DAILY TO WAX DA REVIEW. VOLUME 11, NO. 223. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Personal. Mrs. Dr. HOMET, ot Camptown, was in town yesterday, shopping. MICHAEL MYI.KRT, of Laporte, was a guest at the Ward House yesterday. HIKSTER PIOLLETTcame down from Sayre to attend the Gymnasium bop last evening. Miss BEEBE, of Owego, is visiting the family of her uncle, Hon. Jos. POWELL in this place. JAMES CODDING and HENRY DODGE have formed a co-partnership in the insurance business. MILLER, the hackman, yesterday bought C. S. FITCH'S fine bay horse, paying two hundred dollars. Miss LUTIE LAINITART has returned to her home from Towanda, where she is engaged in the millinery business.— Owego Gazette. H. W. CHAMPLIN, who has been attending medical lectures in Ann Arbor, Mich., return ed to that city yesterday to pursue his studies. SENECA ARNOLD has been decorated with an ornate silver badge inscribed "Bridge Po lice," and now be won't a'low a man to smoke even a candy cigar on the bridge. We are pleased to learn that FRED C. GORE has already been promoted to second-class clerk on the N. V. A Pittsburg postal route. One boost more will put liim at the top of the ladder. The Lelhiysviile Advertiser has entered upon its third year. Brother VANGELDER says his success is greater than he anticipated and that he will continue to conduct the paper on the same principle as heretofore. M. C. MKRCUR, J. F. MEANS, and li. A. MERCUK have been elected delegate s from Christ Church to attend the General Confer ence of the diocese of Central Pennsylvania to meet at Maueh Chunk in June next. — Journal. CHARLEY HUMPHREY and GILL CLARK are the champion horse traders of Northern Pennsylvania. Each have owned uearly forty horses sinca tie first of the present year. Mr. HUMPHREY'S operations are not con fined to this county, but lie is known far and wide as a good judge of liorse-fiesli, and sharp, though honest in a deal. Some time since a party of gentlemen were endeavoring to "swap' hor-es in Wilkesßarre, but could not come to terms, when a wag, who knew CHARLEY, quietly remark* d "you had better postpone the transaction till that little Jew who runs for HUMPHREY BROS. & TRACY comes this way and be'l cut the eye-teeth for all of you." Mr. M. C. MKRCUR, of Towanda, called at our office on Thursday 'as . Mr. MKRCUR was one of the first subscribers to the tStand ard and has received the paper regularly since its first issue. He says, "although dif fering with him politically, lie thinks it one of the best county papers published in the •State, and be does not regret Incoming a sub scriber, as he has recent d the full worth of the money invested." Kind words are cheer ing to tlie heart of the printer, and we hope that we merit the praise thus bestowed upon us by so distinguished a gentleman as Mr. MERCUK. ami we promise our patrons to do the best we can to make the , Standard a wel come visitor t< their homes, in the future as we have in the Tunkhannock Stand ard. FITCH, the confectioner, received a full car load of fruit Thursday night. l'he new bridge at Burlington is nearly completed and teams are crossing on it. Spinach, lettu onions, radishes and ripe tomatoes at llutidcll's market this morning. Janitor WATERS and Mr. TAKER Hive 1 compromised their difficulties without going into Court. Sensible. Mr. HAIGHT of tlie steam dye works has TO WANDA, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1881. : made tlie Germania Band uniforms look us ; cleau and bright as when new. The board of examiners for Mine Inspect ors, of which Mr. JOHN DrrcHBURN,of Bar ! clay, is a member, is now in session in Pitts burg. The examination of candidates will begin a week from next Monday. To-morrow morning Dr. TAYLOR, at the Church of tiie Messiah, will discuss "Church work and its needs."' In the evening his theme will be on the "Problem of life."— i Services begin at 10 ::0 A. M. and 7:30 p. M. James McCabe, corner Main and Bridge I streets, is headquarters for almost everything in the grocery and provision line. A notiee | able article in his establishment which will interest dairymen just at this time is a large j invoice of pure Ashton salt, purchased di rectly from "mutual friend" MOULTON, who controls the market in this article in the | United States and Canada. Much of the salt I offered as "Ashton" is spurious, but Mr. McCabe buys bis from lirst hands and knows it is pure. Rev. G. I>. STROUD is making an effort to raise funds to complete St. Andrew's church, Springville. The small congregation have contributed liberally and Mr. STROUD has ; made great sacrifices to assist them but a few j hundred dollars are still required before the j building can be finished and consecrated. — ! We understand a collection wili be taken in j Christ Church to-morrow morning in aid of i this worthy object and wc doubt not it will ( be a liberal one. Wc know there are some outside that congregation who will be glad to contribute. .More fresh shad received this morning at KuUdell's market. WEATHER INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.— Fair, slightly cooler. The New 3 Condensed. The miners of Tioga county expect to | get an advance of live cents on the Ist of I May. The earnings of the Pennsylvania rail road for March show a net increase of | §400,000. The Standard Oil Company proposes to contribute §3,000 for a monument to Col. Drake, at Titusville, if au equal amount is raised outside. Two more firms have acceded to the demands of the Pittsburg striking boiler makers. It is thought that all of the firms will give in. An attempt has been made on the part of General Brady's friends to deter the Pres dent from prosecuting the Star-route frauds, but the inquiry will go on. Two steamers recently landed at Sail Francisco 1,300 Chinamen. Eight hun dred are coming by the next steamer. Two harks are on their way to British Columbia with over 500 on board. Senators Ingalls, McMillan and Gar land have been appointed a committee to prepare a new bankrupt law for the Sen ate, and will report in December. They will undoubtedly indorse what is known as the Lowell bill. ltobeat 11. Sayre, Esq., Superintend ent Lehigh Valley Railroad, is accompan ied on his trip to California by ex-Gov ernor and ex-United States Senator Ran dolph of New Jersey. Senator Randolph's son is married to Mr. Sayre's daughter. The trial of William M. Singerly, pub lisher of the Philadelphia Record, charg ed with libelling City Controller Pattisou and the Controller's clerk Wolf, was con cluded yesterday by the jury leuder ing a verdict of acquittal. The suit grew out of an article in the Record charging that the City Controller had signed au unlawful warrant by which he, in connec tion with the clerk a contractor, had ob tained 8450 from the city treasury in vi olation of the law. WANTED.—Good agents in Bradford Co.by tlie Shamokin Mutual Aid Association. Ref erence required. Losses paid promptly. W. I). WAGNER, District Agent. Dushore, Sullivan county, Pa. Office over post-office. ICE! John Adam's Ice Wagon has been running for the last month, delivering Ice to his many customers. Ice gathered one mile and a half above town. Orders solicited, and prices satisfactory. Good Maple Sugar only ton cents per pound at Swarts