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THE TIMES, NEW BL0OMF1ELP, PA.. DECEMBEll 3, 1878.
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Governor Hott will be the first
Governor of Pennsylvania who ever
served a four years' term. In the future
we shall have one yenr more rest be
tween Gubernatorial elections, and the
election for Treeident and Governor will
not fall on the same year. If we could
only have the Presidential term length
ened to six years it would be another
gain of two years rest on Presidential
election.
Col. Dwight'a Life Insurance.
New York, November 27. The com
mittee on losses of the Equitable life as
surance society to-day unanimously or
' dered the $50,000 insurance on the life
of the late Col. Dwight, of Binghamton,
to be paid. The company's physician
said there was no reason to believe that
he died from other than natural causes,
or that he was conscious at the time of
effecting the insurance that he was not
in good health.
National Banks.
One of the strongest arguments in
favor of National Banks is contained in
the following clause of a speech by
Senator Bayard :
" It is in order to pay our debt; and the
best way is to make all the property in
the country that we can contribute fair
ly and equitably toward it. The con
version of National Bank notes into
greenbacks is the conversion of taxable
into untaxable property."
The National Bank currency is taxed,
and the greenback notes are not. There
fore isn't it good policy to let the banks
pay their share of taxation V It is now
fourteen years since the first National
Bank charter was issued, and since that
time the National Banks have paid into
the Treasury in taxes, $86,045,771.11.
Midnight Collision In a Fog.
SIXTY LIVES LOST.
London, November 26. The Ham
burg American steamer Pommerania,
Captain Schwensen, which started from
New York on the 14th of November
for Hamburg, and arrived at Plymouth
at midnight on the 24th instant, came
in collision last night, about midnight,
during a heavy fog, about eight miles
southwest of Folkestone, with a vessel
reported to be the Welsh bark Moel
Eilian, of Carnarvon, from Rotterdam
for Cardiff, in ballast. The Pommerania
at the time was on her way from Ply
mouth to Hamburg. The steamship
foundered in about ten minutes. One
hundred and seventy-two of her pas
sengers and crew were saved by the iron
screw steamer Glengarry, of Middles-
borough, and landed at Dover. The
vessel with which the Pommerania
collided is anchored off Folkestone,with
her bows above and her forward com
partment full of water. A tug has gone
to her assistance.
Cincinnati, November 26. A special
despatch says news has just been re
ceived of a foul murder committed on
Saturday at Augusta, Hancock county,
111. Dr. Daniel Pierson, a physician of
high standing, was calledupon at nine
o'clock on Saturday night by an un
known man, who said he worked at
Mr. Garwood's about three miles distant,
and had been Bent to call the doctor to
attend Mrs. Garwood, who was 111.
The doctor at once saddled his horse
and started. About an hour later he
was found lying by the roadside, In a
horribly mangled condition, his skull
broken by an Iron bar, which was lying
near him, and his brains were oozing
out. Dr. rierson was a member of the
board of town trustees, and was very
active in suppressing lawlessness. It is
thought that some one who had received
punishment at the doctor's instigation
committed the murder.
Running Down a Deer.
On Monday last, as Erie Hallway ex
press No. 1 was between Carrollton and
Vandall, New York, running at least 30
miles an hour, a large buck deer Jumped
from the woods to the track about one
hundred feet ahead of the locomotive.
Although the train gained steadily on
the deer and threatened to strike it, it
kept on the track, and bounded on with
what Engineer Allen says were jumps
thirty feet long. The engineer blew the
whistle to frighten the buck from the
track ; but the buck only flew the faster,
and, for a mile, the train did not seem
to gain on the deer.
" If that buck wants to commit sui
cide," Engineer Allen said to his fire
man, " I'll accommodate him."
Then the engineer put on more steam
and the locomotive began to overhaul
the deer. The animal might easily have
got out of the way on either side of the
track ; but he kept straight ahead until
the cowcatcher caught him up, and he
was thrown back against the end of the
boiler. The train was stopped. The
deer was found dead on the cowcatcher,
with his antlers caught beneath the
headlight. The head, which bears a
noble pair of five-prong antlers, was
severed from the body and fastened to
the headlight of Engineer Allen's loco
tive when it returned on its Eastern
trip.
Good Place for Duck Hunting.
Many of our readers, says the Iteno
(Nevada) " Journal," have often heard
of Duck Lake. We saw it, for the first
time, last Sunday. It is situated just
west of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reser
vation and immediately south of Pyra
mid Lake, the two being divided by a
strip of land something over a mile in
width ; they have no connection with
each other, unless subterranean, and
passing entirely around the lake we
could see no body of water flowing into
it. The mouth of the Truckee was a
mile off, but it splits, one part going into
Pyramid and the other into Mud Lake,
to the right, and only separated from
Pyramid by a range of mountains.
Duck Lake, we should judge, was a
body of water two miles in width and
five in length. It derives its name from
the ducks, which make it their head
quarters. Its surface, the day we saw
it, was almost entirely covered. Such a
sight we never saw before, or expect to
again. There must have been 20,000 of
them, a majority being mallard, though
there were a few teal, also a large num
ber of mud hens, and around the shore
were many snipe. What a feast for the
hunters I One can form no idea of the
sight without seeing it.
An Unfortunate Case.
The St. Joseph (Mo.) "Gazette" says
that a few days ago, the Kearney Na
tional bank, at Kearney junction, on the
B. and M. and U. P. railroads, was open
ed a short time before the usual hour
for opening the bank in the morning by
a son of the cashier, who is about" 14
years old. The little boy was in the
bank alone, and a stranger entered in a
slightly intoxicated condition and de
manded the loan of $5. The demand
was refused by the boy, when the man
came around behind the counter and be
gan to help himself. By this time the
boy became alarmed, and took up a pis
tol lying close by and shot the man in
the eye, killing him instantly. It turn
ed out, on investigation, that the man
was a farmer living not far away, who
was in town with his wife and five lit
the children, and really meant no harm.
The family of the unfortunate man were
greatly distressed, and considerably ex
citement prevailed among the citizens.
Too Much Sweetening.
A North Venon, Ind., groceryman,
named Levy, was victimized on the
night of the 16th in a sweetly-soothing
way. The report, said to be reliable, is
that a stranger entered the store and re
quested to be served with a gallon of
molasses. Mr. Levy drew the molasses
and Inquired where the buyer would
have it put. He took off his plug hat
and Levy poured the whole amount in
it. This, it appears, was what the dis
guised thief wanted. He jerked the hat
over the head of the unsuspecting store
keeper and completely baptized him
with molasses. It filled his eyes and
nose and ears, and so confused him that
the first thing he knew he didn't know
anything. While standing there in
this exceedingly deplorable situation the
thief went behind the counter, cleaned
out the money-drawer, struck out the
back way, and hasn't been heard of
since.
A Silly Mother.
A mother at Newark, N. J., lust week
left her Infant daughter in care of her
Bister. The aunt put the child to Bleep,
and, wanting to leave the room, tied a
cord to the knob of the door and hung
the other end in a loop loosely around
the little one's neck. The silly woman
thought It would be a nice amusement
for the infant when it awoke to get hold
of the cord and pull the door knob, be
sides which the noise would attract her
attention and summon her to the bed
room. The child, however, instead of
pulling at the door knob, drew the loop
tightly around its own neck, oud then
in its struggles fell out of bed. When
the mother returned she found its corpse
on the floor. The child was strangled.
Queer Mall Matter.
The post office department at Wash
ington received a letter on Monday from
the post master at Bloomington, Iowa,
stating that he received a registered
package of third-class matter, consist
ing of three pounds of butter, from La
dora, In the same State, on which the
postage and registry had been duly paid
at the sending office, and inquiring if
this was legitimate matter for registry
under the new system. lie was advised
it was not and the post master at La
dora reprimanded for receiving it.
A November Snake Story.
The Lebanon Courier says : While
Farmer Little, of Monroe, N. Y., was
prying up a flat stone In his stone quarry
on Monday, his hand touched something
cold and clammy. He raised the stone
and found a bull made up of large black
snakes. They were matted together as
though they had been braided. They
were separated by beating with a club,
There were forty-five ot them.
According to the New York Sun a
case has just been made known to the
public in Brooklyn, N. Y., which, if
true, is the most remarkable ever known
Thirteen years ago Miss Fancher, of
that city, was terribly injured by a fall.
Since then she has been confined to her
bed, and has not taken as much nourish
ment as a healthy person would ent at
one meal. One arm Is twisted out of
shape, the body has remained cold and
rigid, the heart has beat irregularly, and
respiration been slow and difficult.
There is but one warm spot in the body,
and that Is directly over the heart. Add
ed to this she is blind, yet reads with
ease, distinguishes colors, describes oc
currences miles away accurately, and
has several times predicted robberies and
other events took place. This case has
puzzled psychologists, and Is the special
wonder of all who have given it serious
thought.
Miscellaneous News Items.
H?-Louisville, Nov, 27. A very heavy
snow storm prevailed here from three until
half-past eight to-day. It was tbe first
suow storm of the season.
tSPMrs, Bella, a Newark lady, dropped
dead while attending a wedding party lit
Elizabeth on Wednesday. It is supposed
death was caused by heart disease.
C3TThe Importance of ouo voto was
shown in the recent election in Bucks
county, To, Folwell, Republican, (Jclis,
Democrat, both candidates for Frothonota
ry, each recoived 7,610 votes. Neither is
elected and the vacancy will have to be
filled by the Governor.
E5?Is Woynesburg yet in the woods aud
among the owls ? It would seem so when
a screech owl came to the grocery storo of
Mr. Isaac- Hooper, in tbe evening about
dusk, and killed a red bird that was in
cage hanging at the front of the store, and
then nmdo oil.
C3y"The curious provisions of Jnmos Par
ker's will, at Cotuitport, Mass., that a
largo quantity of his late wife's personal
effects, consisting of clothiiig,fcather beds.
blankets, towels, etc, bo burnod on the
beach, and that his span of horsos bo shot
and buried, have been complied with.
t3&"For nearly two years aftor woman
suffrage was introduced into Wyoming
nearly all the women voted, but then the
better class became disgusted. A lady
boru in Ohio, and highly educated, has
been seen driuking beer in a saloon with
negroes whose votes she wished to secure
for her husband, and she and a school
teacher drove negro men and women aud
even known harlots to tho polls to vote for
him. ,
EBTTkomas Gerrity met with a terrible
death in tbe Spring Brook Colliery near
Soranton. He was ground to death by tbe
teeth of the rollers used for breaking ooal.
Gerrity, with several other boys, was play
ing on the platform about the rolls, and by
a fatal mishap his feet slipped and he shot
down the chute into the deadly machlno,
which was revolving Bteadily.
tWCiNCiNNATi, November 21. A spe
cial dispatch of Brookfield, Wis., cays
yosterday, James Donuulson, a young lad,
coming Into a blacksmith shop, threw
bis overcoat, in the pocket of which was
loaded pistol, down upon the anvil. The
hammer striking the anvil, the pistol ex
ploded, and the ball entering the head of
Chris Boners, a farmer, caused his Instant
death.
CffMr. Jacob Longenecker, a respected
citizen of West township, Huntingdon
county, In the 73rd year of his age, walked
a distance of three miles to the election, on
Tuesday, and on the way home he noticed
his eyesight rapid ily failing. The next
morning he found that he had entirely lost
his sight, and since then has been blind.
Mr. Longenecker formerly kept hotel in
Petersburg ; but for a number of years
past he has resided on the ridge, two or
three miles from Petersburg. Monitor.
IWA. Bileslan farmer named Pelka was
recently sent a large aud thick letter fas
tended with tape and marked "To be
delivered to no one but himself." This
naturally stimulated her curiosity, and she
proceeded to untie the tape. At the first
pull at the cord Frau Pelka was knocked
down and seriously injured and every pane
of glass in the house was smashed, the
letter having contained an explosive car
tridge with a cap and needle, to which the
tape wnB fastened.
t3T"Riggs and Luttrnll wore known in
Kentucky as horse theives, and when Mrs.
Ratliff was maltreated by two masked rob
bers, Riggs and Luttrell were arrested ou
a bare suspicion. They attempted to
escape, and that was construed as proof of
their guilt. Mrs. Ratliff s husband and
brother Bhot them dead. The murderers
were arrested, but the magistrate prompt
ly discharged them, with the remark that
the shooting was justifiable. It is now
demonstrated that the murdered men were
stealing horses, 150 miles away, when Mrs.
RatlifT was assailed.
6"At Mahoney City a number of men
employed by a merchant named Charles
D. Kaier were at work digging a trench
which was inteuded to convey water from
his residence on Center street to another
point. The trench was almost completed
when the ground surrounding them caved
in aud buried fix of them. The news of
tho accident spread like wildfire and crowds
of excited people gathered about the trench
in au incredible short space of time. A
gang of volunteers was at once organized,
and went to work with a will, removing
the mass of earth. For half au hour they
worked liko beavers, and at the end of
that time had uuoarthed the bodies of the
laborers. The result of the accident was
then disclosed in all its terrors. Three of
tho men were dead, the life having boen
literally pressed out of them by the mass
of earth.
" THE ODOROUS PINEY WOODS."
These words caught our eye as we were lazi
ly glauclng through " The North and West
Illustrated," and they caused us to long for a
trip to the home of the " plney woods."
Without much thought as to where we should
stop, we took our start from the good city of
Louisville, Ky., and soon found ourselves at
Chicago. There we found but one route that
could give us what we were looking for, and
found that to be the new Chicago, Bt. Paul &
Minneapolis line, that led through prairie and
meadow, through hill and valley, along great
lakes and streams, and finally into the depths
of the pine forests of Wisconsin, and so on to
Bt. Paul and Minneapolis. Buying our tickets
we started, and left the Canal and KInzle Bts.,
depot of tho Chicago & North Western rail
way, aud paesed through man; pleasant vil
lages, such as Irving Park, Desplalnes, Bar-
rlngton, Crystal Lake and Woodstock, and
reached Harvard, thence to Belolt, Hanover
and Madison, where we are 140 miles from
Chicago, and at the capital of Wisconsin, a
city of over fifteen thousand people.
The city is pleasautly situated on an Isthmus
about three-fourths of a mile wldo, between
Lakes Mendota and Monona, In the centre of a
broad valley ,surrounded by heights from which
(t can be seen at a distance of several miles.
Lake Mondota lies northwest of the town, is
six miles long and four miles wide, with clean.
gravelly shores, and a depth sufficient for the
navigation for steamboats. Lake Monona is
somewhat smaller.
At 170 miles from ChIcago,aud 30 miles from
Madison, wo reached the celebrated Devil
lake. This is a beautiful body of water, sur
rounded by precipitous mountains on every
side, except at two points, one being at the
southern end, where the railway enters the
lake basin, and the other at the northern end
where the railroad finds exit from the basin of
the lako. On every side of tho luke you see
" rock piled on rock" In every conceivable
form, and lu Immense column, pillars, piles
and masses of very great magnitude and
height. The railroad runs along the shore of
the lake on a bed that was literally blasted out
of the sides of the mountain. From the car
windows all the beauties of this wonderful and
weirdly mysterious region can readily be seen.
This was the home of Mlnnawaukene,a beauti
ful but nufortuuate Indian maiden, and many
legends are related of her by the simple hearted
and kindly people of the vicinity. This lake is
a favorite summer resort, and to It the people
for many miles around come for plcnlclag,
salllug, boating, fishing, aud other sports.
At Baraboo you reach the Baraboo river,
and from thence pass along Us valley for many
miles.
At Elroy you are 213 miles from Chlcago,and
at tbe southern terminus of the West Wiscon
sin railway. From Elroy you hasten north
ward ou the new and admirable track of the
West Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
pins woods, which bare rendered Wisconsin
celebrated the world over. Into the heart of
the pine lumber region yon speed, passing
through Black River Falls, Humblrd.Augnsta,
Eau Claire, Menoinonee and other noted lum
ber towns, and finally cross the river Bt. Croix
at Hudson. This river Is the dividing line be
tween Wisconsin and Minnesota. A few miles
beyond, you reach a branch to Bllllwater, a
flourishing town on the Bt. Croix river. A
fifteen mile ride brings you to St. Paul, and
here you rest, or push on eleven miles further,
to the active, bustling cities of Minneapolis
and Bt. Anthony.
At Bt. Paul yon can make close connection,
via the Lake Superior A Mississippi railroad,
for Duluth, Moorhead, Blsmark and other
points on the line of the great Northern Pacific -railroad,
and also with the Bt. Paul A Pacific
railway, for Dreckenrldge, Fort Garry and
points In Manitoba.
On the like we have hastily sketched, you
have a variety of scenery the quiet, beautiful
prairie country of Northeastern Illinois the
rolling farming country of Southern Wiscon
sin t tbe wildly romantic mountain scenery of
the Devil's lake country ( the breeezy, odorous
plney woods," with their busy mills, active
towns and numerous logging camps and the
charming river country of the Bt. Croix val
ley. A greater diversity of country cannot be
found anywhere in a journey of the same
length. Tou will find cnmfortable, cleanly
and commodious dining stations and hotels
along the line, at which ample time is given
for all meals.
One management controls the route, and
Pullman palace sleepers run through to Bt.
Paul and for Minneapolis. It will be seen that
this line runs nearly due northwest from Chi
cago to St. Paul, and Is but a few miles longer
than an air line, and It is the shortest practical
route over which a railroad line be built be
tween these points. This assures the passen
ger and quickest time that can be made. No
other route is now or can be made as direct.
We are now settled down by a quiet brook,
where we dally pull from the " vastly deep"
the speckled beauties we have heard so much
about. Tht Couritr.
An assortment of Domestic Paper
patterns will be found for sale at the
store of F. Mortimer. tf.
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and see the bargains we can
now offer.
Read and think over these prices
Silk Finished Velveteen, 60 cents per yard.
Pretty DressGoods for 8 and 10 cents per yard.
Good " " " 12 and 15 cents per yard.
Cashmeres, double fold, 28 cents per yard.
Balmoral Skirts 60 cents.
Good Canton Flannel at 8 cents per yard.
Very Heavy Canton Flannel at 10 cents per yard.
Bleached Canton Flannels.
Double Thick, 11 cents per yard.
A lot ot Prints, good styles,
aud last colors at 5 cents per yard.
Patch-Work Prints good stjles, 6!4 cts. per jd.
Germantown Wool, 8 Cents Per Ounce.
Rusches, good style, at 2 and S cents each.
Foxed Button Gaiters at
Children's sizes ditto at
tl C9 per pair.
1 25 " "
TUe best Turkey Morocco Button Hlioe
made, every pair warranted ftt 10 " "
? These Shoes are made to orderfor our trade
by the best Manufacturer In the country.and are
all made from the best stock. We can warrant
the quality lu every particular.
A Splendid Assortment ot Hats suitable for men
aud boys.
Men's Heavy Boots,
Overalls,
A Pretty Tumbler,
f2 50 & 13 00 " "
60 cts. "
10 " per doz.
Goblets, 92 " per doz.
Kail Road Lanterns 90 cents each.
Rail Road Lantern OIL
GROCERIES VERY LOW!
Good Syrup 10 Cents per Quart,
Choice Raisins 10 Cents per Found.
Dried Currants 10 Cents per Pound.
French Prunes 10 Cents per Pound.
Pure Fresh Ground Spices.
Also lots of other Bargains too numerous to speci
fy. Call and see the stock) It will
Xot Cost You Anything to Look !
F. MORTIMER,
New Bloom field, Pa,