SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN j . , .. , MIFftLt'TOWX. T eduelaj. Slay S. 118. i SCH WEI ED, KDITOB AS fROPEfSToa. Republican Z-rte Convention. HiiMiaa sas fcwai:vca S"T Co itt. !Ii!i'-. Wircfc 27, lS7i. In pursuance of a resolmlot of Uie Republican ?tat Cot: :U!es, adopted a: a et-i.K ht-Uih HaTrisbjrg thin d;y, a R jublir-n ?tto Convention (to be -omposed of J. giles from each Sen, rial tad Representa tive district to the number to wbich such di.vjct is entitled n he Legislature.) i hereby called to meet in the .ty of Ha.ri burg, ' twelve o'clock nooui 04 Veda -d.y. ilay 15, 18"8, for the purpose of nom. iratiug one person fo. Governor, one person f-r Lieutenant Governor, ae person foi Sr-retary of Internal Affair and one per son tor jnd;" of the tuprtnie Coirt. Bv order of the committee. ff.uAM P. IVusun, Chairman Jon .' -xtix, Ses'y. Tie CcLTjune. Dispatches report that foreign com munists, in St Louis tod in Chicago, have organised into military com pa. nies, and are completely armed to re nt anj civil, or pcliee interference that may be issued against tbetn for disturb ing the peace of the community in wbich tbej live. It is lso reported that in New York City large organisa tions of the same element Xrtf, and it x all are nder the dianagem.-nt of f.ieign leaden. This is a f.re country, in wbich a , tutu ma; t bonne any birsioe-j, to fol- j low for a Ii..ng, provided be por -esses tbe abl'ify to bones; ly couduct it, but if a u.ao cbose a business not suited to biin o' bis ability, or if be selects a place clrrady overstocked, tbe penalty will be bis failure, or if be conducts biin. self dishonestly bis sin will find bin out, and tbe penalty will be visited on bitn. With such unlimited freedom in existence, it is not to be presumed tbat a set of .ellows, who do nothing but "loaf aber.t te alum places of cities, and organize the worst classes into an tegonism sgainsi tbe business and bun est free labor of tbe country, will be allowed to threaten society with ecm niunism. If all the lazy tumultuous eletreota that fl nt about tbe cities and larger town, with their relative straggling tramp membership cou'd be fused itifo ooe solid commune party, with e worst of aggressive demonstrations, trouble would exist, only till the 40, OOS.C'OO people of the country could arouse and assert themselves. How long it would take the country to assert it. self, cannot be told, but tbat tbe fani iliea of tbe millions tbat live in quiet and poacs, would so assert themselves, is as certain as that law and order, hewever intuited and trauipld nnder foot, is certain to follow violence and disorder, with a swift and revengefrl hand, and then the day of tbe com. mane would come to an end in tbe Re public. 1 Lere are do legal distinctions in tht country, tnd tha man aod woLiaa wLo tells tht there are such d' tinctns tells what is not tru , and tell it so we. cause they are ig.orant of the trwtb, o. till it so Lccau! they are bad. lu this country thero arc bo l'ga' dis'isctlocs. The' lich man may le corue a pool mar be may become ex. traTagint acd spend his :-,eans, or over- r-ach himself in bttsiccw, !""! le sold out to paj the men who trosied to bi honesty, or his ability to fay his prom. '. his country the poor msa by indostry, or by locating where Lis 1--ber ii" :t Hemsod, rJ-by economy may btcome rich, or if not rich secure a borne for himself and family. Tbe lawyer may beeome a judge, and the judge may be returned to the bsr. The nian iu business who employs labor, or people to work for him, way become an employee himself, and tbe employee n.ay become a proprietor. Tbe layman may Leccajia preacher, and the preach er loay turn laymen, and so it is with very phas" of life. There ia ro legal o:::Jrano3 to it choice of a vocation, every cbannci t,f Liioii-ctJ, every place of promioence, and every avenue of pleasure ie open alike to all, and if a man gets into the wrong place or wrong channel it is bis mistake and societ) CMiuot be justly charged with it In this conntry there is au absolute free dom for everything, excepting for the commission of crime. Hon. Dp-1'el J. Morrell, cf Johns town, Cambria county, is to be d;ned and wir -d on the 7th inst., in Phila delphia, in honor of Centennial Ex hibition rioes. On tLe Oth Mr. Morrell expects to sail for France to attend the Paris Exposition, as an accredited officer from this country. F. S. Pauli, a wealthy citizen of Scran ton, convicted in January last of forgery, was sentenced April 30 to two years' imprisonment. The forgery consisted of an interlineation of a leaae, whereby Pauli was .aa bled to remove tbe porches from a building." Great dissatisfaction ex ists at Scranton with the Judge, who it is alleged went entirely beyond his right, and beyond the right of every one to sentence Pauli The Supreme Court waa appealed to, and that ju aicval bodj set aside the sentence ef Stanton so far es to permit of his being bailed out of jail If report: are true it vm the commune element that put Stanton on the bench- Hojv .. - i i - ever, It IS W.H to Biuipeuu vyut- ion till the merits of tbe cae hsve I been more fully learned. Tie Democrats Liyely in the Ohio ornate. A dispatch from OTatf on the 1st inct , says, "There was aft exciting scene on the floor of the Ohio Sen ate ye: ierday, growing out of a rois uutler star ding in the Democratic fauj''. Hon. Wm. TtU, is Railroad Commissioner of Ohio, at a salary cf $3,000 a year. His eon enjoys the j. Obi Lion of chief clerk in the same office at a ja'ary of $1,500. It hap pens that 1 1 akinj, np the Appio prution bill, wbich is being prept'ed vith a view to tue fil campaign, young Br'l's salary -vas cut down $300. The elder Bell, who has been i-Mreldrj of btite, and is ganendly unJexstooJ to have claims upon tbe pnrtr for the I est offices going, ras on t'ue floor of the Senate yesterday lobbying against the reduction. Sen ator Forrest, of Cincinnati, spoke in favor of cutting the salary down. He i said t!' e office of Railroad Commis- biooer was practic;vly of no uccount ; that Bell and his sun were never to te found at their post, and that the work was left to a boy, who wr.s is ually drunk. Soon after Mr. Forrest had finished, a cxramotion was heard in that part of tL ) hall, aud tbe next minu.e the Senator was wen lying 'U the 3oor, with llr. Bell gripping his throat Several Senators rushed in and separated t lie combatants, and a scene of great confusion followed. Several men.bers called out to have Jlr. Bell arrested, and the Sergeant-at-Arms fat once took him Li charge, but he was afterward reT-.r.eed. 'When order had been restored, Senator lL"-sh offered a resolution, which was adopted, appoiiiti-g a com mil toe of three to investi-ls the matter. It is likely to reult in expelling Mr. Bell from the office. The Legisla ture no'V ha3 f .nr investiffations on hand, nn J tbe usual time for adjourn ment is long sinc e passed. The Dem ocratic mr.nsers in the State r i be ginning to feel nervous about the ap proaching camj.ai.yn. Three hundred boys that are now in Soldiers' O. han Schools in this Shite will rc-ieh the aje of x6 years, and in consequence of that will He discharged from further attendance at school. Something Concerning Tariff. A recent writer ou the tariff that bas been prepared by Congress, says "Mr. Wood desires o stir up the far mers against manufacturers, and tells them bow they srf taxed from tbe cra dle to I be grave by the duties imposed upon hardware, eotton and woolen goods, soap, carpets, etc. Re does not refer to tbe fsct that competition among i.rnufacturrr bas so reduced prices that hriuers are now able to purchase good- produced in this country at per haps lower raies than ever before Nor doc be mention tL duties imposed upon agricultural products, which, .o- coruing to bit tbeo: r. ronst be a ta cp.u ujaLufaciure.-s and lueuLauics A atateiman would acorn to present ao one-side-1 picture; hut a demagogue never cesiia.s to appeal to ponuiar prejudice, even should it ba neceeaary o conceal fasts esteb'ial to a proper uud'i standing of the subject discuj.jd. It tLe duties '.j posd upon foreign man- t" ractured gooJj enhance tbe cot of like goods produced at home; and if, in j consequence, the firmer is taxed 36 per i cent, on his wail paper, 60 to 70 per ceut. cn bia carpet, 40 per cent, on bis glassware, 70 per cent, on bis spool thread, aud 20 per cent, on Lis assa L.tida, then it follows tbat manufactur ers pay more for tbeir food by reason of tbe duties levied on meat, vegetable and flour, so that the mechanic, 'h la borer, tbe merchant and il niu-jfao-turer are taxed o- beef and pork, one cent, per pound: rn bams aud bacon, twe ents per pound- ou cheese, four cents per pound u butter, four cents per pound oo laid, two cents per pound; cn cornmca!, ten per ceut. on rye flour, ten per cent, on wheat flour, twenty per c?tt ; on ric, two and a half cents per pound, (equivalent to one bundled and Sne per cent, advalorem) on pota toes, fifteen cents per bcrel, ete. A foreign uiwpat-jh says, "All tbe pickpockets and sneak thieves knewn to the police of Taris have been scooped in and locked np in jail, where they will be kept until the ex hibition is over." nalloonlat; the Atlantic. A novel aa well as hazardous aero nautic feat is likely to be at-oripted by an Anieri.an aeronaut before tbe close of the ye?r. For some time past Professor I'ing has been expe rimenting on Ir.Tloons enitable for the nse of the Piar expeditiop. In the conrse of his experiments the Pro fessor has discovered a material t it- able for a balloon of such retaining nudities that it still only lose one per t-6nt. of gas in twenty-foor hours. A balloon of 100,000 feet capacity, con structed of this material, would, he calculates, lose fio little gas that it could" easily be kept in the air or at least twenty days. For several years past periodical offers of ample financial aid have been made to Professor King by gen tlemen enthusiastic with th idea of . -e a ' Towmng American ncieniirc in- Tmphs by demonstrating that it is: possible to cross from continent to continent tbrongn the air, and the Professor declares th-i it is more C' a probable tb.t the Frenchmen's FTposition year will be 6i jn.tlizcd by j ' t mcrve in this rlirertron mm A Klsains; Man Ftacd' Mrg-rt l. .H-M agousr J.mtj t. Wbitbcok ii tl.d title of a rather to teresting rase wniob occupied tbe at en:iuir of the County Court to day. Tbo plaintiff in the oase is the wife of Dr. Jasper Mead, of Bethlehem, and M e seek at th- hands of tbe law dam ages in the autu of $1,000; for an as sanlt ii.flntej cpou her April 19, 1878, wbua Whitebeck attenpted, wii'uout twceess, tc ki&a her. The had who was well drste4 and of prepossessing- appearaoe, told tbt story of the assault in a alf potoaed manner. It avj eare-, ascorJiii to her ev'iknee, tbat about twilight on the ev-.iug oi the date above given, her baabana wax absent from bouie, aud sba waa aitting on ber front doorstep aione, when W hit beck came along. lis stopped, sp-.kt, and finally sat down on the a toe; beside ber. There L reu.Moed aOrut half an hour talking rn various aub jeoia, until finally be tp.ik of a strange dream re had a thoit time previously, and asked if aba believed iu tbeta. On ber replying in the negative. bitberk went on to relate bis dreiiu. It was about a drg that bad got into hr cellar, and which be diloedr.d. Then as a reward, be bsd dem&oded a rise. Accoidmg to hia dream, when he took tbe kiss her cheek turned black. Oo completing his rrlation of tbe dream Mrs. Mead became fright ened, and rose with the intention of ratiring into tbe bouse, Whitbeck, who is old enough to ba her father, seized her by the shoulder, and with the re mark, "Maggie, may I have that kiss?"! attempted to take it, Mrs. Mead by ai effort thrust hiui off, and escaping ,l. . . i,v-1 .i j 1 1 into toe bouse Iock?! the doora aod I i . , . . windows, and drawiug the curtains waited for tae return of ber bm,b.nd, ! to whom she related the facts on bis! arrival. The deferdant on bis examin ation denied the facts as related above, but it was brp"ht out on cross examia aiinn that be Lad told his dreaci io otter ladies, and tha. on another occa sion be bad been compelled to disburse $b to a wrathful hesban j whose wife he tiid kifssed, betides $10 to another woman's father. Tbe jiiry . eturue " a verdict for $400 in favor of tbe plain tiff. .fJant Journal- 'The Democratic fraud yellsrs in W asbiogtro art less blatant than a few days ago. And all because tbe Re publicans exprcsa a willingness to in quire into the Presidential electiou frauds, if Ihey are allowed an oppor tunity to show np Tiideu's attempt to buy elcctoriat votes in Louisiana and South Carolina aud explain just how it Iwppenned that tbe -rat reformsr" scut $3,000 to Oregon about the time Cronin acd bis nose were organiiiug an electoral collrge. An uupr-judiced observer might say tbe other man's fast by the ears." Cruel Sport lu Texan A Bull Vanquishing a Lion and a Lioness. Some dys ago a showman en tci tail ed the people in the vicinity or San Antonio, Trxss, with a contest between a bull and a lioness, aud on Saturday last be varied tbe performance by at tempting to get up a first class fight bete-:u some Mexicans and four buita. Tlit bull: declined tbe wager of battle, and uotbiog remained but to drive hem from ths arena io disgrace. Two thousand eit:zens cf Texas who went to see .be eocounter wt-re nut to e dis pp. tite 1, aud ao the bull wbich van oii.nl ni i'.io liooe. waa pitted against the lion. Tbe mouarch of tbe fot.J! was badly beaten by tbe un. arch of tbe j with her own bands, but cuts ths meat prairie in c terrible and bloody fight and sells it from a wagon to all. .jd wher tbe lioness was left in as a A number oi three eard monte f am. reinforcement to ter liege lor the bull ( b'ers gwindltd a paenger on the H!d alter toasing .bem o-er ia head, pina- j 3g v Icy railroad of C0O in mon. ed them to the bar. of tbe cage, where er. t, w the psSsenger endeav tbey fought and chaseing them io igi.o- o;in- to do with tbe t : - : a- .1 . . l r i t miuious flight, turned aw-y frriu .he contest in pri.ud and rullen tnuin- j Juat before tbe bull waa loosed there was a very pretty scene. The two liona were very eloae together, the crippled lion huddling up close to tbe terrified lioness. Tbe bull advanced on them on a trot but just as he was upon iiem be seemed to realize their help less cendition stopped short and after evinir them for a few minutes slowlr" walked off in a different direction. Just at this juncture, when everybody supposed tbe Gght waa over, an old Mexican bull Ggbter, who had failed to have a Gght ia the morning, entered tbe arena, aod declared bin intention of fighting the vicioua ball. Just before tbe bull was turned in, tbe inaa'a wife interfered in a most emphatic manner. She said ber husband would kill any bull in tbe world if be was sober, but now he was drunk. His mother who must be upward of ninety yeara of aire, added ber voice to harmony, and the spunky old uan, wl.o ia a veteran of tbe bull rings was taken off. The vic torious bull ia one of tbe most extra ordinary fighter ever aeen. Arrange ment will be made to fight biin against Mexieana next Sunday, when something atill more tragic may be expected. Col. Qnay has been appointed by the Governor, and confirmed by .he State Senate, as Recorder of 1 nila delphia. The appointment is a good one. rials for the Destruction or the British riet. "A Scotchman" sends some re markable information to the London Globe. He says, upon the strength of a private letter which has been placed in his possession ; that the Rrtfwiati authorities have a plan of destroying tLe English ships by the use of 1,000 tons of crude petroleum. This is to be allowed to float on the surface of the water, so as to be car ried down with the current at the time when the English iron-clads ere midway in the Straits. The oil be ing then ignited, the whole length and breadth of the Bosphorns Nar rows would be converted into a Bca of fire, destroying the crew, and leaving the iron-clads to be captured at leisure. The Russians can always rely upon abundant and rapid sup plies of crude petroleum, the wells in Roumcjiia and the Caucasus being inexhauatiMi The whole expendi ture would amount to only about $30,000. Each is the plan vhich the "Scotchman" profasees to hv df- eVeeTt'I STATE IT OSS. Carlisle airt out at Dauber of May day parties. Tbt Huntingdon coOnty NaTotai claim fo bnve the names of 1"(00 persona enrolled in tte'.r eluba. A new Catholio church, to be tbe largest in Northern Pennsylvania, bas been eommeiioed at Meadville, Craw ford couatj. riawapj e i.nty farmers talk of eombiivog to prosecute parties who paint advertisement on their fences and gate posts without leave. Rev. Levi L. KnUy, a Methodist preacher in ehargo of the Lnvalaork circuit, it ", dead at Williar.:sport on Monday. He was fifty tbrea. years old. A large number of horsea and cattl , in tbe lower end of Brka and north ern part of Chester C 'unty are afflicted with catarrh aod typhoid pneumonia. Uriab Killian, aged tbirty-aeven veara fell down atatrs and was fatally iujared at hia home in Lancaster or Sumlav. Sunbury ha refused to continue the illuuiinlion of her streeta with gas because she can't afford to pay for it. Tbe over production of tobacco in Lancaster and other counties has greatly reduced its price, and tbe prof it of its culture. There is a Stat law imposing a fine of $10 for bum ng brush during the night. There is excellent black ba Eshine in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers . tv A Kusrd made of rubber, has been , j , ... placed i.o the oce-borsa cars of the J,. , . ,. A . , f ,X,h A".6M ,,n' " P" tbem from rnnt"nS 0Ter PP1"- Three new cheese factoriea, tbe lar gest in i.Le State, have been put in operation in Somerset coujty. Peon ayivznia cheese Las a high atanJard iu the market. A hound in West Chester, seeing a number of children following a hand organ, heated a lot of pennies and then threw tbeni in tbe ws of the o'cLins, who attempting to pick ibeoi np wore severely burned. J hn Gsrtrer, a arned rnsn, aped forty five years, who leaves a wifiv and one child, committed suicide at Read a few (ays ago by shooting iiiicsolf t brooch the bead with a pistol. A too free use of rum was tbe cause During the severe storm or. Satmdiy a week the lightning struck ths dwell ing bouse of a man named Saiitb m l.iuie.'ick ownship' Montgomery ennty Pa., stunning Mrs Smith and child. At Mecban;ctburg, Pa , Sunday night a wi , Mrs. M.iore, a widoa, committed suicide by baaging herself to a tree in tbe yard of ber reid'uce. Financial trouble is supposed to have been tbe cause of tbe tuicide. During the storm on Wtdnetdsy two weeks, the MetLoJ'st church at Pattoo ville, Kedford county, was blowu l n and con'ple'ely wrecked. A new one will be built. TLe Catholic church at CLurcLvi'.Ie, Berks county, near the terminus ot the Colebroikdali railroaJ, was entered by burglars several eveni.igs ag, aod tbe siWsr communion sen ice and t '- e gola crccil.!es were stolen. A man nan-ed Hill, of Washington oounty, walks from Hill Station to ch'ircb, a distance of five mites, every Sucdav, and his not uii-sed two eoose I cuti'f Suudiys n twenty yars I Camtra eoun'v boasts of a f-male ba'cher a wo o wbo not only slangh ters s'.eep, ca've and ;ven bullocks Tbe re.-ptctive wives of two brtberr, named Johu and James Uouck, tie lor mer liviug at LatroSe, and the latter at Aitoona. prcseuied tbei. husbands with twica the other day. At Ilunmore, IV, on the night of April SOlh John Pant, while defend-nr c old man sfaiiist tbe assaults of a rough uaiued t'ostello, was attacked by the latter and two companions and beat en to death. Tbe murderers escaped. While Hewitt Van Duger, c' Lcih field township, Bradford county, was milching his cows last week a beam give way in the stable, falling upon htm, breaking bia lega and fracturing hi skull, so tbat he died before be con Id be reseaed Uy a law of the !tate afty person who i matniaina a public water trough twee- ty feet long and sup.ied w'th purs running water at all times, except in J free ziug weather, in any borough or road, ahall re.teive five dolKra per an num out of tbe road taxes. A colony of Swedes have purchased a large tract of land on the Blue Moun tain, r'tcading from the Delaware Wa ter Gap down to Wiod (ap. on whiun they propose to settle and devote their attention to raisiug and grating gcata, and from goats' milk they intend to manufacture aweilaer ksse. Tbe conn try is particularly favorable for this purpose. A Lancaster despatch says that on MebJay a week a fish hauler named Russell bad an altercation at London Grove Taveru, nea- tbe Grp Xickle mine, with William Eokert and Stew art. He left to avoid a quarrel and they followed. In the evening he was found on Mine Hill fatally beaten and robbed of $25. Ue bad been thrown nnder a bridge, wbenco be crawled out to die. In St. Johu's Lnthern Church, Eaa ton, on cuoday a week Rev. J. R. Groff, pastor, was at out to lead :n prayer, when several ladies shrieked and the stor faiuted, stricking tbe chancel rail with bia bead in falling. A scene of confusion followed, people were weeping and two ladies and one gentleman fainted- Tbe congregation was dismissed and tbe pastor carried mto Lis residence wbcre he recovered. Tbe Lancaster New Era of last even ing asys that Columbia baa a sensation A sea lion, a large and veritable sea lion, bts been seen in tbe plaeid wai ters of tbe Susquehanna. Tbe animal waa first seen on Friday last, on tbe York County aide, by Pr. William Sntton, who fired tbe contents of gun At him ju t aa bo left a raft, where be bad been basking io the sunshine. He waa seeu on SaturJay and yesterday, at different times, by A Isrge ontnber of peraons, and this morning be waa seen near Colombia by Mr. James Mii?n There ia qwts an eseitetneat evrr to tniaaa) NEWS ITEMS. t is' claimed tbat Birnuio cso pack np bis big show aud be on tbe move in an hour's tnxe. A dispatch from Greenleaf, K., an ntunces that Frin Meyer a ni-torions hsias theif was taken from jil at Blle villa, Republio oounty, SaturJay night aad hanged, by a mob of forty men armed auu masked. . fommodore Vanderbult ouce vi": jd a spiritual medium, who eommene. ed busines by saying, Y-ir first wife wiibe4 to communicate with you." 'Perbsp a," stid the C mmodor ; but that U not what I ca-ue hers for. She can wait- A grain of pure g'-! found in the gizxsrd of a chicken at Skioctot, Wi., makes the people of tbat section believe tbat there ia a gold mine not far off. A Chinaman fell into a flun-9 in Pla eerville, Cal., waa awept with frightful vecit; through a tunnel 800 feet long, and dropped forty feet into a canon, but be was not much hurt. The two chimpanzee hich arrived at the Z ol..gical Gr ' i May 2nd. are natives of Afri They live socially coni'nunitirs and aru themselves with clubs to tesist the attacks of more powerful beast. They live in huts and attain a height exceeding four feet, and tbeir bodies are eovered with long bair. vVorYA .American. On the night of April 29 four mask ed men broke into the ranct.e of John It. Smith, near Fort M'Kinney, Wyom ing Territory, stole eveiything of val ue in the boue, and ran r.ff fonr horses and two mn.'es. 1 esterday a pa: 'y ol appear. The name ol'JIr. JlcAU-a so 20 calverymen, nndr the famous scoi; wiitj,,. Frank Gronard, left Fort M'KinneV to j A dircctr expn-sjied the thought that scour the country fur th theiva Tbe ()t. t TtfU,irl! mij.-ht go into tbe rotnilcr road between here and Fort M'Kinney ! , of tbe qilM,;u0 t the co.ueteney of issoinfesUd with organized bands of .ecautates, which ean-d q.iiteau eam horse tbeives that travel with horesor . jt,,. re,u-tca iu jjr. Slui;i, mules is almost impaible, the tb:evea j. (Urma each pirn,ite. crrIie. running flu will animaisai .-ry oj - por - a IT. I a..... mr stror.gl? talked of. Tue elevated railroml York worka satisfactorilv. in New 1 Recently at a bearing b?fore 'Squire j Kutler, at Womelsd irf, Berks co-mty, Jonathan K. Eyrioh and Jsob S. Wr. ner were reoiird to euter oail in the sum of $1,000 f'-r their appearance at the August sssioos of lWks cosnty to answer the charpe of passing counter feit bills on the Bauk of Hanover. C"i. Gntin. of Jjebanon, who appeared for . . . . ' . . . . the CommnnwRsIib, said that about $1,000 of the bad bills wire passed in parts of Lebanon and Berks counties, and tbat ahont forty citizens were di- rectly or iudiret .ly implicated ir. thei matter nitni whom mrm kitfhlv rea pected and well known. On Sundtv evening, says the A 'toon a .Virror, of Mondav, as Fast Ltn west ; was coming around the curve at Uinu- inchara tbe risr parlor fwung and struck the smoking car on Atlantic Ex - press east Wlucn wa pin2 ana lore the side of the roof from en J l. end. Tbe pa.lor car which did the oatusge, swung back agaia intc piaje, whn.ee ; swung across to the othr trick iu tm,e to bit the rear sleeping car eipiog tlT..rt;t t nf tl . ill,nli. Cmjii hnt ' ........... . ...o r,. ........ not n.j.ir.nc it mntH. .o one was I art, but by ths Orst collision a brake- inai waa cliuoat thrown from the train. M a RaNillfcSS In CLu-agO has been great- , , , ly overdt.ne. anu as a eonswiiien.-o there arn ru.-u-y Lv.siness hous"s lireuk ing up. DISPATCHES A a ner ! taihrnth frnin KhII- fiiii'aina ' well was tin dered bv Amos lokir.1 while levvingon the properly of llie' 1 Ticket at llarrkburg. and the week latter iusXtp is a farmer oi vry JU MU:r """ I,, m,K 4! ,!! St sipated habits. A Ut crow i in ; Ti' tor ' r"rg pursuit of tbe murderer thre;Coiui; to J , .. " , ,. Ijuchhim. 1 0ne - t!l n's froai Tlnglmdis Boston. May 1. IJu'glar entered for !", the next day tbe news is the reaideuce of Kphraiiu O'is, a lea l ' for w.ir. ing citictn of Siiutli .Scituate, at Z i m u'cloii yesterday njo.tiiog, took the' Ou the S'J.'U cf April Job T. Kobin aafe from a chamber on tbe first fiiMir i "hi! awi.t.ng bis sons in regula carried it about half a mile down the I li- circular saw used for cutting rokJ bw it otiU aud then t'oi away murder was committed yesterday uioro ing at 2 o'clock a: 1,409 Grand aven j ue. Tbe neighborhood was aroused ' y J . l. a c .1....1 i . . i a . I issuing from tbe bouse. After ihe ; iud nouiju ui Liiniui Sliub s:m HI fire had been extinguished it was found i that Theodore Ilattenbacb and wife i Lad been niurdared, and their liti.o girl eight veara old, knocked insensible sid J O p'OM UI UCftUI. .'.19. tenbach was found on tbe bed, with ! . tl. nnin . f J . I. I - uer ueau urunueu iu auu ner luiiu burned to a crisp Mr. Ilattenbacb was found in the kitchen with a bullet hole in bis bead and tbe back of his bead ctusbed in with an axe, whL-h was discovered near the body. Toe little girl waa found out of doo- in an insensible condition. Suspicion at first pointed to Ilattenbacb as the murder er, but subsequent developments bava destroyed tbat suspicion and the real murderer ia still uoknowu. Through mails for cities, but givti people in the Jnnia's, Valley mails on way trains. From tbe Aitoona Tribune, we leant that on Tuesday two weeks, a terrible accident occurred at tbe Fraukitotn ore bauk, near Hollidaysbnrg. Thomas Lawlee and John Hart were preparing a blast, and when in t'.e aot of empty rug powder into tbe bole drilled for that purpose, from a keg wbich coo tained about V?. pounds of powder, a spark from a lamp which one of them held, fell into the keg and a terrible e.plosion fo""wed. Lawlee waa burn ed from the waist downwsrd, on of bis arms was broken in two places, tbe bair was entirely burned off Lis head, sod it ts thought one of bia eyes is de stroyed. Hart is also minus his bair and otherwise pretty badly burned. Ou Tuesday evening aa the Pb.ladel. pbia and Erie train front tbe esat at ?"0 Aelnek w enminw in In William. . 6 port, a bey aVout sixteen years old, uanied Robert Rankin, jumped on tbe steps of one of the ears aod strnck Con ductor Harvey Holden alongside of the bead with a elnb. almost knocking him ar . l. Tl . - i . . . ou iu iin. auu oonuuui t Plopped 1 the train and ran after tbe fellow, and ; caught him. He was put on board the I train and taken before Alderman Stead. 1 wber be gave bail in tbe sum of )309, f'r an spprases st yourt. vrilh the enntent e'-'u t nc of rail- I " s roinr. ceiween 1 orK and r.rte W" "c" rcul-,T oonus i-r . a o -ii o j", io a. m. ana a. road stocks an ' Lank bonks represent- j reel-. Philadelphia fell upon the saw hort time, at f ner c-nt.. to ni-ei j t.ctaVs ra ' ' ing over $a0.Oi'O and $tio in money j "J as iuMaiillv fatally injured, his the demand of BonJ, taT ,g due during ! Leave Auburn via 'tf it S. Branch a' i ." The stocks bank books are ptii.ci- rnl be'"? eat effand his b.Mly near.y aM Bond to run t vear. ' -n- pally on railroad corporations and sav- verea- Ha died before medical at- " , ..,..., .: , .," Le-. A.lentowi, at 3. 5 50. 9 a. if., ing banks ii. Boston. ! f-ndence could be secured. The bodv j ? ' ' - - P- Kansas Citt. Mo . Mav 1 A foul ! by Coroner Robert. and nV ,-..V'HLl- ' f 0o" ot ru " Monday,. JlDDiriOA'AL LOCUS. J Convention of School Director. Aa per requirement of school law, school directors of the districts in Jnniata county met in contention in tbe Cuurt Hun&e, ou Tuesday y.-sterd y to elect a Superin tendent of Cotnliwn Schools in Jnniala roiuily, and to tr.ia.i-:t -h uiher business m b-l. i:a; 4 to ero while- sitting as a con ttrntiuu. Tha convention s called to order by "'r. John ttariuan a quarter past 1 o'clock. Hi effort to orffin! the ci.nventioa was uLjected to. Capt. Lewis Degm waa seat ed aa Secr.try, slid cl!ed the roll of di rectors, ((! director r-sponded to the call. Altrr which the discMsion on tlrrfurthtr organization of the c.-nvention vaa resum ed. The question of the Presidency was Settled by compromising on K. S arkr. Alier Vr. Parker took lha chair, John Uie- lri k was elected an additional Secretary. The attention of the chair was directed to T.1 li'lrd section of the school law, with , the n-a'iesi lat th? section ba reaJ. Tl.i President read theaeclioo. Secretary Die trick slated that tlut clause ol (be section that relate to salarv ia inoirtwrutive. be- !tau,e f , recent Ir jia-ted by Itu l.e;i lature on iue question of salary. lbecba;r was requested to, and did read a tircilar Irotn Stile Superintend! nt Wkikcribam rclatire to Hie rt quiremenU ot Iho cew tan, on tl;e salary clause. On motion l!:c convention procrtxlt-d to uominate candidates f.r the County Super iiiti-mleiK-y ; John Carman, Wellington Sunt;., A- i". McAfee a: id p. C. Wicker, fthatu were nominated in thr rder as Ihey ' H(l,4 ut Mltlrxl the 1 question of their I CoilllirielKTV. I On motion tha convention jTeedei to I i voU : S. 6 6 6 3 4 A 2 3 Irk Tnwarora Btale Spruce U. Inrbett...., , Port Koval.... Miltord .' Patterson M't'..n: iiri Fennanagh. .. to alkr 1 1.'01"' re ' 1 hoiiiion:oin j p Vi te j jiu" i:.'.'.'. ! u- e w.-wl .... i -S'.quehan!:a.. I Ida-' Tutal.. 27 61 I I. p.n the announcement ol the reu!t of i . . . , , ,.,.. j ihe vote the -hair declared Mr. Wellington j Smith to lr ihe regularly rlected Scperin- . , ,, t ( Common Schools tor Juniata 1 einntv. , v reoiiest the chair rc-rend the clause jfr..m suic Stijtiint. -dei-t Wickenhan:' - cireU;ar relative t liic Cx:i.? ol sala-y o! Countv Superintendent, aim iUonnalN- it C4I1)C , ,w llL Jer,,00a uY ,jle convention ! ,t1;ti TfCvut ljW nxvs tl.e sa!:u.Vf utlil.8 ut. CI,uvetlIi,.n ch.c to inortae tlie r.a . j . ,.., ... ,j ,k. ' ru,:, iis as the law makes it. t'u mo. j i(n ,hc conVt;1. jn m!) mrno4. j 1KM T.Vl.I Y. 1!H rich wer. arc run I mug a slage between Jcit . or ami rim- .jelphie, miles in one dav, but II that . - i o m n and nicer than the new and u.ce . . .. ....... i- ........ i-Ioihiiig al tiray:!r" ft jr Trt!" Mfrh th? Nationals in ratlerv-n that is l Ik- r?rt lci.uin par'y to tl.e Conminnixts hold . convention in Philadelphia to nominate a eek the ptibiicatis will bominate I klsadiiiiat wooU a th-ir depot at Co.-.p- I taken to the residence of the family. Sixth street above Cedar. Camden. "The BrookJy n aW saysTillen he New York tiorld:' purchased the i DrsDort j. i. rtrRrv. . . J. , DUNDORE Gc CO. t'Saita ia HAaDITARE, IRUV, SAILS, All Kind of Stoves. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Notions, ReaJy-m ade Cloth ing, IlaU, Caps, Boots, Shoes. j FLOUR, FEED, DRUGS, &C, LC. Hardware a Specialty. iJOHNSTOWH, JUlilATA CO., Pi Thankful to the pnbtic for their libera patronage in tee past, we solicit a eonfinnj tnce of the same. All kinds of Frednee Taken ia Exchaags Per G4f . Ia Dt'TIDOBE fc CO., Walnet, Jiaiau Censty, Tt, May J,l7. .YoticeM. ExecMtor's Jfotlco. Eside of jYancy Mutstr, Dtctated. 1ETTER3 Testamentary on the estate of J Nancv Vnssrr. late Monroe town, ship, Juniata Co. Pa.. d'd. having been granted to the nndersiened, all persons in drb -1 to said estate ara reneted to make pavroent, and th having el i! n t iuand! a.e requested to sul a koo6 tie same without delav In JOTiN K L'STZ, B.x-ntor. apr14.78. iticariCLD. J J-nata Co., Pa. Auditor' Notice. In ;Se Oryhan'a Conrt of Jnniati Cwfr, the nndfuijrned, appointed An litir by he Orf'bina' fourt ot Jnnix'a c.oui.t, to nutke d;5tr!bution of hal u.e in th tanda ot'Loni E. Atkinson. Tif:.,siid John Mutzer, diui-!arralor or t' etat. of K. Vf. Jami-on. late of to township of Fy. et'e, deceawd, round d- tipnn 'n-ir n 1. account woicn urns coi.ii- rn-i. uwru, rive noli: that hn will attfid to fM tntit- of h: ai iviintm-nt at M nfltre In 'h ouznol Jtifliinl'wn.r.sTt:-il) 1 (" , ' I a. m , an ! -: n..':-na- all c-nlit..r .r. i ' . ' sent 'heir claims or t'- ' '.- ing in on said 'nd. Al.i'UED J. t.U'.E ..J mar2'J,18 8. Auditor's XoitCf. Thy. ryrrRsifjyFi), APni:.T:D Anriitor by the Orphan' Conrt of Ju niata countv, ti m.ike distribution of the hitsnre in i i hnds of Jos h f.ong. Ad miniir3tor of (tie esfa'e of S' lvefe- Kry, deceased, to and anioi.'jrnt Vitr&t entiile.1 to receive the nam, her-bi- give rtotic? that he wi'! attend to lha duties ol hi airii'it. I ment at h' oftVe in ihr ttorouph of Mlfflin- towr, on ii:sDtT. A fill L 23, !S78, h- twren the hour of 10 o'c'ock a. m.. nd'( o ciock p. ni., oi Hn nT, wnranii wnn t hrand whn alt nirties inferu.. d wid wcvnt tHrir cUiioa or be rtrrwnred 'mm ciume in upon j said fund. A U B.KD J- FATTtK." t ), aprlO,!S7S Auditor. rrothonot?rjn Notice. IN7' iTOTICE 1 brrebv rurrn thai Oanicl i Knite. A?.iite of S. Smith ; ..d wie for fhebenrtiti f-redi:ori.hx81l i j bin f-st and final account, a said A-oigiie. , iin the Prolh-notrys olfVe rrf JauHtai cnnniy. ana nai in- s mi win premeo i frir rfinflriti.afiiin tnrl Ailawr.-Tia al turn t Yirrt tor eonnnnarion anfl allowance ai ::. t eirn . !j". " WEHXE5DAY,' APKIt.24, 1TH JACOB P.r:irr.ER Prothoncfory Prothonofary's iflk-e. Viftlili- ton. Mar. 27, AdcnlBlstrator'a Xotfce. Entile of Barbara deck. Drc'd. St T.TTIKP.EAS Li W onther'tt rCtter? 'r Admints'ration atw ,.f rtarbam C'.ack. taM 1 j of Walker township, deer ied. having been granted to th updersigre'!. all r -rons ii ii. Med to said estate are rqneted to make immediate payment, and thi'so having rla;;i: will please present tt.em without de iaj to SAMITE'. CLACK. r3,lS75. A?,uinistrator. Arirutnlttrator'' Satire. Est'tle tf Est M.-Lini, D'c'J IT T:'.KitEAS Letter cf Jldminirrimn oi fh esta.'e of Ezra Sict.iur. U'.c of! s ;. n.-!ii Juniata conntr pa.. d- Fivctte cexl. h-.tine been granted to th undwr- ( s;ned. a'l enu.n tnde'it 1 to said estate. , ar" vqneid to itiik " Immediate pavracnt. ' ar.1 thoe oavin cUiin will litis; present ' "'" ith-o.l dda- to WIJ.MAM TROMP70V. A t n'r. 7:78. MeAlhtervi:i1.,Jiinia.aCo.,Pi. ; To the School ff rectors of Jn- j nlata County. ' C EXTLKM E.V : In pnri-nce of Hi- for- tr-thiid section of iiie a.-t r." nth of: ' . ..n ..... ,..... t.. : ' .,".' ii. ;-' : flintovn. on ta ffrt Tnevtav in lav. A.i, j !., ISif. being the suvenlh day ol the mor'h . , t one ..VI. !.- it, ih iii. renV.- .r,t .1..-, rira vocr. ov a niajorttv oi me au.ne nu. ! U t K" onu p,'r..n of lit- : erarv and nt;i1j yrai-ireiiie-ri' wl ol ! .ti!l J, ' ..I,. ,L '!j U a oi nly tipenntei:deut, for ihrre suc fte '.;'.( yrars; determine I t .i:.t ol rumpenoatifin for the saie. and certilv the ; teioilt t tl.e Slav neriu'eihlent it Har- ' wA. Kll raw s ii. ipstrl Vaaw tkaw rlmaetw iaia.lr kuV i ' . . ,; i " " 'i I i on lent stciioos o: saia ci. JOHN V. QARMAX, Cinny 5'f ef Jnniala County. "iRlintown, April 11,1873. CtlTI .f. A"I7HERES mv rite, Eli: abt :h Miller. vv has it my hone withatil j.ist Rine, I hereby caii'i-n all perM's agiiost givi-.ir I h ;r ere .it vi: my acconrt. as I will rot hi responsible f ,r a.iv c-b' he ir.av r.-it.rracr Jarch 27. lbTS. " GtTOKGE MILLER. COUNT Y BON DS. CcrrnnisGioners' Kctice. ronunuiioiuri. March art. 1S78. iliMATA VALLEY BANK, OF MIFFI-ISTCm, PA. WITBI AT PORT BRANCH ROYAL. Stockholders Individually Liable. J. XEVIS POMEROY, Prvltnl. T. VAX IKWTX, Cvir. Pislctoro : J. Xevin Pomeroy, JnM-ph Ko'hroek. George -cobs, Philip M. Kepner. ; Amos ti. Bonsall, Louis E. Atinn. t W. C. Pomerov, BTocaammra t J. Xevin Pomeroy, Jame B. Okesnn. Philip M. Kei.ner. Wm. Van S'eringen. Joeph Hothrock. (Jeorge Jacobs, I.. K. Atkinson, W. C. Pornvrvy, Amos fJ. Bon Kail, Nob Hertsler, Daniel StMiffc.-, Charlotte Snyder, Sanr.T Heir's Heirs, ii. K. tScchtel, Jane U. Irw!-, John I'.eckman, Mry Kurtz, Samuel M. Knrti, J. Holmes Irwin, T. V. Irwin, F. B. Frow. J j'nn Uertiler. Interest allowed on twelve months' eor tiScates of deposit, fire per cent. ; on six Months' certidcates four ptr cent. Ljn23, 1878-tf takenotjce. I would respectfully Hfnn the Cltiins of Mifflintowo. and nrrouodina' rnrnirr I tbat i have commenced the Mercliaiit Tailoring Businsss on the EaM aide of Mail. Street, Hve doora North ot tha comer of Main and Cherrv ! Street, in the bonne formerly known aa tbe B.inKean Ecuse, and latterly aa tbe Welter honse, where I will be roady to give all cas toiaors FITS, To new customers, I wonld say, gtve me a trial. To my old friends and customers throughout tbe county, I bare bat Io say. I am here. GIVE ME A CALL. mayl,78-6m. C. . HILLl). I Tbe Skstisbl ass RfrraLicaa baa no j superior as au advertising medium ia this lonnty, and aa a Journal of varied news .and reading it ta aot surpassed b- anv ekly paper in central PeDusytvasU. rUWif Sif UitT6, oaataaii aoaaia roa ra Riril STATU CAITB1BBI CI aacracTcaaas or rut Soldiaead. Reloading-, Mis it ry and Sporting-. Central ft, UAKTKIUCtES! r a . . Kill .n un in..!, lor ruj , .j Car;r-.dg Castv, b waand anri P..-I. .. i if., i n . i : i , i i - n- Ac. St i d for illislrttet Cataioeue oa Breadiray, Se York City, -r v a- -i. w z ZZ: 1 q v TTiKirp n.n, T.foCoOpmitivo : ws papers. ''! c: t; ; t vi 3 " f-T'tirrt K.HKALS A r .-.iKK. ;n1 Agr, ,, icax iaparra 1mio,4i i".kkuw .V. r! Hplr-S!in BEFORE BUTT.VG OR KEMIXgV CABINET CH PAEOH BSEAJ Be ur. in send lor Pr I. TpT .;i E and C1.1CLXAKS - lh'v. ' A K"'' ! and much information - i hoaton V v.... . ' ; : ; - . 4Urtlt.VX.,reta.I pric, i'lOon!, i StaosnwaTSfet5 '- Oreat btrjfain,. erif '1 Y, Vaiinrtn, N. J. AGENTS WANTtP FOR THF 'ICTORIAL H!ST0Rinx WORLD r.mortu:iii); mo auu autnentic -eun:s of tx n.-tion of anoicnt and mcttra tim, : :...t..a: - .. , :.M..J,jnR 4 llAturr 0f the ri, a,.H f.ii t,f c.rJt and iL, o V'ntir jrowtS of thw ulinin of modern Eurpj. the nmiJ'e e, lh crut-vlf. ihe f-nrt.i I stem, the refTuiation, tbe discuvr .at cti'pnienr ol tru- rw n orld, etc., etc. It contains 6T2 Hn historical 'en-rsr-itiC and liiO la'4 doubla column pis, nnd Is the most coiupietd History of lb Wcrid ever piihlishml. It soils at sight. Send for spu-Iiuen pais and riira terms l A?rtit. an.i s"e hv it sells fastsr than any othea book. Adilres. Xatisal Prai.i ntso Co., F..lid.:lpliia, Pi. LITE AGENTS WASTED. Tttftell Ir t bine's Kacipes ; or Inforais :m tnr ::verrb'dy, -n every emmtr in th ilnilvd Staffs r.tid Canjlas'. Kularej ii tho piitii.sh-r t,. 64S rges. It contaiua over 2!VD uoUAelio'.d re:s s,,d is smTrd to all clas-es and C'Vaditiona of s wietv a woudei'ul bok ;nd a hoii.hoIii itecessitr. It o!! at .-gh!. 'Jrwrst in rvrj).it j ever onL-icd to bok s;,i.. S t:;p'ecsp:;s ; veni by mail. P.u tpai t, f -t Eioln. territory given, .g.-nts ni i-r th i diii".le th-:r lu-inev. Ad In s f).-. ;.,.-. ; Steam P.intiiu iloase, Ann Il.i-unr. ij?trl: gn- Hi ?.157s-;3t. j Philadelphia & Beading P.eiL jzi. ! lrranyi-aieat of rassecjrer Train. NnviMsrn Stb, 177. For Sew Yo:k at b iC. b 10 a.na.. a.-r n . an 'd 7 5" o. I OP Pl.i.d I.OrJ.;.. . r "fi e B t; . . , - ; -r . -, i i, . ui.. - 3 '. p - " "l' ,'"" ' a .0, e 10 9 t.y a. m., t OO ! 3 57 a:,:t 7 5S p ,. . ' I or Fotfiv al .'. T I" a M.. rd S 7 ? n.ji::bDna ; Ti r-iu i:.t . ifa;:yu,ii A I Brineb at 2 40 i.. m. i F r Auburn via S. t . Branch at i 10 i m. !' Kor i"ei,'i. t 6 2'.i, 8 !0 a. 2 W, 3 o and 7 Tvp. ia. The 5 2t. 8 Id a. m and 3 57 and VjSpn, trains have through cars for New To-k. The 5 ., 8 ID a. n sr.' 2 0O p -a. tratna i harw through cars for Philadelphia. svyo.irs. For Xew Tort at 5 a. m. Por aJlentuwn aad way stations at Jla m. For Keidini, Philadelphia and wav atations at 1 4". p. in. Traifor liarrutnrf cars as o.'tvi : Leave Tor': ai S i a. m., and 1 I1", 630 .m.l 7 to p. iu. Leave rhiltdetphia at 9 15 a. m., and 1 J", and 7 "Jo p. m. Leave Kea.1irt tl 10, 7 10, 1 1 2 a. m., 1 50. o Si ii .i lo i't p. iu. siwo.irs. , Leave Xew Yori at 6 30 p. m. t Leave Philadelphia at 7 2 ) ro. I Leave Heading at 4 40 and 7 4' a. m. aol tt J 85 p m. I.ea Aiientown at 2 30 a. m. and 9 M p m. Via 3fffrrj, and Esui Rnlroal. 3. Z. WOOTTK.V, Central Mami'rr. C. (i. HAXCfH K. Otntral Tl.ket Jgtnt. CASH! CASH! CASH! TTII.l. SrcrPF B4RG4I1. I hare returned from the city with a Ml strek of MEN'S C LOT II ING, Orerceats, Hats and Caps, At Xovember Price, Reduced. BOOTS ?2 2o, LP TO LADIES SHOES 25. No Shoddy. I bare aded a line of FRI.NTS AXP MISLIXS To stock. Print, fast roievs, at to 6 es. Also, Arbuckle'a Co flee 29 cte., cash. Also, tee genuine Syrup. Horse Blanketa, Eobes, Cfcap- Call and see, and be convinced. J. B. If. TOPD. paMeiwo, X"o. 20, 1877. CATTIOr .lOTICC ALL peraons are hereby cititioned against trespassing on tbe laods of the nnder sfgnea either in Delaware o- Walker town ship, for the ptu-pose of Ashing or hooting, or for any other purpose. I.. E. ArxTT'o. N. A. Le5es. ctol-if G. 9.I.SCISS. noricE. ALL person r are hereby cautioned agsinsS irespasaiag, for hunting, or other pur pox a, on tbe lands of tbe undersigned, br Mil tori township, Juniata conntv. HEX RY GROX IXRtR. JOHX Cl'XNlNGHAtf Dee 10, I877-tf Subscribe for the StnSmlani RtsnMinn ' tbe best paper In Ihe country