THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., MARCH 30, 1880.
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Dnncauiiou 10.44 (lW): Newport 11.05 (IIuk) and ar
rtvea at l'lttlnrir at 7.00 A. M.
IDParlnr Express Went will atop at Dnncannnn at
4.60 and nt Newport at 6.14 a. m., when flawed.
lr(lolijff Wvnt. the Way PiisneiiKer leaven Harrl
bur Dally the other tralna Dally except Sunday.
tW OoliiK F.nst, the Atlantic Kxpreaa leaves Altoona
Dally , the other tralna Dally except Sundav.
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Will Mtop at Duncannon at 11:19 a.m., when flauved.
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flavored: Uell'a Mill's 8 :(HI. Hpruce Creek ;27, IVterauurg
8:38' Mt. Union 9 ;10, MvVeytown 9 ;36.
Brief" Items.
The next Lutheran Conference will
meet at Duncannon, this county.
For a special Court there wag an unus
ual large number of persons in the town
last week.
Jacob Klnert of Marysvllle has a 10
year old boy who wants to learn black
smithing. The Perry county doctors convened
again last week. This time Newport
was the place.
Court again this week for the trial of
one -case, a Jury having been held over
for the purpose.
Friend Fry of the Newport News was
in town several days last week. He was
on a courting expediton, but not the
kind of courting he used to do.
The Ickesburg stage broke an axle of
Dr. Sweeny's buggy as it drove Into
Newport on Thursday. The driver paid
the repair bill and the Dr. was satisfied.
Messrs. Qring & Co., have four steam
mills running on the lands of Jonathan
Keiser, Jerome Castles, D. B. Cox and
Hall, near Liverpool.
tK An Alderny Calf was sold a few days
ago by Alex. Stuart of Franklin Co., for
$50. Bather high priced veal that would
make.
LaBt Monday morning John Sullivan
City Treasurer oi Altoona; while on
Eleventh avenue, was attacked with
hemorrhage of the lungs, which result
etLfettally In a few minutes.
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met on Tuesday, and elected James A.
Gray representative delegate to the State
Convention, and Henry Rlnesmith, J.l
Klnehart and A. J. Stahler Senatorial'
voiiierees.
He asked her the difference between
She gave it up. He angwered, there is
is well, there is no difference. They'll
both jump at the first chance.
The Independent School District.com
posed of part of Monroe township, Ju
niata county, and part of West Perry
township, Snyder county, will apply at
the next Court for authority to issue
bonds.
Juite a hard thunder shower visited
place on Saturday evening, and one
more severe after midnight ushered
Saster Sunday. The lightning was
arkably vivid and the thunder heavy
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ctiuugu iu uo creuii 10 a jury Bliower.
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a surprise carpei rag party tootc pos
session of the residence of Mr. William
Burn of this place on Tuesday evening
last. Abdut twenty ladies were present
who sewed lots of rags until half.past
. ten, and then enjoyed a good supper.
At a meeting on Wednesday of the
recently elected Directors of the Penn
eylvania railroad, it was agreed to ad
vance the compensation of all officers
and employees of the road to the amount
which it was prior to June 1, 1877, to
flrke effect from and after April 1, next.
fr. Cleaver who has so satisfactorily
Mlieiated for three years as pastor of the
M. E. Church in this place, left for his
. new field of labor on Thursday last. We
lose a good neighbor and the people of
Mt. Union gain a worthy citizen and a
good preacher.
On Thursday of last week Mr. David
Deckard, of Mt. Patrick, while in the
act of throwing straw down from the
mow above the floor, in the barn of
Martin Keller, In Buffalo township, fell
through striking his head against a
joist and landing on the barn floor, re
ceiving painful injuries. Newt.
A genuine earthquake occurred on
riday last week, in Path Valley and in
Fulton county. The tremor ran in a
westerly direction. At Richmond fur
nace, the houses trembled so that the
window sash shook. Over in Fulton
county, the people who felt the shock
supposed that a terrible explosion had
tauen place at Richmond.
Church Notices.
Preaching in the M. E. Church next
Sunday at 7 P. M. Sundav school at 0i
A. M. Prayer meeting on Thursday eve
ning. Also, preaching at Ickesburg at
10 A. M., at Walnut Grove 2 P. M.
Preaching in the Reformed church
next Sunday, at 2i o'clock P. M. Pray
er meeting Tuesday evening.
Presbyterian Church Preaching at 11
A. M. Sunday School at 9.80 A. M.
w B-Quarteriy Review Concert at 7 P.
M.- Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at ii o'clock.
Who Can Bent It? Mrs. Samuel Dun
kleberger residing near Falling Springs
has a quilt that has twenty-live thou
sand and eighty patches in it. This
beats any patch work we ever heard of,
can any one show a patching to It?
A Break Down. On Tuesday morning
the spring wagon used now as a stage
on the upper end of the valley route,
broke an axle between Loysvllle and
Greenpark, and dumped the several pas
sengers Into the mud. Fortunately
none.were hurt.
Fire. On Monday night at about ten
o'clock some person set fire to a large
straw stack on the lower farm belong
ing to Olive Rice. Had It been discov
ered a few moments later the barn
would have been on fire. Help was
soon obtained from Baily's and by great
exertion the lire was confined to the
stack. It Is certain that the fire was
incendiary as matches were discovered
around the stack, but what the object
was Is hard to conceive.
Concert. Prof. Charles Clarey, of Bal
timore, will give a Concert in the Court
House in this borough this evening,
(Tuesday March 80,) assisted by a num
ber of ladles and gentlemen of this place.
Prof. Clary is totally blind, and takes
this method of securing a livelihood, by
traveling from one place to another, en
listing the sympathies of the people in
his behalf. His entertainments are
highly spoken of.
''Temperance Lecture. On this (Mon
day evening) In Court House, by Rev.
J. H. Dobbs,State lecturer of Good Tem
plar Association. Subject "Legal As
pect of the Temperance Question."
This lecture has been well received at
Harrisburg and elsewhere, the lecturer
being a pleasing speaker and handling
his eubject well. Combined Gospel
Hymns will be used with Cornet ac
companiment, Frof. Clarey playing Vi
olin. Don't You Know that we have over 2,000
names on our list, and among them are
many John Smith's, Wm. Brown's,
Black's, Gray's, etc. Now if John Smith
wants us to change his address to any
particular point, he must tell us where
he gets the paper now,or we may change
the wrong John Smith. Now please
tell us, when you wish yeur paper
changed, where you have been getting
it, and save us a great deal of trouble.
There is scarcely a week goes by that
we are not compelled to look over the
whole list, because not Informed of the
old P. O., address. We may also credit
money to the wrong parties, by neg
lecting this caution.
Sad Suicide. On Friday afternoon
Mrs. Sarah Kline, relict of Peter Kline
deceased, committed suicide by cutting
her throat. The deceased resided with
her daughter at Blain, and on the after
noon stated, the daughter desired to go
to Mr. McKee'e, about a mile distant and
asked her mother if she could stay alone.
She replied she could and would lay
down awhile. On the return of the
daughter the mother could not be found
in the house and further search revealed
the fact that she had fastened herself in
an out house where she had cut her
throat from ear to ear. She had proba
bly been dead several hours when found.
The deceased was about 75 years of age
and was a good christian woman. The
supposition is that she committed the
deed while temporality out of her mind.
Wants to Ship His Ore." We want to
dig for ore up in Spring township, or
rauier mine ore mac we Know we nave.
Won't you chaps hurry up your railroad
enterprise so we can ship it by rail from
Bloomfleld. We can give you lots of
freight ir you will give us the road."
The above extract we take from a let
ter written by a Spring twp., man. It
strikes us as very cool. Why don't he
move in the matter V Why ask us here
to fix a way for him to travel on when
he, according to his own letter has more
reason to want a road than "we chaps
berer" But that seems to be the way
people all look at it. They want a road
they can use a road, they can make
money by having a road, and they feel
that it ought to be made ; but they want
other "chaps" to do it and then they
will enjoy the use of It. . The question
we always ask a man who says he wants
a railroad is, how much do you want it,
stating it in dollars. That is what's the
matter. We want It $500, worth. Now
what is the figure of our Spring town
ship friend, or any other man up the
valley V
v A Sf rlouo Accident. A Marysvllle let
ter says:
A serious accident happened on the
N. C. R. W. at York Haven on March
24, resulting In seriously but not fatally
injuring engineer Chas. Wilson, whose
leg was broken, and Daniel Haney fire
man, arm broken and Injured In the
breast and head, brakeman Geo. W. Jett
shoulder broken.
The accident was caused by the "neg
ligence of the flagman of a train ahead
not going back to protect his train and
engineer Wilson ran into it demolishing
the cabin and several cars of the front
train and wrecking his engine, and four
cars behind the engine on his own train.
Wilson and Haney were burled under
these cars for ten or fifteen minutes be
fore they could be extricated. The wreck
caught fire and it required almost super
human effort to save them from burning
up. Engineer Wilson and Conductor
W. H. Baiighnnin met with an accident
one year ago to-day resulting in the kill
ing of their fireman, Chas. Delevingne,
also caused by carelessness on the part
of the Conductor and Engineer or an
opposing train.
Haney and Jett are Marysvllle men,
and are both married.
Suffocated by Sulphur. Last Saturday
night, at one o'clock A. M., Robert Gil
christ, living at 007 North Street, was
awakened by a jar on the floor of his
room, caused by a child falling out of
bed. Mr. Gilchrist is a deaf man, una
ble to hear audible sounds unless very
loudly spoken, but the Jar, affecting his
nerves, awoke him suddenly. His first
sensation was one of stupor and suffoca
tion, and in a moment he realized that
the condition of the atmosphere was of
an unusual character, and he at once
proceeded with great diflculty to strike a
light. This being done, a scene present
ed itself well calculated to strike a be
holder with horror. Mrs. Gilchrist,
with two children, lay gasping In bed,
as if in the agony of death, while the
child on the floor writhed in agony.
Four other children, in an adjoining
room, were in a stupefied state, moan
ing fearfully, and the whole scene was
one which Mr. Gilchrist . will never
forget. All the windows in the upper
part of the house were opened,admlttlng
the cold, damp air of the rainy morning.
Mr. G., devoted himself first to arousing
his wife, in which he soon succeeded,
after which all the children were awak
ened, and such restoratives as were at
hand were at once applied.
It was at first supposed that the whole
family had beeu poisoned by something
they had eaten, but careful inspection
dispelled this theory. Not until about
ten o'clock Saturday morning was the
real cause of the suffocation revealed in
the detached condition of the stove pipe
leading to the bed chamber. The joint
of the pipe was badly made, and having
become detached admitted escaping
sulphur Into the bed chamber, producing
the suffocation described. Half an hour's
continued stupor would have ended the
existence of nine persons, a father,
mother and seven children of all ages.
Had one of these children not fallen out
of bed, thereby jarring the floor, all
would to-day be wrapt under the cold
earth in their last sleep.
Mr. Gilchrist and his family have
been more or less affected by their suffo
cation ever since it occurred. The
children especially feel the effects of the
sulphur on their lungs, and will con
tinue to do so for Borne time to come.
Tne causes wnicn led to the allair are
very common in their nature. A badly
constructed Btove pipe joint leading into
a bed chamber, is an ordinary adjunct
in all houses, a fact well calculated to
startle the bravest housekeeper. Harris-
ourg leicgrapn.
v .
Reported by Chat. H. Smile v, Mq. '
Court Procedlno8. In order to clear up
the list, as previously announced, a
special term of Court for the trial of civil
cases and the general dispatch of bust
ness began on Monday last, the 22d inst.
Court convened at 10 o'clock with a full
bench and a good attendance of the
jurors summoned for the week's work.
The forenoon was exhausted in the
hearing of a constable election case, from
Carroll twp. At the Spring election in
that township. Jacob Flelsher and Rob
ert M' Donald were the respective candi
dates for the useful if not lucrative office
of constable in that usually peaceable
and order loving district. According to
the returns, each of the candidates had
an equal numberof the votes cast. There
were no charges of bulldozing, or man
ipulation on tne part or tue Returning
Board, and hence the matter was quietly
submitted to the Court for a Judicial
determination In a manner of which the
belligerent States of this politically dis
tracted Union might do well to take
notice. In obedience to a subpoana of
the Court the ballot box was produced
and a careful count by the Judges show
ed that an error had been made by the
election officers the correction of which
gave a majority of one vote to Jacob
Flelsher. He was declared elected and
thus Carroll twp., again secures the ser
vices or a gooa constable, wnicn- would
also have been the case if his competitor
bad been successful. Junkin, att'y.
In the afternoon the first case called
was Jacob Relstlne and Susanna his
wife in the right of and to the sole and
separate use of the said Susanna, vs.
Samuel Hockley. The facts in this case
showed that Mrs. Relstine was the
owner of a horse which she hired to
Hockley as she alleged, to do certain
work. The horse died in his possession
ana tne put. Drougnt suit to recover
damages. The question to be determin
ed was whether the horse had been used
for any other uurnose than that, far
which he was hired, and if not whether
his death was the result of negligence
and bad treatment on the part of the
hirer. The defense of Hockly was that
aiier using me norse on tne first occa
sion after he came into his posession he
discovered that he was sick. He put
him in his stable, cared for him several
uays, mieneu niin up again and he then
became uproarious, broke from his con
trol and jumped between two chestnut
trees. I he trees were not horse chest
nuts, and he was not a. chestnut horse.
There was no affinity between them.
The trees would not yield, but the horse
did. Like the Inebriated individual in
the story, lie could not climb the treo,so
he laid down at the foot, and there pass
ed Into that long dreamless sleep from
which he never more could wake. The
ury found that Hockley was free from
lilnme. and the verdict was for deft.
M'Intfre and Markle for pill". Sponsler
for deft.
The next case wns Newport Building
Association vs. J. R. Dunbar and Sarah
Dunbar. J. R. Dunbar owned stock in
the Association, and Sarah Dunbar his
wife owned real estate. Dunbar wanted
to secure a loan upon his stock, and at
the Instance of the Association transfer
red the stock to his wife who gave a
inortgageupon the real estate as security
for its payment. The question to be
determined under all the peculiar cir
cumstances of the case was the actual
amount due upon the mortgage. The
verdict wns for plff. for $114.2.(. Barnett
for put. M'lntlre and isponsier lor aeit.
.Newport liullding Association vs. Jonn
Sailor. This was another case growing
out of the peculiar workings of such
associations. There were no Building
Associations In the land of Uz when Job
lived, hence the old patriarch could cul
tivate hia bolls, elt down in the ashes
and Bcrape himself with his potsherd,
and still resist temptation. In this case
the minute book contains tne following
entry: "By consent of the parties a
verdict ror pitr. for $400, mat oeing col
lateral securitv for the money borrowed
by deft, out of the plflTs. association ; the
Company having agreed in our presence
to reinstate deft, as a member of the
Association with all the rights of a
member who pays up," Barnett for
plff. Sponsler and Sponsler for deft.
Miller A Fetrow vs. J. Morrison own
er or reputed owner and Wilson W.
Morrison Contractor. Some time since
J. Morrison built a dwelling house in
the village of New Germantown.
Plaintiffs done all the painting therefor
and not receiving any pay for it, they
filed a Mechanics Lien against the build
in or. To a Scire Facias issued u Don the
Den Defts. filed an affidavit of defense
alleging that the work was not properly
done. The fact was developed that J.
Morrison was a married woman and the
lien did not contain the necessary alle
gations to bind a married woman's sepa
rate estate. Plaintiffs took a non Suit.
Markel & Smiley for Plff. Sponsler
ror ven.
J. H. Zimmerman vs. J. C. Barrett J
O. McCllntock & W. R. S. Cook trading
as J. C. Barrett & Co. Defendants had
been the proprietors of The Newport
New and the Plaintiff, a journeyman
printer had been working for them for
wages. He claimed a balance due him
for $50 while they admlttted a balance
due of $11.20 which they paid In Court
as a tender. The difficulty sprung out
of the the fact that the plaintiff had also
neen employed Dy a urguson and Fry
the former owners of the paper, who
were also in debt to him, and when Fry
who became the editor under the new
administration made payments to him
he claimed the right to appropriate them
to the indebtness of the old firm. This
the defendants refused to permit and
hence this action. Verdict for Defts.
Sponsler for Plff. Mclntlre for Defts.
Jesse Johnson vs. Chas. TVoutman
The only statement of this case which
this report can give is that the minute
book states " Plaintiff takes a non suit."
Mclntlre for Plff. Potter & Sponsler for
uett.
Geo. W. Huston vs. Francis W. Gib
son. This was an action of ejectment
founded on original title and proved to
be a very interesting case. In the year
1703 on the 25th day of February, appli
cation for a warrant for a certain amount
of land was made to the Land Office of
the Commonwealth by Mrs. Ann Gib
son, the mother of Chief Justice Jno.
Bannister Gibson, Gen. Geo. Gibson and
Francis Gibson, Esq. The survey in
pursuance of the application was made
on the 21st day of May, 1790, and the
curettage money. 7. slO. was paid. No
further proceedings seem to be contained
among the official records, but the evi
dence Bhows that the land designated by
the lines of the official survey was taken
into possession and partly, at least, en.
closed by a fence. In after years, how.
ever, the fence was removed and the
evidences of cultivation, if any existed
was obliterated. In the year 1859.
James B. Hackett who was then County
surveyor ,made application for a warrant
covering a tract ot land or a considerable
part of it, in the name of Wm. Hackett,
and perfected his title in accordance
with the requirements of law. The title
was then conveyed to James B. Hackett,
who in turn conveyed the same to Geo.
W. Huston. F rancis W. Gibson claim
ed to have the legal title to the land
through the Ann Gibson warrant and in
order to test the validity of his claim he
cut some growing timber, so that an
action of tresnpas might be brought
against nim in wnicn tne ownersnip or
the land could be tested. This disputed
tract Is In Carroll twp., and runs around
me wen-Known uiusou s uock on ttner
man's creek. The many knotty points
or law raised, and the zeal displayed by
the counsel on both sides in an unusual
ly vigorous contest, invested the case
with a great degree of interest. Under
the instructions of the Court a verdict of
$4.60 was rendered for plff. M'lntlre
and Sponsler for plff. Seibertand Mark
el lor dett.
Simon Charles and Mary Charles his
wife for the sole and separate use of the
said Mary Charles vs. The Franklin Fire
insurance Company or miiaueiphia.
Mary Charles sought to secure the
amount of insurance she bad on her
buildings in Liverpool twp., which were
burned some time since aud out of which
srrew the famous Arson Cases which
have such a prominent place in the his
tory oi tne quarter (sessions of our
county. The action was brought in cov
enant against the Insurance Company
but the production of the Policy which
was an instrument not under seal, de
termined that no remedy existed in an
aotion of covenant. The following order
wasmaue: -Ana now to, March, 170,
this cause being ordered on for trial, plfr.
asKB leave to change the form or action
from covenant to assumpsit which is
allowed upon payment of all costs up to
this date and the other party desiring a
continuance the same Is granted by the
Court." Potter and Sponsler for plff.
M'lntlre and Barnett for deft.
In this case upon motion of O.J, T.
M'lntlre, Esq. Andrew F. Deer, Esq., of
Jjunerne county, was admtueu to prac
tice law in the several Courts of Perry
county and he also appeared as one of
the counsel for deft.
0. R. Richards and Christiana Richards hi .
Ife for tho sole and separate ue of the n!d
Clirletltina Richards ts. The Farmers nnd Me
chanics Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Tyrone, Bprlnp, Centre and Carroll townships,
Ferry county, ra. mrs, uicnnras owned cer
tain property in Savllle township. Some months
since, while the and her husband with their
family, were on a Ylslt to luniata county, tno
bam was burned to ashes, the house was badly
dumaged and a part of its contents were con
sumed, and she brought this action to recover
dnmeces for theinjury sustained. Tho defense
was that the lire was the worn oi an incenumrj.
Latimer Trego a brother of the plaintiff, It was
alleged, aided and abetted by others of ber near
relatives burned the buildings in oraer to oo
taln the Insurance money, and the plaintiff wna
particepn erimlnls. The Incendlarlem was sat
isfactorily established, but the Jury did not be
lieve that Mrs. Klchards was a party to u ana
gave ber a verdict for f 548.03. Sponsler, for
plaintiu oarneti, lor aeienaant.
Mary Fennicle by her father and next friend
Adam Fennicle vs. Charles Bates and Mary
Ann Bates. Mary Fennicle, wbo Is now a mar
ried woman complains that in December last
she was a Spinster, ''heart whole and fancy
free" she was injured In her fair fame and rep
utation by Mrs. Bates, who took upon herself
the task of informing the public that the plff.
was ationc to increase the population of tbio
country la a manner- that has been in vogie
since the days of the Patriarchs, althongh
frowned upon by orthodox socloty, and declar
ed a mlsdemeauor by the vigor of the law. Mrs.
is. defended by saying that at one or luoso
little gatherings of women,which are the escape
valves of gossip for every community, she con
tributed hor mite by throwing Into the bolllop
pot of discussion a bit of rumor that bad reach
ed her ears. For this indiscretion the. jury
awarded a verdict for plaintiff for $5 and costs..
Sponsler, for plff Barnett, for deft.
jonn i. KoDinson vs.Bamuei ti. noirenbangD..
The case Involved a long settlement between
the parties. Sometime since the defendant sold
ont his store to the plaintiff. Payments were
made id accordance with their agreement rrom
time to time by the plaintiff, bnt In the mean
time, the defendant bad been running bill f '
considerable length, so that at the time the
difficulty began, the plaintiff claimed that a fair
settlement or accounts snowed quite a ooiancc
in his favor. Various charges in the books of '
plaintiff were disputed and the trial required a
long and tedious examination of the accounts.
The Jury went ont on Saturday evening and re
turned a verdict on Monday morning with a
verdict for plaldtlff of 100 00.
Another Jury having been empanneled to try
a case on Monday, which hs not yet been con
cluded, the balance of the vurt proceeding.-
win oe reported next wees.
Cumberland County. We copy the fol
lowing from the Cumberland papers
of last week :
Mr. David Brandt, living along the
Big Spring has workmen engaged in
prospecting for ore on his farm.
On Thursday evening, a student at
the state Normal School by the name of
J. F. Wagner, while handling a pistol
in some way discharged one of the bar
rels, the ball entering tho left hand be
low the thumb, and lodged in the wrist.
The ball was extracted and wound dress
ed by Drs, Stewart and Marshall.
On Wednesday as Mrs. Cllne of Lees-
burg, was toying with a child, belong
ing to a neighbor, and in the very act of
putting it down was seized with heart
disease and died instantly. Her death
was considered remarkably sudden and
apparently was without the slightest
premonition or its approach.
On Wednesday night, James Reeder'e
grocery store, East Main street, narrow
ly escaped destruction from fire as well
as the adjoining buildings, it appears
that Mr. Reeder had roasted some pea
nuts in the oven, and had placed them
In a basket, which he put in the room
adjoining his store room. About eight
o'clock, a customer noticed a light in
the other room, through a crack in tho
door, and on investigation, the pea-nuts
were found in a blaze, when they were
removed, and none to soon, as the bask
et was burned through, and sitting on a
fiacKage or matches, and in close prox
mity to a barrel of coal oil. Shippens
burg Acws.
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Juniata County. We copy the follow
ing from the Juniata county papers of
last week.
On Saturday, some hungry cu as. broke
Into the smoke house of Benj. D. Kep-
ner, in Milford township, and made a
clean sweep of the meat, one piece of
dried beef, one shoulder and nine sides.
By good lucK, Mr. liepner says, we
bad just that day taken the rest out"
On Saturday last, a little daughter of
Mr. John Dlehl, fell over the railing of
one of the stairways In the Court-Mouse
and sustained painful injuries. Her fa
ther carried her nome in nisarms. wo
are pleased to know that she has almost
recovered, and that her injuries bear no
serious aspects.
On Wednesday evening of last week
an " Egg lireaking" entertainment wax
given in the Lutheran church of this
place. The programme was varied and
entertaining. The munificent sum of
$248.83 was realized by the eggs.
On Monday night of last week thieves
visited the premises of Mr. Samuel D.
Kepner, in Turbett township, and help
ed themselves liberally to cabbage and
turnips, which were buried in the gar
den near the house.
We Invite the attention of the readers
of The Times to the advertisement in
another column of Samuel Adams of
Harrisburg who has a very large and
well selected assortment of Brussels and
Ingrain Carpets, Oil Cloths. Rugs, MaU
and Matting. It will well pay those
wanting any thing in hia line to give
him a call. He la selling at very low
prices; you can't miss the place; Tb
Grand Opera bouse building No. 31
North 3d St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Young Married people wanting to get
fitted up in house-keeping should re
member to call when iu Harrisburg, at
the old and well-known Carpet-house,
No. 213 North 2d Street. Mr. Seeger
has an elegaut assortment of Roxboro
Tapestry, Brussels, Ingrain, Hall, and
Stair Carpeting. Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats
and Matting. This is a long established
and well-known house.