Town, county, alla voziety. • — 7 -An Elmira' girl, who is anxious Ito get rid -ot a lover, has promised ?1 marry hhn when liayes is eleeted president: , ---4ome of "the 'bOys' i of our town 'went; on a hockleherying. excursion to -Mesboppen, some of them returning with nine quarts. =- 7 -The members of Montrose Fire Co: 130. - 2 are requested to meet at their parlor -on Wednesday. evening, NAug. 9 1879,1 at 7 P. M.. An egg measuring 84, inches by 93i t inches, and weighing,4%, qunces, Mr,11.3 left on our table on. Monday,' by, Mr.; J. of Bridgewater. i —Rev. F. A. Deny, of Rust, whose horse was recently killed by lightning has had the less made good by his , friends. , Mr. D. is duly grateful for thie`expreision et 'kindness. • —lt is rumored that a feloneous assault was attempted one day fast week ;on a lady in . this vicinity :!:`‘ . llurglarsq, akgetting so 1;4old that it :. is dangerous for a .venture outside of her parental enclointe. • —The following is a list of officers elected ,tor the ensuing term, in Montrose Fire 01. No. . 2, July 14, 16 76-: Foreman, Otis MeCracken ; Ist A.si.t, 0: C. Leet ; 2nd Ass't, Dayid Little.; fiec'y4. g Aarrington •Treas.,A. R, Whipple ; Ist Pipeitiaii; Lint' nine ; 2nd pipeman, John Dillon. ! very convenient enterprise, for the people .of Montrose and ,Ticif!ity, is the gun shOp just, npened, in the basement of . B. C. SAYre's store, (under ithe Democrat' (Ace) by Mr W. Clark. See ialVertisement on sec sand page,ot this paper:, —Montrose 'Fire Company, No: 2, *1 hold an ice-cream and peach festival On Friday evening of this week, (it being August 11) at tie 'Engine Honse .Preparations are being , Made to exceed - anything of the season. All are cordially invited to, attend. - We give cur space this week to, the very interesting letters of acceptance of Tilden and Hendricks. As we firmly , believe that these remarkably interesting , doeiments come from, the next President and Vic President of these United States, we tink that no matter of more interest could be!laid before our . readers. --7ldr. Paul A. queen is spending his Vaca tion interested in the sale of the new work ,en titled "Our First ',Csintury" soliciting orders j and agents for this cohnty. 'The Fork is super for to any we have seen. A' more eisteuded review of it will be giVAn next week. We no tice that some of the leading men of this place have -already subscribe, severe rain storm accompanied by high winds and bail; visited this section on 4 Monday afternoon, last. No extensive damage was done, in the borough pore than the blow ing dowb -of trees, etc., and, the unroofing of two barns on Wm..H. 4scup's farm. In south Bridgewater the storm was much more severe. The oat, corn, and buckieheat crops, ere com pletely devastated. Fences in - every direction * were leveled. A. tree was blown down near If; Tewksbury's house,strikinglhe roof 'and crush! ing it in.: Many boildings*ere unroofed. The ‘orcbards I were badly damaged. 'Rows of trees were blown down, and the frig shaken oft! from those left standing. •We notice that it IS offically announced that the Montros.e Republicim has been sold to. Mr. J. P. Taylor of Wilkesbarre. The Repull limn- ought to be and we -presume is n excel 'rattly paying property but it will requirecon siderable effort to keep it up to the mark Where it was left by late Mr..yrazier. arealation of,;5,000 copies for a paper in a county containing about 4,080 republican vo ters is a very large oriel and in these speciall bard times is,iery likely to fall off. The Mon rose DliiioCß# his also , been greatly improv ed of late andthis will not:tend to increase the circulation of its rival. i -We hope Mr. Taylor will have tlipAuccess be anticipates! nut in the newspaper World It is not all gold that glitters. -4cranton Ana'. ' • The residence of F.T. Badger, west" of the,city limits, at the cerner of Main street and Glenwood avenue;waS'entered by burglars • - at-abont 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. After ransacking the first floor of :Abe honse the thieves encountered the escaped;:; taking with them a small 'amount of clpthing and valuables to the mount of about $25.--- , A The manner ikwbich the affair oceuredwas as follows: " r Mt Badger had been bust at work during_ - theafternoon near his teildence. His wife was absent and thelioese was empty. _Between 4 and 5 o'clock he was engaged "art bard on another portion of the farm. tithe lionK about: u'; unlocked arid • hack kitchen. Tie beard a 'nnise, as it some; one walking, and stepped hito l irobni, l east, whichs•Vaa the dining-room. On . account (If the heat he, left all the doors open' behkiaithitV- - :this opens on the - east into *. Badger's sleeping a sitting room, the 1.44414**44134,*(44 an :d openini :in thebeciroom. rite steps were i still heard, and Mr. Badger, sUPPoiing that 'ilia • W ite Must have returned, passed into the sitting-room; = As he reached the:centre of the room he, heard the• steps' aiii4P,'44 P - 40 7 distiactly, laud turning' saw...throngh , tlid`open .dOor of the bed-room two men, one engaged in ,rim?maging tbrqugh the drawels of a buten; and 'the :other assort ing different articles of cli4laing upon the bed, among which were a number of Shirts, and Mr. Badges best cloties.--Binglountftn Times% —Heart - Freeman, it.'wealtbY butter mei chant of.Rahway,N._ J., while sleeping on a sofa in his hone, about 4 o'clock last -Friday afternoon, was bound and robbed by masked burglars. Ur.'Frearittres residence is at - Sic). 65. Milton street, the principle street in the clty, The boase stands a:short distance -front thd 'street, „in, a yard- surrounded,b; Freeman Stated to a reporter last night,that he was first aroused by feeling semething forced' intobllt. tho 01; and : pund- - ,thitt ! four niasked men' were tying3tii*':;ll.,yoxing,nianytit bag origx 10 bead, while a* boy wearing pair'ijf goggles of!bitte glass, with is ire sidesitied . hia arnis 'with a rope.: Another put a blip noose around hia neck and drew the rope over a clothes hook almost strangling him. His throat and 134CK were badly' bruised and diso6l- arid by the rope. Ile IV as struck several vio lent blows on the chest, and seriously injured' while struggling to, escape. The fatally were absent at the this, and be 'was bolted for =halt an hour before he was released. His sister re-. turning Ito the house ;saw the doors open and all in confusioni and found her brother hang it.g as the robbers had left him. The burglars , ransacked thev i yhole house but tailed to find several gold watches and other articles of jew elry and the family silver plate. While the men were in th 6 upper part of the house Mr. Freeman thought he was alone and made a des .perate ,efrort, .toliree, himself: He heard a gruff voice call doW4 - Stairs tto thOse who were be low: "Put an endto that fellow, or he will spdil all." This was followed by a severe blow ,Which had the desired effeet;', Mr. Freeman did not, -.move , The robbers were .in the house about 20 minutes. They secured $3lO, which they took from Mr. Freeman's person. THE FIRST iof THE SEASOH.--Mr. George Harvey, of itugh,:left two varities of fine ripe apples at our of last week for "the boys," for which they' return their thanks. DIGEST OF LECTION Ls:rms.—Polls open 7 a, m. and close at 7 p. tn. _ Every male citizen, 21 years of age, possess ing the following qualifications, shall be enti tied to vote at all elections : 1. He shall haye been fi citizen of the Viii ted states one month. 2. He shag have 'resided in the state one year ; or, it having previously been a qualified elector or mitive horn citizen . thereot, and shall, have removed therefrom and returned, then be shall have resided therein six mrths immediately Preceding the eh.ction. • 3. He shall Wive resided in the district where he int4nds to vote two months imme-• diately preceding the election, instead at ten days, as fornierly. • 4. It 21 years of age, or upward, he shall hive paid, within two years, a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two \moneas previous , to the election, and paid at least one' mouth previous to the. same. • 5. Foreign born Oltizens must have been naturaliz,ed at least one mouth before the elec tion, and must 'conform to , the requirements contained in, section 4, preceding. The electiim will be held on "the Tuesday next, following the first Monday of November" being this year the 7th day of the In s ontp. Friday, Beptember_Bth, is the, last day for be ing assessed. • Saturday, October 7th, is the last dap for se curing naturalization 'papers., Saturday, October 7th, is the, last day- on which taxes lcan be paid in legal time to votl. The above dates should be carefully remein bered and acted upon by all voters. • ricitato 'bugs are doing a fair business in spite ofqthe determined opposi tion of the farmers....Dea. W. Truesdell of New kiltord, formerly of this place, is very Much out of health, but his physician gives hope' his recoyery....Little Lulu Stantord luid three of her fingers cut off last Sunday morning by tie accidental .blow of an ax. E. Lockwood 'has lost two valuable cows within a feW days, and a man in Frank lin lost eight, head of cattle by the' same dis ease.?.„.The lovers of innsie meet every Tours clay evening at 'the house of Russel Southworth Miss Eliza having .a splendid, instrument and being an accomplished playel• makes It just the place .tor these entertainments. .Ekter Brew ster has preached in the Baptist church sever -j al sabiiathe the people must indeed be hard to please if they look farther for a pastor . next appointment is one week from tn-morrow, Which mall be Aug. 11th.... If. there is any one not particularly opposed to capital punish, meat and would hake no serious compunctions ,of conscience would they please hang the gates to the P— church yard.... Our burying 'ground is Sadly out of repair. , It is finely lo= ,catedand might with a little labor lie media grateful retreat where we might visit - the home I of our dead without feeling that we . were real- ly in Y`Ciolgotba"....The first &Math' after the 4th of July the two ',Presbyterian .s,oeieties held a' centennial communion •on Fraii,itlin hill. The Rev. J. H. Dorenius gave us one of his best discourses and altogether it iris a time Jong to be ' remembered::. Quarterly meeting in the 31.. E. eburch one week from to-morrow sitheabrick chapel. .The ordinance of baptism Will be administered the Sabbath previous.-- Lima, Sittray evening . , aallr. gtatildford , Wag leaving the Store, his bQrse - became frWitened and ran down into Mr. finidrtcles carriage 6.sai4 . b 01 rmitples made Shipwreck of the buggy,- Zoe. • Hair° : * l7) itic-Nrc.- 7 -The most enjoyable oc casion ev-r our priVelege to 'attend, was that held en t , e 'beantiftil'grounds' of the flareord AgTicult I ral pocicty t Thursdayauly 17th. it beinthe iighth anniversary of Live Oak todge, 01'1. 0. of 0. F., No. OM, ot ilarford, the members resolved to honor the clay with a 1 'pnblie 'Oebration, inclUding eieroises , ilmt Would afford rational pleasure to themselves and bring the public generally into u. moie:in ri i timate quaintancer 'with the' principled and sc objects fan order whose professions and in spiratio are mystf.irionalk 'blended and brieflY expresse by "'Friendship", "Love" and " Tru tb.'i • ~ Theay ,w 4 c armtng ;, clear an * i ,charming-; ' d cool , a rare corribinatidu of all that makes raid-sum suer inviting. .At an early hour the people were gailering in—childhood 'yeinth and man ; ,hood--abimated with pleasant antimpations of 1 a "good tittle ,coraing. 7 : , - Bigler, tioilgvi. of adjoining 03 , 4'44 - hips Vera Well repr'esented. A generoue supply f excel leittinusie :was furnished by the- Gibson ~ Ow , _, . _ net ,Band vrho elicited most enthusinstie - prilie forthe'ereditable manner in which. : tpeir part of the programme was perfornied. Several ap •l,, t - t TRE:::: . :Iii:kI,I6:6.RAW - if.' : ' , ATT-q!V: , c..'; . * , : , , - ; -13 1 1 , - . propria.te selections ot, vocal music were finely executed by . the Hariord , cAr, led by Sophia. , bountilut repast was ',prepared In the'Ag -ricultural dining ,room and . under the shade of the grand old maple groye near at hand. , '1 part: of the entertainment was mainly prOthitsi . and arranged by the ",Daighters.of Rebekah" and , the'excelleut‘manyier in which they' tained the part, assigned them by their,"lsaacs" is(,most „surely a convincing prootl that the teachings . and •infloence of this most beautiful Degree does not detract - from domestic abilities, The , refreshments having beea fully en)oyed, , the 'fraternity and frtends assembled around :thy," Speaker's stand,' and were entertained Iv' able -ad 4 resses delivered by , iteivs. J.. H. Weston Moore, of. Brookilia,% Pa.,, Rev.G T. Price, of •Harford, 'Rev. Lowber of Lnzertie' co.; and Pr f`, 0 0. Tiffany, of.Schtylkill' co; - The eloquent - address of Bro., Pries , was prepared for the occasion and was a masterly effort'in fa4Or of.• thapriticiples and influence of the Or der. All the speakers:-Were listened to with marked attention, the dispassionite, candid manner in which able arguments were deduced i shoWing , the inseperabl% connections' of- the'' principtes , of Odd .Fellowship. with the best in terests ot. humanity, could not fall to receive. favorable 'consideration from bearert .united by friendship. actuated by love and - earuesOy seeking the truth. •' ' !Live Oak Lodge may be congratulated upon this happy Occasion ; everything , combined to make it a success and the pleasure enjoyed by all present invoked kindly regards for i tf-e fu ture of No: 635. • H. RepUbilean County Conic)Otlon: • . • PART RING AND PART °TARR voch The Republican county convention met on itonday, and was' called to, order by E. C. Fordbam—ebairman county corarnitteet E. C. t'ordhatn . was j elected President and E. P. 'acme, N.O. Amy and C.O.Vedder were elected Secretaries. After the roll of deledates was called nominations at once proceeded, G A. Grow, the "Texao Ranger," was nomin ated for Conzress Over James E Carnialt,'of Clioconut, busq'a co, by a small majority on the first ballot. It was announced i3y. the chair that there was an error or disagreeMent among the secretaries, but the discrepency Was of no particular account as Mr G Would probably be nominated anyway, if another ballot was ta ken. Some one of "Tetas" proclivities arose and moved that "The Itanpr" be nominated unanimmisly which was seconded and' receiv ed the endorsement of perhaps - a little more than one-half the delegates and the chair declared it unanimous. For State Senator A P Stepbens, of Great Bend, and 1V - W Watson, of Montrose, were named. On first ballot the chairman announ ced that the secretaries had disagreed but un lige the course he took in' the case of the "Ran ger" he declared the ballot void and ;ortlered new ballot. Oti the second ballot Watson was declared nominated by a vote of sic) to 32. The tally as kept 'by one of the secretaries and by several outside the "Ring" on the first ballot gave A. P Stephens 37 votes and Watson 35, which if the chairman had been as quiick to`an 'flounce that a little discrepancy , "%4uld make no difference" Mr Stephens . would have" been declared nominated, but it seems the fates. (or the Ring) had determined otherwise. At this juncture the programme of the Ring appeared so very plain and their deterinitiatien to cram it down, the masses without grease Was so manifest thPt the "rntllic in the air" seemed to say "down with the 'Ring", and( from that time out the convention` ran wild, and the scrambling for further nominations was strictly a free fight,eVery man for himselt,a,nd the 1111M her of ears and noses taken up at the close was largely in favor of the Ring is they were severely punished. The nomination for Rep-, resentative after - eleven ballots'resulted, first choice, in the nOmination of Dr E P Hines, of Friendsville, and on the 15th ballotlhe second ; choice gave it to M. J Larrabee a popular young man ot:Susquehanna. During the balloting, however, we learned some new uses of figures. On one ballot the chair announced :the tally for the different candidatei 'and' the sum total of the votes was 78. - Bow this was, done by 72 delegates will be as mysterious as the first bal . tot is on State Senator. But-these little discret• nudes seethed of no ,consequenee in the gener• al squabble. The Ring having suffered quite' severely in the Representative_contest, it came up to the scratch on Prothonotary ratherrweek but'rallied finally with 'skits powers;. ',The contest simmered down, - hoWever, after a few ballots to W of Great Beigj, and Amos 'Nichols, of Montrose. here the' ques tido of mathematics again came up, as the see r4aries gave tie' vote of 37. and 37 out Of 72 voters. `But on a final rally :the Ring lost more ;ears and' noses and Sitnrell was nominated by'iti vote` of 42'th'30` Thin; „ • - ended the last lessonin Ring politics of Susitebarina'cenrity for this centennial year of 1876: - Since itie old fashioned people's craft battered 'a' leak in their: old rotten hulidast fal-1, the _ Ring, has been quarrelling as to who should be the ileknowiedgee leader wadies the fight grew hotter and hotter 'among thetn,"the "Texarßanger"came to their relief and agreed it they would accept him to lobli.'after,'.the terests otSuiefa eoUrity,m Texas'iands and rail roads, asif - their RepresentatiVe . congresi, ' would take the generalship of the sad rally the people to its support, But it seems tinst atter his own ax was ground by ilia own nomination and that of Watson, he left his ar my "le skin their' awn 'skunks"' . and,. the Ring got "skinned!' It is, evident that,the "Texan Ranger" cannot ,afford : to kiose -a single eye or ear in minor contests in this district, if he ex , _ .pects to have his Texan,.interests "subsidized" , at thepotie in isioveraher. But enough ! Out of pure sympathy to the Ring we desist < trom-fartber comment at:this More anon,- '3•91..,1.V#T4T.W:g..,-1.;...-.:,..,'',.:.,',!-lii.::-',l - AT TIIIS OFFICE, Crißit.P. MUM ATTENTION, PENlOCitAtieol. l l* COM-1411*- 'The Members of the Dnincieritt - te , Coiinty CoMmittne *lie hereby Imuimoned" to meet at the Traverse Juri Boom in vie Court gonse . at . Montros' e' at. Ai' 2 elnek in:, on - the first kon- - day "of August dOuit,it being the 14th 4ay,.- The time at the county :nominating convention is t 6 Axed at, that thneandOth-_ er businees of vital importance l *III' mine lore - the committee,``Let every e er b 0 in his - place. - The names 011ie County Cott - Mail tee tire gib- Hilted else*here, in: conneetion with the Vigi'- fahee committee ; The memberii of the.county committee on are • required' te, be present but s we'hop&they Will not fail to attend; iuperSon or by proxy. HONESTY} RERAN 11,Y IS THE BANN/CIL _Let ns fight the good fight before and finish our. faith at ,the polls Novem ber 7th, 1876." B.! HAWLEY, Chairman. O. P. Basni, ATTENVON, SOLDIERS - 11;eadvariorsVeteran &idlers' Organ-1 =Wiwi of Savtielianna County., • Mormitosg, N.., July 21, 1876. GENEIIAL OitbEß ) • The Veteran Soldiers of No. IL ° Susquehanna County. - are hereby placed under "Marching Orders," - with directions to "move" at daylight, on the morn ingnfithe 6th day of September, with three days' "cooked rations",andall'necessary "camp and garrison equipage? in the direction of lord Fair Grounds, where the Organization will renderious for three days. Veteran recruits from neighboring counties will be, gladly "mustered" into,. our ranks for this "emergency." • . The !Telford Guards," the "Gibson Rifles," and "boldiers' Orphans" `arse cordially, invited; and will be warmly welcomedas "recruits" for this "campaign.P By command of IL F. BPARDSLEY, . Com'dg... Vet. Organization. R. C. JEssuP, Colonel and Adjutant. Gtneral. ii4E4L.EI.3EtIAL