BLOOM FIELD, PA.. JULY 10, 1678.
THE TIMES.
Few Bloomfleld, Juty 10, 1878.
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la neceaaarr.
Secretary Sherman says that be
has not decided toaunouncethe resump
tion of specie payments In advance of
the first day of January next, the time
fixed by law. He says, however, that
resumption may come before that time
by natural causes, or when the premium
on specie shall disappear.
Ben Butler has gone from the Jte
publlcan party, and the party that gets
him Is to be pitied unless they give him
all the honors and profits too. In his
fourth of July speech he formally an
nounced his departure and said he had
would transfer his allegiance to the
" Nationals." He denounced capital
and corporations in general, as belngthe
cause of all the hard times. Poor Ben,
be don't think he Is properly appreci
ated, that is what's the matter. This
course of bis seems to indicate that the
"Nationals" are strong in Massachu
setts. The commissioner of pensions has
prepared a circular, which will shortly
be issued to pension agents, announcing
the change made by congress In the
statutes relative to pensions. One re
peals the requirement of peuslon agents
to retain from the amount payable to
pensioners the attorney's fee for pay
ment directly to the latter. Under this
provision the government is no longer
the agent for the collection of attorney's
fees. This privilege was greatly abused,
and no less than 55,000 pension claims
without any grounds for perslons were
filed for no other purpose than to collect
a fee. The repeal of the law w ill com
pel attorneys to collect their own fees.
The commissioner says the effect will
be to put a stop to this class of claims.
The law also repeals the provision re
quiring the commissioners to revise all
contracts for fees to be paid by the
claimant to his attorney. The force
allowed the commissioner of pensions
will greatly facilitate the adjudication of
pension claims, which will put an end
to the delay which has embarrassed the
office for the past few years.
Fashion Notes.
China crape fichus tied on the breast
are favorite wraps with young ladies.
Old-fashioned French calico is again
popular, the favorite pattern being palm
leaf.
Among absurdities for children are the
wide collars and cuffs similar to those
worn by their mothers.
A small cord is again used in the arm
holes of dresses.
An unique garniture for the neck is a
bird nestling in lace.
Torchon lace is a favorite trimming for
summer dresses.
Checked cotton braids are used for
trimming linen dresses.
Spanish blond lace Is a favorite trim
ming for grenadine dresses.
Mystic gray pretty color with green
is a favorite combination.
Cambric costumes have basques, over
skirts and demi-train underskirts, which
latter are finished with two or three
ruffles.
Silver, gold and jet beads will be used
extensively, long strings of them being
wound about the neck and arms after
the fashion of Mrs. Lo.
Ribbons are being used for trimming,
in every imaginable way. Loop ends,
flat bands, shirred and ruffled, are to be
seen on new garments.
Short dress are so much favored that
train dresses are made only for house
wear.
Grenadines are variously united with
silk or satin.
A Family Saved by a Baby.
The Pittsburg " Leader" says : The
building which fell last night on the
earner of Carson and Seventeenth streets
was the property of E. Em wine. The
particulars in connection with the ac
cident are as follows :
The tenants of the house were Louis
Kline, dentist, and family, who occupied
the upper story, and Henry Brandant's
shoe shop and store the ground floor.
The most singular and miraculous part
of the affair is that no persons were in
jured. This Is accounted for as follows ;
About 1 o'clock in the morning Mrs.
Kline was awaked by her infant crying.
Just as she got out of bed to attend its
wants she heard a cracking noise, and
surmising that all was not right she
awakened her ' husband, who at once
comprehended the situation, and with
out waiting to dress snatched his child
In his arms and rushed down stairs, his
wife following in her night clothes.
They had no sooner reached the street
than the building fell with a crash into
the collar which was being excavated
In the adjoining lot.
The fall of the building shivered it to
atoms. Henry Brandant, at the time
of the accident, was at the Turners' ball.
The loss of the building, which was
two-story brick, is said to be $4,000.
Kline's loss will reach $1,000, and the
others about $500.
Indian Troubles.
The news from the West Is to the
effect that a war party of Indians 1000
strong have gathered near Canyon city,
and that another of 1000 warriors has
concentrated in central Idaho. Captain
Sperry, with fifty volunteers, had a
fight near Willow Springs, Oregon, with
the savages, and himself and nearly all
his men were killed. The Umatlllas
have had a fight with the snakes, and a
war party of Indians which tried to
cross the Columbia river was turned
back by a steamboat loaded with troops,
the soldiers landing afterward and de
stroying the Indian camp. General
Howard on Tuesday last with a party of
U. S. troops overtook a party of Indians
and gave them a complete thrashing.
Indications are that there will be an
extensive Indian war and that vigorous
measures will have to be taken to pro
tect the western frontier.
Narrow Escape.
Have we a fiend among us Yester
day (Sunday) mornlng,one of the planks
on the P. B. B. track at the Fourth St.
crossing, near the depot, was torn up
shortly after midnight and placed across
the north track. The Cincinnati ex
press train which passes here at a rapid
speed about threb o'clock struck the ob
struction and scattered the fragments for
a square or more. Had the plank been
of hard wood or become fastened in the
cowcatcher, the train would have been
thrown from the track and loss of life
resulted. Efforts should be made to ar
rest the guilty, parties. Huntingdon
Local flews.
Killed by a Hurricane.
Amsterdam,!?. Y.,July 10. A broom
factory nearly completed was demol
ished by the hurricane which swept
through this village this afternoon.
Nine workmen were buried In the ruins.
Bobert Bergen, Frank Hart and Patrick
Egan, of Amsterdam, were fatally and
the rest severely injured. Several other
buildings were damaged. Total loss.
$10,000.
The Official Result in California.
Sax Francisco. July 9. The official
returns to the Secretary of State give
the following as the composition of the
constitutional convention : Non-Par
tisans. 81 : worklncmen. 62: remibll-
cans, 11 ; democrats, 6 ; independents, 2.
'lne non-partisans elect all the delegates
at large.
Election In Luzerne County.
Governor Hartranft has issued a Droc-
lamation fixing the 13th day of August
next, for holding an election In Luzerne
county, to decide on the proposed divis
ion of the county, and to designate the
capital of the new county.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, July 11, 1878.
Congressman Rainoy (colored) has won
for himself more praise, perhaps, tban anv
othor member of the last session. How ?
15 y not setting drunk like the other mem.
bers of the Enrollment Committee on the
last night of the late session. The man
deserved the commendation he received
from Speaker Randall and the applause of
tbe House when be, at the last moment of
the session, brought in the immense Sun
dry Civil Bill with its four-hundred-odd
amendments, copied and ready for the Pres
ident's signature. Working alone he had
accomplised it, and 10 consecutive hours of
labor It had taken him.
During those last hours of the setsion.
when so many members were drunk Win?
in stupidity on sofas, snoring in their seats,
or starting up every minute witn maudlin
peecn-Deginnings and suggestions to " Mr.
Speaker," when Gen. Garfield was sneak.
ing most fluently on tbe Fishery Award,
the honorable (?) gentleman from Philadel
phia, too drunk to keep still, but not too
drunk to appreciate Garfield's eloquenco,
shouted out at the top of bit voice, Bully
for you I bully for you 1"
Another amusing ludicrous event occur
red befor the Potter Investigating Commit
tee last week when Mr. Whitney, Superin
tendent of the Western Union Telegraph,
appeared in answer to a summons, to pro
duce the telegraphic communications that
had passed between Anderson find Mrs.
Jenks during certain months. Mr. Whitney
was very reluctant to testify, saying that
he would only produoe them on compul
sion. . Of course this whetted the voracious
appetite of the Committee and a vote to
compel the witness to testify was at once
passed, whereupon the witness said he
would read all the communications in ex
istence and proceeded with the following :
"To J. E. ANDKnsoN : Are you coming
over to-morrow. Answer,
"A. S. Jenks."
The Committee waited for more, but Mr.
Whitney said that was all. At first the In.
quisitors looked astonished, then vexed,
then amused and finally ended the farce
with a general hearty laugh and dismissal
of the witness.
Gen. Grant's name Is used more and more
frequently throughout the country in con
nection with tbe 1880 Presidential nomina
tion. Many are growing to consider him
tbe forlorn hope of the country ngalnst
anarchy and impending communism. At
the Blinois Convention Inst week his por
trait was paraded through the streets like
a banner, and mottoes bearing such senti
ments as "Give us Grant In 1880," "Two
Good Terms Deserve Another," " Hail to
our Chieftain," &o. Minister Noyes
who lately saw the General in Paris says
his personal appearance has very greatly
Improved during his travels, his weight
having been reduced from 103 to 108
pounds. Mrs. Grant, on the contrary, has
grown fleshier and now tips the scales at
174 pounds.
We are beginning to hear of Congress
men at watering places, other summer re
sorts and upon the oceau en route for
Europe. Their vacation comes to them at
a most appreciable season. And yet we
feel that they have dawdled away the time
and squandered our money. So much time
was wasted over ruch measures as tbe
Wood Tariff Bill and so many Important
things were left unattended to. A hun
dred acts wore passed for the relief of
somebody, more still to grant pensions to
individuals, scores for the removal of politi
cal disabilities, and many others for such
momentous purposes as " to change the
name of the stam-tug C. M. Whittiker to
Caroline." (Certainly an improvement in
the steam-tug's appellation, but not essen
tial to the Nation's welfare) ; to authorize
certain persons in Indiana to use a certain
building for the rectification of spirits ; tbe
change of name and location of a National
Bank in some country town ; to authorize
the binding of documents for Members ; to
authorize a naval officer to " accept a gilt
teapot from the Emperor of Siam," &c.
The consideration of these things take up
the precious time for tbe proper use of
which the country is so severely suffering.
Ouve.
Miscellaneous News Items.
(W On Monday evening the 8th inst.,
a house in Coatesville, Pa., was struck by
lightni ng, set on fire and entirely destroyed.
tW A young man in Reading, said to be
very respectably connected, was shot last
week while attempting to break into a
grocery store. His wounds are not fatal.
In tbe Susquehanna river at Wil
iamsport on Saturday three salmon were
speared whose aggregate weight was 24
pounds. The heaviest weighed 0J pounds.
tf"A sixteen mouth old child fell into a
trunk in Philadelphia a few days ago, the
lid closed over it and the little one was suf
focated before being discovered.
On Sunday, July 7, the large barn
owued by Mr. John Rumberger, located
about four miles below Lykens, was burn
ed to the ground, together with a portion
of the contents.
On Saturday a week, Asa Blackaway
bad his leg broken, George Kircheoff had
his ear almost taken off and John Bad
dorf bad one of his legs severely injured
by a fall of coal in the Lykens Valley
mines.
Mr. Robert Clements, Jr., of Ale-
gbeny couuty, is the fortunate owner of a
cow that lately bore him three live and
healthy calves. This is five live and thrif
ty calves for her, within the last year and
seventeen days.
tW A couple of children in Scott twp.,
Luzerne county, set off a box of blasting
powder on the Fourth, and besides blow
ing the house nearly to pieces injured
themselves fatally. They were children of
Henry Oakley.
tW Catharine Hickman, of Berks Co.,
took arsenic on Friday morning aweek be
cause her father reproved ber for keeping
the company of a young man. She was
found in tbe mountain in the evening in b
dying condition. Tbe woman was aged 17
years.
Cincinnati, July 10. A special dispatch
from Russell station, on the Cleveland
Tuscararwas Valley and Wheeling railway,
states that a terrlflo rain storm there swept
away five hundred feet of the track; ' Sev
eral bridges and small buildings were also
destroyed. Loss, $10,000 to $3,000.
Qdkbkc, July 10. Three hundred young
Irishmen are drilling nightly in tbe Chap
lain market ball, aud will, it is said, pro
ceed to Montreal on Thursday. B battery
leaves this evening for Montreal, to assist
in the preservation of peace. There is in
tense excitement here in reference to the
anticipated trouble.
New Yobk, July 10. A Chinaman to.
day made application to Judge Cboate, of
New York district court, to become a citi
zen of the United States. The judge ver
bally denied tbe application, under the de
cision of Judge Sawyer of the United
States circuit court of California in the
case of Ah Nuk, which was made a test
case.
W A tramp at Lancaster entered the
house of Henry Scholl after Mrs. Bcholl
had kindly Informed him she was going
out, and after ransacking the house he
moved on, clothed throughout in the best
suit he could find, and possessed of a small
revolver and a few other trinkets he
fancied.
Atlanta, Ga., July 0. In a game of
base ball yesterday, an altercation oocurred
between W. Lawshe, aged 21 years, and
Samuel Venable. Wheu Lawshe had
Venable on the ground Carl Mitchell, a
boy 10 years of age and a friend of Ven
able came up with a bat and struck Law
she two terrible blows on the bead, result
ing in his death to-day. Mitchell has been
arrested.
Its'" A special from Steubenvllle, Ohio,
states that on the night of the 4th inst.,
John Stewart, while intoxicated, applied
for more liquor at M'Cann's saloon, and
being refused took position behind a tree
on the opposite side of the street from the
saloon, and when M'Canu and his little son
appeared nt the door shot them and killed
them both. A citizen passing at the time
received a portion of the shot in his arm.
tW Tbe safe containing $27,000 in cash,
bonds, etc, which was stolen from Michael
Richard, living near Topton, Berks county,
a few nights ago, was found secreted in
the woods about one mile from the house.
The thieves had dug a bole in the ground
and buried it, aud covered the place with
leaves. None of the contents had been
disturbed. Several parties living lu the
neighborhood are suspected and aie being
closely watched.
C3F A very peculiar and shocking case
of suicide occurred at Cleveland on Mon
day afternoon. The victim was Mrs. Dr.
Allyne Maynard, a lady moving in the
hightest social circle of the city. While
Mrs. Maynard was traveling in Italy about
two years ago she was stricken down with
fever. Upon returning she seemed to re
cover her bodily health, but ber mind was
loft in a very weak condition, and she
gradually drifted into almost hopeless
melancholy. On Monday Dr. Maynard
was away from the house, aud Mrs. John
son stepped out of the sick room tof a
moment while the patient was apparently
asleep. The moment Mrs. Maynard was
alone she seized a small lamp that was on
the stand near by, aud saturating ber cloth
ing with oil set it on fire with a match.
She then inhaled the flame. In fifteen
minutes she was dead. She was but little
burned externally. She was a lady who
Btood at the head of many benevolent en
terprises, and was one of the most promi
nent women who worked for the soldiers'
aid societies during the war.
MISERABLEJiESS.
Tbe moat wonderful and marvellous success
In cases where persons are sick or pining away
from a condition of mlserableness, that no one
knows what alls them, (profitable patients for
doctors,) is obtained by the nee of Hop Bitters.
They begin to cure from the first dose and keep
It up until perfect health and strength is re
stored. Whoever is afflicted in this way need
not suffer, when they can get Hop Bitters.
Bee advertisement In another column.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, lately retired from
practice, having had placed In his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy, for tbe speedy and perma
nent cure for consumption, bronchitis, catarrh,
asthma, and all throat and lung affections,
also a positive and radical cure for nervous
debility and all nervous complaints, after hav
ing tested Us wonderful cnratlve powers In
thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to
make It known to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive, and a desire to relieve
human suffering, I will send, free of charge,
to all who desire It, this recipe, with full di
rections for preparing and using, in German,
French, or English. Bent by mail by address
ing with stamp, naming this paper. V. W.
Shearer, 149 Powers' Block, Rochester, New
York. 2Gd4w.
TIMINMEN.
I will mall (Free) the recipe for a simple Veg.
pliilile lltilm that will remove Tan, Freckles,
Pimples and Blotches, leaving the skin soft, clear
and beautiful s also Instructions for producing a
luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or
smooth face. Address, Inclosing 3 ot. stamp, Ben.
Yaudelf & Co., 20 Ann St., N. Y. a4 Cmos
f?T" Time Flics and so do diseases of the
kin when that Incomparable purifier of tbe
cuticle and purifier of the complexion, Olenn's
Sulphur Soap, la used to disperse them. Pim
ples, blotches, sores and bruises, and the like,
are Inrrlably removed by it. Hill's Hair and
Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, SOe. 28 4w
ERRORS OF YOUTH.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility Premature Decay, and
ail the effects of youthful Indiscretion, will for
Hie sake of suffering humanity, send frfe to all
who need It, tlie recipe and direction lor making
the dimple remedy by which he was cured, but
ferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's ex
perience can do so by addressing in rr'ect con.
lldence, JOHN OUDKN, 42 Cedar Street. New
York. a4 6ms
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertlser.havlng been perinamentlycured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
remedy. Is anxious to make known to his fellow,
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire It,
he will send a copyof the prescription used, (free
of charge), with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will rind a sure cure
for Consumption. Asthma, Bronchitis, &c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad
dress. K. A. WI1.SON, 1UI Pen n St., Williams,
burgh, New York. A4 6111.
Clothing was never lower We have an
elegant assortment. Bee advertisement.
I. Schwartz.
IT SEEMS lMl'OKSIDLE
That a remedy made of such common, simple
plants as Hops, Bocbu, Mandrake, Dandelion,.
Ac., should make 10 many and such marvel
ions and wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do.bnt
when old and young, rich and poor, Pastor
and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor all testify to
having been cured by them, yon must believe
and try them yourself, and doubt no longer..
Bee other column. -
BANKRUPT'S SALE.
HAVING JUST RECEIVED A LOT OF"
GOODS from a large Bankrupt Bale, I can.
offer some GREAT BARGAINS.
SEE THESE PRICES !
3 $j &S
Fans at 2 Cents, 3 Cents, 6 Cents and upwards.
Good Hose for Children, 10 Cents and upwards.
Good Hose, fancy styles, for Ladles, 10 Cents.
Good Corsets, 60 Cents and upwards.
Splendid White Spreads 11.25, worth $2.0f.
Marseilles Quilts, 1175, worth JI.50.
A Good Gaiter for 11.00.
Three Button Lisle Gloves for 40 Cents.
White Skirts, Embroidered at 69 cents.
A full assortment of Hamburg Edgings from 4
cents up. 6
Toweling 7 Cents per yard.
Rusches 1 Cent each.
Silk Crep Lisle Rinohes, 13 Cants.
White Jaconets, 10 Cents per yard.
Yard wide Cambrics 10 Cents per yard.
Colored Hamburg Edgings very Pretty and Cheap-
Torchon Lace In beautiful styles, lOcts. per yard.
The best Fruit Jar in the Market $1 00 per doz.
Splendid Goblets 99 cents per dozen.
Tumblers 60O 65 cents per dozen.
Also, lots of MUSLINS, GINGHAMS,
COTTONADES, and hundreds of other arti
cles at astonishing prices.
F. MORTIMER,
New Bloomfield, JPa.
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