Hopie and County. Items. .ZUNI] 20, 1872 Simeoninn for Tin Brum:a: T . IIE: , School 'exaniinations be gau on last MOnday Mn. L. C. Fo . sofor of tiro Oakville Enterprise -droipecl in on Us-. on" last Friday. iii' you wish to obtain a good stove of the latest design, or tinware of any do , seription, go to Wm.lay's, No. 21 North Hanover street. Hanging baskets and house furnishing; goods a specialty. WE. were , yisited with a splendid. rain obi last SabiAth afte'thoon. The open air exercises were dispensed with and Will tab° place on next Sabbath evening, in accordance with the previous an nouncement. • • • NEW CARRIER Boys—lf any of our town subscribers Should ',fail til receive their papers this Week, they will please call'at Trus OFFICE. We have a new carrier, and he is not yet thoroughly acquainted with the route. Roma - x o aii VES. —A gentle man in forms us that the grave of a relative, interred in the Public Cemetery, has been ruthlessly robbed 'or choice (lowers placed thereon. Wo • have frequently reverted to this matter in these columns, but it appears that there are certain parties that will persist in this practice. Perhaps if the police were to keep a close surveillance of t h e cemeteries, the. guilty perpetrators might be detected - Ma'am example made. of thorn. EXTENSIVE LlVLEY.—\\'o' paid the livery' establishment of Messrs. J. L. Sterner & Brother, a visit, a few days since, and were greatly surprised at the extensive additions thul have lately made to the stock. Having recently added - several new late style carriages and buggies, and also purchased additional horse flesh ; and also Lid the vehicles painte'd and fixed up.' These statute are now as large and.will favorably compare with any other in this: place. Remember the place, on Mullet ry alley, in the rear of the " Bentz" house. 'lleums reason able. ►BARS lin alarm of fire, on Monday Bight, WaS CallStal Ly the limn ing of a barn belonging to Simon in (iouthampLon t(mnship. The .Ncirq_of Saturday says: " horses aml eat tie, fortunately, had been turned into past ure, consequently they escaped destruc tion, but Nl'. Ws. other losses are guile heavy. The building destroyed was large and commodious, and, IVO undert,tand, nearly new. Also, n wagon slied, gears, hai'ness, two 'Tape's, four wire lute rakes a mower, (Meshing machinc;,:i „farni \\ ago'', buggy, :il_,ratio worth o, reaper east lugs, 200 bosh( Is of Corn, and 200 bu•Lcls of oats. Ills loss is nol. far short of $7,000, on which there is all insurance in the C. V. Farmer's Insuratu:e Company, of SI,OA. origin In regard to the of the lire, there is Imt-orn , conchsion, and that is, it was the work of -1111 incendiary. Mr. 13. is already on the . tradit of the suspected in diyidual." —Wo doom it um duty to SMALL PDX contradict the very . In a ny,rtumirs which are in circulation, coneenihig the preva limey of the small pox in thi.R borough. Since the th st of March, tl u •re have not been inure titan fifteen cases of small pox • and variolohl altogether in the borough, a very nitwit smaller proportion than other towns throughout the State, and less evep than some of the townships have . experieneed, dining the Winter. We are assured that there are no indications of the disease becoming epidemic. The borough authorities have taken every precaution to prevent the spread of- the diseale s. and there ate tint at present three cases within the borough All stories of the prevalence of fife small pox or any other contagious disease any considerable extent in the boron ale without foundation. LIBERAL 1 )oNATibxs.-141. Thomas A. Scott, Vice President of the Pennsyl vania railroad company, last week made a donation of twenty thousand dollars to Wilson College at Chambersburg.. It is gratif.fritr-fo know that Mr. Scott still retains an interest in hia native county, and that he has shown it in this particular instance by extending such generous aid to ono of Ole literary insti tutions in which saw takes so much pride. We also understand that Wm. G. Moorhead has paid in full the balance of his subscription, amountin g to ii,c4,500. Also that an additional sum, amounting to over four thousand dollars has re cently been subset i bed by other friends of the Institute. The object of the trustees of Wilson College is to make it the best insthution fee the education of young ladies in. the State. If help con- Unties to come after this fashion, the . object will be attained at a Scl'y catty date.—.l'alley Spirit DEATn ot. STUAKT A. WI" h.—ll is with profound regret, that we announce the death of Stuart A. Wylie, esq., of the Lancaster Inquirer; which oecuried on Thursdarof last week. .111 r. Wylie, though a quite young man, was knoWn ' as ono of the most energetic and success ful newspaper men in the Stale. The printing and. publishing establishment of the Lancaster inquirer is a mafinnoth 'conceal', oticupying (MO of the largest buildings in that city, and having, regu larly about ono hundred and fifty cm , pleyees.,. This largo business was built up within a few, years, almost solely through the energy:and business tact of Mr. Wylie. Ills untimely death will. he deplored ,by all, who' knew him. 'Rho 'following account of his funeral is taken from the Lancaster Express : The funeral of Stuart A. Wylie, cool., which took place from his late residence on North Lime street, was Very hugely attended. The interment took place at Lancaster Cemetery, the funeral services being- conducted by Rev. A. 11. Kremer, pastor of the First Reformed Church, assisted by Rev. George Robinson, of the Presbyterian and Prof. Conrad, of Phila delphia (the latter a brOther of Dr. Con rad, formerly pastor of TiinitY Lutheran Church, this. city.) The ceremonies were of a very imposing character. .At the residence of the late deceased all the societies, one after: another in regular order, tiled 'round the cant and tc ok lost lingering look at their late associate,: Aftci the services tit, the house the eofilm' decked with immortelles, was planed i. the hoarse, anal the' long procession moved off in the following order : Union Steam Fire Engine Company, marshaled by. the Pregident,' Capt. B. F. Bear ; Monterey, Lodge cif Odd Fellows, with delegations from Lancaster and WWI Lodges ; ,councils Nos. 22 alld' 120 Ju nior American Mechanics.; ConestogO No..B,'Empire No. 2, and Lancaster No. Bid, Scum .Couneils American Mechan ic(' ; 'Enipleyees, map and female, of the Inquirer printing Mitablishment, to the number of over ono - hundred ; pall bear ers, Messrs. Amos S. Henderson, R. J. Winston, 11. E. Slaymakor, J. ,P. Mc- Caskey, J. Kohler Snyder, 11. C. 'Loh 'Man,. William Thaekera and Thomas Thurlow ; then came repreeeritatives of thepress, of the bar, and:citizens getter ally-t,inaking afoot, Oortege ofmore than two goitres in length, together witk.h. long lino of carxitges. Arriving at the cemetery, the short ceremony was .soon endedithe" &On was lowered, and that wits mortal of tho dOoonud war'l.4 foroymkfromour view. .• AN'Argument Court was-in session Tuooay, • o A - Lai forco of workmen .aro en gaged in cleaning the streets sineo the' rocont rain. „ Tut Rev. W. o—'Cornman, of this place, has received a .call fre , n. the __Lu therau congregation ofPhilipsburg, New . Jersey, and will sluirtly enter upoti,,the duties of His now field of labor. Ia our notico 'of the Sherburne News, a few issues since, ,we inadvertently omitted noticing th'at R, P. Crawford was the editor, and John M. Thompson, publiiiher and manager ' SomfiTinNo interesting to pie nickers, fishermen, and the public generally. If you ,want smoked hallibut,,, scotch her ring, bloaters, spiced or canned oysters; sardines, .chow chow, dried beef, beef tongue, bolognq, waltzer, limbargar or American cheese,' , crackeis, piekels, lemons, &c,, call on Ilumrich, and get a good article at a low into. 13je7ifif A LITTLE, felloW narrowly escaped dosing his life on Thuisday evening last, in attempting to jumil on the 3.30 train. Tho . boys will never stop this practice it seems.. The police are on the 100k -out, but they jump on without being de- Meted. We expect to havo a lengthy local on some buy being run over by the cars . if they do not desist. AltliEST OF WILLIAM RAWLE.—On . Monday evening, Officer Myers arrested a Man Mimed William Hawle, on a charge-of lareeny - mado in 18119, by 11Ii•. John Hoffman.. At the time of his arrest, liawle had a large bundle- in his possession t which was found to contain a hen-se blanket, hound ;old finished With straps, - and nlsb, two bed blankets. There were aleb, several towels in his possession which wore marked "I\lerth Hall." This fellow has evidently been practicing his old ti icks very recvntly. TriE directors of the Gettysluzig battle_ Ili:MllmM°' lid association met in (Terty Mug on the eleventh instant, pursuant to appointment to initiate the inilicat ion or this battle-Mild Governor John W. Geary pi esiding A committee was ap pointed to invite'llin isiion of plans, spteilicat inn and proposals for the /n.cc_° lion of the hid:cation obelklis or monu ments, intended to tle.ignatc.and explain the Posdlons and itmveinents of corps, divisions and other important commands of tie Iwo armies during the kit tle of Gettysburg. 'Chose plans and 1,1.01 . ..A.:C. , : aro to he laid before anothor meeting of Ihu directors of this association to taS',..o place on the second of .Ittly next. live, E Noci:ED OUT. —Or t Monday . a fter -000- last, .Tames Bentz, a son of Mr. John Bentz of the firm of A. W. Ilent. A: Co., about 17 years jof age, had his right eye. knocked out. It seems that in compauy•with several other boys they had been playing a gains of base ball at , the Barracks, • and tiring of that they went to the "swimming hole" to bathe, and while there they began to throw Mud balls and sticks at each other, when young Rentz was accidentally struck with a stick, and his eye. knocked out. Ilk playmates brought him home and medical aid was promptly summoned, when it was ascertained that the sight of the eye was destroyed. lie suffers in tense pain and it is feared that it may afftet the sight of the other eye. role CAMP.--The Oakville InTri.ia says : "The grounds of the Cumberland Valley Camp meeting Asso ciation, near this place, are already assuming a camp-like appearance. Gangs of workmen are at work in beau tifying, and improving the place. The tents are being roofed lind whitewashed, the, rubbish cleared oil', shade trees planted, and the whole camp undergoing. improvement. It is evidently the inten ..tion itf . the Association to make this a model camp ground, and how they will succeed will be decided in a few years. The avenue from the railroad to the camp has been thickly linod with Shade trees and the largo rocks removed, which will make it as pleasant a walk as can be desired. The pipes which were laid last year for the purpose of forcing water into camp have been taken Up, and the water will now be hauled into cisterns which are being dug at•each corner of the camp. Visitors to tins great camp the coining seasop. will notice nm Com mend many improvements which . .ve have not, space to mention." LisAm PATENTs.--Tlie following pat ents were issued from the, C. S. Patent, 011 lee to citizens of Pennsylvania, fur the week ending Jane 11, 1872. Reported for Toy. 1 II:I:Aim . by Alex ander Ai Mason, Solicitors of Patents, 0 . 0.1 Seventh street, Washington, 0. (1. Excavating machine, S. A elt unhitch, Orangeville ; ore washer, L. N. Coch aatter, Marietta ; wind wheel and gear „ing, 0, S. ()bertha IT, Lowy. 'Windsor ; middlings separator, E. Yeagly, Vcst Earl ; saw set, duo. Garman, Ebenshing ; animal. power, 11, Rosamyer, Allegheny City ; detachapo gorse Woo calks,. J. E. Byes, ; siriu Taper, .@e, W. Dorian, East Brandywine ; itOversi hie latch; J. Hamill, Allegheny ;' oil well Pump,. A. S. Hill, Pleasantville ; Wash ing machine„l,klein, Allentown ; scats for halls, J. L. Ktapple, Erie ;.ani, mid map, J. E. Ingersoll, Columbus ; ennstimetion of railway, W. S. Morrow, Newville ; artificial stone, W. W. Reeve, Bradt:hicks 'field. 13E-ISSUE. Cultivator, J. Brintom, Thornburg El= Badge, .T. Martau:ln, Ormsby GRAND TlMN.—Frgni the ShiPpens: burg papers, wo learn that the fourth of July,, will be a' dity' long to be remem bered by all' who will participate in the festivities, judging from the following, which constitutes only a .part of the programme of the day: A national salute will be fired' at day break. The Procession will form - at 10 o'clock, a.m., consisting of all Military and Fire Coin.: panics, Civic Societies •and •Qrders, Me -chanies_ejr gest:plant:, different Wagons, farmers, their: implements and products, MA citizens in* -carriages, on horseback and on foot, the. samo to be tinder charge of a Marshal and Aids, at , d march to the grounds. selected for the .eceasion,g who're the Declaration of Independence will be read, Patriotic Songs " snpg, , and' an Oration delivered, and a good and sub stantial 'collation furnished free to all. ,After which appropriate Toasts will be , read,, and music discoursed; and tho evening a splendid display of Fireworks:` tiro learn, also, that the committee are making arrangements to -secure extra' trains' to bo run frem*9hippani,burg, 'east .and west, in the evening after the display of Die•firoworles ; and if such arrange 'manta' aro consunineated, - Aose 'of our. citizens , who wish to • spend tho ,day .pleasantly shoulg Hot fail to attend. InimoVr.m , ENT.--Mr. H. L. )3urk-: holder, - tho popular landlord 'of the Man sion House, hag;re-fitted his har and si ting• room, cluMghig the yir room to the rear, newly papering thc:walls and plac- Aug, matting on the sittinif room: Gusliichio, the efliciont clerk, is still -in attendrtdocand•waits as gr:icefujly and promptly as ever on his numerous pat rons. OivQ him i call.. IC NA r ETA Beiow are a few of the most important law:4 passed by the last Legislature of the State. There were only thirty-Wino gen eral enactments, and we give the sub stance of eleven of those laws : ENLARGING POWERS OP COMMON PLEAS No. 6.—Euktrgen the powers of Courts of Common Pleas,so as to authorize them to incorporate gas and water companies, market and town ball companies, and societies, for the preservation of birds, fishes and game. . En==l No. 7—Permits marified winnenp con tract for the purchase of se wing machines fur their own use without the husband joining in the contract. =1 SCIIOOL9 No. B—Autllrizes the appropriatiA of a sito_in_the capitol gronnds .for a monument to be .vected liy the State Teachers' Association "to the moniory of the chief founders and most distin guished promoters of the common school system of Penn-sylvania," LIQUORS ON ELECTION DAY No. 11—Prohibits,Lhe selling, or giving away, by tavern or saloon kedperk, of any spiritouS or malt liquors, on any general or special election day, during the time the polls are kept open—piltler penalty of tine - and imprisonment. I= .1 - o.l6—Deelares tho_ present site of the Ifouse of liefuge for Nlrestorn Penn sylvania unsuitable, as it has been in corporated within the.lintits.ocAlloglieny city, and dsvellingg and ihailufactories =are, crowded around it, ; and authorizes the managers to the building.; and groimils, and st the proccells itt 1101( . 1 CAI c.l dlu and buildiu!;.S none nitnl NIIOII an I IS I I II i in 5111111/ p , ,int. in \V,. - tt`l 11 I'ollllsylva ..(`C•ling lilly milt'., 110111 I'll i.S))111'!4" he Ifallle l) 16c P~ uu~rlv,ulia r, =ME Ni. 2 . 2. w Ilene% or, in any act ion or ,indgment for defendant may Lu the defendant may enter a rule upon plaintiff to sou (Tut a \VI it or error thereon within ono year, and if plaintiff shall fail to_do so, he shall be forever debarred ; and there upon defendant may enter a - rule upon plaintiff to show cause why he should not bring a second action within one year from the determination of the rule'; and if no ,and--ea use for delay be shown, the rule shall be made absolute. ; and upon the expiration of the year the rfaintlir shall he debarred from bringing any fur ther act ion , upon the saute title. = No. 21—Secures to mai ied womet their separate earnin . 2s, either or labor, business or properuy, flee ['ruin any lega claim of the liu.band 01' lii CUUtil OrS proven fraud, - before any