ashore on Curri tuck beach, three miles south of the light-house, during the prevalence of a furious southeast gale. Great con fusion prevailed on board. Owing to the fury of the gale and the roaring of the surf, the orders of the officers could not be heard. About fifty of the passengers and crew were washed ashore. About two hundred are be lieved to be lost From some of the sailors, who arrived at one of the signal stations, it appears that the vessel had encountered heavy gales from the southeast for the last twen ty -four hours. When she struck 6he was heading about south-southeast The vessel swung broadside to the surf, which made a complete break over her and washed many of the people overboard into the sea. The state of affairs is terrible. Dead bodies are lying along the beach for a distance of two miles. They are all being placed in proper places back from the beach, and the living are being cared for. About one -third of those found are dead. The two sa loon women are known to be dead, with their husbands. Eight out of fourteen foremen are known to be dead. The men that are saved are destitute of clothing. The cargo of the Metropolis con sisted of 500 tons iron rails, $20,000; 250 tons of coal, $C25, and lumber, $980; 225 mattresses, 225 pillows, 225 pillow-cases, 200 brown blankets, 50 barrels extra mess beef, 35 bar rels mess pork, 10 tierces smoked ham, 11 tierces pickled ham, 100 bar rels navy bread, 50 barrels pilot bread, 1200 pounds green coffee, 9C0 pounds roasted coffee, ISO pounds tea, 1200 pounds sugar, 129 gallons cider vinegar, 2 sacks salt, 30 pounds black pepper, 125 gallons molasses, 3 barrels hominy, 1000 pounds navy tobacco, 500 pounds smoking tobac co, 4 pails fine-cut tobacco, 20 boxes boneless codfish, 1 box dessicated codfish, 12 sacks dried apples, 2 dozen wash-basins, 1 dozen lanterns, 210 coffee cups, 240 soup plates, 210 three-prong forks, 210 knives, 240 metal spoons, 10 coffee cans, 12 dish pans, 12 large tin dishes, 12 large tin buckets, 1 pair measuring scales, 1 coffee milk 1 scale, 150 pounds ada wautine candles, 180 pounds soap, 100 pounds salt-water soap, 250 gum army blankets, 3 barrels granulated sugar, 3 barrels cut-ioaf sugar, 1 bar rel fancy maple dripj 1 barrel extra syrup, 2 barrels New Orleans molas ses, 15 barrels beans, 1 barrel plain pickles, 20 barrels onions, 100 bar rels flour. The Metropolis has followed the Huron on the dangerous Bands of the North Carolina coast, and not far from the 6ame locality. The Huron went ashore at one o'clock on the morning of November 24, 1876, at a point about 8 miles south of Kitty Hawk, and about 28 miles from the 6ccne of the metropolis disaster. In consequence of its dangerous character, light-houses have been cs tablishcd every forty miles between Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras, which enable a vessel always to be in sight of a light the light ahead rising as the one astern sinks. Beforo the light-houses were established, fifteen vessels have been counted high and dry at the same time on Body's Island,. near Hatteras. Since the lights were established comparative ly few disasters have occurred. The Carolina coast has always been considered a dangerous and difficult one to weather in a storm, as the sea rises in mountains and with a land ward set A terrific surf always rolls in when an easterly gale is blowing, and even when the sea is compara tively calm there is a fierce line of breakers, to the dangers of which a very swift and treacherous current adds greatly. The beach between Capes Henry and H.itteras is, on an average, about one and a half miles wide, and is separated from the main land throughout its entire length by lagoons and sounds. The Government has also estab lished a number of life-saving stations along this coast, which have contrib uted largely toward decreasing the fatalities of coastwise navigation. There are eight of these stations be tween Capes Lookout and Henry, and ten on the Virginia coast above Cape Charles. The strip of beach is un inhabited except by the lighthouse keepers, and life-saving crews. But even these are so wide apart that a vessel going ashore at night in a blinding storm makes timely assist ance difficult and very uncertain. POLITICAL. Ex-Senator 3. F. Wade is danger ously ill at his home in Jefferson, Ohio. The Greenbackers of Michigan are to hold a convention in Jackson on the 7th inst. Judge Bradley Las decided adverse ly upon the application of the Louisi ana Returning Boaid requesting that their trial be transferred from the State to the United States Circuit Court. The Postmasters at Karrsville and Montana, N. J., have been removed for selling large quantities of postage stamps outside of their town to increase their salaries. Other removals are ex pected. STATE ITEMS. There are 400 spiritualists in Read ing. One hundred and seventy-two foxes were reported killed in Dauphin county last year. Pittsburg has a female footpad ; she knocked down and robbed a man on the street. The Pennsylvania Railroad lost 1682 ears during the Pittsburg riots. Chester county has 287 school-houses five only of which are tratue. Midnight funeral are made neces sary in Huntingdon by the prevalence of small pox. Organized gangs of thieves infest Lancaster. Ten years ago a woman now living in Pottsville posted a letter contained $5, at New York, directed to her husband at the former place. It reached its destination a few days ago. A twelve-year-old girl died at Sun bury recently from the effects of drink compounded of vinegar and soda, which she had been in the habit of taking. A little girl living in Ilollidaysburg told her little brother to watch bow the sparks would fly when she poured the contents of a powder flask on the stove. The sparks flew and so did everything else in the vicinity, ioclud ing one of the grit's thumbs, and the hair on the boy's bead. Williawsport street cars are heated by stoves. Mrs. Terry, aged ninety-eight years died in Schuylkill eonnty on Sunday. la Luzern couuty a few days ago John Jeffries, a miner, was burned to death by the explosion of a keg of powder. Moyer and Ettinger, the men arrest ed and in jail for some time past, cbarg ed with the murder of the Kintzler's, in Snyder Co., were last week released from jail. Thus ends that affair. Wapwolloper is the significant and poetical name of a town in Luzerne county. A history of early settlers of the Ju niata Valley is now being prepared by Prof. A. L. Guss, and will shortly be in press. Eddie Smalley, a boy aged seventeen was accidentally shot in the bead and killed, at Erie, by the careless band ling of i pistol in the bands of a play mate. One of the coo learned Molly Ma guires, named Me 11 ugh, confined in the county jail at Bloomsburg, made an at tempt to escape on Tuesday. When discovered by the officers McHugb was under the floor of bis cell, through which he bad cut a bole with a gimlet or auger, and was trying to dig through the wall with a case kcife. Dr. Richard A. Robertson, of Titns ville, went to Scotland last year to claim seme property said to bave been left him by a relative, since when nothing has been beard from him. A few weeks ago Mrs Robertson went abroad, and she has endeavored to trace her husband, but as yet without any result When Dr. Robertson left home he was in posession of a consider able sum of money and a large quan tity of jewelry. m-ii- -Ti ir.TrTr.iTtf-iiir-.T"tMi STATE ITEMS. Dangerous bullies and ruffians invest Eaaton. Pneumonia kills cows in the upper portion of Montgomery county. The office of Sheriff in Cumberland couuty is said to be worth $10,000 a year. Lancaster county wants the law pro viding for a sealer of weights and mea sures repealed. Hydrophobia is prevalent among Potts ville dogs. Elijah Allen recently died there from the bite of a rabid cauioe, and a horse shared the same fate. The smallest man in the eoal region is Mr. John Biuebaker, of Sliauiokin. He stands three feet in height with hie boots on. A Schuyikill county man tried to drive ic a lath nail with the butt end of a loaded revolver. He mourns the los4 of two fingers The 5,000 employees of the Penn sylvania coal company at Pittstoo re sumed work on Monday. On Sunday Tboinis and Peter Con neil were arrested to-day at Puke Hol low, near Wilkesbarre, for passing counterfeits. They were brought to this place and lodged in jail. The family of Jeremiah tiuldin, of North Heidelberg, Berks county, con sisting of eleven persons Mr. aud Mrs. Galdir. and niue children are all con fined with diphtheria. Residing near York is a farmer who has kept a record of the number of tramps visiting his premises. From April 1, 1877, to November 18 there were 545, or an average of 16 per week. A special mooting of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was held at Lebanon January 29th, Grand Mas ter S. R. Boyer, of Sun bury, presiding. Fifty-six Pa.-t Grands were admitted to membership. Nearly six million segars were made at Wrigbtsville, Yoik county, Pa., last year. The amount paid by the manu facturers of these segars fur stamps alone was $15,586 60. William Kershaw was blovn throngh the roof of the engine room at St. Nicholas Mine Slope, Pa , Wednes day by the explosion of one of the four large boilers at the colliery. He died after three hours of great suffering. Deceased was the watchman at the Slope. J. Albert Huntzingcr the Pottsville banker convicted of embezzlement, has been given bis first instructions in the business ot making wn ends. He wi'l be taught to sew bootlegs shortly. He says he cares not much for hioiself, but his principal wishes are for the welfare of his father, who be says can not undergo a coufiueoient of two years. It is stated that the number of duels in France for the year 1877 was seven teen, from which resulted five deaths. Marseilles figures in . the list for five duels, one of which was fatal. This is a small number for France. Paul da Ca-sagt.ac m ght have contrib uted that in IiiiihcI:' in a good year for the sport- Dr. John M. Lawrence and his wife Rachel, the daughter of President Jack sou's adopted son, Andrew Jack son, have just celebrated their sil ver wedding. They wore the cos tumes in which they were married and their nine children were their attendants The celebration took place at the Her mitage, where the venerable Mrs. An drew Jackson now lives with her only surviving son. Charles Schutter, a Justice of the Peace, was arrested at ilazieton, Pa., January 29th, by a detective of the United States Secret Service, charged with compounding a felony and mal feasance in office. He was placed under $2,000 bail. Schutter released from custody a " Molly Msguire " Darned Dominick McGlyun, v.ho was arrested for passing counterfeits. It is now believed that Charlie Ross has been found, in Baltimore, where he was left by a mulatto woman, who brought the boy there from South America. The boy, when taken up by the city authority as a waif, was quite dark, but the cnloiiog on bis body, it is believed, was the result of a batb. The little fellow says that he was com pelled to bathe in a tub of dirty water, which it is believed was coloring mate rial. This week will solve the mys tery. The city of Scrantoo appears to be in a bad way financially. The city has no treasurer just dow, the last person elected to that position having failed to file a satisfactory bond, and in conse quence no money is paid out. She has only eleven policemen, but even these she has not paid since July last. In stead of money they bave been receiv ing city orders, which can only be con verted into cash at a discount of ten to twenty per cent lo the tarty part of last fall A. II. Shinier, a prominent politician of Wilkesbarre, died, and bis remains were removed to Kimble's a small set tlement on the Lackawaxen river, in Pike county, Pa., for interment. With him were buried a very valuable pin a set of studs, and a riug heavily set with diamonds. The plate npon the coffin was uousally large and of gold. It has now been discovered that the grave has been opened and the valua bles removed. During twelve years Albert Meyn, of Boston, paid the premiums on $25, 000 of life insurance. This burden was the cause of his bankruptcy, but be struggled bard, and made the pay ments, believing that by doing so he was securing bis fau.ily against pover ty after his death. Within two years one after another of the companies in which he was insured have gone to pieces, and when he died, several weeks ago all bis policies were worthless His wife and children are penniless. Mrs. James Titus, of Edenburg' Pa., who was visiting her sister in-law, Mrs. E. F. Squire, of Spartensburg, on last Saturday evening, was on her way to the iatter's house, accompanied by her little son Ralph, a smart and ac tive little boy. It was quite dark and the mother curried a lantern in her baud. The two attempted to cross a railroad bridge over Patrich Run. The little fellow slipped and fell through the trestle iota the stream be low, leaving the mitten that be wore in his mother's hand. During the ex citement the light went out, and the frantio mother waded up and down the stream in search of ber lost child. Assistance soon arrived, and the lad's lifeless body was at last found five rods below the trestle in the driftwood. The unfortunate lady is almost crazed by her loss, and is quite ill. i DISPATCUES.- ReaDiWCF, Jan. 30. The employees of J. G. Mohr Si Bro.,hat manufactur ers of this city struck yesterday be cause the firm discharged two men for incompetency. , The other1 eniyloyees tried to force their retention, but fail ed. The factory was then closed, throwing dne hundred bands out of em ployment. A SPECIAL dispatch from Laredo, Gal veston, says : " Reports have reached here that a party of fifty Mexicans, mostly from Texas, under command of Col Lalinas, an adherent of Leido. at tacked the towns of Candela, SaviDas aod Hidalgo, in the State of Tamau'.i pas, ou the 2d inst. They seized the principal men of these towns and forced theiu to pay $6,000 fur their release. So rapid were the movements of tbe marauders that the inhabitants thought there were three separate bands. Cav alry started in pursuit of them from different points, upon which they sep arated aud twenty of the baoi crossed into Texas, below Laredo. PiTTSHuao, Jan 30. Frank Lynch, a would-be suicide, was arrested on the Fort Wayne railroad bridge over the Allegheny rirer, on Monday night, an officer coming upon him while be wa-i preparing to jump. Ou being taken lo tbe station bouse Lynch confessed to having murdered bis little buy, two and a half years old, by throwing him into the r.veron the eight 'of the 15th of December. At that time Mrs. Lynch was living at GleuQeld, a few miles down the river, having separated from her husband and retaining the child. She came to this city, bringing the child with ber, was met at the sta tion by her husband, and on the way over the river tbey quarreled. Lynch kmcked his wife down, aod seizing the child, fled. He secreted hiuself until dark, aod then started over the river. On bis way over the thought struck him that now was the time to end tbe little one's troubles, and lifting him in his arms, dropped hint into tbe stream, lie got work on a steamboat next day and went down the river, but his con science troubled bun and be came home a few days ago. He went to bis wife and confessed the deed, aud while she was overcome with tbe tidings he again made his escape. An information for murder was made against biui, and the officer following him to tbis city was just in time to prevent self murder. Lynch has been committed for trial. basks. The First National Bank of Kansas City, Mo., closed its doors the other day. It is expected that depositor will be paid in full. The Deep River National Bank, at Deep River Conn., was entered by burglars on Wednesday night and the vault blown open. Tbe noise aroused the citizcus and alarmed the burglars who had not succeeded in opening the 3afe. I wo of the burglars were arrest ed. It has been discovered that C. D. Hascom, cashier of the Brandon, Vt , National Bank, has been letting an ir responsible party named BatchclJct have over $00,000 without proper se curity, nearly half of which, it is al leged, was upon raised notes ; and that be l.as also let out some $10,0u0 which is a total loss. The bank loses about $100,009, wiping out its surplus of $SO,000 and impairing its capital of $200,000 about one-tenth. The committee apointed by the de positors of the Tupeka Bank and Sav ing Institution made practial report to a meeting, composed of all tbe de positors, on Friday night. The com mittee report the bank solvent in every respect. There was a unanimous ex pression among the creditors that the bank should resume business at once. It will probably resume on Monday or Tuesday next FOREIG. The Suutb African revolt is spread ing. Immense peace mass meetings are being held in England. There are 150,000 refugees at Con stantinople. Tbey are inclined to be turbuleut, and trouble is feared. England holds seven hundred mill ion dollars of Turkish securities. Sitting Bull is coming out of Canada The Russians are within twenty-four hoars' march cf Constantinople. The armstice has been signed at Adrianople. The wife of a French Canadian lab orer in the villiageof St. Hsnoit, Coun ty of Two Mountains. Canada. ha given birth to a pair of children united together like the Siamese twins. Both mother and infants are doing well. The crown prince of Austria will have a wife older than himself if he marries the Princess Beatrice, of Brit ain. King Humbert 1., it is said, is no lover of France. His only roa aod heir, the Prince of Naples, was taught from bis cradle to speak English and German. This royal child is now eight years old, and docs not yet know a word of French. The new Queen Margaret was brought up to love an English speaking lady, Mrs. G. P. Marsh, wife of the United States Minister to Italy. " Carrie," Mrs. Marsh's niece, was ber playmate in childhood and her friend in girlhood. HEWS ITEMS. Tbe Union Mutual Insurance Com pany, of New York city, has decided to retire from business. California will send five hundred tons of ores to the Paris Exposition. A Main woman has a head of natur al bair over eight feet long. . An explosion of nitro-glycerine oc curred in the works of Professor Mow bray, at North Adams. M January 29th, blowing E. J. Wilson, u employe, 10 atoms. j he building was badly shattered. A New Orleans family of four per sons was poisoned, and Mrs. Lamb art, Dne of its members, aged 62 years, fa tally, by eating oysters fried in corn meal, with which irunin hsrl h..n mir ed by Mrs. Lambert's son io law to kill ra:s. On Thursday last as two colored men were driving a one horse load of straw on the Walnut Bottom road, nur Carlisle they were met by two white men ono of whom was seen to throw something, presumably a cigar toward the wagon. An instant after the straw burst into a Same. Tbo borso was im rcediately unhitched and desneratn ef forts made to tave tbe straw by unload ing it, but it W3 soon entirely pnninm. ed. The wagon escaped with little re- Jur7- cnvRcn. " Rev. Wiliraa Smith, Dl D-, of Canonsburg, for so long a time profess or of anoient languages in Jefferson College, passed hie eighty-fourth birth day recently, and on tbe succeeding day started in a snow storm to fill ao appointment to preach. Aii Souls' Church, a new edifice, Unitarian and tbe only one of that de nomination in Washington, D. C, was dedicated on Tuesday evening. Fifty eburcbes bave been built and paid for by the colored Baptists of Virginia during the past year. Tbe Ames Methodist Episcopal 1 . - . .i i i : . . 1 jCburcb ot iew urieans, me omv woue lEoglisb Northern Methodist Church' in that city, will be sold at Sheriff's sale unless it raises $7C00. Tbe number of Old Cathilic priests ia Austria ha been reduced to four by J recent death. Tbe Synod will meet in tbe spring, bat there is little likeli hood of tbe election of a bishop. There are over 2,000,000 Baptists in this conntry at the present, of whom more than one-tenth of the whole Dum ber, 199,870, are in Georgia. The Episcopal Church lost, sixty fnur clergyman by death in 1877; and of the 43 whose ages are given in ttc Churchman's Almanac, the average age was over 61 years. The Church of England has 16,000 religions edifices, including 30 cathed rals, 10,000 glebe houses, 31 Episco pal palices and 1,000,000 acres of land much of it in good condition for tillage Tbe annual income is $36,000,000. Dr. Begg, a Scotch Presbyterian, who leads tbe crnsade in Scotland against innovations in publis worship, classes among them instrumental mmio memorial windows, changes of posture, tbe singing of byms aud tbe obsei vance of Christmas. In tbe Edinburgh Free Presbyterian be recently moved an overture to tbe Genera! Assembly for bidding these obnoxious practices, but was defiiated by a vote ot 24 to 10. At a late Communion service held in St. Panl.s Lutheran church, Will iaiusport, Pa., Rev. T. F. Reeser, pas tor, 52 persons were added to the con gregation. As a, resnlt of extra services held for several weeks at Bethlehem Pre byterian church, Sidney, N. J., 95 bave been added to tbe church, on ex amination. The Congregational Church edifice at Hannibal, Mo., wilt seat about 1,500 people. It cost $70,000, and is prob ably the most elegant church edifice in the State outside of St. Louis. In Beaver Utah, several well-known Mormons, having become dissatisfied with their own faith, now attend the chapel of the Methidist Episcopal Church. The Mormon Bishop has tried in vain to prevent the change. The first Congregational chnrch, of Kalamazoo, Mich., joins the number of churches that have paid their entire debt. Its burdens have been running more than twenty years. Tbe Lehigh Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Va , the Rev. J K. Garlick pastor, has the largest white member ship of any deno:uina'icn south of the Potomac river. The Evangelical Association, a Gcr man Methodist body, has eighteen con ferences in this country, and a flourish ing eouferenc" in Germany. Accord ing to the latest statistics, it has 828 itinerant and 510 local preachers, and 105,013 members, of whom 16,390 are set down as '"newly received" the past year, but tbe net increase was about 5,000. It has 1,354 churches, valued at $3,233,971, and it raised $67,4S3 last year for missionary purposes. It is stated that the. Free Will Bap tist denomination is fast disintegrating, holding its inflence mainly in tbe back towns of Maine and New Usmphire. Tbe larger portion will go ultimately to the Congregationaiists, with whom now tbey more readily assimilate. Bishop Haven, of the Methodist church, has issued his call for volun teer missionaries to go to Africa. He wants to send tbe men out at onoe, one to take charge of the Monrovia Semi nary and another to take charge of the interior work. Rey. Joel T. O-'g'od will sail for Liberia next month. A Pottsville divine requires all who come late to church to enter by the altar doors. A most excellent idea, for now the congregation needn't strain their necks so much in looking around to soe who is coming in. Tbe Sunday school of tbe First Eng lish Lutheran church, of Dayton, Ohio, is about 40 years old, and has a mem bership of 675. Rt Rev. Bishop Eoley, of Chicago, has been toe recipient ot a tine Berlin carriage and a span of black horses valued at $5,000, from tbe clergy of tbe diocese. Tbe Dutch Reformed Church, of which Rev. Deyitt Talmage was pas tor was burned at Syracuse, N. Y., Saturday. Loss 30,000; insurance 50,000. St. Bernard's spire, Hohoes, N. Y., is to have a cross nine by five feet and made of 1,500 glass prisms. Through tne interior of the cross are to be pro jected numbers of gas jets, which will be lighted by the agency of an electric battery. FIRES. A four-storied sand-stctie building on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, No. 224 and 226, occupied by H. P. & W. P. Smith, dry goods commission mer chants, and George Smith, dealer in woolens, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 31st ult The building was owned by E. S. Harlarn. Esti mating the building at $70,000, and the stock at $200,000, the loss was $270,000, nearly fully insured. An equal amount of damage wan sus tained by adjo.'ning property, and stores, from water thrown to extin guish the fire. A block of ten wooden buildings, occupied as stores and tenements, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was burn ed on Friday. Loss $30,000. in sured. MEWS ITEMS. Tbe third annual State Fair of Flor ida opens at Jacksonville on the 12th. It is expected that the display of fruit vegetables will be tbe finest ever made in the South. An American soldier named William Mead, tramping his way to PlatUburg, N. Y., from Montreal City, was frozen to death at Windmill Point, on the night of the 24th nit., after being re fused shelter at two bouses. Hie body was found next morning within fifty feet of a fire. Legal A'oticet. JECEIPTSA EXPENDITURES or THE COUNTY Or JUNIATA Fan jASt ABV 1, 1877, TO PECBMVKB Si, MTT. To the Ifonornbfe the Judgn of the Court ef Ommon Ptram of Juniata County : Tlie omlerslned. Auditor of the County of Juniata, elected al rworn according to law, to audit, settle and nd.lUst the itrrounta of the Treaaurer.SherKr and Coiarr'lwtaf'rrs of the aid County of Juniata, respectfully report,' that we met in the A mil tors' office. In Mlf fllntown. on the first Monday of Jannaxr, I87H, being the 7th day of the month, and af ter a careful examination of said account, we find them to be as follows from the first day of Jaduary,1877,totheSlst day of Decern ber, 177, the Treasurer for the years 1X77, Robert E. Parker, Esq- being present at the settlement 1ST7. KOBEHT E. PARKER. Trtantrer, Or. To balance from Isst year, . I To onutamling Slate aud County ISI72 71 07 To amount of Taxea lvted for K77. To amount of money received from sale of County liouds In Is... by Jamn Dean SKU 36 To Verdict ami Wilnessea tees re ceived from Prothonotary... 81 21 To cash from Overseers of Milfonl townh)o. ou ai-count of kit-pins; Mary llra-kulll 171 30 To cali from same on ai-count of Ju.!gn'uL So. s. Iclruury term. If .V, .-. - Z"A 17 To cash from Treasurer of Mifflin lion fcitii, on ao i iint of Judgment, 275 78 To enh from K. W. II. KreMtr, Hues for violation of Kinb Ijw. 2S 00 To ciwh from sii.vd.-r couuly, by J. Deuu, change of venuw... . 30 50 S7ii! SI 177. COXT'V Cr. By amount of County Orders paid iNHiied prior tt 1KT7 $ 103 17 Bv amount of Comity Orders paid, issued in Is77... 41006 81 By amount of road view rer- tincates paid "1 By amount of stale Taa paid 111 I liy i-er centoice on same 1 A By ranh to John M. tiarinsn. expenses leacuers insu- Ilile 177 -t . Ml By exon orations to collectors Kv amount of oultandillK Stnteand County Taxes H7S7 IO By Treasurer's Nuiry nh l Balance due County . r7ol 70 T,l2 21 Jan. 1, 187a, To balance dlw County, 115.701 70 177. W. D. WALLS, fherifr. Dr. To verdict fpes durins; the year 'r. By cash from J. Beidler 17. W. H. KXOUWE, Sheriff, Dr. Jan. I, To balance, verdict fee f8 (JO STA TF.MKXT OF OUTSTA ).V TA X K.1 in the hnnil of the teverai Collector. Jun wiry In, 1ST.- Collector!. DiMtriet. Yr. I I 174 t ,IS7.' 'ISTii ls7i lisTii il7l IK7S lA.ti. ' l7 1K77; l 177 .177, IS77. IS77 1-C7 Jo Nipple John itnn C A Lauver S M Ueale Win ClarB Jai-ob Fisher W Kenawell Greenwood spruce Hill ; Monroe :Tusciftrora IW-ale :ire-nwood Walker 5 53 4S U7 M 27 S7 13 271 71 ! " i SI 25 UV 14 2S 35 VI i H 7i'l It m a 117 IR Mi 37 J B .Marley Patterson W II Kulherfo'd Port Koyal Philip Smith Lack (ieorue Shivery r'arett I. Hrelinisiiollz heale II II llrulmker Kiiyrlte John Harrv Tnscarora CB Horning Mlttlin Ht-nry Hopple Ih-laware U V Jai-ob-i Port Koyal Philip Kilmer Tnrhett John Kellv Patterson Johu Mi-.leen Walk-r 'a 177 Ih77; M-l SI 2'77 Ot S5 K5 47 734 84 2 l 05 H 31 2i 37 '31 is W PurtVuljer-r FenuaiisKb 177 T T Reynolds Thorn psoulown.K M it Slump W N Sterret David swarta s Wharton II K Zwd.-r Dauiel Ku.ue i.h.-k 'Milfonl Monroe spruce Hill Greenwfaxl Susouehauna 1.S77 1T7 177 ls77 IS77 ls77 Total amount standing ont..$1477 10 All of which is respectfully submitted. LEWIS DEGAS. J SO. K. ALLKX. u. w. iii"i-"t :ia?:. (tuit!y Auditor. ArniTorw" Office. Mlrl!:iil.wu, January W.lTS.j STATF.ifEXT OF ORfrKRft TtRA II'.V Bl the ltmtnwitmcra I he fiit nf Junintrr, on the Trenxttrer thereof, mm the l.f o jTiH'fjf. s;7t vptn the 1st ilttit of Jfintutru, D7s. astnkenfroin the reortii in tite toinnt miners' ittfL'c : MiacetttinroH. Connty anditors and Clerk 9 82 C2 .S H Showers, error in statement as Treasurer .... 29 41 Buyers dfc Kcnn.tiy, coal for jail 4W -5 BuVcrs Kennedy, coul for court loose 117 00 Jauifs srinson, money paid on estruy refunded 27 3 Robert Cuiuiniiigs, overpaid tux for 1S7B 3 25 J L Hearing, stove end pipe for jail 9 62 Alex Kili. repairs to jni! 4 -5 Thomas Cox, house rent for holdiug election.. 3 00 II K Krvmoyer. house rent for h 'til ing election . 9 0 George Koona, snowing Port Royal bridge 7 00 County Commissioners, bill or trav eling exre-nses, etc.. While hold- Ingappeals 30 85 M R liasii.tar, house rent for holding elections. 4 00 D B McCnlloch. house rent for hold ing elections ... 4 Of) James Mi-Langhlin. house rent for holding elections 4 no D D Stone, Iron bedstead for jail 12 ) .l.-vt di A Christy, nfiorncy fees 20 UO AllxTt L Welder, furnishing material and laying pavement 213 of II Winirarter, repairing seal presses, 7 00 Lewis Degan. house rent for holding elections 4 IO J W Mtithersoautfh, hardware 42 65 S K Ludwlg, house rent for holding elections 4 (V L Banks, meditl attciiiriiK-e at Jail. 2 l Alex speddy, trying court sud ex- pressage W 55 B F Batman, work at court house 9 23 D M Crawford, medical attendance at jail 5 H K Krymoyer, bouse rent for hold ing elections 3 00 Thomas Cot, noose rent for holding elections . 3 Oft Jnry fommis-loners and clerk S5 ! .1 L Karner, abatement on tsxtt 27 13 D W Kwarts. - 14 37 T T Rcvnolds. " 47 H H Bruhnker, " " SI 45 John P Kellv. " " 14 1 Samuel Wharton, " " 32 11 Philip Kilmer. - " , K7 5 Daniel Knouse, - SO 00 John McMeen. " , an SS Wm Pnffenberger, - " 37 tin W N Sterrett, " kS 4.5 J J Brennisholtx, " " 22 5rt Cleb Parker, " I 33 L Hchrader. percentage on collection. I IS 43 J N Howe, - " S5 US Jno Winegardner, " 114 47 C A I-snver. - " 4S 72 WHSclson. " " 1171 J C Beale. - 83 OS M D Donghertr, - 45 49 J L Barrier. " as Mi Wm McConnell, 44 74 J B Melov, " - 112 01 CGSheilev. " - 7H 3 Sam'l M'Langhlin, " 1W 14 Jas R Marley, - " 119 4H Caleb Parker, " " (W 00 Jaa M-rley. " " 3s 31 Joseph Slpple: " " 19 59 Wm Kennwell. " 211 28 Other small bill nf sundry persona amounting In the aggregate to 203 20 Total -S--9K4 S3 CbsjmWe and Jiutiee' Fee in Commonwealth Clue. E W II Krelder, S S Wilson A other. fS S3 Commonwealth Witnesses. Wm D Campbell and other 2M 94 Cbroaen' and Justices' Inquisitions. Jo Mlddagh, Wm Dunn and others, t 57 10 Jurors' Pajr Grand and Petit. Jame Wallace, O W McAllster and others.. ..$3132 IS County Bond Redeemed. Wm H Knouse, John C Hetnck and others.. -123427 00 Assessors. Aaron Leldy. Tfaos Arbnekle, Lewis Barchfleld and other V 803 40 Conttabte Return and Tipeiave. Jonathan McCoy, John M Stutta and others , I 33C 23 Fox, Mi, tmd Wild Cat Scalps. Daniel Amey, William Whistler and other f 217 OS Western Penitentiary. Paid to E S Wright, warden . f 38 24 State Lunatic Hospital. Paid t- John A Wier. Treasurer, for maintaining Margaret Brackbill, I 217 40 County Prison. Wm H Knouse, keeping tramps, 132 DO s m 11 jvnouse. Bnenn lee. 110 25 I Wm D Walls, keeping tramps Wm l Walla, boarding prtaonera, Ac. 571 40 701 IS Total.. Legal Voicfs. Road Damage. Robert Htlnson, road damage. J R Kellv. W N rtterrett, " J J Patterson. " Oeorg Taylor. " Wilson Shaffer. " Henry Shatter, " Wilson Lalrd. Joseph Rli'heaon, Joseph Ard, auo S5 ft! 14 ia 9 VU 25 M at mi b ot 13 SI Total . . S S43 4'J Jnterett Pnitt on Onmr Bond Joseph' Rothrock other John Zook and $3100 S3 Printing. B7nmll i Jack man, public printing. election blanks, c. S $44 a BFSt'haeief, public printing, elec tion proclamation, Ac 2R9 71 Total. -J Rll i Stationery. Wm Mannl tJocReW r Prothonotary an. I Hegter' orllces Wm Mann, dockets fta Prothonotary and KegUter's office, and election blanks Wm Manii, dockets forSherirTs office Wm Mann, tlnt-keU for Prothonota ry' oitlce. and stationery F L Halter, blank rfj.-sk-r . 73M a7 SI 0 Ii II Total.. Oritbje. f P Anran, repair to bridge J jj m Wm Hench, attention !o Port Sorsl bridge..... 12' l OS Onminver. repairs toupprrLirk- ini: Creek bridge.. n gu W A Tooiny. reintii to bridge at Crti Konds.. ...-.- . 7 ftf Henry so loon", repairs to Horning bridge 4 50 Jnseph Albert, repairs to bridge at Welser's Ho DO Henry McCahan. repairs to brW;e ut Ponieroy 'a 5 00 Btimelinget at, repair to btlrfge at IHmni'a mill )) u J B Melov, repair to bridge at Mc culloch's 2 2J OS (Ironlnser, repair to bridge at tipper Licking Creek 2 75 O M Graham, plank for bridge at Pomeroy's g 93 James G Ueale, repairs to Bryner's bridge ( 21 Samuel Mclaughlin, plaLk for Bry ner's briilse . ft 3g James G Beale. repairs to bridge at Hryner ; 4 5 Total t 44s 24 Commissioneri' Office. Jam.- McLaughlin, Commissioner's David B Cox, Commissioner's W 11 Gronluger. -James liean, Clerfc to County Com missioners Jacob A Christy. Co-msel John McNulty. Janior J W I von. Clerk to Board of Revision Wm Hench, " -US lis 10 15 III 15 IS Total . JI37B 26 Publie Oflee. Wm M Allison, auditing Pmthofli- tary and slcr's oltices r IK7K..S 15 i A J Pa'lTcrsoil. District Attorney f.-s, 1111 t John T Metlln, Indexing dockets .i m I D Wallis. indexing dockets u Jacob Ividler, hill of fees Slt 3i Total. ...$ 55s 1 ifrnentl and Sjnring KUction. 1 H McA lister and others. Judge. In spectors, clerks, &:.. of election, spring aud tall f si !J Jiecapitniittion. Miscellaneous . f ( ii Constables and Justices' fees iuCoin- jnoliweultti cases , ?St 52 Commonwealth wITnesse ll m Coroners' inquisitions 57 l Jurors' pay grand and petit 3132 is County Isjuds redeemed .. 2127 110 j Assessors ii 3HW Tl 247 115 '"s '.I 217 M l.-.r. 73 "V 3uo :5 lilt liil 25 4H ; 137'J -.I. iiri IS 5-2 .'O t oiisiaon-s returns anil upsiaves-.. Willi Cat. fox, and mink seal pa Western penitentiary State Lunatic Hospital 1 i,,rt,i "1., .,. " " "' I'Tlntlng . tatioiu-ry Bridg. s - Commissioners' office. Pnolli- ottlces General aud spring election irand total S42l!i 27 We, tbe Commissioners of the county f Juniata, for the year l.iTT, In comoHafj with the lw, do publish "be foregoiug. as a fnll -latcuiciit of the receipts and expendi ture e-f county aforesaid lor file year Is. .. Given under our hands at. tlie t'ouimt sioncrs' iirtl.-e in MilUiulowii, tnU' l.tU any jf January. 1st JAMF.M MiLACGHLIS. DAVID li. tX. WM. If. GKtiNlNGER. Attest : tviuioacrj. J.mks Dei::. Cf. rl. ly ndd'tion to the foregoing statement of tlie Ke.sMpts and Kx iiihtures of the coun ty ot Juniata, li Ihe year 1-77, I herewith p'nMish the following, s shon-ing the in-dehtf-dm-ss of thecoutity of Jutiivt on the first day of January. s7s. as ascertained by the Coiinty Auditors on examination of t- same on tiie 12th d iy of January. ls7H, tow:.' Airgrt-gate omi.nuf of ontsTnn.tlng couniv Isiiids, with interest on the same iip to the 1st of Jan.. IsTs i4107 92 Outatsnding county orders ou Janu ary 1st. IsTS I" 94 I.l-ihllitle of the county 445471 Ml From which deduct Amt. 01 outstanding taxes in tlie bands of collectors, on Jan. I.-7S SI47V7 10 Hi I. in bunds of lreasarer Jan. 1. IsTs 1.57WI 70 Balance of judgment against Milford tow nship 3IISS SO Indebtedness of connty Jan. 1.T. f2!3 4 llespectlullv. Ac, JAMES DEES. Ctrrk. Commissioners' ottice. Mullliilow.-i, Jan. a-th, IS7S. X. B. It mav he well to state here that th reason of tuc discrepancy in tlie amount if ontslutidirg county bonds on tlie 1-1 of Jan narv. ls77.and the outstauding couuty boii.ls on the 1st. ' January. l-7s. is owing III" amount of the di'tercnce in the hal-mce in tile hands of the Treaaurcrnt theconimeii.e meutof said years, respectively, as follows : To bal. in hands of Trea'r Jan I. '77.. SHI3 7! To bat. in handsof Trea'r Jan. I, TS .. SI57l'l 7a The Indebtedness of tiie county on the 1st of January. ISTS. Is-ing n.r s4,o"0 bus than ou lu 1st of January, IS77. Respectfully. Ac. JAMES DEES. CTcr of ixmunitstoner. Bnlnee In hands of the Treasurer per Auditors'. eport SH70I 71) Amount of percent, bonds falling due ou or before 1st of April. IsTs SUS21 30 Amount of 5 per cent, bond falling due on or before 1st of April. IsTs - 75KJ W Balance to be provided f.a-by renewal or sale 01 oomi,or collection of taxea- 3t-22 so SWCI SO-IKCI The above statement will explain the Iarga balance in the Treasury shown by the Audi tors. Said bulanee was provideit prine.-paily by the sale of 4 per cent, bond r the pur pose of paying on" S and a per cent, bonds falling due during the first months of 17-4. By the Commissioners. lf. B. Since the Auditors' settlement Is.n.ls railing due amounting to v9,U4 have been lifted. ADJIIJISTRATOIVS SOT ICE. Estate of Holmes Parrin, ieceaitd. LETTERS o Administration on the es tate of Holinea Parr in, late of the bor ough of Patterson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, all person indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having; claims will please present them without de lay to V. C. LAIRD. Jan. 23, 1878. Administrator. Jl-flATA TALLEY BATIK. THE undersigned are stockholder of the Juniata Valley Bank, aod are individ ually responsible tor all deposits. J. Kevin Pomcroy, Jame B. Okeson, Philip M. Kepner, Wm. Van Swerjogcw, Joseph Xothrock. H. II. Bechtel, George Jacobs, ' Jane II. Irwin, L. E. Atkinson, Joan Heckman, W. C. Pomeror, Mary Knrts, Amos G. Bonsall, Samuel M. Kurtz, Noah Ilcrtxler, J. Holmes Irwin, John Hertxler, T. V. Irwth, Charlotte Snyder, F. B. Frow, Sara 1 I Terr's Estate, Mason Irwin. Daniel Stoufler, Jan. 2, I88-3l NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby cautioned against trespassing, for hunting, or other pur poses, on the lands of the undersigned, in Milfonl township, Juniata county. KES RY GKONINGEK. JOHN CUNNINGHAM. Dec 10, 1877-tf WHEREAS my wire, Leah Bowman, ha left my house without just cause, I hereby caution all persons against giving' her credit on my account, as I will not be responsible for any debts she may contrast -ICHAEL BOWMAN. Jan. 10, 1878-31
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