THE TIMES, . NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA., SETTEMBEK 18, 1877. THE TIMES. yew Bloomfleld, Sept. IS, I7T NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. If o Cut or Rtcreotrp wtlt b tnirtd In this piper anl-Ju llvbt face nud on mnl baae. S Twenty Pr nt tn tw of remlar rstM, will to chawed for advertlaetueuu aet lu Double Column. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBER. Ijoolt at the flirnr" mi the label of yonr paper. Th'wt'lliriirea tell yon (lie ilnie to which your anb- acrtuf tan la naild. Wlimn a weeks alter luouey la anl, are If th date la ebaiifred, la neceeaary, . , . , , . no otner receipt OUR CIRCULATION. . For the Information of advertisers and others who may he interested In know Jng, we will state that the present circu lation of The Times Is between eighteen hundred and nineteen hundred copies each week. k . Very few persons, comparatively, have a proper conception of the magni tude of the tobacco crop of Pennsylva nia. For the past twenty years it has gone on steadily increasing in extent, until It has become one of the most im portant Industries of the State. . It is reported that the Texas cattle fever has made lt appearance at points in Ohio and New York along the through routes of transportation over which these cattle are carried. The dis ease is said to be caused by the sting of a parasite, about the size of a house-fly, which infects the blood, i TnE Philadelphia and Atlantic Rail road which is fifty-four miles in length, was completed in Just sixty-seven days from the time it was commenced, and the construction 1b said to be excellent. This is quick work. There are more than one hundred bridges ond culverts on the road. Captain John Ayr who hung John Brown, did a little extra Judicial homi cide on his own account last week, strik ing a man named Johnston so violently with a stone that he died from the effect of the injury. Captain Ayr may possi bly, when he sees Brown again, know hoW it is himself. TnE latest returns from Maine in dicate that Conner's majority over all the other candidates for Governor will be about 6,000. It is estimated that the Senate will stand 28 Republicans to 3 Democrats. The House, as. far as re ported,slands 97 Republicans to 26 Dem ocrats and 2 Greenbackers, with 26 un decided. It is believed from meagre re turns, that , the Constitutional amend ment limiting the elective franchise has been defeated, and that limiting munic ipal indebtedness adopted. Last fall the Republican majority in that State was less than two thousand. The friends of Hayes feel rather happy as the result in dicates an endorsement of his " policy." Yonng Men's Christian Association. The Fourth Annual Convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Pennsylvania, will convene at East Lib erty (Pittsburgh) September 27th and 30th inclusive. There are over 160 Asso ciations in this State, being one sixth of all the organizations in the United States, and British Provinces. The in creased growth and prosperity of these Associations promises to make the con vention a large and interesting gath ering. . The Pennsylvania Railroad. Wednesday afternoon the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company held a stated meeting. The most important business that was brought before the meeting was under stood to be the consideration of questions relative to the late disturbances along the line of the road and at Pittsburgh. There was also considered the proposi tion relative to the manner in which the merchants who lost property con signed to them, and which at the time was in the possession of the Pennsylva nia Railroad as carriers, during the riots at Pittsburgh, should prosecute their claims. A Battle with Tramps. A terrible battle occurred a few rights since at Grayblll's woods, near Lancas ter. Nearly one hundred tramps had been destroying the crops of the farmers. The latter tried to drive the invaders off, but the nomads proving too strong for them the authorities at Lancaster were telegraphed to for assistance. A detail of "policemen and a number of armed clti- sens left Lancaster for the scene of trouble. When the tramps saw the ap proaching forces they formed themselves In line of battle and prepared for the charge of the police and citizens. The police had no sooner got within fire than the assailed opened upon them with a volley of pistol shots. The po. lice and citizens reached for their re volvers, and charging upon the tramps fired at them indiscriminately. A nun "ber of volleys were exchanged. Finally the assailed and the assailants got to close qunrters. After a warm combat the tramps retreated,ltaving five of their number wounded and in the hands of the police, who topk them to Lancaster and lodged them in Jail. A farmer named Powers was fatally wounded dur ing the fight. , bne Blow of an Ax Kills a Burglar. . Cincinnati, Beptember 10. The fol lowing are the particulars of the tragedy in Rush county, Ind. : The robber was first met by Mrs. Bowling, who heard a noise in the kitchen and went down stairs to ascertain what the cause was. She rushed back to her sleeping room, followed closely by the man, who was armed with an ax and a revolver.' Here the1 thief made a demand upon the aged couple for their money, struck the old lady with his pistol and knocked her down, bruising her face ' terribly, when she, to save her life, gave all the money she had, but the old man stoutly refused. The thief then proceed ed to search the house, and ordered them both Up stairs before him, still keeping the ax and revolver, which he fired three times In the house, in his hands. After rummaging through the rooms Bp stairs he ordered the old gentleman and lady down, still keeping them in front of him. He then took them Into the parlor and began to go through the bureau. One drawer of this was hard to open and he had to use both hands, setting the ax down for that purpose. Mr. Bowling, who was watching for an opportunity, picked up the ax, and with one well-aimed blow nearly severed the burglar's head from his body. The old man and woman then went quietly back to bed and slept until morn ing, leaving the bloody corpse on the floor in front of the bureau. In the morning he went and told his son. The coroner was then sent for, and when he arrived, late in the day, he found the thief where the old man had killed him, with his revolver still cocked and in his hand, now cold and stiff. Collision at Sea. London, September 12. The British ship, Avalanche, Captain Williams, from London, September 4, for New Zealand, collided with the British ship Forest,from London for New York, off Portland, and both vessels foundered. ' Ninety-six persons were drowned. The Forest was in ballast and had a crew numbering twenty-one. Captain Lock- hart, the chief mate and several others were saved. The Forest struck the Avalanche between the main and miz zen mast, nearly cutting her in two. The latter sank immediately. The For est, though utterly wrecked, kept afloat an hour or two. Three boats were launched from her only one of which has yet been saved. It contains the per sons already mentioned as Baved. One boat has been washed ashore and several bodies. The other boat it is feared is lost. The Avalanche had sixty-three passengers, twenty-six saloon, seventeen second class and twenty third class, mostly colonists. The accident occurred at half past nine o'clock last night, sev en miles off Portland." A County Treasurer Tortured and Safe Robbed. Cincinnati, September 0. At Wapa koneta, Ohio, lost night the County Treasurer was seized, gagged, and then taken to the Court-house where, after being subjected to a severe ordeal of fire, which was placed between his feet as he lay upon the floor, he was compelled to divulge the combination of the county safe and some $40,000 was taken there from. Mr. Myers, the treasurer, was discovered this morning in h helpless and suffering condition. His wrists, feet, mouth and face bear witness to much suffering. Mr. Myers was the out-going treasurer, and should have de livered up the office on the first of Sep tember, but owing to some delay in the settlement of accounts he was still in possession. A Queer Case. The Indianapolis Newt of a recent date, says : " Judge Julian was to-day petitioned to release Harvey N. John son from the custody of the sheriff of Hendricks. The petition sets forth that Johnson is serving out a term of impris onment in punishment for having ob tained five weeks' board from the county by false pretenses. It would seem from the complaint that he procured himself io be arrested and put in jail originally in order to obtain some gratuitous board, and that he was sent back for practising the trick. Having been sufficiently amused he now wants to get out. Putting a Wedding to a Congregation's Vote A church in Houston county, Ga., was made the scene of quite a sensation the other night. After service was over Gus Riley, of Houston county, and Miss Mattle Calloway, of Macon, walked up the aisle, showed the minister a license and asked him to marry them. He proceeded to do so, but the lady with whom Miss Mattle had been stop ping for some weeks objected loudly to the marriage, saying that the young lady was a guest at ber house, under age and her father knew nothing about it. Thepreadher said that was not a legal objection, but put it to a vote of the con gregation as to whether he should marry them or not. The congregation voted solid "marry them," and they were married then and there. A Pig Mutilates a Sleeping Child. A shocking affuir occurred in the up per end bf Easton recently, by which a three months' old child of Mr. An drew Brlnker was terribly mutilated. From what could be learned, it seems that while the mother was temporarily absent from the house, the pig got out of its pen by some means or other and made its way into the house, where it found the child asleep la Its cradle, bit its ear off, and had hold of the nose, when some one came in and drove It away. The nose Is only slightly hurt, and the ear will get well if the child lives. A Prompt Courtship. The marriage at Boston a few dags ago of Capt. Roop, of an English vessel,and Maria Roop, of St. John, N. B., was the culmination of a very pretty romance. The captain met his fate but a few days before, and was so impressed that, on his return to Boston, where his vessel was loading for a voyage to Java, he wrote to his pretty cousin, proposing marriage. The next day the sententious answer, "Yes," went over the wlres,and the couple are now spending a happy honeymoon in mid-ocean. Three Children Killed by Lightning. Georgetown, Del., September 13. During a thunder storm this afternoon' Gideon B. Kitchens, with his four sons and two daughters, took refuge under a tree in a field about five miles from Georgetown. The lightning struck the tree and three of the children, two sons and a daughter, were instantly killed. The father and the remaining children were seriously but not fatally hurt. 63 A female Justice of the Peace in Wyoming Territory waB obliged to hear a case of scandalous character, in which her husband filled the unenviable posi tion of defendant. She sentenced him to be hanged by the neck until dead, and was anxious to have the sentence car ried into effect at once, until the attor neys explained to her that she was sit ting simply as an examining court. She then held him in bonds of $18,000,000, to await the action of the Grand Jury, and said she would shoot the first man full of holes that attempted to raise the sureties. 63" On Friday a week, Samuel Hum phreys, the man whom the police have been in pursuit of on suspicion of being the incendiary who set fire to the Lebanon Valley bridge, was arrested in Connecticut. He is a man, whose father lives in Reading. Hezekiah Wootten waB arrested in Philadelphia, Saturday, on the charge of having helped to burn the Lebanon Valley bridge at Reading. Miscellaneous News Items. t3T" Andrew Richards, colored, who feloniously assaulted a white woman on Sunday a week, was taken from jail at Winchester, Illinois, Tuesday, and lynched by a mob. 1 dT Sitting Bull seems to be enjoying, the rafe triumph, for a savage, of success fully defying, at one and the same time, the two most powerful nations on the faoe of the earth. ; Mt. Holly, N. J., Sept 10. A shock of earthquake was experienced hare and in the violnily at ton o'clock this morning. Houses were shaken and crockery broken but otherwise no damage was done. C2T Mr. S. B. Meacbam, of Hyde Park, Vt, owns a young pig which has one eye in the middle of the forehead, and directly .above a trunk like an elephant's, which hangs down about two inches. Otherwise it is a well-shaped pig. XW Kate Hayes, a young factory girl of New York, and her lover, named Newman , quarrelled last week, when Newman,- out . the girl's thoat with a knife, causing in stant death, Ho then stabbed himsolf in the breast, inflicting a fatal wound. C3T Writing of the battles at Shipka Pass the correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, says : ' Let this fact be noted that all the Turks found killed had their throats cut, clearly showing that the men were wounded first and slaughter ed afterward." tW John Ingram, a farmer who resided on Big Sewickley creek, Allegheny county, attempted to drive a ferocious bull from his premises the other evening, when the ani mal gored him in the abdomen, infiioting a wound from whioh the entrails protruded. Be died in twenty-four hours. tSTThe lawful'heirs of the late John Russell, of Jefferson county, Pa., an alleg ed miser who left f 65,000, are much dis turbed by the unexpected discovery, some time after his death, of a will giving the greater portion of bis wealth to benevolent They will con- t8 A Washington, Ps., paper says : J. A. Nloholli brought a fast horse, valued atfi00, from Pittsburgh a few days ago, and a half hour after his arrival here the animal died. Ills death is attributed to a fee of new oats at Canobsburg. He had troMed his mile in 8.80. W A brldgroom in Pay ton, Iowa, re fused to provide refreshments for a sere nading party ; whereupon they pulled him out of bed and carried him through the Village astride a rail. The bride hurriedly dressed herself, aroused, a sheriff, and effected the rescue of her husband, as well as the arrest of several of the mob. t3T" Fifty young barbers recently left Copenhagen for Russia, where they are appointed medical assistants. Every bar ber In Denmark has to pass an examination in the elements of surgery. The were ao oompanled by a score of working butchers, who also are to be attaohed to the Russian army. fc3f Tbe annual Convention of Loco motive Fireman of the United States met at Indianapolis on Tuesday, and was ad dressed by Colonel Maynard, editor of the Sentinel, and Mayor Craven, of that olty, after which they went into secret session. Their proceedings were held with closed doors. C3P A Scranton business house, which was asked by a miners' committee to eon tribute to their relief fund, generously offered to assign to the fund $10,000 in accounts due them by miners, which ac counts they have been for years unable to collect. The subscription was declined with thauks. Recently a horse attached to a cart while hauling red hot cinder from Wteter's furnace to a " slug" pile near the works, was backed too near the edge of the bank, and the cart going over dragged the animal . with it, down upon the red hot cinders, burning it to such an extent that it will in all probability have to be killed. tW A seven days' sensution at Ansonia, Conn., has been the marriage of a white man, aged 65 years, to a full blooded negro of S3. The neighbors have made It so hot for the mis-mated couple by means of mid night uproars and various petty persecu tions that the bride has been forced to leave town, but the husband says she is oomicg back and that they propose to live together. tW During the severest fighting in the Shipka Pass the English correspondents with the Russian army werp continually under fire. '' I went up to the sky line tonce," says that the correspondent of the London VaMy JSews, " ana sat aown to study the interesting seene below, when my white cap cover in an instant drew fire from a half a dozen rifles." tW John Van Lew, a farmer, residing near Bloomsburg, Columbia county, was murdered on the road on Saturday night a week. Van Lew's body was found with two loads of large shot In the breast and with his skull broken as if with the butt end of a gun. The deceased was not robbed and it is supposed the murder must have been for revenge. As Mr. John MoAndrew, . of Oly phans, Luzerne oounty, was digging pota toes in a field, he dug out of the hill a doubled up piece of gold which proved to be a guinea. It was Bomewhat corroded by age, but every representation and letter can be distinctly seen upon the coin. It bears tho date of 1763 as plainly as if stamped but yesterday. In Centre Groton, Conn., on Mon day a week, Wm. Thompson was shot dead by Edwin J. Buddington, in the latter's bouse. Buddington asserts, that Thompson assaulted him, and that the shooting was in self defence. It is also alleged that Mrs. Buddington was intimate with Thompson, but she denies th is and says that " rum caused the trouble."' t3TA prisoner from Muskegon, Mieh., on his way to the House of Correction, jump ed from a train on the Detroit and Mil waukee Railroad near Nunlca, Mich., while it was going at full speed. Sheriff Ryan, of Muskegon county, who had him in charge, jumped after his prisoner to catch him and was considerably hurt. The prisoner escaped. C3T" A burglary was committed at St. Elmo, 111., on Sunday night a week. The burglar wa arrested, but escaped and hid in a corn field. All the villagers turned out to bunt him, and, when brought to bay, he turned and fired at bis pursuers, killing two of them. At last accounts he had not been taken, but his capture and lynohing were considered probable. tW Two brothers named Mitchell, con fined in the San Bornardino, Cal., jail, recently escaped by presenting a wooden revolver at the jailer's bead while he sat at supper, and so terrifying him that he gave them the prison keys and suffered himself to be b ound hand and foot. The revolver was whittled out of a pine stiek, and stain ed walnut color. Sheet zino was rolled up and fastened on to represent the cylinder and chambers. "Above All Navy Tobacco." Cau tion. Every 6c. and 10c plug of this Celebrated Tobacco is labelled "Wardle's Above All." None is genuine without. organizations In Ohio, test it. the white House. ; The ondprai kens of Perry and adjoining countlesj ...v ... .iri vi any u in ms line, snch as HARinVAinr'. ounriii-nira DRUGS, - WINKS , and LIQUORS.' LEATHER FISH, SALT, Ac, Ac. thflf. tirtw la iUa lima I..,- t i at LOW PRICES to all. The following is tne prices or some of my goods : extra rat Family Mackerel, fl en per qr. Liverpool G. A. gait. itt'per sack. Bert Hemlock Bole Leather, 80 cts. per ft yard Wide Floor Oil Cloth, Vi yd wide Gum Table Cloth. 4ucts. per yd VA I. Lorlllard's Best Tin Tag Tobacco, 7fl Jfalls litd and up, t 75 pgr ke LR,2rt5rd 4" "h,t0 ttu' ' ? 1 W Bent Hlo Coffee, tt, tor i m Miller si Weaver's Pure Rye Wills- Miller7 Weaver's Pure hye Whls- 65otl, pW qt 'silver Elated 7 Bitot Revolvers and2 25 ,Sl' Box Cartridges, 2 60 Silver Plated 5-Hliot Revolvers, Urpe Calibre, 0 50 Double Barrelled Bhot Guns, H 1)0 to 118 00 1 quart Mason's Porcelalu Top Glass rt !'llrJr . ,, SI 0 per dot. quart do do 'do 175perdoz.. Note Paper and Enveloped very Cheap. Window Glass, Paints and Oils at Low Prices. T ALL GOODS as NO SALE. .r - represented or Don't Forget the Place, "THE WHITE HOUSE," Shtjler's Old Stand, 8. M. SHULER, Proprietor.. Liverpool, rrry Co., Pa. - ' ' a t Working Men's Party. The Working Men of Perrv countv ar roniinar.pri fn. meet in their respective Election Dis tricts to form Clubs, and elect Delegates to a Countv Convention, tn h VielH or. New Bloomfleld, Perry co., Pa., at an earlv dav. Raid f!onvBnt.lon tn olut Delegates to the State Convention to be- neiaai wmiamaport, a., on Vvednes-- crept apiii, ion. ' Many Working Men. Aug. 28, 1877. Splendid Seed Wheat. Mr. Ceo. Swartz,. of Centre twp., has for three years been sowing the Lessen Wheat, a new variety but recently known.and finds it far superior to any other. It stands the weather better, Is not apt to be hurt by the fly, and in weight and general ap pearance exoels any wheat raised in this State. He has a few bushels of this wheat for sale, for seeding. Price $4 per bushel. Address, George Swartz, . , New Bloomfleld, 31 tf Perry County, Pa. W. J. Rice. Surgeon and Mechanical' Dentist, will visit Bloomfleld the first two weeks of each month, profession ally. Office at 'Squire Clouser's resi dence. The remainder of his time at his office in Ickesburg, Perry co., Pa. (ST Call and hear bis prices. 28 Removal. J. T. Messlmerhas remov ed his Shoe Shop to the room adjoining F. B. Clouser's office, 4 doors west of the Post-Ofllce, where he will make to order Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair ing promptly and neatly executed. He will also Keep on hand' a good assort ment of Boots and Shoes, which he will sell at low prices. Give him a call. 17 " The Above All," is a new brand o chewing tobacco, and Is without a peer for excellence and sweetness. For Bale, wholesale and retail, by J. B. Hartzell in Gantt's Bnilding. ' Parasols, Fans, and Hosiery, very low. I. Schwartz. . Newport, Pa Do You Want One? I have yet several sewing machines which will be sold at half price for cash. If you want a bar gain, now is your time to get it. F. Mortimer. Five Cents, or Six for a quarter is the mice of "The Peacock" Clear. For sale by F. Mortimer. Special Notice. Having added a room for the express purpose of showing car pets oil cloth and wall paper, we ask Jiersons wanting any of these articles to ook at our assortment, tf. F. Mortimer. Tailoring promptly and well done. We will furnish you the goods, or you can bring your own material, and be as sured of having a good fit. F. MORTIMER. Speer'sPure Port is always on hand It Is the finest and purest wine in the market. For sale by F. Mortimer, tf Ask your merchants for "Above All" Chewing Tobacco. ( For a1 good Bargain in Summer Cloth ing go to I. Schwartz, Newport, Pa. " The Peacock" is the best Cigar in the County for the money. For sale by F. Mortimer. OTICB OF BRIDGE VIEW. Notice Is hereby given that Henry Rhlnesmlth.. Dr. D. B. Mllllken. Dr. Win. Hays, Uaniuel Bpotts, Kobert Nellson and John a Hitter, appointed by the Court ot Quarter Sessions of Perry County, by virtue of the Act of Assembly, approved 8th May, 1876, to view the Bridge across the Juniata River at Newport, and report whether the Bridge DC necessary as a free Bridge for public accom modation, and the payment of tolls on the srflne is an unjust burden on the traveling public and' the people of the townships where tne same Is located ; and the amount of damages, If any, sus tained bv the Newport Bridge Company by reason, of the taking of the same, will meet for the pur poses of their appointment, at said Brldxe, on TUESDAY, the 2M11 ot September, 1817, at tea o'clock a in. FERGUSON & DARNETT, Bept. 11, '77) Attorneys for Petitioners. The oldest and best appointed Institution tor obtaluluK a Buiuess XducaUou. , For circulars address, 9. DUFF RONS, SCwlmo.. Pittsburgh, Fa. .
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