tiiiT time,' Ntew iiLooiiFi a'. 6cix)Mii! 23', ! id77. 0 RAILROADS PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R. ARRANGEMENT OF PARSKNQEH TftAIJSHi Atigutt IBtli, 1877. TRAINS LEAVE IJAHRlRnrjRO AB FOLLOWS For New York, at &.20, 8.10 a. m. 8.67p. n lid 7.M p. m. For I'lilladalphla, lit 5.20, B.10, (US a.m. nd and 8.57 i, in. . For Hnsdtng, at 6.20, 8.10, 8.4C a. m. and 100 8.67 and T.fA. . . . For l'ottsvlllo at (1.20. 8.10 a. m., and 8.R7 p. in., and Tla Schuylkill and Buiciuehauua branch at 8.40 p. in. For Aohnni via 8. & II. Br. at 5.10 a. in. For Aljentown, ato.20, 8.10. in., and at 8.00, 8.57 and 7.65 p. in. . The 8.20, H.IOa. m 8.57 and 1M p. m., train have through cam for New York. Tha A.2ii,ii.lo a. m.. and 8.HU p. m. trains hare through cars for l'hiladtilphla. , SUNDAYS 1 For Nw York, at .ao a. iii. For Allentown and Wav Ktatlon at 8 20a.m. For Roadlng, 1'ulladelphla and Way titatloniat 1.4! p. m. TRAINS FOR II ARIUHtUJKG, LEAVE A8 FOL LOWH I Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 6.0and 7.45p. in. Leave l'hlladnlphla, at 9.15 a. m. 8.40, and 7.20 p. in. Leave Reading, at tl.40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.80, 8.15 and Hi. : p. m. Lcavo l'oltavlllu, at 6.10, 9.1S a.m. and 4.85 p. m. And via Schuylkill aiidSuqiioliaiina Branch at 8.15 a. m. Leave Auburn viafl. Mi H. Br. at 12 nnon. Leave Alleiilowu, at R30 5,60, 8.66a. in., 12.16, 4.30 and tt.o p. in. HUM) AYS I Leave New York. at.Vllo p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Rending, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.85 p. in. Leave Alletitown, nt2 .in n. m., and 9.05 p. m. ,1. K. WOOTKN, uen. Manager. O. Q. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. Hons not run on Mondays. , Via Morris and Essex K R. Pennsylvania It. 11. Time Tnble. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas senger traiuswlU run as follows: EAST. Mimintown Aeo. 7.82 a. in., dally except Sunday. Johnstown Kx. 12.22 P. M.. dally " Hunday Mall 6.54 P. m., dally exeeptSiindai Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, dally. WEST. Way Pass. 9.08 A. M., dally. Mall 2.43 p. m. dally exoeptRund j. Mimintown Aco. 6.65 p. M . dally except H'i!:;iay. Pittsburgh Express, 11.87P. M.,(Flag)datly, ex cept Sunday. Pacdlc Express, 5.17 a. m., dally (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and i min utes slower tliau New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. . DUNOANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 35th, 1877, trains wlllleave Duucannon, as follows : EASTWARD. Mimintown Aco. dally except Sunday at 8.12 A. M. Johnstown Ex. 12.6SP. M., dally except Sunday. Mall 7.30 P. M " " Atlantlo Express 10.20 P. M., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 A.M. .daily Mall. 2.00 P. M, datlyexceptSunday. Mimintown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.10 p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) ll.SSp. u. - WM. O. KINtt Agent. D. F. QU1GLEY & CO., Would respectfully Inform the publlo that they bave opened a new Saddlery Shop Id Bloomtleld, on Carlisle Street, two doors North of the Foundry, where they will manufacture HARNESS OF ALL KINDS, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, and every thing usually kept In a rlrst class es tablishment. Give us a call before going else where. 4- FINE HARNESS a speciality. REPAIRING done on short notice and at rea sonable prices. ' - HIDES taken Id exchange for work. D. F. QUIGLEY & CO. Bloomtleld, January 0, 1877. KINGSFOKD'S Oswego Htairoli Is the BEST and MOST ECONOMICAL In the World. Is perfectly PURE free from acids and other for eign substances that Injure Linen. Is STRONGER than any other requiring much less quantity in using. Is UNIFORM stiffens aud finishes work always the same. Kingsford's Oswego Corn Starch. Is the most delicious of all preparations for Puddings, Blanc-Mange, Lake, Etc. patents: Fee Reduced. Entire Cost $55. Patent Ofllce Fee 8.15 In advance, balance 120 within 6 months after patent allowed. Advice and examination free. Patents Sold. J.VANCE LEWl.HdiCO., 19-3m Washington, D. C. enn AGENTS WANTED to canvass for a JUU okand pictukb, 22x28 Inches, entitled "Tub Ii.ia!trtro Loan's Pkaveb." Agents are meeting with great success. For particulars, address H. M. C1UDEK, Publisher, 48 ly York. Pa. REMOVAL. The undersigned has removed his Leather and Harness Store , from Front to High street, near the Penn'a., Freight Depot, where he will have on baud, aud will sell at . REDUCED PRICES, Leather and Harness of all kinds. Having good workmen, amr by buying at the lowest cash prices. I fear no competition. Market prices puid In cash for Bark, nides and Skins. Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit a con tinuance of the same. P. 8. Illaukets, Robes, and 8hoe findings made a speciality, JOS. M. HAWLEY. Duucannon, Julylfl. 1876. tf "TjlSTAT K N OTIC J!. Notice Is herebyglven, Ali that letters of administration on the estate of John Kunkle late of Marysville Boi'oiiKh.Perry county l'enii'a . deceased, have been granted to the undersigned residing In the same place. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment and those having claims to present lliein duly authenticated for est tlemeut. JOHN KAI.TCR. June 12, 1877. Administrator. '"WW How , Banks aro Defrauded. DVrEUTlVE It. APINKEUTON and Lis assistants have been for month trying to hunt down the chief of a gang of check raisers and forgers who have been operating successfully In various parts of the country for over a year, and who have selected banks and express companies almost entirely to swindle. Their plan was simple but very complete, and failure was almost impossible. They worked In couples. One would go to a bank and purchase a draft on New York for a large amount, usually about $1 ,500. Later, he would purchase a draft for a very small amount, seldom over 10. The two drafts were then given to the " reiser," who did the most skillful work the officers have ever seen, and who Is supposed to bo William II. Lyman. In a short time the small draft was " raised" to be tins duplicate of the large one In every particular of numbers, amount, &o. Next, one of the operators would go to another pluee with the " raised" draft and send It to New York by express for collection ; or go to New York himself and have It cashed through some respectable person. Immediately after he got the money he would telegraph words previously agreed on to his confederates In the place where the drafts were purchased. The latter would go at once to the bank, and, pre senting the raised draft, ask that the money be refunded, giving some excuse for not using It either that he could not be lndentlfled In the New York bank, and so could not collect It, or that the business he wanted it for had ' not been consummated, or something of the sort. The bank officials would recog nize him as the man who had purchased the large draft, and give him back the money. Of course, he would quickly quit the place, never to be In It again.- When, in the due course of ordinary business, the other draft was sent back from the New York bank to the country bank, the forgery was discovered. This swindle has been so successful that the gang have realized over $40,000 by It, and it Is probable that, as new dis coveries are made, the estimate will be increased to a much larger amount. If they had not used the express com panies they probably could have con tinued for a longer time at work. When a collection was mode directly in a bank that was the end of it. The bank offi cers argued that it would cost more to pursue the fugitives than the amount they were swindled out of, and so quiet ly submitted to the loss ( but the express companies had been bitten but once or twice before they determined to spend all the money that was necessary to break up the gang, and to secure the chief. The American Express Company thereupon engaged Detective Plnkerton to prosecute the Bearch, and, after unre mitting labor, he has brought it to a successful close. " William II. Lyman, stenographer," has an office at 84 Park Itow, New York, and there he was ar rested last week by Detectives Field and O'Connor of the District Attorney's of fice, charged by Hnkerton with being the leader, as well as the skillful work man who altered and i" raised" the drafts they used. He submitted quietly, and had nothing to say. In his office were found all the tools and materials necessary for the work chemicals for removing ink from paper, various kinds and shades of ink, and hair pencils. Be tween the leaves of a book were two drafts for small amounts from a bank in Troy, one of which had already been touched with chemicals. They also found split paper currency, and, most important of all, a split United States $5 geeenback, the sides being separated one from the other. The Government claims this to be impossible with the paper now in use, in which silk and hair are interwoven. J. C. Hogan, alias George Brown, Lyman's supposed part ner, and the principal " shover" of the raised drafts, was arrested soon after his principal was secured. He was found in a larger beer saloon in the Bowery, just above Bayard street. He it was who purchased two drafts on the First National Bank of Le Roy, New York, and sent one through the American Ex press from Catskill for collection. The warrants for their arrest was granted by Justice Russell, on complaint of James Fargo of the express company. They were arraigned before Justice Flammer, in the Tombs Police Court, and commit ted to the Fourteenth police precinct station for the night, previous to being surrendered to officers who will take them to Catskill, but their counsel says he will have them before a Supreme Court Judge on a writ of habeas corpus. J. C. Hogau made his first appearance in Le Roy, New- York, in the latter part of August, lie acted like a business man, aud, after a little time, one day en tered the First National Bank and pur chased a draft on New Yoik to his own order for $1,450. An hour or two later he purchased another draft on New York for $ 10, payablo to J. C. IIoey,and still later he got another for $s, payable to the order of John Hogan. The drafts were all made payable In the Importers' and Traders' Bank, in Now, York, On Bept. 8, Jonas Plerson, proprietor of a hotel In Catskill, was astonished by re ceiving per express a package contalntug $d00, directed In his care to J. C. Hogan. Naturally cautious, he directed his clerk not to deliver the package unless the man calling was fully Identified. On the the 5th, a hum arrived who railed him self J. C. Hogan. ' He asked If there were any letters for him. Two were handed to him, which he opened and read. He then Inquired the way to the express ofllce. The clerk asked If he expected anything, and he answered, " Yes, a money package." The clerk said the package had arrived, but told him of his Instructions, on which Hogan showed the receipt given by the express company when the money was delivered to be forwarded.and Bald ho had received it In a letter. He also said he was In no hurry for the money, and it might be left In the safe for him until he called for It. This, of course, deceived the clerk. Hogan tliou went to the express ofllce and deposited a draft for $l,4fit) for collection. This, it was afterward dis covered, was altered from the one given by the Le Roy bank for $h, payable to John Hogan. This was the transaction that got both Hogan and Lyman Into trouble. Other members of the saule gung were as expert. On June 20th, a man calling himself William Brown purchased in Bridgeport a draft to his own order for $1,450 drawn on the Importers' and Traders' Bank of New York. The next day a stranger appeared In Railway, N. J., and introduced himself to thecashler of the bank of that place, saying he In tended going in business there, and wished to open an account. He depos ited 1400 In bills and two small drafts, which were paid on presentation. A day or two later he deposited a draft for collection for $1,450 on the Importers' and Traders' Bank of New York. Mr. Fuller, the cashier, did not know the man, and out of ordinary caution wrote to the Importers' and Traders' Bank, telling how it was received from a stranger. The latter bank telegraphed to Bridgeport, asking if the draft was correct,and the answer came back, 'Yes.' To make sure, they sent it on by mall, and the Bridgeport bank sent it back, saying: 'It's all right." On the next morning Wm. Brown presented the Bridgeport bank the gen uine draft, and asked to have his money refunded. The officers knowing they had mailed back to New York a similar draft only the night before, suspected sometlilng wrong, and telegraphed the Importers' and Traders' Bank to arrest the man in Rahway ; but it was too late, for he had disappeared. Police Ser geant Wright of Rahway, was in Jer Bey City that day, and he heard that Brown was wanted. On his way home he saw him on the train. Brown soon saw that he was watched, and in Eliza beth he jumped off the train. Wright quickly followed.and, after a iong chase, found him hidden under a- barn in an open field. He turned his prisoner over to Chief of Police Kerns, of Elizabeth, and on searching him, Brown's Bank book was found in his pocket. Ills true name proved to be Henry Warner ,and he lived with a man named Johnson, at 85 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn. Chief Kerns and Chief Campbell, of Brooklyn found in his rooms a complete set of tools, a press, dies, and everything necessary for counterfeiting, also the Impress of a $5 bill made in rubber. In Bridgeport an effort was made on the First National Bank, but it proved unsuccessful. A man calling himself Frank J. Saxton purchased a draft June 28th for $000. On July 7th he purchased another for $12.25, and on the 13th he came in to buy one for $1,200. For some unexplained reason the cashier became suspiclouB,and made out the $1,200 draft in red ink. He also cut the number out. In this condition the draft was useless for "raising" purposes, and though Saxtctti took it away, he brought It back in a few days, and asked to have his money refunded. The $000 draft was collected through the First National Bank of Glovcrsvllle, New York, but the smaller one was never heard from. These are but a few of the swindles by this gang. Others are known to the police, and it Is supposed that, as the participants are now under arrest, many more will be soon brought to light. How " Stone-Coal" Came to be Discovered. THE MINE or what twenty-five years afterward became the mine from which the first anthracite coal was shipped direct to New Yark, was dis covered in 1804, where this city now stands, by Samuel Preston, son of a former mayor of Philadelphia. Mr. Pres ton was a Quaker1, and had emigrated to Wayne county, Pa'. He was a surveyor, and was running an "exploration line" from the northeast corner of the State to Meshoppen. He did not attempt to make any capital out of the discovery, for all efforts that had been made to In troduce stone coat up to that time lad resulted disastrously. ' , ' I Ten years afterwariljiowcvef, Maurice Wurts having secured possession of the land on which the discovery had been made, Mr. Preston told him that the coal was there. At the time of Mr. Preston's discovery theexcltementabout stone'eoal and Its future was Just mak ing Itself apparent. General Ignorance prevailed regarding Its qualities, how ever, and as the forests afforded abund ant material for fuel, and for making charcoal for the use of blacksmiths and other artisans, the people did not have . any Inclination to Investigate the stories about the unknbwu stone coal, The first use of anthracite coal as a generator of heat known to have been made was by a blacksmith named Oba dlah Gore, In his forge at the Wyoming settlement, In 1700. Tradition says that in 1750 a party of Indians desiring a gun-smith, who lived at Nazareth, to repair their guns, and he telling them that he waB out of charcoal and they would be compelled to wait Beveral weeks until he burned somo, borrowed a bag from him and disappeared in the forest. In a few hours they returned with the bag filledlwlth " black stoneB," which they, to the smith's great sur prise, " caused to ignite In the forgo, and create so Intense a fire that ho was aide to repair the guns with great quick ness." The Indians refused to tell whence they procured the mysterious fuel. The few natives who remained in the Wyoming Valley when the white settlers came Into it knew where there were deposits of this fuel, and Oba dlah Gore, making good friends with them, worked their Becret unto himself, learned the whereabouts of these "black stones," and after many fruitless efforts succeeded In utilizing them in his forge. He taught other smiths the manner of Its use, and news of the fact gradually extended into the more remote settle ments and to the city of Philadelphia. In 1773 the Proprietary government sent two Durham boats boats used In trans porting goods on the Delaware river ,and named from the place where they were made up the Susquehanna river to ob tain coal for use in the forges, where government fire arms were made. The boats were looded below where Plttston now stands and were run to Harris' Ferry, since Harrlsburg, where the coal was transferred to wagons and carted to Carlisle. This was the first shipment of anthracite coal. The successful use that was made of It, and the great benefit It had been to the local artisans of the Wyoming region, it would seem would at once have mado Its value apparent to the manufacturing interests of the coun try as well as to the public at large ; but it required the outlay of vast sums of money and a bitter struggle of nearly half a century with prejudice, Ignorance and ridicule, before the claims of anthra cite coal were recognized, and It came forward to cause the greatest commercial and lndustrlul revolution the world ever knew. ' A Woman't Duplicity. THfc ban trancisco Mail Bays: Two 1 years ago a young man named Jas. Halstead came from one of the New England States to this city. He brought a few hundred dollars with him, and for somo weeks after his arrival went from office to office In search of employment. The only friend he mado here to whom he told any of his history was an old negro laundress, who was acquainted with some of his people in the East, Halstead disappeared suddenly, leaving with this woman a small trunk and a package of papers. Last week a lady called on this old laundress, who lives on Broadway, near the corner of Powell street, and Said she was Halstead's sister, and had been directed by him to call for the trunk and papers. Mrs. Williams handed over the trunk and the package, believing the lady's representations to be true. Yesterday Halstead walked into the bouse, and greeting her in a friendly manner, stated that he had Just return ed from the Sandwich Islands, where he had been fortunate enough to make money. Mrs. Williams told him that his sister had come to see her, and that she had turned over the trunk and papers to her. He appeared to be very much dis turbed at this, telling Mrs. Williams that this woman, instead of being his sister, was his step-mofher, and was the cause of his leaving the East. He then told her the, following singular story, which she communicated to the Mail re porter : His father was a wealthy merchant of Lowell, Mass., and when James left school he was given the position of head book-keeper in his office. His mother had died when he was very young, and a distant relative of his took the place as housekeeper in his futher's establish ment. She was young and attractive, and bCtwcen James Halstead and her self an attachment sprung up. The old gentleman did not seem to regard this favorably, and finally sent his son to another part of the State, to act there as agent of the firm. James corresponded with nls sweet-heart, and ' once or twice visited her secretly In Lowell. And now camo,a great surprise.) v ( ' t . James Halstead received a letter from his father enclosing him several hun dred dollars and making a terrible charge that he had been uttering forged chocks, and signing his father's name. The young man went indignantly to Inquire into this most unexpected accusation and was confounded to And his hand writing so closely imitated that h re solved to leave and wait for time to clear this mystery up., Since then he learned that his finances was the guilty party. After he came to California he received a newspaper containing an account of his father's marriage to this false and dishonest woman. All her letters he retained, scores of which were of a na ture to fasten the suspicion of the for gery upon her, letters In which she im plored hi in to return to her, slating that she hud money enough for both, and that she was willing to accompany him to any part of the globe. Theso letters she had traveled to California to obtain . possession of. Halstead lias taken the advice of a prominent lawyer of this city on the muller, and Is going home to endeavor to vindicate his reputation, and expose the woman who has ruined him. The Deacon's Swill Barrel. i Just outside the houso stood father, the deacon, tugging away with a lump of Ice In the swill barrel. ' "Bad business, that," said I, resting my hands on my sides. " Not half so bad as It might o' been," was the reply, as he lifted the cake of Ice by a stout stick that had frozed in the swill. i " Many an' and many a bar'l has busted for me that wouldn't If this knowledge had came to me Booner," said he. U You see, when this cold snap came on suddenly, I thought of the swill bar'l away In the night and. " Well, It can't be helped now. It happened, however, that the stick I stir with was left poked down In the swill, and that was all that saved it. A bar'l or a tub or a pail may freeze up solid, and if a Btlck has beer put in the water, the vessel can't burst. But It took me a good while to find It out; lived seventy years, before I knew It," and his eyes twinkled knowingly. " Why, that's on the same plan," said I, " of putting a spoon in a glass Jar when you are canning fruit; if you do, that Jar won't break." " Same philosophy, exactly," said her as he gave the ball of ice a kick and) sent It rolling off down the hill. Wonderful If True. A Masonic lodge In Indiana was pre sided over by a Master who had an ex aggerated notion of discipline. One , night he met his lodge in called meeting (not a member absent) to Instruct them in the work. Teachlnir them the lisp nf the gavel, he had Just called them up with three knocks, when he leaned too? far back, fell through a window to the' ground four( stories and broke his neck. Picked up next morning he was burled decently,.but not a Mason came to the funeral. More strange still, not a Mason appeared any more in that vil lage. It was inexplicable. Forty women left widows, two hundred and twenty children left orphans, eighty-four mer chants left in the lurch with unpaid bills. Twenty years after that, somebody went up into the fourth story, broke open the door and beheld the lodge, a lodge of skeletons! Strange, but true, they had strictly obeyed the orders of the W. and waiting for the knocks to seat them, starved to death. Each was standing In an attitude of respect ful attention, " looking to the east, ''and had no pitying citizens taken tbem down they would have been standing there still. Naming a Bull. There Is an incident connected with the recent visit of Henry Ward Beecher, which the folks at the White House, up to this time, have kept to themselves ; but, too good for secrecy, it has leaked out. It appears that when the dominie besought Hayes to retain the collector of Internal Revenue In Brooklyn, there was present in the executive office aa ex-Congressman, from North Carolina,' named Smith. The President presented the somewhat uncouth statesman to Mr. Beecher. " Beecher, Beecher," said Smith, "not Henry Ward Beecher ?" " The self-same," replied ecclesiastical nenry. " Well, I do declare," exclaimed Smith, "I am glad to see you. I never saw you before, but I have read all about you. I appreciate you. Why, sir, do you know that I named my most promising Jersey bull after you ?" This explosive announcement created an effect which even the usual gravity of Hayes could not overcome. He in wntimmtly broke out in laughter, ( in which, although Beecher Joined, no one soeaied to think he quite relished it.
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