Acu , -rilartat "
*oN!,.tgo§F; ,- .:8 - 3 27;;;19ir7.
Tom,' County, .and variety:
r • •
Nowsay Monument Square."
—The daie of our next issue will be Suly.l.l.
--D. S. Gregory of Bridge Water picked a
mess of green etts'from his vines June 20:
7 -statements from several townslilps were
received: too' late tor this ; issue, but - will , in.
ierted in our next.
-- r dlev. Thos. A, Stevenson, officiated, at St.
Paul's Church last Sunday niorrkinz, and even
ing. , }le delivered two very -ahleand practical
discourses,
,--Our printers w,e,ro placed unctzt obliga
tiops to- Ilf. - ,J. S.:Tarbelt yesterday 'for :a box
of fine strawberries, 'raised on "the 'Tuba
'House farp.'
t Alonzo -Williams, of Ilri•lgewitter, is
prepared to furnish our citizens with as fine a
quality of strawberries as.can be Sound and at
a reasonable price.
—New York had ninety-three_ fires laSt
Yourth of July, all from fireworks. Fourth of.
July ernlebrations have cost, more thata the
Whole revolutionary war. •
wb.ise: authority.' :We-- can't -but
in
,
any exchanges are . now announcing
that it is not, longer necessary to lift your. hat:
•tQ the ere bOW Snffieing. •
t, ,tes and town eyery where are • talciig'l.
steps to lii•it-cracker nu isanenoi the
.
FOurth of be rough the'boys
but . O'W,..ers Of' property Will experience 'a:, grtat
, - • s. •
-11 embers of the Montrose Fire Dermrt
nient ate hereby Ordered to convene at the en
gine bbu4eJuly 4th, et 11,o'clock sharp,
in full uniform, for the putitose of participating
In the parade. By ,order Chief Eng.,
W. L.Cex, Secretary.
w bile the pitle daughter of WM. Acl-er
• man; aged two years,was alone fora short time
r, ;on Moadaylat, It climbed upon A. clam and
thence to.the biireau, where' it got h014.0f - a
..tottle of, - carholic acid, overturning its contents
her dm§ and face, and burning it very se
verely but not dangerously.
--;The Deniocra•ic COunty Committee met
;at the-Tar:bell House 'on Saturday last and rip:-
. p::oltited, Senator.ot Montrose;
And john , -,11
,Dusehhurh,Rf Great 'Bend, as
Representative'delegat to the State ConVen-,
tion to be held, atittie city of Harrisburg, Aug.
, Bth. They also Unanimously conceded the i
Senatorial delegate to Wayne county.
• ' --,.i.40)1d man by.the name Of :Nelson - bla- 7
son, living in New Isliltord borough, 'kaged
82 yearS, committed suicide, on Plidayl
morning, 'dune 15, by cutting his
,throat
-with tkrazor. i,,Ho lived, however, until Wed
nesday foll Owing. lfe bad been ato charge
for some time.. •No cause can be assigned for
the act ey.epkmental aberration *
—The power of advertising in THE DESO 7 .
CRAT*as fully, illustrated last week.- It will be
rementhered• that we noted the fact that no
hand' organs had • visited, our born - Ugh • this
Spring, and the very..next day the:'boys arid,
~ girls were.delighted hypthe of the crank
of. one all about town. Fortunes are undoubt
edly' }oat byllot,advertking in : the Dr.mocw:
--The dinner intended to be given, on July
4th by` , the ladiefi of the M. E. Church,. is. no -.
.:liced last' week, has been abandoned for the
purpose'of giving the Monument Asso , Aation
.•
the fullbenefit of thoday, and. an ice-Cream and
- strawberry‘festival will be f lield''by.them this
• •
evening (Wednesday) aethw - transept 'of the M.
''E:Church, to which allate invited: ' *ore than
.
ordinatTexertions are being put forth.to make
'this festival a sticcess, and to please those in at,
tendarice : • =
South
welling . from 4 The d
aPed.A.
n\t,
...._. ,
esp. A
o f .
-'.- ' - '' ter,. narrowly -
edueeday. -
. 0 . T141 ,- . lisr, m...-fillen,
b lu eing,
to.
r,Bilage!va. t fre last W
.. , out of
~.'"r''' -:114, ' 4l "" ktr .' oytu s'. a, saw s . smoke issuing
hus,
-ta.v ' Allen —-- to ter
1 . 4 41';
~.,i ',lock-Zia- , - th e alarm
..-,.%*t -iv 0 -..,. —. :• aave
4 ,
.4.„..,,, ,:„.,,, 4,-;,,aiher arid ,,
,;-1,..p,
,:_1,12,U,'"
band who happened „near by and Boon made
the discovery that a closet off--of a-bedrootti in
the chamber„ filled with clothing, was all
ablaze' the Whole chamber with
dense onolke'::.W. secured some - water and,
by epeditions.woiki succeeded in. extinguishC
ing the flames, hut• not until all the; lothing in
tlietlOSet:had been' destroyed. The clothing
belonged;to his" daughter, who, is teach:
lug School,and among it,were silk dresses,skirts,
4idother aithinkivhich,woe valued over $lOO.
zThediughteKias borne And snot feeling well .
• , : hadlOiCaaiOn'tOlaki Match tn-her•room the
'Jug' ht - bekire,thinkingshe 'Might7need it, and it
-* not being used, was.leit,on her dressing -table.
Itishelieved that a `little 'cbild, - ;,that had been
-, - in the i'Ocipa: play thoughtlessly
sir ac4dentally Jgc(kied.; the ,imatch, 'and the
flames Can i ii*JU•the Clothing inthe closet. It
•
,
is a very,swous loss .to the daughter, as all of
her qhi#o,o was hanging and packed away in
thVeUet, 4 i The walls of the • &set were :SO
'heated by the combustibn that it was several
hours- before they *name 0)91. -• s'
Tp b lol 4 l ,ug 'Or 1 : 0 .0 1 4e-lit. 152 'r-,t be4e 0le at i t iri :
the go - giers' -Monument on:the - 4th of auly, the
ceuhty bet bein
. ,
port' i nt " ~ t ai p 4 prominent
. d , - 013,10,-reP eloii.- A 7
.:.:,,,- "cane 1 1 P. - -- ; of :that xxca
.:,
Bait:
r
f iii- f f reiviest.-
%,.• ~' :* rt In - - "- 0 1 .
-, pa . -, riatepesa
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true-the mean g
, Adelit may, IniSOODE
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btletie-lant, -T n oorria'i.llo7 !A!a'' iat.
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• ' f: :tbli e, 0 - - -tuat
itrid.iiitestioP° ~,j,,',4, to it' 1, : , *.p414 s a y,. ;-..
,- -- -- on iii Xeg4N_ . - ' • :solder 4*b ' er343 " ' lA' , ifikliaToo ~. . moo
~.."1, ..„,- eritolieil f.,,, ,„---, ~be :1,14041ean, : -, •
'.":1; - 4' , .-iiii: - .0 - e coliiity.,;, , bei.,.. 6i .“-t_ ti ,11,3, *4 gal - b,er 'o i f t tb to e<
''q `. , A ' -- yillie 'ea
I.l ' ' ' 0,1,041Prt:/P-TPP' apOna)ng; t the
' 1/4 - - ma i- ion. 414 1 P z, - it,,,,, Dgodiest bu 0 4 ,„
;'1970;!'-z Iik4IZ3W4P woll l l- 6 1i ''','
At , -- - ' I,- . - kozil4o:4t:-- , - of 6n Y tsi
e x .--:",:* - 'Eforming A duty
4. l'!', • is, bOlie, t . t E e dead; - -
-1 h ur bu
the , ,,glV---.0
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J. R. 11„A.t25:4-:_:FoRD.
yETpit,ga:X,'§OLDIZOp:,
B.IP Bzuamity.
EXECUTION OF- LANAII 3N.
AndrewLanahan eonvieted of the murder
,
of Capt. John Rile - y; tin the 15th of. September,
Int, at Wilkes-Barre, paid the penaltv..of the
law. on Thursday' The streets of Wilkes-Barre•
were thronged early in,the morning of the day
of the execution, although , it was known - that
no one but officials and reporters would be, ad
mitted within the jail yard to witness the eke,
eution.: Rev. 'Fathers Donohue, O'Harron and
Nagle spent the morning With the condemned
man, administering the sacrament and giving
him all the •Consolations of the rites •of the
church. At 'fifteen minutes past ten the prist
over walked forth from his cell, b,earing cru7
attx.. -and . acconipanied by "the-'priests, and
without any indications of tear or trembling. :
Upon the scaffoid he thanked all for their kin&
ness and said, "I forgive all who have wronged
me, and ask all I.have , wronged to forgive me.l
His legs were then pinioned, the rope adjitsb
ed, the black cap"drawn'over his face; and at,
hirty-four minutes past ten the drop fell, and
Andrew Lanahan was suspended between
heave,n and earth. There were but` slight
movements of-the limbs ot the- body. In 12
minutes the doctors pronounced life extinct.
Lanai= wp.s but 31 years' of age,:anal-.said
that he knew nothing (A his killitig Riley:;_ that
he waS so drunk that evening tilt' t he renietn
berekl nothing of his acts.—SJ:ran, n Journal.
FOURTH OF JULY-LICCO4MODATION
FOR
The . goodyeople of the - County who content,
Phyt`e, Dedicatory exercises on
the 4tb, MOiltros. .naturally -ask 'Where
caul put my horses _And this is a serious
question with the careful horseman, on thal.,
day of bands, - fire-cracker and carnion. To pro-,
vide for this;, the 3lontuncrit Association have
made arrangements with the Susq'a Co. Agri- ,
cultural bociet3 for the use of the It= Grounds
on that day.,.. Careful, experienced men will be
in-charge of the grounds that days; and Or the
ptirpose of defraying the ekpense of this,a, small
admission fee will'be charged, at the gate, for
privilege Of driving in - and Occupying the
grounds during Elie day, viz: Ten cents tor
horse and,carriage, and' fifteen' cents for dont*
team. The CaValry, and Fieldand Staff of the'
Yet:. Org. will receive tickets of admission
_
applying at'the Qrs. - of the Gen'l Com'dig.
There, is plenty of water, and bay and,oats will
be furnished—onthe grounds at reasonable
prices. The. Association have made this ar
rangement for the accommodation of the pub•
lie; believing it •be. ~a great convenience.
Therq will be no parade, no fire-crackers elk the
grounds, and it Will be a quiet, shady.place for
horses. Grounds willibe closed . a.t 5 o'clock p.m.
F. iptEA.I6SLEY.
• " A.:TERRIBLE TRA.GF,DY.
Wednesday , evening as , and Mrs.
I:!,atriek , Golden, an aged copple, wnra s4ting in
ttiOrluitise near the ,tunnelt`4.4ftwee4,Fatcory
'ville'and-Nitholson, a niiin With a blackened
Ace walked into the room and unceremonious
ly shot Mr. Golden with a double barrelled shot
gun which he.carried , in his hand, wounding
him 'iu the side. Mr. Golden ran _ into another
room but the assassin followed and shot him
again, this time in the, neck, and turned and
walked away. Mr. . Golden died yesterday
morning. He ,Was between Ito and 80 years
old, and was a quiet, respectable ' citizen. By
great, industry he bad accumulated' about $6,000
worth Of property. He Was not' known to haie
r had - any.enernies,and as no effort at robbery
was` made the cause of the murder is &mystery
Surely this is the most atrocious and, cold
• tokOded.crinie'that has evjeteen committed in.
our county, and it is, to be h,oped that the per
petrator may be brought tojustice. _ We - shall
give further particulars next week.,—Tunkham
rnock Republican,.
HOW tO LOAFERS AWAY.
The .Altoona.-mirror learni that the follow
ing. is a new plan in Pottstown that is being
used bi some =-business then ''td- drive loafers
away from the front of their stores: A film of
druggists displayed a large placard in , their
?could be read by all who passed
along - the Street, containing the following
Snmething for the young men to 'do who
stand in fr ont of this store." -
r Another business pan l iw. the , same place has
tad a similar card printed:itiaireitd6 as fol
- • • -
ANTIiI) ELSE.
The young men who cannot find any other
plc tostarid or leanllmn in froqt of-this door
anted sonieiyhete
It is said that
,the firms who have the cards
diplayeii hre hot trembled by having a crowd
block up their windows and doors. ''
A CRUEL WRETCH.
• •
fellow 'named Win. Clearwater, - who
worked tor Wm,. Lowman, of Chemung, and
driving one of lanivirtan's Minim's; the horse re-.
fused to work- He took a stout cord end tied
'around the horse's tongue end an attempt was
then made - to pullrhim :along by the c,ord,which
resulted .in teming the tongue , off just above ,
where the cord was fastened And about 8 inches
from the /ewer end. of, the tongue. ,Clearwater
continued to-work the'horse all day in this eon
ditian,and at niklifictit hen out Without mak
ing the tact known to any one,' and LoW
mat; consequently` learned nothing about the
matter Until the next day., The horse is being
• e'ttred for but the , brute lhas r
Journril. ' -
SAD AND. FATAL AWIDENT.
The Carbondale Adoczam sayfi: Mr. Nelson'
Coleman of Uniondale, was living at . G. Wash;
ingtim tain6C at Eielrick,: , WOrkingt - onthe -
Toung'.-Coleman,,,,Wita
.I)4l:n4:the 'feint "'et ii tat' neh' brother one o
Y.
•
the his,irses klehed : , hitu i in the lace w. itk,hot4
-:feet, breakinihis neck and k i llize
fir . .,, : ;• Yriui,frxhing - titatVrAs ..4gt#P4 rears-of ago.
aiieldent happened on the 11th, and
the funeral iwas attended on Tuesday, the 12th,
.at 'Uniondale.
"WANTED.
- POTATO,B.TIGS
.
- Thy;'nirning sun was rising fast;
- through thet‘meadoW-1( 4 " there passed
who'bore with grasp bOld,
A:k9od.sized bottle ;meat to
Potato-bugs I' ' •
'His eyes were dim,-his cheeks-were wet
With tears that, would not back be kept ;
And - 74th a sob, a sigh; a, groan,•
He uttered in a most mournful tone,
"Totato-bugl".
Near hapPy homes he saw the boys
Playing: croquet, "Or with theivfpys;' '
Ahceve the scorching sun did Sbitte •
And from his bps escaped 'a whine,
"Pilato•bugs!" ' °
The hour fort inner game and went,
" And left him, o'er the vir es still bent;
At supper time, he would not eat;
And oft and oft didle repeat,
"Potato-bUgs '
•
• •, • , • ..
"0, comprhis'ocinirades said, "aod play
One gate Of ball kWitb.us
Dearly would b d liayd loved t0g0,7 - = •
But shdolc lushead and ansiAtred' "No
''.PotatObwrs !" - •
`.Teware the noon-,day sun's .hot.power
Beware the awful thunder-shoW.err
his brother shouto-wjth-
A void: replied, tar . down the hi.l4.
. .; "Potato-bueS !"
At - close of clay,' as'at the church;
The bell replied to sekton's touch,
- And loudly, rang for nine o'clock, •
A'vpice. exclaim ed, with startlin; Shoclt,,
- ,`‘Potatp-htigs!"
I ' • Qui' hero rushing up the - lane ••• - •
.. , topped not for joy, otgriet or
- .Waving,high 'above _ •
11is bottle: to the family said • ; • .
• --Totato-briti%!"
Into the flre';- - Oni by one;
The;striped creatures then be flung;
And in his &earns - through Out that night;,
He often beiettmed, in said fright;
•' .r l l*Potato-}ergs : •
FOU-1,1":13 : INTERESTS.
REF ELESIDIE :NTS. ' •
Many '171,' ho attended the Celebration at Mont
rosb ;ast ....Tear, have ; unpleasant inernories
,of
empty stomachs—or, in other Words, unsatisfied_
erii - Viii4‘of the inner . man. The Monument
Association have this year sought to pro : vide
a gaidst any such unpleasant memories.- Col. C.
F. Watrous, q. 31. Gen t of the Vet: organiza-,
tion, has ,been apPoiuted public cg,terer for _that
occasion, and with such able efficient assistance
as the ladies of 'Montrose are'alsVays ready and
willing to give, everybody and their srives-may
rest .assured_ that they will bave l itO occasion 7:to
go away hungry. .
\ The long and spaciOus ball of the Court
Tiouse, including the. Sneraf's -office, Treasur
er's office, and 'Recorder's office, will be made. ]
a grand - restauraat. ;on the 'uEttropean
A large tent- will , be. pitched at the north end
of the Court - House, .which will also be • used
to entertain the' public.' Itt addition to these;'
'the-large store'room' with backparlors, lateli
nccupied by. Wilson J. Turreil,• will be. thrOwn
open to the public ; and 66 - large•wigvitup
lately occupied - by the Hayes and Wheeler
Club, will be held in reserve, for use if needl
ed;
The` well known' liberality ' , of the citizens
of Montrt4e will again be
that
for — edibles,
but 'they ' reinember the contribu- ,
dons asked for are for : ',feeding; the :two bu , n-.
dred Orphans from the *rphin's school; and
should their contributions exec - a the demand.
for
.that purpose—they have the same or equal'
as ,pairiotic a motive—that of contributing
to the Monument Fund.
The, Comity Commissioners and the Town
Cauncil have given exclusively jurisdiction to
the Monument iisociation, to. have and, oc
cupy the grounds helonging to the
county and_ the borough, on :that day, for
restaurant and other purposes bonneetedt with,
the eotertainment and comfort ! at ;the public,
• H. F. BRAIDSLBy.-
}
HEADQUARTERS . WESTERN BATTALION
'YET:. ORG. ATIBURN, Pa. i ' '
.. June . 25,.1877.
.
'Geiteial Orders .Y.l
In 'accordance with General'Orders No., 8.,
from, Ileadqterters .-tofr the Organizatimr,- , :the
Western Battalion will hold itself in readiness'
to rtifyi - at,tm - early hour, mt the morning of tie
4th'cil Juiy liionirns to participatein,.the e
ceremony of unveiling the filoldiers._gorminen t
Capt. Wm. 3. Lawrence of Dimock, viilttake
command:of the Veterans
_ftpin Dimock, Spring
ville and Auburn and will rendezvous at Allen's
Pornee.s at or *fore 9 o'clock a. in.
Capt. lieter D. Roe, of. Jessup, will taketoin
mand of the ."Yeterans" from Rush, Middle:
townotnd Jessup,, and rendezvous at Pairdalc
at the same. bout'.
•
The Colonel..loommanding hopes that every
soldier in the Western Battalion (and the-Bat=
taliOn:coMprises every honorable discharge.d
wet of the line of the D. L. &
road) will take an active part in the parade, and
_
all the exercifea of that day. • ,
Tura out "boys" and play soldier for. only
n • .
one day in commemoration, of an event, one of,
the grandest in the annals of our'countiy.
• - By Command of 1.
- = M. H. VANSCOTEI4;
Col. Coin'd'agiVe4 Battallop.
.
THOMASSIXADDUCK, Adyt.
I.l*Argir,ritTuns EAsyswir BATTALION,
YET. Ono:' (4T. BEND, Pa. •
" Jtine 25,1877..:
General Orders E.
In CoMplianee with ' General Order, No. 3.
the.veterans Of Great Bend, Susquehanna Depot
Oakland; Iretnllony, Thompson, Jackson and
New Milford are .requested •to take-up the line
of March on the morning ot-July 4th- in the
.=direction (A l New Millard. • Commandants Of
eothpanieti will report their companieiihrfront .
of Phinneys gotel as early- 4 9 A., N.: The
hearty. co,opaxatton of- ppiti.otlipm and mien is
lii6ke - ihglindertaking a
success. ',Oust that, we perpetuate the Item
iliase: - :l4lOW;heroes - :;yy' Whose side -we
fough,t,:i/:-.153-Daiisaaord
11,..x:-HAZARD,
) • Cot '01 . ..,r0'd Battalion; , -
Chas. 't-Chistelitio,,,A4t-
• grand p ihild in Byru
•
Grave---cunviutent . to - tue ustholic tnarch-,.al
.
St. Joseph's July 4. 1-
cirjrei;pondezici:'
--'-There is a small place situatein the ..toWn
Liberty on a -by road, off - fro*the Onake Ogee '
Turnpike l , called 4 ,'lreland.,":: Ifs ! - ..inhabitart
s ls
'4re -hea!thY,' - hard Workingi - dass , : of people,
principallY'et . )gaged furnishlng peeled bark .
and 'hauling 4 to thC-tannery, auj the large
loads that they : tike is - suPrising. , •
D - A. Warden is jobbing it; • He - has - take,n
I,6ooions of bark" to peel and deliVerl He - his
twenty-slx. men employed irom all `parts of 'the
'Conniy'ylnd some from' "Sullivan county. .
hark p4lers seem to be hapPy, contentel3,
for then voices may: be hearifat. all , times
, ing or talking cheerfully etteh - other,, thUs
1
showing that our working class are a free aqd
happy people, ,
,
11,111NEr CREEK ITEMS.
_Yews. Dlitoil:—" - Old Rhmey" would again
be represented in, our most welecime NisitoVtbe
Dlntocn.A.T.
.The poto.to-hug is very s troubleso.oo.
The weatliefis-fine and hatte commene-,
ed haying. . , JP
-
• . •
Horseback riding is the favorite
, amnsement
here both for hales and gentlemen. i
There is a yOung man often seen, in our pllce
froin `lrcla.nd;' attracted'. hither ; by a certain
1
Young ladYf'' -.- . -
Fred Race atig'wile have gone to Ireland to
work for a bark iolAel—he in the woot's And
she in the house, ' - f ' _ 2 1
_The straw - berry is now ripe
,and women iiiiad
children may be . seen at : all
,times,of the.clay
carrying hom&the choke fruit,of . the field. •
Gideon Wilbur was quite „badly, hurt, by the
-falling of a - lirnh ;- while engaged in peeling birlc
thellirab aline down in .such I a-, way' that it
-nearly_ictuped liin but did . notinjhre , the skill.
There is a erciwroad In contemplation that
is to connect the Upper Rhiney Creek road with
the lower Ono, and that is about afiy thatexciies
our, peaeeful neighborhood just novy.. • ,
Tivo of -Our yoUng friends/Were wade hailny
the other day , by a repitition cif Ailey °old,- Old
story, "I pronffunee you man 'and wife:'.' • 'We
hope they - *Ogilvy long s and. happy together:]
Edgar' Knapp' has renounced' farming and •
One to - peddling "'His - Cart
passes this`way once 'Week and - ,:we are all
glad to seeit coining. 1 1E '
,'The liotise of D. A. Worderi; : which has tiben
closed a long time, WasthrOWn 'open list Stun
aE id made a'vislt. by theowners thereof;
and quite a number of friends 'besides. Tlity
brought their. dinners Meng, And, to' the` passer
,by, it seemed as if they had ' . again`rettlrned
tight our neighborhoOd , and their own happY.
b6me. . ' :
J une 21, 1.877.
'KEYSTONE' AC2CPEttY: • , I
The eighth, year . of. r .icliboi ~ Iceystorie
'Academy closed_,last Friday.f Claasss were ex:,
IL mined in the, Academy, :on ; WednOday arid
Thursday. , Wednesday evening an , address
1r as expected frdm of. Sus
qu ehanna county; but be : not being able to be
present, the time was -occupied, and the con
xregation very ably entertained ,by addresses;
from the Principal, Rev.. T. J. Cole, • of• the.
Baptist church; and Elder Barnes, of,the M. E.
cbufch. • _ , • .2 , •
T burkday evening antexhibition • was given
consisting or orations and ; -essays by the two
most adVanced classes composition: - The
following are s es of the performers; with
their sObjects:: , '
Orationi—i*Ailtioie! Martin A. '_DeWitt,
Tnahannock; essay- : -"The Power; of Maly.
ner" 7 =Mar,.•Gardner, Dalton; essay-" Fault
Finding"— Lucy. Gerould, East Smithfield'
or ation----"Agricultnrem--R.T.Gibbs,- Scranton')
essay=; `Love of Display"--Mary LeightOn,,
Hnmrhreyville; oration--‘.IY6 the People" 4
John C. Mires, Nanticoke; essay-:-"Nemesis"-
.
Josie Rivenberg, Clifford;"essay—"Veneering"
=-Magifi ktrushNtalley t •
CURES IgOn TFIE BiIIiFIC'BETWIEBI 4 I CAPITAL!: /dip
' -LABOR •
• O'ration=' "Co-operation" . - ~•~ I. F. Boale,"SOuth
Eaton ; - pration-=.-"Educatisa"-0:
• Seainahs
Factoryville; ?it
Wiles,'Gibson ; essay = -"The ProperigtOi Hof
M ankliul"--Lottie Stone; Friei2diville; easily
"Mistress' of some Branciliina-% Streeter, w4itlz , t4trii: • •
The exercises . were ;interspersed thtoughou
w ith singing and iiistrniueutal music.
• , The Subjects ofthe`orations - add were ,
not Selected by thestildents; but' given by. -the
Principal.:,. They were all written'and delivered
in r a. nlanner which showed ex,
celienee; both in composition and delivery:
- The . programme } tot; Friday was follower .
Essaf-7-ilhe Ed uca ti on :of . " Wom en "-= by Miss
, •
Liz t zielloneywell, Cold" Water, (this es
say waswritten - tar a •prie, receiving honor
able mention). pi4ro. - 441 1 0,, misc . Maryary Gard
ner,-Dalton. .k orat i on— " T une an Ele.
ment in Education"-; ; 4teward Streeter,
Tunkhannock. Piano solo, Miss Josie Chase,
Factorrille. Pilzo.essay—"The Education of
Women" : —Eva • ,Keeler: l .,`Keeletsburg. 'Vocal
Solo, Miss Josie Rivenburg, Clifford !
~ Gradua-,
ting address— "Self :,Aeliance:!---Jantes Leigh
ton f Rttmptrreyville. Piano . solo, Miss. Nina
Streeter, White _Haven. Gladuntang address
"Decision- of character"---Geo. E. OsterhOut.,'
Tunkhannock. • "Piano . solo, Miss Lizzie Leigh
ton; liumphreyville..
At the close.of the exercises - the prizes and .
dipiornas'were - distributed, few `appropriate; '
remarks_ made 6i - the:Principal;
selectiOn-parting ArS.,
Westiln, and thif 'Congregation ( ' dismisset:*ith:
the. benedietlotibi 'Rev' `J, flutchinion, ; of
Wilkei-Esrre. exefreiset :were- quite lOng,
but veryhitercitl4,; Odinit,While - no r= ono feli
faiikued all Were prepared to relish the eicei
lent t'Olicter *bleb', ',Was' prOiridid for
ter : dinner wm*eriktreated'AdOt. 443
• ii4labye I#4t, lu 94e *fty,.prihoo:Ohy
N‘t,.4o:koePTaoi:ic - 1144
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(iir.ot , l4..iiii#lnitorsougg:!_f*iirect4 the
exerblij'ihisyear,*iiif the - SW*6s Ren-iii6;
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bast ly A 4 1 5 0 k141ttsel t ddaY.;Ufte, 0'0n. ,- :, This liar- I
ink been gotten up rather . vai ,entirely I'
i lt
"exieniporaneous'i but I think'' t was - the opin-
ioi of those . preOpt, tl g it fcould !not have 1
,bee,n improved much by relict ion. %, A. meeting I
of 4tudents was eld at, nin , :o'clock Friday;
t
moyoing at winearrangethe ts , were made for
a similar meeting next year. lE. 1.4. Day, editor;
of ilie . "Nicholson , Item, was lecteci as orator;
for, that occasion ;-Miss Lucy Bailey, Factory;,
,;
7/ 443 a s essayist.; :and , "Miss oltio , Newcop,l3,l
Fictoryville,- as:lll3lo6lin.. , -.ComMittee of
Ariangements was also uppOilted,tbetamber s
,of ivhicb, will spare no pains tp Inake tilt meet.;
ink.of 1878 as-interesting as-kossible. , 'Friday;
ev6uink we had 'expected an 4ddrcss fromltev.l
, Jolin Peddle, D.D.; of Philathilpbut, but on, ac..
count of ill health ha was, un4ble to be present,;
anp his place was:very ably fled by Dr. Ches s !
hit 4( I Montrose. I: - .
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' Islet t term commences Tuesday, Sept.'4th,
OUR POOR SRAD:
- Twtnty-five years ago, aaYs the phpfulelphia
LeTger, the shad .fisberiess , on , the Susiluehanna
linve Colunihia, were wort l h more than th
fakms which :skirt the river on eitler side
pitjbese same fiqberies arelpracticallY worth'.
The lunge wets .hrOliglit, about by tho
Oobstrnet - inn of a dain-at*Colluinbia by . the Tide
AT
- . ; . rater Canal .Conipany,:tld r authoiity of . thiJ
IniAlatule. 'Since then le* shao have beni?
cabght above COlambia; has been 4
stif)ject of goleral and erious complaint on
till part 01 the peopielivin4ori - tile upper
, .
The le - gla(lirei has_ selerld tim ,
eAdeavored to reffiedy the: evil by constructin g
fi4llVay , Over, 'the dani, ' and' has spent muc'
money in. this di cetioii, but, - all such,
albs' far have proved failures,
At the la3t session of the legistatifre the ma
ter Was again brought, iip; and - the asherme,
prayed for some pra . elicalsteps lqolking to r
lief A commission , was asked for to make iu ,
quiry,into,thc matter and reikrrt . some plan by
whin h the:fish could be got above the dani.
This request: was finally granted, and the com
mittee appointed.
.-, The commis,ssioners, of whr.elt *presentative
- slBs,ley of,Datmbiu county chairman, met it
the Girard, House, Philadelphia, list 'llinrsday ,
a ud durpag the forenoon a(sub-cumtinittee visited
t jid; ot the; Philadelphia, and, 'Reading
railroad tomPanY, Fourth street, for the
p urpose of conferring
~ witht . the acting Presi
dent, George De 13. Kelm, and, other officers of
the road, including the corps of civil engineeis
with a:view to ascertain as : to, what in their
estimation should be - done to the dam,--the com
pany being , the owner of it-.-that the fish might
get beyond - it: •
A number of plans were suggested by means
of ;which the evil might• be,temedied, but noth.
ing definite was done -beyond-arranging for a
meeting of the coinmlttee - , =at which the
railtnail Officials and•• • conapetent. engineers will
be - preseht and take part in the proceeding&
That sorrinplan . will be agreed upon that is an
improvement =upon the •:\ present system, and
that 4111 admit of the free. and 'tkaay passage of
fish above theilain, is 'considered certain.
ROW TREY DO AT:NEWPORT.
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,
- Bummer lite at Neviptirt is thus summed up
by a correspondent : "It consists chiefly in
bringing city thannern, habits 'and customs into
'the country. The 'eichi:tilies do not bfrthe-ir
the ocean, hey have salt -water brouglit
them in the barrel. in tfiis way they avoldThe
heat and sun and the 'hotel . people' who visit
the beackAnd help to support the deserving
personslio carry about the' water barre , l s.
They do not walk or row; they seldom sail, and
if they i fish they hire men to bait their hooks
forthem. They -strictly observe all the fp
Inalities and ceremonies . of city, lite, drive Out
in the after noon, dress them:Rives two or thiee
times a day, and in the
~evening the ladies crib
cise each Other and talk about their clothes. A
more• .
uscless, and,.all things considered, a more
tiresome, eiercise could not well be imagined.
Jikut-then, , it is .
,fashlowaie l - and ,costs a great
. . .
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EPRING 1 -BED , SWINDLE.
Theiatest fraud on the iirming community
,
AS the spring:ll:ollw,indle, modns operandi
of, ,which is as.. foll9Ff: -The first of the gang
engage! storage:room the tarmer'sharn for
spring beds, representing himself as an agent
for ' the. manufactuf!ers 1.44, 'gets the victim to
*rite gown hie name and address and departs.
,Shortlyiifterirtird:ifiothirstranger informs the
firMeithat theiPring beds 'he Ordered are at
theciePot, and2piesenti his bOl-for a large in
.voice.. " The fitttneit'. disclaims the transaction,
'tiPoti.- 'which tbe'collecfor shows hinihis signa
ture fat e'order"for beds. = If he still refuses
to settle,. two more strangers visit him, repre.
'denting thelnselves;.to be lawyers of the conk
,pang. _ They threaten :legal proceedings,but are
wining to comPrPmise for a portion of the
,cline, •
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REDUCTION -OF, WAGES ON -TIM ERIE.
order has been :toiled in the various de
the'Riie bt the Erie ' • Railway,
qurii* ihnpresentiieek,''itt the'effeet that on
and atter July, let a reduction of ten per cent.
*l4 be madd'on 'the cOnipenbation• of all •em
ployees of the coriPani, - ,not 'affected by the
piovisions of orderi,Nol issued' some time
,ago. ~This order, States Receiver.Jewett, is
rendered necessary by the depreseed condition
'of the business and“ib r e reduced earnings of the
company, This":reduction is sweeping sand
Ceptis oply soinric'd Officers getting ono thousand
it year 'and upwards. ' it 'Will be rem
' embered that , . salaried. officers were reduced
Some time ago, hence their esattpe.this tinge.'
There „wilt ' b ai:attamberry - and ice-creata
featii , ;al at Goo i Tiinplirs Hall, on Friday of
iirtfOon and titerting, l 3nne 20, for ilia benefit al
PrOsbyteriiip huicht Ail ara,Ciirdlally
'''‘lted to' atttind: ~BySorder of Committee.
DW.trikatine. 2 4 1877
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