Rye gmliok *add.
VOL. 71. NO. 20
. Republican Stale Tic!tot.
-.Fon 1l EDITOR GENERAL,
COL, DAVID STANTON, of Bonvor
• FOR SURVEYOR GENE.re.II,,.-
COL. ROBERT E. BEATE, 'ofd Schuylkill
STILL TROUBLE
The negro was always a trbublesome
euStoniertAliaDethaeracy, and promises
to be so to the end. Some of the more
Progressive and intelligent leaders of the
natty, imagined they had 'disposed of
this individual, When "they announced
their now departure, blit in this they
were 'mistaken. Ho 'promises now to
give more' triable than ever before.
Their journals are now at the delightful
,pastime*f 'quarreling over the platform,
and denouncing_ each other on the old
questions; an amusement which we hope
they may continue indefinitely.
The:most recent. exhibition Of unrule:
ness, comes from the Bellefonte Mach:
man, which ' takes issue with the leading
Democratic organ, the Patriot in ., these
words :
whofriends of the Darrisburg•Pairiot,
'Who aro generally right, still' keep tell
ing of the great good that is to, come to
the Democratic party froth the adoption
of that meaningless ninth' resolution in
the • Democratic platform: We : have
heretofore given the editors of tho^/Da
/riot credit .for "knowing a thing or
two," but, since thOir continuous asser
tions about the great benefits that are
to lie derived from the passage of that
resolution we have come to the_ conchs,
sion that they! know as little about _ the
real feelings of the Democratic masses
as it is possible for men in their sitith
lion to know. If they will submit their
ninth r9Solution to a dechlion of the
Democratic voters of tho State, out of
tho, three hundred thousand,. not five
thokisand can be got to vote for, it ; and
the sooner they open, their eyes- to the
fact that their efibrts to crowd it down
our throats as a "good thing," an '' ck
ceneiW Move," is only creating more
dissatisfaction and disgust, the hotter it
will be for the cause for which we all
labor. The Patriot' had hotter place
this matter among its "dead issues."
The Tlrlitclintan, thou makes the fol
lowing statement which is, perhaps, nc
great diStance from the truth :
Wo assert, and defy
.contradiction,
that there arc net ono hinalled Demo
crats in the three hundred' thousand
within the borders of the Coinmonwealth
in favor oS , conferring the elective fran
chise upon the negro.,
And. he dloses!tho article with this em
phatic language : -
The Democratic party, then, does not
desire the negro vote.
It desires and *lb :accept. rth olitical
aid from the negro.
It says to-him—"Hafids off
The Democratic party ever hag been
•and by tho grace of God will continue to
Le—
"The white man's perty."
And trod to his understanding of the
ease, the same paper. stands up man
folly and boldly for that distinguished
Democrat, Jefferson Davis, We com
mend the following remarks to every
body :
"Jeff Davis would be a craven hearted
coward to Wrap himself up in any e.X-,
ens° that wodid prevent him from ap
pearing before the people when they
want to see and hear him. The
of
in regard to the real condition of the
country now, is more likely to fall from
his lips than froth those. of any other
living man; and it's the truth the peo,
plc want, both North and South: They
have had falsehood and deception enough
—let them have . aeoplous draught from
the fountain of truth, bitter and nau
seous though it be.
* * *
Wo trust Mr. Davis will continue to
talk whonev6r ho is- asked. lie has an
bndoubted right to, and is indefinitely
better able to talk correctly than any
man in the Radical party. We are not
apprehensive that any evil result will
fellow his counsels. On the contrary,
we look for much good to flow from
them.
Jefferson Davis is a patriot, a scholar
and it, statesman. If he 'way - not talk
to the people, .whotMay ?
Now .we beg leave to inquire What a
man is supposed to be voting for,'Who
votes the Democratic ~ ticket, at the
coming election. One lot of their leaders
are enthusiastic. ever the new departure.
Another and a much more numerous hit
still stand `to. their old landmarks, ,de-
Bounce vigorously all tlitisameliments,
and promise t`o.make this what they are
pl eased to'cail a white main's government.
One journal denounces the firegrauces of
Davis; Toombs and party, ;lira another
journal.enlogizcs them as statesmen and
patriots. This_ reminds us of the time's
of Lecompton and: Aai-Locomptoii, •of
DoughtS , and .Ilreelcinrike, and pl'Oni
ises a line defeat for the remnant of the
Ihnnocratic party that now. exists.
CHIEF JUSTICE CnAsr. has been " in
tervioived'.' recently, and has' givo'n his
opinion of the situation. The following
is the colloquy hetween him and the re
porter ()Ole inafti
Reporter.—" The Republicans seem to
be concentrating upon Grant as their
candidate ; what will the DemocrAtsdo?!'
don't know. There - arc• n
number of good men whose names have
been: mentioned, any one of whom would
make ;tumble President. I suppose the.
Republicans will nominate Grant. Tlicy
don!t, sUem to have any great number • of
available 'candidates." •
Reporter.-" They think Grant is the
. .
strongest man?" • , •
Chase." Well, so he I suppose,
and yet there. is consider
able 'oPpesition;among some. of the
.publinans to, his re-nomination.''
Reporter, - --" The Republicans lay -a
great,deal of stress upon tho fact that he
has collected the revenue, liaid off the
debt, and Settled the Alabama question?"
Chase.-•—" Tlio secretary of the' 'treas.
think;,•doserves as much et edit
for collect:Mg tho.rovenue and paying. MT
the 'dolit as the President cloyernor
lioutwell'lMS been very fortinuite in his
management of thetreaOry.: lint after
all it is the peuplo wlui-pay off the debt.
They : ivpuld de, it "as ! readily,.vith, any
other Man in the White.. House its .Gen:
eral 'draft. To'bo sure his friends' give
hirh the credit of it', brit the 'people de
servo rho praiso"! , • •
The - chief Justico 'knows, certainly,,
that eine of the higheSt evidences of the
competency, of g President for his posl
tion,lii, that he.soleets able and faithfld
'Cabinet Ministers, and -sustains 'their
netion...i But for the President's fore .
sight-in seleetinglMr.i Boutwell, and his
support and- enderseniont of-- his 'course,
the 'freasury. management might not,
have been so fortunate. Andrew John
son'S Finance Minister wasn'tmuch of a
success collecting, the revenue and
PaYing,: the . .,debt, although his chances
for ,flptng.; BFwo.ro , many times morn
favorable than I :those • of. Mr.' . Boutwell.
The.peoplo!pay,the debt, it tin true, _but,
they ohn only,pay it .through the faith
.
fur collection of the' revenues of the
conntry,..and :their honest application.
Ifthe,coiulitionof -the country was not,
favurablci Chase' kind the Denny,
racy would . ,say., the blaine should lie.
placed ninth ,the 'President.'
favorable ho • is entitled to, the, credit by'
namp 1)011014a: ,••
on our Ilret page the ad
,
r
minable addests deliyorod by llon. A. K.
,
McClure, before', the .Alumni.of. Lafay
Otto College... It ie a prodnction which
(loci; cre:dit to the admitted; abilitlea of
that distingnished "gentlemen, , .
•
VERY COI\iTEMPTiBLE,A3UTYEIV
CHARACTERISTIC
When a man. assumes to furnish
11teratare that
,the leaders Qr . the
Democratic "paFty • have - •use .: for,
he must.cro . Somopietty tall lYi".ig," arid it ,
is surprigiUg how*ell some 'peoplOaiiapt
themselveS to it. fere Specimou
from the papoi l poblisVmd by Ilon. Mark.
M. Pomeroy, bettor knoam by Ids
friends as "Brick."
PRESID*.NT• Griom, and the Valance
of the Pont family; had a little muss
witli a :Conductor on thd Cumberland
Valley Railroad, on'the Nixth of May - 4 :-
all because they had' no passes, and the
rules and regulations of the road made
it incumbent uped the people to Come
down with their stamps or, show cause.
The PreSidatit said it was' against, his
interest to pay ; when ; the conductor
said :
•` Well, as you are' in' all respects the
higgeSt dead-head in the country, you
can ride to the next station, when I will
telegraph to Superintendent Lull for
further instructions.'
The President and the Dents; the Mrs;
President and all others of the family
then rode in ,peace and comfort, with Out
cornponsation being paid to tlfe railroad ;
"and all wentmorry ha a marriage boll,"
or trio dozen of them, for that matter."
Tho 'Editor of this Paper is an occa
sional _passenger on the Cumberland
Valley Railroad—doing nearly six trips,
Per week, annually, betrMon this point .
and the State Capital. He is, therefore„
reasmiably. well posted 'on the incidents
of the travel on that . road. On the even
ing of the fourth of May, Mrs. Grant, in
company with some ladies and gentle
men, passed oi'er the road ,in a special
car. The conductor:Of the train, before
I v
leaving
that
for, Harrisburg,
heard that the party ere coming, and
asked for instructions. Ho teas told
that they wore entitied to the cour
tesy of free trfivel. 4 4le passed the spe
cial car on his return without asking any
one for a ticket. On the evening of the
sixth; President Grant passed over the
road, and was accorded the courtesy to
which his ,position and seryices entitled
him, without question. •Thc conductor
did not ask the President or any of Mrs.
Grant's party for. their fare, or for tick
ets, and no one On those trains, br Con
nected with the road, ever heard of or
imagined an QCClluretic9 like the ono given
above, until it was seen in Brick's paper.
In order that our personal statement may
not stand alone in thismatter," it may be
added, that when Pomeroy's paper was
shown to the conductor, he very promptly
remarked, "that the story wqs a—
in, ana'tho mall who wrote it wilt a
ool."
This is noticed, not because there
was any necessity that it should be con
tradicted, but merely to illustrate how
the things that go to make op Demo
cratic capital arc manufactured to order,
and how much credence is dim to the
statements of the sensational journals of
that party-
DEMOCIEATIC ECONOMY.—TiIe list- of
eaployees of tho State Legislature at
the last session, published in the 1?e-
iub/ic last Sunday, affords food for re
leetion. - We find, for instance, 1114
he Senate, which has only thirty-three
ncnibcrs, regnire ten clerks to-transact
heir business, isqlile .the House, with
three times the number, required• only
eleven.' The forinerfonnd it • necessary
to employ ten messengers and doorkeep
ers, the lattoi• only eighteen ; the for
iner's mail matter was so voluminous that
it required nine men to pagte and fold it,
but the latter got along with only four
teen ; and while nine small boys were
needed to carry the message'S. and aped
ments of the SenatOrs, the one hundred
Representatives found that they could
be accommodated by a dozen and four.
rortyminc employees were in all em-
ployed by the Senate at a . total cost for
pay and mileage of $11,417.55, and sixty
eight by the House at a total cost of
$55,773.75. It will be seen that each
Democratic Senator cost the Common
wealth simply for pay and mileage of
employees $1,347.10, while each Repub- ;
licAn Representative cost for the same
$587.74,0r less than oneAialf. And yet,
with all these facts on record, the De
mocracy, forsooth, prate about economy,
and endeavor to deceive the +tax-payers.
Repubik
THE Chicago Poet is an "amusing
cuss" of a paper. Hear it : " The
Democracy are• very much in the posi
tion of the cannibal, Ami Robinson, of
whom Thee um made mention in his
book on humbugs. After a long de
baUch, he waked up one day in great
Wonderment as to his exact locality, and
inquired,of the bystanders, 'Am i am I,
or em I not AIM'," -That is the question.
Are Ahoy themselves, or some other
party? In Ohio, lowa and 17enesylva
nia, ,where the new departuie his been
recognized by conventions, full a third
of, the voters .. are rubbing their eyes 'in
utter• bewilderment. Is it thwold Demo
cratic camp, or have they gene iiiitray?
After twelve continuous years of denun
ciation; is it quite the thing to own up
point black, and indorse the opposite
side The Chinese puzzle is nothing
compared with suclra dilemma. If they
11.41 on to the old party past they will
freeze, and it thoy let go they arc sure
to fall into the ditch.• Mos t o f them
agree to bat the new party owl , but it is
perfectly apparant they do not hanker
after it."• •
THE latest ahstuality of the Demo
cratic politicians, is the charge that
President Giant has .entered into an,
nrrangement with Jell: Davis and
Toombs, to got them to Make speeches
iii order that the -Democratic party, may
be damaged thereby. This is a little too
transparent. The Demoqatic party has
no such chance of success, as to Make it
necessary that slid' tricks as these should
be resorted to. The people hare an
•account to settle with that organization,
irrespective and in addition • to the
treasonable utterances of Davis & Co.,
which will condemn it forever.
TIM itilt,tiorlit Church' in California
numbors , only 4,500,-,-Nyhilo—statistics
Flow that 40,000 wont from eastern
countries tiltlai Pacific slope,
IT is said that tho " improvisuonW
in the very little Park in West. Broad
way; New York, cost $750 . 300... Those
triangular patches :'are all oxpensiVo
affairs.
Young Mon's Christian'
ASsosiation has'been organized in San
Francisco. It started -with a membership .
'of forty Celestials. • ,
Tni sarvOying party of the Atlantic
and Nellie, Raitread has 'reached thlr
Pecos'Fria,' Sumner 14ow
gexico, and the settlerfr there ' aro 'jtiti . ..
Pythe first of Staithe lito Grande
.
NVIU 1)13 reached.;.',
. leWa TaPer,. says The long
train ofcovered wagons pouring in from
the east and„drifting. westward, is one.
hundred Per cent greater this year" than,
in any previous year since we have been
THE CROPS
.'OVPICIAL REPiiRT . ON 'WHEAT AND : CORN
. The meteorological peculiarity of , tin!,
season has been the, recurrence of seVero
6oSta in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys,
,In' the, former, 'the .severest ; :eccurred
,April 10 to
. 25f,i killing fruits and lbjnr
ing grain. crops.. The:absence of rain. is
noted throughout this region, in Ohio
places for eight weeks together, hut ,
showers irrthe latter part of May were
quitci:general and exceedingly
West of theiMissidippl.heayrfrosts oc
curred early in April, one, on the thir
teenth, destroying pinch fruit in Kansas :
In the Gulf Cast States, ou the contrary,
rain was abundant in both April ancf
May, attended with a low temperature,
as in the section north of therm
While the planting and germinating
season was generally cool, •it ,opened
early, ; being 'le eueded by 'genial_ and
sunny weather; the tempiraturo of the
soil has not been reduced by the evapora
tion of heavy falls of rain ; consequently
the crops of all but the cotton States aro
mom fitly:weed than usual, and the grain
'harvests are connoonpinea week, lit
genie place. 4 ton days, earlier than their
customary date.
EM7272
The wheat acreage - of the country ,bas
been increased. The averages, ns care
fully calculated from our returns, in
comparison with the 'bi:eadtlr sown last
Year, show an increase in . the following
States. Now York, 1 per cant Now
Jersey, 2 ; Ohio, 0 ; Michigan, 4;. Wis
consin, 4 ; Minnesota, 10 ; lowa, 15;
Kansas, 80 ; Nebraska, 25 ; Oregon, 3.
A - small decrease appeals in the Now
England States ; in Pennsylvania, a re
duction of 2 per tent ; Maryland, S ; Ken
tucky, 2 ; Indiana, `2•.; Mississippi, 2 ; and
South Carolina, 8. TIM average increase
in acreage is estimated at - 4 per cent, or
about three-fourths of a million acres.
. .
The condition Of the-crop in Massa
chussetts - is placed at 14 percent' below
an average ; Connecticut, 6 ; Now tork,
2 ; Virginia, 8 . ; North. Carolina, 18 ;
South Carolina, 27 ; Georgia, 25 ; Ala
bama, 23 ; Mississippi, 4 ; Texas, 'l4 ;
Arkansas, 13 ; Tennessee, 26 ; Kentucky,
20 ; Indiana, 3 ; California, 42. The
States reporting superior condition are:
Delaware, 2 per cent above average ;
Maryland, 2 ; West , Virginia, 4 ; Ohio, 7;
Michigan, 6 ; IWlseonsin4 , 6 ; Minnesota,
2 ; Illinois, 3 ; lowa, 8 ; Missouri, 0 ; Ne
braska, 6 ; and Oregon, 4.
The wheat plant- in Now England is
suffering from drouth the sandy and
less elevated -sections. Spring grain has
been injured from this• cause in the
mountain sections of Western Massa
chugetts.
Winter wheat is in fine condition
throughout New -.York. In Livingston
county it looks bell& than it has in
forty-five years, though the spring-grain
is suffering from drouth, particularly on
uplands. In Erie county, spring wheat
has sii unprecedented growth in the last
ton days of May. In Onondaga, wheat
is beginning to head, and in some places
is "lodging" badly. The growth of.
spring grains has been•retarded in Clin
ton by a wet and cold Spring. Recent
rains have greatly inproved the crop in
Seneca. Drouth has been. severe in
severaJsections, as in Albhny, Livings
ton, Suffolk 'and other counties; causing
injury- to spring grains, but whiter wheat
is not seriously affected. A fully average
condition is 'reported throughout the
Middle. States. There has rarely beerr a
better prospect for wheat in New Jersey,
Ocean county 'furnishing the only un
fivoia.ble report. In- Westmoreland,
Pennsylvania, it is stated that very
heavy showers have washed the pollen
from the blooming wheat, and a refine-
Lion is feared in consequence.
The reports from Itialryland are equally
favorable as to average condition.' A
fate drawliacks are reported from the
Hessian q in Talbot, Queen Anne and
St. Mary's. In Talbot.the joint worm is
troublesome. While the injury in St.
Mary's, from the rust and fly; is severe,
am superior condition of the crop will
compensate for this deflect and place the
prospective yield above the average.
EOM
The acreage or corn will not ho re
ported until July. The tenor of reports
is favorable as to condition. The corn
granary oldie West, the State of Illinois,
is green with corn fields, which were
planted early, and grew vigorously. le
sod land cut worms have been very
troublesome, in many instances render
ing a re-planting necessary. The Do
Kalb co•rospondeut says : "The Limn
is lookilig splendid, and by the Fourth
of July it will be as • high as ;i horse's
back." In some places the want of rain
has ball felt.
The reports from loWm , and Missouri
are mainly faverable. Worms are quite
generally injurions,:and' in several coun
ties drouth has been severe, yet expres
sions like the following are very frequent :
"Corn is in fine condition, and if there is a
little more rain there will he abik crop ;"
"We never had a better f 1 ta nd, or such
c lean fields ;" " Corn prospect was
never bettor." Like all other vegeta
tien, corn is more advanced than is usual
at this date. The-rcturns froM Kansas
aro very faVOrable, with less complaint
of cut worm and drenth than from more
Eastern States.
Zu Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Ten
nessee nn -average prospect revealed,
with nom() tendency to drouth „In' light
soils, and the prevalence of etitlwoinin
in sod lands. • .
Throughout all these States thei.e are
counties in winch '" corn had a bad
start," from cold ntillf3 early hi the sea :
son, after the warm spell 'in April, in
Which a large amount was planted.
Whore the surface was level, the 'soil
an impervious clay, and drainage there
tom imperfect, this evil was aggravated.
Such reports will -be inevitable until
good culture, in connection with requi
site proliminarY farm tmproVoments„
shall better adapt our soils to the vicis
situdes of bur changing seasons.
'hi the Middle and EaStern :States
drouth and cittivtirms have lice! !torn
injurious than iu the West. '
Li-Southern-reporta :reference is - fro:
fluently made to twit - wrens° of acreage.
The crop is'reported in good condition;
facept Whore growth has been retarded
by cold rains., ,, The
the
is Moro gen.•
eralligood than in the liorthern Rates.
Corn is,-in most seetions, later than
en account of cold, wet weather,
and' the, consequent delay in weeding
and cultivation. , -
THE Episcopal synod, of theilioceso of
Toronto, hold a missionary meeting on
Tuesday evening, on Which • occasion
vloquont addressed were made by the '
itev 'Dr. A. T. Haight; of 'Now . York, I
and , tho Rev., B. 11. Paddock; of Brook- ,
. 'A: TIZIDEL of Paria, as it Was bad° the
late war,. i13 . .H0W on exhibition in •Now
Y‘ork. It covers inoro than 400 square , :
feet, is marvellously accurato topograph- :
Wally; and the publio l hoildings•'ard.re 7 , *
producedwith alidelity that eausestltn - 7;
to biinstantly recognized. ' '
THE COMMON SOIIO O,LS OF I'ENN-
=I
Aimnmss.ny rnor.
• At tho State Ponvention of Common
School Superintendent% in Harrisbiirg,,:!'
on • Tuesday, Prof. J. P. Wickersharii,
'delivered an ,address on 'the Common
Schools of the State, of whiOh rho follow-
ingls'an interesting abstract : •
Them .:wore: 'in attendance at the
common schools of the State•tluring the
past yenr, at least 850,000 children. It
-is esthniited that 'Unite are 75,000 children
who Ought to havOttended school;' but
did nut, Und that 50,000 attended private
schools: It, is almost certain that there
will be- fully I, f 00,060 eh ild reit - in the
State during the coming year, vibe either
will attend school or might to do so.
Our system of comirion schools is in
tended„to provide edncation free to 101
children of •the primers:age in the State
and•is;operated, in addition ' to the force
in the Schodl Department, by eighty
superintendents, thirteen' thousand di
rectors, and eighteen thousand teachers.
Its cost during the past year has {teen
over $B,OOOOO, of .which the State paid'
directlY
raised whollyby local ta*ationi , -
The valuation of public school houses
of the State lit over $10,000,008. In,
addition to her system of common schools,
the State has established
.the system of
normal schools. To those she has appro
priated over $200,000 directly from her
treasury, $02,500 of which were appro
priated by the State Legislature. Of
these schools five are in operatibri with
full facilities, and some two thousand
teachers and pupils. They possess prop-
orty worth $400,000. They will send
out during, the present year about one
hundred and twenty graduates. -.One
school has been recognized by the State,
and will' - open in September next, and
four more have buildings in the codnie
.of erection.: There will probably be ten
'State Normal Schools in operation within
yetit.
In this way the State intends to prepare
teachers for her common schools. No
other, State attempted_ to do it on so large
a scaler The act to which 'the future
historian of Pennsylvania will point with
the' greatest Pride, is that by which the
State becomes the father of destitute
children, orphaned by the late civil war.
At the close of the war Fleiound within
her borders large numbers of poor
,ren, whose fathers had lost their lives in
defense of their country. More than five
thousand of these she has gathered into
the schools end homes, and maintained
and instructed them at a cost of over
$3,000,000. The appropriation for the
present year is $500,000.
By a recent enactment, _these orphan
schools, in connection with common
schools and norinal schools, have been
placed' under the supervision of the
School Department. In thus acting the
Legislature confidently expected to enlist
deeperr interest in the 'State's grand
system of benevolence on' the- part of
all concerned' in the management of
public education: Outside of 'this circle
of infinence; outside of the State's
slithering protection, unaided: by State
bounty, stand our colleges and academies.
In 'other days they received liberal
appropriations, frOm the State,. but these
have been discontinued for many years.
The Constitution makes provision for
higher education, as imperative as it
does that the poor shall be taught gratis.
But this provision remains almost' a
,dead letter. A number of our colleges
and academies make cold and formal
reports to the School Department, and
with that the connection ends. Instead
of this, there ought to be an organic
connection, and warm blood she old be
made to flow through all parts of our
grand system.. There, are about thirty
institutions chartered as colleges open
throughoid the State, and probably
twice that numbm 'of academies of all
grades. The 'lumber of students in
these institutions is estimated at 6,000.
There ought to be ten times that num
ber. The present magnitude of our
syktem of cdtteatioli is not more wonder
ful' than .its growth has been within' the
last five years. •
The total expenditures fur the system
in 1865, were $3,61.1,238. This year the
expenditures will exceed $8,000,000.
Since .1865, we have expended over
$10,000,000 for school houses—more than
in the wind° preceding thirty ydars Mlle()
the system scent into operation. Our
teachers this year will 'waive a million,
and a half of dollars moro than in 1865.
• [For lil. 1,151. E 11 ur
•
PONTIAC, LIVINOSTON Co. ILL.,
Juno 17, 1871 .•
Erwrr9ts Th9tALD:—lf your rcadMs
desit•e• a mental picture of an average
farm in this county, they will .imagine
tract of land containing from • eighty to
oiie hundred and sixty acres, so level
that 'thee whole surface is visible from
any given-stand point,- and so well adap
ted.to cultivation, that the farmer may
draw 'IC - furrow from one boundary to
the other, in any direction, without
meeting any natural obstruction to stay
his progress.
On this land is generally raised about
thirty-five bottels of oats to the acre ;
thirty 'or wheat, and forty of corn ; thb
land is capable of producing Muchlarger
crops than the above statement would
indicate; but lie farming is done in a
`loose, irregular manner, and much grain
actually, wasted in li;:vesting..
Livingston county is about thirty-six
miles square, and contains ,thirty-two
thousand inhabitants. Pontiac, the
county seat, is situated en the line of.
the Chicago, Alton and, St. LottiS rail
'road ; one hundred miles south of Chi
cago; 'and two hundred miles north of
St: Louis. We have jest completed a
railroad,: giving us an outlet to the east
and West, and aro uoy in a fair way to
develop the vast resources Of the con*.
Wo have coal of an mseellent
unlimited quantities, the merchantable
value of which is constantly increasing,
while the amount of grain and cattle
shipped at a small western ! depot, would
astonish-a.eitizen of,au-eastarn
town. If it were: only possible to im
port some of-your fine Ihills, and depesit
them upon
_our prairies for . building
sites, this country would be a paradise ;
the only fault eastern mon find with it is
'the monotony of the country. '
The State has purchased ono hundred
and sixty acres 'of land adjoining the
town of Pentiao, and established
form school for juvenile offenders. ./tp-:
propriate' bindings, at' a. cost . of one'
hundred thousand; dollars; . have' been
erected within the past year ; \ andjtho
trnstees_will continuo to meet buildings,'
as, Clio neecasity 'of 'the: case 'May
rand; :This will ho the pot institution
of the ,State. It , is UM' intention;"
hardestablish a-model' farm; introduce
the best broCds of horses,, cattle, sheep
and hogs ; in fact alrthat grecley knows
about faraiing - will:be taken. advantage
of, : andtho boys thoioughly instructed
in all' - that pertains tO :Physical, mental
and m oral ontmu , d: , -
It is an exprorimorit about the success
of which many donbts aro ontortained,
and time alone will tell whether or no
moral suasion is capable of. reforming
the - ,•young. scanipS that swarth our , 1
larger cities. Eastern money is flowing
in to this country,,,ancl capitalists aro
bogining to find out that ti mortgngo on%
an Illinois farm is the best of seefirity:
The firm of Culver & Bio., of this-Place,
liavo nogotiated loans. fur farm Ors; to'
tho amount of ono hundred and
thousand dollitrsi since the fii''gt
January._ . :0. F:PICANE:
v.-, 6 THE DEATH OP,Mit. D. D. Mmuck..—
The details 'Of the death :of Mrs:Rose
"Mumma, the young,, accomplished and
cdtimaide wife. Of D. D. Mumma, the
assistant State librarian,, are heart-
rending Mid deplorable in their, partial
lars„ and have enlisted the sympathies of
the entire community in behalf of the
husband who is thus suddenly and on
tiieely bereaved of an endeared wife,
and the parents and friends who deeply
grieve over the .affliction. The remains
of the deceased were brought to this city
-at noomfin Saturdayeatid will ;ho interred
•to-day.' We understand that her father,
U. W. Hummel, esq., has been distracteil
and nearly driven frantic by the mis
fortune so unexpected and full ofsorrow.
It appears she was induced, while on
a visit to relatives in Greencastle,li'Mnlc
lin county, to accompany Di.. Kauffman
op a
: professional visit to his patients.
Tlui buggy- was au open, one, and arriv
ing at the first Eitoiv ing place, she per
sisted in remaining in the vehicle, against
all remonstrances. The hiorse
liouglit - exceedhig and au acci-
(lent so fatal and hcartrendering iii its
consequences was 'least among the ap
prehensions. The - doctor having ad
ministered to tile 'wants of his patient,
returned to the door, and noticed, that
the horse was restive, under persecution
of the flies, and had become disengaged
of the lines with. Whielt it had been
fastened to theYence. He exhorted Mrs:
Mumma to junco out of the buggy, and
save her life. She, however, held on to
the dasher, taking mo notice of the warn-
ing and the horse having meanwhile be
come thoroughly frightened, darted down
the road at a reckless speed. By, some
means the Mire of the wheel was disen
gaged, nu l it is supposed struck her on
the fo'rehead and back of the ear, render
ing her insensible and throwing her out
of the buggy. Site was discovered about
a quarter of a mile from the spot where
the horse first started, in an unconsiouS
condition, and lingered only about fifteen
minutes after the accident. The casualty
was impossible to avert, and ha's cast a
deep gloom over all who knew her many
excellent virtues, goodness of heart and
rare qualities of mina.,-Etatc Jour n al.' "
OBITUARY:
- -
C*TAIN ,1017 N B. .7011,^(SON
Died at Harrisburg, Jtum.2.l, jan D.
Johnson, late 4L captain of the Sixth.
United States cavalry, after a lingering
and painful illness. Captain Johnson
was born in Harrisburg, January 16,
1833,'and for many years lived at this
place. ' He entcred'Washington College,
Pennsylvania, and graduated with the
clais of 18:l2, adopted civil engineering
as a profession, and until 1861 was act-
volt' engaged on the public improve
meatss of this State. T :Fle entered 'the
Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment at' the
breaking opt of the rebellion, and served
with it as captain during the three
months' campaign ; was appointed to
the United States army as first lieuten
ant of-the Fixth cavalry; May,l4, 1861 •,
inathi Brevet,. 31ajor and Lieutenant
Colonel, ler gallant and meritorious ser
vices, March 13,
.1863 ; Captain, Fawn-
rx 3, isori, and continued in active aer
jet, so lung as his health permitted. Ile
Participated in many of t .e : battles in
which Ids'regiment was engaged, served
on the staff of General Hancock at New
Orleans, and afterward was stationed
in Texas. April, 1871., he left Texas on
sick leave, and had been in bad health
ft mil that timo pntil his death. Captain
.Johnson was a gallant soldier, and •a
warm and generous friend.
.His early
(loath will be dimply regretted by alargo
circle of acquaintanceit in the army and
in civil
BRIEF ITEMS.
A NArtoN.ki.library is to be established
in Nicaragua.
Chicago the Sunday r lignor law ex
citement continues. •The Germans con . -
end stoutly fur the Sabbatical lager.
PENNSYLVANIA limners arc hog.hining
to take deep interest in the weather,
reports.
Tliu University exaiikiDationt4 at-Lex:
inglon, Virginia, closed mi the nine.-
leenth. The anniversaries /4-010
societioi took place otttlio,twontietb.
Pr in now thought probablo that
Ward's statue of Shaksocaria will . bn un
veiled in Central Park on the Fou•th;
instead of the First of July.
Tun congi.cigation of the First thiptist
cliiirch,„Boston, have declined to allow
their vestry room to be u s ed for . electioh
Purposes.
Tun Cincinnati nunnerehor Society
etAebrateti , their fourfeenlb anniversary
on Tuesday evening last, by a picnic
and orchestra concert. - •
THE New YUrk Trihene considers it
unnecessary to say or any new building,
Whether palace or' factory, ,"it will_ be
surmounted with a mansard roof:"
, •
SMIRMILING iH suspected 011
shore, near Portsmouth, as twice lately ;
fishermen have observed rockets set off
from a vessel on that harbor, and a re
sponse by atlash•of light from tiro shore.
Li Lancaster county the wheat and
ryo•hhyvest will probably be the best for
' , many years. The oats crop is short and
backward. Cern,. Potatoes and tobacco
aw late, but look well after tiOie recent
rains.
Mits. J. L. BoAnnaiAN, of Charfestowii,
Massachusetts, was tLo first lady 'who
the'aseent on foot of Mount Wash
ington this season. Go says oiio of tho
party who spout the NI/filtQF In. the _Ob
servatory. ,
Scuoor,noys in Wisconsin fill their
pockets with locusts, and, at a given
signal, each. boy-taps ,on, his pocket,
causing the locusts to ,give forth.. their
deafening, doleful cry, as,it forty child-
ren had boon whipped.
Tui Lady of tho Lake is the romantic
name of a new steam plehimie yacht,
just finished in Brooklyn, for Brigham
Young. It has boon pincoa in possession
of Jnmce 'Young, ono of the sons of tho
Mirinon chief.
Tim. City R.:3oam% of Charlestown, S.
C., intends to enforce rigidly the ordt.
nonce prohibiting thopponing.of streets
and Thighwayti during the summer
months. The quarantine distalet of, the
016 , has Won extended:: " •
WlTir the oloso of the present epilog IMO .
year,.-I,oalt - lent . 'Woolsey,. of Yale Col .
logo, retires from the position ho lun .
filled for a quarter Of a century. The
institution with \Odell lie iiimbeeit con
fleeted .for over forty - years—as tutor;
professor and, presideut—loses,an °Meer
whoin it will be eadcdedingly difficult I,c;
re.place: ' -
, 'Tun explorations which have recently.
been made in the Southeastern 'part `of
noughton, county, Michigan; the im
inediiite vicinity ,of the head of L'Anso
Bay, haie developed,. among the other
discoveries,' a . large depositpf plumb*.
Tun first binlding association in New
Orleans has just, been organized, with a
'Capital fixed 'at .$500,000, divided, into
shares of $5O . The first electiob for a
board ,
of Seven , directors 'win talce place
°Oho first Monday of, April, 1.872, and
'annually thereafter: - J. F.Oriffing, i3sq,,
is the President.
THERE lately passed through 'the post
office at Reading, Pa., 6. consignment of
Italian bees, confined in a contrivance
F umbling a mouse trap, consisting of a
square, block of. wood, with an • anger
hole bored through it. , A thinwire sieve
placed over • each aperture constituted
the windows of this miniature prison.
house. ,
'Two gentlemen wore talking over the
late nominating conVelitions the other
day, in front of Indepefulence Hall, and
a waif of their conversation was vatted
to a passer:by. "I assure you,"' said
Die first, " I wont there prepared to be
knocked down." "Did you ?" replied
the other. " Well; I went there prepared
not to lie linocked down."
'DIE with - my of Di'. Connolly, who killed ,
his two children and then terminated his
_own life, is so utterly broken down by
the calamity' tliat her friends feu• her
reason is dethroned. It is understood
that she-has decided-to-remove-to-.the
conveict Of' the Sacred Heart, at Bloom
ingdale, there to live in seclusion, at
tended only b' her waiting maid. '
=
A CONpUCTOIt on one of the trains be
betwecnilartforil and New Hatien found,
oil tying to make change for a holy
passenger, that the rain bad moistehed
his currency to all e;rtent that Made it
unmanageable.' He lipologized for the
delay by saying, "The money sticks to
my fingers." Thu lady's. answer was :
‘` I've- often liedfd that about conduc
tors."
TIM two New York free -baths wore
thrown open to the public for the season
on Thursday. Both., aro of the usnal
houselike model and have a 'swimming,
area of eighty-five by sixty-five feet,
Each have sixty-eight dressing rooms,
and both arc well lighted for night bath
ing. Poring the winter they were laid
up at Ocwrinus. On Tuesday they were
moored in their places—the east bath
at Fifth, and the west bath at Morton
street. The "ladies' days" are Mon
days; Wednesdays and Fridays.
ROMs clbo7o Horne
THURSDAY, TUNE 29, 1871.
Dols''r forget the festival in the Court
House. Raspberries, &c.
ItILEN APPLES hive made their ap
pearance. Only 35 cents per half peck.
BLAcunintams will soThi be .ready fur
market.
Tiik subscription price of TllEllEli
is only $2.9J per year.
- T"utitr, are, at least, forty persons for
trial at the approaching Quarter Sessions.
A. majority of whom are out on bail.
Jon WORK.—We are fully prepared to
execute, promptly, all kinds of printing.
Those of our business men iii need of
any job work should give us a call, as
we guar:pace satisfaction.
THE " calithumpian" band was out in
force on Monday — iiight. Give ,ns
breathing spell from t,hese night disturb
ing serenades, as they, have been very
frequent of late !
RASPBERRIES are quite plenty in mar
ket. The wild ones sell ;it ten' and
twelve cents per quart, while the ettitiv
vated berry "goes off" lively at fifteen
and twenty conic pe• quart. They arc
a delightful dish, and with cream aro
not "bad" to take.
CAIIIIISCi Ou•r.—A number _nf young
gentlemeujeft town, bright and early
last Monday morning, for "over for
monntains." They intend to "camp
out" at Gibson's Pock, in Perry .county,
on the road between this place and .Lau
disburg. We wish them a pleasant time.
linndised and Se% , eni
nine persons visited the jail dining; the
week ending.cliniir2-1. Twenty visitors'
less than the veelc previous. This de
crease is p'rohably owing to the fact that
the farming eonnininit; am busy harvest
ing, and have not the tiine Lu linalnngo
visiting,
NE NV,6IPAP Ejt.—We are i n &Oiled to
Edgar E. Hastings, formerly of this
place, at present •attornep•at-law s and
notary public, Parsons, Kansas, fOr the
first number of the Sun, a new paper
04)10 at the above-named-place. The
/3j/.018 a neatly printed thirty-two col- .
nom paper, and presents handsome
typographical appear:moo.
Tnk, Messrs. Dusenborro aeoAtill hold
ing forth at the Cumberland Valley
House, taking orders for the celebrated.
Rochester Nurseries. Their facilities
for fahishineMiTe - free,' ornamental
trees, grape vines, and shrubbery of
every description, are vastly superior to
thoSe of lest season. Orders Miceli now
will be filled next Pall. These gentle=
men are welbknown in this COM Immunity,
and persons wishing to procure any thing
in the shrubbery line would not amiss
by leWing Choir orders...with them
TnErrs.--The residence of Mr. :lames
Kerr, on. North Hanover street, was en
tired on Wednesday morning last, while
ho was absent at 'market. The thieves
succeeded in getting as fans the dining
room, but no further, as Mr. ;Kerr had
taken the precaution to lock the door
leading into that room. ^They were
Obliged to take their •• departure'! 'with
out being rewarded for their trouble.
ME same morning the residence o .
Mrs. Samuel Martin, on East North
_street;_wati.:entercd by thieves,— Hut, as
in the- former case, they obtained on
booty: '; •
TILE same ni'oyeing, Mr. William Host
ing's residence, on East North street;
was also entered, by removing a' pane of
LtlasS from : the kitchen 'window, and
unceremoniously unbolting the door.
Mrs. H. lustily called Or 4 ' help," wheri
the thief slowly retraced his 'steps.
This is the second time, within the past
few weeks, that Mr: We house has been
entered by thieves.,
ANOTAItiy. TITEiV.--011 Monday
night last, the emu of Henry O'Hara, at
Middlesex, three miles east of this place;
' was entered, and a largo amount of
, goods, consisting of dresErgoods, cutlery;'
pocket booksoiniking in all about $2OO,
stolen. The thief oz thieves entered the
Store, ,by breaking open the shutter.
Mr.' 'O'Hara offers a irewarVef
Twenty-dm dollars ,fer tho recovery , of
the goods, and $25 ;additional' on the
conviction of the thief 4 , :thieves.
. A smw_of money wan found on ono of
theprincipal streets this rho_
,owner can: have it by calling _at Tilts'
&Fier. and proving Property.
• DOtLA7I. ,gift sto;:o will'shortly be
opened. on West Main street, in the
moom lately Occupied by Samnel Chunly,"
tinner. ' •
IT :13 thought that the Soldiers' *nu-
Mient, on the Public Square, - wilt •be
dedicated (or unveiled) during the Month
of 7nly. ' • , •
WE Wen) shown yesterday, by Mr.
Samuel Wetzel, sr., a single stalk of rye,
with* lifts three heads. Mr. Wetzel
found 'it growing on the Cave hill.
• .
„
.voenwr 1300 H STGLEN.—C. Langley,.
living along, the ConodOgdnet creek,
had his pocket book stolen, containing
between Wand VlO. The officers: of
the lkiv aro now upon tho supiwsed
thief's tracks. .
• WILL Gwn - nriEn, a young man em
ployed in : burdner &G Co's., Foundry,
had the eintof the middle finger of the,
right Itiand 'Corn Mr oti:Moirday aTteYnonu,
while) working about h threshing
ma
chine; - • . •
NEw IlmtasE.—W. D. Sipe Sr; ,Spn, -
undertalk . ors, of this place, have rcccived
their new hoarse, just completed, from
the Carlisle Carriage Factory of A. B.
Shark, corner Of .South and Pitt streets.
This neW carriage is a splendid and sub
stantial piece of workmanship, and, fin
ished in the very hest style.
F. dollar stoic will Open tide eve
ning with . a large assortment of Abys
sinia gold,
_lad ies' , underwear, '
silver
plated whrir, Pipes, knives, opera glasses,
ladies and gents' chains, &c., all for
the small sum of one dollaneaelt...No.
18 West Main street, room formerly OC
copied by Walker & Clatuly.
VAMP MEETE`iO. —Our 'Methodist
friends are preparing for the Carlin
District Camp Meeting, which is to coin
yience 4it Bed Barn, or Oak Ormie August
2. The managers of the Camp Meeting
Association have boUght the farm on
which the camp aound,is situated, and
have thus. the eOmplet9 control of the
entire grounds, including the fields
surrounding the beautiful grove in NY Lich
the meeting will bd held.
A. cordial invitation is extended to all
denoMinations to pa Weirialn in these
delightful religious serviees„ in the open
air.- A meeting for proposed tent holders
will be held in the M. E. church on this
(Wednesday) evening, at the Nose of the ,
prayer meeting. .
BLIND TOM'S ENT ERTAI NMENT. —On
Saturday evening last, Mice/Ws Jilin was
crowded with a brilliant audience, to
witness this Marvelous, musical prodigy,
whose Performances have created 'dal 'a
profound sensation, during the past six
or seven years. Olin peculiarity about
this extraordinary genius is, that rough
and uncouth as lie appears, he possesses
the power of drawing around' him, at
these •entertainments, the very best
classes of society. Nen of intellect, go
to see Tom—not t"o, witness his antics,
not to listen to his imitations, but to
be astonished, and amazed at the effect,
he produces on the piano. Dining the
evening's :entertainment, Torn . played
'Yankee Doodle" with his right hitnd ;
with his left,hand he performed " Fisher's
Hornpipe," and at the same time sang
!Tramp, Tramp," maintaining three
distinct processes, and apparently
witli
out any effort whatever. But two pieces
of in Imic, of 10;i con'irositimi, en
titled the "liriU Storni," :Lod the,
Ilattle Manasseii," were tho crown
ing efforts of the evening. le held the
audience spell-liound for fully two-hours.
And a person turns away satisfied that
he has witnessed one of the most in
comprehensible facts of the time. :
n u; Grlb in g is tin portoft]lc crnn
the
nittee appointud to draft rCsoluthing ex
,r,,ss:iog-t he thanks., of the l'ornNylvania
•:ditorial Association, for hospitalities
seccived daring - their first Sommer Meet -
ng and Excursion : _
A I v,kl in dusire
,011,1111r111/I“gltiOn t.. I vitrioun goit
. tt hum it is t
Iw t. Sllll/1111 , 1 . Ml,l 0114 Itn.l .EN
To iho tot,• vitolt 'arid Itittlrontiany
t• wo Contra] Illtilrottil t'otopatty, lltt I:a
It•lplti, uu Erin TIttilt••••ol 1'01.11,01y,
or.rott•l (`..toyotty. lbw Cnt.iti...to. Ir:ti•t•ott•I 111j:111 . .
110 !ill. [„nit Valky nn.l NAM 13,1.' Val y
ollor our lorarly tt•O tottyle.•4
too, for •I•oir I,itttluels ttxtrmt . ling o
t•totito.l vt• r.totl. thr nt..tolo••+ .tf this Asotritt.
I.'', tool the 11.1 i• , ./ al` 11 111i1:1113'11 lii ut (it,
W
Conti'al Rd. S. l'hung, of tho N..thorh Cl'll
!toad, awl IVin A. 11,1111,:in, Al H , 1411.1.4
;Ha elpi rale /61i1e0,1, relnrn our thanks ft,
Lrtr promittno.x luol In nutlcliu ill noel,
.nry nrrangrunmln for onr arponmodlitlon unit cum
inqslog vor (ho kovi: r r'4l ruu.lu wlzli whirl
0.1 'are i•onuort..d.
Mts. Goss. W. I. II:01, Ss maul taut Glosstsrssi
Pstesstszsgess Agsssit. of Silo P. 111,1)1,11Hk Cosstral, ,Ito
Isstsl 1.:141.g° a loosing tills exosmism tissizntF, sisslssistl
hssisk,orss s .111.`lont es,s punkt Wait.; g.
ho iiectiiititry of thitt Atoitteinifint hi arranging
~U144,U11a 11W 1111, gre it lalinx Iv, can nt in p.rlLrw' r
uki s. in Ibu mu.l iiiitinfortory
Tu the ((Inv or soil eltizenn of V. illitownort, for
their unlit,' reception; to SI oars. tot ,tit 6.:. 'Barr;.
of tho Herdic Howie and Mlnincitta for their enter-
I/tin:aunt ; to Mess'', it W. Catillat nod J. B. J•
Kinsloo, for.their attire ro open Mho) and kind la.
tentluits ; to Mr. Teter hurdle, for a mbar age. eable
excursion on 1t,,, Enmothitnutct; and linmy oilier con-
Itleritto attention., to Mr, IVIn ft. Elliott, proprie ,
torof the A rottenly of .Mtide, for rho Its,Cof his beatiti•
lot building In which to hold the mooting of MIA As,.
',AA:atoll, wenls, return tour warinext illtinkc
To 3lrs,rs, illllll .1. V.vti Alliit, Pilh, to Davis, Jr.
)177.',:n. &twin, Ct.:\ A. (11, 1 .i.5, IC.L(i. Hord, of Wati,lns'
N. V. ;loot to. lie, 1,. M. Chow, of tho 11- - 4(..1t,1' lie:
ioyse,•for the clicti.livarie I hospitalllp with Which
Illoy wciconted it: to their beautiful village, for the
goneruott provisloos 11',tely noolo for- nor mato [Alit
ova, and for, thlightfol °xi:armful( on Seneca (Ake.
Tito'''. fr , t Tony wo!rome ~ill long IA grnternlly:ro•
too n tbere, ,
TO Skis. 1,1 11141.1' .1 50 . ..11, of the F,ll littr,k (Loco ;
to Melo4m, Ilituiltio k Richardson, of the Jefferson
Ilcu.so, Mr. D. C. Wilcox, of (Ito Llogdon Honor, and
Mr. Calvin Itarthlo, of the WilVtlrl7 l too IWO Indebted
for onostd - attoution• to our comfort veltilu it t thoCr
respective hotels dorir.t; our stay at Watkins,
To . (Ito 10 opriotord of. (lot Delavan . (louso dad
11htlibuu Ifous,•, al.:holm, N. Y oind to V. It. Long
to SOll, of the Troy (Loose, Troy, Put ; and oleo to tho
ccitizene of Troy, our ihaultit aro duo toot are livrolly
tendered for thole newly courtlnic;.. "
Wo cordiolly thank Mr. E. Parsotot proprietor of
Wallis' Woo, Mr. Joshua Tones, !else° of tin.
Mumitalit Yonne, and Mr. Morvaidon manager .
of.tho Olen, for their unroll:Mod attention, and fur
Alto ohtlint eintortaitiluent provldoil for UP. At 'LIT
•samo Woo Wo would oipreis our induldednoss to WO
likeenut Valley Wino Co., for thole libel - in and iv,
portune supply of tifeir sparkling product„ 11113
pleasure of our vidit t n o glon, and our ap
preciation of Its marvellous beauty, which' excited
our wonder owl admiration, wero mien enhanced by
Om hind).xo of all eonneried with that. charming re.
To I tho cenductiml and attaches of the . tortoise
roads O'rt , r {Odell 1,11 , 011414, we are 111th:hied for
caarteons aikent.lOu to all ear wants._ Thu . affability
Lea contribnteti largely to .thc. onjoymint 'of our
trip, • and we Cannot too warmly cianniOntl thi;
Mr Rh which they Intro discharged the Matelot their
trying jioxilto e. • ;• • • • •- ••
. •
• nut,lV, our thanlto nro enduontly slim to Mr. It;
S. Metutudo, SoOtotnly of 11tO :Amebalon, for, Itls
tarot 10 organizing thlti exctitolOn, for Mt
. 01)1111y Lo
Ikno dtsidityad In Its founngumoneduut (Or 'lain exalts.
less And bucOut:sful adtoivors to jponoto tloophonuro
of oil yartloipanto in No dallgLtflhl sool3llop
of•ilutrOunnylt;anlajtrotx.—
.11expect.fully submitted,. 1
3. STAIILE, Uottyaburg Cbmpiter,
YOUNO, York 24- Democrat,.
D. F,DEAIX, PIMA. Eiening iterat4;
iv. IV. 11. Doylo4own Democrat;
thiril:NH 1 I', IVI uNirriv, r b Ilti livottrBh,ct
TOATATOEB. haVO Ma(id their -iiPPoar
atico•iii market. -
KITE flyinff is all tho • raga - among
young .A.Morica.
A organ grinda . ir visited this place
during thopast, discotiming choice
music ',store the residences of bur ci6-
zone.. As an oygan it WaSil.filliTCES.
'CONODO'CitI{III:I' Ttums, 11o.•108, of the
Improved- Orddr of Red of this
place, will hold a Valid picnic atElunter's
Min; 'on..Mon day, - July 17, 1871..
frit , E postmistress gives notice that the
post office will be open from 8 a. m. un
til 12 In., and from 2 to 4 p. m., oitynes:
day, July 4.
WE.were visited with a heavy seorrn of
wind, rain aid hail, last evening. Many
of the' cellars iii different istris of the
town Were filled witli Water.
Ma. W. 1 1 . Iliuvsuox :bas shown us
xavei•al lie;tds of amli6r wheat, each of
which measures fl'oin live alida half to
six inches, and well' filled. Who can
beat them ? , • .
=MEM
MORE TALI, PAT(3.—Mr. Parker Moore,
of this borough, has plumed t ‘ro stalks
of Excelkior - oai),'• upon (JUL 'tatilo„each
measitringjimi zind ote-half fret.-.. 11 was
raised by Mr. John Davis, on Mr. Moore's
farm, in Dickinson township.
ON Tuesday last, we wore the recipkint
of a fine mess of bent, caught by Dr.
: Jas. Noble, in the Let.in•t. spring. The
Doctor is acknowledged as one of the
best- fishermen ii town,- and rarely re
tarns from an expedition witbont being
successful in bagging his ga MC.. Doctor,
consider our beaver lifted.
SriS•rir.r,Ti EY ComE.--111r. Conrad Ear
nest, the well-known - ice nwrehanr,
remembers the printers, 14 ‘sliielt Lo
will accept our t hanks. lis custom hav
ing grown sb large, he has been obliged
to procure a larger wagon and an extra
aninial. Ile has nearly 270 eustOmers !
Not so slow, we think.
, A Plea re will lie,
held at Sporting
Green,. this count,§i.l on Tuesday heat,
July 4. A largie number of young folks
o f place have signified lheir'inten
of taking part in ,the festivities of
the oemaiiion. ' doubt delightful
dreams haunt their memories, of the
pleasant tione enjoyed hi that, favorite
resbrt
Tue*lay, oflast week,
Mr. F. C. .Kramer, of this place, sold
ten pairs of carrier pigeons to 'Mr. (1. A.
Dcitz, o f
_chambershurg. On - Monday
afternoon last three of these pigeons re
turned, no doubt disliking their, new
aisle, and consequently took their " de
parture" 'for Carlisle. Tho'y ;!ppeAred
very ti r ed froth their bug trip, but are
as livtdy.nt.w as ever. Krarner has
written to Mr. Doitz, apprking hint of
the w‘hercabouts of his carrier pigeons.
C ti TA ST II A bills, pasted
around toWat we lekiln , that, the young
men of this l'Aace, in older to relieve- the
1 . 1161191 - may of the approaching •fourth;
are making 141:011111)11N ein)rtS to get up a
fantastical demonstration on that day.
From all that, we calf learn, the parade
will take place in the . forenoon, shOrtly
after the 9 o'clock train areives. The
principal sheets will he Marched over,
and the. pr4;Ciessien, which Irids fair to
eclipse any demonstration of this kind
given within the Piist few year;, will be
furnished with choice nutiie, prepared
for the occasion.
Si i,v I'l silv er
iee liltelwr has been iiiesented I, the
young ladies' organ coalinittee, or the
Second Presbyterian church. It, in their
intention to present it to thi3 member
of tilt) Board of School Direetori:, of thin
Borough, who shall reeevii the largettt
number or votes. Trio iiitehei; may be
seen in the window of Mr. Thomas Con
lyn ; also, at the festival at the Court
House, l'loirsday' and Friilay reeM tigs
next. Price of votes —lo"eutits.
130Tu theynblic and privatn examina
_Mons thi: Conii;ion Scleuds .of this
borough are over. ,
,Wednesday)
morning, at 9 .... 2'e10cic, there will be a
meeting of all the gratt mit es of Llie High
Sehoo:s (both male and female) since
the organization of 1 he Connnon Schools,
in Edneat ion Hall. It bt t , :t,eeted that
there kill he a I,t rge at tendance of the
On Friday evening, a literary enter
tainment by the high Selm,,ls, consist
or ,IC,Chilllaticile, i t says and vocal
and instrumental untie, will be held in
Itheent's ILQI, at the close of which--the
graduating classes will receive diplinnas.
Then the schools will be dismissed for
the vacation.
A N ( . )t E Prow S:17114
esq.,•or tliis borough,. has rectmtly had a'
balustrade in front of Isis large
brick residence on North llanover street,
and also had the woodwork re-painted
and "touched up" in the latest and
most approved stylii. The graining was
executed by M. Ifenry Crabb, of Mount
Tinily, formc;rly of this place, while, Old
painting, -which is of zy walnut color, and
the finishing , were- performed by Messrs.
Lippert ,5..; • Humor, of this place. The
woodwork presents a lniCautiful appear_
ancu, and Will compare favbrably with
.any front in town. The balustrade,
Wheir finished, will also be Painted by
thi firm. 'llic;3o young men have but
lately associated themselves in partner.
,ghip, and; already, are receiving a large
share of public patronage.
ll=l
InruovEmNT.- 7 .,Messrs. Gaahier
Co., of this:place, intend erecting a large
three-story brick building on the site of
the stongstruethre, corner of East High .
and Hodford streets. This improvement
is made ,at Ihe - present time, in order
to necommodato the increasing trade of
the Shoo Factory, the. rooms occupied
by it aro entirely too small, and the
supply of light is inadequate
.for•
employees. The building will , to -about'
31 feet in front by 7fl feet in -depth:
Pliq first; floor is intended as an agrient-
tural implement store room and office ;
the second door will, llsb, be used for
storing machinery,,of different kinds ;
betli of these roams aro for the .es
elusive miss of Gardner& Co. , The Shoe,
Faclory will bike possession oftho third
floor, 'when they will then be enabled to .
work to graator advantage than in the
Pinseqt building. • .
• A Munber of the intuits : , the fhotory
have already stopped work, -and the're
malodor of the employees will quit by
Saturday evening.. They will remain
idle for eight:or 'ton days, or until the
machiiiery, Stock, & - e., "can be;. removed*
to the frtime building On Libetty . WHO,'
immediately iu time rear .9f the foUndry•
T4is . hadding Will bpi Ockif.ied by . the
Shoo Company until the new . structure
completed ' •
The Work of .tearing down the present
building,-will doMiMnice,en or about the
fifth ProxiiMi.' , 'And it is expected:to he
iceniploted iii atetit two ewelths;
. ' "Bob "r.v" AV7rzEL, of tho- Franklin
House; vill, also; accept. thanks ' for
several ‘! ohunles" of ice received during
tlio- pakt week, -Long may, you wave,
Bossoy•
til.twu Ilrm.imu attenrytodlo break
jail one (Illy last week. This. is- the
young map's second:attolapt to, escaiw
since bejakitill4isoilcd. But the aullori
ties are over on the alert, and aro "too
many" for Samuel.
Tru lift - mks will ((U be closed on next
Tuesday, the fonrth l .of July. No doubt
alr'Other Ones of busineSs will, also, be
CrOsed. Persons having notes duo ,on
that day, should Cake the precaution of
.fittei4ding to them on We third- '
POLICE. .Persons re
siding ontside , ofpe limits of this county,
requiang s pe selices of detectives, iu
bringing - to justice guilty parties ; would
do well to telegraph or write to Robert ,
McCartney, sr., and 'Charles P. Saline,
independent police of this borough.
TALT, OATt3.—,ln response' to our in
quiry last week, fof "tall oat," Mr.
.Lillii Lutz, of Monroe township sends
lis per Joseph biurtlitte, mail ca:krier,
several stalks of oats, each measuring
. fire
,feet. Mr. Lutz 'can congratulate
hiinself on having the tallest oats that
we hivie yet heard of, Who can beat
12ETTiltNF.1).L DalliCl CorlliTiall, son of
Epbrann Corninap, esti. ; of
. this.place,
returned hinne fi'om West Point, .last
Friday. Cadet Cornman has been at,
this military school for the past two
years, and is now at liome do a two
montliS' fuflough. Tie expresses himself
Well pleased With the institution, and
has two years to remain beforb ho
graduates.
C:11
POLICE I'. Sarn)
:ole the following arresiti : • .
Oseny.Willhunt.was pilled" on Mon-
day morning at, Omi &clock, 'pir disturb
ing:the dmatils of his Leger-At - 1C 'He
was placed. ill Fort Foreman on a charge
of assault and battery.
Susan Bell Was arrested on Monday,
on tliesa . tne charge. Susan is now liv
ing on bread and water in "Fort, Poi ;e‘
Now ToionttArlt. Lrso.—The Mount
Paper compay;, are
telegraph line placed in position between
this place ;;MI Mona Holly, and the
South :Mountain Railroad Company are
extending it from that p(iint to Pine
Grove. Mr. John Camplrelt, the gentle
manly ticket agent of the 0. V. R. R.
Company, at this place, i.e superintend
ing the erection of this new line. It
extends along the South Mountain Rail
road ;is far as Laurel, and from thenee to
Pine Grove it taken — the wagon . road,
as it. was an impossibility to keep the
line of the railrdad the entire distance.
As soon as tie line is emut leted, two
offices' wilt be established, one at Hay,
and the other at Pine Grove.
'firEnE is to be a festival in the Court
House nn Thursday, and Ft iday evenings
of this week. It is to be no ordinary
affair, but one that all who attend will
biipleitsed with, tind those who, absent
themselves will regret. trine who goes
there will tied raspberries, ice cream
and cake's, and. tither deliciov refresh
ment's in prolusion—more and better ;
Ile will find pretty and agreeable ladies
in attendance, whoge smiles will well re
ward any little,sacrilice. You Might to
go, ibr it would he hard to find better
and pleasanter company. Quo of Rog
er's celebrated groups will be voted, and .
yi)o may vote for :lay one under the sun,
at ten Cents a vole, yourself if you
choose, and the Individual having the.
highest number of votes takes tlye statu
ary. Then, too, a silver pitcher will be
voted tii ti e•most popular school direc
tor.. This will give opportunity
. to you
splndars, past a 1. 4 .1, present, of our com
mon,sehools to c.Vpress your preference
of the one Mom you, esteem. It will
be a fair open 'vote for all. •Now rally,
and show, in a substantial manner, your
ikings. , 'chore will bo other attractions,
oo many to notice here, but everything
vill be agreeable atid palatable." If you
go, and clone away disappointed, it will
not be because no effort is . made to
pliaii:',e. Admission to Vi'&i, iiid., what
I,tl,glvt: is voltintilry.
•
.4 TIEN HUNT. •
Three experienced bee Mutters hailing,
from foiling Springs, one of Menu has
liveome may in the harness, proposed to
010 out - sand hive is "Bee:" which.-ono of
them--.lel discovered in a wood sumo
three miles from to 1 311.• llUtiing been
kirallyt invited to Witness• the fun,•we
i
called n a few friends to our support,
and proceeded to4he 'ground, where we
akrivedat 4 a: in., Ihe time at winch Lim
:IS:tata — W3s tohe-made. — W' found the
Ileeists there, chilled and hungry,havips
camped in the WoCds all night, but eliger
Lor the work. Their preparattolas were
`woderale, consisting of a Saratoga trunk,
two Lee hitts, buckets, and tubs,
fuini
gators, axes, hatchets, cross -cut saws,
bee hats, Leo gloves-in a word,:all the
paraphernalia of 'enthusiastld 'troths.'
sionals.
.
We were immediately shown the tree
where the ,bees were said to hold forth.
It was an 'oak, nearly three feet in di
tunutg, whose solid, axe-defying appear., '
juice - made us feel grateftd thiit we wei.e
not iii the bee .business. But the im- -
mortal trio, nothing daunted by its
formidable proportions, fell to with vigor,
and, after an hour's display of muscle
kought down the sturdy Wyo. Our
heroes, all he(e)-gloved and be(e)-hooded
rushed gallantly to the fray ; but, alas for
hunter-wisdom, 'of the little bee "no
hide nor hair was found." There was
the hole, mid-way up the trunk, but
neither boo nor honey—not oven any
signS, to Our inexperienced eyes. 'But
there we wore at fault, for after con
siderablo-sneching,_ sounding . and pro
fessional hobnobbing, the hunters arrived
at the Sage conclusion that • " the bees had‘,
cleaned out that hole to lieo in it, but, L ou t e.•. l
the Queen'' had died and they couldn't
numb till after the funeral." For some
time tho idea of a big joke bad bett.
dawning on we font' who wore spectators,
but we aro -not big 'laughers: and more
over. had Wert restraitied by the long
faces and crest-fallen, beseeching looks
of the three ; but this , was too much for
oven our gravity, 'and wo lalighed:.
Their long faces grew Yet longer, and wo
screamed and tdieueeil with. laughter.
The situation was too good—we laughed
again. ;We looked around for a soft
Place oh which to lieldown—and . st ill we
laughed. Laughing, wo started
,:fer
home,our' Wagon leading; from' which
poified forth a string of inn; iiiiliaiiios
concerning the Mysteries of bee-hunting.
And-peach stilly the air was vocal .with,
the• best efforts of fonr pair of good
lungs. Teilctip, the climax, the wagon
-of the ,unfortunato three broke 'down
before they'had gone a I am not
y'et done - - laughing nt this heeleiqi and
honcyless'bee hunt
D . . "'Y. - ' S