AENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFUXTOWN.
vVedararfiiy, January 8, 1?9.
B. F. SCIIWEIER,
C.DITO. IIB FEOrEIETOa.
Compulsory Education.
A compulsory education biil will be
introduced ill the Lc-gislatnre tLis
winter.
A portion of the people of the
country licve porm wil-.l on the ques
tion of ieri boak t Jurat ion. and all that
class ia ready to sacrifice iu livid-
-1 r,yrl fi,nit, eitrlifo t' tiu lfi ir
to any orffr-Diation, so as to obtain a
rudimentary t-xt book education,
which can be obtained in the cimmon
schools without en.Lingcring the lib
erties of the Republic.
Many are-JiJuded into the belief
that intellectual development, as ac
quired through text books used in
the schools, is a remedy for all the
ills that affiict society ; they confound
intellectual development with moral
training.
It is not intellectual development
that makes the honorable man and
woman. If it were 60, bis Satanic
Majesty, the Devil, would lc a high
toned character, for he is all intellect,
and Hell, Lis home of misery, re- j
rounds with curses that are as nicely
expressed as tue most intellectual
can desire, but in his place not one
moral sentiment is ever heard.
It is moral traiuing, or education,
that makes the high toned nun and
woman. But no one advocates the
establishment 0 compulsory moral and
religious educational schools.
The country would tike to arms to
reseut, end repel, any act that would
authorize the priest, the preacher,
the deacon, the eld.;r, or the steward
of the church to enter the family cir
cle and dismember the family, and
break up its authority, its sanstity,
under the plea of imparting a more
thorough moral and religious train
ing or education.
The principle that underlies com
pulsory education is not different
from the principle that underlies
compulsory morals, or religion.
Because a man here and there re
fuses to sead his children to the com
mon schools, is no reason why the
Republic should be endangered by
the introduction of i-jsp:tio princi
ples in its government, such as com
pulsory education laws.
Becnue thousands of people do
not attend church, is no reasuii why
tbc Republic shall be endangered by
the introduction of despotic princi
ples in iis government, each as com
pulsory religious or moral laws.
Free religion under the Romin Em
pire was brougut to an end in a union
of Church and Slate in the fourth cen
tury. To bring the grand common
Bchool Fjstcru to an end, unite Edu
cation and State, and it will lie ac
complished, as well as the end of the
Republic in a few generations.
To learn of the iniquities and hor
rible despotism that springs out of a
union of Church and State, read the
Book of Martyrs.
Unite education and State, through
compulsory education laws, and a des
potism as rigorous as that of a union
of Church and State will be the in
heritance of your children, a century
hereaftear, and it will require as mr.ny
individual sjcrifites, and as much hn
rm.n blood to rid the world of the
heresy as it has taken to rid Europe
1)1 the heresy of a union of Chiirch
and State.
Vi'e hope that the Senator from
this Senatorial district and the mem
ber from this county will both vote
against the compulsory education bill
when it comes before the Legislature.
I s i
RrarMPTios of coin, gold payment, j
came as gently on New Tear day as
came the falling flakes of snow, and
that fact records the failure of the
latest prophesy of the Democracy.
They said that resumption would se
riously disturb the business relations.
What will their nest prediction be !
They said the war would be a failure.
They said the colored people would
murder their old masters. They said
the colored people would over-run
the North, and so reduce the wages
that labor could not live. They said
the greenback currency would be re
pudiated, and their leaders did all
they knew how to bring about a ful
fillment of their predictions. Alas!
for tlie predictions of Democratic
leader 3.
There is a story extant about a
son of the Emerald Isle who sat en
the fence and fairly roared with laugh
ter, and shook himself almost into
convulsions, as he thought what rare
eport it would le to sly up to an old
bull quietly feeding in the lot, and
seize him by the horns and just rub
his nose in the dirt He tried the
experiment, and when he got through
revolving in space and landed on ter
ra fir ma, and had sufficiently recov
ered his Lreatb, he remarked : " Be
gorra, it was well I had me laugh
Jirst !" The great Democratic mind
and the independent press, which has
been so hilarious about evidence for
the Blaine CommiLtte to feed upon,
finds a counterpart in Pat The rapid
accumulation of evidence of frauds
and bulldozing has fairly taken away
their breutli."
5ovEi;sor.lIoYT will be inaugurated
on the third Tuesday iu January, and
the election for United Stales Sena
tor will be held by the houses separ
ately tbe same day. On the day fol
lowing the two houses will meet in
j jint convention to report the vote
for United States Senator and de
clare who is elected. A meeting of
the State Board of Agriculture will
also l) held in Harrisburg on the
third Tuesday in January."
Ax exchange 6ays : " It has been
found necessary in Pittsburg to take
the revenues arising from taxes levied
for school and poor purposes and ap
ply them to other city departments
which are in an impecunious condi-1
lion." i
Thi Committee n Southern out
rages wCl not vast for material, as
for esar.ip!e, the report of District
Atitvnry Leonard, of Loulbiruui, to
the United States, is to the follow
ing effect :
Caddo Pariub: Killed from fifty
to bevi:nty-Sre ucgroes. Many driven
frrw their Lomes. Republican meet
ings disturbed and tr ten up by
urued bauds, and the leaders men
aced with assassination. The laws
of the SUite and of the United States
fliprrantly vi-lattL
N.itnhiorlics Parish: Chairman of
the Republican Parish Committee ar
rested with other local leaders and
Ten from the parish under menace
of death if they presumed to return
Ouachita Parish : Thrue prominent
Republican leaders killed, and Re
publican voters compelled to join
Democratic clubs to save their lives.
Moreh-iuse Parish: Local leaders
compelled to abandon the canvass to
save their lives.
Jackson Parish : The Republican
candidate for Congress insiuted and
driven from the parish.
Tensas Parish : Invaded by bands
of armed Democrats from Mississip
pi ; fifty negroes killed and numbers
driven from their homes.
On the report of the District-Attorney
the A'orth Jlmerican remarks :
Of course we nhall be told that
these are '-Radical lies." But it will
j probab;v turn out that these charges
I are far short of the truth in quite
j another wav. When men speak the
rntli t., th i::.i;t nf a n.at
thinks no more of slaughtering a few
negroes and white liepublicans than
one of our butchers thinks of killing
an ox for market, they do so at the
peril of their lives. Is it likely that
a law officer of the United States
would concoct such a report as that
out of the whole ckti f If he tells
the truth simply, he be -owe a mark
for the knife or pislol of the assassin.
Is it likely that he would go out of
his way to incur the hatred of the
savages who bear rule in Louisiana ?
And besides, it is no secret thai nei
ther negroes nor Republicans monop
olize the lving in that region. The
entire historv of southern politics is
a tissue 01 lalsehooils, deceits, and
false pretences, and carpet-bag poli
ticians cannot be charged with more
than their share of the miserable
record.
A Democrat Disgusted 'With the
South.
From the TeorU National Democrat.
We think it high time for Demo
cratic papers everywhere, especially
iu the north, to '"dry up" about the
"bloody 6l:irt" aud "southern out
rages." The bneakiug, cowardly mur
der of Wuiie and Clark, two colored
witnesses on their way to New Or
leans to testify, under 6ubpo2na of
the United States Court, before the
United States Grand Jurv, is an "or.t-
idQ liJUI. LilllUUb tJTJ C1I.UWII, -l-iA-
ted, patched up, nor defended by any ;
lioneit white man, and the sooner!
Blaine and Lis whole committee, and I
the Federal armv. too. tret after the
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perpetrator, the better for the peace .
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deviis think that the northein Dem-
ocmcy are going to back them up in
all and any sort of diabolism they
may perpetrate, they are very much
mistaken. They Lave cursed the
northern Democracy long enough
and oiten enough by their inhuman
baibarisui; and if they want any
further support from northern Dem
ocrats, they um t act like civilized
white men, and not like demon Lac
savage3. The country has had ex
actly enough of that sort of conduct,
and no more will be tolerated. Let
us hear no more about the bloody
shirt or southern outrages in a single
northern Democratic paper. These
southern devils have made their bed ;
let them lie in it.
The United States steamer Rich
mond, the flag-ship of the Asiatic
6quadron, has been set apart by Gov
ernment as the ship on which ex-
President Grant will be a guest while
on his travels in India. The exten
sion of such courtesy to the ex-Pres
ident has been the cause of the de
velopment of a great deal of sheet
lightning and thunder on the part of
the Democratic press, and Demo
cratic speakers. Let their lightning
flash, and their thunder roar.
Petehsjn's Detector says : "A dan
gerous counterfeit five-dollar gold
piece is in circulation. It is gold on
the outside, is full weight, and rings
welL It is a litt'.e defective in the
milling, and the "S" initial for San
Francisco mint is imperfect, yet the
imitation is good, and only an expert
is able to detect the counterfeit from
the genuine. We advise caution in
taking all five-dollar gold pieces."
Geeesbac ks are at a small premium.
Will the Democracy blame that on
the Republicans? Resumption can
not be stopped, excepting by an up
rooting of the present banking sys
tem, and a substitution of national
currency instead, or by a war, or by
a failure of crops, which would de
strov the balance of trade.
The Harrisburg Daily Telegraph
has issued an Illustrated Almanac for
the year 1879, in a style that is high
ly complimentary to the Tefegtaph as
a publishing office. Subscribe for tbe
Daily Telegraph.
Tlos. Roseet W. SIacket died in
Philadelphia, on New Years morn
ing at 10 o'clock. He was aged 41
years. He was born in Pittsburg.
He was an able financier, and a first
rate politician.
CrxcrssATi commercial circles have
been excited by a man named 3Ior
gan co winding a man named Maguire,
for being too well acquainted with
hi3 wife.
Democrats snd Greenbackers in
the Maine Legislature fuse to beat
the Republicans.
Thi Legislature convened jester-
day.
A ausr named Campbell, in a lec
ture recently delivered in Maysfield,
Ivy., advocated the establishment of
a drinking bar in each family, as pre
ferable to public bars, and the wife
of the family, he advocated, should
be the keeper of the bar. The fol
lowing is what he said on the point :
Bar-keepers in this city pay, on an
average, $2.00 per gallon for whisky.
One gallon contains an average of
sixty-five drinks, and at ten cents a
drink the poor man pays $6.50 per
gallon for his whisky. In other words,
he pays $2 for the whisky and $4.50
to a man for handing it over the bar.
Make your wife your bar-keeper ; lend
her two dollars to buy a gallon of
whisky, and every time you want
drink go to her and pay ten cents for
it By the time yon have drank a
gallon she will have $G.50, or enough
money to refund the $2 borrowed of
you, enough to pay for another gallon
ot liquor, and nave a balance of $2.
50. She will be able to conduct fu
ture operations on her own capital,
and when you become an inebriate,
unabie to support yourself, shunned
and despised bv all respectable per
rons, your wife will have enough
money to keep yon until you get
ready to nil a urunkard a grave.
Mexico has paid do interest on her
foreign debt fir twelve years. The
French invasion and the attempt to des
troy the republic and establish a for
eign monarchy put an extinguisher on
the claims of the bondholders. Tbe
whole cost of the French invasion was
added to the French national debt'
.orlh .Imrrican.
"Jki Swisshelm says the only way
I to civilize the Indian is to put a hoe
in ms nan t and tea mm to noe or
perish. Mr. Greeley would have ex
pressed himself more forcibly by quo
ting from a pathetic song that was
popular in his day, " Root, hog, or
die."
" Dollar bills will begin to grow
scarcer and scarcer becauim no more
notes for less than five dollars can be
Issued to national banks. This will
give tiie standard dollar another
1 ci'anee.
Jefferson Davis still insists that
the principle of secession is right.
As to the principle of slavery, he has
not recently expressed himself pub
licly. THnvrnEX rrrJRED people attended
Henry Ward Beecl'er s reception on
New Year's day.
JrDGE Sherman-, brother of Secre
tary, and General Sherman, died on
Aew xears day.
Hon. Caleb Cushixq died on the 2d
inst. He was an able lawyer.
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qjJ WCliS.
DISP ITCHES
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ASHINoto.v, Dee. 30 According
10 "PI received at ibe Depart
ment of state from tbe American Con'
8.ul l. Krce'0M the fiwt cargo of
.itiiericau wueai ever received m mat
city arrived abont the middle of No
veuibcr. Great interest was excited
in Barcelona thereby. Samples were
freely Laodled on tbe Exchange on tbe
day of arrival, and it was recognizedjas
equal to If lack sea and Hungarian
wheat. Tbe cargo con sisted of 72,000
basnets, and sold at about $6tV per
120 pounds. Tbis cargo was brought
to Ilarcelona in an hnghsb steamer;
tbe freight amounted to $18,000 and
tbe fame steamer was again chartered
to bring auetber cargo from New York
Cisci.vxATi, December 30. A spec
ial dispatch says Washington Uuiuler,
k farmer, left tbe town of t.'uster, Ohio,
for bis borne, on Saturday night. On
bis way, when abuut two miles out, he
stopped at the boose of John Sceman
and aj-ked for admittance, saying be
was cold. Seemin refused to open tbe
door, whereupon Rainier broke in tbe
window and attempted to enter. See-
man then ceized a shot cuo and shot
bim through tbe bead, instantly kill
ing bim. Rumler is supposed to have
been intoxicated.
Catasauqua, December 31 Laury's
Station, a small villiage situated on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, abcut five
miles above tbis place, last nigbt was
tbe scene of tbe most daring robbery
ever committed in this county. Tbe
facts are these : A well known farmer,
named Joseph Rboads, considered well
off in tbis world's good, living with
Lis family in tbe villiage, was attacked
some time during tbe night by four men
who entered tbe house quietly and with
cocked revolvers threatened to kill any
one who moved, at tbe same time re
questing Mr. Rboads to band over all
bis valuables and money. Mr. Rboads,
tearing that tbey would kill bim, did
as be commanded. Tbe exact amount
of tbe money he cannot remember.
The servant girl, who was in another
part of tbe bouse, ran out tbo rear way
and alarmed tbe neighbors. Tbey gath
ered well armed, but tbe theives escap
ed and pursuit was begun. There
being snow on the ground it was an
tay task. Tbe fresh footprints, fol
lowed, brought the party to a bouse in
Ironton, occupied by a man named
France. Tbis man was arrested and
gave bis first name as Natban. lie
aid that be was one of tbe party and
confessed ill, implicating three others,
two of whom, named Alfred Roth and
John Haney, bave been arrested.
These three men were taken to jail.
Tbe fourth man, wbo carried the plun
der escaped. Tbe robbery has caused
considerable excitement in the little
town
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1.
Tbere was a large attendance at tbe
President's public reception to day,
notwithstanding a snow storm which
commenced shortly before noon. Tbe
members of tbe Cabinet, Foreign Min
isters, Judges of :he Supreme Court,
together with the ladies of their respec
hoiueholds, had predence. At on
o'clock tbe pnblic generally were re
ceived. General Sherman did not ac
company bis staff, owing to the dnath
of bis brother Judge Sberinan, whioh
took place at Cleveland to day.
Easton, Pa., Jan. 1. At two o'clock
this morning Christopher Dittler, a cit
izen of tbis place was shot through the
left lung by onknown party robbed of
one hundred dollars and thrown down
an embankment into the Busbkill creek.
Ht is now lying ia a critical condition.
DISP.4TCUES.
PottsV!ILe, P , Jan. 3. V strike
occurred at tbe Luka Fidler colliery,
one of tbe Mineral Railroad and Mm
ing Company's mines, at Sbamrkin, tbis
morning. Soma time ago the men
were notified tbat a reduction in tbeir
compensation bad been decided on, and
as tbe new order took effect this morn
ing tbey struck. Tbis colliery has been
iu operation all season, employing 325
men and boys while a great many otber
collieries bave bees idle.
Wilkesbarrk, Pa., Jan. 3 A re
duction of ten per cent, of wages of
miners employed by Cbarles Parrish &
Co., took place on Wednesday. Yes
terday tbe men struck, refusing to work
at the reduced rate, and a committee
bas been appointed by tbem to ooofer
with Mr. Parrish.
Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 3 Three
hundred men and bojs employed by
tbe Reading Coal and Iron Company at
the Beecbwood colliery, Mount Lafee,
struck yesterday morning, claiming that
tbey had not been paid for thres months.
Tbey say tbey will remain out until
paid or assured that something will be
done for tbem.
York, Pa., Jan. 3. A brutal mur
der occurred last nigbt in a place known
as "Bull Frog" alley, near York. It
appears tbat tbe murderer, George
Einsig, and bis wife, bave been separ
ated lor a year past, but bave bad fre
quent interviews at tbe bouse of An
drew Gebring tbe father of Mr Einsig.
Tbe husband called there last nigbt,
apparently sober, and spent several
boors in cocversation with bis Wife and
her father. Einsig tried to persuade
his wile aod ber father. Jinsig tried
to persuade bis wife to return to bim
which the refused to do unless be would
promise not to drink. He then went
toward the door, but suddenly turned
and seized bis wife bent back ber bead
and deliberately cut ber throat from
ear to ear with a butcher's knife. He
was seized by Mr. Gebring wbo ear
ned an infant of Eiosiga in his arms,
but tbe murderer cut both tbe old man
and tLe baby across tbe face and fled.
Meanwhile Mrs. Einsig bad run down
tbe street with the blood streaming
from tbe wound, but was soon carried
back to th bouse, aod expired there-
She was only twenty-three years of age
aod tbe mother of four children. Ein
sig was subsequently arrested and lodg
ed in jail.
Lancaster, Jan. 3. A bold and
daring robbery was committed on Wed
nesday night neat tbe village of Litiz,
in this county. Joseph Brubaker, a
farmer about GO years of are together
itb bis wife, about the same ace,
ere in tbe kitchen of their residence
when tbe do4r was suddeuly opened
and three strange men euterod who af
ter conversing a few moiueots on in
different topics, suddenly seized the
J old couple, aud in a tew moments bad
tbem securely bound, hand and foot,
and gagged on tbe floor. Tbe vil
tains forced a piece of wood into Bru
bakers moufb, and fastened it with a
rope. Tbe old lady was also severely
handled, ber mouth being staffed with
rags. Two of tbe men then drew re
volvers, and the third, with a razor,
threatened to kill Rrubakcr and his
wile if tbey did Dot give up immediate
ly what money was in the bouse. Be
ing told there was none, two of tbe
robbers eeaaohed tbe building while
tbe third stood guard. They ransack
ed every bureau drawer and chest and
scattered the articles over tbe floor,
but failed to od any money. Tbej
then took what eatables they could find,
what was not eaten was pcattered over
tbe floor.
More threats were then made to tbe
old couple, and with an additional in
strument of death in the shape of a
corn cutter with which tbey threatened
to cut their beads off, tbey were given
what money was about the bouse, which
amounted to about twelve or fifteen
dollars. Tbey also secured a few prom
issory notes and other valuable papers
some clothing aud a silver watch, after
which they left. About ten o'clock
Mr. Brubaker, with great trouble, man
aged to free himself and wife, but gave
no alarm until early tbis morning. lie
is unable to recognize the robbers. A
reward of $200 ia offered for tbeir ar
rest. STATE ITEMS.
Real estate in Reading is on the rise.
A kniting mill is to be erected at
Pittston.
A citizen of TV eisenburg, Lehigh
county bas a pig with two stomachs,
and eats as much as two pigs
Seven hundred and thirty-nine fires
occurred iu Philadelphia last year, with
estimated lussses of on and a half mil
loo dollars.
On the 20th a Deeember Mr. E. M.
Ay res leit bis borne in Erin, New York,
for Philadelphia, where be was to be
married to Miss Sarah A Hartrasft, a
cous in of Governor Iiartranft. Tbe
marriage was fixed for the day before
Christmas. On tbe way to Philadel
phia tbe bridegroom was taken sick
with pneumonia and died before tbe
train reached its destination. Tbe re
mains were sent back to Erin, where
the funeral took place on the day ap
pointed for the marriage.
A twelve year old son ot Mr John
Nary, of Adams county, weighs 191
pounds.
Mr- Daniel Drawbaugh, living near
Carlisle, invented a clock four or five
ears ago which has been running ever
since winding. 1 be motion is secured
by utilizing magnetism as a dynamic
force.
Mrs. Ensleo, of Ebcnsburg, Cambria
county, wliile in a sieign driving, was
stopped by a tramp. She calmly drew
a revolver and gave the fL-cing footpad
tbe content of several barrets as be
bastiiy took bis leave.
George Bridgeland, an Englishman,
aged C7, who lived with his daughter
at Williamspnrt, committed suicide by
banging on Friday afternoon a week.
Philips Brothers well, on the Dough
erty farm, Dear Oil City, twenty rods
from tbe recent thousand-barrel strike,
came in dry on Friday a week.
Tbe Dew pipe-line from McKean
county to "illiaui?pnrt is progressing
as fast as it is possible to get the prop
er material to put it down.
Parlies id beliosgrove bave procured
several bushels of wildrice to be sown
in tbe Susquehanna near that place.
Tbe Commissioners of Llarion coun
ty bave called for ten thousand dollars
of tbe county's indebtedness.
George King, a druggist of t est
Middlesex, Mercer county, while filling
a prescription, mistook tincture or ao
onite for whisky, and drank about an
ounce, which caused his death in thrte-
quarter of as. hour.
STATE ITEMS.
A man baaed Michael Smith had
his lip. bitted off in a bar room fight in
Reading.
Ao Ea-stoo man tried and failed for
a heavy wager, to walk three miles in
25 minutes.
A man by some means locked him
self in a rooK of a hotel in Cbambers
burg last Friday a week, leaving the
key on Ihe outside of tbe doer, aud ia
tbe morning claimed he bad been rob
of $30 aod a gold witch. The laud
lord discovered tbat the lock bad been
tampered with and refused to make
good th loss.
An Erie milkman who was fined for
selling milk on the Sabbath advertises
for milch cows regardless of prices, susb
as will give their Sunday's milk on Sat
urday. Brokville, Jefferson county, bas
just completed a $30,000 school bouse.
The bbensburg post-office was enter
ed by burglar, who carried off about
fifty dollars in stamps and money, and
rilled nearly all the letters in tbe of
fice. Andrew Gardner, a furnace engineer
at Johnston, was instantly killed by
having his bead crushed by a fly-wheel
while oiling bis machine.
The grave of L. L. Wing, a promin
Citizon of Cambridca Crawford county,
who died on the 12th ultimo, bas been
robbed by body soatcbers.
The escape ol two prisoners from the
West Chester jail is announced as a
surprise to the officials. Oue of tbem
was captured seated by the comfort
able fire of a neigboriiifr farmer, which
is a surpriss to tbe public
John Dressier and Sperry Michaels
were knocked down and run over at
Lebanon Pa on Tuesday a week by a
fire engina. Michaels was horribly
mangled and cannot live.
The wife of John Sueddeo, at Pxf
soos Luzerne county, went on an er
rand tbe other day, leaving her baby,
aged seventeen months, alone in tbe
house, which took fire and was destroy
ed, and the baby was burned to death.
Over 10,000,000 pounds of pipe, six
inches in diamnter, will be required to
lay the new pipe lioe betwesn tbe Brad
ford region and Williamsport.
A by named Hedges was killed
coastiog at Allegheny, by running into
an obstruction.
Fred. Townsley, formerly of West
morel and county, was hanged by a mob
in Kansas recently.
A black bass weighing three pounds
was gigged in stony creek, Lvcoming
county, last week. It was seen through
ibe ice in shallow water.
Tbe cold of last week was so severe
that in the northern part of the State
turkeys and partridges were picked up
frozen so badly as to be unable to fly.
rne in the past two weeks bas ex
perienced the coldest weather in tbe
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
A merchant ic Allegheny City, Darn
ed Russel, is preaching tbe doctrine
that tbe world will come to an end
in 1914, the "forty years of trouble"
to precede tbat event having commenc
ed in 1S74. Rus'-el has made about
150 converts, smiie of whom are ex
travagant in tbeir religions behavior,
and a great deal of excitement bas been
caused in that region.
GE.tElt.4L. ITEMS.
On Monday night a week at South
Bjfield, Mass., John II. Caldwell, a
respectable farmer, while kneeling at
family prayer, was instantly killed by
his lusaue wife, who struck hiui on the
bead with an axe.
Dr. Luke K. Blair was last Wednes
day sentenced to ten years in tbe Mas
sachusetts State prison for procuriug
an abortion upon Mrs Wilson of Peck-
ham, Mass-, two years ago.
Ilobert Downing, a wcod chopper.
living near Dallas, Texas, pot a Christ
mas prestit of $11,4:10. His grand
father, a NfcW Yotk uicrobaot, had will
ed tbat sum to Downing and tbe attorn
ey barren J to fo'ward tbe money so
that ii reached Dallas on Christmas
Day.
Ten convicts who were at work on
the James river and Caoal, Dear Lex
ington, Va., made their escape on the
1st of January.
A young lady of Richland, S. C,
exhibited at the fair a few days ago
a suit of cluthes of her own make.
She sheared the wool, spun the yearn
wove and dyed tbe cloth, cut and filed
clothes to her brother aod sewed them,
making as handsome an outfit as the
back of a man could desire.
At Somerset (Ohio), on Sucday" a
week a diiiorbauco took place between
two sections of thu members of a Luth
eran congregation, one party attempt
ing to take tbe party by storm and drive
out tbe insiders. I be riot was quelled
by the civil authorities.
An Euglish duchess has Dot changed
tbe shape of ber bonnet for eig'-t 5 ears.
A Glen Sutton (Vt.) correspondent
relates tbat while a youcg man named
Pelkie was out hunting a few days ago
be chanced to espy a fox indjstriously
diggiug for mice about a decayed
stump. Between himself and the mice
hunter, reclining upon the ground quiet
ly chewing his cud, was Z. D. Wilson's
bull. Cautiously advancing, our hero
reached tbe unsuspecting bovine; drop
piog upon bis knees and carefully rest
ing his gun upon tbe animal's back be
pulled the trigger. The aim was true,
and sly Reynard fell dead; but wasn't
the bull astonished though. Springing
to his feet with a roar, he ran over I el
kie about forty times and rushed away
snorting with terror. The first thing
our friend saw opening his eyes was tbe
bull tail, cleaving tbe air like a meteor,
about a mile away, and the dead fox
lying upon the ground bard by. The
sight of tbe latter reasured bim, and,
securing it, he limped homeward, re
solved tbat, Mioneh great the tribula
tion, be would never agaio use a live
bull for a breastwork.
Charles R. Callahan, in a match at
Newburg, N. Y., yesterday wa.ked G5
miles in 21 hours. His competitor,
George L. Wilson, in the same time,
covered a few feet more than 62 miles,
and fell exhausted.
Lieutenant Flipper, the colored
youth who attracted some attention a
year or two ago, is about to write a
book detailing his sufferings on account
of bis color at tbe West Point military
academy. This is realy too btd. The
young man undoubtedly underwent
many dignities, and the pigment of bis
skin was very likely the groundwork of
all his troubles : but why should be
write book Has he graduated from
a school where the art of war is taught
only to give a fresh illustration of the
old adage abont tbe pen being mors po
tent than tha sword t
GEJERaU ITEMS-
A North Carolina farmer bas raised
.a it a Ktadhlll
tbis year six. hundred ana
of potato on an acre ot grouu.
m. rh.nmin nf Cbandbally,
.n...Ar which, npoo being
opened, was fouod to cootam enty
six pairs of brass ankleta and bangles,
two seta of gold ear-rings and a Dum
ber of loe-rings belonging to bejewelled
persons whom it bad devoured.
Leonard Immel aud Sallie Keller,
both eighty seven yean of ge, were
recently married at Mt. Etna, Berks
county.
From tne Chicago Tribune, Dec. SO.
Will Myers, with four other roughs
disturb-d the church services at Stone
Ledge Friday niijhl, snd Were ordeted
out by Jacob Crow and Cbarles U ade.
A terrible fight took place. Croir re
ceived several stabs in tbe bowels, ana
Wade was cut badly in the shoulders and
lungs. Neither can reeover.
Holine (III.) Special to the Ioter-OCean.
About twenty-five persons here were
takeo violently and suddeoly sick Fri
day night from tbe effects of eating
bead cheese made from hogs supposed
to bave been fed with arsenic. Tbey
are all out of danger now.
A dispatch from Ismid says a thirty -eight
ton gun burst during practice on
the British man of war Thunderer.
The vessel' turret was destroyed, sev
en men killed and forty wounded.
General Sherman expects to call the
!"next reunion of tbe Arraj of Tennessee
to meet io Chicago, in November, 13
79, and ons of the features of the icuu
ion is expected to be tbe reception of
General Grant, whom General Sherman
bas asked to be on band at tbat time.
Mrs. Myra Gaines bas very simple
babits aod taste. Her wardrobe, she
says does not cost ber $30 a year.
Christopher Meister a thrifty old
Geimao farmer. living Dear Ko&sville,
Long Island, bad to put his turnips in
a pit od Christmas day to prevent their
spoiling, and, not fretting about his in
ability to keep the day like others be
set about digging a bole. A lusty
thrust of tbe sbovel Into tbe yielding
soil overturned an iron pot, which npon
being opened was found to contain
about a peck Spanish dollars Tbese
are supposed to have been buried dur
ing thn Revolution to conceal tbem
from Tories. It is not necessary to;
remaik that Mr. Meister rejoices that
the exigencies of the Case' were such as
to compel bim to dig tbat hole on
Christmas day.
William Wallace, of Cbicopee Falls,
Mass., is io jail for recently shooting at
Mrs. David Tiley in a bouse of bad re
pute witn intent to kill her. The bul
let was stopped by the heavy cotton bat
ting which tbo woman uied to pad cnt
ber form, and she is unhurt.
It is near I v three month now that
the Rev. II. I!. Harden, of South Mad
ison, Conn., has been in jail, charged
with tbe murder of Marry Standard.
His second trial will take place iu Jan
uary. Tbe late Governor Geary is said ta
bave bad a curious pleasure in saving
all paragraphs and articles writteu
about bim. He had a large number of
scrap-books filled with tbese things.
Tbe late Samuel J. Tilden for se Tefal
years employed a clerk expressly for j
this dnty
II. fi!l,t . .nmr,ui. l,Kr-
..." -T
and for several of the last months of
bis life filed tbe Tribune unmutilated
therein.
Two men were lodged in jail at Mc
Mionville, Teun., on Tuesday a week
charged with a murder committed dur
ing the war. The son of the murdered
man, whj was a child whet, tbe crime
was committed is now endeavoring to
have the culprits punished.
Miss Matilda Ilindman, of Denver
Col , pronounces untrue the statement
that female suffrage is a failure in Wy
oming Territory, aud says that tbe wom
en vote in a nicely carpeted room 10 a
hotel, where the judges are three bright
aod intelligent women aud two diguifi
ei and pleasing men ; that there is no
electioneering ; that they vote in twenty-eight
seconds on an average ; that
men keep quiet and do not spit on the
sidewalk along which tbe women voters
pass, and that mothers trundle their
baby-carriages up to the polling place,
vote and move on.
Muskrat farmiog is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh well
stocked is said to yield a profitable re
turn after two years, tbe trapping being
done in winter,
hen there is plenty of 1
leisure, and affording much amusement
to the younger members of the family
Oa the third inst., between eleven and
one o'clock a theif entered the Govern
ment printing office, at Washington, and
watching bis opportunity, took from the
safe of tbe disburseing clerk a package
of currency, containing 8,400, ic tended
for paying off tbe employees and for tbc
purchase of material, and made his es
cape without observation. Detectives
were immediately put to work, and it is
thought the money will soon be recov
ered. Tbe quiet little villiage of Bridge
villc, Ouiowas thrown into an unusual
state of excitement I bristmas evening
by a singular elopement. William
Mitchell, a young man of about twenty
years, eloped with his uncle's w-.fe, a
dashing young woman of twenty-five.
Mitchell hired a sleigh and drove to
Uridgeville, where, under tbe pretense
of taking his aunt to church, brought
ber to Newootuerstown in time to take
tbe 9,27 evening train for Kansas
Mrs. Mitchell is very pretty, and has
heretofore bore a very fair reputation.
Sbe bas succeeded in purloining from
her husband tbe past year about $1,000.
Her husband, Mr. Axand;r Mitchell
is a merchant, and is considered to be
very wealthy, but this strange freak of
his unfaithful wife has driven him about
distracted with grief. What induced
Mrs. Mitcbel to leave a dutiful hus
band and a pleasant home to link her
fate with that of a beardless and pen
niless youth is entirely too deep to be
solved bv ordinary minds.
Mr Edward McCauley, of Cincinna
ti, while visiting in New York on New
Year's day, stopped to witness a street
fight. During its progress a revolver
went off, aod, of course, Mr. McCauley,
an innocent spectator, which is alwavs
the case, received the force of tbe but
let, fortunately in no more vita! por
tion cf his anatomy than bis arm. He
was, notwithstanding, very dangernus
ly hurt The moral of tbis is that a
n.an when he sees a fight, should al
wajs ran away from it, unless be knows
pistols and cobblestones are not going
to be ued.
LUM BER. All kinds, sizes and qualifies
for sale at prices to suit tbe times. Call on
or address Jas. C. Saiuciosroan,
nar29-tt' Kaar XeAIisiervUJs, fa.
Legal Vd ice.
V OTICK U bebj S. K-
inZf has tiled tis Xm "finnUta c.ia
Z8ti Frotbon-tarv'.oaW Jnted fur
v and that tbe M Coutt
Ration and ijf;0 ES DA Y
Bom i '"'""h-'o
"BBSjt"B BwSlES. rratkofotar,.
rOTHOTT' '',C"'7!) i
uminxJL- -
TiHToirsoT1 ,
In the Estate
tbe - ' . , . Am)itr by
of Joseiiu -- .
J the Orprwna bUnca in li.
to make dislribot.on of th w .
h,ds of J Calvin J g, Cra.
Junk, Administrator. 'n f j,, S.
ford, b wa. A account
Laird, f' totaiW account
bas been stated by tbe UM "
will present their ehtma. or bo deo-rr-Jan
8, 197U.
SHERIFF'S SAIXS.
BT virtue of aiimlrv writs of tend.
Leva t o. and Fi. Fa., issued out of the
Court ot Common Pleas of J"'aa
ndw ne directed, will be exposed to sale
IT puUicontcrr, at th Court House, in
tie borough of Mifflintown, 011
FRIDAT, JAXUAKT 31st, 18.9,
,t 1 o'clock p. -., the following described
real estate, to wit :
1 tract of land aitnato in lack towa
,hip, Juniata county, funded north and
r r Patterson, smith DT
..,1 U MRUS v - - . ,
lands of Aaron Valentine. Tjf
- -, containing; vt .'"-. - -less,
having thereon ec ted '-"f P'
ling House and Log Stable. Seii-rd, taKen
..rrntion. and to be sold as Ihe prop
erty of Joseph Maihowa.
2 A tract of land titnaien in -.....
. - . KAi.nH.wl no the
township, juniaiacoun...
Dr,h by laud, of Kli B?V K.X
bv lands of John De.n and Kli S. KLr
on the east by lands of John K.
George Hockenbronght and a lot of about
one acre belonging to Samuel Watts, con
taining 82 Acre., more or le, and baling
t hereon erected a two atory Log Dwelling
House with basement 2Gx25, port ki and
frame Barn 40x30. ami other outbuildings
about 5 acre, woodland, balance improved.
About one acre, on east side, now the prop
ertf of Samuel Witts, Jr., is excepted ln.10
sale Seized, fake- in execution and to bo
sold s the proFrf.v M J,cob WaU-
S. One-fourth interest of a tract of land
situated in Walker township, Juniata coun
tv, oonndrd on the north by land of David
Anker, east l.v lands of Samuel Weaver's
heirs, south by lands of Jerome Thompaoti,
wrst 'by lands'of Hugh Hamilton, contain
ing, 90 Acres, more or less, bavins; thnrenn
erected a Frame Dwelling House, Fritue
Barn and other outbuildings. Seim-d, taken
in execution ami to be sold a the property
r w.rtin Weaver.
4. One-fonrlh interest of a tract of land
Stinted in W'ki township, Juniata conn
tv. bounded on the north by laroU of Da-i i
A iiker. Mat bv lands of Samuel Weaver's
hi.ir- anuih bv Linda of Jerome ThoiHoaon
and others and west by Usda ol Hugh
Hamilton, contaiaing GO Acres, more or
less having thereon erected a Fr:no Dwel
ling House, Fnine B.ua an:i oioer oui
huildines. Seized, taken in exuiion, and
to te sold as the property of Tobias Weaver.
5. All that certain mssuago or tene
ment, consisting of a lot of ground situate
on Front or Water street, 10 the borough ol
Mitilintown, hounded as follows : Boiimin
at the southwest corner of the other halt of
aaid lot on First or Wter street, now in ton
ocenpanev of Wilbnr F. HcCh n, nd along
aaid half lot one hundred and lurty teet to
an ilW nnth thirfv feet, to lot of Niuh
A. Elder, thvnce alone said lot west one
hundred and forty leet to First or Waiei
street, amt thence along said atreot north
thirtr feet to the place of beginning, it be-
ine tbe lower or smith halt of a lot of
ground in the gi-neral plan of tbe borough
or UitMintown, Lot So. 3"J. and having
thereon erecteif a Two-story weather-board-ed
Log Durellhig House. Frame Stable, and
oilier outbrciMing. Seized, takeo ia exe
cution, and to be sold as the property ol
Alexander Ellis and Murlha Eilis his wile.
6. A certain tract of land in Be do town
ship, Juniata county, bounded on the north
and east by lands ot Serin Pomeroy, south
by lands of William Okesoo'a heirs, and
et by other lands of the defendant, har
inc thereon erected a Stone Dwelling House,
Bank Burn, Corn House, Wagon lied, and
other outbuildings, containing 163 Acres
more or less, about 90 acres clear. Seized,
taken in execution and to be sold as the
property of Andrew Patterson.
7. No. 1. A tract of land situated in
Greenwood township, Juniata cou:ity, Pa.,
bound. -d on the south and east by lands of
Doty, Parker fc Co., south by lamia of Jas.
Long and others, and went bv lands of D. B.
Cox and others, containing 230 Acres, more
or less, having thereon erected a Frame
Welling House and Frame Biuk Bora and
other outbuildings
Also Xo. 2. Ono-third intenst ia a
tract of land in the same township, bound
ed north and nut br Joaetih Vinr.l .i.k
by Light and Minium, west by Unds ,.f E.
Long and Uimiu'a heirs, containing Fifty
five Acres, more or less, having thereon
erected a Frame Dwelling House, Bank
Barn and nth-jr outbuildings, known as the
Buchanan tract.
Also No. 3. One-half interest in a tract of
land in same township, bounded on the
north by lands of Levi Light, ean Ly lands
of Joseph Dressier, south by lands of David
Fisber, and west by land, of Adain Arnold,
containing MO Acres, more or less, having
thereon erected a Log Dwelling House
Frame Buik Barn and other outbuildin'-s '
known as the Troup land. '
Also No. 4. One-half of saw-mill tract
situated in Susquehanna township, JuniaU
county, bonnded on tbe north by Henry
Miller, east by Levi Light and others, south
by lands of James Winter and others, west
by lands of H. Miller, containing 18 Acres,
more 01 less, having thereon erected a frame
Dwelling House, Log Stable, Blacksmith
Shop, aud Saw-mill.
Also No. 5. A tract of land in same
township, bounded north by land, of Adam
Tshnpp, east by land, of John Ackley,
sooth by lands of Levi Light, west by lands
of Frank Canm, containing 20 Acres, more
or less, unimproved.
Also -Iio. 6. One half interest in a tract
or Und in same township, bounded on the
north by lands of , on the east by
lands of George Ruinberger, south by lands
of Frank t'aum, and west by lands of John
Rumbinith, containing 70 acres, more or
le.-s, having thereon erected a log Dwelling
House and log Stable, known as the Keed
tract.
Also So. 7. One-third interest in a tract
or land situated in Greenwood township,
Juniata county, bounded on the north and
et by lands ol Isaac Lush, south by larsds
ol Wm. Ferguson, and west by lands of
Nathan Stro-p, containing &) Acres, more
01 less, known as iha (iillin tract.
Also No. 8. One itb interest in a tract
or Und in same township, bounded on the
north by lands or O. Tom in, east by lands
of J. McDonald, south by lands ot John
Dimm's heirs, west by Giitln tract last
named, unimproved, containing 170 Acres,
more or less, known as Ihe manor tract.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold
as the property ol Samuel Diinm.
Cosditiohs or Sali.
Fifty dollar of the price or sum at a-Air
the property thail bt radfc off tkall be paid
to th theriff ( tkt ,me ef ,attt mlttt thf
purchase money shall be lts than Ikmt turn.
tchi. case only the purchase moaey shall
be pant, otherwise, the vroverta trill j
immediately put up mr.4 sold 1 the fatauce of
.... r. OTuarji mus- paia to Ihe sher
iff at hi ttUct within fit d-ns fram th.
of sate, without any demand feiag made by I
the sheriff therefor, otherwise the property
mabe sold ari at the expense and rule of i
ease of any deficiency at tuck resale, shall
make good the same.
WM. D. WALLS, Sheriff.
Ssr.rrr's Orrtcz,
Mlfllintown, Jan. 8, 1879.
legal Jvalica.
m 0mm nm IV If V DV
the Hon. BasJ. J"", President
Judi. of the Court or Common Pleas Tor
th 41st Judicial District, composed of th.
cimntfes of Juniata and Perry and the
Honorable. Soah A h der and rranc,,
Ru-tiev Associate Judges of tue said
Tonrt oV Common Ple of Juniata county,
k!v issued their precept to me directed,
faring -ate 'he .th dav of Dec'r, W78.
rVholdinei Court of OVer and Terminer
general Jail Delivery, and General
Ouarter Session, of the Peace, at M1K
r MN TOWN, on the FIRST MONDAY of
FEBRUARY, 1879. b'u tho 34 dr r
"'sZkm'i H' G,v, to tbe Cor
r Justice, of the Peace and Constables
ef the Countv of Juniata, that they be then
and fli'rfln their proper persons, at one
o'clock 011 the afternoon of said day, with
their records, inquisitions, examinations
and over remembrances, to do those things
that to their offices respectively appertain,
and those that are bound by recognizance to
prosecute against the prisoners that are or
ihenm-v.be in the Jail of said county,
bo then' and there to prosecute against
them a. shall bo iust.
Bv an Act of Assembly, fassed the the
dav' or May, A. D., it U made the
duty of the Justices of the Peace, or the
several counties of bi Couiuiouwealth. to
return to the Clerk or this Court or itxrlet
Sessions or the respectives counties, all the
recogmrmces entered into before them by
ir ucrson. charred with the
coiumisiou of any crime, except such ta.s
as may be enaoa oeiore a j usm-e 01 me
Peace, under exirttnglawejat least ten day.
oefore the commencement of the aesition
of the Court to which they are made re
turnable respectively.aml in all cases where
any recognizance, are entered into less
than ten dav. before the commencement
of the session to wbich they are made re
turnable, the .aid Justice, are to return
the same in the same manner a. if aaid avt
bad not been passed.
tv.,i .t MitMintown. the 30th dav of De
cember, io the year of oar Lord one thou
sand eight hundred ana .eveniv-ciiciii.
WJI. I. WALLS, Skirif.
Sheriff" Office, Mitilintown,
January 1, lb79. J
1.ICE.1SE PETIT .
VI OTICK i. hereby given to all person,
ll interested that the petition of D. E.
UcVurtrie, for Ih-ense to keep a hotel in the
borough of Miffiinto-n, has been Hie"! ia
tbo Pruthonotary' office, in MirUintown,
and will be presented to the Court at Feb
ruary Sessions, 1V79.
GEO. RETNOLD3, Prothorotary.
Prothoi.otarv's Office. )
Miffiintown, Jan. 7, 1879. $
EST BAY SOTICE.
4 Dark-red Bull, with a few white spots
on him, about one year ol I, came to
the nremises of the undersizned m Ferman
agh township, on or about the 24l'a day of
October, I818. The owner i requested to
come, and prove property, pay for the keep
ing and advertising of the animal, and take
it away. -
S. W. HENDERSON.
Jan. I, 1879.
ELECTION NOTICE.
THE stockholders of the Juniata County
Agricultural Association are bareby
notified that an election fir officer, for th
Association will be held at S1cf nigle".
Hotel in I'o't Royal, on the 10th day of
January, IS79. at 10 o'clock A. f.
HCHAEL SIEBER, President,
Dee. 18, 1M78.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
THE undersigned. Administrator of the
eatate of Elizabeth Fry, deceased, tatn
of Delaware township, will, in pursuance of
an order ot tbe O.-phatis' Court of JuniaLv
county, otler at public sale, on the premises,
one nil's northeast or Sarf Salem, at two
o'clock r. a., on
FRIDAT, JANUARY 10th, 1879,
The following described real estate, to wit :
A lot of ground situated in D-Uwire town
ship, Juniata cout.ty, containing about
Twelve Acres f Land.
bounded on tbe north and east by land, of
David Shurti, on the west by lands of Nich
olas Arnold, ard on the aouth br lands of
Jacob loops, having thereon erected a
TW0-ST0EY LOG HOUSE,
LOG BARN, and other improements, be
ing the mansion tract. There are a variety
of Fruit Trees on the premises, and run
ning water nrv the house.
TERMS Or SAL'. Ten percent, of the
purchase money to be paid in h ind ; fifteen
percent, on confirmation of sale; one-half
on the 1st ot April. 1879, and the baWnca
on the 1st of September. 1879. with inter
est from continuation.
EZXA SMITH,
Adm'r ol Elizabeth Fry, dee'd.
Dec. 18, 1878.
WOODLAND
PUBLIC SALE.
Tltfi- undersigned, Executor of Ihe es
tate of Michael Brubaker. deceased,
?, L FTelt township, Juniata county,
will ofTer at public sale, ou the prem ses. at
1 o'clock P. M., on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18. 1879.
The following described r-al estate, to wit:
A Tract of Woodland.
nate in said township, about U miles
northwest nf l,. 1 1 .., u;i ...., . T"
- - .., ujoining lanes
Wi.r ewestS"h Harm wou the north,
W ill lam Harm.. .1 . .
- V, J iu-ra.1, and Wi!-
l,am Harman, w, on the south, containing
JlfarUT ACITES,
more or less, well set with Chestnut. Sck-
ftiatr ok rjw viW.. - 1 a. ...
7-T " aiuaoie timber. Terms
male known on day ol le.
SAMUEL AUKER,
Decorrs.0' MiCtUel Br0bakw d'd-
Orphans' Court Sale of
VALUABLEREAL estate.
jrr virtue of the authority contained ia
JL the last w,l .nd te.Umenl or James
McCrum late of Milford township, JunuS
count,, deceased. undersigned. Execu
tor of s,,d will, ,U expos , puw"s"
at th. Court IIo, it, intow, at one
o'clock p. ., 00 e
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1879,
the following describe,! real estate: A tract
ol land ..tuaie in Milford township, Jnnl
county, two miles west from wir!nt
containing FORTY-FIVE ATHFi "
less, havmg thereon .Je u mT'r
IaOG-FItAME IIO USE,
Bank Barn, Cooper Shop .nd other baiW-tl'Z'-
not;,e' t of land aitnate in m.
TERMS. Ten per cent. r v
bidden to be paid when th t th".Pea
10, with interest 00 the but T
April 1, 1879, . saTt p.S.nVro
"obe-det
. TI CABTIOS.
A allKelrT tin '
fences, or cnt ,w,H ' orttk or open
any tr. &
"f nndersignttd
DivLI U... -
V - I
Thomas Bennt-r
fix
"" Hart man.
I nrln. TL.
Christian Sho.ffi.uil. T mVtot
John Mottw. D'Lk.
WHILES--
Henry tlo
uicuer,
r . . T r.
Sate, Setteel . Be