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THE TIMES.
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The Circulation of The Times now
exceeds Twe TNoueand Copies each week.
Our mailing list is always open for the
Inspection of advertisers.
The President lias appointed Gen.
Nathan Goff, of West Virginia as Sec.
of the Navy, in place of Thomson,
resigned. The senate at once confirmed
the appointment.
. The Legislature met and organized
on Tuesday last and adjourned on
Wednesday till Wednesday of this week.
Senator Newell of Philadelphia was
elected President pro tern of the Senate,
and the house was organized by the elec
tion of Hon. B. L. Hewitt of Blair Co.,
as Speaker.
At a fire in a tenant house in New
York, at an -early hour on Tuesday
morning, nine persons were killed or
burned to death. The building was five
stories high and escape was cut off by
the flames from the Upper floors. The
lire occured by the carelessness of a
plumber who was thawing out frozen
pipes.
The Christiancy divorce case is a sad
one. It has shown up a former U. 8.
Senator, in a very disgraceful manner,
and also proven that there are other
dreadful mean men in the world. The
testimony of a fellow mamed Giro, If true
is very damaging to Mrs. C, but the tes
timony is generally doubted. If not
true, it proves him the meanest man
livng, and if true, shows that he is so
low that a horse-thief would be disgraced
by associating with him.
Volume Fifteen.
Last week we commenced the publi
cation of the Fifteenth Volume of The
Times under such prosperous conditions
that we feel excusable if we indulge in
some pride on the subject. We began
volume three, with less than five hun
dred subscribers and in a poorly stocked
office. Now we are located in a substau
tial brick building, built for our use and
our office is provided with steam power
and good presses and other equipments,
second to no office in the central part of
the state. Our edition for this week is
Two Thousand and fifty-two copies, an
increase of ten over the week previous.
We take this occasion to return our
heartfelt thanks to our old friends who
have given us their generous support
through all these years, and to them,
and to those whose names have but
recently been added to our list, we ten
der the assurance that The Times
shall continue in the future, as in the
past, to be an Independent news
paper, and that .no exertion will be
spared to make it such a paper that it
will be a welcome visitor to each and
every member of the household In
which it enters.
A Man with a Conscience.
Luzerne County has elected a Senator
who has given the country a genuine
surprise. He is evidently a man who
has some conscience, and is the kind of
a man whose services the people cannot
afford to lose. When it came necessary
to take the oath of office, Mr. Coxe said
he could not take the oath conscienti
ously. He was allowed to cead a state
ment in the form of an address to his
constituents, in which he admitted
employing money for expenses not
authorized by law. This involves the
forfeiture of bis seat. He said he was
aware at the time that be was doing
wrong, he further asserted, but he
wouldn't withdraw from the campaign,
because he feared It would jeopardize the
whole Democratic ticket in Luzerne.
Mr. Coxe does not hesitate to say that
this was a matter of conscience with
him, and that he concluded to take the
step some weeks ago, after consultation
with two legal counsel, who -advised
him to do it. President Gowen, of the
Philadelphia and Heading Kail road, it
is understood, counselled him on this
matter. About $10,000 were spent by
Mr. Coxe In bis campaign. There it no
doubt but that many other members
spent money for the same purposes, and
the fact that Mr. Coxe has these scruples
regarding the taking of tbe oath is
strong evidence that he is the kind oT
men needed in publio service. He nays
he will not be a candidate for re-ejection,
Ths Telegraph War.
Philadelphia, Jan., a. The officers
of the Pennsylvania railway company
have directed the Western Union tele
graph company to withdraw its agents
and operators from all the offices and
lines of the Pennsylvania railway, and
onFrlday next the entire telegraphlo
system which extends over the lines of
he Pennsylvania railway will be trans,
ferred to the American Union telegraph
company.
Some months ago the Pennsylvania
railway company entered into a contract
with the American Union telegraph
company under which the American
Union company agreed to pay $100,000
annually for a term of twenty years for
the right to build telegraph lines along
the extensive system of roads controlled
by the Pennsylvania railway company,
embracing in the aggregate upwards of
Ave thousand miles of road.
The American Union telegraph com
pany, in accordance with this contract,
has been rapidly constructing lines
along the whole system of roads. The
line from Philadelphia to Chicago was
completed a week ago. On the only
link yet uncompleted to perfect the
American Union system, that between
Trenton and New York, five hundred
men are now at work night and day,
and the entire system will be completed
and ready for business on Wednesday,
January 6. Two months' notice to
leave the offices and lines of the Penn
sylvania railway was given to the West
ern Union on the 7th of November, and
will expire January 7th, when the en
tire Pennsylvania system will be trans
ferred to the American Union, giving
the American Union five trunk lines of
telegraph from New York to Chicago.
Terrible Tragedy In Indiana.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 3. A terrible
tragedy was enacted one mile south of
Otis, Indiana, last Friday night. James
Augustine and family have lived in that
place many years and were possessed of
considerable property, and generally
kept a good deal of money in the house.
Friday afternoon, Henry Augustine, a
nephew of James, came from Chicago to
pay them a visit, and tried vainly to get
them to drink from a bottle, which
proves to have contained poisoned
whiskey. About eleven o'clock at night
he got up from his bed, sought the bed
room of James Augustine and leveling a
revolver began to fire. Mrs. Augustine
was so badly wounded that she died
yesterday, while James was shot in the
breast and will probably die. Henry
ran from the room after firing several
shots. The sons hearing the firing came
down stairs, and Christian Augustine
demanded of Henry, whom he met in
the kitchen, what it meant. Henry
replied with a bullet, which killed
Christian instantly. He gave a parting
shot at the younger brother, James,
which only made a slight flesh wound
and then coolly went to his uncle's
room and demanded admission, assuring
him he was all right and wanted to help
him. James, the son, got the revolver
from him and put him in the kitchen,
locking the door. Henry escaped bare
footed and hatless, and has not yet been
captured. Lynching will probably fol
low if be is overtaken.
An Inhuman Mother.
The inhuman mother who dropped 'a
baby through the water closet on a
Pennsylvania railroad train, at Larimer
station, refuses to own it. She is in a
Pittsburgh Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.
Brinton, of Larimer station, have the
child and it bids fair to live, although it
lay in the snow for three-quarters of an
hour and had one foot frozen. The girl
is accompanied by her brother. They
are on their way from Hesse Darmstadt,
Germany, to the home of an uncle in
Michigan. The girl was a domestic In
the family of a wealthy land owner, and
his son sent her and her brother to this
country to get her out of the road and
to cover up a scandal in which he would
have been called on to bear a part.
They left Germany on the 9th of Nov
ember. The girl denies being a mother
but her denial will not likely do her
much good should the child die. AU
ioona Tribune,
Singular Reason for Dismissal.
Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 8. Reuben
Howe has for a long time been a letter
carrier in Jersey City and has performed
all the duties pertaining to the office
faithfully. Last October Postmaster
Gopslll learned that Howe belonged to a
religious sect called the United Evangel,
ical Brethren. One of their regulations
is that the brethren shall have nothing
to do with worldly affairs. The Post
master questioned Howe and asked him
if such was one of their beliefs, and
Howe admitted that it was. The Post
master told Howe that be thought work
ing for the Government was a worldly
affair and that he thought Howe ought
to vote at tha coming election. Howe
refused to do so and the Postmaster
learning of that fact discharged him
1 today fwm the Government employ.
Howe ibj'b he will apply to the Post
master General for re-instateuieut under
the civil-service rules.
A Shocking Charge.
The particulars of a shocking crime,
the work of two physicians, are juBt
made publio In Pike county, Indiana, by
an anonymous letter to the parents of a
young lady lately deceased, that the
skeleton in a certain doctor's office is
that of their own daughter. The Inves
tigation so far proves the truth of the
charge, and the matter will be pushed.
EfTcots of tha Cold.
The late cold snap was futal to the
cattle in some localities. We learn from
a man named Metzer, residing in the
neighborhood of Coalmont, Hunting
don county, that a number of cattle were
frozen to death In that locality. Wm.
Morgan, a farmer residing near Henri
etta, Blair county, had two steers frozen
to death last week.
The Pullman Car Company Beaten.
Baltimore, Jan., 3. -In the United
States Circuit Court thl.t morning, in the
suit of the Pullman Palace Car Company
against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company for lnfringment of a patent of
the car company by the railroad com
pany using Pullman sleeplpg cars on
their roads, praying for an injunction
against the railroad company, Judge
Bond delivered the opinion of the Court
refusing to grant an injunction.
Miscellaneous News Items.
(STR. B. Reynolds, a sailor of the
United States steamship Powhatan, blew
out the gas in Lis bed-room at the Van
dyke House, Bowery, New York, and was
found dead in the morning.
ISTSiiowhas been on the ground at
Augusta, Qa., for one week, which is un
precedented in the history of the city.
There was flue sleighing for two days the
first in twenty five years.
tlTGarrotiog has developed in Pitts
burg to such an extent that the people are
alarmed. Two cases occurred on Satur
day night last within half an hour of each
other, both the victims being robbed and
hurt. A man named James McAulifFe
has been arrested as one of the band and
committed to prison.
Fredrxcksburg, Va., January 4. A
publio meeting was held to-night by re
quest of the clergymen of all denomina
tions to provide relief for Immediate and
probable suffering arising from the ex
treme severity' of winter, for which the
proTision made by the city is inadequate.
The supply of fire wood in the city is re
duced to ten cords.
0Mr. Fred Bummerfield, a farmer re
siding in Pequea township, Lancaster Co.,
met with a siugulr accident on Friday
night, which resulted in his death. Wish
ing to give the dying year a partiDg salute,
he took an old musket out on the porch,
and, resting it on the railing, pulled the
trigger. The gun kicked back, striking
Mr. Suramei field violently in the abdomen
and causing a rupture, with bleeding ex
ternally, from the effects of which ho died
yesterday.
tarjohnnie Davidson, a little son of
James Davidson, of Union, Elgin county,
left a new and very eharp pocket knife,
with its keen blade open, on the ground
near a skating pond, Christmas day. His
three-year-old sister Jessie picked it up
and ran into the house. A moment after,
wards Mrs. Davidson heard a piercing
scream, and tunning into the parlor found
her little girl lyiug on the floor dead,
She had seated herself on the lounge and
tried to shut the knife by pressing the
blade against her left side. It cut through
her clothing and pierced her heart.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
. Washinoton, D. C, January 5, 1881.
if the action of the numerous couventloui
and boards which bave met during the past
Summer and Fall, in pasting resolutions
urging upon Congress the necessity for passing
some bill providing for the distribution oT tbe
balance of tbe Geneva Award fund now in tbe
Treasury, does not Induce that bod; to take
some action in the matter, it will bo regarded
by tbose Interested In our shipping as a direful
calamity. Statistics recently prepared, show
a steady decline in our shipping Interests, show
that Americans are being gradually crowded
from the Ocean and their places filled In the
carrying of our own products by the subjects
of other Nations more liberal than ours lu the
granting of marine privileges t our mercantile
marine should be a matter of pride to all
American citizens, and they should demand of
Congress tbe enacting of reasonable measures
to promote Its welfare. But the dlstribntion of
this Geneva Award Is a matter of National
honor. It was ptld to the Government as an
Indemnity for damage done to our shipping
and to be distributed among those upon whom
tbe damage actually fell. They are all sailors,
and poor at that, and this money paid to them
would be placed la direct application to correct
the evils to our shipping so much complained
of. So that Congress, almost compelled by
public sentiment to pass some law beneficial
to our marlae luterests can at once uphold the
country's honor among tbe Nations, and di
rectly aid a class of ship owners prostrated by
tho calamities of war, and the Confederate
cruisers, Riving them the money rightfully due
them, which would Immediately be Invested In
hips. The United States on the Octan has
been sadly neglected for tha United States on
the farm and In tbe factory, tbe time now Is,
wben a change is demanded.
Tba N. T. Truth, the paper which first pub
lished and circulated the Infamous Morey
letter, has now publicly declared the same to
be a forgery. The confession Is In the form of
an open letter to Goueral Garfield. Though
not a partisan, I tblnk this confession more
shameless, more cowardly than the original
crime. There Is no doubt that thousands of
votes were misled by this letter, men who
were for Garfield If he did not write It, and
against him If he did, but without means of
deciding, and the Truth new emerges from
behind It's mud cart and admits the shameless
thing to be a forgery. ' But this confession of
crime does not conclude the affair. I think
it Is due the American people whose liberties
bare been debased by this crime, whose suf
frages by the thousand have been gained by
this disgraceful scandal, It Is due tbem that
tbe sconndrels who Introduced Into our already
crowded list of criminal political expedients,
this dastardly forgery, should be punished to
the full extent of tbe law.
Congress meets to day. The army bill will
probably be the first to receive consideration.
After It, several other bills may become laws.
Mr. Woods' funding bill will pass within a
week, though not, perhaps as It Is. An extra
session Is thought Improbable.
Omvs.
For Rent. The Wagon Maker's and
Blacksmith shops at Greenpark are for
rent. This Is one of the best stands in
t.hAnnllntv. and ! rantarl nn DAnniml nr
the ill health of the proprietor. . Inquire
vy man or in person or
Nathan Henderson,
Greenpark, Pa.
Vfck't Floral Guide.
This work is before us, and those who
send 10 cents to James Vick, Rochester,
N.' Y., for it will be disappointed. In
stead of getting a cheap thing, as the
price would seem to indicate, they will
receive very handsome work of 112
pages, and perhaps 600 illustrations
not cheap, but elegant illustrations, on
the very litest of calendered paper, and
as a set off to the whole, a beautiful,
Colored Plate that Is worth twice the
price of the book.
Special Notice. Owing to the lateness
of the season we have determined to
close out our fall stock of Carpets at
reduced prices. Persons in need of the
above will find it to their advantage to
call and see our prices before purchasing
elsewhere. C. BEEGER,
213 North 2d 8t., Harrlsburg, Pa.
Landisborg Confectionery. The sub.
scriber having opened a Confectionery
In Landisburg would call attention to
his stock of Candies, Oranges, Lemons,
and fruits of all kinds in their season.
Fancy Candles, Toys and Nuts, suited
for Christmas will be found In abund
ance in his store.
Oysters served in all styles. A call is
solicited and pains will ' be taken to
please all.
48 81 C. C. Sheaffer.
Singer Machines. The Singer Company
have opened an office In New Bloom
field, for sale and repair of their sewing
machines. All persons needing ma
chines repaired can have tbem promptly
and cheaply done, and persons wanting
new machines are requested to give us
a call.
tf. 8. H. Beck, Manager.
A NEWWBINKLE.
Wheat grists exchanged on sight or
ground in a few hours. We have' no
low water now since tapping the Penn
sylvania canal. We have the only
Smith purifier in the county, and allow
no one to make better flour. We pay
five cents advance on market rates for
Mediterranean or Lancaster wheat. We
also sell PillBbury's XXXX flour on
commission, which is the best In the
world.
MILTON B. ESHLEMAN,
. Newport, Pa.
For Sale A new house at Newport,
close to the new bridge. Apply at ence
M. B. Ehiileman,
45 3m Newport, Pa.
Still Alive I I am still alive and ready
to cut and fit suits in good style. If
wanting any work in my line, give me
a call.. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Samuel Bkntzel,
TAILOR, .
A pril 6, '80.tf New Bloomfleld, Pa.
ST. ELMO HOTEL Kos. S17 and 319
Arch Street, Philadelphia. Rates re
duced to Two Dollars Per Day.
The traveling Dublin still find at this
Hotel the same liberal provision fortheir
comfort. It is locateu in tne immediate
centres of business and places of amuse
ment and the different Rail Road depots,
as well as all parts of the city, are easily
accessible by Street Cars constantly pass,
ine the doors. It otters special induce
ments to those visiting the city for
business or pleasure.
Your patronage Is respectfully solicited
Jos. M. Feoer, Proprietor.
VICK'S
ILLUSTRATED FAMILY GUIDE
For 1881 Is an elegant book of 120 pages, one col
ored Mower riHie. anu mm illustrations, will! lie
aorinlions of the best Flowers aud Vegetable.
and Direction (or growing. Only 10 cents. Iu
Kugllnhor German. If you alterwarus ordor
seeds deduct the 1 cents.
VICK'S HKEDHare the best !n the world. The
FLOKaL Uuiok will leu now lo get ana grow
tbem.
Vlelc'i Flower and Veritable Garden. ITS Pae
6 Colored Plates, Sue Engravings. For 60 ceuu In
paper cavers; li.uu in eiegauj atom, iu uerinau
ur Vnurllsh.
Vlck's Illustrated Monthly Magazine 82 Fa Res
a Colored Plate In every number and many tine
Engravings. Price 11.26 a year; Five Copies fur
In.io. Specimen Numbers seutfor lOctnUi; 3
trim enpies lor zs ceats.
Address, JAMK3 VICK, ltocheUer, N. Y.
. .-w,j uuBiuif irom me errors ana
Ind screlions of youth, nervons weaknen,
early decay, Joss of manhood, Ac., 1 will send
a reclne thai will phm .... '
Tn ail mit - - -Hir. i
Thli great remedy wtti dlicoTered by mi
tnnat- In Qn.ii U A I n 3 m .
j " uiorn-. Dona a se f-aft-
Station D, New York Cit7 1 ' ftT
County Price Current.
F. .a.8..d "Lft0,w, io-
Potatoes, .... gQ
Butter V pound i8 M
Hggs ft doren, 20 "
Dried Apples H pound,...' ., 83ts"
Dried Peaches , , 10 O 12ets.fift
SKWPOBT MA.HKKT8.
MiwrosT, Jan. 8, IM1.
rionr, Extra .co
" Super. s.23
Whits Wheat old t bush .. 100
Red Wheat, old 100
Rye soeao
Corn MQ4S
Oats V 83 pounds 350 S5
Clover Seed per pound 605cents
Timothy Seed, J 00
Flax Seed 1 00
Potatoes 80ff39
Bacon, TOT
'! VA cents
Hams; , Scents.
Ground Alum Salt 1 1001 IS
Llmeburner's Coal, fl 00 O 1 26
Store Coal 4 75 Q S 00
Pea Coal I CO
Buckwheat Coal ft So
Gordon's Food per Sack 00
CARLISLE PRODUCE MARKET.
OORRECTBD WK1KLT.
WOODWARD A BOBB.
Cabijslb, Jan. 8. l&BL
Family Flour, f 5 to
Superfine Flour 4 00
White Wheat, new 110
Bed Wheat.new 110
Kye 75
Corn 85 9 46
Oats si
Cloverseed 4.00a4.50 '
Tlmotuyseed t 00
Flax Seed, i 15
G. A. Salt i 20
Fine do 1 80
We Will Make it a Point
lis Fall and Inter,
To prove that we Cannot and
will not be Undersold.
"We invite Inspection, like Op
position, and Defy Competition.
IF YOU WANT
CLOTHING.
For Men, Youths or Boys,
SUIT, PANTS, VEST, COAT
OR
OVERCOAT,
You will find the best assort
ment at our Store, and save
money buying from us.
IF YOU WANT
Boots or Shoes,
For Man, Woman, or Child, t
RUBBER GOODS,
or anything in the above line,
wc claim, and can prove to you,
that we carry the largest assort
ment, and can save you 20 per
cpnt.
If You ant a Ladies' Coat
or Dolman, Shawl, Nubia, Furs,
Underwear,or anything in Ladies
Goods, Dry Goods, etc., you can
not be suited better than we can
suit you. Come and see.
If You Want Hats or Caps,
Trunks and Valises, Bed and
Horse Blankets, Buffalo and Lap
Robes, Carpets and Oil Cloths,
Shirts and Overalls, Underwear,
etc. Don't fail to call.
Everybody should look to their
interest, and we will prove to
you that it will be to your inter
est to buy from us.
MARX DUKES
& CO'S.,
Successor to
IBIDOR SCHWARTZ,
EBY'S NEW BUILDINC,
NEWPORT, PA."