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THE TIMES.
New lllwmflehl, 1010 SO, 1S77.
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OUR CIRCULATION.
1 For thesnformntion of advertisersnnd
others- who may belnterested in know
ing, we wKl stute that the present circu
lation of Thk Times is between eighteen
hundred owl nineteen hundred copies
each' week.
Tins price of the Amerhmn Agricultur
ist, post-paid, is $1;00 ft year; and of the
Times -$1.50, but we will send the
TWO papers to any nddress,post.igc free,
for $2.50. -
Our thakks are due Senator Crnw-
ford and iRepresentatlvc Shcibley for
Public docueients.
The Miners' Trust, and (Safe Deposit
Bank at Pottsville has been compelled
to close its doors,though the bank claims
to be able to .pay in full if allowed a
short time to arrange its .matters.
.On Thursday a man who ..gave his
-name as W.JI.'Weldon, shot at Gov.
Packard of Louisiana, with the intent
'to kill him. :He inflicted a slight wound
only, however, when those around him
jrcturned the fire, wounding the would
lie assassin, after which he wns arrested,
'lie claims to . have done the deed for
"pure patriotism." Weldon is tho son
of Itev. C. F. Wcldon, of West Philadel
phia. t
The immense jobbery bill, called the
exemption or stay law bill, came up for
final action on Wednesday afternoon's
session of the House. Many ineffectual at
tempts to introduce amendments were
voted down, avid at last the final and de
cisive vote was reached. Tbe bill was
defeated by a vote of 03 nays to 79 ayts,
and wa therefore laid in the dut, as it
.certainly should be.
The .trial of the uit of Henry 1L
Beady, against Samuel J. Tilden was be
gun Tuesday before Judge Sedgwick in
tbe special term of the Superior Court.
The plaintiff" sues for ft copartnership
accounting on a pool in railroad stock in
1804, and,for.$2G,000,.whk:b, it is alleged,
the defendant was overpaid under a mis
apprehension's to the profits. The de
fendant denies the alleged acts and tho
copartnership.
Short, but to the Point.
Governor Newbold, of Jowa, after
taking the .oath of oftioe, delivered an
ipaugural, as follows : " I '11 do the best
I can."
W7e think the above theliest inaugural
address we ever read.
Imiisiana for Hayes.
The Electoral Commission lias decid
ed that the eight votes of Louisiana
must te counted for Hayes and Wheeler.
They decided that tho two Electors
claimed to be ineligible were not so aud
that the vote is legally returned. The
ground of tliis decision, stated briefly,
is substantially .as follows; That it is
not competent to-go into evidence as to
the papers opened by the President of the
Senate,iu tbe presence of the two houses,
to prove that other persons than those
regularly testified by the Governor, in
and according to the determination and
declaration of their appointment in
other words, to go belriad the certificate
of the Governor, so far as it founded
upon the a?t3on of the Returning
Board. The report williilso slate that
the Commission aould not receive any ev
idence to show thatiiny elector was in
eligible on the ih of November, the
day of the election, xi the ground that
it was not essential to show that an
elector was eligible ou that da,y,so long
as lie was eligible when he cast his voto
in the Electoral College, and the fact
appears that the alleged ineligible elec
tors, Brewster and Levlxoe, were chosen
to fill vacancies caused by their own ab
sence from the college, and there was no
allegation of ineligibility at the t5me
tbey cast their votes.
; w Bribing a Secretary.
Utitted States Deputy Marshal Flune
guss 'brought to Ban Francisco from
Marysrille, on Bunday night, Tassey
Stewart, a farmer in the vicinity Wheat
laud, y uia county, as a prisoner, on a
charge of attempting to bribe Secretary
Chaudlert render a' decision in his
favor in a ,cou test over tho title to a
quarter seutiou of United States land.
Je wrote tofioaretary Chandler in Octo
ber last," and agjdn in November, offer
ing bim f 300 for a prompt and favorable
decision.' ' Mr.: Chandler referred the let
tore Jo Jvb ttey .(Sacral, who trans-
lultted them to District Attorney Cogh
lan, with instructions to bring the man
to Justice. When arrested ho Intimated
that he thought the outgoing adminis
tration would 'be ready to take advantage
of an opportunity to make money. Tho
Orand jury of the United States court
found an Indictment against Stewart on
"Friday.
Politics and Eggs.
The cllects of the action of the com
promise electoral committee Is already
.permeating every branch of our nation
al industries, but whether for good or
evil deponent Rayeth not. Tho most
striking illustration of this fact that has
come to our notice is In the price of
eggs. 'Only last week this fruit com
manded the dignified sum of 23 cents
per dozen, while to-day It can be pur
chased at 14 cents by the schooner load
if desired. Hens were afraid before to
venture their production in the arena of
trade, but now asTrom a copious horn of
,plenty they arc deluging the marts of the
entire country, and the rich and poor
alike can now sit peacefully down to
their dish of scrambled eggs, and rejoice
over the happy stato of tho country.
Eggs are sensitive articles of merchan
dise, and they feel the political pulse
more carefully than many are willing to
suppose.
Strango Capture of a Horse Thief.
A New Jersey Exchange says: The
follow! ngemarkable circumstance was
told -us by a gentleman of this place who
got his Information from tho Secretary
of the'Warren County Vigilant Socie
ty. A horse was stolen from Washing
ton on Saturday night and telegrams
giving descriptions of the animal and
the supposed thief were at once sent in
different directions. As one of theso
messages were passing over the wires
the operator at Bloomlleld, N. J., out of
curiosity read it. While doing so, how
ever, a man riding a horse passed in
front of his window, and both answer
ed so well the descriptions he was read
ing, that his suspicions were aroused,
and he ran out at once and caused the ar
rest of the traveler. Communication
with the owner of tbe missing animal at
once established the correctness of his
surmises, ami on Monday ho conveyed
his prisoner to Washington and receiv
ed a reward of fifty dollars that had been
offered for the capture of the thief and
recovery of the horse.
The Interest Greater than the Principal.
A bank book was presented at the
Springfield institution for savings, one
day last week, which had not been seen
by the bank officials since the original de
posit was made. 32 years ago, .when The
odore Bliss was president and 'John
Howard treasurer. The amount of the
deposit was $300, while the interest alone
has amounted to '$1,(549. During all
this time the owner of the book had
never entered the bank or asked a
question as to her property, which she
now conies to claim. For the first few
years the money drew only 4 per cent,
but has since yielded 5, 6 and 7, though
now back again to 5.
A Cure for Paralysis.
Providence reports the first New Eng
land blue glass cure. The wife of a
prominent manufacturer, for three years
afflicted with paralysis, was induced to
test the theory. The room had both an
East and West exposure, and its win
dows were fitted with the glass, the
patient bathed in the light for an hour
or two, and was able to walk and had
regained the use of her limbs. The
Providence Star vouches for the story
and says the woman Is getting steadily
better. '
Hard Cider in Reality.
It was on exhibition at Philadelphia.
The water of the cider is all evaporated,
leaving a substance looking like dried
glue. The solid residue of the cider is
rolled around a wooden roller,like cloth,
and is ready for transportation across
the ocean or elsewhere. If, liquid cider
is wanted, a piece is cut off aud water
poured on, when it is dissolved, and
ready to drink, and it Is said to be equal
to cider just from the press. , . , , ,
The First Ashtabula Damages. '
Tbe first settlement - of claims for
damages growing out of the Ashtabula
disaster is reported from New Haven,
where widow L. C. Crain is paid $5,17o,
by the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railroad, because of the killing of
ber husband.
tmr During one of the fairs in Paris,
some years ago, Baron James de Roths
child was a patron. Chancing to pass a
stand where some pretty young ladies
were Installed, lie asked, in a bantering
tone: " Well, my dears, what can I do
for you V " Ah Baron, said one, " you
can give us your autograph." " With
pleasure," remarked the gallant old
Baron,'' If you preface it with an agree
able sentiment." ' '., . , , ,j
Ho the young lady, w ithout wudi ado,
wrote on a dainty slip of paper: "I
hereby give to charity ten thousand
francs," and the Baron Immediately
signed his name in full, and smilingly
paid the amount to the enterprising
Parisian.
Frightful Fall of Four Hundred Feet Down a
Shaft.
Wilkrhiiaihie, Pa., February 14.
John Hartland, a very prominent
resident of this city and a man universal
ly loved and respected, met with horrible
death this morning in the Diamond
shaft of the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre
coal company's mines, located in the
suburbs of Wllkesbarre, Ir. Hartland
was the foreman of the masonry work
for the company, and had recently been
superintending the construction of a
foundation for an engine in the Diamond
mine. This morning as he was at the
top of the shaft waiting to descend, he
heard the engineer's bell ring, which, is
the usual warning given before the
carriage descended Into the mine below.
He at once stepped out to go down with
tho carriage. In some mysterious
manner, and witli none to sec him, he
missed his footing at the mouth of the
pit, and falling between the carriage and
the shaft he was hurled downward a
distance of over 400 feet to the bottom.
A miner crossing the foot of the shaft a
short time afterward discovered the re
mains of Mr. Hartland and gave the
alarm. The body was mangled Into a
horrible mass, and was subsequently ta
ken in charge aud conveyed to his resi
dence in this city. He was a native of
Staffordshire, England, but had been a
citizen of this place for the last twenty
years. He leaves a wife and one child.
83" Mr. W. W. Fowler, of Guilford,
Conn., manufacturer of goblets for In
valids, has a pony which broke its ankle
about Thanksgiving time while on the
road In Fair Haven. Not wishing to
kill it, though advised so to do, he took
daily care of it, set the bones and left the
animal, which Is a pet of the family, in
his stall to look out for its injured limb
itself. The intelligent pony has mani
fested great prudence in the case, and is
now able to get about quite comfortably,
and it is quite likely will be good for
service again. -
0"A Rochester, N. Y., woman re
cently appeared on the streets at mid
day in a ball-dress with low neck and
short sleeves, and was arrested. In court
she proved her respectability and her
lawyer argued that a dress which might
be worn in a ball room by gas light with
out impropriety was fit to bo worn in
the street by day. She was released, but
subsequently reappeared on the street
in the, same costume and was rearrested.
A Lively Corpse.
There has been a resurrection of the
dead at Plainviile Conn. Deacon Hamlin
died of paralysis, as was supposed, and
a large assembly gathered in the church
for the funeral. But during the services
the audience grew restless, tho corpse
stirred, was hastily carried from the
house, restoratives were applied, and,
at the last accounts, . the good deacon
seemed to have taken a new lease of
life.
Packing Upv
Washington, February 12. Until
further notice the President will not re
ceive visitorson business after 12 o'clock,
as he is busily engaged packing up his
papers, etc., preparatory to vacating
the White House.
$3" Fashionably dressed women in
our muddy streets, apparently profiting
by Aimee's antics in opera bouffe, have
learned a way of lifting their skirts by
a quick kick. Thus with their heels
they raise their tight-drawn dresses suf
ficiently to be reached by their hands,
aud then lifted clear of the puddle.
W That Franklin, (Ind)., cashier who
has lately turned up as a defaulter made
a clean thing of it. He not only ran off,
but took the bank with him money .books
assets, everything. This Is probably the
first instance on record of stealing all
that was in a bank.. -
83T Hester Love died in Philadelphia
last week from the effects of poison
which had been given her by mistake
by a druggist. Dr. Shulter, the druggist,
has been committed to await the finding
of the coroner's Jury. ,
CarThe store of Wni. Sterns & Co.,
importers of fine French laces at No.
698 Broadway, New York, was entered
by burglars last week and completely
gutted of Its contents. The firm esti
mate their loss at from $25,000 to
$40,000. ' " (
lET "Centennial Bees" are the latest
in the west. They are made up of those
Who visited the Centennial, and who
get together to talk over what they buw
there. ..'-i
O An unknown man attempted, to
get on an eastward-bound freight train
atCresson, on Monday a week, and was
thrown under the wheels of tho train'
and literally torn to pieces.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Waahikotok, D. C, Fob. 14th, 1877.
The highest pitch of excitement was
reached at the capital yestorday nt a little
past noon. The Hoiue held an animated
discupwtion of two hours length, voting
agafnt tho'declnlon of the Electoral Com
mission in the Florida curb, and sent the
report to the Souate with tbe announce
ment that tho House was in readiness to
receive that body; whereupon the two
Houses met in Joint convention for the sec
ond time this session. Considerable dis
appointment pleasurable and otherwise
was felt when t he vote of Illinois was read
and no objections were made. Nothing
further of note occurred till Louisiana was
reached, when, as anticipated, all over the
country, objections wore made by both Ho
publioans and Democrats, which put an
end to tho proceedings of that day. '
Much complaint is in ado because so little
legislative business hns been accomplished
this winter ; but the records will show a
pretty fair amount of important matters to
have been disposad uf, more than', would
generally be expected considering the Deo
cssary attention and time that have been
given to tho Presidential question. Prof.
Henry, of the Smithsonian Institute in this
city, petitioned Congress a week or two
ago for an appropriation to be devoted to
the erection of a now building for national
museum purposes, stating that the present
institute will not hold a quarter of the
Centennial presents, donated to onr Gov
ernment, which are now stored in the old
armory and in Philadelphia. These pres
ents are an extensive addition to the Na
tional museum and It Is but fitting that
Congress should at onco provide for the
erection of a building suitable for its ac
commodation. , " t i
The Centennial collection composes up
most the entire Centennial exhibits of the
government of the Argentine Ropublid,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, China,
Egypt, France, Germany. Hawaii, Italy",
Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway
Orange Tree State, Peru, Portugal Russia,
Spain, Sweden ,8iam, Switzerland, Turkey,
Tunis, Great Britain aud the colonies, and
Venezuela. The donation from China is
the largest and is a full exposition of the
races, habits, and resources of that coun
try. This, by itself, would fill any ono of
tho large halls of the Smithsonian and the
collection from Siara is nearly as large.
From fair France we have a beautiful pair
of Centennial vases, valued at $17,000, and
a large panel of tilos. From Great Britain
there i an allegorical representation of
America, composed of several colossal
figures, valued at $15,000. The rest are
mainly stuffed birds and animals, preserved
fishes, and the natural products and manu
factures of the above mentioned countries.
Another matter that has been neglected
too long was considered by Congress late
ly ; that of the unfinished Washington
monument. This monument was begun
many years ago and was designed to be
the tallest in the world. It has already
cost 23 000 and is but 170 feet high, COO
feot is to be its height when finished. And
now it is found that the foundation is not
strong enough to bear the completed mon
ument, and there is no way of remedying
this defect as its comparative nearness to
the Potomao river gives tho ground a
sandy, uncertain firmness which is quite
insecure It has at last been decided to
tear it down aud erect it on higher land,
using the same material and making some
changes iu tho style of building. It was
originally intended to ornament the interi
or walls by the insertion of numerous
specimen pieces of stone sont to all parts
of the world iu memory of Washington.
Among thoso already received are some
from Mount Vesuvius, China, Bremin,
Swiss Republic, the Temple of Carthage,
Greece, Japan, and twelve bricks from the
birth-place of Washington. It is cow pro
posed that these be used for tbe construc
tion of a suitable baso upon which the
shaft shall rest. ,
Mrs. Grant gave her last reception at
the White House, on Friday afternoon, aud
it was by far tbe largest that ever occurred
there by daylight excepting on New Years'
day. The President does not receive visit
ors now until after twelve o'clock, as he is
busy in packing and arranging bis papers,
preparatory to leaving tho White House.
None of the family evince any pain at tbe
idea of leaving tbe bouse that has been
their home for eight years. On the con
trary, one would suppose it was a pleasant
change they wero about making as in
many accounts it is. It is said that some
time next mouth Mr. and Mrs. Grant will
go to Cuba and from there to Europe where
tbey will remain some time. They intend
making Washington their future winter
borne, the President having recently pur
chased a handsome residence here for - that
purpose. M. M. W.
Miscellaneous News Items. .
tW A blacksmith of North Heidelberg,
while shoeing a horse, struck a penny which
was firmly imbedded in tbe hoof,
t2f Joseph Keller, . of Easton, was
robbed of S0 cash, and the thief, who is
not known, since returned tbe money by
laying it on the front door step.
, VET The landlords of Titusville have
agreed to write their leases from May 1st In
stead of April, tbe object being to crowd
"moving day" Into fair weather.) ,-
EvakSvilleI Ind., February 13. lion.
James L. Johnson, formerly a member of
congress from Owcnsboro', Ky., committed
suicide this morning. Mental depression,
occa sioned by ill health, was the cause, ,
' tW Over two miles of 'corn cribs, filled
to the top with ear corn of the best quality,
aie now to be seen at tbe stations on the
line of tbe Chicago and Alton Railroad, in
tho great corn-growing . district of Illinois.
tW Little girls disturbed an old man in
Run Franoisco by playing on a balcony close
to bis room in a fourth story. He ran out,
caught one of them and threw her over the
railing, killing ber.
tSf Montgomery county' Wis a' house
keeper who used a eolTee-pot for two weeks
without removing tbe grounds, and then,
because tbe coffee bad a peculiar lists,
examined the contents and found a baby's
toe. - ; " , , t-; ;. u
" par Walter Dennett was jilted at' Pitts
burg on Friday a week, and then lie drew
his revolver and fired live shots at bis,
wounded heart, but missed , not -only it,'
but bis body j succeeding, however, in
riddling his clothes. . He paid 4 fine and
coats for disturbing the peace and not being
a better shot.
HP Joseph F. Brown, secretary of tho
Fourth and Eighth-streets Passenger Rail
way Company, fell doad at four o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, iu tbe depot at Eighth
and Dauphin streets, from heart disease,
as it is supposed.
t3T Some seven weeks since, a young
man named Adelbert Gates, of Albany, a
consumptive, was seized with a fit of
hiccoughs, which lasted more or less severe
till last Thursday, when they resulted in
doath.
ty The wealthy young Bostonian, Mr.
Bears, was charged, it is said, (50,000 by
bis lawyers for their services in obtaining
an Interpretation of his father's will. The
bill was compromised by tbe payment of
125,000.
tW Fifty thousand Russian Mennonltes
have determined to immigrate to the United
Btates. They bave the alternative or taking
up arms or leaving the Empire, and prefer
to cross the sea. Fourteen thousand of
them will settlo in Kansas early iu tho
spring.
C3 Joseph Metten, aged eighty, died
near Freedom last week. Cause: while
paring his toe-nails tbe knife slipped and
cut slightly one of bis toes. "Dry Kangrene"
set in and half the foot turned black, aud,
when struck, gave back a metallic sound,
as of iron or glass.
t3T Captain Timblin, a former well
known Butler-couuty oil operator, who
went to Custer city, in the Black Hills,
about a year ago, to practice law, was shot
there the other day by tho defeudaut in a
case, while he was engaged in an argument
iu behalf of the plaintiff.
135" On Saturday a week George bingerly
and a companion, pf Tuscarora, went
hunting, and in the course of their wander
ings came across tbe body of an unknown
man, whioh had been lying under thtfcknow
for a month or more, and was in a state of
good preservation. '
William M'Laueblin. a Pennsylva
nia railroad brakeman, was caught between
two oars Friday, at Altooua, while attend
ing to bis duties. After he had been
squeezed bo walked a short distance and
L expired. A wife aud child survive him.
tiff '"On Saturday evening a weok, Walker
R. McDowell, of Wayno twp., Mifflin
county, whilst engaged In changing a wagon
from tongue to shafts, suddenly fell to the
ground uuconsoious,stricken with apoplexy.
He was conveyed into the house, where ho
lingered until Sunday night, most of tho
time unconscious, when death ensued.
tT A Btranger stopped at tbe ".Teffersou
Uease," in Pbamixville, on Tuesday
evening of last week, and engaged lodg
ingB for tbe night.. Not appearing in the
moining, bis room was visited when be was
found a corpse. , He bad blown out the
flame at tbe gas burner, and '.eft the gas
escaping, and was suffocated by it.
tW The Erie ZHspatch says : A party
of young men went sailing on an ice-boat
on the bay yesterday. Tho wind carried
them along at ttie rate of Bixty miles ; per
hour, while bowling at this rate the boat
Btruck a flaw, and all bands were shot as
it were off tbe frail structure, and sent
sliding and sprawling for fifty or sixty feet
on the ice.
tW A Boston lawyer named Robinson
thinks it needful to sow seed by all waters,
aud so bas his note paper branded with
Scripture texts. Tbe other day, he bud
occasion to write for a favor from Chief
Justice Gray, and ho unluckily used a sheet
beaded, "Ye are all brought with a price."
He didn't get it.
A citizen of Indiana having occasion to
go home lather unexpectedly a few nights
since caught a gentleman acquaiutance in
the act of kissing bis wife. On relating
tbe circumstance to a friend be was asked
if be punished the guilty couple, and re
plied : "No, not exactly, but thoy must
have seen from the way I slammed tbe door
that I was not satisfied. "
Why Advertise?
People sometimes ask why Joes Dr. R.
V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. 1, spend so
much money in advertising bis family med
icines, which are so well known and sur
pass all other remedies in popularity and
sale. It is well known that A. T. Stewart
considered it good policy, aud undoubtedly
it paid bim, to spend many hundred thous
and dollars in' advertising bis goods, yet
nobody questioned the excellence of bis
merchandise. Tho grand secret of success
lies in offering only' goods which possess
merit to sustain themselves, and then
through liberal and persistent advertising
making tbe people thoroughly acquainted
with their good qualities. ' Men do not
succeed in amassing great fortunes, estab
lishing thriving aud permanent business,
aud founding substantial institutions like
Dr. Pierce's Grand Invalids' Hotel at Buf
falo, which costs over two hundred thous
and dollars, unless their business be legiti
mate, their goods meritorious, and their
services which they render the people gen
uine and valuable. Dr. , Pierce does not
attempt to hnmbug you by telling you that
bis Qolden Medical Discovery will cuie all
diseases. He says, "if your lungs are
half wasted by consumption, my . Discov
ery will not cuie you, yet as a remedy fo
severe coughs, and all curable bronchial,
throat, and lung affections, I believe it to
be unsurpassed as a remedy." The people
have confidence in bis medicines because he
does not over-recommend them, -and wheu
tried tbey give satisfaction. His Medical
Adviser, a book of 'over nine hundred
pages, illustrated by two hundred and
eighty-two engravings and bound in cloth
and gilt, is offered to tbe people at so mod
erate a price (fl. 50, post-paid), that .it i
no wonder that almost one hundred thous
and have already been ' sold. . His ' memo,
random books are on every druggist's
counter for free distribution.
tW Spots on the 8un doaof visibly diminish
Us brllUsucy, but spots, piioplos or blotcbes
upon the foe, neck or arms, aorionsly detract
from female bekuty. - They may, however, be
completely removed by lb daily use of Glcun's
Sulphnr Soap.- Depot, CriUeoton'e ?6th Ave.,
N. Y. Hill'a Hair fc Whisker dye, brown or
black, 60 cents. 84w
The celebrated "Capital Lead, whioh.
is unequalled for whiteness and durabllT
ity always on hand aud for sale by
tf. V. MOUTIJIKU.