4 THE TIMES, NEW UL00MF1EL1), PA., FEIUIUAKY 5, 1878. THE TIMES. New Jlloomfield, Jb. 1, 1S7H. NOTICK TO ADVEHTlHEItS. No Cut or Stereotype will bo Inserted In llil iiier antes Unlit lace and oti metal base. fts-Twenty per rent, in exrrss or riif nlr rstes, will bsohanred lor advertisement not in lluiilileOuliuuii. NOTICK TO IMHIrM'IMnKIl. I.nok at the IWnres on His label of vonr pspcr. Thoatiilvures tell vou I lie date In which yon ran rrlpslon Ispnid. within weeks alter money Is pent, if If tlis date ! chawed. No other receipt It necussarv. OUR CIRCULATION. For the In formation of Advertisers, and others Interested In knowing, we make mention of the fact that we begin this year with a circulation of NINE TEEN HUNDRED copies. Tun House Committee on Ranking and Currency agreed to recommend the passage of the bill Introduced by Mr. Cox, of New York, discontinuing the coinage of twenty cent pieces. The passage of the Matthews resolu tion in the House lias depressed nil securities. The gold quotation, which on Monday closed at 1011, the next day stood nt lul'r. A decline occurred in every bomi In the Government list, even the 10-40s sharing the full. It is stated that the Post Office De partment is to be investigated. We hope the investigations will also see to the fraud known as " fast mails," by which we get New York papers when they are three days old. Studying ancient history from newspapers is not what people take papers for generally, but that Is one of the results of the fast mails" to local points. This Senate Finance Committee hat. authorized Mr. Allison to ofl'er as an amendment to the Silver bill his pro vision for an international monetary conference to fix a common ratio of val ue of gold and silver. The determina tion of this ratio is not, however, a con dition precedent to the provisions of the bill. On the contrary the bill, if enacted, is to go into effect immediately, and the conference, if agreed to, will be held subsequently. A Fradulent Representative. Haukihuuku, Jan. 30. O. F. Bul lard, member of the House from Dela ware county, who was yesterday re manded to the custody of the Hergeant-at-Arms to be returned to the Delaware county jail, to await trial for embezzle ment, disappeared this morning. The 8ergeant-at-Arms of the House was with him until 4o'elock,and when temporari ly called away found on his return that the prisoner had escaped. It is rumored that he left Harrisburg by a Reading Railroad train at 5 o'clock this morning. Bribery Is to be Punished. A number of prosecutions are now pending In several of the counties of this Commonwealth against officers elect, on the ground that money was used to corrupt voters to vote for them at the primary and general elections. The provision in the new Election Law on this subject reads thus : "Any person who shall rlve, or promise to irfve.au elector sny inouey, reward or other valuable consider ation for his vote, or In any way Influence the voter by any unlawful means, and any elector who receive any Much tiling, Hhail forfeit bin riirht to vote, and may be challenged for the same ; and any person who, while a candidate, for office, shall be iniilt.y 01 the violation of any election law, eball lie dixiiuulilU'd from holding-an office of truat and profit in thin Commonwealth ; and any person convicted of wilful violation of the elcc.liou lawn shall be deprived of the riht of tmfTraKe for four years." We learn that it is the intention of the Attorney General to issue instructions to the District attorneys of the counties of the State, requiring them to prosecute, to the full extent of the law, every can didate who pays out money and every voter who receives money or any other consideration for his vote. He (the At torney General), is determined to stop this corruption, without regard to who is engaged in it, whether it strikes a can didate for Governor, Congress, Assem bly or County Auditor. And we say amen to the Attorney General's resolu tion. Coin Notes. The government has issued over $33,. 000,000 of small silver coins since the redemption of fractional currency began, and the market is fairly glutted with them. A large amount of the $38,000,000 in small coins circulated within the year were manufactured during the same period and consequently the coins are new. Nickel and bronze are kept at par by redeeruiug them in greenbacks. They are deposited in the Mint in sums of not less than $20,receipted forand the checks sent to the depositor. No silver five cent pieces have been made for five years. In fact they have been abolished as well as the three cent pieces. The nickel threes are still issued although but few are used. From five to ten thousand dollars of eagles, i eagles, i eagles and three $3 pieces are mnSc every year In order to keep up the history of the coin. About $1000 of ones ore made annually for the same purpose. The Mint shipped over the country In IH70 about $o00,()(l0 in small coins, con sisting of one, three and five cent pieces. They went chiefly west and east. In 1877 only alont $380,000 in these small coins were shipped. The greatest demand for silver coins Is for the half dollar. The quarter dollar Is the second favorite and the dime is the third and last in the list. The de mand for half dollars is twice as great as for quarters, and live times more halves are required than dimes. Another Steamer Wrecked Two Hundred Lives Lost. NoitFoi.K, Va., January 31. At 0:30 this afternoon the steamship Metropolis, from Philadelphia for I'ara, Rrazll,wcnt ashore on Currituck beach, three miles South of the light house, during the prevalence of a furious Southeast gale. Great confusion prevailed on board. Owing to llie fury of the gale and the roaring of the surf the orders of the of ficers could not be heart). About fifty of the passengers and crew were washed ashore. About two hundred are be lieved to lie lost. Fiom some of the Bailors who arrived at one of the signal stations it appears that the vessel had encountered heavy gales from the South east for the last twenty-four hours. When she struck she was heading about South-soutbest. The vessel swung broadside to the surf, which .made a complete break over her and washed many of the people overboard Into the sea. The Metropolis left. Philadelphia last Tuesday for Brazil, taking 200 work men and 25 cabin passengers. Curious Incident. Mr. Andrew Wertzberger, a brakeuian on the Pittsburgh division, and residing on Fifth avenue, has had quite a curious experience with a piece of Iron. Home five years ago,while hammering a wedge of iron, a spuwl from the same entered the flesh of one of his arms. Neither, the wound nor the foreign substance gave him any serious pain or incon venience, and the circumstance was dropped from his memory. The other day while returning to this city on his train he felt a sharp, pricking sensation in one of his great toes. On reaching his home, he made a careful investiga tion into the cause of the unusual pain and extracted the identical piece of iron that entered his arm nearly live years ago. The metallic wanderer was about one inch in length and of the thickness of a needle. It had about as much trouble and, in proportion, duration, to get out of Wertzberger's body, as the children of Israel had out of the wilder ness. Atoona Tribune. A Desperate Fight with Burglars. Indianapolis, Jan. 20. Depot Mar shal Manning received a telegram from conductor Billy Smith, of theI.,C. & L., that three desperadoes, believed to' be the murderers of Kunkel, the Cincinnati policeman, had boarded his train at Val ley Junction, eighteen miles this side of Cincinnati. Manning met the incoming train at New London, sixteen miles out, and from a look at the men satisfied himself that Smith's suspicions were not un founded. He accordingly determined to wait until their arrival in the city at noon, then to Bummou aid and arrest them. They smelled a rat, however, and when the train stopped at the yards Just east of the city, they started for the door. Manning met them at the en trance and tapped one of them on the shoulder, remarking : " You are my prisoner." The trio whipped out revolvers and opened lire Instantly. The frightened passengers commenced tearing up the seats and using them for barricades. The shooting continuing, Manning closed with one of the cut-throats and forced him to the other end of the car, where he knocked him under a seat. His com rades finding one of their number In trouble returned, and Clearing the car, went to his assistance. One of them held two enormous revolvers under Manning's nose and ordered him to stand buck against the door. The Mar shal looked into the muzzles of the mur derous guus, which looked to him as large as cannons, and acquiesced. The men then retreated, and on get tiug out of the car, started rapidly south. They had the luck to intercept an Ir- vlngton horse car, which they captured, and clearing it of passengers compelled the driver to put his mule to the top of his speed, and made for Irvington. In this way they escaped, and Manning re turned to Indianapolis to notify the authorities of his battle. Fortunately no one was hurt in the interchange of shots, though not less than thirty were fired. Manning took a hand in the shooting, but the emergency was too much for him, and his bullets flew wild. Iu the afternoon squads of police and Deputy Sheriffs were sent In pursuit of the fugitives. They were reinforced by about twenty five or thirty farmers armed with rifles. The men soon came up with the murder ers and a desperate battle began. The outlaws were driven from one place to another, and during their flight over ono hundred shots were exchanged. Finally the desperadoes ran into four policemen, and being worn nut, the murderers surrendered. This was in Meyer's woods, about seven miles from the city. They are reticent about the Cincinnati tragedy, and will neither deny nor ad mit any connection with Kunkel's mur der. They say they were In Conners vllle the proceeding night, and went to Valley Junction. John Davis is about forty years old, five feet eleven inches high ns is a rough-looking villain. He seems to have complete control of his compan ions. Joseph Davis, the "kid," Is a small man, with smooth face and dark hair. Weaver Is Irish and Is about thirty years old. . . ftfr . ... Reports of a Silver Corruption Fund. A Washington special to the Trihum says: It Is reported, on what seems to be good authority, that the sum of $-500,-000 has been raised by those Interested in silver mining on the Pacific coast to assist in moulding public opinion in favor of remonetizatlon. One small newspaper in a Hudson river town is reported to have received $2,000 of this money. In the meantime the owners of Bllver mines are said to be carefully running their drifts and adits on half force and time, to avoid a glut of silver in the market, and thus keep up its price as much as possible until the fate of the Bland bill is decided. - -sa ToriCKA, Kan., January 27. A daring attempt to rob the passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was made this morning. Be tween three and four o'clock A. M., five armed and masked men entered the station at Kinsley, Kan., and captured A Kincaid, the night telegraph operator. They ordered Kincaid to open the Bafe, but he refused, and by a desperate ctl'ort broke loose and ran to the hotel near by and aroused the inmates. A party was at once organized and started in pursuit of the masked men, whose ob ject was evidently to rob the passenger train on its arrival at the. station. The commanding oillcer at Fort Dodge telegraphed that a squad of cavalry had been sent after the robbers. The newspapers of North Carolina are laboring very earnestly to disabuse the public mind North of the erroneous impression that the people of that State are hostile to tbem. They insist that there is not a word of truth in the alle gation ; that the Northern immigrant is always welcomed with open arms, and that all persons who come there with honest intentions will have the right hand of fellowship extended to them. A Conscientious Pastor. Rev. Dr. Bchrends, of Provldenoe,was recently offered $12,000 a year to become pastor of the Madison avenue Congrega tional church at New York, but he de clined, saying that he was satisfied with his present position, and earning as much as he ttfougb he was worth. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Wasuinoton, D. C, Jan. 31, 1878. Francis Murphy began his lectures in this city lust Sunday aftemon in Liucoln Hall. This is the largest Hall in Wash ington, and it was crowdod and packed to its utmost capacity almost as many leaving the place for want of even standing room as were accommodated. Mr. Murphy has not an intellectual head and face. His cranium is small and round, his eyes deep set and his lower jaw heavy ; but bis is a regular Irish heart, full to the brim of wit and feeling. I think one of the secrets of success in moving his audiences is that he is himself deeply moved as be talks of that which is nearest bis heait. Genuine tears roll down his cheeks and he sobs from very fullness of emotion as he talks. For in stance, nothing could exceed the pathos of bis voice and manner as he said people say to me, 'Why, Mr. Murphy, you're a happy man 1' Well, yes, friends, I'm happy in that Qod has saved my soul and saved me from what I was , but O, men and brothers 1 the marks 1 the scars I The city is all alive ou the temperance question. Meetings are held every noon and evening in various parts of the towD, and much enthusiasm prevails. Last Sunday was rainy and unpleasant the gloom was heightened by the occur rence of three large publio furuerals, one under Masonic ordtrs, one under the Odd fellows and tiie tbird was that of a popu lar minister of one of our churches. Congress seems devoting itself mostly to preparations for the grand debate of the sessiou which is impending upon the re monetization question. That body is at least full of legislative Interest. It Is the (list time during the present session that real Interest has been mnnirosted by the members, and the all en grossing subject Is silver. Silver men bold caucuses, silver men ssy Ibis and that. " Silver" I the word now, used ns a few years sro we heard the word "slavery" used It is silver men and anti-silver men. Bovernl reliable Senators sny that the Bland bill lias a full two-thirds majority, and that It is a foregone conclusion that it will become a law, even over a veto, If necessary. To-day a petition is to be presented In the House of Representatives by the National Womsu's Temperance Associa tion, to abolish the sale of liquor in the District of Columbia. The leading women in this cans are holding meetings. I noticed Mrs. Hayes at one yesterday after noon that was held in the Metropolitan Church, Miss Frances Willnrd,of Chicago, speaking. Mrs. Hayes wore a block felt bonnet trimmed with black satin ribbon, and a black silk cloak lined with white fur and trimmed with black. The Dead Letter Oflloe was the recipient the other day of a novelty even lu its ex perience which is so varied ; ChriHtmaadin ner complete a spare rib roast, veal roast, jerked bufl'alo tongues, potatoes, onions, butter, cake, confectionary, fruit, wine, whiskey, cigars, cheese, cranborries, Hour and yeast. Somebody lost a good time and nobody in particular had the benefit of it, for some of the articles were dried and others useless, and were knocked off at auction with numberless others collected within the past year, no clue to the senders being obtainable. They are much more numerous now than in days past, since no such merchandise is seut by mail. Omve. Miscellaneous News Items. t2P Eight prisoners ecsped from the jail at, Columbus, Ohio, last week by cut ting the irou floor and tunnelling undertbe building. IW It is computed that for eight years past $70,000 worth of petroleum has been produced and sold on every working day iu the Pennsylvania oil region. fjf"A mischievous boy at Reading closed a chimney with rags, and at night the fam ily in tbo house narrowly escaped suffoca tion from smoke. tgTThe riotors convicted at Reading on Saturday aweek have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from two years to nine mouths and each pay a fine of f 1 and costs. t3f At Wells, Mo., on the night of the 27th ult., a five-year-old daughter of Cbas. Penney was probably fatally shot by some unknown person. The motive of the shoot ing is a mystery. tW A young son of D. II. St. Clair, of Milton, who resided with bis grandfather at Fisher's Ferry on the line of the N. C. R. R., bad bis leg broken while wrestling a few days ago. t3P 'Squire Moses Arndt, of Jonestown, Lebanon county, has been arrested upon the charge of beiug Interested in procur ing fraduleut pension papers for a Mrs, Shaud of that town obtaining $700 and retaining $100 for bis services. tW All tbe babies born in the coumuni- ty at Onedia, N. Y., are taken from their mothers immediately after their birth and placed in tbe charge of other women. Children are owned in common, and tbe mother does not know her own child uor tbe child its own mother. t35Au attempt was made to blow up the Institute Ganadien building at Montreal, on Tuesday night, but tbe timely discovery of the explosive package in tbe main ball prevented its accomplishment. This is the institute that Guibord was excommunicated fromfor belonging to. t3FA Hyde Park, Vermont school ma'am is in trouble. She undertook to break hor pupils of using tobacco by sleep ing a number of old pipes and giving some of the resulting matter to the offenders, which not only made tbe little boys very sick, but their parents very mad, and se riously impairs tbe usefulness of tbe school. Complaint has been made against Cyrus Shiun and a son, of Chicago, who is a student iu Rush Medical College, that be bas a huge cauldron at bis residence, on West Harrison street, in which be is ac customed to boil up human bodies. The neighbors say that the stench arising from the inhuman operation is terrible, and they protest against it. tW A singular discovery bits been made on board the Irvine, a full-rigged vossel, recently iu dry dock at Rotherbitbe, Lou- dou. The ship bad recently arrived from Peru, at which place tbe body of a woman was found imbedded in a cargo, which con sisted of soda. Tbe body is in a good state of preservation, and it is supposed to bo that of a victim of an earthquake which occurred many hundred years ago in Peru Rings are inserted iu tbe ears. , tW A Cbicopee, Mass., item says : One of Wedge & Co.'s horses died Saturday of what is believed without doubt to be hydro phobia. It is thought it was bitten some time ago, when a mad dog ran into tbe barn aud was killed there. The horse showed the first symptoms of tbe disease when It was led out to drink Friday morning, the sight of the water throwing It into convulsions. It nlxo evinced tbe desire of biting everybody who came near, and finally died In n spasm caused by tbe sight of water. IW A shocking murder was committed at Council Bluffs last week. During the temporary absence of her husband, Mrs. Sarah J. Smith, wife of a farmer residing in the Suburbs, bad her throat cut from ear to ear by some person, who, the cir cumstances go to show, then abused her body In a shameful manner, The perpe trator of the deed is believed to be a balf- brced Indian named Charles Fislfer, who has been in the employ of Smith's family for two or three months J be is known to have been in the bouse at or about the timo tbe affair occurred, but bas, not been seen since. FOR SALE. A Valuable farm situate 1 miles south of this borowrh. contain ing about 100 acres, (1.5 acres of which are cleared and In a high state of cultiva tion, the balance well set with fine tim ber. The Improvements are u good two story dwelling house with kitchen at tached, unrn, Blucksmith-shon and 'oth er outbuildings. There is also a- good limestone quarry, a large orchard of choice fruit trees on tbe premises, and a never-failing spring of water near the door. This property will be sold cheap; and on reasonable terms. For further particulars, address jAcon FlUTZ, Car lisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., or apply at this oillce. 41 FOR RENT. Th best. ( Vinnli on.l Wd on Maker Shop In the County. There Is a Blacksmith Shop connected with It, and everything convenient to carry on a first-class Couch business. For further particulars apply to N. Henderson, 37 pd . Green Park, Perry co., Pa -B--- New Tallnr Rhnn Tim iin,lonlniJ gives notice to the publio that he has upeneu a niton opposite ninesmiurs 1. XT HI..." ..f.l it - niMtii imw I til iiiiii Mt.ui . in. in inu rmrn fcirmerl v naml na a irn(nnttnnrv wliam he is prepared to do work in his line 41 1 -i. I . iniijiu.y , hiiu ui reusoiiaoie prices All work warranted to give satisfaction Give rue acall. Samuel Bentzel Bloomfleld, May 1, '77 tf. nemovai. j . uj. JNiessImer has remov ed his Shoe Shop to the room adjoining F. B. Clouser's otllce, 4 doors west of the PostOfllce, where he will make to order Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair ing promptly and neatly executed. He will also keen on hand a eood assort ment of Boots and Shoes, which ho will sell at low prices. Give him a call. 17 W. J. RICE, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Ickesburg, Perry Co., Pa. K"Alwoys at home on Saturdays. Cull if you want anything in my line at the most reasonable rates. Does This fit You ?-Some of my custom ers have apparently forgotten that store accounts need to lie paid, I want money and a little attention to this notice wiii save costs. F. MORTIMER. " The Above All," is a new brand of chewing tobacco, and is without a peer for excellence and sweetness. For sale, wholesale and retail, by J. B. Ha htzell in Gantt's Building. THE WORLD FOR 1878. Blnce the elianne In Its proprlPtomti'p (which took place May lt, lH7i) "The World" lim be come the brightest, Kprlghtllest, mo't scholarly and popular journal In the metropolis. Ii Is en tertaining. hitereAtlnp. bright, decent, fair and -truthful. It dues wronx wittingly to no man, no creed, no Interest and no party. THE WORLD believed the Democratic party to exist for the pood of the puhllc service. It does not believe the public service to exist for the good of tbe Democratic party. THE WOULD believes the Knemyof Mankind, may he trusted to attend to his particular Dull ness of stirring up strife. It therefore seeks to promote peace ou earth and good-will among good men. TH K WORLD believes that even the Moon has two sides. It therefore gives every honest man., eredlt for supposing himself to be rlglit.no mat ter how wrong Itmav hold him to be. TUB WORLD believes that sulbclent unto each day are the evils thereof. It therefore considers It quite unnecessary to embitter existence to day by lighting over the tights of yesterday. THK WOULD believes there was some sense In, the old superstition according to which every dav's fortune was colored by the first objects seen. In the morning. It therefore thinks that to lay on a man's break last-table a sheet full of unclean things, angry words personal squabbles and political spites Is about as likely a way toprnpita ting his giKxl will as to put spiders into his coder. THE WOULD believes that " man the hermit" Is not to be trusted without the surpervising and civilizing Influence of woman, and it therefore holds that a pulille joui nal which fails to attract attention and enlist the support of the women o( the community, will neither gain the public eon science aright nor give wiso counsel in public affairs. As a mere matter of business, therefore, THE WOULD endeavors to be fair lo Its opponent In politics, candid In its dusenssion of public oues. lions, lust to all men and " up to the latest news." THE DAILY WORLD, (10 00 a year, postage paid. S ,Ni six months, postage paid. t- 76 three months, postage paid THE WEEKLY WOULT), It 10 A YEAH, rOdTAtiK PAID, contains all the news of the week ; letters sent by able correspondents from all parts of the world ; brlghtand entertaining editorials, and continued stories written expressly for THE WOULD by the best authors; full reports of the markets ol the V tilted .Slates aud foreign countries; a Farm er's Department, edited by D. D. T. MOOKh the founder and (or many vears editor of MOOltE'S ULUALMCW VOKKl-R. SEMI W EEKLY WOULD. 12 00 a year, postage paid. 81 uu six uioulus, postage paid. CASH PREMIUMS. To the person from whom THK WOULD shall receive, previous to March Slst, 187, the money for the largest number of subscribers for one year to the WKEKLY WOULD we will give a llrst prize of Hid ml. For the next largest ntimlwr. a second prize of fJiO OU. For tbe two neat largest lists of subscribers. tPO Oi each. For the tno next lareest list of subscribers, twp prizes of f75 each. For the six next largest list, six prizes of too U0 each. For the eleven next largest lists. 11 prizes of fii 00 each. Those desirous of competing for these prizes (which are ottered in addition to the retiiiiar club premiums) will please wriie for full particulars to "THE WORLD," 35 Park Row, NJY.
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