Town,. Canty, and! Variety. An exchinr,e‘saYs fulY family roan : who says he is too poor taike a itewspliper; should baandiete - ct by' the grandjury'Dr . obtaining a badly' under false, pretenEes. • t i " -3lr. G. W. Treadwell, of the Bingham ( ton Times, gave us a4all -on Thursday Test.- He speaks iu glowing terms 'of the Success' aid growing prospects of• the mes. \ • ---:,-An insane Man namtil Corse, who claith ed hewas fronr t liew.-141.1t0rd, - and who was deein ed in a dangerous condition to, be, at large, was lodged,in the county jail on Thursday last. • I - We were pleased to receive a call, last Wednesday, from E., A. Ilemps.tead, editor of . the Crawford i 'l"):ainty .,..loitrzulA, published at Meadville, Pa. Ile is a son ot 0. 'G. Hempstead formerly of this courtty. 1 1 4 —.Tames Zerfess has purchsed. the cigar store connected with Louis Knoll' s barber shop., He proposes 'to :reef nOthing but , timi-elass hrands of cigars and tobacco,and will no'doubt have t good many customers. -!--Me pubilait on ouffirstpage, - the - Tlittor-, ical Address at Hon. Denj. Parke. ,We dokthis' foi two reationi. First, because circumstances prevented his delivering it at the late CountY\' celebration and - second;: because there - '.= is niiiCli interesting lOcal - lxistary in it worthyof pres'ervation.. i —"Neshit" of this plac isn't a correspon dent °Nile . z.tliikutfroie taptaciiii, any mdre.— WtrATO - informed. that the reason for this is, that a, large number of suhscaibera to that pa perviettised to take it any longer unless the mess ::of sickly nonsense,:-from '''hq... Pen, was omittel—Susq'a Journal. ' : "---The , first number of 'n'verr sPlightlY, journal . entitled the - , titzerne .Leader isis= ju! launched upon - the waves a of .public` pitition.- 2 It hails froth Pittiton and'is De pct tie inpol It , itiCS. Its editors"are' 'Mien, C am erlin and Frazan E. Ilticitinaon. We cordially extend the .. right hand of fellowship. ' f' , _,, - ! ,,,-_Notwithstanding the hard' times / There seems, to be a 'large number Of persons' in our county , who "have .been presSed by,their ~. friends",, to sacriffee : . borne comiertS, business ankevery other consideration, to serve their country in 'official position. The people may think it necessary tastieriftee them at the polls for their country's good. "How Muth more manly. would Wilton been-if the two columns of beggars for Office in the Republican this - :week ! . bad signbil their names to their own petitions insteadnf sneak-' ing behind a ,gctitious one gsquire Bertholf has the courage to put hia tea withdrawal and : says i' "The Whim deatiny ot , our great Nation for the next century may depend upon its re cite' A similar note with a similar declara tion from cad of, the others might mate "the future destiny of the Nation for the next cen tury" still safer. '=~t= ~;P ~ , .4---3 lost of the miners Aril the Lackawana region will be put upon an industrial foot ng next .;Monday, - morning, and the ' balance will Stan 'about about August Ist. ;The Seri:intim Timasays• :-"So""far'as-wee can learn,, there is lair- Prospect, of continued work throngh the valleY, and yet, so devious are the ways of the modern operator in coal, that ~ .theit- p aths are : past finding; out. We can , 'hope for lii . ,, any i ti ter?. run of work, but arc . not. .ireared tol make any bets on it. What is to be, will be, and it's a good deal better for one's digestion to look on -the bright ,side, prudentil keeping , prepared for t'othei o shOuld it advance its sable-front. _ . . .. _ , . -- 7 - Our quiet town was in a blaze of excite -. • meat on Friday morning last when it became known that the house of Judge Chapman had , been - entered by - , burglars and some 5O worth of tinier ware and some $lO money had been stolen beside some provisions. They made their entrance through a door which was left nrifaitened. The family knew noihing of the transaction until 'they ,arose W I the morning.— From appearanees they held quite a carnival in the cellar , among the eatables: besides taking -considerable wiili them. The silver ware Which they took spas standing upon the dining room table the money was taken from the poblv: et of the Judge's pantaloons ‘which were in a chair by his bed, Some onewai heard about the residence of Billings Stroud and Mr. S. got, up, took his revolver in oruer to be prepared for a. proper reception, when they, heard him and at the signal of a sharp whist 4 they suddenly de parted. Also, the same night, , F. B. Chandler was, awakened by some one in his bedroom who took his pantaloons Into the sitting room, rifled. them of his pocket-hook and Made'good hii eicape. Oa the whole, last Thursday nigh t , • was a pretty good night rot brirglars.in our 1 : 19 na11i4 1 44: , !-P 2 " -- • - ----/---- -, - - I ' s . —T,Ile, -following sections of a law have been pt , i_lsc.:ll by Cfngrek?and approNed bythe Prelifident:Fo': ' „ ' :.,,,, 3 . r . ,:, , 2%1./ ..''''. "Sek:ls. That transient new papers and m,agazines, reg,ular. publications, . esined prie, manly` tor advertifinKporpdeesior free vircnia, tion at nontintirrates;aiid all printed Matter of the third class except unSe.aled,,circulam shall be admitted to,and be iransaittted - iii, - the'inails at the rate of one cent for every two omice&or •, tractionarp.art ,t_hereoc'arid', one cent fOr_each two idditionelt4unilit or , _frictional part there of ; rituttbetender of;any - article of die third class of mail matter maywrite his An,het- name or address therelii, , or on the outside thereof, ,-, with the word "from" above or =preccoiligllie same, or may write briefly or print on any package, the,, number ,and f names of the article, entiloie.,,,, Publishers of newspapers and peri odic* may 011ie on the wrappers ol ne,wspan penror inagazinel• sera - frog the office of pun.- cation to regular subscrihers the time to waich subscription therefor has beeia paid, and ad dresses i npon postal eard# and unsealed circu lars may be either written ; printed or affixed thereto, at the option of the sender. ' "Sim 16 That all acts, or parts of acts, in conflict with the provisions of this act are here by xepealed."., , On unsealed circulars and, all mailable mat ter of the thin] elaas ,othek A , kan.,944 designa ted in the afoyegniiik Postage will be char t ied as 'heretofore, one cent - for each Ounce or fraction thereof. re*ge oe the riqq l 9 ( 44TAcf' B3 l.l 4ll s:Of the rutted 04afies; one cent. _ , ..... —The heated !term is past for the present, the mercury having fallen about - forty degrees. —AU scaled or unsealed: : aottery circulars, reeeivediliroligh the mails hereafter should be returned to the poplnntster, so that the parties mailing them can he prosecuted.. Schooi pirectors ure building an ad dition to the graded school building in order to better accommodate the primary scholars.— The basement rooms are to be abandoned, and the iirst floor extended so as to'make rooms for the Primary - departments. - • ---There are tWerity persons of Republican tendencies, annotinced this week in the Mont rose Republican., Oo stand: reatly to sacrifice the .peo s ple of thii' county, we .nian sacrifice the offices ig tbis,F.Onnty, no; we mean sacrifice' the county;:for the offices, or words to that ef fect. One of ther men is a Greeley man trom the Texas and g,cif.c railway and the rest are not. Now long tile tail of some cats do Grata. `=----I'bere is no excitement this year over. the peach - crop, Bays the Newark Advertiser,and we hear of no t4ther experiments to be made in sendingg 4m:wires:to:Europe in -refrigerator ships. Therewol not; be holf the crop of last year, but in 410%14 will be much superior.=;- "Hale's Early" have begun to flow into Balti : more from. North Ciirolina4and bring $2 5 0 , to $3 ptr bushel. The farmers ,of Delaware and Maryland are in good spirits and look for a better profit on 'a small crop than on e large . one. If the country preachers would labor to nirCuhtte the nearest local newspaper, the Sun': day morning's gossip, slander, and general con versation upon - the church green and stepi .WOuld cease, and their community become intelligent. The 'I:?cal newspaper In a farnily is . read. 17,axter's Saints' Rest, and books of-a like 'character, would perhapB do more good, but where there is no newspiper s it is not likely that -any one of the family will read books,, particularly religious books. " White *ash on the wnll, boneysucide over the porch, and a newspaper in the hall," and the charac ter and standing of the family is evident to the , , passing, strangan—Ex. The ,Montrose Reptfyican was • sold to Mr. Lacier, of iLuzerne coutty, and the , con tract signed, same two weeks since, but Mr. L. not being able o.fulfill, it has fallen through.— Yesterday a -Mr. Taylor, fortnerly local editor of the Wilkesbarre Reayrd of. the Times, Was in close consultation with the legal editor, with a view to purchase (not the' editor)htit the Reihib hean and, we learned that a bargain was effect- ed: We havec not alluded to this subject he- lore because it had no interest particularly to us but when mie saw in -Monday's issue of that Paper "trdepitilllof a known fact which had been_ published by. ioine of our exchanges and for-: bidding turthe' "speculation" on the subject by outsiders, we 'oncluded; not to speculate, but to give the people the facts. - _ i' —The trial and conviction of Munley, one. of the Mollyl 3laguires of , Schuylkill, was attended with exciting circa in'stances that are &Scribed by the Shenandoah iremiti, as follows: "The wife of ille in - fanner [Mist out into a vio- lent fit, of Weeping, and rocked herself as though distran,ted. The prisoner broke down entirely,-and Used his handkerchief free in wi , J 1 'ping away til l tears and the beads of prespira d . on that had gathered . upon his forehead. - As soon )as the handcuffs were, , , placed upon Mun ley, his wife4n up - to hini, still sobbing„vio- 1 lently, And aslihe was taken'-froM the room, she I said ; 'l'll go With you anyway,•and (as She was .paising the jt.i•y) I hope Goa will punish yees men for doing; this. On the way to the jail both Munley fl.nd his,:, wife , continued; to weep and the Convict told the deputy sheriff that he had expected nothing else than _a verdict of guilty." 1 • —The n , • persons *ho of potato bugs is f_tri , kingly shown by the, re• cent experience of Mr. Wm. Aker, a farmer re siding near this city.' He -had mixed a Timid ; ty of-pansgq.en in - a pail near his house, and After througbly stirring 'the:mixture threw a- way the which , ,he had.nsed for that , "pose. gloon s i&fter a -litio,,daughter.three years : of see, Oaying pear.:the helm, picked un - .t:he stick and ttleeed, the end "it} her mouth.. In m few minntesl‘hel letaine .111,,and,the cause was e l itplained •by the stick, which *is found in het possession—, The parents knew .what cotirsei io pursue in such a case, and while a man *as Idespatched for a doctor, aniemetic was at- once administered. It immediately took effect, iand when the dOctor arrived the child was ranch better, and is now almost . en _ tirely recovred from 016 effects of the poison. —Bingham raiz Times. i R -Ther s. said to live in Oil City b. Min who jsneither deaf nor dumb, and vet is hot acquainted] With any language: , This ,man's-' -nameli.Stefibler. He Is- of fair appearance; _and.apparently possessed of - good intelligence. Hels„a na+e of Abe Austrian provinces : which 'border' on' the Heleft his ligc. ! , and came to this coun try Ohr language Proved too difficult for him to master, arid tie picked up only a few phrasesi iufacient commonest purposes ' O l )ife:, For a tiinehe lived`Witilithe Indians hear Bala:* wawa, and : Added . a few words of their lan- guae'be his . Stock of learning. He married an Irieh'wonatitt find recently removed to Oil City; Last aveek !be theta man from his 4.,wn country, and ettemPted to converse' with bird. ; .It ia,gine his surprise and consternation when he found :that he hao forgotten ? his own_tnother tongue; During hiii long absence from home he had not heard or spoken it, and now it had passed from bia memo y entirely.:ecurcOlY a 'could he recall, nor d!kl be comprehend the conversa tion of the Other. He can scarcely make him 4elf ungeSt:Pod in the, tnglish 'language, and be has forg9tten his own, - so that he may trnly I be called t lid Man without a langimiei T.bu first. basket of encumbers - , sppeared in our market last weel.' l Cgcombpra are man's 'Wiliest filengs. In appearance .: it-18 ,tbe mopt, nnprOttiot* of _vegetables,- bpt -in ;diataetilr t- 1- --.,--‘.. cessity. of extraordinary care : by, kise paris green t0r,'1136 destruction It takes' the pre,cedence. ` When a cucumber first comes around there is a general feeling of uneasiness, arising _from a' doubt whose influ ence is felt throughout the community: 'But this uneasiness wears off atter awhile; andsus- - picirm gives way to genuine regard. In fam, there is' not it vegetable which comes to the market : , that will. oommand the ,respectia, 'en ctunber receives. When we: see a cucumber we ate .!ed to look over its career. Ithas ^been a stormy one, even under the most ftiv9rable circumstances, possible to cucumber develop ment. Only,about one _in 'ten starting even in life ever:reachei a position in socifity. - There is some recompense. of course, in \the excitement which' arises; from the dangers,and we can,well bellerethat it ITIEL4. be ,em nent ly 'gratifying to a successful cucumber, when it has ginned the victory, to.find that instead of sinking into helploss old age-it Was taken into the bosom of an, ePthoslastic family and in a few hours will be exploring them. Nothing excites a cucum ber. This has :.been its record since time be• gan4 and its self-possession, even, in the-pres ence of, themost famotni physicians and most, - 'successful coroners, has given riseto a popular. proverb. What a cucumber has te do It does with all its;; might It enters upon -the - work with intense, enthusiasm, but it patiently waits 'the timeet action. The great depth ot its na ture is hidden from. the ..world until about 3a. In.--.Danbory . Nam, . • • • • , Fittismat.t.—Our farmers are now. busily en• gaged in the hay f1e1d...; ;Az Edwin Churchill is lying very low, and , we are sot ry to say that he - is not expected , to recover.... The Rev. J . . H. Doremus who has recently been.on a two weeks visit te,his friends in New Jersey, has re turried.....The crops are looking quite- good , in this locality, notwithstanding that most .01 them were planted quite late in the season The Colorado potato bugs have made - their:tip ; pearance again in this vicinity, and are doing .great havoc in the potato patches... .There is talk of getting a new library for the Sabbath School, of this place Not much waF done here in Franklin on the - Fourth, but a few of our townsmen spent , their Fourth at the grand County Centennial Celebration which was held . in Montruse....Mr. J. E. Townsend: accident., ally cut off the , end of one of his fingers while removing the grass dram the knives of his mowing, .machine. July 18.1878. ATTENTION, .DEMOCRATIC . COUNTY COMMIT- The members of the Democratic County Committee 'are hereby summoned' to meet at the-Traverse Jury.Romii in Vie Court Itouse at Montrose at. 2 o'clock p. m., on 'the first !lion day of August Court, it: being the 14th day.—' .The time of holding the county nnothrnating converition is to be fixed at that time and oth er business of vital 'importance 'will come be toreilie committee. Let every member be in his place. The'names it the county committee are Pub. , fished elsewhere-in- connection' with the vigi lance,, committee. Mt. members of the county committee only, are required to be,'preserit, but we hope they will not fail to attend in peri4on Or byproxy. HONESTY; REFORM AND VICTO RY 113 TIIR BANNER. Let us fight the good fight before and finish our faith at the polls Novem ber 7th, 1876. • E. B. HANYLEY, Chairman. 0. P. BEEBE. Betrclaty:. Lmicf:xvlLLE--On my return trmn. the Grove Me4ing yeiterdey, at which the Rev. A. 0. Warren, pt . Montrose, - ,otliciatek I Mad Met- curt' : at 106 degrees which seemed to induce. a feeling of laziness , that no one should- cherish. The meeting in the grove was well attended (a beautiful grove near the of J, S. Robin- son, half mile west =of benoxvillo at which, w e had. the privilege of listening to a very good doctrinal discourse in the forenoon, and in-the afternoon to a practical sermon that would be an adornment to the Christian character of most Church going people. and a blessiog to any: cominunitir, it lived, up. • to: _The 'ilethodists bad preaching in tbe.;Chnreb in the afternoon: We are havin.g•rather dry and warm weatheri Mercury ranging from 60 to 78 in the morning in the shade and running up among the ninetys and some days as high as 100 or more. Yester day, week, it stood 108 ; The Farmers here abouts are very busily engaged in their haying for which the pit week was very ifavorable having no rain except as light sho'wer from the North last Friday p. - m. The I.Ha.y crop is coming in good, iu quality and quantity.. Crops nt all kinds promise welf,:.especitilly corn - which averasse.S more than good, some are complaining of Potato Bugs. but nothing:very serious as yet.... Mechanical business Ins usual mist be dull at this season ot the year, but th& tightness of , money makes it More. Some of - our triends are hoping for recoveq from the ',=present;itrink,eney' tO a ,considerable 'extent, .but we' do nit share 'much of that , lir advice to suth_as;wiskeasier times financially ii to otudi and practice : economy, roll, `up your - sleeves :arid work out your own financial salvation and: „ I • then you can help, your neighbor and- contri-: byte_ your share to the prosperity. of :the country generally. And , our people gener ally we would say - in order to ensure our salva., thin we muit hpadoff 1 helves, pot honest men • (;fties who will study and practice retrench.' anent and Are willing to begin - at home by, cut ting down their -own salaries to,,reasonable compensation, •We have heen:too often the. dupes of designing men, office, seekers- who know but, little, and care les.s about the wants 'of the masses. Our- honest voters -; must look nom s • .• harply., after their, own intorests. &very good; and safe rule would the to leave. as Hone Guards any and., all who are asking for oeclatnoring ajfer office. the Oilee B eo the' HENPRIpIiS AND flons7. , , Now Aria =Enna POO DaYs, r —lOasinuch al! some omfosion'pr.- 'stein the popular mad with reference to, the exacCslgulfitation - and propper limits`of "dog chip, the Boatott 2 1 rarater, thht4the following • , cxplartation'will nOt.,hei.deemed.auperfluoos: — .4 The term was applied by the ancients to thtt: i . peried rif the year 'wh4ri - the tirigijtesi; :, star. in the coastPllatioti knOwn - as editia 3fajoi - ; rose and set siiih% the aim, in', the lattitude or the Mediterranean, Owin# to *the' prodegsiott the equinoxes, that eviinttnow Occurs as the 10th of tl'he cominetteement the Egyptian . year was formerly 'siinultaneoni with this astronothtealepoch, There is consid- - , amble difference between -standard authorities Its to the hegtning' and end.ot dies tearnieutaiis, or t hig - thys': The following • aie some - Of tlie computation's: " • - - - Front July: 3 to Atli 11, From July 15'toAtig. 20. 'From 'July 24 to Atig.-24. From the latter pal:t4 July to the Ist 01 September. AUBURN ' AND ELinr,intEnE.—A Sabbath School Institnte'vfitS held at Aubitrn '4 Curners, Jude 17th, Under the 4uipices - ot Rev. Wrigley, Of Auburn charge, anti Rev. Dony . 4 Itusli. It was an interesting occasion only some were "tho • thick, of Mottles" -.. .Francis Gray's new barn was raised july Ist 'The infant daughter of John and Sarah Sebring was con signed to the grave at Jersey Hill, July 348 . 76, aged '3 days ' One i,f Aubutu's dairy maids skimmed 1,154 pans`(t,tiiiik during the month of June.. .The howle of Amos Canfield was struck' by lightning, .lune 12. No heavy darn age-done ) owever.. - . May '3oth - the funeral" of Annie Bell, only daughter of Wesley and Mar garet A.,ratiCe wasattended 'at Jersey Hill, Rev. J. Lewis officiagng. Annie was a promis ing chlid, ;but the scarlet fever ended her lovely lice and leaves a lonpy house :..The funeral of Samuel Hyde -was attended at Jersey Hill, Julie , 2l.': A large eioncohree- of relatives and filen& paying - their i ! espects• to the deceased.— He has sabered much, but . we trust that he has entered into that refit which reinaineth for the I people of God' The ' wedding of Albert ' Philips, of Tunklu nnock, and Alise Rate tirnwnscornbe, of Wilkesharre, Was attended by i large number of congratulatory friends at the residence of the bride's father, Rev. Henry Broinscombe, 102 Academy , street, Wilkes -1) bare, June 21st. Tie happy couple have our kindest wishes.....J lin M. krance had a horse barn 20x04 feet,rraised Saturday atternoonAly 145. AlsO a barn tie same afternoon, 2436 feet, Without any serious accident. A' board broke letting Alfreo Linabery . slip through, bruising liim considerably...Auarterly , meet ing'will ensue at Elk - Lake, July 29th and 30th. Rev.l. T.AValker Oesiding....July 12th Day id 'Voss bad a raising wherehy,a flne barn 84x 44 feet was elevated with no' more serious consequences than sbme cider - and an excellent dinner: .)..Tke infant daughter. aged nearly s'x months, of Riley . and Edith Frink Bushnell was consigned to AO= cemetery, July-12th. .-. Elias Titman,Of Auburn 4 corners, who was seriously injulid June oth, by Ina horses , runn i ng away, is recovering now to the great joy • of his numeroul friends. - GUESS NOT. Legal. " DMENISTR 1.911 . zy NOTICE. -EX. the: estate of Jared Baker, : late of Brooklyn. Letters of Administration in . the - said estate having been granted tei the undersigned.all persons ow ing said estate are requested to make immediate tntY meet, and "all parsons having I.:lline ,against said estate are rlques,eti to preeenf them withontdelay. A. E. TEWKSBCitY. Administrator. (Ititie•2B; 1876. ' . 26w6 11 D MIN IS'EII A iTOR'S .?NOTI C E. in the est of Albert p ReynOldi i .ate . of Brooklyn twp. deed. Lenexa -of Administrai iou in the said estate having been granted tp the undersigned ail persons ow ing said estate, are requested to make immediate pay ment. and all' persons having cialins against said estate ate requeetod to present them without delay. E. 14. WILLIAMS, Administrator. Jn:y 5,11376. - I. 27wd ADMINISTIaTaIt'S the , estate of liiram Reynolds, late of pi th Top. Su:.quehanna _. i County, Pentisyl dec'd. Letters of AdmlnWration in the icid estate having been granted to chef undersigned, Pll pereon E owing said estate are requetled to make immediate payment, and all persons having clams against said estate are requesteLito present them without delay. LUCINDA A. REYNOLDS, July 5, .1t56. 9w6 • • Administratrix. IEXECUTOR'S • N --- OTlOE.Wttereas. , Letters testimentary to the estate of Isaac Com ptock, late of Libeiti. - deed, having been gr inted to. the ' undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment, and all ,p er son having claims against the same, are rcquestect to Rresent them withontigelay. . ISAAC COMSTOCK, f t Itxecu- UARY A. STANFORD. tors. 26148. Jiine Qsl IR76pd , ‘l,l i. i C.m.---PUBLIO- NO tle4 is hereby given to ad persons concerned in fhe followling Estates, to wit : • Estate of ;Alvin Spr uvr lat.: of Springville. deed, S. D. Thoilas, A dininlatrator. Estate of ,ilorace :.4eYmour, late of New Milford, dec'd, Franklin Seymour Administrator. Estate of Timothy own ?, late . of -Choc:omit, deed. O Philip 'Connell. Administrator. - Estate of :Abram Brinat. late of Great Beud,'