THE REPUBLICAN. THURSDAY. NNE .29. 1882 co— TO .OUR SUBSCRIBERS ! X EXAMINE TOUR LABEL 1 ' . It will 1411 , M yon thr ,ninth anti-year up to w hich youir stilmeription of iltia. It your, anb ,,riution 1 ., -oun to esniro. ple,p , e send tie ft rat r"r a renewal a! mice, that are map semi von the paper right along. Send In rvuew , l without delay. . . L. A . W. - ...At..r 0. our : , :erier:4l , tg.• , 11, 4011 e, .I.li, maid 1....i1e`010r . HEEtE AND HEREABOUTS. Kirby's Birch Beer is a delicious beverage Try it . There will be a big crowd in town 'next Monday. I. t tneireliants did a large business Satur la y last. - • • • But wai4n't it hot on Saturday and SuU- Jay last • . There were o'great ninny people in town un 4 Satnrday.• •- strawberries have come down to twelve rents per basket. Where is not going to be any FOurth of July in This lilacs this Year. , Spring chickens are slew' in making their appearance in our market. A number of cows have recently died from milk fever, in The Graded School Closed on Friday last for the usual summer vacation. _Wire worms are malting sad havoc with the growing corn in Wilmot township. • - Dish water and slap suds are useful' on the :zarden beds in Helping vegetation. 'The School boardLor South Waverly has voted m retain all the old Leachers. • The mowing, machine agent is the busiest a. , eut in. all this regiotrjust at present. Springfield will celebrate the Fourth Hey. J. B. French, of Troy, will orate. Elijah Munn-has recently completed one “f the finest barns in Litchfield township. C. W. Mitchell, of Snedekers, this county, s.own $135 worth of 'union seed this sea- . It is said that Perkins Pct, G. A. R., of Atlietis, is rapidly increasing in member- • • An exchange says that ;eats have,m4 fixed p..liti al belief. They .are,tisuallirtt, the - tin a clear day Riau Can see the bottom of ,t ma -berry box from - ,411.4 [bp . ' without , 'effort. -A -• Vegetntiiin is growing rapidly now, and prol;ecfs '.for large crops were never hotter. 1). ii. Lindley, at East . Canton, has jus, completed one of the finest barns hi that section. • A number of tomato plants were stolen from the garden of J. F. Corser, the other Li. eiling A wind storm blew. down lake a large nutillwr of shade trees at Troy one da3 last week*. liarrett's show, that exhibits hero on Monday next, is said to be one of the best on the road. I):ai't bet on any of the "little games" next Monday. - If you do you will lose your money The school directors have retained the present corps of Graded school teachers for another •ear. An M. E. Sunday school has , bccin or• gaiiiied at Big Pond, with, W. Soper as Superintendent. .; The Jackson. TiOga county, school board have S6SO in . their treasury, and .no debts. happy 'Jackson. • , rraugements are being perfected for a mateh between the _Rifle Club of this place and the Trov Club. Melt Stevens, night Policeman,' has moV el into the dwelling pdrt of the Borough building on Park street. Edward Withey, of Litchfiel4,l cut his fOotyer!„' badly, 'oue .day recently, while engaged in pealing 'bark. • -The editor of the 'Waverly Free Press va:Aght" a weasel one day last week, and .n ! ,w has the animal Caged. - „i dark red parasol for general wear, •a_ white. parasol` for dress, and a black one for use are the popular choice. - The Troy 'Graded School building is sup plie,l throughout :with water from the mains of the Troy scat er companY. . Ilev. •11;' 7 Aldrich, of Northlooni field, N. Y.. will preach a&the Universalist church. next Sunday, "July-2d. There are some indications of :an early decline in hie price of beef and that it will !..o,in touch a- reasonable figure. there were eight person i s baptized at the V; IT Baptist Church, at East Troy, on the 11th instant, liy Rev. IL PdYne. Mallory's 're.rtliineeis being paMt- Nvii/ red trimmings. It will prt444-ii a very. neatiappeamnce. • ___. ... The N - ' - ail Works now thannfacture front - :!1H!t0 . !3 . 25 kegs . of nails Per day, and 'yet tlwy cannot keep iip with their orders. . The people of Forksville, Sullivan counts', have nuoJe. extensive preparations for a proper celebration of the Fourth of July.at that place. ' About tweet'-five, members of Oasis Le,bze. K.:of H. of Elmira, will pay a visit to * crystal Lodge of this place, on Monday . e rming :fiext. The ladies of the Baptist church will give:: a Strawberry and - lee Cream Festival at.; the . Church, oti the afternoon and evening of July Fourth. Frank Grleen. of Troy, has purchnsol, a tra,t of timbered Lycoming county, containing . .6oo arras. _ It is known as the "Kirby tract.- • The girls now all wear clocks on their st ,- )cking.s, and . 'they go, t00. 7 -IVareely _ Kinney, bear in iniinfthat you are an old man suuday school pic-nies and church' fair boverag e will be made this summer by throwink a piece of • lemon peel into four lgirrels of water. A hezivy hail storm visited a portion of the western part of Troy township, one day last week, doing considerable daniti l ke to the growing crops. • Etitton-hole boquets r --- ur3mtning quite oniniou: the "lady-411M" young man is not at all dressed unless he has one of them at t.:l.l.A to his coat flap. Beware of games of all kinds on Monday next., The shadier follow•eth tho circus, a'ml the swindler goeth wheie the Mend' gerie giveth its eihibition. - Juddik s,n7, of J. G. Beasley, of Wysox, was quite badly injured bji being kicked by a horse, as ha was passing bY its stall in the Wm: one day last week.. Parulytie heart - disease, and kid tiry affections, prevented, by the use of Irowns Iron Bitters. • A little boy at . Athens' last week caught a black bass that weighed threClind-a-half pounds. Little boys at Athens catch the fish and the men, tell the fish stories. Geo. Arnot, of Litchfield, a' man aged about seventy years, had - both of his arms broken, one day recently,....from the kick of a horse he was leading 'to pasture. ' Robert Cameron, of OwegO, offers to give a valuable building lot and five thous and dollars toward the building'', of • a bait and, shoe manufactory in that village. IL M. 'Willies has a new adyertisement of Agricultural Implements. Mr, W. has an. immense stock of these articles on, hand and is offering their' at bottom figures. Ex-Chief of Police • Baas has removed from are , rooms in the Borough (building on Park street, and now occupies former resi-' dencf; of the late W. A. Rockwell. on River street. • An exchange says that the new pasta' card that is to be d6ubled so that the Met sage °n it may not be read, is meeting with much opposition from postmasters and lady clerks. ,For a basket of the largest, finest straw berries ever brought to this Market, the "associate" or the 4EPIMILICAN. tenders thanks to Rundell, the market man. They were beauties, indeed. - The Terinecdsceans had a fair house at the Baptist church on Friday evening. In our judgment they are not as good singers as the Cabin Singers i who sang iniMercur Hall two evenings last week. , An excursion train will be run over the State Line and Sullivan Railroad on Mon- Ally next, for the accommodation of people living along its line who desire to attend the Circus in this place on that day', There is talk of °Alluding the ; Boirough of Dushore. If that !busy little i town keeps up its present i•apirgro wth, iti will not be many years ere it will want a eity.charte"r, a horse 'railway and an opera house. The Leßaysville Advertiser says that Samuel Buck, Esq., of Pike, weighed the wOo I sheared from one sheep iii his flock last week, and it tipped ti t e scales at twelve pounds and ten ounces, and was of an extra quality. _ Barrets show at Catawissa Tuesday was very largely patronized. Tlie street parade in the foren. was an imposing af fair and we have no doubt,but that all who, attended were highly deliglited.—B/ooms , .• burg Republican. Attention is directed to the new Adver tisement of A. D. Dye . f.SE Co., in this issue. Any one desiring anything in their line, will do well to call at their store, as they linve I• one`of the largest stocks of goods ever 1 • - brought to this place. .As the l i , Glorious Fourth occurs next week, it heed not he wondero at if the i#PI.7IILICAN should be a day late in niaking,_ its appearance. The boys have got to cele brate and recuperate after celebrating,, and it takes time to do either. There area Munber'of boys in• this vil lage., who if they don't . alter! then. Ways, will inks in the next world. a !well strung; harp and a pair of golden bor'o Gazette. There are a nuniber of . th same class of boys 'in this! place. , We are glad to be able to tumounce that Miss Jessie Mann, of SunbUry; Pa., a dis tinguished pianist, will be present at the evening entertainment at Rome, Pa., on July 4th, and 'will render valuable assistance in Making the occasion . interesting. . Information is wanted of Sergeant Wil liam H. Bailey, company E; 1924 regi ment, Pen asylvania !volunteers ; who p left home at sixteen years of age, and has,never been heard from since. Address, :"W,7 cure Post and Camp, Philadelphia. • Neit Monday the circus will show in this borough, and the watchful 'Observer will see more than one instance Where rft will require from three to a half dozen adult persons to induce one small child to go Un der the canvas to•"see the animals." regular meeting of Bradford county. Medical Society, wzlli 13e held in, Towanda oti Wednesday, July sth, at 1:36_ p. m:, at the office of Dr. D. N. Newton. E. D. PAS SF., President A Bicycle Club was organized at Can.ton, last week with the followin4• officers and members: •Bresident—Edgar L. Daven port; Treasurer-- , Arthur W. Cook; Mem ber)—Hurry B. EiaveripOrt,'[Ernest New-. • man. Robert E. Yansycle, Fr d S. Black.. In some parts of this State a weed, known cis "Long John," three feet high, with a small yellow flower and resembling a mustard plant, is giving i the; farmers trouble. Cattle are fond e?f it, and ; tlie:milk of rows feeding on it is irendered worth less. • . • JUdge Hart, of Washingt.tair, Fa. , deckles I that- apothecaries may sell liqto for "mediL t 1 cal purposes" on Sunday Without the. praa cription of a physician. It is a,viulation. of law only :when that Which! inlebriates is bought and sold and swallowed. "as a , beverage." Says,the . Troy Gazette: The carriage making business at Leona, is:growing rapid ly Eighteen men* . are now employed, and turn out from seven to ten wagons each week: Therti is an increasing demand " for these wagons in Westein Bradford and Tioga eounty." . The Tunkhannock. Standard is our auth ority for the statement that cucumbers, to be crisp, brittle and "nice" Should be soak ed in cold salt water half an hour • before they',,Eire served., This process extracts the alleged poison in the vegetable and removes the elements of Cramp. The Presbyterian Church Isucceydeill last Sunchly in raising by subscription enough t:?? pay off its debt,..and it enters on a now . yyikri with encumbrance! Rev. S. L. COmje, the pastor o generously donated $2OO 'ion his, salary toward raising the debt. not* /?ep tebtican .1 _ 4-1 4110 Tioga -Agitator says . l that the build ings'. in Bush's Park, at - Tioga; in that connt.V., are soon tci...betoria down and con verted into dwelling-houses in the borough. The pictures dishes and other divessories will I.'! sold at auction; and the par' itself will be turned into i a sheet; Ipasture. At ameeting of the officeis and cOminit 7 tee'nen of the Wyoming . County Veteran A4ocinti4 Ktld June "10th,1 it w‘s decided to hoht - the next, reunion on Wednesday, Thursday and - Friday, August 23, 24 and 25, ISB2i oiirthe di ound. of the Wyoming Agricultural Society, at Tiinkhannock. . - • Beef continues so high that men are, at - tempted t 6 raise their hatslevery time tM.y pass a Cow.—Wel4buro Gazette. ac t . - opaintruice:of our says his hat. was. raised to , a: cow the other day. ''The , crow did tho raising, however, i; and he himself accom panied the hat in its upward movement. • Gangs of trak,nien are at work at several points 'on the Valley rail road, between' Snyre and Tunkharmock, straightening as for as practicable acid double-tracking Itlie rood. '1 The new parts are built upprincipally* : 'of,T steno,. and far durability and clern4+ss 'are unexcelled. It is expected that shortening the ;curl*, which will shorten .-the"road many. mile's, and double- tracking will be completed' ere the close of the present year. The road will then be one of the best trunk lines in the country. The Waverly . .Free Press - - states it, as IS positive fact, that when a Certain. "man in that village was recently asked to subscribe something towaids paying for the chanda - - liers recently put in the M. E-Church, ho wanted to know why they .p n, rchaaed ' such things, as no - One in town kneve lbw to play on them. • • ' is said that,from the broad.and beauti ful soles about the chailming village of Wyoming, near Wilkes-Barre, there will this ,season be picked more than ono thous- and bushels of luscious straw berries.. A quantity sufficient to furnish the ",inai•ds'.! for sikteen thousand. • strawberry' •shoA . cakes.. Yum tuba I `him I It's the Troy. Register that is responsible for the following: "Frank W. 110, had On exlibiticin last week two black! Snakes,. killed . bye Will gluamon _while plowing. Qne snake was six .foot and three inches Ong and the other five feet a six inches, , Shannon livos about two miles frOm • irtiy an the road to Columbia X Roads." . Powell & Co., are offering great induce ments to buyers in all of the Departments of their mammoth establishment. Their adiertisement in another column, l tells the story of what the "specialties" are at pres ent. This firm are careful, close buyers, and never fail to take . advantage of the market when bargains are to be had. The people who a few weeks ago were, complaining about the unseasonable chilli. ness of the weather, and . were expressing fears that we were nut going to ihave any summer this year must: be coivinbiul by this time that their appreheruOims were improvident, And must feel that: like so many More they did) not _know . :when they were well off. • _ At Leona, on ,Wednesday, of last week, as Samuel Salisbury's little 'girl, who is about three years old, was playing abort watering trough, she in .soiree way fell .in, and when discovered vas found to be near ly drowned: but after the appliance of the usuayreinedies in such cases, for two or three hours, returned te • consciousness and it is thought will now recover... The big cornet about which astronomers have been fwen talking a good deal lately, and which they promised would be one Octlie brighteSt to the naked eye ever seen; rerehed its nearest point -to the earth and is now!,l whirling away again, but very few persons saw it as it could only ,be; seen after.mici-* night, and even then indlstinctly. So the astronomers were wrong for once. . Mrs. G. B. Werner and Mrs. C. r - Soul.- are introducing a very useful aril instructive work, in this county, i entitled "Decorum." They have been 'in town about a, week and haye taken 75 orders. They have the exclusive right of the county, and wish to obtain agents: ;Any one desir, ing to engage iii a pleasant and profitable employment can apply to them at Towanda. :A, young man from this village attended, the :! lawn festival of Spalding Hose, at Waverly, the other evening, and treated a WaVerly young woman to ice cream. 'He was heard to repeat the following as he arose from the table: "Tell me not in mournful numbers Laois but an empty .dream, ' • 1 ! When a girl -who weighs one hundred Gets outside three pints of cream.;' An exchange says that the following errors in butter-making sensible dairy-we t:mil will admit - ..t0 be fatal •to Saeceiss: General uncleanliness; impurity in the air of the butter-room: too much acid' in the cream; too much buttermilk in a decom posed state not Carefully worked out; too much friction in churning and working the butter; bad salt and tooknuch of it; foul milking-stable; impure water. For, the . accommodation of the people of loth ends of the long, nankow village of Athens, says the - Adertiser,Postoffice bexes have been placed at convenient points. .Heretore people were obliged to go to the postoffice, which was a great inconvenience. It makes more work for H. C. Hayes, the courteous postmaster, but he is willing' to dO it to acc*modate the people. It, was mainly through his efforts that the nevi innovation was inaugurated. . The pdato beetles will probably be as numerous and destructive as ever this sea ion, and if the following from . an exchange is true, a harmless an inexpensive remedy can be used in place of an expensive And ,dangerous poison) . It is the -statement of a farmer that he uses only coal; gas tar to prevent the ravages of the potato beetle. He puts a gallon of tar in a: tub, over which he pours boiling Water, which is allowed 'to settle and cool. This is sprinkled over the vines with au ordinary sprinkler. A.. gallon of tar suffices for 'several acres of Potatoes. C. LADD: jSecretary The watermelon„says an exchange, "con tains ninety-five per cent. of the purest water, and a trace of pure sugar, and noth ing has yet been discovered that furnishes so perfect and Oeedy a cure for sununer complaint as watermelon and ,nothing else. Dien when, (liarrlicea has been kept up by eating of 'orilibary food until the disease has becOmo chronic, this deliCious beverage —for it is little more—watermelon, taken 'freely, two dr three tunes a day, has again' and again, been known to work wonders,! and to "curer when all the usual, remedies! had . • . ----.- • • : Pat Colum; from Towanda, got. off of Valley 15 Monday evening, taking with hint a satchel belonging to Frank Jertline. Be fore • reaching 'Sayre Mr. J.,. missed the satchel ' ; and . making complaint he, was Drought tuck helte on an engine, , 'vhere he notified; policeman Davenport, who soon found the culprit in bed at, the Bradford House, at. the examination Wednesday morningle -claimed -to kayo taken it by mistake havingleft his'.,ownin Elmira. The case was therefore held , over until evening, when Sufficieneevidende had been obtained to warrant the justice l in' sending hint to OWego, for fifty 'days.l.Brarer/y Tribune. An accident of a very painful if not fatal nature occurred on the Rummerfield Creek, tilyiut a mile; north of Rummerfield, last Week Wednesday., It was caused by the fulling of a bridge into the creek, a dePth of about fifteen feet. John Hutchinson, a tearnster . of ießaysville, was on the bridge with a team : of horsei and loaded wagon at the time, and all were precipitated to the bed of the creek.' Mr. Hutchinson's 'shoul der was dislocated, and feared that he is very badly injured internally. The horses alld wagon were considerably injured: The loss, providing "Hutchinson recdvers, will be about $5OO, although the rebuilding Of the bridge will cost but $lOO. • Mr. I. N: Hutchinson of Pike, was work ing in his gardon ou'p Friday last, and . ob served-his dog stepping upon some . of the tender plants, ordered' him away, at the same time hitting him ,lightly.;with a small stick, when the dog pitched "at him, biting and tearing his left' arm terribly. Mrs. John Hutchinscin who was near by beat the animal with.a ;hoe handle to - drive him 'away, when the dog turned and bit her a few times slightly; and then resumed hiii attack upon Mr. Autehinson until driven :off by the Use -of,:clubs. It is needless to say that the dog:was shot on the following day. Dr. Dusenbury was called, and - dressed the wounds, 'and on his rett&n home - With his wifo who accompanied him, the buggy 'axle brace and in the, accident, his wife received injariei from which she' is confined to her room. --Leßayscille Adver tiser 22d. 11;11. , Warner 'and Mrs. .C. Johnson, are canvassing our village- for'l work entitled "Decorum." This is a INA that should be' n the pmeassion and, Care fully read and studied by every youngiman and woman in our village. Asa a t!*ilise on good behavior and what constitnteS and comprises good manners, the work _has: no equal: It is well printed and substiatially bound, and we have no iloubt !he ladies will sell Many copies in our town. . List of letters remaining in the Post Of go for the week ending June 28, 1882: , ' Adruns, - G - Pearsall, Martin' Archer, Q Madison Royce, C C Blodgett, Mrs Geo E Sdiith, Jas B - Murk ; Libbie Smith, D Eugene (2) , Ely, C H • Schoonover, Mrs B Gorham lkirsJ B Smith, J H . ; Hawkins, Ettio , Lihez, Fred - Jackson, J H - ' Taylor, Carrie Murray, Bridget Talkuly; Frank Macaully Wm (2) ' Wooly, James McDanels, Jim . Walker, Z T - McNamara, Thos Wolfe, Naomi. j Persons ealling,for any of the aboVe will please say "advertised," giving date of list. P. Poww, P. IM. • Those- who are, much in the hot sun should, avoid drinking, large quantities of COI water; it is better, if possible to take small draughts at frequent intervaie. If some of -the cold water is poured upen the templei, the temperature of the body will be rapidly reduced, and with better effect upon the system thou if taken internally. A light, white hat,l is far more comfortable than a black, heavy oue, and if it has ra, wet cloth or oven a fresh cabbage-leaf, L placed in the crown, it Will be all the'more cool and comfortable. A.. light handkerchief tied loosely about the neck will protect it frOm the burning sun.. A bath at night is very refreshing, but should not be pro ( longed. , The Atlrcrtiser's correspondent gives the, • following particulars of the ;killing i of a young man at Athens on - Friday mornipg last: "Charles Holmes, of Athens, a YOuag mau of eighteeni years, attempted to board a moving tibia 'near the depot Friday morning, but slipped' and fell under the wheels. This 'wag not strange, for if was if coal, train; but the consequence was Irlisas torous to young Hohnes.. Ho fell la the worst possible position{, so that the bntire train passe d , over one of his legs, from lil - p toe, Crushing and•mangling it frightfully. o was l taken home Dr. Brown was man ,