THE REPUBLICAN. lIIDSON HOLCOMB. t p rmusula s OlLit3. L. TRACY, JUDSON HOLCOMB, Editor.. CHAS. H. ALL 34 Associate /Editor. "Reasonable taxes,h. est expenditures, com petent officers ; and no stealing." Harpers t Weekly. - Entered le the Pod OMee at Toiesola as SEfiND CLASS NATTEU. TlittliSDAY, MAY 25, 1882. Repaulican State Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, GEN. JAMES A. BEAVER, of Cehtre Co. LIEUTENANT - GO' ETLNOR • 1 WILtIAM T. DA\ i.P.S; of Bradford Co., _ . , • .ICDGE OF THE smunit, COtRT, WILLIAM HENRY . RAWLE, of Philp delObia. SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, JOHN M. GREER, of Butler Co CONGRICSSMAN - AT -I :APJ 3 E, THOMAS M. MARSHALL, of All eg heny The_ next Governor of Pennsylvania will work like a Beaver to pile up a big major- !MEI Twenty-three thousandifive hundred em igrants arrived at New York during last week, the largest number on record. An,exchange suggests that if we had any navy as might . sand it to tow that r,cifriger ating ice-berg off into the ttulf-stream. .The Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin reinarks : " The Inclependenti no longer have a grievance, but a'-few of them are inad even about that." Mr. Rawle's letter of 'acceptance of the 4Republican nomination ; for Judge of the Supreme Court has been received by Chair man Lear, of * the Harrisburg Republican Convention. The Philadelphia Press sent a represen tative to Wa.siiington on Tuesday to pay to the wife of Seargeant Mason $3,667.62 the amount of the Pres!: fund for "Betty and the baby." , During April there arrived in the customs districts of Baltimore; Boston, Detroit, Hu ron, Minnesota, New Orleans; New York, Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia and . San Fran - cisco 104,274 immigrants. • , The Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette claims to have dispatches from every county west of the Allegheny mountains indicating that General Beaver will be solidly supported by the Republicans of those counties. This is the way a Connecticut paper looks at it : The independent reformer admits that the Pennsylvania repUblican nomina- tions are excellent, and that the platform is just what a reformer wants, but neverthe 7 less there must be a bolt. Congressman Scranton has succeeded in having incorporated in the River and Harbor appropriation bill a provision for $.15,000 for.the further improvement of the', Susquehanna, and an order for the survey" • of the river frog' Pittston to Athens. The total ec pse of the sun was success fully observed by the astronomers who went to Egypt for the purpose. During the time of obscumtion a fine comet was disco;-ered near the sun. If anybody has lost a comet it Viould no doubt be well to , • . ' look near the sun for I it. H. H. Warner, of the Warner Observa tore, Rochester, N. Y., offers $2OO for each idiscffery of a new comet made in the li nited States, Canada,. Great Britain or Ireland during the year 1882;$200 for any meteoric stone foUndtO contain fossil remains. and $5O for any specimen of meteoric stone of any sort seen to fall in the United States. The Democratic leaders in Congress lave resisted e%:ery:progressive measure thus far coming before the House of Representatives during the present session. They have re sorted to all sorts, of expedients for that • purpose. anti yet they have utterly failed to prevent the passage of any important meas ure in the - ,programme of action resolved "upon by the Republican caucus. Senator Cooper has sounded the first bugle call of the campaign, and its warning notes tell us that a long `and active campaign is before us. 'The addressrof the State'Com mittee, which is published on'the first side of our paper, briefly but succinctly sets forth the merits' of the Republican candi dates and_ platform, and it shows that the party is still true to its past recordi and to its proxilisps,to keep Oreast with popular demands. • It is worth while to call-the attention of those who are looking for an opportunity to servo their country in an official capacity to the-fact that the bill creating an Agri cultural Department'requires that the Sec retary of Agriculture shall be a practical .rfarmer. Those who are looking to that plac, , c in the future vvill be on, the roint to preferment - when they start a potato ,patch - of their,own: The election in November 'next cannot possibly be strippeiCif political importance by any effort4o givt4lomiruance to a new party rallied under cry against partisan ship and against may organizations. The Republican party ti not the property of any of its leaders, and could get along as 'well without them as with them. Its strength lies in its principles, its measures, its tendencies, its policy, its history, and its achievenients. If reports be true; Congressman "Abe" Hewitt, of New. Nork, is at times a profane old man.. He . is diS,iruntled and demoral ized over the action of his party on the tariff_question, and declares .that the vote of Saturday in the House was the . death . knAll of the party. "The Democratic , party," says Hewitt, 'is going to h—l again. I have tried to save it, but it's no use." Mr.. Hewitt's diagnosis of the Bourbon organization is forcible if not elegant.,. If the question Of Senator Cameron's sue , cesorin the United States Senate is the basis of the Independent third party move ment, we think the Independents by re maining in and acting with the Republican organization, would stand a much better chance of accomplishing their purpose than by going out and weakening the anti-Cam cm forces within the party. There is more than two years yet in which to con- solidate and-strengthen the opposition Our adiices relating to the candidates likely to be nominated by the Independent Convention at Philadelphia to-day, give no certain indication of who 'will compose the - ticket. The 4104 prominent men talked of decline tho honor of running forth° purpose of giving the State to the Democrats, and *lt lcaksas though there will be trouble in settling the ticket. They will hardly be able to make a ticket that will compare favorably with the regular ticket, and voters will note the contrast. It is a disgtustieg, fact,' . says the West Chester Record, that tnembers of 'Congress seize the opportunity when they can go to a funeral in public capacity to make an Hundreds of 'dollars are spent for liquors and segue, the wonder , being bow the Con gressional stomach can stand so much. The Congressional party that went out to Presi dent Garfield's funeral spent several bnial red dollars for orkto2s alone, and other drinks were usedv•in proportion, but the Congretniional committee who had charge of ttle accounts smothered . the Matter up. Another discovery has - just been made of the capacity of Congressmen to invest;pub lie meney in drinks and segars. The party whichwent to the Yorktown Ceniennial. are asking for $.t)3,000, , to cover deficiencies. Thy _ _ _ __ley, went down froM Washington .in a steamer, taking two or three hundred friends, lived on the most elegant viands for three or four days, while the most costly liquors of all kinds were free as air. The result was a most disgraceful scene, and now the people of the United States are asked to foot the bill. It is probable that the committee who have charge of the mat ter will smother the thing bp, just as the Garfield funeral orgie wasiand thus fair notice will be given to the rext crowd of revellers that they can luive,tis disgraceful a time as they want at th 4 public expense. The Norristown Herald in an article on Senator Mitchell's position says: "He would have the, hundreds of thousands of voters surrender their rights and execute a deed of trust conveying their political estate to him and le- handful of silk-hatted and kid-'gloved gentlemen. Then the latter in their capacity of delegates will come to gether bound by no pledge and no instruc qpne, and responsible to nobody. They do not propose to consult their plainer neigh bors, who vote and pay taxes, or to give the ppople so much as an intimation of what the outcome is to be. But after they have7inet they will nominate l whom they please, and their ticket will represent the politicians of the Convention, and nobody elie. Its candidates will be the candidates of the delegates,but they will be' in no sense the candidates of the people." Says the worth American: Another effort is to be made to secure for the veterans of the Mexican war a share in the bounty I ,of the national kovernment, and there cer tainly seems to be no good reason why / it should not be successful. The services' of those who fought faithfully for their coun try at that time are none the less meritor ious because the cause inkvhich they were enlisted is open to criticism, while the fact that the American troops engaged against Mexico were chiefly drawn from the south-' ern States does not deserve to be taken into consideration as an argument why the', proposed pensions to the surviving veterans should be withheld. At the same-time the feeling that the . national, pension . ;roll is ' already too long will tell against the pres ent movement. . . • z-/117 'The search for the Dublin osssmsios has not yet been attended by any substantial success.' It was supposed that -they might have crossed the Atlaatic in the , Scythia, which reached New York Thursday, and a number of the Federal officials - were pro 'pared to take them into custody, but their preparations went for nothing, as no per sons oorielponding to the description given were found on . board. • It is, however, reported that the English police, acting upon_ information received, have arrested some suspicious stowaways on a steamer about to start from Liverpool, but the .chance of their proving to be the persons wanted is small. Says the Philadelphia •North. American: "It is, of course, a proper and laudable ambition for any honelt eitiien in a Repub lican State to aspire to any hOnorable office or to any position of trast, responsibility or profit. It is also proper to .bear in .mind that his ambition is as just and right_ in connection , with the regtikir nomination of one 4 arty as another, and toicall an organi zation Independent does, not; make it any the less a party bent upon office and power than if it were called Republican or Demo cratic ." The Greenbackers held their State con vention in Harrisburg ;Thursday, and nomi nated , :the following ticket: Governor, Thomasa."A i•mstrong, editor of the Pitts burg Labor Tribune; Supreme Judge, J. Adam Cake; of Northumberland; Lieut. Governor, Mayor Powderly, of Scranton; Secretary of-Internal Affairs, J. L. De- Woody, of Venango; CongreSsman-at-large, R. K. Tomlinson, of Bucks. A motion to change the name to "National Party" was tabled'. FS. Heath was're•-elected chair man of their State Committee. - • If ,Philadelphia and Pennsylvania shall go Democratic heavily in November next, says the North American, it would be most unfortunate for the great cause of protecl tion- to our domestic industries, since the next Congress will be liktly to be Demo cratic and free trade. Indeed the free trade element in the present Congress Would be so strengthened and encouraged that it would be almost impossible to give a decid edly protectionist character to- the revised tariff, and in all . probability there will be a failure to act on the subject. Senator Cooper, Chairman of the Repub. lican State Central Committee, hasanncmne ed the names of those who are to assist him in his conduct of the State campaign, as follows : Chief secretary, o Lucius Rogers ;, assistant secretaries; Thomas Wilson and • Samuel Barr, of Harrisburg ; Chr . is L. Magee, of . Pittsburg ; John McCullough, of Philadelphia ; Saline H. Thomis, of Leba non ; William H. Allison, of Mifilintown ; Joseph Ad. Thompson, Washington, D. C.; Chief clerk, Frank H. .Taggert, of West Chester. . „ The daily receipts from custom" and in ternal . revenue into the Treasury of the United States for each business day last week were-as follows Monday.... Tuesday Wednesday....... Thursday. Friday .. Saturday Total • $7,100,448.49 An average of $1,183,408.08 per day. Senator Mitchell's grievance would seem to be more in thp nature of a quarrel with the national administration and Senator Cameron -2 than with the Republican party. Is it wise' for hini.to attempt the defeat of the party in order to defeat the President and Cameron .1 -- - -- . deneral Bea k 's nomination for Govern or was suppo sed. by the soldier element, and the tempo ce element. Such a com bination of elementary strength could not have been beaten by Don. Cameron's ma chine or by any other power: Senator Tom Cooper winds up his article on the. State Convention in the Media American thus: "With this ticket and platform we are more than hopeful—we feel the spirit of the approaching jubilee." The Philadelphia► Press says': The Be publican ticket, With Beaver at the bead, will receive a very large Independent vote, because it is very much that kind of a ticket, and deserves to be inmate& 'EDITORIAL CDRREEPONDpIp..-: j - _ • Wasiumarros. R. C.. Mai !CORAL SENATOR MITCHEL'S REVOLT. The Republican members of the Pennsylvania d4legation in Congress, with one or 1 ,, two exception& express deep regret kthst ' causeaiwhich might have been avoided, and or , the gorl of the party should have been avoided, have lea to the revolutionary ' move ment headed by Senator Mitchell. While they do not agree. with, Senator Cameron, and - his political inethods,, they :to not think that Senator Mitch;- ell is justified by the - eirountstances in. his attempt to defeat the regular ticket in Pennsylvania. Not a single Repub. Bean member from that State, with possibly the exception of Mr. Bayne, of Allegheny, will cer.operate in . the movement.. They, nevertheless, do not 'underestimate the consequences that may result to the Republican party in Pennsylvania from such a re volt. The. "Stalwart" Republicans affect to belittle the movement and say "it wilt amount to nothing," but in truth and soberness; they give ex pression to severe alarm. A revolt which is likely to.-carry with it from 50,000 to 100,000 Republicans on a portion of not all-of the ticket, it must be confessed,.amOunts to a factor in Pennsylvania politics that justly excites alarm. It will endanger RepubliOan supremacy in . the State Government, and in the legislature, and aid in giving the next Congress and the Presidency to the Democrats 'The Independents, however; scout the idea of such a-motive. They give assurances that their aim is to elect a sufficient number of Independents in the next legislature to • enable them to maintain a "healthy balance of power" between the Cameron Repub- Beans and the Democrats, upon all questions of, political reform, and in the succeeding legislature, which will elect a successor ,to Senator Cameron be able to hold miostrong a balance of pOWer as to make his election impossi ble. If this be the scope of. their 7 re• volt the danger is that in dividing the Republican vote u n candidates for the legislatuie, the ;; will defeat ! ) them selves, and make' he legislature hope lessly Democratic. , • L The • report f 4 i 'senator Mitehell'S mass-meeting in it uga;reached here through the Plii adelphiii Sunday ~ k . ,, papers yesterday ,, yffnorning, and has been the absobing . topic , of political talk since. 'Gne 'significant fact that should be a witthing to Republicans is, that the Dembiats are jubilant ? It is reported h e re upon high author ity, that two at_leaat, of the most influ ential Republican Senators, who are at loggerheads 11;Ati the administration have pledged 1-themselves -:to stump Pennsylvania -ji for • the Independent ticket. Such a_pledge 'in advance of the Independent convention is highly improbab'e. There appears to be a stern determination on the part of Pennsylvania 'Republicans, so far as we have met arid' talked with them, to stand by the 10th of May ticket, and if success is achieved, to demand such reforms as will lrave no ground of fiir ther complaints , Tilis e would ' seem to be the wisest and best bourst, to pur sue in the premises. . ~ EXTENSION OF NATIONAL BANK CHARTERS. The bill "to enable national 'banking associations to, extend their corporate existence,"passed the _House "on Fri day afternoon last, after a protracted debate of nearly a' week, by yeas nays 67. ^The Democrats joined with the Greenbnckers in opposition to the bill. In the negative we find such Democratic leaders as Randall, Beltz hoover, Holrnansi Springer, Morrison, and Knott, united with Brumm, Ladd and Murch, 'Greenbackers. The object of the bilf . is to enable national banking associations Whose charters are about, expiring to extend their corporrte ei istence without winding up their cor porate business and organizing anew, Which most of them will desire to do. It is expected that the District Su preme Court in the Guiteau case will announce its decision to day and will affirm the finding of the court lbelow which convicted him of murder in the first degree and sentenced himi;. to be hanged. The Post of this _city says: : The Court i . &olds that the jurisdiction might be mantained, if necessary, on the grounds that! First—That•this is a United States Court with all the powers of any Circuit Court of 'the United States. $1,505,491.62 ..-. 1,058,030.43 560,981.63 1,300,394.42 . 1,340,719.12 1,334,83L27 GUITEAII T 3 HANG Second—That this is a judicial district and that under the provisions of the law when a crime is began in one and completed in another district the offence is complete in either. Third—Thep the murder being an offence in this district against the United States, and the.removal of the President to New Jersey did not take him beyond the juris diction-of the Government against which the offence was committed. Chief Justice Waite and Justice Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, doubt whether a writ of habeas coring, if asked far, could kte granted by the full court in session, and the other - justices are absent from the city.- Guiteau is certain to hang. The execution will probably take place in the latter part of June. _ THE DEMOCRATS FILLIBUSTERING At a secret caucus held by the Democratic members of the House o Thursday evening last it was agreed to obstruct by every poisible measure known tp parlmentary law, the action of a majority of the House in nthe several contested election uses sow pending in4olving the right of Repub licans to seats held by Democrats. The first fine unsettled is' that of Mackey vs. O'Connor, of the Second South' Carolina District. Committee on Elections, after an exhaustive ex amination of the case reported in favor of seating Mackey, Republrcan. The circumstances are somewhat peculiar. In the Congressional election of 1880, Mackey „ - ran against O'Con nor, Democrat. O'Connor was given the certificate of election, and. Mackey gave notice of Contest, claiming that he was elected by a majority of the4egal votes.. Before the meeting of Congress O'Connor died, and the %maw of i PENNSYLVANIA 'PARAGRAPHS "24 memenemon a -fanner ' li e l e l l the Sititelssued ilia Proelemailen fei i - ---• c 'T-• --- '- - - ' stxt)r-tive, was shot'and wed by his fiiteen an election to fill the alleged vacancv. The Iraea'------' L- - mamma is ' , arbour . .: 11 ` year-old daughter list 7ra/se. The father t__'' J ' elarger fermatas it Wet omPloYad tor Years an d r • , daughter were ling, when the Samuel Dibble, the sitting tnernuer ran b efore r • _ , and was declared elected, and he was Sixteen aew peddling fanaces were light- riii•ervir, wit h which she shot lair , father givio a certificate Which"gave _hint' the el l el' et Pehltree mille , iltt e herg' P' Reg a_ tht.elegb the bread. It is SIIPPSSed the , . few days sinc e . children desired to get .possession .Of their prima ht -to the seat. Ihe Ti m .of . facia rig ' police Wilkes - Barre h ave b eau father's property. The mother is in an in- Republicans of the disiriet claimed dirootod ta stop the sale of cows and bonus sane asylum. .. ' in the public square of that city. ' The one hundred_ and seventh Miniver ' there was no vacancy, that Mackey , • ~ . ~ of the -declaration deelarati° • • An effectsve medicine for kidney diseases lan' e nof in dependence of !was dulyelected, and that a contest lbw raven sad : nem= prostmtion, - anti gtol Pea*. of Noeldeobur)l county; North wen worthy 0 , a , trial, is , Brasile, b oat u,vo onthe 20th of May, 1775, was cele was pending whichwould ' demons t ra te r o e , L - brated at Charlotte North Carolina, on his tight, and therefore refused to Far- I p h a stos ik uaarue comir, has a n i ctitloo firterd ay. Senator 'iliac° made the sp e ech ticipateintthe eleettori. - While' Dib. Winged aa - ationit 50 unfiwnsed saloons, °f "thamee'.Seratthr Ransom read the dec laration, and Senator Bayard, of Delaware, drinking ing place_ i _____________ __ _ . ___________to about eve 7 delivered a magnificent oration. There ble holds the seat, the coaled it not mall i r . , fifty It fe,oethi - kited thei4oo,ooo 000 -feet - was s review of the - troops' and fi remen, against Mtn but against O'Connor who 1 Ly. ,,, -feet of and an attendance estimated at about 15,-4 is dead. Rut itMakey suceods• in his logs Went into IralhunePo - W - on the high IPO persons: , water Lust week. li was p ronounced - the - ' • _ 1,640 contest Dibble goes Out. This case finest need ft rafting • ' ,The fi shermen of .fame use"l9 li e in Y ears " ' um' of fish • 1 f hal You' , would came up in regular order on Saturday, piehard Garrath, sexton of the Methodist • &Mill * the ' ) ear Y '' °I . euorinity if It did not appear and on account of the absence of a church a t, Middletown, was found dead in among- the Statistics of Census Bulletin No. the buildni_ • g one day Ina week. It is, stip large number of members, the Demo- pose d th a t h a was suffocated by the fumes of the bait used. ____ 208. Scupland herring constitute the bulk There Fare 11,071 fisher -1 crate were able to break a quorum. of 'gamble wide preparing the lamps. men to use the bait, and the weight of the They, refused, though in their seats, to The ituY In the eluie • of the man Ward, entire catch of fish, bait and all, given, is on trial in the Westmorelood county court 202 048,449 pounds. Nearly 10 per cent vote on any motion affecting the ease. on the charge of killing two _ .. old ladies nam- mu st be discounted for bait, you see, and A call of the House resulted, upon ed Means ! sane time ago, Thursdayreturn- this approaches distantly the luck of trout' .. ed a verdict el murder in the semind degree. fish' • Ta p p Connecticut. which it was demonstrated that a quo- J. K. Stang e r , -1 g la residing near G reensbur g, • 1 rum was present. But at the first at- was attacked by highwayman on the road near his home en !Tuesday night of last tempt to proceed with the case, they week, buterisgped by being mounted on a again refused to vote, and broke the fleet horse. The night was dark, and he quorum. The session of the' day was was unable to identify either of the men - The boss chicken hatching ' story comes thus fooled away and the House ad- from Norristown ,,: Mrs. McCarter set a journed without doing ahything. tmt a few weeks ago, placing thirteen eggs undr her. At the expiration of the usual Every absent Republican member has e i i i tune of nce it was found that four 'been telegraphed. to be n his seat, and teen chick' had been hatched. It is sup it is expected that to-morrow the Re- ' w e ed that one of the eggs was two-stony. ' A cave hail beendiscovered near Dalton, publicans will have a quorum indepen- L ic k awatuut.ccou which has excitedthe ' dent of the Democrats', and the ease ouriolgifidttbe „ hood. The-=Vance' will be settled by seating Mackey. Lt e°nce,led e brush ' which = g remov ed ; disclosed a well avenue with stone steps descending several feet. At the bottom was a moth, eight feet by twelve, in which was a cot, bench dud other rude furniture. Plains 'Luzern° county, 'people are filled with curiosity over, a queer looking animal that Mr. Oplinger, of that place, recently captured on his lot. It has the form of a woodchuck, with a nose like a pig and the tail of a muskrat. It had a strap about its , neck, and the oldest inhabitants assert that they never saw a like animal. . The /apses induce has been placed in a box and the people come from miles around to see it. One of the moat curious wills ever admit ted to probate in Lehigh county was pro bated last week in the office of .the Register of Wills. In 1870 Mr. Sichline was taken suddenly and severely ill, and in common with he family and friends, believed he would not recover. He asked that his German hymn book be handed_ to him. The request was complied with, and he thereupon wrote on one of the fly leaves. of the bock his last will and testament. Con trary to expectations he recovered, but never changed his will, and Wednesday the hymn book containing the will wits add mitted to probate, the writing being clear and legible. The will is short and to the point, and all his property is left to his wife end at her death is to be equally divided between his children or their heirs. The estate is valued at about $30,000. 1 , ' PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. •. • • John Brown, M. D., of Edinburg, :the well-known author, is dead. , • The .coronation of thl Czar will take place . at Moscow on' September 8. The German Government has prohibited boys under sixteen from using tobacco. Montgomery Blair this of ru n ning'; for ogress in the Sixth Maryland district: . Mark Twain-will spend =rimer at Elmira N. Y., writing on the • • Ple• Ex-tlovernor Fenton Of New York re fuses to let his neighbors send him to con- gran this time. • It is said that President Arthur will visit no less than twenty-five' different watering places this season. .1 • Governor Finis' ted Maino . wants .it •distictly understood all around that he is - a stalwart greenbacker. _ . James Vick, - the well-known seedsman and.florist of Rochester , IN. Y., died in that city last week, aged sixty-four years. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is said to have received $8 a from the Boston Globe for his . Poem on Garfield's death. Senator Davies will Make ari able and imposing presiding officer the Upper House at the State Capital.- 7 -Phi/a. Press. Alexander H. Stephens, says Attorney- General Brewster, is the ablest man who has filled the office since William Wirt held it. • By a fortunate investment made .in a Colorado mine, recently - sold in London, ex- Secretary Blaine is said to have cleared $300,000• ' _ Five United States Senators—James B. Beck, John P. Jones, Charles W. Jones, James G. Fair and William Sewell—are citizens only by adoption. ' Hrs. LUley, the . nurse who attended Qireen Victoria at.thir birth of each of her nine Childron, died at Oarnberwell on April 26, aged ninety-two:years. "He is a chip off. the old block. He has let no 'opportunity pass to show the South ern people kindness," .says the, Vicksburg Herald of Secretary Lincoln. F. E. Gleim, - of Lebrion, who started in his career as a bank messenger,' has just been appointed cashier of thd West Branch national bank at Williimispoi:t. Captain Bogardus,. the famous shot, was accidently shot through . the thumb ,by his little sun the other ddy while holding glass balls for the five-year-Old to hit. By the death. ,of. Rear-Admiral John Rodgers, the gallant Worden, of Monito r fame, is placed at the head of the, 'list 'Of Rear-Admirals in the Uniteil States Navy. James Gordon Bennett' has presented Mrs. DeLong with government bondsto the value of $50,000, as a compensation for the loss of her late husband in the Arctic expe dition. -4 Hon. Thomas E. pochratt , ex Attorney ; General of Pennsylvipie, and a member of - die State Constitutional Convention, died at York, Pa., at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon of lad week. ;1 - Mr. William A. Swoet,.Who owns a large farm just outside the Syracuse city line, in the beautiful Onondaga 'Valley, has offered it as a free gift for a city park, -and he has furthOr offered to be one of a num ber of moneyed men to make it available for that purpose. • Rev. Donald Campbell McLaren. the Organizer of the United Presbyterian Church of Rochester, and of many churches in western New York, died in Gellert, N. Y.,'a few *vs ago at the age of . eight. He iris oonsidered the father of his denOminition in that part of the State. Bev, Dr. A. B. Bunions, aged sixty years, an old retired , Presbyterian clergyman, fell dead of heart disease at his residence in Lansingburg, N. Y., Wednesday mor ning of last week. He bad beena professor at Wankesha College Wisconsin, and pas tor at Croton Falls, N. Y.; Waterford, N. Y., and Shaion, Conn. . • Mrs. M. M.' Ricker, who was admitted to the bar Of the District of Columbia a few dayi ago, passed the best examination of the class - -of applicants, including sixteen men besides herself: She was found to be particularly well 'reared in the law of real property, a branch supposed to bo• beyond i !,ke reach 9 . f the female intellect. - : )The care bestowed by Mr.. Bancroft,- the historian, in the preperation of his history of the United States can be judged from the fact that although he has been' engaged on the work for forty-eight years; it is only brought down to the election of the first President. Thimagh now eighty-two years of ago, the venerable historian is still at work; and hopes to bring his history don's to the time °t i the Meiican war. Nathan IQ_ Kern, of Bockdale,'Lebigh county, had his twenty-three year old son insured in a Fleetwood deathbed concern aj Fleetwood, Berks county, for two thowand dollars. The young man died on the 20th of February last. Mr. Kern, the father, received on the policy fifteen cents on the thousand, in postage stamps, so that his two thousand dollars investment broight him a return of just thirqcents in postage stamps; EliMon*Frusier;-who died in Albany a few Jays pogo; was one hundred and be years old. When ire came to America as a British soldier, in 18121, he was thirty-five. He had a lard time of it on the I. laws Fence once when he was almost ;drowned, and shortly afterwards, while helping to build the Philadelphie, Wilmington and Baltimore Woad, he was Qum fifteen feetinto the air by a .premature explosion of 'a blast. , Eerie years after . recovery he was badly luirt bciiler expkidia •on a Hudson river 'steamer. EIZI EM3 GENERAL GLEANINGS. A tmre strengthening • tonic, free from whiskey and alcohol, :cures' dyspepsia, and similar diseases. It has never been equaled. Brown's Iron Bitters. , An expert reports that the embendethent of Stuart, the ex-secretary of the board of education in Brooklyn, n Y.,• foots up nearly a quarter of a million dollars. 'A Columbus, Ga., chicken thief had two trained dogs that entered a poultry house, caught the fowls by , the neek, killed them carefully and brought them singly to their master. The Indiana StatO Medical Society,. at its recent . annual meeting, required a member to apologise for 'having reccuumendeil physician for an office who did not belong to the regular school. A great fire occurred at Lyons France, destroying. a number of worksh ops and other buildings. It is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Three thousand per sons are thrown out of employmOnt. The loss is £lBO,OOO. Asbury Park, on 'the 'Jersey seacoast, threatens to become the Biighton of Amer ica on a midget scale. Four hundred cot tag4i have been built since last Year, and: half a dozen hotels. Original land owners there are exceedingly melancholy. • • .'An attempt was made early on' Saturday morning to rob the National Bank of Hop kinton,, in the village of Hope Valley, R. I. The robbers endeavored to blow open the ' safe; but failed; and made their escape, leaving a fine set of burglar's tools behind them. 1; The bill compelling rai*aids in the State• of Texastocarry passengets at a uniform rate of 3 cents a mile pawd the Legislature and was signed by Goverpor Roberts with in fifteen minutes after it vas presented to him. It goes into operation ninety days after the close of the present session.. There are 25,000 head •of sheep to be , sheared at Alkali, Washington Territory, this Spring. A . number of heavy sheep , men have niade all the necessary arrange ments, with dips, corrals, etc., for shearing at that point, and by this means drive, their. wool to market, instead of hauling it. The first big fish stark of the 'season comes from &oaten Sand, North Cartoliius and is vouched for as,ibtting true. It is to the effect that at onerlhaul a few. days ago no less than 500,000 Ales were caught, of which number full? 500,000 were saved. The catch is.said to be without precedent in this country. Newark, N. Y., rejoices in the distinction of possessing the smallest child in the state. Its ,mother 's name is Mrs. MeLyman. It came into this world last week and weighs only seventeen ounces. The child is well formed and healthy. Its hands and fingers are described as being about as large .as a dinner fork. It has been nicknamed by the neighbors-" Jumbo." The long Black canyon on the Gunnison river in Colorado,. which the Denver and •Rio Grande railro ad is to pass,;isinarrow, and the walls are so high that the stars can belseen from • its depths in the brightest day. In some places the - walls area mile in height and scarcely. more than forty or fifty feet apart.. The engineers, have lig, zagged the line across the stream. A French paper recently reported a very unusual instance of suppression of tele graphic communication. Some time ago it was found that no messages could be sent between Sonk-el-Arlui and Medjes-el-Bab. Those wlso hadbeen detailed to alike an in spectioi found' that an enormous serpent had coiled itself around the wire and a post, and thus interfered with the conductivity of the line. - • A sad young man after taking a meal at a New, York coffee house after much searching in his pockets pro duced ; a two dollar greenback from his watch-fob and with a sigh mid, "here she goes." . After his departure the note was examind and on the back appeared, written in a See land, "Save your salary; don't gamble; never play fare bank. : The last of a for tune of $10,000." Texas has been so prodigal with !her im mense land domain in the way of grants to railroads, Schools, soldiersp. -;etc.; that, de ducting the unlecated ' in est sated at 8,306,000 acres; there are claims; now in existence 'for 7,000,00 0 in excess of the whole areXof lands, 'and, if thei reserve lands are given up, the State will ordy have 1,800,000 acres left. A measure; is before the Legislature repealing the railroad grant law. M. Item - mid, of Rouen, France, has re cent.ly made some experiments to determine the milanunidality of cotton waste.sattwa ted with Tarim elk With boiled linseed oil the ignited within one haw and a Tarter; with raw linseed oil, within five or six hours; with: rapeseed oil, after ten hours; with olive oil, after six hours, whale oil, fourionnOrsh 04, two p hours; castor. oil required mare than -beauty-four - hours, and spannacati on did trot ignite at all. - Several extraordinary euree of: horses afflicted with pinicgayn' and pneumonia are reputed to have been made in the hospital for horses of the Third-avenue Street Car Muy of New York, by,;:nears of +midst and electric baths.. For Amine And - : various other a il ments the electric bath 'Bra given. The horse -to be treated-is placed- hi the heated room, and be is Well .robbed down withwaive-at tached to elect:* wires heav il y charged. iTIOGA - COUNTY INDEPENIDENTS. The Wellsboro "Agitator" gives the following summary of the proceedings of the 'lndependent Mass Meeting in that place on Saturday last: The Mass-Convention called to se lect delegates to represent the Inde pendent Republicans of Tio_ ga county in the State Convention to be held' at Philadelphia to-morrow, met at the Court-house in this borough'. last Saturdafafterrioou, aud-was attended by leading members of the party' from , the different parts'of the oounty., The court-room was filled, and sprinkled through the audience were a few Dem ocrats and Cameron men, who were evidently much interested' in the pro ceedings.. - - At about' 2:30 J. W. Mather, Esq , called the meeting to order and nomi nated Mi. Henry Hollands, of Bless burg, for Chairman. - On taking the chair Mr. Hollands read the: call for the Convention, hut said he would not undertake to read the hundreds of names signed to it. Mr, J. B. Potter then nominated the following list of Vice Presidents and . Secretarier who were elected: Vice Presidents— Laugher Bache, L: P. Williston, W. D. Jones, 11. H. Nickersob, J. W. Mather, H. H. WUr rifler,' Dr. J. H. Shearer, Capt. E. R. Bucket, J. A. Fl Cher, George C. Lee, G. D. Keeney, Jos. Maloy, 'Russell 'Crandall, John Lewis, Rev. Selden Butler ; C. W. Loveless, Job Lymonds. SiCretaries—T; A. Wickham, e.leo. ONMiams, William Eiunsmote, Jacob Schieffelin. 34W. Mather moved that a Corn mitthe . on'' Resolutions, rensistmg of five-, be sappointej_by, the Chair, with Major George W: Me rrick,' as ehairm•m: The .motion was carried, and the Chair appointed Maj. Merrick, H. B. Packer, 0, B. 6 1 3we11, Gret - U.ge C. Lee ,and Geo. W. - Potter. • On motion` of Maj. Merrick, the Convention proCZeded to elect two Representative delegates to the: Phila delphia Convention. 0. •B. Lowell nominated Hon. -B; B. Strang and S. F.- o,bannell . nominated Maj. George W. Merrick. and those gentlemen were unanimously and most emphatically elected. Ifaj.' Merrick read a - dispatch from Theodore Ladd, of Bradford, announc ing, that McKean county had recom mended Senator Mitchell as Senatorial delegate, and he moved to indorse that action. The motion was carried with applause, / Senator Mitchell was then intro duced,., and was received with three ringing cheers. He proceeded to ad dress the Convention for an hour and a half in a most animated and impressive manner." At the conclusion of Mr. Mitchell's address, the committee re ported a number of resolutions, which were adopted,' and the meeting ad journed, Guiteau Heart From. WASHINGTON, May l 9.—G uifeau has addressed the following letter to ' the Star for publication: "I tell" the American people and its officials, from the Executive down to the i court in bane, who are reviewing my case that I tell the truth, and lie not, when I say I am God's man in.the matter of Presi dent Garfield's removal, and .that it hair of - my head is harmed the Almigh ty will make the officials that do it suffer for it. If I was outside I would lecture, under the auspices of. some bureau on religious subjects. .One of my subjects would be'Paulthe - Apostle, and kindred topics, If my time ;has come to leave this werld, I am willing, but I want the offiebils that murdef me ' on the gallows to understand the issue. If they murder Me they will incur the wrath of Almighty God, an it it will be a long time before He 11 ts p on thein and this nation. The devils that cruci fied the despiiio Gallilean thought they There doing`God's .aervipe, but that,did. :not release then'. from liability. They and their nation ineurzed the ;wrath of the Almighty by that-act, and he got • = even with them at the destruction of Jerusalem, and he wilt get even with this nation and the officials if I am mur dered on the gallows.: i t want an un conditional pardon or nothing, and I want the Executive to' so understand . I. I have set forth'my views fully on this in my book, 'The Truth AO the Itemoyal.'-'. If the honorable 'Jurists repreienting the Washinglon court in bane decidettlis case accerding to the law there is only one decision they can make, and that that they have id jurisdiction.i If they decide contrdry to the 'law the matter will rest .with President Aurther, and they will have incurred the wrath of Almighty God. The Odd Fellows. ifsunrouno, May 15.—The - Grand Encampment of the Independent Order, of Odd Fellows began its annual ses sion in this city, this morning.. There• was a large representation present. The morning session was devoted to receiving reports from the Grand Pa triarch. Sccr etary, Treasurer, Finance Cottimittee and Committee of Appeali. The reports exibited a most prosperous Condition of the encampment, the Secretary's report showing a member ship of over 10,000. The installation otofficers. will take place thitofterneon and a special 7 session will bei held to night for the purpose of . einferring MITINCi Or Tim GROD'' Hantammoi May 16.—The Grand Dodge kif Odd Feikws opened its &mud Isession here this morning, Grand Master Robert E. Wright, jr., presiding. - i _Over 700 delegates are in attekdanac.. The 'morning session wai devoted to it reception of reports from the. G4ndlidaster, Grand Scribe and Grand Secretary, and the Committem on Finance, Superintendence,, Printing and Credentials. Several- appeal cases were aged npon. - • The Grande Secretary's report 'shows that4347;68k48 Were- expended for relief, including $150,605.19 Phila delPhia. :The statistics for tbe year are as follows: Members, as per lait animal repprt , 7017, initiations dur ing the year 6, - 149; t radmitted On card,! 682; reinstated to membership, 926; 1 members deceased, 951; withdrawn by card, 605; sturnded 4,893: expelled. 50; present membership', 77,834, net increase of membership during , the past ,l year, 1,358; applicants rejected, 862; pasgnmds, 18,919; present number of working lodges; 894. The following were r eleeted officers for the ensuing year, and will be install ed as the last act of the session: Grand Master, Francis M. 'Rea, of Philadel phia; Deputy Grand Master, Charles N. Hickok, of Bedford; Grand Warden; George -Hawkes, of r Philadelphia; Grand Secretary, James ID. Nicholson, of Philadelphia; Grand'iTreasurer, M. RiChards Muckie r of Philadelphia; Grand RePresOnative !to Sovereign Grand Lodgs.,lSamuel Gwihner, oh Taylorsville. !Harrisburg wa , , selected as, the place of meeting in 1883. In the evening the members of - the Grand Lodge and citizens of :Harrisburg at tended Grace -M. E. Church, where an eulogy on the life of James L. Ridgely. late Grand.Seeretcuy of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, was delivered by Past , 'hand' Sire John W. Stokei to a ytrgel and attentive audience The ceremo nies. besides consisted of singing by the choir, prayer and benediction by the Grand Chaplain, Brother Craft, and an original poem, written and ,de livered by the; Grand' Warden Charles N.Alickok. •• • At Wednesday's session the Lodge proceeded to'consider the,roport of the , Finance, Committee - (19 estimated receipts_and expenditures 'for, the en suing year. The receipts are placed at $18,425 by. the" Committee, the eXpendiqres fOr the same period are put down at $11.4.'39.30. The heaviest amounts of this sum are com prised in the items for mileage,s7,ooo, Salaries of officers and cornmittees,s3, 550, and Supplies, printing 911 d postage, $4,200. Considerable time was expended in the consideration of the report of the Comniittee o ; the Grand Master's, an--' nual report, apd the ten dehisions con tained thertin were after consideration, approved. .The net assets'of the Grand Lodge amounts to $7,677.18, at present, the bulk of which; outside of the cash bal ance in'the Treasurer's hands, consists of the supplies required for working purposes in the subordinate lodges in our jourisdiction. - It was resolved that the per capita tax for the e.nsueing year be, fixed at ten cents per term each member, to defray the expenses for the year ending May, 1883. - In the evening, the session was de tvoted to a very exhauStive exemplifica- . bion of the secret work of. the Order, by Past Grand Sire James B. Nichol son, which waslistened to by about 900 Past , Grands, members of 'the Grand Lodge. ' , The anqual,meeting was concluded', on Thursday afternoon. ,The work' done at this session consisted mainly of the disposal of various- appeal cases and the adoption of'-resolutions of in terest to members of the order only. The officers elect for the ensuing year were duly installed. . STRONG FACTS A great many .people are asking what particular troubles BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is good for. • It will cure Heart Disease, Paral ysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Con sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all SimiLar diseases. Its wonderful curative power is simply because it pucifies and en riches the blmid, thus beginningat the foundation , , and bY building up the system, drives 0ut...a1l disease. A Lady Cured. of . Rhetimatism • • Baltimore, Mdi, May 7, 0330. • • My. health was much shattered by • Rheumatism whets I commenced . taking . Brown's Iron Bitters, and I scarcely had strength enough to at , tend to my dallyibousehold duties. I amp:on:using the third bottle and I am regaining strength daily, and I cheerfully recommend it to all.' _ I cannot say too much in praise of it. Mrs. MART E. Muumuu. 1 • . Prcstmanst. • Kidney Disease Cured. Christiansburg, V a., tsar. Suffering from kidney disease.' froka - which I could get no relief, I ' tried Brown's Iron Eitterr, which cured 'me completely. A child of mine r recovering from scarlet fever, had no appetite and did not seem to be Wet° eat at - Igave him Iron Bitters with the happiest resulta. J. KV1..2 MONTAGU& Heart Disease- • . • • Vine St., Harrisburg, Pa. Dec. 2 tar. I After trying different phjsicians land many remedies for palpitation - of the heart without receiving any k benefit. I was advised wiry Brovu's ' Iron Bitters- I have used two bot tles and never foul* anything that gave we so much relief. Mrs. Juman Bess. 4 er the peculiar troubles to which ladies are =hied, littows's IRON BrITERS is invaluable. Try it. Be sure and get the Genuine. Will make the season of 1.893, at the farm of the subscriber one mile west of the village of East Smithfield. Both Sire and Dam imported, bred by Fru. Creisier. Isiorthpert, long Island. As we give breeders name and ii4llrds we can assure patrons that we are not offering the services of a grade horse. ' W. A. WOOD. April er-dm* EJLAT SkITHFIELD, /IA iIDITOWS. NOTlCE.—Estate. Jacob DeWitt, 'late of Towanda borough, deceased. In! the Orphan's Court of Bradford County. • . The undegrad. an Auditor appointed by said Court 4oake distribution of funds be. longing to s aid estate found in the bands of the administrators of said estate, will attend to the duties of his appuintment at his office in Tor wands borough, in said county, on 'YRIDAy, the oth day of JUNE. 1881, at 10 o'clock cm., et Which time and place all persons haring "ciliate against said fund must present them or be forever 'debarred . from coming in upon the same. J. I'. KEENEY, Auditor. Towanda, Pa:, MO la, 1t432. 4w UCETTOWS NOTiet.---, Letters E teatanuiptary beiriwg been gran‘d to, the undersigned, under , the last will and testament or Derma. Maria Montane. late of Towanda borough, demised. all•persons indebted to the estate of said decedent are hereby, notified to Inas itamediete PokYlnent, end all having. claims authenticated salh tate must present the same duly to the Undersigned for settlement. _ B. BIIIIPEEtEY, Executor. ~ Pa., Key 113. 1881. NEW MODEL EUREKA 'MOWER - Wan CENTRg-DRAFT FRONT CUT. • - c .Can Mow Back and - Forth on Said Side .of OVER 100 EUREKA'S SOLD IN BRADFORDfCOUNTI7 LAST YEAR WHICH SHOWS WHAT ;FARMERS AT HOME THINK OF Wilt cut a atx•foot swath ss easy- as a alde-cut machine will cut four feet v and with less draft. It also leaves the grass in such conditiOn that it will cora in one- S alt the time, ateiLdlsperuc with the use of :tho Hay Tedder. It is especially adapted' to the cutting of Green Fodder 6r Es silage. A thorough trial is requested - from' all contemplating the purchase of a mowerihe condo:: season. Send-for descriptive circular, or call on; - EUREHA MOWER CO., Towanda, Pa, It. L. BE UIDSLEE, Warrenham. EL L. RUGG, Tuscarora Valley. • - O. W. HEALEY. dustlnville. E.G. VAN DYKE. East Canton In. The EUREKA MOWER is now manufset been thotoughlY reorganized, comprising men of care or expense is spared to select the very hes CHINE', IS FULLY ,WAHRANTED: , VLYDNSDALE RTAL- LION LORD CLYDE pLATFORM WAGONS,. TOP ANDI ICP4N litiGGlES ; for sale at decided bargain''' . A large number of superior make and finish. • - C. L. TRACY. STBZETEII. Towanda, Awn 27.1 m: ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of William Bunyan. deceased.late Of the township of Gran Ville; Bradford countY, Letters of administration hiving been issued nut of the Orphan's Court of Bradford county to the undersigned upon the estate of the above named decedent, notice is therefore hereby a:limn that all persons indebted to the estate above Awned must mane immediate payment, and all persons having claims against the same must present them duly authenticated for set-. tlement toe " ANDREW RUNYAN,• GEO. L. BUNYAN, 4 -7 April 10, iss2-Gw* • Administrators ASSIGNEE'S In the ra. matter of • the, voluntary issimmient of B. 8, Tears, and B. H. Tears k son. The undersigned Assignee would give notice- that illpersons in debted to B. S. Tears, and B. S. Tears k Son must make immediate payment. and all persons having claims against B. S. Tears, and B. S. Tears & Son must present them duly au thenticated for settlement to me. L. A. WOOSTER, Assiguee Leßoy, May 10. leen. 2m - . TROY, • !We keep on band constantly for builders, LIME, HAIR, BRICK,:LATH, SHINGLES; SASH,- DOORS, . BLINDS, SHEETING PAPER, • PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, * . CHESPEAK NAILS: . Also • -- • • . WAGiON. MAKER'S SIIITLIES FelloWs,,Spokes, Hubbs, Thins, Poles Carriage Trimmings. • Also a full line of Shelf and Heavy Hardware, and a full line of Carriages, Platform and Lumber Tagons; ;Jade by us ' w;th skilled woramen. araki l arranted ;n every particular. • • " BEARDSLEY, & SPALDING,. Ilardware Dealers. • 'Troy, April 117-1 y iIisOYE6L CO. FALC AND WINTER 1881 ' ! ATTENTION IS INVITED to, our first-class ile4ingStdiv . .et . They are too well .known to reqnire any commendation— . . New Heck, Westminster, Crown Jewel.; We also:have a line of CHEAP BASE BURNERS, the best of their 'class in the market, and well adeptea - for sup- 4,lyiug t3enland for wietricient but in- expeut,ive.liating Muse ,tie WOOD HEATjNer STOVES iv great v arkty. azzr .z.e? HAPPY::THOUCHT RANGES Suldjat To,7anda'ana Yielnitiby A. I). DYEIc„ • r‘ U ' A LARGE STOCK OF Wood Cook Stoves CA RRIA V EMA KERS A ND BLACKSMITHS' S UPPLHA AND OIMITAL STCCH OF HARDWARE, MAIN St, TOWANDA: Towaulls, Oct. 8130881. , _ Field. urod only at Mowands. Pa. The Company In experience; ability and abundant capital. No niateriel and skilled worktaen. EVEBY Xt. • may 12 Stevetis _di, Long Dealers in GROCZIIIZS, °PROVISIONS, COUNTRY PRODUCE HAVE REMOTTEDI , .To ther new atom COX MAIN - AND PINE STS• (The old atial of Fox. E tcoren3 k lierento They invite attention to their complete assortment , and very large sto . o k of - Choice New Goods, which they have - atvar , on hand. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN PRODUCE TRADE And Cash Paid for 0..-draidP Kinds LON . ° BETTER - TO LEVI THAN FOLLOW' A- GOOD , MAXIM, BiTT SOT ALWAYS TRUE. • It is better to follow H. JACOBS • The old and Beliable.Dealer in Ready-Made' Clothing; From his - old Bland. (No. 2. MARJO .Blo0,) to his NEW LOCATION tut' large•and commedins Store, .No. Main Street, formerly ,ocauPit4 4 3 . E. Solomon & Son, (one . door, porta , of Felch & C 0.,) where he is noir!cru with ..rt . full and Complete Steel Of Fashionable . SPRING AND SUMMER READY-MADE CLOTHING - lig , HATS AND" CAPS, GENT'S 'FURNISHING GOODS,!, TRAVELING BAGS, .' • • 1311131{ELLAS 'CAVES, 80.7 MEN'S, B 0 'S YOUTH'S Loa CHILDREN'S full . and complete suits of all-gradk and While he aims to load• thelrade, Uo mks his old friends and evprybody to follow him to his new location, wbe-te he mill fit them out in ,the highest style of art at the lowest prices. Cone qsrly. N. JACOBS. Towanda, Pa., April 0, 1852. OR PRINTING OF ALL KINDS done at short notice and ressenable nits the Ramiure,. I il VII FM To the 010. STEVM{P. 1 Hil 6