THE T1MKS, NEW BLOOM l'l ELD, PA MAY 28, 1878.
THE TIMES,
Aetv lilooin field, May V, 1878.
NOTICE TO A1JVBHT1SKK8.
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IwchHxed furadverliiwiiieuU set In lJonlile Column,
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crlpllnn in iinld. Within II wrck; IK;r tuniiny Is
wt, .- ir the tluta li uhauired. No other receipt
it uoeenarr.
Demooratle State Convention.
The Htnte Convention met ot Pitts
burgh on Wednesday, and on Thursday
succeeded in settling contented seats and
In getting fairly to work. Tlie ticket
nominated was Andrew 11. 1)111, of
Union county, for Governor; Henry 1'.
Uosh, of Montgomery, for Rupreme
Judge; John Tertig, of Crawford, for
Lieutenant Governor ; J. Hlmnson Af
rica, of Huntingdon, for Bceretiiry of
Internal A flairs.
1)111 was nominated on the third lial
lot, the vote being
Din ? i:m
Hopkins HI
Jcnks Ill
MonaKlian f
Plnllett 0
Itoss for Bupreme Judge was iiomliiu-
tedon flrnt ballot, the vole being
Robs M3
Bhephnrd 71
Uohlen 10
Eight candidates were named for
Lieutenant Governor, and the nomina
tion was made on the third ballot, when
nil but two had been withdrawn. Tho
vote was
Fertlu Ifl3
Bouden 08
But one ballot was had for Recretary
of Internal AtTulrs.
An unusual large crowd attended the
Convention and more than common In
tercut seemed to be felt In the result.
Senator Wallace was present,and so was
Bpeaker Itandall, the former being a
strong friend of Mr. Dill, while the lat
ter was anxloUB to defeat his nomination.
Chinese Famine.
Minister Reward sends to the state
department accounts of the Chinese
famine up to the middle of last March.
The distress occasioned by the famine
last year Is spreading over a much wider
area, owing to renewed drought. The
district now affected composes part of
or the whole of the provinces of Bhausi,
Chihli, Rhantung, Rhensl, ' Hanan,
Rzchnen and Kansu.
Actual famine is pressing upon 15,000,
000 people, while fully 00,000,000 are
suffering more or less distress. The
Chinese journals teem with accounts of
the suffering. One of the most pitiable
features of this famine is that there is
an abundance of food in the country
and it is only the lack of transportation
which causes so much misery and loss
of life.
The crops have been good immediately
around the stricken districts, but as food
can be transported only on wagons or
pack animals, it cannot be taken thither
in sufficient quantities to save the lives
of the people. The Chinese officials
have done all that is possible. The
missionaries are distributing relief as
best they may. The Chinese have
usually classed opium and missionaries
as among the chief evils due to foreign
intercourse, but the latter are now win
ning favor through the practical help
they afford.
Burglary and Horse Stealing.
About 12 o'clock Monday night an en
trance was effected into the cellar of the
store of Mr. L. Zimmerman, at Derry
Station, Lebanon Co., by tearing out a
portion of the stone foundation wall
supporting the cellar door, and forcing
open the door. An effort was also made
to bore one of the doors leading into the
store room from the cellar way, but the
door was fortunately lined with sheet
iron, because of a burglary committed
three years ago. The thieves, neverthe
less, succeeded in unhinging the door by
means of their "jimmies," or small
crow bars used in the cellar for moving
large barrels or casks.
Goods amounting to about $200 were
cariied away,includingcassimeres,clotbs
silk handkerchiefs, several pairs of boots
hats, gloves and glassware. Mr. Zlm
, merman offers a reward of $25 for the
apprehension and conviction of the
thieves. A pocketbook containing a
small piece of paper, with the following
note written on was picked up in the
store room Tuesday morning :
" John Mauuxer We allow to rob
a store on the 20th of May and would
wish you to meet us on the pike on the
night of the 20th with a two-horse wag
on and dispose of the goods under the
nargaina we made on tbe 1st.
From your brother burglars, !
Frank Weise,
Gkouge Boyar (or Booar)."
. A valuable bay horse, silver plated
harness and sporting wagon (without
top) were also stolen some time Monday
night from the premises of John Im
boden, several hundred yards away from
the station. Mr. Imboden also offers a
reward of $2" for the recovery of the
stolen property. It Is supposed the
thieves are part of n large gang from
Lebanon and Harrlsburg, and that they
have made their way over the Kllmhulli
town road towards the Lancaster pike
and the Conewago hills.
Drugged, Murdered and Robbed.
HiiKi)iA(',May 10. Tho McCarthy mys
tery has been revived by the discovery
of the victim's body in the Rcadouo lllv
er. Tho facts are briefly these: In
November last Timothy McCarthy, ft
Well-to-do storekeeper, of Moncton,came
to this town on a visit. He had $2,500
in his pocket. He put up at the Osborne
House, a hotel kept by John Osborne
and family, and the day after his arrival
all trace of him was lost. His family
offered a reward of $500 and tho townsof
Moneton and Bhedlac oflered $500 more.
Local and American detectives were em
ployed for weeks to no purpose. In
December A nn lo Pelletler or l'arker, a
servant of Osborne's, sworo that the
whole OHborne family conspired to kill
him; that they drugged him, knocked
him in tho head with a stick, robbed
him, and placing him In a handcart con
veyed him to the centre of the Bcadouo
dumped him in. On this tho Osborne's
were arrested and committed for trial.
TheRcttdouo was searched, but the Ice
drives hindered the operations of the
divers and police ; and It was not until
Wednesday last that the body was found.
The doctors who mndo the post-mortem
say McCarthy had ceased to breathe
when thrown into tho water, and that
death was caused by external violence
which ruptured the blood-vessels of the
brain. This corroborates the evidence
of the girl l'arker. On tho other hand
while she swore that the Osborncs tied a
huge stone about McCarthy's neck to
sink him, no trace of a rope can be found
about the neck. Rhe also said that the
Osborne's emptied his pocket,' but ft
gold watch and $100 lit bills were found
on the body. The Osbornes, father,
mother, son and daughter, maintain
that the girl Tarker Is perjuring herself
in the interest of a gang which had its
headquarters at another hotel.
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A Bucks County Farm full of Haystacks.
There Is an eccentrio old bachelor
farmer, Ellas Black by name, over in
New Britain twp., Bucks, county. His
farm is literally covered with stacks.
He has not sold any hay or grain for
years, and threshes only as much as he
needs for himself. Though offered good
prices for his hay, lie chooses to let it
stand on the b tacks from year toyear,un
tll they have dwindled and wasted away
so that some of them look no larger than
an ordinary hay cock. Mice and ver
min feed on his grain, but he does not
need the money, so he cares nothing
about It. From two to three hundred
stacks may be counted on the farm, and
the barn is "chuck full." One field of
perhaps four acres is covered with stacks
as close as they can stand. A Tottstown
gentleman recently over there says it is
the strangest sight imaginable. The
farm looks like an Indian lodge of Hot
tentot kraal, the stacks resembling the
tents or huts.
Marriages, Births and Deaths.
The new law as to Marriages, Births
and Deaths, which goes into effect June
1st, In New Jersey, is important to be
understood by Ministers, Doctors, Un
dertakers and all concerned. Returns
are to be made In all cities to the clerk
or other person appointed by the city
authorities, and in all townships to town
ship Assesssors. Marriage cetiflcates
must be sent within thirty days under a
penalty of $50 for ommission and births
in the same time. Certificates of death
must always be given by Physicians,
Coroners, etc., and no burial can take
place without the permit In this State,
Explosion of a Meteor near Eldorado.
Last Friday evening a meteor was ob
served flashing through the heavens
over the village of Eldorado, a few miles
south of this city. A citizen of that
place informed a reporter of the phe
nomenon, and alleged that it "exploded
with a sound like the discharge of a can
non." The gentleman thinks the mete
or struck the earth somewhere in the vi
cinity of Klttannlng Point, as the sound
of the explosion came from that direc
tion. He is positive that the noise was
occasioned by the bursting of the mete
oric substance. The meteor was observ
ed by only a few persons. Alloona
Tribune.
A Fowl Story.
The Huntingdon Globe is responsible
for the following : " We were told the
other day ot a singular freak ot an old
hen on the farm of A. and E.B.Dysart
at Tipton, uiair couniy. Almost every
day for the last four weeks she would
perch herself on the limb of a certain
tree and drop an egg. Now she wants
to batch, and Bits on the limb all day
leaving her perch for a few minutes only
in search of something td eat. No
reason is known or can be assigned for
tho singular conduct on the part of this
old hen, unless It Is from pure cussed-
ness." .
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The Earthquake In Venezuela.
Havana, May 21. The earthquake
In. Venezuela, mention of which lias
been made before, occurred on April 14th.
The town of Cua, eight leagues from
Joracas, was entirely destroyed, as were
all the surrounding farms. The river
Tuy became heated to such a degree that
the fishes sought refuge outside of the
water. The shocks were felt In Caracas,
and were the heaviest known slnco 1H12.
Property in Caracas was destroyed to the
amount of $100,000.
Stung to Death by Beet.
Morris Ellis, a farmer, near George
town, Illinois, started from Vermillion
Grove on Thursday with eight stands of
bees In his wagon. The bees grew very
angry, doubtless, from the jolting of the
wagon, and In a solid mass lit upon the
horses and driver. Tho horses did not
try to run, but lay on tho ground and
rolled In agony. Both horses have since
died, and Mr. Kills lies In a very critical
condition.
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Prn siiuiioii, May 20. A fire this
morning destroyed the planing mill of
George McKce & Co., corner of 8Hd
street and Pcnn avenue. Also the gas
fitting establishment of W. E. Klemm.
The Methodist Episcopal church on
Thirty third street was badly damaged
by fire and water. Total loss estimated
nt $10,000.
Carlisle, Pa., May 14. General J.
J. B. Wright, surgeon Unltted States
army, died here this morning aged 78
years. General Wright entered the ser
vice In 1N3.1, and served with distinction
in the Mexican war. He was connected
with the military post nt Carlisle for fif
teen years.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, May 23, 1H78.
Among tbe many amusing things Hint
are continually transpiring in the YYuite
Houso, Bono can be mote amusing than
some of the missives brought by the letter
carrier. Tho President's daily mail is said
to exceed in quantity that of any other
singlo individual in the country. It Is per
fectly marvellous the letters people write to
the President. .Thoy are upon every oon-
ceivablo subject. Letters of advice and
lotters asking for advice ; of invitation and
begging invitations ; of criticism, office'
seeking, requests for pocuniary aid and a
hundred other things. Requests are fro
quently received for tbe President's photo
graph and lor bis autograpuio recom
mendation of persons or objects. Of course
the President himself rarely sees any of
these, only the letters that are of real Ira
portance. Among his correspondents is a
London man who is seriously urging him,
as the head of a free and humane Govern
ment, to issue a proclamation prohibiting
upon penalty of death, the killing of any
of the feathered tribe, any dog, cat, rut or
mouse. Another is from a Virginian who
claims to have discovered a bell of gold, sil
ver and copper, iu which he promises Mr,
Hayes au interest if he will assist him
pecuniarily. A man from Kentucky sent
the President a photograph of himself and
shortly after sent another with a note
saying it was so much better than the first
that he wished Mr. Hayes to put it in bis
Album in place of the former one. A
Michigan school boy lately wrote :
wish to ask you your age, and please do
not think that 1 am meddling for our
teacher does not know and I would like to
ask you when your birthday comes and
where born?"
The President was vastly amused at
letter be reoently received from a Ver
monter 74 years old, who for tbe first time
in his life was meditating a visit to the
Capital of his country and wished to live
in the President's family while he remained
iu the city, lie was sure he could feel at
home no-where else. Mr. Hayes caused
reply to be sect this aged puritan regret
ting bis inability to accommodate bim.
The beautiful city of Washington will
contribute a generous share of exhibits to
the ereat world's fair now iu progress in
Paris. I don't know how many painting
and other works of art have gone from he
Art Gallery bere, but several of note.
grand exhibit from tbe Treasury was ship
ped some two months ago a mammoth
walnut frame enclosing specimens of our
currency and the work done in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.
The school exhibit has been sent within
a fortnight and will do our schools no dis
credit.' This display is intended to give a
rood idea of the best style of a school
building,of the organization of tbe schools,
their rules and regulations, the courses of
study and work of the pupils. This en
tire exhibit is on, in, and attached to
single revolving book-ease of elaborate
pattern, upon the top of which stands tbe
model of a proposed school-building which
in point of ventilation, light, and other ar
rangements for the health and comfort of
pupils is considered superior to any in this
country.
A map of Washington showing the loca
tion of the public schools of various plans
and photographs of school-buildings, an
educational chart of the District of Co
lumbia volume, of teachers, autographs, a
full set of text and roforenoe books, and
000 speolmons of pupils' work complete
the collection.
This last conslstsof drawings, specimens
of penmanship and manuscripts of exam
ination, and Is very creditably done. Those
three kinds of work are handsomely bound
n large volumes.
Although the Exhibition was opened a
fortnight or more ago, accounts from Paris
are to the oflect that all is yet In qulto an
unfinished condition, a mass of machinery,
architecture and decoratiou In such chaotlo
confusion that It must bo a month or six
weeks before anything like order will pre
vail. Crowds begin to assemble in the
grounds, however, to the discomfort both
of themsolves and tho swarms of busy
workmen of every nation, tribe and king
dom undor the sun.
Ouvk.
Miscellaneous News Items.
tW At Now Orleans, on Tuesday, Judge
Righter refused a manadamus to compel
the Reboot Board to admit colored children
to schools dosignatod for whites.
Thbnton, N. J., May 22 D. Phillips
& Co., shoe contractors for convict labor
at the State prison, have failed. They
employed three hundred and fifty eonvict
laborers. All contracts for convict labor
will expire on the 1st of June.
tW Deputy Collector Davis and one
assistant attempted to seize so illicit dis
tillery in Grundy county, Tenu., on Satur
day, when they were attacked by seven
men. Davis killed one, wounded one, and
captured one of his assailants, but had to
leave the distillery without ooraploting its
destruction.
Comjmiius, Oa., May 22.' At his resi
dence at 1 o'clock P. M., In a personal diffi
culty Dr. J. C. Cook was shot and killed
by his brother-ln-law, Charles Martin.
There wore no witnesses. Cook was in
toxicated. Martin clalmod tbe deed was
done in self-dofense and at once surrender
ed, but is allowed his liberty.
tW A little boy named James McLaugh
lin, 0 years of ago, fell down while rushing
with the rest of tbe pupils out of Sunday
School at Christ Church, Detroit, Michi
gan, on Sunday last, and was trampled on
by the crowd behind him. lie received
such internal injuries that be died Mon
day morning.
Wellsvillb, O., May 21. A gentleman
by the name of James Grab of Alleghany
City, Pa., arrived bere this noon and claim
ed the drowned boy that was found here
yesterday morning as being his child. He
states that be was under tbe impression
that the boy had been kidnapped by the
tramps. He cannot account for bis being
drowned.
Halifax, N. S., May 21. An accident
at tbe old Sydney mines this morning was
caused by an explosion of gas. Six men
have been taken out dead, among them be
ing Mr. Greenwell, the chief overseer. It
is thought that all of the men are now out
of the pit. Everything possible is being
done for the relief of tbe Injured. Mana
ger Brown was among tbe first to go into
tbe pit to relieve tbe sufferers.
tW Miss Catharine Esther ,Beecher,
sister of Henry Ward Beecber, died at
Elralraon Sunday, aged 78 years. She
was the eldest child of Dr. Lyman Beecbor,
and when very young was betrothed to
Professor Fisher, of Yale. He was drown
ed at sea, and she never married. Her
published works were mainly devoted to
the promotion of domestic economy and
right living. She was an earnest advocate
of the right of women to vote. She has
been a strong partisan of her brother,
Henry Ward, in all bis troubles.
London, May 15. Serious rioting began
at Blackburn yesterdsy evening. Thou.
sands of tbe lowest class of operatives, in.
eluding women paraded tbe streets making
violent demonstrations. The residence of
Colonel Jackson, chairman of the Masters'
Association, was burned to tbe ground
The same mob attempted to burn Jackson's
mills. The residence of Alderman Horn
by was partially wrecked, and tbe windows
of all tbe mills in the town were demolish
ed. A stronge force of infantry from
Preston arrived and a troop of cavalry is
coming. '
fW Everybody knows that the Pacific
mills, of Lawrence, Mass., are tbe largest
manufacturing corporations in America,
but many are not aware bow vast tbe es
tablishment is. Its eleven mills and build.
ings contain forty-one acres of flooring,
and give employment to over 5,000 hands.
Tbe mills contain 135,000 cotton spindles,
25.000 worsted spindles, and 4,500 looms,
They use 116,000 pounds of cotton and 06,
000 pounds of cotton wool per week, print
ing or dyeing in that time upward of
1,000,000 yards of elotb. . The motive
power of the mammoth establishment
contributed by fifty steam boilers, thirty.
seven steam engines, and eleven turbine
water wheels.
Pittsburgh, May 21. Yesterday after
noon two painters iu the employ of Win.
Cook & Co., of Manchester, named Wm,
Hobson and Montgomery Cook, were en
gnged painting the front of the Allegheny
poor house, when tbe scslTold broke and
precipitated them to tbe ground, some
twenty-three font. Hobson was killed
Instantly, having fallen apon his head,
while Cook was so badly Injured internally
that he oould not be removed. The sosffold
consisted of a eovered ladder suspended by
ropes hitched to the cornice, and the ladder
parted or broke in the centre. The de
based was a young married man, who
resided In the Ninth ward, Allegheny.
Pettlnglll'i Newspaper Directory for 1878.
The number of newspapers and other
fierlodlcals In the United Htates,recorded
n PbttenglU's Newspaper Directory and
Advertisers' Hand-Book for 1S7H, is H,
i;i!, of which there are 752 dally, 01 tri
weekly ,114 semi-weekly, IS semi-monthly,
H81 monthly, 18 bi-monthly, 01 quar
terly.
The arrangement of the Directory for
ready reference, and for the special and
general business purposes of advertisers,
is excellent, firm, we have the general
newspaper list.furulshed In geographical
sections, from which we find that la tho
New England Section there are 725
newspapers; Middle Section, 2,157;
Western Rectlon, H.BfJl : Pacific Section.
344; Southern Section, 1,6211; British
America,
The total number. Including the pa
pers In British America, is 8,015.
The Directory also contains a list of
all the papers, by Counties; a list of all
the Daily tinners : a list of the Weeklv
and Monthly papers having circulations
of over 5,000 copies ; a list of Religious
wecwy papers; a list or Agricultural and
Horticultural publications and compre
hensive lists of leading European and
Australasian newspapers.
me novice ami Knowledge imparted
to advertisers in the opening pages of
the Directory, reflect credit upon the
auspices under which It Is sent forth.
lucre is frankness and earnestness in
these admonltlons.whlch will not be lost
upon those who are wise enough to
avail themselves of them.
From Across the Continent.
Mr. John Stiff, of Rcio, Oregon, writes
that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured
bis wife of catarrh, bronchitis, and asthma,
after she bad been pronounced Incurable
by physicians. For nearly a quarter of a
century Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has
been acknowledged as tbe favorite medi
cine for cold in the head, ozwoa, and ca
tarrh, while many physicians use it con
stantly in their practice, depending wholly
upon it iu this class of affections. Wo
bave only space for a few of the many thou- (
sanu names oi tnose cured, wnose letters
are on file in Dr. Pierce's office, at tbe
World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y. Tho
following are among them :
Xj. Li. btewart, I arm), in.; K. L. Harper,
Anderson, S. C: J. M. Howard. Choctaw
Agency, Miss.; Allen Wood, Cuba, La.;.
Theodore Jones, Chen-y Point City, III.;
W. S. Stamps, Connarge, Texas ; Robert
Martin, Brady, Pa.; Sr. Directress St.
Benedict's Acdemy, St. Mary', Pa.:
Samuel D. Remick, Rock port, Mass.; Tbos.
.). zsisuop, Thirteenth Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y.: Chas Q. Anderson, Brook ville. Pa.:
A.P.Jones, Ringgold, La. says: "Tbe
remedy is a god-send to the afflicted. "
Kate T. Wardner, Ravenswood, W. Va.,
says : " I owe my life to the remedy." For
further particulars see Dr. Piece's Memo
randum Book, which is given away . by
druggists.
JyJEW WAGON SHOP.
THE undersigned hrvfng opened a
WHEELWRIGHT SHOP,
NEW BLOOMFIELD,
are now prepared to do any kind of work In their
line, In any style, at prices which cannot fail to
give satisfaction. Carriages ot all styles built
and all work will be wananted.
8TOUFFEB & CRIST.
New Bloomfleld, April 23, 187.
Stop at The St. Elmo Hotel.
gT. ELMO HOTEL,
817 & 819 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
First-CUvu Accommodations.
TERMS:
42 to 12.50 per day.
JOS. M. FEWER, Proprietor-
pUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
HEAL ESTATE.
THE heirs of Francis and Illza D. Vancamp
will sell at public sale, on
Friday, June 2Ut, 1878,
A VALUABLE FARM,
Itnate in Miller twp.. Perry county, P., t mile
Kant ot Newport and half a mile from Baily's
station. Xbe farm contains
109 Aches,
of which about SO um are cleared and Id
bifib state of cultivation. There is on tfce
premises
A GOOD
Frame House,
2Rx30. A GOOD FRAME BANK BARS, Dearly)
new, and ail other requisite outbuildings.
There Is altoou the premise plenty of good
fruit, a good spring of water Bear Um door of the
dwelling, and running water In Se field. This
Is is very desirable property, being pleasantly
located, and within oue-touith of a wile to a
school house.
Kor further Information apply to F. A. TAN
CAMP, living on tbe farm, or through the New
port Post Otflce.
8ale lo commence at I P. M., of said day, when
term will be made kwoan by
TUB HEIRS.
April 30,1678.