SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFLCiTOVVN.
vTedstesday,. Oti ber , ls)T8.
B. F. SCHWEIER,
sarru-a ess- rmorcirro.
EEPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
GOVERNOR,
v lien nr 91. II jt,
or LIZtSkE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
IIobw Charles W. Stone,
or wuiu.
SECRETARY O INTERNA- AFFAIRS,
Aon. Aartn K. Dnkel,
OF PUILADCLPHIA.
JCDGB OP SUPREME COURT,
Jitelge Jauea P. Steriett,
or ALLEOHKNT.
Bepublican County Ticket.
CONGRESS,
' lion. II. . Fisher,
Or HSSTISGDOS COCXTT.
A8SEMBLT,
Dr. J. P. Sterretl,
or rOBT KOTaL.
COMMISSIONERS,
II. L-. McMecn,
Of TCSCAaOBA.
J. Banks Wilson,
or rais-nx.
PROTHOXOTAET,
S. Yf. Warner,
or rmjiGH Towssuir.
TREASURER,
Jacob Lemon,
or rATTEKsos.
ArDITORS,
Lewis Degan,
or r ATETTC.
Samuel Cooper,
Ol roT KOTAL.
The Domocratie T.roramaie is not a
difficult one to foreshadow, as the lead
ers have already foreshadowed it in
Congress. It is to pass a free trade
set, abolish the National banks, repeal
the National tax on State bank circula
tion, issue as roaoy greenbacks as may
be needed to pay off the war debt,
which would so inflate tbe currency
that a dreadful depreciation as a nat
ural consequence would follow, and then
the fresh new, wild cat State bank issue
would come in as a preferred money
and complete the repudiation of the
national currency. Give the Democracy
and the Greeobachers power, and that
ia what the result will be ; and when
that ban been accomplished the coun
try will be astounded as to how near
the old order of things tbej bare
drifted.
Awake ! Arise, Republicans, every
man, and go to work. The next Con
gress and the next Legislature must be
ours, or the country must pass the ex
perience of a poliey that will humiliate
beyond all imagination.
There is a great talk of a low rate
of interest, and none are louder on the
subject than the Democracy. They
forget that in 1850 and 1SG1 the inter
eft on the National debt was at the rate
of 12 per cent., and now the debt is
being funded at 4 per cent. Put the
Dem3crats and Greenbackers into power
in the Nation, and the United States
Government will not be able to get
money within the limits of ber own
borders, or in any of the mouey mar
kets of the world at 50 or 100 percent.
No, not at any price. Who would
trast a government tbat proposes to pay
its debts in irredeemable paper
THE party tbat Mr. Dill heads, often
declared tbe war a failure ; declared
the greenback rag money ; declated it
unconstitutional money, and that coin
payments were the only payments to be
considered as just and honest. Now,
however, Mr. Dill is so nearly an irre
deemable iuaa that he favors an indtfi
tiite postponement of payment. It did
not use to bo so with Lim. Senator
Wallace is so far from his eld coin bus is,
tbat be used to sound aloud, tbat he
wants Treasury notes to pay dutiet with.
It is on duties that the United States
Treasury must get its coin to pay the
obligations in. Wallace is worse than
Dill. Chairman Speer is an out and
out irredeemable mao, and that makes
him the fairer of all the three, for you
know what be is. But bis policy is as
near fair square repudiation as it can
well get. What a spectacle !
As early as lt?liS tbe Democratic
State Convention of this State set up a
demand for a resumption of speoie pay
ment. Mr. Speer, when in Congress,
voted for specie payment; now be is
for an everlasting anti-resumption pol
icy, and Mr. Dill is for an indefinite
postponement of resumption of specie
payment. Tbe record of the Republi
can party presents no such weather-cock
record. It has, time and again, as often
as tbe public became alarmed at tbe
clamor for irredeemable money, pur
itself on the reeord for honest money.
That is where it stands to-day. Tbat
is where its candidate for Governor,
General Hoyt, stands. Where do you
stand, reader, fur repudiation, or for
honest payment ?
Blf Buti.er and Kearney wanted
to tun tbe Democratic party in Massa
chusetts, but such another turnout a
was got up against them made tbe old
State fairly tremble. Tbe liutlcrites
rented all tbe balls, so tbat the others
oould not get a place to bold a meeting
or convention ; but in a week's time a
place to bold a convention was secured,
and now Butler and Kearney are out
in tbe cold ; but with all that, they will
make a fight for their irredeemable cur
rency policy and otLer ua-Americanisms.
Massachusetts has been tbe
birth-place of many liberal systems of
one kind or another. Tbe question now
is, cau ebe keep her liberalism from
running into license t
m m
If (be Labor-Greenback people sue
eeed io breaking up tbe Republican
party, they will understand tbe situa
tion better, when their allies, the Dem
ocrats, pass free-trade laws: The labor
rofnrmer and eenbacker will get light,
af:r the industries of tbe country
have been still farther prostrated, and
after tbe currency bas been repudiated.
They will then experience what bard
times are. Tbey will realize that times
cto be made many times harder, which
tbey are now told oannot be mad?
bard-r.
A rtATEMEXT of the workings of tbe
Rational Banks in sixteen cities, show
up lost of eipj million dollars.
Tkx speediest way for a mar? ttr re- j
udiata hit individual obligations is to
get out socb an amount of paper against I
bimseir as tbat it will be apparent to
every man bo makes himself acquaint-
ed with tbe circumstances of the ease,
,
mat toe paper can neror be redeemed.
He will be forced to say, "1 cannot pay
my obligations," and that will put tbe
stamp ot wortblessness on his paper.
As with an individual, so with a nation.
W ben a nation gets too much paper out,
and it becomes apparent tbat it eannot
be paid, that a tbe end of tbe paper, no
one will receive it. " lut," says a
Green backer, "pay the old obligation
with new paper." How would such a
proposal work individually If A
gives B ten $1.00 promissory notes,
and B comes around to A and says,
Mr. A, 1 would like to have pay for
those notes." "Yes, yes, Mr. B, give
me the old notes, and bere is your pay
in new notes." Wonld tbat be paying
the indebtedness f What a system !
The Greenbacker says tbe currency
tbat this country needs is paper cur
rency ; no other kind is needed ; that
gold and silver currency is a humbug
In this particular case tbe Grcenbacker
argues from tbe point tbat paper money
is all tbat this country needs. lie
might be quite right if our intercourse
were confined to ourselves, but such is
not the case. e send and receive
from other nations, products of all
kinds : we travel to and from all na
tions ; engage in all kinds of commerce
tbat the world engages in, and of course
must bave tbe world s money for all
such intercourse.
There is only one condition of soci
ety that will permit of an irredeemable
paper currency, and tbat is tbe one tbat
will shut itself out froit a)l the world
auv awy from everybody, and keep
everybody away. We, as a nation
would bave to get closer than the Chi'
nese m point of exclusivenea.
A war betweeu Kngland and Afghan
istan is about to take place. Afghan
istan is a country in Asia. The cause
of the trouble is, that tbe government
of Afghanistan refused to accord to
Euglish government representatives,
privileges tbat are extended to repre
sentatives of tbe Russian government.
As tbe question now stands it looks as
if England and Russia will be brought
to blows by the partiality of Afghanis
tan. European dispatches report Eng
lish troeps as already on tbe march for
tbe couutry tbat so grievously insulted
Albion by refusing to receive ber envoy,
or representative. This is the second
time tbat England directly crosses the
path of Russia. If Russia were half
so ready to resent an insult as is Eng
land, almost bloody war oould not be
avoided.
Ucgues, Thirman, and other lead
ing Democrats, favor the greenback
irredeemable money, because tbey know
tbat after sucb a system of finance has
been put inio practice, repudiation will
follow, anJ then tbe bated unconstitu
tional money, as tbey called it, will be
disposed of. The fair-square opposi
tion to it, made by the rebel element
of tbe South is more commendable.
The currency question is the ooly
live issue. You are for irredeemable
money, or for honest mouey. Ninety
per cent, of the irredeemable money
men are misled ; tbey would not wil
lingly wrong themselves by wronging the
couutry, but they do both by advoca
ting the payment of national obliga
tions in irredeemable money.
Ir the irredeemable money men get
into power, and pay the obligations in
irredeemable currency, who would ever
loan money to the Government here
after, in times when it may need it ?
Tbe policy of the Labor-Reform Green
backer will destroy tbe credit, and bank
rupt the nation.
The free-traders are full of hope
that tbe next Congress will listen to
their request and pass a free-trade act.
Tbey are organising all over tho coun
try for the purpose of making a simul
taneous movement on Congress when it
meets.
The great business interests of this
country are wrapped up in Republican
rule. If yea wish to cr till further un
settle the business, go and vote for tbe
Democratic or Greenback cause.
It is a mistake for a man to say tbat
be cannot make tbe financial affairs of
the country worse than tbey are ; but
some people will not be satisfied except
by the bitterest experience.
Steali.no bodies from graves for tbe
doctors, has got to be a trouble in cer
tain places in tbe West.
The Paris Exhibition will remain
open until November 20.
POLITICAL NOTES.
riOM EXCBAXCES.
From the Atchison (Kansas) Champion.
We are inflexibly opposed to tbe
new-fangled, "fist" greenback. It is
a bastard greenback. It is a fraud
and a cheat. It bears not tbe slightest
resemblance to the greenback we have
now in circulation. Tbe old fashioned
greenback, tbe child of the Republican
party, is an honest greenback. It is
the promisory note of the Republic, and
tbe faith and honor of tbe nation it
pledged to its redemption in tbe money
of the civilised world It is now as
good as gold. We are opposed to de
grading it. We are opposed to substi
I tuting for it a bastard "fiat" scrip, irre
! deemable, and issued by biliiona to de
stroy enr commerce, paralyze our in
industries, inaugurate a period of wild
speculation, inflate values, dishonor
our good name, and wreck the happi
ness and prosperity of tbe people.
From tbe Burlington Hawkeye.
General Weaver is a consistent fiat
money man. He would just as soon
rbew up a milk ticket when he is thirs
ty ss drink a quart of milk. So long
as tbe ticket is good for the milk it
suits him just as well. When he wants
to go to Chicago he buys a ticket, sits
down in bis office, and actually believes
tbat be goes to Chicago without get
ting out of bis chair, because bis ticket
says it is good for s passage to Chicago.
Here are words of truth and sober
ness from Mr. George II. Pendleton.
"The wit of man Las never discovered
a means by which paper ourrency can
be kept at par value except by its
steady, certain convertability into
gold and silver." These words howev
er, were spoken io 1862. Now Mr.
Pendleton, as well as Mr. Tburman
and other western Democratic states
j men, seems to Lave forgotten what he
Knew to weu sixteen years ago.
r'rorn tli PittiWri National Labor Tri-
vuue, n omngmen urgan. J
Andrew H. Bill aa a Eeformelv
Dir. Speer asks the people of Pann-
eyivania to Toto for Mr. Dill as tho
special representative of honesty, and
an econonical administration, of the
State government. A reference to
the record of Mr. Speer upon the
Congressional back paj salary grab
leads some to donbt his sincerity in
tne cause oi reform, and a reference
to the proceedings of tho Democratic
btate Convention of 18 1 3, which re
jected him for this reason as its chair
man, may impair their confidence in
his right to speak for his party.
Ihe record of Mr. Dill himself
does not sparkle with evidences of
his devotion to economical adminis
tration of the State finances, nor of
a desire to protect the Treasury from
corporate and individual greed.
Section 5 of the supplement to the
act to authorize the New York and
Erie Railroad Company to construct
said road through a portion of Sus
quehanna county, approved March 2C,
1846, is as follows :
" Section 5. That it shall be the
duty of the president and managers
of said company, as soon as said rail
road shall have been completed
through Susquehanna and Pike conn
ties, Pennsylvania, to prepare a full
and account of the costs of that por
tion of said road within the territory
of this State, authenticated by the
oath or affirmation of the president
and secretary of said company, and
communicate the same to the Auditor
General of this Commonwealth, who
shall file the statement in his office.
That after said railroad have been
completed and in operation to Dun
kirk, or snail nave connected at the
western end with any other improve
ment extending to Lake Erie, siiid
company shall cause to be paid into
the Treasury of this State, annually
in the month of January, tex thou
sand dollars ; and any neglect or re
fusal bv said company to pay as afore
said shall work a forfeiture of the
rigiits and privileges granted by this
act"
This annual payment of ten thou
sand dolkrs having attracted tbe at
tention of certain covetous gentle
men, a bill wsh introduced at the ses
sion of our Legislature of 1870, en
titled "An Act to incorporate the Jlil
ford and MatamoratS Railroad Com
pany," authorizing Henry S. Mott,
D. M anauken and others to con
struct a railroad from a point in Mil
ford, in Pike county, to a point near
the village of Ma ta moras, in tlie same
county. The county is not large,
thriving or populous; indeed, quite
the contrary, and the enterprise was
not formidable. The act having
been approved 1st April, 1870, was
promptly followed by a supplement
containing the following remarkable
section :
"Section 4. That said company
shall connect with the Erie Railway
at the railroad bridge constructed bv
the Erie Railway at the village of
Matamoras ; and that the provisions
of the fifth section of the act enti
tled 'An Act to authorize the New
York and Erie Railroad Company to
construct a road in the State of Penn
sylvania," approved March twenty
sixth, one thousand eight hundred
and forty -six, shall enure to the ben
efit and be enjoyed by the Milford
and Matamoras Railroad Company,
their successors and assigns, for the
term of ninetv-nine 3'ears, as fuilv
and to all intents and purposes as if
the same had originally been enacted
for the benefit of said Milford and
Matamoras Railway Company; Pro
vided, however, nothing in this act
shall be construed to exonerate or
relieve the New York and Erie Rail
road from tbe provisions of the fifth
section of said act of March 26. 1846 ;
and provided further, tbnt said Milford
and Matamoras Railroad shall be
completed within tliree years, or this
act shall be null and void."
It will be noticed that this section
does not mention in terms the annual
payment of the Erie Railway Com
pany, and one unacquainted with the
legislation referred to would not sup
pose that its effect was to rob the
State of ten thousand dollars annu
ally. It was one of the snakes whose
like have been effectually scotched by
the new constitution. The supple
ment was approved April C, 1670,
just six days after the signature of
the original charter. Mr. Dill, the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
voted for both these bills. Shortly
ailprward the first installment of
? 10, COO was actually drawn from the
State Treasury and paid into the
treasury of the corporation, or, as
was alleged, was used in defraying
the expenses of this legislation.
The bill had been improvidently
approved by the Executive, and, its
true character becoming apparent.
Gov. Geary, in his annual message of
1871, made it the subject of the fol
lowing recommendation :
The ililford and Matamorat Railroad.
"About the close of the last session
of the legislature an act was passed
and approved entitled 'A Supplement
to the Miford and Matamoras Rail
road Company.' The fourth section
of this enactment seems to have been
intended to tike from the State and
give to the company the ten thousand
dollars bonus paid into the State
Treasury annually by the New York
and Erie Railroad Company, under
the fifth section of the act of 26th
March, 1846. Soon after the adjourn
ment my attention was directed to the
subject, and to guard against loss, I
caused the Attorney General to give
notice to the New York and Erie
Railroad Company that the State
would look to that corporation for
tbe payment of the annual bonus as
heretofore, notwithstanding the pas
sage of the supplement referred to.
I regard the latter as having been
enacted and approved through inad
vertence in the hurry of a closing
session, and, as hasty and inconsid
erate legislation, at variance with the
settled policy of the State, and high
ly prejudicial to the public interests ;
and I therefore earnestly recommend
its immediate repeal, or at least so
much of it as relates to the bonus.
No action having been taken, in
1872 he again alluded to it as follows :
" The Milford and Matamoras Rail
road Company. About
tne close of the session of the legis
lature in 1870, an act was passed and
approved entitled 'A Supplement to
the Milford and Matamoras Railroad
Company. The fourth section of t""
enactiaeiit seems tt have been intend
ed Hf take front the State and give to
Uie company the ten thousand dollars
bonus rjaid into the State Treasnrv
annually by the New York and Erie
itailroad Company under she fifth
section of the act of 2Gth March,
1846. Soon after the adjournment
my attention was directed to the sub
ject, and to guard against loss, I
caused the Attorney General to give
notice to the New York and Erie Rail
road Company that the State would
look to that corporation for the pay
ment of the annual bonus as hereto
fore, notwithstanding the passage of
tbe supplement referred to. I regard
the latter as having been enacted and
approved through inadvertence in
the hurry of a closing session, and,
as hasty and inconsiderate legisla
tion, at variance with the settled pol
icy of the State, and highly preju
dicial to the public interests, and I
therefore earnestly repeat the recom
mendations in my last annual mes
sage lor tue immediate repeal of this
obnoxious law, or at least of that part
of it which relates to the bonus. The
State having long since abandoned
the policy of paying money out of her
treasury for the construction of rail
roads, there is neither equality or
justice in allowing this enactment to
remain in force. " "
A repealing bill was introduced in
1872. The remarks of Senator ar
fel, of Lancaster, to be found in the
Legislative Record of that year, pages
oOO to 8b3, gives a complete exposi
tion of the fraud, its purposes and
projectors.
In this speech Mr. Warfel gave tbe
history of the bonus of ten thousand
dollars from the Erie Railway, and
its attempted diversion from the
State Treasury to tbat of tbe Mil
ford and Matamoras ltauroad Cora
pany, setting forth how that one Wil
liani H. Dimmick, a member of the
House of Representatives from Pike
conntv, owner of aaares of tne
Milford and Matamoras Railroad
Company, while seventeen shares only
were divided among six other stock
holders, to bring the company under
the law and entitle it to a charter, on
April 2d, 1870, five days before the
adjournment, read in his place the
obnoxious supplement, with the snake
concealed so ingeniously away down
in the fourth and last section, and
had it railroaded through the House
under a suspension of the rules ; how
that the journal of the Senate show
ed the bill to have been reported
without amendment, and that no
record of its having been amended or
passed the Senate could, but that an
entry in the House Journal made it
appear to have been returned from
the Senate "with amendment," which
was concurred in. The Senate had
no record of such amendment, nor
couJd he ascertain what the amend
ment was. The Senator continuing,
spoke as follows :
" But there are those who allege,
in justice u the legislature, that this
bill never dul pass, in the shape in
which it is now found, but that the
fourth section wvs attached after the
others had been agTeed to by both
Houses, and the journal of the House
fixed up accordingly, lie this as it
may, I have no means of proving or
disproving such allegations. I know
only this, there is a most, singular
want of everything that might show
the bill to have been properly con
sidered. It is well known that copies
of all bills are preserved ly both
Houses, but this is au exception. I
have carefully examined the files on
both sides, and had others to assist
me, who were more familiar with the
arrangement of the papers, but we
have been unable to find anything in
relation to this bilk though the num
bers preceding and succeeding are
there and everything else that we
had occasion to look for. The tracks
are well covered. The parties who
managed this brilliant financial
scheme knew what they were doing,
and they left no documentary tell
tales behind, to rise up and plague
them afterward."
Then after quoting the obnoxious
section he continues :
" There is the little joker part of
an act entitled simply 'A supplement
to the Milford and Matamoras Rail
road Company.' And in this connec
tion I want to call the attention of
the Senate to section 8, article XL of
tbe constitution of Pennsylvania,
'which provides that no bill shall be
passed by the legislature containing
more than one subject, which shall
le clearly expressed in the title, ex
cept appropriation bills.
" Just how far this title, namely,
A 6npph tnent to the Milford and
Matamoras Railroad Company,' clear
ly expresses the object of the act,
others can determine and govern
their notions of rights vesting under
the bill accordingly.
" But, sir, there is a further history
in relation to this matter. The bill
after its supposed passago was hur
ried to the Secretary's office, and
there the champion of the measure
represented tLat his wife was danger
ously ill ; that he had to get home
tliat night ; that it was very impor
tant for him to get the supplement
signed at once, so that he might pay
the enrollment tax, and take certified
copies home with him. The bill was
registered and he was directed to take
it to the Secretary of the Common
wealth for examination, but instead
of doing so, he took it directly to the
Governor, and by making similar ap
peals and representations in relation
to sickness in his family, and misrep
resenting the cliaracter of the bill, he
procured the Executive's signature.
" And here let me remark upon a
somewhat remarkable coincidence.
When it was necessary to have this
bill signed there was somebody sick.
AYhen this repealing act was to be
considered by the Senate Committee,
it was put off from time to time be
cause somebody was alleged to le
sick, and I notice in looking over the
record, that when it came up in order
in the other branch of the Assmbly,
the effort was made to prevent its
consideration because again some
body was sick. It seems in some
way to be connected with a great deal
of sickness, enough to almost occa
sion a suspicion as to the character of
the malady.
"But to return more particularly
to the history of the matter, some
time in April, 1870, application was
made to the Governor for letters pat
ent, which he refused to grant on ac
count of the peculiarity of the mea
sure, and the manner in which bis
signature was obtained, and not until
the 36th of July, 1871, were letters
patent granted under the act to in
corporate the jiuford-and Uatatnoras
Railroad Company, but no reference
whatever is made therein to the sup
plement which proposes to giv this
nice little annuity of ten thousand
dollars to the company for the term
of ninety-nine years."
After quoung the language of Gov
ernor Geary's messages recommend
ing tne repeal, the Senator had read
an article from a Harrisburg corres
pondent to the Philadelphia Inquirer
of March 18, giving a complete expose
of the matter, and concluded as fol
lows: " The supplement is also in con
flict with that portion of the filth sec
tion of the eleventh article of the
constitution, which provides 'That
the credit of the commonwealth shall
not in any manner or event be loaned
to any individual, company, corpora
tion or association.' Yet in this act
the credit of the commonwealth to
the extent of ten thousand dollars
annually, for the period of ninety
nine years, is loaned or given to this
proposed Milford and Matamoras
Itailroad Company, a corporation, cre
ated by the Legislature of the State.
"Now, the only allegation that I
have heard against the repeal of this
odious section, was with reference to
vested rights. To that I have only
to answer in a few words. If this
Milford and Matamoras Railroad Com
pany have any vested rights to this
annuity, it receives them either by
the letters patent or the supplement
to its charter. But it cannot get such
rights from the letters patent, for no
reference wliatever is made therein to
the provisions of the supplement, and
it cannot get them from tbe Iattr,
for that is in conflict with the consti
tution, and therefore void. But even
if it should be constitutional its pas
sage and approval was scured ly
trickery and niisrepresent-ition, and it
is therefore not eotitled to that con
sideration duo to honest and proper
legislation."
Yet upon a call of the yeas and nays,
with a full understanding of all the
facts, Mr. Dill voted against the re
peal. When Mr. Dill next ajpears before
the footlights in the character of a
reformer, let him expLtiu this vote,
and then we will call his attention to
other like indiscretions.
OUTICALNOTES-
raox KxcnAiisEff.
The Massachusetts Democrats want
hard money.
Dill, Clymer, and Coffroth were at
Johnstown on Tuesday night Clytner
ommitted to state to tb forgeroen of
tbat section tbat he did ail be conld to
destroy their works by trying to pass
Fernando Woods, free trade bill.
Tbe Standard, tbs organ of the
Greenback party of Massachusetts, has
suspended its publication for lack of
support, alter an existence of five
months.
There are more Hoyt clubs in Pean
sylvania than were ever organized by
j the Republican party io a political
cauvass.
Speer says Mr. Dill will disccss all
questions with Mr- Mason r-r any other
candidate for Governor. We propose
that tbey start oi. with tbn Nine Mil
lion Steal which Dill so ably advocated
in the Pennsylvania Senate. Clinton
Republican.
The debt of Iowa, tbe banner State
cf Republicanism, is $1.0UO,000, while
tbn debt of Missouri, the banner State
of Democracy, is over $30,000,000.
A distinction with s difference.
Four hundred naturalization papers
are already io course of preparation io
Luzerne county.
The .'tremendoo." ovation to Dill at
Wilkcsbarre was given by seventeen
persous present, including, orators.
The Democratic press of this State
seems a great deal mixed on finances,
and reasonably so. Tbe platform pro
claimed for soft money, but seeing that
this was a blunder, Mr. Dill jumped
upon bard money ; and now Senator
Wallace veers toward tbe same connec
tion and in tbe meantime tbe organs
blow sott and hard, hot and cold, as
their instincts or impecunious condition
msy demand.
STATE ITEMS.
The State Fair was largely attended
at Erie, lasi week.
A bridge near Huntingdon fell into
tbe water while a two horse team and
driver were in the act of crossing the
other day, killing both animals, the
man escaping with slight injuries.
On Monday, Detective W. W Yobe
arrested William Coxe and Lewis Febr
of Rusbkill township, Northampton
county, for placing obstruction upon
the track of the Lehigh and Lackawan
Railroad, for the purpose of wrecking a
train on the 18th inst. Coxe confess
de to tbe crime, saying be committed
it at tbe instigation of Fubr, who paid
him for the deed.
A young attoroey-tt-Iaw in Pittsburg
named Lightcnhcld has fallen heir to a
fortune of $200,000 in Germany.
U. R. Kluckhubn, who committed
suicide at Jersey Shore by culling bis
throat, left $88, directing that the ex
penses of bis funeral should be paid
therefrom, and that the balance should
be sent to bis wife in New York.
Tbe next petroleum excitement will
probably be in Cleai field county where
a number of strikes have been made
within the past few weeks, and where
extensive preparations are making for
boring.
Archbishop Wood confirmed 450 cat
echumens as members of the Catbolio
Church of tbe Holy Infancy in South
Bethlehem on Sunday last a week:
The entire survey of the Conemaugh
and KiskimetAS rivers will be made by
the middle of next month, and it will
then be determined whether these
streams can be rendered navigable.
GC.1ERAL ITEMS.
On Monday afternoon a week tbe
house of Mrs. Abby Davol, in Ports
mouth, R. I., was discovered on fire.
When neighbors reached the scene
nothiug oould be saved. Tbe body
of Mrs. Davol could be seen on a bed
burned to a crisp. By the side of tbe
stove was a kerosene can, which prob
ably explains the disaster.
A tauio" bear at Rome Michigan,
seised a little girl on Saturday last and
injured her so severely that she ean
caroely recover. She was rescued by
a woman, who drove tbs beast off with
a large stone.
A ftemarkabl Dreaas.
The Edenburg (Clarion count ) Her
ald tells tbs following- story: or sev
eral years psst a notion peddler namea
Goodman, bas made periodical visits to
Ibis county, and during tbat time nas
staid over night several times at tbe
house of John Lofrue in Perry township.
In fact bis visits bave become so fre
quent of late tbat Mr. Logue looked
on him as an old Iriena. una uigui
last week tbe same individual eame
round and took lodging as usual. Next
morning bs related a singular dream
which be bad during tbe night, to the
effect tbat be bad found a bidden treas
ure in a tree which stood on Mr Logue's
farm. The peddler staid in tbe neigh
borhood for two or three days, and
made his headquarters at Mr. Logue's
bouse. For three successive nights be
claimed to have dreamed tbe identical
dreams and on tbe morning of tbe third
prevailed on Mr. Logue to accompany
bim to the spot Io a dense wood the
neddler pointed out a large oak tree
as the one be saw in his vigionv It
was apparently sound at tbe butt,- but
about twenty feet up, a limb bad been
broken off. Mr. Logue did not leei
like humoring what be supposed to be
a superstitious whim, but tbe old leiio
seemed to have so much confidence in
his x ision tbat he offered Mr. Logue
one-half of of the spoils if he would
help bim cut down the tree.
He did so. When tbe tree fell there
was a rattle of coins near where the
limb bad been broken off, and a small
hollow was found there. By a little
chopping laraer cavity was found, and
ensconsed therein was "loads of sil
ver." Both seemed to be wild with
defiant, and oo counting up found tbe
pile amounted to $5,000 Tbe peddler
expressed his unwillingness to carry
sroond so much silver io b:s pocket.
and inquired where he would be likely
to get greenbacks for bis share. Mr,
Logue, having considerable money in
his house, immediately transferred to
tbe peddler $2,500 in paper money and
tork charge of tbe entire bulk ot silver.
The peddler went off and has not since
been hearu from. On endeavoring to
pass some of the silver it was foaod to
be counterfeit of the poorest kind. l r.
Logue is $2,500 out, and the story
ends. It was a job of a gang of coun
terfeiters which probably inhabit this
connty
Western Cattle Trade.
From tbe Baltimore Sun.
Few people ia the Eat bave any idea
of the magnitude to which stock raising
bss grown in tbs West, and they will
probably be somewhat astonished to
learn tbat the returns for tbe present
season give California 650,000 bead,
Colorado 550,000, Utah 350,000, Mon
tana 300,000, Wyoming 225.0UV,
Washington 200,000, and Oregon 175,
000 ; a total of 2,450,000 head. Tex
as is estimated to have twice as many
more, making a grand total of between
seven and eight millions beeves bow
fattening or aboat to be fattened for tfao
eastern markets. Within tbe last few
years a great change bas taken place
ia tbe cattle trade, and although, as
shown above, Texas now holds tbe lead
it is likelv that at no distant day
lue rsccs iu .uv uiuutc .iiiuus watca
will be the great cen tress of breading.
The ett!e drives from Texas tbitber
this season will reaeb, it is thought, a
total of 250,000 head, and even far off
Oregon sends its con- tribution of 100,
000 bead, some to b? held back oo the
plainj, but a portion to be driven di
rect across tbe continent for eastern
marketing.
m
The sheep-shearing nmtch that
took place at French Camp on Satur
day between Thomas King and G.
Caruthcrs. for a pitrse of 500, was
won by Thomas King. The shear
ing began at half -past 8, aixl at noon
King had sheared thirty-crte sheep
and Caruthers thirty. A truce was
declared for dinner, after which the
shearing was resumed and continued
until ten minutes past two o'clock,
when King had sheared forty-five
sheep to forty-one shearer! by Ca
ruthers. The latter then gave up the
contest, as his hand gave out There
were eighty or ninety persoss pres
ent about thirty of whom were from
Stockton. Representatives of the
sporting fraternity were there, of
course, to bet on the result While
the shearing was in progress a gam
bling game was dealt out for the en
tertainment of the crowd by Antone
Aldecoa, a Stockton sport. The
sheep were said to have been well
shearaL but they had little hide left,
and the by-standers were tolerably
well fleeced. otocklon Indrjientient.
9 m
The greatest eel-pond in America is
on the farm of James N. Wells, in the
town of Riverbead. It covers five
acres, and is now so full of eels tbat
tbey can be raked out with a garden
rake. Two years ago Mr. Wells put
2UUU dozens of eels into tbe pond, in
tending to bave them undisturbed for
five years. These have increased to
millions. Tbey are fed regularly every
third day on "bore feet," a peculiar
saell-hsn. Ihe eels know wbeu tbey
are to be fed, and tbe stroke of Mr.
Wells' whip against his wagon calls
thousands of them up to dinner, al
though any one else may pound away
all day without any effeot. One of
these shell-fish, fastened to a string
eord and thrown into tbe water, may be
drawn out in a few minutes with hun
dreds of eels clioging to it JVew York
Evening Post.
Mr. A. H. Moore's span of elks at
tracted much attention on the grounds
the other day. Their names are Dex
ter and Dasher. Dexter weighs 516
pounds ar 1 Dasher 500 pounds.
They are two years old each, well
broken to harness, caid, Mr. Moore
says, are so well trained that a woman
can drive them. They were captur
ed on Rice river, eight miles south of
Fargo, Dakota, when four or five
days old. It is an easy matter for
them to travel sixteen miles an hour
and have two men and a buggy, and
it is said they can travel one hundred
miles as easy as a. horse team can
fifty. Their antlers are in what the
hunters term the velvety stage. St.
Paul Globe.
m
Sitting Bcll, who is in tbe British
possessions with a number of bis dusky
warriors, desires to return, and desires
to know on wbat terms this Govern
ment will allow him.
John White a former salesman in a
St Louis eutlery bouse, bas been ar
arrested for burglarizing tbe concern
while sleeping in tbe office. His oper
ations extended over three month, and
tbe goods stolen are valued $1000.
CESMAL ITEMS.'
j rt-ln. Iia ant two fhou-
IJQDUVU, wu.w - - -
And blankets to the yellow fevef suf
ferers.
Mer-Ocean calls' attention 1 th
faet that hogs half dead are knocked" in
the beid in Chicago, cot op and sold
for fresh pork. Investigation is" badly
need in that city.
ffi.. t.j:.. in Vebraska con
tinues, and settlers are appealing to the
if. .1 fn nrntffRtinn.
OJ unary iaiuwia t--.
v.- - M..ii.n aIthv farmer
aiamea u i. " , j
liviognear Gower, Mo., was found dead
near his barn, oo Saturday morning a
week with bis flesh nearly all eaten by
hors. It is supposed tbst he was kill-
ed by tailing irom w .
STATE ITEMS.
mi ai..:. r ttntlp turned
lUOulH IUWISl " . '
highwayman tbe otbef night, and bat
shot a Millerstown peddler by the
name of Van Houghton, robBed mo
of $150. Mosier is in jail.
Tbe Lancaster Connty lonacco
Grower's Society is to be disbanded.
IERY0US DEBILITY.
Vital whKmn or slesweloii l a
Weak exhausted feetinR, no energy or eoOT
aee; tb result of msntal Ovwr-wOf
hUtoeerwrloiM or eieM, r i
drain upon the aystein. ia always cured by
mrauir HoiKormic srtcino s.
It tones up and invigorates the system,
dimelstbe cloom and despondency .imparts
atremrtli and enenryftcps the dratn sod
rejuvenate, the entire fieeO ud
twenty years with perfect 'W.?"""
aands. "sold by dealers. Trice, f 1.00 per
ingle vial, or .00 per rfi"T.1
and $2.00 vial of powder. SeutbymaUOn
Tweiptofprtee. Adrtm m PETi;
STmeop THir WKBinK COJtf -SJT
For sale by HAMLIN fc CO., Patterson, Pa.
July io e
Legal JVotices.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
BV virtue of a decree of the Orphan'
Cmirt of Juniata cooDtr, the under-
.ut. Administrators of the estate of
Jesse Savior, deceased, will sell at paWlc
safe, oo the premises, in Torbtt towoabip,
Juniata county, at 2 o'cioca r. a., ou
I'RIDAT, OCTOBER 25th, 188,
The following valuable valuable real estate,
to wit : A tract of farm laud in said town
hit), bounded bv lands of Daniel McCon-
oell. Dr. G. M. Graham. Yoat Toder, Tbos.
Stewart and others, containing
EIGHTT-TtTO ACRES,
more or lesa, having t hereon erected a good
Stone and Frame Home,
Lor Barn, and rood out-buildicrc. Tbe
land is all under rood cultivation txcept
two acre of woodland, ia well feuced, and
supplied with choice Iruit. There an ex
cs'.lent Si-rnm ot water on tbe premise.
This proptrry ia located three mile fcra
Port Royal in one of thus finest faiiuiug
neirhbornooJs ia tbe State, and the soil is
strietly frst-class.
TERMS. Tea per cent, casb on day of
ale ; fifteen par ceut. when the sale i con
firmed by tbe Court. Oue-bair of all the
purchase money, wer and above an amount
atKcient to py tbn debts, to be secured by
bond and mortgage and remain lu tbe trop-
I erty a the dower of Elisabeth Savior, wid
j ow, the interaat thereof to be paid to ber
' vcirVy acd regularly, and the btUnce on the
1 le day cf April, lb79. Tbe debts to be
' paid out of tfcv real esttte will bo about
. $1500. JOUV SA ri.OR,
I ELIZABETH SATLOR,
uci z, ibiO. Aaminisrraiors.
PUBLIC SALE OF
r A LIABLE
REAL ESTATE!
THE undersigned. Executor of Jane
Heale, deceased, will sell at public aa.,
on tbe premises, in Bealetuansbip, Juniata
county, at 2 o'clock P. M., on
TUESDAY, SOVK3IBER 12, 1878,
The Bfxlividcd one-third part of -ralcadre
tract of land lately owned by Hon. John
Beale, deceased, near Vettstcrtj, bounded
by lands ot Sainui'l S. Pairoetaker, Todd'a
heirs, Jeremiah Frankhouse, th beira of
George Snyder and others, containing
One Hundred ma Fifty eight Jlcrts,
nore or less, having thereon erected a good
Frame Effcser Frame Bank Ban?,
and other oulbuildiors. There is a good
Orebar4 oa the premises, and the farm ia
well supplied with water, is well fenced and
m aa excellent state of cultivation. An
opportmity will be given purchasers to Ini
oyon tbe whole property. Tbe terms, which
will be easy, will be nmide known en day of
ale.
t. HARTEY eealk,
oct2 Execntcr.
Assigned Estate ofJebn 9.
Inlsbolm.
NOTICE is hereby that Jobn Tf. Clis
bolm and wife, of Milford township,
Jurats county. Pa , have made au aisigij
ment for tbe beneSt of creditors, to the un
dersigned. All persons iudetHed to aaid
estate are requested to make f ayraecf, and
those having claims to present them without
delay to ROBERT McMKKX,
Sept. 16, 1878. Assignee.
Executor's Notice.
Etlatt tf Jame SkCrm, dtctattd.
LETTERS Testamentary oo tbe estate- ef
James McCront, late of H ilrurd town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., deceased, bar
ing been granted to the undersigned. All
persons indebted to saM estate aro request
ed to make payment, and ttose having
claims or demands are requested to make
known the same without delav to
JOHN K. McCKl'M, Executor.
CAl'TIO..
4 LL persons are hereby cautioned not
XI. to nsb, hunt, gather berries, breas or
open fences, or cut wood or young ti inter,
or in any nnneeessary way trespass on the
lands of the undersigned.
Sion Vriaii. Lrnwica Swaasia,
Gio. DirrasnAarsa. Wiuiaw Piom.ks.
Fbedesick Haises. Francis ilowia.
Fermanagh Twp., June 22, l7j).
C.tl'TIOX NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against
trenp using oo the lands of the nnder
signed either in Delaware or Walker town
auip, for tbe purpose ot fishing or hunting,
or lor any other purpose.
L. E. Amnios.
N. A. Lcriss.
oct31-tf G. S.Lccxsa.
CACTIOX.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned sot to
allow their dogs to run, or themselves
to fish, bunt, gather berries, break or open
fences, or cnt wood or young timber, or in
any unnecessary way trespass oa the lands
or the nndersigned.
M. K. Before. M. A J. H. Wilson.
David He trick. Ifenrv Hart man.
Thomas Benner. Porter Thompson.
Christian ,hoafiataII. William He tne k.
John Motxer. David Sieber.
Henry Slojs. fang", "78
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against
trespassing, for bunting, or olber par
poses, on tve lands of the undersigned, in
Milford township, Jnniats anty.
ilE RY GriOXIXGER.
JOHN CTNX1NGHAM.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned
against trespassing upon tbe lands of
the undersigned, either in Walker or Dela
ware township, by fishing, banting, or in
any other way.
John N. Van-Ormer. J. W. Levder.
Henry II. Miller. Solomon Manbeck.
George S- Smith. J. S. Lukens.
William Manbeck. Luke Davis.
H. D. Long. Jobs T. Smith,
David Ailmaik,
Legal Jfotkts'.
ORPHANS'
COURTJSALE,
PURSUANT td aa order of tte Orel,,,.
Court of Juniata connty, wnt
at public sale; on the premises, at 1 o'eW
f.M.,ofr . .
W2DHESDAT, OCTOBER is. ii-.
T3e following deacriSed real estate, Iafe ft
property of Jamea O. Long, deceased - ail
tbat certain messuage or tract of land "iUJ.
ated in Spruce Hill township, Juniata eou.
it, oa wiq puuiiw ivmi icauiu irom Centm
School House, on the stage road, to tha
Johnstown road, about four miles from
Royal station ou the P. R. R., and bound,,
by Tnscarora creek, lands of tbe widow r
the ferte Rev. G. V. Thompson, Wiw
laird, ana oiners, containing
17 J ACRES,
more or lss, Sboat 100 acres bn .i
land and the remainder timberland. Tk-
improvements thereon are a Two-aod-a-k
story
FRAME HOUSE
2fSx:J leet,- fcarrnr three rooms n the tiM
door, six on the socorW, and cellar and bss.
meat kitchen underneath f a Spring Hoaw
over a never-4ailiDg Spring of good ww
within a few feet of the kitchen do. .
ood B A RX, stable story of stone, aSr?
feet, with Wagon Shed, Corn Cnb and K.
chire S bed attached ; running water iron m
. i c : : . .
never-iaiiing opniir in uh oarnrara; fj.jj
House. lxl feet, with a good loft abov
and all other necessary outbuildings. TS
barn, sheds, spring house and hog honas
have all been built within the last ten fear.
There ia a good young APPLE ORCHARD
and a variety of other frart trees on th
premises, all in a thriving condition.
This property ia within throe-fourths of a
mile of a public school by a public road,
and is convenient to both a male and a fa
ma !e Classical Institute, to churches, shops,
mills, stores and post-office with daily maii;
and, being io a good neighborhood, is veil
worthy the attention of those bating seuy
to invest.
Persons wiahhrr to vlsw the property be
fore the day of aaio, can do so by tailing oa
John F. (i. Long, reading tbereon.
CONDITIONS. Tea per cent, nf the
purchase money to be paid at the tiro of
sale ; fifteen per cent, at tbe confirmation of
tbe sale at the Orphans' Court ia December -and
tbe remainder on or before thcitrttda
of April, 1879, when acltar title and pos
sess ki3 will be given bv
William t. long,
james a. long,
Administrators of Jaa. G. Long, dse'd.
Sept. 25, 178.
qrpTia.x court sale,
"VfTILL be sold, by virtue of an order of
V v the Orphans Court of Juniata conn
ty directed to the undersigned. Executor of
Philip Zendt, late of Walker towtuhip. Ja
niata county, deceased, on the premiss,
about four urifes sftntheast ef Miaintown,
and 3 V miles eaf of Sexleoy at ers e'eiocr
P. M., oo
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1379;
the following described re.il estate, to witr
A tract of land situate in Walker township.
Jsniata county, Pa., bo on Jed by lands of
JacctJ AcTems-, Andrew Eeshore, John A.
Smithy Michael Sieber, and others, contain
ing OX K HCN DRED ACRES, more or Isss,
about 70 acres of which are cleared and the
balance good timberland. Tbe impruv-"
nients are a
STONE DWELLING HOUSE,
Bank Barn, Waron'Sbed, Cora Crib, and
otbei evtbuiftingv. T&ere is a good OR
CHARD of choice fruit, in bearing condi
tion, on fee premises. Excellent pnDg uf
water near the house.
TERMS OP SALE One-third ot tbe
purchase money Io be paid on confirmation
cf sale by tNr Court ; orte-tbird April 1,
1S7'.' when Deed will be delivered and pos
session riven j cce-third ou t!e 1st of
Aera, IS80, with rctere-'t frorcr April 1st,
lb7S, to te secured bv iatf-sjrit
"j.Ct"'3 ZEXDT,
Executor of Philip Zcndt, decM.
ORPHANS'
COURT SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans'
Court rf Juniata coitntt, will be sold
by Ihe underargred. Administrator cf Ibe
estata of Exra Sic Linn. late ef Fsyetts
township, said county, ou the premises, at
1 o'clock p. on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 137?.
tbe following valuable real estate, to wit ,
A Utto containing about '1NETT-F1VE
ACRES, more or U.a, situated in Fayette
townshtp, having thereon ere-rte a Log
frame WEATflER-B0ARIED BOISE.
Bank Bam, with Wagon Shed and Com
Cvi! attar bed, Stone Spring-bouse ami other
ont-bwUin?f. Then, is a Beer-fai!ing
Fountain Pnme near tbe bouse, and a goov!
Orchard of choke frrt C2 t premises, in'
good bearing condition. About 85 acres of
the hixl are cleared and in a good suta of
cuIt:T-!i-,c:
TEKM3. One fo-s-th of tie purchase
rroney to be paid on confirmation of sale by
the Court ; one-fourth April 1, 1S79, "hen
Deed will be delivered and possession given -.
one-fourth April 1, 10, with interest from
April 1, lS7i; one-fourth April 1, 1S8L
w th :mrre?t fro- April 1, ld79 tbe two
last payments to be aecurec?" by Judgment
bonds. WILLIAM THOMPSON,
S ept. 25, 1878. JinnMraitr.
C.CCTKW XOTIC V.
NOTICB is hereby given to all whom It
may concern, Ibal on tbe 16th day of
August, 1878. the an iersigned, C-eorjs
Varner, bonrht at a constable's sale, in
Lack township, Jnniata county. Pa., tiie
following properJy, which wn sold as tte
tVe property of J. Rosin-en Tangneu : One"
red cow, all tbe grain in the barn, I grain'
cradle, 1 pair wa(fo ladders. And further,
all persons are cautaooed against meddling
with, or in any way disturbing my property
as above mentioned, which 1 haveWfl :n e
possession of Mrs. Vsrgben cntil I see
proper to remove it elsewhere. And I far
ther caution all persoas against interfering
m aay way with- a certain white cow and
two bei.'era oo tbe premises of the said.
Vangbens, aa Ibey do not belong to thsnu
but are subject to mv control.
GEORGE VARXER
Ang. 10, 1878.
CACTIO JIOTICE.
IHEREBT caution all persons against in
terfering ia arty way with- two- yeaag
Mack mares, one twe-hoflw read wage c,r2I'
all tbe forming utensils or implements, and
borse gears now in tbe possession of my
son, J. Robinson Vaugben, as tbe property
just mentioned belonrs to me.
MRS. MARY VACGHt.s-
AdDalnlstrate-s-K .fat Ice.
Eitalt tf Sam'l B. Crawford, dectani-
WHEREAS Letters of Administration'
on the estate of Dr. Samuel B. Craw-'
ford, late of McCoysville, Juniata county,
deceased, having been grauted to the nnder
signed, all persons indebted to said estates
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims will pkase present
them without delay to
J. C. CRAWFORD,
JAMES H. JUNK,
aug23 Mminutratert.
ESTRAT NOTICE.
1 HEREBY give notice that there bas been
a WHITE BOAR, at my place since
about the 15th of May; will weigh abort
150 pounds, live weighL Tbe owner
notified to come tor ward, prove property,
pay char-cea, and Uka him away, otherwise
he will be disposed of as the law directs.
M. R. LESHORE,
Walker Township, Juniata Co., Pa.
Aug, 21, 1878.
The Stnnn ass Rxpcbikas has ss
superior aa an advertising medium ia this
county, and as a journal of varied news
and reading it Is not surpassed by any
weekly paper In central Pennsylvania.
Job werk on short notloe at this eaVs.